Search results
| Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sir Frederick Robert Upcott Autograph Note Signed to 'Mr. Hearson'. Chairman of the Board of Indian Railways (fl. 1916). One page, 12mo. In very good condition, with one rough edge caused by removal from mount. 'It is my intention to be present at the dinner of Devonians in London on 3 May'. Signed 'F. R. Upcott'. |
£26.00 | ||
|
Sir Frederick William Duke Autograph Letter Signed to [G. K.] Menzies[, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British colonial administrator (1868-1924), Member of Council of India, 1914-19, and Permanent Under Secretary of State for India from 1919. Two pages, 12mo. Folded once. Very good, though lightly creased and a little discoloured. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. Referring to a previous letter... |
£35.00 | ||
|
Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson) Autograph letter signed to [?] Horton, English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. One page, 12mo. "Glad to hear from you: <?> had told me that you were soldiering. I wish you could have been here with us but yours is a glorious job. Good luck attend you & our arms". Creased, and with traces of previous... |
Military and Naval History, Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
|
Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson), Theatre Manager Autograph note signed to Miss <Edna Orflere?>, One page, 12mo. Only partially decipherable, due to Alexander's dreadful handwriting, which is reminiscent of that of his contemporary Charles Wyndham. "I shall be pleased to see you if you [...] one night next week. / Sincerely / George Alexander". |
Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
|
Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson), Theatre Manager Autograph note signed to Mr <Spielmann?>, English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. One page, 12mo. "We will call for you at about 10.30 tomorrow morning. It is very good of you." |
Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
|
Sir George Alexander (George Alexander Gibb Samson), Theatre Manager English actor-manager (1858-1918), knighted in 1911. One page, 12mo, evidently in response to a request for an autograph. "With pleasure / Yours truly / George Alexander". Negligible traces of previous mounting on reverse of blank second leaf. |
Music and Theatre | £15.00 | |
|
Theodore Hook [Theodore Edward Hook] (1788-1841), author, wit and hoaxer, accountant-general and treasurer of Mauritius, 1813-1817 Hook’s entry in the Oxford DNB descibes his novel ‘Gilbert Gurney’ (1836) and its sequel ‘Gurney Married’ (1838) as made up of ‘thinly disguised portraits and a string of anecdotes from real life’. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, folded twice. On wove paper with C. Ansell watermark of... |
£75.00 | ||
|
Lord Halifax, as Lord Irwin [Edward Frederick Lindley Wood (1881-1959), 1st Earl of Halifax, Conservative politician, Viceroy of India, appeaser of Nazi Germany See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. On aged paper, creased at the edges. Signed ‘Irwin’. He thanks him for his letter and states that it is good of him ‘to offer the help of the Indian Church Aid Association for the receipt of the money. I should think we might be very glad indeed to take... |
£50.00 | ||
|
Sir George Clausen, RA (1852-1944), English artist [John Littlejohn; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd] Both items concern John Littlejohn's 'British Watercolour Painting and Painters of Today' (Pitman, 1931). Note of 18 December 1930: 12mo, 1 p. Five lines. Good on lightly aged paper. Thanking the publishers for sending 'the prints of my drawings [...] they are really very well done!' Letter of... |
Art and Architecture | £100.00 | |
|
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet Autograph Letter Signed to S[amuel]. Redgrave. Author and politician (1806-63). The recipient (1802-76) was author of a dictionary of English artists, and successively private secretary to several English statesman. Two pages, 12mo. An odd request. 'I have been asked by a friend to ascertain for him whether any person has ever been tried in... |
£56.00 |