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William Aylmer Gowing ["Walter Gordon"] autograph letters signed (x 2) to Mr [?] Brailsford, Playwright under the name Walter Gordon. The first, 4 pp, 12mo, on mourning paper, 24 August 1887, c/o Mrs H. E. Rose, Buxton on the Water, Glos. "I went to Town yesterday to attend the Funeral of my old friend [John] Palgrave Simpson [dramatist and novelist, 1807-1887, DNB], returning here... |
Music and Theatre | £25.00 | |
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William Aylmer Gowing ["Walter Gordon"] autograph note signed to [?] Croker, Playwright under the name Walter Gordon. One page, 16mo, on mourning paper. "My dear Croker / Monday is reserved for you - I enclose one more autograph and one of the three you want - / Yours very sincerely / William Gowing" Docketed in pencil "of the Olympic Theatre". Negligible traces of mount... |
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William B. MacCabe. Autograph Letter Signed to "S. Scott". Irish author and historian (1801-1891). 2pp., 8vo, good. He intended to deliver his book personally as an expression of his feelings of friendship and admiration for his correspondent. He recollects Scott’s “kindness to the family of poor Lemaitre . . .” and to himself. He asks Scott to accept... |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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William Barnes [Dorset dialect poetry] Poems of Rural Life in Common English. First edition. 8vo: xii + 200 + [iv] pp. (the last four pages an unpaginated publisher's catalogue). In original blue cloth, gilt. Fair, tight copy, on lightly-aged paper, with some spotting to endpapers. Binding with dulled spine and minor spotting. Bookplate of the Rev. English Crooks. Binders... |
Literature | £65.00 |
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William Beattie (1793-1875), M.D., poet and biographer Autograph Letter Signed ('W Beattie') to R. Hepburn. One page, 12mo. Black bordered. Very good and with the verso of the blank second leaf of the bifolium laid down on a leaf detached from an autograph album. Nine lines. He thanks him for 'a brace of splendid grouse - which are now so rare as not to be had for money. It was therefore doubly... |
Literature | £35.00 | |
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William Beattie (1793-1875), Scottish physician and poet Autograph Letter Signed ('W Beattie. MD.') to the editor of the 'Naval and Military Gazette'. 16mo (11 x 9 cm) bifolium, 3 pp, 16 lines of text. Mourning border. Good, with slight discoloration to the external pages. He is sending a manuscript 'At the suggestion of the Author, an officer residing in Paris'. If 'on examination' the recipient considers it 'unsuitable for the pages' of the... |
Book Trade History, Literature, Military and Naval History | £56.00 | |
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William Beattie. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (a contributor to a periodical). Writer and M.D. (DNB) Two pages, 12mo, good condition. "I return the proofs herwith. It is much improved by the Editorial Notes and will [?] in this moment in the M. & N. Gaz [ Naval & Military Gazette?] It was very kind of you to admit it so promptly - & I feel assured it will be... |
Book Trade History, Literature, Military and Naval History | £85.00 | |
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William Behnes Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. English sculptor (1791-1864). Dimensions of paper roughly 4 inches by 1 inch. In very good condition. Large, slightly smudged signature on one side in blue ink. Reverse, in different ink and apparently in another hand, reads '<...> may I presume to solicit your favour fo<...> | as... |
Art and Architecture | £15.00 | |
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William Behnes Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. British sculptor (died 1864). Paper dimensions roughly five inches by two inches. Good, but on slightly discoloured paper. Reads 'I have the Honor to be | Gentlemen | Your Obedient Humble Servant | [signed] William Behnes'. From a collection of material relating to the Artists' General... |
Art and Architecture | £23.00 | |
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William Behnes and Sir William Charles Ross Autograph Signatures on fragment of letter. Behnes (died 1864) was a sculptor of high renown. Ross (1794-1860) was a miniature painter whose work includes portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Paper dimensions roughly 4 1/2 inches by 2 inches. In good condition. Reads 'William Behnes | W. C. Ross'. On verso 'my Apartments, should... |
Art and Architecture | £25.00 |