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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Tory, Conservative, Peelite), founder of the Metropolitan Police (who were nicknamed 'bobbies' and 'peelers' after him) [The man responsible for the British bobby: Sir Robert Peel, two-time Prime Minister.] Autograph Signature cut from letter. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Loose flowing signature, reading 'R Peel'. On a rectangle of paper, roughly 4.5 x 2.5 cm. Lightly discoloured and creased, with traces of glue on blank reverse from mount. See Image.		£20.00
Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), author of the Victorian children's classic 'Tom Brown's Schooldays', Liberal MP and judge [‘I have got hold of a rascally bad pen’: Thomas Hughes, author of the Victorian children’s classic ‘Tom Brown’s Schooldays’.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Miss Stead’, responding to a request for an autograph. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and folded twice for postage. One corner very slightly cropped. Signed ‘Tho. Hughes’. In response to a request for an autograph he writes: ‘My dear Madam / I have only just returned to town where I find your note, with...		£80.00
Gordon Jacob [Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob] (1895-1984), composer, for forty years professor at the Royal College of Music [Marion Margaret Scott (1877-1953), violinist with her own string quartet] [Gordon Jacob [Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob], English composer.] Four Autograph Letters Signed about musical matters to the violinist Marion Margaret Scott, one, written during wartime, attacking Benjamin Britten and ‘young men who shelter abroad’. See his entry, together with that of Benjamin Britten, in the Oxford DNB, the latter explaining the context of the last letter, which is an attack on Britten and Peter Pears for not returning from the United States to wartime England. From the Scott papers. Each letter 2pp, 12mo, on a single...		£120.00
General Sir David Dundas (c.1735-1820), military theoretician; General William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart 1755-1843), diplomat; General George Hotham (1741-1806), officers in the British Army [General Sir David Dundas, General William Schaw Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart, General George Hotham, British Army officer.] Autograph Signatures of the three men to manuscript instruction for payment for clothing of the Loyal Surrey Rangers. See the entries for Cathcart and Dundas in the Oxford DNB. 1p, folio. In fair condition, on aged paper, with wear along one edge, and repair with archival tape along folds. Addressed ‘To / The Paymasters General of His Majesty’s Forces, or the Paymasters General for the time being -’. Signed ‘G...		£120.00
George Chalmers (1742-1825), Scottish antiquary and author [William Ford (1771-1832), Manchester bookseller] [George Chalmers, Scottish antiquary and author.] Autograph Letter Signed to the bookseller William Ford, regarding a 'curious Tract' and his 'MS. Catalogue'.. See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the presumed recipient, the Manchester bookseller William Ford. 1p, 4to. On recto of first leaf of bifolium, the verso of the second addressed, with two postmarks, to ‘Mr. Wm. Ford / 11 Strangates / Lambeth.’ In good condition, lightly aged, with...		£80.00
Gladys Cooper [Dame Gladys Constance Cooper (1888-1971), English actress, star of stage and screen whose career spanned seven decades [Gladys Cooper [Dame Gladys Constance Cooper], English actress, star of stage and screen.] Signed Autograph Inscription to ‘Minna May’ from ‘“Auntie” Gladys’, removed from autograph album. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. On 15.5 x 5.5 cm slip of paper, cut from an autograph album. In good condition, lightly aged, with some show-through from the writing on the reverse. Reads ‘To Minna May / With my love / “Auntie” Gladys / Gladys Cooper / 1935’. See Image.The writing rises...		£25.00
Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist, author of ‘Tarka the Otter’ [T. E. Lawrence [Thomas Edward Lawrence; ‘Lawrence of Arabia’] (1888-1935), author of ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’] [Lawrence of Arabia: unpublished personal recollections of Henry Williamson, author of ‘Tarka the Otter’.] Autograph Typescript by Williamson, with one Autograph Manuscript emendation, of passage from memoir. From the Henry Williamson papers. The present text does not feature in Williamson’s 1941 memoir of Lawrence ‘Genius of Friendship’, and appears to be unpublished. (According to Williamson’s entry in the Oxford DNB, the publication in 1927 of ‘Tarka the Otter’ ‘attracted the attention of T. E....		£150.00
Hercules Ross (1745-1816) of Rossie Castle, Montrose, friend of Lord Nelson, Scottish merchant in the Jamaican slave trade, who later denounced slavery to parliament and called for its abolition [Hercules Ross of Rossie Castle, Forfarshire, friend of Lord Nelson, Jamaican merchant who later denounced the slave trade.] Autograph Letter Signed See the entry on his son Horatio Ross (1801-1886) – named after his father’s friend Lord Nelson who was the boys godfather and died the year after the writing of this letter - in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. Twenty-two lines of closely and neatly written text. In good condition, lightly aged and...		£120.00
James Copland (1791-1870), Scottish physician and prolific medical writer, editor of the ‘London Medical Repository’, President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society [James Copland, Scottish physician and medical writer, President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society..] Autograph Signature on part of form signed as Professor (‘pro temp.’) of Surgery at University College Hospital, London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Slip of paper, roughly 18 x 2.5 cm, cut from form. Somewhat discoloured by the glue with which it is laid down on irregularly-cut backing card. Good firm signature ‘James Copland’, followed by the lithographed word ‘Professor.’ in gothic script, which is followed...		£35.00
John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), English painter [Doyne Courtenay Bell (1830-1888), Keeper of the Privy Purse] [John Callcott Horsley, English painter.] Two Autograph Letters Signed to Doyne Courtenay Bell, Keeper of the Privy Purse, regarding the possible inclusion of a painting from the queen’s collection in a Royal Academy exhibition. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The two items in good condition, lightly discoloured, and each folded twice. Both addressed to ‘Doyne . C . Bell’. ONE (17 December 1886): 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Signed ‘J. Callcott Horsley. He explains the reason for not writing sooner: ‘I waited...		£45.00