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Sheila Kaye-Smith. Novelist. Piece of paper, c.5 x 3", prob. torn from larger page, attractive sentiment and signature dated: ""With best wishes - / Sheila Kaye-Smith. / Aug. 11. 1931." |
Literature | £18.00 | |
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Sir Edwin Chadwick Autograph Signature on slip of paper. English social reformer and essayist (1800-90), Jeremy Bentham's literary assistant. Dimensions of paper roughly three-quarters of an inch by two and a half. Signed 'E Chadwick' over light traces of stamps in red and green, on foxed paper discoloured with age. Small portion at head of 'E'... |
Social history | £18.00 | |
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Sir Joseph Burn [Prudential Assurance Company Ltd] Printed facsimile of Christmas message on headed paper. Burn (died 1950) was President of the Institute of Actuaries, and a leading figure in twentieth-century British insurance. Dimensions five inches by eight inches. Folded once. In good condition on good thick wove paper. Headed by company crest with motto, between 'HOLBORN | BARS' and 'CHRISTMAS... |
£18.00 | ||
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Sir Julius Benedict (1804-1885), Anglo-German conductor and composer Autograph Signature ('Jules Benedict'). 12mo: 1 p. Very good. Reads 'January 1866 | [signed] Jules Benedict'. |
Music and Theatre | £18.00 | |
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Sir Roger Keyes [Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes] (1872-1945), British naval officer Autograph Signature ('Roger Keyes'). On a leaf of pink paper (roughly 16 x 20 cm) removed from an autograph album. Firm signature, 6 cm long, with the initial 'R' blotted by Keyes. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The page bearing the signature is headed, in another hand, 'Famous Men Military and Naval'. |
Military and Naval History | £18.00 |
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Sir Thomas Nicholas Redington Autograph Frank with address to R. Byham. Irish administrator and Member of Parliament (1815-62). Consists of the front of the envelope, the dimensions of which are roughly five inches by three. Addressed to 'R. Byham Esq. | Ordnance Office | Pall Mall | London', and signed 'Th Redington'. Two postmarks in red ink: the first, in a... |
History | £18.00 | |
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Squire Bancroft Autograph letter signed to a bishop, English actor manager (1841-1926), knighted in 1926. 2 pp, 12mo. "My Lord Bishop / I am sorry I cannot be of any service in the way you wish. My income is severely strained and, with regret, I have to refuse many similar applications." Traces of mounting on reverse. |
Music and Theatre | £18.00 | |
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Thomas Webster (1800-1886), English artist Paper dimensions 5 x 11 cm. Good. The foot of the last page of a letter with a mourning border. Reads '<...> consideration. | I am, Gentn. | Your obedt. St. | [signed] Thos Webster | To the President | & Council of the Royal Academy'. |
Art and Architecture | £18.00 | |
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Shura Cherkassky [Alexander Isaakovich Cherkassky] (1909-1995), Russian classical pianist Autograph Signature of the Russian classical pianist Shura Cherkassky. On rectangle removed from autograph album. In good condition. Reads 'Shura Cherkassky | 1929'. |
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Sir Henry Thompson (1820-1904), English surgeon, Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College, London [Sir Henry Thompson, surgeon.] Autograph signature. On 4.5 x 9.5 cm rectangle of paper, cut from letter. In fair condition, lightly aged, and laid down on part of leaf from album. Reads: 'Yours vy trly | Henry Thompson'. |
£18.00 |