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Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
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George Goschen [George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (1831 – 1907), statesman and businessman]. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, also bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame). I enclose a proof (confidential) of my Minute. I have since altered the beginning but in the main the plan is sketched out, as, I think, it will ultmately stand. I hope you will concur - the [views?] , I wish we had... |
£42.00 | ||
Henry Ellis, principal librarian at the British Museum. One page, 12mo, fold mark, good condition. My dear Pettigrew | I have lost no time in communicating your Note to our Director, |
£45.00 | ||
George Goschen [George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, (1831 – 1907), statesman and businessman]. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, also bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame). I enclose a proof (confidential) of my Minute. I have since altered the beginning but in the main the plan is sketched out, as, I think, it will ultmately stand. I hope you will concur - the [views?] , I wish we had... |
£42.00 | ||
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, politician Four page, 12mo, in very narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. DELANe has introduced him to a Mr Moylan involving future employment. He'll contact Moylan. He continues: The whole question of our future position as regards the Gold Coast is very difficult and I wish much that I knew - as... |
£90.00 | ||
John Murray III One page, 12mo, bordered by slightly stiffer paper (frame)., good condition. If you will send me your revised copy of South Italy -with your notes- in preparation for a new Edition I will snd you a cheque & will make what use I can of your labours when nextI reprint it. |Your letter is quite... |
£75.00 | ||
‘Slatin Pasha’ [Major-General Sir Rudolf Anton Carl Freiherr von Slatin (1857-1932), Inspector-General of the Sudan] The entry for Slatin in the Oxford DNB gives a good outline of the life of this adventurer. The present item forms half of a 4to leaf, torn down the middle vertically, no doubt in order to provide an autograph. In good condition, lightly aged. Written lengthwise on the reverse, in a large bold... |
History | £200.00 | |
Cardinal Manning [Henry Edward Manning] (1808-1892), Roman Catholic prelate; second Archbishop of Westminster, 1865-1892 [William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister] See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. Empty 12 x 9.5 cm envelope. In fair condition, lightly aged and a little grubby, with ink from postmark on the reverse. Reads: ‘Private / The Right Honble / W. E. Gladstone / M P. / &c &c &c / Downing Street / S. W’. Two postmarks, one (‘W... |
£30.00 | ||
Dr John H. Mulligan, senior lecturer of Neuro-Anatomy and Histology in the Anatomy Department at St Andrew’s University [David Waterston (1871-1942), Bute Professor of Anatomy, St Andrews] Mulligan’s collection of lantern slides is now part of the St Andrew’s collections, and information about him is to be gleaned from its web pages. David Waterston (1871-1942) was Bute Professor of Anatomy at the University of St Andrews from 1914 to 1942. In 1913, while Professor of Anatomy at... |
£180.00 | ||
Duchess of Atholl [Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (1874-1960), Scottish Unionist Party politician and opponent of fascism [Professor David Waterston (1871-1942) of St Andrews] See her entry in the Oxford DNB, which describes her passionate opposition to fascism, but omits the fact that her name featured among those in the Nazi ‘Black Book’. Waterston was Bute Professor of Anatomy at the University of St Andrews from 1914 to 1942. In 1913, while Professor of Anatomy at... |
£120.00 | ||
Edward Ellice (1810-1880) of Invergarry, Liberal politician and extensive Scottish highland landowner [John Thadeus Delane (1817-1879), editor of The Times] The two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB show that they were well matched: Ellice was known for his ‘extravagant lifestyle’, building at Invergarry ‘a house which was renowned for its comfort’; and Delane ‘was welcomed as a delightful companion.' 6pp, 12mo. Headed ‘Private’, addressed to ‘My dear... |
£65.00 |