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George Smith (1831-1895) of Leicester, manager of the Whitwick Colliery Company Tileries, Leicestershire, Victorian social reformer and campaigner against child labour [Edward Walford (1823-1897)] See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded for postage. Addressed to ‘Edw Walford Esq M.A’ and signed ‘George Smith’. The handwriting is somewhat opaque, rendering the following transcription tentative. He begins by thanking... |
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Cosmo Hamilton. Autograph Note Signed to "Miss[?] Graham". Author and dramatist. One page, 8vo, good condition, some corrections in Hamilton's hand. "This story is so good & rings so true a note that the title jars a little. May I ask you to be so kind as to give it another one & to call your characters by more ordinary names?" |
Literature, Music and Theatre | £34.00 | |
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Sir Lancelot Shadwell Last Vice-Chancellor of England (1779-1850). Two pages, 12mo. Good, but lightly spotted, and with the lower third ruckled by attachment of verso to piece of brown paper. He says he will have great pleasure in 'being a Steward at the Anniversary Festival of the Saint Ann's Society Schools'. He... |
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Bret Harte Fragment of a letter, subscrption only, c.2.5" x 1", laid down on slightly larger card, cut from album, "Yours v[er]y tsinc[erel]y / Bret Harte".. |
Literature | £33.00 | |
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Briton Riviere Autograph Letter Signed to 'Miss Ward'. English artist (1840-1920). Two pages, 12mo. Good, but with closed tear at head unobtrusively repaired with archival tape, and some spotting. In stamped envelope addressed in autograph and with postmark. 'I shall be pleased to come & see your pupils work on Wednesday June the 1st but shall... |
Art and Architecture | £33.00 | |
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Colonel Augustus Mervyn Owen Anwyl-Passingham [FIRST WORLD WAR PROPAGANDA] Typed Letter Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. British army officer (1880-1955). One page, folio. Very good. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. Unusual letterhead for a governmental department of the period. He has not received the letter, which must have been misaddressed. 'Nevertheless, I shall be glad if you will kindly forward me a copy... |
Military and Naval History | £33.00 | |
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Elizabeth Jane Oswald Autograph Letter Signed to 'Miss Graham'. Author (died 1905) of the Icelandic travel guide 'By fell and fjord'. Two pages, 12mo. In good condition although grubby and with traces of mount adhering to verso and stub adhering along one edge. 'I am glad to say that I find the tickets in the row we are in - for the Reid Concerts on Friday... |
Literature, Women | £33.00 | |
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Ethel Snowden, Viscountess Snowden (née Annakin) Typed Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Fletcher'. Wife of Philip, Viscount Snowden (1864-1937), British Labour politician. Two pages, 4to. Folded twice. Good, but with minor staining to reverse. Neither she nor her husband has forgotten her correspondent and her husband: 'We often speak of you both.' But they are 'in a difficulty' about... |
History, Women | £33.00 | |
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James Craigie Robertson Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Canon of Canterbury (1813-82) and author of a 'History of the Christian Church'. Four pages, 12mo. Good, but on discoloured paper, and with small glue stain (affecting one word of text) and strip of archival tape adhering to verso of second leaf. Docketed 'Cant' in red ink at head of recto of... |
Religion | £33.00 | |
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Lady Dorothy Macmillan Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs Burns'. Wife (1900-66) of the Conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Three pages, 12mo. Grubby, creased and stained (perhaps with tears?). She was 'up in Stockton' the previous week, and heard that her correspondent's son was ill. 'Having children of my own... |
Women | £33.00 |