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Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
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Sir Thomas Baring (1772-1848), 2nd Baronet, banker, Member of Parliament, Art Collector. See the entries in the Oxford DNB for his father Sir Francis Baring (1740-1810) and his son Thomas Baring (1799-1873). At the time of writing he was working with the merchant bankers Hope & Co. in Amsterdam, but growing 'so disgusted with the drudgery of the counting house' that he wanted to... |
£50.00 | ||
Catherine Hutton [ (1756 – 1846), novelist and letter-writer. [And Autograph-collector: During her lifetime she wrote to many famous people and collected over 2000 valuable letters.] Catherine maintained frequent and regular correspondence throughout her life with family, friends and others, including famous contemporaries and she also collected autograph letters. She also travelled widely. A selection of her correspondence and other personal writings was published by her... |
Literature | £260.00 | |
Charles Williams (b.1858), LRCP, Assistant Medical Officer, the Warneford, Oxford [spiritualism] 12mo, 53 + [iii] pp. Text clear and complete. Aged and worn, with loose original front cover, printed in green, remaining from the binding. Stamp of 'The Community of the Resurrection' on title-page. A few manuscript notes in light pencil. Scarce: five copies on COPAC, at the British Library,... |
£56.00 | ||
Count d'Orsay [Alfred Guillaume Gabriel Grimod d'Orsay, comte d'Orsay (1801 – 1852), French amateur artist, dandy, and man of fashion]. Four pages, 16mo, bifolium, in narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. He thanks him for the charmante Poème that he's sent que je l'ai lu devant plusieurs personnes qui l'ont beaucoup admiré, et je vous remercie d'avoir pensé a moi - je vous envoye les Statuts incomplets de notre Societé... |
Social history | £180.00 | |
Margaret Georgiana Spencer, Countess Spencer (née Poyntz; 8 May 1737 – 18 March 1814), English philanthropist. Entitled Hope - to the Dutchess of Devonshire (an Ode to her daughter adapted from Mason's Ode 13 or vice versa - see Note below.). Four pages, 4to, aged but clear and complete, fold mark, right edge uneven and glue remnant, from album of commonplace book presumably. Text begins: What magic... |
Literature | £220.00 | |
Sir Stratford Canning [Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe] (1786-1880), diplomat and politician. Here Ambassador to Constantinople [Ottoman Empire]. Two pages, 4to, in narrow frame of stiffer paper. I am happy to learn from yr correspondence with the Admiral that your negotiations with the Pasha of Janina have been quite successful. I felt that a letter from the Great Vizier expressed in general terms would answer every practical purpose;... |
History | £280.00 | |
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810), 1st Baron Collingwood, commander at Trafalgar after Nelson's death [Sir William Richard Cosway; Sir John Thomas Duckworth (1748-1817), 1st Baronet] Both items in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE: Copy letter. 2pp., folio. On paper with watermark 'JOHN HOWARD | 1804'. Ends: 'To | Sir J. T. Duckworth K.B. | Vice Admiral of the White | &ca. &ca. &ca. | Given on board the Ocean off Cadiz | 12th. August 1806 | (signed... |
£180.00 | ||
Ernest Griset [Ernest Henry Griset] (1844-1907), French-born illustrator who settled in London, best-known for his whimsical and fantastic designs [Ernest Griset, illustrator.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'J. Swain Esqre.' 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with minor traces of mounting on the blank reverse. The letter reads: 'I shall be happy to execute your orders, and shall be obliged if you kindly forward me the blocks and Copy, with your directions upon what style you wish these drawings to be done: to... |
Art and Architecture | £120.00 | |
Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), Regius Professor of Hebrew at Christ Church, Oxford, and a leader of the Oxford Movement One page, 16mo, in narrow frame of stiffer paper, good condition. My dear Sir | I am sorry but I did not know it was wanted so soon and have not written to Leipzig. I will write. [...] [P.S.] I suppose the Publisher who sell [sic] the Bodleian book will tell them I will wroite to them. Note: I... |
£120.00 | ||
Mary Gladstone, daughter of Prime Minister, William Gladstone, his hostess. One page, black-bordered, sl. grubby, but text clear and complete, laid down on board (sl. chipped, with photo of unknown house and garden on reverse. Text: Sir, \ I understand from Lord Rosebery that | Andrew Carnegie Esq | New York | is enough direction.- | [Yrs?] faithfully | M Gladstone |... |
£450.00 |