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John James Stewart Perowne (1823-1904), Bishop of Worcester Autograph Note Signed ('J. J Stewart Perowne') to 'Mr Lewis'. 12mo: 2 pp. On first leaf of bifolium. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper, with dogeared corners. Nine lines of text. The 'man for your purpose' is 'Mr G. Gray, the Diocesan Registry Peterboro''. 'He is intelligent & will do the work well I doubt not on receiving your instructions.'... |
Religion | £28.00 | |
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John Murray the sixth [John Grey Murray; Jock Murray; John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray (1909-1993), London publisher Typed Letter Signed ('John G. Murray') to 'Mrs. Norsworthy'. 4to, 1 p. Eight lines in typescript and one line in manuscript. Good, on lightly-aged paper. With stamped Envelope addressed in manuscript. The firm is 'sorry to hear' that she intends to 'take two volumes' over her book on Henry III, not considering that 'a biography of him could succeed in... |
Book Trade History | £28.00 |
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John Oldershaw, Archdeacon of Norfolk [Beeston Saint Laurence, Norfolk] Two pages, dimensions roughly thirteen inches by eight inches. Discoloured, creased and folded, with several closed tears. Papered seal of office of the Archdeacon of Norfolk. Signed by Henry Francis, deputy registrar. On reverse a printed form, filled in in manuscript, and signed and witnessed... |
Religion | £28.00 | |
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Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917), English novelist, poet, journalist and painter Autograph Note Signed ('J. Ashby-Sterry') to unnamed male correspondent. One page, 16mo. Good. Six lines. He may be 'giving some lectures in London shortly'. 'If I could make it worth my while to deliver them at some of the leading provincial towns, I might possibly arrange to do so. Therefore any information you could give me on the subject, I should be only too... |
Literature | £28.00 | |
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Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917), English novelist, poet, journalist and painter [Lord Harmsworth] One page, 12 x 9 cms. Rust stain from paperclip and strip of offset discolouration. In purple ink. A recent letter to Harmsworth was sent to the wrong address. He has 'another letter of Yates's [Edmund Yates (1831-1894), journalist and writer?], better than the one of which you had a copy'.... |
Literature | £28.00 | |
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Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917), English novelist, poet, journalist and painter ['Mary H. Tennyson', i.e. Mary H. Folkard] Two pages, 16mo. Very good. Twenty-two lines, attractively written in purple ink beneath a letterhead printed in bright red. With postmarked envelope, addressed in autograph and carrying a penny stamp. He thanks her for sending him a copy of her book 'The Luck of John Seaton'. 'It reached me... |
Literature | £28.00 | |
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Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish radical politican Autograph Note Signed to <R. Branden Esq.?>. 12mo: 1 p. Good, on aged and lightly-ruckled paper. Text clear and entire. Difficult hand. Asks the recipient to 'allow the Bearer to see the L<?> Papers laid on the Table yesterday'. Also asks that the papers 'be printed as soon as possible as I shall mention them in the house'. |
History | £28.00 |
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Joseph Wood, headmaster of Harrow School, 1899-1910 Autograph Letter Signed ('Joseph Wood') to 'Miss Tapp'. 12mo: 1 p. Good, with traces of previous mounting on blank reverse. He thanks her for her kind note, and is glad she enjoyed 'our little tour, in spite of wind and weather'. He has sent off her camera, 'carefully packed', and hopes 'it will arrive without injury. This is not promising weather... |
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Jules Auguste Armand Marie, Prince de Polignac (1780-1847), French Prime Minister under Charles X. Autograph Signature ('Jules de Polignac') on part of letter to 'mon cher Baron'. On rectangle of paper roughly 9 x 17 cm. Cut from the head of a letter for an autograph hunter. Fair, on aged paper, with traces of previous mount on the reverse. Above the signature a florid five-line valediction in the best courtly style. Date and beginning of letter on reverse. |
French, History | £28.00 |
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Julian Mockford [SOUTH AFRICA] Typed Letter Signed to 'Miss J. Scott Rogers, | Acting Secretary, | Royal Society of Arts'. South African author and journalist (1898-1950), Public Relations Officer at the South African High Commission. One page, octavo. Very good if somewhat grubby. Docketed and stamped. 'Herewith the translation by a colleague, as asked for in your letter dated September 9. I hope "Here are South... |
Travel and Topography | £28.00 |