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Jane Wells [born Amy Catherine Robbins] (1872-1927), wife of H. G. Wells.

Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist.

ALS, on letterhead of 4 Whitehall Court, London; 'Tuesday' [1924], in envelope, 2pp., 8vo. 'You know all sorts of useful things - can you tell me of any way of getting in touch with Mary Ansell - Mary Barrie - Mary Cannan - Mary? here my knowledge stops. [...] Are you "sitting under" Bernard...

£150.00
Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh (1737-1821), GCB, Royal Navy officer who saw service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars [HMS Wasp]

[Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, Royal Navy officer in American War of Independence.] Autograph Letter Signed to the Admiralty, regarding ‘Her Majesty’s Sloop the Wasp under my Command’.

Bligh’s entry in the Oxford DNB does not note his service on HMS Wasp, to which he was appointed in October 1774. According to one authority the ship ‘saw service out of Passage, County Cork, Ireland from [November 1774]. In October 1775 [Bligh] brought sixty volunteers from Ireland into...

£180.00
S. S. Koteliansky (1880-1955), translator and journalist.

Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist.

ALS, 5 Acacia Road, St John's Wood; 10 Sept. 1935. He writes regarding the plans for the publication of Dorothy Richardson's novel Clear Horizon.

£150.00
Clifford Sharp, (1883-1935), editor of the New Statesman.

Five Letters, most signed "C.S." [Clifford Sharp, editor,, New Statesman] to Robert Lynd, essayist.

3 ALsS, ANS and TNS, three on New Statesman letterheads, one on letterhead of 127 Willifield Way, Golders Green; 27 July 1923, 19 June 1924, and 5 January and 23 March 1933, 8pp., 8vo and 12mo.An undated note, on New Statesman letterhead, reads 'These fruits of abstinence are not for me. If you...

£180.00
David Low (1891-1963), cartoonist.

Christmas Card to Robert and Sylvia Lynd and TLS to Robert Lynd, essayist..

Printed personalised Christmas card, 9 x 11cm, of cartoon by Low depicting an irate Father Christmas announcing 'Gad, sir, something must be done about this Depression. Low must wish the Lynds | A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.' With TLS to RL. 3 Rodborough Road, Golders Green; 23 July...

£75.00
Frank Rutter (187-1937), art critic of the Sunday Times.

Autograph Letter Signed "Frank Rutter", art critic, to Robert Lynd, essayist.

ALS, on letterhead of the City Art Gallery, Leeds; 10 March 1916. He offers to review 'Rebecca West's forthcoming little book on "Henry James"', being 'particularly interested in both author & subject'. Asks for contact details of a relative of Walter Riddall's: 'I lent him before his death...

£45.00
Colin Wilson [Colin Henry Wilson (1931 – 2013), writer, philosopher and novelist. ]

[Colin Wilson; the Outsider] Greetings with signature, For Thelma | warm regards | Colin Wilson | July 98.

Card, 15 x 10cm, very good condition. On reverse, in another hand, COLIN WILSON -author. See Image of Greetings.

£23.00
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, (Louisa Caroline Alberta; 1848 – 1939), sixth child and fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

[Princess Louise, dau. Victoria, wife of Marquess of Lorne] Autograph Letter Signed Louise Lorne to Mr. Campbell [John Francis Campbell. Note below] offering him post of Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, referring to glaciation.

Four pages, 12mo, very good condition, in a generous hand. Text: The Queen writes to me this morning to ask if you would like to be appointed Groom in Waiting to her, & says that is she would have great pleasure in naming you as such. | The duties are to attend the Queen when at Windsor...

£90.00
[ Richard Bentley the younger (1854-1936), London publisher and antiquary ]

[ Richard Bentley the younger, London publisher: author's own copy. ] A Brief Note upon the Battles of Saintes and Mauron 1351 and 1352.

Bentley is without a doubt the author of this anonymous work, and the present copy comes from the Bentley Archives. viii + 67 + [1]pp., 8vo. In attractive paper-vellum quarter-binding, with red cloth boards on the cover of which the title is stamped in gilt. In good condition, lightly aged....

£120.00
John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), critic.

Thre Autograph Letters Signed "J.M. Murry" and "j. Middleton Murry", critic and editor, to Robert Lynd, essayist.

3 ALsS, on letterhead of The Athenaeum journal, 12 March 1919; 102 Edith Grove, Chelsea, 16 July [no year]; on letterhead of 5 Acacia Road, St John's Wood, 'Sunday' [no date], total 5pp., 8vo and 12mo.First, he begins: 'You know I've been put in charge of this. Probably you were responsible for...

£140.00