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Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron Houghton (1809-1885), author and politician [Alexander Macmillan (1818-1896), publisher] Autograph Note, in the third person, to his publisher Alexander Macmillan. 12mo, 2 pp. 13 lines of text. Good, on light-aged paper. He has been 'asked by many persons for copies of his speech at the Cambge. Union Socy.', and if 'Messrs. Macmillan cared to print it, he would revise it, no report having been correct'. He wonders 'whether the whole proceedings should not... |
Book Trade History, History, Literature | £20.00 |
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Richard Westmacott Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. English sculptor (1775-1856). Dimensions of paper roughly 4 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches. In good condition. Reads '<...> I am Gentlemen | Your obt. & humble St. | Richd Westmacott'. |
Art and Architecture | £20.00 | |
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Rosaline Masson Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Biographer of Robert Louis Stevenson. Paper dimensions roughly four and a half inches by one and a quarter. Very good. Taken from autograph album and mounted on larger piece of cream paper. Reads 'Yours very affectionately | Rosaline Masson.' |
Literature, Women | £20.00 | |
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Roxburghe family Oval seal, around a centimeter and a half tall, containing the Roxburghe family crest. Reasonably crisp impression on neatly cut remains of blue envelope stuck to slip of card. |
Book Trade History, History | £20.00 | |
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Samuel Wilberforce, successively Bishop of Oxford and of Winchester Autograph Note Signed to <Buley?>. Darwin and Huxley's 'soapy Sam' (1805-73). 1 page, 16mo. Dusty and discoloured, with remains of stub adhering to one edge. A hurried note, almost illegible. | My dear | Can <?> to <?> & <?> from 26 Pall at 25 to 11 | Yours affly | S Oxon'. |
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Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838), connoisseur Autograph Signature ('Abram: Hume') on fragment of frank. Paper dimensions roughly 2 x 5 cm. Good, although on discoloured paper, and mounted on piece of slightly larger discoloured paper docketed in pencil 'Sir Abm Hume'. Reads 'Free 274 | [signed] Abram: Hume'. |
Art and Architecture | £20.00 | |
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Seumas O'Sullivan, editor [George Moore; W. B. Yeats] 4to, x + 64 pp. In original grey printed wraps. In fair condition: on aged paper, with slightly dog-eared with a little creasing and a couple of short closed tears at rear. In lightly-worn wraps. Becker's introduction to 'Diarmuid and Grania', dated 'Oxford, November, 1950', covers pp.1-4, with... |
Literature | £20.00 |
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Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875), author and Clerk of the Privy Council [Alexander Macmillan (1818-1896), publisher] Autograph Letter Signed ('A Helps') to his publisher Alexander Macmillan. 12mo, 2 pp. 9 lines of text. With mourning border. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He is glad that Macmillan and 'Mr Doulton' are coming to dine with him, but sorry that they 'will be obliged to leave so soon; but it cannot be helped'. |
Book Trade History | £20.00 |
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Sir Donald Sinden typed letter signed to theatrical bookseller I. F. Fletcher English thespian. Thanks Fletcher for his catalogue of autograph letters of nineteenth-century actors. 'I doubt if I will be able to get in before Christmas but hope to see you and them as soon as possible.' Signed 'Donald Sinden'. Creased and with some unobtrusive calculations on the reverse.... |
Book Trade History, Music and Theatre | £20.00 | |
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Sir Francis Cowley Burnand letter [by amanuensis?] to H. A. West, Dramatist (1836-1917) and editor of Punch from 1862-1906. One page, 12mo. The printed part is laid out like a telegram, with a reference number, and the letter, although signed "FCB" does not appear to be in Burnard's hand. "Dear Sir / I am head over ears in engagements & business next week... |
Literature | £20.00 |