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Henry Neville [Thomas Henry Gartside Neville]

Autograph letter signed to the actress Mary H. Tennyson,

English actor-manager (1837-1910). One page, 12mo, in stamped envelope adressed in autograph. "Dear Miss Tennyson. / There are no vacancies at present at the Adelphi. I shall be happy to remember you when opportunity affords - With congratulations on your progress. / Yours very truly / Henry G....

Music and Theatre £20.00
Henry Reeve (DNB), editor of the Edinburgh Review

ALS, 2pp, 16mo, to unnamed correspondent

"I am laid up from the effects of an accidental blow on the leg." Is only writing to postpone the visit to 9 November.

Literature £20.00
Herbert G. Sotheby

Autograph Letter Signed [to his bankers].

Son of Admiral Sir Edward Southwell Sotheby (for whom see DNB). 1 page, 16mo. In good condition. 'Gentlemen | I beg to inform you that for the future I shall draw my own cheques instead of my brother Mr. Alfred Sotheby.' Docketed in red ink along both long edges.

Economics £20.00
Herbert Norris

Autograph letter signed to [L. E.] Berman,

Costume architect and archaeologist (died 1950). He was delighted to hear from him again, and is glad that his mother is still with him. "I may be free from my refugee after Christmas: then my one spare room would be free. You might be disposed to come down for a night [...] May the bold venture...

£20.00
Herbert Strang [pseudonym of George Herbert Ely and C. J. L'Estrange]

The cruise of the gyro-car.

Octavo. 243 pages. Frontispiece illustration. In original red cloth embossed binding. Poor copy: rear endpapers split, binding grubby, pages foxed. Presentation inscription on verso of flyleaf dated October 1914.

Science, Medicine and Technology £20.00
Hermann Vezin

Photograph signed,

Actor and teacher of elocution (1829-1910). Small publicity portrait of a stern-looking Vezin, glowering in an open-necked white shirt. Printed on thin art paper, 2¾ by 1¾ inches, with large white border, on which, "Yours truly / Hermann Vezin." Not in the best of condition: creased, grubby, and...

Music and Theatre £20.00
Ian Hay.

Typed Note Signed to Rev. E.J.F. Davies, autograph-hunter.

Ian Hay Beith, novelist. One page, 8vo. He is sending his autograph "with great pleasure" and apologising for delaying.

Literature £20.00
Isle of Man [ Thomas Smyth ]

Manuscript receipt Signed.

Presumably the Thomas Smyth (b. c. 1799) whose Roman Catholic marriage to Margaret McAleagh took place on the Isle of Man on 27 April 1839. Dimensions roughly 4 1/2 inches by 7 1/2 inches. Creased and discoloured, with a number of spike holes at foot, not affecting text. Reads: 'Douglas Isle of...

£20.00
James Albery

Autograph note signed to Mr [?] Parnell,

English dramatist (1838-89). One page, 12mo, on mourning paper. "I am sorry I forgot the card. Did you get the stalls all right / In any way I can serve you / I am / Yours faithfully / J. Albery". Docketed in a small hand in ink. Minimal loss to one corner. Bearing traces of previous mounting....

Music and Theatre £20.00
Jean Morison [Mrs Jean Morison Campbell]

Autograph Signature on fragment of letter.

Scottish author. Paper dimensions roughly four and a half inches by one and a quarter. Very good, with some light glue staining. From autograph album. Mounted on larger piece of blue paper. Reads '[...] your welcome letter which | [...] | [...] your loving friend Jean M. C. Miller Morison'....

Literature, Women £20.00