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Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham

Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Lady Honora'.

General and courtier (1767-1845). Three pages, 12mo. Folded twice. Good, but on discoloured, lightly creased paper. Difficult hand. Regarding the 'Talents & Acquirements' of a certain 'Captain Spiller'. 'I am much obliged to you for your kind Enquiries after Lady Howard, she is now on her...

£36.00
Mary Carpenter

Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent.

English educationalist and philanthropist (1807-77). One page, 12mo. Good, but on discoloured paper and with remnants of three labels from previous mounting adhering. Reads 'Dear Sir | The parcel went off to-day by Luggage train. It can be opened if more convenient to pack. | Please to let me...

Women £36.00
O. S. Fowler

Amativeness: or, evils and remedies of excessive and perverted sexuality; including warning and advice to the married and single.

Thirty-two pages. Octavo. In original light-blue illustrated printed wraps. A scarce item, in frail condition, with the wraps worn, spotted and frayed, particularly at the spine. Closed tears to reverse of wraps, which is stamped 'MAY BE HAD OF J.S. CROPLEY, WINDSOR'. Rust staining from staples...

Literature £36.00
Octave Feuillet

Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent. En francais.

Dramatist and novelist. One page, 8vo, good condition. In a difficult hand, he says that he has heard from [M. Rey?] that he hasn't concluded his engagement in Brussels and has no interest in the role mapped out except in a few days. He goes on to talk of the work involved in corrections which...

French, Literature, Music and Theatre £36.00
Ralph David Blumenfeld

Typed Letter Signed to Sir Francis Peek.

American-born British journalist (1864-1948), editor of the Daily Express, 1904-32. One page, quarto. Good, but on slightly discoloured paper, with slight staining to the four corners from previous mounting. Reads 'As one printer to another I want to tell you what I think of your magazine "...

History, Literature £36.00
Robert Henriques [Pierre Saville]

JOYEUX NOËL | HAPPY CHRISTMAS | La philosophie de Pierre Saville, traduite en langue anglaise par Robert Henriques.

A Christmas keepsake. Eight pages, 12mo. Unbound. Grubby but in good condition. INSCRIBED at head of title 'Having got through the Valley - R. H.' The usual French cynicism: 'Nothing can be such a bore | As: a locked door; | Or a banquet, without the least appetite for food; | Or a woman whom...

French £36.00
Rumer Godden, English novelist (1907-98)

Autograph Prayer Signed, 'For Stephen Snell from Rumer Godden'.

In very good condition, on a greetings card containing a reproduction of an illustration of a black cat by Barry Moser, from Godden's translation of Carmen Bernos de Gasztold's 'Prayers from the Ark'. The prayer, in Godden's hand (and probably one of her translations from the book) reads 'Lord,...

Literature £36.00
Rt Revd Edward Churton (1800-1874), Archdeacon of Cleveland [The Oxford Movement]

Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent.

One page, 12mo. Good, on grey paper and with the merest trace of cream mount adhering to blank reverse. The previous month he received 'an engraved Circular' from his correspondent, from which he now quotes a passage stating that his subscription of a guinea [to the Church Institution] is due. '...

£36.00
Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone

Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Eastlake.

English banker and economist (1796-1883). The recipient (1809-93) was a writer, and wife of the President of the Royal Academy, Sir Charles Eastlake. Three pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly creased and slightly discoloured paper. Shaky hand. He thanks her for her life of Mrs Grote. 'I shall read...

£36.00
Samuel Seabury [NEW YORK CITY; TAMMANY HALL]

Typed Letter Signed to the Hon. William Sulzer, 115 Broadway, New York City.

American lawyer (1873-1958), who in 1930 headed the investigation into political corruption in New York City which brought about the decline of Tammany Hall. Sulzer (1863-1941) had been elected Democratic Governor of New York in 1913 with Tammany support, but had been removed from office...

History £36.00