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Sir Walter Besant Letter <in secretarial hand?>, signed in autograph, to 'Mr <Dubarry?>. English novelist (1836-1901). Two pages, octavo. Some discoloration in margin from previous mounting. His silence is due to the fact that he has been 'out of town for Easter'. He is grateful to his correspondent for thinking of him 'in connection with the Garrick. But I am afraid I must not... |
Literature | £36.00 | |
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Sir William Tite Autograph Letter Signed to J. Cotterell. British architect and politician (1798-1873), Member of Parliament for Bath, 1855-73. Three pages, 12mo. Very good, but with two stubs from previous mounting adhering to inner margin of verso of second leaf of bifoliate. He was glad to receive Cotterell's 'Papers & to read your Proceedings... |
History | £36.00 | |
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Theophilus Redwood (1806-1892), Welsh analytical chemist, Professor of Pharmacy at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Autograph Note Signed ('T Redwood') to unnamed recipient. One page, 12mo. Blind stamped monogram at head. Text clear and entire, but on heavily damp-stained paper. Reads 'The enclosed is to be inserted in the Journal of the Chemical Society among the Proceedings.' |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £36.00 | |
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The State Office of Statistics, Czechoslovakia Two pages, folio. Good, but on discoloured and lightly creased paper, with remains of stub adhering to one edge of verso. In English, with illegible signature. Begins 'The State Office of Statistics appreciating fully the great importance of an exact information of the British publicity of the... |
Travel and Topography | £36.00 | |
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Walter Charles Horsley Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Francis'. English artist (1855-1934) of the oriental school, a member of a family whose papers are in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Two pages, 12mo. Very good, though grubby and on paper discoloured with age. He thanks her for her note and is sorry that she 'should have had any trouble about the bundles'... |
Art and Architecture | £36.00 | |
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William Edward Hartpole Lecky Autograph Letter Signed [to the editor of the North American Review]. Two pages, 12mo. Very good. Thanks his correspondent for 'your kind letter & for the hospitality you have given me in the North American Review. I hope you will be able to bring out my article in the March Number as the political Kaleidoscope changes so quickly that some part may appear... |
Book Trade History, History | £36.00 | |
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Thomas Hughes [Thomas Smart Hughes] (1786–1847), historian [Richard Twining (1772-1857), tea and coffee merchant] Part of Autograph Letter Signed ('Tho Hughes') to Twining. Strip of paper cut from letter, roughly 19 x 9 cm. Poor, on lightly-stained paper, with small section lacking from the breaking open of the seal, resulting in loss of one word. Postmark and fragment of address on reverse: '<...>d Twining Esqr | <...> Strand | London'. Reads 'Yrs very... |
History | £36.00 |
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Eliza Lynn Linton, novelist Autograph Note Signed "E. Lynn Linton", novelist, to "Mr Wright". One page, 12mo, edge trimmed with minor loss of text. She is working too hard to find time for "social duties or politenesses" She will be at a certain place the following day. She has a cold "who has not?") abnd asks whether he will be in his "place" the following day. |
Literature, Women | £36.00 |
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Terenzio Mamiani, Italian Poet. Autograph Note Signed to Riverita Signora od Amica. One page, 12mo, good condition. See scan for contents. |
Literature | £36.00 |
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[Christopher Sykes; Kingston-upon-Hull; M. C. Peck and Son; George Falkner and Sons, Manchester 4to, 4 pp. Bifolium. Printed in brown on watermarked laid paper. Fair, on aged paper. An exercise in Wardour Street English, foreshadowing in some respects the Leadenhall Press with its mish-mash of fonts and point sizes, and its antiquated decorative rules. The fair will be opened by 'Maister... |
Music and Theatre | £36.00 |