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John Romilly, 1st baron Romilly Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent. Lawyer and Member of Parliament (1802-74), Master of the Rolls, 1851-73. On scrap of paper roughly three and a half inches square. Grubby and stained. Reads '<...> In Chancery | F. 131 <...> | L. C. 13 Ap. 1839 | Will [last word deleted] see minutes of judgment back of pp. 3 & 4... |
Law | £30.00 | |
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John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923), R.A., English artist and costume designer Two pages, 12mo. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. 'In the rush of finishing [his] Academy work' he finds Wright's letter 'among numerous others unanswered'. He will be returning to London in a fortnight 'and shall have great pleasure in sending you the bookplate together with an early... |
Art and Architecture | £30.00 | |
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John Spencer Brydges Todd (1840-1921), Executive Commissioner, Paris, for the Universal Exhibition of 1878, and colonial officer One page, 12mo. Very good. 'Although I am surprised at your wishing to include mine in your collection of autographs, here it is. | I agree with Sir Alfred Milner that Work, Brains & Opportunity are necessary to success; and that the last is most necessary. But I think that Self-control... |
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Jonathan Mawson Denwood (born c.1853?; died c.1931?), English writer in the dialect of his native Cumbria Autograph Note Signed to unnamed male correspondent. One page, quarto. Good, on lightly aged paper. Some offsetting and smudging from Denwood's folding of letter. Reads '72 Kirkgate | Cockermouth | Aug 8 - 1931 | Jonathan. Mawson. Denwood | Dear Sir, | I send you autograph. I cannot write further At the moment I can scarcely hold a pen.' |
Literature | £30.00 | |
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L. B. Walford [Lucy Bethia Walford, daughter of John Colquhoun (1805-1885)] (1845-1915), novelist and artist Autograph Letter Signed ('L. B. Walford.') to 'Dr. Macmillan' [a member of the publishing house?]. 12mo: 4 pp. Bifolium with mourning border. 30 lines of text. Good. She has heard that he has 'been good enough to speak kindly of "Pauline" so far as it has gone', and wonders whether he would distribute, to 'such of yr. Friends as belong to Circulating Libraries', cards 'to let people know in... |
Art and Architecture, Literature | £30.00 |
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Martin Archer Shee. Autograph Note Signed to A. Durham. Irish artist and writer (DNB). One page, 8vo, good condition. He cannot accept an invitation because the event clkashes with a meeeting of the Dilettante Society to which he is committed. |
Art and Architecture, Literature, Music and Theatre | £30.00 | |
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Mary Cholmondeley Autograph letter signed to "Miss Phillips" (1859-1925). 2pp., 12mo, minimal remnants of its having been attache to album page . She and her husband cannot visit on the Friday since they are "At Home". She invites her to tea and expresses pleasure in the improvement in Mr Phillips health. |
Women | £30.00 | |
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Mary Mitford. The address panel only, 4 x 2", of a letter with the address "Mrs Davidson/ Milner's[?] Lodgings/ Green Street/ Scarborough/ Yorkshire" in Mitford's hand. Partly laid down. Mary Mitford's name and address are written in another hand on the reverse. |
Literature, Women | £30.00 | |
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Maurice Baring. Poet and Man of Letters. One page, 4to, folded, minor spotting. "Dear Sir / Love is what you ask for: / Yours very truly / Maurice Baring". |
Literature | £30.00 | |
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Mrs Constance A. Kyrle Fletcher (died 1980), wife of Ifan Kyrle Fletcher (1905-1969), bookseller One page, 12mo. Very good with light creasing. She thanks him for the list of autographs, out of which she is interested in four: those of Macready, Gordon Craig, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. '[T]he signature you could not decipher is "Alma Tadema" '. |
Book Trade History, Music and Theatre | £30.00 |