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Edward Gilbert Highton, Fellow and Secretary, Royal Society of Literature [George Charles Williamson (1858-1942), writer on art and historian of Guildford; George Bell & Sons] 4to bifolium (leaf dimensions 26 x 20.5 cm). The notification certificate is on the recto of the first leaf, and Highton's letter is on the recto of the second. Versos of both leaves blank. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper, with 5 cm closed tear to margin of second leaf caused by removal... |
Art and Architecture, Literature, Social history | £28.00 |
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Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Politician and children's writer (1829-1893). Paper dimensions roughly four and a half inches by two and a half. Very good. From autograph album. Mounted on larger piece of blue paper. Reads '[...] himself, & the flatterers to whose advice he has listened rather than to those who have not... |
History, Literature | £28.00 | |
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Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick [née Balfour] (1845-1936), Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge 16mo, 1 p. In a bifolium. Seven lines. Clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. In stamped, addressed envelope. Asks if Chittenden will 'come to luncheon' on one of the two following days, as Sidgwick 'hardly saw' her on the previous day. |
Education, Women | £28.00 |
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Eliza Cook (1812-1889), English poet and journalist On a piece of pink paper, roughly 9 x 11 cm. Neatly laid down onto a piece of white paper. Very good. A reply to a request for an autograph. Reads 'I am | my dear Lady | Yours truly | [signed] Eliza Cook'. The signature is firm and bold, with a small part of the flourish beneath it shaved away... |
Literature, Women | £28.00 | |
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Emile Augier French playwright. One page, 8vo, minor defects, text clear and complete, in French as follows: "M. Seuferd [?] me fait le plaisir de dejeuner avec moi; vous seriez fort aimable de venir prendre votre part de ce frugal [?meal of some sort] et cette conversation litteraire." Postscript: "La cene... |
French, Music and Theatre | £28.00 | |
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Engineer-Captain William Richard Apps Autograph Letter Signed [to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. British military and naval architect (1862-1947). One page, quarto. Very good. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. He has not answered sooner as he 'has been away from home'. 'I thank you for the matter supplied & I regret that at present I am unable to put myself forward for election but... |
Military and Naval History, Science, Medicine and Technology | £28.00 | |
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Frederick Charles Husenbeth Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent [bookseller] Roman Catholic divine and author (1796-1872). One page, 12mo. Frail item in poor condition. On discoloured paper with loss to one edge (affecting five words of text) caused by damp staining. Small spike hole in centre. Clearly written to a bookseller. Reads 'Dear Sir | Be so good as to send e... |
Religion | £28.00 | |
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G. N. S. Hunt [Geoffrey Hunt] [Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege; Amen Corner; Christ Church, Newgate Street] Typed Letter Signed ('G. N. S. Hunt') to Mrs Steward of Beckenham, Kent. 4to: 1 page. Twenty-one lines of text. Good, on creased and lightly-aged paper. An impressively-considered letter, declining Mrs Steward's manuscript 'I had rather be a Doorkeeper'. 'As you point out, Christ Church, Newgate Street, is a near neighbour of Amen House, and its ruins are a pathetic... |
Book Trade History, Religion | £28.00 |
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George Armitage-Smith [BIRKBECK COLLEGE] Autograph Note Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Economist (c.1844-1923), Principal of Birkbeck College, 1896-1918. One page, octavo. Very good. Docketed and bearing R.S.A. stamp. Asks for Professor Campbell Swinton's address 'in any form'. 'If it is published in the Journal that wd. be very convenient.' Signed 'G. Armitage-Smith'. |
Economics | £28.00 | |
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GEORGE BOOTH HEMING [Goldsmiths' Company; Daily Graphic] Autograph Letter Signed, Autograph Note, and newspaper article. Mayor of Westminster (1858-1938), and prominent member of the Goldsmiths' Company, for whom he established an annual competition for craftsmen and schools in London. All items very good. Both manuscript items bearing the Society's stamp and the note also docketed. THE LETTER (one page, 12mo): 'I... |
Economics | £28.00 |