OF

[James Cleland, Scottish statistician and historical writer; W.J. Hooker] Autograph Letter Signed James Cleland to Doctor Hooker, Bath Street [W.J. Hooker

Author: 
James Cleland, (1770–1840) Superintendent of Public Works in Glasgow, Scottish statistician and historical writer
Publication details: 
Glasgow, 23 Nov. 1821
Upon request

See Image.One page, 4to, staining, sl. crumpled, closed tears, but text complete and clear. Dear Sir [Doctor Hooker in bottom corner] I regret exceedingly that hitherto it has not been in my power to offer my services in the way of showing your friend our Manufactures; I have been taken up with two or three meetings every day. On Monday next or any subsequent day which may be convenient for you and your friend.I will bemost happy to accompany you[...]. At the foot of the page is written [James Cleland] Author of Annals of Glasgow - a Statistical Account of the City of Glasgow &c. Notes: a.

[The funeral of Robert Stephenson, locomotive engineer.] Autograph Letter Signed from Richard Chenevix Trench, Dean of Westminster Abbey (later Archbishop of Dublin) to Stephenson?s cousin G. R. Stephenson, agreeing to officiate.

Author: 
Richard Chenevix Trench (1807-1886), Anglican Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of All Ireland [Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) and his cousin George Robert Stephenson (1819-1905), locomotive engineers]
Publication details: 
'Westminster / Oct 15/59 [1859]'.
£56.00

See his entry, and those of the Stephenson?s, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with the blank second leaf carrying traces of mount. Folded for postage. Addressed to ?George Robt. Stephenson Esqr.? and signed ?R. C. Trench?. Reads: ?Dear Sir / May I express to you, as the first of those who have signed a communication which I have just received, the pleasure that it will give me to comply with the request therein contained; and I shall look forward to performing the part which you have desired in the funeral of the late Mr.

[Sir Frederick Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.] Autograph Letter Signed to Dr William Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, regarding the writing of an ?abstract?.

Author: 
Sir Frederick Pollock [Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock] (1783-1870), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer [William Sharpey (1802-1880), Scottish anatomist and physiologist, Secretary of the Royal Society]
Publication details: 
?Hatton / Hounslow / W. [London] / Thursday / 15th. Decr. / 1864?.
£35.00

See his entry, and Sharpey?s, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded for postage. Addressed to ?Dr. Sharpey Secy F S.? and signed ?Fred Pollock?. Begins: ?My dear Dr. Sharpey / I have nearly completed the abstract - I intend to dine at the Club & be present at the meeting to day & I shall ask you when you require the abstract?? He explains that he is ?presiding in the nisi prius C[our]t.?, and that he would like to have ?the leisure of a Sunday to finish it?.

[Sir William Bovill, English judge.] Autograph Letter Signed to his wife, regarding temporary living arrangements for the family [at the time of the Duke of Wellington?s funeral?].

Author: 
Sir William Bovill (1814-1873), English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [The Duke of Wellingtons Funeral, 1852]
Publication details: 
?Westmr [Westminster, London] / Wednesday morg.? [No date, but 1852?].
£30.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded for postage. Docketted in pencil in a contemporary hand: ?1853 [sic] / Duke of Wellingtons funeral? (on 18 November 1852). Signed ?W: Bovill?. Begins with reference to the family business (corn factors) in Milford Lane, City of London: ?My dearest Wife. / I have just seen George & find that there is the large bed room at the top of the house in Milford Lane unoccupied & we can have it - they can arrange something for the two boys & I dare say Mr.

[Lord Combermere [Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, army officer and Governor of Barbados] Autograph Letter Signed to W. J. Smith, regarding ?the correspondence of the late Mrs: Cathne. Stapleton with the Grenville family'.

Author: 
Lord Combermere [Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (1773-1865), British Army officer, Commander in Chief in Ireland and India, and Governor of Barbados [William James Smith]
Publication details: 
?C[ombermere]: Abbey [Shropshire] Novr: 5th: 1855.?
£30.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the engraver Charles John Smith FSA (1803-1838), the brother of the recipient. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, on first leaf of bifolium, the second leaf carrying a thin strip of tape from the mount. Folded twice. Addressed to ?Wm. James Smith Esqr:? and signed ?Combermere.? (the addressed and signature being somewhat smudged and merged).

[George Hudson, ?the Railway King?.] Autograph Note Signed [to Charles Manby, Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers]

Author: 
George Hudson (1800-1871), ?the Railway King? [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers]
Publication details: 
26 July 1846; York.
£50.00

The recipient is not named, but the item is from Manby's papers. See his entry, and Hudson's, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with slightly-discoloured indentation of the royal crest, and thin strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank reverse of the second leaf. The recto of that leaf is docketted 'July 26 1846 / Geo Hudson Esq / York'. Folded for postage. Reads: 'Sir / being unable to give my attention to the Society of which you solicite [sic] my name I beg to [?] becoming a Provisional Director / I am / Your obt. St. / Geo Hudson'.

[G?n?ral Fleury [General Baron Hubert Rohault de Fleury], French soldier in the Napoleonic Wars.] Autograph Note Signed, accepting an invitation from ?Madame la Bne: de Seebach?.

Author: 
G?n?ral Fleury [General Baron Hubert Rohault de Fleury] (1779-1866), French soldier who distinguished himself in the Napoleonic Wars, and later superintended the fortification of Lyon
Publication details: 
?Paris. 2 Mai 1856.?
£35.00

See his entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Not to be confused with Fleury (1815-1884), whose handwriting is markedly different. 1p, 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition, lightly aged. Neatly folded twice. Reads: ?Le G?n?ral Fleury se rendra avec le plus grand plaisir a l?invitation que Madame la Bne: de Seebach lui a fait l?honneur de lui adresser. / Paris. 2 Mai 1856.? The recipient is presumably the mother of the Alsatian artist Baron Lothar von Seebach (1853-1930).

['one of the Two Best Read Men in England': Abraham Hayward, author and translator.] Autograph Letter Signed with reference to a 'long review' of his book in the Morning Post.

Author: 
Abraham Hayward (1801-1884), Victorian man of letters and lawyer, whose translation of Goethe?s Faust was praised by Carlyle
Publication details: 
'8 St. James St. [London] / March 11 [no year]'. On embossed letterhead of the Athenaeum Club.
£30.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, and Antony Chessell?s 2009 biography of Hayward (subtitled ?one of the Two Best Read Men in England? - the other was Macaulay). 1p, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. The recipient is not named. Reads: ?It is now nearly three weeks since I heard from you. What is the cause. / I send you the Morning Post with a long review of my book. / All goes well with me. / Ever yours / A Hayward?.

[The ?political economy? of the Royal Academy: Charles Landseer RA, historical painter, elder brother of Sir Edwin Landseer.] Autograph Letter signed, regretting that he cannot provide Charles Manby?s wife with a ticket to a private view.

Author: 
Charles Landseer RA (1799-1879), historical painter, elder brother of Sir Edwin Landseer [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers]
Publication details: 
?Royal Academy WC [London] / 30th April [no year]?.
£40.00

See his entry, with those of his brother and of Manby, in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 16mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank second leaf. Good signature with attractive flourish: ?Chas Landseer?. Begins: ?My dear Manby / I don?t know what Knight means by saying C. L is rich, but I do know that if I had a ticket for the private view left, I would have given it to Mrs. Manby with the greatest pleasure.? He is sure there is ?something wrong in the political economy of the R.

[Claude Lovat Fraser] Illustrated handbill for two of his publications.

Author: 
[CLAUD LOVAT FRASER]
Publication details: 
Without date or place [1916].
£55.00

Printed on unwatermarked tissue paper. Dimensions of paper roughly seven and a half centimeters by eleven and a half. A very good copy of a frail and ephemeral item. An attractive illustration by Fraser of an ivy-clad wall memorial topped by a cherub encloses the following 'There are Published | I. Farewell to the Faeries, by Richard Corbett. | II. Three Poems, by Kenneth Hare. | Decorated and Published by C. Lovat Fraser, and can be obtained from Everard Meynell, 46 Museum Street, W.C. | [short rule] | Price SIXPENCE each, net.' See Image.

Sir Richard Cross [Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross], Conservative politician, Secretary of State for India and then Home Secretary.] Autograph Note Signed to George Cubitt [later Lord Ashcombe].

Author: 
Sir Richard Cross [Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross] (1823-1914), Conservative politician, Secretary of State for India and then Home Secretary [George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe (1828-1917)
Publication details: 
5 December 1877; on letterhead Home Office, Whitehall, S.W. [London]
£35.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium, with the reverse of the second leaf docketed ‘Sir Richard Cross / Home Secretary’. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to second leaf, and lightly folded. Headed ‘Private’. Addressed to ‘Geo: Cubitt Esq M.P.’ and signed ‘Rrd: Assheton Cross.’ Reads: ‘Many thanks for your letter. I am glad that all is settled. / The Correspondence has been returned.’

[Thomas Coutts, banker with London firm Coutts & Co.] Autograph Letter Signed regarding arrangements for a party with the Duke of Sussex.

Author: 
Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), Scottish banker, a founder of the London banking house Coutts & Co. [Prince Frederick Augustus (1773-1843), Duke of Sussex]
Publication details: 
‘Stratton Street [London] / 2nd March / 1818’.
£50.00

See his entry and that of the Duke of Sussex in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo, on first leaf of bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. With two folds. The recipient is not named; signed ‘Thomas Coutts’. Twenth-two lines of text, neatly written and sloping upwards. Begins: ‘My Dear Sir / I send for your personal attn from The Duke of Sussex by which you will see he has promised to attend The Subscription Dinner for the benefit of decayd artists & cannot dine with me but says he will call before a day with Mrs Coutts’.

[Cholera epidemic in Madeira, 1856.] Autograph Letter Signed from Tom Taylor, Secretary of the Board of Health (and future editor of Punch), to his former school fellow Rev. A. J. D. D’Orsey, arranging for medical publications to be sent him.

Author: 
Tom Taylor (1817-1880), editor of ‘Punch’, journalist, author and civil servant [Rev. Alexander James Donald D’Orsey (1812-1894); cholera epidemic in Madeira, 1856]
Publication details: 
‘Azerley Hall / nr. Ripon / Wednesday Oct 1. [1856]’
£50.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. D’Orsey was Professor of Elocution at University College, London. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. On aged, brittle paper, with slight wear and discoloration, a few closed tears along folds and traces of stub adhering to second leaf, but with entire text clear and intact. A long untidy letter, with writing up the margin on outer two pages. Addressed to ‘The Revd. A J D’Orsey’ and signed ‘Tom Taylor’. The topic is an outbreak of cholera at Madeira, about which D’Orsey has clearly launched an appeal.

[Edinburgh Festival, 1953.] Festival Letterhead with autographs of Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Michael Hordern, Alda Noni and two others.

Author: 
Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967), conductor; Sir Michael Hordern (1911-1994), actor and the original voice of Paddington Bear; Alda Noni (1916-2011), soprano; Edinburgh International Festival, 1953
Publication details: 
1953. On letterhead of The Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Dance.
£65.00

2pp, 12mo. The five signatures in pencil on a single Festival letterhead. In good condition, slightly discoloured, with two unobtrusive dabs of glue from mount at head of reverse. The three signatures on the recto are headed by Noni’s large bold one: ‘Alda Noni / Edinburgh 1953’. Beneath this is that of ‘[Raul Herrman?] / (beardless) / Aug. 28, ’53’. At the foot is an indecipherable Easter European signature, with small pencil illustration: ‘[Woftniltuntz?]’. On the reverse: ‘Malcolm Sargent’ above ‘Michael Hordern’. Image on request.

[Sir Henry Halford, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Physician Extraordinary to four monarchs.] Autograph Letter Signed regarding his ‘trifles’, a copy of which he is giving to the recipient.

Author: 
Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844), physician extraordinary to George III, George IV, William IV and the young Victoria, and President of the Royal College of Physicians
Publication details: 
‘Curzon St [London] / May 14 1839’.
£50.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Lightly worn, with blank second leaf carrying traces of mount. The recipient is not named, and the letter is signed ‘Henry Halford’. The subject is probably Halford’s ‘Nugae Metricae’, privately printed in the same year.

[Lord Alfred Henry Paget, Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Manby, Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers, regarding a planned trip ‘to Barnaby’, with a reference to Thomas Brassey.

Author: 
Lord Alfred Paget [Lord Alfred Henry Paget] (1816-1888), Liberal politician, Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication details: 
8 January [1866]. On blind-stamped letterhead of Osborne House [Isle of Wight].
£45.00

See his entry and Manby’s in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged, folded, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf. Addressed to ‘My dear Manby’ and signed ‘Alfred Paget’. He begins by saying that there seems to be nothing ‘here about’ to prevent him from going with Manby ‘to Barnaby [presumably Nathaniel Barnaby, Assistant-Constructor of H.M.

[Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mr. Peacock’, regarding his note published in the Archaeological Journal.

Author: 
Cardinal Vaughan [Herbert Alfred Henry Joseph Thomas Vaughan] (1832-1903), Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Westminster
Publication details: 
‘Archbishop’s House / Westminster / July 16 94 [1894]’.
£50.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, in trimmed windowpane mount, with a little light creasing and one fold. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr. Peacock’ and signed ‘Herbert Card Vaughan’. He is ‘greatly obliged’ to Peacock for his note which he has ‘read through with much interest’. He thanks him for publishing it in the Archaeological Journal, ‘where it occupies a public & as it were official position of authority. / God bless you’.

[Sir William Wilson Hunter, author of the monumental ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India’.] Autograph Letter Signed to A. M. Broadley, with signed portrait photograph, giving his reason for ‘resigning the Committee’ of the Welcome Club.

Author: 
Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), Scottish historian and statistician in the Indian Civil Service, author of the monumental 'Imperial Gazetteer of India’ [Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847-1916)]
Publication details: 
LETTER: 26 April 1895; on letterhead of Oaken Holt, near Oxford. PHOTOGRAPH: dated 1890.
£50.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient (‘Broadley Pasha’), who does not have the entry he deserves in the same work, had been involved in homosexual scandals in India, in 1872, and in England (‘The Cleveland Street Affair’), in 1889. LETTER: 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank reverse of the second leaf. Folded once. Addressed to ‘A. M.

[Royal Mistress] Engraving, head and shoulders (slightly decolletage) SIGNED Mary Anne Clarke

Author: 
Mary Anne CLARKE, (1776?-1852). Royal mistress.
Publication details: 
Published as the Act directs March 10th 1810 by E. Chapple No.66 Pall Mall.
£100.00

Circa 14 x 22cm, faintly stained, laid down on larger card, good condition. A bold signature. Note: Mrs Clarke, as she was known, had been the mistress of Frederick, Duke of York, and had used her influence with him to obtain preferment and promotion for those in her large circle for a consideration. After her estrangement from the duke and his resignation as commander-in-chief she became involved in a number of libel actions and was for a time imprisoned.

[Lord Alfred Henry Paget, Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Manby, Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers, regarding a planned trip ‘to Barnaby’, with a reference to Thomas Brassey.

Author: 
Lord Alfred Paget [Lord Alfred Henry Paget] (1816-1888), Liberal politician, Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Queen Victoria [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Publication details: 
8 January [1866]. On blind-stamped letterhead of Osborne House [Isle of Wight].
£45.00

See his entry and Manby’s in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, lightly aged, folded, with thin strip of tape from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf. Addressed to ‘My dear Manby’ and signed ‘Alfred Paget’. He begins by saying that there seems to be nothing ‘here about’ to prevent him from going with Manby ‘to Barnaby [presumably Nathaniel Barnaby, Assistant-Constructor of H.M.

[Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright.] Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Manby of the Adelphi Theatre, discussing his difficult quest in Paris to acquire music for a production.

Author: 
Dion Boucicault [Dionysius Lardner Boucicault; né Boursiquot] (1820-1890), Irish actor and playwright [Charles Manby (1804-84), Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers]
Publication details: 
'Paris Hotel de Helder / Rue du Helder / Friday morning'. No year.
£65.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of Manby who had, as the letter indicates, strong French connections. In addition to his work as Secretary to the Institution of Civil Engineers, Manby was also the business manager of the Adelphi Theatre in London. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Letter of thirty-eight lines on the first three pages, with address and four postmarks (two French and two English) on reverse of second leaf: ‘C. Manby Esq. / Institution Civil Engineers / 25 Great George St. / Westminster / London / Angleterre’.

[Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mr. Peacock’, regarding his note published in the Archaeological Journal.

Author: 
Cardinal Vaughan [Herbert Alfred Henry Joseph Thomas Vaughan] (1832-1903), Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Westminster
Publication details: 
‘Archbishop’s House / Westminster / July 16 94 [1894]’.
£50.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, in trimmed windowpane mount, with a little light creasing and one fold. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr. Peacock’ and signed ‘Herbert Card Vaughan’. He is ‘greatly obliged’ to Peacock for his note which he has ‘read through with much interest’. He thanks him for publishing it in the Archaeological Journal, ‘where it occupies a public & as it were official position of authority. / God bless you’.

[Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, Governor-General of South Africa.] Autograph Signature cut from letter.

Author: 
Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton [Sydney Charles Buxton], British Liberal politician, the second Governor-General of South Africa
Publication details: 
No date or place.
£20.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Slip of grey paper, 11 x 4 cm, cut from letter. In good condition, lightly aged, with central vertical fold and spotting on reverse (a few dots of which show through) from glue. Bold signature ‘Sydney Buxton’. Text on reverse: ‘[…] paper you thought [?] […] / or if too late for […]’.

[The man who coined the term ‘scientist’: William Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.] Autograph Letter Signed to Rev. J. E. Dalton of the British and Foreign Bible Society, declining the position of chairman of the Cambridge committee.

Author: 
William Whewell (1794-1866), polymath who coined the word ‘scientist’, Master of Trinity College Cambridge and authority on the history of science [Rev. J. E. Dalton; British and Foreign Bible Society
Publication details: 
‘Trin. Lodge, [Trinity College, Cambridge] Oct 26 1849’.
£50.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, and the entry for ‘scientist’ in the OED. Whewell first used the word in 1834 in the Quarterly Review, stating that ‘some ingenious gentleman proposed that, by analogy with artist, they might form scientist, and added that there could be no scruple in making free with this termination when we have such words as sciolist, economist, and atheist’. It is probable that the ‘ingenious gentleman’ is Whewell himself. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with the blank second leaf slightly damaged by removal from mount.

[Sir John Michael de Robeck, Admiral of Patrols in the Royal Navy.] Autograph Note Signed with aphorism.

Author: 
Sir John Michael de Robeck (1862-1928), Admiral of Patrols in the Royal Navy
Publication details: 
1919. No place.
£45.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. On 11 x 7 cm piece of grey paper, presumably cut from an album. In good condition, lightly aged, with traces of glue from mount on reverse. Reads: ‘Try & trust will move mountains - / J. M. de Robeck / 1919’. See Image.

[John Callcott Horsley, English painter.] Two Autograph Letters Signed to Doyne Courtenay Bell, Keeper of the Privy Purse, regarding the possible inclusion of a painting from the queen’s collection in a Royal Academy exhibition.

Author: 
John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), English painter [Doyne Courtenay Bell (1830-1888), Keeper of the Privy Purse]
Publication details: 
17 and 18 December 1886; each on letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
£45.00

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The two items in good condition, lightly discoloured, and each folded twice. Both addressed to ‘Doyne . C . Bell’. ONE (17 December 1886): 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Signed ‘J. Callcott Horsley. He explains the reason for not writing sooner: ‘I waited to see how our wants were likely to be as to small pictures’. The picture that Bell describes ‘must be a very interesting one’, and Horsley would ‘much like to see it’.

[Marchioness of Londonderry [Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, née Chaplin], society hostess and charity worker.] Autograph Letter Signed music hall entertainer George Robey, asking him to participate in a Women’s Legion ‘Jazz Jumble Sale’.

Author: 
Marchioness of Londonderry [Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, née Chaplin] (1878-1959), society hostess and charity worker [George Robey [Sir George Edward Wade] (1869-1954), music hall artiste]
Publication details: 
22 May [1919]. On letterhead of the Women’s League, 4 Iddesleigh Mansions, SW1 [London].
£50.00

See her entry and his in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and lightly creased paper. Folded for postage. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr Robey’ and signed ‘E Londonderry.’ Begins: ‘We are holding a gigantic Jumble Sale on the 10th. of July – to help the Legion funds – We are calling it the Jazz Jumble Sale as there is a the dansant as well – A kind of fair we intend to make it & a member of the Royal family is going to open it in the afternoon. Will you be very kind and come and auction some of the things for us at four oclock.

[Lawrence of Arabia: unpublished personal recollections of Henry Williamson, author of ‘Tarka the Otter’.] Autograph Typescript by Williamson, with one Autograph Manuscript emendation, of passage from memoir.

Author: 
Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist, author of ‘Tarka the Otter’ [T. E. Lawrence [Thomas Edward Lawrence; ‘Lawrence of Arabia’] (1888-1935), author of ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’]
Publication details: 
No date or place. (1930s or 1940s?)
£150.00

From the Henry Williamson papers. The present text does not feature in Williamson’s 1941 memoir of Lawrence ‘Genius of Friendship’, and appears to be unpublished. (According to Williamson’s entry in the Oxford DNB, the publication in 1927 of ‘Tarka the Otter’ ‘attracted the attention of T. E. Lawrence, whose letter of praise started a correspondence and friendship between the two.

[Eric Kennington, artist and sculptor.] Three Autograph Letters Signed to Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd, Lord Mayor of London, concerning a commission for an oil painting. With carbons of three replies including one from Vice-Admiral T. B. Drew.

Author: 
Eric Kennington [Eric Henri Kennington] (1888-1960), artist and sculptor who illustrated T. E. Lawrence’s ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ [Sir Cuthbert Ackroyd (1892-1973), Lord Mayor of London]
Publication details: 
Kennington’s letters: 11 June, 26 [September] and 7 October 1956; all on his letterhead of Homer, Ipsden, Oxon. Replies of 20 June and 3 and 10 October 1956.
£500.00

See Kennington’s entry in the Oxford DNB. All six items in good condition, lightly aged. Previously pinned together, with Kennington’s letters folded for postage, and all three are 1p, 8vo, and signed ‘Eric Kennington’. ONE: Kennington ALS, 11 June 1956. Having conferred with Ackroyd’s clerk ‘Mr. Osborne’, he explains that he cannot give his attention to the portrait until September.

[Dame Ruth Railton, musical director and conductor.] Autograph Card Signed to Philip Dosse of Hansom Books, regarding matters including his mother’s cancer treatment and a book by her husband Cecil Harmsworth King.

Author: 
Dame Ruth Railton (1915-2001), conductor, founder of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, wife of press baron Cecil Harmsworth King [Philip Dosse (1925-1980)]
Publication details: 
Irish postmark of 2 April 1975; on letterhead of The Pavilion, Greenfield Park, Dublin.
£56.00

See her entry, and her husband’s, in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Philip Dosse was proprietor of Hansom Books, publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including ‘Books and Bookmen’ and ‘Plays and Players’. Postcard of 14 x 9 cm, with letterhead and no illustration. Monogram signature ‘RK’. In good condition, lightly aged, with slight smudging to a couple of words in one corner. Addressed to ‘Mr Philip Dossé. [sic] / Hansom Books. / Artillery Mansions. / 75, Victoria Street. / LONDON.

Syndicate content