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Thomas Hughes QC (1822 ? 1896), author of 'Tom Brown's School Days, lawyer, judge, politician and author.

[Thomas Hughes; Tom Brown's School Days] Autograph Note Signed, Thos. Hughes to W. Bancroft about the latter's present of his book.~[Headed] County Courts | Circuit No. 9, 28 November 1893

One page, 8vo, minor defects, mainly good condition. Text: I hope your kind present of your lately published Vol has not been lying here without acknowledgment for many days. The fact is that I only found it here on my return home late last night - I shall read it with much interest & am...

£56.00
Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington (1699 ? 1747), Army officer and politician,sometime Paymaster-General of Ireland

[Pattee Byng, 2nd Viscount Torrington, sometime Paymaster-General of Ireland] Part only of Printed Exchequer Receipt Signed Pattee Byng

Part of a Receipt, 13 x 11.5cm, an ancient smear on the verso, ow good condition. Receipt filled in in MS, "Received then of [Lord Onslow, one of the four tellers of his Majesty's Exchequer] the Sum of [Twenty one thousand three hundred Eighty Seven pounds] in further part of an Order, Dated the...

£50.00
Patrick Moore, amateur astronopmer and broadcaster

[Patrick Moore, amateur astronomer and broadcaster] Three Typed Letters Signed to three correspondents

A. TLS, one page, 4to, to Kevin, 17 May [no year given], good conditiopn, text; He has signed some papers, then apologises for the lateness of his TV programme. There isn't much I can do about this, alas. But I hope you enjoy them when you do get the chance to watch.Last weeks', with Carl Sgan,...

£60.00
Kingsley Amis, novelist [J.R. Ackerley]

[Kingsley Amis, novelist] Autograph Note Signed Kingsley Amis to a Mr. Braybrooke [?Neville Braybrooke, magazine editor and publisher in his youth, literary critic]

One page, 12mo, good condition. Text: Sorry - no letters from poor J.R.A. [J.R.Ackerley, author] You should have had them and welcome if they had existed. See Scan.

£56.00
Kate Douglas Wiggin ( 1856 ? 1923) American educator, author and composer.

[Kate Douglas Wiggin, author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, etc] Autograph Quotation Signed Kate Douglas Wiggin.

Paper, 12 x 7cm, remnants on verso indicating tipped on another surface previously. Text: 'God bless the brick house that was; God bless the brick house that is to be! | Kate Douglas Wiggin | From Rebecca'. See Scan.

£56.00
John Guise (1682 or 1683 ? 1765), Army officer and art collector.

[John Guise, Army officer and art collector; Raphael; Michelangelo; Da Vinci.] Note about allowances of powder with the signature J Guise, addressed to My Lord & Gentlemen

One page, 15.5 x 20cm, left edge repaired, fair condition with text sl. faded. Text (secretarial) My Lord & Gentlemen | the Powder last Deliver'd for the Duty and Exercise of is Majesty's First Regim[en]t of Foot Guards being now expended ([ten barr[e]ls?] part of the allowance Due to the...

£250.00
George Pitt-Rivers [George Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (1890 ? 1966) anthropologist and eugenicist AND Anti-Semite.

[George Pitt-Rivers, anthropologist and eugenicist] Autograph Note Signed George Pitt-Rivers to Mr. Williamson [novelist Henry Williamson]

One page, 4to, bottom edge stained, aged, ow good. Before his letter appears the printed statement, YOUR HOME IS THREATENED | RATEPLAYERS - DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS!. Text: Dear Mr Williamson | You may feel inclined to get into touch with me. I am trying desperately hard to get together a united...

£250.00
F.L. McClintock [Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer]

[F.L. McClintock , Arctic explorer] Autograph Signature ('F. L. Mc:Clintock:').

On piece of paper cut from letter, roughly 8.5 x 2 cm, stuck on larger piece of paper, minimal smudging, signature clear. on reverse.

£23.00
Duke and Duchess of Windsor [Edward, Duke of Windsor,sometime Edward the Eighth; Wallis Simpson]

[Duke and Duchess of Windsor] Black & White Photograph of the Duke and Duchess mounting a flight of steps.

Black & White photograph, 11.5 x 9cms, good condition. Opportunist photo, taken without their knowledge. Location unknown. See Image

£100.00
Daphne du Maurier, novelist

[Daphne du Maurier, novelist] Autograph Sentiment Signed Daphne du Maurier.

Autograph Sentiment Signed on card, 12.5 x 7.5 cm., aged but clear. Evidnece of tipping onto something on verso, along with identification as Du Maurier. See Image. With photo. See Image

£45.00
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