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Jilly Cooper, popular novelist Postcard, 15 x 10.5cms, very good condition. Picture of V2 (flying bomb) recto. Verso Addressed to Hunter Davies's full address. Her message (beginning in different ink from second half) as follows: Darling Darling | Hunter | I've just read December 17 . Punch, What more can I say But thank you... |
£75.00 | |
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Margaret [Forster] & Hunter Davies, the former novelist & biographer, the latter journalist and author,. Three Pages, folio. Page One: Hunter Davies discusses his idea of local writers attending a regular lunch, to commence on 30 March [1983 presumably]. He concludes with a list of possible lunchers (from Margaret Drabble to David Cornwall [John Le Carre] to Salman Rushdie, and so on. SEE Image.... |
£500.00 | |
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[Bank of England; Napoleonic Wars; Ministry of All the Talents; National Debt; Prime Ministers' Signatures] The significance of this document is indicated by the Prime Minister's signature (Spencer Perceval). And the National Debt was a major issue given the expense of fighting Napoleon. Description: Two pages, folio, fold marks, aged, small closed tears, edges worn in poart, text clear and complete.... |
£1,650.00 | |
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[John Waynflete Carter (1905 ? 1975) writer, diplomat, bibliographer, book-collector, antiquarian bookseller ] Percy Muir and David Randall, Editors One issue of Bibliographical Notes and Queries, [12] pages, 8vo, unbound. minor staining and wear ro 'spine', fold mark, good condition. It concludes with a two-page article by John Carter, headed BIBLIOGRAPHY AT OXFORD (with references to Dr Chapman and Mr Hazen etc.. |
£65.00 | |
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[Military Appointment; General George Anson, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.] Document (Vellum?] 44 x 25cms, text clear and complete, fold marks. With Seal. SIGNED by General George Anson, Commander-in-Chief in India and Military Secretary, East Indies (signature illegible). See Image. |
£220.00 | |
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[Military Appointment; General Sir Charles James Napier, Commander-in-Chief in India.] Vellum Document, 40 x 25cms, bottom edge sl. crumpled , faint water stin lright margin, text clear and complete. With Seal. SIGNED by General Sir Charles James Napier, Commander-in-Chief in India and J.P. Kennedy [John Pitt Kennedy], Military Secretary, East Indies (see Wikipedia entry [ a... |
£280.00 | |
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Diana Dors, actress and singer, blonde bombshell Substantial Typed Letter Signed (26 lines), 4to, 20 x 25cms, tiny closed tears, fold marks, aging, basically good condition. She gives her wishes on patterns and materials, colours and placements, etc. See Image for full text. |
£60.00 | |
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Edmund Kean, Shakespearian Actor Ticket for Drury Lane, 8.5 x 4, laid down on larger card. See Image. |
£100.00 | |
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William Cobbett (1763 ? 1835) pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer Address panel from an envelope/letter with Free stamp, 11 x 7cm, aged but good condition and clear wording. See Image. Note: Presumably John Hudson, who was recorded as an Inn Keeper in the Subdeanry of Chichester in 1830, and as an Inn Keeper at the Dolphin in 1832, was proprietor by 1840 at 92... |
£30.00 | |
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[Military Appointment , Aberdeen] George, Marquis of Huntly] One page, 33 x 21cms, fold marks (and folded), minor staining, good condition. See Image. |
£80.00 |
