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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (1830-1903), 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British Conservative Prime Minister on three occasions Autograph Letter, in the third person, to the publishers Williams & Norgate. 12mo: 1 p. Good. Purple receipt stamp in top left-hand corner. 'Lord Salisbury requests Messrs. Williams & Norgate to send him Harnack's "Die Chronologie der Altchristlichen Literatur bis Eusebius". Also another volume he published 3 or 4 years ago on the same subject - the "Geschichte".'... |
£56.00 | |
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William Hurrell Mallock (1849-1923), English author [Edith Nesbit] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. H. Mallock') to 'Mrs Nesbit'. 12mo: 1 p. On discoloured paper with wear at head and traces of previous mount adhering to blank reverse. He sent the publishers Chatto & Windus her novel the previous Monday, 'begging them to write to you on the matter, and giving your work my best recommendation'. He has not heard anything... |
£35.00 | |
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Whitwell Elwin (1816-1900), English journalist, editor of the 'Quarterly Review' Autograph Letter Signed ('Whitwell Elwin') to 'Miss Mayne'. 12mo, 1 p, 17 lines. Very good. He has been 'from home visiting here & there', and has returned to 'a mass of correspondence which is perfectly appalling'. He is sorry she 'sent back the book', as he meant her 'to keep it in perpetuity'. 'The recent work which finds most favour with the... |
£75.00 | |
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Sir Abraham Hume (1749-1838), connoisseur Autograph Signature ('Abram: Hume') on fragment of frank. Paper dimensions roughly 2 x 5 cm. Good, although on discoloured paper, and mounted on piece of slightly larger discoloured paper docketed in pencil 'Sir Abm Hume'. Reads 'Free 274 | [signed] Abram: Hume'. |
£20.00 | |
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Sir William Trumbull (1639-1716), English politician, member of the first Whig Junto Autograph Signature ('Will. Trumbull.') on fragment of document. On irregular piece of paper roughly 4.5 x 4.5 cm. Good, on lightly discoloured paper. With part of signature '[S]mith' below. Docketed on reverse 'Sir Wm. Trumbull Statesman Wm 3d'. |
£25.00 | |
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Sir William Yonge (1693-1755), 4th Baronet, Whig politician and poet Autograph Signature ('Will: Yonge'). On piece of paper roughly 2.5 x 4.5 cm. Good, on lightly discoloured paper. Docketed on reverse '1755'. |
£28.00 | |
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Thomas Webster (1800-1886), English artist Paper dimensions 5 x 11 cm. Good. The foot of the last page of a letter with a mourning border. Reads '<...> consideration. | I am, Gentn. | Your obedt. St. | [signed] Thos Webster | To the President | & Council of the Royal Academy'. |
£18.00 | |
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Admiral Lord Amelius Beauclerk, G.C.B. (1771-1846), 3rd son of the 5th Duke of St Albans Autograph Signature ('Admiral Lord Ams. Beauclerk'). On piece of card roughly 3.5 x 7 cm. Good, though slightly discoloured. Reads '[signed] Admiral | Lord Ams. Beauclerk', beneath which, in a contemporary hand, 'Port Admiral | of Plymouth'. |
£23.00 | |
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H. R. Montgomery [Henry Riddell Montgomery, 1818-1904] [Thomas Chatterton; James Macpherson; George Psalmanazar; Richard Bentley] Famous Literary Impostures, A Series of Essays. 12mo: iv + 132 pp. Unbound. In original red printed wraps. Stapled. A poor copy of a scarce item (COPAC only lists copies at the British Library and National Library of Scotland). Dog-eared and grubby, with wraps faded and with loss to extremities and spine repaired with tape. Staples rusted and... |
£56.00 | |
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Henry Kater (1777-1835), English physicist of German descent Autograph Letter Signed to the English mineralogist and geologist William Phillips (1775-1828). 12mo: 2 pp. Very good. Addressed to 'Mr. W. Phillips' on otherwise-blank second leaf of bifolium, which carries traces of previous mount. Acknowledges 'the obliging present' of Phillips's 'valuable work on mineralogy' (the influential 'Outline of the Geology of England and Wales', 1822, written... |
£180.00 |
