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Charles Rabot, French geographer, glaciologist, traveler, journalist, lecturer, translator, and explorer [ AMUNDSEN ] [Antarctic] Autograph Postcard signed "Charles Rabot" to [Marin?] Two sides of postcard, in French, in a difficult hand, probably sent in 1913, the year in which this French Societe awarded a medal to Amundsen (GRADE MÉDAILLE D'OR DES EXPLORATIONS - of the south), text clear and complete. He is discussing the arrangements for the visit of Amundsen, saying... |
£150.00 |
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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... |
£28.00 | |
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Francis Edward Paget Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd Thomas Helmore. Divine and author (1806-82). The recipient (1811-90) was a musical writer and composer, and the priest-ordinary of the Chapel Royal, St James's. Three pages. Poor: creased, dogeared, frayed, and with traces of previous mount adhering to blank verso of second leaf of bifoliate. He received the... |
£65.00 | |
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John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley Autograph Letter Signed to 'Aunt Emily'. English aristocrat (1835-95), poet, numismatist, archaeologist, writer on natural history, etc. Two pages, 12mo. Good, but with blank verso of second leaf of bifoliate adhering to docketed remains of leaf from autograph album. Had he not been 'so busy that I hardly knew where to turn' he would... |
£75.00 | |
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Philip Bliss Autograph Signature on slip of paper. Antiquary (1787-1857) and Keeper of the Archives at Oxford, 1826-57. On slip of grey paper roughly two and three-quarter inches by three-quarters of an inch, neatly mounted on larger slip of thicker paper. Reads, in Bliss's distinctive and disciplined hand, 'a true Copy | Philip Bliss.'... |
£45.00 | |
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Edmond Xavier Kapp Autograph Note Signed to 'Mr. Wilson' [the bookseller John Gideon Wilson of Bumpus?]. English artist (1890-1978). His wife, Yvonne Kapp, published four novels under the pseudonym Yvonne Cloud. One page, octavo. Very good, though a little creased and with dogeared corners. Reads 'Dear Mr. Wilson, | It is good of you to have taken so much trouble - I am greatly obliged to you. The... |
£75.00 | |
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George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover Autograph Letter to Paul Colnaghi. English author and politician (1797-1833), whose efforts resulted in the formation of the National Gallery. Colnaghi (1751-1833) was the leading printseller of the period. One page, quarto. Good, on slightly discoloured paper with traces of previous mount adhering to reverse. A formal letter in... |
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Harry Furniss [Punch, or the London Charivari] Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male publishers. Anglo-Irish journalist and caricaturist (1854-1925), best known for his work for Punch. Three pages, 12mo. Very good, but with slight wear and discoloration to recto of first leaf of bifoliate. Asks to 'know the fate of Miss Lyster's M.S.' 'You will recollect I called & saw you about it some... |
£45.00 | |
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Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury Autograph Letter to the printseller [Dominic Paul] Colnaghi. English novelist (1775-1861). One page, 12mo. A frail item in poor condition: on discoloured, frayed paper, with several closed tears and some loss to edges. A formal letter in the third person. 'Lady Charlotte Bury presents Her Comp[limen]ts. to Mr: Colnaghi and would be obliged to Him if He... |
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Thomas Robert Macquoid Autograph Letter Signed to J[oseph] Swain. English artist and illustrator (1820-1912). Swain (1820-1909) was a noted wood-engraver, and the letter concerns his possible employment by Macquoid. Two pages, 12mo. Good, but on discoloured paper, heavily sunned along one edge and browning in one corner, with small closed tear at top of fold.... |
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