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"Tom" [surname unknown], sailor (possibly Captain). Substantial Autograph Letter Signed to his sister. Four pages, 4to, minor defects, text complete and clear. Something of a stylist, he first describes the effects of a severe storm on his ship (out of Montevideo). They eventually arrived at Valparaiso, planning to load a "coasting cargo for Callao from there to go to the [Chinea?] Islands to... |
£240.00 | |
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General the Rt Hon Sir Edward Lugard, GCB (1810-98) Autograph Signature ('Edward Lugard') on fragment of document. Dimensions of paper roughly one centimetre by six wide. Close-cropped but clear and entire. On aged paper with traces of glue from previous mount on reverse. |
£20.00 | |
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[TOBACCO; TABAC; PRINTED] Arrest de la Cour des Aydes . . . la vente exclusive de Tabac . . . Two bifoliate leaves, three pages, disbound, some damage to edges and soiling but text clear and complete. [Title continued] "portant qu'en attendant l'Enregistrement des Lettres Patentes sur les Arrests du Conseil des 22. Mars dernier & premier du present mois de Septembre, Pierre le Sueur... |
£300.00 | |
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Charles Warner, actor (DNB) Autograph Letter Signed to "Miss [Marie] Tempest", actress. Two pages, 8vo, minor defects, mainly good. He apologises for not using (or knowing) her full married name and tries to persuade her to give a part to his son whose career he summarises (Athos in "The Three Musketeers", juvenile lead in the "Absent-Minded Beggar"). In a postscript he suggests he... |
£23.00 | |
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Frank Clowes (1848-1923), Principal, University College Nottingham, and Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry Trueman Wood, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. One page, 12mo. Good. Docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. Concerns 'Sir Alexander Redler's being brought up by Crookes for election to the Athenaeum by the Committee under Rule II [...] you [...] intimated that you knew Redler & that I need not descant on his virtues: he is a most... |
£23.00 | |
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Richard Thomas Jefferies (1841-1920), Anglo-Australian musician 12mo bifolium. A frail, aged survival of a scarce and significant item, with wear, staining and several closed tears. THE LETTER (one page, on recto of second leaf of bifolium), signed 'R. T. Jefferies', asks 'Can you not give me your assistance at my next concert you would be conferring a favor... |
£100.00 | |
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Walter W. Robinson, English composer; Theodore Distin (1823-93), English singer; F. C. Wood, 'Lithographical Music Copyist'; the Original Lilian Minstrels; Grafton Hall The collection is in good condition, with each letter entirely legible. Two items particularly aged, and one with a couple of closed tears unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. Each item bears evidence of the fact that the collection was previously held together with a pin. An interesting... |
£280.00 | |
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S.C. Cockerell, museum director and bibliophile (DNB) Six pages, 8vo, water-stained but texts clear and complete. Much of the letters are concerned with elements of his executorship of the will of William Morris - (and trusteeship). In the letter to May he begins by expressing relief that "the Horace [book or manusript] was safe", then discussing a... |
£400.00 | |
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Timothy Tyrrell, Remembrancer of the City of London. Autograph Letter Sign "T. Tyrrell" to the "Worshipful Committee for Improving the Port of London". Two pages, 4to, dusted and otherwise marked, but text clear and complete. He "begs leave to represent the the State of my account of Fees & Disbursements in obtaining the Act of Parliament 'for rendering more commodious & for better regulating the port of London' which ammounts to... |
£65.00 | |
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A. Penniall and others. The Croydon Advertiser: Guardbook of some illustrations. Album, half-leather, worn, folio. The Guardbook of black and white illustrations from the Croydon Advertiser, c. 50 items, most c. 8 x 10", some folding, mainly Croydon subjects and neighbourhood, clear images in good condition, some by A. Penniall. |
£120.00 |
