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Charles Lewis Gruneisen Autograph Letter Signed to 'G Remington Esq'. Journalist and musical critic (1806-79), Paris newspaper correspondent, 1839-44, who sent dispatches by pigeon. One page, 12mo. In poor condition: grubby and heavily stained. 'Dear Sir | I have been abroad or I would have replied to your note ere this. I will be at home until Noon next Monday... |
£23.00 | |
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Charles Wegener [UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO] American educator and philosopher (1921-2002), one of the key figures during the reorganization of the University of Chicago’s undergraduate college in the 1960s and 70s. All ten items quarto: five items one page in length and five two pages in length. Text legible throughout, but all items... |
£400.00 | |
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Comte J.J.B. Gassendi Document (secretarial) Signed "Gassendi", addressed to "Monsieur le Comte". En francais. General (1748-1828)(biography on net). One page, sm. folio, good condition.. He acknowledges a letter in which he was asked about the "plans & . . . construction du nouveau magazin des poudres [de debit?] a Paris. Le devise & le plan de ce magasin ont ete renvoyes dans le temps a Me... |
£200.00 | |
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D.Y. Cameron. A collection of autograph letters signed or initialled to [John] Lane, publisher Artist and etcher. See new DNB for substantial entry. Twelve autograph letters and notes signed, all 8vo, total 35+ pages, good condition. Contents: (undated letter) asking Lane to get a "Miss Hester Frow" work as illustrator with a weekly or monthly periodical (19 May 1903) He tells Lane to... |
£800.00 | |
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Didier Thirion [prob.]. Part of autograph letter signed. French revolutionary (1763-1816). A full page (the last) of a letter only, signed "Thirion", edge ragged (conjoint leaf torn off), the text clear as follows: "ne pouvant pas citoyen me livrer les livres que je vous ai demander au prix de votre catalogue au [rabais?] je vous prier de remettre ay... |
£400.00 | |
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Ed. Tallichet. Autograph Letter Signed to [Wm. Bellows, son of publisher of pocket French Dictionary]. Directeur de "La Bibliotheque Universelle et Revue suisse". Two pages, 8vo, good condition. Most of the letter consists of information about and praise of a hotel in the Alps. |
£36.00 | |
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Edmund Nagle. Note trimmed with the loss of a few letters, c.7" x 6", some staining but text clear, as follows: "These are to Certify the Principa[l] officers & Commissioners of His Majestys Navy that Mr Thomas Muir served as Lieutenant onboard His Majesty's Ship Juste under my command from the 15th day... |
£100.00 | |
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Emile Bastien-Lepage Autograph Letter Signed, in French, to Monsieur Bailly President of the Institut. French architect (1845-1938), brother of the painter Jules Bastien-Lepage. One page, 12mo. Very good, on discoloured paper. Rodin (the sculptor) has informed him that the sketch requested by the committee will be ready the next Saturday. Points out that it will be difficult to convene a meeting... |
£35.00 | |
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Frank Brangwyn Autograph Letter Signed to "[Wingman?]", fellow-artist. Artist and illustrator. Two pages, minor defects, mainly good. He thanks him for a letter and cheque for thirty guneas. "I shall be most delighted to see your Morocco sketches, they must be most interesting." He'll call by the next week and appreciates his kindness in offering one of the... |
£65.00 | |
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Frederick Rowton Autograph Letter Signed to T. E. Lea. Rowton edited a celebrated anthology of British female poets. One page, 12mo. Poor: grubby and with remains of stub from previous mounting adhering to edge of bifoliate. 'It will give me great pleasure to deliver my Lecture on Charles Dickens at the Southwark Institution during the next Season... |
£56.00 |
