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Author, Title, Summary Price
Mayne Reid.

Autograph note signed to Henry Blackett of Hurst & Blackett, publishers

Irish-American writer of boys' stories (1818-1883). Two pages, 8vo, in a bold though smudged hand, text just legible. "My dear Mr Blackett / May I beg you will let me have one more copy of The Hero in spite of himself -- s[?] I only had two [underlined], and six [underlined] is the allowance...

£65.00
John Thomas Hope.

Autograph Letter Signed to J.H. Burn, bookseller and ephemerist.

"Mr Burne/ 20 King Street/ Covent Garden".Two pages, c.10 x 7", chipped, part torn off, small hole, text clear. "Sir/ I return you the Catalogue of Periodicals filled up with all I now have in my Possession being above 600 Volumes in above 400 different Works./ I will give your young man half a...

£150.00
Lady Anne Culling Smith.

Autograph note, third person, to [James?] Carpenter, bookseller..

One page plus address page conjoint, 8vo, grubby, spike-hole, small portion torn off with opening of seal not affecting text, text clear and complete. "Lady Anne Culling Smith begs Mr. Carpenter will send her down by the stage to:morrow Eveng Mrs. Riche's Nocturnal visit together with her Maid...

£65.00
Marchioness of Douglas.

Autograph letter, third person, to Clarke (William with Hamilton/Beckford connection).

Susan Euphemia Beckford ("one of the handsomest women of her time" (quoted in DNB), 7 m. Marquis of Douglas in 1810. Two pages, somewhat grubby but text clear and complete. "The 5 Vols: of Grimms[sic] Correspondence which Mr. Clarke sent to Gros[veno]r Place for the Marchioness of Douglas are...

£350.00
W.D. Adams.

Autograph note, third person, to "Mr Byfield, Stationer".

(See Boase, Adams b. 1775 d. 1862, confidential secretary to William Pitt [for whom Lady Hester Stanhope kept house for a time], May 1804-Feb.[Note] 1806). One page, 4.5 x 10", damaged and stained but text readable, most clear. As follows: "Lady Hester Stanhope has desired me to order the...

£125.00
W.H. Watts.

Autograph letter signed to R. Ackermann.

Journalist and miniature painter (1776-1842). One page, 4to,edges discoloured, spike-hole causing minor loss, text clear as follows: "Allow me to express my acknowledgments to you for the very handsome though unsolicited manner in which, in the last number of your Repository, you have been...

£85.00
Baroness Howe

Autograph note, third person, to [Ackerman].

Two pages, 7.5 x 4.5, page trimmed without obvious loss, spike-hole, text clear. "Instead of the Repository[underlined] of Arts[underlined] for November/ which is the Magazine which the Baroness Howe has taken from its first publication/ Mr Akerman [sic] has sent her a Magazine & a Bill for...

£50.00
Comte Alexis de Saint Priest.

Printed Circular Autograph Letter Signed with Subscription Form)

French writer (1805-1851). Three pages, 8vo, bifoliate, good condition. "Sir,/ I have the honor to forward you the enclosed prospectus of the "Encyclopedie du XIXe Siecle" in which the high approbation given to this work by his Holiness, and also that of the R.R. General of the Jesuits, of the...

£75.00
Daniel Terry.

Autograph letter signed to J.H. Burn, Bookseller, King Street, Covent Garden, London.

One page, 4to, fold marks, text clear and complete. "Not receiving yours till the evening I had it not in time to reply by return- I fear I must have you fill up the bill for 3[inderline] months - as claims from a supposition (a most hasty and distressing one, alas) that I am, in the common...

£150.00
J. Cooke.

(Printed circular) Autograph Note Signed.

(1731-1810 - Maxted). Maxted says he was an "Extensive publisher of works in weekly numbers", and refers to DNB, Plomer, Nichols, iii.719, and Timperley. One page, c.7.5 x 4", minor damage, text clear and complete, printed in italic. "Paternoster Row London/ I hereby promise if this Work shall...

£50.00
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