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Gathorne Gathorne Hardy Autograph Note Signed to Miss C. rachenburg, Lady Harding, The Terrace, Anglesey, Gosport. Earl of Cranbrook. [On 2 July, Hardy was appointed to the Poor Law Board.] Statesman. One page, 8vo, laid down with envelope (stamped and addressed and counter-signed by Hardy, good condition. He thanks her for her "pamphlet on Cholera and its cure. I will submit it ot some more competent judge... |
£30.00 | |
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George Smart. Autograph "G. Smart"on envelope front, to William Maclose, 61 York Terrace, Regents Park. Smart, Sir George Thomas 1776-1867, musician and orchestral conductor. Envelope fornt with address as above, c.4 x 2.5", signed by Smart, text clear despite some soiling. |
£25.00 | |
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F.G.P. Neison. Statistics of Crime in England and Wales for the Years 1842, 1843, and 1844. Read before the Statistical Section of the British Association at Southampton, 15 Sept. 1846. Pp.1-54, 8vo, disbound, some pages loose, some soiling particularly last page. INSCRIBED by the author: "To Alexander Robertson Esq / With [Mr?] Neison's Compts." |
£100.00 | |
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Fox Maule Letter Signed to The Hon. & Rev. J.B. Keppel, Warham Rectory, Wells, Norfolk. Statesman (DNB), at this time under-secretary. Secretarial hand, signatureof Maule. One page, folio, fold marks, good, saying "I have laid befroe the Marquess of Normanby your Letter of the 22nd instant, and its Enclosures, relative to the conviction of James Stayner as a Rogue and Vagabond; -... |
£35.00 | |
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George, Duke of Cambridge. Autograph Letter Signed (part) to unknown correspondent. Part of letter, c.4 x 4", laid down, good condition, last few lines in which he says "Princess Frederica has promised to dine with me. Could I induce you & Bradford to come & meet her here. I remain, / Yours most sincerely / George." |
£25.00 | |
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Muriel G. Wickenden. Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent. British Women's Golf Champion c.1922, one page, 8vo, partly laid down, good condition, saying "Many thanks for your letter and congratulations. I much regret the unavoidable delay in replying and have great pleasure in giving you herewith my signature." With a newspaper photograph (clipping from... |
£50.00 | |
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Thomas Arnold. Autograph Letter Signed (part) to unknown correspondent. Headmaster of Rugby. c.4.5" x 2", soiled from vestiges of laying down process but text mainly clear as follows: Likes India, and that he is doing well there. Believe me to be, my dear [Torkell?], / Ever very truly yours, / T. Arnold. |
£45.00 | |
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Samuel Phillips. Autograph Letter Signed to W[illiam] Shackell, onetime owner, printer of "John Bull". Glass manufacturer (1814-1854). 2pp., 8vo, good, admitting that he isinvolved with the Crystal Palace Company, but is not the secretary. Hesays that he has the interests of “Mr Woodfall” [the printer?] at heart, and his family is well. Phillips became literary diretor of the Crystal Palace Co.... |
£45.00 | |
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Thomas Phillips. Autograph Letter Signed "Phillips", to “Cooper”. Artist (1770-1844). 2pp., 8vo, good. “Clifford Holroyd” has asked him to put his case “before the Directors of The Artists G.B.[General Benevolent] Fund” at Cooper’s instigation. He requests information about Holroyd, and concludes by saying how useful this example proves the Fund. |
£30.00 | |
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V.S. Pritchett. Short story writer and essayist (1900-1996). 8vo, to “Mrs Biggs”, appreciating her enjoyment of “the Russian books”, mentioning an error in his review of them, and recommending that she read Leskov about whom he hopes to write. |
£25.00 |
