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William Burdett-Coutts [(1851 -1921), born William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett, American-born British Conservative politician, m. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist (d.1906)] One page, 4to, aged but text clear and complete, as follows: Dear Mr Salaman, | I am sorry not to have answered your letter before but I have been too busy toi attend to my private correspondence. Many of my pictures have been put away but I may be having some of them out again shortly and if so... |
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Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), author and playwright, best known for her collection of sketches, ?Our Village? Three pages (plus address page), bifolium, aged with remnants of the page it was tipped on, text clear as follows: Seeing by the Standard [newspaper] of tonight that measures are taking for filling up the vacancy in the representation of Huddersfield, I cannot resist the desire I fell to point... |
£180.00 | |
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[Victorian parody of 'The House that Jack Built'] 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on thin aged paper, laid down on a sheet of backing. In small type, with the 'old version' of the nursery rhyme, in the left hand column, transformed into a 'new version' of 78 lines of prose in the right-hand column. The first line - 'This is the house... |
£125.00 | |
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Joseph Manton (1766 - 1835) British gunsmith Substantial part of letter, 17 x 12cm, corner stains from tipping in signs on verso, text clear as follows: I shall have some Game from Woodbridge next Wednesday or Thursday which I shall take the liberty of sending you. My son expected some last Week from another quarter which I desired him to... |
£220.00 | |
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Joanna Baillie, Scottish dramatist and poet (DNB). Subscription only, 11 x 5cm, good condition, with some lines on the verso, probably consituting the majority of the original letter. Subscription: dear Miss Mackenzie | Most truly uors | J. Baillie !! Hampstead | Saturday July 4th. Verso: Dear Miss Mackenzie (slightly clipped] | Mrs Baillie... |
£56.00 | |
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Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian coloratura soprano. [Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian coloratura soprano.] Autograph Inscription on detached album leaf. Page of album, 20 x 16cm, good condition, signed as follows: Luisa Tetrazzini | Souvenir de la Saison [au?] Covent Garden - 6.12.1907 | London.. On the verso of the album page there are several unconnected signatures, dating 1900-1923. which I didn'feel would repay research.See IMAGE. |
£45.00 | |
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William Burdett-Coutts [(1851 -1921), born William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett, American-born British Conservative politician, m. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist (d.1906)] One page, 4to, aged but text clear and complete, as follows: Dear Mr Salaman, | I am sorry not to have answered your letter before but I have been too busy toi attend to my private correspondence. Many of my pictures have been put away but I may be having some of them out again shortly and if so... |
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[Victorian parody of 'The House that Jack Built'] 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on thin aged paper, laid down on a sheet of backing. In small type, with the 'old version' of the nursery rhyme, in the left hand column, transformed into a 'new version' of 78 lines of prose in the right-hand column. The first line - 'This is the house... |
£125.00 | |
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Harriet Martineau, pioneering journalist and writer [Harriet Martineau, pioneering journalist and writer] Bold Signature with partial address. Signature and place name on fragment, 9 x 2.5cm, laid down on slightly larger backing. Text: Mrs Harriet Martineau | Ambleside [Mrs as the shortened form of Mistress presumably,] See Image. |
£45.00 | |
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William Cobbett (1763 ? 1835) pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer Address panel from an envelope/letter with Free stamp, 11 x 7cm, aged but good condition and clear wording. See Image. Note: Presumably John Hudson, who was recorded as an Inn Keeper in the Subdeanry of Chichester in 1830, and as an Inn Keeper at the Dolphin in 1832, was proprietor by 1840 at 92... |
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