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Harry Furniss, cartoonist, Anglo-Irish journalist and caricaturist. Anglo-Irish journalist and caricaturist (1854-1925), best known for his work for Punch. One page, full mark, aged but good condition. Mr. Harry Furniss has much pleasure in accepting Sir John Puleston's kind invitation to dinner on the 30th at the Conservative Club. |
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Lord Canning [Charles John Canning, Earl Canning (1812-1862)], Governor-General and first Viceroy of India [Lord Canning, Viceroy of India] Autograph Note, Third Person, to a Mr Perry, presumably an M.P. One page, 12mo, vestiges of tipping on on verso,text, aging but good clear condition. Lord Canning presents his compliments to Mr. Perry & begs to inform Mr. P. that he will be at the House of Lords at 2 o'clock tomorrow to officiate in the place of Lord Jersey. |
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Hampton & Sons, auctioneers [The Earl of Birkenhead, F.E. Smith] [Hampton & Sons, auctioneers [The Earl of Birkenhead]] Bibliopegistic. Wraps, aged, 76pp., 4to.[Titlepage] Catalogue of the Major Portion of The Birkenhead Library | Fine Examples of the Bibliopegistic Art of eminent 18th Century and modern and English craftsmen[...]. Sale includes Madame de Pompadour's copy of Homer inscribed by William Morris to Burne-Jones.... |
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Adelina Patti [born Adela Juana Maria Patti; latterly Baroness Cederstrom] (1843-1919), Italian opera singer described by Verdi as "a stupendous artist". See her entries in Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Oxford DNB. Decorative page extracted from Autograph Album, 19 x 16cm, two small closed tears not impinging on text, fair condition. Text: A beautiful voice is the gift of God. - Adelina Patti Sederstrom | September 25th 1907. Sederstrom (or... |
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[M.R. James] University of Cambridge Honour Certificate, folio, 39 x 28cms, fold marks, small closed tear on fold, minor foxing, small closed tears right edge, aging, somewhat fragile and best kept in plastic, (explaining why survival low), clear and complete. Marginal damage to the signature of M.R. James [Montague Rhodes James,... |
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David Jenkins, Welsh Composer Page extracted from an autograph book, 19.5 x 16cm, small closed tear (no textual loss), edges aged and worn, text clear and complete. Two lines of music with text in his hand, and headed Rhywun. SEE IMAGE. |
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Ed. Everard Digby [Periodical; Indian ink : being splashes fr. various pens in aid of The Imperial Indian war fund lvi,57,lvii-lxxx,[43]p. of plates : ill. ; 28cm. Paper wraps, detached, edges damaged, but complete, spine worn and some of it missing . Contents fair. All Plates present (by Frank Leah, Gaganendranath Tagore and his brother, Lady Carmichael, etc.). Textual Contributors include Rabindranath... |
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[Arne Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, Hans Christian Andersen, Eiler H?eg] Paper covers, llus by Portrait of Andersen, and facsimile signature, 40 pp., 8vo, good condition, illus. plates, facsimile letter, etc. A comprehensive collection of H.C. Andersen material (more than a thousand entries). Copies in Leiden and Berlin (WorldCat), nobe in the British Isles (re.... |
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Owen Jones (1809-74), architect and designer One page, (trimmed), 18 x 11.5cm, spots of staining from tipping on points on the verso, minor repair of crack in paper text clear and complete. See Image. Note: Owen Jones would have been 31 ish, so this is early in his career. |
£320.00 |
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Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839), adventurer, traveller and socialite Full Signature on irregular scrap of paper, 10.5 x 2.5 at extremities, sl. mottled by glue used to apply it to slightly larger rectangular paper. Signature Clear. See Scan. |
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