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Walter de Soysa, son of Sri Lankan tea planter and philanthropist Charles Henry de Soysa of Moratuwa and Alfred House, Colombo, Ceylon James Samuel Walter de Soysa (b.1880) was one of the children of the vastly wealthy Ceylonese tea planter and philanthropist Charles Henry de Soysa (1836-1890) of Moratuwa and Alfred House, Colombo. An Anglican, he was educated at Cambridge, and was a bencher of the Inner Temple. In 1904 he... |
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Suez Canal; Sir Emerson Tennent (1804-1869), Irish politician; Charles Manby, Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers; John Robinson McLean See the three men?s entries in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper, with tape from mount adhering to reverse of second leaf, which is docketted by Manby. Signed ?J Emerson Tennent?. Folded once. He explains that a friend of his, ?who is much interested... |
£75.00 | |
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Robert Williams Buchanan (1841-1901), Scottish poet, novelist and dramatist [T. E. Woodrow of the London Library; Sir Leslie Stephen] See the entry for his father the Owenite Robert Buchanan in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. With mourning border. In good condition, lightly age. Folded once. Addressed to ?T. E. Woodrow Esq? and with good firm stylized signature ?R. Buchanan?. He has sent Woodrow?s form on to ?Mr Leslie Stephen,... |
£80.00 | |
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Sir Henry Lucy (1842-1924), Victorian political journalist [A. M. Broadley (?Broadley Pasha?), journalist and autograph collector; Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, leading promoter of the Suez Canal] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient A. M. Broadley was widely-regarded as an expert on the middle east. The year before the present letter, he had represented Ahmed Urabi after an uprising in Egypt, earning himself 10,000 guineas and the nickname ?Broadley Pasha?. At the time of... |
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Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856), caricaturist and illustrator, son of Isaac Cruikshank and brother of George Cruikshank See the entries for the Cruikshanks in the Oxford DNB. 1p, landscape 12mo. On 20 x 11.5 cm piece of paper. Somewhat aged and worn, with small pinhole at head, and postage folds; neatly inserted in trimmed windowpane mount. The recipient is not named, the text reading: ?Mr Ryan was suggesting an... |
£90.00 | |
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Regency royal imposter: ?Princess Olive of Cumberland?, title claimed by Olivia Serres (1772-1834) [King William IV; Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland] Despite a recent book by Miles Macnair supporting Serre's claims, the case for her imposture is overwhelming, as her entry in the Oxford DNB demonstrates. See also the various reports of the matter (for example Ryves v. Duke of Wellington, Law Times, 31 October 1846). 23pp., foolscap 8vo. On six... |
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Joseph Hatton (1837-1907), novelist and journalist, editor of the Sunday Times [his son Frank Hatton, geologist and explorer; Alexander Ireland, Scottish journalist and bibliophile] See the two men?s entries in the Oxford DNB. A long letter, covering all four sides of a 12mo bifolium with mourning border, with the first pages written conventionally on the recto of the first leaf, and the rest written lengthwise. Signed ?Joseph Hatton? and addressed to ?Alexander Ireland Esq... |
£60.00 | |
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John Scott Russell (1808-1882), Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder who built the Great Eastern of Isambard Kingdom Brunel See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to the blank second leaf of the bifolium. Folded once. The recipient (?Dear Sir?) is not named. Signed ?J. Scott. Russell?. Apparently responding to a request for an autograph from... |
£45.00 | |
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John Pyke Hullah (1812-1884), English composer and teacher of music who worked with Dickens and Mendelssohn See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium of grey paper. In good condition, with strip of paper from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded twice. Signed ?John Hullah? and addressed to ?W. Guernesy Esq?. He explains that he is leaving town the following morning, and gives a... |
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John Drinkwater (1882-1937), poet and dramatist [John Drinkwater, poet and dramatist.] Autograph Signature, with date and place, on card. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 11.5 x 9 cm card. In good condition, lightly aged, with negligible evidence of mounting on blank reverse. Neatly written and presented in Drinkwater's characteristic controlled hand: 'John Drinkwater / London / January 1935.' |
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