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Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920, nee Arnold), English novelist 'Mrs. Humphry Ward'

Autograph Signature ('Mary A. Ward.') on fragment of letter.

On piece of lightly discoloured paper roughly 4 x 10 cms, with horizontal fold on left. Reads '[typed] Yours sincerely, | [signed] Mary A. Ward.' Docketed in pencil at foot 'Mrs Humphry Ward 1914'.

Literature, Women £15.00
Mary C. Hay.

Autograph Letter Signed to "Gentlemen" [ her publishers ]

Novelist (see DNB). Two pages, 8vo, minor defects, text clear and complete. She asks them to republish some of her periodical work in book form. "The first story wd be a volume in itself (it is called 'At the Seaside'). The others wd be short ones from 'London Society', 'Tinsley', 'Belgravia', '...

Book Trade History, Literature, Women £56.00
Mary Campbell [AUTOGRAPHS; Sir Joshua Reynolds; Rev. William Tuckwell]

Autograph Letter Signed to Rosa Tuckwell [nee Strong, b.1829/30], wife of William Tuckwell (1829-1919).

Four pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper. She apologises for only sending 'two words of Sir Joshua Reynolds' writing', and hopes she may some day 'succeed in getting a more valuable autograph'. It was given to her 'by a great niece' of the artist, 'and was cut out of a manuscript of...

£100.00
Mary Carpenter

Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent.

English educationalist and philanthropist (1807-77). One page, 12mo. Good, but on discoloured paper and with remnants of three labels from previous mounting adhering. Reads 'Dear Sir | The parcel went off to-day by Luggage train. It can be opened if more convenient to pack. | Please to let me...

Women £36.00
Mary Cholmondeley

Autograph letter signed to "Miss Phillips"

(1859-1925). 2pp., 12mo, minimal remnants of its having been attache to album page . She and her husband cannot visit on the Friday since they are "At Home". She invites her to tea and expresses pleasure in the improvement in Mr Phillips health.

Women £30.00
[Constance Gore-Booth, Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz and George W. Russell [AE]]

[Printed] Catalogue of Pictures By Constance Gore-Booth, Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz and George W. Russell.

Catalogue of Pictures By Constance Gore-Booth, Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz and George W. Russell. Leinster Lecture Hall from Tuesday, 28th August to Saturday, 8th September, from Ten to Six o’Clock (Printed at the Tower Press, 38 Cornmarket, Dublin, [no year]. Pamphlet, 8pp, 12mo, stapled (rusty),...

£350.00
‘An Irish Democrat’ [Henry L. Glasgow of Cookstown]

[Untitled mimeographed report].

Untitled mimeographed report (place and date not stated [1916]). Document, 7 pp, fol., good condition. ‘The Irish constitutional problem is centuries old, but its terms are ever changing. The present factors in the problem may be set out as follows: –’. Dated from references to ‘An Act [...] to...

£600.00
Mary Howitt (1799-1888), miscellaneous writer (DNB)

Autograph Letter Signed ("M. Howitt") to a "William Brown", autograph collector.

Two pages, 8vo, creased, minor staining, left edge reinforced, text complete and clear as follows: "I have it not in my power to render you the service you request, and, I am sorry to say, cannot put you in the way of obtaining the autographs of Miss Jane Porter or Miss Edgeworth. Mrs. S.C. Hall...

£100.00
[Dolls and dolls' houses; Winifred M. Ackroyd; T. Batty of Drighlington, near Bradford; J. E. Beale, Bournemouth (The Blackmore Fashion Co.); Sasha Dolls Ltd, Stockport]

5 items: J. E. Beale 'Blackmore Doll's Pattern'; 'Dolls And How To Make Them' by Winifred M. Ackroyd; two different copies of 'A Dolls' House Designed and Built by the late Mr. T. Batty of Drighlington, Near Bradford', June 1985 Sasha Dolls booklet.

All items in good condition, on aged paper. ITEM ONE: 'Blackmore Doll's Patterns | One-Piece Dress, Bonnet, Petticoat, Bodice, Chemise and Drawers.' By J. E. Beale, Ltd. Doll Department, Bournemouth. [1920s]. Pattern in pieces of brown paper, in envelope printed with instructions and...

Social history £180.00 Dolls and dolls' houses
[The Stage Society; ?Allan Wade (1881 – 1955), actor, theatre director and writer, bibliographer of Yeats.]

{Printed] The Stage Society News, nos. 1-26 (14 Nov. 1903-23 May 1907 = Fifth Season). With an incomplete run of Programmes, 1901-1938.

Unbound, 4-16pp, 8vo and 4to, minor damage to two, mainly good condition. Articles, reviews, programmes, information, advertisements. In the first number, for example, there is an introductory, anticipations of Gorki's "Lower Depths", a Brieuz, and Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra", "New Members...

£400.00