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Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts [Lord Roberts of Kandahar] (1832-1914), English soldier Autograph Letter Signed ('Roberts') to 'Mr. Pibworth'. 12mo, 2 pp. Good, with minor staining and head, and traces of previous mount to blank second leaf of bifolium. He is sorry to learn that the 'Private Secretary, Mr. Harold Roberts' has rheumatic fever, 'a most painful disease' which 'usually lasts some time'. 'The poor lad will get over it, and... |
Military and Naval History | £45.00 | |
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple Blackwood, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava autograph letter signed to [?] Leveson-Gower, Diplomat and administrator (1826-1902). 2 pp, 12mo. A diplomatic refusal. "Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to enlist under your banner, if I thought there was the slightest chance of my being able to write anything that would suit you. But, in the first place, I am so continually... |
History | £45.00 | |
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Autograph Letter Signed to [John] Lanyon. Diplomat and administrator (1826-1902). Lanyon (1839-1900) was a surveyor, architect and engineer, partner in Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon. Two pages, 8vo. Folded twice. In very good condition, with remains of mounts adhering to verso of blank second leaf of bifoliate. Marked 'Private'. In... |
History | £35.00 | |
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Autograph Note Signed to [John] Lanyon. Diplomat and administrator (1826-1902). Lanyon (1839-1900) was a surveyor, architect and engineer, partner in Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon. One page, 12mo. Folded twice. In very good condition, with remains of mounts adhering to blank verso. Reads 'My dear Mr. Lanyon | I send you a map with the... |
History | £40.00 | |
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Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946), American-born British essayist and literary critic associated with the Bloomsbury Group See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Written in the year in which Smith made his one return to America after becoming a British citizen in 1913. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. On grey paper. Reads: ‘Mr. L. Pearsall Smith regrets that he will be away from London on July 6th & will... |
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Frederick Vango Burridge [Frederick Burridge; Fred Burridge; Fred. V. Burridge] (1869-1945), Principal, Central School of Arts and Crafts, London [G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts.] All seven items 4to, 1 p. Each docketed and bearing the stamp of the Royal Society of Arts. All good, on lightly-aged paper. The first is in a secretarial hand, with the other six all typed. Item One: 4 December 1917. He doesn't 'quite understand' from Menzies' letter what it is that he wants... |
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Frederick W. Walker Autograph Note Signed to an unnamed correspondent. High Master of St Paul's (1830-1910). One page, 8vo. He gives thanks for a book, adding that "In my younger days I used continuously & valued your abstracts of Gk & Roman History & notes on Herodotus". |
Education | £25.00 | |
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Frederick William Hervey (1800-1864), 2nd Marquess of Bristol [Trinity College, Cambridge] 4to (22.5 x 18.5 cm), 1 p. Eighteen lines in four paragraphs. Text clear and complete, crisply printed in italic. On aged and grubby paper. Begins 'The lamented death of Mr. SMYTH having occasioned a vacancy in the Representation of our University, I am induced to offer myself as a Candidate for... |
History | £65.00 |
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Frederick William Hervey, 5th Earl and 1st Marquis of Bristol Autograph Letter to the Duchess of Beaufort. English aristocrat (1769-1859). Apparently cropped, but with no loss to text. Dimensions of paper roughly four inches square. Grubby and lightly stained. Docketed in pencil. A formal letter in the third person. Reads 'Lord Bristol presents his Compliments to the Duchess of Beaufort, & sends... |
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Frederick William Serafino Austin Lewis Mary Rolfe [Baron Corvo] [George Frederick Sims] A Catalogue of Letters, Manuscript Papers and Books of Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo). Eighteen pages, octavo, with four plates on art paper. In original grey printed wraps. Some light staining, creasing and wear. One of 600 copies. Lists seventy-seven items, with addenda of a further eleven. This milestone catalogue was published, according to Sims (A Life in Catalogues, 1994),... |
Literature | £75.00 |