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Colin Wilson [Colin Henry Wilson (1931 – 2013), writer, philosopher and novelist. ] Card, 15 x 10cm, very good condition. On reverse, in another hand, COLIN WILSON -author. See Image of Greetings. |
£23.00 | ||
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[ Richard Bentley the younger (1854-1936), London publisher and antiquary ] Bentley is without a doubt the author of this anonymous work, and the present copy comes from the Bentley Archives. viii + 67 + [1]pp., 8vo. In attractive paper-vellum quarter-binding, with red cloth boards on the cover of which the title is stamped in gilt. In good condition, lightly aged.... |
£120.00 | ||
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John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), critic. 3 ALsS, on letterhead of The Athenaeum journal, 12 March 1919; 102 Edith Grove, Chelsea, 16 July [no year]; on letterhead of 5 Acacia Road, St John's Wood, 'Sunday' [no date], total 5pp., 8vo and 12mo.First, he begins: 'You know I've been put in charge of this. Probably you were responsible for... |
£140.00 | ||
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Lady Dorothy Lamb Brooke Nicholson (1887-1967), archaeologist, Autograph Letter Signed "Dorothy Brooke", her maiden name, to Robert Lynd, essayist ALS, signed in her maiden name of Dorothy Brooke, on letterhead of 3 Arkwright Road, Hampstead; 8 April [1937], 2pp., 8vo. She expresses grief on the death of her first husband Sir John Reeve Brooke (1880-1937). '[...] of you in particular he often talked, when we had seen you, with admiration... |
£56.00 | ||
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Max Plowman (1883-1941), author. Autograph Leytter Signed "Max Plowman" to Robert Lynd, essayist anfd Irish Nationlist. ALS, on letterhead of Lochnagar, Bycullah Park, Enfield; 17 December 1912, 3pp., 12mo. He thanks him for the 'letter & all its encouragement [...] The book represents rather under a year's work at verse & I only hope I shall not someday have to wish it had never been other than firelight... |
£75.00 | ||
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Sir Leo George Chiozza Money (1870-1944), economist. Autograph Letter Signed "Leo Chiozza Money", economist, to Robert Lynd, essayist. ALS, on letterhead of the Royal Societies Club, St James's St, SW1. 29 June [no year], 2p., 12mo. Returning proofs and offering his services for the 'reviewing of scientific books'. |
£56.00 | ||
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Charlotte Speir ['Mrs. Manning', née Charlotte Solly] (1803-1871), author, wife from 1857 of James Manning (1781-1866) and step-mother of Adelaide Manning (1828-1905) [ Sir George Scharf (1820-1895) ] 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly-aged. Scharf had illustrated her 'Life in Ancient India' (1856), and she writes informally, expressing regret at the news of his move 'from the Classic No. 1., a house consecrated to the Arts by your occupation of it & ever to be remembered... |
£60.00 | ||
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Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), poet. [Alfred Noyes] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd. ALS, 85 Cadogan Gardens, SW; 28 September 1926, 2pp. 12mo. Written in distress following the death of his wife. 'It seems impossible for me to collect my thoughts, or this letter would have gone to you earlier. I do want you to know that I am grateful to you for the friendship of your message.... |
£45.00 | ||
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Robert Gittings [Robert William Victor Gittings] (1911-1992), poet and literary biographer [Christopher Fry (1907-2005), playwright] For the context of the letter see Pamela M. King's 2007 paper 'Twentieth-Century Medieval-Drama Revivals and the Universities', which states that at the time of the writing, there was in Canterbury 'to be a new play by Robert Gittings about St Alphege and the Danish invasion entitled Makers of... |
£56.00 | ||
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Cyril Clemens (1902-1999), President, International Mark Twain Society, Missouri. [Cyril Clemens] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd, author. ALS, on his presidential letterhead; 14 July 1932, 2pp., 8vo, good condition, with enclosure. His 'Little Visits to the Great' is 'almost ready to go to press, but we are holding things up for the Chapter on "Robert and Sylvia Lynd." If you and Mrs Lynd could glance it over and scratch out any... |
£180.00 |