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Alexander Hume-Campbell (1708-1760), Member of Parliament and Lord Clerk Register from 1756 to 1760 [Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont] All six letters in quarto; good, on aged paper; and with text neatly-written, clear and entire. Letter One: 3 May 1759. 2 pp. 40 lines of text. Giving advice regarding a will to be drawn up by a Mrs Robertson. 'As to the place where Mrs. Robertson makes the Disposition it is absolutely... |
History | £150.00 | |
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Alexander Innes Shand (1832-1907), Scottish journalist, novelist and military historian Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Smith'. 12mo bifolium: 3 pp. Good, though lightly creased. Tipped in on the blank verso of the second leaf, to a green paper folder on which an eight-line biographical entry of Shand has been laid down. He has left the packet containing the letters which Mrs Smith 'values' so 'highly' at the Reform Club... |
History, Military and Naval History | £35.00 | |
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Alexander Joseph Finberg [THE WALPOLE SOCIETY] Two Autograph Letters Signed to Sir Henry T[rueman]. Wood, [Secretary,] Royal Society of Arts. British art historian (1866-1939) whose papers are now in the Courtauld Institute, London; Turner specialist and founder of the Walpole Society. Both items one page, quarto, very good. Both docketed and bearing the Society's stamp, and signed 'A. J. Finberg'. First letter enquires whether 'a... |
Art and Architecture | £85.00 | |
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Alexander Kerensky. Abbreviated signature ("A.Ky") with date. Sometime Russian Head of Government. Bold abbreviated signature on page, 8vo |
History | £150.00 | |
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Alexander Knox Journalist and police magistrate (1818-1891). 2pp., 8vo. Statement of Account for contributions to the "Miscellany", countersigned by Know three times. "Wellesley" attributes the articles listed in these statements to John Hamilton Reynolds, Keats's friend. |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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Lancelot Speed (1860 – 1931), Victorian illustrator of books, usually of a fantastical or romantic nature Signature (and subscription) only from letter, signed Lancelot Speed, book illustrator. Part of letter, 11 x 5cm, good condition, saying, yours try | Lancelot Speed. |
Art and Architecture, Book Trade History | £23.00 |
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Oliver Lodge, spiritualist and author 6.5 x 2.5cm, staining from having been laid down in an album (residual glue), but signature clear. |
Miscellaneous, Religion | £23.00 |
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Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Bt. (1861-1953), Army officer & colonial governor Signature (with another word) F.R. Wingate, Colonial Governor. Paper clipped from letter, c.8 x 2cm, tipped onto larger piece of paper, good condition. |
Travel and Topography | £23.00 |
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Alexander MacLehose & Co.; James MacLehose; publishers [John Gideon Wilson (1876-1963), Scottish bookseller, proprietor of the London firm of Bumpus] Alexander MacLehose: Letter One: 4to, 1 p. Good, on slightly aged and lightly creased paper. He is sending a copy of his catalogue, 'which has reached me from the printers to-day'. He has 'sent a copy also to the firm'. Would like Wilson's 'advice as to whether "Memories of the Months" should... |
Book Trade History, Printing History | £100.00 | |
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James Thomson (1822-1892), Scottish engineer [George Carey Foster (1835-1919), English chemist and physicist] 2pp., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He regrets that 'too much time has elapsed' since her letter to 'our Mary': 'I wished to write sooner but I have missed doing so through great pressure of various urgent engagements'. He is enclosing (not present) 'an introduction to Prof. Carey Foster,... |
£60.00 |