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Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), English writer, judge and politician Autograph Letter Signed ('T. N. Talfourd.') to an unnamed male correspondent. 12mo, 2 pp. Good, on lightly aged paper, with traces of a paper stub neatly adhering to the blank bottom right-hand corner of the verso. Apologising for his 'long neglect of the subject of your last notice - the Mill Hill Medal. The truth is I am scarcely able to find strength and spirits for... |
Literature | £56.00 | |
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Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd (DNB), judge and author ANS, 1 page, 16mo, addressed to "Mr. Williams | at [the wine merchants] Messrs. Clarke & Barlow's" "Will you be so kind as to send me to this place, a dozen of the finest Champagne in the urse of the Morning? If you have any still Champagne I should prefer it provided it is of the best quality; but this, I fear is out of the question. Send the Bill with the Wine." |
Literature, Social history | £100.00 | |
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Sir Thomas Smith Clouston (1840-1915), physician-superintendant of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, and editor of the 'Journal of Mental Science' Autograph Letter Signed ('J. S. Clouston') to 'A. Atkinson'. 12mo: 1 p. On lightly spotted and creased paper. Quintessential doctor's handwriting. He is sorry he cannot be present 'to hear Dr 's paper', and that he cannot find time to write a paper himself. 'The subject is an interesting & important one, & is part of a still larger one <...?... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £65.00 | |
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Sir Thomas Spencer Wells [Hampstead Heath; Golder's Hill House; London topography] Two unbound bifoliums stapled together. Eight pages, on four leaves each roughly seventeen inches by eleven wide. A corrected proof, stamped at head of first page 'PROOF NO.' A frail survival of a significant document in London topographical history. Aged and worn, with several closed tears. A... |
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Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt on George IV (1762-1830) as Prince Regent autograph letter signed to an unnamed male correspondent, One page, 8vo. "My dear Sir, / I have dined with the Prince alone & well weighed all that can happen at Plymouth, & am prepared to meet it. / The most material Point seems this Will L. vacate on Monday? for as the House has now adjourned till that day, He cannot now accept Office before... |
Royalty | £50.00 | |
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Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid (1842-1905), British novelist and biographer Autograph Note Signed ('Wemyss Reid') [to Rev. E. J. F. Davies]. One page, 12mo. On blue paper discoloured from glue by previous mounting. Seven-line printed biographical cutting in top right-hand corner. 'I am very happy to comply with your request [for an autograph].' |
£30.00 | ||
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Sir Victor Gollancz (1893-1967), London publisher [Hilary Rubinstein; Daniel George] Typed Letter Signed ('V.G.') to Daniel George. 4to, 2 pp. Postscript ends abruptly ('I have read innumerable books on Italy, <...>'), suggesting a page lacking. Good, on lightly aged and creased paper. An interesting letter shedding light on Gollancz's attitude to the practice of sending out advance copies of books for review.... |
Book Trade History, Literature | £56.00 |
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[National Egg Laying Test] 60+ items of correspondence, including a few carbons of Strong's letters and some postcards. Correspondents (mainly in Poultry industry)sometimes multiple); H.R. Hunter (Specialist breeder); Y. Watanabé; Jack Wrennell; Camp Unami for Boys, R. & E. Charteris Ltd, Gerald Gill; Poultry World;... |
Social history | £180.00 |
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Sir Walter Besant Letter <in secretarial hand?>, signed in autograph, to 'Mr <Dubarry?>. English novelist (1836-1901). Two pages, octavo. Some discoloration in margin from previous mounting. His silence is due to the fact that he has been 'out of town for Easter'. He is grateful to his correspondent for thinking of him 'in connection with the Garrick. But I am afraid I must not... |
Literature | £36.00 | |
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Sir Walter Besant (1836-1901), English novelist and historian of London Autograph Notes relating to the London district of Fulham. The notes, on three 12mo bifoliums, cover three pages, with a few lines on a couple of others. In excess of eighty lines. Very good. Brief chronology and list of notable residents, presumably an outline for the description of the district in Besant's 'London' (1892) or another of his many... |
History, Literature, Social history | £50.00 |