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Tindal Pearson Porter (1857-1914), English-born licensed surveyor, Brisbane, Australia [Nigger Creek, Herberton Queensland, Australia] [Tindal Pearson Porter, licensed surveyor, Brisbane, Australia.] Autograph Letter Signed (Tindal P. Porter) to his brother George, describing his life at the mining township of Nigger Creek, Herberton, North Queensland. 5pp., 4to. In good condition, on five sheets of aged and lightly-stained paper. Written in a difficult crabbed hand. Porter begins the letter by explaining that he is writing at night during steady rain, and that the previous day he rode in from his camp 'to "come in from the wet" and have been...	History, Social history	£220.00
Dudley Coutts Stuart [Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803 – 1854), politician.] [Dudley Coutts Stuart; Hungarian War of Independence] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Albert Denison, politician and diplomat, initially about the Hungarians, and contributions to the cause, and Earl Fitzwilliam's Memorial re. Hungarians. Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, with thin neat strip of windowpane mount at edges (loss of part of a letter), very good condition. I am shocked to think you sh[ou]ld have had the trouble, after so kindly responded to my appeal to you in behalf of the Hungarians, to [send?] to enquiries whether your...		£150.00
[Provincial Advertisement Office; Brown Gould & Co., 470 Oxford Street, W.C., London] [Victorian newspaper advertising.] Printed pamphlet, headed 'Provincial Advertisement Office. \| List of Provincial Newspapers in which advertisements appear, \| The weekly Circulation of which is estimated at UPWARDS OF A MILLION Copies.' 4pp., 4to. Bifolium on wove paper. Good, on lightly aged and worn paper. 114 newspapers are listed, each with the 'Day Published', from 'Ayrshire Express \| Saturday' to 'Yarmouth Independent \| Saturday.' One title is added in manuscript, at the foot of the first page: 'Nottingham & Midland...	Economics, History	£56.00
E. Temple Thurston [Ernest Temple Thurston] (1879-1933), Anglo-Irish author [E. Temple Thurston, Anglo-Irish author.] Autograph Letter Signed to his (American?) publisher 'Jewett', discussing his literary affairs and his plans for future writing. 4pp., 16mo. On bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly-aged and worn paper. He begins: 'No - I am not going to write the sequel to The City [his 1909 book 'The City of Beautiful Nonsense'] - but I am now hard at work on a book that is going to give me more pleasure to do than anything I have...	Literature	£90.00
Gabrielle Réjane, stage name of the French actress Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju (1856-1920) ['Gabrielle Réjane' [Gabrielle-Charlotte Reju], French actress.] Autograph Note Signed ('Réjane') thanking 'mon cher Maitre'. 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly aged and worn paper. The note reads: 'Mercredi. \| Merci mille fois, mon cher Maitre, si vous êtes content, me voilà ravie! \| Encore merci \| Réjane'. In a postscript she states that she has profited from his criticisms.	French, Music and Theatre	£56.00
Ivor Novello [born David Ivor Davies] (1893-1951), Welsh composer, playwright and actor. [Ivor Novello] Bold Autograph Signature All good wishes \| Ivor Novello. Page, 20 x 15.5cm, extracted from Autograph Album, one rough edge (extraction process), very good condition. See image.	Music and Theatre	£28.00
John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden, (1906-1985), educationalist, best remembered for the report, recommending the decriminalisation of homosexuality (1957). [ Wolfenden Report; homosexuality] Clipped Signature J.F. Wolfenden. Clipping from Typed Letter signed, 8.5 x 5.5, good condition. Only typed text Yours very truly followed by signature. Docketed in another hand in pencil Headmaster of Uppingham \| Author of Report. See image.	History	£32.00
Arthur O?Connor [born Arthur Conner; latterly Arthur Condorcet-O?Connor] (1763-1852), Irish nationalist and polemicist, United Irishman who settled in France after seeking assistance from Napoleon [Arthur O?Connor [Arthur Conner; Arthur Condorcet-O?Connor], Irish nationalist and polemicist, one of the United Irishmen.] Autograph Signature and valediction cut from letter. Lord Longueville's once-celebrated judgement was that 'of all bad men he is the worst'. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. From the collection of Irish nationalist autographs of Miss Burgess of Norwich. On a neat piece of cream paper, 7 x 3 cm. In good condition, lightly aged. Nothing on the...		£30.00
Fanny Parnell [Frances Isabel Parnell] (1848-1882), sister of the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell [Fanny Parnell [Frances Isabel Parnell], sister of the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell.] Contemporary manuscript copy of her poem ?Post Mortem? (?Shall mine eyes behold thy glory, O my country??). See her entry and her brother?s in the Oxford DNB. The item is from the collection of Irish nationalist autographs assembled by Miss Burgess of Norfolk in the 1890s, who has endorsed one leaf in her distinctive hand ? ?Post Mortem? / By Fanny Parnell?. Undated. 3pp, 4to. On two leaves of paper...		£0.00
Lady Elizabeth Eastlake [née Rigby] [Elizabeth, Lady Eastlake] (1809-1893), daughter of Dr Edward Rigby (1747-1821) and wife of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865) [John Murray, London bookseller] [Lady Elizabeth Eastlake, daughter of Dr Edward Rigby and wife of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Eliz: Rigby'), sending personal news to her aunt, with reference to the family of the bookseller John Murray. 4pp., 16mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In fair condition, on aged paper. She begins by explaining the reasons for her silence, and apologising if she has 'seemed neglectful': 'the truth is that I quitted Chester Squr on Monday, for Miss Squire's of Blackheath [...] I return to London to...	Literature, Women	£100.00