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Irene Vanbrugh (stage name of Irene Barnes) autograph letter signed to Mrs [?] Wood, English actress (1872-1949), made a Dame of the British Empire in 1941. Headed "Wednesday" (no date), one page, 8vo. "Mr Sydney Brooks' address is / 2 Montpelier Square / S. W. / He is the cellist who is going to play at your concert. Yours in haste / Irene Vanbrugh". |
Music and Theatre, Women | £15.00 | |
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Isa Craig Knox (1831-1903), Victorian women's rights activist, social reformer, poet, novelist and journalsit [Alexander Macmillan, publisher] Autograph Note Signed ('Isa . Craig . Knox') to her publisher Alexander Macmillan (1818-1896). 12mo: 1 p. Good. Since he 'liked the last little thing' she sent for his magazine, she ventures to think that he may approve of the piece she encloses (not present). |
Book Trade History, Literature, Women | £36.00 | |
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John Alexander Ballantyne, printer Four pages, cr. 8vo, bifolium, fold marks, minor staining, small hole with loss of letter, text clear and complete. He reveals his plan for his visit to Scotland, asking Hughes to make arrangements with his landlady "Mrs S" to take lodgings with her from the 25th for a six month period. For such... |
£150.00 | ||
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H.M.S. Tyne, Flagship; Japan; Pacific Fleet A. H.M.S. Tyne's Commission. Pacific Fleet 1944-46, typescript (cyclostyled or similar), 14pp., fol., stapled, small coloured image of desert island with palm trees on front cover, covers dusted, sl. chipped and stained, but complete and fully legible. Preliminary page detailed list of places... |
£1,350.00 | ||
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Sir William Grant (1752-1832), Scottish lawyer and English judge, Attorney General for Quebec, Member of Parliament, Master of the Rolls See his entry in the Oxford DNB. On one side of a 12 x 11 cm piece of paper. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded twice. Reads: 'Lincoln's Inn Fields | 23d. June 1829 | Sir Wm. Grant will have the honor of joining the Old Fish Dinner party on Saty. the 27th. of June.' |
£30.00 | ||
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Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, Baron Hore-Belisha 1 Typed Letter Signed and 3 Autograph Notes Signed to journalist and author [Myer Jack] Landa. British politician (1893-1957), who gave his name to the 'Belisha Beacon'. All four items signed 'Leslie Hore-Belisha'. In the letter (1 page, 4to, in good condition) he thanks Landa for his note and says he 'should be most happy to do anything I could for you in the matter of the Tribunals.... |
History | £80.00 | |
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Isabella Herschel Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Christie-Miller. Daughter of J.F.W. Herschel. Two pages, 8vo, good condition, still attached to part of page from album, expressing her regret at missing her visit and arranging a meeting. |
Women | £35.00 | |
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Isaiah Bowman [John Hopkins University; American Geographical Society of New York; Royal Society of Arts] Two Typed Letters Signed to the Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Canadian-born American geographer (1878-1950), President of John Hopkins University, a member of the American delegation at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, at which the United Nations was founded. Both letters docketed and bearing the Society's stamp. Both good though lightly creased and on... |
£56.00 | ||
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Ishbel Macdonald (1903-1982), hostess at Downing Street of her father the British Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald Autograph Letter Signed to [Dorothy] Owston-Booth. 4to, 1 p. On cream paper with letterhead printed in green. Fair, on lightly spotted and creased paper. She cannot make an appointment for an interview 'for various reasons [...] The chief reason being that I do not give interviews'. Owston-Booth was a contributor to the Windsor Magazine. |
Women | £56.00 |
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Isle of Man [ Thomas Smyth ] Presumably the Thomas Smyth (b. c. 1799) whose Roman Catholic marriage to Margaret McAleagh took place on the Isle of Man on 27 April 1839. Dimensions roughly 4 1/2 inches by 7 1/2 inches. Creased and discoloured, with a number of spike holes at foot, not affecting text. Reads: 'Douglas Isle of... |
£20.00 |