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3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Good, lightly-aged, left edge has vestiges of attachment to something (perhaps a collection of letters). Fildes, representing the Committee of the Arts Club (Chairman), expresses the Committee's deep sympathy at the loss you have sustained by the death of your distinguished brother & member of the Arts Club. | Though a relatively recent member he had gained the esteem of many by his personality & very high attainments - he had many friends - & the Club would wish to share, somewhat, in the sorrow at his loss. [subscription and signature]. See Image (pp.2-3).

Two cards, both 11 x 9cms, One postmarked 1905 retails his movements, returning to London from Lossiemouth, ending Glad to answer anything I can!; the other a thank you for congratulations [on election result(s)] hoping to meet up with her but he does not expect to be in her neighvourhood. See Image. Note: In 1906, the LRC changed its name to the Labour Party, amalgamating with the ILP. In that same year, 29 Labour MPs were elected, including MacDonald, for Leicester, who then became one of the leaders of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Photo, 5.5 x 9cms, good condition. According to AI: [The] image shows a portrait of John Tyndall, a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist and mountaineer, taken around 1872 by the photography studio Elliott & Fry. But it hasn't the card backup and printed description and ascription of the Elliott & Fry issue. And has nothing to indicate that it ever had that feature.

Compliments Slip, 13 x 9.5cm, very good condition. With the Compliments of Sir Mortimer Wheeler [Printed]. Followed by Mortimer Wheeler | Archaeologist [autograph]. See Image.

Small archive comprising five informative legal documents, large collection of Letters (34) written to his lawyer with bearing on his Libel Suit against The Times (see Note below), 10 telegrams from Hennessy apparently related to the case. DOCUMENTS: a. Between Sir John Pope-Hennessy […] Plaintiff and George Edward Wright [The Times] […] Memorandum of Fees [High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Memorandum of Fees to the undersigned [signed Green] in the matter of the Commission addressed by the Honourable Court in the above cause on the 14th July 1888 to Voley G.

B & W Photograph,c. 8 x 13cm, very good condition except for remnants of tipping on on the reverse. See image.

Postcard, 15 x 10.5cms, very good condition. Picture of V2 (flying bomb) recto. Verso Addressed to Hunter Davies's full address. Her message (beginning in different ink from second half) as follows: Darling Darling | Hunter | I've just read December 17 . Punch, What more can I say But thank you Darling Darling Hunter | With love to you both | Jilly Cooper. See Image.

Three Pages, folio. Page One: Hunter Davies discusses his idea of local writers attending a regular lunch, to commence on 30 March [1983 presumably]. He concludes with a list of possible lunchers (from Margaret Drabble to David Cornwall [John Le Carre] to Salman Rushdie, and so on. SEE Image. Pages Two and Three, the signatures of attendees at this lunch on 25 May 1983 including Victoria Glendinning, Terence de Vere White, Eva Figes Shirley Conran, Jessica Mitford. These guests have also filled in the questionaire concerning attendance on future dates. See Image

Three pages (plus address page), bifolium, aged with remnants of the page it was tipped on, text clear as follows: Seeing by the Standard [newspaper] of tonight that measures are taking for filling up the vacancy in the representation of Huddersfield, I cannot resist the desire I fell to point out to the liberal interest of that town, how essentially their cause in general, and that of Free Trade in particular, would be served by the election of Dr. Bowring [John Bowring (see Note below) as Free Trader etc].

One page, 4to, aged but text clear and complete, as follows: Dear Mr Salaman, | I am sorry not to have answered your letter before but I have been too busy toi attend to my private correspondence. Many of my pictures have been put away but I may be having some of them out again shortly and if so will let you know. Meanwhile it might be as well if you could give me the latest date when it would suit Mr Michael Salaman to see [them crossed out and replaced in his handwriting] Shakespeare portraits [Subscription and signature as above].

Page of album, 20 x 16cm, good condition, signed as follows: Luisa Tetrazzini | Souvenir de la Saison [au?] Covent Garden - 6.12.1907 | London.. On the verso of the album page there are several unconnected signatures, dating 1900-1923. which I didn'feel would repay research.See IMAGE.

Part of a cr. 8vo page, 18 x 14cm, aged but clear and complete, over-writing a letter on verso (part of) signed B Gooch [perhaps a relative of Southey's friend Robert Gooch]. SEE SCAN for full text. Title On the Death of Riego. Four stanzas, 4 lines each. First lines [He?] is gone the life of the good and brave | Has pass'd like a brief told story [.....Last lines] Yet died he not unfriended; | Then the patriot's spirit breath'd forth one prayer, | And [soar'd] above unbended..]

2pp.,8vo, black-bordered, bifolium, good condition. I am at the present time so tied by public work that I should hesitate to take any fresh engagement, but in addition to this I feel that the times are unsuitable [First World War] for anniversary celebrations for which none of us can have much heart at the moment. I beg of you therefore, to excuse me, and, did I not fear to be impertinent, I should suggest that it would be more consonant with everyone's feelings at the present time if the Union postponed the celebration of its centenaryuntil the War is over.

One page, cr. 8vo, fold marks, good condition. There's a brief note at the top saying Ist draft of a letter regarding a 'Lay' Secretary for the Royal Academy probably Leighton but a smaller hand thanin the Letter. Text of letter: Here we have had a case somewwhat akin to yours - Dr Bence Jomes F.R.S. was long 'Honorary Secretary' of this Institution - Mr B. Vincent being the 'Assistant Secretary' - Thus the Institution may be said never to have had a secretary pure and simple (in name).

12mo, 1 p. Fair, on aged paper folded twice. I'm awfully busy this week but I'll try to come on Friday. You don't say the hour - is it 7. I'll understand it so, that you need not trouble to write again, if that will do.

The item provides an interesting insight into the editing process of the Thinker's Library, 140 volumes of which Watts & Co. published for the Rationalist Association between 1929 and 1951. The book is xiii + 240pp., 8vo, in red cloth binding, gilt. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper, with slight wear to one corner. A couple of leaves have been neatly torn out, evidently in the process of revision. Stamp of the Rationalist Press Association Ltd on reverse of title.

Letter: 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased. Attached by the blank second leaf of the bifolium to the reverse of the front free endpaper of the book. Envelope addressed by Tyrwhitt to 'Miss Bosworth | Parks Town' tipped-in beside the letter. He is not sure whether she has a copy of 'my art-book', which she mentioned 'the other day'. 'If not, will you kindly accept of this one, tho I fear it is not a very good one in the illustrations?' Book: [xv] + 480pp., 8vo. Sixteen-page November 1868 publisher's catalogue at rear.

189 black and white photographs, ranging in size from 15 x 10.5 cm to 4.5 x 7 cm, loosely inserted (i.e. not mounted but removable) on the fifty leaves of a 20 x 30 cm album. While the photographs themselves are in good condition, the album is somewhat worn and aged. Painted in large Gothic letters at centre of front cover is 'Camp Snaps'; with the name of the compiler 'E. TAIT' at top right. Inscribed inside cover 'From ?Porky? | September 4th, 1934'. The leaves of the album are made of thick black paper, and more than three-quarters of the photographs are neatly captioned in white ink.

15 pp, narrow folio (14.5 x 38 cm), in the remains of a volume which has been reused and cut up (see below). Although aged and dogeared, the eight pages carrying the accounts are in reasonable condition, with all texts clear and complete, although the last leaf of the eight has the lower third cut away. In remains of original vellum binding, with '17 Maij j683' on front board. The pages are variously paginated in a contemporary hand between 245 and 274.

Autograph Letter Signed,one page, sm.fol., fold marks, tiny chip, good +, with small folded card, 10 x 15cm, with signed by Keneally and docketed by Hunter Davies. Text of ALS: Dear Sir Hunter | I was delighted to read of your elevation to Bath or Garter or Thistle in the last issue of Punch [underlined]. I wanted to write despite the fact I am away from my [Nip?] PC which could write you a handsomer letter than this. | Above all I wanted to express our joy at meeting yourself and the OT. I think you're a lucky old sod, but then, you deserve to be. | My thanks for the glorious present.

One page from autograph album, 20 x 16cm, edge frayed when removed from album, condition ow good. One autograph unidentified but see image

APCS, image entitled [?] The Studio | 22 Launceston Place, W8. Very good condition, a difficlut hand but see Image. Text: My dear Hunter | Thanks for asking me to contribute but sadly I can't as I shall be away - Any way by [......? perhaps reading inclination] is rather heavy & uninteresting to the public - mostly [see Image for text here][Post script] Hope you find someone reading my books!.

Part of Letter, c.16 x 7cm, good condition. Surviving text: [...] I hope these notes will be useful, but I have no papers or books of reference here. Image on request.

One page, cr. 8vo, fold marks, good condition. Docketed on verso re. subject , an Armorial enquiry (presumably a family matter). A difficult hand [??] Our Father had a Griffin & two ostriches but in all the books [ours?] are two ostriches - I find in our Heralds Office that younger Brothers created peers take the [?] of their own family with a Mark of their descent as younger sons such as a Mullet in my case as some other distinction. | Yours affectionately | Erskine.

One page, 18.5 x 22cm, laid down on very slightly larger paper, staining (by glue prob.), but signatures clear. See Image. Note: The Distin family was an ensemble of British musicians in the 19th century who performed on brass instruments, and from 1845 promoted the saxhorn. One of them, Henry Distin, later became a noted brass instrument manufacturer in the United Kingdom and United States. [Wikipedia]

One page, cr. 8vo, residue of tipping in, but text good and complete, as follows: The Chancellor, with his humble duty to your Majesty, submits for Your Majesty's signature, if your Majesty shall so please, two Warrants for enabling Your Majesty's Justices Serjeants and Counsel and others therein named to go their respective circuits.

One page, 8vo, good condition. He begins: No, I don't understand people who regard war - in the light of recent years - as anything but obscene. Your own case is different. The RAMC are not soldiers. Even Quakers served with the ambulances. If you are interested, I think this is about right [...] He continues with a list of his works from Sea & the Jungle to that little tribute to Norman Douglas. Eleven items listed. He concludes Your letter gratified me very much. It is good to know Blunden's stuff & [Sansons?]. See Image.

One page, 4to, bifolium, letter page aged but in good condition, minor closed tear, but verso of second leaf, address page, is grubby, with substantial closed tear, with added annotations (brief biography of Nacnaghtan, etc.). Text: I have been here for some days but by a letter from Roepark I learned that a case supposed to contain the Bust had arrived there - I do not wish the cast to be packed up at present.

Bold Signature on paper, 11.5 x 6cm, laid down on slightly larger pink paper, some glue staining marginally affecting the S.. See Image.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. One page extracted from an autograph album, hence one rough edge, 14 x 11cms, good condition. The Keyes is on the verso. On the recto is the signature of bandleader Charles Shadwell, his signature preceded by Sincerely Yours Images on request.