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1p, 12mo, blank area dusted, mainly in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Further on the subject of MAESHENDRE, which you offered me, if this is still available I think I should like to take it for 3 or 4 months from 14th March. Before definitely deciding I should like to view it & for that purpose I will run home to Glasbury on Friday or Saturday next if you can give me the offer of it firm until then. I might want the [?] to extend the term for which it is now offered if possible. | Will you please wire me tomorrow to the Adelphi Hotel Liverpool, whither I am going in the morning?

The third of these letters in particular gives a good indication of his Yorkshire bluntness (his entry in the Oxford DNB describes him as ‘a man of arrogance and bile, [...] capable of generosity, strong friendships, and kindness towards people in need of help’). The three items are in good condition, lightly aged; the third with slight wear along one edge. All three are signed ‘E B Denison’ and the second and third are addressed to ‘My dear Plumptre’. ONE (14 January 1856): 3pp, 4to.

1p, 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Franked on reverse of second leaf, with seal in red wax broken into two pieces, and franking postmark: 'Frome – November twenty fifth 1814 | Messrs: Wulliamys | Watch Maker's | Pall Mall | London | Boyle'.

1p, 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Folded once. Signed 'Rafael Sabatini'. After thanking her for her letter of sympathy, he notes: 'In the past I have had plenty of cause for complaint, but nothing quite so flagrant.' He has been 'avenged by the Press, which described the unutterable scenario from which the film was made in terms similar to those which I employed when I requested that my name be removed from the “author credits”'. He ends with good wishes to her 'laudable enterprise'.