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J.K. Galbraith [John Kenneth Galbraith], economist, etc. Both letters one page, 8vo, good condition. The secretary, Emeline Davis, has been in touch with Galbraith and is able to say he would very much like to to do the piece but is busy for the next two weeks. She asks for leeway. Galbraith says simply This sounds fine. I'll be back with the piece... |
£45.00 | |
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Lionel, Duke of Dorset [Lionel Sackville], Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and the other Members of the Council of Ireland. `One page, 34 x 49cm, vellum, fold marks, grubby, top right corner missing with small loss of text, some text faint, small closed tear on fold, missing seal. Text as follows: We, Lionel, duke of Dorset, lieutenant general of the most excellent prince and lord, George the second, king of Great... |
£800.00 | |
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Hubert Herkomer [Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914), Bavarian-born British painter, pioneering film-director, and composer.] Card, 11 x 9cms, very good condition, text on both sides as follows: We must postpone your kind offer until my return from Egypt where I go on Thursday next for 6 weeks. So you have [??] from this invitation Deadly Season. We look forward to your coming down with great interest. I will let you... |
£45.00 | |
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Jilly Cooper [Dame Jilly Cooper], author and journalist One page, 8vo, good condition. Text: Thank you so much for that absolutely adorable letter. It made me feel very happy and much safer. Of course I'll come to Edinburgh. I'm just bloody tired at the moment. | Hunter [Davies] isa complete star and so are you and I've just always admired you so... |
£50.00 | |
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John Irving, Writer to the Signet [Walter Scott; Polar Exploration (See Note below)] One page, folio, fold marks, closed tear and small loss of paper not affecting text, two small holes affecting but not obscuring words. Text: SIR, \ You will receive enclosed [not present] the Annual Missive, with a copy of the Acts of the last Convention. By the 22nd Act, the Reports made by... |
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Michael Winner, filmmaker, writer, and media personality. Letter One (Nov.), one page, 4to, in which he clarifies concerning his sex life after he met Jenny [Seagrove), and before, suggesting an alternative text, what he thought a key point has the added handwritten phrase very important last line [concerning Anyway it was me who terminated it because... |
£120.00 | |
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Lord Henry Lennox, politician. friend of Disraeli [Zoological Society] One page, 12mo, black-bordered, remnants of laying down on verso, good condition. I have given notice that after the expiration of three months the Spurious Catalogues of the Zoo Soc [Zoological Society] are not [word underlined] to be sold in the Regents Park [subscription and signature]. Image... |
£50.00 | |
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Eva Figes, author and feminist. Four lines, one page, 4to, fold marks but good condition. See my #26881 (Hunter Davies discusses his idea of local writers attending a regular lunch). In this note Eva Figes responds to an invitiation to attend: What a brilliant [underlined in red ink] idea - you've cheered me up ( I don't even... |
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George Thorp, (1777 ? 1797) officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary Wars [Smyrna; HMS Victory]. Substantial Wikipedia biography [see below]. Four pages, 4to, inc. address (p.4), bifolium. IMAGE on application. Addressed on reverse of second leaf, with two postmarks and a manuscript note by forwarding agents the Fr?res Smitmer of Vienna, to 'Robert Thorp Esqr | Alnwick | Northumberland | For George Thorp's Letters to his family, see... |
£450.00 | |
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Alan Brien, journalist [theatre and film critic, columnist and foreign correspondent]. Two pages, 8vo, good condition. He says he'll give a few more names for the lunch invitation (listed overleaf with addresses), speculating (in response to anarticle in the Observer - presumably by Davies) on the sort of people he might have to mix with: assorted PR bumf-pushers, star fuckers,... |
£65.00 |
