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Tom Driberg [Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell of Bradwell-juxta-Mare] (1905-1976) [crossword puzzles] [Tom Driberg, politician etc] Two Autograph Drafts of reviews and one Autograph Letter Signed to Philip Doss? of Hansom Books, Artillery Mansions, 75 Victoria Street, London SW1. All three items lightly aged but good. Driberg has written 'TOM DRIBERG' at the head of the first page of both reviews. First Review (8vo, 7 pp) with slight wear at head (not affecting text) of first four leaves; last three leaves on House of Commons letterheads. With corrections. The subject is...	£100.00
Samuel L. ('Roxy') Rothapfel [Rothafel], American theatre impressario [Samuel L. Rothapfel, Theatre Impresarion] Typed Letter Signed to the actress Mary Lawton. One page, quarto. On paper discoloured with age. Attached along one edge of blank verso to card mount. Reads 'To simply tell you that your work is good would be putting it mildly. Things that I have heard all about me as I sat and watched the performance for the first time, from a loge seat, if...	£56.00
[Nineteenth-Century Periodical, Prospectus and Issue] [Nineteenth-Century Periodical, Prospectus and Issue] The Sans Pareil; or, Curiosities of Literature, no. 1, 17 March 1832. with Prospectus (Handbill). Four pages, 8vo, good condition. Price one farthing. It includes an obituary of William Roscoe, a facsimile of the playbill in which the late Mrs Siddons was announced to sing!, notes on The Arts, Metropolitan Weekly Return (including Seduced females 1000), and Stocks (Impudence, open . . ....	£80.00
Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor [Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor] Autograph Letter Signed, in Keneally's hand, Tom and Judy Keneally to Hunter [Davies], journalist and broadcaster. WITH:card with sketch and a few words in Keneally's hand. 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 [...	£250.00
Sir Stanier Porten (baptised 1716 ? 1789) government official and diplomat [appointed keeper of the state papers at Whitehall in 1774, and from 1782 until Nov.1786 commissioner of the customs] [Sir Stanier Porten (baptised 1716 ? 1789) government official and diplomat] Autograph Note Signed S Porten to Philip Stephens Esq [secretary of the admiralty, sponsored by Anson] One page, 4to, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. Text: As a Messenger will be dispatched from the East India House oveland to the East Indies in very few days, Lord Hillsborough has deferred till then communicating to Sir Edward Hughes the intelligence about the Illustre & St Michel [...	£220.00
Samuel Morley (1809 ? 1886), woollen manufacturer and political radical, philanthropist, Congregationalist dissenter, abolitionist, and statesman. [Samuel Morley, woollen manufacturer, political radical, abolitionist] Autograph Note Signed S Morley to Rev. S.C. Baker making a donation. One page, 12mo, black-bordered, residue of laying own on reverse, minor staining, closed tear on fold, text partially obscured by annotation presumably by the recipient, Rev. S.C. Baker. Text: Your reference to old times compels me, altho' sorely pressed, to send you a small cheque as an...	£38.00
Richard Condon, novelist [Manchurian Candidate etc] [Richard Condon, novelist] Typed Letter Signed 'Richard Condon' to Hunter Davies, journalist and broadcaster., with literary content as he talks about Tony Godwin (d.1976) influential British publisher of the 1960s/1970. One page, folio, 22 x 35cms, a trifle battered but clear and complete, with three minor additions in Condon's hand, along with bracketing and underlining of sentences and phrases perhaps the work of Davies. As well as having the Dial Press Address it has a printed advertisement for Condon's New...	£350.00
Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, actors; Jan Kubelik, violinist and composer [Henry Irving & Ellen Terry, actors; Jan Kubelik, violinist and composer] Autograph Signatures on one page. One page from autograph album, 20 x 16cm, edge frayed when removed from album, condition ow good. One autograph unidentified but see image	£56.00
Catherine C. Hopley [(1817 ? 1911) pen-name Sarah L. Jones, British author, governess, artist, and naturalist] [Catherine C. Hopley, author of books on the American Civil War] Autograph Letter Signed, Catherine C. Hopley to Mr Beddard [Frank Evers Beddard FRS FRSE (1858 ? 1925) zoologist]. Four closely written pages, 12mo, bifolium, aged but good condition. She apologises for bothering him but would like him to peruse the accompanying paper which will speak for itself. I was about to write to the New York naturalist to ask if he really had dissected a Chameleo, but thought why...	£180.00
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930 -2017), British photographer; m. Princess Margaret [Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, photographer] Autograph Postcard Signed Tony to Dear Hunter [Hunter Davies, author, journalist and broadcaster] 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 &...	£50.00

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