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Oswald Birley, Autograph Letter Signed to (Maurice) Codner, artist Artist. One page, 4to. He says that he is Secretary of the Artists' General Benevolent Fund for the year 1938-9 and asks for support for those artists in difficulty in "this period of unrest & uncertainty". |
£30.00 | |
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Owen Seaman Autograph Note Signed, one page, 4to, to Rose Fyleman, children's writer. Poet, critic, editor of "Punch" (1861-1936). He criticises something she has written about fairies, sympathising with children's lack of understanding and concluding that he has encountered the things she describes "when there are no Fairies in the neighbourhood". |
£45.00 | |
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(Sir James Scarlett, Lord Abinger, judge) Draft Statement about Memorial to George Canning. Additions and corrections, some staining not obscurring the text. It commences "The Noblemen and Gentlemen whose names are undersigned", going on to describe Canning's role in estblishing peace and the "dignity and safety of the Empire" and popular desire for recognition of his work and a... |
£100.00 | |
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A Member of the Bibliographical Society The Colonel Mark Wilks and Sir Tollemache Sinclair Napoleon Collection Privately Printed. 50pp., 4to, grey wraps, sl. sunned, mainly vg. |
£45.00 | |
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Achille Fould, French statesman and financier 8vo. In French, expressing pleasure at an invitation from the Lord Mayor of London, and accepting. |
£30.00 |
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Alexander Bain, Scottish psychologist and educationalist 2pp., 8vo. Compliments Alexander's "polemic with Mill on the question of 'Liberty and Necessity'"" and promises a review ("some public form"). |
£100.00 | |
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Algernon Percy, Duke of Northumberland Autograph Note Signed, 2pp., 8vo, to Cuthbert Sharp, antiquary. Statesman and antiquarian (1792-1865). He thanks Sharp for "Works on Antiquarian subjects". |
£15.00 | |
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Allan Cunningham Autograph letter signed to undeciphered addressee. Scottish author (1784-1842). One page, 12mo, remnants of laying down, chipped, without loss of text. He is having to return a book which he had intended to review in an "Oxford Literary Journal" which "died a <> death some days ago". |
£45.00 | |
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Baron Bunsen, Autograph Note Signed to "Mr MacGeady" Prussian ambassador. One page, 8vo. He announces his arrival (in Italy), gives informnation about his post and what he wants done with it. |
£50.00 | |
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Bernard Partridge Autograph Postcard Signed to E.A. Carr Caricaturist (1861-1945). He declines taking up a suggestion since he is "no longer doing that kind of illustration for 'Punch'". |
£35.00 |
