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[The Death of Prince Albert] R.R.R. [author unidentified]

[The Death of Prince Albert; PRINTED LEAFLET] The Prince Consort

One printed page, 12mo, the first page of four in a greyish bifolium, fold marks, minor staining of fourth page, good condition. Verse, 5.5 x 11cm on Page 11 x 18cm. First two lines: There's silence fallen on the land, | Unwonted dread; [...]. Last two lines: And leaving on the dead its trace...

£200.00 albert
Ronald Storrs [Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs (1881 -1955) official in British Foreign Office, Oriental Secretary (Cairo), Military Governor (Jerusalem), Governor (Cyprus), Governor (N.Rhodesia)]

[Ronald Storrs of the Foreign Office; Egypt, Jerusalem, Cyprus, N. Rhodesia] Typed Letter Signed Ronald Storr to a Miss Calverley, mentioning his book Orientations and Coningsby Disraeli.

One page, 12mo, right edge frayed and stained, not affecting text, mainly good condition. Text: I am no less proud than touched by your letter about Orientations [underlined]. Exactly the sort of praise that encourages most. It was also very good of you to send me the book which once belonged to...

£120.00
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950), Anglo-Italian author of romance and adventure novels

[Rafael Sabatini, Anglo-Italian popular novelist.] Autograph Letter Signed Rafael Sabatini to Mr. Gunter about residences in Wales..

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...

£80.00
Marcus Ward & Co. Wholesale Stationers [Marcus Ward and Co. was an Irish publishing company known for its illustrated books for children and adults, as well as its decorative greeting cards.]

[Marcus Ward, Irish Publishers and Stationers; Customs Documents; Philadelphia] Detailed Invoice re. Exported Goods to the USA, incl. Walter Crane item. With official import douments.

Four items, part manuscript, glued together at top corner, as follows: a. Signed Statement by Hampton & Larzelere, Custom House Brokers, 402 Library Street,Philadelphia, verifying the Invoice, one page, 8vo; b. Invoice, detailed and heavy with official stamps and signatures (all parties)....

£250.00
[Charles Dickens; Eliza Lynn Linton; Gadshill]

[[Charles Dickens; Eliza Lynn Linton; Gadshill] Photograph of Gadshill.

Contemporary Photograph, 15 x 10.5 cm, good condition. Image compared with online (googled) images, and is a slightly different angle to the closest. See Image.

£50.00 Gadshill
Prince Alexander of Battenberg (later Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke).

[ Prince Alexander of Battenberg [later Mountbatten]] Autograph Letter Signed Alexander of Battenberg to Col Oxley about his stay in Egypt (1915).

Two pages, 8vo, bifolium, some staining but text clear and complete. We are just off, and I want before leaving to thank you from myself and my brother for all your kindness to us during our stay in Cairo. | I can't tell you how much I enjoyed our cheery evening on Saturday. | There are great...

£100.00
Stuart Cloete [Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete (1897 ? 1976) South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer.]

[Stuart Cloete, South African novelist] Autograph Note Signed Stuart Cloete to a Mr Oulton appreciating Oulton's response to a book of his.

One page, 8vo, lined paper, good condition. Text: Thank you for your letter - I am glad you enjoyed Vic/Son [A Victorian son: an autobiography, 1897?1922, 1972]. You are probably right about [Norman?] - Brigadier and Jessie [?] was a review actress. But there are some worse mistakes [Delville?]...

£35.00
Mary O'Brien [Mary O'Brien (fl. 1785 ? 1790), Irish poet and playwright who wrote during and about the Regency period.

[Mary O'Brien, Irish poet and playwright; Arthur Murphy, C18th Irish author] Autograph Letter Signed Mary O'Brien to Michael Bourke WITH two ALSs from husband Patrick, one third person joint (trying to launch her literary career).

LETTER A. Autograph Letter Signed Mary O'Brien to Michael Bourke (in another letter a connection of Bourke with the possible influence/support of [Arthur] Murphy, author and playwright), one page, 4to, no date, one small hole not affecting text, bifolium, aged but legible, as follows: I can...

£450.00
Charles Reade (1814-1884), English novelist and playwright [Manton Marble (1834-1917), editor and proprietor of the New York World]

[Charles Reade, novelist] Subscription only of an Autograph Letter, signed Charles Reade.

Paper, 16 x 6.5cm, fold mark, good condition. Subscription only as follows: Lombard St. City | I am | Your obed[ien]t serv[an]t | Charles Reade Image on request.

£28.00
John Murray IV, publisher

[John Murray IV, publisher] Three Autograph Letters Signed to My dear Brown [John Murray Brown of Little, Brown and Company, publishers] about John Murray the Fifth's [Jack's] journey round the world.

LETTER ONE (12 Aug. 1906), three pages, 12mo, bifolium, very good condition. I have not heard of or from you for sometime past, but I now write to tell you that my son John Murray the fifth, starts for a journey round the world, or nearly so, on the 25th and that I propose to give him a letter...

£220.00
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