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Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell Autograph note signed to [Frederick W.] Hollams, Lord Chancellor of England (1837-99). One page, 12mo. Marked "Confidential". "I send for your perusal a letter I have recd fm. Sir F. - you will of course treat it as quite confidential & destroy it when you have read it. It will at least serve to shew that I have done what I cd." Traces of... |
£20.00 | |
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Frank Carr, Director of the National Maritime Museum, to Admiral Sir Sydney Freemantle, regarding the clipper ship the Cutty Sark 4 pp, 8vo. A long letter discussing the restoration of the ship. "[...] I have always appreciated (and envied) your personal experience of sail in days when seamanship in the old sense really meant something. [...] No one is better qualified to speak with authority on the restoration of a... |
£150.00 | |
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Frank Robert Benson Autograph note signed to Miss [?] Paget, English actor-manager (1858-1939), knighted in 1916. One page, 8vo. "Dear Miss Paget. / Of course I remember you. I will be delighted to see your protege. / Yours sincerely / F R Benson". Creasing to one corner, and traces of previous mounting on reverse. |
£15.00 | |
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Frederick Henry Yates Autograph letter signed to unnamed male correspondent, English comic actor (1795-1842) and manager of the Adelphi Theatre. 2 pp, 4to. Eccentric handwriting, of uncertain decipherment. "We must trouble you by return of Post to send us up the last tune but one & the finale to the Pantomime / Make Puck if you please come out of the Fairy Mounds... |
£50.00 | |
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Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple Blackwood, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava autograph letter signed to [?] Leveson-Gower, Diplomat and administrator (1826-1902). 2 pp, 12mo. A diplomatic refusal. "Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to enlist under your banner, if I thought there was the slightest chance of my being able to write anything that would suit you. But, in the first place, I am so continually... |
£45.00 | |
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Frederick, Prince of Prussia and Brigid, his wife Pictorial Christmas Card, 8 x 6" Conventional Christmas Card with winter's scene on front, signed inside "Brigid & Frederick" with greetings and their address (Patmore Hall, etc.) printed. In original envelope which says "Photographs Do Not Bend" suggesting that the card may have been accompanied by a photograph. |
£50.00 | |
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G.C. Lewis Autograph letter signed (part of) to unknown correspondent. Statesman (1806-1863). Vestiges of its having been laid down in an album. Part of a letter as follows: " . . . chloroform, & with perfect success but she has since suffered much pain. Her recovery, I am happy to say, is . . ." and overleaf the following " . . . & therefore I conclude... |
£35.00 | |
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General Sir Robert Cunliffe Low Autograph letter signed to Mrs [?] Younghusband, British general (1838-1911). 2 pp, 12mo. "Can you tell me Miss Langham's address - / The <?> Hospital people say she has gone to K<?> / She has been appointed to the Ind. <?> Service". |
£35.00 | |
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George IV. (1762-1830), King of Great Britain and Ireland. One page, 12mo. Large florid signature "George PR", 2 inches by 4, on piece of paper 3 inches by 8. To the right and below signature: "By His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. / These in the name... |
£100.00 | |
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George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen Autograph card signed to an unnamed male correspondent, Statesman (1831-1907). One page, 12mo. "Dear Sir / Please send my parliamentary papers to Portland Place henceforward. / Yours faithfully / George J Goschen". Traces of mount adhering to blank verso. |
£30.00 |
