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Augusta Katherine one autograph fragment signed, (died 1904), wife of Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar. Second daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Gordon. One page, 12mo. "<...> so unhappy / Y. most sincerely / Augusta K Saxe Weimar / May 6th / 83". Docketted beneath this "Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar. Two grease... |
£25.00 | |
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Augustus Mayhew autograph letter signed to [Edward] Draper, Author (1826-1875). 2 pp, 12mo. "[...] You got me into a d - d mess with Nicholson but I promised him to say nothing about it so Mum's the word / Yours in expectation of a True Hoodian morceau". Traces of mount stuck to reverse. |
£20.00 | |
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Austin Brereton autograph note signed to Clement Shorter Stage historian. One page, 8vo.He thanks Shorter for the loan of some books and asks for another. |
£25.00 | |
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Ben Webster autograph card signed to [John] Cabourn, Actor (1864-1947). 2 pp. "Dear Cabourn, / We are drawn together in the 1st heat of the Billd Handicap - when do you think you will be able to play - the thing is hanging fire a bit." |
£30.00 | |
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Beriah Botfield Autograph letters signed (x 4) to "J. Strathall" Bibliographer (1807-1863). Total 5pp., three 8vo, one 4to, mainly concerning his exploration of his own family history (Boteville, etc.). |
£200.00 | |
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Bernard Miles Typed note signed to Mrs Swan, English actor and director (1907-1991), kinghted in 1969. One page, 12mo. "The fact that our second Mermaid Festival will run for six weeks instead of four makes it possible for us to invite a number of new subscribers. We are therefore sending you the enclosed particulars. / If you would like... |
£25.00 | |
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Bronson Albery Typed letter signed to L. E. Berman, English theatre manager (1881-1971). One page, 4to. He thanks him for his note about "A Woman of No Importance". In an apparent reference to a letter written by him to The Sunday Times about that newspaper's drama critic James Agate (1877-1947) he writes: "My letter was somewhat emasculated... |
£20.00 | |
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Brownlow North Circular letter signed to "Revd Sir" (presumably vicars in his diocese) Bishop of Winchester (1741-1820). Secretarial hand followed by the signature "B. Winchester". The Government has asked him (and other bishops presumably) to ask the vicars in his diocese to obtain information about the "high price of provisions", the Clergy being thought "above the suspicion of... |
£100.00 | |
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C.E. Maurice Philanthropist and author (of the Life of Octavia Hill). One page taken from an album. On the page for his birthday (29 June) Maurice has written out part of Tennyson's "Oenone" (commencing "Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control"). Maurice involved himself in many causes, including the... |
£45.00 | |
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C.V. Wedgwood Two typed notes signed to Mrs Roscoe, secretary of the Society of Women Journalists. Historian. She suggests that her talk to the Society could include "some funny stories about the very early journalism in the infancy of newspapers", and, in the later note, she accepts an invitation to a Society function. Two items, |
£45.00 |
