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Robert Owen, Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. Envelope only, 12 x 7cm, stamp removed roughly. See Image. |
£120.00 |
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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.] 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 | |
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[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 |
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Prince Alexander of Battenberg (later Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke). 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 | |
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Stuart Cloete [Edward Fairly Stuart Graham Cloete (1897 ? 1976) South African novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer.] 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 | |
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Mary O'Brien [Mary O'Brien (fl. 1785 ? 1790), Irish poet and playwright who wrote during and about the Regency period. 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 | |
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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 | |
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John Murray IV, publisher 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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John Arden, playwright One 'page', postcard addressed to Furness, very good condition. Text: Your enquiry about publs is very interesting but I'm afraid I'm not much help. I don't even remember going to a pub in Barnsley at all. I was not brought up in a drinking environment. And while I have been involved in various... |
£75.00 | |
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Harriet Martineau, social theorist, writer One page, 12mo, embrowned by the glue that was used to lay it down on sl. larger piece of paper, but text clear and complete, as follows: We see the Bridal on Monday. Please let us see you here by six o'clock to coffee & beleive [sic] me ever yours most truly[.] Note: Harriet Martineau's... |
£380.00 |
