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Earl of Shaftesbury [Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury] (1801-1885), Conservative politician, philanthropist and reformer [R. G. Laker of Trevarrick, St Austell, Cornwall] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. With regard to the subject of the letter, the 'penny banks' that were established in mid-Victorian England to encourage thrift among the working classes, see J. W. Dirring's thesis 'The Organization and Practice of Banking in Cornwall, 1771-1922', which states... |
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Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), Devon novelist, poet and dramatist, friend of Agatha Christie and father of Adelaide Eden Phillpotts (1896-1993), latterly Ross, who accused him of incest See his entry, and that of his daughter, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In good condition, on lightly-worn grey paper. With two folds for postage. Reads: ‘My dear Scout [Silver?] / always send a stamp when you want an autograph / You will get more that way / Your friend, / Eden Philpotts’. |
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Bruno Walter [born Bruno Schlesinger] (1876-1962), German conductor, pianist and composer, who fled the Nazis, first to France, and from 1939 to the United States [Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra] See his entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica. The programme is 12mo, and consists of eight printed pages, stapled into covers printed in black on shiny paper, with a lion rampant on the front printed in red. The sprawling signature 'Bruno Walter' is written diagonally in the top-left quarter of the... |
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Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893), Master of Balliol College, Oxford, translator of Plato and close friend of Florence Nightingale and contemporary of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ('Lewis Carroll') See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both letters signed ‘B Jowett’. ONE: Autograph Letter Signed to ‘My dear Bramston’. 2pp, 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, but with discoloration (probably deliberate, since he is writing from Scotland) to letterhead. Strip of paper from mount... |
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Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919-1979), successively headmaster of Bradfield College, Berkshire, and Fettes College, Edinburgh, alleged child sex abuser and flagellomaniac [Philip Dosse (1925-1980)]] Chenevix-Trench’s entry in the Oxford DNB discusses his achievements, as well as his ‘unhealthy addiction to corporal punishment, a trait later exposed by one of his former pupils, Paul Foot, in the satirical magazine Private Eye’. At least one of his former pupils (Nicholas Fraser) alleges that... |
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[Victory in Europe thanksgiving, St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1945] Andrew Browne Cunningham (1883-1963), 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope; Commodore Charles Musgrave Ford (1887-1974) The three items are in good condition, lightly aged and discoloured. Slight traces of glue from mount to the blank last page of the second item. Each with neat creases from folding. ONE: ‘St Giles’ Cathedral / Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God / for / Victory in Europe / WEDNESDAY, 16th MAY... |
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[Bow Street Runner Stephen Lavender (1789-1833)] Sir John Dugdale Astley (1778-1842), 1st Bart, of Everleigh, Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Wiltshire See Astley's entry in the History of Parliament (he was created a baronet at the end of the year in which this letter was written). The ‘Lavender’ mentioned in the letter is Bow Street Runner Stephen Lavender (fictionalized in a series of books by Karen Charlton), who was leaving to take up the... |
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William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who gave his name to the 'spoonerism' See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded for postage. Addressed to 'Dear old Lee' and signed 'W A Spooner -'. He explains that he and his colleagues thought Lee's 'testimonials & references very good, as you may gather from our having put you on... |
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Walter Severn (1830-1904), English watercolour painter, son of Joseph Severn, brother of Arthur Severn and Mary Newton. A successful member of an English artistic family. See the Oxford DNB entries on his father Joseph Severn (who nursed John Keats in Rome in his final illness) and sister Mary Newton. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of glue from mount to inner margin, and details typed... |
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W. H. Hudson [William Henry Hudson; Guillermo Enrique Hudson] (1841-1922), American-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist, who settled in England See his entry in the Oxford DNB. On a 17.5 x 12 cm piece of ruled paper, laid down on a piece of card. The high-acidity paper is browned, otherwise in good condition, with small nick to one edge. The signature ‘W. H. Hudson / June 27. ’20’ is beneath two lines written in a foreign language, a... |
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