Military and Naval History

Autograph Letter Signed to "Spencer"

Author: 
W.H. Russell.
Publication details: 
04/06/82
£75.00

Irish war correspondent. 2pp., 8vo. He produces some badinage about an invitation card, then comments on the situation in Egypt: "I wish the Powers - which they aren't by the by - had let our fat friend Ismail [Pasha] alone just tightening the bit a little & and then there would be none of this darkness over the land of Egypt . . . ", concluding with jocular mis-spellings of "poetical".

Autograph Note Signed to "My dear B."

Author: 
Lord Amelius Beauclerk,
Publication details: 
No date.
£35.00

Admiral, 8vo. He hadn't the heart to wake him when he called but could send what he had offered.

Autograph Letter Signed, 2pp., 8vo, to "Admiral" (Sir John Fisher)

Author: 
Lord Burnham (Edward Levy-Lawson)
Publication details: 
21/11/07
£45.00

Edward Levy-Lawson, Newspaper proprietor (1833-1916). He describes a variety of physical ailments to which he is prey but concludes that "My suffering has not diminished my belief in one popularly known as 'Jack Fisher'. . .". Burnham's relationship with Fisher is perhaps explained by his Newspaper, The Daily Telegraph's, support of a "strong navy" policy.

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