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Philip Bliss Autograph Signature on slip of paper. Antiquary (1787-1857) and Keeper of the Archives at Oxford, 1826-57. On slip of grey paper roughly two and three-quarter inches by three-quarters of an inch, neatly mounted on larger slip of thicker paper. Reads, in Bliss's distinctive and disciplined hand, 'a true Copy | Philip Bliss.'... |
£45.00 | |
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Edmond Xavier Kapp Autograph Note Signed to 'Mr. Wilson' [the bookseller John Gideon Wilson of Bumpus?]. English artist (1890-1978). His wife, Yvonne Kapp, published four novels under the pseudonym Yvonne Cloud. One page, octavo. Very good, though a little creased and with dogeared corners. Reads 'Dear Mr. Wilson, | It is good of you to have taken so much trouble - I am greatly obliged to you. The... |
£75.00 | |
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George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover Autograph Letter to Paul Colnaghi. English author and politician (1797-1833), whose efforts resulted in the formation of the National Gallery. Colnaghi (1751-1833) was the leading printseller of the period. One page, quarto. Good, on slightly discoloured paper with traces of previous mount adhering to reverse. A formal letter in... |
£45.00 | |
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Harry Furniss [Punch, or the London Charivari] Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male publishers. Anglo-Irish journalist and caricaturist (1854-1925), best known for his work for Punch. Three pages, 12mo. Very good, but with slight wear and discoloration to recto of first leaf of bifoliate. Asks to 'know the fate of Miss Lyster's M.S.' 'You will recollect I called & saw you about it some... |
£45.00 | |
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Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Bury Autograph Letter to the printseller [Dominic Paul] Colnaghi. English novelist (1775-1861). One page, 12mo. A frail item in poor condition: on discoloured, frayed paper, with several closed tears and some loss to edges. A formal letter in the third person. 'Lady Charlotte Bury presents Her Comp[limen]ts. to Mr: Colnaghi and would be obliged to Him if He... |
£45.00 | |
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Thomas Robert Macquoid Autograph Letter Signed to J[oseph] Swain. English artist and illustrator (1820-1912). Swain (1820-1909) was a noted wood-engraver, and the letter concerns his possible employment by Macquoid. Two pages, 12mo. Good, but on discoloured paper, heavily sunned along one edge and browning in one corner, with small closed tear at top of fold.... |
£95.00 | |
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William Chevalier Autograph Letter Signed to [Sir Francis Graham?] Moon. English engraver (1804-66). One page, octavo. Good, on slightly discoloured paper with spike hole at centre. Addressed to 'Mr. Moon' on verso of second leaf of bifoliate, which has a hole from the breaking of a wafer which still adheres. Reads 'I've taken the liberty of leaving for your... |
£95.00 | |
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Edward Verrall Lucas Typed Letter Signed to Betty Ross. English essayist and biographer of Charles Lamb (1868-1938). One page, quarto. Good only, on discoloured and creased paper. Lucas finds Ross's 'Heads and tales, etc.' (London: Rich & Cowan, 1934), a collection of interviews with the famous, 'incorrigibly lively'. 'I do not share all your... |
£38.00 | |
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Edward Verrall Lucas Typed Letter Signed to R[ainforth]. A[rmitage]. Walker of the Print Collector's Quarterly. One page, quarto. Poor, on creased, discoloured paper, with two punch holes in left-hand margin and short closed tears along the central fold. 'It is as well that you underlined your name in print, for I cannot detect the faintest resemblance between it and your signature. Is this the fault of... |
£56.00 | |
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Frederic Harrison Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. English positivist philosopher (1831-1923). Two pages, 12mo. In poor condition: on discoloured paper with remains of stub still adhering along one edge, and with slight damage to blank verso of second leaf of bifoliate. He is obliged for the 'invitation to contribute to the pages of the... |
£45.00 |
