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Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Lady Honora'. General and courtier (1767-1845). Three pages, 12mo. Folded twice. Good, but on discoloured, lightly creased paper. Difficult hand. Regarding the 'Talents & Acquirements' of a certain 'Captain Spiller'. 'I am much obliged to you for your kind Enquiries after Lady Howard, she is now on her... |
£36.00 | |
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Ralph Straus [George Augustus Sala] Autograph Letter Signed to William <Miller?>. English writer (1882-1950). One page, quarto. Good, but lightly creased and dusty, and with minor spotting. Concerns the writer George Augustus Sala, about whom Straus would publish a book in 1942. He is grateful for the Sala letters, and encloses a cheque. 'I appreciate your good nature in... |
£85.00 | |
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Sir Aston Webb Autograph Note Signed to M[arion]. H[arry]. Spielman[n]. English architect (1849-1930), responsible for many notable London buildings, including the Victoria and Albert Museum. The recipient Spielmann (1858-1948) was an art historian. One page, 12mo. Grubby, and with pin holes in top left-hand corner, as well as small closed tear at foot of leaf (not... |
£45.00 | |
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Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Autograph Receipt Signed to James Phillips of George Yard, Lombard Street, London. Scottish politician (1754-1835), President of the Board of Agriculture, opponent of William Pitt the younger and editor of Ossian. The recipient James Phillips was a bookseller and stationer. On piece of paper roughly eight inches by three inches. Grubby and lightly stained. Evidence of previous... |
£30.00 | |
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Theodore Edward Hook Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed correspondent. Novelist and wit (1788-1841). On piece of paper roughly four inches square. Folded twice and lightly creased and with traces of glue and paper from previous mounting adhering to four corners of reverse, and affecting text. Typed title neatly attached at foot. Reads 'Will you give our kindest... |
£23.00 | |
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George Malcolm Young Three Autograph Letters Signed to Mark [Bonham-Carter]. English historian (1882-1959). All three items, two pages, quarto. All good, though grubby and lightly creased. Three intimate and revealing letters. ITEM ONE apparently sent to Bonham-Carter in America. 'You will soon be back, I think. Are you now occupied in assembling and correlating your... |
£120.00 |
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Sir Richard England. Part of autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent. General (Afghanistan, Crimea, etc.) Final three pages, prob. missing first leaf, 8vo, final page laid down on rather ugly vestiges of card, final page trimmed with no apparent loss of text, small hole not affecting recognition of words,some other damage not effecting text. It commences "The... |
£56.00 | |
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Henry William Brougham, Dean of Lismore [Henry Brougham; Canon W. W. Flemyng] Flemyng was a noted authority in the field of Irish lepidoptery, and published a number of papers on the subject between 1877 and 1919. Both items concern the Latin saying 'ne sutor ultra crepidam' or 'sutor ne supra crepidam judicaret'. HENRY BROUGHAM'S CARD: one page, five and a half inches by... |
£56.00 | |
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John Abel Smith Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. British banker and politician (1801-71). Four pages, 12mo. Good, but dusty and on discoloured paper, with traces of stub adhering to verso of second leaf. Docketed with date. 'The object of your Association has all my sympathy but my time is so closely occupied by other matters just now that I... |
£36.00 | |
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Enid Bagnold. Typed Note Signed "Enid", with manuscript addition, to Mark Bonham-Carter. Novelist and playwright (DNB). One page, 8vo, fold marks, good condition. She wants the names and addresses of his "party" (presumably a group who will visit her), adding: "You are quite right not to come up to London for cocktail parties, but I'm sorry all the same and wish you were." She adds... |
£35.00 |
