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Henry Woods. Autograph Postcard Signed to Holman Hunt (DNB). Painter. He accepts an invitation to lunch. |
£25.00 |
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Horace Annesley Vachell. Autograph Letter Signed to "Bill", (Wynyard, soldier and cricketer[?]) Novelist (1861-1955). 3pp. ea., 8vo, good. He cannot accept Bill’s invitation because he has arranged to play in a cricket match. He has been accumulating material for a book on Brittany(“By ‘serious’, I mean not a novel!), and reports on the success of The Face of Clay (published 1906). |
£25.00 | |
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Jacob Bright. Autograph Note Signed to “Gentlemen” Politician (1821-1899). 2pp., 8vo, reporting that Gladstone has given their “resolution” a positive response and that expressions of“strong feeling” from the north create a good effect in Parliament. |
£30.00 | |
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Lord Ashburnham. Autograph Note, third person, to “Dr Wynne”. Collector (1760-1830). One page, 8vo, good, giving himpermission to view his pictures. |
£25.00 | |
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Lord Kimberley, Autograph Note Signed to “Leveson Gower” (E.F. Leveson-Gower, politician), Statesman (1826-1902). One page, 8vo, good, confirming a dinner appointment. |
£25.00 | |
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Michael Haily. Autograph Note Signed to “Mrs Tweedie”. India Office. 2pp., 8vo, good, accepting an invitation to visit her at Devonshire House, if he “can get away from my Committee”. |
£25.00 | |
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Prince Vsevolode. Autograph Note Signed ANS, 8vo, to “Miss Bentley”, envelope present, Russian emigre (1914- ?). ANS, 8vo, to “Miss Bentley”, envelope present, postmarked 24 April 1958. He asks her to cash a cheque for him to save him time. |
£30.00 | |
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Randolph S. Churchill. Autograph Note Signed to a fellow M.P.(name illegible). Statesman, father of Winston (1849-1895). One page, 8vo, good, saying that, although he agrees with a Bill, his official position will not allow him to put his name to it. |
£45.00 | |
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Richard Monckton Milnes. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, Lord Houghton, poet and politician (1809-1885). 2pp., 8vo, damp-staining not obscuring text, inviting his correspondent and wife to the debate on the occupation of Cracow at the House of Commons, giving directions for a meeting afterwards. |
£30.00 | |
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Salvador de Madariaga, Spanish author. Two pages, 4to. He writes concerning the World Unity Movement of which Polak is a sponsor, criticising the Chairman, James Avery Joyce. With: a TLS, 2pp., 4to, from Joyce to Polak referring to a note he has received from de Madariaga (copy enclosed) and describing his... |
£150.00 |
