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George, Duke of Cambridge. Autograph Letter Signed (part) to unknown correspondent. Part of letter, c.4 x 4", laid down, good condition, last few lines in which he says "Princess Frederica has promised to dine with me. Could I induce you & Bradford to come & meet her here. I remain, / Yours most sincerely / George." |
£25.00 | |
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Muriel G. Wickenden. Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent. British Women's Golf Champion c.1922, one page, 8vo, partly laid down, good condition, saying "Many thanks for your letter and congratulations. I much regret the unavoidable delay in replying and have great pleasure in giving you herewith my signature." With a newspaper photograph (clipping from... |
£50.00 | |
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Thomas Arnold. Autograph Letter Signed (part) to unknown correspondent. Headmaster of Rugby. c.4.5" x 2", soiled from vestiges of laying down process but text mainly clear as follows: Likes India, and that he is doing well there. Believe me to be, my dear [Torkell?], / Ever very truly yours, / T. Arnold. |
£45.00 | |
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Edward J. Stanley Baron Stanley of Alderley, statesman (1802-1869). 22 ALSs and ANSs (“S” or “Stanley”)and 1 AL, third person, 1-4pp., all 8vo except one (4to), to (S. Lucas), political journalist and author, mainly 1853, some undated or n.y., some not mentioning Lucas but almost certainly to him. Stanley is a... |
£400.00 | |
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George Wallace. Autograph Letter Signed to (“The Revd. Mr Hepburn”). Scottish poet and legal writer (-c.1805). 3pp., 4to, some damage and staining partially obscuring text. He writes initially of being elected to the “Kelso folly”, not wishing to be re-elected. He moves on to a matter which will involve the court of session, explaining that “the patrons as well... |
£100.00 | |
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J.L. Toole, Autograph Note Signed to “Miss Lanyon”, daughter of Charles Lanyon, engineer. Actor (1830-1906). One page, 8vo, .good. With enclosure. He encloses his autograph (present - a tag from “Paul Pry” signed by Toole) and says he will be in Belfast in October.2 items, |
£35.00 | |
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Samuel Phillips. Autograph Letter Signed to W[illiam] Shackell, onetime owner, printer of "John Bull". Glass manufacturer (1814-1854). 2pp., 8vo, good, admitting that he isinvolved with the Crystal Palace Company, but is not the secretary. Hesays that he has the interests of “Mr Woodfall” [the printer?] at heart, and his family is well. Phillips became literary diretor of the Crystal Palace Co.... |
£45.00 | |
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Thomas Phillips. Autograph Letter Signed "Phillips", to “Cooper”. Artist (1770-1844). 2pp., 8vo, good. “Clifford Holroyd” has asked him to put his case “before the Directors of The Artists G.B.[General Benevolent] Fund” at Cooper’s instigation. He requests information about Holroyd, and concludes by saying how useful this example proves the Fund. |
£30.00 | |
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V.S. Pritchett. Short story writer and essayist (1900-1996). 8vo, to “Mrs Biggs”, appreciating her enjoyment of “the Russian books”, mentioning an error in his review of them, and recommending that she read Leskov about whom he hopes to write. |
£25.00 | |
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[H] Evans Darby [Peace campiagner] Letter Signed to Chevalier Dr Karl de Scherzen (Peace Society (1893)). 2pp., 8vo, H.(?) Evans Darby to the Chevalier Dr Karl de Scherzer, He informs his correspondent that the last “universal Peace Congress” in Chicago decided to invite eminent jurists “to form a Committee for thepurpose of considering the question of an International Court... |
£45.00 |
