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[John Waynflete Carter (1905 ? 1975) writer, diplomat, bibliographer, book-collector, antiquarian bookseller ] Percy Muir and David Randall, Editors One issue of Bibliographical Notes and Queries, [12] pages, 8vo, unbound. minor staining and wear ro 'spine', fold mark, good condition. It concludes with a two-page article by John Carter, headed BIBLIOGRAPHY AT OXFORD (with references to Dr Chapman and Mr Hazen etc.. |
£65.00 | |
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[John Osborne, playwright experiencing difficult times] Helen Osborne, wife of John Osborne, playwright Two pages, 21 x 20cms, fold marks but text clear and in good condition. Dear Hunter, | Thanks. Have made a few corrections & also - | a) Could you play down the heal;th bit? Sometimes it's pretty good, but this sort of thing scares off commissions & bloody terrifies the bank manager. b)... |
£100.00 | |
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William Burdett-Coutts [(1851 -1921), born William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett, American-born British Conservative politician, m. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist (d.1906)] One page, 4to, aged but text clear and complete, as follows: Dear Mr Salaman, | I am sorry not to have answered your letter before but I have been too busy toi attend to my private correspondence. Many of my pictures have been put away but I may be having some of them out again shortly and if so... |
£100.00 | |
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Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), author and playwright, best known for her collection of sketches, ?Our Village? Three pages (plus address page), bifolium, aged with remnants of the page it was tipped on, text clear as follows: Seeing by the Standard [newspaper] of tonight that measures are taking for filling up the vacancy in the representation of Huddersfield, I cannot resist the desire I fell to point... |
£180.00 | |
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[Victorian parody of 'The House that Jack Built'] 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on thin aged paper, laid down on a sheet of backing. In small type, with the 'old version' of the nursery rhyme, in the left hand column, transformed into a 'new version' of 78 lines of prose in the right-hand column. The first line - 'This is the house... |
£125.00 | |
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Joseph Manton (1766 - 1835) British gunsmith Substantial part of letter, 17 x 12cm, corner stains from tipping in signs on verso, text clear as follows: I shall have some Game from Woodbridge next Wednesday or Thursday which I shall take the liberty of sending you. My son expected some last Week from another quarter which I desired him to... |
£220.00 | |
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Joanna Baillie, Scottish dramatist and poet (DNB). Subscription only, 11 x 5cm, good condition, with some lines on the verso, probably consituting the majority of the original letter. Subscription: dear Miss Mackenzie | Most truly uors | J. Baillie !! Hampstead | Saturday July 4th. Verso: Dear Miss Mackenzie (slightly clipped] | Mrs Baillie... |
£56.00 | |
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Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian coloratura soprano. [Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian coloratura soprano.] Autograph Inscription on detached album leaf. Page of album, 20 x 16cm, good condition, signed as follows: Luisa Tetrazzini | Souvenir de la Saison [au?] Covent Garden - 6.12.1907 | London.. On the verso of the album page there are several unconnected signatures, dating 1900-1923. which I didn'feel would repay research.See IMAGE. |
£45.00 | |
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William Burdett-Coutts [(1851 -1921), born William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett, American-born British Conservative politician, m. Baroness Burdett-Coutts, philanthropist (d.1906)] One page, 4to, aged but text clear and complete, as follows: Dear Mr Salaman, | I am sorry not to have answered your letter before but I have been too busy toi attend to my private correspondence. Many of my pictures have been put away but I may be having some of them out again shortly and if so... |
£0.00 | |
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[Victorian parody of 'The House that Jack Built'] 8vo, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on thin aged paper, laid down on a sheet of backing. In small type, with the 'old version' of the nursery rhyme, in the left hand column, transformed into a 'new version' of 78 lines of prose in the right-hand column. The first line - 'This is the house... |
£125.00 |
