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Ben Travers, novelist and playwright. [Ben Travers, novelist and playwright] Sentiment and signature All good wishes \| Ben Travers. Paper, 12 x 7cm, some faint staining, but writing clear. See Image.	£25.00
H.G. Wells [Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946), author]. [H.G. Wells] Two Autograph Notes AND Two Autograph [Post]cards] Signed H.G. one of which is incomplete, three items to Charlotte [Boissevain]. one to both Charlotte & Jan [Boissevain]. With 2 photos of Wells and the Boissevains. See Notes below. Letter 1 (9 March 1931): one page, 4to. fold marks, small hole with loss of two letters), good condition. Text: Dear Charlotte \| Odette is still in bed, weak as a rat & [she?] had flu & I got [me?] it. I'm being an Angel to her, but its very quiet between whiles. Would you like to lunch...	£1,250.00
J.R. Lowell [James Russell Lowell (1819 – 1891), American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. ] [J.R. Lowell; Minister to England] Bold Signature, dated by him. One page, 12mo, fold mark, good condition. Text in Lowell's hand: 22 April, 1882 \| Faithfully yours \| J.R. Lowell. Docketed with pencilled note at base with biographical details. See Image.	£90.00
[General de Gaulle, sometime President of France] [General de Gaulle; printed items] Invitation Card with a slip (described below) from 'General de Gaulle \| President' in French to (handwritten) Mr and Mrs Boissevain [see note below]. Card, 14.5 x 12cm, stained and dulled but clear and complete. With a slip hooked on it, 9 x 9cm, with text mainly in capitals as follows: This invitation together with this slip must be presented at the Entrance for Admittance \|\| Use 49th Street Private \| Ballroom Entrance ONLY; [Invitation]...	£90.00
William Simpson [Lord Byron; pamphlet; presentation copy] Byron's Tomb and other Poems. Pamphlet, 16pp., 8vo, sl. grubby, inside cover, sl. strained, with a number 'R30668' at bottom. Only one copy recorded on WorldCat (none on COPAC) with inaccurate publishing data (Print Book, English, [1953?]Publisher: [Notts. Newspapers], [Hucknall, Notts.], [1953?]). See Images of front cover...	£250.00
Anonymous [Lord Byron] [Anonymous; Lord Byron] Manuscript entitled LORD BYRON LIVES!, giving insights into Byron and his life in his own words from his letters and poems.~Not dated.~Thirty (30) pages (some material on the verso also), 8vo, good+ condition, an attractive handwri Thirty (30) pages (some material on the verso also), 8vo, good+ condition, an attractive handwriting. The first nine page are paginated; the last 21 not. [[P.18] announces "INTERVAL" after a few lines, and [P.19] commences "PART TWO. It comprises substantial and attractive transcriptions (...	£380.00
Gotthard Victor Lechler (1811-1881), German Lutheran theologian [Gotthard Victor Lechler, German Lutheran theologian.] Four Autograph Letters Signed, in German. See his entry in Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed. The four items are in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Each letter signed ‘Gotthard Lechler’. A total of 200 lines of closely-written text, on 11pp, 8vo, and on three bifoliums and a single leaf. ONE (20 May 1882): Addressed to ‘Lieber...	£250.00
Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909), Scottish poet and author, husband of actress Helena Faucit [Duke of Wellington; Horace Howard Furness; William Shakespeare] [Sir Theodore Martin, Scottish poet and author.] Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs. Thomas’, discussing the Duke of Wellington’s mode of pronunciation, elementary education, King Lear and Shakespeare scholar H. H. Furness. A good letter, not the least of whose interest lies in the fact that it provides first-hand information about the Duke of Wellington. See Martin’s entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. Begins: ‘Dear Mrs. Thomas, / Your variant of the King Lear story...	£180.00
Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909), Scottish poet and author, husband of actress Helena Faucit [Sir A. M. M. Stedman of publishers Methuen; Rev. Canon Moor of St Clements, Cornwall; E. J. Broadfield] [Sir Theodore Martin, Scottish poet and author.] Three Autograph Letters Signed: to A. M. M. Stedman of Methuen, ruling out writing his reminiscences; to Rev. Canon Moor of St Clements, on a misquotation; to E. J. Broadfield, on his wife’s letters. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both items are in good condition, and each folded once. The second carries the merest trace of grey paper from a mount at one corner. ONE: To E. B. Nicholson, 3 November 1881. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Nicholson’s letter has been forwarded to him ‘...	£90.00
Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909), Scottish poet and author, husband of actress Helena Faucit [E. B. Nicholson; Lowe; Princess Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary] [Sir Theodore Martin, Scottish poet and author.] Two Autograph Letters Signed: one declining to contribute to E. B. Nicholson’s ‘proposed magazine’; the other to ‘Mr Lowe’, regarding a ‘vulgar’ response to Princess Mary’s bereavement. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Both items are in good condition, and each folded once. The second carries the merest trace of grey paper from a mount at one corner. ONE: To E. B. Nicholson, 3 November 1881. 2pp, 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Nicholson’s letter has been forwarded to him ‘...	£75.00

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