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John Drinkwater (1882-1937), poet and dramatist [John Drinkwater, poet and dramatist.] Autograph Signature, with date and place, on card. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 11.5 x 9 cm card. In good condition, lightly aged, with negligible evidence of mounting on blank reverse. Neatly written and presented in Drinkwater's characteristic controlled hand: 'John Drinkwater / London / January 1935.' |
£25.00 | |
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John Drinkwater (1882-1937), poet and dramatist See his entry in the Oxford DNB. A pictorial postcard, with a black and white photograph of the ?Market House Minchinhampton Nr. Stroud?. In fair condition, discoloured and lightly worn. Stamped with partial postmark. Beneath the address and date he write, in what is presumably a response to a... |
£30.00 | |
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John Coates (1865-1941), English tenor, and Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), Italian coloratura soprano, opera singers The two signatures are written one on top of the other, close together, on a leaf extracted from a printed diary, with the bottom of the 'C' of 'Coates' touching the top of the 'e' of 'Tetrazzini'. In good condition, on lightly aged and foxed paper. No other manuscript text. The page (163) has... |
£50.00 | |
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Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891), Liberal statesman and diplomat [Henri Solvyns, Belgian ambassador to the United Kingdom] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. Signed ?Granville?. Begins: ?My dear Solvyns. / Lady G. sends no invitations, but she is at home every Monday Tuesday,... |
£60.00 | |
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Charles Mackay (1812-1889), Scottish poet and author [Reeves & Turner, publishers] See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded once. Begins: ?Messrs Reeves & Turner, / Gentlemen, / When I went to America, I left funds with my agent to pay your account, and several other... |
£90.00 | |
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Cambridge University Alumni, 1808, including William Adams who negotiated treaties with the United States, Edward Pearson, Samuel Vince, James Henry Monk, Sir William Wynne, Robert Towerson Cory The signatories (for whom see Alumni Cantabrigienses) are: William Adams (1772-1851) of Trinity Hall, distinguished lawyer who negotiated treaties with the United States; Robert Towerson Cory (1759-1835), Master of Emmanuel, Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy, twice Vice-Chancellor;... |
£380.00 | |
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Anonymous Irish loyalist poem of the 1850s [Crimean War; Indian Mutiny; Pig War; American Civil War] An interesting piece of Irish demotic verse, an unpublished work by an unknown hand. A rough-hewn but highly-effective piece of writing, in which the author?s voice can be clearly heard (he rhymes ?forget? with ?death?, writes ?trashed? for ?thrashed? and ?fronth? for ?fronth?, and speaks of ?... |
£450.00 |
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Robert Loyd-Lindsay, Ist Baron Wantage [founding father of the Red Cross] Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, text very readable but item stained and damaged, with small loss of text (part of heading and half of a name). Dear Dr Sieveking | Dr. Thudichum called at this office yesterday and made a proposal relative to the management of a Hospital in Germany. Dr. Simon... |
£180.00 |
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The Bodley Head, London publishing house owned by John Lane (1854-1925) Scarce. The only complete runs of the magazine located on COPAC are at the British Library and (possibly) Oxford, with Cambridge and St Andrews holding copies from between 1932 and 1935. Bound in two volumes of grey buckram, with titles in gilt on spine and front board. Internally in good... |
£220.00 | |
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Ralph Straus [Bro. Ralph Straus] Ltd edition, copy 73 of 199, xi, 244 p. 15 x 12 cm, wrapper has small closed tear at top of spine, edges of wrapper sl. ruckled, sl. grubby, good +. Enclosed (loose) Compliments slip. |
£120.00 |
