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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch [ pen-name 'Q' ] (1863-1944), Cornish poet and anthologist [ Harold Frederick (1856-98), London correspondent of New York Times; Frank Harris (1855-91), journalist ] [ Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, poet and anthologist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('A. T. Quiller-Couch') to unnamed recipient, describing a meeting with the recently-deceased Harold Frederic and 'Miss Lyon' (tried for his manslaughter), and Frank Harris. An interesting letter regarding a celebrated Victorian scandal. In 1884 Frederic had come to England with his wife and five children as the London correspondent of the New York TImes. He set up a second household with Kate Lyon, with whom he had a further three children. Lyons was a Christian...		£56.00
Sir William Martins (c.1787-1874), Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State [ Benjamin Webster [ Benjamin Nottingham Webster ] (1797-1882), actor-manager; Adelphi Theatre, London ] [ Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher. ] Autograph Letter in the third person to actor-manager Benjamin Webster, asking him to arrange a performance of a farce at the Adelphi Theatre 'at the rather earnest wish of a former Lord Chamberlain'. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condiion, on aged and worn paper. Marked 'Private', and written with an urgency suggesting the involvement of royalty behind the request. The letter begins: 'Sir William Martins presents his Compliments to Mr Webster and at theh rather earnest wish of a former Lord...		£45.00
William Boyd Carpenter (1841-1918), Bishop of Ripon and court chaplain to Queen Victoria [ Professor William Robert Lang (1870-1925) of the University of Toronto; George Thomas Shettle (1861-1936) ] [ William Boyd Carpenter, Bishop of Ripon. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Boyd Carpenter') to 'Professor Lang' [ probably William Robert Lang ] regarding George Thomas Shettle and the lack of 'spiritual ideals' evidenced in the Great War. 2pp., 12mo. He begins by apologising for being unable to give any information regarding Shettle, who 'only came into Ripon Diocese in 1911, theh year in which I resigned'. He is unacquainted with Shettle's books, none of which are credited to him in Crockford's. He agrees with Lang's 'letter...		£56.00
Ernest Elton (fl. 1900-1922), New York actor [ William Shakespeare; University of Vermont; Syracuse University ] [ Ernest Elton, New York actor. ] Prompt copies with manuscript additions from his directing of the women students of the University of Vermont in the Shakespeare plays 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Much Ado about Nothing', 'Twelfth Night', 'As you like It'. The four items present here are the prompt books for performances of Shakespeare plays by the 'Young Ladies of the University of Vermont', under the direction of New York actor Ernest Elton. BACKGROUND: Professor George B. Bryan, in a 'History of Theatre at the University of Vermont' writes that...		£2,000.00
Guy Bolton [ Guy Reginald Bolton ] (1884-1979), Anglo-American writer of musical comedies, associated with P. G. Wodehouse; Fred Thompson [ Frederick A. Thompson ] (1884-1949), English librettist [ Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. ] Early uncensored typescript draft of 'Song of the Drum' ('A New Musical Comedy \| Book'), before the setting was changed from India to 'Huzbaria' because of political unrest. Jeffrey Richards, in his 'Imperialism and Music: Britain, 1876-1953' (2001), pp.272-274, discusses this piece at some length, beginning: 'There was a late entry in the imperial cycle, the now-forgotten The Song of The Drum, written by Fred Thompson and Guy Bolton, which opened at the Theatre...		£450.00
J. Ramsay Macdonald, sometime Prime Minister [J. Ramsay Macdonald ] Autograph Signature on first page of a Programme for a special dinner in his honour "The Rt Hon. T.P. O'Connor presiding" Printed Programme, card, 8vo, 4pp., not bound as issued, nick at spinejoint strengthgened crudely within, decoration on front includes drawing of thistle, and there is a quotation aboit "industrious Scots" on back,. It includes a menu and a Toast List "The King The Chairman \| The Rt Hon. J....		£30.00
Jules Ladoumègue, cyclist. [ Jules Ladoumègue, cyclist ] Autograph signature, "J. Ladoumègue", on piece of paper tipped on to detached album leaf. Signature on piece of paper, 8 x 5.5cm, tipped onto to a detached album leaf, 17 x 11cm, good condition. Album leaf headed "The Holder of All the World's Cycle Records".		£30.00
Lillian Trimble Bradley (1879-1959), American playwright, the first woman stage director on Broadway and wife of George Broadhurst (1866-1952) [ Ernest Truex (1889-1973), American actor ] [ Lillian Trimble Bradley, American playwright. ] Corrected Typescript of unpublished play 'Out Goes She [ originally 'One, Two, Three!' ] \| A Comedy \| In Three Acts'. 135pp., 4to. Lacking last page or pages. Typescript on rectos only. Bound with string and metal stud. Aged and worn, with front cover (with typed label) and title-leaf detached. Original typed title 'ONE, TWO, THREE!', altered in manuscript to 'ONE! TWO! THREE! (under which it was registered for...		£420.00
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880–1958), author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights [ Marie Stopes ] Autograph Signature, "M.C. Stopes" on detached album leaf. Signature on detached leaf from album, 17.5 x 11cm, good condition.		£20.00
Nicolas Orloff, pianist, and Mary Jarred, opera singer [ Opera singer and pianist ] Autograph Signatures, "Mary Jarred 1935 \|\| Nicolas Orloff" on detached page of album Bold Signatures of Nicolas Orloff and Mary Jarred on detached album leaf, c.17 x 11cm, good condition.		£35.00