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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Edward Hodges Baily (1788-1867), English sculptor [ Edward Hodges Baily, sculptor. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('E H Baily'), giving his 'charges for Busts in Marble'. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed to an unnamed recipient. He gives his prices for 'a head in Marble', a 'Torso bust', and a 'pale draped bust'. Docketed on reverse with biographical details in a nineteenth-century hand.		£120.00
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans [ Ferdinand Philippe Louis Charles Éric Rosalino d'Orléans ] (1810-1842) [ Joseph Simon Pozac (1780-1854), French army officer ] [ Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of 'Orléans. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Ferdinand Philippe d'Orleans') to a general, pressing the claims of the Napoleonic War veteran Colonel Joseph Simon Pozac to the Croix de Commandeur of the Legion d'Honneur. 1p., 12mo. Seventeen lines of closely-written text, with postscript. Slip of paper with biographical note in contemporary hand attached. He begins by stating that he has sent the 'differents papiers' of which he spoke that morning. He next reminds the recipient of 'l'affaire du brave colonel...		£180.00
H. M. Tomlinson [ Henry Major Tomlinson ] (1873-1958), English journalist and author [ George G. Harrap, London publisher ] [ H. M. Tomlinson, author. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('H. M Tomlinson') to the publisher George G. Harrap, expressing an unwillingness to sign the introduction to 'Great Sea Stories of All Nations'. 1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He would agree to sign 'the introduction to the Sea Stories, for a special edition', if he was not 'convinced this "special edition" promotion has been overdone of late'. He concludes: 'I would rather not: but I am greatly obliged by the...		£56.00
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), Scottish author, editor of Quarterly Review, son-in-law of Sir Walter Scott [ Clotilda Elizabeth Stisted [ Mrs. Henry Stisted ] (1790-1868), Irish travel writer ] [ John Gibson Lockhart, Scottish author. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('J G Lockhart'), with red wax seal, to the travel writer Mrs Henry Stistetd [ Clotilda Elizabeth Stisted ], commending her book ('Letters from the Bye-ways of Italy'). 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed (with seal in red wax, and two postmarks) on reverse of second leaf: 'through France \| Italie \| Mrs Stisted \| Villa Brodrick \| Bagni di Lucca'. He thanks her for sending 'a very agreeable book', which he wishes had reached...		£65.00
Philip Yorke (1757-1834), 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, whig politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1801-1805 [ Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Hardwicke') to John McLeay, 3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with small stain at head of first page. Docketed on reverse of second leaf. The letter concerns Hardwicke's direction that Harry Court Amiel, son of 'Captain Amiel, Hounslow Barracks, Hounslow', be nominated 'for a Cavalry Cadetship...		£85.00
Princess Adélaïde of Orléans [ Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugénie d'Orléans ] (1777-1847), French aristocrat of the House of Bourbon [ Leopold II, King of Belgium ] [ Princess Adélaïde of Orléans. ] Her seal in black wax, on part of envelope addressed in her autograph to Leopold II, King of Belgium. 6.5 x 10 cm piece cut from envelope, with the seal (roughly 1 x 1.5 cm) in black wax (2.5 cm in diameter) attached on a strip of paper. The seal a firm impression in good condition and the envelope fragment in fair condition, on aged paper, strip carrying typewriten caption laid down at foot....		£45.00
S. R. Crockett [ Samuel Rutherford Crockett ] (1859-1914), Scottish novelist [ S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist. ] Typed Letter Signed ('S. R. Crockett'), to a bookseller, thanking him for sending the book 'Idylls of Spain' and expressing an interest in the subject. 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper. He thanks him for sending 'Idylls of Spain' (by Rowland Thirlmere, 1897), which 'Mr. Milner' will settle with him for, and states that he is 'interested in the subject and would be glad of a note of any books you happen to come across on this subject...		£45.00
Sir John Hobhouse [ John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton ] (1786-1869), British whig politician and friend of Lord Byron [ his step-sister Sarah-Matilda, wife of Count Ranghiaschi Brancaleone ] [ Sir John Hobhouse, whig politician. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('John Hobhouse'), writing affectionately to his step-sister Matilda, Countess of Rangiaschi Brancaleone, asking her to delay her departure from London. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He writes with playful urgency: 'My dearest Matilda \| Do not go out of London until I have seen you - & pray delay your journey for a day or two - Dine with Henry to-morrow - Thursday - and with me on Friday...		£100.00
William Charles Macready (1793-1873), English actor [ William Jerdan (1782-1869), journalist and author, editor of the Literary Gazette ] [ William Charles Macready, Victorian actor. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. C. Macready') to the editor of the Literary Gazette William Jerdan, writing within a month of his retirement from the stage about his feelings on his new situation. 4pp., 12mo. Bifiolium. In fair condition, on aged paper. Macready had taken leave of the stage a month before the writing of this letter, with a farewell performance of Macbeth at Drury Lane on 26 February. An interesting letter, fifty-one lines long, revealing the great actor's response to the...		£250.00
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), English historical novelist [ John Partington Aston (1805-1882); James Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862), Irish playwright; Charles Lamb; William Charles Macready ] [ William Harrison Ainsworth, novelist. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm Ainsworth') asking his friend John Aston to write the epilogue for Sheridan Knowles's play 'William Tell', with references to Charles Lamb and William Charles Macready. 4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Addressed, with postmark, to 'John P. Aston, Esqre \| Messrs. Ainsworth & Co \| Solrs \| Essex Street \| Manchester'. Aston was Ainsworth's father's law clerk. The year after this letter was written the novel 'Sir John Chiverton',...		£850.00