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Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury Lord Chancellor of England (1825-1921), author of the monumental 'Laws of England'. One page, 4to. In good condition though somewhat grubby. Folded twice, and with embossed House of Lords stamp and armorial stamp in red ink in top left-hand corner. Opening ('My dear Judge') and salutation ('... |
Law | £56.00 | |
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Harold Beresford Butler (1883-1951), Deputy Director (1920-1932) and Director (1932-8), International Labour Office; British Minister to USA (1942-6) [William Ormsby-Gore (1885-1964), Baron Harlech] Autograph Letter Signed ('Harold Butler') to 'Harlech'. 8vo, 2 pp. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He is 'sorry' that Harlech has 'left the Colonial Office, upon which you have produced such a profound and salutary effect'. From the point of view of the I.L.O. Harlech's departure is 'particularly regretted, as your new labour... |
History | £38.00 |
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Harold Brighouse (1882-1958), English playwright of the 'Manchester School', best known for the comedy 'Hobson's Choice' (1915). All twenty-eight items with text clear and complete on lightly aged paper, the only damage being light wear to the second leaf of Item 27, causing slight loss to six lines of text. All items signed by Brighouse 'H. B.'This collection represents a substantial correspondence by a significant... |
Literature | £450.00 |
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Harold Monro (1879-1932); Alistair Stewart; The Favil Press; The Poetry Bookshop Printed on one side of a piece of paper roughly 46 x 32 cm, folded twice to make a 23 x 16 cm card. Good, on lightly aged and spotted paper. On the front is a small illustration in green and black, roughly 7.5 x 6 cm, showing a picture of a domestic Christmas interior in an ivy-topped frame.... |
Book Trade History | £45.00 |
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Harold Vinal, poet and editor of "Voices". Typed Letter Signed to "Mrs Chapman". One page, 8vo, partly sunned but mainly good, text clear and complete. He's having "a fearful time" with VOICES and wonders if she knows anybody who'll keep from going on the rocks. "For the first time the magazine is ready to go to press and absolutely no money in the special Voices purse. He... |
Literature | £75.00 |
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Harold W. Wilson [Harold William Wilson] (1880-1959), consulting surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital [Charles Noon (d.1957), senior surgeon to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital] Autograph Letter Signed ('Harold. W. Wilson') to Noon. 12mo, 2 pp. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with two punch-holes to the top left-hand corner. Noon 'won't regret' employing Michael Harmer. 'Please give me news of yourself; I hear nothing but vague, disturbing rumours'. |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £38.00 | |
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Harriet Grote Autograph letter signed to Madame Mohl, English-French head of a salon Biographer (1792-1878). 2pp., 4to (airmail-type paper). She sends good wishes and her sympathy for Madame Mohl's abandonment of her "visiting course" in England through indisposition, depriving her of "long leisurely talks & drives". She recalls the first of their "causeries" "when my... |
Social history, Women | £95.00 | |
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Harriet Martineau fragment of letter to unnamed correspondent, with engraving of Martineau's residence English economist and novelist. The letterhead engraving of 'The Knoll Ambleside' by W. Banks of Edinburgh is circular, around two inches in diameter,with printed signature. The fragment of text - comprising ten lines - is on the reverse. Creased, grubby and stained. |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), English writer and journalist Autograph Signature ('H. Martineau') on fragment of letter. Irregularly-shaped (like an 'L') piece of paper, cut from the head of a letter with a mourning border. Dimensions (very roughly) 4 and 3 cm high and 7 cm wide. Good, with minor traces of two tissue mounts adhering to reverse. The following written vertically across three lines of writing: 'to... |
Literature | £45.00 | |
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Harriett Pigott The Private Correspondence of a Woman of Fashion. Two volumes in one, half leather, corners bumped, some repair work tothe inside of the front cover, mainly good and sound. This is the author's own copy with corrections and marginal notes in her hand throughout, and most of the full names of people from the beau monde filled in, initials only... |
Literature, Social history | £1,200.00 |