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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Mary Adelaide Eden Phillpotts (1896-1996), English author (daughter of Eden Phillpotts) Autograph Letter Signed ('Adelaide Phillpotts') to 'Miss Hall'. Two pages, quarto. Very good, with a little wear and light creasing. 'I often think of those days, & how timid & shy & stupid I was! Yet I enjoyed myself too, & shall never forget your great kindness, & the help you gave me. Since then I've had many adventures &...	Literature, Women	£28.00
Mary Anderson Autograph note signed, to unnamed correspondent American actress. Very brief note saying "Feb. 8th 1928/ With pleasure. Here is the autograph/ Mary Anderson de Navarro". Laid down on card.	Music and Theatre	£35.00
Mary Anne Keeley (née Goward) Autograph note signed to Mr [?] Simpson, English actress (1806-99), wife of the actor Robert Keeley (1793-1869). 2 pp, 12mo. "Mr Gowing is coming to eat his dinner with me at 5 oclock to day, will you join him at 5 sharp as he has to leave at 1/2 pt nine / faithfully yours / M A Keeley". Slight waterstaining to head of letter.	Music and Theatre	£15.00
Mary Anne Keeley (née Goward) Autograph note to Mrs [?] Lewis, English actress (1806-99), wife of the actor Robert Keeley (1793-1869). One page, 12mo. A formal acceptance in the third person. "Mrs Keeley accepts with great pleasure Mrs Lewis's kind invitation for Thursday July 7th." Traces of previous mounting to blank reverse. The spelling of her second...	Music and Theatre	£12.00
Mary Augusta Ward (1851-1920, nee Arnold), English novelist 'Mrs. Humphry Ward' Autograph Signature ('Mary A. Ward.') on fragment of letter. On piece of lightly discoloured paper roughly 4 x 10 cms, with horizontal fold on left. Reads '[typed] Yours sincerely, \| [signed] Mary A. Ward.' Docketed in pencil at foot 'Mrs Humphry Ward 1914'.	Literature, Women	£15.00
Mary Brougham, Printer, Burslem, Staffordshire [Burslem Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School; Georgian provincial printing] Burslem Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School. August 30th, 1835. Afternoon Service. 16mo, 4 pp. Disbound bifolium. Text clear and complete, but in poor condition. Vignette after last item. Gives text of 'Opening Hymn. Daventry. L. M.', 'Alter Prayer. Salem. S.M.', 'After Sermon. Children's Hymn.', 'After Collection. Duetto. - Fawcett.' and 'After Benediction.' Aged, worn and...		£28.00
Mary C. Hay. Autograph Letter Signed to "Gentlemen" [ her publishers ] Novelist (see DNB). Two pages, 8vo, minor defects, text clear and complete. She asks them to republish some of her periodical work in book form. "The first story wd be a volume in itself (it is called 'At the Seaside'). The others wd be short ones from 'London Society', 'Tinsley', 'Belgravia', '...	Book Trade History, Literature, Women	£56.00
Mary Campbell [AUTOGRAPHS; Sir Joshua Reynolds; Rev. William Tuckwell] Autograph Letter Signed to Rosa Tuckwell [nee Strong, b.1829/30], wife of William Tuckwell (1829-1919). Four pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper. She apologises for only sending 'two words of Sir Joshua Reynolds' writing', and hopes she may some day 'succeed in getting a more valuable autograph'. It was given to her 'by a great niece' of the artist, 'and was cut out of a manuscript of...		£100.00
Mary Carpenter Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. English educationalist and philanthropist (1807-77). One page, 12mo. Good, but on discoloured paper and with remnants of three labels from previous mounting adhering. Reads 'Dear Sir \| The parcel went off to-day by Luggage train. It can be opened if more convenient to pack. \| Please to let me...	Women	£36.00
Mary Cholmondeley Autograph letter signed to "Miss Phillips" (1859-1925). 2pp., 12mo, minimal remnants of its having been attache to album page . She and her husband cannot visit on the Friday since they are "At Home". She invites her to tea and expresses pleasure in the improvement in Mr Phillips health.	Women	£30.00