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Sir David Taylor Monteath [INDIA OFFICE] Monteath (1887-1961) was Under-Secretary of State for India and for Burma, 1941-7. Both items are lightly creased and dusty, but in good condition. CARBON COPY (one page, quarto): Lindsay writes that at the previous day's meeting of the R.S.A. Council Sir Frank Brown 'summarised the... |
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Sir David William Smith (1764-1837), property manager for the Duke of Northumberland [Farne Islands, Northumberland] Autograph Letter Signed (Sr. D. W. Smith') to Messrs Thorp & Dickson, Alnwick. 4to bifolium: 2 pp. Good, with slight loss to second leaf from breaking of red wax seal, traces of which still adhere. Twenty lines of text. Docketed in pencil and ink on second leaf. Asks them to furnish him with 'all the particulars relative to the Farne Islands [...] who the Lessee? - their... |
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[Committee of 100, London; Vietnam War; Marvin Garson; Paul Pawlowski; Ruth Oppenheim; Barry Gorden; Tom Hetherington; Phillip Francis; Edward Ludd] 8vo, 24 pp. Printed on yellow paper. In fair condition, slightly dog-eared and with rust-staining to last leaf. With photographs, advertisements, cartoon and poem. Editorial titled 'Vietniks and Dratniks'. 'Vietnam Weekend' by Marvin Garson reports on events in Berkeley, London, Aberdeen and... |
History | £56.00 |
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Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919), foreign correspondent of the London 'Times' who published an important work on Russia Autograph Note Signed ('Donald Mackenzie Wallace') to unnamed female correspondent. One page, 12mo. Good, on aged and lightly spotted paper, but with blank verso showing traces of previous mounting. Nine-line printed biographical cutting laid down in top left-hand corner. Reads 'Madam, In accordance with your request I enclose my autograph'. |
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Sir Donald Maclean Typed Note Signed to author and journalist M[yer]. J[ack]. Landa. British Liberal politician (1864-1932; DNB). 1 page, 4to. In good condition though dusty. 'My dear Landa, | Thank you very much for your kind note, which I greatly appreciate. [manuscript interpolation: '^ It was a difficult Parliamentary job.'] I also appreciate the [kind] note about the speech... |
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Sir Donald Sinden typed letter signed to theatrical bookseller I. F. Fletcher English thespian. Thanks Fletcher for his catalogue of autograph letters of nineteenth-century actors. 'I doubt if I will be able to get in before Christmas but hope to see you and them as soon as possible.' Signed 'Donald Sinden'. Creased and with some unobtrusive calculations on the reverse.... |
Book Trade History, Music and Theatre | £20.00 | |
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Sir Douglas Fox British civil engineer of the Victorian period (DNB). One page, 16mo, good condition, with remains of four pieces of gummed paper still adhering to blank reverse. Expresses his sincere regret at learning of the death of his 'old friend' the correspondent's husband. 'May the God of all... |
Science, Medicine and Technology | £35.00 | |
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Sir Douglas Straight Autograph Card Signed to [Sir Clarmont Percival] Skrine. Journalist (1844-1914) and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette. The recipient was a British diplomat in Asia and travel writer. Good, but a tad grubby with rust marks from paperclip. 'You may do us 1600 words on Tibet and in preparing the mss put it in a form that will bear reduction'. Signature '... |
Book Trade History, Travel and Topography | £125.00 | |
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Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle (1836-1929), English naval officer, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport 12mo, 1 p. Very good on lightly-aged paper. Reads 'Dear Mr Wright, | I am sending you a photograph which I hope you will like, | Yours faithfully, | [signed] E R Fremantle'. |
Military and Naval History | £28.00 |
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Sir Edward Baines Autograph Letter Signed to William <Wantjl?>. Journalist, economist and politician (1800-90), M.P. for Leeds. Two pages, 12mo. In poor condition: grubby, folded three times and with two spike holes at foot. 'I am not aware that I have any power to obtain a Midshipman's Commission for any one: but if I had, I should not think it right to use... |
Book Trade History, Military and Naval History | £50.00 |