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Sir John Bowring Autograph Note Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Linguist, writer and traveller (1792-1872). One page, octavo. Lightly creased and with a few closed tears. Reverse adhering to page from autograph album. Reads 'My dear Sir | Herewith the promised letters - | Yours most truly | John Bowring'. Docketed on reverse. |
History, Literature, Social history, Travel and Topography | £25.00 | |
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Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), English polymath, 4th Governor of Hong Kong [Unitarianism; radicalism; William Roberts; Thiruvenkatam Vellala] Autograph Letter Signed ('J Bowring') to unnamed recipient. 12mo, 1 p. Clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. In a bifolium, with thin strip of archival tape along edge of reverse of second leaf from previous mounting. He is enclosing 'W Roberts' letter & the answer' (neither present), and asks for a duplicate to be made of the latter item... |
History, Literature, Social history, Travel and Topography | £35.00 | |
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Sir John Bretland Farmer Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William [Turner Thiselton-Dyer]. Botanist and mountaineer (1865-1944). 1 page, 16mo. Grubby and discoloured, with crease in top right-hand corner, and remains of stub adhering to otherwise-blank reverse. The recipient, Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer (1843-1928; DNB), was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, 1885-1905, and... |
Natural History | £25.00 | |
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[Charity Organisation Society, London; Rev. J. C. Pringle, Secretary; Miss H. M. Kelly, Assistant Secretary; E. C. Price, Secretary Inquiry Department] 16mo, 24 pp. Stitched. Text clear and complete. On aged and lightly-spotted paper. Topics, under nine headings, on pp.1-9, include the 'Aims and Methods' of the Society, constitution, 'Workers', 'Training for Social Work', 'Application for Help', 'Inquiry Department'. Pp.10-15 gives a list of... |
Economics, Social history | £85.00 |
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Sir John Carr (1772-1832), English poet, author and traveller in Ireland and eleswhere [Anne Mathews [nee Anne Jackson] (d.1869), actress and wife of the actor Charles Mathews]; Charles Lamb] Autograph Letter Signed ('J Carr') to 'Mrs Mathews'. 12mo, 3 pp. Forty-two lines of text; clear and complete. On aged and lightly-stained paper, with pin holes and short biographical details typed at head. The Lambs and the Mathews were friends, and the letter begins with a reference to Lamb's celebrated collection of essays, which Anne Mathews... |
History, Literature, Travel and Topography | £95.00 |
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Sir John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge Autograph Letter Signed to '<George?>'. Lord Chief Justice of England (1820-94). 2 pages, 16mo. In poor condition. Stained, creased, discoloured and with damage to blank second leaf of bifoliate. Difficult handwriting. 'My dear - | The Broomfield is for Monday at 9.30. I go down to Winchester again for it tomorrow (Sunday) night... |
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Sir John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge Autograph letter signed to an unnamed male correspondent, Lord Chief Justice of England (1820-94). 2 pp, 12mo. "I could have asked to be silent to-night but I cannot refuse to answer for the guests on an occasion so interesting & on which I am very proud to be present". Postscript: "Can you give me any idea of who the guests are, & about what... |
£45.00 | ||
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Sir John Eldon Gorst Autograph letter signed to an unnamed male correspondent, Lawyer and politician (1835-1916). "Dear Sir / I have so many calls on my resources & already subscribe to so many Cricket Clubs in Chatham that I fear I shall not be able to comply with your request - / Yrs very faithfully / J. E. Gorst". With traces of previous mounting to the reverse of... |
£40.00 | ||
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Sir John Leake (1656-1720), Admiral Part-printed Treasury Document (Receipt) signed J Leake One page, c.16 x 17cm, some staining but text clear, trimmed (with loss only to part of a column of MS figures in the top right (total £27), part-printed, filled in in MS. Receipt for £27 from the Exchequer, three months annuity, granted under An Act for granting to her Majesty [Anne] new Duties... |
Military and Naval History | £125.00 | |
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Sir John Foster Fraser Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Special parliamentary correspondent, traveller and lecturer (1868-1936; DNB). Dimensions: 2 inches by 4½ inches. In good condition and attached to a sheet of paper docketed: 'Sir John Foster Fraser, Kt., F.R.G.S., F.J.I. | Great Journalist, Traveller, Lecturer. | (Cycled round the world. 19,234... |
Travel and Topography | £15.00 |