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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
H. W. Nevinson (1856-1941), journalist and war correspondent. Five Autograph Letters Signed "HWN" [H.W. Nevinson] to Robert Lynd, essayist and Irish Nationalist 5 ALsS, total 8pp., 12mo.One, on letterhead of 4 Downside Crescent, Hampstead; 'Tuesday' [December 1908]. Concerning Nevinson's sacking as a Daily News journalist following his heckling of the Liberal Chancellor Lloyd George at a meeting in December 1908 in which the Daily News editor Gardiner...		£750.00
[National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, London (<Elie?> Stopford, Secretary, a relation of Irish writer Alice Stopford Green (1847-1929)?] [National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, London.] Typed Letter Signed ('<Elie?> Stopford \| Secretary') to Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, describing a vacancy 'for a Press Writer, i.e. someone to conduct Suffrage and Anti-suffrage controversy'. 1p., 8vo. In fair condition, on aged and creased paper. The first name of the signature is difficult to decipher. She writes that she met Lynd 'some time ago at Mrs. Green's', and that she remembered her name 'when Mrs. Heseltine suggested it in connection with a vacancy which we have at present...		£40.00
John E. Milholland (1860-1925), American newspaper editor Typed Letter Signed, John E. Milholland to Robert Lynd, essayist. TLS, on letterhead of Meadowmount, Lewis, New York; 19 July 1920. RL's Ireland a Nation 'is not only to my knowledge the best thing you have ever done but one of the very best books that has ever been written on the subject. \| I am trying to get a big distribution of it here in America. I shall...		£180.00
John Middleton Murry (1889-1957), critic. Thre Autograph Letters Signed "J.M. Murry" and "j. Middleton Murry", critic and editor, to Robert Lynd, essayist. 3 ALsS, on letterhead of The Athenaeum journal, 12 March 1919; 102 Edith Grove, Chelsea, 16 July [no year]; on letterhead of 5 Acacia Road, St John's Wood, 'Sunday' [no date], total 5pp., 8vo and 12mo.First, he begins: 'You know I've been put in charge of this. Probably you were responsible for...		£140.00
Lady Dorothy Lamb Brooke Nicholson (1887-1967), archaeologist, Autograph Letter Signed "Dorothy Brooke", her maiden name, to Robert Lynd, essayist ALS, signed in her maiden name of Dorothy Brooke, on letterhead of 3 Arkwright Road, Hampstead; 8 April [1937], 2pp., 8vo. She expresses grief on the death of her first husband Sir John Reeve Brooke (1880-1937). '[...] of you in particular he often talked, when we had seen you, with admiration...		£56.00
Max Plowman (1883-1941), author. Autograph Leytter Signed "Max Plowman" to Robert Lynd, essayist anfd Irish Nationlist. ALS, on letterhead of Lochnagar, Bycullah Park, Enfield; 17 December 1912, 3pp., 12mo. He thanks him for the 'letter & all its encouragement [...] The book represents rather under a year's work at verse & I only hope I shall not someday have to wish it had never been other than firelight...		£75.00
Sir Leo George Chiozza Money (1870-1944), economist. Autograph Letter Signed "Leo Chiozza Money", economist, to Robert Lynd, essayist. ALS, on letterhead of the Royal Societies Club, St James's St, SW1. 29 June [no year], 2p., 12mo. Returning proofs and offering his services for the 'reviewing of scientific books'.		£56.00
Charlotte Speir ['Mrs. Manning', née Charlotte Solly] (1803-1871), author, wife from 1857 of James Manning (1781-1866) and step-mother of Adelaide Manning (1828-1905) [ Sir George Scharf (1820-1895) ] [ Charlotte Speir (later 'Mrs. Manning').] Autograph Letter Signed ('Charlotte Speir') to Sir George Scharf, discussing his move of house, and praising him for his work on her book 'Life in Ancient India'. 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly-aged. Scharf had illustrated her 'Life in Ancient India' (1856), and she writes informally, expressing regret at the news of his move 'from the Classic No. 1., a house consecrated to the Arts by your occupation of it & ever to be remembered...		£60.00
Alfred Noyes (1880-1958), poet. [Alfred Noyes] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd. ALS, 85 Cadogan Gardens, SW; 28 September 1926, 2pp. 12mo. Written in distress following the death of his wife. 'It seems impossible for me to collect my thoughts, or this letter would have gone to you earlier. I do want you to know that I am grateful to you for the friendship of your message....		£45.00
Art Ó Gríobhtha [ Arthur Griffith ]. Autograph Note Signed "Art Ó Gríobhtha" [ Arthur Griffith ] to Robert and Sylvia Lynd, writers, presumably on their engagement or marriage.. One page, 4to, fold mark, good condition, saying 'With a thousand wishes for your happiness.' and at botton ""A Study" \| Lily Williams" - presumably on their engagement or marriage, and presumably the Lily Williams item is a drawing as wedding present. They married in 1909.		£220.00