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Jane Wells [born Amy Catherine Robbins] (1872-1927), wife of H. G. Wells. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, on letterhead of 4 Whitehall Court, London; 'Tuesday' [1924], in envelope, 2pp., 8vo. 'You know all sorts of useful things - can you tell me of any way of getting in touch with Mary Ansell - Mary Barrie - Mary Cannan - Mary? here my knowledge stops. [...] Are you "sitting under" Bernard... |
£150.00 | |
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Henry Lamb (1883-1960), painter. Three Autograph Letters Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. 3 ALsS, all on letterheads of Coombe Bissett, Salisbury; 27 April and 25 May 1947, and 11 Oct. 1949, total 5pp., 12mo and 8vo. The first letter begins 'My sister Dorothy has told me of your idea of having a drawing of your husband. I shall be pleased to undertake this, though I regard it as the... |
£300.00 | |
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Helen Laird (1874-1957), Irish actress. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS. 50 Upper Rathmines, Dublin; 10 Sept. 1904, in envelope addressed to 'Miss Sylvia Dryhurst / 11 Downshire Hill / Hampstead / London', 8pp., 12mo. Describing a visit to Donegal, beginning: 'We had a delightful time in the bogs of Termon. There was no town, or even village where we stayed,... |
£150.00 | |
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George William Russell ('Æ') (1867-1935), Irish poet. 3 ALsS, 1 TLS and 2 ANsS, all signed 'AE', to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. 3 ALsS, 1 TLS and 2 ANsS, all signed 'AE', three from 41 Sussex Gardens, London; two from 84 Merrion Square, Dublin; and one on letterhead of the Irish Statesman, 84 Merrion Square, Dublin, four dated between 1904 and 1933, the other three undated., totalA letter tentatively dated to 1918 or... |
£1,500.00 | |
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Elizabeth Yeats (1868-1940), sister of W. B. Yeats, printer and publisher. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, on letterhead of Cuala Industries, Ltd, Churchtown, Dundrum, Co. Dublin; 23 November 1917, 2pp., 12mo. She asks SL to thank RL for working a notice of the book she is sending 'into column so well. Since that we have got a good many orders from quite fresh people. So it has already borne... |
£400.00 | |
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Violet Eleanor Scott-James [née Brooks] (c.1886-1942), wife of Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (1878-1959), editor of the New Weekly [Robert Lynd (1879-1949); Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)] 4pp., 4to. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper, with short closed tears at heads of both leaves. The recipient is not named, but the letter is from the Lynd family papers. Robert Lynd was in St Ives at the time of writing, and the letter begins: 'I'm so glad you are in such a nice place... |
£120.00 | |
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Thomas Lionel Hodgkin (1910-1982), Marxist historian, son of last. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, on letterhead of 20 Bradmore Road, Oxford; 'Easter Sunday 1931', 2pp., 8vo. Mainly personal long letter thanking her for 'a splendid present - Thank Heavens someone has had the wisdom to give me books, and the bounty to give me a lot of books'. With typed copy (1 p, 4to) of text headed '... |
£45.00 | |
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Paul Henry (1877-1958), Ulster artist. Typed Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. With photograph. TLS, The Studio, Carrigoona Cottage, Co. Wicklow; 15 May 1950, 2pp., 8vo. And Photograph. He recalls that SL was ‘good enough to read a manuscript of mine several years ago, and since then, after re-reading it, I came to the conclusion that it was perfectly awful. I then on the advice of Sean O’... |
£650.00 | |
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Paul Sabatier (1854-1941), French chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1912, and the Franklin Medal in 1933 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In very good condition. Signed 'Paul Sabatier'. He explains the reason for a delay to the test: 'La Cte du gaz de Toulouse qui paraissait disposée a entreprendre un essai immediat de cette formation en retarde indefiniment l'execution, sans doute à cause de certains... |
£120.00 | |
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Padraic Colum (1881-1872), Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. 6 ALsS, one ACS, to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist, with one Autograph Poem and a signed photograph. 6 ALsS, one ACS, one Autograph Poem and a signed photograph. 3 letters from 30 Chelmsford Road, Ranelagh, one from the Rugby Road, Ranelagh, and one from Marlborough Road, Sonnybrook; three of the letters dated between 2 Sept.1904 and 17 Nov. 1907. One letter without date or place, but written... |
£1,000.00 |
