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Kathleen Hilton Young (1878-1947), sculptor, previously Kathleen, Lady Scott, wife of Robert Falcon Scott of the Antarctic. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, on letterhead of Leinster Corner, Lancaster Gate, London; 20 September 1929, in envelope, 2pp., 8vo, docketed by MG, with note stating that the writer was 'married to Sir Edward Hilton Young, (who broke Olive Heseltine's heart years before & whose nephew, George, broke Sheila's heart in... |
£180.00 | |
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Lennox Robinson (1886-1958), Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. 2 ALsS, on letterhead of Cahirmoyle, Ardagh, County Limerick; 25 Feb. [1917?]; from Cahirmoyle; 24 March [1918], in envelope, total 4p., 4to.First: 'I am starting a League of Protest, a League to boost Nice Useless Things (I have a sort of suspicion I come under that head myself) and when... |
£750.00 | |
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Monk Gibbon (1896-1987), Irish poet. Autograph Letter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. ALS, from 'Clooney Esq, Oldfield, Swanage, Dorset'; 9 Jan. 1935. He suspects SL is 'the fairy godmother who - partly at least - induced the Book Society to recommend The Seals [...] I want people to feel something of the tragic futility, the truly terrible ever present threat of the irrational... |
£56.00 | |
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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... |
£1,450.00 | |
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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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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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J. A. M. de Sanchez, economist. Autograph L:etter Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist ALS, on letterhead of 22 Old Broad Street, EC, 2pp., 12mo. Recommending The Great Gatsby, 'the book of which I spoke in the course of your brief discussion of the younger American writers the other evening'. |
£56.00 | |
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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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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... |
£2,000.00 | |
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Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947), painter. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Sylvia Lynd, poet and novelist. 2 ALsS, 7 Porthmeor Studio, St Ives, Cornwall; 15 Feb. 1916, 4pp., 4to; Wharf Studio, St Ives; 11 Dec. 1917. 4pp., 12mo.First: Beginning by thanking SL 'for "The Chorus". I feel a wretch beyond redemption & there are not enough excuses in St. Ives to meet the case - I had to get those two... |
£250.00 |
