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Consuelo Manchester [Countess of Manchester] Part of Autograph Letter Signed, Consuelo Manchester, to unknown correspondent about House Party Final page of a letter, 8vo, good condition. am just back here. We are a party of 43 in the house here with the Viceroy and Queen[.] Sir Ernest is here but soon goes to Egypt[.] Again with all good wishes Believe me Sincerely . . .	£38.00
Gray [John Gray, 15th Lord Gray] Autograph Letter Signed Gray [Lord Gray] to Messr Spottiswoode & Robertson, Solicitors, London, on salmon fisheries in Scotland. Two pages, 8vo, bifolium (second leaf blank), some marking and staining but text clear and complete. I want the following information on Salmon fishers [fisheries?] in Scotland viz Is there any act of Parl[iamen]t which regulates the size of the mesh in nets used in net & coble fishing - If...	£45.00
Mrs F. M. Macdonald [Victorian recipes; cookery; cholera] Manuscript book of 'Receipts collected by Mrs. Macdonald and to which are added Useful remarks [for the Mistress of a House].' 4to, 36 pp and a manuscript title-page. All texts clear and complete. Disbound (from a commonplace book?) and apparently complete. Fair, on aged, brittle gilt-edged paper, with a few closed tears (in particular to the last couple of leaves). The book is presumably in Mrs Macdonald's hand, and...	£380.00
William Hillier Onslow (1853-1911), 4th Earl of Onslow, British Conservative politician and Governor of New Zealand, 1889-1892. Autograph Letter Signed ('Onslow' [Earl of Onslow]) to an unnamed male recipient on servants 12mo, 2 pp. Twenty-two lines. Text clear and complete. Regarding his footman Alfred McCloud, who has obtained with the recipient 'as Messenger'. I have taken no steps to fill his place till now & in the middle of the London Season it may be very inconvenient to be without a footman'. His...	£38.00
Maurice Willson Disher (1893-1969), British theatre critic and playwright Autograph Note Signed ('M. Willson Disher') to the Secretary's Office, Clarendon Press, accompanying a statement of his 'qualifications'. 4to, 1 p. Trimming at head has resulted in loss to the first line of Disher's address; otherwise text clear and complete. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with jagged trimming at head and in bottom right-hand corner, and three punch holes to margin. Bearing the stamp of the Secretary's Office...	£56.00
Canon Lewis Hensley (1824-1905), Vicar of Hichin [Slough, Berkshire; Upton Royal] Printed handbill reproducing a letter from Hensley, headed '(From "THE TIMES," October 17, 1888.) \| SLOUGH AND M. ARAGO. \| TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.', deploring the proposed change of the name of the twon from Slough to Upton Royal. On one side of a piece of wove paper, 32 x 24 cm. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged and creased paper, with slight wear to extremities. Headed '(From "THE TIMES," October 17, 1888.) SLOUGH AND M. ARAGO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.' The letter is thirteen lines long, ephatically...	£75.00
[South African journal of a returning middle-class lady, 1948] Manuscript journal of a South African lady, 1948, returning after many years in England, including an account of her memories 'of the Cape as a girl'. 4to, 166 pp. In ruled 'University Exercise Book'. Text clear and complete. On lightly aged paper, tight, in shaky binding with worn boards. The identity of the diarist is unclear. Her husband is named 'Berten', and their are references to 'Minie' (daughter?) and 'Kate' (South African sister-in-...	£380.00
Alfred Lys Baldry (1858-1939), painter and art critic (Globe, Studio), author of a work on the Wallace Collection [Cecil Reginald Grundy (1870-1944), editor of the Connoisseur; the Royal Academy] Three Autograph Letters Signed (all 'A. L. Baldry') to C. R. Grundy, editor of the Connoisseur, on the subject of the Royal Academy. All three letters 12mo: the first of three pages, and the last two one page apiece. Texts clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Letter One: Sir Henry Vansittart Neale will be pleased to allow Grundy 'a look at his pictures' at Bisham Abbey. Gives directions. Discusses Grundy's letter...	£125.00
Amédée de Willot, French General. Autograph Letter Signed, Amédée de Willot [un comte et général de la Révolution française], to a British Admiral [Was Sidney Smith the only Admiral who could speak French?], hostile to democracy among other things. Two pages, 4to, bifolium, fold marks, some discoloration, but text clear and complete. He takes the liberty of introducing "deux voyageurs,pour vous renouveller l'expression de ma reconnaissance: ce jour deux jeunes américains bien Elevés, fils des Colonel Howard [American Revolutionary hero...	£380.00
Richard Cobden, Reformer (1804-1865) Autograph Letter Signed R Cobden [reformer] to C. E. Macqueen, responding to a request for his views on direct taxation. Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, first page somewhat grubby, text clear and complete. fresh remarks but considers himself a poor hand at preaching in generalities. He thinks there is nothing to justify his expressing his views on direct taxation. Repeating oneself is damaging to a public...	£250.00

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