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Sir Lawrence Wensley Chubb (1873-1948), pioneer Anglo-Australian environmental campaigner, first Secretary of the National Trust The collection is in good condition, on lightly aged and creased paper. The fourteen typed letters are all 4to, 1 p; the autograph letters are all 12mo, three of them of two pages and three of one page. Largely concerned with a lecture given by Chubb to the R.S.A. in 1916 on 'the Preservation of... |
£250.00 | |
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Stéphane Flachat, Ingénieur, Engineer. Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed male correspondent. One page, minor damage and staining marginally affecting text, which has lost one letter, as follows: "D'après l'autorisation que mon frère [Eugène Flachat, eminent engineer] m'a transmise de votre part, je prends la liberté de vous demander un rendez-vous, pour vour entretenir du Canal maritime... |
£280.00 | |
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Thomas Phillipps, collector Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent. Three pages, 8vo, creased and slightly stained, but clear and complete. He's been sent a copy of Seymour's lectures on Convents (pub. 1852), pays for it with stamps, makes one or two points for the next edition, refers to Wiseman (who published a response in 1853) as the "Cardinal of... |
£250.00 | |
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Thomas Tegg, publisher and bookseller (see DNB) Autograph Letter Signed to John Pitcairn, papermaker of Edinburgh (see SBTI). Two pages, 4to,, creasing, minor damage and staining not affecting text. He sympathises with Pitcairn over a "loss" (his wife?) sympathising as "a husband and a father". The last time he was in Edinburgh he had little time at his disposal and didn't call on him. And "The moment my business is... |
£300.00 | |
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Viscount Sidmouth, statesman (DNB), here "Home Secretary". Letter Signed "Sidmouth" to an unnamed correspondent. Two pages, 4to, copperplate text by secretary, fold marks, marks of sellotape (half inch square at most) at edge, small chip bottom corner,m text cleqar and complete. Sidmouth, who has received a letter in favour of the condemned John Vartie, forger, informs his correspondent that "the Case of... |
£120.00 | |
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W.C. Taylor [William Cooke Taylor], Irish miscellaneous writer, author of "The History of Mohammedanism", etc (DNB, 1800-1849. Autograph Letter Signed to "___Harrison Esq". One page, 8vo, some spotting but mainly good condition, complete and legible. "I send you a translation of an Arabian Tale written by Al Mohdi, an employé [underlined] of the French govt during the time that Egypt was occupied by the French Army. It has been modified & abridged for some of... |
£150.00 | |
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William Hone, Radical bookseller and publisher (DNB). Autograph Letter Signed "W. Hone" to an unnamed male correspondent. One page, minor staining not affecting text, laid down on grey coarse paper. "Here is the Cape Shipping List [perhaps including slavers?]. It's business-like details of murders by wholesale tell the cold blooded tales of horror more effectually than eloquent language. They [leave?] & lead... |
£250.00 | |
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William Manning (1763-1835), Governor of the Bank of England, 1812-14; Deputy-Governor, 1810-12; Director, 1792-1831; West Indian merchant; father of Cardinal Henry Edward Manning [slavery] The collection is lightly aged and in good condition. Letter One (12mo, 3 pp), Oxford, 1 November 1827, signed 'W: M.': Begins by saying that he will be pleased to join Charles 'in the Lodging you propose or any other more to your mind - I had not fixed upon any plan, but thought once of being... |
£350.00 | |
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[Imprimerie Royale] "Pour extrait Le Secrétaire Général du Ministre de la Marine et Des Colonies" Signed ("Le" quelquechose?) One page, folio, good condition, text as follows: le 21 Juillet 1817 ecrit a Mr. Moncatree{/} et au Directr. Gnl. de l'Imprimerie ordonnance Par décision de son Excellence du 15 Juillet 1817 Il serra payé sur les fonds de la Caisse des Invalides, a Mr Anisson Duperron directeu de l'Imprimerie... |
£85.00 | |
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Alessandro Chiapelli, Italian philosopher Fragment of Autograph Statement or Letter Signed (last page). One page, 8vo, text as follows (square brackets when I can't read the Italian): "mova, come le antiche che la [?] a maestro d' sapienza politica e d'arte luminosa, è e [infende?] d'essere [affermazinne?] d'cultura e d'intellectualita. Il chiedere a gran voce l'istituzione d'una universitata... |
£85.00 |
