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Léon Lalanne [Léon Louis Chrétien Lalanne] (1811-1892), French engineer and mathematician [or, I'm told, his brother!] Autograph Letter Signed ('L. Lalanne') to 'Monsieur Sisson' ('Mon cher capitaine'). 12mo, 2 pp, 11 lines. Concerns the 'porteur de ce billet', a 'M. Laudet', who has been the victim of 'un affreux malentendu'. 'Le malheureux perdait sa femme au moment où il manquait une garde'. |
£56.00 | |
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Leslie Rundle [Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle] (1856-1934), British army officer Autograph Letter Signed ('Leslie Rundle') to 'My dear General'. 12mo, 3 pp. Good on lightly-aged paper. He has 'written to the necessary authorities' about his correspondent's son. 'Of course it will largely depend on which Slade [Lt-Gen. Frederick George Slade (b.1851), C.B.] says about him, as I do not know your son personally - though his record reads an... |
£56.00 | |
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Louisa Craven, Countess Dowager of Craven [Louisa Brunton] (c.1782-1860), English actress Autograph Letter in the third person from 'The Countess D[owager] of Craven' to 'Mr. Andrews'. 12mo, 2 pp. Written crosswise on paper with the embossed letterhead of Croxteth Hall. Good, though lightly spotted and with small central spike hole. Folded twice, and a little worn along crease lines. She 'will not trouble him to send any more nos. of "Martin Chuzzlewit" as it has been sent her... |
£85.00 | |
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Osbert Sitwell [Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet] (1892-1969), English writer and aesthete Autograph Letter Signed ('Osbert') to 'My dear James'. 12mo, 2 pp. Very good. Attractive letterhead with engraved illustration of 'Renishaw Hall | Derbyshire' (last word crossed out by Sitwell). Written in purple ink. Asks if there is 'anything to be made of a curtain-raiser, or short film, which wd. show Napoleon catching the cold, which lost him... |
£120.00 | |
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P.G. Wodehouse, novelist Autograph Note Signed to Miss Terry Smith. One page, 4to, lightly creased, good condition. The signature is slightly smudged. Text as follows: "Here is the article. I think it is excellent. / I hope it lands the job for you." |
£150.00 | |
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Pelham Warner, cricketer and writer on cricket. Part of an Autograph Letter Signed "Pelham F. Warner" to an unknown correspondent. Piece cut from letter, c.3.5 x 2",, good condition. Surviving text as follows: "into something entirely to what he had lead [sic] me to expect, to take up which I would certainly not have left my land .......[excised] ....[overleaf] worrying you./ I am/ yrs tly/ Pelham F. Warner." |
£28.00 | |
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Prince Hoare, artist and playwright. One Autograph Letter and one Autograph Note both Signed "P. Hoare.Signed Total 3pp., 4to, creasesedges dulled, odd spot, mainly good condition. (1810) He humorously asks for an enclosed letter (not present) be forwarded to a Mrs Nooth (named on address panel). (1812) He gives a gracious and witty apology, outlining the circumstances. According to an information... |
£120.00 | |
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Sir Philip Watts (1846-1926), English naval architect [Sir Archibald Hurd (1869-1959)] Autograph Letter Signed ('P Watts') to Archibald Hurd, 5 Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London N.W. 4to, 2 pp, 25 lines. Good, on slightly discoloured and grubby paper. Watts takes issue with 'The statement of British Shipbuilding Programmes since 1889' which Hurd has forwarded. 'It was found more convenient to draw up the table again', and Watts is sending 'the result of the investigations... |
£100.00 | |
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Walter de la Mare, writer Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent. Two pages, c. 7 x 5", good condition. He discusses his correspondent's request (via his publishers, Constable) to include five of his poems in an anthology. "One of these, 'Tartary', is taken from a collection entitled 'Songs of Childhood, which is published by Messrs Longman Green & Co." He... |
£100.00 | |
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Elspeth Huxley, author. Two Autograph Letters Signed to "Mr. Jackson". Both two pages, 8vo, good condition. (Feb.) She is appreciative of a luncheon and a fellow-guest, "Mr Joseph", and says she is "enthralled with Morris West [Australian author]", admiring the way he gets "under the skin of people of such totally different cultures & races, to ravel such a... |
£75.00 |
