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Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1894-1903), English author, best known for his book 'John Inglesant' Autograph Letter Signed ('J. Henry Shorthouse') to 'Mr. Barrow'. 12mo, 3 pp. Very good, with a strip of cream paper from previous mounting adhering to the blank verso of the second leaf of the bifolium. He has 'received a Catalogue of the Friends Book Society's Annual Sale held by your and Mrs Barrow's kind invitation'. He and his wife 'should have enjoyed... |
£45.00 | |
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`Shirley Slocombe (fl. 1887-1916), English portrait painter Autograph accounts of 'Money Received in 1905 [to 1910]'. Three pages, on quarto leaf folded vertically to make narrow bifolium. Very good, with minor aging and creasing. Under each of the six years details are given of the date, amount and individual from whom the sum is received. Includes £18.15.0 from John Sampson of York for 'Signing 150 proofs... |
£56.00 | |
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F.W.Hulme, landscape painter (DNB). Autograph Note Signed to E.W. Cooke, marine painter. One page, 8vo, good condition. "Allow me to introduce to you Mr John Dalziel, an excellent engraver in wood. | If your drawings for the Art Union are not already engaged & you should be disposed to place them in his hands I have no doubt of his giving you full satisfaction." |
£56.00 | |
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Sidney Herbert, statesman, sponsor of Florence Nightingale (DNB). Autograph Letter Signed to "Monsignor Patterson". Two pages, 8vo, remains of glue from tipping in, text clear and complete. He has been talking to the Duke of Argyll on a matter with which he might help. "Mr Hayes Fisher who is standing in the Conservative Interest at Fulham has told me that he is meeting with considerable opposition there from... |
£56.00 | |
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Bolton Corney, critic and antiquary Autograph Letter Signed "B Corney" to an unnamed publisher. Two pages, 12mo, good condition, blank bifolium sl. damaged. "I have got out to day for the first time, and hope soon to be more fit for work. I see no objection to the advertisment - but it might be as well to leave the subsequent editions - without all - as you cannot wish to appear to make my... |
£85.00 | |
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Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, statesman. Autograph Letter Signed "Vassall Holland". Three pages, 8vo, bifolium, small closed tear, remnants of tipping in,mainly good condition. He has received a letter and petition from his correspondent. He explains his confinement to home through gout, and also the procedure by which the petition would be presented ("as the petition of... |
£85.00 | |
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Josef Wolf, animal painter (DNB). Autograph Letter Signed "J. Wolf" to W.H. Ince. One page, 8vo, good condition. "I send you hereewith [? Book-Post twenty tickets for our price-drawing [sic] of pictures in aid of the poor Widows & Fatherless [sic] of German soldiers. There is plenty of time for sending the money as it will take another month or so before we shall close... |
£65.00 | |
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William Thomas Moncrieff, dramatist (DNB). Autograph Epigram Signed "William Moncrieff". One page, creased and marked, text in pencil but legible. An explanatory docket in another hand: "Epigram by Moncrieff - a blind man's writing". The Epigram reflects this situation, text "translated" below in another hand: "Oer me, you've this advantage, great indeed | What I may write at... |
£56.00 | |
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Eric Broad' (Frederic E. Wright), English poet [W. Kineton Parkes; John Ruskin; William Marwick; the Ruskin Reading Guild] All three items in very good condition. Interesting series of letters by an obscure 1890s poet. Letter One (12mo, 7 pp): Although he realises that some are 'rather poor', he is sending, through his brother (possibly the artist Alan Wright, 1864-1959), 'all the lyrics I have by me': 'I have not... |
£100.00 | |
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Arthur Symons [Arthur William Symons (1865-1945)], English literary scholar and author Autograph Signature ('Arthur Symons.). On piece of laid paper roughly 6.5 x 13. Good, with a couple of spots. Interesting signature, roughly 1.5 x 7 cm. In black ink and with a broad-nibbed pen, giving it a calligraphic quality. |
£28.00 |
