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[Sotheby's; John Yonge Akerman copy] . . . To which are added | A Series of AUTOGRAPHS of the most celebrated Characters during | the Revolution; and that singularly curious and highly | valuable Historical Document the | Original Scottish Covenant in 1638 | With the signatures of all the most distinguished Covenanters among the... |
£120.00 | |
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A.N.L. Munby, The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England 117pp., 8vo, dustwrapper, price-clipped, minor defects, mainly very good condition. Still the pioneer study of this subject,at least in English (see Fontaine 1834). |
£45.00 | |
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Alexander Denham and Co. [Charles Whittingham; Chiswick Press; autographs; booksellers' catalogues] Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Autographs and Drawings. Quarto: 65 pp. Numerous plates. In original grey printed wraps. Internally good, with a little spotting and creasing to the ruckled edges; wraps worn and stained. A beautifully printed item, on thick laid paper. Among the printed matter are books of hours, breviaries, psalters, and letters (with... |
£75.00 | |
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American Autograph Collecting [New York; the Declaration of Independence] A collection of twenty cuttings from American newspapers mostly relating to autograph collecting. Varying in size from a few lines to a column nineteen inches in length, and on aged high-acidity paper. In good condition, though frail, and with a few closed tears. Texts clear and complete. In the remains of a stamped envelope (postmarked Philadelphia, 21 February 1912), addressed to E. H.... |
£150.00 | |
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Austin Bowen Payne (1876-1956), Welsh cartoonist best-known for his creations 'the pets': 'Pip, Squeak and Wilfred' which featured in the Daily Mirror from 1919 to 1955. Very good, c.9 x 16cms, neatly mounted on larger piece of card. Full length drawing of 'Squeak', holding a letter, with the envelope on the floor, and shouting to Payne's baby rabbit 'WILFRED! - WHERE ARE YOU? MR J. H. ROBERTS WANTS YOUR AUTOGRAPH!' Signed beneath the speech bubble 'A B Payne... |
£150.00 | |
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Charles King Wadham [autograph collecting; Yale University Press] Some Reminiscences and Reflections on Collecting Autographs. Octavo: 32 pp. Stitched. In original printed wraps. Internally clean and tight, but wraps dogeared and grubby, with closed tear and pen mark. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of Wadham, with small dogear to top corner (not affecting image). Facsimile of Whittier's autograph. Read before the '... |
£45.00 | |
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Charles Prestwich Scott (1846-1932) Liberal politician and editor of the Manchester Guardian, 1872-1929 Autograph Note Signed ('C. P. Scott') to unnamed male correspondent [Rev. E. J. F. Davies]. One page, 12mo. Very good: lightly aged and creased. 'You are welcome to my autograph for what it is worth.' From the collection of the Rev. E. J. F. Davies. |
£30.00 | |
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Charles Warner (Charles John Lickfold, 1846-1909), English actor One page, roughly four and a half inches by seven wide. Grubby, and with one inch closed tear at foot, caused by removal from mount, traces of which, and of another autograph adhere to reverse. Reads ' "How good it is to live, even at the worst" | "Christ in Hades" by Stephen Phillips | [signed... |
£10.00 | |
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Christian M. Nebehay, Austrian dealer in autographs Quarto: 40 pp. In original printed wraps, decorated with various facsimiles. Facsimiles in text, and portrait of Beethoven on rear inner wrap. Good, on browned paper. Sections on painters, writers, poets, architects, sculptors, musicians. Nods towards the American market, with some entries in... |
£50.00 | |
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Claire-Eliane Engel [Captain Markham Sherwill; William Upcott; Edward Bootle Wilbraham] Markham Sherwill's collection of autographs. Reprinted from 'The Alpine Journal,' November 1938. Octavo: 9 pp. Stitched. In original grey printed wraps. Good. Inscribed by the author to the embryologist Sir Gavin de Beer ('For Mr. G. S. de Beer [sic] With my best wishes C. E. Engel'), author of 'Early Travellers in the Alps' (1930). The article describes the correspondence amassed by... |
£75.00 |
