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P. H. Lulham, poet Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed collector. 2pp., 8vo, good condition. "I am very sorry to hear that you think the book has gone wrong - I certainly posted a copy to the address you gave me, specially remembering the fact - because I unfortunately forgot to autograph the book as you had asked me to do." He asks him to make enquiries and... |
£35.00 | |
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Peter Goldsmith Medd, theologian, one of the founders of Keble College, Oxford (DNB). Autograph Letter Signed "P. Goldsmith Medd" to "Cummings", collector. 2pp., c.12 x 14cms,remnants of laying down process obscuring af ew words. "I am not much in the habit of corresponding with great people, but I enclose you a few autographs." He then discusses a curacy and a pupil. |
£40.00 | |
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Rev. Horace Salusbury Cotton (c.1774-1846), Ordinary of Newgate Prison and autograph collector One page, octavo. Very good. Docketed at head 'Ordinary of Newgate', and with small fragment of printed slip laid down in top left-hand corner (not affecting text). Reads 'My dear Sir, | A friend of mine lays claim to the Arrandale Peerage & estates - do you happen to possess any documents... |
£150.00 | |
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Robert Cole, antiquary and autograph (and manuscript)-collector of note. A small collections of letters to Robert Cole, and related notes and printed material. The material is loosely sewn together and not bound, much marking and chipping but little textual loss. There is an interchange of information, the main drive being antiquarian material concerning Sir Michael Stanhope, however remote the connection, some elicited by a request for information in... |
£400.00 | |
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Roland Edgar Slade (died 1968), physicist and vice-chairman of ICI Letter, 4to, 1 p, 12 lines. On lightly aged and spotted paper, with pin holes in top left-hand corner. Docketed in blue ink. Slade is 'very pleased with the re-prints': 'I think these three Essays go very well together.' Suggests that a copy be sent to the Secretary of the National Farmers'... |
£38.00 | |
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Sarath Kumar Ghosh (born 1883), Indian writer Autograph Letter Signed ('Sarath Kumar Ghosh') to unnamed male correspondent. One page, 12mo. Grubby, and with traces of previous mount adhering to reverse. Small circle containing '170' in red in top left-hand corner. He is sending his autograph, 'which I could not do while at . I am glad you have read some of my stories; I presume those now in book form as "1001 Indian... |
£60.00 | |
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Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919), foreign correspondent of the London 'Times' who published an important work on Russia Autograph Note Signed ('Donald Mackenzie Wallace') to unnamed female correspondent. One page, 12mo. Good, on aged and lightly spotted paper, but with blank verso showing traces of previous mounting. Nine-line printed biographical cutting laid down in top left-hand corner. Reads 'Madam, In accordance with your request I enclose my autograph'. |
£25.00 | |
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Sir Francis Cowley Burnand (1836-1917), English writer, editor of the magazine 'Punch' from 1880 to 1906 Autograph Note Signed ('F. C. Burnand') to unnamed male correspondent. One page. Dimensions of paper roughly four inches by seven. On piece of aged, stained paper, mounted on piece of card. Remains of biographical cutting in bottom right-hand corner. Reads 'Here you are Sir | Autographs cheap today | F. C. Burnand | F. C. B. | 10 Dec 1901'. |
£30.00 | |
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Sir Henry John Newbolt (1862-1938), English poet and novelist Autograph Note Signed ('Henry Newbolt') to unnamed female correspondent. One page, 12mo. Neatly mounted on card. Nine-line biographical newspaper cutting neatly laid down at foot. Ten lines from another newspaper cutting, relating to Madame Patti, at head. Reads 'Dear madam | I thank you for your flattering letter and subscribe myself, as you wish, | Yours truly |... |
£30.00 | |
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Sir Herbert Gordon Griffin (died 1969), General Secretary, The Council for the Preservation of Rural England [Royal Society of Arts, London] All items very good. A couple with slight staining at head from paperclip. Letter One (to 'The Secretary', 4to, 1 p, 5 lines): Apologising for delay in acknowledging the 'letter and enclosures of 31st ultimo': 'my office was only opened on Wednesday last and I have had much correspondence with... |
£100.00 |
