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William Longman (1813-1877), English publisher [Longmans] 12mo: 3 pp. Very good. He hopes Cooke's son has 'conveyed to you our hope that you would be able to accompany him to Ashlyns [Longman's country house, Ashlyns Hall, Berkhampsted] next week'. 'The weather is now getting all right & I hope it will be quite summer weather when your son - &... |
£36.00 | |
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William Onslow (1853-1911), 4th Earl of Onslow, British Conservative politician (as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies) [Joseph Chamberlain; Sir Alfred Milner] 4to: 2 pp. Mourning border. Good, though a little grubby with fold lines and tear from spike hole at inner corners. Date, address and signature by Onslow, the rest in a secretarial hand. He received Raglan's letter of 25 February, 'forwarding an application from Mr. Llewllyn Phillips for... |
£56.00 | |
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Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquis of Londonderry (1778-1854) [Henry Colburn, publisher] Fragment of Letter to Colburn in the Third Person. 12mo: 1 p. Lacking strip (two inches by four) at foot, bearing text. Otherwise good. A formal letter in the third person. Asks Colburn to 'send him an answer to his last [underlined] Communication'. He has 'completed the Manuscript of the Work [presumably 'Narrative of the war in Germany and... |
£28.00 | |
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Dorothy Black (Delius) (1899-1985), English romantic novelist, travel and short-story writer [Ladies' Home Journal; Eimar O'Duffy] 4to: 3 pp. Text clear and entire on creased, chipped airmail paper. A chatty, vivacious and entertaining letter, casting light on the state of mind of an English colonial wife. Thanks her for her 'kind remarks about my stories. May I say, in return, that I also like your story very much, and it... |
£85.00 | |
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Isa Craig Knox (1831-1903), Victorian women's rights activist, social reformer, poet, novelist and journalsit [Alexander Macmillan, publisher] Autograph Note Signed ('Isa . Craig . Knox') to her publisher Alexander Macmillan (1818-1896). 12mo: 1 p. Good. Since he 'liked the last little thing' she sent for his magazine, she ventures to think that he may approve of the piece she encloses (not present). |
£36.00 | |
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L. Conrad Hartley Fear. Reprinted from the "Manchester Quarterly," April 1914. 8vo: 8 pp. Stapled and unbound. In original grey printed wraps with rusted staples. Grubby and dogeared. Signed ('L. Conrad Hartley') presentation inscription dated 31 May 1915. No copy of the offprint of this short story on COPAC. |
£28.00 | |
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L. Conrad Hartley The Neophyte and the High Priest. Reprinted from the "Manchester Quarterly," January, 1915. 8vo: 11 pp. Unbound and stapled. In original beige printed wraps. Grubby and dogeared, with rusted staples. Signed (L. Conrad Hartley') presentation, dated 31 May 1915. No copy of the offprint off this short story on COPAC. |
£28.00 | |
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Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1859-1914), American humourist 8.5 x 11 cms. Grubby and lightly spotted. Reads 'My dear Mr Sonnenschein | Kindly send draft as I can collect here - | Merrily Yours | Marshall P. Wilder'. Presumably refers to the English printing of his 'The people I've smiled with: recollections of a merry little life' (1889). |
£28.00 | |
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Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English dramatist Typed Letter Signed ('Arthur Pinero') to Malcolm Watson. 4to: 1 p. With mourning border. Good, with slight wear to edges. 'Nearly every publisher in London has been at me with a proposal that I should write a book of reminiscences'. The answer to Watson's 'friend's friend' is that Pinero is 'not inclined for the task'. 'Perhaps at some future time I... |
£35.00 | |
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William Lathrop Kingsley (1824-1896), proprietor and editor of the 'New Englander and Yale Review' Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm. L. Kingsley') to 'Mr. <Dekler?>'. 8vo: 4 pp. Good. Difficult handwriting. He wants him to keep the cheque, which he considers 'only a compromise between our different expectations'. 'I know that you deserve the larger sum that you spoke of - but it is a tight squeeze to make the & expenses for the year of the New Englander... |
£56.00 |
