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Henry Digby (d.1793), 1st Earl Digby, 7th Baron Digby One page, folio. Aged and with fraying to extremities and some repair to blank verso. Text clear and complete, except for a couple of letters shaved in right-hand margin. With signatures of witnesses William Digby and Daniel Cummine. Signed 'Digby'. |
£56.00 | |
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Lewis Watson (1655-1724), 1st Earl of Rockingham One page, quarto. Aged, trimmed at head and with fraying at foot. 'Received by me the Right Honble. Lewis Lord Rockingham Assignee of Thomas Wentworth'. Witnessed by and with the signatures of George Cradock and Edward Vincent. Signed 'Rockingham'. |
£105.00 | |
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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (1889-1983), English conductor Two Autograph Cards Signed to Roger Powell, Slade House, Froxfield, Petersfield. Both cards self-stamped. CARD ONE is very good and has printed on it a stamp of Queen Elizabeth II. Addressed to Powell and his wife, it does not appear to have gone through the mails. 'Most kind of you to write - we led a quick <?> in the car, & then a meeting in the afternoon. We... |
£45.00 | |
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Sir John Pratt (1657-1725), Lord Chief Justice of England Autograph Signature on fragment of document. Dimensions of paper roughly five inches by three-quarters of an inch. Signed 'John Pratt' between writing in a seventeenth-century chancery hand. Docketed with biographical details in a minute nineteenth-century hand, and enclosed in a piece of paper with further biographical details in another... |
£33.00 | |
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William Roberts (1767-1849), editor of the 'British Review' Autograph Letter Signed, in French, to Monsieur Van Santen. One page, 12mo. Very good. He presents his correspondent with 'deux petits ouvrages sortis de ma plume'. The first was mentioned by 'Mr. Burgess' and the second is 'un petit traite qui a eu le bonheur il y a quelques ans de remporter le prix annuel dans l'Universite d'Oxford'. Signed 'Willm.... |
£38.00 | |
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HH Al-Haj Nawab Mirza Sir Amiruddin Ahmed Khan (1859-1937), Nawab of Loharu Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. Two pages,8vo. Good, on foxed paper discoloured with age. Gives details of his departure from Delhi from the main station on the following evening. 'I ask your favour to arrange for 9 guns salute to be fired at the time of departure.' Thanks him for 'all the trouble you had to look after my... |
£33.00 | |
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Lydia Howard Sigourney (1791-1865), American popular writer called 'the sweet singer of Hartford' Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. On paper roughly three and a half inches by three quarters of an inch. Neatly cut but lightly foxed and slightly discoloured with age. Reads 'with the love of her friend, | L. H. Sigourney.' |
£20.00 | |
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Mrs Elizabeth Charles [nee Rundle] (1828-1896), English author Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Locker. Two pages, 12mo. Good, but with some light glue stains on reverse, to which a small printed strip giving a printed list of Mrs Charles's works is attached. 'I was hoping to hear your boy was better - & I am very glad he is - thanks - but I am engaged on Thursday, & for some little time... |
£28.00 | |
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Theodore Byard, singer and director of the London publishers Heinemann Ltd Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Mundy'. Three pages, 12mo. Good, but on slightly discoloured paper, and with head of blank verso of second leaf of bifolium attached to piece of grey paper. He cannot sing for Mundy on the 8th, as he is giving his own concert the following day, and has 'only just started at it as the Prince of Wales who... |
£38.00 | |
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William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98), British Liberal Prime Minister Autograph Signature on fragment of letter. Dimensions of paper roughly four and a half inches by one and a quarter. Good, on ruckled and slightly discoloured paper, with traces of glue adhering to reverse. Reads 'Very sincerely yours | W E Gladstone'. |
£35.00 |
