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Longer description and imageNELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Vice-admiral.
Autograph Letter Signed (with the left hand, 'Nelson & Bronte') to Colonel Lean, 2 pages 4to with integral second leaf bearing a contemporary docket, Victory, 16 January 1805.

£8500 / $12835 / €10540 [No: 22445]

Longer description and imageSHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Playwright.
Autograph draft of a reply to Alfred Russel Wallace in connection with a dispute in the pages of The Clarion, 7 pages 4to in pencil, ca 1900.

£5500 / $8305 / €6820 [No: 24678]

Longer description and imageBURNEY, Frances [Fanny] (1752-1840). Novelist. Married name Fanny D'Arblay.
Fine Autograph Letter Signed (typically unsigned when writing to her brother) to 'my dearest Carlos', 4 pages 4to with integral address, Ilfracombe, 28 August-3 September 1817.

£3250 / $4907 / €4030 [No: 24701]

Longer description and imageDICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the actress [Frances Maria] Kelly in Moscow Road, Bayswater, 2 pages 8vo (conjoint leaves) with envelope, Devonshire Terrace, 4 December 1849.

£1650 / $2491 / €2046 [No: 24702]

Longer description and imageCHARLES II (1630-1685). King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Document Signed, 1½ pages folio with integral leaf bearing contemporary endorsements (some wear and weakness, tipped to a later sheet, Whitehall, 14 January 1679/80.

£1550 / $2340 / €1922 [No: 24703]

Longer description and imageHINTON, Arthur (1869-1941). Composer.
Archive of letters, contracts etc.

£385 / $581 / €477 [No: 24639]

Longer description and imageNAPOLEON III (1808-1873). Emperor of the French.
Autograph Letter Signed ('L. Napoléon') to the banker Macaire in Constance, ½-page 8vo with address-leaf (small printed description pasted to the head), Aremenberg, October 1832.

£350 / $528 / €434 [No: 24693]

Longer description and imageBURY, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (1775-1861). Novelist and diarist.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Charlotte Maria Bury') to Lady Jersey, 2 pages 4to (soiled on the reverse, one split in the folds), Winchester, 30 May 1825.

£235 / $354 / €291 [No: 24691]

Longer description and imageCOPPEE, François (1842-1908). French poet and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to the English poet and critic Arthur Symons (1865-1945), 1 page 8vo with envelope (some tears in the folds), 12 May, postmarked 1890.

£110 / $166 / €136 [No: 24651]

Longer description and imageEMERSON, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882). American poet & essayist.
Fine bold signature on a small slip, ca 35 x 115 mm (1½ x 4½ inches) laid down on an album leaf (somewhat browned).

£110 / $166 / €136 [No: 24647]

Longer description and imageTENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Poet Laureate.
Signature ('A Tennyson / February 10th 1853'), on a small slip, ca 55 x 115 mm (2 x 4½ inches), laid down on the remains of an album leaf.

£110 / $166 / €136 [No: 24648]

Longer description and imageBOURGET, Paul Charles Joseph (1852-1935). French novelist & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to the author and biographer Eugène Crépet, on one side of a carte lettre, postmarked Paris, 12 November 1887.

£110 / $166 / €136 [No: 24652]

Longer description and imageSYMONS, Arthur William (1865-1945). Poet, translator, critic, and editor.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to Walter Hill, Island Cottage [Wittersham, Kent], 21 July (postmarked 1918).

£85 / $128 / €105 [No: 24653]

Longer description and imageWHITE, J. William (1850-1916). American surgeon, teacher, author & athlete.
Autograph Letter Signed to C Ross Smith Jr, 1½ pages 8vo, 1810 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, 15 February 1912.

£75 / $113 / €93 [No: 24655]

Longer description and imagePISTON, Walter (1894-1976). American composer & teacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Colbert, 1 page 8vo, 127 Somerset Street, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1 January 1975.

£65 / $98 / €80 [No: 24659]

Longer description and imagePISTRUCCI, Filippo (active ca 1806-1841). Engraver.
Autograph Letter Signed in Italian to Colnaghi, 1 page 8vo (oblong, soiled, a piece torn from the corner), 30 Coventry Street, Giovedi (Thursday), no date [watermark 1824].

£45 / $67 / €55 [No: 24660]

Longer description and imagePLANTA, Joseph (1744-1827). Librarian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Gentlemen'), 1½ pages 8vo, no place, 13 April no year.

£45 / $67 / €55 [No: 24665]

Longer description and imageSAMPSON, John (1862-1931). Librarian & Romani scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Arthur Symons (1865-1945, poet and critic), 3 close-written pages 8vo (tears in the folds), University Library, Liverpool, 30 April 1906.

£45 / $67 / €55 [No: 24654]

Longer description and imagePIETTE, Henri & REDING, Janice Piano duo.
Autograph Letter Signed (by both) in French to Monsieur Roth, the text in the hand of Janice Reding, 1 page 4to on air paper (somewhat creased, some ragged edges) Gresous,

£45 / $67 / €55 [No: 24641]

Longer description and imagePITT, Frances (1888-1964). Wildlife photographer & writer on country life.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Jones, 1½ facing pages (small paper clip stain), The Albynes, Bridgnorth, 6 September no year.

£40 / $60 / €49 [No: 24663]

Longer description and imagePINWELL, George John (1842-1875). Painter & illustrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to the engraver Joseph Swain, 3 pages 8vo, 86 Adelaide Road, 25 March 1875.

£40 / $60 / €49 [No: 24657]

Longer description and imagePINERO, Sir Arthur Wing (1855-1934). Playwright.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Monsieur Walther, 1 page 4to, 63 Hamilton Terrace, 7 May 1894.

£40 / $60 / €49 [No: 24645]

Longer description and imagePIRIE, Sir John (1781-1851). Businessman & Lord Mayor of London.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edward S. Baring, 1 page 8vo, 71 Cornhill, 26 January 1844.

£38 / $57 / €47 [No: 24658]

Longer description and imagePITMAN, John Rogers (1782-1861). Church of England clergyman & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Duncan, 1 page 4to (oblong), C[hrist's] H[ospital], 14 December no year.

£38 / $57 / €47 [No: 24662]

Longer description and imagePLARR, Victor Gustave (1863-1929). Poet & librarian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Doctor Scott, 1 page 8vo, 7 Eldon Road, Kensington, 25 June 1901.

£38 / $57 / €47 [No: 24667]

Longer description and imagePINSUTI, Ciro (1829-1888). Anglo-Italian composer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Madame Sterling, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting), 20 Langham Street, Portland Place, on embossed writing paper of the SS Maurizio Lazzaro,

£38 / $57 / €47 [No: 24656]

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