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ABBOTT, Jacob (1803-1879). American writer for the young.
Final six lines and signature of an Autograph Letter Signed.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2420]
A'BECKETT, Arthur William (1844-1909). Humorous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to a Doctor sending
Punch and promising his 'Scotch book', 1 page 8vo, 17 Feb 1877.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2421]
ADAMS, William Davenport (1851-1904). Journalist.
Letter Signed to Forman thanking him for new of the new play, 1 page 8vo (traces of old mounting), Globe Office, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2424]
ADCOCK, Arthur St John (1864-1930). Journalist and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cooper thanking him for a subscription, 1 page 8vo, Rickmansworth, 3 Nov 1909.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2425]
ADOLPHUS, John Leycester (1795-1862). Barrister and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Cadell declining to compress the remainder of his History into three volumes, 1 p. 8vo, Temple, 25 April 1825.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2427]
AINGER, Alfred (1837-1904). Humorist and editor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Zoé, a long and charming letter describing a visit from her parents, 4 pages 8vo 3 Sep ['1855'].
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2432]
AINGER, Alfred (1837-1904). Humorist and editor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gentry sending a charitable donation of £5 to Julia Cattermole, 3 pages 8vo, Hampstead, 29 Dec 1894.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2433]
AIRD, Thomas (1802-1876). Scottish poet and editor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Browne presenting a volume, 1 p 8vo (slightly stained), Dumfries, 27 Feb 1856.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2436]
ALFORD, John (1890-1960). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to C.K. Ogden, 1 page 4to, 4 Jun 1914, with autograph manuscript of 'Summer Love', 1½ pages 4to, and typescript of 'The Ark', 1 page 4to, both signed.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2439]
ALISON, Sir Archibald (1792-1867). Historian.
Long Autograph Letter Signed to Maitland about his baronetcy, 4 pages 8vo, Glasgow, 11 Jun 1852.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2440]
ALMEDINGEN, Edith Martha (1898-1971). Novelist and poet.
Typewritten Letter Signed, on a postcard, asking for a copy of an article, 3 February no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2445]
ANCELOT, Jacques Arsène (1794-1854). French dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Madame') offering to dispel her sadness if she would send her servant at 3.00 pm, 1 page 8vo,
Théatre du Vaudeville, 4 July 1843.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 2469]
ANDERSON, Christopher (1782-1852). Scottish theological writer and preacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Ebenezer Palmer sending a book for promotion, 1 page 8vo with address, 1 January 1836.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2446]
ARCHER, William (1856-1924). Scottish critic and journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Perry, discouraging him from playwriting, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 7 March 1918.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2450]
ARMITAGE, John (1910-1980). Editor and bookseller.
Typewritten Letter Signed to J.B. Coates, asking Coates to write a book review, 1 page 4to, 30 July 1952.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2451]
ARNOLD, Thomas (1823-1900). Professor of English literature and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Annie' explaining why he cannot attend the inauguration of the Rylands Library etc, 3 pages 8vo, 29 Sep 1899.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2454]
ARNOLD, Thomas James (1804-1877). Barrister and literary figure.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Brother Smith', sending a reference, 2½ pages 12mo, 10 December 1855.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2455]
ARNOLD-FORSTER, Hugh Oakeley (1855-1909). Statesman and miscellaneous writer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Dr Frank Arnold agreeing to having his name used as a reference, 1 page 4to with hand-written envelope, 15 December 1905.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2456]
ATKINS, John Black (1871-1954). Editor of the Manchester Guardian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent asking him to prepare an article on 'National Physical Training', 3 pages 8vo, 15 April 1903.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2457]
AUSTIN, Alfred (1835-1913). Poet and publicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Dodd, thanking her for a plant and listing his plans, 4 pages 8vo, Ashford, Kent, 19 March 1893.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2458]
AXON, William E.A. (1846-1913). Journalist and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Banks describing his enjoyment with his new camera, 3 pages 8vo, 2 October 1891.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2460]
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BAGSTER, Samuel (1772-1851). Publisher.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, declining to publish a work ('in an age in which ... there is more varnish than solidity of education'), 1 p. 4to (laid down), 30 Nov 1833.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3015]
BAIN, Robert Nisbet (1854-1909). Historical writer and linguist.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, thanking him for his letter, 1 p. 8vo, Albert Bridge Road, 21 Nov 1898.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2757]
BAINES, Sir Edward (1800-1890). Journalist and economist.
Autograph Letter Signed to F. Ross, requesting Yorkshire family material, 1 p. 8vo (printed note of identification at the foot), Mercury Office, Leeds, 28 Oct 1879.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2759]
BALFOUR, Clara Lucas (1808-1878). Lecturer and authoress.
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Baker, discussing possible dates for a series of lectures, 3 pages 8vo, Maida Vale, 14 Feb 1846.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2760]
BALL, Francis Elrington (1863-1928). Irish historian and antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Seton, accepting an invitation to lunch at the Union Club, 1 p. 8vo, 4 Victoria Street, 20 Aug 1908.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2762]
BALLANTYNE, Robert Michael (1825-1894). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Norman Bennet, 2 pages 8vo, 26 November 1889 Discussing a series of lectures, and making arrangements to dine together.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 0034]
BANKS, George Linnaeus (1821-1881). Author & journalist.
Letter Signed to Eliza Meteyard, 2 pages 8vo, 2 Malvern Terrace, Barnsbury, 21 March 1867. Inviting her to contribute to an anthology, the proceeds of which will go to 'elevate the home condition of the labouring poor of London'.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21756]
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BARKER, Edmund Henry (1788-1780). Classical scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady, asking for missing plates to be inserted into his copy of
Nature Displayed, 2 pages 8vo, 15 Nov 1824.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2772]
BARRES, Maurice (1862-1923). French novelist.
Title page of
Colette Baudoche, inscribed and signed.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2778]
BARROW, Sir George (1806-1876). Author.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Messrs Sewell & Co., substituting a new pattern for the one his wife had chosen, 2½ pages. 8vo, Colonial Office, 29 December 1849.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2782]
BARRY, Sir Gerald (1898-1968). Journalist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Nicolas Bentley, agreeing to second Andre Deutsch for the Garrick Club, 1 page 8vo, on Festival of Britain writing paper, 19 Sep 1950.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2783]
BARRY, Rt. Rev. Mgr. William (1849-1930). Catholic priest and theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Macmillan, acknowledging receipt of a cheque, 1 page 8vo, Wallingford, 17 Jan 1889.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2771]
BATESON, Frederick Wilse (1901-1978). Fellow in English literature & editor.
Collection of 7 Autograph Postcards Signed. ('Freddy Bateson', 'Freddy', 'F.W.B.') & 1 Autograph Letter Signed ('F.W. Bateson') to K[enneth] W. Gransden, discussing articles etc., 1966-1974.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 3426]
BATESON, William Henry (1812-1881). Divine. Master of St John's College, Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Major R.G. MacGregor, acknowledging receipt of a Greek translation, 2 pages 8vo, St John's College, 2 Nov 1864.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2787]
BATESON, William Henry Autograph Letter Signed re Greek anthology, 2 pages 8vo, 2 Nov 1864.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2973]
BATTEN, (Henry) Mortimer (1888-1958). Author, inventor and lecturer.
Autograph homily, 'A Word to Campers', advising comfort under canvas, 1 page 8vo, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2741]
BAYLY, Ada Ellen (Edna Lyall) (1857-1903). Novelist.
Quotation from her novel
Donovan Signed, 1 page 8vo (laid down), 23 November 1892. The quotation begins 'And that hard road of self-denial, so uncongenial to us all in itself, has proved to everyone who has taken his way honestly along it in very truth the way of light'.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 19972]
BAYLY, Ada Ellen (Edna Lyall) (1857-1903). Novelist.
Brief note to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 1 page 12mo (trimmed and laid down), 6 College Road, Eastbourne, 23 February 1889. Advising him that the quotation he asked about ('"Sleepe after toyle" etc') is from Spenser's
Fairie Queen.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19971]
BAYNE, Peter (1806-1896). Journalist and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to B. Smith, declining an invitation and praising his liberal views, 2 pages 8vo, Kilburn, 17 Apr 1880.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2796]
BAYNES, Norman Hepburn (1877-1961). Writer and antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to George Wilson, thanking him for a copy of his Presidential Lecture, and arguing a point in it, 2 pages 8vo, Northwood, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2797]
BAYNES, Thomas (1823-1887). Philosopher and miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Bartley, discussing translations from the French and German, 1 page 8vo, 107 Jermyn Street, 16 Oct 1873.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2798]
BECKFORD, Wm Snr (1709-1770). Lord Mayor of London.
Signed paying order, 1 p. 8vo, 27 Feb 1744/5
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2975]
BEESLEY, Edward Spencer (1831-1915). Historian and essayist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Kington, informing her that husbands of ladies receiving invitations to the 'Conversazione' are included in the invitation, 2 pages 8vo, 6 Jun 1873.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2859]
BELFAST, Frederick Chichester, Earl of (1827-1853). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Andrews, ordering two German & English grammars, 1 p 8vo (trimmed, laid down, cancellation mark), 5 Nov no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2841]
BELL, Henry Glassford (1803-1874). Poet, judge & man of letters.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to John Arthur, inviting him to join Dr Gillespie on Saturday evening, 1 page 8vo with address-leaf, no place, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2844]
BELL, Mackenzie (1856-1930). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Bishop of Worcester, accepting an invitation to dine and stay, 3 pages 8vo, Putney, 6 Oct 1899.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2846]
BELPER, Edward Strutt, First Baron (1801-1880). Philosophical radical.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Belper') to the Revd C Knowles, 4 pages 8vo, Kingston Hall, Kegworth, Derby, 28 June 1859. Writing as the Chairman of the Nottingham Sessions, he explains that the prisoner on whose behalf Knowles has written was convicted the previous day and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with a careful explanation of why.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 19916]
BELPER, Edward Strutt, First Baron (1801-1880). Philosophical radical.
Document Signed ('E. Strutt'), 1 page 8vo (oblong), a ticket of admittance to the Gallery of the House of Commons, 18 June 1838.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19917]
BENJAMIN, Arthur (1893-1960). Composer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Nicholson, discussing Judaism, 2 pages 8vo, Surrey, 26 May 1923.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 2849]
BENN, Sir Ernest (1875-1954). Publisher.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Norman Macdonald, refusing to comply with Macdonald's request, 1 page 4to, Fleet Street, 14 Aug 1934.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2850]
BENTLEY, Phyllis Eleanor (1894-1977). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rubenstein, encouraging his play-writing, 2 pages 8vo, Halifax, Yorkshire, 22 May 1933.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2900]
BENTLEY, Phyllis Eleanor (1894-1977). Author.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Eric Simons of the Playhouse in Sheffield, declining to speak at the Playhouse Conference, 1 page 8vo, Halifax, Yorkshire, 19 May 1949.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2899]
BERNARD, John Henry (1860-1947). Historian, Bishop & miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Bishop of Devon & Cornwall, recommending J.G. Disney for the Holy Order of Deacons, 2 pages 8vo, Trinity College, Dublin, 27 Nov 1889.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2902]
BESANT, Sir Walter (1836-1901). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Prof Gordon, 1 page 8vo, no place, 5 March 1881 (trimmed), sending an enclosure.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2905]
BESANT, Sir Walter (1836-1901). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Russ, enquiring about copyrights, 1 page 8vo, Hampstead, 14 Jan 1889.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2906]
BETHAM-EDWARDS, Matilda (1836-1919). Novelist and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to General Sadler, thanking him on behalf of another lady for his hamper of fruit & vegetables, 3 pages 8vo, Hastings, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2908]
BIRD, James (1788-1839). Poet & dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Friend', asking him to attend to some theatrical business on Bird's behalf, and mentioning
The Smuggler's Daughter, 4 pages 4to, 1836.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3018]
BIRRELL, Augustine (1850-1933). Man of letters & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Isaac Seligman, thanking him for the loan of a motor car, 2 pages 4to, Chelsea, 21 Nov 1910.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2916]
BLACK, Adam (1784-1874). Politician & publisher.
Autograph Letter Signed, sending a copy of his address to the Trade Protection Society, 1 p. 8vo (laid down), Edinburgh, 1 Feb 1859.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2919]
BLACK, William (1841-1898). Novelist.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev Gerald Blunt, ½-page 8vo, Brighton, 23 May no year. Sending a subscription.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1844]
BLACK, William (1841-1898). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 1 page 8vo, (remains of former mount on verso), Reform Club, London, 27 November no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1846]
BLACKIE, John Stuart (1809-1895). Scholar, poet & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Lady Bountiful!', 2 pages 8vo, 9 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh, 16 November no year. Thanking her for a gift ('my store of music is every day increasing ...').
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21252]
BLACKIE, John Stuart (1809-1895). Scholar, poet & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (splitting in the folds), 24 Hill Street, Edinburgh, 19 February no year. Sending 'a sonnet I wrote in the Scotsman after the death of Mr Dobell' (no longer included).
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21253]
BLACKIE, John Stuart (1809-1895). Scholar, poet & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo (with a separate signature on the third page), Edinburgh, 10 December 1870. Commenting on the Franco-Prussian War ('the Germans will likely gain the day ...').
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21251]
BLATCHFORD, Robert (1851-1943). Socialist & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Marchant, regretting that he has no letter of Alfred Russell Wallace to offer, 1 page 8vo, Horsham, 25 Jun 1915.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2927]
BLOUET, Lëon Paul (Max O'Rell) (1848-1903). Humorous writer & lecturer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Wade, sending copies of his lectures and asking for names of hotels, 1 page 8vo (filing holes), St James's, 10 July 1901.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2934]
BLUMENFELD, Ralph D. (1864-1948). Chairman of the Daily Express.
3 Autograph Letters Signed (one on a postcard) to Norman Macdonald, concerning an article on patriotism, 2 pages 8vo & the card, London & Essex, 1935.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2936]
BLUNT, John James (1794-1855). Writer & divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Watt, thanking her for forwarding an 'artless & touching' letter, 1 page 8vo (tattered at the edges), 5 Oct no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2938]
BODENSTEDT, F.M. von Autograph Letter Signed, 4 pages 8vo, 9 October 1881
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2985]
BODLEY, John Edward Courtenay (1854-1925). Historian of France.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mander, reporting no success in finding him a French family to stay with, and suggesting he advertise in the French papers, 1 p. 8vo, Biarritz, 1899.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2939]
BORROMEO, Antoine Marie, Count (1724-1813). Italian literary man & bibliophile.
Autograph Letter Signed, in French, thanking his correspondent for a volume of drawings, 1 page 4to, 10 Oct 1795.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2942]
BOWEN, Edward Ernest (1836-1901). Song writer.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to Monteagle, congratulating Monteagle on his engagement & praising a boy who is leaving school, 7 pages 8vo, Isle of Wight, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2946]
BOYD, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison (1825-1899). Scottish divine & miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Payne, making an appointment & telling of hearing Leslie Stephen lecture, 1 p. 8vo, Glasgow, 18 Apr 1887.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2953]
BRABOURNE, Edw. Knatchbull-Hugessen, Bt (1829-1893). Politician & writer of stories for children.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, suggesting he contact his publishers for permission to reprint a story, 1 page 8vo, Queen Anne's Gate, 10 Jun 1884.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2955]
BRERETON, Austin (1863-1922). Stage historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hart, thanking her for her letter ('It is a good thing that the accident at Earl's Court was no worse'), 1 p. 8vo, Adelphi, 24 Jul 1898.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3148]
BRETT YOUNG, Francis (1884-1954). Novelist.
Autograph picture postcard signed to Mr Varty, inquiring about photographic reproductions for Christmas cards, Anacapri, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3428]
BREWER, John Sherren (1810-1879). Historian.
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed, asking that a Mansfield's book be sent to him for review, 1 page 8vo (trimmed, missing salutation), no place, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3150]
BRIEUX, Eugene (1858-1932). French dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to M. Max Hecht, in French, 1 page 8vo on letter-card, St Hilaire-sur-Puiseaux, postmarked 19 August 1905.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3152]
BRITTAIN, Sir Harry E. (1873-1974). Newspaper publisher.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Baxter, promising to attend the following Tuesday's 'showing', 1 page 4to (with newspaper article tipped to the foot), 2 Cowley Street, 30 Apr 1936.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3155]
BRITTON, John (1771-1857). Antiquary, topographical & architectural writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to L. Cubitt, sending two portraits of himself (no longer present), 1 page 8vo, no place, 19 November 1834.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3157]
BROOKE, Sir Arthur de Capell (1791-1858). Traveller & author.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to Mr Martin, a bookseller, ordering a book & asking that his account be prepared, 3 pages 16mo, 1 with address-leaf, Oakley, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3214]
BROWN, Francis Yeats (1866-1944). Soldier & writer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs MacDonnell, thanking her for information about a house, 1 p. 4to, Chelsea, 5 Apr 1932.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3261]
BROWN, Ivor John Carnegie (1891-1974). Author & essayist. Editor of the
Observer.
Autograph Postcard Signed to Gerald Bullett at the B.B.C., promising to be with him on the morrow, Board of Education, 22 Feb 1941.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3266]
BROWNE, Edward Granville (1862-1926). Orientalist & Persian scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Burkin, denying that he had been cut off the telephone and regretting that they had not met, 1 p. 8vo, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 Oct 1912.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3273]
BROWNING, Oscar (1837-1923). Educationalist & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, thanking him for praising his book, and recommending another, 2 pages 8vo, Bexhill, 12 Jul 1909.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3171]
BRYDGES, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837). Genealogist & bibliographer.
Receipt signed, with embossed revenue stamp, 1812, and another signature at the foot of a fragment of a manuscript bond.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3305]
BUCHANAN, Robert Williams (1841-1901). Poet, & novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to P.W. Bunting, sending him a book, 1 page 8vo on black-edged writing paper, Cavendish Square, 10 Dec no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3174]
BUCKINGHAM, Leicester Silk (1825-1867). Dramatist & lecturer.
Autograph Letter Signed to George Vinney, explaining that he has not as yet seen his new pantomine, and asking for a box for the first night, 1 p. 8vo, 'Morning Star', 1864.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3318]
BUCKINGHAM, Leicester Silk (1825-1867). Dramatist & lecturer.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mrs Buckstone, formally accepting an invitation, 1 p. 8vo, Bloomsbury Street, 14 May 1866.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3319]
BUCKLE, George Earle (1854-1935). Editor of
The Times & biographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gaskell, 1 page 8vo, 61 Russell Square [on Athenaeum paper], 12 March 1894. Arranging a doubles match for the following Saturday.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3323]
BULLOCH, John Malcolm (1867-1938). Literary critic & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hutchinson, thanking him for his poem and wishing him a 'Lucky New Century', 1 p. 8vo, 118 Pall Mall, 28 Jan 1901.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3342]
BUNSEN, Ernest de (1819-1903). Theological & Biblical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Malcolm, concerning the Crown-Princess's interest in her translation of Lessing, 4 pages 8vo, Waltham Abbey, 'Monday August /69'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3351]
BUNTING, Sir Percy William (1836-1911). Social reformer & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.H. Balfour Browne, declining an article for the next number, 1 p. 8vo, 18 Jan 1854.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3179]
BURNAND, Sir Francis Cowley (1836-1917). Dramatist & editor of 'Punch'.
Autograph Letter Signed to Frith, 1 page 8vo, 192 Brompton Road, 29 June no year. Explaining that a mysterious 'they' will require a lot of explanation ('There's a kind of morning-afterish style about these suggestions of health and good spirits and water').
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20779]
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CALDERON, George (1868-1915). Dramatist.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to Ogden of the
Cambridge Magazine, about Calderon's article on 'the new grooves in which we must run', 4 pages 8vo, 28 Apr 1912 where dated
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3522]
CAMERON, James (1911-1985). Journalist & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Peter' about an article he had written on racism ('I thought the piece could have been done by Enid Blyton'), 1 p. 4to, Chelsea, 6 Jan 1965.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3539]
CAMPBELL, James Dykes (1838-1895). Biographer of Coleridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cornelius Payne, thanking him for books & requesting any others of the period or 'any that are "slangy"', 2 pages 8vo, Glasgow, 16 Jan 1866.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3547]
CAMPBELL, Thomas (1777-1844). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page 8vo, 1 June 1826
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3040]
CAPEFIGUE, Baptiste (1801-1871). French historian & biographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, about journalistm, 1 p 8vo, no place, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3558]
CAREY, Rosa Nouchette (1840-1909). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Briggs, thanking her for an appreciative letter about her books, 1 page 8vo, Putney, 16 March 1903.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3568]
CARTON, Richard Claude (1856-1928). Dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lewis, explaining the distribution of his work ('your little play to Lottie Venne ... your other ... to Boucicault'), 2 pages 4to, [London], no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3592]
CASSELL, John (1817-1865). Publisher.
Autograph Letter Signed to William Leaf, inviting him to view 'The Petroleum (the earth oil of America) refinery', 1 p. 8vo, Regents Park, 21 Jul 1863.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3598]
CASSELLS, Walter Richard (1826-1907). Theologian, critic & poet.
2 good, long Autograph Letters Signed to Sir George, inveighing against [Charles] Voysey (founder of the Theistic Church), & supporting his correspondent's views on the Gospel
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3597]
CHALMERS, Alexander (1759-1834). Biographer & writer. Editor of the
Biographical DictionaryAutograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, discussing various commissions, mentioning the Marquess of Stafford, Hannah More etc., 1 p. 8vo, no place, 30 Jun 1809.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3624]
CHALMERS, Alexander (1759-1834). Biographer & writer. Editor of the
Biographical DictionaryAutograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, sending a list of names of 'considerable note as Oxford residents', 1 p. 8vo, 12 July 1818.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3625]
CHAMBERS, Charles Haddon (1860-1921). Australian-English dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Laurence', requesting books of his songs for his daughter, 2 pages 8vo (ink smudged), Lucerne, 20 Aug 1906.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3639]
CHAMBERS, Charles Haddon (1860-1921). Australian-English dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hanson Lewis, explaining that he cannot write an article as he has no fixed abode, 3 pages 8vo, Westgate-on-Sea, 28 Jan 1901.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3638]
CHARLESWORTH, Maria Louisa (1819-1880). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Legg, anxiously inquiring whether or not her subscription had arrived safely, 4 pages 16mo (trimmed), Surrey, 29 June 1866.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3653]
CHARLESWORTH, Maria Louisa (1819-1880). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Madam', declining to send an article for the press as she is occupied in 'most anxious & painful nursing', 3 pages 8vo, 26 May no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3652]
CHARLEY, Sir William Thomas (1833-1904). Lawyer, politician & miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.L. Tow, thanking him for congratulations on his knighthood, 2 pages 8vo, Temple, 3 Apr 1880.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3654]
CHASE, Drummond Percy (1820-1902). Divine, writer & principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to G.S. Read, thanking him for his letter, 1 p. 16mo, St Mary Hall, 15 Jun 1852.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3658]
CHETHAM-STRODE, Warren (1896-1974). Author & playwright.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Leftwich, inviting him to lunch at his club, 2 pages 8vo, Ebury Street, 22 July [1937].
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3674]
CHRISTIAN, Bertram (d. 1953). Publisher & barrister.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Bruce Beddow, admitting that Walpole had suggested his name & expressing gratitude that the idea interests him, 1 p. 4to, Berners Street, 6 Dec 1928.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3695]
CHRISTIE, Richard Copley (1830-1901). Scholar & bibliophile.
Autograph Letter Signed to E.J. Bromfield, thanking him for kindly remembering his lectures and announcing a new edition of his book, 4 pages 8vo, Bagshot, Surrey, 16 Dec 1898.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3134]
CHRISTIE, William Dougal (1816-1874). Diplomat & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, asking for a subscription, 1½ pages 8vo, Dorset Square, 3 Apr 1872.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3697]
CHURCH, Richard Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Tew, 1 page 8vo, 8 Feb 1947
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3062]
CHURCH, Richard Thomas (1893-1972). Poet.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Miss Ashburner, sending an article on Walter de la Mare, 1 p. 9vo, Cranbrook, Kent, 9 Jan 1956.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0370]
CLARK, Charles Heber (Max Adeler) (1847-1915). American humorist.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Chas. Heber Clarke (Max Adeler)') to J.F. Moloney, sending his autograph and chiding Moloney about his addressing of the letter, Philadelphia, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3741]
CLARK, William George (1821-1878). Shakespearean scholar & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bonney, discussing politics & arranging an appointment, 1½ pages 8vo, Trinity College, Cambridge, 3 Feb no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3744]
CLARK, William George (1821-1878). Shakespearean scholar & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Browney, inviting him to dinner, 1 p 8vo, Trinty College, Cambridge, 17 Oct no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3751]
CLIFFORD, Lucy (Mrs W.K.) (d. 1929). Novelist.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to Mrs Banks, thanking for for flowers ('I think it dear of you to know such a grumpy old person'), & arranging an appointment, 5 pages, 1914, where dated
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3772]
COBBAN, James MacLaren (1840-1903). Novelist & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dunn, acknowledging receipt of a cheque ('I only regret that we should both be so damndly worried by...pounds, shillings, & pence'), 1 p. 8vo, 1890.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3710]
COLERIDGE, Stephen (1854-1936). Anti-vivisectionist & literary man.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, suggesting that the
Whitehall Review might give his book a good notice, 1 p. 4to, Egerton Mansions, 25 May 1892.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3829]
COLLINS, Dale (1897-1956). Australian author.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Miss Susman in Hobart, about her autograph collection, 1 p. 8vo (trimmed), Hobart, 25 Sep 1925.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3849]
COLLINS, Mortimer (1827-1876). Miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Payne, confessing that he had both read & reviewed the book Payne names 'with infinite pleasure', 1 p. 8vo, no place, 'Saturday' no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3142]
COLLINS, Mortimer (1827-1876). Miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edwin Canton, thanking him for attending his daughter and asking him to see his wife, 2 pages 8vo, no date, with an obituary reprint from
Punch.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3141]
COLLINS, William Lucas (1817-1887). Miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Martin [Archer] Shee, thanking him for being instrumental in Collins's appointment as Librarian of the Royal Academy, 1½ pages 8vo, 25 Jul 1860.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3854]
COLMAN, George, the Younger (1762-1836). Dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to B. Bradshaft, expressing doubts 'of the admission passing to light', 1 p. 8vo with address (trimmed at the head), no place, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3860]
COMPTON, Herbert Eastwick (1853-1906). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Ellis, assuring him of his improving health & talking of his involvement in politics ('agitating against the Tea Duty'), 1 p. 4to, 6 Jan 1906.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3878]
CONGREVE, Richard 1818-1899). Positivist & miscellaneous writer.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to Miss Shore, a letter of condolence on the death of her father & an appreciation of his journals, 4 pages 8vo, 1863 & 1891.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3881]
CONNOLLY, Cyril (1903-1974). Author & journalist.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Cyril') on a postcard to Roger Senhouse of Secker & Warburg, thanking him for replying to a questionnaire,
Horizon, 12 Dec 1947.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3712]
CONWAY, Robert Seymour (1864-1933). Classical scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed ('R.S.C.') on a correspondence card, to J.Z.A. Paton, declining to talk as the date coincides with his Rylands lecture, 18 Nov 1909.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3890]
COOK, Sir Edward Tyas (1857-1919). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Madam', denying receipt for Esmé Stuart's last novel for review, 1 page 8vo,
Pall Mall Gazette, 6 Jan 1891.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3894]
COOPER, Edward Herbert (1867-1910). Novelist & writer for children.
Autograph Letter Signed to Harmsworth, forwarding a grievance from a friend's young daughter, 1 p. 8vo, on
Daily Mail writing paper, 13 Dec no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3903]
COPPEE, François A.N.S. (initials) on his visiting-card, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3071]
CORTISSOZ, Royal (1869-1948). American art critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Walter Herries Pollock, congratulating him on his book (& enclosing a copy of his wife's review of it) & enthusing over the English spring, 3 pages 8vo.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0391]
COURTNEY, William Leonard (1850-1928). Philosopher & man of letters.
5 Typewritten Letters Signed to Miss Ethel Rolt-Wheeler, from Chapman & Hall publishers, discussing the publication of her work, 5 pages 4to with 1 envelope, 1919 to 1927.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 3494]
CLARKE, Mary Cowden- (1809-1898). Shakespearian writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to G.H. Virtue, concerning proofs of her article on
Hamlet, 1 page 8vo, 1 April 1848.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3076]
COWELL, Edward Byles (1826-1903). Scholar, orientalist & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to Childers, explaining why he cannot review Childers's Pali Dictionary until the long vacation, 2 pages 8vo, Cambridge, 29 Nov 1875.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3933]
COX, Harold (1859-1936). Publicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.H. Balfour Browne, turning down his offer of an article on taxation of capital, as he proposes to do it himself, 1½ pages 8vo, Edinburgh Review, 1918.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3495]
COX, Harold (1859-1936). Publicist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs Gun, thanking her for a subscription, and speaking well of his holiday in Jamaica, 1 page 4to, Gray's Inn, 23 February 1927.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3943]
COZZENS, Frederick Swartwout (1818-1869). American merchant & writer.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr & Mrs Franklin Philip, a charming refusal of a invitation to a house-warming, 1 p. 8vo, Chestnut Cottage, 5 Mar 1869.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3948]
COZZENS, Frederick Swartwout (1818-1869). American merchant & writer.
A.Ms.S., a 9-stanza poem entitled
The Book, 1½ pages folio (cut signatures glued at foot of verso), Washington, D.C., 7 May 1865.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4004]
CRAIG, Isa (1831-1903). Poet & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hughes, apologising that some enclosure (no longer present) had been delayed, 1 p. 8vo, Promotion of Social Science Association, 22 Dec 1863.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3951]
CRAIGIE, Pearl Mary Teresa (1867-1906). Novelist & dramatist; 'John Oliver Hobbes'.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Fyfe, asking that he thank Mr Buckle for his kindness with regard to the announcement, 1 p. 8vo, no place, 5 June 1902.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3496]
CRAVEN, Pauline Marie Armande (1808-1891). Novelist & historical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bunting, discussing in detail a book on Jesuits he had sent her & a book he has requested on Montalembert, 6 pages 8vo, Paris, 23 Apr 1882.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3499]
CRAVEN, Pauline Marie Armande (1808-1891). Novelist & historical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Grant Duff, assuring him that they will be alone & delighted to welcome him back the following day, 1 p. 16mo, 'Friday evening' no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3957]
CROLY, George (1780-1860). Irish divine & author.
Autograph Letter Signed, arranging an appointment ('I have finished the matter in question'), 1 p. 8vo, 21 Mar 1837.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 3978]
CROSSLEY, James (1800-1883). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, thanking him for his published sermon & translation of the Psalms, 2 pages 8vo, Manchester, 25 Jul 1852.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3502]
CROWE, Sir Joseph Archer (1825-1896). Journalist, art critic & commercial attaché.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Metcalfe, accepting an invitation to dine, 1 p. 8vo, 24 Mar 1883.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3990]
CUNNINGHAM, Sir Henry Stewart (1831-1920). Judge & novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, asking what he owes for some lantern-slides which 'have been much admired', 1 p. 8vo, Egerton Gardens, 5 Mar 1898.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4019]
CUNNINGHAM, Peter (1816-1869). Author & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Cooke, reminding him of an appointment at the Garrick & lamenting the passing of James Brown, 1 p. 8vo, Audit Office, 30 Mar 1855.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3504]
CUNNINGHAM, Peter (1816-1869). Author & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Bullock, inviting him to dine & to see his autograph collection, 1 p. 8vo, Kensington, 25 Mar no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4016]
CUST, Sir Edward (1794-1878). General & military historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Alexander, thanking him for offering election as a fellow & member of the Committee of the Historical Society of Great Britain, 1 p. 8vo, 24 Apr 1869
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4035]
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DALLAWAY, James (1763-1834). Topographer and miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr Phillips in St Paul's Churchyard concerning copies of letters, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Gloucester, 2 March 1803.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4229]
DANE, Clemence (Winifred Ashton) (d. 1965). Writer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mr Simons regretfully declining to be a guest at a lunch and conference owing to knee trouble, 1 page 4to, Tavistock Street, London, 28 May 1949.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4063]
DANSEY, William (1792-1856). Canon of Salisbury and scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to a bishop, soliciting his patronage for the new edition of
Horae Decanicae [Rurales], 2 pages 8vo, Donhead St Andrew, 31 May 1844.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4193]
DAVIS, Henry William Carless (1874-1928). Historian and biographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wellesley congratulating him on his honour, 1 page 8vo, War Trade Intelligence Department, 1 January 1918.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4219]
DAWSON SCOTT, Catharine Amy (d. 1934). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Rolt-Wheeler offering to include her short story 'Wireless' in their publication, 1 p. 8vo, headed paper of 'The Short Story Series', 3 Dec no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4066]
DAY LEWIS, Cecil (1904-1972). Poet laureate.
Autograph Postcard Signed ('C'), to Charles Osborne, thanking him for his felicitations (on the laureateship) and complaining about publicity, no place, no date [postmark 1968].
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 0217]
DAY-LEWIS, Cecil (1904-1972). Writer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Miss Doris Stewart accepting her congratulations on his birthday, 1 page 8vo on headed writing paper of Chatto and Windus, London, 1 May 1968.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4069]
DEEPING, George Warwick (d. 1950). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Gentry' thanking him for the accounts and cheque and commenting on the surprisingly good results, 1 page 4to, Weybridge, 13 December 1941.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4070]
DELANE, John Thadeus (1817-1879). Editor of The Times.
Autograph Letter Signed to Egerton, 2 pages 8vo, 13 March no year. Inquiring about identity of the Italian Minister, whom he thinks was mistakenly called 'Pepoli' in the
Morning Post.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 20337]
DELANE, John Thadeus (1817-1879). Editor of The Times.
Autograph Letter Signed to James Crowdy, 1½ pages 8vo, no place, 'Wednesday 8 o'clock' no date. Expressing the hope that Crowdy has won his case and can turn his attention to Delane's on the following day and inviting him to the remains of a pheasant.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 20336]
DEMPSTER, George (1732-1818). Agriculturist and miscellaneous writer.
Cheque made out to Dempster by William Innes, and endorsed by him, Gravesend, 17 February 1787.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4236]
DE VERE, Aubrey Thomas (1814-1902). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Pickering asking him to get the manuscript of the 'Lawyer' from the printers for Mrs O'Brien, 1 page 8vo, London, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4081]
DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes (1862-1932). Writer and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Muirhead accepting an invitation to dine, 1 page 8vo, New York, 6 April no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4088]
DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes (1862-1932). Writer and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir') accepting an invitation to dine with his society, 1 page 8vo, King's College, Cambridge, 1901
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4089]
DIOSY, Arthur (1856-1923). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to a lady whose signature he could not decipher, good-naturedly sending his autograph, 1½ pages 8vo, London 1 February 1905.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1082]
DIXON, William Hepworth (1821-1879). Historian and editor of the 'Athenaeum'.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Thompson, asking for access to any William Penn papers in the latter's possession for his work on Penn, 1 page 8vo, London, 12 August 1850.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1094]
DOBREE, Bonamy (1891-1974). Professor of English Literature.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mr Stanford, congratulating on his writing progress and hoping to meet soon, 1 page 4to, London, 29 September 1954.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1096]
DORAN, John (1807-1878). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Gualter, an aspiring actress, arranging for her to meet Miss Terry, 2 pages 8vo, Notting Hill, 21 May 1867.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4097]
DORAN, John (1807-1878). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Sir') apologising for the delay in thanking him for his book on surnames, 4 pages 8vo on headed paper of Notes and Queries, 16 Nov 1874.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4098]
DOUGLAS, James (1867-1940). Writer and Director of London Express Newspapers.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Drinkwater referring to Miklos Schwalb, Kubelik, and forthcoming concerts, 2 pages 8vo, Kensington, 20 April 1931.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4101]
DOWDEN, Edward (1843-1913). Writer and Shakespearean scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Arnold-Forster sending a few autographs of Irish patriots and a transcript written by Southey [none of the items present], 1 page 8vo, 1881.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 4103]
DOWDEN, Edward (1843-1913). Writer and Shakespearean scholar.
Autograph Quotation Signed from 'Hamlet', 1 page 8vo (small fragment torn from blank corner), Highfield House, Dublin, 8 December 1906.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4102]
DOWLING, Richard (1846-1898). Irish novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Morton, announcing that he is to write a serial story for boys, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, Brixton, 5 November 1882.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 1116]
DOYLE, Sir Francis (1810-1888). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Collins, saying that he has no 'pretensions' for a place in Collins' organization, 1½ pages 8vo, Portugal Street, 29 December [1846].
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1196]
DOYLE, Sir Francis (1810-1888). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Macmillan & Co., the publishers, thanking them for books received, 1 page 8vo, Bournemouth, 17 February no year.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 4108]
DRINKWATER, John (1882-1937). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Muriel Robson, tentatively accepting the function of chairman at her debate and enquiring about travelling expenses, 1 page 4to, 29 March 1917.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 4110]
DRINKWATER, John (1882-1937). Poet.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mr Haldon referring him to his secretary and hoping to be able to help Westminster School with a reading, 1 page 4to (marginal tear), 2 July 1924.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 4109]
DRUMMOND, Peter (1802-1879). Scottish biographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr W. Wilson, complying with a request, 1 page 8vo, Rothesay, 12 August 1868.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1166]
DU BOIS, Edward (1774-1850). Satirist and barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rees, asking for the return of his 'Wits', 1 page 8vo with address-leaf, [Inner] Temple, 'Friday' [postmark 21 April 1815].
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1170]
DU BOIS, Edward (1774-1850). Satirist and barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Wright, asking for his help in obtaining Finders' 'Gallery of Graces', 1½ pages 8vo, no place, 'Saturday', no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1171]
DUKES, Ashley (1885-1959). Critic and theatre manager.
Autograph Letter Signed to Kennedy Williamson, acceding to his request & remarking 'it just threatens to expose my own vast ignorance', 1 p oblong 8vo, London, 31 March 1950.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1190]
DUKES, Ashley (1885-1959). Critic and theatre manager.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Nicolas Bentley, offering to donate spare seats at performances in response to Bentley's letter, ½-page 4to, Mercury Theatre, 17 January 1949.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1531]
[DUNN, James Nicol] (1856-1919). Journalist.
Collection of 6 Typewritten Letters Signed & 1 Autograph Letter Signed to Austin Brereton, replying to an invitation for a dinner in Dunn's honour, 6 pages 4to and 1 page 8vo, various places, 1911.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1611]
DYCE, Alexander (1798-1869). Man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to W.D. Cooper, thanking him for the gift of a book, ½-page 8vo, Gray's Inn Square, 'Friday', July 1844.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1154]
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EARLE, John (1824-1903). Philologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, proposing to take a drive in an open pony-carriage, 1 page 8vo, Swanswick, no date.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3298]
EASTHOPE, Sir John (1784-1865). Politician and journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Henry F. Richardson on black edged paper, declining an invitation to be a steward at a public event, 2 pages 8vo, 19 Grafton Street, 7 March 1843. Together with an Autograph Letter Signed from Elizabeth Easthope to Mr C. Pennell.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3446]
EDWARDS, Matilda Barbara Betham- (1836-1919). Novelist and writer on French life.
Autograph Postcard Signed to G.P. Johnson, asking for various books, Hastings, 12 April 1884.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1314]
ELIOT, Charles William (1834-1926). President of Harvard University.
Typewritten Letter Signed to E.J. Broadfield, 1 page 4to, Harvard University, 27 December 1908. Mentioning his retirement from the presidency and the possibility of a visit to England.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1382]
ELLIS, Robert Leslie (1817-1859). Scientist and man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bruce, ½-page 16mo, Trinity College [Cambridge], 13 March no year. Inviting him for breakfast on Friday.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1635]
ELLMAN, Richard (1918-1987). Literary critic & biographer.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Dick') to 'Dear Catherine', 1 page 4to, New College, Oxford, 7 February 1984. Offering an interesting insight into Henry James's
Golden Bowl.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21442]
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ELRINGTON, Charles Richard (1787-1850). Professor of divinity.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr ?Gillings, 2 pages 8vo, (slightly stained, small tear in upper left corner), Armagh, 3 August no year [watermark 1841]. Thanking him for a copy of his book.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1687]
ELTON, Oliver (1861-1945). Scholar and critic.
Autograph Postcard Signed to J.R. Tutin of Hull, Parkfield Road, Liverpool, 25 December 1907. Requesting 18 copies of his 'Song to David'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1691]
ELWIN, Whitwell (1816-1900). Author and editor of the 'Quarterly Review'.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), setting a time when they may meet, 1 page 8vo, Booton Rectory, Norwich, 8 September 1899.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 3311]
EMANUEL, Walter (1869-1915). Humorous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Lemon, 1 page 8vo, (two small tears at head), Holland Park Avenue, 15 October 1906. Acceding to his request.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1708]
EMPSON, William (1791-1852). Editor of 'Edinburgh Review'.
Autograph Letter Signed ('W.E.') to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 3½ pages 8vo, E.I.C., 18 June no year. Commending him for having kept his proofs and asking him to send them to the printers only at the last minute.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1721]
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FARNELL, Lewis Richard (1856-1934). Archaeologist and classical scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Button, 2 pages 8vo, Woodstock Road, Oxford, 15 May no year. Explaining that he has already been asked to address the Ruskin Hall Society, and has offered to speak on 'Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1912]
FARRAR, Adam Storey (1826-1905). Professor of divinity.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 2½ pages 8vo, The College, Durham, 26 October no year. Requesting tracings of the plan of the old cathedral and of the monastic buildings of Peterborough.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1922]
FARRAR, Frederic William (1831-1903). Divine and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to De Lunn, 3 pages 8vo, The Deanery, Canterbury, 17 March no year. Explaining that Reggie is an excellent lecturer, requesting return tickets to Blankenberg via Ostend, and asking for foreign stamps for his son.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1924]
FARRAR, Frederic William (1831-1903). Divine and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bonney, 3 pages 8vo, (remains of former mount), Harrow, 24 October no year. Enclosing the report (no longer present) of a committee appointed by the British Association to investigate science examinations, and giving his view on the matter.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1923]
FERGUSON, Mary Catherine, Lady (1823-1905). Irish biographer and historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to William, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged writing paper, (remains of former mount), N. St George's Street, 16 April no year. Making arrangements for him to lunch with her.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1979]
FLETCHER, Constance (1858-1938). Novelist and playwright.
Autograph Letter Signed ('George Fleming' written below in a different hand) to Mrs Moulton, 1 page 16mo, Kensington, no date. Proposing to see her at 4.30 on Wednesday and expressing her pleasure at having met her again.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0008]
FORDYCE, Sir William (1724-1792). Scottish medical writer.
Autograph Letter Signed ('W.F.') to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, (some tearing and traces of mounting, not affecting the text), Warwick Street, 10 June, no year. Apologising for being unable to see the correspondent's family, as he has been occupied with his brother Alexander's affairs. Expressing the hope that he might be able to visit the following day.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1719]
FOX, William Johnson (1786-1864). Preacher, politician and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to (?)H[enry] Slack, 2 pages 16mo, no place, 1 March 1855. Regretting that he did not see him the previous Saturday and asking him to peruse the accompanying pamphlet (no longer present) as he hopes it will do good in Lancashire and elsewhere.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0462]
FRANCILLON, Robert Edward (1841-1919). Novelist and journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Sabilla] Novello, 2½ pages 8vo, Gloucester Crescent, 14 May 1876. Together with Autograph Verse Signed, ½-page 8vo, 2 April 1876. In fine condition. Thanking her for her translation of Schiller's 'Turandot' and giving some constructive criticism.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 0494]
FRANCILLON, Robert Edward (1841-1919). Novelist and journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Furnivall, 1 page 8vo, Regent's Park Terrace, 4 July 1892. Writing in haste to cancel the dinner they had arranged, and apologising for the inconvenience caused.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0502]
FRANKAU, Gilbert (1884-1952). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Hughes Massie, 1 page 4to, Westbourne Terrace, 22 December 1920. Sending him best wishes for Christmas and the New Year and hoping that he will get well again soon.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0550]
FRANKAU, Gilbert (1884-1952). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Miss Barbara Burton, 1 page 8vo, Lancaster Gate Terrace, 26 January 1926. Sending her a signed photograph (no longer present) and apologising that he does not have enough time to answer her letter at any length.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0548]
FRANKAU, Pamela (1908-1967). Novelist and daughter of Gilbert Frankau.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs Weir, ½-page 4to, c/o The Daily Sketch, 15 May 1939. Acknowledging receipt of her letter, which she has forwarded to Mr Oppenheim.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0551]
FRASER, Mary Crawford (d. 1940). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Edwin Arnold, 4 pages 16mo, Battersea Park, 26 October no year. An animated and detailed letter referring to mutual acquaintances and regretting that she could not visit them the previous afternoon.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0621]
FREEMAN, Edward Augustus (1823-1892). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Somerleaze, Wells, Somerset, 3 February 1880. Refusing the honour of being a Vice-President of an Eisteddfod to be held at Caernarvon ('I should be quite out of my place').
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21349]
FREEMAN, John (1880-1929). Poet and critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Francis Bickley, 1½ pages 8vo, Weighton Road, Anerley, Thursday, no date. Complimenting him on a review, recalling an earlier meeting with a mutual friend and hoping that they will see each other again.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0359]
FREMANTLE, Sir Edmund Robert (1836-1929). Admiral and writer on naval subjects.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, ½-page 4to, Lower Sloane Street, 8 December 1915. Thanking him for sending an extract from 'The New York Times' and sending him a reply (no longer present).
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0657]
FRISWELL, James Hain (1825-1878). Miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Hardman, 1 page 8vo, Bexley Heath, Kent, 11 January 1872. Discussing some amendments made to a recent article.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0736]
FYFE, (Henry) Hamilton (1869-1951). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Preston, 1 page 8vo, Wadhurst, Sussex, no date. Apologising for his late reply.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0873]
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GAIRDNER, James (1828-1912). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Jessopp, 2 pages 8vo, Pinner, Middlesex, 9 June 1904. Thanking him for his note, referring to an essay he has undertaken and asking him to look up a passage from Naunton for him.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2296]
GALE, Norman (d. 1942). Poet, story-teller and reviewer.
Autograph Note Signed to an unnamed correspondent, ½-page 8vo, Bilton Road, no date. A cryptic message: 'Behold me joining the throng of three thousand!'
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2299]
GALLON, Tom (1866-1914). Novelist and dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edwin Ashworth, 1 page 4to, St John's Wood, 2 July 1903. Thanking him for his letter and interest in his works and telling him that one of his books is still available in many editions.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2301]
GALLON, Tom (1866-1914). Novelist and dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Leighton, 1 page 4to, St John's Wood, 15 April 1905. Thanking him for his note which he found on returning from an afternoon outing with his sister, sending his regards to Mrs Leighton and hoping to see him on another occasion.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2302]
GARVIN, James Louis (1868-1947). Editor of the Observer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Wakefield, 1 page 4to, Gregories, Beaconsfield, 24 December 1932. Thanking him warmly for his Christmas card and complimenting him on his recent speech: 'I liked your sane stout-hearted speech the other day ... and mark your great public spirit more often than you would suppose!'
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2343]
GARVIN, James Louis (1868-1947). Editor of the Observer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to F.J. Muirhead, 1 page 4to (some traces of mounting on reverse), on letterhead of 'The Observer', 16 May 1918. Advising him to write the account personally as he will be better able to highlight the most important points in the limited space allowed.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 2344]
[GENLIS, Comtesse de] (1746-1830). French writer.
Duplicate of a letter written by Mme de Genlis to Monsieur Cymery, 1 page folio, no place, 13 September 1815. Desiring to know the identity of the young author of a piece entitled 'Le Narcisse.'
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 1121]
GEORGE, Hereford B. (1838-1910). Author and journalist.
Interesting Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Escott, 4 pages 8vo (typewritten identification at the head, handwritten note at the foot), St Olave's, West Malvern, 15 August 1910. Recalling the association between College and Commoners at Winchester School ('my impression is that Anthony Trollope was at Winchester but a very short time').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5323]
GEORGE, W.L. (1882-1926). Author.
Interesting series of 3 Typewritten Letters Signed, with autograph additions, to Eric Simons, 3 pages 4to & 1 page 8vo, 21 and 27 May and 27 September 1921. Making arrangements for a lecture to the Sheffield Ethical Society, suggesting a topic, etc. ('I analyse the bad effects on society and on the personality of women of the continual change in fashion').
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 5328]
GIBBS, Sir Philip (1877-1962). Author and journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Donald] Attwater, 1 page 8vo, 'Sunday' no date. Regretting that he cannot be of use to Attwater as he has been outside the Fleet Street scene for 15 years.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5337]
GIBERNE, Agnes (1845-1939). Author of tales & scientific books.
Autograph Letter Signed to E H Johnstone, 1 page 8vo (small chunk torn from the top, not affecting the text), Eastbourne, 11 October 1899. Making an appointment to discuss the title of her book.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5339]
GIFFARD, Stanley Lees (1788-1858). First editor of the
Standard.
Autograph Letter Signed to Venables, marked 'Confidential' at the head, 3 pages 4to, Myddleton Square, 'Monday evening' no date. Discussing the uses to which the conservative Bristol Corporation can be put, with some familiar resonances.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5402]
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GLYN, Elinor (1864-1943). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed, in pencil, to Mr Miles, 2 pages 8vo, Lennox Gardens [London], 25 November no year. Asking if there is a cheaper edition of 'Harmsworth's Self Educator', and returning a postal order which should have been cashed, asking to be reimbursed.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 5373]
GODKIN, Edwin Lawrence (1831-1902). Editor & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Publisher [of the Manchester Guardian], 1 page 8vo (received stamps of the Guardian), Keswick, 1 September [1898]. Cancelling his subscription to the newspaper because he is leaving for America and asking that his thanks for forwarding it be conveyed to Mr Scott.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 5430]
GOLDSMITH, Lewis (1762?-1846). Political writer & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, no place, 21 July no year. Introducing M D'Handricourt from Park, the 'Inventor & Proprietor of a very splendid work & which is in very great repute'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5441]
GOOCH, George Peabody (1873-1968). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hyman, 2 pages 8vo (oblong, soiled), Campden Hill Road, 13 October 1882. Offering a letter from Dr Pusey and some first editions of Tennyson's later works for Hyman to sell, keeping the usual percentage.
£28 / $56 / €42 [No: 5447]
GORELL, Ronald Gorell Barnes, third Baron (1884-1963). Writer; editor of The Cornhill Magazine.
Typewritten Poem Signed ('Gorell'), entitled
Year's End, 1957, 15 rhyming couplets on 4to page (fold marks) with two ink corrections.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6101]
GORELL, Ronald Gorell Barnes, third Baron (1884-1963). Writer; editor of The Cornhill Magazine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Wakefield, 1 page 4to, writing paper of John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, 9 December 1932. Thanking him for his thanks (I can assure you that ... the whole thing was a great pleasure & privilege to me') and commenting on the favourable reception of the ceremony at the R[oyal] Aero Club.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5469]
GOULD, Gerald (1885-1936). Poet and editor.
Autograph verse Signed, 4 lines on 4to page with typed transcription and newspaper photograph of the poet, one correction.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6099]
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GOULD, Gerald (1885-1936). Poet and editor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Jones, 1 page 4to, 1 Hamilton Terrace, 26 August 1927. Thanking her for her efforts in finding a suitable cottage which 'sounds so attractive that I simply ache for it - but I fear it is too big for my modest needs'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5487]
GRAHAM, Stephen (1884-1975). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Beryl Carter, 1 page 8vo, 60 Frith Street, Soho Square, 28 August 1923. Asking for two tickets for a lecture ('I am looking forward to the occasion with considerable anticipatory pleasure').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5499]
GRAHAM, Winifred (Mrs Theodore Cory) (d. 1950). Author.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Lady de Gex, 1 page 4to, St Albans, Hampton-on-Thames, 22 April 1933. Expressing great interest in meeting her author friend ('Unfortunately, I do not know his books), recommending one of her own books, and reminiscing about her presentation as a bride by Lady de Gex.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5502]
GRATTAN, Thomas Colley (1792-1864). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Westmacott, 1 page 8vo, Athenaeum, 'Thursday Evg' no date. Asking if there is a chance of accompanying him to Brighton the following Saturday.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 5540]
GREEN, Mary Anne Everett (1818-1895). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, 7 Upper Gower Street, no date. Asking him to call to discuss 'several poetical expressions of the time of Charles I - among them some of those printed by you'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5552]
GREENWOOD, Frederick (1830-1909). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed, recipient's name erased, 1½ pages 8vo, 4 Devonshire Terrace, Ventnor, 'Monday' no date. Giving multiple excuses for not having written about a parcel sent and promising to get back to his correspondent 'almost immediately'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5593]
GREGO, Joseph (1843-1908). Writer on art.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hartley, 3 pages 8vo, 23 Granville Square, 8 January 1897. Offering pictures of various sorts as souvenirs of the Queen's early life, and offering to come to them on the following day, explaining that he had had to turn back that morning as the weather upset him.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6143]
GREGORY, Sir Richard Arman (1864-1952). Author, scientific journalist & editor of
Nature.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lloyd, 2 pages 4to, The Manor House, Middleton-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, 4 March 1946. Praising Lloyd's conversation, magazine writing and poetry.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 5608]
GREVILLE, Henry William (1801-1872). Diarist.
Autograph Letter Signed, in French, to an unnamed woman, 1 page 8vo, no place, 'Vendredi soir' no date. Explaining that he has not seen Madame Thurber and is very busy with a thousand projects, but that he will pay a visit when he can.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6126]
GRIGSON, Geoffrey Edward Harvey (1905-1985). Poet, critic, anthologist & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed on a correspondence card to John Gilmour at the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Swindon, 20 February 195?2. Thanking him for the 'bluebell notes' and discussing some work in progress.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6140]
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GROTE, John (1813-1866). Philosopher; brother of George Grote.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Master', 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting on the reverse), no place, no date. Declining an invitation to luncheon ('I have reason to fear that I shall be inevitably engaged elsewhere').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6160]
GUNN, Neil M. (1891-1973). Scottish novelist.
Brief inscription to the Editor of the Cornhill, on an album leaf (soiled, traces of mounting), Inverness, 5 August 197?.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 3478]
GURNEY, Archer Thompson (1820-1887). Divine & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Bentley, 1½ pages 8vo, 9 Keble Terrace, Oxford, 7 June 1883. Asking for 100 copies of 'the Letter' and reporting that has send another review.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6188]
GURNEY, Hudson (1775-1864). Antiquary & autograph collector.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev Francis Cunningham, 3 pages 4to with address-leaf (chewed at the foot, not affecting the text), penny-red stamp, Warwick, 5 December 1845. Explaining that he is unable to vote in the hospital election, and in fact seldom votes for London hospitals.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6189]
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GUTHRIE, Thomas Anstey (1856-1934). Humorous writer; 'F Anstey'.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs J E H Gordon, 1 page 8vo with envelope, 16 Duke Street Mansions, Grosvenor Square, 25 November 1893. Thanking her for sending him
The Young Gentlewoman and congratulating her on the first number of
Young People's Parliament.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6195]
GWYNNE, Howell Arthur (1865-1950). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Thesiger, 1 page 4to, on writing paper of The Morning Post, 30 August 1917. Commiserating with her 'disagreeable time generally', explaining that he is off to France and adding 'I am afraid those beastly Russians will give us a years' extra fighting'.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6202]
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HADDAN, Thomas Henry (1814-1873). Lawyer, legal writer & editor of the
Guardian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Weybridge, 3 August 1843. Begging forebearance until his return from town whereupon he will attempt to arrange 'this interminable business' satisfactorily.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6220]
HALEVY, Ludovic (1834-1908). French dramatist & novelist.
Autograph aphorism on a correspondence card, no place, no date. Equating the love of life with the love of duty.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6246]
HALEY, William John (1901-1987). Editor of The Times.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Sir I[vone] Kirkpatrick, 1 page 4to, on Broadcasting House writing paper, 30 August 1944. Regretting that Kirkpatrick is to leave the BBC and wishing him luck in the 'big job' [Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office] ahead of him.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6248]
HALL, Anna Maria (1800-1881). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed woman ('Dear Madam'), 2 pages 12mo (traces of former mounting making 4th page postscript obscure, but readable), The Rosery, 19 May no year. Thanking her for sending a parcel ('I do not think the contents are priced beyond what such things bring - and many are very pretty'), and hoping for the success of their bazaar in June.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6411]
HALL, Anna Maria (1800-1881). Irish writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Martin, 3¼ pages 8vo with autograph envelope, Wilton Villa, 20 September [postmarked 1872]. Expressing delight that Miss Martin and her friend will soon be coming to visit and reporting that 'the Droitwich baths have done me a great deal of good'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0069]
HAMILTON, Mary Agnes (d. 1966). Politician and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Macdonald, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 105 Cheyne Walk, 8 October no year. Sympathizing with his cause, but explaining that she is much too busy to join it.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6526]
HAMILTON, Mary Agnes (d. 1966). Politician and author.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to Colonel C L'Estrange Malone, North Devon, 10 January 1931. Regretting that she cannot accept his invitation as she is to go straight to Blackburn ('about which I entirely agree with you').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6527]
HAMMERTON, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949). Editor & author.
Autograph Letter Signed (inititals) to Downes, 2 pages 8vo (trimmed) in green ink, no place, no date. Supporting a project for the R[obert] L[ewis] S[tevenson] Club to issue a leaflet, but declining to help as he is busy with his annual address in which he hopes to make a study of the Scots tongue in Stevenson and Burns.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6532]
HANCOCK, Professor Sir William Keith (1898-1988). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 1 pages 8vo, University of London, 4 October 1950. Acceding to his request.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6545]
HANNA, William (1808-1882). Theological writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down on card), Helmsburgh, Dunbartonshire, 12 February 1870. Sending an enclosure (no longer present) and expressing pleasure to have been of service to his correspondent's family.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6550]
HARDING, Edward Archibald Fraser (1903-1953). Head of Drama at the BBC.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Aubrey Ensor, 1 page 8vo, British Broadcasting Corporation, 19 February 1949. Praising his draft episode of Thackeray's
The Newcomes, explaining that it will not be broadcast for several months as they are currently doing
Esmond, and asking him to work with Lance Sieveking to agree a synopsis.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6559]
HARDY, Sir Thomas Duffus (1804-1878). Archivist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Ellacomb, 1 page 8vo, embossed writing paper of Rolls House, 21 April 1866. Promising to have the seal of Thomas de Button done whenever he wants and thanking him for his contribution to his wife's 'casual acquaintances' series.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6572]
HARE, Kenneth (1888-1962). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Parker, 2 pages 4to, 15 Ashdell Road, Broomhill, Sheffield, 20 January 1950. Instructing her as to how to send his books to America and rather patronisingly congratulating her on keeping up communications between mothers of the two nations.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6577]
HARLAND, Henry (1861-1905). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Mary] Carmichael, 1 page 8vo, 144 Cromwell Road, 'Thursday' no date. Reporting on the imminent arrival of Aline, and inviting Miss Carmichael to tea. Mary Carmichael was a prolific composer of art songs and an accompanist.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 22338]
HARRADEN, Beatrice (1864-1936). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unamed lady ('Dear Madam'), ½-page 8vo, 5 Cannon Place, Hampstead Heath, 27 January no year (slightly soiled). Agreeing to attend the meeting of the Women's Local Government Society.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6666]
HARRISON, Frederic (1831-1923). Author & positivist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Sudeley, 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting), 10 Royal Crescent, Bath, 13 December 1922. A charming letter of sympathy on the death of her husband.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6676]
HARRISON, Frederic (1831-1923). Author & positivist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Delahooke, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting), 38 Westbourne Terrace, 10 March 1889. Thanking him for a seal impression and asking if he can show it to the Principal Librarian at the British Museum.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6677]
HART-DAVIS, Sir Rupert Charles (b. 1907). Author, editor and publisher.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs Drinkwater, 1 page 4to, The Old Rectory, Marske-in-Swaledale, Yorkshire, 21 November 1966. Acknowledging their meeting at Pepys House, where he remembers meeting Lord Sandwich 'and also your husband's very amusing description of the difficulties of pronouncing St Neots'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6686]
HATTON, Joseph (1841-1907). Novelist & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Robert] Barr, 1 page 8vo in purple ink, 40 Grove End Road, 21 November 1893. An amusing invitation to lunch at the Garrick.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6706]
HATTON, Joseph (1841-1907). Novelist & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Brighton, 'Saturday' no date. Looking forward to his review of
Clytie and thanking him for his good opinion.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6705]
HATTON, Joseph (1841-1907). Novelist & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to J Stuart Murphy, 1 page 8vo, 14 Tichfield Terrace, Regent's Park, 20 February ['1882' in another hand in pencil]. Thanking him for his note 'which only reached me on the day of the Festival'.
£25 / $50 / €37 [No: 21105]
HAWEIS, Hugh Reginald (1838-1901). Author & preacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss McGregor, 2 pages 8vo, Cheyne Walk, no date. Thanking her for a party ('Does one ever get an opportunity to say two words in those crowds?'), and inviting her to hear him preach.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6712]
HAY, Ian (1876-1952). Pseudonym of writer John Hay Beith.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Ian Hay Beith') to Fred Bason, 1 page 4to with envelope, 21 Bruton Street, Berkeley Square, 8 March 1930. Enclosing a typewritten article (1 page 4to) on The Gallery ('Just to see a play they will stand in a queue in all weathers, and endure a hard bench when they could have a soft armchair at a cinema for the same price').
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6729]
HAYES, Alfred (1857-1936). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thompson, 1½ pages 8vo, Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham, 7 February 1901. Accepting an invitation to come, together with his son Robin, to tea to see Thompson's collection.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6734]
HAYWARD, John Davy (1905-1965). Anthologist & bibliophile.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Sir Arthur] Bryant, 1 page 8vo, 22 Bina Gardens, Kensington, 25 July 1936. Thanking him for his 'charming & appreciative' letter, declaring his Rochester book 'horribly faulty' and that he has 'not netted the Ephesian matron! And I don't think I want to'.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6758]
HAYWARD, John Davy (1905-1965). Anthologist & bibliophile.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to J A Neuhuys, Bookseller, 125 Queen's Gate, London, 5 February 1931. Asking for catalogues to be sent as issued.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6759]
HEATH, Francis George (1843-1913). Author & pioneer of Open Spaces Movement.
Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Thomson, 2 pages 8vo, as from Ashburton Road, Totnes, 8 September 1887. Apologising for having published a 'little paragraph' about the Burmese in
Illustrations without acknowledging Thomson's authorship, the oversight being due to having temporarily lost his letter.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6811]
HENDERSON, Bernard William (1871-1929). Author & Fellow & Tutor of Exeter College.
Autograph Letter Signed to Valpy, 1½ pages 8vo, Exeter College, Oxford, 11 December 1927. Offering to provide what help he can for Valpy's son, commenting on the importance of the next two year's work and his attractive personality.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6824]
HERAUD, John Abraham (1799-1887). Author & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Dickens (son of the novelist), 1 page 8vo (soiled, ragged edges), Charter House, 11 October 1880. Thanking him for £20 sent through the Guild of Literature & Art, and expounding on his daughter's literary achievements.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6845]
HERAUD, John Abraham (1799-1887). Author & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (soiled, ragged edges), no place, 29 October 1832. Expressing sadness at the death of [Sir Walter] Scott, about which he has written a few verses to be published in F[raser's] M[agazine].
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6844]
HEREDIA, José Maria de (1842-1905). French poet of Spanish parentage.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, purple ink, no place, 'ce Lundi soir' no date. Sending a poem on Ronsard (not present).
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6856]
HERFORD, Charles Harold (1853-1931). Scholar & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Cox, 1 page 8vo, 5 Parkfield Road, Didsbury, 28 September 1907. Agreeing to meet any Saturday that suits.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6857]
HERMAN, Henry (1832-1894). Dramatist & novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to L F Nethersole, 1 page 8vo on Savage Club paper, 29 June 1892. Assuring him that his only connection with the Princess [Theatre] is as an author and that therefore an appointment would be unprofitable.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6860]
HEWLETT, Maurice Henry (1861-1923). Novelist, poet & essayist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cope, 2 pages 4to, Old Rectory, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, 8 December no year. Thanking him for his praise (
It is like the first glass of Burgundy! And it won't give one the gout either), asking him to visit (
You wd admire this old house), and reporting on his son's military career.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6884]
HEWLETT, Maurice Henry (1861-1923). Novelist, poet & essayist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Putnam, 2 pages 8vo (corners trimmed), 53 Colville Gardens, 31 January 1900. Praising his new edition of
Garthwick and declaring its cover 'one of the prettiest I have seen for a long time'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6883]
HIBBERT, Eleanor Alice (1906-1993). Author; real name of Jean Plaidy.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Tony Arnold, 1 page 4to, 84 Kingstone House South, Ennismore Gardens, 22 November 1975. Declining to grant an interview, and citing the damage done to privacy and house when she gave one to the
Daily Express.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 6892]
HIGGINBOTTOM, Frederick James (1859-1943). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss B M O'Reilly, 1 page 8vo, on writing paper of the Pall Mall Gazette, 9 January 1912. Informing her that he is no longer in charge of the
Pall Mall Gazette, but only associated with the political department; she should communicate with the News Editor.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 6901]
HILL, Thomas (1760-1840). Book collector.
Short Autograph Letter Signed to James Fraser, 1 page 8vo (trimmed), no place, 'Sunday morning', dated 1834 in another hand (folds repaired). Sending his signature which Hook had inadvertently destroyed; the signature and subscription are those used for the facsimile reproduction under the port of Hill published in the August number of
Fraser's Magazine for 1834.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7278]
HIND, C Lewis (1862-1927). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down on the remains of an album leaf), 24 Queen Anne's Gate, 25 August 1927. After taking a metaphorical breath ('Here goes'), declaring that love governs the world and saying that he did not know either Liddon or Jefferies and aims only to write of those he knew.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7281]
HIRST, William Alfred (1870-1948). Author & traveller.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, New University Club, St James's Street, 17 December 1934. Offering to contribute to a forthcoming book on the Empire, listing his qualifications to do so as a writer of articles for the
Empire Review and his many years in India.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7295]
HOCKING, Joseph (1860-1937). Novelist & preacher.
Lengthy Autograph Letter Signed to the Editor of
The St Ives Times, 3½ pages 4to, [St Ives], no date. Extolling the beauties and charm of Cornwall in general and St Ives in particular ('Be proud of, make much of your inheritance as Cornish people. You live in the most glorious part of the world ...').
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7440]
HOCKING, Joseph (1860-1937). Novelist & preacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Leighton, 1 page 8vo, Woodford Green, Essex, 4 May no year. Apologising for being late (with a contribution presumably: 'It is not because I have been unmindful of Spurgeon's splendid services that I have failed to send before.')
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7439]
HOCKING, Silas Kitto (1850-1935). Novelist & preacher; brother of Joseph Hocking.
Autograph Letter Signed to Matheson, 1 page 8vo, Tregenna Castle Hotel, St Ives, Cornwall, no date. Accepting an invitation to tea on the following day.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7441]
HOCKING, Silas Kitto (1850-1935). Novelist & preacher; brother of Joseph Hocking.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to the Revd W A Richards, 10 Avenue Road, N6, 18 July 1923. Thanking him for his letter and corrections which 'shall be attended to in the next Edition'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7442]
HODGKIN, Lucy Violet (1869-1954). Quaker writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sayle, 2 pages 8vo (right hand margin trimmed, perhaps burnt, hardly affecting the text), Treworgan, Falmouth, 9 February 1918. Advising him on suitable prayer calendar and thanking him for kind words about her book on Quaker saints ('but I fear they cannot be as interesting to read as they were to write').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7443]
HODGSON, John (1779-1845). Antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, apparently an engraver, 3 pages 8vo, Whelpington, 5 June no year. Sending some sketches (no longer present) with instructions as to their reproduction ('You may improve Mr Sopwith's trees ...'), and promising to settle his account as soon as he is paid the subscription for his book.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7464]
HODGSON, John (1779-1845). Antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (trimmed), Whelpington, 10 December 1828, with a note at the head from the recipient. Asking for proofs of 'a very hasty paragraph to the last sheet of Dawes's life'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7465]
HOEY, Frances Sarah (1830-1908). Novelist; known as Mrs Cashel Hoey.
Autograph Letter Signed to Goodman, 1 page 12mo, 17 Campden Hill Road, 14 May 1885. Expressing anxiety about 'Cuba' ('Time is flying') and asking Goodman to send the 'Pearl' and the drawings he had promised.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7449]
HOLE, Samuel Reynolds (1819-1904). Dean of Rochester, and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Burgess, 1½ pages 8vo (two filing holes), Caunton Manor, Newark, 27 November 1883. Agreeing to act as a referee ('My name is pretty well known in different parts of the country').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7462]
HOOLE, John (1727-1803). Translator.
Autograph Letter (third person) to 'Mrs Davies & the Miss Davies', 1 page 4to, no place, 'Thursday 21 Decem' no year. As from both Mr & Mrs Hoole, excusing their not having called, on the grounds of ill health and an imminent journey, but assuring them that 'they both sincerely feel for their situation'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7543]
HOPE, Alexander James Beresford (1820-1887). Politician & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo on embossed House of Commons Library writing paper, as from 1 Connaught Place, 11 March 1875. Making suggestions for the wording of the Pembroke memorial.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7544]
HOPKINS, Tighe (1856-1919). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Grant Reid, 2½ pages 8vo, Maycot, Herne Bay, 'Tuesday' no date. Offering to forward 'not later than the end of the week' an article on Christmas night during the Reign of Terror in one of the Paris prisons.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7553]
HORNBY, Charles Harry St John (1867-1946). Printer & connoisseur.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs [Richard] Bentley, 2 pages 8vo, Shelley House, Chelsea Embankment, 25 February 1936, with recipient's note at the top. A letter of condolence on the death of her husband who had preceeded Hornby as Treasurer of the Royal Literary Fund.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7562]
HOUSMAN, Laurence (1865-1959). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Rushby, 2 pages 4to, Kensington, 4 September no year. Discussing the disposal of an old family chair belonging to his sister, whom he thinks will be disinclined to part with it as 'she & her husband used to sit in it together when they were "courting"'.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 0941]
HOWITT, William (1792-1879). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 1 page 8vo, (laid down), Nottingham, 11 January no year. Regretting that his son's severe illness keeps him from accepting any invitations.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 3119]
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INDERWICK, Frederick Andrew (1836-1904). Lawyer & antiquary.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Conway, 1 page 8vo (trimmed), 'Temple', 15 October 1878. 'The matter needed no explanation whatever.'
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7737]
INGELOW, Jean (1820-1897). Poet and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [R D F] Palgrave, 1 page 8vo, 6 Holland Villas Road, Kensington, no date. An invitation to dine issued in her and her brother's names.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7743]
INGLEBY, Clement Mansfield (1823-1886). Shakespearean critic & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to J Jeremiah, 1 page 8vo, Valentines, Ilford, 17 November 1876. Accepting an invitation to dine with the Urban Club.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7746]
INNES, Cosmo (1798-1874). Scottish antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Reeves, 3 pages 8vo, Edinburgh, 8 September 1855. Tracing the genealogy of the Adairs in Galloway, and promising to do a more thorough search on his return from London and Paris.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7761]
INNES, Hammond (1913-1998). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Ralfe') to 'My dear Mollie', 1 page 8vo, Ayres End, Kersey, Suffolk, 27 May, no year. Asking 'Who are these people "Dupuis"? I like them very much' and adding 'why don't the Nips like me?'
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7763]
INNES, Hammond (1913-1998). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Miss MacLennan, 1 page 8vo, Ayres End, Kersey, Suffolk, 28 October 1958. Returning a copy of Margaret Erskine's
Fatal Relations which has been enclosed in the cover of his
Lonely Skier, with the hope that there are not thousands of other copies similarly transposed.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 7762]
IRELAND, Alexander (1810-1894). Journalist & miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Waring 1½ pages 8vo (piece missing from the second leaf, obscuring one word), Inglewood, Bowdon, Cheshire, 10 November 1881. Offering to view Waring's autograph collection with a view to supplying some discrepancies ('Do you care for a letter of Doctor Golderic Smith?') and thanking Waring for offering a medical book to add to his extensive library.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7798]
IRELAND, John (1761-1842). Dean of Westminster & theological writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Blake, 1 page 4to (oblong), no place, 2 August 1804. Requesting that the sum of £3233.15.0 ('part of the monies this day deposited with you') be put in the 3 per cent trust account of Robert Bromley.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7800]
IRISH, Annie (née Nicholson) (d. 1893). Biographer of Jane Carlyle.
Autograph quotation Signed, oblong on a sheet of 8vo paper, 17 March 1890
Many can brook the weather / that love not the wind.'£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 7801]
IRONS, William Josiah (1812-1883). Theological writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, St Clements, Oxford, 18 April 1852. Talking about a parcel he had sent to his correspondent and adding 'I am to meet Hooker, Wallich and Bentham this eveniong at Danbury's. They are here about Fieldings medal which has been offered by the widow'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7802]
IRVING, David (1778-1860). Biographer & librarian.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Pettigrew, 1 page 8vo, 4 Great George Street, 25 November 1841. Wishing to add his name to the subscribers to Pettigrew's forthcoming work on Egyptian antiquities.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7804]
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JACKSON, Charles (1809-1882). Antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 12mo, with a note in another hand on the third page, Doncaster, 3 April no year. Discussing a photograph of the Bower tombstone.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7834]
JACKSON, Sir Henry (1839-1921). Hellenist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sayle, 1 page 8vo, Sunnyhill, St Stephen's Road, Bournemouth, 5 September 1911. Setting up an invitation to Morley to be the guest of Sayle's Committee at a gathering of graduates and undergraduates interested in English literature.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 7997]
JACKSON, Holbrook (1874-1948). Author & editor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Fisher, 1 page 8vo (oblong), The Crossways, Langley Park, Mill Hill, 4 February 1911. Reporting on his assumption of the editorship of
T P's Weekly and
Tp's Magazine, ('I also claim with some justification to being a journalist!'), but hoping to visit Fisher 'in your eyrie above Fleet Street'.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 7998]
JACOB, Naomi (1884-1964). Writer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Storm Jameson, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 32 Melbury Court, 7 August 1943, received stamp. Marked 'Confidential' at the head, reporting that she cannot undertake to write 4 letters a year to America, because she is leaving England, but promising to write from Italy if that is acceptable.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 8003]
JACOB, Mrs Arthur (Violet) (d. 1946). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady ('Dear Madam'), 1 page 8vo, Scotland, 18 August 1904. Complying with her correspondent's request.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8004]
JAMES, Florence (Florence Warden) (1857-1929). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Florence Warden') to the Editor of
The Sun, 1 page 4to, 4 Addison Court Gardens, Hammersmith Road, 12 August 1901. Sending half a crown for the man whose sad plight had been chronicled in the paper ('It makes me furious to know that the public is asked to waste is money in sham philanthropy ... when the real cases of tragic need are so many').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8021]
JAMES, Florence (Florence Warden) (1857-1929). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to the Authors' Syndicate, 1 page 4to, Beach House, Sandgate, Kent, 8 October 1903 (received stamp). Declining the offer by Chatto & Windus of £140 for two of her books ('these people are well known for their beggarly terms') and setting out her own demands.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8022]
JAMESON, Anna Brownell (1794-1860). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to T Banfield in Vienna, 3 pages 8vo, no place, no date. Introducing Mr Blewitt who is anxious to be introduced to the literary and scientific circles of Vienna.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 8046]
JAMESON, Storm Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page 8vo, 19 July 1933
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0445]
JEBB, Sir Richard Claverhouse (1841-1905). Greek scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Professor Rûcher, 1 page 8vo, The Athenaeum, 9 June 1899. Explaining that he has signed Principal Bodington's paper and hope to vote for him the following Monday.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 8094]
JEFFREY, Francis, Lord (1773-1850). Scottish judge and critic.
Autograph Letter (third person) to the Librarian of the Faculty of Advocates, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf, 24 Murry Place, 15 June 1835. Asking for a volume containing the 'case of Blackwood in 1848'.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 8098]
JEFFREY, Francis, Lord (1773-1850). Scottish judge and critic.
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed to R Miller with a few lines, laid down with an engraving of Jeffrey, in all 280 x 150 mm (ca 11 x 6 inches).
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19869]
JENKINS, Edward (1838-1910). Politician & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to H J Nichol, 1 page 8vo, London, 18 November 1882. Acknowledging receipt of Nichol's note and promising a full answer in a few days' time.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8106]
JENKINSON, Francis John Henry (1853-1923). Librarian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed Bishop, 2 pages 8vo, 10 Brookside, Cambridge, 6 July 1888. Inviting the Bishop to stay when he joins the company assembling at Trinity College.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8111]
JENNINGS, Gertrude E (d. 1958). Dramatic author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, 8 The Grove, Boltons, '3
rd', no date. Adding what she can to a list of (?her) plays, explaining that those where the productions are not noted have not been done in public.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8114]
JENKINS, Herbert (1876-1923). Author and publisher.
Autograph Letter Signed to W H Chesson, 2 pages 8vo (second page trimmed, not affecting the text, traces of mounting), on writing paper of Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Publishers, 3 July 1912. Explaining that the 'sorting out work' he has is beneath Chesson's ability but that he may have soon some manuscripts on which he would like an opinion.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8107]
JERNINGHAM, Charles Edward Wynne (1854-1921). Author ('Marmaduke') & Catholic radical.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Methuen, 2 pages 4to, 14 Pelham Crescent, Thurloe Square, no date. Originally accompanying a gift of a pair of card cases for Mr & Mrs Methuen, and complaining of the evils of the Christmas season.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8120]
JERNINGHAM, Sir Hubert Edward Henry (1842-1914). Author & diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2½ pages 8vo, Loncridge Towers, Berwick on Tweed, 9 December 1883. Ordering two volumes by Dr Bruce, 'the one on the Roman wall and the other the Lapidarium Septentrionale'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8122]
JERROLD, Douglas William (1803-1857). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Cooke (John Murray's assistant), 1 page 8vo (glue stains on the back), 11 January no year. Complaining that Trescott never invites him in 'the season of roses' but expects a 'fourteen miles pilgrimage through the slush and fog and perpetual vapours'.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 8128]
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JERROLD, Walter Copeland (1865-1929). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Ellis, 2 pages 8vo in green ink, Jessamine House, Hampton on Thames, 21 September 1908. Attempting to arrange a meeting and asking if Ellis knows anything of Poe or Ainsworth.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 8129]
JOAD, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson (1891-1953). Writer and teacher.
Charming Typewritten Letter Signed to Earle Welby, 1 page 4to (a little creased and soiled), 4 East Heath Road, Hampstead, 22 April 1932. Praising Welby's book,
The Dinner Knell for the 'complacent satisfaction of finding many of my own culinary idiosyncracies endorsed', and asking him to lunch.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 19809]
JODRELL, Richard Paul (1745-1831). Classical scholar & dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Girdlestone, 2 pages 4to (small chunk out of one side, affecting a few words) with address-leaf adhering to the back, Tetsworth, 14 November 1803. Thanking Girdlestone for his verse translation of Anacreon.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 19811]
JOHNSON, Henry Harrold (1869-1940). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, 1 page 8vo, St Peters Hill, Grantham, 26 October 1890. Asking the Archdeacon to stay when he comes to speak at a meeting in Grantham.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19819]
JOHNSON, John de Monins (1882-1956). Printer & scholar.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Dr R B McKerrow, 1 page 8vo (oblong) on writing-paper of the Oxford University Press, 8 December 1933. Expressing pleasure at the prospect of sending McKerrow a copy of his 'little Dent lecture, lately delivered'.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 19820]
JOHNSON, R Brimley (1867-1932). Writer & publisher.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Colet Court School, Hammersmith, 21 February 1917. Concerning a dispute with his landlord as to the rent due and damages done.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19821]
JONES, Henry Arthur (1851-1929). Dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Jeune, 2½ pages 8vo, Townshend House, North Gate Regents Park, 'Sunday' no date. Assuring her he is not injured, despite a 'splendidly variegated and iridescent bruise on my left leg', and saying how much he enjoyed Mrs Patrick Campbell's Juliet at the Lyceum.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 19846]
JONES, Sir Henry (1852-1922). Philosopher.
Autograph reference signed, 2 pages 8vo, The University, Glasgow, 18 July no year. A glowing testimonial for his former student, Miss Mabel Atkinson, a candidate for a lecturership in political science at the University College of South Wales & Monmouthshire.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 19848]
JONES, Henry Arthur (1851-1929). Dramatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Herbert, 1 page 8vo, Townshend House, North Gate, Regents' Park, 'Sunday' no date. Making arrangments to meet and inviting him to the Globe ('Will you & Mrs Eden join us to see Richard?').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19844]
JONES, Henry Arthur (1851-1929). Dramatist.
Autograph quotation, signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong) on his Regents Park writing-paper, undated. 'Nymphs and dryads may be as a good a name for the great secret as germ-plasm and protoplasm / Judah Act 3'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19845]
JONES, Owen (1806-1889). Welsh writer.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Webb, 1 page 8vo (laid down), 9 Argyll Place, 17 January 1872. Acknowledging receipt of Mr Coleman's cheque for £41.5.0.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 19850]
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KARR, Alphonse (1808-1890). French journalist & novelist; editor of
Figaro.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gavarni (pseudonym of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier, 1804-1866, French illustrator and caricaturist), 1 page 12mo, embossed initials, no place, no date. Explaining that he had accepted the invitation of M Berthoud to write an archicle on Gavarni's 'physionomies de Paris' on condition that Gavarni approves.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 19933]
KAYE-SMITH, Sheila (d. 1956). Novelist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to the Secretary of the R[oyal] S[ociety of] L[iterature], 1 page 8vo (oblong), Little Doucegrove, Northiam, Sussex, 31 March 1936. Sending her subscription to the Society and apologising for the delay in so doing.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 19958]
KENEALLY, Edward Vaughan Hyde (1819-1880). Barrister and poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed peer ('My Lord'), 4 pages 8vo (held together with a circular staple), Gray's Inn, 'Easter Sunday 1875'. Thanking the peer for his biography of Lord Denman and denying ever having been in Buxton ('perhaps somebody has who has amused himself by calling my name').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20284]
KENNEDY, Bart (1861-1930). Author & lecturer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Townley Searle, 1 page 8vo, on writing-paper of the Savage Club, as from Golden Green, Tonbridge, 25 March, 1914. Tersely agreeing to take the chair ('Thanks for compliment').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20285]
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KENNEDY, Howard Angus (1861-1938). Canadian novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Grant Reid, 1 page 8vo, 21 Gloucester Road, Regents Park Road, 2 August 1897. Thanking Reid for his letter, suggesting that the publishers should send a copy of his
A Man with Black Eyelashes, and regretting that he has no photograph to accompany it.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20372]
KEOWN, Eric Oliver Dilworth (1904-1963). Writer; on the staff of
Punch.
Autograph Letter Signed to the artist [Eric] Hubbard, 2 pages 8vo (oblong; note of identification typed at the head), 34 Well Walk, Hampstead, 20 April 1937. Promising to try to get Hubbard's notice into the next issue of
Punch, though it may not be possible due to the enormous number of similar requests.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20426]
KER, William Paton (1855-1923). Scholar & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss [?May] Morris, 2 pages 8vo, Witton Le Wear, Co Durham, 8 August 1910. Expressing continuing confidence in an article he had written for
Chambers Encyclopedia .
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20677]
KERNAHAN, Coulson (1858-1943). Writer & literary advisor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Macfall, 1 page 8vo, Fawndene, West Hill, Hastings, no date (traces of former mounting on the reverse). Returning a form (no longer present), duly signed ('on public grounds as well as personal'), as urged upon him by Spurgeon.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20678]
KERNAHAN, Coulson (1858-1943). Writer & literary advisor.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Lord Grey, 1½ pages 4to (some browning at the edges) with autograph additions, Hastings, 31 May no year. Sending a book of his work containing
Sky-Islands which he thinks his Lordship might appreciate.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20679]
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KEY, Thomas Hewitt (1799-1875). Latin scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to J M Ludlow, 1½ pages 8vo (corner cut from the top left-hand with no loss of text), 48 Camden Street, 7 December 1863. Sending back one book as he already has a copy, but retaining Todhunter's
Euclid, which he thinks may be substituted for the book the mathematics masters currently use.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20685]
KIDD, Benjamin (1858-1916). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Snow, 1½ pages 8vo (slightly soiled, small tear in one margin), Westgate, Croham Road, South Croydon, 17 December 1897. Thanking Snow for sending Lewis' poetry ('It is wonderfully good for so early an attempt - and deep if the idea is entirely his own').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20689]
KILPATRICK, Florence Antoinette (d. 1968). Novelist & playwright.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs E Woodford, 1 page 4to with envelope, Croft House, Strawberry Hill, 2 February 1929. Thanking her for appreciating the humour in her writing ('Why do writers so persistently declare that women have no sense of humour') and agreeing that she hopes her play will be taken to the West End.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20691]
KING, Cecil Harmsworth (1901-1987). Newspaper man.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed corresondent, 2 pages 8vo (soiled and creased), 109 Cheyne Walk, 10 May no year. Outlining his area of book and manuscript collecting.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20692]
KING-HALL, (William) Stephen (Richard) (1893-1966). Writer & broadcaster.
Typewritten Letter Signed to A Barratt Brown at Macmillan Publishers, 1 page 8vo, 18 Henrietta Street, London, 27 June 1935. A thank-you letter for a book which he expects to study over the weekend with a view to reporting on it the following Monday.
£22 / $44 / €33 [No: 20921]
KINGLAKE, Alexander William (1809-1891). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Captain Price, 3½ pages 16mo, 12 St James's Place, 18 November 1869. An interesting and thoughtful letter discussing 'the predicament of Austria'.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20922]
KINGSFORD, Charles Lethbridge (1862-1926). Historian & topographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wylie, 2 pages 8vo, 13 Brunswick Gardens, Campden Hill, 1 June no year. An acerbic reply to Wylie's article in the
Athenaeum ('you have laid your last egg in a mare's nest & it is addled at that').
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20925]
KINROSS, Albert (1870-1929). Author & journalist.
Letter Signed in blue pencil, to Chesson, 1 page 8vo, on writing-paper of
The Outlook, 8 August 1898. Apologising for having bothered Chesson to no purpose, as the regular critic has now turned up and is prepared to cover the play.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20930]
KITCHINER, William (1775?-1827). Miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed corrrespondent, 1 page 8vo (fragment missing from the margin, partially obscuring one word), no place, 5 September 1823. Explaining that he has postponed the publication he had shown his correspondent in order to 'proceed with other things'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20935]
KITCHINER, William (1775?-1827). Miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, Warren Street, 8 June 1825. Declining an invitation.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20934]
KNIGHT, Joseph (1829-1907). Drama critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Skirrow, 2 pages 8vo, 27 Camden Square, 2 January 1885. An effusive letter of thanks for her kindness ('You are ... the most hospitable the most thoughtful and in every way the dearest person in existence').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20949]
KNIGHT, Professor William Angus (1836-1916). Professor of moral philosophy & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2¼ pages 8vo, University of St Andrews, 1 January 1894. Agreeing to lecture to the London Institution and apologising for the delay in replying.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20951]
KNIGHT, Professor William Angus (1836-1916). Professor of moral philosophy & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd R Wilkins Rees, 3¼ pages 8vo with envelope, Malvern, 29 July 1906. Praising Rees's booklet on Ruskin, but excusing himself from complying with Rees's other requests on the grounds of pressure of work.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20952]
KNOX, Collie (d. 1977). Author & journalist.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to Sir Stephen [?Tallents], in all 5½ pages 8vo, on writing-paper of the Junior Naval & Military Club, 19 February and 30 April 1936. Discussing how best to inform and attract the press for the good of broadcasting.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 20966]
KNOWLES, Sir James Thomas (1831-1908). Founder & editor of 'The Nineteenth Century' & architect.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir F C Burnand, 1 page 8vo, Queen Anne's Lodge, St James's Park, 1 September 1903. Apologising for the misunderstanding about an application to Arthur Balfour for help for Phil May's widow, and gladly subscribing to the private fund.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20964]
KNOWLES, Sir James Thomas (1831-1908). Founder and editor of 'The Nineteenth Century', and architect.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Philip Oakley, 1 page 8vo, on writing-paper of 'The Nineteenth Century', 12 October 1900. Regretting that he is unable to use Mr Howell's article on the progress of the Australian Colonies.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20963]
KNOX, Edmund George Valpy (1881-1971). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3½ pages 8vo, 34 Well Walk, Hampstead, no date. Claiming that the hymn that affected him most in childhood was the one ending 'Little drops of water little grains of sand', and delivering a timely lecture on the use of the comma.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20969]
KNOX, Edmund George Valpy (1881-1971). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Rachel, 2 pages 8vo (uneven right-hand margin), as from Yew Tree House, Effingham, Surrey, 12 April 1929. An amusing thank-you letter for chocolates ('We are trying to play golf here - in a blizzard').
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20968]
KOCH, Ludwig (1891-1974). Author & broadcaster.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Montague Ashford, 1 page 4to, Bird Cottage, South Harrow, Middlesex, 29 November 1961. Somewhat disconnected paragraphs agree to send a signed photograph, discuss a lost recording of a myna bird, tell of a friendship with Joachim and report relatives in Switzerland.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 20980]
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LABICHE, Eugène Marin (1815-1888). French playwright.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to an unnamed correspondent ('Mon cher ami'), 1 page 8vo, Sologne, 19 February 1879. Telling of the destruction done by a recent hurricane.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20987]
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LAFFAN, Bertha Jane (d. 1912). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr Editor', 1 pages 8vo, Dorking Deanery, Braintree, 17 October 1906. Describing her whereabouts ('one of the most beautiful country houses in Essex') and remarking on a complimentary letter she has had from Ellen Terry.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 20999]
LAING, David (1793-1878). Scottish antiquary.
Autograph calculations signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 22 September 1865. Showing the measurement 'of the Garden Ground and house in Coalsnaughton for Mr Drysdale', calculating it as '27 Falls 1 Ell Scotch which is nearly 33-3/4 Imperial'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21002]
LAING, Malcolm (1762-1819). Scottish historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed correspondents ('Gentlemen'), ½-page 4to (traces of former mounting, slightly soiled, note of identification), Rushwell, 22 May no year. Asking the Alexanders to bring further items to him.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 21001]
LAMARTINE, Alphonse (1790-1869). French poet.
Fragment of Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page 8vo (laid down)
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 0496]
LAMB, George (1784-1834). Politician & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Ellice, 1 page 8vo, Home Office, 13 March 1832. Explaining that the Home Office has no part in the appointment, as the governorship of Sicily is a military commission.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21005]
LANCASTER, Henry Hill (1829-1875). Essayist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting) on embossed writing paper of the Advocates Library, Edinburgh, as from 22 Albany Street, 21 December 1861. Thanking his correspondent for information sent and asking the price for advertising the lecture.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21018]
LANCASTER, William Joseph Cosins (1851-1922). Maritime engineer & author of sea stories as Henry Collingwood.
Autograph Letter Signed to Friar Leighton, 1 page 8vo, The Kraal, West Norwood, 28 April 1905. Sending a cheque for 10/6 in reponse to 'Friar Carruthers Gould's Circular re Testimonial to Friar Arthur Spurgeon'.
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21020]
LANE, Edward William (1801-1876). Arabic scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to A A Paton, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting on the back), no place, no date. Gladly offering to lend a book.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21032]
LANE, John (1854-1925). Publisher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Blackley, 2½ pages 8vo on elaborately-headed writing paper of The Bodley Head, as from 14 Eaton Place, Brighton, 26 December 1910. Thanking him for approving Lane's asking Mrs Blake and Tommy Walpole to read his copy of "The Woman of Fashion".
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21034]
LANE, John (1854-1925). Publisher.
Typewritten Letter Signed to the author S[tewart] M[arsh] Ellis, 1 page 4to, The Bodley Head, Vigo Street, 14 October 1915. Offering a delayed invitation ('we have domestic troubles, partly illness and partly servants') and offering the have his account made up and sent.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21035]
LANFREY, Pierre Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pages 8vo (repaired), 6 March 1870
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 0500]
LANFREY, Pierre (1828-1877). French historian & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to an unnamed woman ('Madame'), 2½ pages 8vo, 22 rue Chaptal, 6 March 1870. Reminiscing about his friend Schiffer, whose memory and sterling qualities were so well evoked by his recipient's book.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21038]
LANGFORD, John Alfred (1823-1903). Antiquary & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Hutchinson, 1 page 8vo, Birmingham, 13 April 1891. Thanking Hutchinson for praising his work, and commending Hutchinson's 'fragment on Shelley' in return.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21043]
LANGFORD, John Alfred (1823-1903). Antiquary & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down), Edward Street, Birmingham, 4 November 1850. Complying with his correspondent's request.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21042]
LANE-POOLE, Stanley Edward (1854-1931). Orientalist & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Gower, 3 Newnham Road, Bedford, 27 December 1895. Thanking Gower for sending three 'most valuable & interesting Addresses' and for introducing 'that phenomenal typist Mr F.W. Read'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21037]
LATEY, John (1842-1902). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edmund Routledge, 2 facing pages 8vo on writing paper of the
Penny Illustrated Paper, 4 November 1896. Diffidently requesting enclosure in Routledge's
Men of the Time, and enclosing particulars (no longer present).
£35 / $70 / €52 [No: 21063]
LATEY, John (1842-1902). Journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Pender Cudlip, 1 page 8vo on writing paper of the
Illustrated London News, 23 July 1872. Asking her to supply a page-long 'tale' for the Christmas number.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21062]
LAUDER, Sir Thomas Dick (1784-1848). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, laid down on an album leaf (his name incorrectly spelled), 24 April 1837. Assuring his correspondent that he has forwarded Dr Gavin's letter to Sir James MacGregor.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21133]
LAVER, James (1899-1975). Fashion expert, author, broadcaster & museum keeper.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Harold Mortlake, 1 page 4to on writing paper of the Victoria & Albert Museum, 27 February 1934. Thanking Mortlake for bringing his attention to the photographic reproductions of Matisse designs and regretting that he cannot interest the Library in purchasing them.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21139]
LAW, Ernest (1854-1930). Author & art collector.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, 5 Tite Street, Chelsea, 2 February 1923. Insisting that the portrait of the Prince of Orange at Hampton Court is not a copy or replica of the 'so-called Van Dyck in the Hermitage collection at St Petersburgh'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21140]
LAW, Thomas, of Washington (1759-1834). Author & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Clay at 'The House', 1½ pages 4to (repaired folds, other tears) with integral address-leaf, no date. Regretting that a bout of Talbother's fever prevents his attending the celebratory dinner and drawing a diagram to illustrate how much space is required by a growing population.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 21629]
LAWLEY, Francis (1825-1901). Sportsman & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Fergusson, 3 pages 8vo, 75 Victoria Street, 25 June 1874. Relating a story about Edmund Kean and an obscure actor.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21142]
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LAWRENCE, C.E. (1870-1940). Writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to The Authors Syndicate, 1 page 8vo, received stamp, 50 Albemarle Street, 7 August 1903. Returning the preface to a Havelock Ellis book.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21144]
LAWRENCE, George Alfred (1827-1876). Author of 'Guy Livingstone'.
Autograph Letter Signed to Warburton, 1 page 8vo, Torbay & South Devon Club, Torquay. no date. Making an appointment.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21145]
LAWSON, Sir Edward Levy-, Baron Burnham (1833-1916). Newspaper proprietor.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, 12 Berkeley Square, 'May 1895'. Inviting his correspondent to attend the annual dinner of the Royal General Theatrical Fund, which he is to chair; failing which he hopes for a donation.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21150]
LAWTON, George (1779-1869). Antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to Plant, 1 page 8vo, Pavillion, Hans Place, London, 25 November 1843. Asking for the return of a portrait to Sir Francis and Lady Shackburgh.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21156]
LAYARD, George Somes (1857-1925). Author & reviewer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Fergusson, 1½ pages 8vo, Bulls Cliff, Felixstowe, 24 November 1906. Thanking her for a volume of letters and adding that 'Shirley Brooks constantly speaks of your family in his diaries with the greatest affection'.
£32 / $64 / €48 [No: 21210]
LAZARUS, Moritz (1824-1903)
Autograph Letter Signed to [Miss Wirth], 1 page 8vo (laid down), Berlin, 14 May 1883 Explaining that as he has no photograph, not any time to sit for one, he sends her a card which he hopes will be an appropriate substitute. With a full translation.
£38 / $76 / €57 [No: 0515]
LEATHAM, William Henry (1815-1889). Verse-writer & member of parliament.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, as from The Palace Hotel, Edinburgh, 18 June 1873. Admittin