Recently catalogued, letters, autographs, documents, manuscripts

Recently catalogued, letters, autographs, documents, manuscripts
This is a list of particularly fine items or collections. The thumbnail pictures provide links to longer descriptions.

ARNOLD, Matthew (1822-1888). Poet and critic.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to Miss Phipson, in all 6 pages 8vo, 38 Eaton Place, 22 and 24 January 855.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25723]

BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871). Mathematician and computer pioneer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Sir'), 1½ pages 4to, Dorset Street, Manchester Square, 7 June 1858.

£1250 / $1912 / €1474 [No: 25574]

BADEN-POWELL, Sir Robert, 1st Baron (1857-1941). Founder of the Boy Scout movement.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to with blank leaf, Office of the Inspector General of Cavalry (embossed crest), War Office, Whitehall, 18 July 1903.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 24977]

BENTHAM, Jeremy (1748-1832). Philosopher and reformer.
Letter Signed with autograph postscript to Joseph Parkes, 2 pages 4to, Q[ueen] S[quare] P[lace], 31 March 1825.

£1250 / $1912 / €1474 [No: 25497]

BRADBURY, John (1768-1825). Botanist and explorer of America.
Highly important Autograph Letter Signed to (Sir) James E. Smith (1759-1828, founder of the Linnean Society), 3 pages 4to with address (name only), St Louis, 22 August 1811.

£2750 / $4207 / €3244 [No: 23352]

BRIGHT, Richard (1789-1858). Physician.
Small archive including an Autograph Letter Signed to his father, 3 pages 4to (stain at head of first page), 11 Savile Row, 9-10 January 1835.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25428]

BRUNEL, Sir Marc Isambard (1769-1849). Engineer.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to Messrs Dineley, Coverdale & Lee, 2 pages 4to with address-leaves, Thames Tunnel, November and December 1836.

£575 / $879 / €678 [No: 25232]

BYNG, John (1704-1757). Admiral. Executed on the quarter-deck of the 'Monarque'.
Document Signed ('J Byng'), ½-page folio (a little tattered in the left hand margin, laid down), Port Mahon [Minorca], 5 February 1734/5.

£1350 / $2065 / €1592 [No: 25549]

CARLYLE, Thomas (1795-1881). Essayist and historian.
Letter Signed ('T. Carlyle' in blue pencil, the text secretarial), 1½ pages 8vo on black-edged paper (second leaf irregularly torn away), 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 20 January 1873.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 24778]

CAROLINE, Queen (1768-1821). Consort of George IV.
Autograph Letter Signed as Princess of Wales ('Caroline Princess de Galles'), in her appoximate French, to Professor Tamassini, 3 pae 4to, [Pesaro], 21 August 1818.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 24791]

CHARLES I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Letter Signed (a fine signature 'Charles R' at the head) to Thomas Hope of Craighall (1573-1646), 1 page folio with endorsed second leaf, Oatlands, 9 September 1638.

£3250 / $4972 / €3834 [No: 25667]

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965).
Early Autograph Letter Signed to B[ernard] Holland ('Private'), 1 page 8vo, heading indistinct, 17 April 1906.

£2500 / $3825 / €2949 [No: 24805]

CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965).
A group of nine informal photographs of Churchill from the papers of Sir William Deakin (1913-2005), Churchill's literary assistant and close friend.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25590]

CONRAD, Joseph (1857-1924). Writer and master mariner.
Autograph stanza signed ('J. Conrad'), 1 page small 4to, dated 1911, in an autograph album of 142 numbered pages with unrelated sketches, quotations, etc.

£1850 / $2830 / €2183 [No: 25469]

DAVY, Sir Humphry (1778-1829). Chemist and natural philosopher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Babington (probably William Babington (1756-1833, physician and mineralogist), 2 pages 8vo with address-leaf (name only), 16? October no year.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 23379]

DISRAELI, Benjamin, earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881). Prime minister and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed ('D') headed 'private' to E[dward] Harper, 4 pages 8vo (some stains, one old repair), Grosvenor Gate, 28 March 1851.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25707]

DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898). 'Lewis Carroll'.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rivington, probably of the family of publishers, 1 page 8vo (perhaps slightly trimmed at the top, laid down on an album leaf), no place, no date.

£1250 / $1912 / €1474 [No: 22496]

DOUGLAS, Lord Alfred Bruce (1870-1945). Poet and biographer. Friend of Oscar Wilde.
Series of three Autograph Letters Signed to Mr Orme, 5 pages 8vo and 4to (a little worn), St Anne's Court, Hove, and the Shelleys Hotel, Lewes, 1937 and 1938.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25025]

DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Creator of Sherlock Holmes.
Series of Three Autograph Letters Signed to Lilian Walbrook, 3 pages small 4to, January and February [1923], with a further secretarial letter, 2 December 1922.

£1850 / $2830 / €2183 [No: 25704]

DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930). Creator of Sherlock Holmes.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Geoffrey] Hodson (1886-1983), 1 page small 4to, Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex, 22 February no year.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25782]

EDWARD VIII (1894-1972). King of Great Britain and Ireland etc. Abdicated in 1936.
Long Autograph Letter Signed ('Edward P.') to 'My dear Tommy', 6 pages small 4to (slight splits at the folds), Craigmyle, Sunningdale, 'Sunday', no date.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25035]

ELIZABETH I (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland.
Fine Letter Signed and subscribed to the archbishop of Cologne, in French, 1 page folio with integral address-leaf, Greenwich, 13 March 1586/7.

£28500 / $43605 / €33630 [No: 25576]

ELIZABETH II (b.1926). Queen of England.
Christmas Card for 1956, signed by The Queen and Prince Philip (slight signs of mounting on the reverse only.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 24248]

FLEMING, Alexander (1881-1955). Bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Alexander Fleming') to [A. Brockhurst] ('Dear Sir'), 1 page small 4to on blue writing-paper of the Connemara Hotel, Madras, 26 February 1953.

£1250 / $1912 / €1474 [No: 25627]

FLINT, Sir William Russell (1880-1969). Painter and illustrator.
Series of 27 Autograph Letters Signed, in his 'swishy handwriting' to the songwriter and composer Vivian Ellis and his sister Hermione, 36 pages 4to & oblong 8vo.

£2250 / $3442 / €2655 [No: 25506]

FOX, Charles James (1749-1806). Politician.
Autograph Manuscript of two poems in Italian, 3 pages 8vo, signed by Fox ('C.J. Fox') at the head of each. Remains of old mount on blank (fourth) side.

£850 / $1300 / €1002 [No: 25518]

GEORGE III (1738-1820). King of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Document Signed (three times), 13 pages large folio (470 x 270 mm. (18½ x 10½ inches), given at St James's, 28 February 1786.

£1500 / $2295 / €1769 [No: 25753]

GILBERT, Sir William Schwenck (1836-1911). Dramatist and collaborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Cowan, 2 facing pages 8vo (some foxing and light soiling), 19 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, 14 July 1884.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 25395]

GREVILLE, Fulke (1554-1628). Courtier, poet and author.
Document Signed, 1 page small folio (with integral second leaf bearing endorsements, two large brown stains), 17 February 1619/20. Bound in half-leather, gilt.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 24195]

HENRIETTA MARIA (1609-1669). Queen of Charles I.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Henriette Marie') in French, to Henry Rich, Lord Holland, her High Steward, 1 page 4to (one small hole), with address-leaf bearing two wax seals, no place, no date.

£1650 / $2524 / €1946 [No: 25626]

HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871). Astronomer.
Small collection by or relating to Herschel and his family, 1 volume 4to and loose, ca 1809 to 1870.

£2250 / $3442 / €2655 [No: 22845]

JAMES I (1566-1625). King of England, Scotland (as James VI) and Ireland.
Letter Signed ('James R' at the head) to Alexander Seton (1556-1622), lord chancellor of Scotland, 1 page folio with address-leaf, Theobalds, 12 November 1618.

£2500 / $3825 / €2949 [No: 25695]

JAMES I (1566-1625). King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Letter Signed as James VI of Scotland ('James R' at the foot) to [George Keith, fourth] Earl Marischal, 1 page folio, Holyroodhouse, 28 December 1599.

£2250 / $3442 / €2655 [No: 25605]

JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.
Good Autograph Letter Signed to [Logan] Pearsall Smith (1865-1946, literary scholar), 1 page 4to with sketches in the margin, Munstead Wood, 8 July 1926.

£825 / $1262 / €973 [No: 21748]

JOHN, Augustus (1878-1961). Artist.
Three Autograph Letters Signed to Alastair Forbes, each of one page small 4to with envelopes, October 1948 to July 1949.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25104]

LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph, Marquis de (1757-1834). French statesman and officer.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Lafayette') to Mr Charolais in Clermont-Ferrand, 1 page 4to with integral address-leaf, Paris, 9 March 1826 [April added in another hand].

£1750 / $2677 / €2065 [No: 24790]

LAUD, William (1573-1645). Archbishop of Canterbury. Executed for treason.
Document Signed ('Guil: Londin:'), 1 page large folio with address-leaf (slightly soiled and rubbed but in generally fine condition), Whitehall, 12 October 1632.

£3250 / $4972 / €3834 [No: 25239]

LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Artist and nonsense poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Sir John] Simeon, 4 pages 8vo, on his writing paper c/o Mr. R.J. Bush, 32 Charing Cross, as from Maison Guichard, Cannes, 26 December 1869.

£1250 / $1912 / €1474 [No: 25142]

LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Artist and nonsense poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo with integral blank, 8 Duchess Street, Portland Place, 25 June 1877.

£1150 / $1759 / €1357 [No: 24055]

LEAR, Edward (1812-1888). Artist and nonsense poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry [Holland (1788-1873, physician)], 2 pages 8vo, 15 Stratford Place, oxford Street, 13 May 1865.

£950 / $1453 / €1121 [No: 25223]

LIND, Jenny (1820-1887). Swedish soprano.
Attractive Autograph Music Quotation Signed of four bars headed 'Swedish Polska' and 'In kind Remembrance, dated July 1863, 80 x 90 mm. (3¼ x 3½ inches) on decorative paper.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 22926]

LISTER, Joseph (1827-1912). Surgeon. Founder of antiseptic surgery.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Archibald, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper with blank leaf, 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place, 1 April 1898.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 24563]

LISTER, Joseph (1827-1912). Surgeon. Founder of antiseptic surgery.
Autograph testimonial for William Weir, 1 page 8vo with blank leaf (somewhat soiled), 'Stratford, London E' (on writing paper of Upton House), 10 September 1864.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 24762]

LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). African missionary & explorer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent 2 pages 8vo (mounted by the blank leaf on an album leaf), 50 Albemarle Street [the home and offices of John Murray], 2 December 1857.

£2250 / $3442 / €2655 [No: 25367]

LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). African missionary & explorer.
Autograph envelope, signed 'Dr Livingstone' in the lower left hand corner, addressed to The Under Secretary for War, postmarked 9 August 1865.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25441]

LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). Poet.
Autograph Letter Signed [to Fredrick Cozzen] ('My dear Sir'), 3½ pages 8vo (laid down by the lower half of the last page), Cambridge [Massachusetts], 10 November 1855.

£525 / $803 / €619 [No: 25224]

LUCAN, George Charles Bingham, Earl of (1800-1888). Field Marshal.
Correspondence between Lucan and his estate manager for Sutton Hall in Macclesfield, William Brocklehurst with additional estate papers.

£1500 / $2295 / €1769 [No: 7380]

MARCONI, Guglielmo (1874-1937). Pioneer of radio.
Autograph radio telegram signed ('Guglielmo' plus initials) sent from his yacht Electra to his wife, 1 page folio (oblong) 13 October 1934.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 22823]

MARIE LOUISE (1791-1847). Empress of the French. Second wife of Napoleon I.
Attractive Document Signed, 1 page large folio (oblong, slight soiling in the margins) on vellum with decorative border, Palais des Tuileries, 15 December 1811.

£850 / $1300 / €1002 [No: 25162]

MARLBOROUGH, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (1650-1722).
Autograph Letter Signed in French [to Charles III, King of Spain, later Emperor Charles VI], 2 pages 4to with integral blank, The Hague, 24 April 1709.

£1350 / $2065 / €1592 [No: 25268]

MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912). Composer.
Large music manuscript, a page of the full score of his opera Bacchus on 22 staves with a pasted-on strip.

£850 / $1300 / €1002 [No: 22251]

MEDIEVAL DOCUMENT - 13th century
Grant by William Bate de Goldale to Ra[?dulphus] Fomorie of one selion (small strip) of land in Lundcroft [near Pollington, Yorkshire].

£525 / $803 / €619 [No: 25628]

MILL, John Stuart (1806-1873). Philosopher and political economist.
Autograph Letter Signed to M[ichael] D[avenport] Hill (1792-1872, penal reformer), 1 page 8vo on embossed monogrammed writing paper (glue-stained), Blackheath Park, 1 March 1867.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25662]

MONTGOMERY, James & MONTGOMERY, Robert (1771-1854) and (1807-1855). Poets.
Collection of 15 Autograph Letters Signed, 1 Letter Signed and 2 poems (1 partial) of James, 1792-1853 and 12 Autograph Letters Signed and one partial autograph poem from Robert, 1830-1853.

£2500 / $3825 / €2949 [No: 23046]

[NAPOLEON I] (1769-1821). Emperor of the French.
Autograph Letter Signed to Napoleon from his stepson 'Votre Respectueux et tendre fils et fidel sujet / Eugene Napoléon', 1 page folio, Monza, 18 July 1807.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 21200]

NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Vice-admiral.
Autograph Letter Signed (with the left hand, signed 'Nelson & Bronte') to captain Sir Edward [Berry], 1 page 4to (old repair to split in centre fold), Merton, 8 June 1802.

£7500 / $11475 / €8850 [No: 25490]

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Reformer of nursing.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent [?Sir Henry Storks], 1½ pages 4to with integral blank, 22 Albemarle Street, 9 February 1856.

£1250 / $1912 / €1474 [No: 25471]

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Reformer of nursing.
Autograph Letter Signed to Alex[ander] H[ay] Japp (1836-1905, author & publisher), 1 page 8vo (oblong, very small fragment lacking at the top), 35 South Street, 16 May 1878.

£850 / $1300 / €1002 [No: 25167]

NIGHTINGALE, Florence (1820-1910). Reformer of nursing.
Early Autograph Letter Signed to her Aunt Jenny, 6 pages 8vo on one bifolum and a leaf torn from another (possibly incomplete at the join), 'Sat'y night', 22 July [1843].

£850 / $1300 / €1002 [No: 25591]

PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Diarist.
Letter Signed to Colonel Robert Whiteley 'at the Citty of West Chester', 1 page folio with full address-leaf with seal and postal cancellation, Navy Office, 20 May 1672.

£2250 / $3442 / €2655 [No: 25214]

PRIVY COUNCIL Privy Council of Elizabeth I
Letter Signed by the Privy Council, addressed to Thomas Sackville, Baron Buckhurst [later 1st earl of Dorset], 1 page folio with address-leaf, Whitehall, 20 January 1601/2.

£3250 / $4972 / €3834 [No: 25699]

PUCCINI, Giacomo (1858-1924). Italian opera-composer.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Giacomo') to Riccardo [?Schnabl], 2 facing pages small 4to, Hotel Quirinal, Rome, no date.

£850 / $1300 / €1002 [No: 25244]

RACHMANINOFF, Sergei (1873-1943). Russian composer and pianist.
Signed photograph with his wife who also signs, 280 x 300mm (11 x 12 inches) including mount (the corners a little rubbed), 1938.

£1350 / $2065 / €1592 [No: 24538]

ROWLING, J.K. [Joanne] (b. 1965). Novelist.
Very fine Autograph Letter Signed ('Newt Scamander / a.k.a. J K Rowling') to Howard Brayton, 1 page A4 ('By Owl Post') no date, received 29 May 2001 (endorsed in pencil).

£4250 / $6502 / €5015 [No: 25507]

SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832). Novelist & poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Madam'), 1 page 8vo, Edinburgh, 21 December 1821.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 25248]

SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922). Explorer.
Letter Signed with autograph subscription to [Charles] Buchel (Karl August Büchel, 1872-1950, artist), 1 page 8vo Marlborough Club, Pall Mall, 25 November 1919.

£1100 / $1683 / €1298 [No: 25461]

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Playwright.
Fine series of nine letters to Herbert Marshall, 19 July 1940 to 14 January 1948.

£5000 / $7650 / €5899 [No: 25483]

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

£1850 / $2830 / €2183 [No: 24678]

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Playwright.
Autograph Letter Signed ('G. Bernard Shaw'), to Sir Henry [unidentified], 1 page 8vo (oblong), 10 Adelphi Terrace, 22 January 1907.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25254]

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Playwright.
Typical Typewritten Letter Signed ('G.Bernard Shaw') to Mrs Ivor Daniels, characterised by a postscript of greater length than the letter itself, 1 page 4to, no place, no date.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25255]

SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891). American general.
Lengthy Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Julia K. Fish, 4 pages 8vo, Headquarters, Army of the United States, Washington, 11 July 1870.

£625 / $956 / €737 [No: 24302]

STAEL, Madame Germaine de (1766-1817). French writer.
Autograph Letter (unsigned) to Lady Charlotte Campbell at Mrs Deamer's in Upper Brook Street, 1 page 8vo with address-leaf bearing postmarks, [London], 28 June 1813.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 24937]

STAMPA, George L. (1875-1951). Cartoonist.
Amusing series of 7 Autograph Letters Signed, 5 of them illustrated, 5 to Newall and 2 to Mrs Newall, 10 Hodford Road, Child's Hill and Shaftesbury House, Cheadle Hulme,

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 24080]

STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Colliery and railway engineer.
Fine long Letter Signed to Inge, 10 pages 8vo on three separate sheets (small pin-holes at the head of each), Tapton House, 24 December 1845.

£1850 / $2830 / €2183 [No: 25603]

STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Civil engineer. Founder of railways.
Letter Signed ('Geo. Stephenson') to John Ellis, 2 pages 8vo (the signature running on to the third side), Tapton House, 10 July 1848.

£1500 / $2295 / €1769 [No: 22574]

SULLIVAN, Sir Arthur (1842-1900). Composer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Moore, 1 page 8vo (blank leaf removed), 1 Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street, 'Saturday', no date.

£525 / $803 / €619 [No: 23452]

TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). Poet Laureate.
Autograph Letter Signed to [the Revd John Richard Vernon], 1 page 8vo with blank leaf, Farringford, Freshwater, 18 April 1870.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25260]

VERDI, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Italian operatic composer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Giovanni Maloberti, 1 page 8vo with the envelope laid down on the otherwise blank second leaf, 'Sabato', postmarked 20 October 1875 (a Sunday).

£2250 / $3442 / €2655 [No: 25593]

VICTORIA (1819-1901). Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Queen Victoria, by Lytton Strachey, first edition 1921, with letters of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert pasted to the endpapers.

£1100 / $1683 / €1298 [No: 25499]

VISCONTI, Ludovico (1791-1853). Architect of Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides.
Six Autograph Letters Signed (one unsigned) to a variety of correspondents, 8 pages 8vo and 4to, integral blanks, Paris and Melun, 5 October 1829 to 7 April 1853.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25402]

WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852). American lawyer and statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Signed Photograph Lyman Esq.', 1 page 4to on blue paper with blank leaf, 'Jan 5' [in another hand 'Washington' and '1842'].

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25368]

WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, duke of (1769-1852).
Autograph Letter Signed ('Wellington') to Mrs [illegible] at Farley Hall, Reading, 2 pages 8vo with integral blank leaf, Stratfield Saye, 14 December 1838.

£650 / $994 / €766 [No: 25548]

WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, duke of (1769-1852).
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, London, 30 April 1844.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 24867]

WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903). American painter and etcher.
Autograph Letter Signed, signed with his butterly device, to 'My dear Simpson', 2 sides of a correspondence-card, 21 Cheyne Walk, no date.

£750 / $1147 / €884 [No: 25291]

WOOD, Sir (Henry) Evelyn, VC (1838-1919). Army officer.
Group of sixteen letters, mostly autograph, to various correspondents, ca 1869 to 1911 where dated

£1150 / $1759 / €1357 [No: 25271]

WORLD WAR I - Royal Air force
The Pilot's Flying Log Book of Lieutenant G[eorge] Adrian Binning, August 1918 to February 1919, 46 pages, rather worn, with related material.

£550 / $841 / €649 [No: 25456]

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