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BADER, Sir Douglas Robert Steuart (1910-1982). Royal Air Force Officer.2 Typewritten Letters Signed to Geoffrey Powell, London, 2 pages 4to (a few chips, glue-stains to reverse of one letter), 11 November 1975 and 12 April 1978. £285 / $367 / €324 [No: 26495] |
BARRETT, Wilson (1846-1904). Actor and dramatist.Fourteen Autograph Letters Signed to various correspondents, in all 18½ pages 8vo, from the Royal Princess and New Olympic Theatres, a number of hotels etc., 1882-1903 where dated £285 / $367 / €324 [No: 26634] |
BEHR, Fritz Bernhard (1842-1927). Railway engineer.Series of nine letters (7 Letters Signed and 2 Typewritten Letters Signed) to Sir Henry Truman Wood at the Society of Arts, 10 Pages 8vo, 5 Queen Anne's Gate, February to November 1901. £375 / $483 / €427 [No: 25940] |
BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869). French composer.Autograph Letter Signed to Emile Deschamps, poet and author of the libretto of Roméo et Juliette, 1 page 8vo, Friday evening [27 October 1848]. £850 / $1096 / €969 [No: 26746] |
BOOTH, William, 'General' (1829-1912). Founder of the Salvation Army.Postcard-sized photograph showing Booth in Salvation Army cap and heavy coat, at half length, signed in purple ink at the foot. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 26030] |
BRUNEL, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859). Civil engineer.Cheque signed ('I.K. Brunel') and partially complete by him, in favour of C.A. Saunders, for £58 2s. 6d., on Messrs Drummonds, London 3 November 1835. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 26756] |
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 / $709 / €627 [No: 24778] |
COACHMAKING Collection of 5 letters relating to coaches and coachmaking, including Autograph Letter Signed from Elizabeth Fox (1750-1842), 1½ pages 4to, St Anne's Hill, 12 January 1810. £325 / $419 / €370 [No: 26505] |
COX, David (1783-1859). Landscape painter.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Spiers, 3 pages 8vo, Greenfield [House], Harbourne, 26 December 1851. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 26411] |
CUMBERLAND, Richard (1732-1811). Playwright and novelist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 2 pages 4to (small splits and one tear professionally repaired), Tetworth, 9 August no year (ca 1794). £550 / $709 / €627 [No: 26310] |
CUVIER, Baron Georges (1769-1832). French naturalist.Diploma of bachelor of letters, signed 'B.G. Cuvier' in ink, 1 page large folio (310 x 405 mm., 12 x 16 inches) with papered seal, Paris 2 October 1824. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 25833] |
DANA, Richard Henry, senior (1787-1879). American poet, critic and lawyer.Autograph Letter Signed to James Grant Wilson (1832-1914, editor and author and civil war general), 1 page 8vo in a shaky hand, Boston, 27 November 1872. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 25647] |
DEWAR, Sir James (1842-1923). Scientist. The inventor of cordite.Three Autograph Letters Signed to Myers, 6 pages 8vo, Cambridge and the Royal Institution (2), 1889 and 1890. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 26589] |
D'ORSAY, Count Alfred (1801-1852). French artist & dandy.Autograph Letter Signed in English to Dr Pasquier, 4 pages 8vo (opaque mounting tape adhering to the final page, note of identification at the head), no place, 11 January 1851. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 24858] |
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. £750 / $967 / €855 [No: 25518] |
FOX, Charles James (1749-1806). Politician.Autograph Letter Signed to the Rt. Hon. William B. Ponsonby at Cheltenham, 2 pages 4to with address-leaf with seal and postal cancellations, St Anne's Hill, 30 September [1805]. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 25888] |
FREDERICK II, The Great (1712-1786). King of Prussia.Document Signed (hastily written 'Guht / Frederich'), 1 page folio with countersignature of Samuel von Marschall in the bottom right and the date, 12 May 1742. £750 / $967 / €855 [No: 26417] |
GALLICO, Paul William (1897-1976). American novelist, short story & sports writer.Autograph Letter Signed and 4 Typewritten Letters Signed ('Paul' and 'Paul Gallico'), in all 4½ pages 4to with 3 envelopes, Antibes, 1972-1975, together with 3 Autograph Letters Signed of his third wife, Virginia. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 25133] |
GEORGE II (1683-1760). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Elector of Hanover.Document Signed, 1 page folio (oblong) on vellum with embossed blue revenue stamps (lacking papered seal), given at the court of St James's, 31 October 1733. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 26544] |
GEORGE IV (1762-1830). King of Great Britain and Ireland and king of Hanover.Document Signed as king, 1 page folio on vellum with papered seal, given at Carlton House, 10 January 1822. £425 / $548 / €484 [No: 26188] |
GEORGE VI (1895-1952). King of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions.Charming Autograph Letter Signed ('Albert') to the Sub[-Dean of Windsor], written at the age of 8, 2 pages 8vo in pencil (browned), York Cottage, 15 January 1904. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 26745] |
GÊROME, Jean Léon (1824-1904). French painter.Group of four Autograph Letters Signed, 4 pages 8vo and 16mo, two on headed paper of 65 boulevard de Clichy, Paris, two autograph envelopes, [1858]-1903 where dated £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 25404] |
GOUNOD, Charles François (1818-1893). French composer.Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mon cher Coulon', 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, 1 January 1889. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 25058] |
GREENAWAY, Catherine (Kate) (1846-1901). Artist & creator of childrens' books.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 2 pages 8vo, 11 Pemberton Gardens, Holloway, 12 September 1883. £325 / $419 / €370 [No: 25073] |
GREENAWAY, Catherine (Kate) (1846-1901). Artist & creator of childrens' books.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Norman, 2 pages 8vo (the first a little browned), 39 Frognal, Hampstead, 5 May 1892. £285 / $367 / €324 [No: 24017] |
GREVILLE, Charles Francis (1749-1809). Mineralogist and horticulturist. Emma Hamilton was his mistress.Collection of eight documents relating to Greville's expenses, including two accounts specifically made out to Sir William Hamilton. £550 / $709 / €627 [No: 26759] |
HAGGARD, Sir Henry Rider (1856-1925). Novelist.Autograph Letter Signed to his cousin [Frederick Bazett Doveton], 2 pages 8vo with blank leaf, 24 Redcliffe Square, 23 January 1889. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 25076] |
HOLLAND, Sir Henry, 1st Baronet (1788-1873). Physician and traveller.Autograph Letter Signed to ?Thomas Allom, 2 pages 8vo (address-leaf removed), L[ower] Brook Street, 'Monday', dated in pencil in another hand '1833'. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 26496] |
HOOD, Samuel, first Viscount (1724-1816). Admiral.Autograph Letter Signed ('Hood') to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Madam'), 1 page 4to, Bath, 27 October 1815. £325 / $419 / €370 [No: 26692] |
HUGO, Victor (1802-1885). French novelist and playwright.Autograph Letter Signed ('V.H.'), 1 page 8vo (small stain, traces of mounting on blank leaf), H[auteville] H[ouse] [Guernsey], '29', no date. £750 / $967 / €855 [No: 26576] |
INNES, Ralph Hammond (1913-1998). Novelist.Five Autograph Letters Signed ('Ralph') to Philip and Jeanne Bennett (together or separately), 5 pages small 4to and 2 cards, Ayres End, ca 1989 to 1993. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 25117] |
KEITH, George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount (1746-1823). Admiral.Important Autograph Letter Signed to Sir (William) S[idney] Smith (1764-1840, naval officer), 1 page 4to with address-leaf (name only), ?'Camp', 31 August or 'April' no year. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 24717] |
[KENT, Edward Augustus, Duke of (1767-1820). Father of Queen Victoria.]Series of letters by Prince Edward's long-standing mistress, Thérèse-Bernardine de Saint Laurent, comtesse de Montegenêt, Paris, 1820-1823. £1250 / $1612 / €1425 [No: 25933] |
LEE, Laurie (1914-1997). Novelist and poet.Autograph Letter Signed to [E. Stanley] Jones, 1 page 8vo (oblong), Slad Village, 8 January 1979. Together with an annotated list on a separate sheet. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 26078] |
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. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 22926] |
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 / $677 / €598 [No: 25224] |
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 (not illustrated). £525 / $677 / €598 [No: 22251] |
MEDIEVAL DOCUMENT thirteenth century. Grant with warrant by Alice Faraydone de Goudale of Pollington, Yorkshire, in a fine hand in good condition apart from one small hole. Lacking seal. £375 / $483 / €427 [No: 26697] |
MEDIEVAL DOCUMENT, thirteenth century Quitclaim: attractive document of nine lines in a bold hand, in Latin on vellum, lacking seals, contemporary endorsement and more recent inscription. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 26698] |
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909). Novelist & poet.Autograph Letter Signed to A G Ross, 1 page 8vo, Box Hill, Dorking, 15 February 1888. £385 / $496 / €438 [No: 20611] |
MICHELET, Jules (1798-1874). French historian.Extensive autograph notes, on 2 pages folio and 2 pages 4to (one corner torn away). £325 / $419 / €370 [No: 24326] |
MOORE, Thomas (1779-1852). Poet.Autograph Quotation Signed of four lines by [James] Montgomery, on 1 page 8vo, signed in full 'Thomas Moore', no place, no date. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 25757] |
PAXTON, Sir Joseph (1803-1865). Gardener & architect; deisgner of the Crystal Palace.Autograph Letter Signed to J.E. Bradfield, 1 page 8vo on blue paper with embossed Chatsworth vignette, 10 December 1864. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 25952] |
PEMBROKE, Philip Herbert, 4th earl of (1584-1650). Courtier and politician.Document Signed, ('Pembroke & Montgomery'), on vellum, 164 x 318 mm. (6½ and 12½ inches), 1 June 1637. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 26099] |
PITT, William, the younger (1759-1806). Prime Minister 1783-1801 & 1804-1806.Autograph Letter Signed to G[eorge?] Hammond, 1 page 4to (slightly irregular at left hand margin), Bath, 28 October 1802. £950 / $1225 / €1083 [No: 26227] |
PROCTER, Bryan Waller (1787-1874). Poet and lawyer. 'Barry Cornwall'.Three Autograph Letters Signed ('B.W. Procter') to Laman Blanchard (1820-1889, writer), 5 pages 8vo (one written horizontally) with addresses (delivered by hand), 1839 where dated £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 25514] |
RENNIE, John (1761-1821). Civil engineer.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (slight foxing at the head), Stamford Street [Southwark], 9 September 1813. £325 / $419 / €370 [No: 25953] |
ROBESON, Paul (1898-1976). American actor and singer.Postcard-sized photograph (head and shoulders), 5½ x 3½ inches (135 x 86 mm.), a sepia-toned image, clearly signed in ink in the lower right hand corner, undated. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 26020] |
ROSSETTI, Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe (1783-1854). Father of Dante Gabriel, Christina and Michael Rossetti.Amusing and affectionate Autograph Letter Signed (in Italian) to Bartolommeo Gamba in Venice, 2 pages 8vo with address-leaf, Trieste,20 November 1831. £425 / $548 / €484 [No: 25589] |
SAINT-SAENS, Camille (1835-1921). French pianist, organist and composer.Autograph Letter Signed to a friend, 3 pages 8vo (the second pair conjoint, small holes in the fold, not affecting the text), no date. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 22968] |
SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832). Novelist & poet.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Sir'), 1 page 8vo (small tear in right hand margin and tape stain from old repair), Jermyn Street [London], no date. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 25905] |
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. £425 / $548 / €484 [No: 24302] |
STAEL, Madame Germaine de (1766-1817). French writer.Early Autograph Letter (unsigned), to Monsieur Grand, 1 page 8vo with address-leaf showing slight traces of mounting, 1 October '1786'. £425 / $548 / €484 [No: 24936] |
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, £325 / $419 / €370 [No: 24080] |
STANLEY, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904). Explorer, administrator, author and journalist.Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Alfred Lyall, 2 pages 8vo (facing, small area of damage to lower left hand corner of second leaf), 2 Richmond Terrace, 22 June 1891. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 25379] |
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 / $2386 / €2109 [No: 25603] |
STEPHENSON, Robert (1803-1859). Railway and civil engineer.Letter Signed ('Rob. Stephenson') to Peter Le Neve-Foster, secretary of the Society of Arts, 1 page 4to, 24 Great George Street, 3 July 1858. £450 / $580 / €513 [No: 26612] |
TOSCANINI, Arturo (1864-1957). Italian conductor.Signed Photograph, 19 x 12 cms. (7½ x 4½ inches), signed in red ink the white space at the foot. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 25579] |
TROLLOPE, Anthony (1815-1882). Novelist.Cheque made out and signed by Trollope on the printed form of the Union Bank of London, the signature elaborately cancelled with pen-strokes. £350 / $451 / €399 [No: 24749] |
VICTORIA (1819-1901). Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Document Signed ('Victoria R'), 1 page folio on strengthened paper, with papered seal, given at Windsor, 10 July 1854. Slighted spotted. £285 / $367 / €324 [No: 26195] |
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 / $838 / €741 [No: 25402] |
WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852). American lawyer and statesman.Autograph Letter Signed to 'S P Lyman Esq.', 1 page 4to on blue paper with blank leaf, 'Jan 5' [in another hand 'Washington' and '1842']. £650 / $838 / €741 [No: 25368] |
WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, duke of (1769-1852).Autograph Letter Signed ('Wellington') to General Sir [James W]illoughby Gordon, 2 pages 8vo, S[tratfied] Saye, 7 September 1827. £750 / $967 / €855 [No: 26669] |
WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, duke of (1769-1852).Autograph Letter Signed ('Wellington') to General Sir [James W]illoughby Gordon, 2 pages 8vo, London 8 July 1839. £550 / $709 / €627 [No: 26668] |
WELLS, Herbert George (1866-1946). Author.Autograph Letter Signed to Guyot, 1 page 4to, Easton Glebe, Dunmow, no date. £275 / $354 / €313 [No: 26044] |
WELLS, Herbert George (1866-1946). Author.Autograph Letter Signed on a correspondence-card to Lady Rhondda, 47 Chiltern Court, Clarence Gate, 19 October 1932. £250 / $322 / €285 [No: 25264] |
WILLIAM IV (1765-1837). King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.Document Signed, 1 page folio on vellum with papered seal, given at St James's, 8 January 1836. £285 / $367 / €324 [No: 26193] |