‎Anglais‎

‎SIODMAK CURT.‎

‎LA VILLE DU CIEL. COLLECTION SUPER-FICTION N° 11.‎

‎ALBIN MICHEL. 1976.. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 248 pages. 1ère de couverture illustrée en couleurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine‎

‎Collection super fiction dirigée par Georges H. Gallet et Jacques Bergier. Traduit de l'américain par Georges H. Gallet. Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine‎

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‎SIODMAK CURT.‎

‎LE CERVEAU DU NABAB. COLLECTION : SERIE NOIRE N° 1027‎

‎GALLIMARD .. 1966.. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 249 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine‎

‎Série noire sous la direction de Marcel Duhamel. Traduit de l'américain par François de Mecquenem. Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine‎

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‎Sir Allen Young [Sir Allen William Young] (1827-1915), English master mariner and Arctic explorer who searched for Sir John Fran‎

‎Sir Allen Young Arctic explorer. Autograph Letter Signed 'Allen Young' to society homeopathist Dr Chepmell conveying a message regarding an appointment.‎

‎On letterhead of the Turf Club Piccadilly London. 'Wednesday Evg' no date. In addition to his achievements Young is remembered for holding a dinner party in 1877 at which the Prince of Wales arranged to sit next to Lillie Langtry while her husband was discreetly seated elsewhere thus beginning their affair. 2pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and ruckled with two small pinholes at head of first leaf and traced of mount on blank reverse of second leaf. The letter begins: 'I have just got note from Mrs Langtry saying that she will have to go out of Town tomorrow morning and asking me to write to you to tell you'. He ends in the hope that the news has not put Chepmell 'to any inconvenience about the appointment not being kept'. On letterhead of the Turf Club, Piccadilly [London]. 'Wednesday Evg' [no date]. unknown‎

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‎Sir Arthur Helps (1813-1875), English author and Dean of the Privy Council [Sir Theodore Martin (1816-1909), Scottish lawyer and‎

‎Arthur Helps Autograph Letter Signed 'Arthur Helps' from the Dean of the Privy Council Sir Arthur Helps to Sir Theodore Martin praising an article by him on Baron Stockmar.‎

‎On letterhead of the Privy Council Office. 19 September 1872. 6pp. 12mo. In very good condition adhering to leaves removed from an album. Helps begins: 'My dear Martin This is one of the things you excel in - the giving in a comparatively short memoir the real aim and end of a life: so that after reading your "In memoriam" one does not care to hear any more details.' Helps 'really cannot find any fault' in Martin's piece. 'Her. Majesty i.e. Queen Victoria must I think be exceedingly pleased with the book - I mean your work. Then the whole subject of the relation of Stockmar to the occupants of the English throne is most judiciously handled; and there is great skill shown in what is omitted to be said.' He gives 'One single criticism' before complaining that he is 'troubled with cattle plague affairs' and so cannot write at more length. Martin best-known work his biography of Prince Albert 1874-1880 would be similarly praised for its tact and skill see his entry in the Oxford DNB. Helps had edited a volume of the Prince's speeches in 1862. On letterhead of the Privy Council Office. 19 September 1872. unknown‎

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‎Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), leading English playwright, after beginning as an actor in Sir Henry Irving's company at the‎

‎‘Too serious an affair for the taste of the ordinary playgoer’: Sir Arthur Wing Pinero English playwright. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs. Hughes’ regarding matters including his play ‘The Thunderbolt’.‎

‎12 May 1908. On letterhead of 14 Hanover Square W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. The valediction reads ‘Yours alway faithfully / Arthur W. Pinero’ and it is written with quite a flourish: the ‘y’ of ‘faithfully’ hooks downwards in a long squiggle exrending downwards past the right of the termination of Pinero’s signature which rises upwards being dotted above and below the signature’s underlining. He feels that her ‘kind letter is all the more welcome inasmuch as it gives signs’ that she is recovering from her recent illness. ‘We have indeed been greatly concerned at the bad news we have heard of you. I hope that the present fine weather will set you up completely.’ He thanks her for what she says about his play ‘The Thunderbolt’: ‘I fear it is rather too serious an affair for the taste of the ordinary playgoer; but we shall see.’ He ends with ‘repeated acknowledgments’. 12 May 1908. On letterhead of 14 Hanover Square, W. [London.] unknown‎

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‎Sir Astley Cooper [Sir Astley Paston Cooper], 1st Baronet (1768-1841), English surgeon, President of the Royal College of Surgeo‎

‎Astley Cooper Autograph Letter Signed 'Astley Cooper' from the surgeon and anatomist Sir Astley Paston Cooper accusing Thomas Penrice of Great Yarmouth of being an 'Odd Fish'.‎

‎Without place or date postmarked February 1824. 1p. 4to. Fifteen lines. On aged paper and worn paper with loss to text laid down on piece of card. Addressed to 'Mr Penrice Gt Yarmouth'. An amusing communication reading: 'My dear <S>ir I have no more idea than <t>he man in the Moon to whom your letter refers - No Enigma or Delphic Oracle could be more mysterious - Who Mr Smith is - to which of ye Classes of Animals he belong - from whence he came & whither he is gone I know not<.> In which class of animals y<ou> are to be numbered I well know <f>or you are certainly an Odd Fis<h.> Do throw a litt<le> light into my puzzled brain & b<el>ieve me always most truly yours signed Astley Cooper'. Without place or date [postmarked February 1824]. unknown‎

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‎Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), English artist and President of the Royal Academy:‎

‎Autograph Letter in the third person from Sir Charles Lock Eastlake sending money for 'Mr. Mauld' to give to a 'young lady'.‎

‎7 Fitzroy Square London. 28 October 1850. 1p. 12mo. In good condition with slight discolouration from glue. Reads: 'Mr Eastlake presents his compliments to Mr. Mauld & begs to enclose a half sovereign for the young lady on whose behalf Mr. Mauld has applied to him. 7. Fitzroy Square Octr. 28. 1850.' 7 Fitzroy Square, London. 28 October 1850. unknown‎

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‎Sir Charles A Elton [Sir Charles Abraham Elton; Sir C A Elton] (1778-1853), English army officer, author and translator [John Ta‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'Charles A. Elton' from Sir Charles Abraham Elton to John Taylor editor of the 'London Magazine' submitting a contribution on 'Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice' and discussing his own and other contributions.‎

‎'Clifton Bristol. August 16th.' 1821. 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Addressed by Elton on reverse of second leaf to 'John Taylor Esq.' Taylor had assumed the editorship of the London Magazine on the death by duel of John Scott in February 1821. Elton begins by informing Taylor that he has 'not been able yet to manage the Batrachomyomachia to my mind'. Elton's translation of 'The Battle of the Frogs and Mice' would appear anonymously in the issue of October 1821 as the second of a series named 'Leisure Hours'. He has instead 'sent some chit-chat to serve as an introduction'. 'On Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice' appeared in September 1821 as the first of the series. He intends this as 'the first of occasional desultory papers of criticism poetry or the like: a specimen or two of the Battle of Frogs may form the second of the series'. Changing the subject he now declines two books Taylor has sent him to review: he feels that too much has already been said about Madame de Stael and he has 'already administered the ferula to her somewhat roughly'. He is 'equally diffident about Bonaparte's literary character' and asks whether 'Mr Hazlitt or Leigh Hunt' are not 'the fittest men to undertake it'. He feels that to 'enter fully' into Taylor's 'plan relative to the Monthly Literature seems to require the interchange of sentiments in conversation' and that this is 'one of the disadvantages of a periodical contributor residing in the country'. He suspects that 'a London domicile' is 'necessary for the convenient and ready arrangement and execution of this sort of monthly summary'. He has been 'thinking of some regular supply of poetry translated or original independent of the incidental passages in the Leisure Hours' but has not yet 'ascertained either my plan or my powers'. In the first part of a postscript he asks 'What is Knickerbocker Washington Irving & is he worth reviewing' This appears to be a reference to a footnote to the 'Epistle to Elia' by 'OLEN' published in the August 1821 issue of the London Magazine; the footnote also discusses two readings of that poem thanks Taylor 'for the Magazine' and ends 'It is a pity the writer who so ably reviewed Crabbe does not continue his "Series of Living Poets." 'Clifton [Bristol]. [August?] 16th.' [1821]. unknown‎

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‎Sir Charles Holroyd (1861-1917), English engraver, first Keeper of the Tate Gallery, and Director of the National Gallery:‎

‎Sir Charles Holroyd English engraver first Keeper of the Tate Gallery. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Thomson'‎

‎On letterhead of the National Gallery British Art Millbank London S.W. 28 February 1906. 1p. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. He writes to apologise that he 'cannot get away to see the Holbein' at the previously arranged time because he has a meeting with 'my accounting officer'. He suggests an alternative time and apologises 'heartily for my mistake'. On letterhead of the National Gallery, British Art, Millbank, London, S.W. 28 February 1906. unknown‎

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‎Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-1866), Equerry to Queen Victoria and Private Secretary to Prince Albert [ J W Newland, English‎

‎Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps Equerry to Queen Victoria. Autograph Letter Signed 'C. B. Phipps' to '<Newland>' the photograph J. W. Newland or his wife explaining why the Queen must decline 'the Daguerrotypes'.‎

‎Windsor Castle. 18 November 1854. The recipient's name given at the foot of the last page appears to read 'Mr. L. Newland' or 'Newlaw'. This may be J. W. Newland was an English daguerreotypist and magic lanternist who travelled from New Orleans through Central and South America to the Pacific New Zealand Australia England and finally to Calcutta between 1845 and 1857. 2pp. 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. He has submitted the recipient's letter to the Queen 'together with the Daguerrotypes that accompanied it'. He explains that while the queen 'perfectly appreciated your attention in wishing to present these Daguerrotypes to Her Majesty' there can be 'no departurte' from a 'rule laid down … that Her Majesty cannot accept any Articles offered to Her' as it would create 'a very insidious distinction'. Windsor Castle. 18 November 1854. unknown‎

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‎Sir Charles Oman [Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman] (1860-1946), English military historian and Librarian of All Souls College,‎

‎Sir Charles Oman military historian. Three Autograph Letters Signed all ‘C. W. C. Oman’ as Librarian of All Souls College to ‘Mr Harlow’ of Rhodes House Library regarding his proposal about ‘the long series of Cape Parliamentary proceedings’.‎

‎2 7 and 21 June 1937. All three on the letterhead of the Library of All Souls College Oxford. See Oman’s entry in the Oxford DNB. Each letter 1p 12mo. Each folded once. All three in good condition lightly aged. The correspondence concerns Harlow’s proposal according to the letter of 2 June 1937 ‘that All Souls College should present to the Rhodes House Library the comparatively few yearly numbers of the Cape Parliamentary proceedings 1875-1910 which are not already in either the Bodleian or the Rhodes House shelves - keeping for the College the residuence a broken set of about 200 volumes’. In the first letter Oman states that he will place the suggestion before the library committee adding ‘I must confess that it seems to me rather a crime from the point of view of a library to break a complete set. We shall perhaps be able to find some institution in London which would like the entire file’. He nevertheless sympathizes with Harlow’s ‘plea that a duplicate or almost duplicate set in your shelves would be a burden’. In the second letter he writes that he does ‘see the point’ of Harlow’s proposal: ‘avoidance of duplication’. In the last of the three letters which Oman signs ‘C. W. C. Oman / Librarian A. S. C.’ he informs Harlow that the library committee have voted ‘that it was prepared to present to the Rhodes House Library the volumes 1875-79 of the Cape Parliamentary reports and the odd numbers of Appendix 1 2. 3 and n7 of 1883 and 1 of Appendix II of the same year. The Committee intends to keep and dispense of the other volumes of the long set’. Harlow is invited to send for the Rhodes House volumes. 2, 7 and 21 June 1937. All three on the letterhead of the Library of All Souls College, Oxford. unknown‎

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‎Sir Cliff Richard (born 1940 as Harry Rodger Webb), popular British singer and film actor, the top-selling artist in the English‎

‎Sir Cliff Richard popular British singer and film actor. Autograph Signature to black and white print of publicity photograph of him in swimming trunks seated on a beach between two girls in bikinis.‎

‎No date or place. Early 1960s. Lightly-written signature ‘Cliff Richard’ in blue ink at bottom left of 21 x 16 cm photographic print on glossy paper of black and white publicity photograph of a tanned Richard sitting in swimming trunks with his hands on his knees looking at the viewer between two rather plain brunettes in bikinis. The print is somewhat creased and worn with minor discoloration to white border at the top edge. See Image. No date or place. [Early 1960s.] unknown‎

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‎Sir E A Waterlow [Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow] (1850-1919), English artist [The Royal Academy of Arts, London]:‎

‎Sir E. A. Waterlow Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA English artist. Autograph Letter Signed responding to congratulations on his election to the Royal Academy from ‘Mr. Haynes King’ with two signed reproductions of his paintings.‎

‎Letter of 22 January 1903; on letterhead of 1 Maresfield Gardens Fitzjohns Avenue N.W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The letter is 1p 16mo. In good condition lightly aged with slight discoloration to margin at head and light rust spot. Reads: ‘Dear Mr. Haynes King / It was extremely kind of you to write & congratulate me on my election as R.A. & I appreciate the attention very much. Thanking you sincerely for your good wishes / Yours very truly / Ernest A Waterlow.’ Accompanying the letter are two photographic reproductions of Waterlow paintings extracted from the same periodical each with his Autograph Signature ‘Ernest A Waterlow’ at bottom left to the left of the caption. The first painting 18.5 x 13 cm reproduced in colour is ‘Chalk-Pit on the Sussex Downs’ and the second 20 x 12 cm in black and white ‘The Orphan’. See sample image. Letter of 22 January 1903; on letterhead of 1 Maresfield Gardens, Fitzjohns Avenue, N.W. [London]. unknown‎

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‎Sir Edward Baines [Edward Baines junior] (1800-1890), nonconformist English newspaper editor and Member of Parliament:‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'Edw. Baines' to 'Robt. <Scarbrow>'.‎

‎'3 Queen Sq 1st. June <year>. 12mo 2 pp. In bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Difficult hand. He has not considered the question carefully but his impression is that 'the Monopoly of the printing of the Holy Scriptures in Scotland and Ireland might cease by the Kings Printers not only without injuring but with benefit to the public'. '3 Queen Sq | 1st. June <year?>. unknown‎

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‎Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton [ Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ] (1803-1873), English author and friend o‎

‎Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton author. Autograph Letter Signed 'E B Lytton' thanking an unnamed reviewer for 'altogether the best of the kind' of notices of his work and explaining his position with regard to 'our journals'.‎

‎Knebworth Stevenage. 23 June 1860. 2pp. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. Attached by one corner to a leaf from an autograph album. 23 lines of text in a difficult hand. He thanks him for his 'notice in L<> & for the long & valuable as well as kind & flattering notice of my Novels'. He considers that the review is 'written with great talent - & is altogether the best of the kind notices of these works which I can remember to have seen'. He invites him down to Knebworth and asks whether he has 'succeeded with Lord Malmesbury'. He offers help adding 'I have never interfered about our journals finding my general views as to the conduct to be adopted with regard to them were not accepted'. Knebworth, Stevenage. 23 June 1860. unknown‎

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‎Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), English painter and sculptor noted for his treatment of animals, such as 'The Monarch of the Gle‎

‎Sir Edwin Landseer painter and sculptor of animals. Autograph Letter Signed 'E Landseer.' regarding 'the Lions Heads' - presumably the bronze statues of lions at the base of Nelson's Column Trafalgar Square London.‎

‎Undated. On his letterhead St John's Wood Road N.W. London before 1867. 1p 12mo. On bifolium. Printed on grey-blue paper with letterhead printed in orange-red without Landseer's name but with his stag's head motif. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with thin strip from stub mount adhering to blank second leaf. Folded twice. The recipient is not named. Apparently referring to his bronze sculptures of the four lions at the base of Nelson's column installed in 1867 the letter reads: 'My Dear Sir Many thanks for your obliging Note and kind attention to the Lions Heads – I can't leave home Tomorrow before 4. oc when I shall go to B. House Can you make it convenient to meet me there at half past 4 Sincerely yours E Landseer.' 'B. House' is presumably Burlington House. From the distinguished autograph collection of Richard Hunter son of Ida Macalpine whose collection of 7000 books relating to psychiatry is in Cambridge University Library. Macalpine and Hunter had a particular interest in the illness of King George III and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' 1969 suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'. Undated. On his letterhead, St John's Wood Road, N.W. [London] [before 1867?] unknown‎

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‎Sir Emile Littler [ born Emile Richeux ] (1903-1985), English theatrical impressario [ Percy Nash [ Percy Cromwell Nash ] (1869-‎

‎Sir Emile Littler theatrical impressario. Typed Letter Signed to film pioneer Percy Nash declining his musical 'Love's Strategy'. With a carbon copy of Nash's letter to Littler.‎

‎On Littler's letterhead 31 St Martin's Lane London. 29 May 1948. 1p. 12mo. In fair condition with light signs of age. Addressed to 'My dear Percy' and headed 'Love's Strategy'. Regarding the play which was based on Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer' Littler writes: 'I don't think the idea appeals to me very much and I am not going to do any more productions in the West End until after Christmas.' He gives his phone number writing that he would 'be very pleased to see you or have a word with you'. In the carbon of Nash's letter dated 27 May 1948 he writes that he has 'not messed about with the Author. There are about twenty instrumental and vocal numbers in it but it will not require a big orchestra.' He feels that the play would 'require a Box-Office cast'. On Littler's letterhead, 31 St Martin's Lane, London. 29 May 1948. unknown‎

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‎Sir Fitzroy Edward Kelly [Fitzroy Kelly] (1796-1880), English judge and Tory politician [J T Barry; the Metropolitan Association‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'FitzRoy Kelly' from Sir FitzRoy Edward Kelly to J. T. Barry declining to join his 'excellent association' the Metropolitan Association on the grounds that it is incompatible with 'the office which I now hold'.‎

‎New Street. 9 August 1845. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Fair on lightly-aged paper. It is not 'from inattention or indifference' that Kelly has left Barry's letter unanswered. 'I think it would be inconsistent with my duty in the office which I now hold to become a member of your very excellent association'. Possibly a reference to the Association for Promoting the Relief of Destitution in the Metropolis to which Barry was a subscriber in 1845. Kelly would however like Barry to convey 'to the gentlemen composing it . the deep interest I shall ever feel in the important question to which their deliberations & exertions are directed.' New Street. 9 August 1845. unknown‎

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‎Sir Francis Chantrey [Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey] (1781-1841), English sculptor:‎

‎Francis Chantrey sculptor Autograph Note Signed "F Chantrey" to "Sir Martin" excusing himself from a social arrangement since it's the last day of the pheasant shooting season.‎

‎No place or date. One page 12mo laid down on sl. larger piece of card probably trimmed with loss of address and date good condition boldly written. "Unluckily I am engaged to Breakfast at the Black Bull underlined Hodedon on Wednesday tthe 29th & shoot pheasants underlined the remainder of the Day in the Park - I am very sorry: I have fixed the day myself & it is the last this season so pray forgive me & excuse me." No place or date. unknown‎

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‎Sir Francis Chantrey [ Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey ] (1781-1841), English sculptor:‎

‎Sir Francis Chantrey English sculptor. Autograph Letter Signed 'F Chantrey' giving instructions for the erection of a statue to an unnamed recipient.‎

‎Belgrave Place London . 23 April 1836. 1p. 4to. In good condition on lightly-aged paper laid down on a leaf removed from an album. The letter begins by directing the recipient to 'place the head stone upon the figure if you intend to place it before the rest of the figure is erected'. If the recipient's 'previous arrangements did not contemplate putting the whole figure together' he asks him not to do as he has directed. Chantrey is 'desirous that the figure should be in the best possible condition to be looked at' before the next Wednesday morning. Belgrave Place [ London ]. 23 April 1836. unknown‎

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‎Sir Frank Dicksee (1853-1928, English Painter)‎

‎1924 Autographed Letter Signed from Sir Frank Dicksee to the Dutchess‎

‎Maida Vale London 1924. Loose_leaf. Very Good. Single sheet of laid paper written on both sides. Approximately 160 words. Measuring roughly 6 x 4 inches with a single horizontal crease. CONDITION: scattered very faint finger-soiling else fine. ALS on personal stationery with very posh Maida Vale NW 6 address engraved top right edge. Fantastic content. A marvelous window onto the mores of English society in the 1920's. Dicksee would have been in his 70's at the time of this letter and presumably should have known better than to wear his "old stable jacket" to a soiree of the Dutchess's.but do we ever learn some of us do we ever learn Despite our best efforts we never have been able to identify exactly which Dutchess this event pertains to. We even contacted the author of Dicksee's definitive biography "Frank Dicksee: 1853-1928; His Art and Life" by Simon Toll 2017. ACC Publishing but he was as stumped as we were. For your reading pleasure here is the our best efforts to decipher the letter's eccentric handwriting: "Jan. 18 1924. Dear Duchess I find to my dismay that I owe you a considerable apology for appearing in your beautiful house and amidst your distinguished guests in a sort of "old stable jacket" -it is the sort of thing that I mostly wear in the evening and I suppose it was put out & I must have put it on while thinking of something else & I never became aware of the solecism I had committed until I took the wretched thing off before going to bed. Your Grace may not have noticed this. My only consolation is that the men present at least would not take me now P.R.A. to be the son of a tailor as his costume was without tails. and indecipherable. Really I am most sorry that any guest of yours should be so careless and uncouth. I of course indecipherable to where this delinquent has to sign himself in all humiliation Yrs Sincerely Frank Dicksee." Provenance: purchased at auction with auction record available to buyer upon request. " Frank Dicksee was born at a time when the first wave of Pre-Raphaelitism was beginning to make its presence felt in Britain and he inherited the romantic spirit of the movement that had been founded only a stone's throw from his childhood home. After early success with his painting of unrequited love Harmony he rose to be one of the most popular artists of the late 19th-century painting in a sumptuous and dramatic style. Dicksee's family was a veritable dynasty of artists but it is Frank who is best known and loved today for his Pre-Raphaelite inspired subjects. He enrolled in the Royal Academy in 1870 and quickly achieved success elected to the Academy in 1891 and became President of the Royal Academy in 1924." From the publisher of : "Frank Dicksee: 1853-1928; His Art and Life" by Simon Toll 2017. ACC Publishing. <br/><br/> unknown‎

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‎Sir George Grove (1820-1900), English writer on music, best-known for 'Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians' [Crystal Palac‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'George Grove' to 'Mr Friend'.‎

‎27 September 1856; on letterhead of the Crystal Palace Sydenham. 12mo 2 pp. On grey paper. Twenty lines. Text clear and complete. Aged and with chipping to extremities and traces of mount on reverse. He is 'so cruelly busy just now with the investigations into the frauds lately perpetrated on the compy and with the anxieties & worries consequent thereon' that he can only forward 'the testimonial rewritten to the present date'. All the gentlemen he names - 'Paxton Laing &c are out of town just now'. Concludes: 'My support is a very poor one but I can really do no more just now.' On 1 November 1856 William Robson was found guity of frauds on the Crystal Palace Company amounting to around £28000 and transported for twenty years. 27 September 1856; on letterhead of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. unknown‎

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‎Sir George Robey [George Edward Wade] (1869-1954), English music hall comedian, 'The Prime Minister of Mirth':‎

‎Excellent signed pen and ink caricature of himself by the English music hall comedian Sir George Robey George Edward Wade.‎

‎Undated. On one side of page removed from autograph album roughly 14 x 18 cm. Very good on lightly-aged paper. An accomplished head-and-shoulders self-caricature with Robey directly facing the viewer his eyes to his right a smile on his face a red nose the customary tiny hat perched on his head with tufts of hair sticking out over the ears long neck and collarless shirt. Good firm signature in bottom left-hand corner: 'Geo. Robey.' Also included is a newspaper cutting of a photograph of Robey. The National Portrait Gallery owns five of Robey's self-caricatures. Undated. unknown‎

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‎Sir George Jessel (1824-1883), English judge and Liberal Member of Parliament, Master of the Rolls from 1873 to 1883, the first‎

‎Law Signed Autograph legal opinion of Sir George Jessel 'G. Jessel' regarding an 1849 action regarding the 'Title to Haskins Orchard in Payhembury Devon' between Elizabeth Harbin Gooddin John Gooddin Mrs Wain.‎

‎'G. Jessel 5 Stone Buildings Lincoln's Inn 26 Feby 1849'. Folio 3 pp. On two pieces of paper 33 x 41 cm. 84 lines. Clear and complete. Fair on aged and lightly-discoloured paper. The reverse of the last leaf is docketed '1848 Abstract of the Title to Haskins Orchard in Payhembury Devon'. The upper part of the first page carries the last part of a deed of covenant transcribed in another hand with a query in the left-hand margin in Jessel's autograph initialed by him. Beneath this and continuing to the end of the third page is Jessel's opinion beginning 'I have perused this abstract on behalf of Mrs. Wain the purchaser and am of opinion that a good title has been except sic as to the points as to which I am given to understand the purchaser is willing to waive all objection upon receiving an indemnity.' 'G. Jessel | 5 Stone Buildings | Lincoln's Inn | 26 Feby 1849'. unknown‎

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‎Sir George Prothero [Sir George Walter Prothero; Sir G W Prothero], English historian, editor of Quarterly Review [Henry William‎

‎Sir George Prothero historian as editor of the Quarterly Review. Autograph Letter Signed ‘G. W. Prothero’ and dictated Manuscript Letter to Professor H. W. C. Davis regarding article on H. W. V. Temperley and Paris Peace Conference of 1919.‎

‎7 November 1921 and 30 March 1922; each on letterhead of The Quarterly Review 50A Albemarle Street London W.1. In addition to the entry for Prothero in the Oxford DNB see those of H. W. C. Davis 1874-1928 and H. W. V. Temperley 1879-1939 which reveal the interest all three had in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Both items in good condition lightly aged. Each folded once. Both addressed to 'Davis'. ONE: 7 November 1921. 4pp 12mo. Dictated and entirely including signature in the hand of an amanuensis. He is ‘delighted’ that Davis will be able to ‘write about Temperley & Co.’ Temperley published his six-volume account of the Conference between 1920 and 1924 and will be sending the books as soon as he can ‘get the American one which I have sent for’. He will also be sending the number of the Quarterly Review ‘containing Satow’s Art.’ He continues: ‘Temperly is certainly rather prickly & was annoyed with something in Satow’s paper & in the end I had to be rather short with him’. He thanks Davis for his enquiry after his health: ‘It is not good! but better than it was. I had to spend all last winter abroad which I did not like & not long after I got back I broke down again - but I am pulling round. You see this letter is not in my hand writing - but it saves time & trouble to dictate.’ His Chichele Lectures delivered in 1920 at Oxford ‘are really not fit for publication’: they ‘want a lot done’ but he hopes he ‘may be able to publish them some day’. In a postscript he sends belated congratulations to him on his professorship. TWO: 30 March 1922. 2pp. 12mo. Following on from Item One he begins by informing Davis that the article he agreed to write on the Paris Conference the previous November for publication that April is ‘too late for this number which is all in type & in page now but I shd. be glad to know if I may expect it for the July number.’ The fact that the article is late cannot be helped but as ‘there have been so many Conferences since that people have ceased to take an interest in Paris’ and he thinks the best way to treat the subject is ‘to bring it into connexion with the later Conferences showing how these have grown out of the Paris one & to confine oneself so far as the books are concerned to contrasting the views of Tardieu André Tardieu Clemenceau’s deputy at the conference & the Americans with the “official†- or semi-official - Temperley.’ He concludes: ‘I must not publish more than 6000 words at most on the subject & shd. prefer the art. to be shorter if possible.’ 7 November [1921] and 30 March 1922; each on letterhead of The Quarterly Review, 50A Albemarle Street, London, W.1. unknown‎

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