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GILFILLAN, GEORGE (1813-1878; minister of the United Presbyterian church and author):
Autograph letter signed to Charles G. Kincaid who had requested his autograph and "according to your desire a few sentences of my composition".
1-page 8vo Dundee 10th Dec. 1847. On the conjugate leaf Gilfillan has transcribed on both sides 35-lines on "Poetry and Religion"; this also signed. Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9779
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SWAIN, CHARLES (1801-1874; poet and engraver):
Autograph poem "Forgive to Forget" signed.
Two stanzas each of 4-lines commencing "Forgive and forget! Why the world would be lonely / The garden a wilderness left to deform
". 1-page 8vo on blue paper; mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9777
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LAING, ALEXANDER (1787-1857; Scottish poet):
Autograph letter and poem signed.
The letter to Charles Kincaid at Glasgow explaining that ill health had prevented him from complying with Kincaid's request for his autograph earlier. 1-side 8vo. Dated Brechin June 11th 1848. With on the conjugate leaf his autograph poem "The Wayside Flower" - "There's a moral my child / In the wayside flower; / There's an emblem of life / In its short liv'd life.". 3-stanzas each of 8-lines. Signed and inscribed "To Charles G. Kincaid Esq. With the respectful and best wishes of the author. 1848". Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Laing 'the Brechin poet' was the son of an agricultural labourer. He received only two years schooling and became a cowherd at the age of eight. unknown
Referencia librero : 9744
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MONTGOMERY, ROBERT (1807-1855; poet and Church of England clergyman):
Autograph poem signed "A Thought" 6-lines commencing:
"I love the present - but the past / Hath such a spell around it cast
". Inscribed in another hand on lower margin "Robert Montgomery Author of Luther". 1-page 8vo on blue paper mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Undated. 'Luther' his last long poem appeared in 1842. unknown
Referencia librero : 9756
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HALL, ANNA MARIA (1800-1881; writer):
Autograph transcript 9-lines signed from "The White Boy".
Single sheet of green paper 8vo. Dated The Rosery Old Brompton Sept. 29th 1845. Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9738
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COOK, ELIZA (1812-1889; poet and journalist):
Autograph manuscript signed 4-lines with the heading "On being told the death of my Mother would a scar on my heart" -
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.But oh! It would not leave a scar / The wound would never heal". 1-page 8vo pale pink paper. Undated. Fold marks some creasing and browning. unknown
Referencia librero : 9760
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HALL, ANNA MARIA (1800-1881; miscellaneous writer):
A good autograph letter signed 4-sides 8vo to "Madam" -
"Although my name may be known to you - I feel I owe you an apology for this intrusion which I trust the subject will render excusable - It has been proposed to me to undertake the editorship of a monthly magazine designed more especially for Ladies - and I am willing to undertake the task although I feel it is one of no ordinary responsibility - if I continue to meet with the promise of support which support alone can ensure success there are three or four 'Ladies Magazines' but it cannot be wrong to say that they are in all respects unworthy - I expect to produce a work which will be an acquisition to the Drawing Room table and do no discredit to the Library - I hope that the aid I shall obtain will enable me to produce a Magazine that will elevate the position of women in this Country and direct young minds into their best and proper as well as happiest channel - I do not enter upon this duty without as much as possible securing the elements of success. The Proprietor commands ample funds and the remuneration I beg on his part to offer - is from 10 to 12 gns a sheet - paid the first week in every month. If you Madam will give me the advantage of your valuable support.I should require your aid either in Prose or Verse or in both in March and believe me you would not find yourself companioned unworthily.I have a pledge that the magazine be carried on for two years & the price will be half a crown. Mr Hall begs his best respects." . The Rosery Old Brompton n.d. Inscribed at head of first leaf in another contemporary hand "Mrs S. C. Hall 1844". 2 small pieces of old paper adhered to surface of first page not obscuring text. unknown
Referencia librero : 9699
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ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855; poet):
Autograph quotation signed from William Cowper:
"The path of sorrow & that path alone leads to the land where sorrow is unknown". Dated April 30th 1845. Oblong 8vo. Mounted to part of an album leaf. unknown
Referencia librero : 9746
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PARK, ANDREW (1807-1863; Scottish poet):
Autograph poem signed "Emmas Urn" two stanzas of 8-lines each commencing "Strewn with flowers of loveliest hue / Bathed in morning's spangly dew
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1-page 8vo on pink paper; undated. Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9786
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GARTSHORE, MRS MURRAY (d1851; musical composer): d 1
Part of an autograph letter
laid down in three pieces on a Victorian album leaf "Dearest Mrs. Southey I look upon his lines and note as two of the most precious gifts I ever received. I say this from my heart and I know you believe me
.". Mrs. Gartshore and Caroline Southey collaborated on a piece of music published ca. 1850 titled 'River River'; Caroline Southey writing the words and Mrs. Gartshore the music which she dedicated to Caroline. Also laid down on the same leaf the autographs of other women writers i.e. an envelope addressed in the hand Dinah Maria Mulock afterwards Mrs. Craik the cut signatures with subscriptions of Anna Eliza Bray Rebecca Hey Sarah Gordon & Anna Mary Howitt. Also autograph note signed with initials from Elizabeth M. Sewell the recipients name excised; with cut full signature pasted on. From an album compiled by Maria Burrard a 2nd cousin of Caroline Southey. unknown
Referencia librero : 9672
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MILNES, RICHARD MONKTON, 1ST BARON HOUGHTON (1809-1885; author and politician):
Autograph poem signed 2 stanzas of 4-lines each commencing "Father! If we may well endure / The ill that with our lives begins
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1-page 8vo on green paper; undated. Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9774
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MOIR, DAVID MACBETH (1798-1851; Scottish physician & author, known as 'Delta'):
Autograph letter signed 3-sides 8vo to Caroline Southey 1786-1854; poet. Wife of the poet Robert Southey.
Sending " a little collection of verse commemorative of domestic bereavements" and continuing by praising her work " I must also apologise for the intrusion - but really I can not look upon one - the thoughts of whose mind I have though so many years known so well and admired so much as a mere stranger and feel that on this score you will forgive me. I have just read ' The young grey head' and allow me to say that it is perhaps the most touching and effective of all you compositions not even excepting 'The Evening Walk' which moved me even to tears.Would to God I could convey through you to your illustrious husband my high admiration.that your own health may remain improved and that you may long be spared to adorn the female literature of England.". Musselburgh 2nd Feb. 1843. Laid down by the blank conjugate leaf to a page from an album compiled by Maria Burrard a 2nd cousin of Caroline Southey. unknown
Referencia librero : 9713
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JEFFERY, FRANCIS, LORD (1773-1850; Scottish writer and judge):
Autograph letter signed to Charles G. Kincaid at Glasgow 2-sides 8vo
"I am sure I should be very ungrateful as well as very ill bred - if I could hesitate about complying with a request made in so flattering and polite a manner
I beg leave therefore to say that this is my genuine handwriting and that I wish it were better both for my own credit and for that of your collection
". 24 Moray Place Edinburgh 24 Nov. 1847. Laid-down by the blank conjugate leaf to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9792
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GILFILLAN, ROBERT (1798-1850; Scottish poet & songwriter):
Printed poem 'Lines upon a Mother's death'. 1-page large 8vo. Inscribed
"To Mr. Alex. Kincaid with the author's respects" and further inscribed by Gilifillan "Mrs. Gilfillan died 8th Jan'y 1844 a woman of superior intellect
her memory deserves a far higher tribute than these feeble lines convey". Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9781
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AIDE, CHARLES HAMILTON (1826-1906; poet and musician):
The first 2-sides of an autograph letter unsigned to Miss Burrard:
"Do you think your kind & clever Aunt would do me and Leighton a service By making a careful sketch of a lily in blossom with buds - as nearly as possible in the same position of that in Christ's hand in the photograph of the fresco - which I dare say you have. He asked me to do this for him being so pressed" . No place or date. Inscribed at head in another contemporary hand "Hamilton Aide 1863". Leighton often stayed with his friend Aide whilst painting the fresco of the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins as the altar piece of Lyndhurst Church for which he asked no fee. unknown
Referencia librero : 9689
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AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE (1813-1854; Scottish poet):
Autograph poem signed commencing:
"Open wide the gates of Athol.". 10-lines 4to. Signed and dated June 1848. Written on the writing paper of the 'Parthenon Club' small embossed name as such at head. Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9737
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JESSE, EDWARD (1780-1868; writer on natural history).:
Autograph transcript signed from page 283 of his book 'Favourite Haunts and Rural Studies; Including Visits to Spots of Interest in the vicinity of Windsor and Eton' John Murray 1847
being his reflections on country churchyards; the extract commencing "The grave of a child has indeed something peculiarly affecting in it. So young - so promising - so pretty - for what is so pretty as a child the delight of a fond mother - perhaps her only one.". 13-lines on a single 8vo sheet signed and dated Dec. 2nd. 1847. Mounted on a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9732
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COOK, ELIZA (1812-1889; poet and journalist):
Autograph verse signed the first stanza of 8-lines of her poem "The Old Arm Chair" -
"I love it I love it and who shall dare / to chide me for loving that old arm chair
" . 1-page 4to mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Undated. unknown
Referencia librero : 9759
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CATCHPOLE, PERCY A (Author of 'Fifty years with the Cambridge University Press 1882-1932'):
Autograph verse 'The Times' 16-stanzas 68-lines 4-sides 4to commencing
"Old times new times put to the test! / Old times new times which are the best / I have known both times / This is my quest / - In Paternoster Row we started / Small the premises and dirty; / Bad sanitation and unworthy / Of the Press's noble prestige; / Counting-house a one man show Packing bench ditto ditto / - Then to A. M. L. we shifted / To a brand new building gracious / And the stock when all was lifted / Far from filled the floors so spacious
". One stanza marked "cut". With covering autograph letter signed to R. C. Kebell - "Here's the doggerel screed for better or for worse. If the chief thinks it too long the managers could be cut but I would rather not sacrifice the deserved tribute to C. F. C. I had to get it off my chest - otherwise it haunts me
". Barnes 4th March 1938. unknown
Referencia librero : 9635
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GILFILLAN, ROBERT (1798-1850; Scottish poet & songwriter):
Autograph song signed 2-stanzas each of 8-lines commencing:
"The grave it holds my fairest now / The loved one of my heart; / Ah! Little thought I we so soon / So Sadly soon should part!.". Signed and dated Leith 3rd July 1845. Written on both sides of a single sheet 4to tipped-onto a leaf from a Victorian album on the inner margin. unknown
Referencia librero : 9734
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IRVING, DAVID (1778-1860; Scottish literary scholar and librarian).:
Two autograph transcriptions signed.
The first 11-lines in Latin from the preface to Thomas Dempster's 'Historia ecclesiastica gentis Scotorum' which Irving edited 1828 & 1829 the second 10-lines from his 'Introduction to the Study of the Civil Law' 1837. 1-page 8vo mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9776
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STRUTHERS, JOHN (1776-1853; Scottish poet & anthologist):
Autograph letter signed to Charles G. Kincaid 1-page 8vo incorporating a 12-line poem commencing:
"Woman thy hallowed name inspires / Heaven breathing thoughts with soft desires / Formed every stage of life to please / Childhood is sooth'd upon thy knees.". Gorbals Glasgow Nov. 23rd 1847. Mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9730
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GRANT, JAMES (1822-1887; novelist and writer on history):
Autograph transcription signed 6-lines -
"He spoke of the alliances between the Houses of Stuart and Bourbon and of the many years of exile which the descendants from these marriages had spent in each others territories. Vol. IV" . Stockbridge Edinburgh 17th Nov. 1847. 1-page 8vo mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. Perhaps from his novel 'The Romance of War' 4 volumes 1845. unknown
Referencia librero : 9761
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TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886; poet):
Autograph letter signed 1-side 8vo and autograph verse. In the letter addressed to a Mr. Lucas he writes
".you wish for my autograph which you will find within in the shape of a song taken out of a play of mine called 'A Sicilian Summer". On the conjugate leaf Taylor has written the two stanzas of six lines each; The Roost Bournemouth 7th May 1875. Laid down on a Victorian album leaf. unknown
Referencia librero : 9647
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BERKELEY, GRANTLEY FITZHARDING (1800-1881; sportsman, & novelist):
Autograph letter signed to Mr. Lucas Newport Pagnall Bucks. 2-sides 4to:
"Enclosed I send the amount of my stakes two sovereigns for the cup and the same for the hunters.Pray accept my thanks for the trouble you took for me during the races I do not know what I should have done without you. On Saturday and again yesterday I had brilliant sport with my hounds.this gives me 17 out of 20 foxes.nothing can be better". With postscript "Mrs. Berkeley bids me say that if Mrs. Lucas will with you give us the pleasure of your company.for the Bedford races." . Harrold Hall Aug. 20th 1831. Mostly laid down by the address panel to a leaf from a Victorian album partly folded. Address panel holed. With mounted to the reverse two other pieces including a short autograph letter signed from John Brown 1810-1882; essayist. unknown
Referencia librero : 9704
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PARK, ANDREW (1807-1863; Scottish poet):
Autograph song signed commencing:
" Lend me thine azure eyes / Beauty's fond dwelling.". 2-stanzas each of 8-lines. On a single sheet mounted to a leaf from a Victorian album. unknown
Referencia librero : 9743
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RAIKES, 2ND LIEUTENANT JOHN WALTER JULIAN:
ROYAL ENGINEERS FOWKE MEDAL 1910: bound folio volume of the work of 2nd Lieutenant John Walter Julian Raikes 1888-1974 whilst undertaking the construction course at the School of Military Engineering.
The volume containing specifications of the work to be undertaken manuscript notes calculations and specifications and also on stout paper many fine large folding drawings in pen & ink and watercolour of the W. door of South School Brompton Barracks a drainage system a floor design house design a hutment scheme and a steel bridge design etc. Many marked with the examiners notes and comments in red ink. Folio contemporary full blue morocco lettered in gilt on upper cover Fowke Medal 1910. R. E. 2nd Lieutenant J.W.J. Raikes R.E. The Fowke medal awarded to the top student of the Clerk of Works course. Francis Fowke 1823-1865 the architect of the Victoria & Albert Museum London and a Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers. unknown
Referencia librero : 10070
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Holroyd, M
Augustus John 2 vols. in Slipcase
Heinemann Book. Illus. by fully illustrated with drawings & black/white photos. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rare both Vols. signed by author MICHAEL HOLROYD . - unclipped d/j in near fine condition protected by clear cello sleeves - Slipcase rather tatty but complete done a very good job of protecting the books - Vol. 1 : The Years of Innocence & Vol 2 : The Years of Experience - Guaranteed posting 24hrs St159 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Heinemann, Hardcover
Referencia librero : 006641 ISBN : 0434345741 9780434345748
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Jacoby, Heinrich
Sammlung Orientalischer Teppiche
Berlin: Albert Frisch 1923. Book. Illus. by Photo & Drawing. Good . Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A very nice copy of this rare German book on Carpets with 1 coloured illustration & 47 full page printed on card & inserted black/white illustrations. The book very clean & bright - no inscription or name.A little sunning to top edge of front blue cloth board & page block edge to front board & minor shelf life.All gilt printing to front very good but starting to dull on spine - Please note: heavy book. extra postage required outside the UK - Guaranteed posting 24hrs ST230 Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Albert Frisch Hardcover
Referencia librero : 007229
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Kovacek, M & R
Glass of Four Centuries
Vienna: Michael Kovacek 1985. Book. Illus. by Col. & Black/white Photos. Near Fine. Paperback. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed copy - Col. & Black/white Photos. A very clean & bright copy with no name/inscription other than "Regine Kovacek" on title page. A heavy book with over 400 glossy pages packed with information incl. coloured & black/white photos. of the works discussed. A super reference book on glass. Over 1 kilo in weight extra postage outside the UK Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall St92 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Michael Kovacek Paperback
Referencia librero : 007218 ISBN : 3900605017 9783900605018
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Elizabeth Rowe
Devout Exercises of the Heart in Meditation and Soliloquy Prayer and Praise
C. Cook London 1796. Leather. Good. Leather. 142 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: C. Cook London 1796. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 09080002. C. Cook hardcover
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Emma Marshall
The Court and the Cottage
Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh London 1888. Assumed First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 330 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh London 1888. Assumed First Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 09041323. Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh hardcover
Referencia librero : 09041323
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C J Vaughan
Earnest Words for Earnest Men
Strahan and Co London 1878. Hardcover. Good ex-library/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 315 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Strahan and Co. London 1878. CONDITION: This book is in good ex-library condition but dust jacket is not included. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 09080004. Strahan and Co hardcover
Referencia librero : 09080004
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Henry H Knibbs
Partners Of Chance
Hutchinson And Co London. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 286 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson And Co London. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. Tanned pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 06020141. Hutchinson And Co hardcover
Referencia librero : 06020141
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C J Vaughan
Christ the Light of the World
Strahan and Co London 1869. Hardcover. Poor ex-library/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 269 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Strahan and Co. London 1869. CONDITION: This book is in poor ex-library condition but dust jacket is not included. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Religion & Theology; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 09080003. Strahan and Co hardcover
Referencia librero : 09080003
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C Lang Neil
Pictorial Adventure And Travel In All Parts Of The World
Miles & Miles London 1906. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 320 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Miles & Miles London 1906. CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Describes and contains B&W photos of a variety of places around the world. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 06120351. Miles & Miles hardcover
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JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831-1907; Violinist):
Albumen carte-de-visite portrat photograph.
ca. 1870's. 4 x 2 1/2 inches; good. ca. 1870's. unknown
Referencia librero : 10924
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GOUNOD, CHARLES FRANCOIS (1818-1893; Composer):
Albumen carte-de-visite portrait photograph.
ca. 1870. 4 x 2 1/2 inches; good. ca. 1870. unknown
Referencia librero : 10920
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Dunoyer, Jean-Marie
Fagniez
France: Editions Le Sphinx 1992. Book. Illus. by fully illustrated in Colour. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Folio over 12" Landscape. Signed by Fagniez on title page "To Jean - with all my love" with full signature - French Text - interior unmark almost fine with no other name or inscription - the cream cloth boards with minor shelflife see photo black printing to spine/front clean & bright. Protected by clear cello sleeve. 118 pages with coloured & black/white drawings of the artist's work with index at back. text in french. Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall ST110 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Landscape. Editions Le Sphinx Hardcover
Referencia librero : 009102 ISBN : 2902780036 9782902780037
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VINCENT BROOKS, DAY & SON (Lithographers):
Hirst George Herbert - "Yorkshire"
London: Vanity Fair 1903. An original coloured lithographic caricature by "Spy" Leslie Ward titled "Yorkshire" issued with Vanity Fair. 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches overall. Some marginal age toning and light spotting. London: Vanity Fair, 1903. unknown
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VINCENT BROOKS, DAY & SON (Lithographers):
Hayward T. - Tom.
London: Vanity Fair 1906 . An original coloured lithographic caricature by "Spy" Leslie Ward titled "Tom" issued with Vanity Fair. 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches overall. Some age toning and foxing short marginal edge tears. London: Vanity Fair, (1906 ). unknown
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FROUDE, J A (1818-1894):
historian; author of 'Oceana or England and her Colonies' 1886 etc.
Autograph letter signed 2-pages 8vo to Lady Lyttelton '.I hope that I have arrived back all the better for my expedition "down under" as the gardener in the Square puts it to me with an exclamation of "Well Well" as if he hardly believes in the possibility!' 5 Onslow Gardens May 28th n.y. Integral leaf removed. unknown
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MARY, QUEEN (1867-1953):
Consort of George V.
Autograph letter on printed Balmoral memorandum paper inscribed from 'the Queen' in her hand at head 2-pages oblong 8vo to Sir Lionel Cust Surveyor of the King's pictures ' When I was at Newburgh Abbey in Yorkshire.I came across a picture of a Lady Bellasyse - now there is a picture at Hampton Ct. of a very handsome Ly. Bellasyse I don't know whether I have spelt it right & I wonder whether you can tell me who she was and why her picture is at Hampton Ct. I remember your telling me that the artist who painted it is the same who painted Catherine of Braganza with the Lamb - any information you can send me to Buck.P. will be gratefully received'. 5th Oct. 1923. unknown
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HALLAM, HENRY (1777-1859):
historian.
Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Mrs Clive' 2-pages 12mo declining an invitation '.but hope to accompany my daughter & son-in-law the next following day as I believe she has already mentioned to you'. Pickhurst Nov. 17 n.y. Fold marks integral leaf removed. unknown
Referencia librero : 1557
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MASSINE, LEONIDE (1895 - 1979; Russian-born choreographer and ballet dancer):
His signature and date London 1919
on a small green tinted album leaf. unknown
Referencia librero : 2119
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SAMOSA GARCIA, ANASTASIO (1896 - assassinated 1956; Nicaraguan dictator):
Document signed 'A.Samosa' as El Presidente de la Republic accepting Archibald Wallace Robertson as British Consul General to Nicaragua to reside at Managua. 29th July 1946.
Printed document filled-in by hand 14 x 18 inches countersigned by El Secretario de Estabo en el Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores and with two blindstamp seals. A few short marginal tears at one time folded into four some creasing and surface soiling unknown
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BROOKS, PHILLIPS (1835-1893; American Episcopal Bishop, consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891; wrote "Oh little town of
Autograph letter signed 1¼-pages 8vo to "My dear Archdeacon Farrar" Frederick William Farrar 1831-1903 asking a favour .
"which I know you will not grant if I ought not to have asked It
Four American friends whom I am Exceedingly anxious to oblige are very desirous of attending the afternoon service at the abbey today. Last Sunday they failed because of the crowd. Is there any way in which they can be admitted to seats
" Usual fold marks; mounted to part of an album leaf. Westminster Palace Hotel; Sunday morning May 20th n.y. unknown
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WORLD WAR I - NAVAL ENGAGEMENT: [EVANS, SIR ERGR; 'Evans of the Broke']: E R G R
Retained carbon copy report with autograph corrections unsigned from the Commander of H.M.S. Swift regarding the celebrated action of 21st April 1917 when the Swift in company with H.M.S. Broke commanded by Evans
mounted a remarkable attack engaging five German destroyers in darkness off the Dutch coast. During the encounter Evans sunk one destroyer by ramming it and another following hand-to-hand fighting on the deck of H.M.S Broke a third was also sunk. A fuller description can be emailed upon request. unknown
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LETHEBY, HENRY (1816-1876; analytical chemist, analyst of foods for the City of London):
Autograph letter signed 2-pages 12mo to the Rev. Edwin Sidney stating that he has been
"making enquiries about my diagrams and find that they will not be returned for some time" and that therefore he will not be able to send them to Sidney. Dec. 3rd 1844. unknown
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SPENDER, SIR STEPHEN (1909-1995):
poet.
Autograph letter signed to Mr Morton stating that he will be glad to give 'my contribution to the exhibition'. 1-page 4to folded and with file punch holes to left margin and with printed slip pasted to lower blank margin. 15 London Road St.John's Wood April 25th 1950. unknown
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