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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 Austen Chamberlain [Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain] (1863-1937), English politician, Rector of the University of Glasgow:
Austen Chamberlain Signed Typescript 'Austen Chamberlain' an address of thanks for his re-election as Rector of the University of Glasgow.
'Geneva Sept. 14. 1926.'. On one side of a foolscap 32.5 x 20 cm page. Eighteen lines. On aged and foxed paper with chipping at head and foot. Chamberlain was Rector between 1925 and 1928. Begins: 'Amidst the preoccupations which assail the delegate of one Nation in an Assembly of nearly forty-seven my thoughts turn lovingly to the simpler duties of a Lord Rector who deals only with Four Nations and has the honour to be the chosen representative of them all.' The 'privilege' is 'doubly dear' to Chamberlain when he recalls 'the fact that more than twenty years ago the choice of the students of that day fell upon my father' who 'valued the honour which your predecessors conferred upon him'. Ends 'May the University flourish for ever!' 'Geneva, Sept. 14. 1926.' unknown
Bookseller reference : 8064
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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
Bookseller reference : 11846
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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), English artist and President of the Royal Academy [Sir John Everett Millais]:
Autograph Note in the third person from Sir Charles Lock Eastlake painter and President of the Royal Academy to 'Mr Whitaker' giving ''Mr Millais' address'.
7 Fitzroy Square London. 5 February 1863. 1p. 12mo. Good with the blank second leaf of the bifolium having slight staining from mount and having laid down on it a newspaper cutting headed 'DEATH OF SIR C. EASTLAKE' docketd 'E & T Dec 26/65'. The note reads: 'Sir Chas Eastlake presents his compts. to Mr Whitaker & begs to inform him that Mr Millais' address is No. 7. Cromwell Place Kensington. S.W. 7. Fitzroy Sqr. London Feby 5 1863.' 7 Fitzroy Square, London. 5 February 1863. unknown
Bookseller reference : 11847
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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 Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), English painter and President of the Royal Academy:
Charles Lock Eastlake Autograph Letter Signed 'C. L. Eastlake' to Miss Rogers.
15 May year not stated; 13 Upper Fitzroy Street London. Two pages 12mo. On gray paper. Good though lightly ruckled and aged. He thanks her for the 'information about the silk' and accepts her invitation. He had intended to call on her the day before but was prevented by the weather. He 'consoled' himself 'by supposing that I should meet you at Mr Rogers's where I dined but where you were not.' Comments that his correspondent's note 'is not in your handwriting moreover it is written by an inexperienced secretary for she began "My dear Mr E" & then scratched out the my finding it was an innovation in the official form.' He has received a letter 'from the new Director of the 'school of design' who is to be in town on Friday. Mr Ker will think himself privileged to give you an account of the invitation of his new protege'. 15 May [year not stated]; 13 Upper Fitzroy Street [London]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5627
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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
Bookseller reference : 14153
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Sir Charles Holroyd (1861-1917), English engraver, first Keeper of the Tate Gallery, and Director of the National Gallery [Frede
Sir Charles Holroyd English engraver first Keeper of the Tate Gallery. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Kitton' the author Frederic George Kitton accepting the congratulations of the Hertfordshire Arts Society on his knighthood.
On letterhead of the National Gallery London. 11 November 1913. 1p. 12mo. Good on lightly-aged paper. 'Allow me to thank you and through you the members of the Hertfordshire Arts Society for your kind congratulations upon the honour the King confers upon me and upon the Gallery in the work of which I am privileged to assist'. On letterhead of the National Gallery, London. 11 November 1913. unknown
Bookseller reference : 14154
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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 Fox (1810-1874), English civil engineer on railways and London's Crystal Palace [Edward Walford (1823-1897), journal
Sir Charles Fox civil engineerAutograph Note Signed 'Charles Fox' from the civil engineer and designer of the Crystal Palace Sir Charles Fox to Edward Walford regarding the proof of his entry in biograpahical dictionary.
On letterhead of 8 New Street Spring Gardens London. 15 May 1867. 1p. 12mo. Good on lightly-aged paper with minor traces of glue from mount on blank reverse. He informs Walford that he is returning 'the notes of my career having made some slight alterations'. He suggests that it would be 'well for me to compare the proof with the drafts'. On letterhead of 8 New Street, Spring Gardens, London. 15 May 1867. unknown
Bookseller reference : 13632
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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
Bookseller reference : 23964
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Sir Clements Markham [Sir Clements Robert Markham] (1830-1916), English geographer, explorer and writer, President of the Royal
China exploration; Sir Clement Markham geographer and explorer President of the Royal Geographical Society. Autograph Letter Signed re author of an account of a journey in Chih-l china.
18 April 1905; 21 Eccleston Square S.W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged. Folded twice with spots of discoloration around the creases and slight nick at head of leaf. On monogram Order of the Bath letterhead with motto ‘Tria juncta in uno’. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr. Townshend’ and signed ‘Clements R Markham’. Acknowledging receipt ‘of a paper by your brother-in-law Mr. Ernest Young giving an account of a journey in the highlands of Chih-li.’ He has ‘begun to read it and it seems to me to be interesting and of some geographical value.’ He can assure him that ‘the paper shall receive careful consideration’ and that he will ‘know the result as soon after Easter as possible’. 18 April 1905; 21 Eccleston Square S.W. [London] unknown
Bookseller reference : 26162
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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
Bookseller reference : 25418
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Sir Daniel Lysons (1816-1898), English army officer:
Sir Daniel Lysons English army officer Autograph Note Signed 'D. Lysons.' to unnamed publisher.
11 January 1893; on letterhead of 22 Warwick Square London S.W. 12mo 1 p. Good on lightly-aged paper. Large bold signature. He has 'no present intention of publishing any book on his career'. It may be that the correspondence planted a seed as three years after the writing of this note Lysons published 'Early Reminiscences' John Murray 1896. 11 January 1893; on letterhead of 22 Warwick Square, London S.W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7948
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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
Bookseller reference : 25508
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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
Bookseller reference : 9108
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Sir Edward Knatchbull (1781-1849) of Mersham Hatch, Kent, 9th Baronet, English ultra-Tory politician [the Mayor of Canterbury]:
Sir Edward Knatchbull Autograph Letter Signed 'E Knatchbull' to the Mayor of Canterbury.
17 September 1841; Mersham Hatch. 4to 3 pp. Very good on aged paper. Small punch hole through top left-hand corner of both leaves of the bifolium not affecting text which is clear and entire. Knatchbull claims that it has been 'intimated' to him 'that the Removal of the Troops from Canterbury in consequence of the Election for the County which is to take place on Monday next will cause much Inconvenience especially to the Trade of the City'. He does not think that the Secretary of State 'would like to interfere unless in Concurrence with the desire & opinion of the Authorities of the City of Canterbury'. 'If therefore you think in accordance with the opinion which I entertain that any object will be attained if the Troops are order'd to remain in Barracks on Monday next perhaps you will be kind enough to address a short Letter or Memorial to Sir James Graham at the Home Office'. Knatchbull claims that his 'only motive' in writing 'is to render any Service I can to the Trade of Canterbury'. He is certain any application by the Mayor will 'receive immediate attention'. Knatchbull was Member of Parliament for East Kent from 1832 to 1845. 17 September 1841; Mersham Hatch. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6707
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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
Bookseller reference : 17081
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Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), English painter and President of the Royal Academy [Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850-1919),
Sir Edward John Poynter English painter and President of the Royal Academy. Two Autograph Letters Signed and Two Autograph Cards Signed to different recipients including the painter Sir E. A. Waterlow.
ONE: 11 July 1874; Hotel de Lille et d’Albion Paris. TWO: 30 July 1890; letterhead of 28 Albert Gate S.W. London THREE: 5 November 1905; letterhead of Alnwick Castle. FOUR:13 August 1913; letterhead of 70 Addison Road Kensington W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. All four items are signed ‘Edward J. Poynter’. The first is somewhat discoloured with cut corners not affecting text the others are in good condition lightly aged. ONE: ALS to ‘My dear Robin’ 11 July 1874. 1p 12mo. He has received ‘the four £10 notes’ and reports ‘the most tremendous thunderstorms’. TWO: ACS to ‘Mr. Gilkes’ 30 July 1890. He apologises for being unable to ‘attend the distributions of the School prizes’ that day. THREE: ALS to ‘Waterlow’ 5 November 1905. 1p 12mo. ‘Your letter gives me the key to the memorial. If I had known it was addressed to a fellow member I shd. have understood why the Academy was specially mentioned. I shall be glad to help it if I can.’ FOUR: ACS to ‘Percy Lovell Esq’ 13 August 1913. As he will have left London for abroad he will not be able to ‘accompany the members of the American Civic Assn. on the expedition to Hampton Court’. ONE: 11 July 1874; Hotel de Lille et d’Albion [Paris]. TWO: 30 July 1890; letterhead of 28 Albert Gate, S.W. [London] THREE: 5 unknown
Bookseller reference : 26254
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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
Bookseller reference : 21429
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Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), English animal painter [ Thomas Faed (1826-1900), Scottish artist ]:
Sir Edwin Landseer artist. Autograph Letter Signed 'E Landseer' accepting a dinner invitation from the Scottish artist Thomas Faed and his wife.
On his St John's Wood Road letterhead. 8 February 1868. 2pp. 12mo. On a bifolium the blank second leaf of which is laid down on a leaf removed from an album. In good condition on lightly aged paper. He apologises for 'seeming indfferent' to the 'kind invitation - For the last 3 days I have been very unwell. I am now well enough to say yes - with the hope of being still better by the 25th. of Feby'. On his St John's Wood Road letterhead. 8 February 1868. unknown
Bookseller reference : 17082
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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 (1796-1880), English judge and Tory politician [Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), Bishop of Oxford; Sir H
Autograph Letter Signed 'FitzRoy Kelly from Sir FitzRoy Kelly to Samuel Wilberforce Bishop of Oxford regarding the appointment of Sir Henry Acland to the Oxford Regius Professorship of Medicine with signed Wilberforce note to Acland.
19 October 1858; 32 Dover Street London. Draft of Wilberforce note dated 21 October 1858. 12mo 3 pp. Regarding the 'assigning of an income to the Regius Professor of Medicine out of the Ewelme Charity': 'I trouble you with a line to say that I have recommended the allowance of £250 a year and that when the revenues of the Charity shall reach £1000 a year it shall be submitted to the Court to increase the amount to £300 or £350'. Asks if there is 'any other matter connected with my office upon which you would wish for information before I seek a week or two's repose of which I have had none not even for an hour since I came into office.'. The note to Acland on the reverse of the second leaf of the bifolium is addressed to him at Lavington Petworth and signed 'Samuel Oxon': 'My dear Acland will you send me this back with a line saying if there is anything touching Ewelme you would have me express'. Written up one side of the letter Wilberforce has written 'When do you come' 19 October 1858; 32 Dover Street, London. Draft of Wilberforce note dated 21 October 1858. unknown
Bookseller reference : 10963
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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 Palgrave [formerly Cohen] (1788-1861), English archivist and historian of Jewish descent, Deputy Keeper of the Publi
Autograph Letter Signed 'F. Palgrave' from Sir Francis Palgrave Deputy Keeper of the Public Records to his son Inglis complaining of 'avalanches of business' and difficulties over a 'future residence' and helping 'Frank' his son F. T. Palgrave
'Rolls Rolls House Chancery Lane - 15 June no year'. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Palgrave begins: 'My dear Inglis/ I have had such avalanches last word underlined of business - and most of a confidential nature - that I have really been unable to write to you. By confidential business I mean business of a class which I cannot open to mhy clerks - and what must be either copied by my own hands or at home - If it had not been for Fanny Brown in addition to her sister I do not know what I should have done'. He has a 'distant notion' of his 'future plans': going to Albano in August and staying there until 'Rome becomes tolerably healthy'. He is in 'much perplexity about future residence' findigin it 'so difficult to suit me and your brothers'. He hopes to 'get rather more out of London' and thinks 'Mr Freshfield's house just behind Mr F<alke>'s may suit'. In the last paragraph Palgrave refers to 'K<> Hall' and the 'hope that Frank Palgrave's eldest son Francis Turner Palgrave 1824-1897 editor of the celebrated 'Golden Treasury' will fall upon his legs . But I can give no help in this matter however much I could wish.' 'Rolls [Rolls House, Chancery Lane] - | 15 June [no year]'. 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 [the Royal Academy]:
Francis Chantrey Autograph Note Signed 'F Chantrey' to unnamed male correspondent.
'Tuesday morng' no date. Seven lines on one side of a piece of aged wove paper roughly 12.5 x 10 cm. A hurried smudged communication. Reads 'My Dear Sir I have the ill luck to be obliged to attend a Council of the Royal Academy. We commence business punctually last word underlined at 8 oClock - Confound the R.A.!!! Truly yrs signed F Chantrey Tuesday Morng'. 'Tuesday morng' [no 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
Bookseller reference : 17838
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Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey, English painter and sculptor (1781-1841).:
Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey English painter and sculptor 1781-1841. Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred Edward Chalon.
'Belgrave place Thursday Evening.' no year. English painter and sculptor 1781-1841. The recipient 1780-1860 was an English artist of Swiss descent. One page quarto. Good but with traces of previous brown-paper mount adhering to rear and minor damage to several corners. Reads 'My Dear Sir When I asked you for an impression I had not seen the composition & had no idea that I was asking so much - believe me I feel very grateful for your kindness in putting me in possession of so very interesting a work - I do not mean to be understood as speaking of Lithography only. but on its beauty as a work of art.' Signed 'F Chantrey'. 'Belgrave place | Thursday Ev[eni]ng.' [no year]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 4420
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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
Bookseller reference : 005446
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Sir Frederick Ouseley [ Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley ] (1825-1889), English composer, organist, musicologist and priest:
Sir Frederick Ouseley composer and cleric. Autograph Letter Signed 'Frederick A Gore Ouseley' to an unnamed fellow-priest
Tenbury on letterhead of St Michael's College . 30 April 1866. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Addressed to 'Dear Sir & Brother'. He had been hoping to see him 'at the consecration of our Tenbury Lodge. I begged Brother Barber to invite you & I think I told you we would put you up here on that occasion'. He hopes he will come 'at some future lodge night when we have got into work'. He informs him that he has that day 'received a notice of the Royal Arch Chapter' the following Thursday adding 'I see I am to be ballotted for & if elected to be exalted'. He will 'be again in Oxford about Commemoration Time probably - But I go to London today for this week to attend Convocation as well as on private business'. This is 'most unlucky' and he asks to be ballotted immediately and exalted later. The letter ends with the London address of Col. Ouseley whith whom he is staying. He signs off 'faithly & fraternally'. Tenbury [ on letterhead of St Michael's College ]. 30 April 1866. unknown
Bookseller reference : 17030
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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
Bookseller reference : 8516
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Sir George Birdwood [Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood] (1832-1917), English administrator in India [William Martin Woo
Birdwood Autograph Letter Signed from Sir George Birdwood 'George Birdwood' a reference for William Martin Wood editor of The Times of India in his application to become Examiner in Political Economy at University College London.
19 March 1887; No 7 Apsley Terrace Acton. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. 47 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on lightly-aged paper. As 'an intimate personal friend from 1865' Birdwood endorses Wood's application stating that he was 'a frequent Examiner in political economy for Bombay University' between 1874 and 1880. He explains that Bombay University took in 'the greatest interest' in the subject and 'always endeavoured to secure the best qualified examiners - having the whole Civil Service beside the Educational Department to select from' and that they 'always preferred' Wood. After praises Wood's qualities Birdwood lists his own qualifications over eight lines. 19 March 1887; No 7 Apsley Terrace, Acton. unknown
Bookseller reference : 10115
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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
Bookseller reference : 11093
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Sir George Clausen, RA (1852-1944), English artist [John Littlejohn; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd]:
George Clausen artist One Autograph Letter Signed and one Autograph Note Signed both 'George Clausen' to the London publishers Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.
Letter of 13 February 1931 and note of 18 December 1930; both on letterhead of 61 Carlton Hill St John's Wood NW8 London. Both items concern John Littlejohn's 'British Watercolour Painting and Painters of Today' Pitman 1931. Note of 18 December 1930: 12mo 1 p. Five lines. Good on lightly aged paper. Thanking the publishers for sending 'the prints of my drawings . they are really very well done!' Letter of 13 February 1931: 12mo1 p. Eight lines. Good on lightly creased paper. Thanking the publishers for four presentation copies of the book. 'It is a handsome book and the drawings are well reproduced: I am particularly pleased with those of my own drawings.' Two items Letter of 13 February 1931 and note of 18 December 1930; both on letterhead of 61 Carlton Hill, St John's Wood, NW8 [London]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7112
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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
Bookseller reference : 10781
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Sir George Hayes (1805-1869), English judge [ Sir Richard Harington of Ridlington, 11th Baronet (1835-1911) ]:
Sir George Hayes The Times and the Crimean War. Manuscript Copy by Sir Richard Harington of Hayes's squib 'A Bill For the more effectual Prosecution of the War with Russia and for securing the Liberty of the Press & for other purposes'.
No place. 'Ordered to be printed February 1855'. 10 1pp. folio. On ten leaves of grey paper attached at a corner with string. In good condition lightly aged. Folded into a packet by Harington and docketed by him: 'Squib in "The Times" by Sergeant Hayes afterwards Mr Justice Hayes Prosecution of the War with Russia & Liberty of the Press' The text with marginal commentary appears to be identical to that published in London in February 1855 by William Stevens Printer 37 Bell Yard Temple Bar. The manuscript version differs stylistically from the printed one in that it employs clerkly contractions involving the macron. In his 'Hayesiana' of 1892 Edmund Macrory states that Hayes' squib appeared at a point when the War in the Crimea was progressing in an unsatisfactory manner and shortly after a second false report of the fall of Sebastopol had found its way into The Times and other papers. The start of the document gives a good impression of the whole: 'A Bill For the more effectual prosecution of the war with Russia & for securing the liberty of the Press & for other purposes Whereas the war with Russia has not hitherto been carried on in such a manner as to satisfy public opinion; And whereas Public Opinion is completely & exclusively represented by "the Times" newspaper; And whereas all persons hitherto engaged in ye active prosecution of ye said war are wholly incompetent to perform any of ye Duties confided to them; And whereas ye Times Newspaper is fully competent to discharge all such Duties: Be it therefore enacted That the entire future conduct & management of ye said war shall be confided to ye aforesaid newspaper.'. No place. 'Ordered to be printed | February 1855'. unknown
Bookseller reference : 19420
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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
Bookseller reference : 23966
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Sir George Clausen (1852-1944), RA, English artist of Danish extraction [ E V Lucas [ Edward Verrall Lucas ] (1868-1938), essayi
Sir George Clausen RA to E. V. Lucas. Autograph Letter Signed 'George Clausen' from Clausen to Lucas a letter of introduction for the artist Curmow Vosper.
On letterhead of 61 Carlton Hill NW8. 14 February 1932. 2pp. 8vo. In good condition. Clausen is writing to Lucas in the latter's capacity as chairman of the London publishers Methuen & Co. and the letter is a 'note of introduction' for Clausen's 'friend Mr Curnow Vosper who has written and illustrated a children's book which he wishes to submit to you. Mr. Vosper is a painter a member of the old Water-colour Society and I have no doubt his work is known to you. I hope that you may find this his latest work of interest.' Vosper does not appear to have published any book during this period either with Methuen or anybody else. On letterhead of 61 Carlton Hill, NW8. 14 February 1932. unknown
Bookseller reference : 20782
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Sir Gerald du Maurier [Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier] (1873-1934), English actor-manager [Frank Arlton (1863-1948),
Sir Gerald du Maurier actor-manager. Typed Note Signed as President of the Actors’ Orphanage thanking the actor Frank Arlton for his ‘splendid efforts at the Garden party’.
15 June 1933. On letterhead of The Actors’ Orphanage Langley Hall Langley Bucks. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 4to. Signed ‘With reiterated thanks’ ‘Gerald du Maurier’ with ‘President’ typed beneath. The letterhead is printed in black and green with details of officers and committee members. On aged and creased paper with closed tears and nicks to edges. Folded three times for postage. He asks him to accept his ‘most grateful thanks for your splendid efforts at the Garden Party’. He understands the ‘new show’ which Arlton ‘put in this year’ has proved ‘very popular’. 15 June 1933. On letterhead of The Actors’ Orphanage, Langley Hall, Langley, Bucks. unknown
Bookseller reference : 24575
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Sir Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), English architect of Liverpool Cathedral, Battersea Power Station ETC, Surveyor of the Fabr
George Gilbert Scott archiitect Autograph Letter Signed 'Geo. Gilbert Scott.' to "The very Reverend The Dean of Westminster" Richard Chevenix Trench
Headed 20 Spring Gardens London SW 16 June 1893. ALS 12mo 3pp. bifolium aged but good condition text clear and complete. Text: I met Mr. Manby last evening when he told me that the matter of Mr. Locke's engineer window is in abeyance till I express to you my opinion of Mr Wailes design for Robert Stephenson window . I beg to say that I thought the designed very good provided that Mr Wailes takes care in the execution to into it all requisite Spirit and force - which judging by the drawing alone may be the point in which there is danger without much special caution if its a little defective. .". [Headed] 20 Spring Gardens, London, SW, 16 June 1893 unknown
Bookseller reference : 26648
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Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1787-1855), voluminous English composer, whose songs include 'Home! Sweet Home!', Professor of Music at
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop English composer. Five tickets of admission to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane each signed ‘Henry R Bishop’.
21 February 13 March and 6 and 9 and 20 May 1826. Theatre Royal Drury Lane London. The tickets are all in fair condition each on one side of a landscape slip of paper all slips roughly 11 x 7 cm. All five with creases from folding. Each of the five signatures has been scored through in ink indicating that the ticket was used. All read ‘T. R. D. L. / Admit Two Boxes Henry R Bishop’ with date at bottom left. 21 February, 13 March, and 6 and 9 and 20 May 1826. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 23798
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Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston (1862-1944), prominent English physician and medical author [Professor David Waterston (1871-1942) of
Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston English physician and medical author. Autograph Note Signed thanking ‘Waterston’ Professor David Waterston of St Andrews for ‘the reprint of the article on Mackenzie’s heart’.
16 September 1939. On letterhead of Martins Haslemere Surrey. See Rolleston's entry in the Oxford DNB. He was successively president of the London Medical Society the Royal Society of Medicine the Royal College of Physicians and the Eugenics Society and was also Physician-in-Ordinary to King George V. Waterston was Bute Professor of Anatomy at the University of St Andrews from 1914 to 1942. In 1913 while Professor of Anatomy at King's College London he was the first authority to debunk the Piltdown Man hoax. 1p 16mo. Lightly ruckled and with the ink of the letter having run a little through removal from mount; otherwise in good condition. Reads: ‘My dear Waterston / Thank you very much for the reprint of the article on Mackenzie’s heart which is so full of information and interest. / With kindest regards / Yours sincerely / H. Rolleston’. 16 September 1939. On letterhead of Martins, Haslemere, Surrey. unknown
Bookseller reference : 24406
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Sir James Paget (1814-1899), 1st Baronet, prominent English surgeon, considered with Virchow as one of the founders of scientifi
Sir James Paget founder of scientific medical pathology. Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Klugh on receiving his baronetcy with printed card on his wife’s death and newspaper cutting from The Times on his funeral.
Letter: 27 September 1871; on letterhead of 1 Harewood Place Hanover Square W. Card: April 1895; 5 Park Square West. Newspaper cutting from The Times 5 January 1900. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The three items are laid down on a leaf from an album the letter on one side and the other two items on the other. The material is in good condition lightly aged with the letter slightly ruckled. LETTER: 1p 12mo. Letterhead printed in red. Beneath the letter on the album leaf in a contemporary hand: ‘In reply to my congratulatory note upon his being made a baronet.’ Addressed to ‘Charles Klugh Esqr’ and signed ‘James Paget’. Reads: ‘My dear Mr. Klugh / By mistake your note was not sent to me at Lucerne and I have only lately received it. But let me even now thank you for your kind congratulations & good wishes. I thank you for them heartily’. CARD: Printed on 11.5 x 9 cm piece of grey card. With thick mourning border. Reads: ‘Sir James Paget & Miss Paget / thank you sincerely / for your sympathy & kindness.’ At bottom left: ‘5 Park Square West’; and at bottom right ‘April 1895.’ NEWSPAPER CUTTING: 20 cm long column of seventy-fige lines of small print. Title: ‘FUNERAL OF SIR JAMES PAGET’. In contemporary hand on album leaf: ‘Times 5th. Jan. 1900.’ Begins: ‘The funeral of Sir James Paget took place yesterday at East Finchley Cemetery. The first part of the service was held at Westminster Abbey and it was attended by many members of the medical profession’. Letter: 27 September 1871; on letterhead of 1 Harewood Place, Hanover Square, W. Card: April 1895; 5 Park Square West. Newspaper unknown
Bookseller reference : 24794
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Sir John Bernard Burke (1814-1892), English genealogist, editor of 'Burke's Peerage':
Bernard Burke genealogist Autograph Letter Signed by the English genealogist John Bernard Burke editor of 'Burke's Peerage' to one of his 'Earliest Supporters' regarding his 'St. James's Magazine'.
17 August 1849; 8 Alfred Place West Brompton London. 12mo 2 pp. Bifolium. Twenty lines. Text clear and complete. Fair on aged paper. Because of the 'Very great outlay attending the production of the work at the onset' asks for a year's advance subscription of £1 10s 0d. Gives the publication date adding 'from the distinguished literary aid I have received I am sanguine enough to hope that it will meet your full approval'. 17 August 1849; 8 Alfred Place West, Brompton, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26796
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Sir John Foster Fraser (1868-1936), English travel writer [Henry William Massingham (1860-1924), editor of 'The Nation', 1907-19
John Foster Fraser Autograph Letter Signed 'John Foster Fraser' from the English travel writer Sir John Foster Fraser to H. W. Massingham of the Daily Chronicle describing his career and qualifications while applying for journalistic work.
3 January 1896; The Author's Club 3 Whitehall Court SW London. 12mo 4 pp. 61 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on lightly-aged paper. An impressive letter applying for work. He does not expect Massingham addressed as 'W. H. Massingham' to remember their meeting 'in the Lobby' when he was 'chief reporter on The Sun' while at the same time holding 'a Parliamentary engagement on the staff of the C. N.' Gives details of his subsequent employment including joining the editorial staff of the 'Manchester Guardian' 'principally to look after their weekly paper which was in a sad way. I prolonged its existence rather than gave fresh life to it & in May last it died.' For the last four months he has been 'in Asia Minor & Syria seeing something of the disturbed country - an interview of mine with Sir Phillip Currie is to appear in the English Illustrated - & getting material which I hope may be useful to me'. He is 'now back in London extremely anxious to get back in the Press Gallery'. A 'descriptive writer' is more than he can hope for and he would like to 'secure a sessional engagement on the reporting staff of the Daily Chronicle'. He is a 'verbatim note taker' and 'a good summary writer' and is 'well acquainted with Parliamentary work'. Names six individuals 'who know what sort of journalist I am' including Clement Shorter and T. P. O'Connor. As 'a young man & a Radical' he would 'prefer the Daily Chronicle especially as it is also a literary paper'. Being 'a magazine writer' does not prevent him from 'being a reporter'. He is 'no novice to Parliamentary reporting for it is only eighteen months since I left it'. 3 January 1896; The Author's Club, 3 Whitehall Court, SW, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 11163
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Sir John Gielgud [Arthur John Gielgud] (1904-2000), distinguished English actor:
Sir John Gielgud distinguished English actor. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Bannerman' thanking her for sending the 'enchanting' and costly flowers which she has packed 'so beautifully'.
13 May no year - 1960s. On his letterhead 16 Cowley Street London S.W.1. 1p small 4to. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Folded twice for postage. Written in a close hand with a larger and more forceful signature with long underlining: ‘John Gielgud.’ Reads: ‘Dear Mrs. Bannerman. / All my best thanks for the lovely lilies which arrived fresh and safely. They are quite enchanting - and cost a small fortune if one buys them in a florists. It was more than kind of you to think of sending them and to pack them so beautifully.’ Also included is a creased and worn envelope with 1975 UK stamp and postmark addressed in Gielgud's autograph to 'Miss Connie Conquest / 17 Station Road / Burton Latham / Northants / NN15 5PB'. 13 May [no year - 1960s?]. On his letterhead, 16 Cowley Street, London, S.W.1. unknown
Bookseller reference : 25208
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Sir John Gielgud [Arthur John Gielgud] (1904-2000), distinguished English actor [Florence Van Wyck Doubleday, wife of New York p
Sir John Gielgud distinguished English actor. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Doubleday' wife of the publisher.
27 October 1936. 59 East 56th Street New York City. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Folded once for postage. The year is given in pencil and a note in the same hand identifies the recipient as ‘Mrs Florence Doubleday wife of publisher in Oyster Bay’. Ten lines of text in a close hand with larger firm signature ‘John Gielgud.’ A somewhat pompous missive. He thanks her for giving him ‘so delightful an opportunity of meeting you and to ask me to stay in your charming house and meet your friends who were all so nice to me’. He ‘enjoyed the whole thing more than I can say and indeed the reputed hospitality of your country delights me on every hand’. He hopes she will allow him to ‘return it a little by kindly sending me your New York address which will I hope soon resolve itself to your satisfaction - so that I may have the pleasure of giving you a meal.’ 27 October [1936]. 59 East 56th Street, New York City. unknown
Bookseller reference : 25209
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Sir John Simon (1816-1904), English pathologist [ Freshfield family ]:
Sir John Simon English pathologist. Autograph Letter Signed 'John Simon' to 'Mrs Freshfield' regarding the return of her 'Oedipus' and a 'Freshwater outing'.
40 Kensington Square W. London 24 March 1894. 1p. 16mo. In good condition lightly aged and spotted. Since she is going away he considers it 'safer' to return the 'Oedipus' which has given him great pleasure. He hopes she will enjoy her 'Freshwater outing' and that 'we may remain above the horizon to welcome your return to town'. The Freshfields were a noted family of solicitors with strong connections with the Bank of England. 40 Kensington Square W. [ London ] 24 March 1894. unknown
Bookseller reference : 16883
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