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Greenop, Frank S; English, Hal (illustrator).
Catapult for Tom: What He Learned from a Dog Moorooba Books.
Sydney: Greenop & Greenhalgh 1965. Hardback small thin quarto no jacket good condition pictorial boards stapled lightly rusted colour drawings spine lightly worn small tear covers lightly scuffed & marked pages & pastedowns lightly toned cover corners little bumped fore-edge front cover lightly dented fore-edge rear cover little rubbed title on front cover little rubbed. 14 pp. Estimated date 1960s Trove catalogue. An Australian children's picture story book about a boy using a catapult to scare of a dog. However he gets lost and the very same dog saves his life. Greenop & Greenhalgh hardcover
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Padhye, Ramdas [Adapted in English by Lalita Bapat]
Inner Voice: World of Ventriloquism in India and Abroad
Mumbai India: Dimple Publication nd 2002. Original wrappers paperback. Fine. 8vo. Illustrated in color and black and white. SIGNED and inscribed by author: "To Walt from Ramdas Padhye". Adapted in English by Writer and Journalist Lalita Bapat Dimple Publication paperback
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English
Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment3e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
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Logic Pro X For Dummies 2e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
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Logic Pro X For Dummies 2e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
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Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment3e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
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Louys, Pierre; Bessie, Alvah C. (English Version); Pogany, Willy (illustrator)
The Songs of Bilitis Signed Limited Edition
Privately Printed for Subscriber 1926-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Copy #15 signed by artist Willy Pogany on the limitation page. Cover shows minor wear rubbing and bumped corners no dj. Contemporary gift inscription in the prelims. Pages lightly tanned and clean. Privately Printed for Subscriber hardcover
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English T. J.
Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0061147710.G ISBN : 0061147710 9780061147715
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James Anthony Froude (1818-1894), English historian [John Leycester Adolphus (c1794-1862), barrister and writer]: c. 17
Autograph Letter Signed 'J A Froude' to Adolphus.
12 November no year but before 1863. On embossed letterhead of 8 Clifton Place Hyde Park London. 12mo: 2 pp. Sixteen lines of text. Good. He is 'very anxious to be introduced' at the Literary Society and 'to take advantage of Adolphus's kindness in proposing' him. Gives reasons for not having attending any of the Society's dinners. 12 November [no year, but before 1863]. On embossed letterhead of 8 Clifton Place, Hyde Park, London. unknown
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R. Brimley Johnson [Reginald Brimley Johnson] (1867-1932), English author and editor [Swan Sonnenschein, London publishers]:
R. Brimley Johnson authoer Autograph Letter Signed 'R. Brimley Johnson' to Swan Sonnenschein proposing a work for publication and outlining his literary achievements.
19 February 1893; on embossed letterhead of Llandaff House Cambridge. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. He was introduced to the recipient 'by Mr. Philip Malleson of Croydon when I wanted to send an Essay to The Albemarle'. Asks if he 'might be disposed to let me write a volume on Jane Austen or Leigh Hunt for your Dilettante Library' Austen being 'specially before the public just now'. He has edited Austen's novels and two 'well received' volumes of selections from Hunt for 'Mr. Dent's Temple Library'. 'If you do not care to arrange for either of these authors I would suggest Miss Burney Hazlitt or T. L. Peacock. I have now in the press a reprint of Evelina and a volume of selections from Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age for both of which I have studied these writers in all their works.' Lists material he is sending relating to his work. 'I may mention that I have also edited the Poems of Prior and Samuel Butler for the Aldine reissues which are in these cases practically new editions and have contributed to the Academy The Speaker and other literary papers. Johnson's proposal was accepted: Swan Sonnenschein published his selection from Leigh Hunt in their Dilettante Library in 1896. 19 February 1893; on embossed letterhead of Llandaff House, Cambridge. 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
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Joseph Hatton [Joseph Paul Christopher Hatton] (1841-1907), English novelist and journalist:
Joseph Hatton novelist and journalist Autograph Card Signed 'Joseph Hatton' to Edward Draper of Vincent Square.
'On the <Maille>' postmarked Nijmegen 17 August 1895. Fourteen lines on the back of two-tone Dutch postcard the front being tined light blue. Addressed to 'Edw Draper Esq 3 Vincent Square Westminster London England'. Aged and grubby with two creases and slight traces of previous mount on front. Hatton's hand is difficult but the note addressed to 'My dear Friend' defending his use in a story of the following version of the celebrated quotation: 'When Greeks joined Greeks". Concludes 'You are right about the tinder box of course.' 'On the <Maille?>' [postmarked Nijmegen, 17 August 1895]. unknown
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George A. Lawrence [George Alfred Lawrence] (1827-1876), English novelist:
George A. Lawrence English novelist Autograph Note Signed 'George A Lawrence' to unnamed publisher Tinsley.
Undated. On monogrammed letterhead of 25 Mount Street Grosvenor Square London. 12mo 1 p. Six lines. Mourning border. Text clear and complete. Aged creased and a little grubby. Asking to be sent '4 copies of "The Butterfly" if ready' and if not to be told 'when it will be'. Lawrence published his 'Breaking a Butterfly; Or Blanche Ellerslie's Ending' anonymously by Tinsley in 1869. "In 1857 he published anonymously a first novel Guy Livingstone "portraying a more violent picture of Rugby School than Thomas Hughes."" Wikipedia Undated. On monogrammed letterhead of 25 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London. unknown
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William Blanchard Jerrold 1826 1884 English journalist and playwright:
William Blanchard Jerrold Secretarial Letter Signed 'W. Blanchard Jerrold' to 'Wm. <Raikes> Esq'.
30 June 1864; 11 Maddox Street Regent Street London. 12mo: 2 pp. Very good. 'The Association for establishing depots of cheap food for the poor' has been formed 'under the auspices of Lord Brougham the Earl of Shrewsbury Sir John Villiers Shelley and others' and Jerrold asks whether Raikes would 'permit us to add your name to the list of patrons' a position which 'entails no pecuniary responsibility whatsoever.' 30 June 1864; 11 Maddox Street, Regent Street, London. unknown
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Byron Webber, English novelist and journalist [The Sporting Gazette, London]:
Byron Webber novelist and journalist Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Draper.
15 September 1871; on letterhead of The Sporting Gazette 135 Strand London W.C. 12mo 2 pp. Text complete and legible on grubby and creased paper. Trace of grey paper mount adhering to blank verso of second leaf of bifolium. Crude caricature of a man's face in top left-hand corner of first page. Draper 'bolted from the Club last night' - Webber can 'guess the cause' - 'thereby depriving the committee of the unit necessary to form a quorum'. Had he not done so 'Marks would have shown you the drawing which he had brought down finished for your inspection.' Webber will 'bring it with me to the Circle to-morrow. It is glorious!' He asks Draper to 'bring an illustration for the Annual - in fact a card-portrait of yourself for the cover'. Also asks him to bring a portrait of Leigh if he has one '& so save me the trouble of bothering him - perhaps fruitlessly'. 15 September 1871; on letterhead of The Sporting Gazette, 135 Strand, London W.C. unknown
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Robert Harkness (1816-1878), English geologist:
Geologist Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs R<> Harvey.
29 January 1869; on letterhead of Queen's College Cork. 12mo 1 p. Fair on lightly-aged paper with slight damage to one corner from removal from mounting small glue stains from which are evident on the reverse. She was prevented from obtaining his autograph 'during the Meeting of the British Association at Norwich' and he is sending it to her now. 29 January 1869; on letterhead of Queen's College, Cork. unknown
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Herman Charles Merivale (1839-1906), English playwright and novelist [victorian publisher Samuel French, of 89 The Strand, Londo
Herman Charles Merivale Autograph Note Signed 'Herman C. Merivale' to the London publisher Samuel French. With a printed subscription form filled in by Merivale.
Letter: 25 April 1879; on embossed letterhead of the Union Club Brighton. Subscription form: undated. Letter: 12mo 1 p. Grubby and stained. He 'did not mention the Planché-affair' in his letter of the day before. Asks for his name to be put down 'for a copy of the book' French's edition of Planché's 'Extravaganzas'. The subscription form 12mo 1 p heavily worn and with loss to the extremities is laid down on the reverse of the letter. On it Merivale gives his address as 'Barton Lodge Kingston on Thames'. Image on application. Letter: 25 April 1879; on embossed letterhead of the Union Club, Brighton. Subscription form: undated. unknown
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C. R. Hewitt (1901-1994) (Cecil Rolph Hewitt, who wrote under the pseudonym 'C. H. Rolph'), English policeman, journalist, edito
C.R. Hewitt; "C.H. Rolph" Autograph Letter Signed 'C R Hewitt' to Sewell Stokes.
21 November 1957; 6 Liskeard Gardens London SE3 on New Statesman letterhead. 8vo 2 pp 33 lines. Good on lightly aged and creased paper. An interesting letter written by a former policeman to a former probation officer on the subject of the latter's book 'Come to Prison: A Tour through British Prisons today' Longmans 1957 about which the former has written a negative review. Begins by praising Stokes' 'really generous letter written at what cost in self-control I can only dimly imagine'. When Hewitt 'read the published review' he thought 'that it was still on the whole unfair'. 'I hate reviewing really and am a bad reviewer. Objectivity eludes me and I pontificate as if I were the only man in the world with the knowledge of the subject.' He claims what he 'really thought' was that 'the name of Sewell Stokes commands respect'. He remembers 'how very impressed G. W. Stonier was years ago with Court Circular though I thought that book was unfair!' He is writing 'an Observer "profile" ' of Sir Lionel Fox whom they both admire. Concludes 'I'm afraid your very readable book will be a success despite the price!' 21 November 1957; 6 Liskeard Gardens, London, SE3, on New Statesman letterhead. unknown
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Robert Mortimer Wheeler d1936 journalist father of Sir Mortimer Wheeler 1890 1976 English archaeologist Sir Jacob Behrens; Fr
Robert Mortimer Wheeler Autograph Letter Signed 'Mortimer Wheeler' to Fred Behrens editor of the Bradford Observer.
7 June 1900; on letterhead of the Bradford Observer. 12mo: 1 p. Twenty-one lines. Clear and complete. Fair: on lightly-aged and ruckled paper. He 'turned up at the Executive this afternoon rather in the hope of seeing you than in the expectation of being useful'. He had 'intended amongst other things supporting a meeting of the Committee sometime next week'. He is 'only just emerging from the influenza you gave me last time which proved of a rather virulent order!' He has 'a visitor in the house & must consult the home arrangements'. 'The absence of Fred Byles on holiday ties me somwhat more closely than usual. The papers for the Handbook strike a very good average but they run to about 18 pp. over the estimate for space.' Ends with a misquotation from Thomas Gray. Fred Behrens 1849-1933 son of the textile merchant and philanthropist Sir Jacob Behrens 1806-1889 collaborated with Wheeler on editorials for the Bradford Observer now Yorkshire Observer. 7 June 1900; on letterhead of the Bradford Observer. unknown
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A. E. W. Mason [Alfred Edward Woodley Mason] (1865-1948), English novelist:
A.E.W. Mason Autograph Letter Signed 'A. E. W. Mason' to 'Colonel Harvey'.
'Wed. 5th no date'; on letterhead of H M Kinsley & Baumann Holland House Fifth Avenue & Thirtieth Street New York. 8vo 1 p. Good on lightly aged paper. He is sorry but he will 'have to shorten my visit'. He has to 'make some arrangements about a play and the only opportunity I will have of seeing the manager concerned will be on Sunday'. He 'can come up on Sunday morning easily enough' but will have to 'cut short' his visit. 'Wed. 5th [no date]'; on letterhead of H M Kinsley & Baumann, Holland House, Fifth Avenue & Thirtieth Street, New York. unknown
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Walter Runciman (1870-1949), 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English Liberal politician:
Walter Runciman Autograph Signature 'Walter Runciman'.
6 March 1911. On Board of Education card. On a piece of card roughly 9 x 11.5 cm. With embossed government crest of the Board of Education in the top left-hand corner. In fair condition lightly-aged and with small triangular areas of discoloration to two opposing corners caused by previous mounting. Good bold signature presumably sent in response to a request for an autograph. Reads 'signed Walter Runciman. 6 March 1911.' 6 March 1911. On Board of Education card. unknown
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Saxe Bannister (1790-1877), English writer and lawyer, the first Attorney-General of New South Wales [Eugene Garay de Monglave (
Autograph Letter Signed 'S. Bannister' in French to 'Monsieur de Monglave l'Institut Historique'.
'Au Mai Jouy Près Versailles 23 Juin 1834'. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly aged paper. Addressed to 'Monsieur et Confrère'. He replied to de Monglave's last letters a couple of days previously and he has addded 'deux ou trois propositions que je vous <fais> de traduire en bon François et de lire à notre comité au Conseil'. He wants to get to know 'quelques uns de mes voisins dans ce village où j'ai l'intention de passer six mois' and asks for letters of introduction. Lists four families he wishes to get to know and names some individuals with whom he is a little acquainted. In 1833 Bannister published in Paris an anonymous pamphlet entitled 'Appel en faveur d’Alger et de l’Afrique du Nord par un Anglais'. 'Au Mai, Jouy, Près Versailles, 23 Juin 1834'. 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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Terrick Williams [Terrick John Williams] (1860-1936), English landscape painter [John Littlejohns]:
Terrick Williams landscape painter Three Autograph Letters Signed all 'Terrick Williams': two to John Littlejohns and one to Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.
First Letter to Littlejohns: 15 June 1929. Second Letter to Littlejohns: 20 December 1930. Third Letter to Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons: 14 February 1931. All three on letterhead of 89 Gunterstone Road W. Kensington W14 London. All three items concern Littlejohns' 'British Watercolour Painting and Painters of Today' London: Pitman 1931'. First Letter: 12mo 3 pp. 43 lines. Text clear and entire. On two leaves attached to one another in a corner by a pin. Good on lightly-creased paper. Interesting and informative letter concerning 'two watercolours' which Williams would 'like to be 'reproduced in Littlejohn's work on water colours'. Gives details of the titles of the works and the name and address of the owner 'who has consented to send them'. Discusses the techniques employed in executing the two works and the paper they were painted on. Second Letter to 'Dear Sir' i.e. Littlejohns: 12mo 1 p. Four lines. Good. Thanks him 'for the prints of my two water colours' which he thinks are 'excellent'. Third Letter to Pitman: 12mo 1 p. 8 lines. Good. Acknowledging the 'very welcome gift of copies' of the book. 'I think the reproductions of my own watercolours are excellent and as far as I am able to judge the others are equally good & the book is a most pleasant possession'. First Letter (to Littlejohns): 15 June 1929. Second Letter (to [Littlejohns]): 20 December 1930. Third Letter (to Sir Isaac Pitm unknown
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C. J. Mathews Charles James Mathews 1803 1878 son of Charles Mathews English actor and playwright John Hollingshead 1827 1904
C. J. Mathews Autograph Letter Signed 'C J Mathews' to Hollingshead.
23 November 1865; 25 Pelham Crescent London. 12mo 1 p. Fair on aged paper with traces of previous mount adhering to the corners of the blank reverse. Of course Hollingshead should 'wait till the last night of "used up" ' before writing to Mathews who has 'hunted up Buckstone - hunted up Turpin - but in vain. Not a box to be had'. He has sent 'the best I could get': '3 Dress Circle to Mrs Smiles with "Mr Hollingshead's best compliments." '. In a postscript states that if Hollingshead wants 'a box for the "Overland Route" before the last night' he will be 'too happy'. 'There is always a run on last nights.' 23 November 1865; 25 Pelham Crescent, London. unknown
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Peggy Ramsay Margaret Ramsay Margaret Francesca Ramsay nee Venniker 1908 1991 English theatrical agent Jonathan Goodman 1931 2
Peggy Ramsay theatrical agent Four Typed Letters Signed three 'Peggy Ramsay' and one 'Peggy R.' to Goodman giving her characteristically forthright opinion of his plays.
29 May 1955 and 5 and 12 March and 19 April 1956. All on letterheads of Margaret Ramsay Ltd Play Agent. All four items good on lightly aged paper. Two of the five leaves have small dog-ears to corners. Goodman has done his accounts on the blank reverse of one leaf. An important collection in which the most important British post-war play agent reveals in entertaining and increasingly-brusque terms the criteria by which she judges scripts. Goodman was hailed by Jacques Barzun as 'the greatest living master of true-crime literature' but his first love was as his obituary in the Daily Telegraph 16 January 2008 states the theatre. He began his career in 1951 'working at the Richmond Theatre first as a stage manager and then as a producer' before finding jobs in the West End. LETTER ONE 29 May 1955: 4to 2 pp; 8vo 1 p. A hundred and twenty lines of hurriedly-written text with autograph additions and corrections. She has read Goodman's play 'Willow Weep For Me' sent to her by Bill Roderick. She begins by outlining her method. 'My clients are so used to the bitter truth about their plays that I am inclined to think that everybody is prepared for it - clearly I must warn you as I don't suppose Bill did! Away with compliments! If I didnt think you had real talent I wouldnt bother to tell the truth but simply return you your script with a polite non-commotal sic phrase. I will move on to criticism immediately as its the only thing which will get you produced.' Goodman is 'obviously a writer who writes from within himself - very right and proper but as you know play writing exacts every kind of talent - involvement subjectivity objectivity planning creation etc etc.' There follows a detailed critique of Goodman's play with particular reference to Tennessee Williams's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. '. I must skip saying a hundred thing sic because I have no time to write and you havr sic no time to read'. She urges him to decide 'what "great truth" you wish to rest your play upon . Your bridge-party at the end of act one is very bad technically - why should the husband leave his guests downstairs to follow him up - simply because you wanted the husband in first - you cant do this kind of thing. You must let one of them have a car and be parking it or any excuse you like - but tax yourself be ingenious! Really nothing is too good for a play! My advice to you is to put this play in a bottom drawer and forget it. Managers arent interested in potential talent they want a play - and you dont want flattery surely You want a play on the highest level not a piddling little try-out which is all your play could possibly get and I doubt if that would be possible without influence. . Ive no doubt Liverpool has ben sic nice because its always something of a miracle when a friend can write at all or a fellow actor - but you are undertaking the most difficult form of writing there is - where planning discipline creation objectivity subjectivity are all mixed up and none of these things can be neglected.' She will be 'coming up to see Stokers musical' and will return his script then. LETTER TWO 5 March 1956: 4to 1 p. The play he has sent 'Chopsticks in Waltztime' is 'an improvement but I expect you know that it isn't good enough for London'. Goodman still seems to have 'dialogue diarrhoea' and should try and 'discipline' himself more 'or else turn to writing novels . You wrote to me about a plot which I thought rather dank - this is one of your failings all your plots seem a bit dank! That no doubt is your youth. . Don't be depressed. This is only my opinion and please seek opinions elsewhere before taking mine as gospel.' LETTER THREE 12 March 1956: 4to 1 p. Explains what she means by 'dank': 'sordid without being exciting - a sort of dreary realism'. 'I'll read your new play with interest but I hope the title doesn't mean it's about a woman changing into a man or vice versa because if so you may be sure hat I shall detest it. This kind of social problem is quite unsuited to dramatic treatment - but I hope I'm maligning you and misconstruing the title!' LETTER FOUR 19 April 1956: 4to 1 p. She has 'taken a long time' over Goodman's play 'chiefly because the title was so awful I couldn't bring myself to read it!' Suggests he 'try submittinng this to some other agent' as 'it may be that I am too tough on you.' Goodman has talent and the play is 'in some ways rather amusinng but all those sex jokes are to me not funny but smutty. Try some theatre or other agent and see how you fare and do please let me know how you are getting on.' 29 May 1955, and 5 and 12 March and 19 April 1956. All on letterheads of Margaret Ramsay Ltd, Play Agent. unknown
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Robert Scott 1811 1887 Dean of Rochester lexicographer Liddell & Scott's Greek English Lexicon; Richard William Church 1815 18
Robert Scott Lexicographer; Liddell & Scott Autograph Letter Signed to Helen Frances Church née Bennett.
23 July 1875. Deanery of Rochester. 12mo 2 pp. Fourteen lines of text. He has put her 'memorandum' with 'the others of a like kind' and does not doubt that he will 'be able to vote for your Orphan Boy -'. The Scotts are 'on the point of escaping to Folkestone' and hopes that Mrs Church is 'going to some place which will do you all much good'. Sends kind regards to Mrs Church '& the Dean'. 23 July 1875. Deanery of Rochester. unknown
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Alaric Watts [Alaric Alexander Watts] (1797-1864), English journalist and poet [keepsakes; The Literary Souvenir]:
Alaric Watts Autograph Letter Signed 'Alaric Watts' to Mr Limbird.
28 November 1828; 58 Torrington Square London. 4to 1 p. On aged creased apper but with text clear and entire. A small piece of paper from a bottom corner has been torn away in opening the letter and is still present on the reverse under a red wax seal bearing a clear impression of a lyre and the words 'Addolcire ed Maturare'. Brief communication apologising for the fact that the Literary Souvenir has not reached him sooner. 'The omission is the sin of my booksellers and not mine'. He is sending a copy with the letter and asks him to accept his thanks 'for your courtesy'. The address on the reverse is unclear: 'With the Literary Souvenir The Editor of the <> if Mr Limbird.' 28 November 1828; 58 Torrington Square, London. unknown
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Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858), English die-engraver [Salford; Manchester; Lancashire; numismatics; coins; medals]:
Benjamin Wyon die-engraver Autograph Letter Signed 'B Wyon' to 'J. Salland Esq.'.
19 December 1844; 287 Regent Street London. 12mo 1 p 7 lines. Good on light aged paper with 1 cm closed tear to top corner not affecting text which is clear and entire. Reads 'I regret having to inform you that the Salford Mayoralty Seal has broken all to pieces in the process of hardening and that I am afraid that I am obliged to engrave another which I am proceeding with as expeditiously as possible'. 19 December 1844; 287 Regent Street, London. unknown
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George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English engraver, illustrator and caricaturist:
Cruikshank's Autograph Signature 'Geoe Cruikshank' on a slip of paper cut from the minutes of meetings of a 'Society'.
June 1827. On both sides of a piece of wove paper dimensions roughly 8.5 x 20 cm. Cruikshank's signature is approximately 9 cm long with the final letter of his Christian name in superscript. Paper aged and creased with central vertical fold and wear to one edge not affecting text. Recto reads '<.> in the interim - That 2 door Mats be ordered for the use of the Society Adjourned till Thursday 7th June - signed Geoe Cruikshank Monday June 4. General Meeting of the Society Mr Parsonage in the Chair. The Requisition for calling the General Meeting was read by the Secretary'. Reverse reads first line cropped '<.> Thursday 7 June 1827 Mr G. Cruickshank sic in the Chair. Present Messrs Voelker Parsonage Davenport Reynolds. Boulter Muston Burrowes G. R Cruickshank Welmore Clark & Webster. The Minutes of the last meeting were read & confirmed. The Minutes of General Meeting on Monday June 4th. were read The Subscriptions & Disbursements were read by the Secretary.' The identity of the Society to which this item relates is not clear. Cruikshank was an enthusiastic proponent of temperance but the London Temperance Society was not founded until 1831. See IMage. June 1827. unknown
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Edith Coates (1908-1983), English mezzo-soprano opera singer.:
Autograph Note Signed to unnamed male correspondent.
Undated; 31 Makepeace Avenue Highgate London. 12mo 1 p. Good on lightly-aged paper. Punch-hole in top left-hand corner. Replying to an autograph hunter she states that she has 'signed the programme' and has 'much pleasure in returning it with every good wish'. Good firm signature. Undated; 31 Makepeace Avenue, Highgate, London. unknown
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Francis Carruthers Gould 1844 1925 English caricaturist politician and assistant editor of 'The Westminster Gazette'; tempera
Autograph Letter Signed 'F Carruthers Gould' to 'Mrs Whyte'.
23 April 1908. On letterhead of The Westminster Gazette. 12mo: 2 pp. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium. Good on lightly aged and spotted paper. Her letter has been handed to him by 'Mr Spender'. He would be 'very pleased to have the temperance cartoons circulated as post cards' and has asked 'the manager here' for a costing. 'Some of the cartoons I believe are being produced as posters by the Liberal Publication Department and by Temperance organisations.' 23 April 1908. On letterhead of The Westminster Gazette. unknown
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H. A. L. Fisher [Herbert Fisher; Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher] (1865-1940), English historian and Warden of New College, Oxford
Two Autograph Letters Signed both 'Herbert Fisher' to 'My dear Gore' the first conferring upon him an honorary fellowship and the second containing an assessment of Ormsby-Gore's son David.
7 October 1936 and 12 March 1937; both on letterheads of 'The Warden's Lodgings New College Oxford'. Both items good on lightly-aged paper. Letter One: 4to 1 p. Begins 'The College today at its Special General Meeting did itself the honour of electing you to an Honorary Fellowship. We trust that it may not be unacceptable to you to be thus associated with our Society. There are no duties save that of wearing a surplice in Chapel on Sundays and Feasts of the Church.' He thanks Gore for his 'generous words' of the previous day. Letter Two: 4to 2 pp. He thanks him for his 'helpful letter about David' Gore's son the Conservative politician William David Ormsby-Gore 5th Baron Harlech 1918-1985 and consequently raises no objection 'to his being out of College in the Autumn' which 'may well prove to be the best thing for him'. The previous day David told Fisher 'that he was anxious to go into the House of Commons as soon as possible'. Fisher 'can see from his appreciation of Thucydides and de Tocqueville which is obviously genuine that his mind is taking a political shape.' He sees 'gleams of unusual promise about the boy' and thinks that 'As his physical strength improves and as the memories of those shocks to which you allude fade into the background . he will gain in confidence and concentration'. Characterises him as being at that time 'wayward elusive casual rather than idle decidedly <> with occasional touches of brilliance extremely sensitive and reserved' and with 'a certain distinction of nature'. He 'gave up the Hebdomadal Council' after his illness the previous year and does not know 'what is afoot about Honorary Degrees'. 7 October 1936 and 12 March 1937; both on letterheads of 'The Warden's Lodgings, New College, Oxford'. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8477
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Jacob Bell (1810-1859), English pharmacist and Liberal Member of Parliament for St Albans:
Jacob Bell pharmacist Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr. Webster'.
26 December 1851; 13 Langham Place London. 12mo: 2 pp. Sixteen lines of text. Good on aged paper with a strip from the previous mount adhering at the head of the reverse. Docketed in a contemporary hand 'Jacob Bell' and 'M. P. for St. Albans 1851.' He thanks him for taking the trouble to search 'the last document which fortunately is found much to my surprise in a store room in my own house'. He 'cannot account for the accident' and apologises once again. 26 December 1851; 13 Langham Place [London]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7325
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Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (bap. 1618; d1685), English politician and member of the celebrated 'Cabal' ministry: d. 16
Arlington Autograph Signature 'Arlington' on fragment of document.
Without date or place. On a piece of paper roughly 4 x 7 cm. Very good on slightly discoloured paper. Reads '<.> 34 years of His Maies <.> signed Arlington'. The second of the two versions of Arlington's signature reproduced by Rawlins 'Five Hundred Years of British Autographs' p.63 no.8. Arlington was the first 'A' in the CABAL ministry the name made up of the initials of the five privy councillors who conducted Charles II's government after the fall of Clarendon in 1667: Clifford Arlington Buckingham Ashley and Lauderdale. Without date or place. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7293
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William Windham (1750-1810), English Whig politician [Richard 'Conversation' Sharp (1759-1835)]:
William Windham Autograph Letter in the third person to 'Mr Sharpe' Richard 'Conversation' Sharp.
15 February 1804; Pall Mall. 12mo 2 pp. Good on aged paper. A formal letter in the third person. Windham 'is almost ashamed' of sending Sharpe 'anything so trifling as what accompanies this note'. His justification for doing so is the 'wish of having his opinions stated with tolerable correctness on a subject to which Mr Sharpe as a matter of some interest at the moment may happen in some degree to have turned his thoughts.' Sharp's name was often misspelt by contemporaries and he is listed in the index to the online Oxford DNB as 'also known as Sharpe Richard'. 15 February 1804; Pall Mall. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6757
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8516
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Edward James Mortimer Collins (1827-1876), English nineteenth-century novelist, journalist and poet:
Mortimer Collins novelist Autograph Letter Signed 'Mortimer Collins' to Edward Draper; together with a printed poem produced on the occasion of Collins's death.
The letter: undated 'Knowsley <> of L. Derby'. Letter: 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and entire but with the outer pages grubby. He has 'no wish to annoy other members of the Court family' so it will 'go no further'. 'It is cool of Miss Court to talk thhe confidence of her own home when she made the statement to Mrs Bulkeley in her own drawing-room.' Suggests that Draper send 'the Postmistress' a 'reminder'. 'She is so accustomed to threatening letters from her creditors' lawyers that she possibly may disregard this.' Asks him to 'make her understand that withholding an apology may have sharp consequences'. There will be 'a few quiet folk here in the Whitsun week' and the Collinses will be 'delighted to see you'. Card: attractively printed in light brown purple and gold on one side of a piece of shiny paper 12 x 14 cm. Gives Collins's name and dates above an anonymous two-stanza 16-line poem beginning 'The poet may tread earth sadly Yet is he Dreamland's king; And the fays at his bidding gladly Visions of beauty bring.' The refrain is 'Comes of age.' The letter: undated, 'Knowsley, <?> of L. Derby' unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6802
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Joan Hassall (1906-1988), English wood-engraver:
Joan Hassall wood-engraver Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Disspain'.
Undated. On letterhead of 88 Kensington Park Road London W.11. 12mo: 1 p. Eight lines of text. Good though creased. Letterhead printed with the words 'Joan Hassall' and a 5 cm short rule decorated with a tiny dove. She apologises for the delay in sending 'this signature': 'I lost your nice little piece of paper and then I broke my pen.' Disspain's 'letters of appreciation' give Hassall 'very real pleasure' and she is 'most grateful' for his 'good opinion'. See IMage. Undated. On letterhead of 88 Kensington Park Road, London W.11. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7862
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John Hopkinson (1844-1919), English geologist [Alfred Reginald Pryor (1839-1881); Royal Geological Society]:
John Hopkinson geologist Autograph Letter Signed to Pryor's mother.
5 March 1888; St Albans Hertfordshire. 12mo: 3 pp. Good on lightly-aged paper. Concerns Pryor's posthumous 'Flora of Hertfordshire' 1887 which contained an introduction co-written by Hopkinson. Four copies of the book are being presented to Mrs Pryor 'by our Society'. 'This is partly the cause of the delay in sending them to you for we had to wait for authority from the Council of the Society to present them.' The rest of the letter concerns the large paper edition of the book a copy of which Hopkinson offers to procure for Mrs Pryor 'at the subscription price'. 'As only 50 of these have been printed we decided at the first not to give a single copy away except the one we were bound to send to the British Museum . There is not one of these large paper copies in your family for Mr. Marlbrough Pryor has only taken a small paper copy & Mr. Robert Pryor has not subscribed at all.' 5 March 1888; St Albans, Hertfordshire. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8124
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Martin Armstrong [Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong] (1882-1974), English novelist and poet [Thomas Thorp, Guildford bookseller]:
Martin Armstrong novelits and poet Autograph Letter Signed 'Martin Armstrong' to Thorpe.
15 January 1933; Sutton Pulborough Sussex on cancelled letterhead of 37 Great Ormond Street London. 12mo 2 pp. Good on lightly-aged and creased paper. Giving the details of three titles from Thorp's 'large catalogue' which he hopes are still available one is ticked in pencil and the other two marked as sold. 'Also can you let me have a cheap copy of John Masefield's "Sea Life in The Time of Nelson" and J. R. Hutchinson's "The Press Gang Afloat & Ashore." Publishers and prices of both items are noted in pencil with 'Cheque Noted' in margin. 15 January 1933; Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex, on cancelled letterhead of 37 Great Ormond Street, London. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7958
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Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle (1836-1929), English naval officer, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport:
Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle Naval Officer Autograph Note Signed 'E R Fremantle' to William Henry Kearsley Wright 1844-1915 Plymouth Borough Librarian naval historian and antiquary.
9 August 1898. On embossed letterhead of the Commander in Chief's Office Devonport. 12mo 1 p. Very good on lightly-aged paper. Reads 'Dear Mr Wright I am sending you a photograph which I hope you will like Yours faithfully signed E R Fremantle'. 9 August 1898. On embossed letterhead of the Commander in Chief's Office, Devonport. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7672
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Henry Warren (1794-1879), English painter of Biblical and oriental themes:
Henry Warren artist Autograph Letter Signed to the Birmingham inventor Samuel Timings active between 1853 and 1869.
28 March 1863; on letterhead of 24 Upper Phillimore Place Kensingon W. 12mo 4 pp. Good on aged paper with a little light staining at head. A significant letter in which Warren gives information of those of Warren's 'poor works' which have been engraved: 'they have been chiefly for book illustration and are spread through many publishers'. Begins by describing how 'Murray's Childe Harold has many vignettes very well engraved from my drawings'. Ends by saying that 'There is also a print in the mixed style of considerable size engraved by Humphreys but not yet published. It is from my picture of a story teller reciting in a coffee house of Damascus'. Had he any copies of any of them he 'should have been proud to have sent them'. 28 March 1863; on letterhead of 24 Upper Phillimore Place, Kensingon, W. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6855
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Olinthus Gilbert Gregory (1774–1841), English mathematician:
Olinthus Gilbert Gregory mathematician Autograph Signature.
Without date or place. Good firm signature on slip of paper roughly 2.5 x 10 cm. Laid down on slightly larger rectangle of grey paper cut down from leaf of autograph album. A little ruckled otherwise very good. Without date or place. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6747
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'Helen Mathers' pen name of Ellen Buckingham Mathews 1853 1920; Helen Reeves; Mrs. Reeves English popular novelist:
'Helen Mathers' Autograph Letter Signed 'Helen Mathers. Helen Reeves' to unnamed male correspondent.
1 December 1879; on letterhead of 6 Grosvenor Street London W. 12mo 3 pp. Bifolium. Spike hole through both leaves not affecting text. Fair on aged paper. She states that 'The story would be ready to commence the 2nd. week in March.' She then gives a list of her five 'other works besides Comin' thro the Rye'. The first two in the list are said to have passed through '3 editions' and of the second in the list 'a further is in preparation'. 1 December 1879; on letterhead of 6 Grosvenor Street, [London] W. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8259
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Eliza Cook (1812-1889), English poet and journalist:
Eliza Cook poet and journalist Signed Autograph inscription.
Without date or place. On a piece of pink paper roughly 9 x 11 cm. Neatly laid down onto a piece of white paper. Very good. A reply to a request for an autograph. Reads 'I am my dear Lady Yours truly signed Eliza Cook'. The signature is firm and bold with a small part of the flourish beneath it shaved away. Image on application. Without date or place. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6817
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Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (1871-1928), English writer on heraldry, and Gold Staff Officer at the Coronation of King George V:
Typed Note Signed 'A. C. Fox-Davies' to H. S. Vade Walpole.
8 June 1899; on letterhead of Hastings House Norfolk Street Strand London. 4to: 1 p. Good on lightly aged and spotted paper. Regarding 'certain verses concerning this street' Walpole will 'find an explanation of the whole circumstance in this week's Notes & Queries'. Image on request. 8 June 1899; on letterhead of Hastings House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7638
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George R. Sims [George Robert Sims] (1847-1922), English journalist and writer.:
George R. Sims Typed Note Signed 'Geo R Sims' to F. Leslie Moreton.
24 March 1900; on letterhead of 12 Clarence Terrace Regents Park. N.W. London. 4to: 1 p. Text complete and clear on aged spotted and lightly-creased paper. He has exchanged letters with 'Mr Morell' 'with reference to "Faust up to Date" ' but does not believe any contract has yet been arranged. He does not have a copy of 'the Score and Band Parts': 'I should say Mr Geo. Edwardes or Mr Meyer Lutz has these.' Sims co-wrote 'Faust up to Date' with Henry Pettitt. The music was by Lutz. It was produced by Edwardes and first performed at the Gaiety Theatre London on 30 October 1888. 24 March 1900; on letterhead of 12, Clarence Terrace, Regents Park. N.W. [London]. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7642
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Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (1770-1844), English painter:
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott painter Autograph Letter Signed 'A W Callcott.' to an unnamed male correpsondent.
11 January 1833; <> Kensington Gravel Pits. 12mo 1 p. Good on lightly aged and ruckled paper. Laid down on a piece of grey paper removed from an autograph album. Accepting an invitation and informing the recipient that 'Mrs Callcott has recovered from her last attack - but she is still slightly affected at times and is very weak.' 11 January 1833; <?> Kensington Gravel Pits. unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6750
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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
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7948
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