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Sir Charles Halle born in Germany as Carl Halle 1819 1895 English conductor and pianist:
Charles Halle Autograph Letter in the third person to the publishers Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
30 June 1890; Sydney Australia. 12mo 1 p. Twelve lines of text. Clear and complete. On aged and grubby paper. A formal letter in the third person. He has 'received with surprise the enclosed invoice. not present He has given no orders for any copies of the work & must therefore decline to accept the parcel should it have been sent out to him in Australia.' If it is 'lying at his London house' he will forward it to the firm 'on his return home'. 30 June 1890; Sydney, Australia. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7924
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Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938), English poet [George Routledge & Sons, publishers]:
Henry Newbolt poet Autograph Note Signed 'Henry Newbolt' to Routledge.
13 October 1906; on letterhead of 23 Earl's Terrace Kensington W. 12mo 1 p. Good on lightly-aged paper. Thanking them for the cheque and returning the 'form of permission to reprint the four poems signed' not present. 13 October 1906; on letterhead of 23, Earl's Terrace, Kensington, W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7936
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Anna Swanwick (1813-1899), English author, translator and social reformer [Reginald Bosworth Smith (1839-1908), Housemaster of H
Autograph Card Signed to unnamed male correspondent the headmaster of Harrow School.
20 March no year but after 1892; on letterhead of 23 Cumberland Terrace Regents Park N.W. On both sides of the gilt-edged card which is roughly 9 x 11.5 cm. Aged but in fair condition. 'Mr Bosworth Smith' has informed her that her book 'Poets the Interpreters of Their Age' 1892 'will be acceptable to the pupils of Harrow School' and she has 'great pleasure in presenting a copy to your library & hoping that a kind welcome will be accorded to my little offering'. A postscript explains that the volume 'will be forwarded by an early post'. 20 March [no year, but after 1892]; on letterhead of 23 Cumberland Terrace, Regents Park, N.W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8264
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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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'Barry Cornwall' [Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874)], English poet and friend of Charles Lamb [William Jerdan, editor of the Lite
'Barry Cornwall' Autograph Note to Jerdan.
Date and place not stated London; circa 1820. On upper half of a piece of quarto paper unevenly torn to make a piece roughly 11 x 18.5 cm. Fair: on aged paper. Part of address from previous letter to 'W. Jerdan <.> 267 Strand <.>' on reverse which is docketed 'Procter Miss Proby Cornwalls poems'. Reads 'I inclose you a note left here for you George says he will review the book for you next week - in the meantime give a flourish in your notice - 'The time does not admit of doing just to the vol. &c &c We are all a Party in this success -'. Jerdan acquired the premises at 267 Strand with his purchase of 'The Satirist' from George Manners and retained them during the early days of his editorship of the 'Literary Gazette' beginning circa 1819. Date and place not stated [London; circa 1820?]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8144
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Bernard Partridge [Sir John Bernard Partridge] (1861-1945), English cartoonist and illustrator, best-known for his work for 'Pun
Autograph Letter Signed 'Bernard Partridge.' to 'Miss Smith'.
24 January 1897 'M.dccc.xc.vij: jan: xxiv.'; on letterhead of 11 Marlborough Road St John's Wood London N.W. 12mo 3 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Attractive red letterhead in the Arts and Crafts style. The writings she referred to in a previous letter have not come. 'You probably forgot to enclose them. I expect to read some of the papers in the days when I look in the Pall. Mall. Gazette.' He asks her to give him 'an idea of what the publisher proposes to spend on the illustrations and also the size of them and the style - pen & ink or "wash".' He has heard news of her 'from Welsh Ethel Johnson's husband who is with me at the Haymarket'. COPAC does not appear to provide any information regarding a work on which Patridge collaborated with a Miss Smith during this period. 24 January 1897 ('M.dccc.xc.vij: | jan: xxiv.'); on letterhead of 11 Marlborough Road, St John's Wood, [London] N.W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8267
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Hugh de Selincourt Hugh de Selincourt 1878 1951 English journalist and author:
Autograph Letter Signed with accent: 'Hugh de Sélincourt' to unnamed male correspondent.
3 December 1916; 12 Hill Road St. John's Wood N.W. 4to: 1 p. Fourteen lines of text. Aged and worn with closed tears along the fold lines but with text clear and complete. He thanks his correspondent for the letter 'It is always a great delight to me to know that people like my work.' and gives details of where the 'little book I published on "Pride of Body" ' can be purchased. Ends with the details of his 'new novel "A Soldier of Life" ': 'I mention it as you say it is difficult for you to get hold of books and I should like you to read it.' Image on request. 3 December [1916]; 12 Hill Road, St. John's Wood, N.W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7631
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[GO. TREVELYAN] Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928), Liberal politician and author [Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), English economi
G.O. Trevelyan Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Fawcett.
9 October 1882; on letterhead of the Chief Secretary's Office Dublin Castle. 12mo 4 pp. Good on lightly aged and creased paper. The 'appointment of examiners' is entirely a matter for 'the Commissioners of Intermediate Education'. However Trevelyan will be glad 'to send the papers on to the proper quarter and will do so accordingly'. He is 'much obliged' to Fawcett for his 'kind expressions about my proceedings here. It is a very queer post and I always feel as if on the brink of an appalling escape.' He has been 'much struck' with the success of Fawcett's policy at Trinity College Dublin. The Trevelyans 'spent some days in Salisbury in 1879. On the whole I doubt whether anything in the world is more beautiful than the close and the Bishop's Garden. Giotto's tower is as beautiful in itself: but the setting of Salisbury is incomparable.' 9 October 1882; on letterhead of the Chief Secretary's Office, Dublin Castle. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6752
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William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-1884), English journalist and playwright [Hyde Clarke (1815-1895), English engineer, philologist
William Blanchard Jerrold Autograph Letter Signed 'W Blanchard Jerrold' to 'Hyde Clarke Esq.'
8 July 1852; 9 Bedford Place Hastings. 12mo: 1 p. Text clear and entire on creased and slightly grubby paper. Asks Hyde Clark to 'make the preliminary report you suggest & speak with Mr Crompton'. He feels that 'the thing is to be accomplished; & that there will be honour & profit to all who may concern themselves in the undertaking'. Asks to hear from Hyde Clarke 'in a few days'. The subject of the letter is unclear. 8 July 1852; 9 Bedford Place, Hastings. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6791
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John Liptrot Hatton [J. L. Hatton] (1809-1886), English composer and conductor [William Cox Bennett (1820-1895)]:
J.L. Hatton composer Autograph Letter Signed 'J. L. Hatton.' to Bennett.
26 October 1859; 3 Goswell St. E.C. London on cancelled letterheada of 13 Park Village West Regents Park. 12mo 2 pp. Ten lines of text. Good. Asks 'upon what terms' he may 'publish some of the songs I have set from the charming volume you sent me'. He is 'acquainted with the Gentleman' to whom Bennett has dedicated his book: 'it was in his shop I was introduced to Longfellow'. Possibly referring to Bennett's 'A Sea Song' and 'The Sea-Boy's Dream' set to music by Hatton and both published in 1861. 26 October 1859; 3 Goswell St. E.C. [London], on cancelled letterheada of 13 Park Village West, Regents Park. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7646
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Beryl Bainbridge (1932-2010), English novelist:
Beryl Bainbridge English novelist Autograph Note Signed.
After 1975. On one side of a piece of paper dimensions 19.5 x 21 cm. Lightly creased. Presumably in response to a request for an autograph. Reads 'Is there a life before Death slogan chalked on wall in Northern Ireland 1975 Yours sincerely signed Beryl Bainbridge.' Firm sprawling signature. See Image. After 1975. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6829
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George A. Lawrence [George Alfred Lawrence] (1827-1876), English novelist [Miss Caulfield; George Routledge]:
George A. Lawrence novelist Autograph Letter Signed 'George A Lawrence' to an unnamed publisher George Routledge.
22 March 1858; Plymouth. 16mo leaf dimensions 13 x 10 cm 3 pp. Bifolium. Twenty-eight lines. Text clear and complete. On aged and lightly creased paper with small closed tear in margin not affecting text. He has been asked by 'Miss Caulfield' to 'perform the ceremony of "introduction" with a view to your publishing if you approved of it a work she has lately written . <"Janet de Rinzy">'. Apparently no record of the author or title. Lawrence has 'great pleasure in doing this because from my acquaintance with the writer I am convinced the sentiments of the book would be good in every way & well brought out'. He 'cannot speak of the particular work' as he has not seen it. 'I cannot tell what your judgement may be: but whatever it is I am certain Miss Caulfield will meet both that courtesy & consideration at your hands which have marked all your dealing with myself & others.' The recipient may be Routledge who published Lawrence's most famous novel 'Guy Livingstone'. 22 March 1858; Plymouth. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7944
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Lionel Ellis (b. 1903), English wood engraver, artist and book illustrator [Edward Bawden]:
Signed Autograph Inscription to Edward Bawden.
Siena; May 1926. On a piece of paper roughly 14 x 12 cm. Creased and with a few pin holes not affecting text. Edges untidily cut. Possibly the ffep of a presented book. Text in purple ink with good firm signature roughly 4.5 cm long. Reads 'To my very dear Friend E. Bawden signed Lionel Ellis Siena May 1926'. The '6' in the date slightly cropped. Siena; May 1926. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7360
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English, Frank
Mabel's Miraculous Manner: Stories of Kindness and Friendship
2qt Publishing 2022. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2qt Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : G1914083709I4N00 ISBN : 1914083709 9781914083709
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[ENGLISH CIVIL WAR]
The late proceedings of The Scottish Army: As also the taking of Cannon Froome. Certified By an Expresse from his Excellencies Quarters the Earle of Leven Lord Generall. Dated at Ludbury the 23. of July 1645. Together with other Letters from the Kings Quarters to the Generall and Lieutenant-Generall and Answers thereunto
London: Printed by M. B. for Robert Bostock 1645. 2 6pp. Modern navy morocco lettered in gilt to spine T.E.G. Marbled endpapers early alternate manuscript pagination to upper corners. With a loosely inserted letterpress receipt from bookseller Frank Hammond addressed to Lord Cottesloe acknowledging payment of £12 for the book in 1961. The sole edition of a decidedly uncommon news-book account of the actions of the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant - led by veteran Scottish Army officer Alexander Leslie 1st Earl of Leven c.1580-1661 - in the summer of 1645 reporting most particularly on their taking of a royalist garrison within the moated house at Cannon Froome Herefordshire. Following the defeat of a Royalist rebellion against the Covenanting-led Scottish Government in the Spring of 1645 the Scottish army of the Solemn League and Covenant - named after the 1643 treaty between the reforming parliaments in England and Scotland- led by the Earl of Leven marched south to assist their allies. As this news-book reports a 'party of 4500 Horse Foot and Dragoons' en route to Hereford became aware of a Royalist garrison led by 'Governor Colonell Barnold' in the small Herefordshire village of Castle Froome. After the Royalist commander refused to surrender the moated house which had been reinforced with Irish volunteers after the battle of Newark Leven the 'Lieut. Generall.gave order for storming the place'. The heat of the battle is described thus from a purely Roundhead perspective: 'The Grasses were about nine foot deep and as broad and in most places full of water; The Works above the Grasses were so high that all the Ladders we could get were too short; the Enemy behaved themselves valourously but it pleased the Lord to give our Souldiers to much courage that after a hot dispute they were beate from their works after which they fled to the house where they fought desparately till a great part of them were killed. We lost about 16. and 24. are wounded; of the Enemy were killed about 70. Colonell Barnold deadly wounded Captain Briskoe Capt. Houke & thirty others taken Prisoners.' ESTC records copies at just seven locations in the British Isles Advocates Library BL Hereford Cathedral Newcastle NLS Oxford Trinity College Dublin and just three further elsewhere California State Harvard Texas and Yale. Provenance: Recently dispersed from the Cottlesloe Military Library 'probably the most extensive private collection of early printed books focused on military matters'. ESTC R200176 Thomason E.294 Wing L557. First edition. Quarto. Printed by M. B. for Robert Bostock unknown
Bookseller reference : AQ22725
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Isocrates, with an English translation by George Norlin
Isocrates. Volume 2 only. The Loeb Classical Library.
<p>8vo. olive green cloth. gilt letters. i-vii. 1. 542pp. Ancient Greek / English parallel text. crease on front boards otherwise a good copy.</p> London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1929. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15514
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Herrtage, Sidney J. H. (Sidney John Hervon), 1845-1893 ; Early English Text Society
The taill of Rauf Coilyear about 1475 A.D. from the unique copy of Lekpreuik's edition of 1572 with the fragments of Roland and Vernagu and Otuel from the unique Auchinleck ms. about 1330 A.D. : Re-edited from the originals Early English Text Society Series 39 pt. 6 pt. VI no. XXXIX
Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner London MDCCCLXXXII 1882 1882. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. xxiii 140 pages ; 26 cm ; OCLC 1132894600 ; 'The Taill of Rauf Coilyear' discovered in Edinburgh in 1821 and the only copy known at the time. ; contemporary bookplate of the Newberry Library Chicago ; half-leather covers with five bands marbled endpapers ; front board detached repaired ; top edge gilt; Herrtage Sidney John Hervon 1845-93. English scholar; edited several texts for the EETS including the late 15th-century glossary Catholicon Anglicum published 1881 and for the English Dialect Society. Reader for OED. In 1879 apparently on the recommendation of Frederick Furnivall he was appointed by Murray as his first assistant in the Scriptorium in 1879 but in 1882 he was discovered to have been making use of the Dictionary's materials in the preparation of entries for a rival dictionary Robert Hunter's Encyclopaedic Dictionary 1879-88 and had to be dismissed. May subsequently have done some further sub-editing in G. --OED ; scarce FAIR <br/> <br/> Published for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner , London, MDCCCLXXXII (1882) hardcover
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A E (Abram English) 1849- Brown
History of the Town of Bedford Middlesex County Massachusetts From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891 . With a Genealogical Register of Old Families
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781015783430 ISBN : 1015783430 9781015783430
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English Dialect Society
A Glossary of Words Used in Southwest Lincolnshire Kent Anda Glossary of Words Used in Southwest Lincolnshire Kent and Berkshire 1886 Berkshire 1886
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : A9781163921920 ISBN : 1163921920 9781163921920
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Professor of English Shelton Waldrep
The Space of Sex: The Porn Aesthetic in Contemporary Film and Television
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : A9781501377365 ISBN : 1501377361 9781501377365
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Chin, Tsao Hsueh and Kgoh, Kao (authors); Mchugh, Florence and Isabel (English translation)
The Dream of the Red Chamber: Hung Lou Meng by Hsueh-Chin Tsao 1975 Hardcover
US: Pantheon Books 1975. Pantheon Books 1975 Reprint Very Good/ This Pantheon Books edition was published in 1958 and 582 pages with line drawings. NO DUST JACKET. Orange cloth spine with dark blue text blocks and gold lettering on spine with off-white cloth and grey line drawings on front. Cloth has light soil slight edgewear and light foxing Solid structure charcoal end papers bright pages. HEAVY ITEM. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. Pantheon Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 358115
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Dr Elizabeth English
Biblical Lessons to Live by
Hardback. New. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B9781512763584 ISBN : 1512763586 9781512763584
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Professor of English Judith Rodby
The Uses of Grammar
Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Bookseller reference : B9781602352506 ISBN : 160235250x 9781602352506
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MoliFre translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur
Moliere's The School For Wives
Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1971. Dramatists Play Service Inc. 1971 Good/ Light wear and faint soil to cover tight bright unmarked pages. 81 pages. Bottom page edges a little wrinkly and a few are faintly faintly soiled along bottom margin o/w VG. Paperback. Good. Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 337499 ISBN : 0822209993 9780822209997
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Sullivan Charles Edited By
Dancing in the Wind Poetry and Art of the British Isles
New York NY: Harry N. Abrams Inc. 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to Green boards with gilt lettering. FIRST EDITION. New and unread. DJ is new and is covered in mylar. 76 illustrations including 38 plates in full color. Charles Sullivan has assembled a montage of words and pictures that presents the British Isles and their inhabitants from differing viewpoints and relates the histories interactions and cultures of the complex people who have come to be known as English Irish Scottish and Welsh. 144 pages. <br/><br/>A Harry N. Abrams, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5162 ISBN : 0810905604 9780810905603
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Charles Reade 1814 1884 English novelist and playwright Manton Marble 1834 1917 editor and proprietor of the New York World:
Charles Reade novelist Subscription only of an Autograph Letter signed "Charles Reade
No place but part of date "23/46" on verso. Paper 16 x 6.5cm fold mark good condition. Subscription only as follows: "Lombard St. City I am Your obedient servant Charles Reade" Image on request. No place but part of date ("23/46") on verso. unknown
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E. V. Lucas [Edward Verrall Lucas] (1868-1938), English writer and Chairman of the London publishers Methuen & Co.:
E.V. Lucas Autograph Note Signed 'E. V. Lucas' to an unnamed female correspondent.
23 June 1912; on letterhead of Kingston Manor Lewes. 4to 1 page. Good on lightly-aged paper with dog-eared corners and small stain from mount on reverse. Reads 'Dear Madam some sort of a sequel to the Ingleside Lucas's book 'Mr. Ingleside' 1910 is being finished this day. Yours faithfully signed E. V. Lucas'. 23 June 1912; on letterhead of Kingston Manor, Lewes. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6683
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Edward Jesse (1780-1868), English naturalist and author [Edward Walford (1823-1897)]:
Edward Jesse naturalist Two Autograph Letters Signed 'Edwd. Jesse' and 'Edward Jesse' to Edward Walford.
13 October 1863 16 Belgrave Place; 30 July 1867 Brighton. Letter One 12mo 2 pp; good with glue from previous mounting to reverse of blank second leaf of bifolium: Jesse hears 'that there has been a violent attack made on my lectures to the Brighton Fishermen in "the Field" of last Saturday'. He 'published these lectures in the hopes that they might be useful to many people'. He 'gave the Copyright to Mr. Booth the publisher & never recovered one farthing profit for them'. 'They were written for an ignorant club of men without any pretension'. Jesse wrote what he thought would 'amuse or insstruct them partly from my own head & partly from different books in my library. I made no secret of this.' He thinks it is 'hard that I shd. have been so attacked' and asks Walford to 'find out who has done it'. The Field would not publish a reply by Jesse. 'My only aim in my lectures was to do good & so far I have succeeded'. Letter Two 12mo 1 p; good with glue and paper from mount adhering to blank reverse. He has sent 'by to day's Book post' his 'papers on Dame Juliana Berners & her Book of St. Albans' and he hopes Walford will approve of them. He will be glad to see Walford 'whenever you want a mouth full of Sea air'. Signed 'very truly yrs but nearly blind signed Edward Jesse'. 13 October 1863, 16 Belgrave Place; 30 July 1867, Brighton. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6684
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Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884), English poet and wit [Sir George Grove]:
Charles Stuart Calverley Autograph Letter Signed 'C S.Calverley' to Mrs Lewis of Ickleton.
Bishopsbourne Rectory Canterbury; 19 August year not stated. Three pages 12mo. Very good. The blank verso of the second leaf of the bifolium laid down on remains of leaf detached from autograph album. Begins 'At length by certain Proofs 'tis plain to quote a hymn familiar to my childhood but forgotten now all but that first line that the readers of Macmillan will know all that is to be known about the mistletoe thanks to your labours before Christmas.' He hopes she has received the proofs and says that 'Grove the Editor writes to me that they are in type & he is forwarding them to Ickleton'. 'Grove' is Sir George Grove 1820-1900 editor of Macmillan's Magazine between 1868 and 1883. Quotes short passage from Grove declining another piece 'The Sword'. He has asked Grove the name of the present editor of the Cornhill Magazine 'It used to be Leslie Stephen and I know him or did know him well enough at Cambridge.'. 'Bell the publisher will be looking in upon us next week for a day or two and I dare say he will be able to suggest something.' In the meantime Calverley will 'keep the MS in my Custody'. In a postscript Calverley expresses his disappointment that the two pieces could not be placed together: 'I thought the Sword was the better of the two and had no doubt as to its acceptance. . Grove says that he and all Editors are in a hideous stateof overworkedness in the last /and the next/ few months .'. Bishopsbourne Rectory, Canterbury; 19 August [year not stated]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5595
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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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William Hurrell Mallock (1849-1923), English author [Edith Nesbit]:
W.H. Mallock Autograph Letter Signed 'W. H. Mallock' to 'Mrs Nesbit'.
10 October 1879; 15 Savile Row London. 12mo: 1 p. On discoloured paper with wear at head and traces of previous mount adhering to blank reverse. He sent the publishers Chatto & Windus her novel the previous Monday 'begging them to write to you on the matter and giving your work my best recommendation'. He has not heard anything from them himself but expects it will 'take a week or two before they can give an opinion'. The recipient may be Edith Nesbit although this is unlikely as Nesbit was her maiden name. She became Edith Bland in 1880. None of her works appear to have been published by Chatto & Windus. 10 October 1879; 15 Savile Row, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6104
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John Hullah [John Pyke Hullah (1812-1884), Worcester-born English composer and teacher of music, who wrote an opera to words by
John Hullah Autograph Signature 'John Hullah.'.
Place and date not stated. Parkins & Gotto London. On a piece of paper roughly 3.5 x 9 cm with embossed details of stationers. Good with tiny crease to one corner. A clear signature in pencil. Place and date not stated. [Parkins & Gotto, London.] unknown
Bookseller reference : 6236
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Robert Cust [Robert Henry Hobart Cust] (1861-1940), English art critic, an authority on the renaissance [Horace Bleackley; John
Robert Cust art critic Autograph Letter Signed 'Robert Cust' to Horace Bleackley 1868-1931.
12 October no year; on letterhead of Vernon House Lyndhouse Road Hampstead. 12mo 4 pp. Good on lightly aged paper but with a thin strip along the outer edge of the second leaf of the bifolium with glue staining from previous mounting and a 3.5 x 0.5 piece missing at head causing damage to one word 'hers<elf>'. Otherwise text clear and entire. Cust's aunt has informed him 'that she has at present in her possession in London all the papers belonging to Sir John Cust that remain'. She does not however think that they contain much about Wilkes. Cust is 'tremendously busy' and will not be able to examine them 'for a week or two' so Bleackley might want to visit her himself 'The Lady Elizabeth Cust 13 Eccleston Square'. 'I have paved the way for you in a sense already.' Offers 'a small furnished house in town' belonging to 'my relatives Mrs Gerald Talbot & her daughter'. Bleackley's biography of Wilkes appeared in 1917. 12 October [no year]; on letterhead of Vernon House, Lyndhouse Road, Hampstead. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6689
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Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), English scientist and astronomer, co-discoverer of helium gas [Norman Lockyer Observatory
Norman Lockyer scientist astronomer Three Autograph Letters Signed all three 'Norman Lockyer' to 'Farquhar'.
9 11 and 19 August 1900; first letter from 16 Penywern Road London SW; second on letterhead of the Solar Physics Observatory South Kensington London; third on letterhead of Marine House Whitley R.S.O. Northumberland. The first and second letters are both 12mo 2 pp; the third is 12mo 1 p. The first and third are good on lightly aged paper; the second has some smoke staining to top and bottom outside corners. All text clear and entire. The letters concern Farquhar's efforts as a 'friendly service' on Lockyer's behalf to get a room in Harrogate. References to the Majestic and Prince of Wales hotels and to 'Oliver' perhaps J. A. W. Oliver. 9, 11 and 19 August 1900; first letter from 16 Penywern Road, London SW; second on letterhead of the Solar Physics Observatory, unknown
Bookseller reference : 6576
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Sir William Trumbull (1639-1716), English politician, member of the first Whig Junto:
Sir William Trumbull Autograph Signature 'Will. Trumbull.' on fragment of document.
Without date or place. On irregular piece of paper roughly 4.5 x 4.5 cm. Good on lightly discoloured paper. With part of signature 'Smith' below. Docketed on reverse 'Sir Wm. Trumbull Statesman Wm 3d'. Without date or place. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6072
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John Egerton 2nd Earl of Bridgewater 1623 1686 English aristocrat who acted in the first performance of John Milton's masque '
Earl of Bridgewater; Milton's Comus Autograph Signature 'J Bridgewater.' on fragment of document.
Without date or place but docketed on reverse '1679'. On piece of paper roughly 2 x 3.5 cm. Discoloured and with traces of glue from previous mounting on reverse. Slight loss to one corner and tiny closed tear at head. Attractive calligraphic signature with tall closely-spaced vertically elongated letters. Top loops of initial 'J' trimmed. See Image. Without date or place (but docketed on reverse '1679'). unknown
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Lawrence Hyde (b1894, fl. 1954), English journalist and spiritual philosopher [Herbert George Wood; Quaker; Society of Friends;
Lawrence Hyde b.1894 fl. 1954 English journFour Autograph Letters Signed two in full and two as 'L. H.' to the biblical scholar and Quaker theologian Herbert George Wood 1879-1963 first Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham.
Between 1930 and 1931; all four on letterhead Rosedean Cottage Shipley Sussex. All items very good on lightly aged paper. Four closely written and interesting communications on his writings and philosophy. LETTER ONE 16 June 1930 2 pages 12mo: On the question of 'that misunderstanding regarding our last visit' the rest of the month is 'booked up' but 'perhaps the postponement - I hope it is no more than that! - of our coming may not be a bad thing'. Since their last meeting he has been 'passing through a phase of extensive internal adjustment the physical aspect of which has taken the form of very bad health'. He has 'hardly written a line' and it is 'a time for me of extreme introversion and apathy and I am really not fit to appear in society!'. Although 'friend Halliday would probably be sceptical regarding the fact' 'it is one of the things to be expected on the rather curious path which I am following'. When he emerges hopes to 'dash off in fairly rapid succession' essays on humanism and religion. Is on friendly terms with Hugh Fausset Hugh l'Anson Fausset 1895-1965 English poet and religious writer 'whom I admire greatly and whose religious development is I think going to be remarkably interesting'. Asks how Wood and his colleagues 'got on with Rabindranath' Tagore 1861-1941 Indian poet: 'I gather that he was a bit of a nuisance!' LETTER TWO 28 October 1930 2 pages 12mo: Responding to an invitation from Wood he is looking forward to a visit to the Quaker educational settlement at Woodbrooke: 'I might have the delightful experience of posting off the MS and then stepping into the train for Woodbrooke for a badly needed rest'. Discusses possible itinerary. Referring to Wood himself hopes that he and his wife Lorna will 'see something of the Professor of Theology and the Philosophy of Religion at the Selly Oak College'. LETTER THREE 14 March 1931 three pages 12mo: Announces the publication of his 'Prospects of Humanism'. 'I shall of course be very interested to hear what impression it makes upon you.' Hopes Wood will review it. He is 'far from satisfied' with the book which 'bears the marks of having been written during a period of strain'. His thoughts 'have already turned to Op. III by which I shall stand or fall in the end'. Three paragraphs discuss the 'Kosman Church' on the subject of which Hyde can 'quite sympathise' with Wood's 'uneasiness': 'My aim . is to define the conditions which in my opinion will have to be complied with by a truly modern Religion'. Asks if Wood has seen Geoffrey Heard's 'Ascent of Humanity': 'in a large measure it expresses the same type of consciousness with which Fausset John Middleton Murry 1889-1957 and myself are so directly concerned in our different ways'. LETTER FOUR 2 April 1931 three pages 12mo: Is pleased with Wood's 'favourable verdict on the Prospects'. 'You are one of the few whose judgement I trust in these matters and your appreciation is one of the things that helps me to go on'. Is happy that Wood considers his book better than its predecessor and discusses the two books. Is glad that Wood feels that he has 'sounded the Quaker note': 'this brings us together'. Feels that the author of 'that extraordinarily hostile notice in the Times. Literary. Supplement. 'at least did me a service by taking two columns to dismiss me!' Enjoyed Hoyland's essay and asks how Wood's own book is progressing. He 'will not anticipate' the arguments in his 'Opus III': 'I am philosophically a resolute Occidental!' He refuses to 'entertain the idea that matter is evil' and believes 'firmly' in progress. Discusses some recent essays by Middleton Murry. Discusses the 'Nation' and 'Everyman' the editor of the latter having 'asked me to give him some of my new book in the form of articles'. Also included is a Typed Note Signed to Wood from Horace Fleming Honorary Warden on the letterhead of the Mary Ward Settlement 20 March 1931 sending Hyde's book. Between 1930 and 1931; all four on letterhead Rosedean Cottage, Shipley, Sussex. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5655
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Thomas Webster (1800-1886), English artist:
Thomas Webster artist Autograph Signature 'Thos Webster' on fragment of letter 'To the President & Council of the Royal Academy'.
Without date or place. Paper dimensions 5 x 11 cm. Good. The foot of the last page of a letter with a mourning border. Reads '<.> consideration. I am Gentn. Your obedt. St. signed Thos Webster To the President & Council of the Royal Academy'. Without date or place. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6075
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Lord William Pitt Lennox (1799-1881), English Member of Parliament and novelist:
Lord William Pitt Lennox M.P. novelist Signature 'William P. Lennox' on frank to the Hon. Cecil Lawless.
9 December 1833; London. With red ink postmark. The front of a wove-paper envelope 8 x 12.5 cm. Good. Reads 'London December Ninth 1833 Honble. Cecil Lawless The Wick Brighton signed in bottom left-hand corner William P. Lennox'. The postmark in red ink in the top right-hand corner is circular topped with a crown and reads '9 DE 9 1833'. 9 December 1833; London. With red ink postmark. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6150
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Alec Waugh (Alexander Raban Waugh, 1898-1981), English novelist, elder brother of Evelyn Waugh:
Alec Waugh Card carrying Autograph Inscription to Charles Wilson.
31 July 1948. On one side of the card. Dimensions 8.5 x 11 cms. Very good. Neat inscription reading 'For Charles Wilson with Alec Waugh's best wishes July. 31. 1948 /.' 31 July 1948. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5683
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John Seymour Lucas 1849 1923 RA. English artist and costume designer: R. A.
Autograph Letter Signed 'Seymour Lucas' to 'Mr Wright' W.H.K. Wright editor of the Journal of the Ex-Libris Society.
17 April 1906; on letterhead of Priory Place Blythburgh Suffolk. Two pages 12mo. Good on lightly aged and creased paper. 'In the rush of finishing his Academy work' he finds Wright's letter 'among numerous others unanswered'. He will be returning to London in a fortnight 'and shall have great pleasure in sending you the bookplate together with an early one. Also my autograph &c.' 17 April 1906; on letterhead of Priory Place, Blythburgh, Suffolk. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5750
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Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), Ivy St Helier (1886-1971); Joyce Carey (1898-1993); English actresses associated with Noel Coward
Gertrude Lawrence; Joyce Carey Autograph Signatures 'Gertrude Lawrence.' 'Ivy St. Helier' and 'Joyce Carey'.
Dates and places not stated. On a leaf of cream paper 8.5 x 12 cm part of a bifolium taken from an autograph album. Very good. All three signatures are bold and clear. The signatures of Lawrence and St Helier are on one side of the leaf and that of Carey is on the other. Lawrence's signature is in ink and the other two in pencil. Three signatures Dates and places not stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6233
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Whitwell Elwin 1816 1900 English journalist editor of the 'Quarterly Review':
Whitwell Elwin; Quarterly Review Three Autograph Letters Signed all three 'W. Elwin' to historian Alexander William Kinglake 1809-1891.
1875 1883 1887; all three from Booton Rectory Norwich. All three letters 12mo and closely written. All three with rusted pinholes at head. A valuable correspondence in which one of Victorian England's leading critics describes his response to the work of one of the age's foremost historians. LETTER ONE 1 page 26 lines good: He thanks Kinglake for sending his 'new volume' of 'The Invasion of the Crimea'. 'I am reading it with great delight. The work to me is unique both in military & literary history. I never read a book before which gave a description of a battle in all its parts so as to convey a true picture of what a battle really is.' Continues in the same vein laying on the praise. 'Many of the passages are full of pathos & grandeur & when I read them aloud in our domestic circle thehy stirred the hearts of old & young alike.' Concludes 'If the work were far less distinguished for its intellectual beauties it would deserve immortality for its fearless honesty. An author who loves nothing better than truth is rare.' LETTER TWO 2 pages 33 lines good: Another paean of praise beginning 'I find your new preface delightful for its contents & the vigour & felicity of the language. Newspapers write more & more in superlatives & exaggerate everything for the sake of effect. I suppose we have all felt this in the accounts of the Egyptian Campaign .'. Discusses Lord Bury and 'one of the most comical instances on record of a man digging a pit for another & falling into it himself. I never saw Lord Bury but once & then only for an instant but I know his father & the family calibre. With sundry good qualities to be a little weak a little vain & a politician for what you can get runs I think in the blood.' Returns to Kinglake's 'volume' in the last paragraph with yet more praise. LETTER THREE two pages 27 lines with some wear at foot affecting a couple of words of still-decipherable text: He has read Kinglake's letter 'with a pride & pleasure greater than you yourself probably feel at the completion of your masterly work. The modes of treating history were hacknied & did not seem capable of much novelty. I know scarce anything inn fiction more original than yours & the originality has everywhere tended to one end . I look upon your history as absolutely unique . <If> it had been a war far less memorable in its consequences it would have been rendered memorable by its historian .'. 1875, 1883, 1887; all three from Booton Rectory, Norwich. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6090
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Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797-1839), English poet and song writer.:
Thomas Haynes Bayly Autograph Letter Signed to the poet journalist and editor Alaric Alexander. Watts 1797-1864.
Friday no date; 5 Wyndham Place London. Two pages quarto. Very good on lightly aged and creased paper. He is sorry that he has not been able to 'become personally acquainted with' Watts since coming to town but will 'very soon make another attempt' hoping to find him at home. 'As I before told you I wish to contribute to the Souvenir 'Literary Souvenir' an annual edited by Watts & as you said you wished a tale somewhat in the style of my "Legend of Killarney" I send you one.' Asks the 'usual rate of remuneration & what you can afford to give me for it I dare say I shall feel disposed to accept without reference to or comparison with the amount offered by other Periodicals'. Friday [no date]; 5 Wyndham Place, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5717
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A. Rutledge Crouch, English designer and illustrator:
A. Rutledge Crouch English designer and illustrator Four Autograph Letters Signed all 'A. Rutledge Crouch' to the Secretary Royal Society of Arts.
14 20 and 28 February and 8 March 1941; all on letterheads of 'Redcot' Rutland Road Wanstead Essex. The first three items are 4to with the first two of two pages and the last of one page all with a brown border. The fourth item is 12mo 1 p. The quarto items have some creasing and discoloration to the extremities and a few closed tears. The 12mo item is good. Text of all four letters clear and entire. The correspondence concerns Crouch's application for membership. He gives the names of individuals who 'have signified their willingness to second' Crouch: Sir William Wayland M.P. 'a Fellow member of the Royal Enterprise Society' Sir Charles Bressey 'Major Longden who attends to the Art Interests of the British Council' and Athol Robertson 'late M.P for Finchley London Manager to Messs. W. N. Sharpe Ltd. of Bradford'. The second letter is accompanied by a postcard reproducing Crouch's 'pen painting of the Coronation Chair' in Westminster Abbey signed by Crouch in pencil. If elected Crouch offers to prepare 'a "hand-touched" print and present it to the Royal Society at such time as you may consider desirable'. Also present a small piece of paper bearing an eleven-line ink note signed 'E. S.' describing Crouch as 'quite a suitable person - financially & otherwise' for election to the Society. 14, 20 and 28 February and 8 March 1941; all on letterheads of 'Redcot', Rutland Road, Wanstead, Essex. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6594
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Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), English stage and film actor; Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress:
Laurence Olivier; Gladys Cooper Autograph Signatures 'Laurence Olivier' and 'Gladys Cooper'.
Dates and places not stated. On piece of cream paper roughly 8.5 x 12 cm removed from an autograph album. Good on paper with a few light marks. Bold firm signatures in pencil one on each side of the leaf. Two signatures. See Image of Olivier. Dates and places not stated. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6238
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Walter Runciman 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford 1870 1949 English Liberal politician paper making; the book trade; publishing
Walter Runciman Typed Letter Signed 'Walter Runciman' to L. P. Jacks.
21 February 1916; on letterhead of the Board of Trade Whitehall Gardens London S.W. 12mo 3 pp 35 lines. Good on lightly aged paper and with a thin strip from mount adhering at head of blank verso of second leaf of bifolium. Discusses 'the restriction on the importation of paper and paper making materials' imposed 'with the object of securing more tonnage space in incoming vessels'. He has not 'been willing to fetter the discretion of the Commission' and concludes with the comment 'that if they had to consider the rival claims literary or educational of particular publications for special treatment they would find the burden placed upon them heavier than any body of persons however conscientious could be expected to bear.' 21 February 1916; on letterhead of the Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6296
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Harry Quilter (1851-1907), English art critic:
Harry Quilter art critic Autograph Notice for insertion in a journal or newspaper.
1886. 12mo: 1 p. Good on lightly creased paper and with traces of previous mount adhering to reverse and small central spike hole. In a variant hand but certainly by Quilter. Twelve lines of text for insertion in a journal or newspaper. Announces the unsuccessful 1886 candidacy by 'Mr. Harry Quilter M.A. Trin. Coll. Camb.' for the Cambridge Slade Professorship 'recently vacant by the resignation of Professor Colvin'. Quilter 'will be known to our readers as the recent art-critic of the "Times" and the gentleman who has for many years past written upon art subjects in the "Spectator". Quilter is described as 'almost the only critic of any standing who exhibits oil pictures as well as writes with 'exhibits pictures' and 'paints as well as writes' both crossed out.' [1886.] unknown
Bookseller reference : 6216
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Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1800 1885 English traveller and writer Sir John Philippart c1784 1875 editor of the United Services
Joachim Hayward Stocqueler traveller Three Autograph Letters Signed all 'J. H. Stocqueler' to Philippart.
Two letters from 6 Wellington Street Strand London both undated one 'Thursday' and the other docketed by Phillipart 'Novr 1848'; the third letter 10 August 1870 8 Henley Street Kentish Town. Letter One November 1848; folio 1 p; on discoloured creased and worn paper: Availing himself of Philippart's 'kind permission to contribute to the U. S. Magazine' Stocqueler is sending 'the commencement of a Historical Sketch' he has 'long meditated writing'. 'A note in this month's Dublin University Mag. has afforded the text - & the pretext'. It 'will be calculated to please the India Office' and will contain 'a good deal of personal sketch'. Addressed on reverse to Philippart at the Magazine's office at 19 Catherine Street Strand and docketed by Philippart. Letter Two 'Thursday' 12mo 2 pp good. Warning Philippart against 'being led' by Sir John Henniker 'into any publication regarding his affair with Captains Bray & Wilson. He adopted so infamous a course in regard to them some months ago thro' the U. S. Gazette that I was obliged to tell him to his face he was a poltroon - He swallowed the insult & sneaked away. There is no dependence to be placed on one word he says.' Bray is rich and will 'bring an action against him or those who publish any of his statements on the slightest pretext'. Letter Three 10 August 1870; 12mo 3 pp; good on lightly creased and discoloured paper: He is returning the volume on the Victoria Cross. He has 'duly recd.' Philippart's note 'enclosing an extract from <Hair>'s letter to you & have no doubt I shall be able to make some use of it if occasion shd. arise'. Discusses a newspaper of which '<Lindley>' has 'evidently been trying to dispose a part'. 'Who would be the business associate of one so wanting in temper or decision Not I. Two months ago he gave me a month's warning. At the end of that time asked me to go on.' Two letters from 6 Wellington Street, Strand, London, both undated (one 'Thursday' and the other docketed by Phillipart 'Novr 18 unknown
Bookseller reference : 6663
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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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