‎English‎

‎John Roby (1793-1850), English banker, poet and author, best-known for his 'Traditions of Lancashire' (1829) [Henrietta Cecil Th‎

‎Holograph document by John Roby consisting of a ballad from his 'forthcoming "Traditions of Lancashire"' beginning with the line 'Maiden braid those tresses bright' preceded by an Autograph Note Signed 'Jn Roby' by Roby for Mrs. Thelwall.‎

‎The document dated 'Rochdale 11th. December 1828'. 4pp. 4to. On two loose leaves of Whatman paper each watermarked 1827. Very good on lightly-aged paper. The document begins with the following note dated and signed by Roby: 'The following ballad from my forthcoming "Traditions of Lancashire" though not of much value in itself may yet acquire some from its connexion with and introduction into Mrs. Thelwall's elegant volume of Scraps.' The implication that the two leaves have been removed from Mrs Thelwall's album is supported by pagination from 12 to 15. Sixty-four lines divided into sixteen four-line stanzas. This version only differs in one instance from that published two years later in Roby's 'Traditions of Lancashire': the fifty-seventh line in the published version - 'The moon looks bright on Rudolph's towers' reads in this version 'The moon looks bright o'er Speke's grey towers'. The recipient is more likely to be the wife of John Thelwall than that of his son Algernon Sydney Thelwall Georgiana Ann née Tahourdin. The document dated 'Rochdale 11th. December 1828'. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 11380

‎Norman Hirst (English 1862-1956) after Sir John Lavery (1856 - 1941)‎

‎The Right Hon Henry Herbert Asquith‎

‎1918. Mezzotint. 585mm by 350mm platemark 770mm by 570mm sheet. India-laid proof before lettering with a remarque of a doorway centre bottom. <br /> Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith KG PC KC FRS 1852 - 1928 generally known as H. H. Asquith was a British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.<br /> Norman Hirst was an early 20th century English printmaker who worked in mezzotint. CONDITION : Very light handling crease in top margin and one in bottom right corner both outside the platemark. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4533

‎English, Elizabeth‎

‎The Linnet‎

‎mass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 0425193888.G ISBN : 0425193888 9780425193884

‎Charlotte M. Yonge Charlotte Mary Yonge; C. M. Yonge 1823 1901 English novelist associated with the Oxford Movement:‎

‎Charlotte M. Yonge Victorian novelist. Autograph Letter Signed 'C M Yonge' to 'Miss Sewell' Elizabeth Missing Sewell regarding books reviews and Hookham's Lending Library.‎

‎28 August no year. On letterhead of Elderfield Otterbourne Winchester. 4pp 16mo. Bifolium of grey paper with letterhead printed in red. In good condition lightly aged. Folded three times. The recipient is undoubtedly Elizabeth Missing Sewell or a member of her family and the letter begins: 'My dear Miss Sewell I wish you could have accomplished giving us a day hoping you might have found me in more lively and sensible trim than when you were here when I had a headache just enough to make me stupid.' She is going to post her Roscoe's 'William I' which she got 'from the Lending Library'. She has not yet read the book 'but a glance made me think we might get a good extract'. She will send it before 6 September 'when we go to my uncle's in Devon a place that always brightens me beyond all others'. She will write again before departing and returns in October. Changing the subject she writes: 'I was much provoked with the Saturday Review it was such a specimen of people reading and misunderstanding things never meant for them. I am vexed not to have had the book yet Hookham's Library never send above half the books one asks for - and they say it is because people will read nothing but novels'. 28 August [no year]. On letterhead of Elderfield, Otterbourne, Winchester. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 22414

‎'Kate Carney' [stage name of Catherine Mary Shea, nee Pattinson] (1869-1950), English music hall artiste, known as 'The Cockney‎

‎‘Kate Carney’ stage name of music hall artiste Catherine Mary Shea ‘The Coster Comedienne’. Autograph Letter Signed thanking theatre historian W. J. Macqueen-Pope for the ‘nice write up’ and asking for help in finding an editor for her memoirs.‎

‎14 March 1949; 60 Christchurch Road Streatham Hill SW2 London. From the Macqueen-Pope papers see his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 8vo. In good condition lightly aged and worn and folded three times for postage. She asks him to send ‘3 or 4 more copies’ of his ‘nice write up in the “Sunday Chronicle†March 13th.’ as she would like to send ‘a copy to Australia Canada & America as there is some talk about my going to America in the near future’. She has ‘tried all over Streatham and Brixton and it seems impossible to get a copy anywhere’ and will be happy to pay the cost. She would ‘also like to ask you if you could put me in touch with anyone who could write up my memoirs for me’. 14 March 1949; 60 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill, SW2 [London]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 24524

‎Sir John Gielgud Arthur John Gielgud 1904 2000 distinguished English actor Florence Van Wyck Doubleday wife of New York publis‎

‎Sir John Gielgud distinguished English actor. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mrs. Doubleday' wife of the publisher.‎

‎27 October 1936. 59 East 56th Street New York City. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. On grey paper. In good condition lightly aged and worn. Folded once for postage. The year is given in pencil and a note in the same hand identifies the recipient as ‘Mrs Florence Doubleday wife of publisher in Oyster Bay’. Ten lines of text in a close hand with larger firm signature ‘John Gielgud.’ A somewhat pompous missive. He thanks her for giving him ‘so delightful an opportunity of meeting you and to ask me to stay in your charming house and meet your friends who were all so nice to me’. He ‘enjoyed the whole thing more than I can say and indeed the reputed hospitality of your country delights me on every hand’. He hopes she will allow him to ‘return it a little by kindly sending me your New York address which will I hope soon resolve itself to your satisfaction - so that I may have the pleasure of giving you a meal.’ 27 October [1936]. 59 East 56th Street, New York City. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25209

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

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

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

Bookseller reference : 12719

‎Joseph Simpson (1879-1939), English artist, engraver and cartoonist [George Bernard Shaw; Maxim Gorky; Gabriele D'Annunzio; Thom‎

‎Joseph Simpson English artist and cartoonist. Signed proofs of six prints caricaturing George Bernard Shaw; Maxim Gorky; Hall Caine; Thomas Hardy; Algernon Charles Swinburne and J. Pierpont Morgan' 'London Opinion' and 'Lions'.‎

‎First published in the weekly magazine 'London Opinion'. Reprinted in the book 'Lions' published in New York and San Francisco by Morgan Shepard Co. 1906. Simpson was a native of Carlisle in Cumbria and came to London in the early years of the twentieth century where he was encouraged by Frank Brangwyn to take up etching. In 1918 he was made official artist with the new Royal Air Force. The National Portrait Gallery has eight of Simpson's works but none of the present six which are all in the style of the artist's portrait 'ink irregular' of the Earl of Halsbury present in the Gallery's collection.Each of the six caricatures is printed in black within a 17 x 12 cm border. Each has Simpson's original pencil signature three in grey and three in orange outside the border in the bottom right-hand corner. All six are printed on thin paper ranging in size from 18 x 13cm to 19.5 x 13cm and each is backed on a piece of card from 19 x 13.5cm to 21 x 16cm. All six in good condition on aged paper with minimal spotting with the card mounts showing evidence of previous framing. These six caricatures are uncommon: they are not among the eight Simpson items held by the National Portrait Gallery. Originally produced for the 'London Opinion' weekly magazine they were among the fourteen which featured in the 1906 book 'Lions' New York and San Francisco: Morgan Shepard Co. The book itself is scarce: it was only published in America and there are no copies in English libraries listed on COPAC or among the twelve on OCLC WorldCat. In the introduction to 'Lions' C. Haldane Macfall 1860-1928 ranks Simpson with Max Beerbohm F. Carruthers Gould and E. T. Reed as one of the leading English caricaturists adding that there is 'no living caricaturist who can approach Joseph Simpson in decorative sense in massing and arrangement or for beauty of artistry'. Macfall regards Simpson's portrait of Gorky as 'the finest portrait of the Russian upon which I have so far set eyes' and commends 'the aggressiveness of SHAW . the solemn earnestness of HALL CAINE . the poetic absorption of his SWINBURNE'. Simpson was a native of Carlisle in Cumbria and came to London at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1918 he was made official artist of the Royal Air Force. He was a close friend of Frank Brangwyn whose influence is apparent in his work. [First published in the weekly magazine 'London Opinion'. Reprinted in the book 'Lions', published in New York and San Francisco unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 15178

‎William Andrew Chatto [pseud. Stephen Oliver] (1799-1864), English writer [Robert Balmanno (1780-1861), editor of the Literary‎

‎William Andrew Chattoauthor Autograph Letter Signed 'Wm. A. Chatto' to Robert Balmanno in NY giving news from the publishing world and explaining his involvement in the financial difficulties of Ebenezer Landells's magazine 'Puck'.‎

‎Agar Place Camden Town London. 29 July 1844. 4pp. 4to. Bifolium. Very good on lightly-aged paper. Addressed to 'Robert Balmanno Esqre. care of Messrs. Ogden & Co. 15 Wall Street New York'. He begins by explaining that he is sending the 'mutilated remains' of a letter which he wrote 'upwards of three months ago' and has since 're-opened' and 'Grahamed'. He has received with great pleasure Balmanno's 'parcels and letters' and asks him to thank 'your friends Chisholm Tracey and Milner'. He is expecting 'Mr. Smets' who will 'receive a hearty welcome though in a humble house'. He is 'truly sorry to hear of Mr. Town's decease. - Laudells has got into difficulties and has called a meeting of his creditors. Puck a speculation of his has failed; and I want more of the Publisher for my Services as Editor than ever I expected to get - by a "long chalk". I have also incurred liabilities on account of the publication to the extent of £40. I neither liked the title nor the plan of Puck and yet I think I did nore than any other man to keep it alive so long. My reward I have yet to receive'. He discusses a 'Queen Elizabeth Prayer Book' enquired after from the bookseller Lawford by 'Mr. Smith' before turning to 'Morning Glories' sent by Balmanno: 'now in flower; one in a pot on the balcony of the room where I now sit is smiling on me as I write and filling my mind with pleasant thoughts of "folks" in New York'. He has delivered the letter for 'Mr. Clint' the painter George Clint 1774-1854 and informs him that 'Mr. How - the publisher of Puck - has reprinted in two vols. 12mo. price 15/ Jonathan Slick's High Life in New York from the copy which you sent me. I had the trouble of correcting the proof sheets and making a brief glossary of Yankee phrases - I had and expect to have nothing more. I am neither disappointed nor depressed.' A postscript reads: 'Why did you stick "Esq" after my name in <Charge> in the "New World" In such places I always take it to mean "Hack Writer" - a character which I am not ambitious of and in truth do not deserve. The quotation from Homer appears pedantic.' In another postscript he writes: 'I guess that Magnifique means in broad Scots "a fine lairge backside" - an essential of female beauty in the opinion of my quondam friend Charles Lauder of Kelso - I agree with him'. Agar Place, Camden Town [London]. 29 July 1844. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 13239

‎Nicholas Maurus Hodgson 1815 1862 English Benedictine monk Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman 1802 1865 Roman Catholic Archbishop of We‎

‎Nicholas Maurus Hodgson. Autograph Letter Signed 'Maurus Hodgson Sec. Cap. Gen.' on behalf of the 'First English Chapter of the English Benedictine Congregation' to Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman expressing praise and support.‎

‎'J. M. B. St Laurence's Ampleforth'. 21 July 1854. 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. Very good on lightly-aged paper. Docketted by Wiseman on reverse of second leaf: 'Benedictine Chapter 1854'. The letter begins: 'My Lord Cardinal The First General Chapter of the English Benedictine Congregation since the Restoration of the Hierarchy having arrived at the conclusion of its deliberations we have thought it incumbent upon us not to separate without forwarding to Your Eminence the assurance of our profound and sincere respect.' Hodgson reports that the Benedictines praise 'the earnest and unceasing efforts which Your Eminence has displayed in forwarding the glorious work of the advancement of Religion in this island so dear from the history of the past to the Children of St Benedict. From its earliest conversion under our Saxon ancestors through the prosperous and brilliant days of its religious influence in the midst too of its sorrows and struggles and its persecutions even unto death we have formed a portion of the Curch adn have considered ourselves identified with its existence. And now that more hopeful days have dawned upon her and she has been successful in extending her conquests and enlarging her boundaries and gaining a greater freedom in her sphere of action we cannot but rejoice at these glorious results'. He continues in the same vein before congratulating Wiseman adding that 'we must not withhold our sympathy that any abandonment of duty on the part of those who ought to be cooperating with Your Eminence should be to you a source of anxiety or affliction'. Hodgson concludes by stating that they will increase their prayers and 'Begging your Eminence's blessing upon the English Benedictine Congregation'. From the Wiseman papers. 'J. M. B. | St Laurence's, Ampleforth'. 21 July 1854. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14062

‎Matthew Tindall (1657-1733), influential English Deist writer:‎

‎Matthew Tindall English Deist. Autograph Signature 'Matth Tindall' on an Exchequer receipt.‎

‎Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer London. 21 August 1716. 1p. 8vo. On aged and worn paper with vertical closed tear away from signature. Laid out in the usual style with printed text completed in manuscript. Recording payment of three pounds on an annuity. With signature of witness 'J Thomas'. [ Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer, London. ] 21 August 1716. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 19135

‎Greville Poke [Greville John Poke] (1912-2000), editor of 'Everybody's' magazine, arts administrator with the English Stage Comp‎

‎Greville Poke arts administrator with the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre. Two Typed Letters one Signed as editor of ‘Everybody’s’ magazine to W. Macqueen-Pope one discussing an article on music hall with carbons of 3 replies‎

‎Poke’s two letters: 12 March and 27 May 1951; both on letterhead of ‘Everybody’s’ magazine 114 Fleet Street London. Carbons of the three letters to Poke from Maqueen-Pope: 27 March and 16 and 23 May 1951. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. Poke’s two letters are in good condition lightly aged the second with slight rust spotting from paperclip; the carbons of MP’s letters to Poke on aged worn and discoloured cartridge paper. ONE: Poke to MP 12 March 1951. 3pp small 4to. Begins: ‘My dear Popie / I was rather out of depth on this article - “It was top of the Bill†- so I sent it over to my Father Fleet Street magazine owner Frederick Robert Poke who has been devoted to Music Halls from very early days; and the following are some notes which he sent me which I think I would like to pass on to you fr in the light of what he says you can probably do some revisions on your article.’ A transcription of F. R. Poke’s notes follows. He finds MP’s proposed article ‘rather heavy going. It would be a big wad of stuff to publish but I feel that you should accept it.’ He proceeds with specific points with reference to the Brothers Horne ‘it was a very amusing boxing match’ R. G. Knowles Kate Carney Fred Russell and especially Charlie Whittle ‘When he took London by storm I remember his topping the bill over Marie Lloyd and doing four halls a night.’. Also: ‘I was one of the few people who ever saw Dan Leno dance - he had to give up dancing because of his health.’ The elder Poke continues by stating that he wantd to be a comedian himself. ‘Fred Burnell of the Gee family taught me ho to manipulate a drum-major’s wand. I will show you one day how to do it. And I also learned from some of these people trick-cycling. I could and can I think stand still on a bicycle and ride it backwards - both ways - and do a few other tricks on it.’ He concludes with practical suggests about cutting the article. TWO: Poke to MP 22 May 1951. 1p 4to. Proposing to discuss his ‘suggestions about HAMPTON COURT and the others’. Signed in his absence. ‘I am dictating this from home for unfortunately I’ve got what the Doctor tells me is a form of dysentery - most uncomfortable.’ THREE to FIVE: Unsigned carbons of letters to Poke from MP each 1p 4to. In the first he describes revisions he has made to the music hall article in the second he proposes an article on ‘The Pageantry of Hampton Court’ and others on ‘Earls Court The White City and such exhibits of theh past’ in the third he condoles with Poke over his indisposition ‘I am not too well myself and very harrassed.’. Poke’s two letters: 12 March and 27 May 1951; both on letterhead of ‘Everybody’s’ magazine, 114 Fleet Street, London. Ca unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 24547

‎Dorothy Tutin [Dame Dorothy Tutin] (1930-2001), English Shakespearian actress [Walter James Macqueen-Pope (1888-1960); Sir Andre‎

‎Dorothy Tutin Dame Dorothy Tutin Shakespearian actress. Autograph Card Signed to W. J. Macqueen-Pope with typed article by him ‘Star in Spite of Herself’ his typed interview notes and carbon of typed letter from him to Sir Andrew Caird.‎

‎ONE: Her ACS to MP from Wyndham’s Theatre postmarked London 6 October 1953. TWO: Copy of TL from MP to Caird 13 October 1953. The other two items without date or place but contemporaneous. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry and hers in the Oxford DNB. Caird was Northcliffe’s right-hand man and mainly associated with the Daily Mail. The four items are in fair condition lightly aged and creased with slight rust spotting from a paper clips. Items Two to Four are on carbon paper. ONE: ACS from Tutin to MP. Small unillustrated postcard signed ‘Dorothy Tutin’. Reads: ‘I remember you very well - your fascinating letures at the Academy i.e. London theatre school RADA the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - and shall be very happy to meet you for this article. You sound so busy that perhaps Saturday 3.30 Stage door is also better for you - We could talk over tea. Otherwise I am free Friday for lunch if you would prefer - Just leave message S. Door.’ TWO: Carbon copy of TLS from MP to Sir Andrew Caird of Associated Newspapers 13 October 1953 with carbon copy of MP’s signature. 1p 4to. A covering letter for Item Three. ‘I have tried to draw a picture of the girl as I know her - as she showed herself to me he we had tea last Saturday. She was one of my audience when I lectured at the R.A.D.A. but I didnt know it. But it took away her reserve and made her natural.’ He apologises for his bad typing and states that he is ‘nearly dead as a result of the Drury Lane production. but that was worth it’. Regarding the article he concludes that it is ‘a bit long I fear - there is so much to say’. THREE: Carbon of Typed Article titled ‘Dorothy Tutin - Star in Spite of Herself. / by / W. Macqueen-Pope’. 6pp 4to. Begins: ‘On the stage at Wyndhams Theatre London is a play called “The Living Room†a young girl is staring at Death. . And what makes it all the more remarkale is that the actress who plays it Dorothy Tutin aged twenty two - is not a bit like that. She is a little creature of immense vitality whose wide eyes and parted lips do indeed gaze before her - not at Death but at Life which stretches in such a long long vista before her. She is twenty two she has been on the stage about five years - and she is playing a difficult exacting role - a leading role amidst a brilliant company in a most notable play at one of London’s most successful theatres. And yet she did not want to be an actress at all.’ Concludes: ‘The writer of these words lectured for a long while to the students of the R.A.D.A. He used to look at the young people in front of him and wonder how many of them would make the grade. His half century of hard experience taught him that the percentage would be very few. . Dorothy Tutin sat there listening to words about her calling - and in Dorothy Tutin our stage has an Actress - with a capital A - who does not look nor behave like an actress at all. Which makes her all the better.’ FOUR: Original set of MP’s typed notes from his interview headed ‘Dorothy Tutin’ with carbon copy of same. ‘A London girl. / Drinks milk to put on weight. Not successful . She heard a broadcast of students at the R.A.D.A. and what they had to do. It frightened her. She got an audition and failed. / She tried again and got into the R.A.D.A. Prep. Her parents urged the frightened girl to try it for a term. / She had to go from Putney to Highgate every day - 1 1/2 hours and was scared all the time of what was ahead of her. . She had actually played Macbeth himself when at school . she remembers the chapel organ peeling out as she was dying / She didnt feel strange at all in the part despite the fact that the girl who played Lady Macbeth was much bigger than she. . Wants to play Shakespeare - afraid of her voice. . Does not look or behave the least bit like an actress. . Doesnt believe in long runs but knows them necessary thinks the old time actors luckier because they played for shorter periods were on their toes and never got stale and knew that before long they would be playing something new. .’ ONE: Her ACS to MP, from Wyndham’s Theatre, postmarked London, 6 October 1953. TWO: Copy of TL from MP to Caird, 13 October 19 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 24543

‎Frank Richards 1863 1935 English artist Samuel Taylor Coleridge:‎

‎Frank Richards English artist. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Warrington' strikingly illustrated with designs and accompanied by two pages filled with designs for illustrations to Coleridge's 'Ancient Mariner'.‎

‎The letter on illustrated letterhead of 'The Mansion en pension Central Gardens Bournemouth' and dated 'Monday Evening' no year. The pages of designs undated. Two attractive items suitable for display both in good condition on lightly-aged paper. LETTER: 1p. 12mo. Written in an expansive artistic hand at times difficult to decipher. In the first paragraph he appears to thank the recipient for a payment. He continues: 'I shall take the earliest Chance of coming over to Christchurch to see you if it still be agreeable. Warrington <> how often times mentioned your name unto me If I cannot fix any date as I have so many little odd things to see to all of which take time'. At head and in left-hand margin are five striking and attractive ilustrations of figures including Hermes and a man with a stick. PAGES OF DESIGNS: The two pages are 12mo on the recto of the first leaf and verso of the second and fold out to make an attractive 4to leaf for display. Both pages in landscape and the whole executed in black ink. The first page carries nine sketches of figures and the second eleven figures three heads and two leaves on a twig. The second page also carries the following three texts in Richards' hand. First The Ship was cheer'd The harbour'; second 'I prithee speak good Sir and sure t'will serve to <>'; third 'Bournemouth Whe the Sum was low <> men'. See Image overlappping. The letter on illustrated letterhead of 'The Mansion (en pension) | Central Gardens, Bournemouth', and dated 'Monday Evening' [n unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14169

‎William Pett Ridge 1859 1930 English writer:‎

‎William Pett Ridge author. Autograph Card Signed 'W. P. Ridge' to 'Miss Paget'.‎

‎Letterhead of 24 Ampthill Square London NW. 'Thursday' postmark 28 June 1906. In good condition lightly-aged. Addressed to 'Miss Paget 28 Campden Hill Square W.' Reads: 'I will look in this morning at the hour of coffee.' Letterhead of 24 Ampthill Square, London, NW. 'Thursday' [postmark 28 June 1906]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14931

‎E. F. Benson [ Edward Frederic Benson ] (1867-1940), English author, archaeologist and Cambridge don:‎

‎E. F. Benson author of the 'Mapp and Lucia' novels. Autograph Signature 'E. F Benson'.‎

‎Place and date not stated. On one side of a 3 x 10 cm slip of paper cut from the end of a letter. In fair condition lightly aged with tissue mounts adhering to blank reverse. A good firm signature underlined reading 'E. F Benson'. Place and date not stated. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20543

‎James Mitan (1776-1822), English engraver [Robert Balmanno (1780-1861), Scottish author and print collector; Charles Heath (1785‎

‎James Mitan engraver. Autograph Letter Signed 'J Mitan' to the print collector Robert Balmanno arranging an exchange of prints by Abraham Raimbach between Balmanno and the engraver Charles Heath.‎

‎63 Warren Street Fitzroy Place. 2 December 1814. 2pp. 4to. 18 lines of text. In bifolium. Good on aged and creased paper with strip of page to which the letter was attached adhering. Addressed with red wax seal on reverse of second leaf to 'R. Balmanno Esqre. 3 Middle Temple Lane Temple'. He begins: 'Having some communication last week with Mr. Charles Heath in the course of conversation he was regretting that he could not procure any proofs of plates engaraved by Mr. Raimbach - now as your Kindness gained me what I wished of his performance with an obliging offer of something more it occurred to me to solicit fom Mr. Heath a print you wanted & I ventur'd to promise him in exchange one of Mr. Raimbachs'. He is enclosing a note not present 'by which you will perceive the terms on which Mr. Heath wishes to treat'. He is sending Balmanno Heath's print 'but whether you can in return for some invaluables which it is in his power to procure give him the extent of his wishes I know not'. Mitan's only aim in the matter is 'the mutual accomodation of both' and it will be 'equally agreeable' to Mitan if Balmanno deals with Heath himself. 63 Warren Street, Fitzroy Place. 2 December 1814. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14046

‎Abraham Hayward (1801-1884), English author and barrister:‎

‎Abraham Hayward author and barrister. Autograph Note Signed 'A. Hayward' to 'Seymour' asking for an 'early copy' of a book to be sent to Lady Herbert.‎

‎8 St. James' Street London . 29 January no year . 1p. 16mo. In fair condition lightly aged. With neat central vertical and horizontal folds. Reads: 'My dear Seymour Will you direct an early copy to be sent to Lady Herbert. Ever truly yours A. Hayward'. 8 St. James' Street [ London ]. 29 January [ no year ]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20613

‎Valentine Green (1739-1813), English engraver and print publisher, Keeper of the British Institution, 1805-1813 [William Daniell‎

‎Valentine Green Engraver. Autograph Letter Signed 'V. Green' to an unnamed male recipient regarding the removal of two paintings including one by William Daniell.‎

‎British Gallery Pall Mall London. 20 July 1807. 1p. 4to. In good conditon on aged paper. He begins: 'As both the pictures you bought are to be taken without the frames I can't take upon me to displace them without either you or the Artists were present and more especially Mr. Daniell's which is framed in a particular way.' Consequently he will keep the paintings till either the recipient or artists take them away 'and give me a proper discharge for them'. He ends with his hours of attendance. British Gallery, Pall Mall [London]. 20 July 1807. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14073

‎[ Sir Walter Runciman [ Walter Runciman, 1st Baron Runciman ] (1847-1937), English shipping magnate ] [ Aneurin Williams (1859-1‎

‎Walter Runciman 1st Baron Runciman shipping magnate. Printed pamphlet of 'Sir Walter Runciman's Dinner' with alphabetical list of guests and fold-out 'Plan of Grand Hall'. With seat reservation for Aneurin Williams MP.‎

‎Dinner at the Connaught Rooms Great Queen Street Kingsway W.C. London 11 April b . Pamphlet printed by Metchim & Son Westminster. Both pamphlet and reservation in fair condition with light signs of age and wear. Pamphlet: Titled: 'Sir Walter Runciman's Dinner Connaught Rooms Great Queen Street Kingsway W.C. Friday April 11th at 7.30. Alphabetical List of Guests with Allocation of Seats and Plan of Grand Hall.' 26 1pp. 12mo. With fold-out 'Plan of Grand Hall Showing Numbered Tables'. With lightly-rusted staples. Fifty-two tables of the great and the good with the fifty sitters at 'Table "A"' including Lord Denman Augustine Birrrell H. H. Asquith the Marquess of Crewe Viscount Samuel and Sir Robert Hudson. Seat Reservation: Printed bifolium made out in manuscript for 'Mr. Aneurin Williams M.P.' who is placed at 'Table No. 10'. The centre pages carry another copy of the seating plan. No record of this item on either OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC but it must date from between 1906 the year Runciman became a baronet and 1933 when he entered the House of Lords. Dinner at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, Kingsway, W.C. [ London ] 11 April [ b ]. Pamphlet printed by Metchim & Son, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17475

‎Ruby Miller [Ruby Laura Rose Miller] (1889-1976), English actress, one of the 'Gaiety Girls' [W. J. Macqueen-Pope (1888-1960), t‎

‎Ruby Miller actress. Three Autograph Letters Signed all ‘Ruby’ to W. J. Macqueen-Pope ‘Popie’ expressing great grief at the death of Ivor Novello whose spirit form she describes seeing at his memorial performance at Drury Lane.‎

‎14 March 6 April and 8 October 1951; all three from 57B York Street Baker Street W1 London. See the entries for writer and recipient in the Oxford DNB. The three items in good condition lightly aged with the last carrying minor rusting from paperclip. ONE: 3pp 8vo. She got his office number from ‘Mrs. Popie’ ‘but the line has been busy all the time’. She asks for ‘a pass for darling Ivor’s i.e. Ivor Novello’s memorial service’. The previous week she was ‘playing at the Regent Theatre Hayes & on the Monday night I was weighed down by a dreadful foreboding of disaster’. The play was a ‘psychic thriller’ by Evadne Price ‘Through the Door’ in which she was playing the medium and ‘Sitting in the cabinet during the place I could not shake off this dreadfull depression & when Lea Seidl rang me on Tuesday & told me the tragic news of Ivor I realized why I had felt so awful’. She regards Novello’s ‘passing’ as ‘a national disaster . quite apart from the personal loss we all feel’. Her ‘heart aches for all his friends at the Palace Theatre as it must be torture for them to have to play & hear his music now’. She feels that Novello’s death is ‘almost like losing Max her second husband the concert pianist Max Darewski who died five months into their marriage in 1929 all over again’. She considered Novello ‘a great & wonderful soul & still is as well as a genius. Despite the grimness of the world today he brought light & beauty to everything he touched & everyone he contacted’. At least he ‘gained his wish to go out on the crest of the wave & in harness. Bless him.’ TWO: 2pp 12mo. With thin mourning border. She thanks him for ‘the memorial sheets’ to Novello’s service. ‘Evadne was so glad to have one . I am air-mailing the other to Evelyn at Melbourne’. She agrees that it is ‘very strange about Peter Noble & Ivor’s book’. She hopes MP will ‘do a book about him later on’ MP’s biography of Novello would appear at the end of the year as she feels it would be ‘the only way to put the authentic Ivor before later generations’. THREE: 8 October 1951. 4pp 8vo. Bifolium on grey paper. She thanks him for a ‘wonderful night!’ the Memorial Performance for Novello at Drury Lane 7 October 1951 and feels sure that ‘Mrs. Popie will be interested to hear that I saw Ivor. Max was ith him & Ivor stood with Noel during his lovely speech Coward recited his own ‘Tribute’ in blank verse & then with Tom Arnold. / He smiled & waved to us all & was looking radiant. Wearing a grey cloak like the one in “Perchance to Dreamâ€. Many spirit forms filled the stage until it looked rather like that last scene in “Perchanceâ€.’ She has written to Arnold about a ‘curious coincidence’ regarding ‘the sum raised’ and Novello’s ‘Keep the Home Fires burning’. She offers to sell programmes at the preview of ‘South Pacific’. The letter continues with a discussion of her lack of a telephone and coming departure from her flat. She will be ‘pretty busy speaking on political platforms for the next two weeks’ after which she hopes to do ‘another Gaiety show at the Players’. She mentioned MP’s book in the last Gaiety show ‘which we had to take off despite enormous success through some very ridiculous rule connected with the Stage Rights Society that forbids numbers to be presented usually without the entire book of the Show.’ As a result ‘numbers from famous old Gaiety Shows can only be heard on the radio!’ Accompanying Item Three is a carbon copy 1p 8vo of MP’s typed reply. He thanks her for her ‘most interesting and thrilling’ letter. ‘I am putting your name forward in respect of your kind offer to help at Drury Lane.’ 14 March, 6 April and 8 October 1951; all three from 57B York Street, Baker Street, W1 [London]. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 23793

‎Lumb Stocks (1812-1892), English steel line engraver [Robert Vernon (1774-1849), art collector and patron]:‎

‎Lumb Stocks steel line engraver. Autograph Letter Signed 'L Stocks.' to J. Hogarth‎

‎Holloway London. 26 November 1846. 2pp. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. Stocks begins the letter: 'I beg to renew my agitation on the subject of Webster's picture of the "Dame School" as I am now ready to proceed with those parts in which it is desirable to refer to the original'. He will be grateful if Hogarth will 'put this matter in the proper train for its accomplishment'. He hopes that 'Mr. Vernon the art collector Robert Vernon may be induced to part with the picture if but for a short time'. Even a loan for 'a month or six weeks' would assist Stocks in his work. Holloway [London]. 26 November 1846. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 14176

‎William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), English Liberal prime minister:‎

‎William Ewart Gladstone Liberal prime minister. Autograph Letter in the third person to 'Miss Lewis' expressing sympathy with the views she expresses in the preface to her translation.‎

‎Hawarden. 25 July 1892. Lengthwise on one side of 12 x 7.5 cm postcard. In fair condition aged and worn with two light postmarks over text and the reverse carrying traces of paper and glue from previous mounting. Addressed on reverse to 'Miss Lewis 10 Lower Sloane Street London S. W.' and redirected in another hand to an address in Essex. The message reads: 'Mr Gladstone with his compliments begs to thank Miss Lewis fo rthe <courteous> presentation of her Translation and enters with much sympathy into the views she has taken of the deeper questions involved both in the Preface and the work.' Hawarden. 25 July 1892. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 17523

‎Graham Greene (1904-1991), major English novelist:‎

‎Graham Greene major English novelist. Autograph Signature 'Graham Greene' to typed valediction to letter to 'The Lord Iddesleigh'.‎

‎Date and place not stated. On 6.5 x 12 cm slip of thin laid paper cut from the end of a typed letter. Signature in blue ink. In fair condition lightly aged with tissue labels from mount adhering to the blank reverse. Reads: '. Yours sincerely Graham Greene Graham Greene. The Lord Iddesleigh Pynes Exeter.' See Image. Date and place not stated. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20545

‎Eddie Calvert [Albert Edward Calvert] (1922-1978), 'The Man With The Golden Trumpet', 1950s English trumpeter with two number on‎

‎Eddie Calvert 'The Man With The Golden Trumpet' who scored two number ones in the 1950s. Autograph Signatue for autograph collector.‎

‎No place or date. See the article ‘Glory days of the man with the golden trumpet’ in the Lancashire Post 17 March 2017. On one side of 12 x 8.5 cm leaf of cream paper with rounded outer edges torn from an autograph album. In good condition with blank reverse. Large sprawling signature covering the whole page. Reads ‘Sincerely / Eddie Calvert’. See Image. No place or date. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25186