‎Anglais‎

‎Standeven, Bill, editor, William P Kinsella (WP Kinsella) Ruth McVeigh, David K Cunningham, Jak English W P‎

‎View From the Silver Bridge: vol. 2 #1 May 1972‎

‎Campbell River BC: Bill Standeven 1972. Pamphlet. 24p. 5.5x8.5 inches poetry fiction cartoon strip very good mimeographed literary journal in stapled yellow pictorial wraps. Very early Kinsella of "Shoeless Joe" and "Dance Me Outside" fame. Two short stories " White Running Shoes" and "Hofstadt's Cabin" published at the very beginning of his literary career while he was studying for his BA in creative writing. Bill Standeven unknown‎

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‎Sinclair, John, editor & contributor, Jim Semark, George Tysh, Ron English, Tom Paxton, Robin Eichele, Magdalene Arndt [Sinclair‎

‎The Collected Artists' Worksheet 1965‎

‎Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press 1967. Pamphlet. 50p. 8.5x11 inches mimeographed in an edition of 500 copies toning to margins else very good in side stapled pictorial covers with backlist on rear cover. Sinclair was the founder of The White Panthers an activist in Detroit and editor/publisher of many journals and poetry books out of Artists' Workshop Press. He is also known for managing The MC-5 rock and roll band out of Detroit. Artists' Workshop Press unknown‎

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‎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

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‎Sir Francis Palgrave [formerly Cohen] (1788-1861), English archivist and historian of Jewish descent, Deputy Keeper of the Publi‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'F. Palgrave' from Sir Francis Palgrave Deputy Keeper of the Public Records to his son Inglis complaining of 'avalanches of business' and difficulties over a 'future residence' and helping 'Frank' his son F. T. Palgrave‎

‎'Rolls Rolls House Chancery Lane - 15 June no year'. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. Palgrave begins: 'My dear Inglis/ I have had such avalanches last word underlined of business - and most of a confidential nature - that I have really been unable to write to you. By confidential business I mean business of a class which I cannot open to mhy clerks - and what must be either copied by my own hands or at home - If it had not been for Fanny Brown in addition to her sister I do not know what I should have done'. He has a 'distant notion' of his 'future plans': going to Albano in August and staying there until 'Rome becomes tolerably healthy'. He is in 'much perplexity about future residence' findigin it 'so difficult to suit me and your brothers'. He hopes to 'get rather more out of London' and thinks 'Mr Freshfield's house just behind Mr F<alke>'s may suit'. In the last paragraph Palgrave refers to 'K<> Hall' and the 'hope that Frank Palgrave's eldest son Francis Turner Palgrave 1824-1897 editor of the celebrated 'Golden Treasury' will fall upon his legs . But I can give no help in this matter however much I could wish.' 'Rolls [Rolls House, Chancery Lane] - | 15 June [no year]'. unknown‎

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‎Arnold Bennett (1867-1931), English author from the Staffordshire Potteries [ Frederick Ignatius Cowles (1900-1948), English aut‎

‎Arnold Bennett English author. Typed Note Signed to the ghost story writer Frederick I Cowles declining to act.‎

‎75 Cadogan Square S.W.1. London 5 November 1930. S1p. 4to. In good condition lightly aged with minor traces of mount on reverse. Addressed to 'Frederick I. Cowles Esq. F.R.S.L. F.R.S.A. F.S.A.' Reads: 'Dear Sir In reply to your letter I should have liked to oblige you but it is impossible for me to do so. The matter would require much more time than I have to spare.' 75 Cadogan Square, S.W.1. [ London ] 5 November 1930. unknown‎

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‎Solomon Hart [ Solomon Alexander Hart; S A Hart ] (1806-1881), English artist, the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy [ Si‎

‎Solomon Alexander Hart the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy. Autograph Signature 'S: A: Hart RA Secy to the Committee' to document in another hand to the physician Sir W. H. Allchin regarding an exhibition of 'the old Masters'.‎

‎On letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts Burlington House Piccadilly W. London. 1 December 1869. 1p. 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Addressed to 'W. H. Allchin Esq'. The 'arrangements for the intended Exhibition of the works of the old Masters have already progressed too far' for 'any further works offered . on loan' to be considered for acceptance. On letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W. London. 1 December 1869. unknown‎

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‎Edward Fitzball (1792-1873), English playwright [ Charles Kean (1811-1868), English actor, born in Ireland; Walter James Macquee‎

‎Edward Fitzball English playwright. Autograph Letter Signed 'E. Fitzball.' to Charles Kean requesting a box for a performance of King Lear at the Princess's Theatre .‎

‎9 Upper Fitzroy Street Fitzroy Square London . 18 May 1858. 1p. 16mo. In fair condition on aged paper laid down on damaged leaf from album. At head in another hand: 'for Saturday'. Reads: 'My dear Sir: I shd. feel greatly obliged if you could without inconvenience to yr interest give me a box any night this week to see King Lear.' At head is note in another hand see below: 'for Saturday'. From the collection of Macqueen-Pope who has written at the foot of the leaf on which the letter is mounted: 'To Chas Kean Princess's Theatre Note at top either by CK or Massingham the boxoffice manager.' 9 Upper Fitzroy Street, Fitzroy Square [ London ]. 18 May 1858. unknown‎

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‎Fanny Davies (1861-1934), English pianist, dedicatee of Edward Elgar's 'Concert Allegro' [ J A Fuller Maitland [ John Alexander‎

‎Fanny Davies concert pianist. Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed party sending a lithograph on the recommendation of the critic J. A. Fuller Maitland who is singing in her 'little choir'.‎

‎On letterhead of 52 Wellington Road St. John's Wood N.W. London . 13 February 1910. 1p. 4to. In good condition on lightly aged paper. Begins: 'Dear Sir Mr. J. A. Fuller Maitland who is singing in my little choir is also most kindly helping me by suggesting the right people to sing! & has told me to use his name & send you one of the enclosed lithographed letters which will speak for itself.' She concludes in the hope that he will 'help by singing'. On letterhead of 52 Wellington Road, St. John's Wood N.W. [ London ]. 13 February 1910. unknown‎

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‎Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1876-1963), Professor of English Literature at Yale University, and authority on James Boswell and Doc‎

‎Autograph Letter Signed 'Chauncey B. Tinker' from the Boswell scholar Chauncey Brewster Tinker Professor of English Literature at Yale University concerning the proposed presentation of a manuscript by Charles McCamie of West Virginia.‎

‎On letterhead of the Yale College Department of English. 8 October 1924. 2pp. 12mo. With stamped and postmarked envelope addressed by Tinker to 'Chas. Mc.Carnie Esqr. Natl. Bank of W. V. Bldg Wheeling W. V.' Tinker considers that 'The MSS. certainly ought to go to the Yale Library rather than to the Elizabethan Club - and the librarian will be delighted to receive it and to acknowledge your goodness in presenting it.' He asks McCamie for 'an account of it in a letter from yourself to accompany the MS.' Concerning Aleyn Lyell Reade's book on Samuel Johnson's servant Francis Barber he thanks McCamie for having remembered his 'need of the volume on Barber'. He had 'tried to get one from Reade and failed. Did you actually see him' On letterhead of the Yale College Department of English. 8 October 1924. unknown‎

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‎Philip Hermogenes Calderon (1833-1898), English historical genre painter, of Spanish and French extraction:‎

‎Philip Hermogenes Calderon historical genre painter Autograph Letter Signed and two Autograph Notes Signed all 'Philip H Calderon' to Dr W. H. Allchin one about a medical appointment and another Allchin's electinon as an Athenaeum member.‎

‎One from Burlington House and another on letterhead of the Athenaeum Club Pall Mall London. None dated with year. The three items in good condition lightly aged. ONE: ALS. 'Saturday' no date. Burlington House. 1p. 12mo. On grey paper with mourning border. Addressed to 'Dear Doctor'. Allchin arranged to go to see him on the following Monday or Tuesday. 'I find I shall be receiving new students from 9.30 to 11 on Monday - Can you therefore keep your visit for Tuesday' TWO: ANS. Addressed to 'Dear Dr Allchin'. Monday 23 April no year . On Athenaeum letterhead and clearly concerning Allchin's election as a member. Reads: 'Just elected - Congratulate ourselves on having you - Hope you will use the Club. Yours in haste'. THREE: ANS. Addressed to 'Dear Doctor'. No place or date. Reads: 'Had you not better see me first I merely suggest this.' One from Burlington House, and another on letterhead of the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London. None dated with year. unknown‎

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‎G D Leslie [ George Dunlop Leslie ] (1835-1921). RA, English genre painter:‎

‎G. D. Leslie artist. Two Autograph Letters Signed both 'G. D. Leslie' to 'Grant'‎

‎Both on letterheads of Riverside Wallingford Berkshire .16 and 23 December 1883. Both items in fair condition bifoliums on lightly aged paper. ONE: 16 December 1883. 3pp. 12mo. Telling the story of the 'Wallingford Belles' beginning with the family of 'Thomas Clark . landlord of the Lamb Hotel formerly called the Bell' When Grant visits him the following summer he will give him 'lessons in painting & as much Lawn Tennis as you like and there is no end to the Archaeology of the neighbourhood'. TWO: 23 December 1883. 4pp. 12mo. He begins by offering to aid Grant's researchehs by search the parish registers. He states that he is 'very fond of birds & natural history generally' and was interested in the 'account of your dear father & the moor hen'. He describes the birds he sees when he looks out of the window and that when he is gardening 'they follow me about like little dogs - & all very pleased to be spoken to'. Both on letterheads of Riverside, Wallingford [ Berkshire ].16 and 23 December 1883. unknown‎

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‎Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879-1952), American-born English politician and newspaper proprietor [ Sir Eyre Crowe (1864-‎

‎Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor. Typed Letter Signed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food to Mrs. B. Le Cras defending Sir Eyre Crowe against the charge of being too soft on the Germans.‎

‎On letterhead of the Ministry of Food Palace Chambers Westminster London S.W.1. 23 January 1919. 1p. 4to. In fair condition on lightly aged and worn paper. His reply to her letter has been delayed by his 'absence in Paris on official business'. He is 'satisfied that the attacks upon Sir Eyre Crowe are based upon entire ignorance of the facts'. Crowe 'has always held strongly anti-German views and expressed himself officially in this sense as long ago as 1908'. Astor understands 'that the Kaiser personally requested his removal from the Foreign Office for this reason on more than one occasion'. Nobody has ever questioned Crowe's 'great ability' and Astor does not think she has 'any reason to fear that his appointment is not greatly to the advantage of this Country'. Mrs Le Cras had been one of Nancy Astor's agents during her election campaign of 1919. On letterhead of the Ministry of Food, Palace Chambers, Westminster, London, S.W.1. 23 January 1919. unknown‎

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‎Augustus Hare [ Augustus John Cuthbert Hare ] (1834-1903), English author; Sir Richard Harington (1835-1911) of Ridlington, 11th‎

‎Augustus Hare author. Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Richard Harington with copies of two others apologising for publishing an anecdote regarding Harington's relation Dean Smith of Christ Church. With autograph drafts of two Harington letters.‎

‎Hare autograph letter: The Athenaeum Pall Mall S.W. London ; 9 February 1897. Hare copy letters: Holmhurst St. Leonard's on Sea; 10 and 11 December 1896. Harington's two draft letters: Whitbourne Court Worcester; 8 and 12 February 1897. Four items in good condition lightly aged and worn. An interesting correspondence casting light on the proprieties of Victorian biographical writing. Hare's 'The Story of my Life' was published in six volumes between 1896 and 1900 and was described by the original DNB as ‘a long tedious and indiscreet autobiography’. The Oxford DNB remarks that 'By the late twentieth century however Hare was undergoing something of a revival. A society of enthusiasts and collectors of his works was formed: a one-volume condensed edition of his autobiography was edited by A. Miller and J. Papp in 1995 and it and the original proved a useful source for those interested in country-house life in the later nineteenth century.' The 'defamatory' passage that is the subject of the complaint by Harington and the family of Dean Smith in the present correspondence is paraphrased by Harington in Item Four below. ONE: Manuscript 'Copies' presumably by Henry Smith or a member of his family see Item Three of two letters from Hare to Henry Smith. Both from Holmhurst St Leonards on Sea the first on cancelled letterhead of the Shire Hall Worcester; 10 and 11 December 1896. On the same bifolium. Totalling 4pp. 12mo. In the letter of 10 December he states that he is 'sorry to learn from you that anyone has been pained by anything in the “Story of my Life†The story you mention was told me as quoted from a letter to my mother by a lady who was intimate with your family. She was certainly unconscious of doing anything unkind in repeating a well known & popular anecdote which I have since often heard at dinner tables both in Oxfordshire & Yorkshire – so often that I imagined everyone considered it historic'. He continues with his defence pointing out that the anecdote is responsible for 'the well known nick name of Dean Smith – so familiar still at Ch Ch'.' As he is 'unwilling to cause the slightest pain the passage shall certainly be omitted henceforth'. In a postscript he writes: 'My publishers are in no sense responsible for my books as I pay for them entirely. I alone am to blame if there is blame.' Letter of 11 December begins: 'On looking again at yr. letter today it strikes me in quite a different light. It is possible that you thought that I or my readers or the readers of the story where it has appeared elsewhere or the many who say they heard Dr. Smith narrate it regarded the story as true! - that never occurred to me before! As far as I know it has been universally regarded as such a story as an elderly lover of anecdote would tell against himself evolving it from his own imagination with a very considerable sense of humour & no idea of any serious construction being placed upon it – and certainly with little idea of who would be the first to place such a construction. From what I have heard he was always himself amused by the soubriquet which arose from the story. Besides regretting anything that has given you pain I regret that I did not insert the words “wholly imaginary†- “told this wholly & sic imaginary story against himselfâ€'. TWO: Hare to Harington. 5pp. 12mo. He begins by thanking him for his 'very kind letter' and expresses sorrow 'for any pain your uncle has felt through the “Story of my Lifeâ€.' He explains that 'the earlier volumes' of the book were written seventeen years before and that it had been 'printed some years – though with no intention of publication till long after my death; an arrangement which last year circumstances induced me to alter'. Publication has allowed him to 'correct errors – the story of Alexander the Great for instance which I had already been made aware that I had most stupidly spoilt.' When he agreed to publication he had 'no idea of the possibility of a son & daughters of Dean Smith being alive: indeed the latter seemed to me quite old ladies when I saw them above thirty years ago'. He recalls that after he took his degree he lived 'much at Oxford with my cousin Canon Stanley' and that he 'often heard the story which was an especial favourite with him' and that when he 'went to Doncaster I was taken to see the ladies because of their supposed connection with the story'. He has 'expunged' the anecdote from 'the second edition not out yet'. He has been assured by 'several young men' to whom he has mentioned Harington's uncle's letter that 'they have heard it before – always of course as an old gentlemans story told in obliviousness of the construction which his hearers might place upon it'. He ends by claiming to be well acquainted with Harington's son: 'I think he would let me say that he was a friend of mine'. Both of the autograph drafts of Harington's letters to Hare are signed with initials. THREE: Draft of Harington to Hare. 8 February 1897. 4pp. 12mo. With deletions and emendations. Begins: Dear Sir My Uncle Henry Smith has shown me the correspondence which passed between himself & you last December with reference to the defamatory anecdote which you related in your autobiography touching my grandfather Dr Gaisford's predecessor as Dean of Ch. Ch.' He accepts Hare's 'assurance that the story was inserted without any intention of giving the pain & annoyance which it undoubtedly has to his descendants & that it will be omitted in future editions but I must protest against your speaking of it or the sobriquet which you have attached to him as familiar still at Ch Ch.' He points out that he is himself 'an old Student of Ch Ch. of within a month or two exactly the same University standing as yourself & Oxford has been the home of my boyhood since 1842.' Hare's story was 'perfectly well known' in Harington's time 'but told not of Dr Smith but of another man – an old gentleman nearly in his dotage himself quite as incapable of such an act as my grandfather but of whom it was told in <> of his imbecility.' He boasts of 'an unbroken succession of descendants of my grandfather at Ch Ch or living in Oxford for more than 70 years down to my son Edward whom you have met in County & know. My Father was a Ch Ch man my father in law an old Student of Ch Ch.' He presents further information repudiating the anecdote before pointing out how Hare has lost the point of 'the Alexander the Coppersmith story of Dean Gaisford'. FOUR: Draft of Harington to Hare. 12 February 1897. 4pp. 12mo. With extensive deletions and emendations. Continuing in the same vein with reference to his 'undergraduate days' and with biographical information relating to Smith's family. He recounts the anecdote as it was 'really told in the thirties' and 'associated with no name in particular': 'Two men went out in a boat – one fell overboard & was drowned. The survivor called upon the mother of the drowned man & said Madam I have something important to communicate. As your son & I were out in a boat he unfortunately fell overboard. He clung to the side of the boat & would have upset it had I not had the presence of mind to hit him on the hand with the stretcher. Failing this we should both have perished. As it is your son was drowned & I have escaped to bring you the news.' The letter concludes: 'Thank you much for the manner in which you received my letter. I had the pleasure of showing yours to Mr William Rose Smith the present head of the family who happened to be on a visit here when it arrived and he was much pleased with it'. From the Harington family papers. Hare autograph letter: The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W. [ London ]; 9 February 1897. Hare copy letters: Holmhurst, St. Leonard's o unknown‎

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‎E H Neville [ Eric Harold Neville ] (1889-1961), English mathematician, of Trinity College Cambridge and the University of Readi‎

‎Eric Harold Neville mathematician. Autograph Letter Signed 'E. H. Neville' to 'Sir Dundas' i.e. Sir Richard Dundas Harington‎

‎On letterhead of The Copse Sonning on Thames. 26 October 1944. See W. J. Langford's glowing obituary of Neville described as 'the greatest of them all' from a pedagogical point of view in the Mathematical Gazette May 1964. 2pp. 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. He begins by reassuring Harington that his books are 'safely here' but continues: 'I fear that every book I possess on numerical equations is on duty for the time being in the computing department of one of the RAF establishments.' He does not know of 'any book which gives an account of the processes actually used nowadays. The fundamental principle is always the same - a first approximation followed by some iterative process by which any desired order of accuracy can be reached. Theoretically the ideal process for finding a first approximation is Graeffe's root-squaring process but in practice each problem is apt to throw up a mass of equations for which some particular trick can be found.' He ends by comparing the process to 'elementary multiplication'. In a postscript he points Harington to a paper of his in the Mathematical Gazette which has 'the gist of the matter in it'. From the Harington family papers the recipient being Sir Richard Dundas Harington 13th Baronet 1900-1981. On letterhead of The Copse, Sonning on Thames. 26 October 1944. unknown‎

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‎Sidney Morgan (1874-1946), English film director, who acted for Alfred Hitchcock [ [ Percy Nash [ Percy Cromwell Nash ] (1869-19‎

‎Sidney Morgan English film director Autograph Letter Signed to fellow film-director Percy Nash regarding the British Association of Film Directors and the 'great fight to obtain The Quota'.‎

‎On letterhead of the British Association of Film Directors The Players Club Denman Street London. 30 May 1927. 1p. 4to. In good condition lightly aged. Nash is named on the letterhead as the Association's president and Morgan as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer. The letter begins: Dear Percy / For various reasons we did not get a largely attended meeting on Friday but the better feeling between members seems still to grow.' Nash's 'protracted illness' has clearly necessitated his stepping down as president and 'after considerable discussion it was decided to ask Pearson & Elvey i.e. George Pearson 1875-1973 and Maurice Elvey 1887-1967 to be President & Vice with myself to continue'. He has been asked to convey the Association's sympathy to Nash for his illness '& a resolution was enthusiastically passed expressing the associations appreciation of your long continued & unselfish work particularly in connection with the great fight to obtain The Quota'. He ends by saying that he thinks that 'for your patience & endurance there would today be neither The Association or The Quota'. 'The Quota' is the Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 which required British cinemas to show a quota of British films. On letterhead of the British Association of Film Directors, The Players Club, Denman Street, London. 30 May 1927. unknown‎

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‎Alfred J Caldicott [ Alfred James Caldicott ] (1842-1897), English composer of operas, cantatas, children's songs, humorous song‎

‎Aldred James Caldicott composer. Autograph Signature 'Alfred J. Caldicott Mus. Bac Cantab' with a few bars of sheet music in autograph with words 'Unless you can think when the Song is done'.‎

‎Without place or date. On 22.5 x 6.5 cm slip of paper ruled in red and blue. In good condition lightly aged. Beneath the line of sheet music and the accompanying words 'Unless you can think when the Song is done' is the good firm signature: 'Alfred J. Caldicott Mus. Bac Cantab'. Without place or date. unknown‎

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‎Agnes Nicholls (1876-1959), English operatic soprano; Ben Davies (1858-1943), Welsh operatic tenor with the Carl Rosa Opera Comp‎

‎Agnes Nicholls English soprano and Ben Davies Welsh tenor. Autograph Signatures on leaf from album.‎

‎Place and date not stated. Written one above the other on one side of a pink 12mo leaf of paper removed from an album. In fair condition aged and worn with small square of tape staining at head and some light offsetting of ink over Nicholls' signature. Reads: 'Yours sincerely Ben Davies.' and 'In remembrance of Agnes Nicholls'. Place and date not stated. unknown‎

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‎Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton [ Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton ] (1803-1873), English novelist,‎

‎Edward Bulwer-Lytton Lord Lytton author and politician. Autograph Letter Signed 'Lytton' inviting the unnamed recipient presumably F.W. Farrer and 'Mrs. Farrer' to extend their forthcoming stay.‎

‎12 Grosvenor Square London . 21 July no year . 1p. 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Reads: 'My dear Sir/ I think it is the 28th. thar you proposed to come to me & I hope that you & Mrs. Farrer may find it not interfering with more agreeable <> please to stay at least till the following Monday or Tuesday Aug 1st'. 12 Grosvenor Square [ London ]. 21 July [ no year ]. unknown‎

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‎Lady Margaret Sackville (1881-1963), English poet and children's author, lover of Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, daught‎

‎Lady Margaret Sackville poet and Ramsay MacDonald's lover. Manuscript score of song titled 'Pierrot' with 'Words by Lady Margaret Sackville' and 'Music by Ann Pearce'.‎

‎Without words and music. 4pp. 4to. In red ink on bifolium of printed music paper. In fair condition on lightly aged and worn paper with a few minor smudges. The song is andante and the lyrics begin: 'Pierrot lovesick And out of tune Took his guitar and sang to the moon. Sang all night With mouth awry Whilst light clouds drifted across the sky.' Also included is a Post Office Telegram from 'Aunt Margery' to 'Lady Catherine Sackville Fishers gate Withyham' 29 July 1946: 'Terribly disappointed held up missed train by one minute best love'.From the Sackville papers. No trace of this piece has been found either on OCLC WorldCat or elsewhere and nothing has been discovered regarding the composer Ann Pearce. According to the article which broke the news of Lady Margaret Sackville's affair with Ramsay Macdonald Daily Telegraph 2 November 2006 she was 'a poet who mixed with writers such as W B Yeats and Wilfred Scawen Blunt was a friend of Lady Ottoline Morrell a leading member of the Bloomsbury Set'. Without words and music. unknown‎

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‎'Max O'Rell' [Leon Paul Blouet] (1847-1903), French author and journalist who wrote in English for British and American markets,‎

‎'Max O'Rell' Léon Paul Blouet French author and journalist. Cabinet Card photographic portrait by Taber of San Francisco signed 'Max O'Rell'; with Autograph Letter Signed to his lecture agent E. W. Appleton regarding fees.‎

‎Letter to Appleton: 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove Uxbridge Road W. London Cabinet Card by Taber 8 Montgomery Street 'opposite the Palace and Grand Hotels' San Francisco; undated. ONE: Cabinet Card: 13.5 x 10 cm photographic head-and-shoulders portrait of Blouet smartly-dressed with glasses and handlebar moustache mounted on 16.5 x 10.5 cm card with printed details of the photographers Taber's printed in gold below the image and an elaborate advertisement for the firm printed in brown on the reverse. In fair condition lightly aged. Inscribed on the base of the print: 'Yours Sincerely Max O'Rell'. TWO: Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Appleton' i.e. E. W. Appleton. 1p 12mo. On bifolium. 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove Uxbridge Road W. London In fair condition aged and worn with central spike hole. He is enclosing a cheque for £3 9s 6d 'which I believe you will find correct to amount of fees received of me.' In a postscript he asks him on acknowledging receipt of the cheque to 'please say if I can see you on Wednesday at Clifford's Inn at about 2 p.m. M. O'R.' The Woodson Research Centre Rice University Houston has a collection of Blouet's letters to Appleton who acted as agent for his lectures see J. Verhoeven 'Jovial Bigotry: Max O’Rell and the Transnational Debate over Manners and Morals in 19th Century France Britain and the United States' 2012. Letter to Appleton: 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove, Uxbridge Road, W. [London] Cabinet Card by Taber, 8 Montgomery Street, 'oppo unknown‎

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‎Frank Brangwyn [Sir Frank William Brangwyn] (1867-1956), English artist, illustrator and designer:‎

‎Sir Frank Brangwyn. His printed Christmas Card for 1944 with hand-coloured illustration.‎

‎1944. No place. Printed in black on 13 x 11 cm bifolium on cream paper. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Printed on front cover above tiny tailpiece of star: 'All good wishes for a Peaceful Christmas from Frank Brangwyn – 1944'. The illustration 6.5 x 9.5 cm is on the recto of the second leaf and is a snow scene of the manger the holy family within and a figure bearing a burden approaching. It is hand-coloured in turquoise and orange. 1944. No place. unknown‎

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‎John Cartier (c1923-1997), English baritone, singer of Gilbert and Sullivan with the D'Oyly Carte: c 1‎

‎John Cartier English baritone. Three Autograph Letters Signed to 'David' describing the 'hard-going' of his touring existence and enclosing photographs for his 'enormous collection'.‎

‎All from 10 Rutherford House Brady Street London E1. 15 January 1974 and 5 March and 21 May 1975. First two letters 1p. 4to; third letter 2pp. 4to. All three signed 'John Cartier'. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. In the last letter he states that he has received the 'envelopes' and has 'distributed them round to various singers and musicians who will eventually I am sure be sending you a photograph with best wishes'. He apologises for being unable to invite him to visit: 'You see this is a very tiny flat and in fact I am very seldom here for any length of time as my work means continual journeying from place to place for concerts and shows. For instance I am just off to the Channel Islands for some “Yeomen of the Guard†productions an soon go back to America for concerts. This sort of thing is really quite hard-going and leaves very little time for doing many things one would like doing. The thing I look forward to most is to stay in one place for any length of time.' He ends with condolences over the recipient's heart attack. In the first letter written on Cartier's return from America he states that he is enclosing photographs 'to swell your already enormous collection'. In the second he explains that he is sends two more photographs 'taken some time ago'. All from 10 Rutherford House, Brady Street, London E1. 15 January 1974, and 5 March and 21 May 1975. unknown‎

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‎Allan Aynesworth [ born Edward Abbot-Anderson ] (1864-1959), English actor whose career spanned six decades [ Cyril Maude; W Mac‎

‎'Allan Aynesworth' Edward Abbot-Anderson English actor. Five Autograph Letters Signed one to Cyril Maude and rest to W. Macqueen-Pope about a benefit performance for Maude at the Haymarket Theatre and containing biographical information.‎

‎Both from Larkwood off Chobham Road Camberley Surrey. Letter to Maude dated 14 February 1942; letter to MacQueen-Pope dated 9 April 1942. BThe five items in fair condition lightly-aged with slight rust staining from paperclip. In a difficult hand. ONE: ALS to Macqueen-Pope 20 March 1941. On his Larkwood letterhead with 'From Allan Aynesworth' at head. Undated. 3pp. landscape 12mo. Providing a deal of information about his association with Maude the last page beginning: 'Friendship about 50 years. We joined the Garrick & Beefsteak Clubs where we dined together with so many of our Theatre Friends Inc. Wyndham Irving Alexander Hare & Kendal to name a few. <Players> & Pinero Barrie Marshall Sutro Hay &c & many other Dramatists.' At the foot he apologises for 'a large bundle' asking 'Is this of any use'. TWO: ALS to 'My dear Cyril' Cyril Maude 14 February 1942. Signed with an indecipherable pet signature. 2pp. landscape 12mo. Regarding the forthcoming performance he asks him to instruct his 'Advertising. Manager' to mention him 'as I see he has not done so in the Daily Telegraph. today. These matters to me are quite trivial but I should not like anyone to think that I had not rallied to your forces at the matinée'. He continues with some requests regarding the programme and in a postscript tells Maude that he has 'Been to Town to introduce to the listeners on the BBC. overseas "The Importance of being Ernest".' THREE: ALS to Macqueen-Pope 27 March 1942. 1p. landscape 12mo. He gives the names of three other members of the 'caste' including Lyn Harding for the piece he proposes to act in the matinée. FOUR: ALS to Macqueen-Pope 1 April 1942. Giving 'the Caste sic for the Card Scene out of Maughams "The Circle" which I propose to <> at Mr Maudes Matinée Haymarket Theatre 24th April next'. A fourth name has been added since Item Three above followed by 'Allan Aynesworth in his original part'. FIVE: ALS to Macqueen-Pope 9 April 1942. 2pp. landscape 12mo. He is on doctor's orders to rest and gives details of why before stating: 'to my great regret & disappointment I cannot help my old friend Cyril Maude in his matinée after all'. If Macqueen-Pope has 'a chance of letting the Public into this unimportant fact would you say I've go or had the Influenza & not able to join the company of C. Maudes old friends'. Both from Larkwood, off Chobham Road, Camberley, Surrey. Letter to Maude dated 14 February 1942; letter to MacQueen-Pope dated 9 unknown‎

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‎Oliver Messel [Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel] (1904-1978), English artist and stage designer [Hans Juda [Hans Peter Juda] (1904‎

‎Oliver Messel Autograph Letter Signed 'Oliver' from artist/stage designer Messel to collector Hans Juda describing his terms for the sale of the originals of two 'designs for the Glyndebourne brochure' in 1952 which Juda's firm helped produce.‎

‎No place or date. 2 December 1952. 1p. folio. Fair on lightly-aged paper; with staple- and punch-holes in left-hand margin. Docketed in pencil at head 'file Oliver MESSEL' and at foot '2/XII/52'. He thanks him for 'your charming messages . about the designs for the Glyndebourne brochure' which were 'given me by Vagn' Messel's partner Vagn Riis-Hansen. 'For the one design ie. the principal one that was on the front I dont sic believe I can part with it for less than £60 as it really is one of the things that I have got rather attached to.' If this amount is within what Juda 'can afford to pay' Messel will 'give you the other one to accompany it because as sic they were designed together and you had them so nicely reproduced together. I would like you to have them both together.' For Juda's involvement in the production of the Glyndebourne programme see Walter Schindler 'Art and industry The publisher of "The Ambassador"' AJR Information September 1962 p.7. No place or date. [2 December 1952.] unknown‎

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‎Sir George Hayes (1805-1869), English judge [ Sir Richard Harington of Ridlington, 11th Baronet (1835-1911) ]:‎

‎Sir George Hayes The Times and the Crimean War. Manuscript Copy by Sir Richard Harington of Hayes's squib 'A Bill For the more effectual Prosecution of the War with Russia and for securing the Liberty of the Press & for other purposes'.‎

‎No place. 'Ordered to be printed February 1855'. 10 1pp. folio. On ten leaves of grey paper attached at a corner with string. In good condition lightly aged. Folded into a packet by Harington and docketed by him: 'Squib in "The Times" by Sergeant Hayes afterwards Mr Justice Hayes Prosecution of the War with Russia & Liberty of the Press' The text with marginal commentary appears to be identical to that published in London in February 1855 by William Stevens Printer 37 Bell Yard Temple Bar. The manuscript version differs stylistically from the printed one in that it employs clerkly contractions involving the macron. In his 'Hayesiana' of 1892 Edmund Macrory states that Hayes' squib appeared at a point when the War in the Crimea was progressing in an unsatisfactory manner and shortly after a second false report of the fall of Sebastopol had found its way into The Times and other papers. The start of the document gives a good impression of the whole: 'A Bill For the more effectual prosecution of the war with Russia & for securing the liberty of the Press & for other purposes Whereas the war with Russia has not hitherto been carried on in such a manner as to satisfy public opinion; And whereas Public Opinion is completely & exclusively represented by "the Times" newspaper; And whereas all persons hitherto engaged in ye active prosecution of ye said war are wholly incompetent to perform any of ye Duties confided to them; And whereas ye Times Newspaper is fully competent to discharge all such Duties: Be it therefore enacted That the entire future conduct & management of ye said war shall be confided to ye aforesaid newspaper.'. No place. 'Ordered to be printed | February 1855'. unknown‎

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