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William Hazlitt , Jr (1811-1893), English author and translator:
Autograph Note Signed "Willm Hazlitt" author-son of critic William Hazlitt to unknown correspondent.
Chelsea London 28 Jan. 1849. One page 12mo good condition. From a batch of letters many of which are addressed to A. Williams of the "Liverpool Mercury" but no certain identification. Hazlitt says "I send you sundry autographs genuine as imported. I will not forget your wishes in this respect when other notable Manuscripts occur to me." Chelsea, [London], 28 Jan. 1849. unknown
Bookseller reference : 10448
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Weiler, Clemens (English translation by Edith Kustner and J A Underwood)
JAWLENSKY Heads Faces Meditations
Praeger Publishers Inc. New York. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. First English edition. Brown/tan buckram boards black titles to cover and spine. 76 Illus. Tipped in color plates. Includes Jawlensky facsimile letter. Dust Jacket is price-intact smal closed edgetears creases now protected within mylar cover. . Praeger Publishers, Inc. New York hardcover
Bookseller reference : 53112
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Bill English
COMMON SENSE Addressed to the Inhabitants of America
Paz Press 1973-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Inscribed by Bill English to the poet John Haag. Full-color spread many b&w illustrations. Includes The Fire of Being: Poems by Bill English and Common Sense Is an Odyssey in Search of Love by Michael A. Cohen. Spine worn covers scuffed full-length crease on back cover else internally clean and tight. Paz Press paperback
Bookseller reference : mon0000056981
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English, William B
Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Interest Rate Risk and Bank Equity Valuations
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1288698089.G ISBN : 1288698089 9781288698080
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English, Douglas
Wee Tim'rous Beasties: Studies of Animal life and Character
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1434687570.G ISBN : 1434687570 9781434687579
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Edited with an English translation by George M Wrong
Louisbourg in 1745
New Amsterdam Book Company 1897. Limited 100 copies for the Unit. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding clean and tight. Spine has likely been re-glued to pages. Describes the siege and capture of Louisbourg in Cape Breton in 1745 by the New England Militia as seen by an anonymous eyewitness Frenchman. New Amsterdam Book Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : ALib8263838Bc
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Edited with an English translation by George M Wrong
Louisbourg in 1745
New Amsterdam Book Company 1897. Limited 100 copies for the Unit. Hardcover. Very Good. Binding clean and tight. Spine has likely been re-glued to pages. Describes the siege and capture of Louisbourg in Cape Breton in 1745 by the New England Militia as seen by an anonymous eyewitness Frenchman. New Amsterdam Book Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : ALib8263838Bc8
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English, Director John
No Emigration: The Testimony of Experience Before a Committee of Agriculturists and Manufacturers on the Report of the Emigration Committee of the House of Commons: Sir John English in the Chair
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1146549407.G ISBN : 1146549407 9781146549400
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English
Logic Pro X For Dummies 2e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
Bookseller reference : AdityaBooks-9781119506201 ISBN : 1119506204 9781119506201
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English
Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment3e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
Bookseller reference : AdityaBooks-9781405159579 ISBN : 140515957x 9781405159579
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English
Logic Pro X For Dummies 2e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
Bookseller reference : AdityaBooks-9781119506201 ISBN : 1119506204 9781119506201
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English
Withholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment3e
Wiley. New. Wiley unknown
Bookseller reference : AdityaBooks-9781405159579 ISBN : 140515957x 9781405159579
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Louys, Pierre; Bessie, Alvah C (English Version); Pogany, Willy (illustrator)
The Songs of Bilitis Signed Limited Edition
Privately Printed for Subscriber 1926-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Copy #15 signed by artist Willy Pogany on the limitation page. Cover shows minor wear rubbing and bumped corners no dj. Contemporary gift inscription in the prelims. Pages lightly tanned and clean. Privately Printed for Subscriber hardcover
Bookseller reference : mon0003801622
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A E W Mason [Alfred Edward Woodley Mason] (1865-1948), English novelist:
A.E.W. Mason Autograph Letter Signed 'A. E. W. Mason' to 'Colonel Harvey'.
'Wed. 5th no date'; on letterhead of H M Kinsley & Baumann Holland House Fifth Avenue & Thirtieth Street New York. 8vo 1 p. Good on lightly aged paper. He is sorry but he will 'have to shorten my visit'. He has to 'make some arrangements about a play and the only opportunity I will have of seeing the manager concerned will be on Sunday'. He 'can come up on Sunday morning easily enough' but will have to 'cut short' his visit. 'Wed. 5th [no date]'; on letterhead of H M Kinsley & Baumann, Holland House, Fifth Avenue & Thirtieth Street, New York. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6852
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Edward James Mortimer Collins (1827-1876), English nineteenth-century novelist, journalist and poet:
Mortimer Collins novelist Autograph Letter Signed 'Mortimer Collins' to Edward Draper; together with a printed poem produced on the occasion of Collins's death.
The letter: undated 'Knowsley <> of L. Derby'. Letter: 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Text clear and entire but with the outer pages grubby. He has 'no wish to annoy other members of the Court family' so it will 'go no further'. 'It is cool of Miss Court to talk thhe confidence of her own home when she made the statement to Mrs Bulkeley in her own drawing-room.' Suggests that Draper send 'the Postmistress' a 'reminder'. 'She is so accustomed to threatening letters from her creditors' lawyers that she possibly may disregard this.' Asks him to 'make her understand that withholding an apology may have sharp consequences'. There will be 'a few quiet folk here in the Whitsun week' and the Collinses will be 'delighted to see you'. Card: attractively printed in light brown purple and gold on one side of a piece of shiny paper 12 x 14 cm. Gives Collins's name and dates above an anonymous two-stanza 16-line poem beginning 'The poet may tread earth sadly Yet is he Dreamland's king; And the fays at his bidding gladly Visions of beauty bring.' The refrain is 'Comes of age.' The letter: undated, 'Knowsley, <?> of L. Derby' unknown
Bookseller reference : 6802
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Sir Francis Chantrey [Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey] (1781-1841), English sculptor [the Royal Academy]:
Francis Chantrey Autograph Note Signed 'F Chantrey' to unnamed male correspondent.
'Tuesday morng' no date. Seven lines on one side of a piece of aged wove paper roughly 12.5 x 10 cm. A hurried smudged communication. Reads 'My Dear Sir I have the ill luck to be obliged to attend a Council of the Royal Academy. We commence business punctually last word underlined at 8 oClock - Confound the R.A.!!! Truly yrs signed F Chantrey Tuesday Morng'. 'Tuesday morng' [no date]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6767
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C R Hewitt (1901-1994) (Cecil Rolph Hewitt, who wrote under the pseudonym 'C H Rolph'), English policeman, journalist, editor an
C.R. Hewitt; "C.H. Rolph" Autograph Letter Signed 'C R Hewitt' to Sewell Stokes.
21 November 1957; 6 Liskeard Gardens London SE3 on New Statesman letterhead. 8vo 2 pp 33 lines. Good on lightly aged and creased paper. An interesting letter written by a former policeman to a former probation officer on the subject of the latter's book 'Come to Prison: A Tour through British Prisons today' Longmans 1957 about which the former has written a negative review. Begins by praising Stokes' 'really generous letter written at what cost in self-control I can only dimly imagine'. When Hewitt 'read the published review' he thought 'that it was still on the whole unfair'. 'I hate reviewing really and am a bad reviewer. Objectivity eludes me and I pontificate as if I were the only man in the world with the knowledge of the subject.' He claims what he 'really thought' was that 'the name of Sewell Stokes commands respect'. He remembers 'how very impressed G. W. Stonier was years ago with Court Circular though I thought that book was unfair!' He is writing 'an Observer "profile" ' of Sir Lionel Fox whom they both admire. Concludes 'I'm afraid your very readable book will be a success despite the price!' 21 November 1957; 6 Liskeard Gardens, London, SE3, on New Statesman letterhead. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6830
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Byron Webber, English novelist and journalist [The Sporting Gazette, London]:
Byron Webber novelist and journalist Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Draper.
15 September 1871; on letterhead of The Sporting Gazette 135 Strand London W.C. 12mo 2 pp. Text complete and legible on grubby and creased paper. Trace of grey paper mount adhering to blank verso of second leaf of bifolium. Crude caricature of a man's face in top left-hand corner of first page. Draper 'bolted from the Club last night' - Webber can 'guess the cause' - 'thereby depriving the committee of the unit necessary to form a quorum'. Had he not done so 'Marks would have shown you the drawing which he had brought down finished for your inspection.' Webber will 'bring it with me to the Circle to-morrow. It is glorious!' He asks Draper to 'bring an illustration for the Annual - in fact a card-portrait of yourself for the cover'. Also asks him to bring a portrait of Leigh if he has one '& so save me the trouble of bothering him - perhaps fruitlessly'. 15 September 1871; on letterhead of The Sporting Gazette, 135 Strand, London W.C. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6801
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Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858), English die-engraver [Salford; Manchester; Lancashire; numismatics; coins; medals]:
Benjamin Wyon die-engraver Autograph Letter Signed 'B Wyon' to 'J. Salland Esq.'.
19 December 1844; 287 Regent Street London. 12mo 1 p 7 lines. Good on light aged paper with 1 cm closed tear to top corner not affecting text which is clear and entire. Reads 'I regret having to inform you that the Salford Mayoralty Seal has broken all to pieces in the process of hardening and that I am afraid that I am obliged to engrave another which I am proceeding with as expeditiously as possible'. 19 December 1844; 287 Regent Street, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6828
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Alaric Watts [Alaric Alexander Watts] (1797-1864), English journalist and poet [keepsakes; The Literary Souvenir]:
Alaric Watts Autograph Letter Signed 'Alaric Watts' to Mr Limbird.
28 November 1828; 58 Torrington Square London. 4to 1 p. On aged creased apper but with text clear and entire. A small piece of paper from a bottom corner has been torn away in opening the letter and is still present on the reverse under a red wax seal bearing a clear impression of a lyre and the words 'Addolcire ed Maturare'. Brief communication apologising for the fact that the Literary Souvenir has not reached him sooner. 'The omission is the sin of my booksellers and not mine'. He is sending a copy with the letter and asks him to accept his thanks 'for your courtesy'. The address on the reverse is unclear: 'With the Literary Souvenir The Editor of the <> if Mr Limbird.' 28 November 1828; 58 Torrington Square, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6854
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[GO TREVELYAN] Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928), Liberal politician and author [Henry Fawcett (1833-1884), English economis
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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Herman Charles Merivale (1839-1906), English playwright and novelist [victorian publisher Samuel French, of 89 The Strand, Londo
Herman Charles Merivale Autograph Note Signed 'Herman C. Merivale' to the London publisher Samuel French. With a printed subscription form filled in by Merivale.
Letter: 25 April 1879; on embossed letterhead of the Union Club Brighton. Subscription form: undated. Letter: 12mo 1 p. Grubby and stained. He 'did not mention the Planché-affair' in his letter of the day before. Asks for his name to be put down 'for a copy of the book' French's edition of Planché's 'Extravaganzas'. The subscription form 12mo 1 p heavily worn and with loss to the extremities is laid down on the reverse of the letter. On it Merivale gives his address as 'Barton Lodge Kingston on Thames'. Image on application. Letter: 25 April 1879; on embossed letterhead of the Union Club, Brighton. Subscription form: undated. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6856
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Henry Warren (1794-1879), English painter of Biblical and oriental themes:
Henry Warren artist Autograph Letter Signed to the Birmingham inventor Samuel Timings active between 1853 and 1869.
28 March 1863; on letterhead of 24 Upper Phillimore Place Kensingon W. 12mo 4 pp. Good on aged paper with a little light staining at head. A significant letter in which Warren gives information of those of Warren's 'poor works' which have been engraved: 'they have been chiefly for book illustration and are spread through many publishers'. Begins by describing how 'Murray's Childe Harold has many vignettes very well engraved from my drawings'. Ends by saying that 'There is also a print in the mixed style of considerable size engraved by Humphreys but not yet published. It is from my picture of a story teller reciting in a coffee house of Damascus'. Had he any copies of any of them he 'should have been proud to have sent them'. 28 March 1863; on letterhead of 24 Upper Phillimore Place, Kensingon, W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6855
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William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-1884), English journalist and playwright:
William Blanchard Jerrold Secretarial Letter Signed 'W. Blanchard Jerrold' to 'Wm. <Raikes> Esq'.
30 June 1864; 11 Maddox Street Regent Street London. 12mo: 2 pp. Very good. 'The Association for establishing depots of cheap food for the poor' has been formed 'under the auspices of Lord Brougham the Earl of Shrewsbury Sir John Villiers Shelley and others' and Jerrold asks whether Raikes would 'permit us to add your name to the list of patrons' a position which 'entails no pecuniary responsibility whatsoever.' 30 June 1864; 11 Maddox Street, Regent Street, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6790
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William Windham (1750-1810), English Whig politician [Richard 'Conversation' Sharp (1759-1835)]:
William Windham Autograph Letter in the third person to 'Mr Sharpe' Richard 'Conversation' Sharp.
15 February 1804; Pall Mall. 12mo 2 pp. Good on aged paper. A formal letter in the third person. Windham 'is almost ashamed' of sending Sharpe 'anything so trifling as what accompanies this note'. His justification for doing so is the 'wish of having his opinions stated with tolerable correctness on a subject to which Mr Sharpe as a matter of some interest at the moment may happen in some degree to have turned his thoughts.' Sharp's name was often misspelt by contemporaries and he is listed in the index to the online Oxford DNB as 'also known as Sharpe Richard'. 15 February 1804; Pall Mall. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6757
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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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Terrick Williams [Terrick John Williams] (1860-1936), English landscape painter [John Littlejohns]:
Terrick Williams landscape painter Three Autograph Letters Signed all 'Terrick Williams': two to John Littlejohns and one to Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.
First Letter to Littlejohns: 15 June 1929. Second Letter to Littlejohns: 20 December 1930. Third Letter to Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons: 14 February 1931. All three on letterhead of 89 Gunterstone Road W. Kensington W14 London. All three items concern Littlejohns' 'British Watercolour Painting and Painters of Today' London: Pitman 1931'. First Letter: 12mo 3 pp. 43 lines. Text clear and entire. On two leaves attached to one another in a corner by a pin. Good on lightly-creased paper. Interesting and informative letter concerning 'two watercolours' which Williams would 'like to be 'reproduced in Littlejohn's work on water colours'. Gives details of the titles of the works and the name and address of the owner 'who has consented to send them'. Discusses the techniques employed in executing the two works and the paper they were painted on. Second Letter to 'Dear Sir' i.e. Littlejohns: 12mo 1 p. Four lines. Good. Thanks him 'for the prints of my two water colours' which he thinks are 'excellent'. Third Letter to Pitman: 12mo 1 p. 8 lines. Good. Acknowledging the 'very welcome gift of copies' of the book. 'I think the reproductions of my own watercolours are excellent and as far as I am able to judge the others are equally good & the book is a most pleasant possession'. First Letter (to Littlejohns): 15 June 1929. Second Letter (to [Littlejohns]): 20 December 1930. Third Letter (to Sir Isaac Pitm unknown
Bookseller reference : 7108
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Saxe Bannister (1790-1877), English writer and lawyer, the first Attorney-General of New South Wales [Eugene Garay de Monglave (
Autograph Letter Signed 'S. Bannister' in French to 'Monsieur de Monglave l'Institut Historique'.
'Au Mai Jouy Près Versailles 23 Juin 1834'. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly aged paper. Addressed to 'Monsieur et Confrère'. He replied to de Monglave's last letters a couple of days previously and he has addded 'deux ou trois propositions que je vous <fais> de traduire en bon François et de lire à notre comité au Conseil'. He wants to get to know 'quelques uns de mes voisins dans ce village où j'ai l'intention de passer six mois' and asks for letters of introduction. Lists four families he wishes to get to know and names some individuals with whom he is a little acquainted. In 1833 Bannister published in Paris an anonymous pamphlet entitled 'Appel en faveur d’Alger et de l’Afrique du Nord par un Anglais'. 'Au Mai, Jouy, Près Versailles, 23 Juin 1834'. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7605
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Francis Carruthers Gould (1844-1925), English caricaturist, politician, and assistant editor of 'The Westminster Gazette'; tempe
Autograph Letter Signed 'F Carruthers Gould' to 'Mrs Whyte'.
23 April 1908. On letterhead of The Westminster Gazette. 12mo: 2 pp. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium. Good on lightly aged and spotted paper. Her letter has been handed to him by 'Mr Spender'. He would be 'very pleased to have the temperance cartoons circulated as post cards' and has asked 'the manager here' for a costing. 'Some of the cartoons I believe are being produced as posters by the Liberal Publication Department and by Temperance organisations.' 23 April 1908. On letterhead of The Westminster Gazette. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7616
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George Cruikshank (1792-1878), English engraver, illustrator and caricaturist:
Cruikshank's Autograph Signature 'Geoe Cruikshank' on a slip of paper cut from the minutes of meetings of a 'Society'.
June 1827. On both sides of a piece of wove paper dimensions roughly 8.5 x 20 cm. Cruikshank's signature is approximately 9 cm long with the final letter of his Christian name in superscript. Paper aged and creased with central vertical fold and wear to one edge not affecting text. Recto reads '<.> in the interim - That 2 door Mats be ordered for the use of the Society Adjourned till Thursday 7th June - signed Geoe Cruikshank Monday June 4. General Meeting of the Society Mr Parsonage in the Chair. The Requisition for calling the General Meeting was read by the Secretary'. Reverse reads first line cropped '<.> Thursday 7 June 1827 Mr G. Cruickshank sic in the Chair. Present Messrs Voelker Parsonage Davenport Reynolds. Boulter Muston Burrowes G. R Cruickshank Welmore Clark & Webster. The Minutes of the last meeting were read & confirmed. The Minutes of General Meeting on Monday June 4th. were read The Subscriptions & Disbursements were read by the Secretary.' The identity of the Society to which this item relates is not clear. Cruikshank was an enthusiastic proponent of temperance but the London Temperance Society was not founded until 1831. See IMage. June 1827. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7354
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Sir Austen Chamberlain [Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain] (1863-1937), English politician, Rector of the University of Glasgow:
Austen Chamberlain Signed Typescript 'Austen Chamberlain' an address of thanks for his re-election as Rector of the University of Glasgow.
'Geneva Sept. 14. 1926.'. On one side of a foolscap 32.5 x 20 cm page. Eighteen lines. On aged and foxed paper with chipping at head and foot. Chamberlain was Rector between 1925 and 1928. Begins: 'Amidst the preoccupations which assail the delegate of one Nation in an Assembly of nearly forty-seven my thoughts turn lovingly to the simpler duties of a Lord Rector who deals only with Four Nations and has the honour to be the chosen representative of them all.' The 'privilege' is 'doubly dear' to Chamberlain when he recalls 'the fact that more than twenty years ago the choice of the students of that day fell upon my father' who 'valued the honour which your predecessors conferred upon him'. Ends 'May the University flourish for ever!' 'Geneva, Sept. 14. 1926.' unknown
Bookseller reference : 8064
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Joan Hassall (1906-1988), English wood-engraver:
Joan Hassall wood-engraver Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Disspain'.
Undated. On letterhead of 88 Kensington Park Road London W.11. 12mo: 1 p. Eight lines of text. Good though creased. Letterhead printed with the words 'Joan Hassall' and a 5 cm short rule decorated with a tiny dove. She apologises for the delay in sending 'this signature': 'I lost your nice little piece of paper and then I broke my pen.' Disspain's 'letters of appreciation' give Hassall 'very real pleasure' and she is 'most grateful' for his 'good opinion'. See IMage. Undated. On letterhead of 88 Kensington Park Road, London W.11. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7862
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C J Mathews [Charles James Mathews] (1803-1878), son of Charles Mathews, English actor and playwright [John Hollingshead (1827-1
C. J. Mathews Autograph Letter Signed 'C J Mathews' to Hollingshead.
23 November 1865; 25 Pelham Crescent London. 12mo 1 p. Fair on aged paper with traces of previous mount adhering to the corners of the blank reverse. Of course Hollingshead should 'wait till the last night of "used up" ' before writing to Mathews who has 'hunted up Buckstone - hunted up Turpin - but in vain. Not a box to be had'. He has sent 'the best I could get': '3 Dress Circle to Mrs Smiles with "Mr Hollingshead's best compliments." '. In a postscript states that if Hollingshead wants 'a box for the "Overland Route" before the last night' he will be 'too happy'. 'There is always a run on last nights.' 23 November 1865; 25 Pelham Crescent, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8197
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R Brimley Johnson [Reginald Brimley Johnson] (1867-1932), English author and editor [Swan Sonnenschein, London publishers]:
R. Brimley Johnson authoer Autograph Letter Signed 'R. Brimley Johnson' to Swan Sonnenschein proposing a work for publication and outlining his literary achievements.
19 February 1893; on embossed letterhead of Llandaff House Cambridge. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly-aged paper. He was introduced to the recipient 'by Mr. Philip Malleson of Croydon when I wanted to send an Essay to The Albemarle'. Asks if he 'might be disposed to let me write a volume on Jane Austen or Leigh Hunt for your Dilettante Library' Austen being 'specially before the public just now'. He has edited Austen's novels and two 'well received' volumes of selections from Hunt for 'Mr. Dent's Temple Library'. 'If you do not care to arrange for either of these authors I would suggest Miss Burney Hazlitt or T. L. Peacock. I have now in the press a reprint of Evelina and a volume of selections from Hazlitt's Spirit of the Age for both of which I have studied these writers in all their works.' Lists material he is sending relating to his work. 'I may mention that I have also edited the Poems of Prior and Samuel Butler for the Aldine reissues which are in these cases practically new editions and have contributed to the Academy The Speaker and other literary papers. Johnson's proposal was accepted: Swan Sonnenschein published his selection from Leigh Hunt in their Dilettante Library in 1896. 19 February 1893; on embossed letterhead of Llandaff House, Cambridge. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7959
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Sir Daniel Lysons (1816-1898), English army officer:
Sir Daniel Lysons English army officer Autograph Note Signed 'D. Lysons.' to unnamed publisher.
11 January 1893; on letterhead of 22 Warwick Square London S.W. 12mo 1 p. Good on lightly-aged paper. Large bold signature. He has 'no present intention of publishing any book on his career'. It may be that the correspondence planted a seed as three years after the writing of this note Lysons published 'Early Reminiscences' John Murray 1896. 11 January 1893; on letterhead of 22 Warwick Square, London S.W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7948
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Martin Armstrong [Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong] (1882-1974), English novelist and poet [Thomas Thorp, Guildford bookseller]:
Martin Armstrong novelits and poet Autograph Letter Signed 'Martin Armstrong' to Thorpe.
15 January 1933; Sutton Pulborough Sussex on cancelled letterhead of 37 Great Ormond Street London. 12mo 2 pp. Good on lightly-aged and creased paper. Giving the details of three titles from Thorp's 'large catalogue' which he hopes are still available one is ticked in pencil and the other two marked as sold. 'Also can you let me have a cheap copy of John Masefield's "Sea Life in The Time of Nelson" and J. R. Hutchinson's "The Press Gang Afloat & Ashore." Publishers and prices of both items are noted in pencil with 'Cheque Noted' in margin. 15 January 1933; Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex, on cancelled letterhead of 37 Great Ormond Street, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7958
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Peggy Ramsay [Margaret Ramsay] [Margaret Francesca Ramsay, nee Venniker] (1908-1991), English theatrical agent [Jonathan Goodman
Peggy Ramsay theatrical agent Four Typed Letters Signed three 'Peggy Ramsay' and one 'Peggy R.' to Goodman giving her characteristically forthright opinion of his plays.
29 May 1955 and 5 and 12 March and 19 April 1956. All on letterheads of Margaret Ramsay Ltd Play Agent. All four items good on lightly aged paper. Two of the five leaves have small dog-ears to corners. Goodman has done his accounts on the blank reverse of one leaf. An important collection in which the most important British post-war play agent reveals in entertaining and increasingly-brusque terms the criteria by which she judges scripts. Goodman was hailed by Jacques Barzun as 'the greatest living master of true-crime literature' but his first love was as his obituary in the Daily Telegraph 16 January 2008 states the theatre. He began his career in 1951 'working at the Richmond Theatre first as a stage manager and then as a producer' before finding jobs in the West End. LETTER ONE 29 May 1955: 4to 2 pp; 8vo 1 p. A hundred and twenty lines of hurriedly-written text with autograph additions and corrections. She has read Goodman's play 'Willow Weep For Me' sent to her by Bill Roderick. She begins by outlining her method. 'My clients are so used to the bitter truth about their plays that I am inclined to think that everybody is prepared for it - clearly I must warn you as I don't suppose Bill did! Away with compliments! If I didnt think you had real talent I wouldnt bother to tell the truth but simply return you your script with a polite non-commotal sic phrase. I will move on to criticism immediately as its the only thing which will get you produced.' Goodman is 'obviously a writer who writes from within himself - very right and proper but as you know play writing exacts every kind of talent - involvement subjectivity objectivity planning creation etc etc.' There follows a detailed critique of Goodman's play with particular reference to Tennessee Williams's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. '. I must skip saying a hundred thing sic because I have no time to write and you havr sic no time to read'. She urges him to decide 'what "great truth" you wish to rest your play upon . Your bridge-party at the end of act one is very bad technically - why should the husband leave his guests downstairs to follow him up - simply because you wanted the husband in first - you cant do this kind of thing. You must let one of them have a car and be parking it or any excuse you like - but tax yourself be ingenious! Really nothing is too good for a play! My advice to you is to put this play in a bottom drawer and forget it. Managers arent interested in potential talent they want a play - and you dont want flattery surely You want a play on the highest level not a piddling little try-out which is all your play could possibly get and I doubt if that would be possible without influence. . Ive no doubt Liverpool has ben sic nice because its always something of a miracle when a friend can write at all or a fellow actor - but you are undertaking the most difficult form of writing there is - where planning discipline creation objectivity subjectivity are all mixed up and none of these things can be neglected.' She will be 'coming up to see Stokers musical' and will return his script then. LETTER TWO 5 March 1956: 4to 1 p. The play he has sent 'Chopsticks in Waltztime' is 'an improvement but I expect you know that it isn't good enough for London'. Goodman still seems to have 'dialogue diarrhoea' and should try and 'discipline' himself more 'or else turn to writing novels . You wrote to me about a plot which I thought rather dank - this is one of your failings all your plots seem a bit dank! That no doubt is your youth. . Don't be depressed. This is only my opinion and please seek opinions elsewhere before taking mine as gospel.' LETTER THREE 12 March 1956: 4to 1 p. Explains what she means by 'dank': 'sordid without being exciting - a sort of dreary realism'. 'I'll read your new play with interest but I hope the title doesn't mean it's about a woman changing into a man or vice versa because if so you may be sure hat I shall detest it. This kind of social problem is quite unsuited to dramatic treatment - but I hope I'm maligning you and misconstruing the title!' LETTER FOUR 19 April 1956: 4to 1 p. She has 'taken a long time' over Goodman's play 'chiefly because the title was so awful I couldn't bring myself to read it!' Suggests he 'try submittinng this to some other agent' as 'it may be that I am too tough on you.' Goodman has talent and the play is 'in some ways rather amusinng but all those sex jokes are to me not funny but smutty. Try some theatre or other agent and see how you fare and do please let me know how you are getting on.' 29 May 1955, and 5 and 12 March and 19 April 1956. All on letterheads of Margaret Ramsay Ltd, Play Agent. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8178
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George R Sims [George Robert Sims] (1847-1922), English journalist and writer:
George R. Sims Typed Note Signed 'Geo R Sims' to F. Leslie Moreton.
24 March 1900; on letterhead of 12 Clarence Terrace Regents Park. N.W. London. 4to: 1 p. Text complete and clear on aged spotted and lightly-creased paper. He has exchanged letters with 'Mr Morell' 'with reference to "Faust up to Date" ' but does not believe any contract has yet been arranged. He does not have a copy of 'the Score and Band Parts': 'I should say Mr Geo. Edwardes or Mr Meyer Lutz has these.' Sims co-wrote 'Faust up to Date' with Henry Pettitt. The music was by Lutz. It was produced by Edwardes and first performed at the Gaiety Theatre London on 30 October 1888. 24 March 1900; on letterhead of 12, Clarence Terrace, Regents Park. N.W. [London]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 7642
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John Hopkinson (1844-1919), English geologist [Alfred Reginald Pryor (1839-1881); Royal Geological Society]:
John Hopkinson geologist Autograph Letter Signed to Pryor's mother.
5 March 1888; St Albans Hertfordshire. 12mo: 3 pp. Good on lightly-aged paper. Concerns Pryor's posthumous 'Flora of Hertfordshire' 1887 which contained an introduction co-written by Hopkinson. Four copies of the book are being presented to Mrs Pryor 'by our Society'. 'This is partly the cause of the delay in sending them to you for we had to wait for authority from the Council of the Society to present them.' The rest of the letter concerns the large paper edition of the book a copy of which Hopkinson offers to procure for Mrs Pryor 'at the subscription price'. 'As only 50 of these have been printed we decided at the first not to give a single copy away except the one we were bound to send to the British Museum . There is not one of these large paper copies in your family for Mr. Marlbrough Pryor has only taken a small paper copy & Mr. Robert Pryor has not subscribed at all.' 5 March 1888; St Albans, Hertfordshire. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8124
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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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Sir George Grove (1820-1900), English writer on music, best-known for 'Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians' [Crystal Palac
Autograph Letter Signed 'George Grove' to 'Mr Friend'.
27 September 1856; on letterhead of the Crystal Palace Sydenham. 12mo 2 pp. On grey paper. Twenty lines. Text clear and complete. Aged and with chipping to extremities and traces of mount on reverse. He is 'so cruelly busy just now with the investigations into the frauds lately perpetrated on the compy and with the anxieties & worries consequent thereon' that he can only forward 'the testimonial rewritten to the present date'. All the gentlemen he names - 'Paxton Laing &c are out of town just now'. Concludes: 'My support is a very poor one but I can really do no more just now.' On 1 November 1856 William Robson was found guity of frauds on the Crystal Palace Company amounting to around £28000 and transported for twenty years. 27 September 1856; on letterhead of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8516
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H A L Fisher [Herbert Fisher; Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher] (1865-1940), English historian and Warden of New College, Oxford [W
Two Autograph Letters Signed both 'Herbert Fisher' to 'My dear Gore' the first conferring upon him an honorary fellowship and the second containing an assessment of Ormsby-Gore's son David.
7 October 1936 and 12 March 1937; both on letterheads of 'The Warden's Lodgings New College Oxford'. Both items good on lightly-aged paper. Letter One: 4to 1 p. Begins 'The College today at its Special General Meeting did itself the honour of electing you to an Honorary Fellowship. We trust that it may not be unacceptable to you to be thus associated with our Society. There are no duties save that of wearing a surplice in Chapel on Sundays and Feasts of the Church.' He thanks Gore for his 'generous words' of the previous day. Letter Two: 4to 2 pp. He thanks him for his 'helpful letter about David' Gore's son the Conservative politician William David Ormsby-Gore 5th Baron Harlech 1918-1985 and consequently raises no objection 'to his being out of College in the Autumn' which 'may well prove to be the best thing for him'. The previous day David told Fisher 'that he was anxious to go into the House of Commons as soon as possible'. Fisher 'can see from his appreciation of Thucydides and de Tocqueville which is obviously genuine that his mind is taking a political shape.' He sees 'gleams of unusual promise about the boy' and thinks that 'As his physical strength improves and as the memories of those shocks to which you allude fade into the background . he will gain in confidence and concentration'. Characterises him as being at that time 'wayward elusive casual rather than idle decidedly <> with occasional touches of brilliance extremely sensitive and reserved' and with 'a certain distinction of nature'. He 'gave up the Hebdomadal Council' after his illness the previous year and does not know 'what is afoot about Honorary Degrees'. 7 October 1936 and 12 March 1937; both on letterheads of 'The Warden's Lodgings, New College, Oxford'. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8477
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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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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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'Helen Mathers' [pen name of Ellen Buckingham Mathews (1853-1920); Helen Reeves; Mrs Reeves], English popular novelist:
'Helen Mathers' Autograph Letter Signed 'Helen Mathers. Helen Reeves' to unnamed male correspondent.
1 December 1879; on letterhead of 6 Grosvenor Street London W. 12mo 3 pp. Bifolium. Spike hole through both leaves not affecting text. Fair on aged paper. She states that 'The story would be ready to commence the 2nd. week in March.' She then gives a list of her five 'other works besides Comin' thro the Rye'. The first two in the list are said to have passed through '3 editions' and of the second in the list 'a further is in preparation'. 1 December 1879; on letterhead of 6 Grosvenor Street, [London] W. unknown
Bookseller reference : 8259
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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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William Thomas Moncrieff (1794-1857), English playwright and theatre manager [Thomas Simpson Cooke, Irish singer and composer]:
William Thomas Moncrieff English playwright and theatre manager. Autograph Letter Signed inviting to the Irish singer and composer Tom Cooke to collaborate on a production at the Victoria Theatre.
3 November 1835; Victoria i.e. the Victoria Theatre London. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. Aged and a little worn with short closed tear at head of the first leaf repaired with tape and the second leaf having a discoloration at one edge from tape used in mount. Signed ‘W. T. Moncrieff’. Casting interesting light on the production of melodramas in the ‘Surrey-side’ theatres. In an effort to induce him to collaborate with him on a production at the Victoria Theatre he begins: ‘My dear Cooke / Without wishing to interfere with any arrangement you may have made or may be contemplating to make - there can be no harm in my dropping a hint that the Proprietors here would be most happy to secure your Services at any time on your own terms - if at all within their means’. Such an arrangement would also please Moncrieff ‘as I have the idea of a Drama that I think very likely to prove quite as attractive as ever “My Poll and my Partner Joe†may prove.’ That play by J. T. Haines and with music by Jolly was a great success at the Royal Surrey Theatre in the same year. He ends by asking Cooke to ‘turn this over in hyour mind at your leisure and favor me with a line on the subject’. 3 November 1835; Victoria [i.e. the Victoria Theatre, London]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26448
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John Coates (1865-1941), English tenor, and Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), Italian coloratura soprano, opera singers:
John Coates English tenor and Luisa Tetrazzini coloratura soprano opera singers. Autograph Signatures on leaf from album.
No place or date. The two signatures are written one on top of the other close together on a leaf extracted from a printed diary with the bottom of the 'C' of 'Coates' touching the top of the 'e' of 'Tetrazzini'. In good condition on lightly aged and foxed paper. No other manuscript text. The page 163 has printed on it the dates ‘June 29’ and halfway down ‘June 30’ and the signatures are beneath the former. On the reverse is a printed poem by ‘Louise Chandler Moulton’ ‘A maiden sits in her bower and sings’. Image on application. No place or date. unknown
Bookseller reference : 26431
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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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Joseph Parker (1830-1902), English nonconformist divine, preacher, theologian and miscellaneous writer:
Joseph Parker nonconformist divine Two Letters Signed the first in a secretarial hand and the second in Autograph to Rev. Joseph Lucas.
16 November 1827 and 7 March 1873; both on letterhead The Rosstrappe Highbury New Park London. Both items one page octavo and on aged and creased paper. Regarding Lucas's selection from Parker's works 'Detached links; extracts from the Writings and Discourses of Joseph Parker' Richard D. Dickinson 1873. LETTER ONE: Thanks Lucas for his 'kind note' but does not 'see how the suggestion it conveys can be realized. I am afraid you would find it difficult to get a publisher.' Advises Lucas 'not to pursue the idea any further'. LETTER TWO: In a shaky hand explains that he is 'so poorly just now that I cannot give any photographer. a sitting. Let me advise you to issue the first edition without a likeness. I believe you will do well to omit it @ the outset'. 16 November 1827 and 7 March 1873; both on letterhead The Rosstrappe, Highbury New Park [London]. unknown
Bookseller reference : 5654
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