Search the catalogue
Search results
Author, Title, Summary | Subject | Price | |
---|---|---|---|
Cyril Clemens (1902-1999), President, International Mark Twain Society, Missouri. [Cyril Clemens] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd, author. ALS, on his presidential letterhead; 14 July 1932, 2pp., 8vo, good condition, with enclosure. His 'Little Visits to the Great' is 'almost ready to go to press, but we are holding things up for the Chapter on "Robert and Sylvia Lynd." If you and Mrs Lynd could glance it over and scratch out any... |
£180.00 | ||
Emil Otto Hoppé (1878-1972), photographer. [Hoppé] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd. ALS, on letterhead of Millais House, Cromwell Place, South Kensington; 22 June 1915, one page, 4to, He is glad he 'liked the parboils - it was a great pleasure to me to make them'. Asks him to accept two copies: 'I have a library of signed Author's Copies and if you can spare me a copy of one of... |
£100.00 | ||
Ernest Rhys (1859-1946), English writer and founder of Everyman's Library. [Ernest Rhys] Typed Letter Signed to Robert Lynd, author. TLS, headed Whiteleaf, Princes Risboro, Bucks, on Everyman's Library letterhead, J. M. Dent and Sons, London; 30 September 1931. He thanks him for his 'capital notice' of his book. 'Every post seems to bring me in a fresh copy of it, and it ought to stimulate the book market if anything could in... |
£56.00 | ||
Frank N. Butterworth (1875-1952), author, pseud. 'Peter Blundell', specialising in tales of Malaya. [Frank Butterworth] Typed Letter Signed to Robert Lynd, journalist and author. TLS, on letterhead of Dacres, Quantock Rod, Weston-super-Mare; 19 April 1937, 3pp., 4to, good condition. Long paranoid letter, bitterly attacking 'seaside towns', and Weston-super-Mare in particular, as 'run by councillors of the Tammany Hall type, interested in the sale of "drink" and all the... |
£45.00 | ||
Gerald Gould (1885-1936), journalist. [Gerald Gould] Two Autograph Letters Signed and Two Typed Letters Signed to Robert Lynd, author. Two ALsS and two TLsS, total 4pp., 4to, fair-good condition.. The last three on letterheads of 1 Hamilton Terrace, NW8; and the first from 54 St Mary's Mansions, Paddington; 11 August 1918, 27 December 1925 and 17 and 26 March 1926. First, discussing the practicalities of the Herald publishing... |
£100.00 | ||
Grant Richards (1872-1948), publisher. [Grant Richards] Two Typed Letters Signed to Robert Lynd, author. 2 TLsS, 3pp., 8vo and 12mo, latter damaged with loss of heading. First, on his publisher's letterhead, 8 St Martin's Street, Leicester Square; 1 April 1921. 'Mr. Pinker [RL's agent] has reminded me - and I did not want reminding - how shockingly I seem to have behaved over "The Pleasures of... |
£150.00 | ||
John A. Hobson (1858-1940), economist. [Hobson, economist] Autograph Note Signed to Robert Lynd, author. ALS, on letterhead of 3 Gayton Crescent, Hampstead; 25 April 1917, one page, 12mo, minor shading not affecting text. He is enclosing 'a little book written by my wife' (Ideals True and False by Florence Edgar Hobson), another copy of which has been sent to the Daily News, and he wonders 'if it... |
£80.00 | ||
Jonathan Cape (1879-1960), London publisher. [Jonathan Cape]Three Typed Letters Signed to Robert Lynd, author. 3 TLsS, all on letterheads of 30 Bedford Square (two from Jonathan Cape Limited); 3 December 1924, 4 May 1929; 28 November 1946, totla 4pp., 4to, good condition. First, undertaking to publish in the Times Literary Supplement 'an expression of regret or apology' for an article by a 'contributor'... |
£120.00 | ||
Louis Francis Salzman (1878-1971), British economic historian. [Salzmann] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd. ALS, 14 Brookside, Cambridge; 19 August [1928], 2pp., 12mo, good condition. Written on returning the proofs of two articles. 'I see you have cut out my proof of the early intrusion of the Friar Tuck element into the Robin Hood cycle: - the only piece of information in the article which a student... |
£80.00 | ||
[Association for the Defence of Personal Rights; Committee for amending the law in points wherein it is injurious to women] Alexander Ireland, Manchester printer; women's suffrage] 24pp., 8vo. In good condition, lightly-aged, no wraps, disbound. Four copies on COPAC, and two copies on OCLC WorldCat. No other copy currently on the market. |
£180.00 |