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Two Autograph Notes Signed to A. "Mr. [Andrew] Wilson, Oriental Press, Wild Court, Wild Street, Lincolns Inn Field.

Author: 
L.D. Campbell. (Lawrence Dundas Campbell)
Publication details: 
A. Stratford Place, Sunday, no date [1804?] and B. St. Alban's Hotel, St. Alban's Street, Wednesday, no date [1808].
£80.00

A. One page, 8vo, bifoliate, spike-hole, fold marks, minor damage, corner nearly detached, text clear and complete. "Dear Sir./ I beg you will do me the favour to let me know immediately on receipt of this, the exact quantity of tonnage it will be necessary to apply for in order to send 500 [underlined] Copies of the Register to Calcutta, 300do. to Madras, and 100 [underlined] to Bombay.

Autograph Letter Signed to "Mr Eff [?] Wilson" (Effingham Wilson - see DNB).

Author: 
George Daniel
Publication details: 
No place, 5 Feb. 1820.
£250.00

Miscellaneous writer and book collector (1789-1864).

Autograph letter signed to "Triphook".

Author: 
Harberton (prob. Henry Pomeroy, 2nd Viscount Harberton).
Publication details: 
Connaught Place, 13 August [1825?].
£75.00

(1749-1829). Two pages, 8vo, good. "Mr Triphook/ I called yesterday at Cary's for a Map, & He [sic] informed, that there is an excellent English Gazet[t]eer lately published by Capper, & printed for Baldwin Pater Noster Row - I have long sought for one, & will be much obliged to you to look out for that for me - / And I am sure you can procure me the last Eton School List, now their Vacation has commenced. I wish you make Enquiry at the Heralds [sic] Office about Sr George Naylers Work of the Coronation.

Autograph Note Signed to "Mr Wilkinson" (Robert? see Maxted).

Author: 
Duchess of Rutland.
Publication details: 
Sackville Street, 8 Oct. 1801.
£50.00

See also her letter to Triphook (#2031). One page, 4to, spike-hole reaired, usual condition, text clear and complete: "The Dss of Rutland desires Mr. Wilkinson will be so good to send her a Print of herself, from Sir Joshua Reynolds's Picture the full length, & to bring it to her House No. 28 Sackville St. in the course of this [excision] day, as she is going out of Town,[.] when the Print comes the Dss desires the Person will make a Bill of it & wait for the money -"

Autograph letter, initialled, with several third person uses of the name, to Jefferies [sic] Bookseller, Pall Mall.

Author: 
Sir John Henderson
Publication details: 
No place, 25 July 1808.
£100.00

Three pages, 4to, grubby, chipped, text faded in parts but readable and complete. "Sir/ On calling today at Mr Jefferies's [sic] Shop, to pay for & take away a Suetonius [underlined] & a Sallust [underlined] which he bought (after giving his name)[parenthesis underlined] desired to be set apart for him, a few weeks ago. Sir John Henderson, was to his great Surprise, told by Mr Jeferies's Shop=man, that the two books in question were Sold by Mr Jefferies to some other person [phrase underlined from "to"] & could not be found.

Autograph letter signed to Mns Bohte Bookseller, York Street, Covent Garden, London.

Author: 
L.M. Guillaume (Laurent-Matthieu Guillaume).
Publication details: 
Paris, 19[?] June 1822.
£75.00

French Bookseller prob. One page and, verso, address and bookseller's note, 4to, In French, small portion lost on opening seal, edges discoloured, all grubby, text moreorless clear. Une infinite de causes parmi lesquelles je trouve le besoin des livres anglais que vous devez me fournir en echange de ceux que vous avez choisi <?> empeche de vous expedier les derniers. Neanmoins ni mon silence ni [?] qui <?> ecoute depuis le 4 Septembre 1820 ne <???> envers vous, et j'ai toujours ces livres a votre des [?].?>

Autograph Letter, third person, to "Mr. Sunter" (stationer)

Author: 
Mrs William Thornton.
Publication details: 
Sutton Hall, 8 Nov. (no year).
£35.00

Three pages, 8vo, somewhat faint but good. "Mrs William Thornton presents her compliments to Mr Sunter & requests that he will be so good as to send her tomorrow 2. Dozn. of Letter sized Envelopes, with Quenns=Heads stampt upon them. Also 2. Dozen of a larger size of Letter Envelope without [underlined] Queens-heads.- Likewise a ver soft black-Lead pencil for making a very marked [page 2] outline in drawing, & a quire of Letter=paper of that very thin sort used for writing to France or India./ Mrs. W. Thornton would also be extremely obliged if Mr.

Autograph note signed to an unnamed bookseller.

Author: 
J.C. Watkins.
Publication details: 
Abergavenny, 9 March 1802.
£45.00

John Cheese Watkins, bookseller. Two pages, 8vo, ragged edges (perhaps some loss), text readable. "<??> of the within being forwarded at a certainty [inserted phrase ] by the Coach from the - which leaves London either on Friday night or Saturday morning early --- & which will greatly oblige . .

Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (prob. bookseller).

Author: 
[J.?] Wint.
Publication details: 
Idle, 25 February 1832.
£50.00

Two pages, 4to, tears, chipping, text legible and complete. "My Dear Sir,/ Not being acquained with any Bookseller in Manchester I wrote to a relation of mine to get the Dissenters' Magazine advertised in the Manchester Gazette & to request [excision] Mr. Prentice to take a few Copies of the Ist. No. on sale but [sic] a few days ago I recd a Letter from Mr. Ellerby informing me that the Advertisement would appear in the Manchester Times & that the Magazine would be sold at his shop in Piccadilly[.] Now I have no [inserted] personal disrespect for Mr.

Autograph note signed to "Mr. Caulfield At Mr. Jeffrey's Bookseller Pall Mall".

Author: 
Unidentified. (Taylor?).
Publication details: 
Friday P.M. (no date, wm. 1802; dated "March 1st. 1805" at the top in another hand in pencil.
£35.00

One page, 4to, some discoloration and damage, but text clear and complete. "We fully expected you the night before last but your note of yesterday morning left not a doubt in our minds but that you would have been punctual to your appointment, it is highly necessary that we should see you, therefore pray return some answer that may dissipate doubt and suspense, is very busy staining the wals of the room and has therefore desir'd me to communicate his ideas --" I cannot identify the writer of the letter of "Ireland who may be the witer John Ireland (d.1808, DNB) of "Hogarth Illustrated".

Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent (publisher or printer).

Author: 
George Johnston.
Publication details: 
Berwick on Tweed, 23 April [1849].
£45.00

Scottish naturalist (1797-1855).One page, 8vo, sl. discolorationm good condition. "My Dear Sir,/ As the printing of my book now draws near to a close, I write to have proofs of the Plates you have in hand at your early convenience, that we may have the copies worked off." Poss. An Introduction to Conchology; or elements of the natural history of molluscous animals. JOHNSTON. George. M.D., of Berwick London, 1850. 8o.

Autograph Note Signed to unnamed correspondent.

Author: 
Arthur Taylor.
Publication details: 
No place, 28 May (no year).
£45.00

Printer to a publisher. One page, 8vo, some marks, mainly good. "Sir/ You must be quite aware that it is not usual for a Printer to be sent about to seek Payment out of the proceeds of a work./ I must again request that you [underlined] will arrange the settlement, which has already been deferred far beyond the time." There is an Arthur Taylor in Brown (i.e -see also Todd - good info.

Autograph note, third person, to Jeffries[sic for Edward Jeffery] Bookseller, Pall Mall.

Author: 
Lady Charlotte Lennox
Publication details: 
Harley St, 11 March 1806 [1800?]
£75.00

wife of the 4th Duke of Richmond and Kennox (DNB).One page, 8vo, spike-hole, scissor cut, bottom torn off, but text clear and complete. "Lady Charlotte Lennox begs Mr. Jeffries will send her some English Bibles to Morrow at 12. OClock. & an Edition of Sir Charles Grandison if he has it seperate[sic]."

Invoice to Jeffery, bookseller.

Author: 
[W?.] Parsons.
Publication details: 
No place or date (see Maxted: John Parsons, London bookseller,1801 (from Pendred).
£45.00

One page, c.6 x 4", trimmed or part of page, edges discoloured, spike-hole, but text clear, possibly incomplete. "Mr Jeffery willl please to pay for the following Books Viz./ Plutarch's Lives £1-2/ Grose's[?] Ethics --6[s]/ F[?]uller's Thinking 4[s]/ ,Sketches?> -2[s]/ Bi[e?]ntons[sic] Characters 3-6/ Browne's Morals 2.6//£2= =/ RichBorough [??= in Kent, perhaps Parsons there?]" Vertically written in a different hand, "Acct the Contents/ W[?]. Parsons".

Autograph letter, incomplete, to Josiah Taylor, bookseller (Maxted, Brown).

Author: 
Unknown.
Publication details: 
01/10/26
£75.00

Two pages, 4to, corner torn off with seal (must have been delivered by hand), text clear. Do errors and changes indicate a draft? - but sealed? "Sr. / I am but just now returned from a long tour in the North of England Scotland &c which has prevented me seeing & replying to your very kind communication of the late Mr Rivetts Letters [two words underlined] from Athens &c.

Autograph letter signed to J. Leslie, Esq., Bookseller & Publisher, 52 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields (Brown).

Author: 
William Steven
Publication details: 
Rotterdam, 11 Nov. 1836.
£75.00

House Governor of George Heriot's Hospital (Boase)(1796 or 7-1857). One page, 4to, edges discoloured, fold marks, text clear and complete. "My dear Sir,/ I have been expecting to see you in Holland once more but have been disappointed. Nothing of a domestic nature, I hope, has prevented you. Thinking I wd. have seen you here I always delayed writing which otherwise I shd. have done to thank you (as I now cordially do) for the three excellent volumes which you were so kind as send to our Library. By & bye I purpose printing a catalogue of the Library, with the names of the Donors.

Autograph Note Signed to Edward Webber (editor?).

Author: 
Henry Napier.
Publication details: 
London, 16 April 1847.
£45.00

Naval officer and historian (1789-1853). One page, 8vo, fold marks and discoloration, text clear and complete. "Sir/ In reply to your note of yesterday I beg to say that my portrait would be misplaced amongst the "Portraits and Memoires [sic] of Eminent Naval & Military Personages" [title underlined], besides which I have not the facilities which you require. With acknowledgements for the intended honour".

Two Autograph Letters Signed to unnamed correspondent [prob. Triphook - pubd book referred to]

Author: 
E.R. Poole.
Publication details: 
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 16 May 1824, and 8 Great Ormond Street, Queen Square, 25 May 1827.
£80.00

Barrister and book collector (Boas entry for his son). A. (1824), One page, 4to, grubby, chipped, text complete and readable. "Sir,/ I return you some of the books sent me, & regret exceedgy [sic] that I have not rece[ive]d some of those specified in my list particularly Nos. 2408 & 3982 deducting the book now sent to £2.8. I think my account will be £3.14.

Autograph letter signed to R. Triphook, St James Street London.

Author: 
Henry Whittington.
Publication details: 
Theberton, Yoxford postmark 26 Aug. 1811[?]
£75.00

One page, 4to, chipped, creased, small holefold marks, other damage but text minimally affected and readable as follows: "I have recieved[sic] Puttenham and Spencer safe and must request you to send me immediately "The secret history of the court of James Ist, 2 vols demi-octavo [underlined]," and two copies of Gilchrist's letter to Gifford" which I see advertised as just published. The former, and one copy of the latter are to be put <?> down to the account of Mr Mitford of Benhall [John Mitford, misc. writer, see DNB]. I hope to recieve[sic] them soon, direct as before.

Autograph note signed to Edward Jeffery, No. 11 Pall Mall (as Brown).

Author: 
R. Thornton.
Publication details: 
Grafton St, 26 June (no year).
£35.00

Which, if any? Thornton, Richard 1776-1865, merchant, underwriter, and financier; Thornton, Robert John 1768?-1837, botanical and medical writer. Or East Indian Robert? One page, 8vo, grubbly but text readable: "I beg to decline subscribing to the work mentd to me".

Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent [Jeffery re. Lowndes].

Author: 
Edmund Boehm.
Publication details: 
<?> Sidmouth, Devon, 20 Oct. 1810.
£45.00

One page, 4to, grubby, repaired (after being torn in two), text clear and complete. "Sir/ Having received your advertisemt. of the Antiquarian Repertory published by you in 4 Vol. at 12 Gs. a few copies of which remain on large Paper at 20 gs. I should like to purchase one or the other if you would send them to my House in St. James Square or keep them untill my return to town which will not be untill after Christmas perhaps not untill February---". Lowndes says of thenew edition (4 vols., 1807-1809 "Published and edited by Jeffery the bookseller . . .).

Two autograph letters signed, both one page, 4to, to an unnamed correspondent.

Author: 
John Hawkins.
Publication details: 
Berkeley House, Little Hampton, 7 March (no year) and Bignor Park, near Petworth, 18 Oct. (no year).
£120.00

Miscellaneous writer and traveller in Greece and the Far East (1758?-1841), DNB. Two autograph letters signed, edges discoloured, texts clear and complete. (7 March) "Sir/ I yesterday received your new Catalogue in which I find two articles which I am desirous of having No 2634. Belon (Pierre) & 3440 Ranwolfs Travels. provided they are in pefectly good condition [underlined from "as"] [.] I possess a copy of the same edition of Belon, but it [superscript] being very much stained I should be glad to get another that is perfectly well preserved.

Autograph letter signed to Dulau & Co., Booksellers, Soho Square, London.

Author: 
O.G. Gregory (Olinthus Gilbert).
Publication details: 
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 11 August <1807> (fragmentary postmarks).
£65.00

One page, 8vo, with damaged address page with no loss of text, letter grubby but text clear and complete. Mathematician (1774-1841). "Gentlemen./ A week ago I sent you a remittance of £4. by the Barrack Coach, the receipt of which I requested you to announce to me by letter. As I heard nothing from you, I troubled you with a letter on the subject, on Friday last, to enquire after the arrival of the former packet, and to repeat the order I had then sent.

Autograph note, third person, to Jeffery.

Author: 
Lady Northampton.
Publication details: 
Suttons, 22 Jan. 1812.
£35.00
Lady Northampton

One page, 8vo, some staining but text clear and complete. "Lady Northampton desires Mr Jeffery will call at Mrs Norman's No 11 Charlotte St Bedford Square for the books he sent to her yesterday, as they are not those she wished for , at present she does not wish any other books sent to her".

Autograph letter signed to [Bohte? - with another which is clearly to Bohte, see #2053).

Author: 
G. Williams (George Williams)
Publication details: 
Oxford, 6 Dec. 1816.
£50.00

Professor of Botany, Radcliffe Librarian (d.1834) (From Ratcliffe Accounts). Note: probably ordered from Bohte catalogue in BLC. One page, 4to, edges discoloured, text clear and complete. "Yr parcel reached me not before this evening - Inclosed I send you a Draft for £19.11.6- To make this sum, I include the copy of (10/ to be restored, & deduct 1816["16" sl.

Two autograph Notes Signed to James Maclehose (publisher) and {James Maclehose].

Author: 
J.M. Mackenzie.
Publication details: 
No date (addressed to Maclehose) and 1 Melville Street, Portobello, 6 July 1842.
£80.00

One page and two pages (1842), 12mo, bifoliate, former has recipeint's name on verso of second leaf, textsa clear and complete. (No date) "My dear Sir,/ There are two commas wanting in the last proofs. I have indicated their proper places; and I charge you to see them supplied under pain of being indicted before the Editor himself for treasonable insubordination." (1842) "My dear Sir,/ I will send you, by Friday's post, the first part of the next article, and by Monday at the latest, the second.

Autograph notes (two) signed ("J. Mitford" and "JM" respectively) to Triphook, Old Bond Street, and Triphook, 21 Golden Square, London.

Author: 
John Mitford.
Publication details: 
Benhall, postmark 2 Feb. 1818 and no place and date respectively (postmark partial, 1827).
£125.00

Miscellaneous writer (1781-1859). See also ,ention of Mitford in #2026, Whittington. (2 Feb. 1818, one page, 8vo, chipped, edges discoloured, spike-hole, text clear as follows: "I wish you would send me down by Coach, as soon as you can, 'Davison on the Poor Laws", and the 'Revolt of Islam' the new Poem by Percy B. Shelley. I dare say you will hear of the first at Mr Murray's." (no date, pm 1827) one page, 4to, small piece torn out, spike-hole, discoloration, text clear as follows: "You a note for 10£. due at 4. Months. The rest of the acct.?>?>

Autograph note, third person, to de La Rue, Library, Soho Square.

Author: 
Lady Perceval.
Publication details: 
Curzon St, 10 July [1805 (postmark and librarian's[?]note).
£45.00

One page, 4to, minor defects, text clear and complete. "Lady Perceval's Compts. to <. de La Rue, & requests he will send the following Books, or, if he has them not in the Library that he will be so good as to write for them to Paris./ Gradus ad Parnassum - bonne Edition francoise-/ Les opuscules Latins[sic] de M. Le Bean/ 2 Vols./ Praed[i]um Rusticum de Vaniere [Jacobi Vanierii Praedium rusticum.. Jakob Vaniers Gedichte von der Landwirthschaft.

Autograph letter signed to [Bohte].

Author: 
G. Williams (George Williams)
Publication details: 
Oxford, 1 April (no year).
£60.00

Radcliffe Librarian. See #s2051-2.Two pages, 8vo, grubby but text clear and complete. "By the copy of Griffith sent by Mr. Bohte, Dr. Williams finds he has only the 1st. part, comprising the - All the other parts of the 2d. vol. are wanting - But Dr. W. thinks it best to send the whole back, as he wants a portion only, & is fearful he might distress Mr. Bohte, by breaking his set -- The Bibl. is received - & Dr. Williams will send it round as Mr. Bohte desires- He will mark for himself any articles he may find suitable - But the Nat. Hist.

Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (bookseller).

Author: 
Alaric A. Watts.
Publication details: 
Ardwick Green near Manchester, 23 Aug. (no year, 1825-1826?).
£100.00

Poet and journalist (1797-1864). Two pages, 4to, edges discoloured, fold marks, good condition. "Sir// I borrowed your shop Catalogue a few days ago and accidentally brought it away with me for which I beg you will accept my apologies. I send it by the first opportunity and I will thank you to send for me to the care of my Publishers Hurst Robinson & Co. Cheapside. I will remit the amount of the invoice whatever it [page 2] may be by an parcel[.] The young man to whom I the day I called at your shop will recollect the terms upon which he promised to supply me. . .

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