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William Yarrell Autograph note signed to "P. Rackham Zoologist (1784-1856). One page, 8vo. "It will be with you to fix on the place, and take the Chair, at the Midsummer dinner of The Selects . . .". |
£25.00 | |
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Wilson Barrett Autograph note signed to Mr [?] Wells, English actor and dramatist (1846-1904). "Thank you for the kind offer. I shall bear it in mind. Many congratulations on the success." Strip of brown discolouration in the right-hand margin and evidence of previous paper-clip attachment. |
£12.00 | |
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Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby Autograph note signed to J. Gordon McCullagh, Politician (1826-93). 2 pp, 12mo. "Sir / In answer to your letter of the 2nd: I agree that the Charing Cross Hotel will be a suitable place for the Kentish Liberal Unionists to meet, and the hours you mention seem convenient: as to the day I think it had better be early in March than... |
£45.00 | |
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Edward J. Poynter Autograph letter signed to Mrs [Mark] Pattison, art critic. Painter, President of the Royal Academy (1836-1919). Four pages, 8vo. As follows: " I never thanked you for your postcard & its information which adds greatly to the interest of the drawing. " is puzzling certainly, but so unlike "canonico" that I can hardly think it can have been an error... |
£40.00 | |
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Edward Meyrick Goulburn Autograph fragment signed to the Bishop of Peterborough, Dean of Norwich (1818-97), and writer on religious matters. One page, 12mo. Recto: "<...> "The Homes for the Widows and Unmarried "Daughters of deceased Clergymen," and its object is to provide gratuitously for such Ladies clea and quiet Lodgings in a respectable part of Londo. The... |
£30.00 | |
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Edward Rose one autograph letter signed to Mary Folkard, Dramatist (1849-1904). One page, 12mo, in stamped envelope addressed in autograph. "I am very much obliged for the ticket, and will certainly go. I am so glad you have got such a good chance, and I will "signify the same" (i.e. my gladness) "in the usual way". |
£20.00 | |
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Edward Terry autograph letter signed to [?] Pemberton, English actor-manager (1844-1912). On two pieces of paper. 2 pp, 12mo and one page, 8vo, the second piece with the letterhead of Terry's Theatre in the Strand. "Here again in Harness Thank Goodness - Royalty Glasgow next week then Brum where I hope to see you. Cannot tell you where I shall... |
£20.00 | |
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Edward Willard English actor (1853-1915), admired for his melodramatic villains. The first, to Mr Philip, 14 December 1903, St. James's Theatre, one page, 12mo. "Herewith a cheque for one guinea in exchange for the dinner ticket you sent me a week or so since". The other three all written to Allan Gomme in... |
£40.00 | |
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Elizabeth M. Sewell Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ("Madam") Religious, devotional and educational writer (1815-1906). Three pages, 8vo, light foxing not affecting clarity of text, laid down. A good letter about her relatively new educational venture in which she clarifies the status of the prospective pupil. "[The school] has not been established for the... |
£100.00 | |
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F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (1872-1930). One page, 4to. appointing William Reginald Lloyd of Lampeter in the County of Cardigan a Commissioner for Oaths, Signed "Birkenhead. C." Entered by E. R. Cash, Deputy Registrar of Solicitors and bearing the stamp of the Lord Chancellor's... |
£50.00 |
