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Matthew Arnold. Fragment of letter, c.3" x 2", laid down on slightly larger piece of card, good condiiton. Text: "very truly yours / Matthew Arnold". |
£45.00 | |
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R.W. Seton-Watson. Part of an autograph letters signed to an unnamed correspondent. Authority on the Balkans, etc. (DNB). Fragment of a letter, c.6" x 2", laid down on slightly larger card from album, good condition. Text: By the time I leave, I hope we shall have our Serbian expedition virtually ready. The great trouble is to find a means of transit: it is hoped to get out all... |
£50.00 | |
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Bret Harte Fragment of a letter, subscrption only, c.2.5" x 1", laid down on slightly larger card, cut from album, "Yours v[er]y tsinc[erel]y / Bret Harte".. |
£33.00 | |
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H. Rider Haggard. Part of an autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent (editor or publisher?) Fragment of a letter, c.3.5" x 3", laid down on slightly larger card, surving text as follows: "I have no story suitable. Hope you had a pleasant trip. Very truly yours / H Rider Haggard". |
£85.00 | |
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Advertising artwork [ LONDON UNDERGROUND; SWAN VESTA; TOBACCO; SMOKING] Attractive illustration, in red, green, yellow and black, on piece of white card roughly nine and three-quarter inches by six and a quarter, neatly mounted on piece of black card roughly ten and a quarter inches by seven and three-quarters. At head a parody of the London Underground black... |
£75.00 | |
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Dorothy Anna Hayward Mills Children's writer, poet and illustrator. All three items one page, quarto. All in good condition, with minimal staining. All three docketed, and the two letters signed 'Dorothy AH. Mills. F.R.S.A.' LETTER ONE: She enjoyed a 'magnificent' item by F. T. Blanchard in the Society's magazine '... |
£45.00 | |
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Frank H Wedgwood [ Francis Hamilton Wedgwood; Josiah Wedgwood ] Chairman of the famous pottery firm Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd (1867-1930), and High Sheriff of Staffordshire. All items are very good, if somewhat grubby. The typed letters are one page, quarto and the autograph, one page, octavo. All are signed 'Frank H Wedgwood', and most are stamped and... |
£250.00 | |
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Honourable Josiah Wedgwood Managing Director of the famous pottery business ('saviour of the firm') and the fifth in the family to bear the name (1899-1968), Member of Parliament. All six items in good condition, though grubby, and with the first three bearing pin holes in one corner (not affecting text), the hole in the... |
£250.00 | |
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Reginald Barratt Autograph Note Signed [to Secretary, Royal Society of Arts]. English artist (1861-1917). One page, octavo. Very good, though slightly discoloured at foot. Stamped and docketed. 'Enclosed letter [not present] for Mr. G. Havell, has been sent me to forward. I cannot find his address. | Would you kindly forward it if his address is in yr books (Indian... |
£26.00 | |
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Sir Benjamin Baker English civil engineer (1840-1907), who built the Forth Rail Bridge and worked on the Metropolitan and District Railways of the London Underground. Both items one page, octavo, on grey paper. Both in good condition, stamped and docketed. The note, signed 'B. Baker', reads 'I am sorry to say the... |
£26.00 |
