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An album of approximately 120 autographed photographs of artistes who performed at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford in the 1950's and 1960's, including Winifred Atwell, Ken Dodd, Jackie Pallo, Harry Secombe, Jimmy James, Norman Evans, Tessie O'Shea, Evelyn Laye, Leslie Crowther, Terry Thomas, Reg. Varney, Edmund Hockridge, Jimmy Clitheroe and Billy Cotton
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Faulkner (Thomas). An Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea and its Environs; Interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of Illustrious and Eminent Persons who have Resided in Chelsea During the Three Preceding Centuries, 1st ed., 1810, eng. frontis., ten eng. plts., folding eng. map, list of subscribers, some browning and spotting throughout, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and corners bumped, 8vo (1)
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London. 'Thames Tunnel', c.1820s [watermarked Whatman, 1811], hand coloured engraved map showing the planned route of the tunnel from Wapping to Rotherhithe, with an engraved side-projection beneath, with contemp. ink annotations and a colour key showing the rate of progress of the building of the tunnel and remarks in ink such as 'all progress interrupted for 9 years' referring to the bricking up of the tunnel in 1828 when the project ran out of funds, some paper toning, plate mark approx. 420 x 470 mm The first tunnel under the Thames, Marc Isambard Brunel's Thames Tunnel was an extraordinary feat considering the tools available at the time. He proposed to build it using a revolutionary shield which would hold the tunnel open while brickwork was put in behind it. A company was formed to build the tunnel in 1824 and despite several stoppages work was finally completed in 1843. It has recently been refurbished. This plan was from an archive formerly belonging to a Frederick W. King, a Royal Engineer who probably had some involvment with the construction of the tunnel. (1)
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World - Eastern Hemisphere. Wyld (James, pub.), Wyld's Outline Chart from England to Australia & China for the Purpose of Pricking of a Ships Track, 1885, uncoloured engraved folding map, sectionalised onto linen, approx. 690 x 1030 mm, contained in orig. cloth slipcase with paper label (sl. rubbed) With the track of two ships neatly drawn on in pen - the "Sobraon" which travelled from London to Melbourne from September 28 to December 29 1886 and the "Natal" which travelled from Melbourne to Marseille from February 23rd to April 1st 1887. It is presumed that the journeys were made by the original owner who has included many notes of interest for each day of the journey including state of the sea, weather, etc. The "Sobraon" was a tea clipper of 2134 tons launched in 1866. (1)
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Coutts (Thomas, 1735-1822, banker). Autograph Letter Signed ('Thomas Coutts'), Stratton Street, February 1821 , to 'Your Royal Highness' [Frederick Augustus, Duke of York], informing him that Sir Walter Scott is in London for a short time 'and has invited himself to dine with us', he asks if the Duke will not dislike to gratify Mrs Coutts & me by visiting our Cousin The Poet on that occasion', together with a letter by Harriet Coutts inviting the Duke to tea, Stratton Street, 1825, 2 pages, 4to Thomas Coutts was a cousin to Scott's grandmother Barbara Haliburton. Harriet, who married Coutts only a fortnight after the death of his first wife, inherited his enormous fortune, being known as the 'Mistress of Millions'. Scott thought her vain and pompous, but valued her for her kindness of heart and generosity to charity. (2)
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William IV (King of Great Britain). Fine Autograph Letter Signed ('William'), London, 4 October 1827 , to Clifford, sending him a sword which he hopes Clifford will keep 'for my sake as a proof of my regard for yourself and which I intend also to commemorate to you having attended on me during my late official visit to Chatham and Sheerness', 1 page, integral blank, 4to The recipient of this letter was almost certainly Sir Augustus William James Clifford (1788-1877), Usher of the Black Rod who was regularly in official attendance on the future William IV when the latter was Lord High Admiral. (1)
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Yeats (William Butler, 1865-1939). Typed Letter Signed ('W B Yeats'), Hotel Mignon, Rapallo, Italy, 5th November 1928, to [Stephen] MacKenna, 'Somebody, I cant think who, told me that a few years ago you made some translations from Irish. Have you got them still, and may I have them for the Cuala Press?', continuing that he can't pay much money, '0 or £30 perhaps', and asking to know his response as soon as possible, telling that he longer winters in Dublin and that they are hoping to come to Rapallo for six months every year where 'Max Beerbohm, Ezra Pound and Gerard Huptmann are our neighbours', concluding that 'I have read all your translations from Plotinus', apologising for dictating to his wife, 'but my eyes cann t [sic] stand much strain especially be artificial light', one manuscript word correction in Yeats's hand and two inserted commas, a few minor spots and marks, 1 page, 4to (1)
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Churchill (Right Hon. Winston S.). Head and shoulders portrait by Harold Bird, c. 1941, small original pencil drawing (approx. 8 x 7 cm) on an album leaf, signed lower right in capitals, a littel dusty, unrelated sketch (by Bird) to verso, signed and dated 1941, remains of mounting marks to corners, approx. 17 x 12 cm Harold Bird was born in Heywood, Rochdale, Lancashire on 20th June 1920. He was an artist, model maker and military historian who served in the Far EAst for part of WWII [from information supplied by the vendor]. (1)
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Coaching - Eton. A collection of twenty early 19th century ink manuscript chaise receipts, recording payment received from a 'Reverend Mr Thomas' on journeys to Eton, Hounslow, London, etc., dated 1805-10, some mention a White Horse Farm which may have been the Reverend's residence, some record the name of the 'boy' who received the payment, a few record several journeys where an account had been built up, all on slips of paper of varying size, tied with a piece of string attached to a slip of paper reading 'Post Chaise account at Eton' (approx. 20)
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Hicks Family. A large archive of manuscript papers concerning an extensive account of travel and observations throughout India, the Middle and Far East, and Northern Africa, by a British Military Officer, with added notes derived from the study of the existing authorities of these regions, late 19th c., incl. both personal observations and historical notes ranging back to the Middle Ages, incl. a paper on Military Organisation, approx. 60pp, a list of the Caliphs of Baghdad, information on India, Arabia, Burma, Shanghai and the Yangtse, Java and Japan, together with some pages on Canada, the American Indians, etc., contained in four buff folio card folders These papers derive from the family of William Hicks (Hicks Pasha) who was killed, along with most of his men, by the Mahdi's troops at Kashgil in 1883. As the archive includes material dated after Hicks Pasha's death, this is probably the work of a son or younger brother. (-)
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Barrington (George). A Voyage to Botany Bay with a Description of the Country, Manners, Customs, Religion, &c. of the Natives.., to which is added his Life and Trial, Printed by C. Lowndes, and sold by H.D. Symonds, [1793?], eng. vign. title and frontis., 120pp, partly uncut, paper thinning to second leaf, bound with Service (David, Shoemaker), Crispin, or the Apprentice Boy, a Poem, Yarmouth, 1804, title and 22pp, manuscript imprint deletion marks to title and final page, bound with Cranebrook (Captain J.R.), An Appeal to British Feelings!!! Or, the Brief and Interesting Narrative of Captain J.R. Cranebrook, who, for Assisting in the Elopement of Miss Belphina Baxter from a Portuguese Nunnery, and Conveying her across the Atlantic Ocean, suffered two Years Imprisonment, with an Account of their Shipwreck, and the loss of that accomplished Young Lady a few Weeks after she became a Wife, Written by Himself, Printed for the Author, Leeds, 1820, 16pp, bound with two others, The Adventurer, No. 1, 12th April 1823, and A Monody on the Lamented death of the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and of Saxe Coburg-Saalfeld, by James Ackland, 1817, some soiling thoughout and all dampstained at upper outer corners, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with three unrelated (4)
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Park (T.). Sonnets, and Other Small Poems, 1st ed., 1797, vign. title, five eng. plts. (incl. two after Stothard), issued without subs. list, a.e.g., contemp. crimson morocco gilt, rubbed and a little worn on spine, small 8vo The author's first book, dedicated to Anna Seward, who edited the text. Comprises sonnets and scenes in Hertfordshire, Kent and Sussex. (1)
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Pethahiah (ben Jacob, of Ratisbon). Travels of Rabbi Petachia, of Ratisbon, who, in the Latter end of the Twelfth Century, Visited Poland, Russia, Little Tartary, the Crimea, Armenia, Assyria, Syria, the Holy Land, and Greece. Translated from the Hebrew, and Published, Together with the Original on opposite pages, by Dr A. Benisch, with Explanatory Notes by the Translator and William F. Ainsworth, 1856, orig. blind stamped cloth gilt, a little rubbed, slim 8vo (1)
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Valeriano Bolzano (Giovanni Pietro). Les Hieroglyphes.. vulgairement nomme Pierius. Autrement Commentaries des Lettres et Figures Sacrees des Aegyptiens & autres Nations.. Novvellement donnez aux Francois, par I. de Montlyart.. Lyon, Paul Frellon, 1615, fine eng. title incorporating port. of the author at head, woodcut port. of the author to verso of *4, num. small woodcut illusts. to text, lacks final blank, contemp. tooled and gilt dec. morocco by Bateman with central arms of James I, hinges partly cracked and corners bumped, lacks ties, folio This handsome binding from the library of King James I was more recently in the collection of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey and carries his small red leather bookplate. With the accession of James I to the throne of England an important change of design took place in the Royal Coat of England, not only was the shield of Scotland added, but also that of Ireland, which, although Elizabeth used it on occasions, was never officially adopted. With minor changes and additions, this coat remained the same until the reign of George III, who, in 1801, finally omitted the coat of France. (1)
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Catalogues. A Catalogue of the Genuine Household Furniture, etc., late the property of Sir Robert Rich, Baronet .., will be sold by auction by John Taylor, at his late seat called Rose Hall, at Beccles, in the County of Suffolk, on Tuesday, August 30, 1785, 12 pp., interleaved with blank pages containing manuscript prices and names of purchasers, corners creased and curled, stitched as issued, together with A Catalogue of All the Elegant and Modern Household Furniture, and Other Effects, belonging to Miss Fernyhough, of Stafford, who is changing her residence; which will be sold by auction on the premises by Mr. Henshaw, Monday 2nd April, 1810, 16 pp., closed tear repair to title, plus a similar catalogue of the household furniture and effects of the Rt. Hon. The Countess of Holderness, deceased, to be sold by Mr. Christie, Feb. 22, 1802, another for the household furniture and effects of James Hugh Smith Barry, deceased, to be sold by Mr. Roper, March 1st, 1802, both bound in modern marbled wrappers, and one other (5)
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Miscellaneous. A collection of eleven 'The Ring' magazines (1953-55) and eight fight programmes, including Ali v. Cooper at Highbury 1966, Freddie Mills v. Joey Maxin L. Heavyweight title fight at Earls Court 1950, Triple Bill with Jack Gardener, Don Cockell and Randolph Turpin at White City and another Triple Bill with same three boxers at Earls Court 1951, plus rare Heavyweight Championship of the World Eliminator ticket between Lee Savold (U.S.A.) and Bruce Woodcock at Harringey Arena 1948, also a reproduction Staffordshire figure of Tom Cribb (British Heavyweight Champion early 1900s-who worked down a mine and was white!), and a 8mm cine film of Joe Frazier v. Muhammad Ali (24)
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Harris (Rt. Hon. George Robert Canning, Lord). The History of Kent County Cricket. Containing Contributions by the Several Captains of the Kent Team. Also an Account of Every Match Played by the Kent 11 and a Complete Summary of the Performances Accomplished by every Cricketer who has Played for Kent, 1907, b & w illusts. from photos., t.e.g., orig. blue cloth, lettered in black, a little rubbed, thick 4to, together with Tomkinson (Sir Geoffrey), Memorable Cricket Matches, pub. Kidderminster, 1958, col. illust. of W.G. Grace, orig. linen-backed boards with plain paper d.j., slim 4to, (limited signed ed. 470/500), and four others (6)
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Sporting Life. The British Turf and the Men who have Made it. Being an Historical and Contemporary Work on Racing in the British Isles from its Earliest Inception to the Present Day.., 1906, photogravure port. frontis., numerous photogravure plts. and b & w illusts. to text, ownership signature to title, a.e.g., orig. green morocco gilt, folio (1)
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XIV Olympiad. A rare original polished aluminium Olympic relay torch for the XIV Olympiad, London, 1948, with cut-out Olympic rings, mounted on later polished oak base, 18 in. (46 cm.) tall From the estate of Alick Pirie (South London Harriers) who was the father of Gordon Pirie, silver medal winner in the 1956 Olympics. (1)
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A Collection of Ephemera, including letters, identity cards etc. relating to Robert M Schwarz and Rosa Schwarz (of Jewish extract) who met and were married before the outbreak of the Second World War and who were later separated during the war; together with a quantity of postcards of a similar date
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Two autograph books, including Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (autographs on programme sheet), Cesar Romero, Bud Abbott, Gregory Peck (senior), Arturo Vitel, Anton Karras, Frankie Howard and Lee Young, Jimmy Logan, Jean Sablon, George Young (Captain of Rangers F.C.), Edmonton Mercuries 1950 (Ice Hockey), and many other performers, photos and cartoons. Provenance: The autographs were mostly collected for the current owner by a friend who worked abroad BOAC airlines during the 1940's and 1950's, with the exception of the Laurel and Hardy autographs which were obtained by said current owners mother and father who met the comedy duo while they were working in Southport, England in the early 1950's
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Siam (Thailand), Order of the White Elephant, Commander's (3rd) class neck badge, in silver, gilt and enamels, slight chipping to central white elephant, otherwise extremely fine and of good quality, in fitted case of issue Awarded to the Hon'ble. Sir Norman Cater, K.C.I.E., a long-serving Indian Civil Servant who was, when he received the Order of the Indian Empire in 1934, the Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan where he had spent much of his career. Sold with a selection of photocopied documents and photographs, the originals of which have been retained in the recipient's family.
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English School (mid-late 19th century) Portrait of a lady, thought to be Patience Scott Watercolour on ivory Oval 7.5cm x 6cm In a leather case English School (early 20th century) Portrait of a lady in 18th century dress Watercolour on ivory Oval 7.5cm x 6cm a watercolour of a gentleman Patience Scott was the daughter of General Scott of Thorpe Place, who was one of Wellington's Generals at Waterloo.
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Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1961; You Only Live Twice, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1964, For Your Eyes Only, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1960; The Golden Gun, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1965; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1963; Octopussy And The Living Daylights, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1966; The Spy Who Loved Me, cloth, dustwrapper, 8vo, 1962, All First Editions.(7).
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List Of Etonians Who Fought In The Great War 1914-1919, cloth backed boards, 4to, privately printed in the Riccardi Press, 1921; Eton Of Old, cloth, 4to, 1892; Westminster Hall - On The Occasion Of The luncheon Of The Empire Parliamentary Assocation, cloth, 4to, Cambridge University Press, contained in slip case, 1937 (3).
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Seven: 1939-45 star, Italy star, F&G star, Defence, War, Queen's Korea, UN Korea (all un-named except Queen's Korea which is renamed to 22240922 Sgt J R Tofield Royal Military Police), VF, mounted as worn and framed. Togegther with "The Pegasus Patrol" by Turnbull and Hamblett, the untold story of the 1st Airborne Div Provost Co, Corps of Mil Police, who served alongside the Division in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Arnhem, Norway and Denmark from 1942 until the Division was disbanded in 1945, the cover of which shows LCpl J. Tofield on security duty at HQ; copy signed by both authors, the remains of a Soldier's Release book Class A to J R Tofield 6201884 Lond Dist Provost Co, Corps Mil Police.
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Queen Anne: a fine early 18th Century needlework panel depicting Queen Anne holding the orb and sceptre amongst flowers, foliage and annuals, 355 x 255mm, much distressed, mounted on board, framed and glazed. A hand written label affixed to the rear of the picture states 'This piece of needlework on satin showing the portrait of Queen Anne was taken from the tent of Tippoo Saib at the Storming of Seringapatam in 1799 and was bought by Sir David Baird who was in command of the storming party
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KATHLEEN BURFORD, 1969 Horse Bronze with dark brown patination, on a stepped square base, signed 'K. Burford', 14in. (35.5cms) high This is the only bronze of an animal by Kathleen Burford, who studied for ten years under one of Britain's leading figure sculptors, Robert Thomas, who died in 1999 aged seventy-two years
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Glyn Philpot (1884-1937) plaster, Garden Statue, 1913, 28ins. This work was commissioned by Robert Allerton, the distinguished American collector, who Philpot met at the Opera in Covent Garden. In 1913 Philpot was invited to stay at Allerton Park, near Chicago, after winning a gold medal at the Carnegie International competition. Philpot painted a portrait of Allerton (Man in Black, Tate Gallery collection) and sculpted the Garden Statue. Two over-life-size versions were carved in stone and positioned either side of an avenue leading to Allerton's house. This is one of two plaster casts that remained with the artist's family, a bronze was cast in 1968 and an additional eight in 1986. Exhibited: Grosvenor Galleries, 1923. Illustrated in Gibson, p.117
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DICKENS (CHARLES), A signed and dated letter from Dickens to Miss Fortescue, the letter reads: Devonshire Terrace Twelfth April 1848 Dear Miss Fortescue We have entered into an arrangement with the Shakespeare House committee, to play twice in London, for the purpose of founding a fund to endow a curator of the house, who shall always be someone associated with English literature. The design being, to connect with the place and the name, an honourable retreat for our distinguished man through all time. The exact time of acting is not yet fixed, but I have proposed sometime between the middle and end of May. The Merry Wives on the first night; Every man in his Humour on the second. An interval, probably of a week, between the two performances. I hope we may count on your kind assistance. Next Saturday we rehearse a farce, but on that day week we shall probably (?) the Merry Wives; and if you will allow me, I will beg my brother to send you a list of our calls and other arrangements, as soon as it can be worked out. We are going to do Mrs Inchbald's animal magnetism with the Merry Wives, and I hope we shall do it very well. (??) faithfully yours Charles Dickens, blue gilt edged paper, folded twice In T E Pembertons, 'Dickens and the Stage', 1888, there are two references to Miss Fortescue.
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A Charles II silver tankard, of plain tapered cylindrical form with stepped flat cover and bifurcated lobed thumbpiece, engraved with an armorial and raised on a circular moulded foot, maker IS, possibly John Sutton, London 1674, 22oz, 6.25ins The arms show two lions passant guardant; prominent amongst those using this design in late 17th century London were the Ducie family of Gloucestershire. The family descend from Sir Robert Ducie who was created a baronet in 1629, became Lord Mayor of London 1630-31 and was a banker to Charles I
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Late 18th/early 19th Century oval gilt metal Jewellery Box, the hinged lid inset miniature portrait of a couple, the lady wearing a white dress, the gentleman a brown coat, in a landscape within a beaded border, the base case with stiff leaves, 13cms, (5"). *The accompanying note suggests that the couple are Marie Francois Marquise de Roison and Nicolas Compt D'Esterhazy, who were married in 1799.
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Monster Library Of Complete Stories (1925-27) 1-19 Am. Press. Complete series by Edwy Searles Brooks. With six photocopy letters from Brooks to the original schoolboy collector who painstakingly put this rare set together. Thirteen copies have taped spines, there are two copies of issues 4 and 16 [gd/vg] (21)
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Bristol. The Bristol Poll Book, Being a List of the Freeholders & Freemen who Voted at the General Election for Members to Serve in Parliament for the City and County of Bristol...., Bristol, 1818, contemp. boards, crudely rebacked, 8vo, together with The Bristol Riots, their Causes, Progress, and Consequences, by a Citizen, Bristol, 1832, modern cloth gilt, 8vo, with Corry (John & Evans, John), The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical; Including Biographical Notices of Eminent and Distinguished Natives, 2 vols., Bristol, 1816,eng. plts., some spotting and browning, contemp. non-matching boards, worn, old spine repair to spine of vol. 1 and boards of vol. 2 detached and lacking spine, 8vo, plus other 19th & 20th c. Bristol related (approx. 40)
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[Wood, Anthony]. Athenae Oxonienses, an Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the Most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, 2 vols. in one, 1st ed., 1691-2, titles printed in red and black, list of subscribers at rear, few leaves stained, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked & corners repaired, upper joint slightly worn, folio Wing W3382 & W3383A. (1)
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American Archives: Fourth Series, Containing a Documentary History of the English Colonies in North America, From the King's Message to Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence by the United States, vol. 1-6, pub. M. St. Clair Clarke & Peter Force, Washington, 1837, folding facsimile document in vol. 1 containing all the signatures of the members of Congress who drafted the document that led to the Boston Tea Party, old water stains to lower margins of vols. 1, 3 & 6, contemp. half morocco gilt, some joints cracked and minor wear to head and foot of spines, folio Ex-libris Joseph M. Gleason, with his bookplate and pencil note, 'Although six series were projected by Peter Force and St. Clair Clarke only the 4th series and part of the 5th were ever issued; in all 9 volumes'. (6)
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[Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870]. Autograph Letter Signed from Dickens's personal secretary Willia Henry Wills ('W.H.Wills'), 11 Wellington Street, London, 23 February 1860 , to R.Patterson, editor of Press, thanking him for 'the handsome notice' of his book [Old Leaves gathered from Household Words, 1860, which was dedicated to Dickens], 'I look upon all such Notices as demonstration of the kindly feelings critics have for me, and am therefore much gratified by them. If I could believe they were not suggested by that impulse the flattery would make me vainer than I am already; which is quite unnecessary', 1 page, integral blank, two early pencil notes, headed notepaper of Office of All the Year Round, a weekly journal conducted by Charles Dickens, 8vo Thackeray described Wills as Dickens's 'Grand Vizier'. In the novelist's private life it was he who discovered Gad's Hill was for sale and negotiated its purchase and also acted as a go-between Dickens and Ellen Ternan. (1)
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Douglas (Alfred, Lord, 1870-1945). Autograph Letter Signed ('Alfred Douglas') on headed paper of the Academy, 2nd May 1907, to the playwright St. John Hankin, 'I thought your play [probably "The Cassilis Engagement" or a revival of "The Return of the Prodigal"] splendid. So much so that I have suppressed de Selincourt's notice which I didn't think good enough & written another & longer, & I hope more appreciative one myself', continuing that he would like his wife to see it and could he have two tickets for the stalls for Saturday, with a postscript 'My article on your play is my first essay in dramatic criticism, so you must judge it accordingly', 2 pages, 4to 'Douglas had already dissipated his share of his father's fortune and the insistent problem of obtaining a settled income was solved in 1907 by Sir Edward Tennant (later Lord Glenconner) who offered him the editorship of the Academy which he had recently purchased', DNB. (1)
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Hankin (St. John Emile Clavering, 1869-1909). Archive of play drafts, contracts, memorandums, copy letters and agreements, etc., mostly early 1900s, including complete holograph manuscripts with numerous corrections of "The Cassilis Engagement", four Acts in four folded sheaves of paper, "The Constant Lover" and "The Burglar Who Failed " (two copies, correspondence and agreements between St. John Hankin, his wife Florence and Vedrenne & Barker and Vedrenne and Eadie (c. 1905-1909), many publishing contracts including one with Archibald Constable & Co. for "Lost Masterpieces", those with Samuel French for "The Two Mr. Wetherbys", "The Return of the Prodigal", "The Charity that Began at Home", and "The Cassilis Agreement", correspondence about agreements and bills between Martin Secker and Mrs Hankin, miscellaneous cards and letters relating to St. John Hankin's works, etc.(-)
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Hunt (William Holman, 1827-1910). Autograph Letter Signed, ('W. Holman Hunt') to [E.T.] Cooke, 2 Warwick Gardens, Kensington, 22 May 1879 , stating that Professor Owen was a decisive suppporter of him at a critical time 'Professor Owen is my very greatly valued friend who championed my Art when it was most helpful to me there being but few people in authority who did not get carried on by the tide which tried to sweep me and my painting away', 2 pages, 8vo (1)
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Landseer (Sir Edwin, 1802-1873). Two Autograph Letters Signed ('E Landseer') , one to Charles Eastlake, the other to Lady Eastlake, asking the former to undertake the arrangements for a dinner at 10.00 pm after the theatre and following the private view, the party to include 'our Fresco friends, Mr Wells, C.Romilly - W.Blake Esq and his M.P. Son', and repeating a suggestion that they take the centre row in the play house, 'the only place to do Stanfield justice from', the latter asking Lady Eastlake if he might send a handsome youth in his place who speaks French and is devoted to art to meet Mlle Rosa, but if she cannot consent to the 'fraud' or if he does not hear from her he will turn up 'and hear myself talk', the second letter a little stained, 6 pages, 8vo (2)
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Lawrence (David Herbert, 1885-1930). A good Autograph Letter Signed ('D. H. Lawrence'), Fontana Vecchia, Taormina, Sicily, 29th March 1920, to Joan Farjeon, apologising for not answering her letter in Capri earlier and blaming it on the fact that he and Frieda have been 'skedaddling round finding a permanent (!) place', and saying that they now have a lovely villa on a green hill over the sea, that they have taken the place for a year, and paid one quarter of the rent, 'For the future, who knows or cares. Taormina is quite beautiful, Etna a noble volcano all snow up above and puffing a red-flame cigarette in the sky at night. There are English people, including Ethel Smyth of The Wreckers, & Mrs. Fiona McLeod (widow) and Maud Valerie White & Nelson's heir a sort of Duca di Bronte - and I don't like the English crew at all, but one needn't see them - I don't know them. Sicily is wild, and not very Italian - still a funny mixed Greek Saracen Norman lot - nothing specific - not quite anywhere, racially', continuing to talk of the diminishing exchange rate and how Italy will go bankrupt,(1)
![Lawrence (Thomas Edward, 1888-1935). Typed Letter, Hut 105, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell, [1923], to Colonel Dyas [Librarian,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2497776/310-22-10729_468x382.jpg)
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Lawrence (Thomas Edward, 1888-1935). Typed Letter, Hut 105, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell, [1923], to Colonel Dyas [Librarian, Staff College, Camberley], syaing that a friend pciked up his letter by chance when it arrived at All Souls, 'In writing back I'm worse off than you. No Who's Who or Army List in the Canteen to give me the decorations all Colonels (bar me!) have. Please excuse the bareness', telling that his request for a a copy fo his book ['Seven Pillars of Wisdom'] puts him in difficulty because the numbers are small and he wants to restict the circulation, saying that there are some plain texts 'and I'd send you one if I thought there was anything worth the Army's while in it. But there isn't... My job was the reverse of the British Army's. I was with the savages, trying, with them, to defeat the regular forces of the (Turkish) Empire. So to you people it's like Alice in the Looking Glass', excusing the long letter but saying that he wanted to convince himself that there was no reason to send a copy fo the book, finishing that the new reprint will be finished in the summer and he'd be happy to laon a copy of that, typed signature only ('T.E. Shaw') and beneath '"Lawrence" was only a fake name, and I'm sick of it. Hence the change', with some neat old pencil notes, 'Keep', suggesting date and identifying recipient, at foot, 'The only writn. (or spoken) 1/2 avowal I know, R', 1 page, folio The identity of 'R' is unknown but could be Ronald Storrs, a close firend of Lawrence's. (1)
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Lawrence (Thomas Edward, 1888-1935). A classical surrealist mixed media collage portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Dan Samuels, 1972, with signed ('Daniel') presnetation inscription to balnk area at head of canvas, 'To my pal Tom Beaumont', canvas on board, approx. 73 x 48 cm, together with three related exhibition leaflets for Dan Samuels exhibitions, personalised for Tom And Helen Beaumont One of the exhibition leaflets explains Samuels's interest in T.E. Lawrence. 'A single meeting with a stranger in the British Museum was to influence him more than any other factor in his life. Through this chance meeting with Aircraftsman Shaw he discovered the Elgin Marbles and Greek Mythology... It was then [after Lawrence's death in 1935 that] Dan Samuels learnt for the first time that the man who planted this deep-rooted love for Greek Antiquity was none other than Lawrence of Arabia'. This painting may well have been a present to Tom and Helen Beaumont on their wedding in 1971 and to which Dan and Peggy Sameuls were witnesses. See above for information about Tom Beaumont. (4)
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Lawrence (Frieda, 1879-1956). Autograph Letter Signed ('Frieda Lawrence Ravagli'), Port Isabel, Texas, 14th November 1954, to Eleanor Farjeon, 'This is a voice from the gay past!', mentioning [Laurence] Pollinger 'and admirer of yours' who had sent her three Lorenzo letters, 'I remember Edward Thomas too', saying how she is sorry to hear that Eleanor's eyes are not so good, and telling that she is in a small house on the Gulf of Mexico in the winter because Taos is so cold in the winter, 'To my great joy Lawrence is very much a liar, more & more so. Think of me as a lucky old woman - I married again & Angelina Ravagli, married 1950 [is a good & helpful friend, wishing ,,,,, all the best of luck, 1 page on ruled paper, with punch holes, 4to, together with the postmarked envelope (1)
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Sassoon (Siegfried, 1886-1967). A good Autograph Letter Initialled, Craiglockhart, 19th September [1917], to (his cousin) Joan Farjeon, thanking her for writing to him, 'I don't think they can do anything to [Kenneth] Hooper, except the sort of humbug they applied to my own case', continuing that it is ignorance that causes apathy among other soldiers, 'They just blunder on & pray each day that the end may come soon, or that they may be lucky & get back to Blighty', mentioning that he has a new room mate, a theosophical bloke who 'irritates me beyond words', saying that he has done some good things lately, most of which will be in the next issue of the Cambridge Magazine, mentioning that he does not know how long he will be at Craiglockhart, 'I never speak to any of the doctors now that dear old [W. H.] Rivers has gone away', then saying '[Thomas] Hardy wrote that he likes the new poem ["editorial impressions"?] very much indeed. His encouragement is everything to me', including with love to Bertie and to Aunt Agatha [Thornycroft], 2 pages, 8vo, with orig. postmarked envelope (1)
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Tenniel (Sir John, 1820-1914). Autograph Letter Signed ('John Tenniel'), Maida Vale, 1906-1907 , to Ernest G. Brown, concerning the two portraits of himself by Frank Holl, both commisssioned by Sir William Agnew, the first of which, full face, he thinks must be the one that Brown has acquired and which was in the possession of Mrs Tom Agnew who recently died, Tenniel expresses a wish to see the portrait but comments that his sight is failing badly and he never leaves the house if he can help it, together with a card quoting 'As You Like It', signed, 2 pages, 8vo (2)
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