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![Gladstone (William Ewart, 1809-1898). Autograph letter signed, 22 Carlton-House-Terrace, [London], 20th June 1868, to George](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2086008/634-5-10729_468x382.jpg)
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Gladstone (William Ewart, 1809-1898). Autograph letter signed, 22 Carlton-House-Terrace, [London], 20th June 1868, to George Routledge, thanking him for his 'shilling' book gift which he looks forward to examining with great interest, 'It must indeed be a marvel of cheap production. And it is to cheap production of good books, in which you have laboured with so much energy, that we must look as a principal agent in promoting the real civilization of the people, 2 pages, 8vo, together with an autograph postcard signed to George Routledge, postmarked 30th August 1879, concerning Mr. Howard, Mr. Coral and a memorial (2)
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Hardy (Thomas, 1840-1928). Autograph letter signed on letterhead, Max Gate, near Dorchester, 6th November 1886, to the publisher [Routledge] concerning the publication of "Men of the Time" and requesting that if the book has not gone to press he 'should be obliged by the omission of the sentence in the notice of myself which states that I reside near Dorchester and am a magistrate', 1 page, 8vo. The book referred to is 'Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical Notices of Eminent Characters of Both Sexes', ed. Thomas Humphrey Ward, 12th ed., George Routledge & Sons, 1887. (1)
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Irving (Henry, 1838-1905). Autograph letter signed, 30th March 1887, to George Routledge, apologising for missing him the previous day but explaining that 'We have a change to our cast - which kept me late at rehearsal - too late and too tired I found to join your board', and hoping that they will meet up soon, 2 pages written to rectos of Lyceum Theatre letterhead with conjugate leaf, 8vo, together with two postmarked envelopes in Irving's hand, the one from a slightly earlier date signed (3)
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Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882). Autograph letter signed, Cambridge [Massachusetts], 13th February 1856, thanking [George Routledge] for his kindness in sending copies of the new edition of his Poems, 'The volume is a very elegant one, and the illustrations admirable', requesting a note be forwarded to Mr. Gilbert, asking for one or two proof impressions of the portrait if available, the last part concerning "Hiawatha", 'I think you will acknowledge that I could not with a very good grace pass over Mr. Bogue, my old publisher, an doffer it to another house. It would hardly have been a handsome action, unless I were dissatisfied with what he had done', 4 pages, a little dust-soiled, 8vo (1)
![Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882). Autograph letter signed, Cambridge [Massachusetts], 16th February 1874, [to the pub](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2086008/640-5-10729_468x382.jpg)
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Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882). Autograph letter signed, Cambridge [Massachusetts], 16th February 1874, [to the publisher George Routledge] concerning "The Hanging of the Crane" and indicating that he had originally had no intention of publishing it in any periodical but he has now had so large an offer made for its use 'that I do not feel at liberty to decline it', and continuing that he does no think 'that the previous publication will injure any illustrated edition of the poem in book form. Perhaps even it may help it, by sewing as an advertisement', with a pencilled note at head, possibly initialled by George Routledge, indicating that he would not object, 3 pages, 8vo (1)
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Martineau (Harriet, 1802-1876). Autograph letter signed, Ambleside, 6th August 1868, to the publishers' Routledge, thanking them at great length for their kindness and efficiency in sending a parcel of her books to Mr. Bavry Knight in New York, and explaining that they are destined as presents for Mr. Chapman's library on Staten Island, 'I am not only thankful for the aid, but fully sensible of the zeal & liberality on your part which have distinguished the whole transaction', 4 pages, small 8vo (1)
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Morley (Henry, 1822-1894). Autograph letter signed on letterhead, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, [1887?], to George Routledge, regretting that due to an old engagement that he is unable to get out of he will regrettably be unable to be among George Routledge's friends at his farewell dinner to 'wish him many years of happiness in his retirement', and concluding 'I shall be heartily at one with those who testify to the goodwill & respect that his career as a London publisher has caused to follow him to his retirement', 4 pages, 8vo, together with twenty-six other autograph letters, the majority to George Routledge, correspondents including Eliza Lynn Linton (1822-1898), two letters and one card, John Forster (1812-1876), three letters, William Charles Macready (1793-1873), Carlisle (?George James Howard, ninth Earl of Carlisle), two letters (one torn in half), L.V. Harcourt, Charles Wordsworth, Charles Beecher, Lord Muncaster MP, John T. Delane, et al (28)
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Tennyson (Alfred, Lord, 1809-1892). Brief autograph letter signed ('A. Tennyson'), Farringford, 30th January 1865, presumably to the publisher George Routledge, 'It is all right - I am sorry for the mistake as to the date. I know the 1 had been paid', a little soiled and creased, 1 page, 8vo, together with two autograph letters signed from Tennyson's wife Emily and one from his son Hallam, all presumably to George Routledge, concerning health and various publishing details (4)
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Tennyson (Alfred, Lord, 1809-1892). Autograph letter signed ('A. Tennyson'), Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 8th February 1871, thanking [the publisher George Routledge] for the cheque for 75.4[s.] 'due to me on account of my Illustrated Poems after January 1870', regretting a problem concerning a medallion portrait and continuing, 'There is a full-faced photograph of Mr. Woolmer's bust of me which is very good but then I fear it would have to be paid for', thanking Routledge for the interest in his 'little set of unpublished poems "The Window"' which were not intended for publication except with music by Sullivan, explaining that Mr. Payne, his then publisher, had taken the poems from his drawing-room table and subsequently published them in his Tennyson Concordance without the author's permission, and concluding 'the composer and his brother wrote such pathetic letters that I agreed not to put a stop to it by withdrawing "The Window"', with an initialled postscript written vertically at the letter's head offering to supply the name of the American publisher to whom "The Window" was offered, 4 pages, 8vo.
![Beerbohm (Max, 1872-1956). Autograph letter signed, 48, Upper Berkeley Street, [London], n.d., c. 1905, to St. John Hankin,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2086008/649-5-10729_468x382.jpg)
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Beerbohm (Max, 1872-1956). Autograph letter signed, 48, Upper Berkeley Street, [London], n.d., c. 1905, to St. John Hankin, thanking him for his letter and referring to a Hankin play, 'your tale of the aristocracy rent my heart their general feeling is that they have performed their whole duty to the Muses as soon as they have asked Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Gosse to luncheon', and regretting he has no play for the S.S. [Stage Society], and the play he is currently writing 'is a base and mercenary little affair', 2 pages on integral leaves with verso blank, 8vo (1)
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Du Maurier (Gerald, 1873-1934). Autograph letter signed, 5, Chester Place, Regents Park, Saturday, c. 1907, to St. John Hankin, telling how he has lost his voice, could Hankin send him the play rather than read it out loud to him and saying that while he enjoyed "Return of the Prodigal" he declines to look upon it as a play, 3 pages, 8vo, together with other misc. autograph/typed letters/note-cards signed, mostly to St. John Hankin, from A.E. Matthews, Ethel Irving, May Moore, Rosina Filippi, Edmund Gwenn (2), Dennis Eadie (3), Stanton Coit, A.E. Drinkwater, Reginald Towner (2), Madge Kendal (2), Emma Cous, George Alexander, et al (24)
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Gosse (Edmund, 1849-1928). Brief autograph letter signed on letterhead, 18th October 1904, to St. John Hankin, 'I read your diverting volume through aloud to my entranced and giggling family, and we all think you are great larks', together with another similar, dated 1st December 1904, regretting he can not be of the least use with his Brieux project as neither he nor anyone he knows is aware of Brieux, but wishing him all success, both 1 page with integral blank, together with Haggard (Henry Rider, 1856-1925), Autograph letter signed on letterhead with hieroglyphic motif, n.d., c. 1905?, to St. John Hankin, thanking him for his interest, and saying that it(?) depends enormously on the Press, 'If the Press will really take it up - as I see the Daily Mail has done - perhaps something will happen', with a postscript, 'All the objections made - that I have seen - on behalf of the Railways &c. can be answered', 2 pages on integral leaves with inner pages blank, all 8vo.
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*James (Henry, 1843-1916). Autograph letter signed, Lamb House, Rye, Sussex, 28th October 1907, to St. John Hankin, in a large open hand, 'I am disconcerted at having had to remember, shortly after leaving you last evening, that I am obliged to go up to town tomorrow for the day and night', and inviting him to luncheon the following Wednesday at two 'if you can wait as late', 2 pages, the verso written vertically, 4to (1)
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*Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Autograph letter signed, 10, Adelphi Terrace, 30th March 1903, to St. John Hankin in a typically humorous tone, concerning the pros and cons of printing and publishing arrangements, 'On the whole, I think I should be a duffer not to try publishing on commission I have to do everything - plan the page, choose the type, binding, paper & everything, after which exertion the publisher mistakes all my instructions & gets the whole thing wrong; so that I have twice as much trouble as if I dealt straight with the printer. Finally he sells the book; keeps most of the profit; and clings to my royalty for about eighteen months What I really want is an American publisher. My present one gives me no trouble; but then he never pays, which is carrying unobtrusiveness to an extreme', with a concluding postscript 'I should follow that play up if I were you [presumably referring to "The Two Mr. Wetherbys", which was privately performed in London by the Stage Society in February 1903]. Write one specially for the S.S. & another for luck. Don't stop & wait for the managers on any a/c', 2 pages, quarto (1)
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*Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Autograph letter signed, on Great Southern Hotel letterhead, Parknasilla, Kerry, 23rd August 1909, to Mrs. St. John Hankin, concerning an agreement which he has only now sent on with apologies, 'You had better make a note of its date & contents, so as to be able to compare it with later proposals. That is how one learns the market', one page and one line on integral leaves with versos blank, 8vo (1)
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*Coward (Noel, 1899-1973). Autograph letter signed, 31st March, c. 1926, to [Ivor] Barnard, saying how sorry he is that Barnard is not coming back and how excellent his performance was in "Anyhouse" [1925], continuing 'There are complications about "Easy Virtue" and only God knows when it will be produced!', and assuring Barnard that he will let him know if he has anything suitable, 1 page, 4to. Coward wrote and produced "Easy Virtue" in 1925 while in New York. (1)
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*Drinkwater (John, 1882-1937). Autograph letter signed ('John Drinkwater'), Pilgrim Players letterhead, Birmingham, 28th June 1912, to Ivor Barnard, saying that it is very likely that they would offer him an engagement once the theatre opens, subject to watching him work and the general arrangements being satisfactory on both sides, etc., 1 page, 4to, together with six other letters signed from Drinkwater to Barnard (all addressed as Barney), 1917-29, all but one typed, four signed 'John D.', one signed 'John' and one 'Lt. John Drink-Water MP', with various thanks, good wishes and theatrical chit chat, two sl. torn, all 1 page, 4to/8vo, plus two stamped and franked envelopes addressed to Drinkwater, the hands identified as those of Walter de la Mare and Lascelles Abercrombie, plus a typed letter signed from Frank Benson (10)
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*Forbes-Robertson (Jean, 1905-1962). Series of twelve autograph letters signed ('Jean'), London, Sussex and Kent, all n.d., c. 1920s/1930s, to Barney [Ivor Barnard], sending and receiving general good wishes, plus many invitations to visit plus some theatrical chitchat including mention of "Peter Pan", 'I don't know when Peter Pan rehearsals start', 'It's a perfect curse having three mats. a week', 'Richard Sherbrook is so completely deaf that I have to hold up my hand off stage & signal to him when its his turn to speak', 'Oh we've just come back from your play!!! And I think now that I shouldn't have lived long if I'd missed it. What a terrific treat. "I had to laugh." Papa laughed so heartily at you that he burst into coughing & always drowned your next line. I haven't seen him enjoy anything so much for ages', this latter letter split along fold, all 1 to 3 pages, 8vo, together with an autograph note-card and a printed invitation to her wedding with an annotation in her hand.
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*Grahame (Elspeth, widow of Kenneth Grahame). Series of three autograph letters signed, Church Cottage, Pangbourne, Berkshire, 20th July & 21st December 1932, 19th June 1933, to Mr. [Ivor] Barnard (the first two addressed as 'Ratty', 'If may call you by the name that we so knew and admired you by'), thanking him in the first letter for his kind sympathy and continuing, 'Kenneth looked back with great delight on your really wonderful impersonation, and interpretation of the Rat at the "Lyric" last year, & spoke of it with the most discerning appreciation. The Rat was both wise & loveable, and you made your audience feel you to be so - a wonderful contrast to the magisterial Badger the timid mole, and the swashbuckling Toad. You simply were the Rat, and even the children sitting near kept exclaiming "I love Ratty"! I thought you might like to know what great pleasure, and what perfect satisfaction your conception of the part gave to Kenneth, and of course to me also', the second a very long letter regretting that Barnard will not be playing the role of the Rat in the forthcoming season and hoping he will take his children to see it and tell her how it is, that she can not bear to go and see it without Kenneth, saying how great the play is and how everyone should spread the word to help establish it.
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*Lean (David, 1908-1991). Three typed letters signed ('David'), 25th November 1946, 27th March & 17th April 1947, to Ivor [Barnard], the first saying how he was just back from Paris where he had visited the Louvre and seen several Gauguin paintings of which he had brought back four reproductions for him, concluding 'I am terribly looking forward to what you think of our picture. At all events I think you will be pleased with yourself. I was always a great hand with my actors!', the next letter thanking him for his and saying that they are hard at work on the script of "Oliver Twist" which is quite a tough job, thanking him for the photograph of his son, and saying he will bear both of them in mind for small parts, the last asking 'if you would be good enough to consider playing a very small part in "Oliver Twist". It would not last longer than one or two days. It is the Chairman of the Workhouse Board and he has a speech to make', continuing to say that they hope to get really good actors for all the small parts but if he has feelings that he should not accept 'don't hesitate to tell me', a few minor splash-marks, together with two typed letters signed from the producer Ronald Neame (22nd May & 31st July 1945), concerning his 'first rate' screen test and the shooting details for "Great Expectations", concluding, 'I hope you like the script - we think it is one of the best we have done', all on Independent Producers Limited letterhead, 1 page, 4to. Barnard played Wemmick in Lean's "Great Expectations", and in keeping with Lean's request took the small part of the Chairman of the Workhouse Board in "Oliver Twist". (5)
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*Leigh (Vivien, 1913-1967, & Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989). Autograph letter signed ('Vivien'), Notley Abbey, Long Crendon, Bucks, n.d., to Barney [Ivor Barnard], in response to his 'sweet and sympathetic' note, saying 'All is well again and it's very nice to be back', with best wishes for Estelle's recovery, 2 pages, 8vo, together with a Typed letter from Vivien Leigh, letterhead of The Australia Hotel, Sydney, 13th July 1948, thanking Barney for his letter and telling him how his son Pip got very fine laughs when he was playing "William", mentioning how thrilled Larry is that he liked "Hamlet" and concluding, 'We are both feeling better now, though Larry has hurt his knee and uses a crutch in "Richard" to very good effect, I may say even going so far as to break it over 'Brackenbury's' back the other night!!', signed by Olivier ('Larry') only, with a five-line postscript in his hand, mentioning how Pip 'keeps us mightily engaged with his wit - referring to his dressing mate Oliver Hunter's jock-strap - he said "Rough cradle for such little pretty one" (Richard III)! Yr devoted L.', 1 page, 4to (2)
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*Milne (Alan Alexander, 1882-1956). Autograph letter signed from A.A. Milne's wife Daphne, 13 Mallord Street, Chelsea, 31st December, [1929?], to [Ivor] Barnard, saying how glad they are that he is coming to Christopher Robin's tea party, and how terribly good it would be 'if you would keep on your rat make up during tea It would be so thrilling for Christopher's little friends to see you close, 1 page with sentiment and signature overleaf, together with an Autograph letter signed by G. Harben [?the artist Guy Harben] p.p. A.A. Milne, Middlesex Hospital, n.d., to Barnard, on letterhead of Cotchford Farm, Hartfield, Sussex, thanking him for his flowers which 'touched me enormously', apologising for the delay in acknowledging them and admitting that it is because he is only just getting back to normal, 'and you are one of the first people I write to', 1 page, both 8vo. Christopher Robin, the Milnes' son, and central character of the Winnie the Pooh books was born in 1920. Ivor Barnard was the original Rat in "Toad of Toad Hall", Kenneth Grahame's dramatization of his "The Wind in the Willows". This first letter probably dates from 1929 when it was first staged. (2)
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*Olivier (Laurence, 1907-1989). Autograph letter signed ('Larry'), Arts Theatre Club, Monday, [1929], to Barney [Ivor Barnard], regretting his illness and wishing him well soon, 'I saw "Bird in Hand" the other day and hated every minute of it. Don't say so. I started rehearsing today for the "Circle of Chalk" which is coming on at the Arts as soon as "Beau Geste" is over', explaining that he was 'within an ace of going to America in "Journey's End"' but Basil [Dean] exercised his option to keep him for the "Circle of Chalk", mentions that Anna May Wong comes tomorrow, and talks of how he 'got into the Green Room [Barnard's Club] alright but I'm not at my ease there yet', then writes of tiredness and needing 'a change and a rest so badly, Basil nearly killed me during Beau Geste', 4 pages, 8vo. Barnard and Olivier had appeared together in a West End production of John Drinkwater's "Bird in Hand" in 1928. The lead part of Blanquet was written specifically for Barnard and Olivier played the juvenile Gerald Arnwood. The production transferred to Broadway but Olivier had other offers and declined to travel with it. (1)
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*Olivier (Laurence, 1907-1989). Autograph letter signed ('Larry'), Royal Naval Air Station, Worthy Down, Winchester, 26th October 1941, to Barney [Ivor Barnard], thanking him for a loan repayment of eight quid and hoping he could spare it, then continuing, 'Since leaving the boards, & having lost my shirt in our catastrophic New York "Romeo" I rather depend on my Viv for my 'pin' money', sending his regards to the whole family and referring to Pip's age, 'only yesterday, or the day before - you were making him toy railway stations! And you were worried because he wouldn't stop pee-ing his bed! Well, a couple more years of this war, & we'll be pee-ing our beds from premature second childhood!! & old Pip will be our fuehrer - flogging the tar out of us!!', 4 pages, 8vo (1)
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*Olivier (Laurence, 1907-1989). Autograph letter signed ('Larry O.'), Durham Cottage, 4, Christchurch Street, SW3, 1st December 1949, to Barney [Ivor Barnard], sending sympathy from himself and Vivien [about having forgotten some lines], 'for not a split second must you worry - it happens to all of us', saying how it happened to him badly last year after four years of Richard III, and that a holiday is all that is needed, and imagining a theatrical announcement, '"Ladies & Gents - you might as well piss off home now because my friend Mr. Barnard and I have forgotten the fucking thing". Shall we do that together one day? It'd be jolly nice I think', 2 pages, 8vo (1)
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*Tandy (Jessica, 1909-1994). Series of three autograph letters signed, one Arts Theatre Club, n.d., one Clapton, August 1920, and one Clacton, 10th July 1928, all to [Ivor] Barnard, all with general theatrical working news, good wishes and health enquiries, the first letter referring to "Yellow Sands" where she plays Lydia, 'I saw my tour list for the first time today and was completely disgusted. We tour for 21 weeks & for 11 of those we are doing 2 tours per week', 2 pages, 8vo, the second referring to the forthcoming season of repertory at the Court Theatre, Komisarjevsky and Miss Vernon, 3 pages, 8vo, and in the last letter she concludes 'I realized that if I wanted to stay with B.V.J.'s companies I should have to make Ayliff like me. So I tried to be intelligent and worked hard at rehearsals. I don't know if it cut any ice', 2 pages, 4to.
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*[Brunel (Isambard Kingdom)]. Brief letter to Brunel from John Laird, builder of the first iron ship, dated August 18th, 1857, written on black edged paper, with endorsement probably in Brunel's hand, together with six other letters to Brunel from various correspondents including John Tulloch, Principal of St Andrews University, W Conybeare (seeking employment for his son), and others, and an envelope containing seven cut signatures from letters to Brunel including James Abernethy, the Archbishop of York and Lord Panmure (14)
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*Marconi (Guglielmo). Autograph letter signed (G. Marconi), 18th February 1899, to [Ralph] H. Burdett, thanking him for his letter, and thanking Burdett for offering Marconi a room for exhibiting his apparatus, and regretting that as he is so busy at the War Office and Post Office he will not be able to bring over his instruments that week, 3pp., a little soiled and split along folds, 8vo, together with an explanatory note from the recipient (2)
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*Slavery. Black Letter Act for Making Compensation & Satisfaction to The Royal African Company of England, for their Charter, Lands, Forts, Castles, Slaves, Military Stores, and Other Effects, 1751, 60pp, disbound, slim folio. Charles II by Letters Patent granted the rights of Africa to the Royal African Company, and this important Act saw the Crown purchasing back the rights to Africa. Of particular interest are schedules that include the listing of the slaves. (1)
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*Wiltshire - George IV. Ornate Vellum Recovery document, dated 12th May 1823, at Westminster, with large portrait of the King in initial letter and decorative top border, in which William Price claims against George Chilton four-sixths of twelve messuages, six gardens, one thousand acres of land, four hundred acres of meadow, one hundred acres of furze and heath and common pasture for all manner of cattle with appurtenances in the Parish of Highworth and Wanborough as his right and inheritance, with large complete royal wax seal in tin skippet, small break at top of seal (1)
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Charles II. King Charls II. His Declaration to all His Loving Subjects of the Kingdome of England. Dated from his Court at Breda in Holland the 4/14 of Aprill 1660, and read in Parliament, May I 1660. Together with His Maiesties Letter of the Same Date: To his Excellence the Ld Gen. Monck, to be Communicated to the L. President of the Council of State, and to the Officers of the Army Under his Command, 1660, 8pp., some marks to title page and last leaf, disbound 4to (1)
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James II. A Letter to a Dissenter, Upon Occasion of His Majesties Late Gracious Declaration of Indulgence, [by George Savile, Marquis of Halifax], printed for G.H., 1687, 17pp, title-page & margins a little marked bound with L'Estrange (Sir Roger), An Answer to a Letter to a Dissenter, Upon Occasion of His Majesties Late Gracious Declaration of Indulgence, pub. R. Sare, 1687,50pp., few pages close trimmed to upper margin, title and last leaf slightly dust soiled, disbound, approx. 210 x 165mm. The first work with printed initials T.W. (The Writer), i.e. George Savile, Marquis of Halifax. (1)
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Bentham (Edward). An introduction to Moral Philosophy, 2nd ed., Oxford, 1746, title and two following leaves stained, modern wraps, together with L'Estrange (Roger, attrib.). An Answer to a Letter to a Dissenter, 1st ed., 1687 (Wing A3319), later half-morocco, rubbed, plus Chidlaw (B.W.), Yr American, yr hwn syold yn Cynnwys Golwg ar Dalaeth Ohio, 1st ed., Llanrwst, 1840, unopened, light browning, orig. green wrappers, and three others antiquarian pamphlets, v.s. (6)
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A 19th century French gilt metal and alabaster mantel clock, the 8 day Japy Freres movement striking on a bell, within a drum case with a faux toilet mirror surmount with a seated gentleman writing a letter, the shaped base, stamped P H Mourey, centred a vacant cartouche, 14in (35.5cm) high, on a gilt wood plinth and an ebonized stand with glass dome.
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A Victorian silver bladed folding fruit knife with mother-of-pearl handle, Birmingham 1888, an Edward VII silver hair ornament, Birmingham 1909, a modern silver 'Boston Stump' souvenir teaspoon, an Edward VII silver handled tea knife with mother-of-pearl handle, Sheffield 1902. A George V silver triffed spoon,Sheffield 1930 and a modern silver letter opener with Royal Crest finial. (6)
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[Praeger (S. Rosamund)] The Red Letter ABC, 26 coloured illustrations signed with intitals, 2 pages browned, 4to, Marcus Ward & Co., n.d.; The Child's Picture Grammar, pictorial title-page and illustrations, some coloured, folio, George Allen, 1900; The olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O'Linn, pictorial title-page and illustrations, folio, Macmillan, 1901, the illustrations all by S. Riosamund Praeger, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 4toand folio, (3).
![Sinclair (Catherine) The Picture Letter, 1862; Another Letter, [1862]; A Bible Picture Letter, n.d.; A Christmas Letter, 1](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/1574/2025590/303-26-1574_468x382.jpg)
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Sinclair (Catherine) The Picture Letter, 1862; Another Letter, [1862]; A Bible Picture Letter, n.d.; A Christmas Letter, 1862, 4 lithographed letters, each with three or four pages of text, many of the words replaced with small illustrations, printed in colour, a number of splits and tears repaired, Edinburgh, James Wood, etc., 1862 and n.d.; Letters no.1 and 2, 10th thousand, original wrappers, Edinburgh, James Wood, etc., 1863, 8vo.
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Lear (Edward, artist and author, 1812-88) An important autograph letter signed to Lady Wyatt, 4 pp., 8vo, San Remo, 4th December (altered to the 11th) 1870, discussing mutual acquaintances and their own health, some times in nonsensical fashion "I adjure you not to have any phitzavagew any more", the availablity of villas and social life in the area, "I don't go out at all: coach hire is to be shunned", before describing the Villa Emily at some length, with plans of the ground and first floors, and a small map of the adjoining properties, finishing with descriptions of watercolours that he is working on "I have done one bit of rock so well that you sprain your ankles directly you look at it", with a similarly amusing story about a foreground figure so lifelike that he stepped out of the picture to borrow Lear's handkerchief. Villa Emily was Lear's first home, built after years of travel to his own specifications just outside San Remo. The letter provides one of the first and best descriptions of the house and its layout, with typically nonsensical features such as a barble malcony, china cubbid and Bakdor.
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Milne (A.A., author, 1882-1956) Autograph letter signed to "Dear Sir", 1p., 8vo, Chelsea, 24th September 1933, regretting "that I cannot undertake to write a foreword to" to Anne Shirley's novel Eran's Surprise and congratulating him on his daughter's illustrations, "astonishing for a child of seven"; and 5 others comprising 2 copies of Eran's Surprise (1 a deluxe signed copy unnumbered), a typewritten note from Milne and 2 A.Ls.s. from Celia Brice (Milne's secretary), 8vo (6).
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Robertson (W. Graham) Pinkie and the Fairies, the autograph manuscript, 101 pages, bound with later half-title, ink and watercolour frontispiece signed and dated November 1917, and an inscription relating to the gift of the manuscript, with inserted list of characters, an autograph letter signed to Elizabeth, 4 pp. 8vo, 1918, and a page of manuscript music signed by the composer and dated 1921, brown morocco gilt, the upper cover with the figures of two Cupids with bellows at either side of two lines of music, t.e.g., folio.
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RŸtlinger (Johan Caspar) Neuw zugerichte Schreibkunst, engraved title-page and 24 plates, each with a large capital letter and text, seven with complete alphabets above or below, other with calligraphic decoration, two small wormholes throughtout, some leaves frayed at outer margin, contemporary vellum, owner's calligraphic inscription on upper cover, oblong folio, Zurich, 1619
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L'Estrange (Sir Roger) A Compendious History of the most remarkable passsages of the last fourteen years, with an account of the Plot, first edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary annotations at beginning and end, nineteenth-century blind-tooled panelled calf, upper cover loose, Sir Henry Irving's copy, with his bookplate, an autograph letter signed by him inserted, 8vo, A Godbid and J. Playford for S. Neale, 1680. (1).
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World War Two, Military Cross Group of Seven, M.C.** 1944, boxed, 1939-45, Africa, Italy, F&G, Def, War, in box addressed MAJ F.T.ASHBY MC, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, with letter from Ministry of Defence detailing service record **Major Frederick Turrall Ashby M.C., P/255763, ARMY AIR CORPS, M.C. London Gazette 7th December 1944
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Somme casualty, World War One, Death Plaque 1914-15 Trio, 15126 PTE A(lbert) A(rthur) PHILLIPS** SUFF R., with later miniatures, the plaque mounted in circular hard wood frame, medals EF, plaque Fine, with letter (28th July 1916) and postcard (11th September 1916) from the front, postcard photograph of man, memorial card recording the death of Signaller Arthur Ablet (sic) Phillips, on September 15th (CWG gives this as 16th, see below) 1916, during the Battle of the Somme **ALBERT ARTHUR PHILLIPS, 9th Bn, Date of Death: 16/09/1916, Cemetery: Thiepval Memorial
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Life Saving, Police, Group of Three, Liverpool City Police, Bronze Long Service Medal, SGT 24 'E' HAROLD KELLY, 14TH JAN 1942, EF, with letter of award, Silver Long Service Medal, SGT 24 E HAROLD KELLY, 13-1-47, with Liverpool Shipwreck And Humane Society Bronze Medal SERGT 24 'E' HAROLD KELLY FOR GALLANT SERVICE 9/7/1941, boxed EF+, with _Mile Life Saving medal
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World War One, Group of Five, Distinguished Conduct Medal 24th Div Sig Coy R.E., 1914/15 Trio, Imperial Service Medal, George VI, 29566 SPR G.R.COLLINS R.E., SJT on B.W.M. and Victory, and on D.C.M., GEORGE ROBERT COLLINS on I.S.M.; with letter of congratulations, Discharge Certificate, Newspaper Cutting (Gazetted 1/1/1919), with Leather Masonic Pouch BRO G.R.COLLINS March And Darnley Lodge No.1141
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World War One, Death Plaque, ARTHUR HENRY ARBON**, in hard wooden frame, with letter from Palace inset, EF **A.H.ARBON, Private London Regt (Royal Fusiliers), 30th Bn., Royal Fusiliers attd. 10th Bn., Age: 22, Date of Death: 26/06/1918, Service No: 800161, Son of Arthur and Kate Louisa Arbon, of 60, Woodside Rd., Bowes Park, London. Bienvillers Military Cemetery
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World War One, Death Plaques to brothers, 1914/15 Star, B.W.M. and Plaque, 20009 PTE F(rank) HAYES** Y&L R., plaque in card case with letter from Buckingham Palace; Plaque, HARRY HAYES***, letter from Record Office, showing entitlement to Pair, 6533 PTE HARRY HAYES CONNAUGHT RANGERS, both EF **FRANK HAYES, 6th Bn., Date of Death: 21/08/1915, Cemetery: Helles Memorial ***HARRY HAYES, 1st Bn., Date of Death: 11/07/1917, Cemetery: Basra Memorial
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