ABERCORN, James Hamilton, 1st Duke of (1811-1885). Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent regarding a petition, 1 page 8vo, South Audley Street, 'Friday' no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2477]
ACLAND, Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke (1847-1926). Politician and educator.
Signed autograph testimonial for Mrs Palmer, author of 'Life-Saving in War Times' for which Acland had written an introduction.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2482]
ADAMSON, John (1787-1855). Antiquary and Portuguese scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Wilson regretting that they had failed to meet, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting on the reverse), no place, 1846.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2486]
ADDINGTON, Henry Unwin (1790-1870). Civil servant.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Sir Harold Dillon, giving him permission to scrutinise a document in the Foreign Office library, 2 pages 8vo, Foreign Office, 15 Apr 1850.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2491]
ADDINGTON, William L., Second Lord Sidmouth (1794-1864). Son of the Prime Minister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Captain Manby making an appointment on behalf of his father, 1 page 4to, Whitehall, 25 June 1816.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2490]
ADDISON, Joseph (1672-1719). Essayist, poet & statesman.Document Signed ('J. Addison' at the foot), 1 page large folio (slightly trimmed at the foot), 22 April 1709. A commission issued by Thomas, Earl of Wharton, and signed by him, with papered seal, raising Thomas Plaistow to the rank of captain 'in the Regiment of foote to be forthwith raised for her Majesty's Service'.
£685 / $1096 / €849 [No: 24565]
AGUTTER, William (1758-1835). Preacher.
Autograph Letter (third person), accepting an invitation from Mr Webb, 1 page 8vo (trimmed, laid down), Asylum, 12 March 1821.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2492]
ALDEN, Sir Percy (1865-1944). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed on postcard to J.S. Thornton, discussing a proposed lecture on the Danish educational system, Hotel Central, Denmark, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2564]
ALLEN, William Joshua (1829-1902). American jurist and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard, to B.W. Hartley, arranging a meeting, Hotel London & New York, Paris (traces of former mounting), 5 October 1897.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2498]
AMWELL, Frederick Montague, 1st Baron (1876-1966). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Fred') to 'Oliver', about the resignation of Attlee, 2 pages 8vo (note of identification at the head), London, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2656]
ANDERSON, David (1814-1885). Bishop of Prince Rupert's Land.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rowley, regretting that he will be unable to preach at he opening of Rowley's church, 3 pages 8vo, Clifton, 22 Aug 1865.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2658]
ANNESLEY, Alexander (d. 1813). Legislator and political writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to William Groom, discussing monetary problems, 3 pages 8vo, Southbrook, 1812.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2666]
ARGYLL, Elizabeth, 8th Duchess of
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady MacNiell, complimenting her on the impending marriage of her daughter, 3 pages 8vo, Argyll Lodge, Kensington, 13 Feb no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2676]
ARNOLD-FORSTER, Hugh Oakeley (1855-1909). Statesman and miscellaneous writer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Charles Hughes, lamenting a misquote in the Westminster Gazette (article appended), 1 page 4to, London, 25 April 1902.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2681]
ARNOLD, Thomas Kerchever (1800-1853). Educationalist and theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, promising to comply with his request, 1 page 8vo (trimmed, laid down), no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2679]
ARNOLD, William Thomas (1852-1904). Historian and journalist.
2 Autograph Letters Signed (one in pencil) to Broadfield, regretting Broadfield's resignation from the 'Examiner', and thanking him for sympathy, 8 pages 8vo, 1884 & 1900.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2680]
ASHBURTON, Francis Baring, 5th Baron (1866-1938).
Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Browne, about Home Rule, 2 pages 8vo, Carlton Club, 11 Jan 1912.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2684]
ASHLEY, Rt. Hon. Evelyn Melbourne (1836-1907). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Baden Powell regretting that he will miss the dinner, but hoping to come in time to hear the President's address, 3 pages 8vo, Salisbury, 16 Nov 1884.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2686]
ASHLEY, Sir William James (1860-1927). Economic historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Newark, urging the case of a small boy, 2 pages 8vo, St James's Palace, 14 Feb no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2687]
ASHLEY, Sir William James (1860-1927). Economic historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, thanking him for his new anthem, 2 pages 4to, Tunbridge Wells, 18 Mar no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2688]
ASHWELL, Arthur Rawson (1824-1879). Principal of Theological College, Chichester.
Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, regretting that he will be unable to attend a dedication, 2 pages 8vo, Durham, 21 July 1873.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2689]
ASKWITH, George Ranken, Lord (1851-1942). Industrial artibrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cunnyhame, concerning an award, 2 pages 8vo, London, 30 Nov 1903.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2690]
ASQUITH, Elizabeth Daughter of the Prime Minister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry, thanking him for supporting her charity, 1 page 8vo, 10 Downing Street, 11 Apr 1916.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2695]
ASQUITH, Margot Wife of the Prime Minister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Story, accepting an invitation to stay, 1 page 8vo, 20 Cavendish Square, 24 Nov no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2698]
ASQUITH, Margot Wife of the Prime Minister.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed (pencil) to Miss Farrar, enclosing 'what you ask for', 1 p. 8vo, Sutton Courtney, Berks, 1928.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2696]
ASQUITH, Margot Wife of the Prime Minister.Autograph Letter Signed in pencil to Dr Geikie Cobb, 2 pages 8vo (note of identification at the head, a corner cut off, not affecting the text), 44 Bedford Square, 7 November 1933. Thanking Geikie Cobb for his favourable review of her book (More Memories and berating the church for its stand on divorce.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24192]
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING Series of ca 57 letters mostly to Thomas Mapplebeck of Kingston-upon-Hull, ca 1853 to 1891. Tipped in to the remains of a bound volume, a few loose. Mapplebeck appears to have been a dealer in autographs and prints etc. There are two sales of his property (in 1891 and 1893) recorded in the List of catalogues of English book sales 1670-1900 now in the British Museum.
£450 / $720 / €558 [No: 23382]
AVORY, Sir Horace Edward (1851-1935). Judge and advocate.
Autograph Letter Signed to Engelbach, thanking him for good wishes, 1 page 8vo, Gloucester Square, 30 Jan 1935.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2712]
AYRTON, Acton Smee (1816-1886). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Taylor, apologising for missing a meeting, 2 pages 8vo, no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2714]
BAINES, Edward (1775-1848). Newpaper proprietor, politician, and historian.Autograph Letter Signed to Joseph (? or Joshua) Lambert, 2 pages 8vo (inlaid), Inner Temple, 18 December no year. Promising a order for admission to the gallery of the House Of Commons.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24245]
BALCARRES, David Lindsay, 10th Earl of (1871-1940). Patron of and writer on art.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Edmund Wimperis, accepting a dinner invitation and promising not to inflict a long speech on the company, 1 page 8vo, 7 Audley Square, 19 Feb 1912
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2653]
BALFOUR, John Blair, Baron (1837-1905). Lord Justice General of Scotland.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Newbiggins, secretary of the Reform Club, concerning tickets, 3 pages 8vo, Edinburgh, 17 May 1902.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2717]
BARING, Thomas Charles (1831-1891). Banker and philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Blunt, extending an invitation, 1 page 8vo, Norman Court, 10 Dec 1860.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2725]
BARNARD, C.W. Vane, 10th Baron (1888-1964).
Typewritten Letter Signed, with autograph additions, to J. Landfear Lucas, discussing ecclesiastical benefices, 2 pages 4to, Darlington, 11 Mar 1918.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2726]
BARNETT, Samuel Augustus (1844-1913). Divine and social worker. Founded Toynbee Hall.
Typewritten Letter Signed to H. Cunningham, requesting a photograph for his 'Friendship Corner', 1 page 8vo, Toynbee Hall, 19 Dec 1902.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2730]
BARNETT, Samuel Augustus (1844-1913). Divine and social worker. Founder of Toynbee Hall.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, ('As far as I know this matter rests with the Gov General of Canada'), 1 page 8vo, Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, 26 Sep 1895.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2729]
BASS, Michael Thomas (1799-1884). Brewer.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed ('I regret that I am unable to accede to your application.'), 1 page 8vo, Eaton Square, 3 Jul 1871.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2737]
BASS, Michael Thomas (1799-1884). Brewer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Ross, sending something which he hopes will not leave him open to the charge of impertinance, 1 page 8vo (marked 'confidential'), 1 May 1871.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2738]
NORWICH, Henry Bathurst, Bishop of (1744-1837).
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, Norwich, 8 July 1832. Regretting that the infirmities of old age prevent his attending the occasion and 'witnessing the well-earned Triumph of those generous principles, of which ... I have been the humble, but consistent advocate'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23775]
BAYLEY, Sir John (1763-1841). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Law, congratulating her husband on his presentation of a case before Bayley, 1 page 8vo with address, Hertford, 5 Mar 1830.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2745]
BAZLEY, Sir Thomas (1797-1885). Manufacturer and politician.
Autograph ticket of admission to the Strangers' Gallery in the House of Commons, Signed, 1 page 16mo.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2747]
BEALES, Edmond (1803-1881). Lawyer, politician and pamphleteer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Tennant, accepting an invitation, 1 page 8vo, Lincoln's Inn, 16 May 1867.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2853]
BEDFORD, Francis Russell, 7th Duke of (1788-1861). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to a clergyman, thanking him for printing the 6th Duke's funeral sermon, and requesting more copies, 3 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, ?Welwyn, 28 Nov 1839.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3143]
BELL, Gertrude (1868-1926). Traveller and archaeologist.Long Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Frank Swettenham ('Sir Oracle!'), 5 pages 8vo, Red Barns, Coatham, Redcar, 25 October ['1904' in pencil in another hand]. Recommending the Far Eastern Intelligence Department as ideal for his purposes, anticipating a discussion on Free Trade, and commenting on the text of a speech which he had sent to her, etc.
£425 / $680 / €527 [No: 24117]
BELPER, Edward Strutt, First Baron (1801-1880). Philosophical radical.
Document Signed ('E. Strutt'), 1 page 8vo (oblong), a ticket of admittance to the Gallery of the House of Commons, 18 June 1838.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 19917]
BELPER, Edward Strutt, First Baron (1801-1880). Philosophical radical.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Belper') to the Revd C Knowles, 4 pages 8vo, Kingston Hall, Kegworth, Derby, 28 June 1859. Writing as the Chairman of the Nottingham Sessions, he explains that the prisoner on whose behalf Knowles has written was convicted the previous day and sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with a careful explanation of why.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 19916]
BENSON, Edward White (1829-1896). Archbishop of Canterbury.Autograph Letter Signed to the Bishop of Down & Connor, 3 pages 8vo (press photograph of Benson tipped to the top of the second page), Lambeth Palace, 29 March 1889. The writer and recipient are identified in ink at the foot, the latter as [William] Reeves. Together with a good cabinet photograph of the middle-aged Benson (half-length, seated), by Fradelle of Regent Street.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24389]
BERRYER, Pierre Antoine (1790-1868). French orator and politician.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed, without superscription, arranging a meeting, 1 page 8vo, 24 October no year.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2903]
BIGGE, Arthur John, Baron Stamfordham (1849-1931). Courtier.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sheppard, 4 pages 8vo on black-edged paper of Buckingham Palace, 20 December 1910. Informing Sheppard that the king has approved the appoingment of Dr Gee, Master of Univeristy College, Durham, to be Chaplain In Ordinary vice Canon Henry, with the approval of the Archbishop.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23896]
BOWRING, Sir John (1792-1872). Linguist, political economist & writer.Autograph Letter Signed headed 'Confidential' to Richard Cobden, 1 page 4to, London, 10 December 1848. Regretting he must resign from the House of Commons due to 'pecuniary anxiety'.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 21971]
BRADLAUGH, Charles (1833-1891). Freethought advocate & politician.Autograph cheque addressed to Messrs Holyoake & Co., 1 page 8vo (oblong, laid down), 28 May 1858. Requesting a payment to the bearer of £12 'on account of Ernest Jones'.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24097]
BRODRICK, George Charles (1831-1903). Warden of Merton College & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Chapman, acknowledging receipt of an application, & discussing a gathering ('Wallace's slip was unfortunate'), 2 pages 8vo, Merton College, 28 Jun 1893.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3205]
BROOKE, Sir Charles Anthoni Johnson (1829-1917). Naval officer and second Raja of Sarawak.Enigmatic Autograph Letter Signed to the Borneo Company Ltd, 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Chesterton House, Cirencester, 6 November 1909.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24135]
BROWN, William Haig- (1823-1907). Master of & writer on Charterhouse.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, thanking him for a volume of translations from Greek ('I have been pleased to recognize many of my favourites in an English dress'), 1864.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3272]
BROWNE, Edward Harold (1811-1891). Bishop of Ely & of Winchester.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, explaining that his bad foot keeps him close to home, and sending congratulations, 1 p. 16mo, no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3274]
BROWNING, Oscar (1837-1923). Educationalist & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed, thanking his correspondent for his review and telling him that his own book on Madame de Stael will be reviewed soon, 1 page 8vo, 1907.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3278]
BRUCE, Agnes
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Eddie', 7 pages 8vo on headed paper of 'The Freshwater Bay Hotel', Isle of Wight, 16 September 1901.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1024]
BRUCE, Henry Austin, Lord Aberdare (1815-1895). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Montague Ben Q.C., informing him of the Queen's approval of his appointment to the Recordership of Bristol, 1 p. 8vo, Home Department, 19 Sep 1870.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3288]
BRUCE, Hon. William Napier (1858-1936). Educationalist.
Autograph Letter Signed on black-edged correspondence card (filing holes) to Mr Williams, returning a signed cheque, South Kensington, 15 May 1912.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3295]
BRYCE, Elizabeth Marion, Viscountess (d. 1939). Educator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Wrench, promising to give full & fair attention to the application of Mlle Lunati for a position at Bedford College, 2 pages 8vo, 1 Jul 1906.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3301]
BUCCLEUCH, Walter Francis, 5th Duke of (1806-1884). Statesman.
Autograph Letter (third person) to H. Richardson, agreeing to his name being inserted in the list of stewards of the dinner of the City of London General Pension Society, 1843
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3308]
BUCKINGHAM, Alice Anne, Duchess of (d. 1931). Benefactress.Autograph Letter Signed ('A. Buckingham & Chandos') to Mrs Stuart Wortley, declining an invitation to tea, 2 pages 8vo, Thetford, 15 Nov 1894.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3315]
BULWER, James Redford (1820-1899). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Torr, thanking him for congratulations (on his successful election as member for Cambridge), 3 pages 8vo, 2 Temple Gardens, 16 Sep no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3345]
BULWER, Sir (William) Henry Lytton (1801-1872). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Crother, expressing pleasure at Crother's recovery from his 'temporary attack', 1½ pages 8vo, 8 Apr 1852.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3343]
BUNTING, Sir Percy William (1836-1911). Social reformer & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to a lady, sending her autographs from his past correspondence, 3 pages 8vo, Endsleigh Gardens, 19 Nov 1905.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2886]
BURDETT, Sir Francis (1770-1844). Politician.
Document Signed, 1 page 4to on vellum, signed also by two others
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 0110]
BURDETT, Sir Francis (1770-1844). Politician.
Note Signed, 1 page 8vo (trimmed), 6 May 1842. Requesting that the bearer be admitted to the gallery of the House of Commons.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 0109]
BURGE, Hubert Murray (1862-1925). Headmaster of Winchester College & bishop.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Branston, accepting her invitation for the coming 8th of December, 2 pages 8vo, The College, Winchester, 30 Oct no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3360]
BURGE, Hubert Murray (1862-1925). Headmaster of Winchester College & bishop of Oxford.Typewritten Letter Signed to Mrs Stevenson, 1 page 4to, Cuddesdon Palace, 28 August 1923. Attempting to allay her fears as to the use of the Fund for the Division of the Diocese ('I appreciate your confidence most fully').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24199]
BURGOYNE, Montagu (1750-1836). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to ?N. Jordan, asking his support in disseminating a pamphlet directed to the Commissioners of Works & Forests, 1 p. 8vo, Gloucester Place, 31 Jan no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3365]
BURKE, Edmund (1729/30-1797). Politician and Author.Letter Signed to the Secretary of War, Thomas Townshend, 1 page folio, Pay Office, 'July 1782 (note of receipt dated 1 July 1782). Requesting permission to contract for a 'Second Cloathing' for several independent companies.
£750 / $1200 / €930 [No: 24618]
BURKITT, Francis Crawford (1864-1935). Theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bushell, discussing some gnostic theories about the physical appearance of the Risen Christ, 3 pages 8vo, Cambridge, 10 Aug 1909.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3370]
BURNEY, Charles (1757-1817). Classical scholar and book collector.Autograph Letter Signed to [Joseph] Goodall (1760-1840, provost of Eton), 2 pages 4to (trimmed, with no loss of text), Crewe Hall, Nantwich, 10 January 1810. Announcing his intention of using Goodall's letter to attack 'our new Professor of Casuistry', and issuing an invitation to join the Bishop of Carlisle and the Dean of Westminster at the next anniversary in December of that year.
£350 / $560 / €434 [No: 24619]
BURRITT, Elihu (1810-1879). American linguist and advocate of international peace.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent in England, 1 page 8vo, 27 New Bond Street, London, 27 January 1847. Explaining that his authority for the statement of the amount of grain produced in America last year was 'a respectable journal', and announcing that he had forwarded his correspondent's letter to the American Minister.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 1763]
BURRITT, Elihu (The Learned Blacksmith) (1810-1879). American philanthropist & linguist.Autograph Letter Signed to J. Lupton, regretting that he had been unable to attend the presentation of the steam press to Mr Barker, 1 p. 8vo, Liverpool, 6 Jul 1866.
£48 / $76 / €59 [No: 2890]
BUTLER, William John (1818-1894). Divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. C. Jacob, discussing preaching dates, 2 pages 8vo, 21 May 1893.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3399]
BUTT, Sir Charles Parker (1830-1892). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Crowdy, thanking him for a letter of congratulations, 1 p. 8vo, 29 Cadogan Place, 31 Mar 1883.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3400]
Autograph Letter Signed to Johnson, sending an inkstand as a wedding present, 2 pages 8vo, Norfolk, 1 Nov 1874.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3510]
CADOGAN, George Henry, Earl (1840-1915). Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Autograph Letter (third person), marked 'private', announcing Lady Westmorland's impending accouchment & asking that the committee sit without him, 1 p. 8vo, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3439]
CAIRD, Edward (1835-1908). Master of Balliol. Advocate of higher education for women.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dickson, 1½ pages 8vo (photograph of Caird tipped onto the second page), 12 August 1898. Thanking Dickson for sending some sketches and asking if he can make use of some of them.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21459]
CALLAGHAN, (Leonard) James (1912-2005). Prime Minister 1976-1979.Photograph, 5 x 3½ inches, signed in blue ink on a white border, no date.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 0774]
CALTHORPE, August Cholmondeley Gough- (1829-1910). Agriculturist.
A.Ms.S., a ticket of admissions to the House of Lords. 1 p. 8vo (oblong), 11 July 1862.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3527]
CAMPBELL, The Rev. Reginald John (1867-1956). Divine & author.
Postcard-sized signed photograph of the beautifully-coiffed, pensive seated figure of the Reverend, undated.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3548]
CANNING, George (1770-1827). Prime Minister 1827.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (glue-stains on the reverse), Lisbon, 10 March 1826.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 21905]
CANNING, George (1770-1827). Prime Minister 1827.Autograph Note Signed ('GC') to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (glue-stains on the reverse), F[oreign] O[ffice], 16 December 1826.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 21906]
CAPEL, Thomas John (1836-1911). Roman Catholic prelate & controversialist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Walford, concerning the opening ot the Catholic University College in Kensington, 1½ pages 8vo, Kensington, 6 Apr 1875.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3560]
CARDWELL, Edward, Viscount (1813-1886). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to G. Barnett Smith, refusing his offer, as he, Lord Hardinge & Sir John Milton have the matter well in hand, 3 pages 8vo, Surrey, 15 Jan 1880.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3565]
CARNARVON, 4th Earl of
Autograph Letter Signed to John Murray, 1 page 8vo, 17 March 1867
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 3041]
CARNARVON, 4th Earl of
Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page 8vo, 9 August 1879
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3042]
CARPENTER, Lant (1780-1840). Unitarian divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Blair, urging him to have his sketch done by Mr Simpson, 1 p. 4to, Regents Street, 20 Feb 1835.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3585]
CARPENTER, the Revd Spencer Cecil (1877-1959). Dean of Exeter & chaplain to the King.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady, thanking her for her gift, 1 page 8vo, The Deanery, Exeter, 15 August 1942.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3584]
CASTLETOWN, Bernard Fitz-Patrick, Earl (1849-1937). Soldier & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to ?Maveling, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, Brooks's, 19 July no year. Inviting him to dine on 31 July, and asking him to reply to Doneraile Court, Doneraile, Ireland.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3600]
CATHCART, Alan Frederick, third Earl (1828-1905). President Royal Agricultural Society.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Simpson, declining to join his local agricultural society, 2 pages 8vo, [London], 27 April 1881.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3602]
CAVE, Sir Lewis (1832-1897). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Brown, promising to vote in his favour the following Monday, 1½ pages 8vo, Athenaeum Club, 21 March no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3453]
CAVE, Sir Lewis (1832-1897). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, reserving a place at a dinner, 1½ pages 8vo, Chislehurst, 23 Jun no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3608]
CAVE, Sir Stephen (1820-1880). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, promising to try to call on the 29th, but doubting his ability to do so as it is a 'Government night', 2 pages 8vo, Wilton Place, 19 May 1876.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3609]
CAVENDISH (and Foster), Elizabeth (1757-1824). duchess of Devonshire, society hostess and patron of the arts.Autograph Letter Signed in English to an unnamed correspondent ('dear Madam'), 1 page 8vo with second leaf (slight traces of mounting), D[evonshire] House, 'Saturday', no date. Announcing an imminent visit to Chiswick, after which she hope that they shall meet.
£225 / $360 / €279 [No: 24681]
CHAMBA, Raja of (1869-1919).
Autograph Letter Signed to Captain Boyd, welcoming him to Chamba & asking him to call, 1 page 8vo, Chamba, 19 Apr 1913.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3629]
CHANNELL, Sir William Fry (1804-1873). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. Henry Lindsay, declining a dinner invitation, 1½ pages 8vo, Croydon, 'Monday morning' no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3648]
CHARLEY, Sir William Thomas (1833-1904). Lawyer, politician & miscellaneous writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.L. Tow, thanking him for congratulations on his knighthood, 2 pages 8vo, Temple, 3 Apr 1880.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3654]
CHASE, Drummond Percy (1820-1902). Divine, writer & principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to G.S. Read, thanking him for his letter, 1 p. 16mo, St Mary Hall, 15 Jun 1852.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3658]
CHASE, Frederic Henry (1853-1925). Bishop of Ely.
Autograph Letter Signed ('F.H. Ely') to B. Osborne, discussing the temporal jurisdiction of the see of Ely, 3 pages 8vo, The Palace, Ely, 11 April 1923.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3659]
CHESTER, Joseph Lemuel (1821-1882). American-English genealogist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady, making arrangements to see her & to 'render you any assistance in my power', 1 p. 8vo, Bermondsey, 29 May 1870.
£88 / $140 / €109 [No: 3673]
CHICAGO Contemporary copy of an indenture, a 'Title to a lot of ground in Chicago ... from Wm L. May to S. Tams', 3 pages 4to (fold tears), 2 July 1838.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 3683]
CHITTY, Sir Joseph William (1828-1899). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, agreeing to act as steward at the dinner in honour of [Sir Henry] Irving, 1 p. 8vo (filing hole), 27 May 1883.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3689]
CHITTY, Thomas (1802-1878). Barrister & legal writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Smith, thanking him for the gift of 4½ brace of grouse, 4 pages 8vo, Lancaster Gate, 27 Aug 1874.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3690]
CHOATE, Joseph Hodges (1832-1917). American lawyer & diplomat; ambassador to Britain.
Autograph Letter Signed to Arthur Spurgeon, insisting that he has no recollection of agreeing to attend a dinner in his honour, 4 pages 8vo, York, 10 Oct 1899.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 3458]
CHURCH, Richard William (1815-1890). Dean of St Paul's.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 1 page 16mo, no place, 3 December 1881. Thanking him for a paper, and sending two tickets (no longer present).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1736]
CHURTON, Edward (1800-1874). Theologian & Spanish scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, explaining that he is seeking temporary help as Chapel prevents his helping himself, 1 p. 8vo, York, 11 Nov 1854.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3707]
CINCINNATI
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed from a recent settler in Cincinnati, with notes on the brewing trade, farm prices, working conditions, etc., 2 pages folio, 13 Jun 1830.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3708]
CLAPHAM, Samuel (1755-1830). Divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Delane, ordering various volumes, 1 p. 4to (oblong) with address-leaf, Christchurch, Hants, 3 Nov 1808.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3732]
CLARENDON, Edward Hyde Villiers, Earl of (1846-1915). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cox, sending a sovereign for the Schools Collection, which he had been unable to give at church as he had had an attack of gout, 1½ pages 8vo, 1887.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3738]
CLARKE, Sir Edward George (1841-1931). Lawyer, advocate & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.F. Molony, sending a maxim ('Take pains to do easy things well & you will find difficult things easy'), 1 p. 8vo, 10 Jan 1908.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3742]
CLARKE, Sir Edward George (1841-1931). Lawyer, advocate & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to R.H. Wyatt, declining an invitation on the grounds that he is to be a guest of the Merchant Taylors, 1 p. 8vo, House of Commons, 4 May 1881.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3756]
CLARKE, George Sydenham, Baron Sydenham (1848-1933). Administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hunt, thanking him for his support ('I am trying to pick up the threads of my life'), 1 p 8vo, on writing paper of the Governor of Bombay, 1909.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3759]
CLEASBY, Sir Antony (1804-1879). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Pollack, talking about a case ('I shall be very angry if they don't leave me time enough to sum up'), 2 pages 8vo, Queen Annes Gate, 24 Feb [1877].
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3769]
CLIFFORD, Sir Augustus William (1788-1877). Usher of the Black Rod.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr ?Park, sending a ticket to the House of Lords on the following Thursday, 1 p. 8vo, no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3771]
CLIVE, Edward, Baron, 1st Earl of Powys (1754-1839). Eldest son of Robert Clive. Governor of Madras, 1798-1803.Autograph Letter Signed ('Clive') to the Rev Charles Walcot, 2½ pages 8vo, (tear at left margin, not affecting the text, remains of former mount), Dorset St, February 24 no year. Regretting that he has only limited influence on Church preferments.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 2358]
CLIVE, Edward, Baron, 1st Earl of Powys (1754-1839). Governor of Madras.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Booth, discussing a subscription for a view of Geneva by T.D. Brown, 1 p 8vo (corners trimmed), no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3774]
COCHRANE, Charles (1807-1855). Eccentric & philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Meteyard, discussing the abolition of the Poor Laws, 4 pages 8vo, Leinster Terrace, 22 Mar no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3795]
COHEN, Arthur (1829-1914). Jurist.
Letter Signed, agreeing to attend a meeting if he is able to do so, 1 p. 8vo, Notting Hill, 3 Jan 1881.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3813]
COKE, Daniel Parker (1745-1825). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed, advising Sir Henry to exonerate himself from his debts immediately, 2 pages 4to, Seaford, 27 Dec 1798.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3816]
COLCHESTER, Charles Abbot, 1st Baron (1757-1829). Speaker of the House of Commons.
Autograph Letter Signed ('C.A.') to an unnamed Lord, arranging a meeting ('The meeting of Parliament being now fixed, all other engagements must be governed thereby'), 1813.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3819]
COLEMAN, Leighton (1837-1907). Bishop of Delaware.
Good Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Dixon-Smythe, about his work ('we have much to combat here ... in the way of over-zealous advocates of what they style Temperance Reform').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3822]
COLENSO, John William (1814-1883). Bishop of Natal.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, promising to obtain for him a book, 1 page 8vo, 21 Nov 1862.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 3467]
COLERIDGE, John Duke, Lord (1820-1894). Lord Chief Justice.
2 Autograph Letters Signed, to Monkswell, about visits, 4 pages 8vo, Court of Queen's Bench & Devon, 1880 & 1891, together with an autograph account of Lord Coleridge.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3470]
COLERIDGE, Stephen (1854-1936). Anti-vivisectionist & literary man.
Autograph Letter Signed & Typewritten Letter Signed to the Editor of The Cambridge Magazine, concerning his letters in the Times, 3 pages 8vo & 4to, March & April 1914.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3834]
COLONSAY, Duncan McNeill, Lord (1793-1874). Scottish judge.
Autograph ticket of admission to the House of Lords, signed and dated 9 Jul 1869, on a trimmed piece of House of Lords writing paper.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3861]
COLVILLE OF CULROSS, Charles, 1st Viscount (1818-1903). Chairman of the Great Northern Railway Company.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Chapman, declining an invitation, 3 pages 8vo, Culross Lodge, West Cowes, 29 Sep 1892.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3866]
COLVILLE, Sir William James (1827-1903). Colonel & Master of Ceremonies to Edward VII.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wilks, asking his advice on an application, 1 p. 8vo (another letter on the reverse), Clarence House, 7 Jan 1881.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3867]
COMPTON, Lord Alwyne Frederick (1825-1906). Bishop of Ely.
Autograph Letter Signed, explaining that he cannot attend a meeting in Brunswick, 1 p. 8vo, 145 Piccadilly, 2 Jul 1875.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3875]
CONSTANT, Benjamin (1845-1902). Portrait painter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Barthelemy., expressing interest in a mutual friend, 1 p. 8vo with address-leaf, 19 Apr no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3886]
CONWAY, Hugh Seymour
Letter Signed to unnamed correspondents ('Gentlemen'), ordering a flying jibb for HMS Latona, 1 page 4to, no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3034]
CONYBEARE, John (1692-1755). Bishop of Bristol.
Autograph statement signed, certifying that William Pinckney will recieve a chaplain's place in Christ Church, Oxford, should he be ordained, 1 p. 8vo, 1736.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3891]
CONYNGHAM, Henry, 1st Marquis (1766-1832).
Autograph Letter Signed to Mulgrave, cancelling a dinner engagement & sending a contribution, 2 pages 8vo, Dudley Manor, 'Wed' no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3892]
COOK, George (1772-1845). Divine & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.H. Robinson, making arrangements for him to meet a friend, 2 pages 8vo, Hackney, 21 Jun 1823.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3897]
COOPER, Sir Grey (d. 1801). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William Scott, sending effusive congratulations to Scott's brother on his elevation to the peerage, 2 pages 4to, Windsor Castle, 24 Jul 1799.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3904]
COPPOCK, James (1798-1857). Electioneering agent.
Interesting Autograph Letter Signed to J.A. Roebuck, concerning the pairing of candidates for Bath, 3 pages 8vo, marked 'Private' at the head, Cleveland Row, 21 May 1841.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3912]
CORK & ORERRY, R. Boyle, 9th Earl of (1829-1904). Politician & sportsman.
Autograph Letter Signed, about an appointment for his correspondent's son, 2 pages 8vo (filing holes & recipient's date stamp), 28 May [1894].
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3913]
COSTLEY-WHITE, The Very Rev Harold (1878-1966). Headmaster (Bradley & Westminster) & chaplain to the King.
5 Typewritten Letters Signed, 2 Autograph Letters Signed & correspondence card to N.P. MacDonald, concerning his contribution to a symposium on patriotism, 10 pages 8vo & card, 1934-1935.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3922]
COSWAY, Maria Louisa (1760-1838). History painter and educationist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (a little age-toned, lacking address-leaf), no place, no date. Appealing to her correspondent on behalf of a distressed author.
£450 / $720 / €558 [No: 24754]
COUTTS, Thomas (1735-1822). Banker.Receipt signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong, 95 x 208 mm. / 3½ x 8 inches), 14 October 1806. A receipt for £1500 from the exchequer for the Duke of Cambridge, witnessed by A. Dickie, who appears to have written the text.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 24720]
COWPER, William Mount-Temple, Baron (1811-1888). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Cowper') to an unnamed correspondent, explaining that there is no immediate plan to restore the cartoons of Raphael, 2 pages 8vo, Office of Works, 22 Aug 1865.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3941]
COX, William Sands (1802-1875). Founder of Queen's College, Birmingham.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, explaining that he has forwarded by the same post a copy of the rules & regulations of Queen's College, 2 pages 16mo, Birmingham, 18 Nov 1855.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3944]
COXE, Henry Octavius (1811-1881). Scholar & Bodley's Librarian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Chapman, recommending Hallewell as Secretary for the Radcliffe ('honest, persistent, clever & very obliging nice manner'), 1 p. 8vo, Bodley, 1872.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3946]
COXE, Henry Octavius (1811-1881). Scholar & Bodley's Librarian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, apologising for the delay, due to the closure of the Library, 1 p. 16mo, Bodleian Library, 10 Oct 1870.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3945]
CRAIK, Sir Henry (1846-1927). Scottish civil servant, politician & man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Balfour] Brown, promising to help ('But I cannot conceive that there is the faintest chance of any but a most successful result), 1 p. 8vo, 1892.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3481]
CRANBROOK, G. Gathorne-Hardy, Earl of (1814-1906). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Chapman, promising to act on his strong recommendation of Mr Farmer, 1½ pages 8vo, Privy Council Office, 6 May 1892.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3953]
CRANWORTH, Robert Monsey, Lord (1790-1866). Lord Chancellor.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. G. Hadow, offering to show him & his ladies round the House of Lords, 1 p. 8vo, Upper Brook Street, 10 May 1862.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3955]
CRAVEN, Elizabeth (1750-1828). Margravine of Brandenburg etc., travel writer and hostess.Autograph Letter Signed ('Elizabeth M. Brandenbourg A[nsbach] B[ayreuth]') to an unspecified peer, 2 pages 4to (hinged with old tape to a mount), 4 August 1795. Telling him that the Comte de Seignelay had been robbed by his own servant, decrying the state of French servant immigrants, and asking him to draw the king's attention to the plight of the duke of Fitz James's family.
£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 24707]
CREWE-MILNES, Robert, Marquis of (1858-1945). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Beatson, a letter of condolence on the death of her husband who had served with Crewe during the King's Indian visit, 2 pages 8vo, 1914.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3483]
CRIPPS, Charles Alfred, Baron Parmoor (1852-1941). Lawyer & politician.Autograph Letter (third person), also signed ('Parmoor'), to an unnamed correspondent, Parmoor, Henley-on-Thames, 25 December 1917. Declaring that he 'could not send such a message as the New York Times might approve' and supporting the development of a league of nations.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24396]
CROLY, George (1780-1860). Irish divine & author.
Autograph Letter Signed, arranging an appointment ('I have finished the matter in question'), 1 p. 8vo, 21 Mar 1837.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 3978]
CROMBIE, Alexander (1762-1840). Philologist & schoolmaster.
Printed proxy vote for the 'Election for Deaf & Dumb Children into the Asylum', 1 p. 8vo (oblong, trimmed), signed & dated 3 Jul 1811.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3979]
CROMWELL, Thomas Kitson (1792-1870). Dissenting minister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Wilkinson, arranging a meeting, 2 pages 8vo, Canterbury, 30 Sep 1865.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3980]
CROSSLEY, John (1812-1879). Philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev. H. F. Holmes, remitting a cheque for his cause, 1 p. 8vo, Halifax, 27 Nov 1868.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3987]
CUNNINGHAM, Sir Henry Stewart (1831-1920). Judge & novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, asking what he owes for some lantern-slides which 'have been much admired', 1 p. 8vo, Egerton Gardens, 5 Mar 1898.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4019]
CUNNINGHAM, William (1849-1919). Pioneer economic historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Creed, inviting him to his rooms for a talk, 1½ pages 8vo, Trinity College, Cambridge, 19 Jan 1912.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4023]
CURRIE, Philip Henry Wodehouse, Baron (1834-1906). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Tenterden, refusing an invitation on the grounds that he has engaged to go to a French play, 1½ pages 8vo, Foreign Office, 20 Jun no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4025]
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr Phillips in St Paul's Churchyard concerning copies of letters, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Gloucester, 2 March 1803.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4229]
DARMESTETER, Jasper (1849-1894). French orientalist.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to Miss Lee on behalf of his wife who is ill, requesting her to visit, 1½ pages 8vo, 18 boulevard de Latour-Maubourg, Paris, 15 April no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4064]
DARNELL, William Nicholas (1776-1865). Theological writer and antiquarian.
Autograph Letter Signed complaining that his newspapers were not being forwarded, 2 pages 16mo (explanatory note on the reverse), Stanhope Rectory, 14 January 1845.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4200]
DART, Joseph Henry (1817-1887). Conveyancer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir J[ohn] Kirkland, concerning treasury bills from Lisbon, 2 pages 8vo, 5 Church Court, 27 December 1850.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4201]
DAVIDSON, Samuel (1806-1898). Theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev John Stroyan referring him to Miss Creighton for information about 'Mr O H's early history', 2 pages 12mo, 1 September 1855.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4210]
DAVIES, John (1679-1732). Master of Queen's College, Cambridge.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent sending letters enclosed (no longer) and apologising for the delay, 1 page 8vo (oblong, some wear), 11 October 1719.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 4217]
DAWSON, George (1821-1876). Preacher, lecturer and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed promising to give his attention to a paper ('I have given the other copy to Mr Ball'), 1 page 8vo, Birmingham 8 March no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4228]
DAY, Sir John Charles (1826-1908). Lawyer.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.H. Balfour Browne regretting that pressure of work prevents him from attending the Athenaeum Club, 3 pages 8vo, Leicester, 18 February 1893.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4115]
DE GEX, Sir John Peter (1809-1897). Law reporter.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hastings, 2 pages 8vo, Lincoln's Inn, 'Friday', no date Commenting on Meyerbeer's music.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4233]
DE LESSEPS, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte (1805-1894). Promoter of the Suez Canal.Autograph Letter Signed to [Patrick James?] Smyth, in French, 2 pages 8vo (on writing paper of the Shelbourne Hotel), Dublin, 18 August 1871. Regretting that he had been unable to meet Smyth in London, and his inability to do so on leaving 'your Ireland' to return home to Paris.
£285 / $456 / €353 [No: 21272]
DENISON, Edward (1840-1870). Philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Young concerning the recent death of his father [Bishop of Salisbury], 2 pages 8vo on black-edged paper (soiled), Salisbury, 17 March [1854].
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4240]
DENISON, John Evelyn (1800-1873). Speaker of the House of Commons.
Autograph Letter Signed ('The Great Swell of the Museum'), to Lady Mary Stanhope, giving personal news, 3 pages 8vo, Westminster, 4 February no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4239]
DERBY, Edward H. Stanley, 15th Earl of (1826-1893). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.G. Lewis, 2 pages 8vo, Knowsley, 3 October 1871. Pronouncing on the authenticity of signatures 'of the Queen and of the late Lord Derby'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1023]
DEVONSHIRE, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of (1808-1891). Benefactor of Universities of London and Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Maberley thanking her for her book and hoping she and Colonel Maberley will visit, 1 p. 8vo on embossed paper of the Duke of Devonshire, 13 Apr no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4129]
DEVONSHIRE, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of (1808-1891). Benefactor of Universities of London and Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Lady William' inviting her to come to stay at Chatsworth in January and hoping to go shooting with Lord William, 1 p. 8vo, 14 December no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4128]
DEVONSHIRE, S.C. Cavendish, 8th Duke of (1833-1908). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Hugh Culling Eardley] Childers, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, Chatsworth, 31 December 1891. Written ten days after succeeding the dukedom, expressing regret that Childers would be leaving the House of Commons (he retired at the general election of 1892).
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 4130]
DIBBS, Sir George (1834-1904). Premier of New South Wales.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Dorothy Neville, regretting that work prevents him from visiting London & discoursing at length on the political scene, Sydney, 15th June 1893.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1068]
DICEY, Albert Venn (1834-1922). Jurist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Murray, expressing relief that the chimney just erected is not near his garden, 3 pages 8vo, Oxford, 5 December 1889.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1070]
DIGGLE, Joseph Robert (1849-1917). Educationalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Heywood, declining an invitation, 2 pages 8vo, no place, 24 June 1893.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1071]
DILKE, Ashton Wentworth (1850-1883). Traveller and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, saying he has nothing suitable for the proposed exhibition, 2 pages 8vo, House of Commons Library, 2 August 1881.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1072]
DILKE, Sir Charles Wentworth (1810-1869). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent thanking him for an address and referring to forming a committee for the Society of Arts, 2½ pages 8vo, 21 March 1850.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4121]
DILKE, Sir Charles Wentworth (1810-1869). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My Dear Sir') enquiring about finding good lodgings in Cambridge and specifying his requirements for same, 3 pages 8vo, 9 June 1845.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 4122]
DISRAELI, Benjamin, earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881). Prime minister and novelist.Fine early Autograph Letter Signed ('D') to the Rev W.J. Fox, 1 page oblong folio (with postscript to the side and address on the reverse), 35 Duke Street, St James's, 16 April 1833. The address, to Fox in Upper Clapton, is signed with the initials 'BD' in the lower left hand corner and bears a black wax seal and postal cancellation (partly obscured by some trace of old mounting and the original seal-tear).
£1150 / $1840 / €1426 [No: 24724]
DISRAELI, Coningsby Ralph (1867-1936). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Editor of 'The Albemarle Review', declining to write an article as the recent election has left him exhausted, 1 p 8vo, Altrincham, 26 July 1892.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1083]
DIXON, George (1820-1898). Educationalist.
Letter Signed to I.H.R. Bazley, thanking him for a copy of his work and sending payment for same, 2 pages 8vo (facing pages), Birmingham, 21 August 1871.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1093]
DIXON, William Hepworth (1821-1879). Historian and editor of the 'Athenaeum'.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Thompson, asking for access to any William Penn papers in the latter's possession for his work on Penn, 1 page 8vo, London, 12 August 1850.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1094]
DOCKER, Frank Dudley (1862-1944). Director of the Midland Bank.
Autograph Letter Signed arranging a meeting, 1 page 8vo on engraved paper of Midland Bank Limited, London, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4134]
DODS, Marcus (1834-1909). Presbyterian divine.
Autograph Note Signed to an unnamed correspondent, complaining that his bedridden condition precludes him from taking on more responsibilities, ½-page 8vo, no place, no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1161]
DÖLLINGER, Johann Joseph von (1799-1890). German theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bellasis, regretting that he cannot see him, as he must return to Munich and his official duties, 2½ pages 8vo, London 10 June 1857.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1086]
DOVER, George J.W. Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron (1797-1833). Historian.
Autograph Letter (third person) to the City Remembrancer, regretting that illness will prevent him attending the Reform celebrations, 1½ pages 8vo, Dover House, 3 July 1832.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1089]
DOW, Neal (1804-1897). American social reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent arranging to travel to South Shields the following day, 1 page 8vo, Station Hotel, Newcastle, 'Wednesday p.m.' no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4165]
DOW, Neal (1804-1897). American social reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Tyndall thanking her for a sprig of ivy, and reminiscing about old times and acquaintances, 3 pages 8vo, Beaumaris, Anglesea, 18 July 1857.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1113]
DOWSE, Richard (1824-1890). Irish judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Coleridge', describing the Christmas stay of a foreign visitor and offering congratulations on his promotion, 3 pages 8vo, Dublin, 28 Dec no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1189]
DREW, Mary (1847-1927). Daughter and secretary of William Ewart Gladstone.
Autograph Letter Signed on black-edged paper to Herr Bauer Miller, asking if he can have three 'front place' tickets sent her for his concert, 1½ pages 8vo, Hawarden Castle, 24 November no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1507]
DRYDEN, Sir Henry Edward Leigh (1818-1899). Landowner.
Autograph Letter Signed to Alderson, notifying him of the committee's changed meeting date, and discussing antiquities in the area, 4 pages 8vo, C[anons] A[shby], 22 Nov no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1169]
DU BOIS, Edward (1774-1850). Satirist and barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rees, asking for the return of his 'Wits', 1 page 8vo with address-leaf, [Inner] Temple, 'Friday' [postmark 21 April 1815].
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1170]
DU BOIS, Edward (1774-1850). Satirist and barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Wright, asking for his help in obtaining Finders' 'Gallery of Graces', 1½ pages 8vo, no place, 'Saturday', no date.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1171]
DUDLEY, John William Ward, 1st Earl of (1781-1832). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), discussing properties in Scotland, and asking if any votes are attached to the estate at Loughton, 3 pages 8vo, Bowood, 30 December 1825.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1261]
DUDLEY, William Humble Ward, Second Earl of (1867-1932). Administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Nelson, hoping that her benefit, under his patronage, will succeed, but stressing that he cannot be present, 4 pages 8vo, Himley Hall, 25 November 1878.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1262]
DUFF, Sir Mountstuart (1829-1906). Poet and Governor of Madras.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to Lady Monkswell accepting an invitation to dine but excusing Julia and Clara and sending a ticket for a lecture, 3 pages 8vo, 1890 and 1895.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4139]
DUNCAN-HALDANE, Adam, Earl of Camperdown (1812-1867). Politician.
2 good political Autograph Letters Signed to [John] Roebuck, discussing the wranglings surrounding the seat for Bath, 8 pages 8vo, London and Bath, 4 and 17 June 1841.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1193]
DUNCAN, Francis (1836-1888). Soldier and politician.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Townley, soothing her anxieties, 1 page 8vo, Woolwich, 13 June 1888.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1123]
DUNCAN, Jonathan (1756-1811). Governor of Bombay.Good Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Grant sending news from India, 2 pages 4to, Bombay, 30 November 1805 (received 3 May 1806).
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 4166]
DUNDAS, Sir David (1799-1877). Statesman.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr Willis, 1 page 4to with address-leaf & seal, Comrie, Crieff, 18 Aug 1839. Asking him to make a dress black coat and send it by the mail as he has nothing fit to wear.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1845]
DURAND, Sir Henry Mortimer (1850-1924). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Judd' inviting him to dine now that he has been relieved of his post as Concierge of the Belgian Refugee Hostel, 1 p. 8vo, 12 October 1944.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4144]
DYCE, Alexander (1798-1869). Man of letters.
Autograph Letter Signed to W.D. Cooper, thanking him for the gift of a book, ½-page 8vo, Gray's Inn Square, 'Friday', July 1844.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1154]
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir David Dundas, referring to engravings and a pamphlet, 1 page 8vo, on paper of 'Evangelical Alliance', London, 2 April 1856.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3296]
EARLE, Sir Lionel (1866-1948). Civil servant.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Cobb, imploring him to choose someone else to speak at an assembly, 2 pages 8vo, Sloane Gardens, London 22 November no year.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3299]
EASTHOPE, Sir John (1784-1865). Politician and journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Henry F. Richardson on black edged paper, declining an invitation to be a steward at a public event, 2 pages 8vo, 19 Grafton Street, 7 March 1843. Together with an Autograph Letter Signed from Elizabeth Easthope to Mr C. Pennell.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3446]
EBBLEWHITE, Ernest Arthur (1867-1947). Barrister.
Typewritten Letter Signed to S. Graveson, advising him to communicate with the Sunday Times, 1 page 4vo, 5 Essex Court, Temple, 8 November 1937.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3456]
EDEN, Charles Page (1807-1885). Divine and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev S.H. ?Fearn, regarding the Harewood Choral meeting, 2 pages 16mo, (remains of former mount), Aberford, 26 April 1864.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0154]
EDEN, Robert (1804-1886). Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness.
Affectionate Autograph Letter Signed ('Godfather') to 'Anna', inviting her for a visit, 4 pages 8vo, Bruton Street, 27 May no year [watermark 1863].
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0221]
EDGE, Helga Daughter of Sir John Edge (1841-1926).
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Maggie', 2 pages 4to, (split along central fold), Nayland, 17 January 1929. Apologising for failing to return a book, and giving family news.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0293]
EDWARDES, Sir Herbert Benjamin (1819-1868). Statesman and soldier.
Autograph Letter Signed to Campbell Dun, 3¼ pages 8vo, (remains of former mount), Southgate House, 8 May 1866. Thanking him for a portrait of the 'great Duke' [Wellington], and inviting him to visit.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0555]
EFFINGHAM, Kenneth, 11th Baron of (1767-1845).
Autograph Letter Signed to the publishers Saunders and Ottley, 3½ pages 8vo (3 marginal holes), The Grange, 8 January 1842. Alluding to inaccuracies in his entry in Lodge's Peerage and informing them of his youngest daughter's marriage.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1316]
EGERTON, Wilbraham (1781-1856). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, St James's Square, 21 May no year. Regretting that he cannot attend the anniversary dinner of the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Sick Children.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1608]
ELLIOTT, Sir Charles Alfred (1835-1911). Governor of Bengal.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Madam'), 1 page 8vo, Wressil Lodge, Wimbledon Common, 27 July no year. Regretting he cannot attend the Church Conference in Dublin or the meeting of her Society.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1406]
ELOUT, Conrad Theodore (1767-1841). Dutch commissioner-general.Document Signed to Heer Lantsheer, 2 pages folio, 'sGravenhage, 25 September 1827. Detailing various matters relating to the navy and colonies, with mention of the West Indies.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 1683]
EMERY, William (1825-1910). Divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Bramston, 4 pages 8vo, (remains of former mount), The College, Ely, 23 April 1887. Explaining that he does not yet know when he can come to a meeting about her school, and expressing doubts over his ability to help her.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1713]
ENFIELD, Edward (1811-1880). Philanthropist.
4 Autograph Letters Signed, three to the Rev John Simpson Evans, one to an unnamed correspondent, 6 pages 8vo with 2 envelopes, Berkeley Square, January 1861 to November 1868. Arranging to receive a deputation, and to present a motion for a Royal Commission on compensation for loss of burial fees; soliciting votes as Liberal candidate for Middlesex.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1723]
ERNLE, Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron (1851-1937). Agriculturalist.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Ernle') to Lord Hindlip, 1 page 8vo, Whitehall Palace, S.W.1, 16 July 1919. Thanking him for some cheese and gooseberries, and informing him that the 'hay control question' will shortly come before the Cabinet.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1727]
ERSKINE, William (1773-1852). Scottish historian and orientalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 1 page 16mo on black-edged paper, St Bernard's Crescent, 25 January no year [watermark 1842]. Inviting him to dinner and asking for the etymology of a word.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1749]
ESHER, Oliver Brett, third Viscount (1881-1963). Government official.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Drinkwater, 1 page 8vo, Hill Street, Mayfair, 22 June 1937. Declining an invitation but enclosing a 'contribution for Penelope Ann'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1759]
ESTCOURT, Thomas Henry (1801-1876). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord ?Henry, 3 pages 8vo, Eaton Place, 1 July no year. Explaining he would have met him at the House that day, 'if I were not unfortunately confined to my room by a Bleeding of the Nose, which renders me both shocking to the eye, and weak in body'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1764]
EVELYN, John Harcourt Chichester (1876-1922). Descendant of the diarist Evelyn.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 3 pages 8vo, Wotton House, Dorking, Surrey, 27 May 1910. Arranging for his 'excellent idea' to be carried out.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1803]
EVELYN, William John (1822-1908). Politician.
2 Autograph Letters Signed to the Rev Edward White, 6 pages 8vo, one on black-edged paper, Wotton House, Dorking, Surrey, 18 April 1885 and 19 September 1887. Thanking him for information about two brochures, discussing the 'Mitchelstown affair' and regretting that Lord Salisbury has not done better over the Irish problem.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1804]
EWART, William (1798-1869). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Stokes, 1 page 8vo, Cambridge Square, 7 February no year. Thanking him for sending his Pictorial Alphabet.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1813]
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Thorneycroft, 2 pages 8vo (facing pages), 18 Arlington Street, 13 January 1929. Sending money for her Bazaar and mentioning that Mr Davidson might arrange a grant for her.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1899]
FARQUHARSON, Robert (1836-1918). Physician and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Pryor, 1 page 4to, (slight staining and offsetting of the ink), Durham Place, Chelsea, 15 May no year. Delightfully thanking her for her letter and lamenting that he will not be able to see her in London.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1921]
FARRER, Thomas Henry, 1st Baron (1819-1899). Civil servant.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir E.J. Reed, 1 page 8vo, Bryanston Square, 26 August 1883. Thanking him for his note.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1929]
FEA, Allan (1860-1956). Historian and antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bramley, 2 pages 8vo, Whitstable, Kent, 10 November 1937. Lamenting the neglect into which Old Ragdale Hall has fallen, and hoping that a letter he has written to 'The Times' will do some good.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1953]
FELLOWES, Robert (1771-1847). Philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, (slightly crumpled), Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, 24 November no year. Asking for various articles to be sent to him.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1960]
FELLOWES, Robert (1771-1847). Philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to H.B. Ray, 1½ pages 4to with integral address-leaf, (seal-tear not affecting the text), 31 Dorset Square, 12 January 1834. Suggesting two doctors he should consult about his sister's illness, and advising him to do so quickly.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1959]
FERGUSON, Sir Adam (1771-1855). Keeper of the Regalia in Scotland.
Letter Signed to Charles, 2 pages 8vo, Albany Street, 6 November 1810. Informing him that the club will meet for dinner tomorrow, and hoping that he will be there.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1964]
FIELD, Frederick (1801-1885). Divine and biblical scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Willett L. Adye, 2 pages 8vo, (remains of former mount), Carlton Terrace, Heigham, Norwich, 20 January 1866. Thanking him for his lecture on the text of the Greek Testament, and enclosing a copy of his 'Otium Norvicense' (no longer present).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1988]
FIELD, Sir William Ventris, Baron (1813-1907). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Brown, 1½ pages 8vo, no place, 'Saturday', no date. Explaining that he will not be able to reach the club in time, and giving his view on a case.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1993]
FINDLAY, John Ritchie (1824-1898). Newspaper proprietor and philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Fergusson, 1 page 8vo, Aberlour, Banffshire, 11 July 1888. Giving his view that 'an excellent President's action is just what is expected of the sensible and responsible head of an intelligent and reasonable Council'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2013]
FINLAY, Robert Bannatyne, Viscount (1842-1929). Lord Chancellor.
Autograph Letter Signed to George C. Barnpas, 2 pages 8vo with autograph envelope signed, Bradbury Private Hotel, North Berwick, 22 October 1904. Informing him that he would forward his son's application for the Secretaryship if the opportunity arose.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2016]
FINLAY, Robert Bannatyne, Viscount (1842-1929). Lord Chancellor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Mary, 2½ pages 8vo, (small tear on centre fold not affecting the text), Palace Hotel, Schéveningue, 14 June 1923. Accepting a dinner invitation, and discussing the weather in The Hague.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2017]
FITCH, Sir Joshua Girling (1824-1903). Inspector of schools and educational writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to E.M. Field, 1 page 8vo, [Education Department, Whitehall], 23 December 1891. Requesting that a certain book be put into a library.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2065]
FITCH, Sir Joshua Girling (1824-1903). Inspector of schools and educational writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr J.S. Thornton, 3 pages 8vo, Leinster Square, 27 March 1901. Discussing private and state schools, their funding, and the liberty of teachers in choosing methods of teaching.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2064]
FITZGERALD, William (1814-1883). Bishop of Killaloe.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.S. Hoare, 2 pages 8vo, Dublin, 21 February 1852. s €† € Thanking him for a book for his children, enclosing a copy of a sermon (no longer present), and sending greetings to his wife.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2074]
FITZGERALD, William (1814-1883). Bishop of Killaloe.
Autograph Letter Signed to Richard Gibbings, 2 pages 8vo, (torn at upper left corner, not affecting the text), Killaloe, 12 February 1867. Thanking him for his lecture on Eusebius, and discussing the Anglicising of Latin names. With greeting: 'Viro celeberrimo et doctissimo Ricardo Gibbingii'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2075]
FITZMAURICE, Edmond George, Lord (1846-1935). Statesman, historian and administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Fawcett, 1 page 8vo, St James's, 9 February no year. Accepting an invitation.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2081]
FITZWILLIAM, William Thomas Spencer (1815-1902). 6th Earl.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, traces of mounting on the reverse, Wentworth [Woodhouse], 10 September 1841. Suggesting that the Montrose petition should be entrusted to some other peer as he will not be at home for some months.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2100]
FITZWILLIAM, (William) Charles Wentworth (1848-1925). Son of 6th Earl Fitzwilliam.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Sturgeon, 2 pages 8vo, Peterborough, 6 December 1874. Enclosing a letter of introduction to the general manager of the London and Yorkshire Bank (no longer present). Also expressing regret for an accident at sea and suggesting a scheme for saving life in the case of shipwrecks.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2390]
FLEETWOOD-WILSON, Sir Guy Douglas Arthur (1850-1940). Civil servant.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Smith, 2½ pages 8vo, (enclosed letter attached with metal pin), the War Office, 16 September 1885. Asking him to read the enclosed note from Mr Nepean, a cloth contractor proposing to stand at the next General Election.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2992]
FLETCHER, Alexander (1787-1860). Scottish Presbyterian divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bulton, 1 page 4to with integral address-leaf, (remains of former mount), Homenton, 27 October 1815. Thanking him for his support and appreciation of Fletcher's sermons.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2049]
FLETCHER, Alexander (1787-1860). Scottish Presbyterian divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Cochrane and Mr Crone, 1 page 4to with integral address-leaf, (seal-tear not affecting the text), Finsbury Circus, 10 February 1834. Informing them that Mr Hamilton consents to have his name on the title page of 'the Work', and that he will circulate it to all his acquaintance, and asking whether the publication can be divided between two publishers.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2050]
FLEURIAU, Aimé Joseph de (1870-1938). French ambassador.
Christmas card with handwritten note and signature to Lord Wakefield, French Embassy, London, 1930. Thanking him for his Christmas gift of a book and sending best wishes to him and Lady Wakefield.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0011]
FOLLETT, Sir William Webb (1798-1845). Attorney-general.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir M[artin] A[rcher] Shee, 1 page 8vo, Park Street, 15 April 1842. Asking him to give a vote for his brother at the ballot at the Athenaeum the following Monday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0009] Longer description
FOLLETT, Sir William Webb (1798-1845). Attorney-general.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Francis [Palgrave], 1½ pages 8vo, Duke Street, 19 October 1836 (endorsed by recipient). Including 3 letters from Lady Follett to Lady Palgrave. Thanking him for his congratulations and expressing regret that they did not meet during their stay on the Continent.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 0007]
FORBES, Archibald (1838-1900). War correspondent.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unidentified editor, 1 page 8vo on grey writing paper (a little foxed), 1 Clarence Terrace, 19 January 1893. Sending an obituary notice of the late President Hayes (no longer included).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2357]
FORREST, Sir George William (1845-1926). Historian of India.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Walter', 3 pages 8vo, Bombay, 8 December 1887. Telling him that the latest two volumes of his writings are being sent to England, hoping that he will read the introduction, and mentioning how much he misses his wife and children who are in Germany.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1998]
FORSHALL, Josiah (1795-1863). Librarian and Biblical critic.
2 Autograph Letters (third person) to Mr Rigge, 2 pages 4to, British Museum, 30 March 1829 and 12 May 1829. Returning a will (no longer present), and arranging a time to deliver the deeds relating to the property of the late Mr Clare.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2054]
FORSTER, William Edward (1818-1886). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss [?Mary] Carpenter, 2 pages 8vo, Eccleston Square, 11 June 1876. Supporting her objection to a proposal that day scholars be sent to a Boarding Industrial School, and expressing hope that an MP will take up her scheme.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0083]
FORSTER, William Edward (1818-1886). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Tom' [?Thomas Arnold, his brother-in-law], 3½ pages 8vo, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Leeds, 18 January 1867. Informing him of the procedure of certain legal matters relating to property, mentioning the weather and adding a postscript giving details of the international mail.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0073]
FOSBROKE, Thomas Dudley (1770-1842). Antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Horsley, 20 November 1804. Urging his correspondent to start immediately with the work and arrangements which will 'now proceed without interruption'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 20186]
FOWLER, Thomas (1832-1904). President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Letter Signed (as Vice-Chancellor, 'T. Fowler VC') to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Corpus Christi, 4 June 1900. Recommending him to the War Office for a commission in the Infantry.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0431]
FOX, William Johnson (1786-1864). Preacher, politician and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to (?)H[enry] Slack, 2 pages 16mo, no place, 1 March 1855. Regretting that he did not see him the previous Saturday and asking him to peruse the accompanying pamphlet (no longer present) as he hopes it will do good in Lancashire and elsewhere.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0462]
FRANCIS, John Collins (1838-1916). Proprietor of The Athenaeum.
Autograph Letter Signed to Aleck Abrahams, 1½ pages 8vo, Streatham Hill, 17 February 1914. Thanking him for the offer to lend him a letter by John Conell who was a member of an association formed by his father (John Francis, 1811-1882, publisher of the 'Athenaeum').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0507]
FRANCKLIN, William (1763-1839). Orientalist.
Partially Printed Receipt signed in ink to Mr Wildman, 1 page 8vo, (neatly mounted), London, 25 January 1790. Acknowledging his subscription for a copy of 'The History of the Reign of Shah Aulum' and promising to have it delivered as soon as it is published.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0537]
FRASER, James (1818-1885). Bishop of Manchester.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Manchester, 28 June 1875. Thanking him for his note, mentioning that his attack of lumbago has improved since Friday, and explaining that he probably caused it by lying on his lawn.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0599]
FRASER, Sir William Augustus (1826-1819). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Ellerton, 3 pages 8vo, no place, 22 July 1869. Requesting an introduction to meet Longfellow on discovering that he is in London.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0310]
FREELAND, Henry William (1819-1891). Photographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 2½ pages 8vo, Chichester, 9 November 1877. Arranging to send some books, and speculating about the formal application form for them which he believes may have been mislaid.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0349]
FREEMAN, Edward Augustus (1823-1892). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Somerleaze, Wells, Somerset, 3 February 1880. Refusing the honour of being a Vice-President of an Eisteddfod to be held at Caernarvon ('I should be quite out of my place').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21349]
FREEMAN, Edward Augustus (1823-1892). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to (?the historian Henry Maxwell) Lyte, 1½ pages 8vo. 16 St Giles, Oxford, 12 February 1888. Thanking him for thinking of Stevenson in connection with employment ('I should think that Gloucester work ought to suit him'), and regretting that a meeting is unlikely.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21350]
FREEMAN, Edward Augustus (1823-1892). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Somerleaze, Wells, 3 September 1862. Acknowledging that 'the proud parson of Snettisham' is considered by his neighbours to be a mild man, but denying any knowledge of what the East Anglian standard of mildness might be.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21356]
FREMANTLE, Sir Charles William (1834-1914). Deputy Master of the Mint.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Kaye, 1½ pages 8vo, no place, 15 February 1893. Arranging a date for Mr Kaye to come and visit the Royal Mint.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0654]
FREMANTLE, Thomas Francis (1798-1890). First Baron Cottesloe. Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Robertson, 1 page 8vo, Swanbourne, 1 August 1832. Clarifying details of a legal matter relating to his father's will.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21259]
FRITH, Walter (d. 1941). Barrister, author and critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Pitt, 1 page 8vo, Spring Gardens, Wednesday, no date. Thanking her for an invitation, regretting that he will be unable to attend and mentioning the bad weather.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0075]
FROUDE, James Anthony (1818-1894). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 4 pages 8vo (laid down), Kingsbridge, 11 July, no year. A detailed letter thanking him for his paper and offering some insights into writing essays and the research necessary. 'You show that you can write well, but that is only half the battle. You need something to write about.'
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 0782]
FRY, Sir Edward (1827-1918). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to W.R. Gowers, 3 pages 8vo, Failand House, 6 August 1895. Thanking him for his note, mentioning that his friend Sir James Paget had looked at the volume, and discussing the mechanical difficulties of writing.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 0790]
FRY, Sir Edward (1827-1918). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Frederick Burrows, 1½ pages 8vo, Villa Victoria, 20 March 1894. Inviting him and Lady Burrows to visit in Ostia, explaining that they are about to move to the Hotel Roma, Corso, and that they will be leaving Rome on the following Monday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0808]
FRY, Sara Margery (1874-1958). Reformer.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed ('S.M.F.') on a correspondence card to Dr Pailthorpe, 1 page 8vo, Clarendon Road, postmark 2 November 1932. Apologising for the delay, and inviting him to lunch on Saturday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0812]
FRY, Sir Theodore (1836-1912). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 1½ pages 8vo, Ganloch, 8 September 1889. Thanking him for his invitation to attend a Bible Society meeting which he has to decline as he has too many other engagements.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0824]
FRY, Thomas Charles (1846-1930). Dean of Lincoln.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, The Deanery, Lincoln, 14 April no year. Advising him to write to Canon Wordsworth of St Nicholas Hospital as the best authority.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0832]
FURNISS, Thomas Mayor of London.
Letter Signed to the Rev Fitzherbert Bugby, 2 pages 4to, Mansion House, 1857. Thanking him for correcting the false impression people were under regarding the 'Fund for the Relief of the Sufferers by the Mutiny in India'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0868]
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Jessopp, 2 pages 8vo, Pinner, Middlesex, 9 June 1904. Thanking him for his note, referring to an essay he has undertaken and asking him to look up a passage from Naunton for him.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2296]
GALLOWAY, Sir Archibald (1780?-1850). Major-general and chairman of the East India Company.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Sir'), 3 pages 8vo, Devonshire Place, 25 November 1835. Making arrangements to leave him a copy of his letter to Lord Combermere which refers to a claim he is making.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2303]
GALWAY, George, 7th Viscount (1844-1931).
Autograph Letter Signed to (?)Dr Monckton, 2 pages 8vo (hole punch in centre slightly affecting one word), Wensley, Yorkshire, 1 September 1886. Hoping that the errors made on some printed sheets can be corrected.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2305]
GARNETT, William (1850-1932). Secretary to the Technical Education Board, London.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.S. Thornton, 1 page 8vo, Technical Education Board, 11 November 1896. Giving Thornton permission to print an extract referring to the Education problem but expressing doubts that there can be any benefit from printing a certain quotation.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2337]
GASKELL, Lady Constance Milnes (1885-1964). Lady-in-waiting to Queen Mary.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Madam'), 2 pages 8vo, Marlborough House, 12 October 1938. Informing her on behalf of the Queen that she cannot buy a landscape due to the numerous requests of a similar nature and apologising that she is unable to help her in her present difficulties.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2350]
GASKIN, George (1751-1829). Divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev (?)Arnold Goddard, 1½ pages 8vo (laid down), 2 January 1821. Informing him that he has signed the blank testimonial sent to him, but that only one other clergyman has done the same as they have not yet had any visitors, and correcting an error in the paper.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2355]
GATHORNE-HARDY, Gathorne (1814-1906). 1st Earl of Cranbrook. Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Curry, 2 pages 8vo, on Home Department letterhead, 12 September 1868. Informing him that he is about to depart for Scotland, that office affairs are currently very quiet, and as communication is so fast there should be no problems in his absence.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2370]
GAVAZZI, Alessandro (1809-1889). Italian monk, preacher and patriot.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Scarborough, 21 September 1865. Arranging details of a future lecture.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 2376]
GAVAZZI, Alessandro (1809-1889). Italian monk, preacher and patriot.
Autograph Sentiment in Italian, 4 lines, no place, 1874. Expressing a wish for Italian women to enjoy the same rights as the English. ('Quando le donne italiane si leverano alle condizione delle Inglesi ...').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2378]
GIBB, Robertson Fyffe (1868-1944). Director of the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd.
Autograph Letter Signed to Langdon Edis, 1 page 8vo, Fenchurch Street, London, 18 April 1904. Thanking him for the House of Commons dinner and apologising for neglecting to send 10s for the tickets.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5335]
GIFFEN, Sir Robert (1837-1910). Economist and statistician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rew, 1 page 8vo, Haywards Heath, 2 November 1905. Declining to write a paper for 'next session' on the grounds of ill health.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5344]
GIFFORD, Edwin Hamilton (1820-1905). Divine and theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Bonney, 1 page 8vo, Exeter, 3 March 1865. Thanking him for news from Cambridge ('I am looking forward to reading some amusing debates in the Senate about the Examination of Girls').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5346]
GILBERT, Davis (neé Giddy) (1767-1839). Antiquary and Economist.Autograph Letter Signed ('Davies Giddy) to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, House of Commons, 16 May 1810. Sending a bill that he has presented to the House in case the Lord Mayor might want the City of London to be excluded from its provisions.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 5348]
GILBEY, Sir Walter (1831-1914). Wine-merchant.
Autograph Letter Signed to F W Lee, 1 page 8vo, 22 Down Street, Piccadilly, 22 August 1912. Regretting that numerous demands prevent him from complying with Lee's request and suggesting that he approach Lord Blyth.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5351]
GILES, Peter (1860-1935). Philogogist & Master of Emmanual College, Cambridge.
Two Typewritten Letters Signed to the Rev C J Creed, 2 pages 4to, Emmanual College, Cambridge, 19 November 1917 and 15 February 1921. The first making preparation for Creed's son to come up to Cambridge, the second asking Creed to act as an examiner for the Carus Prize.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5352]
GLADSTONE, Charles Andrew (1888-1968). Grandson of the Prime Minister; 6th Baronet (did not use title).
Autograph Letter Signed to Saville, 2 pages 8vo (oblong), Hawarden Castle, 25 April 1947. Regretting that he has no sample of his grandfather's writing to send, as all the papers reside in the British Museum.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5360]
GLADSTONE, John Hall (1817-1902). Chemist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Prankerd, 2 pages 8vo, no place, no date. Inviting him to a lecture at the Royal Institution ('Do you care for a good Chemical lecture?').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5362]
GLASS, Sir Leslie (Charles) (b. 1911). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir John [later Lord] Harding, 2 pages 4to, British Embassy, Washington, 25 November 1957. Wishing Harding a happy retirement ('earned many times over') and discussing the situation in Cyprus ('I have given a number of talks ... on the TV .. and find... Americans are sympathetic').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6178] Longer description
GLASSE, Samuel (1735-1812). Theologian.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr Hinley, 1 page 8vo with integral address leaf, no place, 24 October 1788. Asking for papers, plans and drawings for the building of 'ye House of Correction', as he has just been appointed a member of the Committee.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5366]
GLEIG, George (1753-1840). Bishop of Brechin.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr ?Bradford, 1 page 4to (integral address-leaf, remains of red wax seal), no place, 'Thursday afternoon' no date. Discussing the third edition of Dr Thomson's Chemistry, and attempting to trade in his second edition for it.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 5612]
GLOUCESTER, Bishop of, Charles Ellicott (1819-1905).
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Subdean' on two sides of a correspondence card, Gloucester, 8 February 1898. Expressing his approval of the Subdean's decision, while regretting that it means the loss of a valued neighbour.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6179] Longer description
GLOVER, Terrot Reaveley (1869-1943). Classical scholar & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 2 pages 8vo, St John's College [Cambridge], 9 January 1927. Explaining the origins of the Public Oratorship ('The tradition is that Erasmus did the work for a while') and recommending a paper on the subject.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5012] Longer description
GODSON, Sir Augustus Frederick (1835-1906). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir & Bro'), 1 page 8vo, Droitwich, Worcestershire, no date [received stamp dated 4 June 189?]. Promising to be present for the installation of 'Bro Sir R Hanson', but may possibly be late because of pressing business in the country.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5434]
GOHIER, Louis Jerome (1746-1830). French politician.
Letter Signed ('Gohier') to Madame Spreackling, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Eauboune, 16 July 1823. Sending to her a 'échautitton de nos manufactures' to remind her of Eauboune, where she is much missed, and greetings to M Spreackling.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6098]
GOLDIE, George Dashwood Taubman (1846-1925). Founder of Nigeria.Autograph Letter (third person, but also signed) to the New York Times, 1 page 8vo (folds), Paris, 6 October 1907. In reply to a request, he sends a message 'for wireless telegraphy to New York'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 5436]
GOLDSTUECKER, Theodor (1821-1872). Orientalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Walford (1823-1897, compiler, editor of biographical works etc), 2 pages 8vo, Primrose Hill, 29 June 1861. Apologising for the delay in sending biographical details for Men of the Time and promising to do so promptly.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5442]
GOODALL, Joseph (1760-1840). Provost of Eton.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down), Athenaeum, 2 May 1839. Confirming an invitation to dine and stay at Eton Lodge, and apologising becauase he is a little unsure as to the exact day arranged.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 5449] Longer description
GOODFORD, Charles Old (1812-1884). Provost of Eton.
Autograph reference signed for John Waddon Martyn, 2 pages 8vo, Eton College, 7 October 1863.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5452] Longer description
GORDON, Arthur Charles Hamilton (1829-1912). Colonial governor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Forster, 2 pages 8vo (trimmed at the left hand side), Ascot, Berks, 28 June 1879. Offering to send her a copy of his paper on 'Native Taxation in Fiji' and sending tickets of admission for the 'farewell service' to be held in Henry VII's Chapel.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5460]
GORE, Charles (1853-1932). Bishop of Worcester, Birmingham and Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Phillips, regretting that a prior speaking engagement prevents him accepting an invitation, 1 page oblong 8vo, no place, 12 January 1923. Gore spent the spring of 1923 in Eastern Europe, touring the area and accumulating information on churches.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 4157]
GORST, Sir John Eldon (1835-1916). Lawyer & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Branston, 2 pages 8vo, Carlton Club, 24 October 1900. Declining her invitation to attend the prize-giving at Winchester High School on the grounds of press of business ('I do not expect to make any appearance in public till Parliament meets'.)
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5471]
GOSCHEN, George Joachim, 1st Viscount (1831-1907). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Philips, 3 pages 8vo, Hawkhurst, 25 October no year (watermark 1874). Declining an invitation to speak on the grounds of having refused so many others, and offering his support for liberalism.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5472]
GOUGH, John Ballantine (1817-1886). American temperance orator.
Autograph poem Signed, 8 lines of doggerel on red-edged writing paper, Newcastle, 16 March 1854.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5481] Longer description
GOUGH, John Ballantine (1817-1886). American temperance orator.
Autograph Letter Signed to George Page, 1 page 8vo (laid down), Birmingham, 20 May 1879. Acceding to a request.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5480]
GOULD, Sir Henry the Younger (1710-1794). Judge.
Part of a document signed, partially printed and completed by hand, ca 115 x 220 mm (4½ x 8½ inches), 11 May 1792. Requesting attendance at his chambers 'to Shew Cause why the Depts should not have a weeks further Time to plead in this Cause'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 5489]
GRAFTON, Augustus Henry, third duke of (1735-1811). Prime Minister 1768-1770.Autograph Letter (third person) to Lord Sydney, 1 page 4to with endorsed second leaf, Newmarket, 25 April 1787. Asking him to lay before the king an application (no longer enclosed) for a mandamus degree of doctor in divinity for the Rev. William Pearce.
£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 24729]
GRAFTON, Augustus C L F, 7th duke of (1850-1918). Equerry to the Prince of Wales.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed General, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged writing paper, Wakefield Lodge, Stony Stratford, 20 February no year. Asking the General to attend a dinnner for the Royal Blind Pension Society to support the Prince of Wales who will be presiding.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5494]
GRAFTON, George H Fitzroy, 4th duke of (1760-1844).
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed painter, 2 pages 4to (neatly inlaid), Euston, near Thetford, 4 October no year. Discussing an engraving and two pictures of a horse in his possession.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6104]
GRAHAM, Sir James Robert George (1792-1861). Statesman.
Autograph ticket of admission to the House of Commons, signed and dated 19 April 1850.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5495]
GRANT, Charles (1746-1823). Statesman & philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed [to Scott], 1 page 4to, no place, [February 1793]. Asking a favour respecting a Cadetship.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 5525]
GRANT, Sir William (1752-1832). Master of the Rolls.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rt Hon T Spring Rice, 1 page 8vo, 6 Berkeley House, Berkeley Square, 15 February 1832. Sending two books in which Spring Rice had expressed an interest the previous evening.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5529]
GRANT DUFF, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone (1829-1906). Statesman & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Simeon', 1½ pages 8vo (what may be a cigarette scorch mark in centre, text unaffected), Government House, Isle of Man, 2 September 1889. Thanking him for a headache remedy, recalling that he had heard the 'diamond story' but can't remember details, and discussing mutual friends.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 5531]
GRANTHAM, Sir William (1848-1911). High Court Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wright, 1 page 8vo, Central Criminal Court, London, 'Received 21 Ap[ril] 1899'. Praising Wright's conduct of a case and expressing the hope that his summing up to the jury will be equally praiseworthy.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5532]
GREEN, Joseph Frederick (1855-1932). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2½ pages 8vo, blind stamp of the Colonial Office, 29 May 1916. Recommending a place to stay in the Lake District (the Oddfellows Arms in Caldbeck, 'where the famous song "John Peel" was written'), if he does not mind wholesome country fare ('which is often monstrous to townsmen').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5551]
GREENWOOD, Hamar, 1st Viscount (1870-1948). Politician.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Greenwood') to the artist Frank O Salisbury, 1 page 4to, on writing paper of Dorman Long & Co, 23 February 1948. Admiring prints of his pictures of 'Winston and Roosevelt' that Salisbury had presented to The Pilgrims and asking where he can acquire a set.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5599]
GREENWOOD, Joseph Gouge (1821-1894). Principal of the Owens College, Manchester.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr S Page, 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on verso, note of identification at the head), The Owens College, Manchester, 24 April 1877. Requesting a short interview at which he will be better able to answer Page's enquiries.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5597]
GREGORY, Robert (1819-1911). Dean of St Pauls.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Maggy' [?Elliot], 3¼ pages 8vo (some old tape adhering to the upper left hand corner), 2 Amen Court, St Paul's, 11 March 1881. A thoughtful, generous and understanding letter of condolence on the death of her mother.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5606]
GRENVILLE, William Wyndham, Baron (1759-1834). Prime Minister 1806-1807.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo with second leaf (bearing traces of mounting), Dropmore, 23 May 1821. A good letter written in Grenville's retirement at his country estate in Buckinghamshire, showing his continued interest, albeit without personal involvement, in the political scene.
£250 / $400 / €310 [No: 24713]
GRESWELL, Edward (1797-1869). Chronologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Thorpe, 2 pages 8vo, C[orpus] C[hristi] C[ollege], Oxford, 17 December 1835. Thanking her for a present, recalling the melancholy circumstances of their meeting and sending her a paper on the burial service of the church which he thinks might be of interest to her.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6124]
GREY, Albert Henry George, 4th Earl (1851-1917). Statesman.
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs O'Hara, 3 pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Northern Counties Club, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, no date. A letter of sympathy on the sudden and unexpected death of her husband.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6128]
GREVILLE, Fulke (1554-1628). Courtier, poet and author.Document Signed, 1 page small folio (with integral second leaf bearing endorsements, two large brown stains), 17 February 1619/20. Bound in half-leather, gilt. An order to [Robert] Pye (ca 1585-1662, exchequer official) to make four specified payments to named individuals, also signed by Lionel Cranfield (1575-1645, merchant and financier).
£550 / $880 / €682 [No: 24195]
GREY, Sir George, Second Baronet (1799-1882). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to J Ellis, 1 page 8vo, H[ouse] of C[ommons], 25 March 1856. Sending Colonel Phipps's letter and a petition (no longer present), as he had not been in the House.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6130]
GREY, Sir George, Second Baronet (1799-1882). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Moberly, 3 pages 8vo, J[udge] A[dvocate's] Office, 2 September 1839. Asking for his letters to be forwarded to his office to avoid delay.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6113]
GRIFFITHS, Arthur George Frederick (1838-1908). Inspector of prisons & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Collins, 2 pages 8vo (typed note of identification on second page), Army & Navy Club, Pall Mall, 8 November 1892. Assuring him that his application to join the regiment will receive every attention and is likely to be successful because his father had seen active service with them.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6138]
GRIFFITH, Sir William Brandford (1858-1930). Colonial administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to K B Murray, Secretary of the London Chamber of Commerce, 4 pages 8vo (small piece missing from upper margin of the last page), Eastbourne, 1884. Declining to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee at which H M Stanley is to speak on 'The Congo' on the grounds of ill health.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6137]
GROSVENOR, Lord Richard (1795-1869). Second Marquis of Westminster; Member of Parliament.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, 2 page 4to, integral address-leaf and red wax seal, 15 Grosvenor Square, 2 April 1835. Denying that he serves as a majestrate for Middlesex and therefore unable to complete the return sent, and listing his other qualifications.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6153] Longer description
GROSVENOR, Robert, Second Earl (1767-1845). 1st Earl of Westminster.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr George Birkbeck (1776-1841, founder of University College, London), 2 pages 4to (torn in the folds), 107 Park Street, 22 July 1820. Thanking Birkbeck, on his own behalf and that of Prince Albert, for the books on cotton manufacture that he had sent.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6154]
GUILDFORD, Frederick, 5th Earl of (1766-1827). Philhellene.
Autograph Letter Signed to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, 1 page 4to (integral address-leaf, remains of red wax seal), Otranto, 28 June 1824. Inviting Smith to dine with him at the Hotel de Tivoli in Paris, where he will be passing through on his way to England.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6116]
GULLAND, John William (1864-1920). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Browne, 3 pages 8vo, Hotel Glenelg, Invernessshire, 1 September 1914. Reporting that the War Office has more recruits than they can manage, so the campaign will be slowed down, and suggesting a series of political meetings ('open-air meetings are the most effective') rather than one large gathering.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0618]
GURNEY, Archer Thompson (1820-1887). Divine & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Bentley, 1½ pages 8vo, 9 Keble Terrace, Oxford, 7 June 1883. Asking for 100 copies of 'the Letter' and reporting that has send another review.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6188]
GURNEY, Hudson (1775-1864). Antiquary & autograph collector.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev Francis Cunningham, 3 pages 4to with address-leaf (chewed at the foot, not affecting the text), penny-red stamp, Warwick, 5 December 1845. Explaining that he is unable to vote in the hospital election, and in fact seldom votes for London hospitals.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6189] Longer description
GURNEY, Sir John (1768-1845). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mayne, 3 pages 4to, L[incoln's] I[nn] Fields, 13 October 1826. Declining an invitation to Telfont ('in our modern Kings Bench Dictionary, the term Long Vacation is not to be found'), and expressing pleasure that his daughter is to marry Mayne's sister-in-law.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6191]
GURNEY, Sir John (1768-1845). Judge.
Autograph Letter (third person) to White, 1 page 4to (ragged at the left hand edge), no place, no date. Asking White to obtain a print of Mr Justice Bosanquet and to frame it ('in the same way he lately framed one for Mr Justice Patteson'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6190]
GURNEY, Joseph John (1788-1847). Quaker philanthropist & writer; brother of Elizabeth Fry.Autograph Letter Signed to a fellow Quaker ('My dear Friend'), 2½ pages 8vo, Earlham, 17 January 1843. Authorising the reprinting of part of his Essays ('on the Atonement') as a tract, provided it is made clear that it is a reprint with the author's permission, as the publication of a new Tract would be controversial.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 6475]
GURNEY, Joseph John (1788-1847). Quaker philanthropist & writer; brother of Elizabeth Fry.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Friend', 1 page 8vo, Norwich, 'Thursday', no date. An invitation to breakfast with the Bishop of Winchester.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 21974]
Typewritten Letter Signed to Charles Seligman, 1 page 4to, embossed House of Commons writing paper, 28 February 1933. Thanking him for a letter of congratulations on his appointment to the Home Office (as Parliamentary Under Secretary).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6219]
HADDINGTON, Thomas, 11th Earl of (1827-1917). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Aberdeen, 3½ pages 8vo, Cheshire, 20 September 1877. Agreeing to take on a trusteeship, though he had vowed never to do so again, and giving family news.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6221]
HAIG BROWN, William (1823-1907). Master of Charterhouse.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gerald Fitzmaurice, 1 page 8vo (oblong), Charterhouse, 26 December 1883. Congratulating him on his son's success.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6231]
HAIG BROWN, William (1823-1907). Master of Charterhouse.
Autograph Letter Signed to George Searle, 2 pages 8vo, United University Club, 2 December 1900. Recommending Napier's History of the Peninsular War and other books on the subject.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6232]
HALE, Edward Everett (1822-1909). American author and Unitarian clergyman.Two Autograph Letters Signed to Cummings, 2 pages 8vo, no place, 22 December 1863 and South Congregational Church [Boston], 18 January 1868. Asking him to help with the Christmas decorations at the church, and offering to print his paper in the Register.
£135 / $216 / €167 [No: 23764]
HALIFAX, Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount (1800-1885). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Charles Wood') to [Thomas Spring-]Rice, 2 pages 8vo, [4 October 1847]. Thanking him for his useful letter and sound advice.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6386]
HALIFAX, Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount (1800-1885). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Le Marchand, 2 pages 8vo, Hickleton, 28 October 1866. Informing Le Marchand that he is home at last and ready to receive him.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6387]
HALL, Sir Benjamin, 1st Baron Llanover (1802-1867). Politician.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Major Shelty, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf, no place, [16 January 1840]. Asking Shelty to 'send a person down to him' the following morning.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6417]
HALL, Christopher Newman (1816-1902). Congregationalist minister and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed doctor, 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on reverse), St John's Wood, 'Friday Evening', no date (dated in another hand September 23). Regretting the delay in replying to his invitation which he cannot accept due to public engagements, and wishing him enjoyment at 'beautiful Llandudno'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6413]
HALSBURY, Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of (1823-1921). Lord Chancellor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Richardson, 3 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting and stains, not affecting the text), Woodlands, Stanmore, Middlesex, no date. Congratulating him on a political fight well fought, despite the fact that 'I cannot address you as M.P. for East Carmarthenshire'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6441]
HAMILTON, Alexander Douglas, 10th Duke (1767-1852). Privy counsellor; claimed to be true heir to Scottish thron
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed peer ('Dear Lord'), 2 pages 8vo, Hamilton Palace, 29 January 1824. Introducing [G F] Betty, 'Lancaster' at the Herald's Office, and asking if the peer might help him in his researches concerning an early match of the Cummings.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6466]
HAMILTON, George Alexander (1802-1871). Privy Councillor.Autograph Letter Signed to Achille Vogue, 1 page 8vo (soiled at the head) on embossed Treasury writing paper, 1 September 1868. Sending his autograph, with expressions of surprise that it was required as 'my political days have so long pased away'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6523]
HAMILTON, Lord George Francis (1845-1927). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Baxter, 3 pages 8vo, Carlton Club writing paper, 9 January 1883. A letter of sympathy on the death of Baxter's mother who was 'so inseparably connected with my advent into political life'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6522]
HAMILTON, Henry Parr (1794-1880). Dean of Salisbury.
Autograph Letter Signed to Onslow, 2 pages 8vo (glue stains to the left hand margin), 29 Adelaide Crescent, Brighton, 31 May 1871. Explaining that he and Mrs Hamilton will be in Brighton until the end of June and will therefore with regret not have the opportunity to welcome him to the Deanery.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6519]
HAMILTON, Mary Agnes (d. 1966). Politician and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Macdonald, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 105 Cheyne Walk, 8 October no year. Sympathizing with his cause, but explaining that she is much too busy to join it.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6526]
HAMILTON, Mary Agnes (d. 1966). Politician and author.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to Colonel C L'Estrange Malone, North Devon, 10 January 1931. Regretting that she cannot accept his invitation as she is to go straight to Blackburn ('about which I entirely agree with you').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6527]
HAMMOND, Charles Edward (1837-1914). Clergyman; chaplain of Oxford Female Penitentiary.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cudlip, 2½ pages 8vo, Menheniot Vicarage, Liskeard, 28 June 1895. Discussing the vexing problems presented by the Liturgies and opining that if the Vatican opened its libraries many valuable clues might be found there.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6534]
HAMMOND, Charles Edward (1837-1914). Clergyman; chaplain of Oxford Female Penitentiary.
Autograph Letter Signed to Cudlip, 3½ pages 8vo, Menheniot Vicarage, Liskeard (stamped over Wootton Rectory, Northampton embossed letterhead), 15 October 1896. Inquiring about the suitability of the Revd W S Johns to lecture to local parishes on the Reformation and Restoration periods.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6533]
HAMMOND, Edmund, Baron (1802-1890). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Childers, 1 page 8vo, F[oreign] O[ffice], 30 April 1869. Sending a draft from Lord Clarendon, and asking for alterations to be made; a note at the top observes 'Nothing to alter except a word or two in pencil / C'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0653]
HAMMOND, Joseph (1839-1912). Clergyman; Canon of Truro.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to the Reverend Pender H Cudlip, The Vicarage, St Austell, 12 September 1900. Accepting an invitation ('Mr Woolcombe is kind enough, I believe, to entertain me').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6536]
HAMPDEN, Renn Dickson (1793-1868). Bishop of Hereford.
Signature and autograph insertions on a form from Christ Church, Oxford, 23 June 1840. Asserting that Thomas Jackson of Brasenose College had attended his lectures in Trinity Term, 1840.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6537]
HAMPDEN-TREVOR, John, third Viscount (1749-1824). Diplomat.Autograph Letter Signed to Monzani, 1 page 4to, Bromham, Bedford, 8 August 1806. Explaining that he had erected an organ in his parish church and wishes to secure the services of an organist ('He should also be capable of giving lessons in Psalm singing'), preferably a young person.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 6538]
HAMPTON, Sir John Pakington, 1st Baron (1799-1880). Politician.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Lord Cranbrook, 1 page small 8vo, 9 Eaton Square, 9 December no year. Asking that a letter to Sir Richard Temple be forwarded in Lord Cranbrook's next bag.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6540]
HANCOCK, Professor Sir William Keith (1898-1988). Historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Sir'), 1 pages 8vo, University of London, 4 October 1950. Acceding to his request.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6545]
HANKINSON, Cyril (1895-1984). Editor of Debrett's Peerage.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Wiener, 1 page 4to, 13 Welsby Court, Eaton Rise, Ealing, 15 Febuary 1973. Declining to lecture to his society as he cannot get back from an evening appointment and does not wish to stay the night, but offering to lecture to any other society which meets in the afternoons.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6548]
HANNA, William (1808-1882). Theological writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down on card), Helmsburgh, Dunbartonshire, 12 February 1870. Sending an enclosure (no longer present) and expressing pleasure to have been of service to his correspondent's family.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6550]
HANSELL, Henry Peter (1863-1935). Tutor to the Royal Princes.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, on two sides of a correspondence card, Windsor Castle, 7 June 1906. Thanking him for his letter of congragulations and declaring himself 'Single-handed & very busy'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6554]
HARDWICK, Charles Phillip York, 5th Earl (1836-1897). Soldier and land-owner.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir John Radcliffe, 2 pages 8vo, 1 August no year. A thank-you letter.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6568]
HARDWICK, Charles P York, 5th Earl of (1836-1897). Soldier and land-owner.
Letter Signed to the Secretary of the Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows, 1 page 8vo, integral address-leaf and red wax seal, penny-red stamp, 6 March 1865. Accepting with pleasure the office of Steward on the occcasion of their 4th Memorial Dinner.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6567]
HARDY, E J (1849-1920). Forces Chaplain; author of How to be Happy though Married.
Autograph Letter (third person) on a postcard to Mrs Louisa B Malony (traces of former mounting), Southam, no date (postmark obscured). Thanking her on behalf of the patients of the R.V. Hospital for the magazines she had sent to them, and suggesting she read his book.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6569]
HARDY, Thomas (1752-1832). Radical politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wilkins, 1 page 4to (oblong) with integral address-leaf (seal tear affecting some words), 31 Queens Road, Pimlico, 9 October 1820. Sending his membership fee for the Livery Reform Society, to which he had just been elected.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 6571]
HARE, Thomas (1806-1891). Political reformer & barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, 14 February 1871. Correcting the Daily Telegraph's report on the cumulation vote.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6578]
HARMSWORTH, Cecil Bisshopp, 1st Baron (1869-1948). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wintle, 3 pages 8vo, 28 Montagu Square, 'Sunday' no date. Recommending Annie M Hewer's book Our Baby and suggesting a chapter on financial matters ('Most people - even men - are woefully ignorant of these matters').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6664]
HARRISON, Benjamin, the younger (1808-1887). Archdeacon of Maidstone.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My Dear Mr Ex [Subwarden, Sublibrarian]', 2 pages 8vo (identified at the head), 'Tuesday mg', no date. Asking him to fill an unexpected vacancy at a dinner party that evening ('You will meet the Mayor & Mayoress, The Warden & Wardeness, Mrs Payne Smith, & some other friends').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6675]
HARROWBY, Dudley Ryder, Second Earl of (17y8-1882). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to H H Backley, 1 page 8vo (note of identication at the head), Travellers Club, '4.30 P.M.' 22 May 1873. Making a appointment to see him either at his home or at the House of Lords.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6683]
HARROWBY, John H Dudley, 5th Earl of (1864-1956). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Browne, 1½ pages 8vo, Sandon Hall, Stafford, 28 June 1907. Regretting that he had decided not to stand for the seat, but expressing the hope that he may change his mind in the event of a general election.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6685]
HART, Heber Leonidas (d. 1948). Lawyer.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Alfred George] Gardiner (editor of the Daily News), 1 page 8vo, Goldsmith Buildings, Temple, 18 April 1918. Sending a book, and promising that the publishers will send another, in the ordinary way, to the Daily News.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6687]
HASTINGS, Warren (1732-1818). Governor-general of India.Autograph Letter Signed to Richard Cosway RA (ca 1742-1821, artist and collector), 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf, Daylesford House, 15 January 1805. Asking him to complete his work on the portrait of Lord Fife and other pictures.
£650 / $1040 / €806 [No: 24293]
HASTINGS, Warren (1732-1818). Governor-general of India.Fine example of a ticket of admission to the trial of Warren Hastings, engraved in red and signed by Lord Loughborough, with wide margins. 205 x 160 mm. (ca 8 x 6½ inches).
£425 / $680 / €527 [No: 24294]
HAWEIS, Hugh Reginald (1838-1901). Author & preacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss McGregor, 2 pages 8vo, Cheyne Walk, no date. Thanking her for a party ('Does one ever get an opportunity to say two words in those crowds?'), and inviting her to hear him preach.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6712]
HAWKINS, Edward (1789-1882). Provost of Oriel College, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Principal', 1 page 8vo on black-edged writing paper, Oriel College, 9 March 1863. Thanking the Principal for hosting 'the Club' in his place, as he has to go to Rochester on the date it is scheduled to meet.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6718]
HAWTREY, Edward Craven (1789-1862). Provost of Eton.
Autograph Letter Signed to H[enry] Hallam, 2½ pages 8vo (split in the folds), Eton College, 13 July 1853. Giving his advice on the use of certain latin expressions ('it would require the addition of in honorem (or something of that kind) with a genitive, and in the other a simple accusative of the subject represented.')
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6727]
HAYTER, Sir William Goodenough, Baronet (1792-1878). Liberal whip.
Autograph Letter Signed to Butler, the Solicitor General, 2 pages 8vo, Treasury, 28 July no year (watermark 1855). Reporting that he had put Stanley's name down for a Supernumerary surveyor of taxes, but that there had been no vacancies for some time and promising to see to Butler's holiday as soon as he has the opportunity.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6755]
HAZEL, Alfred Ernest William (d. 1944). Principal of Jesus College, Oxford.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Bernard Osborne, 1 page 4to, Jesus College, Oxford, 8 June 1927. Reporting that the earliest trace he could find of an Assessor of the Chancellor's Court is Dr Richard Zouch, Fellow of New College in 1626.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6760]
HEAD, Antony Henry, 1st Viscount (1906-1983). Soldier & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed & Typewritten Letter Signed ('Antony') to Lord Harding and Lady Harding, in all 4 pages 8vo & 1 page 4to, Throope Manor, Salisbury and British Embassy, Cairo, 17 March 1956. Regretting that his 3-year Defense Policy was not accepted, and sympathising with Harding's frustrating time [as Governor] in Cyprus.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6765]
HEADLAM, Thomas Emerson (1813-1875). Judge advocate-general.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gervase Crofton, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged writing paper, 21 March no year (watermark 1861). Asking his opinion in the case of a man from Newcastle ('And if you think nothing can be done will you send me a letter that I may forward to my correspondent putting an end to the matter').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6768]
[HEARD, John]
Copy of John Heard's Will, 1½ pages folio, (browned, weak in folds), with ½-page of notes in another hand, no place, ca 1779.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 3186]
HEATH, Edward
Reproduction photograph, signed in ink.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0395]
HEATH, Francis George (1843-1913). Author & pioneer of Open Spaces Movement.
Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Thomson, 2 pages 8vo, as from Ashburton Road, Totnes, 8 September 1887. Apologising for having published a 'little paragraph' about the Burmese in Illustrations without acknowledging Thomson's authorship, the oversight being due to having temporarily lost his letter.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6811]
HEATHCOTE, Sir William Perceval (1826-1903). 6th Baronet.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Librarian of the London Library, 2 pages 8vo, 91 Victoria Street, 7 March 1867. Asking for his name to be submitted to the Committee of the Library for admission as a subscriber, and supplying his country address.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6812]
HEBERDEN, Charles Buller (1849-1921). Principal of Brasenose College.
Autograph Letter Signed to Palmer, 1 page 8vo, Brasenose College, Oxford, 14 December 1919. Thanking him for his contribution to the Haig Portrait Fund.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6816]
HELD, Adolph (1844-1880). German economist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 9 South Crescent, Hertford Square, no date. Thanking him for offering to procure an invitation to the meeting of the Ancient Order of Foresters.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 6817]
HELPS, Sir Arthur (1813-1865). Privy Councillor.Autograph Letter Signed ('AH') to Donne, 4 pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the Privy Council Office, 1 November 1860. Noting the absence of proofs, expressing gratification at Donne's approval of the 4th volume, and inviting Donne to visit any time ('It always cheers me to see you.').
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 22572]
HELPS, Sir Arthur (1813-1865). Privy Councillor.Autograph Letter Signed to G J Goodman, 2 pages 8vo, Council Office, 4 May 1874 (embossed Council Office stamp excised with the loss of a few words). Making an appointment to see Goodman, but warning that he has little time for questions not connected with his work.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 22573]
HELY-HUTCHINSON, Sir Walter Francis (1849-1913). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Sir Howard', 2 pages 8vo, Court Lodge, Shorne, Gravesend, 30 July 1904. Declining an invitation on the grounds that he has already left London for the summer.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6822]
HENDERSON, Sir Hubert Douglas (1890-1952). Economist.
Autograph Letter Signed to his secretary Miss Jones, 2 pages 8vo, Drummond Arms Hotel, Perthshire, 8 October 1927. Writing whilst on holiday ('I always find holidays very dangerous things!'), he comments on letters regarding the Balance of Trade and a letter from Keynes about some articles from Lytton Strachey about which he is unenthusiastic.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6826]
HENDERSON, Sir Hubert Douglas (1890-1952). Economist.
Autograph Letter Signed to his secretary Mrs Jones, 1½ pages 8vo, Glen Tower, Kelvinside, Glasgow, 30 January 1929. Explaining that his father is lying unconscious with no real hope of a recovery, but that the inevitable end may be within hours or days so that he does not know when he may be returning to the office.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6825]
HENLEY, Antony Henley, third Baron (1825-1899). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Watford Court, Daventry, 5 January 1856. Asking his correspondent to meet him in Birmingham to impart information on the subject of reformatory schools.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6829]
HENRY BENEDICT, Cardinal York. (1725-1807). Jacobite claimant to the English, Scottish and Irish thrones.Letter Signed address to Nicolas Veigura, banker in Paris, ½-page 4to, Rome, 6 January 1773. Asking him to pay 20,000 pounds to the Marquis Jerôme Belloni and to take it from the account that he holds with Joseph Cantini.
£1250 / $2000 / €1550 [No: 24715]
HENRY, Sir Thomas (1807-1876). Chief Magistrate.
Autograph Letter Signed to Fitzgerald, 1 page 8vo, 23 Hanover Square, 5 March [1875]. A note to be shown to Sowerby ('The Secretary') for the purpose of obtaining tickets ('the more the better for the Society').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6835]
HENSON, Herbert Hensley (1863-1947). Bishop of Hereford & Durham.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd J M Creed, 2 pages 8vo, The Palace, Hereford, 11 August 1920. Offering him the 'responsible and honorable' post of one of the examining chaplains at Durham ('I am very anxious to raise the standard required of Ordination Candidates where ... grave laxity has obtained').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6840]
HENSON, Herbert Hensley (1863-1947). Bishop of Hereford & Durham.
Autograph Letter Signed to Donaldson, 3 pages 8vo (small piece missing from margin, not affecting the text), Westminster Abbey, 3 November 1901. Rearranging the preaching list for the Abbey and admitting that with his sermon to Cambridge University he burnt his boats 'on the matter of recognizing the non-episcopal ministries', which has nonetheless eased his soul.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6839]
HERBERT, Sir Robert George Syndham (1831-1905). Colonial official; scholar of Eton & Balliol College, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to Schneider, 3 pages 8vo, 42 Eaton Terrace, 31 October 1894. Suggesting that he approach Sir Charles Euan Smith who in turn will approach those 'millionaires' with whom he is connected with a view to raising capital for a proposed company.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6850]
HERBERT, Sidney, 1st Baron (1810-1861). Statesman; responsible for sending F Nightingale to the Crimea.Autograph Letter Signed & Letter Signed to C[harles] Bracebridge, in all 5½ pages 8vo, Osborn and the War Office, 24 July 1859 and 7 January 1861. Holding out little hope for Major Johnson becoming an Inspector of Volunteers, despite his worthiness, as there are very few appointments and many deserving officers.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 6852]
HERFORD, Charles Harold (1853-1931). Scholar & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Cox, 1 page 8vo, 5 Parkfield Road, Didsbury, 28 September 1907. Agreeing to meet any Saturday that suits.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6857]
HERSCHELL, Farrar, 1st Baron (1837-1899). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wyn, 1 page 8vo, 11 New Court, Carey Street, Lincoln's Inn, 18 February 1884. Regretting that he could not obtain a ticket for the Speakers' Gallery due to recent demand, but promising one for the Strangers' Gallery.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6863]
HERTFORD, George F A Seymour (1871-1940). 7th Marquess of.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss [Dorothea] Beale (1831-1906, principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College), 3 pages 8vo, Ragley Hall, 15 November no year. Together with a letter of his daughter, Victoria Seymour, discussing the payment of fees for her lessons and saying how much she enjoyed her time at the College.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 6869]
HIBBERT, Sir John Tomlinson (1824-1908). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Aslett, 2 pages 8vo, Hampsfield, Grange-over-Sands, 7 August 1899. Agreeing to meet him to see the pictures at the Palace Theatre.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6894]
HIBBERD, (Andrew) Stuart (1893-1983). BBC announcer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Stewart, 2 pages 8vo, 2 West Field, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 10 September 1970. Thanking her for birthday wishes (I tell my wife 77 sounds like a cricket score), and describing the celebration.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6890]
HIGGINS, Charles Longuet (1806-1885). Benefactor of Turvey, Bedfordshire.
Autograph Letter Signed to Briddy, 3 pages 12mo, Fern Hill, 7 September no year. A letter introducing his cousin ('but I don't own that to every one') who is a 'very great snob', and asking that he keep his opinion from the man himself.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6902]
HILDYARD, James (1809-1887). Classical scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo (torn in the fold), Ingoldsby, 17 March 1887. Declaring that he should be made a bishop on the strength of his Jubilee Hymn ('not a desirable [office] these days, but still a duty for those who have health & strength for the work').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6903]
HILL, Alexander Staveley (1825-1905). Barrister & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Sir Knight', 4 pages 8vo (traces of glue on the back), House of Commons Library, 13 February 1873. Promising to put his offer before Lord Shrewsbury, and suggesting that Ascalon and the Crusades should be his inspiration and not 'The Bard of Avon'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6904]
HILL, Alex (1856-1929). Surgeon & educator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Frank Richards, 2½ pages 8vo with envelope, on writing paper of the Vice-Chancellor of the University (Cambridge), Downing College Lodge, 29 July 1898. Urging Richards to come to lecture at Cambridge and putting him onto the Slade Professor to further that plan.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6905]
HILL, Sir Clement Lloyd (1845-1913). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 9 Grosvenor Place, 23 June 1900. Offering to receive him at 10 am as long as it is understood that there is 'no charge to me for any article'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6907]
HILL, Sir Hugh (1802-1871). Judge of the Queen's Bench.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hugh Childers, 4 pages 8vo, Northern Circuit, no date. A moving letter of condolence on the death of Childers's mother, recalling the death of his own wife.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6908]
HILL, Octavia (1838-1912). Philanthropist.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Ridley, 1 page 8vo, 14 Nottingham Place, 13 July 1871. Declining to go with Miss Ridley's friends and offering as an alternative that they visit her.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 21915]
HIND, Jessee William (1866-1946). Lawyer & philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Willian Anson, 1 page 8vo (soiled), Fletcher Gate, Nottingham, 4 November 1899. Sending a newly-published book which he hopes Anson 'will regard not from the view of intrinsic worth, but as a token of the sincere esteemm of the authors'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7283]
HIRSCH DE GEREUTH, Maurice, Baron (1831-1896). Financier & philanthropist.
Letter Signed with autograph subscript to Major Finch, 3 pages 8vo, Eichhorn, Autriche, 16 September no year. Making arrangements for Finch to come to Austria for the shooting.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7286]
HIRST, Francis Wrigley (1873-1953). Economist & Liberal writer.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Philips, 1 page 8vo, 27 Campden Hill Square, 28 May 1912. A thank-you letter for a recent visit ('it has done me a lot of good'), telling of his subsequent journey and 'interesting lunch with Massingham, Hobhouse, Holson, Levinson & Erskine Childers'.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 7293]
HOBHOUSE, Sir Benjamin, 1st Baronet (1757-1831). Politician.
Autograph Letter (third person), 1 page 8vo, Manchester Buildings, 21 April 1831. Sending Josiah ?Davison to the Royal Society in his place with the request that he be allowed to receive Hobhouse's number of the Transactions.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7434]
HODGSON, Bernard (1745?-1805). Principal of Hertford College, Oxford; Biblical translator.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, Tolpuddle near Piddletown, Dorset, 12 August 1793. A curious letter requesting the repair or replacement of an item, to be as exact duplicate of the original as possible ('I cannot, with any convenience, send the machine').
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 7446]
HODGSON, Francis (1781-1852). Provost of Eton.
Autograph Letter (third person: 'The Provost of Eton encloses ...'), 1 page 4to, The Lodge, Eton College, 6 November 1852. Sending a draft for £12 14s 'to cover the account for the Eton Master Proofs'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7447]
HODGSON, William Ballantyne (1815-1880). Educational reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Franklin Fox, 3 pages 12mo, 41 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, 31 December 1869. Thanking him for sending his publication and commenting closely upon it.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7448]
HOGG, James Weir, 1st Baronet (1790-1876). East India director & scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo on embossed writing paper of the Carlton Club, as from 26 Grosvenor Gardens, 13 November no year. Enclosing (but no longer enclosed) postage stamps for the amount of the annual subscription to the Bath Chess Club.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7457]
HOGG, Quintin (1845-1903). Philanthropist.
Letter Signed to S F Cooper, 2 pages 8vo, Southampton, 28 September 1883. Declining the offer to become a vice-president of the Westminster Liberal Club on the grounds that he is not sufficiently conversant with them nor has he the time to devote to the cause, which he wishes well.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7458]
HOLE, Samuel Reynolds (1819-1904). Dean of Rochester, and author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Burgess, 1½ pages 8vo (two filing holes), Caunton Manor, Newark, 27 November 1883. Agreeing to act as a referee ('My name is pretty well known in different parts of the country').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7462]
HOLLAND, Sir Sidney George (1893-1961). Prime minister of New Zealand.Typewritten Letter Signed to Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, 1 page 4to on Prime Ministerial paper, 14 August 1953. Thanking him for recent hospitality in Cologne ('I greatly enjoyed ... getting a first hand picture from you on a number of matters which are of very great interest to me').
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 7475]
HOLMES, Ven. Ernest Edward (1854-1931). Domestic chaplain to Queen Alexandra.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, on two sides of a correspondence card, The Chapter House, St Paul's Cathedral, 3 December 1919. Declining to write a biography of Bishop Stubbs, as Archdeacon Hatton has already done so, but admitting 'I could, as you say, tell some things wh. are yet untold'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7486]
HOLT, James Maden (1829-1911). MP; early anti-vivisectionist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [illegible], 2½ pages 8vo, 11 Southwell Gardens, South Kensington, 1 December 1873. Explaining that he never subscribes to charities, but favours other methods 'which brought me into more direct contact with the individuals to be assisted'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7491]
HOLYOAKE, George Jacob (1817-1906). Co-operator and secularist.
Autograph note, signed, on the back of part of an envelope, 1 page 8vo, 16 October 1904. Declaring that 'The principal of the Book is that the Democrat is a thief; that all improvement is dangerous and that nothing can be better than it is'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7494]
HOLYOAKE, George Jacob (1817-1906). Co-operator and secularist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir John Robinson, manager of the Daily News, 2½ pages 8vo, Eastern Lodge, Brighton, 24 October 1893. Congratulating him (on his knighthood), reporting that he has taken every number of the News and regretting that 'England has been behind France and America in national honour of the Press'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7493]
HONOLULU, Bishop of Autograph Letter Signed ('Alfred Honolulu') in pencil to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), 3 pages 16mo, 'G.W.R. nr Taunton', 15 May 1882. Expressing doubt about his travel plans and his ability to help his correspondent.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 2292]
HOOK, Walter Farquhar (1798-1875). Dean of Chichester.
Autograph Letter Signed to John ?Murray, 1 page 8vo, Vicarage, Leeds, 10 January 1853. A thank-you note for a cheque which will enable him to go to Oxford 'to vote for Mr Gladstone'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7538]
HOOK, Walter Farquhar (1798-1875). Dean of Chichester.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed clergyman ('Reverend Sir'), 1 page 8vo, Vicarage, Leeds, 19 March 1846. A testimonial for Mr Watson who 'bore the character of a pious, industrious, and orthodox Clergyman'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7539]
HOPE, Alexander James Beresford (1820-1887). Politician & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo on embossed House of Commons Library writing paper, as from 1 Connaught Place, 11 March 1875. Making suggestions for the wording of the Pembroke memorial.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7544]
HOPE, Sir Edward Stanley (1846-1921). Barrister.
Amusing long Autograph Letter Signed to Murray, 4 pages 4to, the Grange, Coulsdon, Surrey, 31 December 1919. An account of Hope and two friends attending Ascot, in false beards, while schoolboys at Eton.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7547]
HOPE-SCOTT, James Robert (1812-1873). Parliamentary barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Robert] Cooke, John Murray's assistant, 1½ pages 8vo, 44 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, 30 July 1855. Asking for several volumes, to complete a set for binding.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7549]
HOPWOOD, Charles Henry (1829-1904). Recorder of Liverpool.
Autograph Letter Signed to John Noble, 3 pages 8vo, 1 Essex Court, 25 May 1883. Cancelling his appearance at 'the Richmond meeting' the following Wednesday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7559]
HORNBY, Charles Harry St John (1867-1946). Printer & connoisseur.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs [Richard] Bentley, 2 pages 8vo, Shelley House, Chelsea Embankment, 25 February 1936, with recipient's note at the top. A letter of condolence on the death of her husband who had preceeded Hornby as Treasurer of the Royal Literary Fund.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7562]
HORNBY, James John (1826-1909). Provost of Eton.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Editor of Men and Women of the Time, 1 page 8vo with envelope, Gale Cottage, Keswick, 21 April 1898. Amending his entry in the book to include his DD of Oxford as well as his DCL of Durham.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7566]
HORNBY, James John (1826-1909). Provost of Eton.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on the front and back), Eton College, 7 May 1865. Thanking his correspondent for the gift of books which 'I shall value ... very much'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7564]
HORSE RACING
Manuscript report of the 'Performances of Grey Thomas', 1 page 8vo (laid down), undated. Listing the horse's wins and the amount of money (in dollars), won in each race, totalling $535 and supplying the names of the riders.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7579]
HOW, William Walsham (1823-1897). First Bishop of Wakefield.Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm Walsham Bedford') to Hodgson, 1½ pages 8vo, Stainforth House, Upper Clapton, London, 26 June 1880. Expressing thanks for reminiscences of the 'old Durham days', but regretting that he cannot arrange a meeting due to pressure of work ('they keep me well up to the collar here').
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 5870]
HOWLEY, William (1766-1848). Archbishop of Canterbury.Autograph Letter Signed ('H. Cantuar') to the Rev G Wilson Sickleman, 3 pages 8vo, Addington, 28 September 1838. Regretting that he cannot take the Chair at a meeting of the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel, whose activities he considers vitally important, and reporting that the Queen has agreed to become Patron.
£42 / $67 / €52 [No: 5099]
Autograph Letter Signed to Samson, 1½ pages 8vo (filing hole), Troutwells, Penn, Buckinghamshire, 27 October 1919. Granting his application as 'We must all do our best to help each other during these present difficultities'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7731]
INDERWICK, Frederick Andrew (1836-1904). Lawyer & antiquary.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Conway, 1 page 8vo (trimmed), 'Temple', 15 October 1878. 'The matter needed no explanation whatever.'
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7737]
INDIA, 1846
Letter Signed from the Surgeon of the North West District, 1 page folio, Madras, 14 April 1846. Stating his medical opinion that E Peters of the Madras Civil Service should not return to India unless a change greatly for the better occurs.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7739]
INGE, William Ralph (1860-1954). Dean of St Paul's.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to Mrs Davies (fold mark), no place, no date. Reporting that he has forwarded her letter to the Canon in Residence.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7742]
INGE, William Ralph (1829-1903). Provost of Worcester College, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear President, 2 pages 8vo, Worcester College, 1 December 1892. A testimonial for J O H Carter ('have known of him since he became Bishop's Boy at Salisbury').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7740]
INGERSOLL, Robert Green (1833-1899). American lawyer and agnostic; colonel in the Civil War.Autograph Letter Signed to Hutchins, 2 pages 8vo, written sideways on lined paper (mounting tape adhering to the side, splits), Washington, D.C., 29 December 1884. Declaring Hutchins's rheumatism to be the worst 'ism' in the world with the exception of presbyterianism and offering advice for its cure.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 7587]
INGLIS, Sir Robert Harry (1786-1855). Tory politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 4 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting), 7 Bedford Square, 20 April 1843. Discussing a bill introduced to the House and also the new Court of Marriage in the light of his corresondent's 'personal grievance'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7748]
INGLIS, Sir Robert Harry (1786-1855). Tory politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to General Fox, 1 page 8vo, 7 Bedford Terrace, 18 December 1851. Declining an invitation.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7747]
INGRAMS, William Harold (1897-1973). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wiener, 2 pages 8vo, on Commonwealth Office writing paper, from 15 Gledhow Gardens, [1970]. A convoluted refusal to accede to Wiener's request ('I ... work full time, now on Research for the FO/CO Research dept & in my spare time evenings & weekends I have other work, my books, articles etc to do. ...').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7760]
INSURANCE
Printed copy of an insurance policy from Albion Fire and Life, issued to Mr William Wood in the Isle of Wight, 3 pages large folio, 11 April 1833. Somewhat scuffed at the edges.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7765]
IRELAND Autograph Letter Signed, unsigned, to 'My dear Carl', 3½ pages 4to, 20 August, no date, probably from Dublin, on a note of invitation to dinner. Railing against 'the Roman Catholicks' and the destruction they have brought to Ireland.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 7826]
IRELAND, John (1761-1842). Dean of Westminster & theological writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Blake, 1 page 4to (oblong), no place, 2 August 1804. Requesting that the sum of £3233.15.0 ('part of the monies this day deposited with you') be put in the 3 per cent trust account of Robert Bromley.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7800]
ISLE OF MAN
Copy of a commission, 1 page folio (oblong, edges torn, piece missing from the foot, not affecting the text), partially printed and completed by hand. Appointing John Cringle to be one of Her Majesty's Constables, 26 July 1864, good red wax seal, signed by Henry B Koch, Lieutenant Governor of the Island.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7817]
IVORY, James, Lord Ivory (1792-1866). Scottish judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Tillock, 1 page 4to (oblong, trimmed), 17 Grafton Street East, Tottenham Court Road, 'Monday' no date. Sending an article for Tillock's magazine to be returned if not useful.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7830]
Autograph Letter Signed to Lindsay, 2 pages 8vo on his Hibbert Journal writing-paper, Headington, Oxford, 25 July 1923. Advising Lindsay on how to make his article more up-to-date, suggesting that he substitute the instance of the French in the Ruhr for the Irish illustration.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7831]
JACKSON, William Walrond (1838-1931). Rector of Exeter College, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hodgson, 2 pages 8vo, Exeter College, Oxford, 10 June 1892. Offering him a bed in College, explaining that no ticket is necessary for Encaenia and asking if he would like a ticket for the college ball that evening (for 15 shillings).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8001]
JACOBSON, William (1803-1884). Bishop of Chester.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 4 pages 8vo, Ewelme Rectory, Wallingford, 6 July 1863. Blaming pressing business ('the Royal Visit, its antecedents, enjoyment, & consequences') for the tardiness of his reply, and explaining that he can part with only a scrap of Dr Stanley's writing and none of Gladstone's.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8017]
JACOBSON, William (1803-1884). Bishop of Chester.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Friend', 2 pages 12mo, no place, no date. Reporting that the 'aspirant' wishes to be in Oxford the next evening.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8006]
JAMAICA
Letter from the Commercial Bank of Kingston to David Kennedy, 1 page 4to with address-leaf and Kingston frank, 1 April 1847. Charging Kennedy with several tasks including sending letters to London via the Liverpool sailing packet and settling accounts.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 19868]
JAMES, The Revd Herbert Armitage (1844-1931). President of St John's College, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo on crested writing-paper of Cheltenham College, 17 November 1893. Confirming that his correspondent's son's name shall be entered for September of 1895.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8023]
JEBB, Sir Richard Claverhouse (1841-1905). Greek scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Professor Rûcher, 1 page 8vo, The Athenaeum, 9 June 1899. Explaining that he has signed Principal Bodington's paper and hope to vote for him the following Monday.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 8094]
JEFFREY, Francis, Lord (1773-1850). Scottish judge and critic.
Autograph Letter (third person) to the Librarian of the Faculty of Advocates, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf, 24 Murry Place, 15 June 1835. Asking for a volume containing the 'case of Blackwood in 1848'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 8098]
JEFFREY, Francis, Lord (1773-1850). Scottish judge and critic.
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed to R Miller with a few lines, laid down with an engraving of Jeffrey, in all 280 x 150 mm (ca 11 x 6 inches).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 19869]
JEFFREY, Francis, Lord (1773-1850). Scottish judge and critic.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Innes, 1 page 16mo with remains of address-leaf, 24 Murry Place, 'Wedy ½ past 2'. Inviting her and her husband to dinner, and asking her to reply by the bearer ('Charles & I are here till 3. o'clock').
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 24271]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.Good Autograph Letter Signed to [Logan] Pearsall Smith (1865-1946, literary scholar), 1 page 4to with sketches in the margin, Munstead Wood, 8 July 1926. Taking him to task over his explanation of the expression 'by hook or by crook' in Words & Idioms (1925), and mentioning a reference in Shakesepare to 'bag & baggage'.
£825 / $1320 / €1023 [No: 21748]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.Three Autograph Letters Signed to Miss Sevinge in Farnham, in all 4 pages 8vo with two envelopes, Munstead Wood, Godalming, 7 and 19 April 1931 and August 29 no year. Exchanging plants and information about them, stating, in her last letter, that her gardener has sent the wrong plant ('but I do not regret it as it is one of the best').
£1350 / $2160 / €1674 [No: 23517]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.Autograph Letter Signed and a postcard to Mrs Cecil Mangles, the letter is 2 pages 8vo (slightly chewed at the sides), Munstead Wood, Godalming, 14 May and 6 June 1931. Offering advice about propagating a plant, illustrated with a sketch, and asking for a sample.
£850 / $1360 / €1054 [No: 23518]
JELF, Sir Arthur Selborne (1876-1947). Governor of Jamaica.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wollaston, 2 pages 4to, Peter's House, Bungay, 12 July no year. Thanking Wollaston for the copy of Heraldry Explained.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0810]
JELF, Richard William (1798-1871). Principal of King's College, London.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd H Robinson, 3 pages 8vo, King's College, London, 6 November 1845. Informing the clergyman that there is no vacancy for assistant masters in King's College School and returning his testimonial.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 8101]
JELF, Richard William (1798-1871). Principal of King's College, London.
Autograph testimonial Signed, 2 pages 8vo, King's College, London, 28 December 1861. An enthusiastic testimonial of the 'exemplary conduct and diligence' of George Gwilliam when he was a student in the Department of General Literature & Science, and listing Gwilliam's prizes.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 8102]
JENKINS, Edward (1838-1910). Politician & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to H J Nichol, 1 page 8vo, London, 18 November 1882. Acknowledging receipt of Nichol's note and promising a full answer in a few days' time.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8106]
JEREMIE, James Amiraux (1802-1872). Dean of Lincoln.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Trinity College, Cambridge, 25 February 1858. Thanking his correspondent for sending a copy of his lectures and declaring that he is so weak with pleurisy that he can hardly write.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8119]
JERNINGHAM, Charles Edward Wynne (1854-1921). Author ('Marmaduke') & Catholic radical.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Methuen, 2 pages 4to, 14 Pelham Crescent, Thurloe Square, no date. Originally accompanying a gift of a pair of card cases for Mr & Mrs Methuen, and complaining of the evils of the Christmas season.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8120]
JERSEY Document pertaining to land in Jersey, in French, large folio (oblong) on vellum, remains of green wax seal, 2 December 1809. A lease for Mr Josué for property of Mr Jean Amy.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 19795]
JERSEY, Victor Albert George, 7th Earl (1845-1915). Colonial governor.
Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Monkswell, 1 page 8vo, 64 Cadogan Square, 27 June 1899. 'Enclosed are the Eton v. Harrow tickets.'
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 19794]
JERSEY, George Child Villiers, 5th Earl (1773-1859).
Autograph Letter (third person) to Mr George, 1 page 8vo, Berkeley Square, no date. Apologising for his gamekeeper's treatment of George's dog ('the keeper had no knowledge of its belonging to Mr George'), noting what a good neighbour George had always been and offering to replace the animal.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 19793]
JESSOP, Augustus (1823-1914). Schoolmaster and historical writer.
Autograph Postcard Signed ('A.J.') to Mrs Wilson in Long Stratton, Scarning Rectory, 23 August 1888. Thanking her for a handkerchief, and talking of his work on an article which is proving tiresome to him.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1600]
JEX-BLAKE, Thomas William (1832-1915). Schoolmaster and dean of Wells.
Autograph Letter Signed to Alderson, 2 pages 8vo, The Deanery, Wells, 29 November 1893. Refusing to put in a word for Alderson's son with 'Mr G' because 'the only time I put in a word for the son of a friend, he did not - entre nous - quite like it' and wishing that 'G.O.M's net of fraud may split somewhere soon'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 19806]
JOEL, Jack Barnato (1862-1940). Financier & sportsman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Green, 1 page 4to (hole slightly affecting the text), 10 & 11 Austin Friars, Throgmorton Street, 1 October 1921. Congratulating Green on Welcome Stranger ('You were kind enough to congratulate me when I won the Derby, & I should have come round to have congratulated you but I knew you would be inundated with friends').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 19812]
JOHNSON, Hewlett (1874-1966). Dean successively of Manchester and Canterbury.
Autograph Letter Signed on a correspondence card to the Reverend I Fowler, the Deanery, Canterbury ('Manchester' crossed out and replaced), 18 January 1932. Asking him to come to Canterbury, but advising that a long absence in China will necessitate his staying close to Canterbury in the summer so that he cannot promise to reciprocate the visit.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 19818]
JOHNSON, John de Monins (1882-1956). Printer & scholar.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Dr R B McKerrow, 1 page 8vo (oblong) on writing-paper of the Oxford University Press, 8 December 1933. Expressing pleasure at the prospect of sending McKerrow a copy of his 'little Dent lecture, lately delivered'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 19820]
JONES, John Winter (1805-1881). Principal librarian of the British Museum.Letter Signed to D[ominic] Colnaghi, the text printed with the superscript ('Sir') and date (27 October 1877) in another hand. Thanking Colnaghi for his gift to the Museum of a silver plate engraving of The Virgin and Child by De Gheyn.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 19929]
JUSSERAND, Jean Jules (1855-1932). French writer & diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Hughes, 2 pages 8vo with envelope, on writing paper of the French Ambassador to Washington, 12 July 1905. Thanking Hughes for a copy of his book Avisa, and advising him that he had already ordered a copy and read it with great interest.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 19861]
JUSSERAND, Jean Jules (1855-1932). French writer & diplomat.Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Munro, 3 pages small 4to, French Embassy in Washington, 11 December 1910. Discussing early French Shakespeare scholarship.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24274]
Autograph Letter Signed to White, 1 page 12mo, Linc[oln] Coll[ege], 'Sat.Eve' no date. Declining an invitation on the grounds of a previous engagement.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 19954]
KAY-SHUTTLEWORTH, Sir James Phillips (1804-1877). Educator and politician.Autograph Letter Signed to William Garnett, 2½ pages 8vo, (three small filing-holes), Gawthorpe, 4 October no year [watermark 1854?].
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 3218]
KEKEWICH, Sir George William (1841-1921). Educationalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Williams, 1 page 8vo, Education Department, 6 January 1895. Thanking Williams for his congratulations ('There is no one from whom they are more acceptable'.)
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20129]
KELLY, Sir Fitzroy (1796-1880). Lord chief baron; barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Septimus Gaselee, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaaf, Buffet Calais, 'Wednesday Night' no date. Urging him to board Captain Smithett's ship which is the only one that was able to put in.
£30 / $48 / €37 [No: 20241]
KENEALLY, Edward Vaughan Hyde (1819-1880). Barrister.
Part of an Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page 4to, laid down on the remains of an album leaf, no place, no date. Admonishing his correspondent to pursue his case, and assuring him that the evidence of the tattoo alone will ensure his acquittal.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20002]
KENEALLY, Edward Vaughan Hyde (1819-1880). Barrister and poet.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed peer ('My Lord'), 4 pages 8vo (held together with a circular staple), Gray's Inn, 'Easter Sunday 1875'. Thanking the peer for his biography of Lord Denman and denying ever having been in Buxton ('perhaps somebody has who has amused himself by calling my name').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20284]
KENNEDY, Gilbert George (1844-1909). Barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gretton, 2½ pages 8vo on embossed writing-paper of the Garrick, 15 January 1897. Returning 10 debentures of the Temple Yacht Club (no longer present) and endorsing Lord Rothschild's leadership.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20286]
KENNEDY, Sir William Rann (1846-1915). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Browne, 1 page 8vo on embossed writing paper of the Royal Courts of Justice, 26 March no year. Thanking Balfour Browne for presenting a copy of Authors' Essays and saying how much he has already enjoyed the sections on Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot and Landor.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20411]
KENNETT, Robert Hatch (1865-1932). Hebraist & divine.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to J M Creed at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Queens, 8 March 1912. Attempting to arrange an appointment for the following Monday.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20412]
KENNY, Arthur Henry (1776-1855). Controversialist.
Autograph Letter (third person) to William Woods, 1 page 4to with integral address leaf, 171 Great Surrey Street, 20 January 1822. Promising to communicate with John Adams (parish clerk) the contents of Mr Woods's letter together with his own sanction 'in obeying the direction expressed in the note'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20415]
KENT, Nathaniel (1737-1810). Land valuer & agriculturist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 4to, Ripon Hall, Aylsham, Norfolk, 9 March 1784. Dispensing advice on the running and stocking of his correspondent's holdings ('let off a Diary of thirty cows, which would be a certan return - to stock the remainder of the ground with weather sheep andd welch Bullocks only').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 20419]
KENYON, Sir Frederic George (1863-1952). Scholar & administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hyslop, 1 page 8vo on writing-paper of the British Museum, 7 February 1925. Accompanying a treatise from the Museum's principal authority on Gaelic dialects ('It isn't very definite, but leaves all the more rope to the translator').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20422]
KENYON, Sir Frederic George (1863-1952). Scholar & administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Captain Pearson, 2 pages 8vo, British Museum, 31 January no year. Promising to send a copy of 'the Aristotle' with the hope that his contribution is not too dull, and giving news of his family.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20423]
KENYON, Lloyd, First Baron (1732-1802). Master of the Rolls.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Lord', 1 page 4to (small piece torn from the upper left-hand corner, not affecting the text), no place, 29 November [1798]. Announcing a new a preferred living for Mr Parkes, who had previously been helped by the correspondent.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 20004]
KERSHAW, S Wayland (d. 1914). Librarian of Lambeth Palace.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, Lambeth Palace Library, 6 November 1882. Sending a list of literary and scientific societies which might help his correspondent with his publication The Epic of Persia.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20682]
KEYMER, Sir Daniel Thomas (1857-1933). East India & Colonial merchant.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Miller, 2 pages 8vo, 7 Warwick Road, Upper Clapton, 8 July 1923. Thanking Miller for his letter of congratulations.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20686]
KEYNES, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887-1982). Surgeon and literary scholar.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to, N. Cornwall, no date. Thanking his correspondent for his report of a poem, which he did not know had been dedicated to Donne, but which he did not feel was 'quite up to the £3.10.0 level'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 20687]
KING, Cecil Harmsworth (1901-1987). Newspaper man.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed corresondent, 2 pages 8vo (soiled and creased), 109 Cheyne Walk, 10 May no year. Outlining his area of book and manuscript collecting.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20692]
KINGSDOWN, Thomas Pemberton-Leigh, Baron (1793-1867). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Tom', 1 page 8vo, 3 Spring Garden Terrace, 5 May 1864. An invitation to dine with the wish that Fanny can accompany his guest.
£22 / $35 / €27 [No: 20924]
KITTO, John Vivian (1875-1953). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Payen-Payne, 2 pages 8vo, on blind-stamped writing-paper of the House of Commons, 20 February 1933. Apologising for his failure to attend Payen-Payne's celebration event, which appears to have been caused by his son's motorcycle breaking down.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20936]
KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, Edward Hugesson (1829-1893). Politician & book collector, first Baron Brabourne.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev J Harrison, 1½ pages 8vo, Smeeth Paddocks, 24 November 1879. Regretting that he is unable to attend the anniversary dinner of the Brother Foresters ('I am a hard-working man, and my engagements are of necessity made some time in advance').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20941]
KNATCHBULL, Sir Edward (1781-1849). Statesman.
Autograph Letter (third person) to the Mayor Elect of the City of Canterbury, 1 page 4to, Marsham Hatch, 21 Setpember 1831. Accepting an invitation to dine 'with him and the Corporation'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20007]
KNIGHT, Professor William Angus (1836-1916). Professor of moral philosophy & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2¼ pages 8vo, University of St Andrews, 1 January 1894. Agreeing to lecture to the London Institution and apologising for the delay in replying.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20951]
KNOLLYS, Colonel Sir Henry (1840-1930). Controller & private secretary to the Queen of Norway.
3 Autograph Letters Signed to the Rev J C Taylor, in all 4 pages 8vo with 1 envelope, Buckingham Palace, 2 Morpeth Mansions & King's Lynn, 1913. Accepting, on behalf of the King of Norway, Taylors The Northern Sea, and praising 'the force & beauty of your descriptions and the fidelity of the drawings'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 20961]
KNOX, Edmund Arbuthnott (1847-1937). Bishop of Manchester.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Townshend, 1 page 8vo, 18 Beckham Grove, Shortlands, Kent, 27 March 1925. Thanking her for her 'billiant suggestion' which he has passed on to the secretary of the Evangelical Alliance with his strong support.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20967]
KNOX-LITTLE, William James (1839-1918). Divine & preacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to Carroll, 2 page 8vo, Hoar Cross, Burton-on-Trent, 7 December 1893. Regretting that he cannot help Carroll during Lent as he is to be in London only for the week when he is at St Paul's.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20973]
KNOX-LITTLE, William James (1839-1918). Divine & preacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Robert', 1 page 8vo, The College, Worcester, 22 November 1889. Offering to do all in his power to help.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20972]
KYNASTON, Herbert (1835-1910). Canon of Durham and classical scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Wilkinson, 4 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting in the margin), St Paul's, 22 October 1861. Discussing Mr Mercier's chances of securing a post.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20986]
Autograph calculations signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 22 September 1865. Showing the measurement 'of the Garden Ground and house in Coalsnaughton for Mr Drysdale', calculating it as '27 Falls 1 Ell Scotch which is nearly 33-3/4 Imperial'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21002]
LAKE, William Charles (1817-1897). Dean of Durham.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Elliot, 4 pages 8vo with envelope, the first page cross-written, Deanery, 21 July postmarked 1891. A good gossipy letter about fellow clerics (Tait, Arnold, Church).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21003]
LANCASTER, Joseph (1778-1838). Educationalist; founder of the Lancastrian system.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Robert Spence, 1 page 4to (small seal tear), Newcastle, 2 November 1810. Arranging to see Spence in the evening ('He has but just arrived and is rather fatigued with travelling.').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21019]
LANCASTER, Sir William John (1841-1929). Philanthropist.
Autograph note on a printed compliments card, South Lynn, 40 Putney Hill, 8 June 1918. Noting the contribution of £5 5s 'for Chas Dickens House'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21021]
LANE, Edward William (1801-1876). Arabic scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to A A Paton, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting on the back), no place, no date. Gladly offering to lend a book.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21032]
LANFREY, Pierre (1828-1877). French historian & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to an unnamed woman ('Madame'), 2½ pages 8vo, 22 rue Chaptal, 6 March 1870. Reminiscing about his friend Schiffer, whose memory and sterling qualities were so well evoked by his recipient's book.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21038]
LANG, Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945). Archbishop of Canterbury.
Typewritten Letter Signed to MacGregor, 1 page 4to (somewhat foxed), as from Lambeth Palace, 11 June 1938. Regretting that MacGregor is leaving his curacy at Maidstone to take up a post at Lochgilphead ('I wonder whether you will find that Lochgilphead gives you adequate opportunities of work and service').
£25 / $40 / €31 [No: 21039]
LANE-POOLE, Stanley Edward (1854-1931). Orientalist & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Gower, 3 Newnham Road, Bedford, 27 December 1895. Thanking Gower for sending three 'most valuable & interesting Addresses' and for introducing 'that phenomenal typist Mr F.W. Read'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21037]
LANSBURY, George (1859-1940). Labour leader & politician.
Autograph sentiment signed at the top, 1 page 8vo, 1 September 1912. 'The fight for social redemption must be waged by women & men as Comrades until Salvation in its broadest & best sense is really won for all.'
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21047]
LANSDOWNE, Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice (1845-1927). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Wrench, 2 pages 8vo, Berkeley Square, 19 August 1907. Noting Wrench's reservations and promising that they will be given due consideration.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21048]
LANSDOWNE, Henry, third Marquis of (1780-1863). Statesman.
Autograph Letter (third person) [to Hans Busk], 1 page and 1 line 4to, Bowood, 14 April 1819. Praising Busk's book The Banquet.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21049]
LASCELLES, Sir Frank Cavendish (1841-1920). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sheffield, 2 pages 8vo, 62 Eaton Square, 23 November 1873. Asking for an introduction for Hannay ('a Police Magistrate') so that he may attend a debate in the Assembly and the trial of Bazame in Paris.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21057]
LATHAM, Henry (1821-1902). Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Trinity Hall Lodge, Cambridge, 17 June no year. Urging his correspondent to find a bookseller who will sell the book in question for 5s instead of 6s 6d.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21064]
LAURIE, Sir Peter (1778-1861). Lord Mayor of London.
Autograph Letter Signed to Haynes, 1 page 8vo with red wax seal and integral address-leaf, 7 Park Square, 30 September 1828. Inviting Haynes to attend a meeting to hear the complaints of the pensioners, and informing him that 'a gentleman from the Herald will be there'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21137]
LAW, Thomas, of Washington (1759-1834). Author & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Clay at 'The House', 1½ pages 4to (repaired folds, other tears) with integral address-leaf, no date. Regretting that a bout of Talbother's fever prevents his attending the celebratory dinner and drawing a diagram to illustrate how much space is required by a growing population.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21629]
LAWLEY, Francis (1825-1901). Sportsman & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Fergusson, 3 pages 8vo, 75 Victoria Street, 25 June 1874. Relating a story about Edmund Kean and an obscure actor.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21142] Longer description
LAWRENCE, Sir Joseph, Bt. (1848-1919). Industrialist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Upton, 4 pages 8vo with a pencilled note on a card, Oaklands, Kenley, Surrey, 27 June 1899. Note of identification and underlining in red ink. The card urges Upton to substitute for Mark Twain who has cried off, the letter thanks him for doing so ('My American visitors are like meteors - they fly across the firmament & then are lost to view.').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21147]
LAWRENCE, Sir John Laird Mair, 1st Baron (1811-1869). Governor-general of India.Autograph Letter Signed to [Edward Backhouse] Eastwick (1814-1883, orientalist and diplomatist), 1½ pages 4to (traces of former mounting), India House, 10 August 1859. Inquiring about the possible date for Eastwick's return and emphasising its urgency.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 23977]
LAWS, Robert (1851-1934). Missionary.Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Anderson, 1 page 8vo on flimsy paper (traces of tape mounting at the corners), Overtoun Missionary Institution, Nyasaland, 6 July 1916. Sending a shirt and pyjamas which Anderson had ordered but regretting that he could not yet return the stethoscope.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24606]
LAWSON, Sir Edward Levy-, Baron Burnham (1833-1916). Newspaper proprietor.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, 12 Berkeley Square, 'May 1895'. Inviting his correspondent to attend the annual dinner of the Royal General Theatrical Fund, which he is to chair; failing which he hopes for a donation.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21150]
LEACH, Sir John (1760-1834). Master of the Rolls.
Autograph Letter Signed to Maclean, 1 page 16mo with integral address-leaf (soiled), South Street, 31 July 1831. Informing Maclean that he is leaving London immediately for three months and asking that his mail be reserved until his return.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21213]
LEADER, John Temple (1810-1903). Politician and connoisseur.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Andrews, 1 page 4to with address-leaf and seal, Ch[rist] Ch[urch, Oxford], 30 October 1828. Listing the lots which he wishes Andrews to procure for him at the sale of Dr Parr's library.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 3721]
LEAF, Walter (1852-1927). Classical scholar & banker.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bedford, 2 pages 8vo, 6 Sussex Place, Regent's Park, 12 November 1900. Asking for help in securing entrance for a friend who is a scientific dentist who wishes to see the snakes at the zoo in connection with his study of mastication.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21218]
LEASK, William (1812-1884). Dissenting divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to William Walker, ½-page 8vo, 9 Holland Grove, Kensington, 10 January 1851. Thanking Walker for his book order.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21220]
LEES, Sir Elliott, 1st Baronet (1860-1908). Politician.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Miss Gatehouse, 1 page 8vo, South Lytchet Manor, Pool, 17 September 1890. Declining an invitation as he and Lady Lees will be absent from Birkenhead.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21376]
LEE, Gordon Ambrose de Lisle (1864-1927). Clarenceux King of Arms.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Edmund, ½-page 4to (three filing holes), Zenda, Kew Gardens, Surrey, 11 March 1919. Concerning the bestowal of a knighthood.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21234]
LEE, James Prince (1804-1869). Bishop of Manchester.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.T. Inglesby, 3 pages 4to with integral address-leaf, Rugby, Warwickshire, 8 May 1858. Urging speed in the enterprise and listing those from whom support has been or may be given.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21631]
LEE, Jennie (1904-1988). Politician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Ruth Myers, 1 page 8vo, on writing paper of the House of Commons, 2 March 1965. Giving permission for Myers to quote from her book In Place of Fear.
£25 / $40 / €31 [No: 21236]
LEE, Jennie (1904-1988). Politician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to F O Rilstone, 1 page 8vo on House of Commons writing paper, 23 February 1960. Passing on the thanks of her husband for Rilstone's kind letter.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 21238]
LEFEVRE, Charles Shaw-, Visc Eversley (1794-1888). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Henry, 2 pages 8vo on embossed writing paper of the Royal Commission on Loss of Life at Sea, as from 18 Bryanston Square, 13 April 1886. Calling off a dinner engagement with two grounds: the death of a close relative of his wife and an invitation to stand at Bradford.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21380]
LEGH, Thomas Wodehouse, Second Baron Newton (1857-1942). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to T W Keighly, ½-page 8vo, 7 Upper Belgrave Street, 13 December 1895. Confirming his appearance at the meeting of the Magazine Art Union.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21666]
LEHMANN, Rudolph Chambers (1856-1929). Journalist, politican and oarsman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hanson Lewis, 3 pages 8vo, Daish's Hotel, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 5 August 1900. Suggesting that Elliott & Fry might supply the photo required, and discussing photographs of regattas.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 21671]
LELAND, John (1691-1766). Presbyterian minister and theological writer.Autograph Letter Signed to 'R[everen]d and D[ea]r S[i]r', 2 pages 8vo, Liverpool, 9 October 1739. Apologising for the delay in writing, a result of ill health, protesting that he wishes to carry on a correspondence.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 21684]
LEMIEUX, Rodolphe (1866-1937). Canadian statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Aberdeen, 2 pages 8vo (facing), Ottawa, 4 September 1908. Offering support for her son's election ('I sincerely hope that the son of our beloved Governor will be elected').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21687]
LIDDON, Henry Parry (1829-1890). Theologian and pulpit orator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Arnold, 2 pages 8vo, Christ Church, 1 May 1879. Promising to write to Mr Wordsworth, though he holds out little chance of success.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1747]
LIDDON, Henry Parry (1829-1890). Theologian and pulpit orator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Plummer, 3 pages 8vo, (remains of former mount), Christ Church, 26 April 1869. Hoping that they will be able to meet, but warning that he may have to return to London as the bishop is very ill.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1746]
LIVERPOOL, Charles, third Earl of (1784-1851). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Haling, 1½ pages 8vo, Buxted, 18 November 1842. Sending a draft and ordering a carpet ('I do not like any fringe to the rug').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21778]
LLOYD, Charles
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Porchester, 1 page 8vo, London, 1 January 1819. Accepting the invitation from Porchester's father, Lord Caenarvon.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0538]
LLOYD-GEORGE, George Gwilyn (1894-1967). Politician; son of the Prime Minister.
Typewritten Letter Signed to [his bank manager] A L Ball, 1 page 4to (note of identification at the head), 44 Lower Belgrave Street, 1 November 1951. Accepting Ball's letter of congratulations (on his return to office) and remarking 'I am sure you are right about the hard tasks ahead, but we shall all have to do our best to tackle them'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21811]
LOCK, William (1732-1810). Art connoisseur & patron.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (creased), Norbury Park, 1 May no year. Regretting that the farm in question is not likely to become available and apologising for his mistake.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21815]
LOFTUS, August William Frederick Spencer (1817-1904). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed in French to Kugel, 4 pages 8vo, 58 Chester Square, 'Jeudi matin' no date. Regretting that he was not at home to receive Kugel and that, due to his wife's health, he does not go about in society, and sending best wishes to Kugel and his family.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 21995]
LONDONDERRY, Chas Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1851-1915). Sixth marquis; politician.
Secretarial Autograph Letter (third person) to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, received stamp, Wyngard Park, Stockton on Tees, 18 March 1885. Regretting his inability to attend the AGM of the RNLI.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22903]
LONG, Sir Robert (ca 1602-1673). Auditor of the Exchequer.
Fragment of a Document Signed, ca 70 x 180 mm (3 x 7 inches), laid down on the remains of an album leaf, 9 July 1667. Ordering a payment.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22067]
LONG, Walter Hume, 1st Viscount (1854-1924). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Arthur, 3 pages 8vo, Rood Ashton, Trowbridge, 24 December 1915. Congratulating Arthur on his work ('never was it so true as it is today that the nation owes her existence to our Sailors') and giving news of his sons' military careers ('I wish I was 20 years younger!).
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22068]
LONG, Walter Hume, 1st Viscount (1854-1924). Politician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Stephen Simeon, 1½ pages 4to, on embossed Admiralty paper, 6 May 1919, with a draft of Simeon's reply at the foot. Defending the Navy's treatment of its sailors ('I am quite unable to find any substantiation of the facts concerning the conditions under which boys in the Royal Navy live'), and noting recruitment policies in the Colonies.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22069]
LONGLEY, Charles Thomas (1794-1868). Archbishop of Canterbury.
Autograph Letter Signed ('C T Cantuar') to an unnamed woman ('Dear Madam'), 1 page 8vo on black-edged writing paper, Addington Park, Croydon, 24 December 1867. Promising to take into account the case she has made for the Yorkshire Society's Schools, though it is his practice to reserve judgement until he has seen the polling papers.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 5103]
LONGLEY, Charles Thomas (1794-1868). Archbishop of Canterbury.
Autograph Letter Signed ('C T Cantuar') to J Rashleigh, 1½ pages 8vo on black-edged writing paper, with signed envelope bearing a penny red stamp, Addington Park, 31 October 1867. Explaining that the recent death of his third daughter has affected him so that he is unable to perform the marriage service for Rashleigh's daughter so soon, and sending his blessing for the union.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 5105]
LONSDALE, William Lowther, 1st Earl of (1757-1844). Landowner and literary patron.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 16 October 1823. Thanking his correspondent for his report on the state of Lady Lonsdale's health.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22075]
LONSDALE, William Lowther, Second Earl of (1757-1844). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (torn left margin, no loss of text), Carlton Terrace, 20 April 1852. Agreeing to lay the first stone of the Westmorland Society's schools, should his health permit.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22077]
LONSDALE, William Lowther, 1st Earl of (1757-1844). Landowner and literary patron.
Autograph Letter Signed, 1½ pages 4to, Charles Street, 14 November 1830. Assuring his correspondent of the safety of the locks and bayonets and promissing to see that they will be kept so.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22605]
LONDESBOROUGH, Albert Denison, Baron (1805-1860). Connoisseur of the arts & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Grimston, Tadcaster, 23 December 1851. Thanking his correspondent for sending a print of 'the old house at Londesborough - the larger Print from which it is taken is already in my possession'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22051]
LONSDALE, John (1788-1867). Bishop of Lichfield.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edwards, 3 pages 8vo, Great Malvern, 23 August 1843. A tender letter of sympathy.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22076]
LOPES, Sir Massey, Bt (1818-1908). Politician and agriculturist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed Bishop, 4 pages 8vo (filing holes), Grosvenor Gardens 20 April 1872. Regretting that he is unable to attend the meeting to explore the necessity for increased religious accommodation in towns, and offering £100 towards the cause.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22098]
LORAINE, Sir Percy (1880-1961). Diplomatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Fitzmaurice, 1½ pages 8vo (oblong), Sloane Street, 17 July 1949. Acknolwedging Miss Fitzmaurice's letter of sympathy on the death of his sister ('she did untold good helping others, with never a thought for herself') and remembering Frank Henderson ('A good sportsman, a good neighbour').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22099]
HOUSE OF LORDS
Ticket of admission to the gallery of the House of Lords, 1 page 8vo (oblong) with ink smudges, 20 December 1852. Signed by Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22101]
LOTHIAN, Robert Kerr, Marquess of (1882-1940). Writer and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed bookseller, 1½ pages 8vo, 29 St James's Place, 1 November 1930. Ordering a copy of Duveen to be sent to Mde Revilliad in Switzerland (several attempts at the address crossed out).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22106]
LOTHIAN, Schomberg Kerr, Marquess of (1833-1900). Diplomatist and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Greaves, 4 pages 8vo, Strome Ferry, 23 April 1892. Inquiring as to the well-being of his son, Robert, and dispensing advice as to how best he may pass his examinations ('a glass of wine & a biscuit might not be a bad fortifier').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22105]
LOUISE Margaret, Princess (1860-1917). Wife of the Duke of Connaught.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Constance, 2½ pages 8vo, Bourbon l'Archamboult Allies, France, 3 June 1893. Thanking Lady Constance for procuring a cloak for her ('I think it most moderate in price').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22146]
LOWDER, Charles Fuge (1820-1880). Divine
Autograph Letter Signed to Ramsay, 1½ pages 8vo, Hendon, 21 June [1861]. Discussing committee matters.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22160]
LOWER, Mark Anthony (1813-1876). Antiquary.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev J.I. Fowler, 1 page 8vo, (left-hand margin somewhat uneven), St Anne's House Mews, 19 February 1867. Expressing great pleasure in signing Fowler's certificate as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and the hope that he may be at Somerset House to support his election.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22165]
LOWE, Sir Robert, Lord Sherbrooke (1811-1892). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Sherbrooke') to Collier, 4 pages 8vo, 34 Lowndes Square, 6 March 1882. Quoting sources in Greek and Latin to support his case ('As a parson said He who is not convinced by these arguments must be a vilian [sic] indeed').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22162]
LOWE, Sir Robert (1811-1892). Politician.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to Miss Elliott, in all 4 pages 8vo with two envelopes, on embossed writing paper of the British Museum and the House of Commons, 22 and 25 July 1876. First seeking a boy to read to him ('I had rather he did not come from an industrial day school') and then reporting that he had found one.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22163]
LOWELL, James Russell (1819-1891). American poet, essayist and diplomat.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Drummond, 1 page 8vo, (traces of mount on verso of second leaf), Lowndes Square, 16 June 1883. Accepting an invitation to dinner, and regretting that his wife will not join them.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 2552]
LOWTHER, James (1840-1904). Politician and sportsman.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Colleague', 2½ pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Chief Secretary's Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 11 January 1880. Promising to try to attend a dinner, and adding 'I know by experience that the assistance you refer to would be at my disposal if the state of affairs over here made it out of my power to get over'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22167]
LOWTHER, James William, Viscount Ullswater (1855-1949). Speaker of the House of Commons.
Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Browne, 1 page 8vo, Speaker's House, House of Commons, 27 March 1916. Requesting an urgent meeting on a 'rather pressing matter'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22168]
LOWTHER, James William, Viscount Ullswater (1855-1949). Speaker of the House of Commons.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Archer Shee, 2 pages 8vo, Speaker's House, House of Commons, 12 April 1921. Replying to the suggestion of a ladies' gallery in a lukewarm manner ('The police have their hands pretty full just now and it seems undesireable to add to their duties, as an opening of the ladies' gallery would certainly do').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22169]
LOYSON, Emilie Hyacinthe Wife of Hyacinthe Loyson & missionary.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Mademoiselle'), 2 pages 8vo, no place, 25 January 1878. Declining an invitation on the grounds of indisposal ('I am trying to gather strength enough to make a journey next week with the Père').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22171]
LOYSON, Hyacinthe (1827-1912). Unfrocked priest & founder of the Gallican movement.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Hyacinthe Loyson / prêtre') in French to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo (traces of glue on the back), Neuilly, Paris, 13 July 1880. Listing English translations of his books.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22170]
LUARD, Henry Richards (1825-1891). Reistrar of the university of Cambridge.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Registry, Cambridge, 29 April 1863. Acknowleding his corresondent's cheque for £12, being the subscription for himself and his sister to the restoration of St Mary's.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22187]
LUCAN, George Charles Bingham, Earl of (1800-1888). Field Marshal.Correspondence between Lucan and his estate manager for Sutton Hall in Macclesfield, William Brocklehurst with additional estate papers. In all, 37 Autograph Letters Signed of Lucan and 11 address-wrappers, an Autograph Letter (third person) of Lady Lucan, ca 35 letters from Brocklehurst, and a large number of estate papers, 1830s
£1500 / $2400 / €1860 [No: 7380]
LUDLOW, John Malcolm Forbes (1821-1911). Social reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Parkinson, 2 pages 8vo, 112 Fleet Street, 5 January 1863. Stating that Whitaker will be able to supply some literary gossip ('or to correct a good deal, which is scarcely less important'), and asking for Parkinson'spaper to be submitted as early as possible.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22215]
LUDLOW, John Malcolm Forbes (1821-1911). Social reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Friend', 2 pages 8vo, on black-edged paper of The Athenaeum 1 March 1864. A letter of sympathy for the loss of a brother ('those whom we see no more are but gone to join the spirits of just men made perfect').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22216] Longer description
LUNN, Sir Arnold Henry Moore (1888-1974). Ski pioneer & Christian controversialist.
Typewritten Letter Signed to William Gill of the Oxford Union Society, ½-page 4to, Chalet Berna, Grindelwald, 20 May 1924. Expressing sorrow that Gill is leaving the Union ('I had come to regard you as a permanent fixture, as permanent as the building itself').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22228]
LUNN, Sir Arnold Henry Moore (1888-1974). Ski pioneer & Christian controversialist.
Typewritten Letter Signed ("Sally Lunn") to Simons, 2 pages 4to, Palace Hotel Des Alpes, Mürren, no date. Accepting Simons's compliment ('which you have paid to my book of writing a tome in refutation of its fallacies') and answering some of Simons's points.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22229]
LUPTON, Joseph Hirst (1863-1905). Scholar & schoolmaster.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Collinson Morley, 1 page 8vo, 7 Earl's Terrace, Kensington Road, 2 December 1898. Wishing for more of the 'trespassing on the school library' that Morley describes and listing the copies of Colet's sermon in the library.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22231]
LUSH, Sir Charles Montague (1853-1930). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to G.G. Holland, 2 pages 8vo, Tanglewood, Bushey Heath, 7 November 1910. Thanking him for his note of congratulations and recalling the case where they met.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22232]
LUSH, Sir Robert (1807-1881). Lord Justice.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 22 April [1879]. Explaining that he is just off on the circuit, but promising to look out the book on Ceylon when he returns.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22233]
LUSHINGTON, Stephen Rumbold (1776-1868). Indian official.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, 16 April 1817. Requesting a revenue vessel for the lakes of Scotland, to be drawn from those put out of commission.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22875]
LYALL, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835-1911). Indian civil servant & writer.Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Monkswell, 1¼ pages 8vo, 18 Queen's Gate, 27 June 1901. Extending a last-minute invitation to dine as one of his guests has dropped out.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22242]
LYALL, Sir Alfred Comyn (1835-1911). Indian civil servant & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Sheridan, 2½ pages 8vo, 18 Queen's Gate, 30 November 1904. Thanking her for sight of letters from Lord Dufferin, used in his writings, and assuring her that 'I have made no allusion, in my book, to the calumnious imputations that were once thrown upon Mrs Newton'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22243]
LYALL, William Rowe (1788-1857). Dean of Canterbury.
Autograph Letter Signed to Moor, 1 page 8vo, Deanery, 10 January no year. Returning some papers (no longer present).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22244]
LYNDHURST, John Singleton Copley, Baron (1772-1863). Lord Chancellor, son of the portrait painter. F
Fragment of a Document Signed ('Lyndhurst) on vellum, excised from the whole, ca 145 x 125 mm (6 x 5 inches), 9 September 1829. Allowing and confirming a certificate.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22276]
LYNDHURST, John Singleton Copley, Baron (1772-1863). Lord Chancellor, son of the portrait painter. F
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Malcolm, 2 pages 8vo, George Street, 'Saturday' no date. Promising to do what he can for Mr Pemberton, but warning her that the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London hold the influence in the matter.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22277]
LYSONS, Daniel (1762-1834). Topographer.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 closely-written pages 4to on black-edged paper, Rodmarton, 8 May 1833. A detailed letter entirely concerned with plant specimens, of which he is sending a parcel 'by Pickwick's coach today'.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 23385]
LYSONS, Daniel (1762-1834). Topographer.Autograph Letter Signed evidently to a bookseller or publisher, 1 page 8vo (oblong), Putney, 'Wednesday Morning, no date. Asking him to send three copies (of an unspecified work) for named recipients by the Stroud coach, directed to Thomas Master of Cirencester.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24705]
LYTE, Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell (1848-1940). Deputy Keeper of the public records.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hubert Smith, 2½ pages 8vo, 18 Albemarle Street, 7 October 1883. Advising Smith as to the transcription and translation of two Latin books.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22288]
LYTE, Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell (1848-1940). Deputy Keeper of the public records.
Typewritten Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 61 Warwick Square, 5 December 1926. Informing his correspondent that the office of Deputy Keeper of the Records was created by an act of parliament and that the national archives were previously dispersed.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22289]
LYTTLETON, George William, 4th Baron (1817-1876). Privy counsellor.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 7½ pages 8vo, Cambridge, 1 March, year obscure. Giving a lengthy and detailed explanation of why he is unable to sign the paper as it is.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22291]
LYTTLETON, Oliver, 1st Viscount Chandos (1893-1972). Politician & business man.
Typewritten Letter Signed ('Oliver') to Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Crown House, Aldwych, 18 August 1954. Thanking Harding for his and the War Office's assistance 'when you had to improvise and scrape round for what the Opposition blythly quotes "a few companies"'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22290]
LYTTON, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl (1831-1891). Statesman & poet (as Owen Meredith).
Closing pages of a long Autograph Letter Signed, 2 pages 4to, no date, no place Arguing that the only solution to the Indian frontier problem is the partition of Afghanistan between Russia and Britain.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22293]
LYTTON, Pamela Wife of the second Baron Lytton.
Autograph Letter Signed in pencil to Mrs Page, 2½ pages 8vo on writing paper of the Governor's Camp, Bengal (where her father was governor) with gold coronet, 'Friday' no date. Making arrangements for Mrs Page's daughter, Rosemary.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22295]
M'CARTHY, Justin (1830-1912). Politician and writer.Autograph Letter Signed to M[oncure] D[aniel] Conway (1832-1907, American author), 1½ pages 12mo, 48 Gower Street, Bedford Square, 24 October no year. Sending a photograph of [James Russell] Lowell (no longer present). Small tear in second leaf affecting one word.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 22376]
McCARTHY, Justin (1830-1912). Irish politician and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Bell, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, no place, 19 November 1879. Sending a quote from Juvenal, with his own translation.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22590]
McCARTHY, Justin (1830-1912). Irish politician and novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to G.W.E. Russell, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, 25 Grosvenor Mansions, Victoria Street, no date. Thanking Russell for his lecture on George Eliot ('of which I have read every word and with almost all of which I entirely agree').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22591]
MacCOLL, Malcolm (1838-1907). Clergyman & publicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Aberdeen, 4 pages 8vo, Devonshire Club, St James's, 5 July no year. Asking that a card be sent to Mrs Hoy, the London correspondent for two Australian newspapers, and remarking 'What a fiasco the collapse of the O'Donnell trial is'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22594]
MACDONALD, Sir John Hay Athole (1836-1919). Lord jusice-clerk of Scotland.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Editor of Men and Women of the Time, 1 page 8vo, Amwell Place, Hassocks, 21 April 1898. Returning a proof with no corrections.
£30 / $48 / €37 [No: 22624]
MACDONALD, Malcolm John (1901-1981). Politician, diplomat & writer; son of James Ramsay Macdonald.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Lord Wakefield, 1 pages 4to, on writing paper of the Dominions Office, Downing Street, 19 January 1938. Thanking Wakefield for sending the Life of Admiral Arthur Phillip and a copy of his address delivered in 1934.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22626]
MACDONALD, Sir Murdoch (1866-1957). Engineer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Alex-Tweedie, 1 page 8vo, 26 Half Moon Street, London, 30 March 1922. Thanking her for her note of congratulations on his election (as MP for Inverness).
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22627]
McDONNELL, Sir Schomberg Kerr (1861-1915). Civil servant.
Autograph Letter Signed to Whateley Ingall, 3 pages 8vo with envelope (some tape adhering to the upper margin), Foreign Office, 23 January 1896. Thanking him, on behalf of Lord Salisbury, for his letter about orchestra subsidy and explaining that Salisbury does not think that local rates can legitimately defray the costs.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22628]
MACDOUGALL, Francis Thomas (1817-1886). Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear John', 2 pages 8vo, Godmanchester Vicarage, Huntington, 7 August no year (watermark 1868). Congratulating his correspondent on becoming 'a brother D.C.L., and inviting him to stay to "talk over" the depravity of human nature as we used 30 years ago'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22629]
McGREGOR, Sir Evan (1842-1926). Civil servant.
Autograph Letters to Messrs Holland & Sons, 2 pages 8vo, Aynsome, Cartmel, Lancashire, 6 November 1909. Declining to visit Glautty House because of the proximity of other houses.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22638]
MACGREGOR, John (1825-1892). Philanthropist and traveller, known as 'Rob Roy'.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (laid down on the remains of an album leaf), [Inner] Temple 29 March no year. Sending his terms for lecturing (no longer included) and adding that his lecture in Birmingham cleared £124.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 22639]
MACKARNESS, John Fielder (1820-1889). Bishop of Oxford.Autograph Letter Signed to [Canon Edgar] Sheppard (1845-1921, Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Alexandra, Queen Victoria and King Edward), 3 pages 8vo, Cuddesden, 27 October 1882. Agreeing wholeheartedly to joining the committee convened for the purpose of raising a memorial to the late Dean of Windsor (George Henry Connor, who was Sheppard's predecessor as Chaplain to Queen Victoria).
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24197]
MACKAY, Mackintosh (1800-1873). Gaelic scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (small piece out of the upper left hand margin), 5 West Register Street, 'Monday', no date. Recommending a former pupil for a position.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22644]
McKENNA, Reginald (1863-1943). Liberal statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Stanley, 3 pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the House of Commons, 25 February 1908. Thanking Stanley for his approbation ('I felt no small anxiety lest you should be unfavourably impressed by the project').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22662]
MACKINTOSH, Sir James (1765-1832). Political writer and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to J[ohn] H[enry] Merivale, 3 pages 8vo with integral address-leaf, Cadogan Place, 'Sunday' no date [marked 1825 in another hand]. Asking for Merivale's brief on the cases of Martine and Paoli to help elucidate a case he is working on.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22680]
McLAREN, Duncan (1880-1886). Politician & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Dudgeon, 1 page 8vo, as from the Army & Navy Hotel, Victoria Street, 8 May 1884. Paying his doctor's bill.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22693]
McLAREN, Ian (1850-1907). Presbyterian divine & author, pseudonym of John Watson.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady ('Dear Madam'), 1½ pages 8vo, 18 Sefton Drive, Liverpool, 22 December 1897. Explaining that, although he would like to help her, he cannot take any more engagements for at least 18 months.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22686]
MACLEAN, Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle (1911-1996). Army officer & politician.
Correspondence Card Signed ('Fitzroy'), blind stamp of the House of Commons, 'Christmas 1951'. Inscribed 'To Pat and Edith / with every good wish'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22687]
MACLEOD, Henry Dunning (1821-1902). Economist.
Autograph Letter Signed to F. Hendricks, 3 pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Oxford & Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, 27 February 1862. Thanking Hendricks for his contribution to his [Dictionary of Political Economy].
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22688]
MacMANUS, Arthur First Chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Comrade'), 1 page 4to (ragged at the edges), 4 Comely Park Street, Sallowgate, Glasgow, 11 July no year. Cancelling a lecture in Huddersfield, but promising to try to fix another date.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22694]
MACMILLAN, Harold, Lord Stockton (1894-1987). Prime Minister 1957-1963.Autograph note, signed 'H.M.', headed 'Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick / Drafting', on 1 page 4to, Foreign Office, 6 December 1955. 'Thank you so much for letting me see yr circular. I like it very much'.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 0682]
McNEILE, Hugh (1795-1879). Dean of Ripon.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Cropper, 1 page 12mo (laid down), Albery House, 31 January no year. Sending her a copy of the letter reproduced in the Liverpool Courier.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22703]
MACRORIE, William Kenneth (1831-1905). Bishop of Maritzburg.
Autograph Letter Signed to Jenkinson, 7 pages 8vo, Caldecott Rectory, Nuneaton, 4 September 1888. A lengthy explanation of the posts available in Natal, with apologies for the small stipends attached and the lack of places at his discretion.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22714] Longer description
MacVEAGH, Wayne (1883-1917). American politician & diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Edward H. Read, 1 page 4to, on writing paper of MacVeagh's Law Offices in Philadelphia, 30 January 1882. Urging a careful and rational approach to the problem ('we must not be induced to make a false stand again upon a consideration'). MacVeagh was attorney general of the United States at the time of writing.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22715]
MADDOCK, Sir Thomas Herbert (1790-1870). Indian administrator.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Frederick', 1 page 4to (printed note of identification at the foot), no place, no date. Asking for another copy of the certificate (which is copied on the back of the letter) to replace one that has been mislaid, to enable him to secure his prize money.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22719]
MAGEE, William (1766-1831). Archbishop of Dublin.
Autograph Letter Signed to the bookseller, [Robert] Cadell, 1 page 4to with integral address-leaf and black seal, Dublin, 18 July 1823. Asking Cadell to look after his relative, to help her to secure suitable lodgings, and to advance her any money she might require.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23498]
MAGNUS, Sir Philip (1842-1933). Politician & educationalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Thompson, 2 facing pages 8vo (note of identification in ink at the head), 16 Gloucester Terrace, 29 September 1895 Explaining that a recent move has caused disarray amongst his papers, so that he cannot at the moment find those relating to the 'University Schemes'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22731]
MAHTAB CHAND, Maharaja (1820-1879). Zamindar of Burdwan.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Mantell, 3 pages 8vo, The Palace, Burdwan, no date. Thanking her for the gift of hand-sewn cushions and asking her to accept a gift in return.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23238]
MAINE, Sir Henry (1822-1888). Jurist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Brookefield, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, 33 Albion Street, 'Tuesday' no date. Admitting that he cannot read Mr Hallam's writing and asking Brookefield to let him know the date of the invitation.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22736]
MAISKY, Ivan Mikhaylovich (1884-1975). Soviet diplomat, historian & politician.Typewritten Letter Signed to Lord Horder, 1 page 4to, 13 Kensington Palace Gardens, with embossed hammer and sickle, 7 Janaury 1942. Congratulating Horder on his birthday.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 22739]
MAJENDIE, Henry (1754-1830). Bishop of Bangor.
Autograph Letter Signed as Bishop of Chester ('HM Chester') to H ?Stibbing, 1 page 4to, Chester, 16 May 1807. Pleading the cause of a clergyman with an income of £70 with which to support nine children.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22750]
MAJOR LESTER, Thomas (1829-1903). Pioneer of homes for children
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, Everton, 23 February 1899. Advising his correspondent to send in for the post.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22755]
MAKARIOS, Mihalis Christodoulou Mouskos (1913-1977). Archbishop; first president of Cyprus.
New Years card signed in red ink, the greeting in both English and Greek, depicting the three wise men on horseback, carrying their gifts, undated.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22756]
MAKARIOS, Mihalis Christodoulou Mouskos (1913-1977). Archbishop; first president of Cyprus.
Typewritten Letter Signed in English to George Bilainkin in Kent, ½-page 4to on writing paper of the Presidential Palace, Nicosia, 12 May 1972. Thanking Bilainkin for this 'kind feelings'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22757]
MALAYA
Carbon copy of a security message, 1 page 8vo (oblong), addressed to Mrs Waterfield and signed by E.R.J. Richards in Kuala Pilah, 20 December 1948. Warning Mrs Waterfield that the bandits (i.e. the Communists) might take advantage of the Christmas and New Year celebrations to strike and that she should take every precaution.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22759]
MALCOLM, Sir John (1769-1833). Indian administrator & diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hare, 1 page 4to, 16 July [1926]. Announcing his imminent appointment as governor of Bombay.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22760]
MALET, Sir Edward Baldwin (1837-1808). Diplomatist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hare, 4 pages 8vo, Rome, 22 November 1876. Referring to the political situation of the day ('I don't quite understand our policy ... but I suppose it is based upon the idea that we had bettter not keep up the farce of even pretending to believe in Russian promises.').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22763]
MALLESON, Elizabeth (1828-1916). Educationist and promoter of rural district nursing.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Chapman, 4 pages 8vo, Camp Cottage, Wimbledon Common, 11 October, no year. Tactfully urging him to withdraw his letter of complaint to the Shield, where quotations from his pamphlet had, apparently, been published without acknowledging his authorship.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22765]
MALMESBURY, James Herbert, third Earl of (1807-1889). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to F. Lawley, 1 page 8vo, 14 Wimpole Street (embossed crest), 14 November 1884. Insisting that the anecdote in his memoirs to which Lawley alludes is true 'both as to the man and the circumstances'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22770]
MALTBY, Edward (1770-1859). Bishop of Durham.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Gentm'), 1 page 12mo (trimmed, laid down on the remains of an album leaf), London, 25 April 1808. Requesting the delivery of a copy of his commencement sermon and his 'Letter to the Freeholders' to Mr Cleaver Banks.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22774]
MANN, Thomas (1856-1941). Trade-unionist & communist.
Printed document completed and signed by Mann, 3 pages 4to, South Lambeth, 20 May 1890. An application presumably to act as a guarantor of a loan for Mr H. Mann.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22785]
MANNERS-SUTTON, Charles (1755-1828). Archbishop of Canterbury.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Cantaur') [to Charles Lloyd], 1 page 4to on black-edged paper, Lambeth Palace, 12 February 1827. Congratulating Lloyd on his appointment to the bishopric of Oxford and giving advice on his consecration.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22788]
MANNERS, Lord John James Robert (1818-1906). Seventh Duke of Rutland; politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the Office of Works, 22 June 1868. Suggesting that 'Mr Disraeli is far too much occupied to attend to the documents you forward him', recommending that he cease 'harassing yourself with public affairs, and sending the requested £5.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22786]
MANNING, Charlotte (1803-1871). Mistress of Girton.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Carpenter, 3 pages 8vo, Sandgate, Kent, 21 September 1869. Urging Miss Carpenter (presumably Mary Carpenter, 1807-1877, educational and social reformer) to call upon her in London so that they can discuss 'several subjects'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 22789]
MANNING, Henry Edward (1808-1892). Cardinal-Archbishop of Westminster.Autograph Letter Signed ('H E Card. Archbp') to Tasker, 1 page 12mo, W[estminster], 17 October 1879. Commanding Tasker's presence to discuss the chapel at Saint Charles.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 22797]
MANSBRIDGE, Albert (1876-1952). Founder of Workers' Educational Association.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gillett, 2 pages 8vo, Stoke Rochford, Grantham, 7 September 1939. Offering to get in touch with the Ministry of Information on Gillett's behalf and declaring that books for ships is his immediate concern ('You may have seen my "Times" letter').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22801]
MANSEL, William Lort (1753-1820). Bishop of Bristol.
Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Bristol') to John Nicols, 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf, Trinity College [Cambridge], 4 November 1818. Passing on information concerning the late Mr Justice Hardinge to assist Nicols in his research.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22802]
MANSFIELD, Sir James (1733-1821). Lord chief justice of common pleas.
Address-leaf Signed in the lower left hand corner, free frank addressed to the Revd Choraine Smith in Manchester Square, postmarked 1819.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22807]
MAPLES, Chauncey (1852-1895). Bishop of Likoma in Nyasaland.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Leeds, 'Monday', no date. Arranging an appointment.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22806]
MARGOLIOUTH, David Samuel (1858-1940). Classical scholar & orientalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to De Burgh, 1 page 8vo, New college, 29 October no year. Inviting De Burgh to breakfast at New College.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22820]
MARGOLIOUTH, George (1853-1924). Oriental scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr A. Neubauer at the Bodleian Library, on a postcard, British Museum, 18 June 1898. Offering to do 'whatever possible' for M. Bonnier when he visits the Museum.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22819]
MARRIOTT, Sir John (1859-1945). Educationist and politician.
Two Autograph Letters Signed on postcards to Mrs Middleton, as from Worcester College, Oxford, 26 March and 16 October 1944. Discussing the unfortunate neglect of 'N.E.'; the first remarking that his house had been bombed and he had since been 'in exile - mostly in Wales'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22897]
MARLBOROUGH, George, 5th duke of (1766-1840). Politician and book collector.Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Grojean, 1 page 8vo, Blenheim, 'Friday, no date [endorsed 1829]. Asking to be told when 'your 2 ?Floors will be disengaged'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24706]
MARRIAGE LICENCE
Special marriage licence, 1 page folio (oblong), partially printed and completed by hand, Great Saling, 5 September 1838. Granting the right to marry without the necessity of publishing the banns.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22896]
MARRIOTT, Sir William Thackeray (1834-1903). Lawyer and politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Street, 2 pages 8vo on writing paper of the Carlton Club, 28 March no year. Inviting him to dine at the Carlton Club to meet 'H.R.H.'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22898]
MARSH, Catherine (1818-1912). Philanthropist and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Pierrepont in faded blue ink, 2 pages 8vo (traces of mounting on the first page), Sydney House, 31 January no year. Pleading a cold and sore throat which prevents her visiting.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22909]
MARSH, Catherine (1818-1912). Philanthropist and writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('My dear Madam'), 1 page 8vo, Beckenham Rectory, Kent, 1 September 1866. Thanking her correspondent for her gift for the orphans recovering from cholera.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22910]
MARSHALL, George William (1839-1905). Genealogist.
Autograph Note Signed, no superscript, 1 page 8vo on writing paper of Sarnesfield Court, Weobley, no date. Noting that his permanent address is Heralds' College, E.C.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22919]
MARTINDALE, Cyril Charlie (1879-1963). Priest & scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Plater's Hall, Oxford (received stamp of 31 July 1917). Recommending Mr R. Tuke's manuscript ('I think it should be popular in & out of the army') for publication.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22959]
MARTINEAU, James (1805-1900). Unitarian divine.Autograph Letter Signed to E.H. Busk, 2 pages 16mo, 10 Gordon Street, 31 March 1864. Sending a list of references and apologising for its formidable length.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 21975]
MARTINEAU, James (1805-1900). Unitarian divine.Autograph Letter Signed to William Colfox, 1 page 8vo, 5 Gordon Street, 17 February 1876.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 21976]
MARTIN, Richard (1754-1834). Animal welfare campaigner & social reformer.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 4 pages 4to, London, 4 December 1825. Discussing strategy for furthering the cause of abolishing cruelty to animals.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 23504]
MARTIN, Richard (1754-1834). Animal welfare campaigner & social reformer.Autograph Letter Signed to W.H. Brocett, 1½ pages 4to, 16 Manchester Buildings, 21 April 1825. Urging Brocett to procure petitions ('Nothing can be so important as procuring of petitions to Parliament reprobating these disgusting cruelties commited on living Animals under the pretext of acquiring Medical knowledge').
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 23505]
MARTIN, Robert Montgomery (1800-1868). Author & civil servant.
Autograph Letter Signed to ts arquess of Londonderry, 1 page 4to, 4 Moreton Villas, Kentish Town, 10 May 1848. Bringing to the Marquess's attention the publication of the third edition of his book on Ireland ('I have ventured to add some remedial suggestions for the social evils from which Ireland suffers').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23503]
MARTIN, Sir Theodore (1816-1909). Lawyer and biographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady ('Dear Madam'), 2 pages 8vo, 31 Onslow Square, 29 May 1905. Praising her selection of illustrations, regretting that there is no one on the stage who can do justice to Shakespeare and sending her his bookplate (adhering to the last, blank page).
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22937]
MARTIN, Sir Theodore (1816-1909). Lawyer and biographer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hall, 2 pages 8vo, Llangollen, 17 October 1882. Thanking Hall for his appreciation of Martin's life of Prince Albert and remarking that Lord Lyndhurst destroyed all his letters and never wrote more than he had to.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22938]
MARVIN, Dwight Edward (b. 1851). Congregational theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Walker, 3 pages 8vo, 1200 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 5 February 1910. Exchanging bookplates and describing his own with reference to his British antecedents.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22964]
MASHAM, Samuel, Second Baron (1712-1776). Auditor-general of household of George, Prince of Wales.
Document Signed, 1½ pages folio (small piece torn out of lower right hand corner, affecting a few words), 10 October 1764. Ordering payment of £250, a quarter of his annuity.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23507]
MASKELL, William (1814-1890). Medievalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to A.J. Stephens, 2 pages 8vo, S[aint] M[ary's] C[hurch], 3 January 1849. Inquiring as to the sense in which Stephens uses the term Liturgy ('and whether you have committed yourself to its wide & improper use').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 22984]
MASON, Arthur James (1851-1928). Church of England clergyman and theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 8vo, Truro, 'Whitsunday 1890'. Declining an invitation on the grounds that he has promised 'to act for an indefinite time as domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Truro'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22989]
MASON, William Shaw (1774-1853). Statistician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr O'Conor, Craven Hotel, Strand, 25 June 1819. Anxiously enquiring after a manuscript he had left to be forwarded to him in town ('as I expect to be introduced to Lord Lansdown on the subject of its publication').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22992]
MASONIC CERTIFICATE
Elaborate certificate partially printed and completed by hand, 1 page folio (oblong) on vellum with paper seal, 22 February 1816. Attesting to the Masonic membership of James Pitt which took place at the White Horse, Friday Street, London on the 26th of August 1802.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22993]
MASSON, George Joseph Gustave (1819-1888). French scholar & teacher.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Harrow, 10 May no year [watermark 1878]. A hasty thank-you ('beseiged by pupils') for a cheque.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22998]
MASTERMAN, Charles Frederick Gurney (1874-1927). Politician, author & journalist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bentley, 1½ pages 8vo, 18 Buckingham Street, Strand, no date. Expressing hope that he will be able to enjoy Bentley's invitation ('with you and Gilbert on each side of me I believe I could endure even Drury Lane!').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 22999]
MATHEWS, Sir Charles Willie (1850-1920). Lawyer.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard to J Paul di Castro, postmarked London, 17 May 1917. Thanking di Castro for forwarding a letter ('no apology needed for opening it').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23016]
MATHEW, Sir James Charles (1830-1908). Judge.
Autograph Letter Signed to Walter Sickel, 3 pages 8vo, 46 Queen's Gate Gardens, 3 March 1895. Declining to recommend Sickel ('I know not the Carringtons or Ponsonbys or Fanes who are supposed to make the selection'), adding that 'a Judge who advises any appointment is "vox clamantes"'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23003]
MATURIN, Basil William (1847-1915). Catholic preacher & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Child', 2 pages 8vo, 140 Warwick Street, 8 July 1912. Acquiesing in the 'Child's' desire to bring her dog and showing pleasure that she has enjoyed his book (possibly The Price of Unity which describes his conversion to Roman Catholocism).
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23021]
MAULE-RAMSAY, Fox, Earl of Dalhousie (1801-1874). Politician.
Autograph Letter (third person), 1½ pages 8vo, War Office, 6 February 1851. Regretting that a Cabinet Council prevented his attendance at the House of Commons and expressing the hope that an alternative had been found to present the petition concerning the Perth Petty Customs Bill.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23030]
MAURICE, [John] Frederick Denison (1805-1872). Theologian & socialist.
Autograph Letter Signed to King, 2 pages 8vo, Torquay, 28 January no year. A recommendation for Cathens who has been 'a very useful member of our Working Mens College in Gt Ormond St and has also been the teacher of a Bible class'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23035]
MAURICE, [John] Frederick Denison (1805-1872). Theologian & socialist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sandford, 4 pages 8vo, no place, 18 November no year. Discussing his son's entry for examinations.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23036]
MAURICE, [John] Frederick Denison (1805-1872). Theologian & socialist.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd T. Wilberforce, 1¼ pages 4to with integral address-leaf (traces of former mounting adhering to last page), Guy's [Hospital], 3 April no year. Regretting that he had neglected to answer Mr Fosbery due to the need to complete an artiicle 'which has been tormenting me for two years'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23509]
MAX MULLER, Friedrich (1823-1900). Orientalist and philologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Matheson, 1 page 8vo, 7 Norham Gardens, Oxford, 21 January 1885. Asking Matheson whether he might give Max Muller's son three hours a week of tuition in Classics.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2144]
MAX MULLER, Friedrich (1823-1900). Orientalist and philologist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Gordon Watson, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, All Souls College, 5 May 1887. Explaining that he cannot decipher an inscription ('I know very little of Arabic - you should send it to our Professor of Arabic'), and adding 'good news from Wiesbaden'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 2143]
MAX MULLER, Friedrich (1823-1900). Orientalist and philologist.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Burnablum, 1 page 8vo, 7 Norham Gardens, Oxford, 9 November 1889, with a testimonial to Miss Burnablum's typing skills, 1 page 8vo, 1886. The letters thanks her for the notes she has added to a play ('though Schoolmasters begin to object to too many etymological notes') and comments on Clarendon Press schoolbooks.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 20046]
MAX MULLER, Friedrich (1823-1900). Orientalist and philologist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 7 Norham Gardens, Oxford, 3 September 1886. Declining with regret an invitation to the opening of the Goethe Society in Manchester.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24596]
MAXTON, James (1885-1946). Politician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Kennedy Williamson, 1 page 8vo, House of Commons, 11 January 1930. Praising Williamson's proposal, but refusing to accept it on grounds of overwork.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 23043]
MAXWELL, Sir Herbert Eustace, Bt. (1845-1937). Country gentleman, politician & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to G. Cardew, 1 page 8vo on writing paper of the House of Commons with embossed seal, 29 June 1904. Acknowledging Cardew's correction ('Lord Wellesley was not Viceroy but Governor General').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 23048]
MAXWELL, Sir Herbert Eustace, Bt. (1845-1937). Country gentleman, politician & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 4to, Monreith, Whauphill, Wigtownshire, 6 September 1917. A learned discussion of pheasants ('Illustrous as Thomas Bewick was as wood-engraver, he does not rank high as an ornithologist. ... Classification was far from complete in his day ...').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23049]
MAXWELL-LYTE, Sir Henry Churchill (1848-1940). Deputy keeper of the public records & historian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Bridgeman, 1½ pages 8vo, 61 Warwick Square, 17 March 1931. Thanking her for lending him a copy of Sir Ian Malcolm's lecture, and noting his familiarity with its subject, Hatfield House ('Lord Rosebery was one of my oldest friends, at Eton, at Oxford, and in London, alike').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23053]
MAY, Sir Thomas Erskine (1815-1886). Constitutional jurist; First Baron Farnborough
Autograph Letter Signed to Mitchell, 4 pages 8vo, Invergorden Castle, 13 September 1864. Declining an invitation, praising Inverness ('In a few years it bids fair to be a great city'), and congratulating Mitchell on his newly-opened railway.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23055]
MAYER, Joseph (1803-1886). Antiquary & collector.
Autograph Letter Signed to J. Harlan, 1 page 8vo, Liverpool, 9 February 1860. Thanking Mayer for sending a copy of the Lancashire Lieutenancy, which he has read 'with as much instruction as pleasure'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23057]
MAYER, Sir Robert (1879-1985). Business man, patron of music & philanthropist.
Two Autograph Letters Signed, one to [Joseph] Joachim, one to Frau Joachim, the second in German, in all 3½ pages 8vo, Vernet-les Bains and Harefield, 1932 and 1933. Urging Joachim to approach Malcolm Sargent for conducting opportunities at the [Royal] College [of Music], as an alternative to the expense of a concert.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23058]
MAYO, Charles (1792-1846). Educationalist.
Autograph Sentiment Signed, 1 page 4to, Cheam School, 23 May 1835. 'The method of Pestalozzi is, in its essence, the application of Christianity to the business of Education.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23527]
McKENNA, Reginald (1863-1943). Liberal politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Gould, 3 pages 8vo (a magazine photograph of McKenna adhering to the white space below the signature), Admiralty, Whitehall, 17 June 1908. Thanking Gould for a wedding present of two volumes.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22692]
MEATH, Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl (1841-1929). Diplomat & philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Stirling, 4 pages 8vo, 83 Lancaster Gate, 2 April 1891. A lengthy apology for failing to answer Canon Hull's letter.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 23071]
MELLOR, John William (1835-1911). Judge Advocate General & politician.
Document Signed, 2 pages 4to, partially printed and mostly completed by Mellor, 24 Bloomsbury Street, 1873. A form for information to be included in Debrett's Illustrated Heraldic & Biographical House of Commons, & the Judicial Bench for 1873.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23085]
MELVILLE, Robert (1723-1809). General & antiquary.
Letter Signed to John Spottiswoode, 2 pages 4to (old repair and some soiling at the foot), Brewer Street, 23 February 1789. Discussing the value of translations and offering his services in regard to 'the mortgages on Tobago'. Melville was, by this time, blind, as the shaky signature suggests.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23530]
MENSDORFF-POUILLY, Alexander von, Count (1813-1871). Austrian foreign minister.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Mensdorff') in French to the Duc de Gramont, 1 page 8vo with envelope, also signed, Vienna, 24 May 1866. Arranging an appointment.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23110]
MERIVALE, Charles (1808-1893). Dean of Ely.
Autograph Letter Signed to C Wilson, 2 pages 8vo with envelope (soiled), Deanery, Ely, 25 January 1890. Regretting that he cannot help Wilson in the disposal of his copy of Hooker's Roman History as he already has a copy.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20343]
MERIVALE, Charles (1808-1893). Dean of Ely.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Frere, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting in the margin), Lawford, 21 January 1853. Announcing the birth of his daughter ('a fine baby according to doctor and nurse').
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20342]
MERIVALE, Herman (1806-1874). Under-secretary for India.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Caroline', 2 pages 8vo, on embossed writing-paper of the India Office, 4 December 1873. Reporting that he has been in touch with the Admiralty concerning her inquiry and sympathizing with Byron's suffering.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20346]
MERIVALE, Herman (1806-1874). Under-secretary for India.
Autograph Letter Signed to Collier, 2 pages 8vo (torn in the folds), on embossed writing-paper of the India Office, 25 March 1868. Returning proof sheets and praising their contents.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20345]
MERRIMAN, John Xavier (1841-1926). South African statesman.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Morrison, 2 conjoint pages 8vo (small tear, n.a.t), on writing paper of the House of Assembly in Cape Town, 7 May 1926. Asking where he can obtain a copy of a photograph of himself, both to show his wife and to sent to the public offices in Pretoria.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23119]
MIALL, Edward (1809-1881). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to S. Prior, 1 page 8vo, Sydenham, 19 October 1845. Rejoicing in the payment to Mrs Pocock and promising to send his own contribution in a few days ('heavy payments of late have made it inconvenient to do so at the present moment').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23163]
MILES, Eustace Hamilton (1868-1948). Sportsman, writer & food reformer.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Editor of Pearson's Weekly, 22 Ridgmont Gardens, Gower Street, 3 May 1908. Sending an article (no longer present) and informing him that it will be 'two hundred if you take it'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23168]
MILES, Eustace Hamilton (1868-1948). Sportsman, writer & food reformer.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Miles, 1 page 4to, Charing Cross, 26 September 1912. Giving advice on a proper diet ('No scientific person would dream of getting his body-building foods from fruits or vegetables').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23169]
MILL, John Stuart (1806-1873). Philosopher and political economist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (slight staining and wear, but in good condition), Blackheath Park, 28 January 1866. Declining an invitation to join a Committee.
£750 / $1200 / €930 [No: 20206]
MILLER, George (1764-1848). Divine.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Stuart, 2 pages 4to, 'College', 31 January no year. Refusing to have his sermon printed on the grounds that it would require prodigious work supplying necessary proofs and illustrations at a time when he is engaged on work 'for which my whole life may not be more than sufficient'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23534]
MILMAN, Henry Hart (1791-1868). Dean of St Paul's.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Dean of Bristol, 1 page 8vo (small tears, pin holes), Deanery, 19 January no year. Announcing the end of State Services ('I shall not think it necessary to pronounce a funeral oration over them in Convocation').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23285]
MILMAN, Henry Hart (1791-1868). Dean of St Paul's.
Autograph Letter Signed to Pidgeon, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf and remains of a red wax seal, no place, no date [watermark 1833]. Asking Pidgeon to arrange a meeting with the other members of the subcommittee, Mr Castries and Mr Henry Deane.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23289]
MILNER, Alfred
Autograph Letter Signed re donation, 2 pages 8vo, 31 July 1917
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0604]
MILNER-GIBSON, Thomas (1806-1884). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, no place, no date. Thanking his correspondent for inviting him to be a patron of the Manchester & Salford Early Closing Association, and asking for time to consider his answer.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23216]
MILNES GASKELL, Lady Constance (d. 1964). Lady in waiting.
Autograph Letter Signed to Seymour, 2 pages 8vo, on writing paper of Marlborough House with coronet, 29 May 1952. Sending Queen Mary's thanks for 85th birthday greetings, stating that 'The first visitors were Prince Charles & Princess Anne, each bringing ... a bunch of flowers, Prince Charles's a blue & White to match his knickers ...'
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23220]
MILNES, Richard Monckton (1807-1885). First Baron Houghton; politician & poet.
Autograph Letter Signed [to William Whewell], 1794-1866, philosopher & scientist), 3 pages 4to, Sealby, Bawtry, no date. Inviting Whewell to attend a meeting that will present 'a good opportunity for anybody to express ... his views of subjects of intellectural development'.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 23218] Longer description
MILNES, Richard Monckton (1807-1885). First Baron Houghton; politician & poet.
Autograph poem signed, 1 page 8vo with red wax seal at the head, undated. Two things I even tremble while I scorn / The Stars of Heaven, and the Mind of Men, with a note stating the lines are from the German.
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 23219]
MINTO, Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond (1845-1914). 4th Earl; statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Minto House, Hawick, 3 September 1898. Looking forward to meeting his correspondent in London.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23649]
MÖENS, William John Charles (1833-1904). Huguenot antiquary.Two Autograph Letters Signed to The Editor of "Men & Women of the Time" and V[ictor] G[ustav] Plarr (the editor), 3 pages 8vo with 1 envelope, Lymington, 1894 & 1898. Sending proofs and a page of corrections [for his entry in the publication].
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 23237]
MOIRA, Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of (1754-1826). Soldier & statesman.
Autograph Letter (third person) to a Marchioness, 1 page 8vo (traces of former mounting in the margin, identifying note at the foot), no place, 28 February 1813. Thanking her for sending the names of her helpers, which have been 'duly entered in his Book'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23240]
MOMERIE, Alfred Williams (1848-1900). Theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Barnard, 3 pages 8vo, St John's College, Cambridge, 12 August no year. Thanking her for her poem ('the sentiment of which I of course entirely agree') and inquiring as to how she came to hear of his collection of sermons in Cheltenham.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23246]
MOMERIE, Alfred Williams (1848-1900). Theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Sir George', 4 pages 8vo, 2213 Washington Circle, Washington, D.C., 27 August 1895. Praising the liberality of the American clergy ('Roughly it might be said tht only educated men in America are clergy. The rest make money!').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23247]
MONCKTON, Walter Turner, 1st Viscount (1891-1965). Lawyer & politician.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Nicolas Bentley at Andre Deutsch, 1 page 4to (tape repair), 3 Paper Buildings, Temple, 1 July 1955. Thanking Bentley for a copy of Fabulous Mogul and requesting that a letter be forwarded to Mr Karaka.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23294]
MONRO, David Binning (1836-1905). Scholar; Vice-chancellor of Oxford University.
Autograph Letter Signed on a postcard (fold marks) to A.J.W. May, Oriel College, Oxford, 8 March 1888. Inquiring as to whether May had received back his birth certificate.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23303]
MONSELL, William, Baron Emly (1812-1894). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Simeon, 1 page 8vo on writing paper of Her Majesty's Postmaster General, 20 May no year [postmark 1868]. Assuring her that he has executed her commission.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23307]
MONSON, Sir Edmund John, 1st Baronet (1834-1909). Diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Kelly, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf and red wax seal, no place, no date. Declining an invitation and exclaiming that 'The Dinner was delightful'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 23308]
MONTPENSIER, Ferdinand, Duc de (1884-1924).
Autograph Letter (third person) in English, 1½ pages 8vo, Bushy House, Bushy Park, Teddington, no date. Instructing Colnaghi's to purchase a picture for him.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23322]
MONTROSE, James Graham, third Duke of (1755-1836). Statesman.
Document Signed, 1 page 4to on black-edged paper with black wax and embossed seals (repairs to right hand margin), 5 February 1827. Permitting Mr Huerta to have 'a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music performed for his Benefit at the Argyll Rooms'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23540]
MOODY, Christopher Lake (1753-1815). Clergyman & critic.
Autograph Letter Signed (initials) to Edward Foss (1 page 4to with integral address-leaf, seal tear), 23 September 1813. Written in verse, demanding a bill and commiserating with Foss on his illness.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23326]
MOORE, Edward (1835-1916). Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed (initials) on a correspondence card to W[illiam] M[ichael] Rossetti, St Edmund Hall, 23 January 1892. Thanking Rossetti for a manuscript, with a pencilled note from Rossetti on the front, identifying the manuscript in question as his lecture on the poet Leopardi.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23330]
MOORE, Evelyn Stuart (1875-1941). Religious writer & spiritual director.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Hogarth, 2½ pages 8vo, 50 Campden Hill Square, 27 January 1910. Congratulating her on her 'perfectly splendid' stand on libraries censorship.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23331]
MOORE, Sarah Jessup (1824-1899). American philanthropist & writer.
Autograph Letter Signed on two sides of a black-edged correspondence card, to an unnamed correspondent, no place, 11 May 1892. Thanking her correspondent for recommending a dentist.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23328]
MOORHOUSE, James (1816-1915). Bishop of Melbourne & Manchester.
Autograph Letter Signed to Bonney, 1½ pages 8vo (glue staining), Fitzroy Square, 8 February 1866. Inquiring as to the title of his lecture ('the substance that you propose will be very interesting, but it will be desireable if possible to have a shortish title').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23339]
MORANT, Sir Robert Laurie (1863-1920). Civil servant.
Two Autograph Letters Signed to Thornton, in all 5 pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the Education Library, 43 Parliament Street, 4 March 1897 and no date. A closely argued and detailed critique of Thornton's paper, anticipating the wishes of Sadler, who is away.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23342]
MORGAN, Sir George Osborne, 1st Baronet (1826-1897). Lawyer & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Childers, 1½ pages 8vo on embossed writing paper of the Judge Advocate General's Office, 13 May 1865. Apologising for failing to join Childers's party and explaining that he had to be in the House.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23355]
MORIER, James Justinian (1780?-1849). Diplomat, traveller and novelist.Autograph Letter Signed to the auctioneer and antiquary, James Christie, 1 page 4to, Brighton, 8 May 1821. Asking Christie to convey his regrets to the President of the Literary Friends Society for his inability to attend the dinner, due to the ill health of his wife which has necessitated a trip to Brighton.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 7404]
MORRISON, Herbert (1888-1965). Labour politician & cabinet minister.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Nicolas Bentley, ½ page 4to, The County Hall, London, 7 April 1936. Asking Bentley to give him the original 'of the top part of your cartoon in the News Chronicle for April 4 - Hackney Marshes'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23389]
MORLEY, Samuel (1809-1886). Politician & hosiery manufacturer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Crapper, 1 page 8vo, Hall Place, 20 December no year. Sending her something which 'we have all read .. with much pleasure'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23360]
MORRIS, John (1826-1893). Jesuit.
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Augustus Jessopp, 2 pages 8vo, Manresa House, Roehampton, 27 September 1879. Asking if he can introduce Count Hompesch, formerly Bavarian Minister in London, who has admired Jessopp's book and wishes to translate it into German.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23377]
MORRITT, John Bacon Sawrey (1771-1843). Traveller & classical scholar; friend of Scott.Autograph Letter Signed to Westmacott, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf, London, 'Thursday' no date. Expressing approbation of Westmacott's abridgement of the Archdeacon's epitaph on Hillock.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23390]
MOULTON, John Fletcher, Baron Moulton (1844-1921). Lord of appeal in ordinary.
Autograph Letter Signed to J.T. Langdon Edis, 1 page 8vo, 74 Onslow Gardens, 27 February 1886. Declining an invitation to attend the proposed 'Liberal Demonstration' on the grounds of a previous engagement.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23417]
MOULTRIE, Gerard (1829-1885). Devotional writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed peer ('My Lord'), 1½ pages 8vo, South Leigh Vicarage, 5 August 1878. Thanking his correspondent for the setting of a hymn, which he will forward to Powell, 'secretary of the Society at whose request the Hymn was written'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23419]
MOUNTBATTEN, Lord Louis, 1st Earl (1900-1979). Admiral of the Fleet.
Autograph Letter (unsigned) on a postcard to Rear Admiral Maurice Fitzmaurice, Exton, 27 August 1921. Thanking him for congratulations (on his engagement to Edwina).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23420]
MOWBRAY (formerly Cornish), Sir John (1815-1899). 'Father of the House of Commons'; 1st Baronet.
Autograph Letter Signed to R Le Neve Foster, 2 pages 8vo with envelope, 19 Down Street, Piccadilly, 2 March [1888]. Requesting Foster's help in deciding about giving support ('I sent a trifle last year to the St Cross Cricket Club').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23430]
MUIR, Sir William (1819-1905). Indian administrator & principal of Edinburgh University.
Autograph Letter Signed to De la Pryme, 2 pages 8vo, Dean Park House, Edinburgh, 24 January 1900. Thanking Prynne for congratulations on his birthday, even though the date was mistaken.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23436]
MULGRAVE, Sir Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of (1755-1831).General & patron of art.
Autograph Letter Signed to Peter Warren, 3 pages 4to, Mulgrave Castle, 23 November 1806. Declining further legal consultation concerning the suit in Chancery between himself and Lord Mountmorris.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23545]
MUNDELLA, Anthony John (1825-1897). Statesman.
Letter Signed to Sir Henry Jenkyns, 1½ pages 8vo with an autograph postscript, Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, 1 December 1893. Urgently requesting a memorandum on the Merchant Shipping Bill, explaining 'The Shipowners and others interested are really anxious to help me with this bill now'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23441]
MURRAY, Sir Charles Augustus (1806-1895). Diplomat & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Shee, 1 page 8vo (pin holes at the top), British Legation, 31 Janaury no year. Inviting Mrs Shee's son to the Ball to be held on the following day.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23477]
MURRAY, Daniel (1768-1852). Archbishop of Dublin.
Autograph Letter Signed to Archdeacon [Thomas] Singleton, 2 pages 4to, 10 Mountjoy Square, 7 December 1830. Acknowledging receipt of the gift of £100 from the Lord Lieutenant 'for the purposes of Education', and urging moderation of 'that restless spirit of innovation' which 'would threaten the safety of the entire social system'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23480]
MURRAY, Lady Emily (1816-1902). Lady in Waiting.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Thomas] Spring Rice (later 1st Baron Monteagle), 1 page 4to, Windsor, 24 April 1838. Asking for the renewal of her pension and explaining that her duties as Maid of Honour entail additional expense. She married the Marquis of Hertford the following year, presumably ending her financial problems.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23546]
MURRAY, George (1784-1860). Bishop of Rochester.
Autograph Letter Signed ('G. Rochester'), to an unnamed lady ('Madam'), 2 pages 8vo, Deanery, Worcester, 30 December 1842. Pleading a full schedule preventing him from satisfying her wishes.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23481]
MUSGRAVE, Thomas (1788-1860). Archbishop of York.
Letter Signed as bursar of Trinity College Cambridge (partially printed), 1 page 4to, 16 October 1828. An account for the rent due for Walkeringham.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23491]
Autograph Letter Signed to Francis Faithful, 3 pages 8vo, Holkham Vicarage, 10 June 1880. Reporting that he had received a second invitaion to dine with the Merchant Taylors' Company.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23572]
NAPIER, Sir Joseph (1804-1882). Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
Autograph Letter Signed to Phillipps, 4 pages 8vo, Irish Office, 'Monday' no date. Discussing the role of Protestants in Ireland.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23578]
NEALE, Edward Vansittart (1810-1892). Christian socialist & co-operator.
Autograph Letter Signed to Johnston, 1½ pages 8vo (slightly soiled), 15 Portsmouth Street, 24 January 1890. Crying off attending the exhibition dinner ('being of little importance personally').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23612]
NEALE, Erskine (1804-1883). Divine & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed lady ('Madam'), 1 page 8vo, Hinton Rectory, 29 September 1849. Requesting a character reference for Ward, a pastry cook who is to leave her employ and whom he wishes to take on.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23613]
NEAVE, Caroline Hannah (1781-1863). Philanthropist.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'dear William', 3½ pages 4to (fold marks), Dagnam Park, 6 November 1842. Describing in detail the consecration of a church in Essex.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23615]
NECKER, Jacques (1732-1804). French statesman.Ls to M. Ferray in Lyon, 1 page folio (slightly trimmed at the head, traces of mounting to the reverse), Paris, 15 October 1788. Announcing that the king had appointed M. Blondet as the administrator the royal vetinerary schools.
£235 / $376 / €291 [No: 24710]
NESSELRODE, Count Karl Robert (1780-1862). Russian statesman.Autograph Letter (third person) in French to 'Sir Hamilton', 1 page 8vo, no place, 'Jeudi / 23 Juillet' ('4 August' and '1853' in another hand with note of identification). Promising to join him in the country the following day.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 23629]
NETTLESHIP, Henry (1839-1893). Latin scholar.
Autograph Letter Signed to Moss, on two sides of a correspondence card, 17 Bradmore Road, Oxford, 5 December 1884. Offering some Latin alternatives ('Pray understand that I only write that to explain your own idea, not supposing that you wd be so indulent as to adopt it').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23632]
NEWDIGATE, Charles Newdigate (1816-1887). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to S. Phillips, 4 pages 8vo, Arbury, 29 November 1846. Praising Phillips's article in the Herald concerning improving the condition of the poor.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23651]
NEWDEGATE, Sir F.A. Politician; goverenor-general of Western Australia.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Octavia?] Susman, 3½ pages 8vo, Arbury, Nuneaton, 22 August 1922. Recalling fondly his days in Australia and reporting on his plans to return.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 23652] Longer description
NEWMAN, Francis William (1805-1897). Scholar & religious writer; brother of John Henry Newman.Fine Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Edward', 4 pages 8vo, 7 P[ark] V[illage] E[ast], Regents Park, 14 February 1853. Regretting that the snow had not aided the Milanese insurrection ('I am told that Mazzini was strongly against this outbreak but the Milanese would try'), and remarking on Ruskin's works.
£175 / $280 / €217 [No: 23655]
NEWMAN, Francis William (1805-1897). Scholar & man of letters; brother of John Henry Newman.Autograph Letter Signed to the editor of the Alliance News, 1 page 8vo (foxed), Weston Super Mare, 5 May 1884. Reprimanding the editor for adopting from the Pall Mall Gazette the 'tale of the Brandy King', branding it 'Mr Groom Napier's romance about Vegetarianism, which deceived Mr Isaac Pitman and has been sent into foreign countries'.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 23656]
NEWMAN, Sir George (1870-1948). Medical officer of health.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Gerald Christy at the Lecture Agency, 1 page 4to, on writing paper of the Board of Education, Whitehall, 4 October 1916. Declining to lecture for Christy ('though I would gladly do so if I had sufficient control of my time to allow of it').
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23659]
NEWMAN, John Henry (1801-1890). Cardinal. Leader of the Oxford movement.Autograph Letter (third person) to the publishers Williams and Norgate, 1 page 8vo (tipped to an album leaf), The oratory, Birmingham, 10 July 1877. With a small sepia photograph of Newman (head and shoulders, laid down).
£325 / $520 / €403 [No: 22502]
NEWMAN, John Henry (1801-1890). Cardinal. Leader of the Oxford movement.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Mr Lewin', 1 page 16mo, no place, 2 February no year [watermark 1851]. A brief note sending a translation.
£550 / $880 / €682 [No: 23670]
NEWNES, Sir George (1851-1910). Newspaper proprietor & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Donkeighley, 1 page 8vo, Wildcroft, Putney Heath, 20 February 1895. Making an appontment for the following day.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23657]
NEWTON, Thomas Legh, Second Baron (1857-1942). Diplomat & politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Captain Hobbs, 2 pages 8vo, Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire, 23 September 1898. Sending his subscription cheque for the Crimean Dinner, and explaining that ill health will prevent his attendance. A small burn in the lower margin, as from a cigarette.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23682]
NICHOLSON, Sir Charles, 1st Baronet (1808-1903). Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
Autograph Letter (third person) to Hugh Childers, 1 page 8vo, Totteridge, 19 June ['1879' in pencil]. Accepting an invitation to a dinner to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of Victoria as a separate colony.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23699]
NICHOLSON, Nigel (1917-2004). Writer, publisher & politician; son of Vita Sackville-West.
Typewritten Letter Signed to Peter Wiener, 1 page 4to, Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, 30 January 1968. Declining to address the Ramsgate Arts Society, claiming pressure of work.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23702]
NORMAN, Sir Henry, 1st Baronet (1858-1939). Journalist & Liberal politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mander, 4 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting), on embossed House of Commons writing paper, 'Monday' no date. Arranging to stay with Mander during his trip to Wolverhampton, giving details of his schedule, and explaining that he will then drive Asquith back to town.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23723]
NORMANTON, Sidney James Agar (1865-1933). Fourth Earl.
Autograph Letter Signed to Francis Bickley, 4 pages 8vo, Somerley, Ringwood, 23 February 1909. Giving the history of Somerley.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23724]
NORRIS, Henry Handley (1771-1850). Theologian.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev Ernest Hawkins, 1 page 12mo, no place, 5 June 1850. Asking for the loan of a review.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23725]
NORTH, Browlow (1741-1830). Bishop of Winchester.Autograph Letter Signed ('B. Winchester') to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 4to, Farnham, 24 December 1798. Suggesting that his correspondent apply to Mr Gell regarding gaining permission to dig for brick earth in leasehold properties of the See.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 23729]
NORTHBROOK, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl (1826-1904). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Stratton, Micheldever Station, 14 November 1876. Requesting a visit from his correspondent, who is the bring with him paterns for curtains for the drawing room, library and breakfast room.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23745]
NORTHBROOK, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl (1826-1904). Statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Branston, 1½ pages 8vo, Stratton, Micheldever Station, 27 June 1883. Conveying the thanks of the Prince of Wales for the copy of her book.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23746]
NORTHCLIFFE, Alfred, 1st Viscount (1865-1922). Newspaper proprietor.
Typewritten Letter Signed to J E McManus, 1 page 4to on writing-paper of The Daily Mail, 8 June 1921. Having just learned of McManus's illness, he asks if he can telephone and regrets that he will not be able to visit in the near future as he is 'taking charge of a number of American "Rotarians" here and in Scotland'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 20339]
NORTHCLIFFE, Alfred, 1st Viscount (1865-1922). Newspaper proprietor.
Brief Typewritten Letter Signed to James Brydone, ½-page 4to, on writing paper of The Times, 8 March 1917. Asking Brydone to take 'this' (no longer present) to Mr Boosey and to ask for his signature on it.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23747]
NORTHCOTE, Henry Stafford, Baron (1846-1911). Governor-general of Australia.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, 25 St James's Place, 3 November 1899. Though conscious of the honour done him by the World, he nonetheless declines to be interviewed.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23719]
NORTHCOTE, Henry Stafford, Baron (1846-1911). Governor-general of Australia.
Autograph Letter Signed to C. Saunders, 1 page 8vo, 11 Downing Street, 13 October 1879. Acknowledging, on behalf of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (his father) Saunders's letter regarding a tax on bicycles.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23756]
NORTHCOTE, Sir Stafford Henry (1818-1887). First earl of Iddesleigh.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir W. Stephenson, 1 page 8vo, 11 Downing Street, 10 March 1875. Soliciting an opinion on the outcome of raising income tax from 2d in the £1 to £1 per cent, and wondering what the objections were to the plan.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23758]
NORTHUMBERLAND, Alan Ian, 8th duke of (1880-1930). Author.
Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page 8vo (note of identication at the head), Albury Park Guildford, 22 May ('1921' in another hand). Accepting an invitation to dine 'on condition that you come too'.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23761]
NORTHUMBERLAND, Sir Hugh Percy (1785-1847). Third duke of Northumberland.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2½ pages 8vo, North House, 10 July 1834. Promising to present his correspondent's address to the king ('The King is in favour of the Established Church'), and remarking that it includes support from Scotch Presbyterians and Wesleyans.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23760]
NORWICH CATHEDRAL Ichnography of Norwich Cathedral, in pencil, on a large sheet ca 411 x 335 mm. (16 x 14 inches), on a scale of 40 feet to an inch. With a listing of the chapels, the graves, and other architectural features.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 23824]
NOTT, George Frederick (1767-1841). Divine & author.Autograph Letter Signed [to Mrs Hughes], 2 pages 4to, Close, Winchester, 23 September 1813. Organising the distribution of copies of Mr Bidlake's sermons and asking that the Countess of Sefton be included in the list of subscribers.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23776]
NOTT-BOWER, Sir (John) William (1849-1939). Police administrator.
Typewritten Letter Signed to A.L. Ball, 1 page 8vo on embossed writing paper of New Scotland Yard (note of identification at the foot), 16 April 1958. Promising to call upon Ball before his imminent and regrettable retirement.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23777]
NOVA SCOTIA, John Inglis, Bishop of (1777-1850).
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Brien, 4 pages 8vo (traces of former mounting on the back), 35 Conduit Street, 1 April 1840. Thanking Brien for the gift of Bibles, and taking the opportunity to deliver a sermon on the worthiness of Brien's work.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23778]
NOVIKOFF, Olga (1848-1925). Russian journalist, propagandist & reputed agent.Autograph Letter Signed ('Olga Novikoff, Née Kiréef') to Hill, 2 pages 8vo (oblong) with elaborate monogrammed crown, Symonds' Hotel, Brook Street, London, 12 January 1917. Inquiring about the number of seats gained by the Liberals.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 23784]
NUGEE, George (1819-1892). Anglican cleric.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed peer ('My Lord'), 4 pages 8vo, St Austin's, New Kent Road, 18 January 1887. Soliciting support for his free breakfasts for workmen ('as Messrs Rothschild & others have done'), both out of charity and to prevent bread riots.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23786]
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Branston, 4 pages 8vo, St Saviour's Vicarage, Hoxton, 20 June 1877. Offering profuse thanks for the flowers she sent.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23794]
O'BRIEN, James Francis Xavier (1828-1905). Irish Nationalist.Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Basil E.P. Gregg in Sterborough, Torquay, 1 page 8vo, Irish National league of Great Britain, London, 26 September 1899. Complying with a request for his autograph.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 24099]
O'BRIEN, James Francis Xavier (1828-1905). Irish Nationalist.Good Autograph Letter Signed to Basil E.P. Greig [?Gregg], in Torquay, 2 facing pages 8vo (old mounting to the second), United Irish League of Great Britain, 14 September 1900. Discussing the attitude of the British parliamentary parties towards Ireland, adding in a postscript that 'In the foregoing remarks I speak for myself only', and suggesting that a period of out of office would sweeten the Tories.
£225 / $360 / €279 [No: 24100]
O'BRIEN, Sir Lucius Henry, Bt. (1733-1795). Irish politician.Autograph Letter Signed to William Eden, 2 pages 4to, Dublin, 27 February 1781. Reminding Eden of his promise to consider him for a post 'whenever it should become Vacant'.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 23796]
O'BRIEN, Peter, Baron O'Brien (1842-1914). Lord chief justice of Ireland.Autograph Letter (third person) to Major General Davies, 2 pages 8vo on embossed writing paper of the Queen's Bench Division, Ireland, 21 March no year. Refusing an invitation on the grounds that it would too greatly inconvenience General Davies.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 23797]
ODENHEIMER, William Henry (1817-1879). Bishop of New Jersey.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Gibson, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, Philadelphia, 29 May 1835. Thanking her for her kind words and sending his best wishes to Mr Gibson. Odenheimer was, at this time, still a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23804]
OGILVIE, Charles Atmore (1793-1873). Theologian.
A.Document Signed, 1 page 8vo (oblong, laid down on the remains of an album leaf), Oxford, 2 December 1848. Certifying that James Hope had attended his lectures in Michaelmas term, 1848, signed as Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23812]
O'HAGAN, Thomas, Baron (1812-1885). Lord chancellor of Ireland.
Autograph Letter Signed to Childers, 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, 19 Chesham Place, 18 April 1878. Declining an invitation.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 23814]
OLIVER, Frederick Scott (1864-1934). Man of business & publicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Leftwich, 1 page 8vo, Kenry House, Kingston-on-Thames, 18 March 1928. Giving effusive thanks for the information sent by Leftwich ('just the information I wanted').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 23833]
ONSLOW, William Hillier, 4th Earl of (1853-1911). Governor of New Zealand.Autograph Letter Signed to Wilson, 2½ pages 8vo on embossed writing paper of the House of Lords, 12 May no year. Listing those subjects on which he wishes that they confer, including 'Powers to Corporations to run Omnibuses' and 'Notification of Births in Huddersfield'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 23864]
ORLEANS, Félix-Antoine-Philibert (1802-1878). Liberal bishop of Orleans.Autograph Letter Signed ('felix, Eveque d'orleans') to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Orleans, 10 September 1859. Eliciting his corresondent's help with a project.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24026]
ORLEANS, Henri d', duc d'Aumale (1822-1897). Youngest son of King Louis-Philippe.Autograph Letter Signed in French to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo on embossed writing-paper of the Athenaeum [to which he had been elected in 1867], 'Mardi 26' no date. Declining an invitation because he had been commanded by the Queen to go to Windsor.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24029]
ORLOFF, Prince Nikolai (1827-1885). Russian diplomat & author.Autograph Letter Signed in French to M. ?Opeteheyiff, 1 page 8vo on monogrammed paper (blind stamp, small chip from left hand edge), 27 February 1878. Sending an invitation to a ball (no longer present).
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24030]
OSBORNE, Francis, fifth duke of Leeds (1751-1799). Politician.Autograph Letter Signed [to Francis Webb], 1 page 4to (lower left hand corner cut away), St James's Square, 31 August 1796. Thanking his anonymous correspondent for 'your very Elegant Hymn to the Dryads'.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 24712]
OSBORN, George (1808-1891). President of the Wesleyan Conference.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, Richmond, Surrey, 8 January 1879. Returning a book and apologising for the delay in doing so.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24058]
OSBORNE, Lord Sidney Godolphin (1808-1889). Philanthropist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Sidmouth, 'Sunday' no date. Discussing the request by the Editor of Men of Mark for his photograph.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24062]
OSWALD, James (1779-1853). M.P. for Glasgow; champion of the Reform Bill.Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Haddow in Glasgow, 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf, 82 Jermyn Street, 22 June 1811. Enclosing four bills for £1500 each (no longer included), and remarking 'you are right - we must get out of this Bill business'. Further despondent remarks concern the war.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24068]
OUSELEY, Sir Gore, 1st Baronet (1770-1844). Diplomat & oriental scholar.Autograph Letter Signed to Clarke at the Royal Asiatic Society, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf and red wax seal, 41 Upper Brook Street, 'Saturday' no date. Declaring that, though he had meant to attend their meeting, he had become incapacitated by the death of his dearly loved friend, which 'may be the melancholy subject of your deliberations'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24077]
OVERSTONE, Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron (1796-1883). Banker & politician.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Wilson' (Sir John), 3 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, Norfolk Street, 26 March 1850. Lamenting Wilson's declaration that he has been 'severed from my friendly intimacy' because of Overstone's acceptance of a peerage.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24078]
OVERTON, The Reverend J H
Autograph Letter Signed to Canon Moor, 1 page 8vo, Gumley Rectory, Market Harborough, 26 January 1903. Forwarding a letter from Professor Collins (no longer present), which he categorizes as 'very sensible and difficult to answer'.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 7663]
PADWICK, Henry (1804-1879). Money-lender to the aristocracy, & sportsman.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Harris, 1½ pages 8vo, 4 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, 18 January 1875. Assuring her that his nephew will return Master Georgie to Brighton.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24202]
PAGET, Lord Alfred Henry (1816-1888). Official in the royal household.Autograph Letter Signed to Bidden, 1 page 8vo on embossed black-edged paper of Windsor Castle, 22 February no year. Lamenting the fact that he is 'tied by the leg here', but promising to 'look up some Lords'. The mourning writing paper may date the letter to 1861 and the death of Prince Albert
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24206]
PAGET, Francis (1851-1911). Bishop of Oxford.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Stevenson, 1½ pages 8vo, Cuddesdon, 29 May 1905. Accepting her invitation to a garden party in support of the Diocesan Societies.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24200]
PAGET, Francis Edward (1806-1882). Divine & author.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Bagnell, 1 page 8vo, Christ Church, Oxford, no date. Thanking her for her gift.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24227]
PAKINGTON, John Somerset, Baron Hampton (1799-1880). Politician.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Cresswell, 4 pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the House of Commons, 7 February 1860. Regretting that he cannot help her with her enquiries about the Royal Naval Female School, and remarking that 'it is very doubtful whether Gladstone will be well enough to give us the budget'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24233]
PAKINGTON, John Somerset, Baron Hampton (1799-1880). Politician.Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William Denison, (1804-1871, Governor General of Australia), 3 pages 8vo, Westwood Park, Droitwich, 20 December 1858. Introducing Henry de St Jean who is on his way to Australia to pursue a career as a civil engineer or surveyor of land, and asking for Denison's advice as to how to further that ambition.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24381]
PALGRAVE, Sir Francis (1788-1861). Historian.Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Brodie, 1½ pages 8vo, on writing paper of the Public Record Office, 2 February 1861. Enthusiastic rejoicing at the recovery of her husband, Sir Benjamin Brodie (1783-1862) the eminent surgeon. Sadly the improvement was short-lived - Brodie died the following year.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24304]
PALGRAVE, Sir Francis (1788-1861). Historian.Autograph Letter Signed to the printer and antiquary J[ohn] G[ough] Nichols (1806-1874), 1 page 8vo, on writing paper of the Public Record Office, 27 April 1861. Sending some papers (no longer present).
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24305]
PALGRAVE, Sir Reginald Francis Douce (1829-1904). Clerk of the House of Commons.Autograph Letter Signed to fellow parliamentarian George Cubitt, 1½ pages 8vo (glue stains in the margin), on embossed writing paper of the House of Commons, 30 August 1886. Declining an invitation to dine, on the grounds that the close of the sitting in the House requires his presence up to the late hour of half-past six.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24308]
PALGRAVE, William Gifford (1826-1888). Traveller & diplomatistAutograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Charles', 3 pages 8vo, 46 Marine Parade, Worthing, 14 January 1884. Announcing his promotion to Minister Resident at Montevideo.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24309]
PALLES, Christopher (1831-1920). Lord chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo on black-edged paper, 'Clonmel on Circuit', 11 March 1874. Sending the names of the post-election judges.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24310]
PALMERSTON, Henry Temple, Viscount (1784-1865). Prime Minister 1855-1858 and 1859-1865.Document Signed, 1 page folio, partially printed and completed by hand, 29 May 1816. A document signed as secretary at war attesting to the allowed charges of the 65th Regiment of Foot, amounting to £22,901 13s 10¼d.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 23148]
PALMER, Sir Roundell, Earl of Selbourne (1812-1895). Lord Chancellor.Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd J.G. Averys, 8 pages 8vo, 11 New Square, Lincolns Inn, 3 April 1851. A long and thoughtful letter in reply to Avery's article discussing the importance of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, his opposition to which led to his defeat the following year's election.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24312]
PALMER, Sir Roundell, Earl of Selbourne (1812-1895). Lord Chancellor.Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd J.G. Lonsdale, 4 pages 8vo (notes of identification and receipt on the last page, affecting the signatrue), Lincoln's Inn, 11 April 1849. Declining the invitation to subscribe to the funds of the National Society 'until I see more light than I do at present upon the questions pending between the National Society and the Committee of Council on Education'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24313]
PALMER, Sir Walter (1858-1910). 1st Baronet; son of the biscuit magnate.Two Autograph Letters Signed to Chesson, in all 7 pages 8vo, Cairo and Luxor, Egypt, 27 January and 8 February 1887. Expressing his appreciation for the letters of introduction to local people, the result of which is a greatly enhanced tour.
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 24315]
PARKE, Sir James, Baron Wensleydale (1782-1868). Judge.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 4to (trimmed, traces of former mounting), no place, no date. Thanking his correspondent for sending a ticket for the 'Biennial Distribution of Prizes, at the Royal Academy', but declining to attend as he has an appointment on that date.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24368]
PARKER, Joseph (1830-1902). Congregationalist divine.Autograph Letter Signed to Scott, 3 pages 8vo (laid down on the remains of an album leaf), South Hampstead, 26 October 1891. Assuring Scott that his letter will be treated in absolute confidence ('It is the letter of an apostle of Christ ... Why can't we unite & defeat those wretched agents of the Devil?').
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24374]
PARKINSON, Sir (Arthur Charles) Cosmo (1884-1967). Civil servant.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear R.W.', 2 pages 8vo, on Athenaeum writing paper, as from 39 Barkston Gardens, 22 April 1944. Promising to send a copy of Apes and Parrots, 'it is the best collection of parodies I have come upon'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24382]
PARKINSON, Richard (1797-1858). Canon of Manchester; principal of St Bees College.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd Dr Olivant, 2 pages 8vo (note of identification at the foot of the second page), St Bees, 26 May 1847. Agreeing to accept the degree of D.D. providing that he can bypass the usual steps, for which he has no time.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24393]
PARNELL, William (1780-1821). Controversialist.Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs Pigett Co, ½-page 4to with integral address-leaf, Weymouth, 3 October 1810. Requesting a bill to sign for £95.9.10 to the order of Pococke Esq.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24398]
PASSPORT British passport issued to Edward Drummond, 1 page folio, given at the Foreign Office, London, 22 June 1854, signed by the Earl of Clarendon.
£65 / $104 / €80 [No: 20363]
PATTERSON, Sheila (1918-1988). Social anthropologist specialising in race relations.Typewritten Letter Signed to G.L. Lewis, 1 page 4to, 55 Wilbury Avenue, Hove, Sussex, 6 September 1973. Referring to a request for information she had made through the Times Literary Supplement, explaining that it was an old request ('so I am well advanced on the essay'), and asking if he may perhaps have relevant family material.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24448]
PATTISON, Mark (1813-1884). College head & scholar.Letter Signed, the text in a secretarial hand, 1 page 8vo, Lincoln College, Oxford, 11 November 1882. Offering to supply names of 'young men who I think might be of use to the C.R.'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24431]
PAUL, Herbert Woodfield (1853-1935). Author & politician.Autograph Letter Signed to Blunt, 1 page 8vo, 46 Cheyne Walk, 7 May 1898. Explaining that his wife has gone to Aix for a month leaving him in charge of looking after the 'poor little boy' and offering to do so ('It is a heartbreaking case').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24451]
PAUL, Sir John Dean, Second baronet (1802-1868). Banker & fraudster.Letter written on his behalf (third person) to Messrs Bickner & Bush, 1½ pages 8vo on black-edged paper (torn in the folds, somewhat soiled), 217 Strand, 16 November 1854. Offering to accept a copy of the Memoirs of Port Royal in French should an English version be difficult to locate.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 24453]
PAUL, Sir John Dean (1802-1868). Banker & fraudster.Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Robert Inglis, 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf and red wax seal, Strand, 29 January 1833. Soliciting Sir Robert's help in acquiring a chaplain for the cemetery he has recently established on the Harrow Road (the Kensal Green Cemetery).
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24454]
PAUNCEFOTE, Julian, 1st baron (1828-1902). British diplomat; ambassador to Washington.Autograph Letter Signed to Lady De Gex, 4 pages 8vo, on embossed writing paper of the British Embassy, Washington, 25 December 1896. Wishing her a happy new year, remembering her husband and his kindnesses, and expressing the wish that they may meet on his next visit to England.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24456]
PEABODY, George (1795-1869). American merchant & philanthropist.Important Autograph Letter Signed to the architect H.A. Darbishire, 2 pages 8vo (ragged at the edges, browned), Brighton, 19 June 1863. Reporting his satisfaction with the lithograph print of the first 'poor man's palace' being built.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24470]
PEARD, John Whitehead (1811-1880). 'Garibaldi's Englishman'.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Gilbert, 2 pages 12mo, Sparnon, Torquay, no date. Thanking her for bringing the sale of a bird to his attention, but regretting that it had been sold an hour before he contacted its owner.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24478]
PEARSON, Sir (Cyril) Arthur (1866-1921). Newspaper magnate & publisher.Letter (probably in his wife's hand) to Naylor, 1¼ facing pages 8vo, Hotel Beau-Site, 16 December 1913. Poignant letter of thanks for sympathy on his loss of sight.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24481]
PEARSON, Charles Buchanan (1807-1881). Divine.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 12mo (traces of former mounting), Knebworth Rectory, Stevenage, 13 July 1873. Forwarding a letter of Dr Lytton (no longer present).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24482]
PEARSON, Charles Henry (1830-1894). Colonial minister & historian.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo on embossed writing paper of The Athenaeum, 16 August no year. Apologising for the delay in replying and offering to make up for it by paying his subscription for the following year in advance.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24483]
PEASE, Sir Joseph Whitwell, Bt (1828-1903). Director of mercantile enterprise.Letter Signed (secretarial hand) to Melbourne, 4 pages 8vo, Hutton Hall, Gisborough, 4 October 1882. A discussion of the opium trade ('No one can take any interest in these questions but must find that there are two sides to them. My mind however is entirely made up').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24485]
PEASE, Sir Joseph Whitwell, Bt (1828-1903). Director of mercantile enterprise.Letter Signed (secretarial hand) to the naturalist Professor [Richard] Owen, 3 pages 8vo, 24 Kensington Palace Gardens, 19 June 1883. Agreeing that it would have been better 'if the North Eastern had put out their Stock at the market price of the day'.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24486]
PECK, Jesse Truesdell (1811-1883). Divine & president of Dickinson College.Autograph Letter Signed to Sir William McArthur, 1 page 8vo, no place, no date. Imploring McArthur to accept a napkin holder made for him by the widowed daughter of his brother, the Revd George Peck, as a sign of her grateful thanks for kindnesses given to her father.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24487]
PEEL, Arthur Wellesley, 1st viscount (1829-1912). Speaker of the House of Commons.Autograph Letter Signed to Bushell, 2 pages 8vo, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, 9 August 1898. Tracing the relationship of Eton to the Abbey of Normandy ('the practice of "hunting the Ram" is mentioned in the Register of the Abbey as a custom belonging to the manor of Great Wrotham ...'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24488]
PEEL, Sir Francis (1823-1906). Railway commissioner; Second son or Robert Peel.Autograph Letter (third person) to the Editor of Debretts, 2 pages 8vo, 32 Chesham Place, 7 July 1869. Correcting the address listed in the Peerage.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24489]
PEEL, Lady Julia (d. 1859). Wife of the prime minister.Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Clinton, 1 page 8vo, Whitehall Gardens, no date [a received note dates the letter at 17 March 1838]. Agreeing to be a Patroness of the Bazaar ('In compliance with her Majesty Queen Adelaide's wish').
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24490]
PEERS, Sir Charles Reed (1868-1942). Antiquary.Typewritten Letter Signed to B.R. Leftwich, 1 page 4to (note of identification at the foot, filing holes), Chiselhampton House, Stadhampton, Oxford, 27 October 1937. Inquiring about an ancestor, another Sir Charles Peers.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24491]
PEGGE, Samuel, the elder (1704-1796). Clergyman & antiquary.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (oblong, trimmed, soiled, part excised and re-attached, perhaps with loss of text), Godmersham, 23 February 1766. Announcing his new essay on 'Coins of the British King'. A note on the back identifies the correspondent as George Perry of Liverpool.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24494]
PENN, John (1760-1834). Writer; grandson of the founder of Pennsylvania.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 4to, Spring Gardens, 21 June 1824. Lauding a book ('so interesting a kind of work, beginning as it does wit the victory of Lord Howe, & concluding with the crown of our national labors in the success of Waterloo'.).
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24506]
PENNANT, George Sholto (1836-1907). Landowner & quarry owner; Second Baron Penrhyn.Autograph Letter Signed ('Penrhyn') to Gatehouse, 3 pages 8vo, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales, 11 August 1898. Discussing shooting rights on his land.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24509]
PENROSE, Dame Emily (1858-1942). College principal.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Somerville College, 19 May 1909. Forwarding a college prospectus and particulars of admission and promising to send scholarship information when it is printed.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24510]
PENTLAND, John Sinclair, 1st baron (1860-1925). Politician & administrator in India.Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Fleetwood, 1 page 4to on writing paper of the Governor of Madras, 26 January 1914. Sending belated congratulations.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24512]
PEPYS, Walter Courtenay Genealogist to the Pepys family.Footnote of 13 lines in pencil to a letter from Arthur Pepys, 2½ pages 8vo, Knowle House, 30 June 1913. With a photograph dated October 1861. Referring to the non-increase of a branch of the family since 1895, and giving family news.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 0665]
PERCIVAL, John (1834-1918). Schoolmaster & bishop.Autograph Letter Signed to Canon Edgar Sheppard, 3 pages 8vo, School House, Rugby, 19 January 1890. Introducing Septimus Rivington, a publishing partner of Percival's son, who wishes to publish a life of Lord Napier.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24516]
PERCIVAL, John (1834-1918). Schoolmaster & bishop.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo on embossed writing paper of Clifton College, 6 October 1863. Ordering 24 copies of Arnold's Confirmation Questions, and asking for a quotation ('I think that our printer here is rather high').
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24517]
PERCY, Hugh (1785-1847). Third Duke of Northumberland; diplomat.
Autograph Letter Signed ('Northumberland') to the Revd Mr Mitchell, 1 page 8vo, Lyon, 31 January 1814. Lamenting the loss of Mitchell, and the death of Dr Langford, which is cause of his leaving the Parish, and pledging to give a favourable reference if required.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 22046]
PERERA, Edward Weeratunge (1898-1982). Malaysian Sinhalese educator & businessman.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 3¼ pages 8vo (soiled), The Law Library, Colombo, Ceylon, 4 May 1910. Agreeing that the article he had written would need to be supplemented in order to be of use to students.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24521]
PEROWNE, Edward Henry (1826-1906). Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.Autograph Letter Signed to the editor of Wit and Wisdom, 2 pages 8vo, The Lodge, Corpus Christi College, 1 November 1889. Declining to write the requested paper on Success in Life, due to pressure of 'literary and other engagements'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24523]
PEROWNE, John James Stewart (1823-1904). Bishop of Worcester.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2½ pages 8vo, Deanery, Peterborough, 24 August 1888. Giving permission for his correspondent to photograph and make sketches in Peterborough Cathedral.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24524]
PERRY, Charles (1807-1891). First bishop of MelbourneAutograph Letter (third person) to Hugh Childers (1817-1896, politician), 1 page 8vo on black-edged paper, 32 Avenue Road, Regents Park, 18 June 1879. Regretting (greatly) that he is unable to attend the dinner to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of Victoria as a separate colony.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24526]
PETO, Sir Samuel Morton (1809-1889). Engineer, contractor, and politician.Autograph Letter (third person) to Lady Hooker, 1½ pages 8vo, 9 Great George Street, Westminster, 22 November 1861. Regretting that he has already promised his votes so will be unable to assist the case of Dr Fraser 'at the next Election of the Idiot Asylum'.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24571]
PETRE, Sir George Glynn (1822-1905). Diplomat.Autograph Letter (third person) to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo, Hatchwoods, Winchfields, Hampshire, 24 January 1894. Returning a biographical notice with no corrections save that he had retired 'on a pension' the previous year.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24573]
PETRIE, Henry (1768-1842). Antiquary.Autograph Letter Signed to J.C. Trevelyan, 1½ pages 8vo (trimmed at the top, traces of former mounting), Oxford, 11 June 1827. Having missed him at the Athenaeum, sending a reminder of the Charter of Athelstan and other items he is anxious to see prior to Trevelyan's departure from the country.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24574]
PHELPS, Lancelot Ridley (1853-1936). Provost of Oriel College.Autograph Letter Signed to Button, 1 page 8vo, 24 Norham Road, Oxford, 31 August 1935. Reporting the death of his brother.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24580]
PHILLIMORE, John George (1808-1865). Jurist.Autograph Receipt Signed, 80 x 195 mm (3 x 7½ inches) with embossed paper one shilling seal, 23 February 1849. Acknowledging the receipt of forty-two pounds from P. Smith 'by Cheque on Messrs Coutts'. A note on the back indicates that the sum was paid for legal services.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24583]
PHILLIMORE, Sir Robert (1855-1875). Barrister.
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear E.S.', 1 page 12mo, The Coppice, Henley on Thames, 'Monday night' no date. Making an appointment for 11 o'clock the following day.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 23151]
PHILLIPS, Sir Thomas (1801-1867). Local politician & writer on education.Autograph Letter Signed to W.H. Smith (1825-1891, newsagent and politician), 3 pages 12mo with envelope, no place, no date. Promising to try to join Smith's party at Crystal Palace, but warning that other appointments may prevent him.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24623]
PHILLIMORE, Sir Walter George Frank, Bt. (1845-1929). Judge.Autograph Letter Signed to Balfour Browne, 4 pages 8vo, 28 Eaton Square, 29 June 1910. Asking Balfour Browne to respond to a toast.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24584]
PHILLIPS, Wendell (1811-1884). American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans & orator.Autograph Letter Signed to his namesake, Wendell Phillips Hale ('my dear little boy'), 4 pages 8vo (bit of a corner missing, not affecting the text), no place, May 1873. Thanking the young boy for the gift of a book (I have read Mr Thomas' account of his visit here with great pleasure') and inviting him to visit when he is in Boston.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 24624]
PHILLPOTTS, Henry (1778-1869). Bishop of Exeter.Autograph Letter Signed to Archdeacon Bartholomew, 2 pages 8vo, Bishopstowe [Torquay], 21 December 1854. Begging a bed for himself and Mrs Phillpotts on the occasion of the 'approaching ordination'.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24627]
PHILLPOTTS, Henry (1778-1869). Bishop of Exeter.Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev'd J.R. Hogg, 1½ pages 8vo, Warner's Hotel, Regent Street, 25 January 1843. Advising Hogg to refuse to admit to the Church infants baptized by laymen ('especially in Schism'), and urging him to convince the parents of the sinfulness of their act.
£50 / $80 / €62 [No: 24628]
PHIPPS, Sir Charles Beaumont (1801-1866). Court official.Autograph Letter Signed to Shaftesbury, 2 pages 8vo on black-edged paper (slightly soiled), Windsor Castle, 8 January 1852. Stating that the Prince [Albert] did not, 'upon principle' allow any of his letters, no matter how trivial, to be published, and therefore Shaftesbury's request is denied.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24629]
PICKARD, Benjamin (1842-1904). Trade unionist & politician.Autograph Letter Signed to Cunninghame, 1 page 8vo, on writing paper of 1 Craven Street, Strand, as from The Limes Hydro, Southport, 17 December 1903. Claiming ill health and asking for more information before he acts ('No act of parliament is named & no work to be done to merit Diplomas etc').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24632]
PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, Sir Arthur Wallace (1873-1952). Classicist.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed bishop, 1 page 8vo (filing hole), on writing paper of the Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield, 5 June 1939. Agreeing to second 'the resolution' if possible, though pressing business may prevent his doing so.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24633]
PICTON, Sir James Allanson (1805-1889). Antiquary & architect. ALS to Tipson Martin, 1 page 8ALSAutograph Letter Signed to Timpson Martin, 1 page 8vo, Sandyknowe, Wavertree, Liverpool, 16 February 1877. Returning Bryan Blundell's Britain's Remembrancer and Mr Clegg's speech (neither remaining).
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24636]
PIRIE, Sir John (1781-1851). Businessman & Lord Mayor of London.Autograph Letter Signed to Edward S. Baring, 1 page 8vo, 71 Cornhill, 26 January 1844. Regretting that all his ships are either at sea or in India, and offering to get in touch with Baring should a vacancy arise.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24658]
PITMAN, John Rogers (1782-1861). Church of England clergyman & author.Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Duncan, 1 page 4to (oblong), C[hrist's] H[ospital], 14 December no year. Asking that the name 'Admiral Vashon', recently submitted by Pitman as a subscriber, be changed to 'Rev'd J.V. Vashon'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24662]
PITT, Sir John, Second Earl of Chatham (1756-1835). Eldest son of William Pitt.Autograph Letter Signed ('Chatham') to an unnamed correspondent, 1½ pages 4to, St James's Square, 13 October 1802. Advising his correspondent that he does not think that there is a vacancy in Newfoundland, but that should one arise and he can exert influence on the Ordnanace Establishment, he will gladly recommend Mr Macundy.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 19836]
PLATT, Sir Thomas Joshua (1788-1862). Judge.Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd D Ray, 2 pages 4to (tears in the folds of the second, blank sheet), no place, no date [watermark 1834]. A testimonial as to the suitability of Ray to function as a clergyman or to hold Church Preferment, owing to his conduct during a suit he had brought agains those allegedly conspiring to alienate his wife's affections.
£60 / $96 / €74 [No: 24700]
PLAYFAIR, James (1738-1819). Church of Scotland minister and writer on geography.Autograph Letter Signed to George Chalmers in the Office for trade, Whitehall, 1 page 4to with address-leaf, Meigle, 28 March 1799. Offering to help Chalmers in 'your present important undertaking', reporting on the presbytery records of the name 'Tealing', and discoursing on the local climate and geology.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24721]
PLAYFAIR, James (1738-1819). Church of Scotland minister and writer on geography.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Gentlemen'), 1 page 4to, St Andrews, 28 October 1809. Sending 'a few copies of my Proposals to your care', offering to send more if required, and soliciting their 'influence & friendly aid'.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 24733]
PLOWDEN, Francis Peter (1749-1829). Lawyer & historian.Autograph Letter (third person) to Prior, 1 page 8vo with integral address-leaf and remains of red wax seal, 4 February 1808. Reporting on finished instructions ('Mr P is gratefully sensible of Mr Prior's liberal feelings').
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24736]
PLUMPTRE, Edward Hayes (1821-1891). Dean of Wells.Autograph Letter Signed to the Honorary Secretariat, Bromley Institute, 3½ pages 8vo with a copy of his obituary affixed to the final page, Bromley, 29 April 1873. Regretting, at length, that the Bromley Literary Institute was failing and sending his support in the form of a cheque for £1 1s 0d.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24737]
PLUNKET, William Conyngham, 4th baron (1828-1897). Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed dean, 3 pages 8vo on black-edged paper with coronetted initial, Highcliffe Hotel, Bournemouth, 2 January 1884. Referring to a pamphlet written by Dean Stanley entitled Three Irish Churches, which had been requested by the dean of Wells.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24738]
PLUNKET, William Conyngham, 1st Baron (1764-1854). Lord chancellor of Ireland.Autograph Letter Signed [to Lord Westmeath], 3 pages 8vo, Old Connaught, Bray [Ireland], 4 January 1829. Declining to use his influence with the government due to the judicial position he holds.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 24739]
POLIGNAC, Camille J.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Sir'), discussing business prospects and requesting payment, 3½ pages 8vo, London, 28 July 1870. 'While I shall be on the lookout for any favourable change which may take place, I believe that Government contracts are more likely at this moment to prove successful.'
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 3484]
POPE-HENNESSY, Sir John (1834-1891). Colonial governor.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Simeon, 1 page 8vo, Carlton Club, 7 November 1888. Suggesting a time for him to call at the Club.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 2244]
PORTEUS, Beilby (1731-1809). Bishop of London and doctrinal author.Autograph Letter (third person) to the publishers Cadell and Davis, 1 page 8vo (traces of mounting to the reverse), Fulham [Palace], 28 May ?1806. Asking them to send copies of his 'new Publication' to eight persons, of whom he gives the addresses. Ticks against the names indicate that the books had been despatched.
£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 24684]
PRICE, T. ?Baptist minister.Brief Autograph Letter Signed to Baynes, a London bookseller, ½-page 4to, (seal-tear, just touching the signature), Baptist College, Bristol, no date [postmark 22 October 1822]. Asking that the books ordered be kept so that he can collect them during his impending trip to London.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 2159]
PUSEY, Edward Bouverie (1800-1882). Tractarian divine.Autograph Letter Signed to Jacobson, 1 page 16mo (laid down), no place, no date. Apologising for misjudging the whereabouts of a paper on the population of Whitwood.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 4803]
PUSEY, Edward Bouverie (1800-1882). Tractarian divine.Autograph Letter (third person), perhaps a draft, to the publisher [?Francis] Rivington, 1 page 8vo (laid down), 35 Grosvenor Square, no date. Sending part of the manuscript of his 'Enquiry' and discussing details of the publication. The letter is undated but the beginning of the watermark '182[]' is evident.
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 22499]
RAWLINSON, Sir Henry, 1st Baronet (1810-1895). Assyriologist and diplomatist.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Bischoffsheim, 1 page 8vo with integral blank, 21 Charles Street, Berekeley Square, 8 February 1874. Sending, at her mother's request, a card of admission for a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society the following day.
£125 / $200 / €155 [No: 23519]
[ROBINSON, William] (1838-1935). Author & gardener.
Letter (secretarial signature) to Shackle, 1 page 8vo, on writing paper of The Garden, 16 February 1899. Attempting to elicit Miss Cady's address.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 6781]
ROCKEFELLER, John Davidson, Junior (1874-1960). Oil magnate and philanthropist.Telegram to Mr and Mrs Frank O. Salisbury, care of Mackenzie King, 1 page oblong 8vo, (remains of mount, some tears at edges), New York, 12 June 1947. Wishing them a safe journey back to England.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 0150]
ROEBUCK, John Arthur (1801-1879). Politician.
Autograph Letter Signed to the Marquis of Westmeath, 3 pages 8vo, no place [London], 7 May 1864. Lamenting the nuisance of street music, pointing out that it should be the concern of the metropolitan police, and hence the concern of the government, and agreeing to go with Mr Bentinck to see the Home Secretary about it.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 1585]
ROEBUCK, John Arthur (1801-1879). Politician.
Autograph Note Signed to Mrs F.M. Williams, sending his autograph, 1 page 12mo, London, 20 July 1867.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0642]
RUSSELL, Lord John, 1st Earl (1792-1878). Prime Minister 1846-1852 and 1865-1866.11 Autograph Letters Signed to Gilbert and Margaret (Maggy) Elliot, 29 pages 4to and 8vo with 6 envelopes, mostly Pembroke Lodge, 9 June 1846 to 13 September 1875. A collection of correspondence to the Dean of Bristol and his daughter Margaret, mostly concerning visits and travel arrangements, with some brief references in later letters to his political past.
£385 / $616 / €477 [No: 22674]
SERRES, Mrs Olivia (1772-1834). Painter & writer. 'Princess Olive of Cumberland'.Autograph Letter Signed ('O.W. Serres') to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo, 1 Cumberland Street, 1 March 1820. Pleading with her correspondent to represent her interests in the matter of an annuity promised to her by the Duke of Cumberland, now brought into doubt by the death of the King.
£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 23832]
SEWELL, James Edwards (1810-1903). Warden of New College, Oxford.
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir John Davies, 2 pages 8vo, (remains of mount on verso of second leaf), New College, Oxford, 15 November 1876. Thanking him for the endowment of a Chinese scholarship, forwarding a copy of the 'University Gazette' (no longer present), and promising to send the draft copy of the statute.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1268]
SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816). Playwright and politician.Characteristic brief Autograph Letter Signed ('RBS') to an unnamed correspondent (no salutation), 1 page small 4to, 'Friday', no date.
£225 / $360 / €279 [No: 24716]
SIDGWICK, Henry (1838-1900). Philosopher and ethicist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss ?Brewster, 1 page 12mo (lightly soiled), Chief Secretary's Lodge, Phoenix Park [Dublin], 27 December 1883. Belatedly acknowledging 'your dream, which is certainly interesting; and of the kind that we ought to collect'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 20312]
SIMON, Sir John (1818-1897). Serjeant-at-law.Cabinet photograph (three-quarter length) by the London Stereoscopic Company, signed in ink in the lower border.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 22397]
SMUTS, Jan Christiaan (1870-1950). South African soldier and statesman.Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs (illegible), 1 page 8vo, 102 Banbury Road, Oxford, 19 October 1919. Expressing regret that he would be unable to visit her ('I simply can't help myself as my time table is so fully taken up.')
£110 / $176 / €136 [No: 24329]
SNOWDEN, Philip, Viscount Snowden (1864-1937). Politician.Typewritten Letter Signed to Basil Gregg, 1 page 4to, Elberton, Woodstock Road, Golders Green, 10 April 1911. Discussing the national debt, and explaining his method of calculating its cost to the individual.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 24094]
SPURGEON, Charles Haddon (1834-1892). Baptist preacher and religious writer.Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent ('Dear Madam'), 1 page 8vo (slight foxing), Westwood, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, 1 February 1887. Replying diplomatically to a request for help.
£325 / $520 / €403 [No: 24149]
STEPHEN, Sir James (1798-1859). Colonial under-secretary.Autograph Letter Signed to Charles Grant, 2½ pages 8vo, 'Wednesday', no date. Arranging to provide 'the very voluminous copy of the proceedings & evidence' prior to a forthcoming meeting.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 23347]
[STOCKDALE, John] (1749?-1814). Publisher.Autograph Letter Signed addressed to Stockdale and signed 'Corregidore', 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf (spike-hole, folds fragile), no place, no date [watermark 1804]. An anonymous complaint of the inadequate and inaccurate treatment of the Rokeby family in the latest issue of Debrett's.
£85 / $136 / €105 [No: 8085]
STUBBS, William (1825-1901). Historian & Bishop of Oxford.Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Oxon') to Dr Collins, 1½ pages 8vo, The Palace, Cuddesdon, 18 September 1890. Thanking Collins for sending the abstract of William Barroby's will ('It is full of suggestions of cousinship').
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 24193]
SUMNER, John Bird (1780-1862). Archbishop of Canterbury.
Autograph Letter Signed ('J Cantuar') to the Reverend Ernest Hawkins, 2 pages 8vo with autograph envelope signed, black wax seal, Lambeth, 14 June no year (watermark 1850). Requesting that he add two others to the party on Tuesday, and send tickets to Lady Astley for Wednesday's event.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 5102]
TEMPLE, Frederick (1821-1902). Archbishop of Canterbury.2 Autograph Letters Signed ('H. Temple') to the Dean [of Bristol], in all 2½ pages 8vo, Rugby, 24 September 1868 and 16 October 1869. Sending a report of his speech at Clithero (sic), extracted from the local paper and giving the Dean permission to use it however he wishes, and thanking him for congratulations (on his appointment as Bishop of Exeter).
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 5108]
THESIGER, Frederic John Napier (1808-1933). Viceroy of India; third Baron & 1st Viscount Chelmsford.Autograph Letter Signed ('Chelmsford') to 'Eric', 4 pages 8vo, Viceregal Lodge, Simla, 15 June 1918. Inquiring solicitously after Eric's wounds and explaining why it is so difficult to recruit soldiers in India.
£40 / $64 / €49 [No: 23905]
THIERS, Louis Adolphe (1797-1877). French statesman.
Autograph Letter Signed to Rambuteau, 1 page 8vo, no place, no date. Asking him to receive Thiers' secretary and take him to a department where he can find out about the 'Statue d'argent'.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 0798]
'TICHBORNE' Sir Roger Arthur Orton (1834-1898), the Tichborne Claimant.Autograph Letter Signed ('R.C.D. Tichborne') to James Bartlett, 2 facing pages 8vo (rather soiled, and repaired in the folds), 34 Bessborough Street, 22 August 1873. Thanking him for a letter and 'for troubling yourself on my behalf', adding that 'I believe my attorney is in communication with Mrs Mountjoy.
£225 / $360 / €279 [No: 24386]
TREDEGAR, Courtney Charles E., 1st Viscount (1830-1913).
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, ½-page 8vo, Tredegar Park, Newport, 12 November 1910. Enclosing a cheque for his subscription.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8154]
TREDEGAR, Courtney Charles E., 1st Viscount (1830-1913).
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo, Tredegar Park, Newport, 20 May 1900. Returning a sketch (no longer present) because it is not suitable for the friend for whom he was making enquiries.
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 8155]
TURNER, Sir William (1832-1916). Anatomist and university administrator.Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Alice, 4 pages 8vo, 6 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, 24 May 1913. Thanking her for volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, and sending family news.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24342]
VAMBERY, Arminius (1832-1913). Hungarian traveller and writer.Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Captain May', probably William (later Sir William) Henry May, 1849-1930, 1 page 8vo, Athenæum Club, 15 May 1891. Asking May to call on him the following day at the Athenæum 'to talk over with you our matter in question'.
£150 / $240 / €186 [No: 20331]
VESEY-FITZGERALD, Brian
Autograph Postcard Signed to A.C. Piper, Farnham, 10 May 1949. Thanking his correspondent for the letter about dogs; 'The expression was quite new to me and I'm most intrigued that it should even have been used in good society!'
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 1587]
WAGHORN, Thomas (1800-1850). Naval office and self-publicist.Letter Signed, 1 page 4to (tattered at the left hand side), 34 Cornhill, 17 July 1847. Rather characteristically presenting a copy of a painting of himself.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24348]
WELLINGTON, Catherine, Duchess of (d. 1831). Wife of the Duke of Wellington.Autograph Letter (third person), to Dighton, 2 pages 8vo, Stratfield Saye, 7 October 1827. Asking whether Dighton could deliver her letters to Apsley house from time to time and occasionally frank letters for her.
£75 / $120 / €93 [No: 24593]
WESLEY, John (1703-1791). Founder of Methodism.Printed Memorial Card of John Wesley's tomb inscription, 144 x 94 mm (ca 5½ x 3½ inches) in a decorative border. With another version from the Methodist Magazine showing a variant line, and the memorial card with the inscription from the Tombstone of the Rev Samuel Wesley, printed by F Barnes of Epworth.
£350 / $560 / €434 [No: 5954]
WEST, F.A. President of the Wesleyan Convention.Autograph Letter Signed to the Rev Dr Carlyle, 4 pages 8vo, Hackney, 24 November 1858. A note of identification and editing (perhaps for publication) in another hand. Ordering copies of 'News of the Churches' and lauding its aims.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 1336]
WHITE, Joseph Blanco (1775-1841). Theological writer.
Autograph Letter Signed to Stirling Christie, ½-page 4to with integral address-leaf (traces of former mounting), 7 Paradise Row, Chelsea, 7 July 1826. Enclosing a letter of Southey for his autograph collection. The letter, unfortuantely, is no longer included.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 6783]
WHITNEY, W.C.
Typewritten Letter Signed to E.R. Robinson, 1 page 8vo, Washington
£32 / $51 / €39 [No: 0882]
[WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833).] Philanthropist and slavery abolitionist.Autograph Letter Signed from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, third Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863) [to Wilberforce], 3 pages 8vo, no place, no date. Concurring with Wilberforce's opinions regarding the 'civilization of Africa', and reporting that he is unable to attend the meeting called to discuss the matter.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 24577]
WILDE, James Plaisted, Baron Penzance (1816-1899). Judge.Autograph Letter Signed ('Penzance') to the Hon. H[amilton] Cuffe (1848-1934, lawyer), 4 pages 8vo, Eashing Park, Godalming, 19 May 1887. Attempting to clear up any misunderstanding arising from his previous letter on the subject of modes of punishment.
£45 / $72 / €55 [No: 24515]
WILSON, Sir (James) Harold (1916-1997). Prime Minister 1964-1970 and 1974-1976.
Signature ('Wilson of Rievaulx') on a white postcard-sized card, with a photograph of the Prime Minister affixed to it.
£38 / $60 / €47 [No: 7011]
WISEMAN, Nicholas Patrick Stephen (1802-1865). Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.Autograph Letter Signed 'N. Card. Wiseman' to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (rather spotted), 8 Y[ork] P[lace], 3 February 1857. Thanking him for a donation 'to the good little Sister'.
£55 / $88 / €68 [No: 21720]
WOOLLCOMBE, Kenneth John (1924-2008). Bishop of Oxford.Typewritten Letter Signed to Ethel Stevenson, 1 page 8vo (oblong), 88 St Aldate's, Oxford, 6 September 1944. Thanking her for her 'very generous' gift to the Appeal Fund.
£35 / $56 / €43 [No: 24198]