Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
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November 30
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1835 Mark Twain was born. He was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens but is better known by his pen name. He was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer.
In 1874 Winston Churchill was born. He was a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
TWAIN LECTURES ON THE SUBJECTS HE KNOWS “LEAST ABOUT”
TWAIN (Mark, 1835-1910, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens, American Author of Tom Sawyer) and Thomas HOOD (the Younger, 1835-1874, ‘Tom Hood’, Humorist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed “Mark Twain” to “The Editor” saying that with his “permission I desire to say to those societies in London & other cities of Great Britain under whose auspices I have partly promised to lecture, that I am called home by a cable telegram. I shall spend, with my family, the greater part of next year here, & may be able to lecture ... during the autumn upon such scientific topics as I know least about & may consequently feel least trameled in dilating upon ...”, 1 side 8vo., written upside down on a piece of paper, headed 52 Bond Street, crossed out, London, 5th November together with an autograph letter signed by Tom Hood headed “Mark Twain’s Lecture” and sending the instruction “Please pass two & oblige ...”, 1 side 8vo., Fun Office, Fleet Street headed paper, 16th December 1873
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WINSTON WRITES TO MAX - “GOOD FORTUNE TIES ME BY THE LEGS”
CHURCHILL (Sir Winston Spencer, 1874-1965, Prime Minister)
Superb Typed Letter Signed (“W”) to his friend and colleague “Max” BEAVERBROOK (Lord, 1879-1964, Newspaper Proprietor & Statesman) thanking him for his letter and the promise “to give me the photograph from the ‘Daily Express’ which I should very much like to see ...”, he then goes on to say that he “cannot accept your offer of the house. I am tied up here and my plans are still vague ..” 1 side 4to., Chartwell, Westerham headed paper, 20th April 1945
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