[GRONCHI
(Giovanni, 1887-1978, President of Italy, 1955-1962)]
Beautifully Printed Menu of the Luncheon given by the Corporation of London in his honour,
(Sir Denis Truscott, 1908-1989, Lord Mayor), the cover in full colour on a blue background representing the monuments of Italy and its modern shipping, across the foot is an impression of the electric power line crossing the straits of Messina, by Frank H. Mason, (1875-1965, the naval and poster artist), inside are a short account of Guildhall and its restoration after the war, the menu, the music by the Royal Artillery Orchestra and the names of the reception committee, and a description of the cover, tasselled cord in the colours of Italy, printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, 8 sides in covers 11¼" x 8¼", Guildhall, London, 14th May
some extremely light spotting on covers and extremely light partial vertical fold, trace of a former corner fold on back cover
Item Date:
1958
Stock No:
56648
£125
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GROTE
(George, 1794-1871, M.P. for the City of London 1832-1841, Philosophical Radical, Historian and Politician)
Autograph envelope front signed to W. L. Birkbeck, Trinity College, Cambridge, London, 29th June
Item Date:
1833
Stock No:
12549
£10
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GROTE
(George, 1794-1871, M.P. for the City of London 1832-1841, Philosophical Radical, Historian and Politician)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892,
President of Queens', Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor, accepting his invitation "to meet the Chancellor on the 9th June", 1 side 8vo., Trumpington, 24th May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
19263
£35
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GROTE
(George, 1794-1871, M.P. for the City of London 1832-1841, Philosophical Radical, Historian and Politician)
Autograph Letter Signed to T. S. RICE
(Thomas Spring-Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle, 1790-1866, Chancellor of the Exchequer), telling him that he has "presented this day in the House of Commons a Petition from the Parish of St Dunstans ... complaining of the overwhelming pressure of a debt contracted for building & repairing their church, & praying for relief as connected with the Church Rate measure now pending. The Parishioners wish much to be favoured with an interview, for the purpose of stating their case in person ...", 3 sides 8vo., with annotations on the verso, no place, no date, dated on the verso 14th March
slight staining on the verso
Item Date:
1837
Stock No:
18593
£35
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GROTE
(George, 1794-1871, M.P. for the City of London 1832-1841, Philosophical Radical, Historian and Politician)
Autograph Letter Signed to John Barrett,
telling him that he has decided to "put a man into the farm at Bennington, to manage it for the time on my own account. It is plain to me, from the conduct of Bland, laming etc that no good tenant will look at it as it now stands. If I let it now I shall be driven to accept a bad tenant and a poor rent, so that my farm will permanently degrade ... This will be vexatious and costly for the moment, but it seems to me the only way for saving my farm ... I have engaged with a Scotchman named Bower, well recommended & of much experience ... I should be glad to hear from you how I ought to deal with Mrs Miller. Of course I shall be, as the case now stands, not only Landlord but also in-coming tenant. It will be necessary for me to put Bower in soon upon the land. I cannot wait till March 25th ... How stands the law & the custom on this point? Is not an outgoing tenant bound to let an incomer get upon the land in time for the year's cultivation? Will Mrs Miller be entitled to hinder me from doing this ... Am I entitled to have the accommodation of the farm buildings to put my implements & horses in? ... How soon shall I be entitled to put Bower on the land with means of working it? ... I have not replied to you about Robert Miller's wish for the meadow, because I reserved that point until I came down, and could fully consider whether the other farm would be impaired as an occupancy by the abstraction of this meadow ...", 4 sides 8vo., 12 Saville Row, 25th December
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
18595
£45
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