HAGGARD
(Sir H. Rider, 1856-1925, Novelist, Author of 'King Solomon's Mines')
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Flintoff,
thanking him for his letter and saying how sorry he is to "hear of your accident. It is a sad world for some of us - but you must try to buck up your spirits. Is there anything that I can send you ...", sending him a photo and a copy of "Jess which I think you have not read", 2 sides 8vo., Ditchingham House headed paper, Bungay, 13th June
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
15950
£125
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HAGGARD
(Sir H. Rider, 1856-1925, Novelist, Author of 'King Solomon's Mines')
Note signed to Mr Haworth Booth
apologising to the brief reply and thanking him for an invitation, but "until I reach Yorkshire I cannot say what my arrangements will be, nor if they will allow of my accepting your hospitality. I should be grateful if you would leave the invitation open ...", 1 side pc with address on verso, The Fore Hill House, King's Norton, Worcestershire, 12th May
Item Date:
1901
Stock No:
30526
£125
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“THE ZULUS HAVE NO BETTER FRIEND THAN MYSELF”
HAGGARD
(Sir H. Rider, 1856-1925, Novelist, Author of ‘King Solomon’s Mines’)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
thanking him for his “letter & the copy of the Ruin of Zululand which you have kindly sent me. I can only say that I have done my best to form an impartial judgement on the evidence in the Blue books. The Zulus have no better friend than myself but I look to the welfare of the nation at large rather than to that of individuals however exalted. The ‘thatcher’ anecdote was given for whatever it may be worth...”, 3 sides 8vo., 69 Gunterstone Road, West Kensington, 2nd February
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
42680
£225
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HAIG
(George Alexander Eugene Douglas, 1918-2009, Artist, from 1928 2nd Earl)
Typed Letter Signed to Donald McCormick,
(1911-1998, Historian of the Secret Services as 'Richard Deacon'), saying "I have no objection to the passages from my father's papers being included ... I am glad you are taking the right side !", 1 side 8vo., 22nd May
Item Date:
1963
Stock No:
50457
£45
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HALEY
(Sir William John, 1901-1987, Director General of the BBC and Editor of the Times)
Typed Letter Signed to Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas Moore, M.P., 1886-1971,
"about the broadcast of October 25th in the series 'Enterprise and Achievement' ", which Moore had found "exceptionally effective and valuable", the speakers in fact had said what they had prepared but had taken less time than in rehearsal, the chairman saying their "time was up" was unfortunate in view of the gap that followed, 1 side 4to, Broadcasting House, W.1., 8th November
Item Date:
1948
Stock No:
17325
£20
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