HOOD
(Thomas the Elder, 1799-1845, Poet & Humorist)
Autograph Draft of a Reply to an Invitation of the Manchester Athenaeum,
unsigned, saying "my humble name ... is at your service, with my best wishes ... and warm approval of the objects of that institution", repeating "his deep obligation to Literature - that a natural turn for reading & intellectual pursuits probably preserved me from the moral depravity so apt to befal those who are deprived in early life of paternal pilotage", keeping him "aloof from the ring, & the dog pit, the tavern & the saloon, with their degrading orgies", and that "the closet associate of Pope & Addison ... of the silent discourse of Shakspere & Milton will hardly ... put up with low company & slang", top half of a quarto sheet but complete in itself, 17 Elm Tree Place, St John's Wood, no date, circa
a little wear at folds including one small hole touching one letter (easily supplied)
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
55501
£225
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HOOD
(Thomas the Elder, 1799-1845, Poet & Humorist)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that his "father's autographs are very scarce, & so many friends have a right to claim the very few I have, you must forgive my sending you such a mere scrap. I have very few indeed myself most especially with signatures. I annex a voucher for its authenticity. I should have answered your letter before but a literary engagement, which you may have seen advertised, has taken up all my time ...", 1 side 8vo., no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40941
£175
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HORLER
(Sydney, 1888-1954, Author)
Fine signature with inscription "Yours sincerely," and date, 31st December
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
7687
£12
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HOTTEN
(John Camden, 1832-1873, Publisher & Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to the Revd. George Percy BADGER
(1815-1888, Arabic Scholar and Missionary), in Hotten's interesting hand, saying he "omitted to return to you the cuttings from the Standard ... The liberty taken in mounting them as a small vol. I hope you will forgive", an early copy of "Heuchlin's great work (the Prussian Expedition) ... will reach me tomorrow, and I would like to show it to you, as I have some idea of translating it if it appears of special interest to English readers at the moment", decorative monogram at head, 74 & 75 Piccadilly, London, 14th November
very light traces of two tabs in blank top margins
Item Date:
1867
Stock No:
55932
£95
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HOUSMAN
(Laurence, 1865-1959, Novelist and Dramatist, Brother of A. E. HOUSMAN)
Fine Signature and date
on a card, 3¾” x 2½”, no place, December
Item Date:
1929
Stock No:
42690
£20
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