MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert) and his wife Helena FAUCIT(1817-1898, Actress)
Autograph Quotation from Longfellow signed and dated
"Not in the clamour of the crowded street / not in the shouts & plaudits of the throne / but in ourselves we triumph and defeat" with another autograph quotation, also signed, by his wife, she quotes from Herrick, "First wash thy hands in innocence, then bring Pure hands, pure habits, pure, pure everything", together on an album leaf 7½" x 4", no place, 19th and 20th May
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
41053
£125
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MARTINEAU
(Harriet, 1802-1876, Writer on Political Economy and Human Nature)
Unsigned fragment of a letter, 4 lines,
with, on the recto, Miss Martineau's embossed 'M', and a note by F.H.S. explaining that Miss M. "forbade her relatives to give away her letters", but on James Martineau's intercession gave permission "since I read each Biography for the dates, it became of study", the fragment from Foxholes, 17th February n.y., c.
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
51122
£30
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THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THE OFFICIAL SECRET’S ACT TO BE PASSED
MARVIN
(Charles Thomas, 1854-1890, Writer on Russia)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
telling him that he is “not giving any regular lectures. When I have anything special to say the Balloon Society are good enough to assign me their platform & I say it. This has led to applications for lectures from variousl quarters & I have just acceded to a request made to me by a committee of gentlemen at Newcastle on Tyne to lecture there... But I imagine that... too far for you to attend. Perhaps I shall be invited to lecture in London... and in that case I will take care that you be informed...”, 2 sides 8vo., Grosvenor House, Plumstead Common, 30th March
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
41818
£275
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ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING OF A SHIP
MASEFIELD
(John, 1878-1967, O.M., Poet Laureate)
'Philip the King' signed and inscribed "For Martha Hodgkiss"
and dated on the front free endpaper above a detailed pen and ink drawing of a ship in full sail, together with a typed copy of a couplet of poetry, 'The luck will alter and the star will rise/ The days that make us happy make us wise ..', the book published Heinemann, 1930, the inscription dated 20th April
Item Date:
1961
Stock No:
37137
£175
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MASEFIELD
(John, 1878-1967, O.M., Poet Laureate)
Reproduction of his fine crayon portrait,
showing his head full face, laid down on card with a slip of paper bearing his signature and autograph quotation "The days that make us happy make us wise", 8½" x 6", April
Item Date:
1921
Stock No:
52145
£30
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