THE WHISPERER
Contemporary MS extracts from Nos. 1, 7, 11, 14-15, 56, 63-64 and 93
of the witty and scurrilous weekly periodical, published in 100 numbers from 17th February 1770 by William Moore, in a fine copy book hand, stitched in paper covers, 79 sides folio (the gatherings numbered 1-20), no place, no date but c.
mostly loose in stitching, cover a bit worn
Item Date:
1772
Stock No:
52595
£375
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THIRKELL
(Angela Margaret, 1890-1961, English and Australian Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Watson-Gaudy
saying “How nice to hear from you. One begins to feel that half one’s friends are lost or dead. I was staying with the Garvins, but as the war goes on I have moved into small but very comfortable lodgings with a landlady who is used to the gentry & their peculiar ways. It would be delightful to see you & Tony on Saturday, and reviving drink will await you from 6.32 onwards. Will a friendly car be meeting you at the station? If not, let me send a taxi to bring you up here, for it is in the Old Town, a longish walk & you would be tired and lost. Lake’s Lane is a Turning out of the Old Town High Street...” here she has drawn a map, and continues “If the Inglefields are meeting you, or Tony has a car he can use, let me know - otherwise I’ll tell my Taxi to meet you. Do I gather that Tony is snatched up by the army? One has to keep one’s soul in patience. Lance is very happy at Magdalen and should get a year there, as he is only just turned 19. I am helping the Empire by being a complete crock just now - nothing particular, just senile decay i think...”, 2 side A4, 21 Lake’s Lane, Beaconsfield, 17th January
Item Date:
1940
Stock No:
42758
£275
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THOMPSON
(Mrs. Katherine, d.1862, Author of 'The Court of Henry VIII')
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir',
saying that "Mr Acton Warburton has kindly promised to send me a copy of his work - so that I need not trouble you to forward the clean sheets ... I hope Mr Bentley is recovered", Welbeck Street, London, 2 sides small 8vo., 3rd February, n.y., c.
lightly browned in parts, margins trimmed to size
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
13397
£20
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TILEY
(Miss)
MS Notebook of verses compiled by her, with her name on flyleaf,
whimsical or sentimental , to do with courting or absence from home, with such titles as "Waiting round the corner", "The wedding ring", "Remember me", "A woman's caprice", "Do you think I should go", stitched in blue paper covers, 40 sides 7¾" x 6¼", no place, date inside cover
spine a little worn
Item Date:
1857
Stock No:
52698
£75
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TOLSTAYA
(Countess Alexandra Lvoyna, 1884-1979, Youngest Daughter and Secretary of the Leo Tolstoy)
Fine Signature on Card
with original typed envelope addressed to Mr Robert F. Allen, Jr, in Lewiston, Maine, 5” x 3”, postmarked New York, 3rd September
Item Date:
1974
Stock No:
42249
£275
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