TRAVERS
(Ben, 1886-1980, Dramatist & Novelist)
Fine signature on card headed in another hand ‘Rookery Nook’
‘A Cup of Kindness, ‘Cuckoo in the Nest’, ‘Plunder’ and ‘Thark’, which are the titles of farces written by Travers and performed at the Aldwych, on card, 4½” x 3½”, no place, dated in another hand, 7th March
Item Date:
1931
Stock No:
42761
£40
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TREWIN
(John Courtenay, 1908-1990, Theatre Critic and Historian)
Autograph Letter Signed to Louis B. Frewer of the Oxford Playhouse Guild,
saying he appreciates the invitation and is "sorry to seem boorish" but he is likely to be away, and suggesting "Richard Findlater, author of 'The Unholy Trade', and a very good speaker", 1 side 8vo., 15 Eldon Grove, Hampstead, 15th October
Item Date:
1952
Stock No:
52110
£20
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A FINE LINGUIST
TRITHEN
(Francis Henry, d. 1854, Russian-born Taylorian Professor of Modern European Languages at Oxford, December 1848-1850)
Autograph Manuscript Translation of a Russian Poem The Orphan,
beginning "Into the wood they sent me ... Into the wood for blackberries", but instead "I went up to the hillock Upon my mother's grave - there bitter tears I wept ...", the mother asks "Oh - who is weeping over me ... Go home, daughter. There another mother Will comb thy hair Wash thy lips There a young man Will say words of love", a few original corrections, early identification in pencil and 'from Dr Trithen Oxford' in early ink, 22 lines, 2 sides 4to., no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
56351
£275
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TROLLOPE
(Anthony, 1815-1882, Novelist)
Fine signature and date
mounted with a small photo showing him full face, 4" x 3", on a piece of headed paper, Waltham House, Waltham Cross,
slight smudging on the letterhead not affecting the signature
Item Date:
1869
Stock No:
39035
£375
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TROLLOPE
(Anthony, 1815-1882, Novelist)
Brief LS to Sir Spencer Walpole, (1839-1907, historian and civil servant)
saying that he has "sent you the proofs of Mr Val Prinsep's book ...", 1 side 8vo., 39 Montague Square headed paper, 7th December
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
30070
£775
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