CLIFTON
(Robert Bellamy, 1836-1921, first Head of the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, 1865-1915)
Collection of visiting cards, a few signed,
given him by eminent or up and coming scientists from the Continent (11), England (2), the U.S.A. (1) and Japan (1), also a ticket signed by Clifton to admit Mrs Clifton to his lectures at the Royal Manchester Institution (1), together 16 cards, with checklist, [at Oxford], circa 1880 -
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
54107
£225
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CLODD
(Edward, 1840-1930, Anthropologist and Rationalist)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Larner'
saying "I have little to spare for any Extras, so you might like the within 10/- as a sort of widow's mite, to which Ernest adds 2/6", 1 side 8vo., 5 Princes Street, E.C., 6th April
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
19611
£45
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CLODD
(Edward, 1840-1930, Anthropologist and Rationalist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr BLOOM,
with transcription, thanking him for the book "which tells me what I wanted to know" and will keep as suggested, "The reference comes just when I want to use it in a little book on pre-historic man which I am writing. I had a good report of Allen direct, & shall be seeing him soon", Grant ALLEN, (1848-1899, the Canadian Novelist and Writer on Science and Evolution), 2 sides card 3½" x 4½", Savile Club, 107 Piccadilly, 4th October
defects in 7 small areas, sense or lettering easily restored (see transcription), signature and rest of text untouched
(Transcription)
Savile Club,107, Piccadilly. W.
Dear Mr. Bloom
Many thanks [for] your thoughtful kindness: [the, your] book tells me what I wanted [to] know. I will act on your [offer] to keep it. The reference comes just when I want to use it in a little book on pre-historic man which I am writing. I had [a g]ood report of A[l]len direct, & shall be s[e]eing him soon.
Kind regards to Mrs. Bloom and yourself from
Yours very faithfully
E: Clodd
Item Date:
1894
Stock No:
55896
£45
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CLODD
(Edward, 1840-1930, Anthropologist and Rationalist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sydney A. Gimson, 1860-1938,
secretary of the Leicester Secular Society, saying "I am so fagged by overwork that I dread committing myself to any Sunday lecturing", he comes home at weekends "to swallow the bracing air", but suggests 5th December on "the stages of religious evolution which precede all the theologies ... 'When did man become Religious?' ", 2 sides card, Strafford House, Aldeburgh, 4th July
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
19612
£45
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CLODD
(Edward, 1840-1930, Anthropologist and Rationalist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sydney A. Gimson, 1860-1938,
secretary of the Leicester Secular Society, saying that "a severe cold on my chest" prevents his coming on 5th December, and as his subject "is not in lecture shape", he sends another "which can be read ... Although it has an entertaining text in the story" , it "has really serious significance in the part which the superstition about names has played in custom & belief", 2 sides 8vo., 5 Princes Street, E.C., 2nd December
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
19613
£45
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