GROTE
(Harriet, née Lewin, 1792-1878, Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Jones,
inviting him to stay, "Dr Wm. Smith is to come, and we will have 'good talk', & our whist - & some Corelli & Bach", she has had "a long letter fm. Newton", Sir Charles Thomas, 1816-1894, the archeologist, "Corfu 11th Apl. - recounting his adventures ... I presume he will speedily turn up at B.M." where he was Keeper of Greek & Roman Antiquities, 1 side 8vo., "R.", 19th April
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
19982
£35
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GUEST
(John, d. 1997, Writer, F.R.S.L.)
Portrait Photograph by Walter Bird,
signed and inscribed "For Mollie Patterson", the secretary of the R.S.L., "with every good wish", 10" x 7¾", no date, c.
Item Date:
1970
Stock No:
19983
£55
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GUINNESS
(Bryan Walter, 1905-1992, Poet, from 1944 2nd Lord Moyne)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Joy P. Farley,
saying he is "most grateful for your kind & encouraging letter. I have published a book of verse since Under the Eyelid [1935] namely my Collected Poems ... last January ... some written since ... and some written before", 1 side oblong 8vo. and envelope, Biddesden House, Andover, Hampshire, 7th July
Item Date:
1956
Stock No:
19852
£35
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GUTHRIE
(Thomas Anstey, 'F. Anstey', 1856-1934, Whimsical Humorist)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Anstey Guthrie'
to Percy VARLEY, explaining that he has "already been approached by Messrs. French for permission" to put 'The Man from Blankley's' "in their MS list for amateur performance", it is "at present in my agent's hands", but even so, "it will be necessary to obtain Mr. Charles Hawtrey's consent" who is "in America just now", so "the matter could hardly be decided in time for your performance", he appreciates "you will be obliged to decide on a piece very shortly ... I am sure you will understand how I am situated", 2 sides 8vo., 16 Duke Street Mansions, Grosvenor Square, W., 23rd December
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Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
55867
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HAGGARD
(Sir H. Rider, 1856-1925, Novelist, Author of 'King Solomon's Mines')
Autograph Letter Signed to R. M. Leonard,
telling him that "the late attorney General ... wrote to me from the National Liberal Club - of which he said he is an honorary member . I will now communicate with him at another address & I have no doubt that he will claim the letter ..." 2 sides 8vo., Ditchingham House headed paper, Bungay, 2nd September
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
18144
£125
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