NOYES
(Alfred, 1880-1958, Poet)
Autograph Letter signed to 'Blakeney'
saying he is "delighted to know that you care to do the poem. Thirty copies would be enough for the special purpose. (I've just had another batch of letters including a very gracious request for a copy from the Prime Minister of Australia). I should send your 'edition' ... I would prefer to leave the form entirely to you, for you know so much better than I what would suit it best ...", suggesting a mention of the Albert Hall Youth Rally in May 1937 and making arrangements for a visit, 2 sides 8vo., Lisle Combe, Isle of Wight, 29th December
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
39279
£65
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OAKES
(Philip, Poet)
"In the Affirmative" signed, inscribed
"For Desmond & Katherine Dupré‚ with best wishes" and dated March 1969, 8vo., Andre Deutsch Ltd, London
Item Date:
1968
Stock No:
2435
£25
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OKEY
(Thomas, 1852-1935, Fellow of Gonville and Caius, Cambridge)
Autograph Letter Signed to Hermann Augustin Piehler,
(1888-1987, Editor of Baedeker's and Dent's Guide Books), sending "the introduction to Lethaby", (William Richard Lethaby, 1857-1931, architect and Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington), he is sorry to say that "Mrs. Holman Hunt", (Edith, née Waugh, d.1931, second wife of the artist William Holman-Hunt, 1827-1910), "has fixed Saty 3.30 as sacred to us", though it is rather dubious "that my sister may venture so far in this chill dirty E Wind ... If we do come up & escape fairly early after tea we will give you a look up. Our most affectionate greetings", 2 sides 8vo., The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W.1, 28th September
Item Date:
1928
Stock No:
15169
£35
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OLIPHANT
(Laurence, 1829-1888, Novelist, Traveller, Diplomat, War correspondent and Mystic)
Signature on fragment of a letter
saying he will be out of town for some weeks, 2 sides 3" x 3½" black edged, 4 Mount Street, Park Lane, 'Saturday' no date, c.
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
51905
£25
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OLIPHANT
(Margaret, née Wilson 1828-1897, Scottish Novelist and Historical Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Oliphant
saying that she doesn't "know whether the enclosed letter may have any interest for you. It cannot refer to any ancestor of mine as our crest and motto are different. Anyhow I send it on the chance. Oliphants are rare on the other side of the Border - and the uninstructed mind jumbles us all up together ..." I side sm. 8vo., 7 Librook Place, Wednesday, no date
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
40002
£125
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