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
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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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OLIPHANT
(Margaret, née Wilson 1828-1897, Scottish Novelist and Historical Writer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Marindin
asking she is “not quite sure whether you mean Thursday next, or Thursday next week - either of them will suit me... Cyril is going to ask Mr Marindin for a loan of a book this afternoon... and you will please tell him which it is - he will be at home next Thursday but not next week so he would intensely vote for the former...” ending that she hopes her baby is better and with a postscript that she would be “delighted to see your brother...”, 1½ sides 8vo., on crested paper, Windsor, Sunday, no date, circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
41915
£125
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