WHYTE-MELVILLE
(George John, 1821-1878, Scottish Novelist & Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed to his publisher ‘My dear Chapman’,
saying that he will “be on the move in about ten days. If they have printed all or any part o. ‘Roy’s Wife’ I had better correct it before I go...”, 1 side 8vo., 22 Onslow Gardens, S.W., 4th August, no year, circa
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
42636
£75
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WIGHT
(Robert James Martin, 1913-1972, Historian and Pacifist)
Autograph letter signed 'Martin Wight' to Geoffrey F.A. Best, b. 1928,
Professor of History, Edinburgh University, 1966-1974, and later at Sussex, saying he is "delighted you can join us this weekend, and hope you will find it worth it. As Donald Mackinnon may have told you, we are an odd, chancy group ... never quite sure who will turn up, nor who will have provided papers for discussion", and looking forward "with keen pleasure to meeting you at John's on Friday evening", 2 sides 6¾" x 4½", Harwarton, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, 25th March
Item Date:
1971
Stock No:
53543
£30
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WILDE
(Oscar, 1854-1900, Irish Poet & Dramatist)
"The Ballad of Reading Gaol"
later Edition of the First Edition (7th printing of June 1899), 31 pages, original hardcover, quarter vellum with mustard boards, Leonard Smithers
very slight fraying on spine but tight copy in very good condition
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
39285
£475
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WILDER
(Thornton, 1897-1976, American Author & Playwright)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Dear Herr Intendant’
saying that he had received “a letter from - I think - The Dramaturg of the Landesbühnea. As so often with foreign signatures I was unable to read the full name of the writer - Reinhold R....gen. Could you kindly convey to him my thanks for his kind message and for the program he enclosed. It gives me great pleasure tht my play found so many friends in Hannover. Excuse me thus taking up your time...”, 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope which has been re-directed, 50 Deepwood Drive, Connecticut, 12th April
Item Date:
1959
Stock No:
42232
£375
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WILLIAMS
(Charles, 1838-1904, Journalist and War Correspondent)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sirs',
sending "the paragraph you wished", 1 side 8vo., Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue, 2nd March
Item Date:
1892
Stock No:
19023
£15
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