HOWITT
(William, 1792-1879, Author)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred Ellis,
promising to send him "the infant Walnut tree ... which sprung up this last spring. I gathered the nut and two others which I sent down to Eleanor, but of the fate of which I have not yet heard - from the tree called Pascal's walnut-tree at Port-Royal in the Autumn of 1863 .. Pascal, the author of the beautiful Pensées and the vanquisher of the Jesuits, planted the tree ... Other mementos remain of Nieal Arnold and the rest. Pascal's tree stands between the cemetery - the scene ... where the Institution was so barbarously destroyed, and beautiful spring of La Mere Angelique. As a walnut-tree, independent of the associations ... it is the first walnut-tree I ever saw and bears fine, large fruit ..." and he continues at length about trees and his daughter, who will also bring "a little packet of birch seed collected at Årsten ... the native home of miss Bremer ....", 4 sides 8vo., Highgate, 9th November
Item Date:
1864
Stock No:
15464
£75
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HOWITT
(Mary, née Botham, 1799-1888, Authoress and wife of William, 1792-1879)
Final page of an Autograph letter signed
“Trusting that you will pardon the unavoidable delay in alluding to your wishes...”, 1 side 8vo, no place, no date
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0
Stock No:
42825
£50
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HOWITT
(William, 1792-1879, Author)
Signature from Autograph Letter Signed
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0
Stock No:
7699
£10
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HUGHES
(Richard Arthur Warren, 1900-1976, novelist, playwright, and poet)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed, signed with his nickname "Diccan",
to Vernon Watkins, apologising for being slow to answer, "but our plans have been in the melting-pot and I'm afraid the upshot is that, much as we'd love to see you, the beginning of May just isn't possible", he goes on to say that Francis is off to Canada to witness the birth of another grandchild, and he is going to London, he closes asking if it is possible that he writes again, with original autograph envelope, 1 side 4to, Mor Edrin, North Wales, 27th April
Item Date:
1961
Stock No:
29380
£75
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HUGHES
(Thomas, 1822-1896, Judge, Author of 'Tom Brown's Schooldays')
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Harwood,
saying that he was sorry not to have seen him in London, but "heard of you from the Dean. It was not I, but Canon Curtis, who threw down the gauntlet as to the Burials Bill. It was quite impossible to allow his narrow nonsense to go unchallenged. I fear the parsons are going back rather than forward - it seems impossible for them to realize the true nobleness of the national idea. If they cannot rise to it & accept the position of officers appointed by the nation to do its highest work I see no reason for keeping the ... (I) hope the Dean is right but doubt it ... the question could not be tried practically without a row, & as the Bill will I take it be carried next session ... I shall not be farther north again then Birmingham till next year ...", 3 sides 8vo., Athenaeum Club headed paper, 25th October
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
26581
£175
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