MITFORD
(Nancy, 1904-1973, Author)
Fine Long ALS ('Nancy Mitford') to Madame del Riego
(Teresa Clotilde, 1876-1968, Violinist, Pianist, Singer and Composer of Spanish ancestry), thanking her for her letter "it was so kind of you to write exactly the sort of praise one loves to receive. Most people don't really read what one writes, only what they themselves imagine. Half the letters I got were to order me to book rooms at 'Ste Fay' - how much with full pension! ... So you do see that yours made a change! ...", 2 sides 8vo., Rue Monsieur VII, Suffron 7665, 12th August
Item Date:
1961
Stock No:
38846
£245
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MOLESWORTH
(Mary Louisa, 1839-1921, Novelist & Children's Writer)
Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed correspondent "Dear Madam"
regretting that she cannot send her "one of my photographs, which I should have done with pleasure if I had any. I have never succeeded in getting a good one taken, but should I be more fortunate at some future time I shall remember your very flattering request ...", 2 sides 8vo., on mourning paper, 29 Avenue Klëber, Paris, 5th October no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39748
£150
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MOLESWORTH
(Sir William, 8th Baronet, 1810-1855, Politician in the Coalition Cabinet of the Earl of Aberdeen from 1853 as First Commissioner of Works and then Secretary of State for the Colonies)
Autograph Letter Signed to S. L. Levison,
saying he is “much flattered and gratified by your polite letter. I was aware that an attempt has been made to raise a cry against me for having edited the works of Hobbes. I am grieved at it, not on account of any personal insults, but as evincing the bigotry and intolerance which unhappily prevails amongst certain portions of this country, and which mistakes the efforts of those, who have... at heart the intellectual as well as the economical progress of the nation. If my constituents reject me for having shown due reverence for one of our most illustrious thinkers I shall not complain, but sorrow for their sakes at the reproach, which such a proceeding will cast upon them in the estimation of all enlightened men in this country and elsewhere. Wherever a fitting opportunity occurs I shall tell them plainly my opinion on this subject, and appeal to their good sense and hope to make an impression on them...”, 4 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope signed
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
41837
£175
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MONTGOMERY
(Florence, 1843-1923, Children's Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that she has "great pleasure in sending you my signature & must apologise for directing as I do as I do not know whether 'Cecil Wolseley' is a lady or a gentleman! ...", 1 side 8vo., 56 Cadogan Place, 18th December no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40217
£35
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MONTGOMERY
(Robert, 1807-1855, Preacher and Poet)
Autograph poem signed and dated,
6 lines including "... Source of all life, and fountain of the mind ... Imagination cannot paint that spot ... where Thou are not!", on card with Georgian foliate border, trimmed to the outline of the design,
Item Date:
1836
Stock No:
11680
£50
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