BLYTON
(Enid Mary, 1897-1968, Children's author, Creator of Noddy)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed 'Enid Blyton' to Miss Olive Clarke
of the Little Green Lane School in Birmingham, thanking her for her letter and saying she is glad "the Aquarium is progressing ..." sending her the details of Wortley National school which "has been kind enough to offer to send flowers or nature specimens to a Town school. The teacher wrote such a nice letter & I think it would be lovely if your school & hers could both benefit by the linking up. I have told her that you will pay postage - or repay her kindness in some way ... but that you will doubtless arrange between you ....", she ends by saying that she is "quite touched by your P.S. How nice of the old boys & girls to ask about me. You must tell them that I often think of my old friends and I always wish them the best of luck when they go out in the world! ...." and sends her love to her current pupils, with a postscript that she thinks "Wortley's children would love to have letters from your children", also included is a postcard photo of several schoolchildren annotated on the verso with their names and "Love from Wortley", 2 sides 4to., with original autograph envelope, Old Thatch, Bourne End, Bucks, 16th March
Item Date:
1933
Stock No:
39121
£475
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BOLITHO
(Hector, 1898-1974, New Zealand Biographer & Travel Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Cond,
saying that he is pleased that she "liked 'Combat Report' No book I have ever written has given me more pleasure ...", 1 side 8vo, R.A.F., Northwood Middlesex, 27th September no year.,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
5167
£15
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BOLITHO
(Hector, 1897-1974, New Zealand-born Writer & Royal Biographer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Watson Gandy,
apologizing that he "opened the enclosed letter [not present] during the morning excitement of opening my Christmas cards", 1 side 8vo, Wood Farm, Henham, Bishop's Stortford, no date circa
Item Date:
1948
Stock No:
56490
£35
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BOURGET
(Paul, 1852-1935, French Novelist, Critic and Academician)
Half-title of his book "Voyageuses", signed and inscribed
in French "Respectful homage to Miss Mildred Davey", with Bourget's card "de l'Académie Française", 1 side 8vo., Nauheim, 18th August
transparent slips in top blank margins of both
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
14736
£40
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BOYD
(Very Revd. Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson, D.D., 1825-1899, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, 1890)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Hornby,
saying that "The Castle is Roslin Castle, on the Esk, close to Hawthornden ... I dont think it would be fair to give such a description of an imaginary place. At least ... I should feel bound to do so with literal accuracy", 1 side 8vo., 78 Great King Street, Edinburgh, 17th July n.y., c.
remains of laying down on blank fourth side
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
16812
£35
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