MARSTON
(John Westland, 1819-1890, Dramatic Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent,
returning "the Sonnet with two slight corrections ... both the author and myself are much gratified that you have liked the lines sufficiently to give them insertion in 'The Cornhill' ...", 1 side 8vo., 9 Northumberland Terrace, Regent's Park Road, N.W., 7th June
unevenly trimmed on bottom edge
Item Date:
1869
Stock No:
2009
£25
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MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Anna Swanwick , (1813-1899),
saying "You can judge of the difficulties of translation", sending his version of Schiller's 'Gods of Greece', "one of the most difficult I have rendered into English", and hoping "the original has not suffered greatly in my hands", 1 side 8vo., 31 Onslow Square, S.W., 2nd March
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
17921
£30
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MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Eastlake,
saying "Do not let your natural horror at any brochure about Shakespeare keep you from reading the enclosed letters" written to an "excellent lady (now dead)" by Sir Theodore's wife, the famous Shakespearean actress Helen Faucit (1816-1898), "Lady Martin shrinks from the idea of ... herself ... as a writer, and most reluctantly let me have these letters printed ... I hope you will think I was not wrong", 2 sides 8vo., 31 Onslow Square, S.W., 14th November
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
17920
£40
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MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert)
Signature and subscription from a letter,
no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
17935
£10
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MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert) and his wife Helena FAUCIT(1817-1898, Actress)
Autograph Quotation from Longfellow signed and dated
"Not in the clamour of the crowded street / not in the shouts & plaudits of the throne / but in ourselves we triumph and defeat" with another autograph quotation, also signed, by his wife, she quotes from Herrick, "First wash thy hands in innocence, then bring Pure hands, pure habits, pure, pure everything", together on an album leaf 7½" x 4", no place, 19th and 20th May
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
41053
£125
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