FARRAR
(Frederick W., 1831-1903, Dean of Canterbury & Author of Children’s Stories)
Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Dear Mr Dean’,
saying that his “kind invitation is very tempting, but I am so overcrowded with engagements that I am forced to decline. I have no less tthan six or sever extra special sermons this month alone at the top of all my regular preaching & tying parochial work & heavy correspondence (I have just despatched some twenty letters etc) & a great pressure of literary & other work. Hence I have no choice but to say No...”, 3 sides 8vo., 17 Dean’s Yard, Westminster, 5th November no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41969
£65
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FARSON
(James Negley, 1890-1960, American Writer)
Typed Letter Signed on postcard to Eileen Cond,
saying "You ask, I am afraid, the impossible. I have two cousins who wanted the same thing ... The last place that went, a cottage on the beach, with some 35 acres of land, went for £6,800 ... The rush for small houses swept this place almost two years back. One, two houses from my own, has been offered for £8,000", postmarked Braunton, Devon, 23rd August
Item Date:
1946
Stock No:
17146
£15
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FENN
(George Manville, 1831-1909, Novelist and Writer for Boys)
Autograph Letter Signed to W. H. Davenport Adams, 1828-1891,
saying "Let the book go as you propose. I can raise no objections, being only too glad to settle a vexed question", 1 side 8vo, Syon Lodge, Isleworth, Middlesex, 21st January
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
17147
£25
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[FERRARI
(Giovanni Battista of Siena, c.1585-1655, S.J., Orientalist, Horticulturalist and Educator)]
Fine Engraved Title page of his 'Triginta Septem Orationes ...
Novissima Editio ... Pleiades', showing a female figure holding a rose, and leaning on a pedestal bearing the title, 3½" x 1¾" (8.6cm x 4.2cm), [John Redmayne, London,
Item Date:
1668
Stock No:
50820
£35
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FERRIER
(Susan Edmonstone, 1782-1854, Scottish Novelist, author of 'Marriage', 'The Inheritance' and 'Destiny')
AN signed with initials to Miss Hilda Walker,
saying "Lady McNeill sent last night to offer to take tea with me this evening", and asking her "& Connie too" to come "if you possibly can", 1 side 5" x 4½" with diamond folds, no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
51874
£125
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