HOLLAND
(Henry Scott, 1847-1918, Canon of St. Paul's, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Castletown,
(1811-1899, widow of John, 1807-1883, 1st Baron), saying "I long for more talk, especially about Professor Drummond. But I find myself obliged to give up Evening Talks just now. I cannot sleep after them so I am declining all invitations to Dinner ... I must leave 'Drummond' for a talk", 2 sides 8vo., 1 Amen Court, St. Paul's, E.C., no date, watermark
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
15019
£40
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HOLLOWAY PRISON IN 1897
Autograph Letter Signed by the Medical Officer, James Scott,
also signed by J. M. Pitcairn, Deputy Medical Officer to Mr Adam Hay “on the occasion of your retiring into private life, after having spent nearly half a century in the service of the Queen, we, who have been associated with you in the Medical Department of Holloway Prison, feel that we cannot let you go from among us without an expression of our good wishes. We hope you will be spared yet for many years, to enjoy your well-earned rest after so many years of faithful service. We ask you to accept from us a few volumes, as a remembrance. The subject of the books is the Indian Mutiny, one of the stirring events in which you took an active part. We hope you will find interest in perusing them, and that they will recall, in a pleasant manner, an important part of your military service...”, 1 side folio, Parkhurst Road, Holloway, 1st August
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
43034
£125
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HOOD
(Jack, British Welterweight Champion Boxer 1926-1934)
Postcard photo signed,
showing him half length, full face in a cricket shirt, pub. Dyche, Birmingham, no date, c.
pinholes in top and bottom
Item Date:
1935
Stock No:
51975
£55
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REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
HORSFALL
(Henry, Yeoman, of Overwhiteleigh in Midgley, NW of Halifax, W Yorkshire)
Obligation signed "By me Hary Horsfall" to John Clegg of Langfield
(now Longfield, Todmorden), in Latin, in the sum of £274 for the fulfilment of the conditions in "a paire of indentures bearing the same date", with a middle section in English explaining "the condition of this obligation", vellum, 1 side 6½" x 11¼", 1st October
seal and tab reattached with pin at foot
Item Date:
1585
Stock No:
17987
£275
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HORT
(Fenton John Anthony, 1828-1892, Reviser with Westcott of the Greek New Testament Text adopted for the English Revised Version)
Unsigned handwriting "Maurice's Patriarch's and Lawgivers" on piece
2¼" x 4½", with identification below by Mrs Clara Paget, wife of George Edward Paget, Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge, no place, 11th May
Item Date:
1881
Stock No:
54942
£15
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