THACKERAY USES BOTH FORMS OF WRITING AND WANTS TO HELP A FRIEND'S WIDOW
THACKERAY
(William Makepeace, 1811-1863, Novelist)
Exceptional Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Kinglake', in his sloping hand
saying that "yesterday's papers just come in have shocked me and grieved me beyond telling - is that poor widow in want? If so, and you hear of any prospect for expressing sympathy or offering relief - or think of setting any such plan afoot do remember me and that I think most kindly and affectionately of our dear old friend ... I write to you because I want to speak to some one about it - don't trouble yourself to answer unless you hear there's money wanted - I have some of mine and some of Higgins's - God help us: suppose the lot were mine and my young ones sitting at home fatherless. In such a case fellows like you would help them and it must be a certainty that poor Eliot can have left little behind him: wont it be well that some scheme should be set a going to make a little purse for the orphans? Isn't Mrs Eliot in some way connected to Lord John Russell? That's a pity on account of the pension, but one must be got for the widow and children of this kind gentle soul this good man this gifted charming writer. And the other thing should be done, and you and Milnes and I should put our names down - but you two first and especially - I daresay you have thought of it yourself, and are twice as good a man of business as I am, and I only write because as you say yourself one's impulse is to write on these occasions and to relieve myself by speaking to a friend about a dear old comrade gone to his account ..." with a postcript in his upright handsaying that he "came to town on Saturday, and wanted to come to day but that my host here made such a pt that I could not say no any more ...", 3 sides 8vo., Erlestoke, Westbury, Thursday, no date
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0
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36342
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THACKERAY
(Anne Isabella, 1837-1919, from 1877 Lady Ritchie, Novelist, daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray)
Signature and Subscription from a letter,
ending "We shall be delighted", laid down on piece 2¼" x 4½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
56094
£25
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THARAUD
(Jean, 1877-1952, French Writer and Academician)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Tharaud' to Monsieur Premsela,
of 24 Juliastraat, Zwolle, Netherlands, in French with translation, thanking him "again ... for your kindness" and explaining that his and his brother's 'Morocco' "is not a new work, it is an anthology of pages taken from 'Rabat' and 'Marrakech'", 1 side 8vo with autograph envelope, 7 rue Théophile Gautier, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 26th March
(Translation)
7 Rue Théophile Gautier, Neuilly-sur-Seine.
26th March 1923.
Dear Monsieur, Again, thank you for your kindness!
The 'Morocco' ['Le Maroc'] you talk about in your letter is not a new work, it is an anthology of pages taken from 'Rabat' and 'Marrakech'.
With cordial greetings,
Tharaud
Item Date:
1923
Stock No:
56345
£125
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THE WHISPERER
Contemporary MS extracts from Nos. 1, 7, 11, 14-15, 56, 63-64 and 93
of the witty and scurrilous weekly periodical, published in 100 numbers from 17th February 1770 by William Moore, in a fine copy book hand, stitched in paper covers, 79 sides folio (the gatherings numbered 1-20), no place, no date but c.
mostly loose in stitching, cover a bit worn
Item Date:
1772
Stock No:
52595
£375
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THIRKELL
(Angela Margaret, 1890-1961, English and Australian Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Watson-Gaudy
saying “How nice to hear from you. One begins to feel that half one’s friends are lost or dead. I was staying with the Garvins, but as the war goes on I have moved into small but very comfortable lodgings with a landlady who is used to the gentry & their peculiar ways. It would be delightful to see you & Tony on Saturday, and reviving drink will await you from 6.32 onwards. Will a friendly car be meeting you at the station? If not, let me send a taxi to bring you up here, for it is in the Old Town, a longish walk & you would be tired and lost. Lake’s Lane is a Turning out of the Old Town High Street...” here she has drawn a map, and continues “If the Inglefields are meeting you, or Tony has a car he can use, let me know - otherwise I’ll tell my Taxi to meet you. Do I gather that Tony is snatched up by the army? One has to keep one’s soul in patience. Lance is very happy at Magdalen and should get a year there, as he is only just turned 19. I am helping the Empire by being a complete crock just now - nothing particular, just senile decay i think...”, 2 side A4, 21 Lake’s Lane, Beaconsfield, 17th January
Item Date:
1940
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42758
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