TRELOAR
(Sir William, 1843-1923, Businessman, both Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London)
Autograph Letter Signed to J. R. Brough
saying that his “wife has asked me to write and ask if Mrs Brough and you to come ad take lunch with us on Weds next at 1.30, if you will we shall be glad...”, 1 side 8vo., The Mansion House headed paper, 14th April
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
42031
£65
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TREMATON
(Rupert, 1907-1928, Elder Son of Alexander, Earl of Athlone, 1874-1957, from 1917 Viscount)
Very fine large photograph, signed 'Trematon',
showing him three-quarter length seated, 11" x 9", no place, no date
Item Date:
1927
Stock No:
14624
£150
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TRENCH
(Richard Chenevix, 1807-1886, Dean of Westminster & Archbishop of Dublin)
Autograph letter signed to Mrs Kitchin,
saying he will "be delighted to afford your Danish friends my facilities ... our morning service begins at 10. They wd witness our Choral service better in the afternoon - as there is no Anthem in the morning", 2 sides 5" x 4", Westminster, 29th June
light browning in outer margin without loss
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
53531
£35
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TRISTRAM
(Henry Baker, 1822-1906, Canon of Durham, Traveller and Naturalist)
Autograph letter signed to 'Mr dear Bird',
saying he is returning home tomorrow from "a C.M.S. round via Market Rasen to keep my 'residence' ", and grieving to say he cannot "personally help you", he will see "Prof. Pearce", (Robert John, Professor of Mathematics at the University) "on my return ... but I fear he is tied to St Giles", 3 sides 7¼" x 4½", Church Missionary Society, London, 29th November
slight creasing without loss from laying down on blank fourth side
Item Date:
1881
Stock No:
54196
£45
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SWANS AND SWAN-UPPING
[TRUSCOTT
(Henry Dexter, 1861-1950, Swan Warden of the Vintners' Company, Master, 1922-1923)]
Amusing Reprints by him of three historical passages about Swans,
(1) 'Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth', ordaining "every Swanherde" to keep "any swannes or signettes ... in a pen or pit within xx foote of the common stremes ... or ... the Queenes highway ... so that the Quenes subiects ... may have syght of the said swannes, upon payne of xx s", (from the Bodleian Library) (2) 'The Case of Swans', a judgment about the ownership of swans and cygnets, remarking that "the cock swan is an emblem ... of an affectionate and true husband to his wife", and talking learnedly about the swan singing as death approaches, (from Coke's Reports, in the case of The Queen v. Lady Jane Young), and (3) 'Ye Swan Warden to ye Father of ye Vintners' Company', 20 lines of verse, beginning 'If you're anxious to retain my fond affection, Father dear', begging him to rise early for the Swan-Upping next morning, 'from a Sixteenth Century Broadsheet' but clearly a spoof, and saying the Vintners' Swans, if dying, have the King's permission to sing, but not the Dyers', 2 single sides 10½" x 8½", no place, 24th July
Item Date:
1919
Stock No:
56041
£95
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