COCKERELL
(Sir Christopher, b. 1910, Inventor of the Hovercraft)
Fine signature and the word 'Hovercraft' on a card
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
20581
£15
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[COOPER
(Sir Astley Paston, FRS, 1768-1841, Surgeon at Guy's Hospital)]
Cover sheet for a letter addressed to Lady Bell at 6 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh,
early identification in pencil, 1 side 6¼" x 4½", no place, postmarked 8th September
one blank corner defective from opening seal, a few other tiny edge defects
Item Date:
1837
Stock No:
53484
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COZENS-HARDY
(Herbert Hardy, 1838-1920, Master of the Rolls 1907-1918, from 1914 1st Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred William BENNETT ,
(1833-1902, Lecturer in Botany at Bedford College and St. Thomas' Hospital), telling him that "Anstie ... is very hearty and anxious to do anything that will tend to success ... we are not so well represented ... on the Annual Committee as could be wished", they both feel "the awkwardness of a circular signed (1) by not a single senator (2) by not a single practising doctor (3) by no numerous body of graduates (4) by no men who have either an official or representative character", afraid that it may "rouse the ... fury of the medicals and deprive us of a good many neutrals ... it suggests the tailors of Tooley St. ... I will do what I can in the way of a private whip, and I am not without hope that we may succeed", 3 sides 8vo., 50 Ladbroke Grove, W., 6th January
laid down on blank fourth side
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
13881
£45
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CRAWFORD
(James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, K.T., F.R.S., Astronomer, from 1880 26th Earl of Crawford)
Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Mr Mayor',
Samuel Lawson Booth, 1836-1928, Artist and Mayor of Stockport, 1897-1898, thanking him "for your kind invitation for the evening of 22 Aug. & shall have much pleasure in presenting myself in due time", 1 side 7" x 4½", Haigh Hall, Wigan, no date, circa
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
53486
£30
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CRAWFORD
(James Ludovic Lindsay, 1843-1913, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, Bibliophile, 26th Earl)
Autograph Letter Signed to Messrs. Boosey,
the music publishers, saying he is "extremely obliged to you for your kind note", crowned 'C', 1 side 8vo, 2 Cavendish Square, W., 10th June
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
17662
£25
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