PALMERSTON
(Henry John Temple, 1784-1865, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, 3rd Viscount)
Fine passport document signed
printed in French with the details filled in by hand, made out for Alexander Gibbon and his wife to travel on the Continent with a courier, Louis Mayer and their servants, 1 side folio with fine engraved vignettes at the head and foot, London, 18th May 1840 tipped into the leather bound passport with the written dates of entries and exits with the customs stamps, the first one is Frankfurt on 16th July, Stuttgart on the 31st, then Munich, Innsbruck, Florence, Venice, Parma, Tuscany, Rome, Naples, Torin and Dieppe and many more, 28 pages are stamped on both sides with blanks at the end, the last entry is Dieppe on the 9th June
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
42844
£375
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PARRY
(Sir William E., 1790-1855, Admiral, Arctic Explorer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that he has a “dinner engagement every day till the 13th, I wrote to Captain Lyon to ask if he could accept your very kind invitation on that day... I now enclose his reply, and can only say that on any day after the 20th (except the 28th) I shall be most happy to wait upon you, Lyon in Coy...” 1 side 8vo., Admiralty, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
41908
£275
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PARRY
(Sir William E., 1790-1855, Admiral, Arctic Explorer)
Autograph address panel addressed to 'John Taylor Esq',
"No 12 Bedford Row", with his black wax seal, 5" x 5", no place, no date, together with a contemporary engraving
A fine pair for framing.
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39676
£125
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PARRY
(Sir William E., 1790-1855, Admiral, Arctic Explorer)
Autograph note signed with initials to T. Crofton CROKER
(1798-1854, Irish Folklorist & Antiquary, friend of Tom Moore, Clerk of the Admiralty), sending him "A minute for Mr Wood's consideration. A letter for the postage. A letter to answer. A letter to put by. A letter to frank. One for the post ..." and thanking him for "two days abstracts of business", 1 side 8vo., with autograph address leaf, no place, 6th February
Item Date:
1837
Stock No:
15454
£95
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PEARY SUGGESTS REPRINTING PART OF HIS RECENT BOOK AS A MAGAZINE ARTICLE
PEARY
(Robert Edwin, 1856-1920, American Naval Commander and Explorer, generally accepted as the first person to reach the North Pole in 1909)
Long Typed Letter Signed to Mrs B. S. Boyd in Knoxville
saying he received her letter on his "return to the city. I deeply regret that I am so pressed for time at present that I shall not be able to furnish an article for you paper ... Perhaps it will serve your purpose to reprint (with the permission of the publishers, F. A. Stokes ...) some portion of my recent book, 'The North Pole', published by them. If this idea meets your approval, I will suggest that you write the Stokes Company at once ... I have written them asking them to forward you a copy of 'The North Pole', which I will ask you to give to your boy, with my compliments. I am heartily in favor with the objects of your league, and trust that you may have the fullest measure of success ...", 1 side A4, 'The Dresden', 2226 Conn. Ave., Washington, D.C., 23rd April 1911, together with a copy of the programme for the Presentation of Peary's flag to the National Geographic Society, 4 sides 4to., Constitution Hall, Washington, 6th May 1955, the letter
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
41482
£775
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