SALA
(George Augustus, 1828-1896, Journalist & Writer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to the Sam TIMMINS
(1826-1902, British Shakespearian Scholare and Antiquarian) saying that he is the "victim of uncontrollable circumstances, and the cruelty of Newspaper proprietors, being summoned to London this morning in some confounded affair of (journalistic) state. Ergo; I cannot avail myself of your kind invitation for tomorrow. But I hope to be back in Birmingham in a very few days. I am very sorry to disappoint you but a newspaper correspondent is twin brother to a Queen's Messenger, literally ...", 1 side 8vo., Great Western, Saturday morning, no date,
small tear in left hand side not affecting the text
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40933
£125
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SALISBURY
(Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, b. 1916, from 1972 6th Marquess)
Typed Letter Signed signed 'Bobbity' to "My Dear Walter" MONCKTON (1st Viscount Brenchley, Walter Turner, 1891-1965, Director of Midland Bank Ltd.),
thanking him for his letter about Khambatta, he doesn't doubt that the project deserves support in principle, "but he has made the mistake of trying to enlist the support of Ministers and opposition leaders while his ideas are in a most nebulous state", for that reason he, as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations cannot associate himself or allow him to make use of his name, 2 sides 8vo, Downing Street, 8th October
Item Date:
1952
Stock No:
27737
£35
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SALISBURY
(Robert Edward Peter Gascoyne-Cecil, b. 1916, from 1972 6th Marquess)
Typed Letter Signed to Donald McCormick,
(1911-1998, Historian of the Secret Services as 'Richard Deacon'), saying he is glad "you approve of what I wrote. The problem ... is not just Mozambique but the whole future of Southern Africa and the objective of bringing South Africa into the Soviet camp ... I find the Foreign Office attitude unbelievable", 1 side 8vo., Hatfield House, 12th September
Item Date:
1988
Stock No:
50475
£45
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SALMON
(Arthur Leslie, Poet and writer of Guides to the West Country)
Typed Letter Signed to Mr Hicks,
thanking him for his "most gracious and sympathetic review" of his last book of verse, which he had hesitated long before publishing, and saying how greatly he has admired "the attitude of the Press throughout the war", he has found in few newspapers "such a complete superiority to narrow party feeling ... I am by no means the only Conservative who places your journal ... far above .... many metropolitan publications", with a manuscript P.S. explaining 'Conservative', 1 side folio, Ashley Court Villas, Bristol, 31st July
Item Date:
1916
Stock No:
50575
£45
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SALMONÉ
(H. Anthony, 1860-1904, Professor of Arabic at King's College London)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir',
asking if he may call about "a small work on Turkey - which I wish to have published immediately", 2 sides 8vo., 39 Colville Gardens, W., 24th October
Item Date:
1896
Stock No:
50576
£25
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