BURTON
(Isabel, 1831-1896, née Arundell, Author & Traveller, wife, 1861, of Sir Richard Francis Burton the Explorer & Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Douglas Murray
thanking him "for your generous subscription to my work, showing that you appreciate my efforts. Hoping soon to meet again & best remembr[ances] from both to both", 1 side 8vo, 23 Dorset Street, Portman Square, 2nd July no year, circa
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
56312
£475
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[BUSBECQ
(Ogier Ghislain, 'Augerius Gislenius', 1522-1592, Flemish Traveller and Collector, Imperial Ambassador to Suleiman the Magnificent, Seigneur de)]
Fine Engraved Title page to his collected works,
'Omnia quae extant', above is a trophy of a turban, crescent and crossed swords, below is a classical domed building topped by a crescent, beside the Bosphorus, 3¾" x 1¾" (9.3cm x 4.7cm), Elzevier, Amsterdam,
Item Date:
1660
Stock No:
50819
£45
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BUSH
(Douglas, 1896-1983, Professor of English at Harvard, 1936-1966, critic and literary historian)
Typed letter signed to historian Geoffrey F.A. Best, b. 1928,
saying "We were both right and wrong. Johnson did make the remark, but the anecdote is in Mrs. Piozzi, not in Boswell", quoting from Bush's own edition the question and Johnson's angry reply, advising "no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding", Bush adds "There is more to the tale, about Johnson's apparent regret for his outburst", 1 side 7" x 6", 3 Clement Circle, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts, 28th October
Item Date:
1954
Stock No:
53473
£30
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BUTLER
(Agnata Frances, née Ramsay, 1867-1931, Classical Scholar, second wife, 1888, of Henry Montagu Butler, 1833-1918, from 1886 Master of Trinity, Cambridge)
Autograph Letter Signed, to Miss Patteson,
sister of John Coleridge Patteson, (1827-1871, first Bishop of Melanesia, martyr), she is "looking forward very much to seeing you and the Coleridge party next Saturday" and hopes "you will not choose a later time than the 4.32 from Liverpool street. If ... earlier ... so much the better", the "cold & gloomy" weather is "a great contrast ... to Mürren when we saw you last" and hoping for "bright days while you are here", 3 sides 8vo., Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, 23rd October
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
55420
£60
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BYATT
(Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, née Drabble, born 1936, Novelist, Poet and Booker Prize winner under the name A. S. Byatt, sister of Margaret Drabble)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Blackmore
thanking him for his letter and saying he is "looking forward to coming to Brighton ... I look forward to seeing you on the station. I've got a cream coloured coat with black and brown checks on it and a large black brief case ...", 1 side 4to., 41 Hanover Gardens, 16th February
Item Date:
1968
Stock No:
39811
£75
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