CANTÙ
(Cesare, 1807-1895, Italian Historian and Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed, in Italian with translation, to 'Sig. Giuseppe',
recalling another Christmas "that I spent with you and your delightful family, in times so different from these", he longs to know "what particular woes you endured among the common woe, and if a memory of me still remains", he himself was "upside down in the whirlpool ... in exile several times ... most recently ... in Geneva, where six years before I last saw your delightful Nina", he now looks to see "if in some place common sense is being reborn, if some reason is returning to people's minds, some respect to their hearts", 1 side 4to., Milan, 21st December
laid down on an album leaf
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
51728
£275
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CAPOTE
(Truman, 1924-1984, American Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright and Actor)
Autograph Postcard Signed to his friend Boris Groudinko in Leningrad
saying "How long it has been since I heard from you! I am spending the summer hre in Spain, and have a house on this beach. Please send a line and I will write you a long letter ...", 1 side postcard with black and white picture of the beach on the verso, Playa de Aro, Costa Brava, Spain. 19th July
stamps removed without loss of text
Item Date:
1960
Stock No:
40434
£1275
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CARLISLE
(7th Earl, George W. F. Howard, 1802-1864, Orator, Poet & Viceroy of Ireland)
Autograph Letter Signed as Lord Morpeth, to S. Gurney (1786-1856, banker & philanthropist),
referring to "your friend's enquiry", but he is "obliged to say no ... We feel much obliged here by your kind mention of the recent Union", the wedding on 4th October of Evelyn, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland, to the 12th Lord Blantyre, 1818-1900, the bride's mother, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria, being the writer's sister, and sending "my kind remembrances to all your amiable family", 2 sides 8vo., Trentham, Staffordshire, 10th October
part lightly sunned
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
19597
£30
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CARLYLE
(Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)
Signature and end of an Autograph Letter Signed
"sent to me by mistake", Chelsea, 15th December
mounted with a fine contemporary carte de visite photo showing him wearing a hat
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
23139
£375
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CARLYLE
(Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)
Autograph note signed to an unnamed correspondent,
"Here is my 'autograph', may it do you much more good than I expect!", with the place and date, 1 side oblong 8vo., Seaforth Lodge, Seaton, Devonshire, 16th March
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
21528
£325
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