COLLINS
(W. Wilkie, 1824-1889, Novelist, Author of 'The Moonstone')
Fine Portrait Wood Engraving, by Ebenezer Landells,
(1808-1860, pupil of Bewick, and the original head engraver of Punch), showing him seated nearly three quarter length, his bearded head in profile, his left arm resting on the back of his chair, and wearing a jacket with velvet collar, 7¾" x 5¾" oval within margins 9¾" x 6½" including Collins' facsimile subscription and signature below, also with monogram 'WL' and 'E. Landells' within the image, in window mount 15" x 11½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
56064
£150
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COLLINS
(Norman Richard, 1907-1982, Journalist and Television Administrator)
Typed Letter Signed to Alastair Wallace,
at the Government African School, Nandi, Kenya, saying "It really is cheering to learn that anything that one has written continues to give pleasure in that way ... The Hampstead Garden Suburb is of course not really London at all, but as you say ... a pleasant spot in which to live", Wallace's question "about Basil Bouchier amuses me ... his successor, one Father Rennie, came round to ask me if I had based my own cleric upon himself", he wonders if "St. Jude's tends to have a somewhat highly coloured kind of incumbent", 1 side 4to, High Definition Films Limited, 25 Catherine Street, Aldwych, W.C.2., 15th September
neat filing holes in blank margin, one corner defective and mark in top margin
Item Date:
1952
Stock No:
16930
£15
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CONNOLLY
(Cyril, 1903-1974, Writer and Critic, Editor of 'Horizon', 1940-1949)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs ZIEGLER,
about her difficulties in receiving 'Horizon', "I find you have a card correctly addressed, & there should therefore be no confusion with the other Mrs Ziegler ... The index is typed on to envelopes ... which are sent off by the printer", and asking for the missing numbers, 1 side postcard, address on verso, 'Horizon', 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, W.C.1., 21st April
remains of laying down on address side without loss
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
55900
£40
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COOK
(Eliza, 1818-1889, Poet)
Fine Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed correspondent
acknowledging receipt of his "two papers, and to say my earliest leisure shall be given to an attentive perusal of them. The subjects are good and a portion of such matter much be daily administered. You shall hear at greater length from me within a day or two. I am having a long promised visit to some friends who insist on finding amusement for very hour in the day, and you know what labour and emotional slavery this imposes, but one is obliged to submit with as good a grace as possible. I am not very particular as to my intention being kept private so you may communicate to whom you please and if you meet with any liberal genius who is willing to to aid our cause ... perhaps you will enlist them ...", 4 sides 8vo., 3 Brunswick Square, Bristol, Tuesday, no date
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0
Stock No:
39221
£375
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COOK
(Eliza, 1818-1889, Poet)
Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed correspondent
thanking him for "your papers. I have not yet had time to read them but I feel sure they will please me for your taste and judgement are to be depended on. I like the titles much. By Monday you shall hear again from me ...", 2 sides 8vo., Tavistock House, Tavistock Square 25th April
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
41619
£150
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