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)
Letter signed ("T. Carlyle"), written in the hand of Carlyle's niece and amanuensis Mary Aitken to an unnamed correspondent
thanking him for a volume he had previously received and saying "Your good sister did not overestimate the interest it would have for me. It is the express image, more than writing can well be, of the pure clear-seeing high and pious soul that threw it out on paper, I have read it with many thoughts indeed; it is very mournful and very beautiful to me; and will remain a precious memorial of days that are no more...", 2 sides 8vo., on mourning paper with integral blank, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 13 March 1871, tipped onto the recto of frontispiece of a copy of Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus'; worn cloth to spine and corners, light browning to page edges, hardback, 8vo , Chapman and Hall, 1891, the letter
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
38081
£375
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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 quotation signed and dated,
"the Night cometh wherein no man can work", London, 24th September
mounted with a contemporary engraving
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
23157
£350
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CARLYLE
(Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)
Signature and end of an Autograph Letter Signed
"I remain Dear Madam Yours most obed", on a small piece, 3¼" x 1", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39319
£125
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