ROSEBERY
(Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of, 1847-1929, Prime Minister 1894-1895, three times Derby winner)
Autograph Letter Signed with initials, to ‘My dear Viper’, Lady Colebrooke
regretting that he is “afraid this letter will bring another blow to you... I have received the enclosed telegram this evening about Miss Cohen, my wife’s last relation on the mother’s side, who has been a sort of mother to my children. She has long been in precarious health and I am afraid this is the end. If it is I cannot of course come to yours tomorrow. If she is dying I shall have to go to London tonight... I have telegraphed as a last chance to Sir Thomas Barlow to ask exactly how the case stands, and shall act accordingly. I cannot tell you how sorry I am to add to your embarrassments or how much worse[?] I shall be if I am unable to get to you at all...”, 3 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Dalmeny House, Edinburgh headed paper, 14th October
Item Date:
1906
Stock No:
42360
£225
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ROSEBERY
(Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of, 1847-1929, Prime Minister 1894-1895, three times Derby winner)
Autograph Letter Signed with initials, to ‘My dear Lady Colebrooke’
thanking her for her note but telling him he must “not rely on Collins, whom by the way I did not see. I don’t think the speech was at all successful...”, 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, The Durdans, Epsom, 12th June
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
42639
£75
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THE QUEEN IS LOOKING FOR A PUPPY
ROSEBERY
(4th Earl, Archibald John Primrose, 1783-1868, Politician)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Starkey
Saying that he is "very much obliged to you for a letter which you wrote to Mrs Franks respecting a Colly puppy, & which she forwarded to us. The puppy of this sort, which I have been in search of is for the Queen; & I have therefore sent your letter to Lord Waterpark, who is now in waiting at Windsor, with a request that he will take the proper means for ascertaining whether it is H.M.'s pleasure to accept the one named in it. In order to save time, I have told Lord Waterpark to correspond directly with yourself ...", 2 sides 8vo., Dalmeny Park, 24th October
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
41674
£150
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ROSEBERY
(Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of, 1847-1929, Prime Minister 1894-1895, three times Derby winner)
Autograph Letter Signed with initials, to 'My dear Prothero'
saying that he "ought long ago to have written to you about the article. I wrote three or four pages to start, and went through the book again with a view to my task, when a third volume arrived with the announcement that there was a fourth impending thereupon, I desisted, and desist ...", with an autograph postscript in the hand of the recipient, "Wrote Feb. 3, asking him still to send article. 4th volume will appear March but is, it seems not worth waiting for", 1 side 8vo., Durdans, Epsom headed paper, 8th January
Item Date:
1908
Stock No:
41684
£175
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ROSEBERY
(5th Earl, Archibald Primrose, 1847-1929, Prime Minister)
Fine Letter Signed with initials to Sir Frederick YOUNG
(1817-1913, Traveller and writer on Imperial Affairs), saying that he objects “to dedications in general, but I shall be pleased to accept one from so old a friend as yourself...”, 1 side 8vo., 38 Berkeley Square headed paper, 10th May
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
43457
£75
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