AUGUSTA
(of Saxe-Weimar, 1811-1890, Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress as the consort of Wilhelm I)
Autograph letter signed to "dear Miss Gwinne"
sending the "name of the stuff for Neuralgia. its merit if it doesn't cure, it can do no harm. Please give my affectionate love to dearest Annie who I hope to see again very soon ...", 2 sides 8vo., on her monogrammed notepaper, Gordon Castle, 15th September
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
39591
£55
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BACK
(Sir George, 1796-1878, Arctic Explorer)
Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Luckett"
saying that "If Monday evening next week suit your convenience & inclination we will then be with you ...", 1 side 16mo., Greenwich, Tuesday no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39597
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BAX
(Clifford, 1886-1962, playwright and author)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Philips',
sending him a cheque and his "thanks to you and the redoutable Mr French. I should be in a morass if you two were not at hand! ...", 1 side 8vo., F2 Albany, W.1., 11th February
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
39585
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BENEVISTE
(Asa, 1925-1990, American Poet, Typographer and Publisher)
Typed Letter Signed to Mr Pollet,
rejecting his poems "I like your poems for their obvious sincerity and the area of feeling in which they operate, but I was slightly disturbed by the archaism of your language. It's as though you've let bypass you the experiments with language which English poetry has shown for the past decades. No doubt deliberately but still disturbing, and I think it somewhat undermines what you have to say ... my assessment of anyone's poems is a matter of taste and hardly objective. So I tell you what I think on the one hand, and on the other I would advise you to ignore it and write poems only the way you want ...", 1 side 4to., Trigram Press Headed Paper, 27th January
Item Date:
1970
Stock No:
39580
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BERNHARDT
(Sarah, 1844-1923, French Actress)
Autograph letter signed, in French with translation, to "Dear Beloved Master"
rather hysterically asking for forgiveness presumably for having mistaken an appointment "I thought it was Tuesday. So ! So ! So ; I do not know what to say to you to be forgiven. You have to comfort me because I have a real sorrow. Master, master, when do you want me. Tell me a very very kind word ...", 2 sides 8vo., on monogrammed mourning paper, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
39567
£325
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