TENNENT
(Sir James Emerson, 1804-1869, Traveller and Politician)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to George PHILLIPS
(1804-1892, Churchman and Academic) thanking him for his “most kind invitation, & to say that I shall make my arrangements conformably to your wish; so as to reach Cambridge by the 6.42 train...” with a long postscript asking “to add to your kind attentions by letting me know, in what dress I should present myself - whether in plain black with the star of the order of Knighthood or whether I should wear the official uniform blue & gold. My own feeling is in favour of plain black; but of course my wish is to do what ever is customary & becoming...”, 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope signed, London, 26th May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
43107
£175
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THACKERAY
(Edward Francis, 1870-1956, Lieutenant Colonel)
Fine Portrait Photo by Werner Studio, Signed and Inscribed
“Yours sincerely” and dated, showing him head and shoulders, full face, looking very serious, in uniform, 8” x 6” in photographer’s mount 14½” x 9½”, no place, 15th July
Item Date:
1927
Stock No:
43039
£150
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ADMIRAL THORNBROUGH REPORTS THE RECAPTURE OF MAURITIUS FROM THE FRENCH
THORNBROUGH
(Sir Edward, 1754-1834, Admiral)
Fine Document Signed addressed tp Paul Maylor, the Mayor of Cork,
telling him that “Captain Morris of His Majesty’s Sloop Jalouse is just arrived from England who informs me on Wednesday last Commodore Rowley arrived at Plymouth in His Majesty’s Ship Menelans, Capt Parker with the agreeable news of the Isle of France having been taken with three Frigates & one Corvette by the Troops from Madras. Two more Frigates are retaken and 1400 British Prisoners released...”, 1 side folio with conjugate blank, His Majesty’s Ship Trent, Cork. Harbour, 1th February
Item Date:
1811
Stock No:
43103
£575
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THORNDIKE
(Dame Sybil, 1882-1976, Actress) & her husband Sir Lewis CASSON (1875-1969, Actor and Theatre Director)
Fine pair of signatures on a card
on a card printed for the RAF Association as a ‘Battle of Britain Souvenir’, 5½” x 3½”, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43105
£30
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TIBBETS
(Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr., 1915-2007, US Brigadier General in the Air Force, who flew the Enola Gay and dropped the bomb on Hiroshima)
First Day Cover Signed
commemorating the “Introduction of Boeing B-29, renamed the Washington I, to the Royal Air Force...”, 7½” x 4½”, postmarked Richmond, VA, 25th June
Item Date:
1982
Stock No:
43097
£145
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