Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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December 22
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1880 George Eliot died at the age of 61. Mary Ann Evans was known by her pen name George Eliot, she an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
In 1882 Thomas Edison's associate Edward Johnson made the 1st string of Christmas tree lights. He had Christmas tree light bulbs especially made for him and proudly displayed his Christmas tree, which was hand-wired with 80 red, white and blue electric incandescent light bulbs the size of walnuts, on December 22, 1882 at his home on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
GEORGE ELIOT RESEARCHES FOR THE SPANISH GYPSY
‘ELIOT (George’, 1819-1880, Pseudonym of Marian Lewes, Novelist)
Exceptional Autograph Letter Signed (M.E. Lewes) to Mrs [Frederick] Lehmann saying that it is hard to find time for letter writing “when one’s time is almost all spent out of doors, in churches or in theatres ...” but she has been worrying about Mrs Lehmann’s health as she hadn’t been well when they left, she “has only good news to tell you about ourselves. George is much stronger and looks quite well, but he is not yet fat, or robust enough to support a slight sore throat ... he is ...- enjoying our travel and breathing every day delicious air, for since we left Biarritz for San Sebastian ... we have had perfect weather ...", 3 sides 8vo., Barcelona, 3rd February 1867
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[EDISON (Thomas Alva, 1847-1931, American Inventor of the Phonograph)
Fine typed letter signed to Mr Casson (Herbert Newton, 1869-1951, Canadian journalist and author who wrote primarily about technology and business)thanking him for his letter and saying that it “gives me great pleasure after 50 years of labor to know that my Ediphone has made more effective the effors of so useful a man as yourself ...” and hoping that when he is next in “this Country you will come out and see me ...”, 1 side A4, headed “From the Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison, Orange, NJ”, 29th June 1927
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