“EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE HUBBUB CAUSED BY MR CHAMBERLAIN’S POLITICAL SUICIDE”
STEAD
(William Thomas, 1849-1912, Journalist and Author, died on the Titanic)
Typed Letter Signed to S. Lawson Booth
saying he thinks “you will be interested in this pamphlet which is an effective statement of the case in a matter which even in the midst of the hubbub caused by Mr Chamberlain’s political suicide, will be very much to the front in the next General Election...”, 1 side oblong 8vo., with engraved heading of the Review of Reviews, Mowbray House, Norfolk Street, London, 11th June
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
43468
£350
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STEAD
(William Thomas, 1849-1912, Journalist and Author, died on the Titanic)
Typed Letter Signed to the Revd A Francis
thanking him “for your kind invitation. I am afraid however that it would be impossible for me to inflict myself upon you during my stay in Petersburg, for I am travelling with my son and my secretary and we shall all go to the Hotel de L’Europe. It will however give me great pleasure to see you and to talk over any questions in which we are both interested. I do not expect to arrive in St Petersburg before the beginning of October...”, 1 side oblong 8vo., engraved heading of the Review of Reviews, Mowbray House, Norfolk Street, London, but re-addressed Hotel Continental, Paris, 20th September
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
42378
£425
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THE FATHER OF MODERN ACTING, STEELE MACKAYE ON THE DIFFICULTIES THAT BESET A YOUNG DRAMATIC AUTHOR
STEELE MACKAYE
(James Morrison, 1842-1894, American Playwright, Actor, Manager and Inventor)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Arthur Levy
asking “how many experimental attempts I may have made, in my earliest study of the Art of play writing, I do not now recall - as many years have passed since I began this work. The first play I ever presented to any management was accepted. The object of your enquiry is, doubtless, to learn what the chances of a beginner in this line of endeavour usually are. This is difficult to determine. No art is mastered except by deep study, and patient practice. This takes time. We learn by failure how to succeed and he who has the undaunted will to work through failure, to a more enlightened attempt ultimately manifests that species of manhood which is the very substance of true genius...”, 2 sides 8vo., on separate sheets, New York, 17th November
Item Date:
1887
Stock No:
42537
£175
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STEPHEN
(Right Honourable Sir James Stephen, K.C.B., 1789-1859, Essayist and Professor of Modern History)
End of Autograph Letter Signed to J.M. Kemble, 3rd October
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
8644
£10
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STEPHEN WRITING ON THE ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRY
STEPHEN
(Sir Leslie, 1821-1904, First Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, Father of Virginia WOOLF)
Portion of an Autograph manuscript Signed on the right hand side,
including references to Carlyle "I can fully pardon Carlyle for the assertion ... that the school of Ricardo, Bentham & James Mill was 'materialist' ... & thought too much of more industrial conditions of progress. It was natural from his point of view. I confess to feeling some indignation when his ... utterances are taken up & repeated vehemently ... who have never taken the trouble to understand their ... position; and not differ from him ... coolly & scientifically the usual conditions ... of the proposed remedies ... But is economy scientific. That is a question on wh. I suspect that Jowett would have followed Mill in taking a rather exaggerated view of the claims of his favourite study. Admitting that it is possible to construct a science setting forth the laws of the production exchange and distribution of wealth no one can deny its vast importance. If we could accurately state the conditions under which the ways of the labouring class could be permanently raised ...", the left hand side of 1 side folio, no place, no date
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
40637
£175
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