CARLYLE
(Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)
Letter signed ("T. Carlyle"), written in the hand of Carlyle's niece and amanuensis Mary Aitken to an unnamed correspondent
thanking him for a volume he had previously received and saying "Your good sister did not overestimate the interest it would have for me. It is the express image, more than writing can well be, of the pure clear-seeing high and pious soul that threw it out on paper, I have read it with many thoughts indeed; it is very mournful and very beautiful to me; and will remain a precious memorial of days that are no more...", 2 sides 8vo., on mourning paper with integral blank, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 13 March 1871, tipped onto the recto of frontispiece of a copy of Carlyle's 'Sartor Resartus'; worn cloth to spine and corners, light browning to page edges, hardback, 8vo , Chapman and Hall, 1891, the letter
Item Date:
1871
Stock No:
38081
£375
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CARLYLE
(Thomas, 1795-1881, Historian)
Autograph reply written on the last page of a letter to him from George MANNERS
in which he has asked Carlyle a favour, he explains that he presumes "you to be a German Scholar, and as I am ambitious enough to hope to become one I venture to ask you if you will so far oblige me as to give me a list of the books most likely to facilitate the study of the language ... I have an intense desire to understand Goethe & Schiller in their own language ..." Carlyle has listed a German Grammar and a Dictionary but says "(they, or almost any two such books, that are handiest), Lessing's Fabels (to attempt reading) - push along, with energy, with constancy, keeping your eyes well open ...", 4 lines by Carlyle on the final sheet of 4 sides 8vo., London, 25th October
Item Date:
1838
Stock No:
40094
£175
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CARR
(Sir William, 1912-1977, Newspaper Proprietor)
Typed Letter Signed with autograph salutation and subscription to Lord WAVERLEY
(John Anderson, 1882-1958, Statesman), congratulating him "on your well deserved honour ...", 1 side 4to., 30 Bouverie Street, EC4, 9th December
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
5497
£15
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[CARROLL
(Lewis, Charles Dodgson, 1832-1898, Author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’)]
‘The Wonderland Postage Stamp Case’
with pockets for each value needed between ½d and 1s., on the outside in colour is an illustration of Alice carrying the Pig and on the back is the Cheshire Cat disappearing, in a slip-case with the same images, which also contains his ‘Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter Writing’, 40 pages 4” x 3”, Emberlin and Son, Oxford, dated
lacking the cover of the booklet, cover worn at edges
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
43169
£275
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CARTLAND
(Dame Barbara, 1901-2000, Romantic Novelist, Step-grandmother in Law of the Prince of Wales)
Autograph postcard signed
saying "Do go on fighting", no date, circa
Item Date:
1970
Stock No:
30094
£35
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