HOLROYD
(Michael de Courcy Fraser, b. 1935, Author and Biographer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Gwynne Hughes,
saying "If all my correspondence were as generous and as easy to answer, I should look forward to the post with far more pleasure than I do", 1 side folio, 39 Struddridge [Studdridge] Street, S.W.6., 6th July
Item Date:
1974
Stock No:
17407
£20
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HOLROYD
(Sir Michael de Courcy Fraser, born 1935, Author and Biographer
Autograph Postcard Signed to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) saying that “this, I think, explains all. Delighted you can come. We look forward to seeing you there. Don’t forget your black tie...” and telling her that “Harry & Sheila Keating are also coming...”, 2 sides Margaret Drabble headed postcard, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43527
£25
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HOOD
(Thomas the Elder, 1799-1845, Poet & Humorist)
Autograph Draft of a Reply to an Invitation of the Manchester Athenaeum,
unsigned, saying "my humble name ... is at your service, with my best wishes ... and warm approval of the objects of that institution", repeating "his deep obligation to Literature - that a natural turn for reading & intellectual pursuits probably preserved me from the moral depravity so apt to befal those who are deprived in early life of paternal pilotage", keeping him "aloof from the ring, & the dog pit, the tavern & the saloon, with their degrading orgies", and that "the closet associate of Pope & Addison ... of the silent discourse of Shakspere & Milton will hardly ... put up with low company & slang", top half of a quarto sheet but complete in itself, 17 Elm Tree Place, St John's Wood, no date, circa
a little wear at folds including one small hole touching one letter (easily supplied)
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
55501
£225
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HOOD
(Thomas the Elder, 1799-1845, Poet & Humorist)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that his "father's autographs are very scarce, & so many friends have a right to claim the very few I have, you must forgive my sending you such a mere scrap. I have very few indeed myself most especially with signatures. I annex a voucher for its authenticity. I should have answered your letter before but a literary engagement, which you may have seen advertised, has taken up all my time ...", 1 side 8vo., no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40941
£175
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HORLER
(Sydney, 1888-1954, Author)
Fine signature with inscription "Yours sincerely," and date, 31st December
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
7687
£12
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