KINGSLEY
(Charles, 1819-1875, Novelist, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1860-1869)
Autograph letter signed to 'My dear Mr Vice Chancellor'
saying that the "honour which you put upon me is quite unexpected but I will do my best. It will be a labour of love to me, because first, I hope that I shall be allowed to make some allusion to the Prince Consort & his virtues, & ext, because I know a great deal of, & respect most deeply, the Duke of Devonshire. Mrs Kingsley's nephew married his niece, so that I have had many opportunities of knowing how worthy & useful a man he is. I will put myself immediately in communication with Professor Sterndale Bennett, as it is only by our working together that the ode can be satisfactorily arranged, but unfortunately I do not know his address in town. If you could spare time from your many duties so far as to inform me, I should be exceedingly obliged. I suppose that I should submit the ode to you before finally sending it out. If so, I will send you a Mss as soon as possible ...", 4 sides 8vo.., with original autograph envelope front Eversley Rectory, 5th March
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
39504
£275
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KINGSLEY
(Charles, 1819-1875, Novelist, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1860-1869)
Unsigned Autograph postscript, not signed,
asking to be allowed "one word more? I should earnestly warn him against those anapestic metres", the next sentence is written with the metre displayed "I love / to gaze / on the trackless deep /", continuing "which in our language must by filled up with iambic instead of spondees, and so go lilting on three legs, like a yankee trotting mare, to the destruction of all grace & dignity. The small ... of the day all affect them - pray save him from the infection, & keep hin to iambs, dactyls, & above all to trockees ...", 1 side 8vo., no place, no date
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0
Stock No:
39505
£125
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KINGSLEY
(Charles, 1819-1875, Novelist, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1860-1869)
Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent,
sending a "cheque for Qu[een] Anne's Bounty with my apologies for the strange oversight...", 1 side 8vo., Eversley Rectory, Winchfield, 30th October
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
36803
£55
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KINGSLEY
(George Henry, M.D., 1827-1892, Traveller & Author)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir',
lending him "the book", saying "I am about to leave for a few months tour in North America", and asking him, if he has finished with it "before my return", to "communicate with Lord Ellesmere", 2 sides 8vo., Southwood Lane, Highgate, 22nd June, year added
Item Date:
1872
Stock No:
19911
£45
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KINGSLEY
(Charles, 1819-1875, Novelist, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1860-1869)
Signature and Autograph envelope front to Dr Paget,
St Peter's Terrace [Cambridge], (Sir George Edward Paget, 1809-1892, from 1872 Regius Professor of Physic), 2¾" x 4¾", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
54947
£20
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