SEWELL
(Elizabeth Missing, 1815-1906, Novelist)
Group of 5 Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Bramston or to Miss Anna Bramston,
asking if she knows "what it is to be doubtful whether you have written a letter which you fully intended to write?" and thanking her "in the name of the Managers ... for your great kindness to Miss Seymour" at St. Boniface ( c. 1870), hoping to accept "your tempting invitation ... I think we shall go to the afternoon service at the Cathedral & then ... if you would receive us go to the Deanery" (c.1880), explaining with figures how her servants use the Government Annuities scheme, paying in or drawing while still on full wages, Miss Bramston's book on Winchester "is most interesting" (Easter Eve,1883), "I arrived quite safely ... bearing ... the remembrance of your great kindness", her nephew "has only lately taken this Preparatory School for the Weymouth College ... a most pleasant change from Leamington", and trusting "Dr Bramston had a good night" (18th August 1888), and sending "a small sum ... for the ... school and in honor of Miss Yonge", since Mrs Bramston died "life must seem ... quite altered. I am glad though that you have Miss Leroy with you ... I grow very old myself though I keep well", and thanking her for the pamphlets and "such a record of your Mother" (14th January 1898), 14 sides 8vo., Ashcliff, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, and Cleveland House, Weymouth, c.1870 -
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
19955
£275
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[SHAKESPEARE
(William, 1564-1616, The Greatest English Writer)]
Unsigned Carte de Visite taken from the Chandos Portrait
showing him head and shoulders looking straight ahead with a facsimile signature, 4" x 2½", no place, no date circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
40828
£35
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SHALDERS
(Norman B., Lieutenant R.N.V.R., Journalist, Traveller and Broadcaster)
Postcard photo, signed and inscribed on the back,
showing him half length, nearly full face, holding a cigarette, with a printed explanation that he is "touring the world on his 3.50 h.p. New-Imperial sidecar combination", and an outline of his many careers, "The sale of these postcards will help to defray the cost of his 50,000 miles tour ...", 2 sides 5½" x 3½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
54139
£45
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SHARP
(Margery, Novelist)
Autograph Note Signed from a Christmas Card,
"and thank you for your letter !", 1 side card, no place, no date, c.
neat filing hole, bottom edge trimmed, a trifle creased
Item Date:
1960
Stock No:
50629
£10
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SHAW
(George Bernard, 1856-1950, Dramatist & Critic)
Fine unsigned original photo signed in ink on the mount by the photographer with an autograph note in pencil on the verso,
from the photographer sending "compliments of the seat ...", the striking image shows him head and shoulders, full face, looking at the camera, 6" x 4¼" in mount 7" x 5", Malvern, August, no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40887
£275
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