"ALL MY WORK AT LAUSANNE WAS DONE SITTING DOWN"
CURZON
(George, Marquis, 1859-1925, Viceroy of India and Foreign Minister)
Fine Autograph Letter signed to "My dear HUTTON"
(The Very Reverend William Holden, 1860-1930, Historian and Dean of Winchester from 1919), replying to a request and begging him "to spare me. I have never been cured from my phlebitis & when May comes I am to go for a course at French baths ..." continuing that public meetings are "a great trial to me & I invariably suffer afterwards. All my work at Lausanne was done sitting down. By all means ask the French Ambassador. Why you should have a statue of Joan of Arc at Winchester I do not quite see. But it seems the popular thing nowadays to commemorate those who fought against us ...", 4 sides 8vo.,with original autograph envelope, 1 Carlton House Terrace, 3rd March
Item Date:
1923
Stock No:
40772
£225
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DE HAVILLAND
(Olivia, 1916-2000, British-born Hollywood Leading Lady)
Typed Letter Signed in full, to an unnamed correspondent "Dear Friend"
saying that "It is with great regret that I return to you, unopened, your envelope ...after more than one sad interruption owing to family illnesses, I am now able to resume the writing of my autobiography. For me to complete this endeavor it is essential that I reserve for it all my time and energies, and so it is clear that I until the last page has been written I will not be able to attend to my mail as I would like to do. I know that you will understand and that you will wish me well ...", 1 side 4to., no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40742
£150
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ORIGINAL PHOTO SIGNED WITH HER DOGS
DU MAURIER
(Dame Daphne, 1907-1989, Novelist)
Charming original colour photo signed and inscribed
"with best wishes" and dated, the image shows her with her West Highland Terriers on either side of her as she sits on a step outside a house, 5" x 3½", no place, April
Item Date:
1983
Stock No:
40755
£275
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DUSE
(Eleonora, 1858-1924, Italian Actress)
Autograph letter signed on her printed visiting card in Italian with translation
saying "Eleonora Duse warns the estimated Professor that she will await him, Monday, at the usual time ...", 4" x 2½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40753
£275
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[EDWARD VII
(1841-1910, King of Great Britain)
Charming early unsigned carte-de-visite photograph, by J. Bamberger in Frankfurt
showing him head and shoulders looking straight at the camera, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, but circa
Item Date:
1867
Stock No:
40766
£75
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