ROSEBERY
(5th Earl, Archibald Primrose, 1847-1929, Prime Minister)
Fine Letter Signed with initials to Sir Frederick YOUNG
(1817-1913, Traveller and writer on Imperial Affairs), saying that he objects “to dedications in general, but I shall be pleased to accept one from so old a friend as yourself...”, 1 side 8vo., 38 Berkeley Square headed paper, 10th May
Item Date:
1900
Stock No:
43457
£75
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ROSS
(Sir George William, 1841-1914, Canadian Educator and Politician, Premier of Ontario)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Frederick YOUNG
(1817-1913, Traveller and writer on Imperial Affairs), acknowledging with pleasure the “congratulations on the honour conferred upon me by His Majesty the King. I am glad to notice from the British press that you are still able to keep the Unity of the Empire before the public. You may rest assured that Ottawa feels her deepest interset & her highest duty are inseparably associated with the consolidation of the Empire. I know of no one who has been more loyal to this conception than yourself, and I hope before long to see your ideas realised...”, 3 sides 8vo., 3 Elmsley Place, Toronto headed paper, 18th July
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
43453
£75
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SANTLEY
(Sir Charles, 1834-1922, English Baritone)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Jack”
sending he had been so busy he hadn’t had time to reply to him “the animals arrived in perfectly good order, but as I returned after Wednesday night to Birmingham, they demolished these among the household. My wife enjoyed them immensely & I fancy would like to see the inventor. It is rather too bad that I should not have any, but perhaps there are a few little ones left & as Mohammed cnnot go to the mountain he he. Will that be too cheeky... you may be inclined to overlook a little cheek in a pail mortal like me...” ending by sending his love to Jack and his family, 4 sides 8vo., 5 Upper Hamilton Terrace, St John’s Wood headed paper, 24th May
Item Date:
1896
Stock No:
43466
£55
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SHACKLETON
(Lady Emily,1868-1936, wife of the Explorer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Frewer
saying that she was glad he had sent a “post card as I am here for 2 or 3 days staying with an aunt who is kindly taking care of a box of papers for me... I did not know if I had put in the enclosed - or if it was warehoused - but I have found it and I think you will like it better than a signature on a cheque. My husband ‘autographed’ it and it was a letter to me written during the war just after the ‘Endurance’ Expedition when he was on his way to or from the Ross Sea to rescue the other men...”, with a postscript about their son Eddie who “will be going to Radley in Sept, all well - he has just got an ‘exhibition’...”, 2 sides 8vo., Corrie Lodge, Eastbourne, 6th April
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
43460
£275
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SHAW
(George Bernard, 1856-1950, Dramatist & Critic)
Autograph Note Signed with initials on his Compliments slip to an unnamed correspondent,
after the printed “With Bernard Shaw’s compliments” he has written “I have Shakespearized your name, as I am not quite sure about your own version. Is it Julieta?...”, 4½” x 2”¼, 4 Whitehall Court, London, 2nd December
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
43462
£225
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