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n.p: 27 September 1815. Requesting that the Presentation copy for Lord Westmorland be bound as soon as possible as he would like to present it on the day of issue. Bonney's “Life of the Right Reverend Father in God, Jeremy Taylor, D. D.” was dedicated to the Earl of Westmorland..... Read More Item Details for Autograph letter in the third person Add to Wish List
Item #21733
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Saigon: 26 January 1970. Bunker had served in several countries as the American Ambassador including Nepal and India. His efforts had been recognized in 1963 when he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He was president of the American National Red Cross in 1954. Isabel Leighton, later Mrs. Arthur Hugh..... Read More Item Details for Black and white photograph of head and shoulders Add to Wish List
Item #17918
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Goleta, California; Northumberland: 1967-1972. Basil Bunting (1900-1985) was close with Pound and was associated with Zukovsky and the Objectivist poets. Attention to his work flagged in the post-war years until the publication in 1966 of his long poem, Briggflatts. Wylie, who began his career as a poet before becoming the..... Read More Item Details for Group of letters to Andrew Wylie Add to Wish List
Item #333072
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London: 8 Victoria Square, Pimlico, 16 September 1841. Thanking Young for his letter, writing that rheumatism in his wrist had prevented his responding earlier and congratulating him on locating Mr. Heldenmaier. Accompanied by a portrait of Campbell engraved by Edward Finden from a picture by Thomas Phillips... Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter Signed (“Thomas Campbell”) To Ronald Young Add to Wish List
Item #21726
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Altdorf, Weingarten, etc. [Germany]: 1852-1862. Charming and decorative mind-nineteenth-century German album of sentiments, most dated variously between 1852 and 1854. On the verso of a poem headed Trennung (Separation) and inscribed “Tobis seiner liebsten Anna” is a portait of a pensive young man and the caption “Jetzt bin ich’s nicht..... Read More Item Details for Collection of Autograph Sentiments in German, including Love Poems with drawings, preserved in a Green Velvet Book Box with Handcolored Sentimental Vignette on Upper Cover Add to Wish List
Item #242331
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London: A5 Albany, Piccadilly, 12 November 1979, 18 November 1982 and 26 April 1983. Fleur Cowles, was the editor and publisher of the elaborate fashion magazine “Flair.” Her husband, Gardner Cowles, was the editor of “Look.” Isabel Leighton, later Mrs. Arthur Hugh Bunker, was a war correspondent, playwright, actress, radio..... Read More Item Details for Three letters, one autograph letter signed “Fleur,” 2 pages, two one-page typed letters signed “Fleur” Add to Wish List
Item #18324
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England: 12 December 1557-8. This indenture between Anne Stanhopp of Etherlforde (a widow) and Thomas Cowper provides interesting insight into marriage contracts of the time. A tight, crabbed hand renders this an excellent paleographical example, as does the fact that it is in English. Read More Item Details for Manuscript indenture from the reign of Philip and Mary Add to Wish List
Item #314491
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Genoa, Italy: 15th century -17th century. The journal of Antonio Da Passano, Doge of Genoa and Corsica (July 1675- July 1677), is a collection of notarial documents concerning the history of the patrician family Passano in the senate since the mid- 15th century. This journal also includes genealogical notes and..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Manuscript Records of the noble Passano family of Genoa, Italy compiled for Antonio Da Passano the 123rd Doge of Genoa and Corsica and his children, heirs, and successors Add to Wish List
Item #303268
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Paris: Curmer, 1866-7. No. 292 of 550 copies printed. A superb set reproducing the miniatures of the fifteenth century artist Foucquet, with a biography, descriptive commentary, and extensive appendix. Among the most sumptuous of Curmer's productions and described by Ray as an example of chromolithography at its best. Read More Item Details for Oeuvre de Jehan Foucquet. Heures de Maistre Estienne Chevalier. Texte restitué par M. L'Abbé Delaunay Add to Wish List
Item #323391
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Hatchford: March 1853. The poet, editor and translator writes to the well-known publisher concerning an unidentified work that he is sending to Murray. He notes that he sees nothing to correct in the enclosed (not present) and questions whether Murray would like the author's name or not “As far as..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter Signed (“Egerton Ellesmere”) to publisher John Murray Add to Wish List
Item #21729
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Appleton, England: 7 March 1572. Signed by John Fetyplace on bottom right edge. Annotated in brown ink and pencil on verso, with paper label reading C 319. This manuscript is on a distinctively fuzzy English parchment and would be a wonderful teaching sample. Read More Item Details for Manuscript indenture of demise from John Fetyplace, gentleman of Beselslight to Henry Towpott of Appleton Add to Wish List
Item #315851
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London: 10 October 1568. This document would be an excellent paleographical example of English secretary hand with interspersed Gothic lettering used for emphasis. The legal terminology is straigthforward and usual for contemporary documents. Numerous locations within London are named, though the hand is sometimes unclear enough to make the place..... Read More Item Details for Manuscript indenture from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I between William Frankland and Hugh Frankland Add to Wish List
Item #314595
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Hastings: The Mount, High Wickham, 24 August 1914. Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter Signed (“Harry Furniss”) to Drexel North Add to Wish List
Item #18363
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Rome: ca. 1957-1958. Milton Glaser, American artist and graphic designer (b.1929 - d.2020) is perhaps best known for his "I Love New York" logo, a Bob Dylan poster, and the "DC Bullet" logo used by DC Comics. He co-founded 'New York Magazine,' and was founder and president of Push Pin..... Read More Item Details for Two Autograph Letters by Milton Glaser to Children's Book Author Alvin Tresselt Concerning their Collaboration on 'THE SMALLEST ELEPHANT IN THE WORLD,' including an original ink sketch by Glaser Add to Wish List
Item #339225
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Scott Field, Illinois: 10/29/1945. “YOUR LETTER ABOUT MY BOOK (BOUND FOR GLORY) GOT DOWN HERE TODAY… YOU HAVE TAKEN ME BACK OVER MY OLD TRACKS”: IMPORTANT 1945 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY GUTHRIE, THE FIRST IN HIS LONG AND OFTEN INTIMATE CORRESPONDENCE WITH CHARLOTTE STRAUSS, DISCUSSING BOUND FOR GLORY. Original signed..... Read More Item Details for Autograph letter signed Add to Wish List
Item #375830
Price: $400
Warwickshire, England: July 20 1743. This marriage settlement concerns a marriage between Richard Hyatt, son of Humphrey Hyatt and Mary Hyatt, to an Elizabeth Bushell. The four seals name four sigantories: Humphrey Hyatt, Richard Hyatt, Mary Hyatt and one whose name is lacking. Undertaken under the reign of George the..... Read More Item Details for Manuscript quadrupartite indenture on parchment related to a marriage settlement Add to Wish List
Item #313291
Price: $100
Washington: 2 December 1839. Read More Item Details for Printed Federal Land grant, accomplished for Thomas Dunford of Madison County, Illinois for lands at Edwardsville, Illinois with seal of land office affixed, with signature of D. M. Garland as Recorder of the General Land Office , signed with secretarial signature of Martin Van Buren, endorsed on the verso by the Recorder of Madison County Add to Wish List
Item #18364
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[N.p: ca. 1500?]. Read More Item Details for Manuscript Leaf on vellum, text from the Psalms (Vulgate) Add to Wish List
Item #214335
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Europe: c. early 16th century. Read More Item Details for ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT MISSAL LEAF on vellum Add to Wish List
Item #42233
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Europe: c. early 16th century. Read More Item Details for ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT MISSAL LEAF on vellum Add to Wish List
Item #42234
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np: nd c. 1960. Read More Item Details for A Prayer Add to Wish List
Item #233614
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N. P. [probably France]: 1809. The title, leaf following which is dated 1809 and the 27 leaves of maxims are each illuminated by hand with intricate and attractive borders. It is unsigned and no further identification is given. Read More Item Details for Early nineteenth century illuminated manuscript entitled "Maximes" Add to Wish List
Item #15861
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Spain: Ca. late 17th-early 18th Century. An elaborate vellum leaf, showing a mounted soldier and, below, a coat of arms, with borders of floral and emblematic symbols. This is apparently the opening page of a book, the verso comprising the first page of text. Read More Item Details for Illuminated vellum page, in colors and gold, verso with calligraphic inscriptions concerning the holdings of the Spanish monarchy Add to Wish List
Item #40766
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March 1890. From her collection "Songs of the Voices of Birds" printed in her Poems, Second Series (Longmans, 1874). "The nostalgic tone, simple style, and natural and domestic scenes of Ingelow's poetry connect it with Wordsworth's. Her lyrics also resonate with those of her Lincolnshire countryman Alfred Tennyson, who reportedly..... Read More Item Details for Autograph manuscript, signed ("Jean Ingelow"), a fair copy of his poem "The Warbling of Blackbirds" Add to Wish List
Item #332903
Price: $400
Manchester: at the University Press, 1921. First edition. Read More Item Details for A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester Volume I. Numbers 1 to 183. Letterpress. [with:] Volume II. Plates Add to Wish List
Item #263594