Books and Manuscripts: A Spring Miscellany

DISRAELI, BENJAMIN Henrietta Temple, A Love Story. London: Henry Colburn, 1837 3 volumes, 8vo. Extra-illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece by D'Orsay, with touches of hand-coloring, trimmed and mounted on the front blank, half-title to Vol. 1, 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear of Vol. 3. Full green morocco bound by Bedford, covers elaborately tooled in gilt, spines with raised bands in six compartments, second and third gilt-lettered, others tooled in gilt, silk endpapers. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Disraeli to Lady Cork "[Disraeli] knew Lady Cork well, and is said to have described her accurately as 'Lady Bellair' in 'Henrietta Temple', and it is thought that Dickens drew on her for some of the features of 'Mrs. Leo Hunter' in 'Pickwick'" (DAB). An inserted autograph letter signed by M.A. Minchen details the provenance of this copy: "I am so glad you should have the books, so that they will be so beautifully bound and protected. It was given by D'Israeli to Lady Cork, who after I had sent it to her, gave it to a Mrs. Prinsep, a dear old Lady who was devoted to me. Some time before her death I called on Mrs. L., who gave me the books as a remembrance of old times." "Few Victorian fictions are more seldom seen" (Sadleir). The last copy offered at auction was the Doheny copy (lacking the half titles, in a half binding, and not a presentation), which sold for $1,800 hammer in 1988. A scarce work REFERENCE: Sadleir 714 PROVENANCE: Mary Monckton Boyle, Countess of Cork (presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title) — Mrs. Prinsep — M.A. Minchen (inserted letter and inscription on the title)

disraeli, benjamin | henrietta temple, a love story. london: henry colburn, 1837

Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript, Part 2

Benjamin Disraeli A collection of six items, comprising: i) Autograph letter signed, to Henry Colburn, reporting on his recent meeting with Prince Metternich at the end of what Disraeli considers will probably be his final visit to Britain ("...When I called on the Prince, he had quitted his hotel for the Austrian Embassy, where he lunched, & his carriages were at the door. I had the satisfaction of embracing him ten minutes before he left London..."), 4 pages, 8vo, Hughenden Manor, 18 October 1849; ii) Autograph note signed ("D"), unaddressed but to W.E. Gladstone, requesting a meeting within the Commons Chamber ("...Will you give me a minute behind the [Speaker's] chair when convenient? ..."), 1 page, 8vo, House of Commons headed stationery, n.d.; iii) Queen Victoria, autograph letter, in the third person, to Sir John Cowell, on the death of Disraeli, dated and annotated by Cowell "on Lord Beaconsfield's death", 2 pages, 8vo, Osborne headed mourning stationery, 19 April 1881; iv) Queen Victoria, draft court circular with additions in pencil by the Queen on the death of Disraeli, 2 pages, 8vo, Osborne headed mourning stationery, 21 April 1881 v) G.E. Cowell, autograph letter signed, to her mother, on the effect of Disraeli's death on the Queen, 4 pages, 8vo, Osborne headed mourning stationery, 19 April 1881 vi) Disraeli, carte de visite photographic portrait by H. Lenthall, with stamp on verso ("By Appointment H. Lenthall | 222 Regent Street")

View 1 of Lot 27: Benjamin Disraeli | A collection of two autograph letters signed and other material, 1849-1881

benjamin disraeli | a collection of two autograph letters signed and other material, 1849-1881

History in Manuscript: Letters and Documents from a Distinguished Collection

Benjamin Disraeli Autograph letter signed, to Georgina Meredith, announcing the death of her brother headed "READ THIS ALONE", a moving letter— almost a literary composition— announcing the death of her brother, William, going on to describe the days before Meredith's illness began ("...He returned to Cairo in the finest health & spirits: never was he looking better, never more cheerful..."), the onset of the fever, the ministrations of the doctor, Gaetani, from the military hospital ("...in every respect a man of skill, education & experience..."), the smallpox which developed on the third day ("...a kind that never was fatal..."), Meredith's decline and death and Disraeli's own inexpressible grief, "...After a night of horror I rise with the determination of doing my duty which is imperative—I write to you therefore without loss of time, because tomorrow I may be unable— I will not attempt to console you. Find consolation in your own heart. I would willingly have given my life for his, for his was much more precious...Farewell, farewell! What, what is life if it lead only to such agony. Farewell! I wish that I could mingle the tears I am fast shedding with your own...", 4 pages, 4to, Cairo, 20 July 1831, [with:] separate address leaf simply addressed "Miss Meredith" and therefore probably enclosed in another letter, original chisel slits, light spotting A heartfelt and emotional letter informing Georgina Meredith of the death of her brother William. Disraeli's sister was engaged to William, and his death while they were travelling in Egypt was a source of great grief and anguish for him. "My Dear Georgina! There are crises in life which require all our energy to endure, & yet under which, when mellowed by Time, by Sympathy, by Reason, & by Religion, we are sometimes not ungrateful that a benevolent Nature has permitted us to support ourselves. One of these crises has now arrived for us all; and it will require all that strength of mind which I have ever observed in you, & all those delightful & amicable feelings, which we have long acknowledged with admiration, to support it yourself, to communicate its import to your family, & to strengthen & to solace them under its irresistible & overwhelming affliction. The fatal quickness of an affectionate mind has already whispered to you the dreadful truth. Yes! my dear, & much loved friend, it is indeed too true— Our William is lost to us—That friend of our lives, that joy, & hope, & expectation, can no more sweeten our existence with his Society, enliven us with his presence, & gladden us with his promise— All is over, & he has yielded to his Creator without a bodily, or mental, pang, that pure, & honorable, & upright, soul, which we all so honored & esteemed: he has suddenly closed a life unsullied by a vice, scarcely by a weakness. Such a death is too awful but for those who are virtuous as himself, & if we regret that the unconsciousness of his approaching fate has occasioned him to quit us without leaving some last memento of his affection, let us console ourselves by the recollection of the anguish, that the same cause has spared him...". PROVENANCE: Sotheby's, London, 23 July 1979, lot 199

View 1 of Lot 30: Benjamin Disraeli | Autograph letter signed, to Georgina Meredith, on the death of her brother, 1831

benjamin disraeli | autograph letter signed, to georgina meredith, on the death of her brother, 1831

Fine Books and Manuscripts Online

The Property of a Gentleman CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH, AND THOMAS BURBIDGE; DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK; BENJAMIN DISRAELI; OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES; AND GEORGE MEREDITH A Group of 19th Century First Editions Clough, Arthur Hugh, and Thomas Burbidge. Ambarvalia. Poems. London and Oxford: Chapman and Hall; Francis Macpherson, 1849. 8vo. Half-title; one or two stray spots. Original brown cloth covered boards, covers elaborately bordered in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow coated endpapers; minor shelfwear, slight loss to head of spine. In custom quarter burgundy silk over marbled board clamshell case. First edition, Lytton Strachey's copy. Lytton Strachey (booklabel to front pastedown) - Oscar Browning (bookplate to front pastedown) — Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock. The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak. London: Daldy, Idbister & Co., 1875. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece, in-text illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end. Original green cloth, upper cover and spine pictorially stamped in black and gilt, brown coated endpapers, all edges gilt; slightly cocked, two corners just bumped. First edition, rarely found in such clean, bright condition — Disraeli, Benjamin. Lord George Bentinck. A Political Biography. London: Colburn & Co., 1852. 8vo. Publisher's advertisements bound in at end; one or two stray spots. Original full brown cloth, covers elaborate stamped in blind, spine gilt lettered. First edition, the Elphinstone copy. William Elphinstone was was a Scottish Conservative politician, who served as a Lord-in-waiting under Benjamin Disraeli from 1874 to 1880. Sadleir 719. William Buller Fullerton Elphinstone, 15th Lord Elphinstone and 1st Baron Elphinstone (bookplate and library shelfmark for Carberry Tower) — Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Boston: Phillips Sampson, 1858. 8vo. Half-title, etched frontispiece, 8 etched plates, index at end. Original embossed brown cloth, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spine gilt lettered, endpapers with publisher's advertisements; minor rubbing to extremities, edges toned. First edition — Holmes, Oliver Wendell. The Professor at the Breakfast Table. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1860. 8vo. Half-title, index at end; minor toning. Original embossed brown cloth, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spine gilt lettered, brown coated endpapers; minor rubbing to extremities, edges toned. First edition — Meredith, George. Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside, with Poems and Ballads. London, Chapman & Hall, 1862. 8vo (4 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.; 105 x 173 mm). Half-title; minor foxing primarily to preliminary leaved. Original full green embossed cloth covered boards, covers with multiple rules in blind, spine gilt lettered, yellow coated endpapers, minor rubbing to extremities, minor dampstain to terminal endpapers. First edition ﻿Group lots not subject to return. Together six fine first editions

clough, arthur hugh, and thomas burbidge; dinah maria mulock craik; benjamin disraeli; oliver wendell holmes; and george meredith | a group of 19th century first editions

Fine Autograph Letters and Manuscripts from a Distinguished Private Collection: Part II | Music, Americana, English and Continental Literature

Autograph letter signed ("Disraeli"), to the Archdeacon of London (“Dear Mr Archdeacon”), 3 pages (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.; 190 x 240 mm) on mourning paper, single sheet folded. Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, dated 13 April 1860; minor offsetting, some adhesive marks, not affecting text. — Autograph letter signed ("Disraeli"), 4 pages (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 242 x 190 mm) on paper, single sheet folded, embossed with the Chancellor of the Exchequer seal, written recto and verso, dated 16 April 1859, to William Vesey FitzGerald; old folds, minor toning, one or two spots. With franked autograph envelope. April 16, 1859. — Carte-de-visite (2 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.; 58 x 89 mm). Albumen print mounted on card, signed ("Disraeli") on lower margin, Poulton royal warrant to verso; minor toning, one or two spots.

two apparently unpublished autograph letters signed, and a carte-de-visite photograph signed, by "one of the most eminent figures in victorian public life" 

politics--disraeli, benjamin.

a very rare coalbrookdale bronze bust of benjamin disraeli, earl of beaconsfield, last quarter 19th century

Contemporary Curated

19th century kid (benjamin disraeli); 19th century kid (william gladstone)  [two works]

8vo, new edition, 10 volumes, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his god-daughter ("Eva, with much affection, | from her Godfather | Beaconsfield. | 1877.") on half-title of volume one, frontispiece portrait to volume one, contemporary green morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, repairs to hinges and joints of volume one, bindings worn and faded with tears and some loss

collected edition of the novels and tales by the right honorable b. disraeli. longmans, green, and co., 1871-76

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many describing with evident pleasure his life at Hughenden Manor, which he contrasts to the pressure of London life ("...once we get to town we are in general, chained to the galleys..."), but one letter expressing his enjoyment at exploring the metropolis ("...a much more wonderful thing than those who pass their lives in a dozen streets & a couple of squares, can comprehend: such miles of villas, all of different architecture, such a prodigious number of beautiful churches, & I grieve to add, gorgeous gin-palaces..."), also discussing his wife's declining health, his loneliness after her death ("...I have been here [Hughenden] a fortnight, in absolute solitude, without interchanging a word with human beings scarcely heard a voice except that of the peacocks screeching on the terraces...", 18 April 1873), and his subsequent need to find a new London home ("...I suppose it will end in taking refuge in an hotel..."), 59 pages, chiefly 8vo, Hughenden Manor, Grosvenor Gate, and St George St, Hanover Square, 17 August 1868 to 15 June 1873

many describing with evident pleasure his life at Hughenden Manor, which he contrasts to the pressure of London life ("...once we get to town we are in general, chained to the galleys..."), but one letter expressing his enjoyment at exploring the metropolis ("...a much more wonderful thing than those who pass their lives in a dozen streets & a couple of squares, can comprehend: such miles of villas, all of different architecture, such a prodigious number of beautiful churches, & I grieve to add, gorgeous gin-palaces..."), also discussing his wife's declining health, his loneliness after her death ("...I have been here [Hughenden] a fortnight, in absolute solitude, without interchanging a word with human beings scarcely heard a voice except that of the peacocks screeching on the terraces...", 18 April 1873), and his subsequent need to find a new London home ("...I suppose it will end in taking refuge in an hotel..."), 59 pages, chiefly 8vo, Hughenden Manor, Grosvenor Gate, and St George St, Hanover Square, 17 August 1868 to 15 June 1873 [with:] an autograph letter signed by Disraeli to the artist G.F. Watts, expressing his wish to visit his studio, 4 pages, 5 July 1871, with an accompanying note on a planned portrait, an autograph letter signed, to Miss Cavendish, 2 pages, 10 October 1878, and one other letter

14 autograph letters signed ("d."), to lady chesham,

to Mary Anne Weld Forester, Lady Forester (26), and her husband (George) Cecil Weld Forester, 3rd Baron Forester (2), congratulating them on their marriage, on Parliamentary business, personal engagements, with repeated apologies that the House of Commons keeps him from dinner engagements ("...Thus disappointments repeat themselves, like everything else in life..."), the critical illness of the Prince of Wales ("...Telegram just arrived from Sandringham, & dated 6 o'clock announced 'decided improvement'...", 15 December 1871) and Prince Leopold ("...who has been very unwell, & is only slowly recovering in the wildness of the Highlands..., 22 November 1877), and family affairs including letters of congratulation to both parties on the marriage of George and Mary Anne, 65 pages, chiefly 8vo, Hughenden Manor and London (various addresses), 14 October 1862 to 7 September 1878, 17 autograph envelopes (some fronts only), mounted in an album together with three autograph letters signed by Disraeli's secretary Montagu Corry, two letters by Sarah Disraeli on the marriage of George Cecil Weld Forester, a letter of condolence by Sir Pope Hennessey fondly recalling Lord Forester (14 June 1886), signed photographs of Disraeli and Corry, press cuttings, a dinner invitation and menu, some items with extensive contemporary notes in an unknown hand, two pages with pencil inscription and signature by the writer Shane Leslie, two notes relating to the binding of the album loosely inserted, half blue morocco with gilt lettering piece on upper cover ("Letters of Rt Honble. B. Disraeli"), adhesive tape marks at the edges of some letters, binding rubbed

collection of 28 autograph letters

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books and Illustrations

on one side a full-length portrait, gouache, watercolour and pencil; on the reverse side three preparatory drawings in pencil; each side signed by the artist with his full name and Vanity Fair pseudonym "Ape" and stamped "Unfinished Preparatory Sketch", mounted, framed and glazed, size of paper 380 x 275mm., aperture 320 x 192mm., overall size 540 x 410mm., dampstaining to edges (mostly obscured by mount), slight paper losses to reverse (not affecting drawings)

preparatory sketches for carlo pellegrini's caricature of disraeli, the first to appear in 'vanity fair'

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a fluently-written draft with extensive authorial revisions throughout, with divisions into chapters, parts, and volumes, some internal pagination, modern pencil foliation (total 397 leaves), paper of various sizes, bound into two volumes, 349 and 397 pages, plus blanks, folio, c.1832, in blind tooled brown morocco with inside dentelles gilt and gilt lettering on spines, light spotting, nicks and tears to some leaves

alroy, complete autograph working manuscript of the novel

English Literature, History, Children's Books &amp; Illustrations

to his father Isaac D'Israeli, his sister Sarah, his brother Ralph Disraeli and his mother (apparently his only significant surviving letter to her), describing his journey through the Mediterranean as an experience of renewal and rebirth after his disillusionment with his literary career in England, reporting his travels through Spanish bandit country, describing the beauties of Gibraltar, Cadiz and Seville, especially the Spanish ladies he meets  ("...Figaro is in every street, & Rosina on every balcony"...), reporting his experiences in Malta (including smoking a Turkish pipe),  revelling in the exoticism of Albania and Greece, drinking with the Bey at Yanina (an important 14-page letter, also describing depredations of war), his encounters with consular officials, the Turkish Grand Vizier, Austrian diplomats, commenting on the death of George IV, responding to news of the Reform Bill, which gives him hope of a seat in Parliament, and reporting the illness of Meredith to his sister Sarah

to his father Isaac D'Israeli, his sister Sarah, his brother Ralph Disraeli and his mother (apparently his only significant surviving letter to her), describing his journey through the Mediterranean as an experience of renewal and rebirth after his disillusionment with his literary career in England, reporting his travels through Spanish bandit country, describing the beauties of Gibraltar, Cadiz and Seville, especially the Spanish ladies he meets  ("...Figaro is in every street, & Rosina on every balcony"...), reporting his experiences in Malta (including smoking a Turkish pipe),  revelling in the exoticism of Albania and Greece, drinking with the Bey at Yanina (an important 14-page letter, also describing depredations of war), his encounters with consular officials, the Turkish Grand Vizier, Austrian diplomats, commenting on the death of George IV, responding to news of the Reform Bill, which gives him hope of a seat in Parliament, and reporting the illness of Meredith to his sister Sarah 85 pages, folio and 4to, closely written, including on the autograph address-leaves, postmarks, some red seals, each bifolio mounted at the edge on a guard , with a few typescripts, engraved and other portraits, and engraved views (Geza, Carnac, Tentyra etc), Falmouth, Gibraltar, Cadiz, Seville, Grenada, Malta, Corfu, Prevesa, Athens, Constantinople, Alexandria and Cairo, 1 June 1830- 28 May 1831, some loss to 2 letters (one supplied in a contemporary transcript by the author's brother Ralph, the other evidently defective), a few seal-tears and repairs; with Ralph Disraeli's extra-illustrated copy of his edition of these letters (Home Letters, 1885), the two uniformly bound in nineteenth-century morocco gilt [together with;] Disraeli's passport (issued at Gibraltar, 5 July 1830, for 12 months), made out to Disraeli, William Meredith ("J. Medrith") and one servant, with contemporary stamps and manuscript endorsements documenting their travels in Spain, and 8 autograph letters of condolence by Sarah and Isaac D'Israeli to Georgiana, sister of William Meredith (1831)

fine series of sixteen long autograph letters to his family, signed with initials (and "your most affect. brother"; "your most affec. son", etc), being disraeli's letters home during his grand tour of the mediterranean in the years 1830 and 1831

great britain, 1841 1d. red-brown, 'benjamin disraeli' insurance medical report request...

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8vo, first edition, six volumes expanded to eight, navy blue cloth stamped in gilt, the final four volumes interleaved with about 190 autograph letters by eminent Victorians laid down, including: Disraeli (14 letters and notes, some signed, mostly 1870s); other politicians, notably a substantial series of letters and political memoranda by Stafford Northcote (including memoranda on the Suez Canal purchase and the Battle of Islandlwana), Gladstone (4), 14th Earl of Derby (3), 15th Earl of Derby (series, often signed "D"), Gathorne Hardy (series), Salisbury, Arthur Balfour, Charles Dilke, and the American Ambassador Charles Francis Adams (printed circular letter signed on the assassination of Lincoln, 2 May 1865); men of letters including Matthew Arnold and J.A. Froude; the naval inventor Cowper P. Coles; the explorer Sir Samuel White Baker; many bishops and clergymen including Cardinal Manning (2) and E.B. Pusey (2); a series of 11 photographic portraits of politicians; also an explanatory typescript note on the source of the letters signed by Sir John Kempe, 6 pages, hinges cracked, endpapers offset and foxed, top edges darkened, spines sunned and worn, one or two letters loose

the life of benjamin disraeli, earl of beaconsfield. john murray, 1910-20.  

Bibliophile III

Vivian Grey. London: Henry Colburn, 1826-1827, 5 volumes, first edition, uncut in the original paper boards (volumes I-II in drab paper, volumes III-V in blue paper with drab paper spine), in modern cloth folding boxes, [Sadleir 734], bookplates of Vere Egerton Cotton (vols. I-II) and Christopher Freville Huntley (vols. III-V), lacking advertisements, some wear to boards; The Young Duke. London: Colburn & Bentley, 1831, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles in volumes II and III, uncut in the original boards, paper spine labels, in modern cloth folding box, [Sadleir 738], ownership inscription on front free endpaper, bookplate of Ray Livingston Murphy, binding of vol.I repaired in places, rear free endpaper of vol. II torn, joints worn, corners bumped, spine labels slightly worn; Endymion. London: Longman, 1880, 3 volumes, first edition, publisher's scarlet diagonal-fine-ribbed cloth, lettered in silver, pale grey floral endpapers,  [Sadleir 712]. hinges cracked in vol.I, covers very slightly soiled, 8vo, 11 volumes in all

a collection of three first editions:

A Treasured Legacy (Steinhardt)

the first of English creamware, transfer printed with an image of the statesman seated, below his earl's coronet and flanked by flowers; the second of pressed glass, with profile portrait of Sir Moses above the letters for mazal tov

two victorian plates commemorating benjamin disraeli and sir moses montefiore

12mo (190 x 110mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, presentation copy, inscribed on a leaf preceding the text "Mrs George Meredith | By the author's hand [?]", half-titles in volumes as issued, contemporary presentation binding of blue morocco gilt, spines decorated in gilt, edges gilt, yellow endpapers, in blue cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, lacking final leaf of advertisements in volume 3, some rubbing on spines

the young duke. london: henry colburn and richard bentley, 1831

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

making repeated and often imaginative excuses for his delays in honouring his debts ranging from physical incapacity ("...I am confined to this place by a broken shin..."), to vital political engagements ("...business of the utmost importance..."), to the dilatory actions of lawyers, assuring him of imminent repayment, arranging for the settlement of debts on third-parties, thanking him for his "zeal & friendliness", and ordering items of clothing, some letters with calculations of money owed and related notes (presumably in Culverwell's hand) on blanks, 76 pages, 4to and 8vo, some with address leaves, various locations including the Carlton Club, Bradenham House, Richmond, and the Carlton Club, [1835] to 12 June 1844, nicks, one letter with tear affecting text

series of 32 autograph letters signed ("b disraeli", "bd", "d"), to his creditor and tailor richard culverwell

informing her of the lastest political news of Irish affairs, proposals for reform of the ballot ("...what is called 'the open question question' commands all attention...") and the commanding position of the Whigs in Parliament; discussing a letter from his mentor Lord Lyndhurst, then in Paris, who is enjoying himself greatly and says, "tho' this is not to be mentioned ... that if it were only to avoid Walmer & Drayton he would keep at the other side of the Water"; reporting the reception of a recent speech by himself in the Irish press; and informing her that his publisher Henry Colburn "smiles about H[enrietta] T[emple] but that is all ... it is too soon to judge of the second demand which is 'after all the crisis'.", 8 pages, 8vo, [Saturday 17 December 1836], traces of mount adhering to pages 1 and 8, some offsetting and browning

autograph letter signed ("bd") to his sister sarah ("dearest love"),

The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS A COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING: i) Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of. Autograph letter signed (“W”), as Prime Minister, to his secretary Drummond, requesting a messenger, 1 page, 8vo, Buckinghamshire, 8 December 1829; ii) Derby, Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of. Autograph letter signed (“Stanley”), to the Marquis of Westmeath, discussing the dissolution of Peel’s administration and its successor, 4 pages, 8vo, Carlton Gardens, 9 April 1835; iii) Disraeli, Benjamin. Autograph letter signed (“B Disraeli”), to J Kirk, inviting communication “on the subject of our last conversation”, 3 pages, 8vo, marked Private, 3 July 1849; iv) Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount. Document signed, as Prime Minister, passport document (“…all those whom it may concern to allow Mr Charles John Shoppee and Mr George Noke travelling on the Continent, to pass freely without let or hindrance…”), 1 page, folio, with engraved vignettes at head and foot, stamps on both sides, Foreign Office, 25 August 1857; v) Gladstone, William Ewart. Autograph letter signed, to Geo. Bentley (publisher), thanking him for “the two works of which you have been so kind as to send me copies”, and referring to his defeat by Disraeli in the 1874 election (“…Their titles promise much though diverse interest: and recent events will I hope enable me soon to profit by becoming acquainted with their contents…”), 2 pages, 8vo, integral blank, 11 Carlton House Terrace, 26 February 1874; vi) Baldwin, Stanley. Typed letter signed, to Lord Shuttleworth, expressing his regret at his resignation of “in the near future the office of H.M. Lieutenant for the County of Lancaster”, 1 side, 4to, 10 Downing Street headed stationery, 14 February 1928, [with:] facsimile ALS concerning the continuity of government; vii) Eden, Anthony. Photograph of Mr and Mrs Eden arriving back from talks in Washington, black and white photograph, PA-Reuter, 14 March 1953; viii) Eden, Anthony. Photograph of Bulganin, Eisenhower, Faure and Eden at the 1955 Geneva Summit, black and white photograph, Associated Press Photo, July 18 1955; ix) Home, Sir Alex Douglas. Signed colour print of caricature of Home by Tom Holder, signed “Home”, c. 1977; x) Thatcher, Margaret. Signed black and white photograph, and signed colour Christmas Card, c. 1980s To view shipping calculator, please here

british prime ministers | letters by wellington, derby, palmerston, gladstone, disraeli, baldwin, thatcher

[together with:] a collection of other letters by nineteenth-century politicians, including: lord palmerston, 1 page, 1827, robert peel (two letters, one in a secretarial hand), 3 pages, 1824-35, benjamin disraeli, charles fox, Lord Grey (two), James Mackintosh, Joseph Hume, H.B.W. Brand, William Horne, H.R. Vassall (two), Lords Nugent, Lansdowne, Fitzwilliam, Shaftesbury, Auckland, Althorp, Argyll, Russell, Mulgrave, and Norfolk; 26 letters in all, chiefly 8vo, some letters with remains of mount, some fraying and soiling

two autograph letters and one letter signed, concerning the case of "mr. p." and other subjects, 8 pages, 8vo, 1812-16;  

[Defoe, Daniel.] The Life and strange surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, for John Stockdale, 1790, 2 volumes, engraved titles, frontispieces and plates, contemporary tree calf--Young, Edward. Night Thoughts, G. Whittingham for T. Hepinstall, 1798, illustrated by Stothard--Trollope, Anthony. The Last Chronicle of Barset. Smith, Elder and co., 1867, 3 volumes--Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Chapman and Hall, 1839, covers partially detached; Little Dorrit, Bradbury and Evans, 1857; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1837--Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda, William Blackwood and sons, 1876, 4 volumes--Disraeli, Benjamin. Sybil; or, the two nations, Henry Colburn, 1845, 3 volumes--Walton, Izaak and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, Strahan and co., [c.1882], limited to 250 copies--[Surtees, Robert Smith] [Sporting Novels], Bradbury, Agnew and co, 1899-1900, 11 volumes, red cloth; together with six others; various sizes, CHIEFLY FIRST EDITIONS, various leather bindings where not stated (35) This lot contains 1 item(s).

literature. a collection in 35 volumes:

including works by William Makepeace Thackaray and Benjamin Disraeli.  Approximately 188 volumes.

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