OMAI (circa 1753 - circa 1780). Letter in the third person regarding Omai, first South Sea Islander in Britain, brought back by Captain Cook in 1774 on board the 'Adventurer'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 391. Creation dates: [Circa 1775]
WILDE, Oscar. 5 Autograph Letters Signed to Alsager Richard Vian, Editor of the Court & Society Review, referring to articles published in the Review. Creation dates: [1886 - 1887]
POTTER, Beatrix. 11 Signed Autograph or Typed Letters and a Postcard by or about Potter from the papers of Delmar and Josephine Banner, as follows: 2 Autograph Letters plus a Signed card from Potter to the Banners. 4 Letters from Leslie Linder, 2 Letters from John Heelis, and 1 Letter from each...
MORRIS, William. Autograph Letter Signed to the glass painter George Campfield about the decoration of the nave ceiling at Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge, incorporating a thumbnail sketch of an angel's wings. Creation dates: March 1866
LEEDS CHARITY SCHOOL. Archive of documents of the Leeds Charity School including the following: Original lease for the land in order to build the school, August 1716. The Minute Book, 1710-1714. 2 manuscript documents (one is a copy of the other) listing four requirements for parents sending th...
SPENDER, Stephen. Collection of 1 autograph manuscript and 6 typescripts with autograph signatures or emendations, of poems, comprising: 'MARSTON, dropping it in the grate, broke his pipe' (title 'For J.M.F.' in autograph, signed); 'Elegy Lying awake at night' (signed); 'Hearing from its cage' (...