INDIA. Group of 3 manuscript documents evidently from the papers of Lt-Col Sir Lovell Benjamin Badcock Lovell reporting on the progress of the South Mahratta incident in 1845, being: 'True copy' of a letter from W Courtney, Political Superintendent at Sawuntwaree, to R[obert] D[eane] Parke, Jo...
LAWRENCE, T E (Thomas Edward). Autograph Letter Signed ('T.E.S.') to the writer Henry Williamson, announcing the completion of his translation of the 'Odyssey' and praising Williamson's 'The Dream of Fair Women'. Creation dates: Sep 1931
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965). Typed Letter (signed by a member of Churchill's staff), on Prime Minister's headed paper, to Churchill's dentist, Wilfrid Fish, informing him that Churchill wishes to recommend him for a Knighthood, Nov 1953. Typescript copy of signed letter fr...
BURTON, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890). SPIRITUALISM. Autograph Letter Signed from Burton to Earl Granville, July 1871. Typescript, with Manuscript annotations, of a séance (June 1895) relating to Burton. Creation dates: July 1871 - June 1895
TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. Autograph working manuscript, comprising two versions of a passage (corresponding to section V, lines 440-56) from 'The Princess', with an affixed slip of paper signed and dated by Tennyson. Creation dates: July 1847
ILLUMINATIONS. CAMALDOLESE, Simone, Don. Miniature on vellum showing an initial E historiated with the 'Traditio legis' - Christ giving a scroll (the Law) to Paul - by the illuminator Don Simone Camaldolese, Florence, Italy. It is a sister leaf to a signed and dated miniature of the Resurrection...
BENTHAM, Jeremy. Letter Signed, with autograph heading and postscript, to Matthew Davenport Hill, discussing the itinerary of Colonel Stanhope's forthcoming journey to the Continent and informing him that Stanhope has visited Hill's school at Hazlewood. Bonhams, 16199, 18 Mar 2008, Lot 239. Cre...
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor. Autograph Letter Signed to his brother George, on a very large sheet folded to produce four large pages, including an account of how his first published work 'The Fall of Robespierre' was received, and concluding with a long poem on the recently deceased Rev Fulwood Sme...
BYRON, Annabella, Lady. 6 Autograph Letters Signed to the penal reformer Matthew Davenport Hill, his eldest daughter Rosamond and her brother Arthur, largely about penal reform and education. Bonhams, 16199, 18 Mar 2008, Lot 240. Creation dates: 1853 - 1857
WILSON, John [pseud. Christopher North] (1785 - 1854). Apparently unpublished autograph sonnet 'The Evening Cloud' signed, no place. Christie's, 5141, 12 Nov 2007, part of Lot 139. Creation dates: Undated