WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed, written at the Windsor Hotel, to Mrs Stephenson asking her to 'accept a copy of my poems in memory of the charming evening I had the privilege of passing at your house'. Creation dates: Undated
1) DU MAURIER, Daphne. Autograph letter signed to Foy Quiller-Couch; [1929?]. 2) DU MAURIER, Daphne. Autograph letter signed to Foy Quiller-Couch; Thursday [no year]. 3) DODGSON, Charles [Lewis Carroll]. Autograph letter signed to Mabel Burton; 24 Dec 1879. 4) GAMBINO, Carlo. Cheque signed by Gam...
[LITURGY]. MISSAL. A complete leaf (from a missal containing feasts for Saint Sebastian, Saint Agnes and SS Vincent and Anastasius), with double columns in two sizes of a late romanesque liturgical script, recovered from use as an archival wrapper. Probably German. Creation dates: [Late 12th c...
[LITURGY WITH MUSICAL NOTATION]. BREVIARY. Lower half of a leaf of a breviary, with neumes, with readings for the fourth Sunday in Lent, with double columns. From the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps. Probably recovered from use as an Oxford binding. Produced in England. Creation dates: [Mid-...
Manuscript Commonplace Book, known (since 1985) as Edmond Halley's Commonplace Book, an attribution with no real foundation, and probably based on a misunderstanding, written in a number of hands, on literary and scientific topics ranging from religion and science to carpentry, fishing and the E...
HORNE, N. H. Autograph letter signed to Mrs Hey, being an eye witness account of Britain's first aviation meeting (held at Doncaster between 15-26 October 1909), where a Bleriot plane piloted by Delarange, and a plane piloted by the American Samuel Franklin Cody appeared. Creation dates: 18 Oct...
PAYNE, John Burnell. ELIOT, George. Payne's autograph account of an evening's discussion with George Eliot ('Mrs Lewes') and her husband at their home, where various subjects were discussed, including Eliot talking about the writing of her poem 'The Spanish Gypsy'. Creation dates: 17 Feb 1869