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PARK, Mungo. Autograph Letter Signed to his friend and patron Sir Joseph Banks, annotated at the foot by Banks with the date of receipt, with a page of astronomical calculations in another hand headed 'Immersion of 1st Sat:[elite] of J[u]p[iter] by Mr Park on 16th April 1805'. Creation dates: [...
GLOVER, Mary. Mary Glover's scrapbook, which has some loose pages and includes items thought to be written by her father and a pen and ink sketch of 'Glover'. Creation dates: Circa 1820
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, use of Metz, one of a group of Metz Books of Hours associated with the Hours of Queen Isabel of Bavaria, including the following miniatures: Folio 13 recto: the Virgin suckling the naked Christ Child. Folio 89 recto: Christ seated in majesty. S...
WILSON, Oriana. Autograph letter signed to F. J. Hooper, who was a member of the party which found the bodies of Scott, Bowers, and Oriana Wilson's husband Edward, who had died on their return from the South Pole in 1912. Bonhams, 19552, 30 Mar 2012, Lot 133. Creation dates: Feb 1913
BECKETT, Samuel. Early draft of 'Words and Music', a short prose piece for music and voice written for radio, dated 15.2.61 and later inscribed by the author 'For Alan Clodd, Paris, Oct. 1971'. Creation dates: Feb 1961
CARTER, Howard (1874-1939). 5 letters as follows:- Typed letter signed to Carter from the Duke of Alba inviting him to lecture in Madrid; 20 Dec 1923. Typed letter signed to Carter from the Queen of Belgium's secretary thanking him for sending her a copy of his book 'The Tomb of Tut-Ank-Amen'. I...
CARTER, Howard (1874-1939). 5 letters as follows:- Typed letter signed to Carter from the Duke of Alba inviting him to lecture in Madrid; 20 Dec 1923. Typed letter signed to Carter from Harold de Bildt, of the Légation Royale de Suède en Egypte, asking about the possibility of Carter lecturing i...