CASEMENT PETITION PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Clement K. Shorter, editor of The Sphere, concerning their petition to the government to reprieve Roger Casement, sentenced to death for high treason, 29 June 1916; 1916. Partly printed. Purchased from David J. Holmes Autographs, Philadelphia, Cat. II, lot 62, 7 Aug. 1985. Paper; ff. 176. Individual items mounted and bound in dark green morocco with gilt tooling, including Irish emblems, by Rivière, in a clot...
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Clement King Shorter, journalist and author: Roger David Casement, Irish nationalist: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. Conan Doyle and Clement King Shorter rel. to petition on behalf of Roger Casement: 1915, 1916: Partly printed.
1. ff. 1-11. 'An evening scene', part song for SATB (words, Coventry Patmore), with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only; 1905. Ink, with annotations in pencil which include the composer's instructions to the printer, and with the printer's markings added. With a printed copy of the words (f. ...
Edward Elgar: Sketches, etc., for 'Carillon' and 'Le drapeau belge'
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1. ff. 1-21. 'Carillon', recitation with orchestra (poem, Émile Cammaerts), op. 75; [1914]. Published in piano reduction in King Albert's Book (London: Daily Telegraph, 1914). For autograph full score see Add. 58039. Comprising: (a) Printed copy of the poem mounted on to a leaf, annotated by the...
Edward Elgar: 'Polonia', symphonic prelude, op. 76. Sketches
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1. ff. 1-3. Printed copy of Trzy polskie narodowe hymny, arranged for piano by R. Hill (Moscow: Jurgenson, n.d.). Manuscript additions include musical annotations by Elgar to no. 3, 'Jeszcze polska nie zginela'. 360 x 270mm. 2. ff. 4-25. Complete draft in piano score (ff. 4-19), with miscellan...