WILDE, Oscar. Autograph Letter Signed to the artist F H Townshend concerning the latter's illustration for 'The Canterville Ghost'. Sotheby's, LO7411, 13 Dec 2007, Lot 82. Creation dates: [Feb 1887]
HENRY VII, King of England, 1457-1509. CORNISH REBELLION. Document Signed ('HR'), on vellum, confirming the pardon of two of the Cornish rebels, Shene. Creation dates: June [1498]
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...