SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry. BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-1904. Autograph manuscript signed of his poem 'L'Envoi', this copy undated but circa 1907, annotated at the foot 'The last Rhyme in the South Polar Times written on the Southern Sledge Journey Dec 1902', on paper with printed heading o...
Manuscript letters from a collection of mainly English and Early Modern Period legal manuscripts and annotated printed books, collected between 1977 and 2007 by Anthony C. Taussig, as follows:- Collection List number 136. Autograph letter signed from George III to Lord Thurlow re appointment of ...
ALBERT, H.R.H. Prince, of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861). Autograph letter signed to Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. Creation dates: 18 March 1843
PALEY, William. Autograph letter signed to John Law, Bishop of Killala, describing battles with his publisher Robert Faulder, together with 8 lines of another letter. Creation dates: 16 Aug 1794
BETJEMAN, John. Autograph letter signed to Fr Martin D'Arcy, referring to an article D'Arcy wrote in Christianity & Communism. Creation dates: 09 Feb 1937
BETJEMAN, John. 10-line autograph fragment of an unfinished and unpublished poem written on an invitation to a private view of paintings by Asphodel Fleischmann at the Kensington Art Gallery. Creation dates: [circa 1935]
LIVINGSTONE, David. Autograph letter signed, dated 31 Dec 1856, to Joseph Robertson, Chairman of Hamilton Council, agreeing to attend the forthcoming ceremony to mark his receiving the Freedom of the Borough, together with a printed admission ticket to the ceremony; along with an autograph lette...
WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Sir', offering terms for a lecture tour, writing a week before his wedding to Constance. Creation dates: 22 May 1884
ANNE OF DENMARK, Queen of James I. Autograph letter signed to the future Duke of Buckingham ('My king dog'), possibly referring to the King's proposed visit to Woodstock in September 1617. Bonhams, sale of 13 Nov 2012, Lot 9. Creation dates: [Circa 1617]
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to 'Miss Horner' [Ann Susan Horner, a translator and writer] declining an article for 'Household Words'. Creation dates: 16 Nov 1857