BENTHAM, Jeremy. Autograph draft of a letter unsigned to Sir Francis Burdett, politician and reformer, referring to Bentham's scheme to build a Panopticon prison. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 362. Creation dates: March 1826
BUCHANAN, Robert Williams. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Autograph Letter Signed from the poet and novelist Buchanan, when 18 years of age, to Thackeray asking him to publish two of his (Buchanan's) poems in the Cornhill Magazine. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 29. Creation dates: [1860]
ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel. 3 Autograph drafts entitled 'The Portrait in the Library' (which became his poem 'The Portrait'). Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 190. Creation dates: [Circa 1850]
BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. Autograph revisions of printed page proofs of two sonnets, 'Bereavement' and 'Consolation'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 26. Creation dates: [Circa 1845]
HUNT, Leigh. Autograph manuscript of an essay entitled 'The Fabulous World. No. 1. The Gods of Antiquity, Philosophically and Poetically considered', with an integral Autograph Letter at the end, both letter and manuscript being addressed to William Tait to whose 'Edinburgh Magazine' it is sent....
ALCOTT, Louisa May. Autograph Letter Signed to Mr [Rev John George] Wood, an English writer on natural history, written in the style of and with direct allusions to her book 'Little Women'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 2. Creation dates: Apr [after 1870]
WOODBURN, Samuel. 4 Autograph Letters and one document signed by the art dealer Samuel Woodburn offering works to the British Museum, with a two-page priced list of named works by Raphael and Michelangelo 'Bought at Various Sales' which gives some of their provenances, two of the letters address...
AUDEN, Wystan Hugh. Autograph draft of an apparently unpublished poem beginning 'And Woof will revisit the movies', written on the verso of a typed letter signed 'Ido', in French, mentioning the suicide of Ernst Toller and quoting William Morris. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 5. Creation dat...
JAMES, Henry. Autograph Letter Signed to the Irish novelist Forrest Reid, commenting on Reid's first book 'The Kingdom of Twilight'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 129. Creation dates: May 1904