HOOD, Alexander, Viscount Bridport. Autograph letter signed to 'My Dear Lord' (probably Admiral Lord Keith). Written from Lord Bridport's home 'Cricket Lodge' in the Somerset village of Cricket St. Thomas. Creation dates: Nov. 1797
KITCHENER, Lord. Autograph letter signed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Reginald McKenna, to Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, calculating the number of recruits needed on the Western Front. Bonhams, 19823, 17 Apr 2012, Lot 110. Creation dates: July 1915
GANDHI, Mahatma: 1. Autograph letter (signed 'Bapu') to 'My dear Raghanan', written on a postcard; Feb. 1931. 2. Typewritten letter signed to Sgt N. Poduwal in Rangoon, with some manuscript and typographical corrections; May 1929. 3. Typewritten letter (signed 'Bapu') to Sgt N. Raghavan; July...
MORRIS, William. Autograph poem, beginning 'The Wind's on the wold', with 2 small corrections, written by Morris to be embroidered on the valance around the head of the 17th-century carved oak four-poster bed at Kelmscott Manor. Creation dates: [circa 1891]
THOMSON, Basil. 2 volumes - 'New Guinea 1888' in manuscript, and 'Journal of a Mission Undertaken by Basil Thomson to Tonga and Niue as Envoy Plenipotentiary in 1900' in typescript - with captioned photographs, and sketch. Creation dates: 1888-1900
PEEL, Sir Robert. Autograph letter signed to Lord Lyndhurst, formerly the Lord Chancellor, expressing his determination not to serve again in a minority government. Bonhams, 20137, 12 June 2012, Lot 126. Creation dates: 20 May 1835
KIPLING, Rudyard. Autograph and typed letter signed with initials, to Rider Haggard suggesting to him a trilogy on the history of mankind, with the central character being the mythic Wandering Jew. Bonhams, 20137, 12 June 2012, Lot 100. Creation dates: 18 Aug 1923
CROMWELL, Thomas. Letter signed to Dr Nicholas Wotton, English delegate to Cleves, expressing impatience and urging him to secure an answer from the Duke of Cleves ratifying the marriage between the King and Anne of Cleves. Bonhams, 20137, 12 June 2012, Lot 55. Creation dates: 8 Nov [1539]
WILDE, Oscar: (1) Autograph letter signed to 'My Dear Dacre' (probably Arthur James, who acted under the stage name Arthur Dacre), introducing the young actress Miss Agnes Cahill; undated. (2) Autograph letter signed ('OW') to his publisher Leonard Smithers asking for money; [26 June 1899]. B...
WESLEY, John. Autograph letter signed to the Reverend Joseph Townsend, on a preaching dispute. Christie's, 5334, 13 June 2012, Lot 44. Creation dates: 02 Aug 1767