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CHARLES I, King of England. CAREY, Robert. Document Signed by Sir Robert Carey, Master of Robes and Chamberlain to Charles I when Prince of Wales, authorizing payment to John Addis, one of the Officers of the Wardrobe. Creation dates: Sep 1619
BARNUM AND THE TOM THUMB. Card inscribed 'Compliments of Charles S Stratton known as General Tom Thumb', with a card signed and inscribed by his wife Lavinia, together with signed inscriptions by Lavinia's sister Minnie Warren and her husband Commodore Nutt, an Autograph Note by Phineas T Barnum...
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed in the third person to Mr Snoxell, asking him to come to his new house in Devonshire Terrace to measure the dining room window for the blinds, 30 Sep 1839; Autograph Letter Signed to Edward Cole, confirming a date, 24 Oct 1849; Autograph Letter Signed to...
WILDE, Oscar. Autograph manuscript of a stanza from his poem 'Garden of Eros', lamenting the deaths of both Keats and Shelley. Creation dates: Mar 1882
GRAY, Thomas. Autograph letter signed to his friend James Brown, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, announcing the death of King George II. Bonhams, 18992, 22 Nov 2011, Lot 77. Creation dates: [Oct 1760]
IRVING, Washington. Autograph letter signed to his friend and fellow author Bayard Taylor, thanking him for an advance copy of 'A Journey to Central Africa ...'. Bonhams, 18992, 22 Nov 2011, Lot 93. Creation dates: Sep 1854
STRACHEY, Lytton. Autograph letter signed to the expert on China, John Otway Percy Bland, about Strachey's play 'A Son of Heaven'. Bonhams, 18992, 22 Nov 2011, Lot 169. Creation dates: April 1921
WHARTON, Edith. Autograph letter signed to her friend Pauline Robinson, at the Hotel Liverpool, Rue Castiglione, wishing her well in writing up her impressions of Italy. Bonhams, 18992, 22 Nov 2011, Lot 186. Creation dates: May [1903]