Documents and Letters

Sir John BARROW (1764-1848) Autograph Letter Signed ("John Barrow") to T. Murdoch, asking his permission to reproduce part of his address to a committee. 2 pages 8vo, Astney[?], 22 October 1821. "I have copied out that part of your eloquent address which may have been made to any body or...

Isabel BURTON (1831-1896) Autograph Letter Signed (“Isabel Burton”) to “Dear Mr. Irwin”, explaining that her husband “was taken suddenly dangerously ill” and “cannot be spoken to”. 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Hotel Windsor, Cannes, 3 March [1887].                      ...

General Charles George GORDON (1833-1885) Autograph Letter Signed (“C.G. Gordon”) as Governor-General of the Sudan, to “My dear Nugent” [his friend Colonel Nugent of the Royal Engineers].4 pages 8vo on onion-skin paper, Katarif, 24 April 1877 and “En route from Sennaar on Blue Nile to Khartoum”, 1 May 1877. “I wish...

Arnold Walter LAWRENCE (1900-1991) Autograph Letter Signed (“Arnold W. Lawrence”) to “Dear Mrs. Doubleday” [probably Ellen, wife of the publisher Nelson Doubleday], thanking her for a book and wryly alluding to the problems which might arise in the Middle East for those with the name Lawrence. 2 pages large 8vo, 11...

Austen Henry LAYARD (1817-1894) Autograph Letter Signed (“AH Layard”) to an unidentified lady, accepting an invitation, explaining a failure to respond, and making further arrangements. 2 pages 8vo with integral blank leaf on writing paper embossed with the crest of the Athenaeum, 9 Little Ryder Street, 30 May 1853. “It...