Miscellaneous Political from Sophie Dupre

saying that "there is no order required... will you come to my rooms at 4.55 & I will have the pleasure of taking you into the chapel...", 1 side oblong 8vo., no place, no date

saying that he is "staying at Malvern with Mrs Forbes & one or two undergraduate friends. It will give us great pleasure to see you if you are disengaged & can pay us a visit for ten days or a fortnight ... We are 'working bees' so you had better bring something to do...", 2 sides 8vo., Ashfield… Read more about this item

inscribed "Yours very truly" with the place and date, 'The American Ambassador' is printed as is the address, 3½" x 2", 4 Carlton House Terrace, London, October

(Thomas, 1657-1729, from 1719 1st Earl), in his engaging hand, in the first thanking him for offering "your interest for my standing at Webly", (Weobley in Herefordshire), "My reason for desiring time was in order to disengage my self handsomely at the Burrough I now serve for... None in the Country know any thing of it from me but… Read more about this item

(of John Warner & Co.), (a) Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Paltock, asking if he has "inquired after my fifty [lottery] tickets they are in Mr Kelsoes list", and to "pay in the money and charge it to your Humble servant", 1 side 8vo and addressee's name on conjugate leaf, no place, "Wensday past six", (no date), (b) Bank… Read more about this item

asking him to advise the bearer, "Captain A.W. Berg, who has been acting as Secretary to the High Commission in Siberia", because the banks in Petrograd where his Russian securities are deposited "are now in the hands of the Bolsheviks", and he fears that everything has been confiscated, blind embossed British arms, 2 sides 4to., Vladivostok, 25th March neat… Read more about this item

(Lord Davey, 1833-1907, Appeal Judge), sending "a copy of the 'World Almanac' " (not present) "of which I spoke as answering all ordinary questions about America with reasonable accuracy", 1 side 8vo., 1 Carlton House Terrace, S.W., 16th June

authorizing payment of a (charitable) sum to be divided in various amounts, including to "William Weston one pound", vellum, 4¾" x 11¾", 27th July lacking upper portion

(Sir John Anderson, 1882-1958, war-time Chancellor of the Exchequer), expressing his "sympathy and indignation at the infamous treatment you have received from the Socialists - including by omission the late Prime Minister [Attlee]... I am disgusted with Gaitskell [Hugh, leader of the Labour Party 1955-1963] who was a pupil of mine [at New College, Oxford] and a friend of… Read more about this item

authorizing payment of a (charitable) sum to be divided in various amounts, including to William Philp and Richard Hebert "One Pound fifteen Shillings", vellum, 5¾" x 11½", 27th July lacking upper portion

asking him to retain "the Opera box No. 92 or 95, respecting which he called this morning, at... five guineas", with Le Breton's portrait engraved by B. Holl after Sir Thomas Lawrence, pub. Fisher, 1830, the letter 1 side 8vo. and address, 15 Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square, 14th June n.y., old pencilled date Ebers took over… Read more about this item