Sales catalogue 616: Maggs Bros

Date:
1935
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/153
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 616: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    939a HARDWICKE (PHILIP YORKE, EARL OF, 1757-1834). Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. 134 pp., 4to. St. James’s Square, 11th June, 1811. 7s 6d 940 HARDY (THOMAS, 1840-1928). Famous Novelist and Poet. AUTOGRAPH LETTER’ SIGNED TO. - CLEMENT SHORTER. 24 pp., 8vo. Max Gate, 24th February, 1907. £12 10s ‘Many thanks for the enclosure; which is a charming poem—quite in the right key. ‘‘T ought to thank you for introducing me, as I believe you did, to that interesting man Mr. Campbell. If the Nonconformists have the good sense to follow his lead I think they will steal a march upon the English & R. Catholic Church, & capture the great mass of thinking people who at present want to be religious but do not want superstitions. His ingenuity in retaining Christian terms for what plain People call common morality is very amusing: however it is a step in the right direction.”’ 941 HARDY (THOMAS). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO NELSON M. RICHARDSON. 14 pp., 8vo. Max Gate, 14th February, 1905. With addressed envelope. £7 10s Accepting an invitation to the Field Club meeting and concluding: AF . I am in utter ignorance of the qualifications or otherwise of the candidates for the post at the D.C.H. Those of Dr. Morrice seem to be excellent. I will at any rate promise not to vote for any other candidate, but do not like to say more at present.’’ 941a HARTLEY (JESSE, 1780-1860). Engineer for Bolton and Manchester railway and canal. TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO LUKE UTTLEY. 4 pp., 4to. Liverpool and Taunton, June, 1834. 8s 6d Giving instructions for some work to be done in connection with the building of a house.
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