Sales catalogues: Hodgson

Date:
13th- 15th June 1934
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/10/117
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogues: Hodgson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    918 Byron (Lord) A.L.s. to D. C. Dallas, respecting alterations to certain lines in “‘ Childe Harold,” 1 p., signed, “‘ B.,”’ Camb., Oct. 25, 1811 (1) 919 Wordsworth (W.) Autograph MS. of the four well-known lines, “Small service is true service while it lasts,” signed, ‘“‘ Wm. Wordsworth, Rydal Mount, Jan. 1, 1835, and, on verso, “A Mahometan Legend,”’ in Crabb Robinson’s hand (1; 920 Lams (C.) OriegiInaL HoLtocrarH Manuscript or ‘“‘ A FAREWELL To Topacco,” dedicated, ‘‘To his quondam Brethren of the Pipe, Capt. B and J R Esq!.,”’ neatly written on 8 leaves, enclosed in a small quarto crushed morocco slip case 921 Lamb (C.) Holograph MS. of verses commencing, “‘ Close by the ever-burning brimstone beds,” 24 lines, wnsigned, 1 p., 8vo 922 Lamb (Charles) Autograph Letter to Charles Lloyd, asking for the immediate return of ‘“ your copy of my Play’ [John Woodvil}, and to Kemble’s approbation of it, also a brief reference to Coleridge, 3 pp., 4to, segned, initials, “ C. L.” [Dec. 1799] (1) 923 Lamb (C.) Autograph Letter to W. Manning, referring to the sad condition of his sister Mary, “ ...J shall be very much alone, where I am going, which always revives me,” 1 p., folio, ending, ““ God bless you,’ unsigned and undated (1) 924 Lamb (C.) Portion of another Letter to Manning, respecting a sug- gestion as to their writing a joint series of papers, “... Jf I dont have a legacy left me shortly, I must get into pay with some newspaper,” 1 p., folio, signed initials, and another fragment, with an interesting reference to Coleridge, etc. (3) 925 Southey (R.) Holograph MS. of his verses, “To Charles Lamb, on the review of his ‘ Album Verses ’ in the Literary Gazette,’ 2 pp., 8vo, signed in full, 1830, with an A.L.s. from the same referring in appreciative terms to the poems of Caroline Bowles, 2 pp., 4to, Keswick, 30 July, 1826 (2) 926 Thackeray (W. M.) A diminutive pen-and-ink sketch, “‘ Hung on the [clothes] line,” in an addressed envelope, A.L.s. from Tom Hood to E. Dalziel, in verse, with 2 small punning sketches, and 1 other (3) 927 BRontTE (CHARLOTTE) ORIGINAL HoLtoaRaPH MS. of a Novel in minia- ture, ‘Something about Arthur, Written by Charles Albert Florian Wellesley,” 6 chapters interspersed with verses, written in a diminutive hand on 25 pages (about 50 lines to a page), signed on last leaf “Charlotte Bronte, May Ist, 1833” (38in. x 24in.), stitched, also a Poem, commencing, ‘‘ The trumpet hath sounded, etc.,” 3 pp.,
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