Sales catalogue 652: Maggs Bros

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/176
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 652: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    634 BLACK (WILLIAM, 1841-1898). Novelist. “WHITE HEATHER.” AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THIS NOVEL, on 313 pp., 8vo. 1885. Accompanying is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM BLACK TO MISS CHEVRIEL, 2} pp., 8vo, 1893, mentioning ‘‘ White Heather.” &5 5s 635 BLOOMFIELD (ROBERT, 1766-1823). Poet. “THE FAKENHAM GHOST.” AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED POEM, CONSISTING OF 20 VERSES OF FOUR LINES EACH ON 33 PAGES, FOLIO. £21 The poem commences :— ‘‘ The lawns were dry in Euston park Here truth inspires my tale The sounding footpath still and dark Led over hill and dale. ‘‘ Benighted was an ancient dame And teartul haste she made To gain the Vale of Fakenham And hail its willows shade. ‘* Her footsteps knew no idle stops But follow’d faster still And echo’d to the darksome copse That whisper’d on the Hill.’”’ Etc., etc. 636 BLUMENTHAL (JACQUES, 1829-1908). Famous Pianist and Composer. AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL MANUSCRIPTS SIGNED OF TWO SONGS. “WHITE HEART CHERRIES.” WITH PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENT, AND WORDS IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH. 7 pp., folio. Montreux, 8th July, 1897. “DREAMS OF MY LOVE.” WITH PIANOFORTE ACCOMPANIMENT, AND WORDS IN GERMAN AND ENGLISH. 3 pp., folio. Montreux, 9th July, 1897. Together £2 10s 637 BONAPARTE (LOUIS, 1778-1846). King of Holland. Brother of Napoleon I. LETTER SIGNED TO MARSHAL BERTHIER. 1 page, 4to. Paris, 22. fructider, An’ XII. &1 5s Recommending Sergeant Bouquero to be promoted to the rank of sub-heutenant. 638 BORROW (GEORGE, 1803-1881). Author of “ Lavengro,” ‘ Gypsies in Spain,” “Bible. in Spain,” etc. A VERY FINE COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS BEING NUMEROUS CHAPTERS FROM “WILD WALES.” Extending to 118 pp., 4to and 8vo. Sei We append below particulars of the manuscripts comprising this collection :— Kight pages from Chapter 4 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.” Twenty pages from, Borrow’s first draft of Chapter 20 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.’’ Sixteen pages from Chapter 23 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.”’ Concluding page of Chapter 24 and the first page of Chapter 25 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.”’ Two pages from Chapter 27 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.”’ Twenty-six pages, being the first draft of Chapter 31 of ‘‘ Wild Wales,”’ and part of Chapter 382. Two pages from Chapter 36 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.’’ Four pages from Chapter 38 of ‘‘ Wild Wales.” (Continued over)
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