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OFFERED FOR SALE BY

P. J. & A. E. DOBELL,

8, BRUTON STREET,

NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W. 1.

And at 77, Charing Cross Road, W.C. 2.

Telephone-MAYFAIR 5711.

WE

E hope in future to issue catalogues of Autograph Letters and Manuscripts at more frequent intervals than hitherto.

We shall be glad if recipients of this Catalogue who do not collect autographs will be good enough to pass it on to any friend likely to be interested.

We have a very large stock of Autographs and Manuscripts of all periods, and of very varied interest. If collectors will let us know their requirements we shall be pleased to search for and report such as we come across.

The authenticity and genuineness of every item is guaranteed.

Our book catalogues will be issued as usual at frequent intervals, from both our Bruton Street and Charing Cross Road establishments, and will be gladly forwarded post free to collectors.

The following Catalogues can still be had:

THE LITERATURE OF THE RESTORATION (published 1918)-TRACTS ON THE POPISH PLOT (published 1919)-BOOKS OF THE TIME OF THE RESTORATION (published 1920). The three catalogues (197 pages). Price ls. 6d. These catalogues are valuable to students of the literature of the end of the seventeenth century. They are extensively annotated and a collation is given of every item.

A CATALOGUE OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PLAYS, 54 pages (703 items), with collations and notes. Gratis.

A SET OF THE NINETEEN CATALOGUES issued from 8, Bruton Street, March, 1921, to December, 1922, with a number of facsimiles of title-pages, &c. Price 2s. 6d.

Dobell's Catalogue of Autograph Letters, &c.

I ABBOTT (Charles, afterwards Lord Colchester) A.L.s., 1 pp., 4to,

addressed to Edward Hutton, 3s

1801

2 ABOUT (Edmond) Interesting A.L.s., 2 pp., 8vo, with various portraits and cuttings relating to him, 4s 6d

1878

3 ADAMS (W. Davenport, Author of many popular works) A.L.s., 1 p., 8vo, excusing himself from attending to his work owing to ill-health, 3s

66

66

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4 AFRICA.-Continuation of a Journal (commenced in the Iphigenia) in His Majesty's Ships Bann" and Owen Glendower on the Western Ccast of Africa during the Ashantee Wars, and also describing the Slave Traffic carried on by the Spaniards, MS. of over 250 pages, 8vo, an interesting account by a naval officer of the difficulties faced on the unhealthy Coast of Africa, £1 1s CENT. XIX.

5 AINGER (Rev. Alfred) A.L.s. respecting his Appointment as Select Preacher for Christ Church, Oxford, 2 pp., 8vo, 4s 6d

1891

6 AINSWORTH (W. H., famous Novelist) A.L.s., giving permission to an editor to publish an extract from one of his works, 1 pp., 8vo, nice specimen, 10s 6d 1873

7 ALBEMARLE (Lady) A.L.s. to Mr. Brudenell, her Uncle, 24 pp., 4to, 4s 6d

1745 The lady writes to express her surprise that her Uncle should deny a debt of £200 which he owed to her.

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8 ALBUM containing a good and interesting Collection of Letters relating to the Stage, in all 121 letters, with 15 good portraits, including A.Lrs.s. of :Wilson Barrett, Elihu Burritt, W. Dimond, Nellie Farren, George Grossmith, Edith Herand, Mary Howitt, Sir Henry Irving, Mrs. Langtry, Rose Leclercq, H. Marston, A. W. Pinero, Ellen Terry, F. C. Burnand, Sir John Hare, etc.; also 2 A.Lrs.s. of A. W. Smith and one of Rammohun Roy, with a portrait on silk; also a Doc. signed by Sir Godfrey Kneller, etc., folio, half calf, £6 10s

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Of Autograph Letters, franked envelopes and signatures, Contains 93 A.Lrs.s., including Paganini, the famous violinist, Jas. Sheridan Knowles, C. J. Mathews the Younger, and other noted persons. About 230 franked envelopes and 122 signatures, besides a collection of about 127 small engraved views of English and Welsh Cathedrals, Churches and Abbeys, 4to, half morocco, £1 10s Among the curiosities in this volume is an order of the London and Birmingham Railway, dated 1845, ordering the Rugby Special train to stop at a local station for the accommodation of Mr. Balderson; a Lottery Ticket dated 1795; an "Electric Telegraph Company message dated 1854; two sheets of signatures of celebrated musicians and singers, including Guilia Grisi, Balfe

Containing an interesting Collection of A.Lrs.s. of Statesmen, etc., comprising 26 signed envelopes, including envelopes signed by King Leopold of the Belgians, Queen Marie Amelie, Princess Alice, etc., and 151 letters, including A.Lrs.s. of Lord Canning, Viscount Monck, John Bright, Duke of Argyll, Duke of Buckingham, etc.; also an A.L. in the third person of Stephenson (Robert) to Sir Robert Peel, and a Doc. concerning the Pretender (in Latin), being a sentence by the College of Edinburgh against Richard Dundas, dated 16th April, 1718, folio, half calf, £2 2s

Containing a large Collection of Franked Envelopes, Autograph Letters Signed, Specimens of Handwriting, Cuttings and Portraits. The A.Lrs.s. include Dinah Muloch, John Abernethy, Sir J. Gibson Craig, Sir R. H. Inglis, Lady E. Stuart Wortley, Captain Basil Hall, and many others. The franks and signatures include the King of Hanover, the Princess Elizabeth, Ra. Abercromby, Mary FitzRoy, Sir Charles Napier, J. C. Hobhouse, T. N. Talfourd, Miss L. H. Sheridan, T. Campbell, Daniel O'Connell, Michael Faraday, etc. Also some verses (signed) and sketches by James Hadfield (who fired at K. George III.), written while he was in Bethlem Asylum, 1826, the whole mounted in a 4to volume, old half morocco, £1 1s

Containing a large number of Signatures, chiefly of Actors and Actresses of the early nineteenth century. A.Lrs.s. of R. B. Peake, J. S. Knowles, and R. W. Elliston. Also many engravings (views of cities, portraits, etc.), all laid down in a volume, roy. 8vo, old half calf, 10s 6d

M.M.