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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. Autograph Quotation dated and Signed:
“Count that day lost whose low decending sun / Views from thy hand no worthy action
done. / HBStowe.” 1 page, 2
3
/
4
x6
3
/
4
inches; matted with a portrait and framed.
NOT EXAM
-
INED OUT OF FRAME
.
“Nook Farm,” 13 February 1858
[150/250]
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STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. Autograph Letter Signed, “HB Stowe,” to
“Dear Mr. Wilson” [Vice President to Ulysses S. Grant?], hoping that the newspapers are
incorrect in reporting that he would not be coming to Florida and criticising the newspa-
pers for being unreliable, renewing her invitation to visit, sending regards from the
Professor. 3
1
/
2
pages, 8vo, written on a single folded sheet; small holes from abrasions on
terminal page with minor loss to text. (AKF)
Np, 23 January 1874
[250/350]
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THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. Autograph Letter Signed,
“WMThackeray,” to Lady Stanley [of Alderley], mentioning a book she suggested, remark-
ing that he had come from Brighton feeling unwell and declining to visit for that reason.
Written and signed in a miniature hand.
1
/
2
page, 8vo, with integral blank; short closed tear
in right edge repaired with tissue verso, remnants of prior mounting to terminal page
along center vertical fold.
London, “Saturday” no year
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“
. . . I hope I shall be better, I wish I may be better, and then I will come with very much plea-
sure indeed to see you. I wish you all to be happier than I am at this present . . . .”
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(SCOTT, WALTER.) Three letters relating to Scott family funerals, each to
Robert Reid of Portobello, Scotland. The first, an invitation to Sir Walter Scott’s funeral,
signed by his son, Walter Scott. The second, a printed announcement of the death of
Charles Scott, second son of Sir Walter Scott, in Tehran, Persia * The third, an invitation to
the funeral of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Walter Scott, signed by Scott Lockhart (son of Sir
Walter Scott’s daughter Sophia). Format and condition vary. (AKF)
Abbotsford, 22 September 1832; London, 27 December 1841;
Abbotsford, 28 April 1847
[300/400]
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SOLZHENITSYN, ALEXANDER. Signature on a souvenir typescript of the
opening paragraphs of his novel,
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
, in English, with a
typed inscription to John Thomas. 1 page, 4to.
Np, September 1980
[150/250]
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STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS.
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Mrs
Ehrich,” writing from his sick bed, apologiz-
ing for not thanking her sooner. 1 page, small
8vo, with integral blank, grid ruled paper;
remnants of mounting on verso of terminal
page. (AKF)
Np, nd
[600/900]
“
I am in bed and in the least gallant and the least
grateful frame of mind conceivable. A little essay on
the relation between civility and tempertaure were
needful to defend my silence. And truly I do not
feel able to write anything but the briefest note . . .
. [T]hough I have never written to thank you, I
have been punishing your cakes. . . .”
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