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35 [Written in the Lodz Ghetto; Featured in the Yiddish Book Center's Exhibit] Szajewicz (Shayevitsh), Simhah Bunam Araynfir unBiblio.com

…LEKH-LEKHA…sic. LECH LECHA LECHO LEKHO

194613981Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn 1946. 1st edition. Later cloth with original dramatic photgraphic cover mounted on front 8vo 70 1 pages 1 l. includes facsimiles. 21 cm. Poems. "Oysgabes fun Der Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn. Serye yidishe literatur 1." <br> A committee dedicated to recording the fate of Polish Jews published this book length poem by Simkhah Szajewics. Written in the Lodz Ghetto it appeared immediately after the war in 1946; Szajewicz perished in a concentration camp in 1944" from the permanent exhibit at the National Yiddish Book Center which houses their copy in their Rare Book Collection. <br> The book actually includes two long poems: "Lekh-lekha" and "Friling 702 " as well as letters and other related material. <br> See David Roskies interesting reflection on this work and it's stunning photographic cover at jtsa.edu/torah/go-forth-the-grammar-of-remembrance. <br> For more about the author-poet see Chava rosenfarb's essay on Shayevitch in Tablet Magazine at tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-last-poet-of-lodz. SUBJECTS: Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Lódz. Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945 -- Poetry. Jews -- Correspondence. Expertly rebound in attractive black cloth with the original photographic front cover mounted on the front. Very Good Condition. B HOLO2-110-36-CCALX-'emm H-40-10. Lodzsh: Tsentraler Yidisher Historisher Komisye baym Tsentral-Komitet fun Poylishe Yidn unknown

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OCOG 80 (THE OLYMPIAD-80 ORGANISING COMMITTEE, IN COOPERATION WITH MARTINI INTERNATIONAL CLUB)Biblio.com

…1979 Official Calendar of the Organising Committee of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow…

aly1290np: Olympiad-80 Organising Committee in cooperation with Martini international club 1979. Official Olympic Calendar. 26 1/2" x 18 1/2" 67.2 x 46.8cm. 15 leaves. text in Russian English & French. photo offset lithograph curled edges tattered first leave completely detatched with few short tears throughout edges [np: Olympiad-80 Organising Committee in cooperation with Martini international club, 1979] unknown

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'F Anstey', pseudonym of the English humorist Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934) [John Gideon Wilson (1876-1963), proprietor of tBiblio.com

‘‘F. Anstey’ pseudonym of the English humorist Thomas Anstey Guthrie. Autograph Letter Signed ‘Anstey Guthrie’ to J. G. Wilson proprietor of the London booksellers J. & E. Bumpus.

2620131 October 1931. On letterhead of 24 Holland Park Road Kensington W. London. See the two menâ€™s entries in the Oxford DNB. In good condition on the first leaf of bifolium. There are extensive pencil annotations in a later hand on the second leaf. Very neatly written. Addressed to â€˜J. G. Wilson Esqre.â€™ and signed â€˜Anstey Guthrieâ€™. He has â€˜much pleasureâ€™ in answering Wilsonâ€™s question. â€˜â€˜Shut Outâ€™ is a short story of mine which was published in Longmans Magazine about 1895 or 6 afterwards included in a volume of short stories under the title of â€œThe Talking Horseâ€. I think published by Messrs. Smith & Elder - but now long out of print. â€œThe Talking Horseâ€ is included in â€œHumour & Fantasyâ€ but not â€œShut Outâ€.â€™ See Image. 31 October 1931. On letterhead of 24 Holland Park Road, Kensington, W. [London] unknown

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Percy Merriman [Percival Harry Merriman] (1882-1966), musician and songwriter with the Roosters troupe of entertainers, who begaBiblio.com

‘What a play!’: Percy Merriman musician and songwriter mainstay of the Roosters troupe of entertainers. Autograph Letter Signed to theatre historian W. J. Macqueen-Pope recalling Sir George Alexander’s 1896 production of ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’.

2453214 October no year but before 1958. On letterhead of ‘Percy Merriman / Lecturer and Entertainer / 37 Parliament Hill / London / N.W.3’. From the Macqueen-Pope papers see his entry in the Oxford DNB. Merriman was accorded the honour of an episode of the BBC’s Desert Island Discs in 1964. 2pp 12mo. Signed ‘Percy’ and addressed to ‘Dear Popie’. In good condition lightly aged with one dog-eared corner and folded twice for postage. Begins: ‘Am not of course seeking any publicity over your book on St. James Theatre published in 1958 only wish I could help more. / You know of course Allan Ainsworth sic for ‘Aynesworth’ is alive the doyen of the Garrick Club! He played often with George. Alexander. - in Pinero & Wilde. In the Prisoner of Zenda 1896 he was the young artist - charming looking young man. Another lovely young woman was in cast. Lily Hanbury! H. M. Vernon sic for W. H. Vernon was Col. Sapt & Franklin Dyall young Fritz Von Tarlenheim Dyall was in fact ‘Josef’ while ‘Von Tarlenheim’ was played by Arthur Royston / There was a marvellous duel in prologue - . G. A. very fine swordsman’. He ends after a short paragraph beginning ‘What a play!’: ‘Cherio old man. No reply wanted’. 14 October [no year, but before 1958]. On letterhead of ‘Percy Merriman / Lecturer and Entertainer / 37 Parliament Hill / Lond unknown

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'Ulster Scot' [Rev John Charles Fulton Hood (1884-1964), Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General to the Forces, husband of harpist HelBiblio.com

‘Ulster Scot’ Rev. J. C. F. Hood Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General to the Forces. Newspaper cutting of letter to The Times from Hood with Manuscript Letter from ‘Ulster Scot’ thanking him and note from W. Vance Packman disputing facts.

25793Letter â€˜Postmark: Belfastâ€™ dated 30 October 1929. Newspaper cutting of Hoodâ€™s letter to The Times dated 28 October 1929. Undated anonymous note from 19 Sutton Court Road Chiswick London. Hood was married to the harpist Helen Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser 1889-1967 daughter of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser 1857-1930 the celebrated collector and singer of Hebridean songs. The two items are in good condition lightly aged. ONE: Manuscript Letter Signed by â€˜Ulster Scot.â€™ 1p 8vo. Begins: â€˜Dear Rev Sir / Glad to see you took up the â€œcudgelsâ€ on behalf of the â€œUlster Scot.â€â€™ The writer of the letter considers that the part played by this group â€˜in building industry &c.â€™ was surpassed by their efforts â€˜in cristainising sic and civilising the nations of the worldâ€™. Descending into sectarianism he continues: â€˜The Roman Catholic Hierarchy judging from their public speeches would have us believe the very opposite. Like many another Scott I read with delight your article to the â€œTimesâ€ and on behalf of myself and others I return you my sincerest thanksâ€™. TWO: Unsigned Note 1p 8vo addressed from â€˜19 Sutton Court Road. / London. Chiswick. W.â€™ Clearly written by Roman Catholic businessman W. Vance Packman who corresponded from this address at the time. Reads: â€˜It is a pity that you have failed to point out that all the above were Celtic Catholics in communion with Apostolic Seeâ€™. Annotated by Hood: â€˜My answer to this was that I was confining myself to facts.â€™ Laid down at the centre of the page is a newspaper cutting of a letter to The Times from â€˜REV. J. C. F. HOOD The Vicarage Garstang Lancashireâ€™ headed â€˜Points from Letters / The Ulster Scottâ€™. Begins: â€˜Your columns lately have dealt with the achievements of Ulster Scots in the sphere of government law literature and science. May I extend the record into the sphere of religion It is sometimes forgotten that the foundations of civilization in Great Britain were laid to a great extent by men of that breed.â€™ Letter (‘Postmark: Belfast’) dated 30 October 1929. Newspaper cutting of Hood’s letter to The Times dated 28 October 1929. unknown

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Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), leading English playwright, after beginning as an actor in Sir Henry Irving's company at theBiblio.com

‘Too serious an affair for the taste of the ordinary playgoer’: Sir Arthur Wing Pinero English playwright. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs. Hughes’ regarding matters including his play ‘The Thunderbolt’.

2410712 May 1908. On letterhead of 14 Hanover Square W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. The valediction reads ‘Yours alway faithfully / Arthur W. Pinero’ and it is written with quite a flourish: the ‘y’ of ‘faithfully’ hooks downwards in a long squiggle exrending downwards past the right of the termination of Pinero’s signature which rises upwards being dotted above and below the signature’s underlining. He feels that her ‘kind letter is all the more welcome inasmuch as it gives signs’ that she is recovering from her recent illness. ‘We have indeed been greatly concerned at the bad news we have heard of you. I hope that the present fine weather will set you up completely.’ He thanks her for what she says about his play ‘The Thunderbolt’: ‘I fear it is rather too serious an affair for the taste of the ordinary playgoer; but we shall see.’ He ends with ‘repeated acknowledgments’. 12 May 1908. On letterhead of 14 Hanover Square, W. [London.] unknown

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Samuel Parr (1747-1825), author, divine and pedagogue, known as 'the Whig Dr Johnson' [Kelynge Greenway, Mayor of Warwick]:Biblio.com

‘The Whig Dr Johnson’: Samuel Parr author divine and pedagogue. Autograph Card in the third person to the Mayor of Warwick ‘Keeling Greenway’ Kelynge Greenway. In envelope with red wax seal.

2419029 November 1820. Hatton near Warwick. An almost miraculously legible example of Parrâ€™s normally atrocious hand. His entry in the Oxford DNB states that â€˜Parr was flogged only once at Harrow for bad handwriting and to no effect. His writing remained atrocious all his life so much so that on an occasion when he wrote to ask for 'two lobsters' his friend read the words as â€œtwo eggsâ€.â€™ On one side of blank card. In envelope with indistinguishable seal in red wax addressed by Parr to â€˜Keeling Greenway Esqr / Mayor of Warwickâ€™. Reads: â€˜Dr Parr presents his respectful Compliments to the Mayor of Warwick & would have been happy to do himself the honour of dining with him on Tuesday the fifth of December if he had not been previously engaged for that Day at Guyâ€™s Cliff - / Hatton Novr. 29th. / 1820.â€™ See image. 29 November 1820. Hatton [near Warwick]. unknown

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Wilson Carlile ['The Chief'] (1847-1942), Anglican evangelist, founder in 1882 of the Church Army and Prebendary of St Paul's CaBiblio.com

‘The Vagrant Criminal and Inebriate Classes’: Wilson Carlile ‘The Chief’ Prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral and Founder of the Church Army. Autograph Letter Signed asking W. S. De Winton for assistance in helping persons to a ‘fresh start’.

243375 May 1896; on leterhead of 130 Edgeware Road London W. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The Church Army still active today was founded in 1882 as a Church of England equivalent to the Methodists’ Salvation Army. From the papers of the recipient Wilfred Seymour De Winton of Haverfordwest. 3pp 12mo. On a bifolium of grey paper. In good condition lightly aged. Signed ‘W Carlile / Hon. Chief Sec.’ To the left of the signature in the bottom-left of the recto of the second leaf is a purple ink stamp of the following: ‘WRITTEN BY ONE OF OUR POOR STRUGGLING LABOUR HOME BROTHERS’. He begins what is undoubtedly one of many such letters he had to write: ‘Dear Mr De Winton / The Vagrant Criminal and Inebriate Classes a seething mass of our fellow men look to us as the hand of the Church held out to give them a last chance.’ While many could ‘get a fresh start in life after 2 or 3 months staying in one of our Labour Homes the lack of funds compels us day by day to refuse numbers of genuine helpable persons’. He stresses that the homes ‘are not Shelters and are limited to 25 Inmates men women and youths all received irrespective of creed’. He states that 51 1/2 per cent of those who passed through the institutions in the year 1895 ‘obtained a fresh start’ and that the organisation requires ‘£100000 annually’. ‘The financial burdens come heavily on us who nearly all work without any pay.’ He asks if De Winton can help them ‘regain by labour & religion many rapidly sinking into the vortex of crime and misery.’ 5 May 1896; on leterhead of 130 Edgeware Road, London W. unknown

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'The Tichborne Claimant' (d1898): the soi-disant Sir Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne (b1829), held to be an imposter named ArthuBiblio.com

‘The Tichborne Claimant’: the soi-disant Sir Roger Charles Doughty-Tichborne held to be an imposter named Arthur Orton. Signed Autograph inscription as ‘R. C. D. Tichborne’ with Signed Autograph inscription by Major-General Arthur Phelps.

25523Inscription by the Tichborne Claimant dated 6 March 1893. Inscription by Phelps dated 9 December 1890. The Tichborne Case was very possibly the greatest scandal of Victorian England. See the entry for ‘Tichborne claimant’ with subheading for ‘Arthur Orton’ in the Oxford DNB. Trained as a civil engineer Major-General Arthur Phelps 1837-1920 civil engineer was a prominent homeopath anti-vaccinationist and anti-vivisectionist who promoted his views as proprietor and editor of the Citizen newspaper. Each inscription is on one side of a single 11.5 x 18.5 cm piece of gilt-edged wove paper presumably extracted from an autograph album. In good condition lightly aged with small patch of minor discoloration at the foot. In the claimant’s distinctive hand at the head of the verso: ‘Norwich. / March 6th/93 / Yours truly / R. C. D. Tichborne’. And on the recto: ‘Inoculating one disease in a child in order to prevent his taking another is like sowing dandelion seeds on the lawn to prevent weeds from growing on it. / A. Phelps / 9th. December 1890.’ Between the signature and date in a contemporary hand: ‘Major-General of the Indian Army’. See Image. Inscription by the Tichborne Claimant dated 6 March 1893. Inscription by Phelps dated 9 December 1890. unknown

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G L M Strauss [Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss] (c1807-1887), Anglo-Canadian writer and dramatist, nicknamed 'The Old Bohemian' [OBiblio.com

‘The Old Bohemian’: G. L. M. Strauss Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss Anglo-Canadian writer and dramatist. Autograph Letter Signed to Octavian Blewitt of the Royal Literary Fund describing his poor personal and financial situation.

263704 June 1883; 4 Inverness Terrace Broadstairs Kent. See his entry and Blewitt’s in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. On bifolium. In good condition on lightly aged laid paper with thin strip of tape from mount on reverse of second leaf. Thirty-seven lines of text. Addressed to ‘Octavian Blewitt Esq.’ and signed ‘G. L. M. Strauss’. He begins by describing his situation: ‘I venture to solicit your kind friendly advice. You know that two years ago a well nigh fatal illness compelled me to leave The Charterhouse on an out pension of a guinea a week - an exchange which I bet to assure you I have no reason or wish to regret.’ During his eighteen months of illness he ‘received only nine pounds a quarter - fifty-four pounds in all - from the institution. Even the kindness of my friends could not then altogether shield me from incurring some pecuniary liability to enable me to live through this period of more than usual expense’. Since his recovery he has written his reminiscences which have ‘yielded me only seventy pounds for the copyright’. The letter continues with further news and he ends by asking Blewitt whether he should appeal to the committee of the Royal Literary Fund. 4 June 1883; 4 Inverness Terrace, Broadstairs, Kent. unknown

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'The most fashionable place in London': The Clarendon Hotel, Bond Street [Georgian England]:Biblio.com

‘The most fashionable place in London’: The Clarendon Hotel Bond Street; Foreign 'Great and Good@ Around 180 entries in the hotel guestbook on extracted leaves the greater part of them signatures of ‘Nobility and Gentry and Foreigners of rank’.

25462The Clarendon Hotel Bond Street London. The entries all said to date from 1831. The Clarendon Hotel was once - as â€˜Routledgeâ€™s Popular Guide to Londonâ€™ stated in 1862 - â€˜the most fashionable place in Londonâ€™ and the present collection of autograph signatures from its guestbook all of them said to date from 1831 bear witness to the fact that - as â€˜Gilbertâ€™s Visitorâ€™s Guide to Londonâ€™ 1851 states - it was â€˜frequented by the Nobility and Gentry and Foreigners of rankâ€™. Its reputation had been made during the Regency period and in 1820 â€˜Leighâ€™s New Picture of Londonâ€™ stated that it â€˜and Jaquiers are now one hotelâ€™. The hotelâ€™s fame is indicated by the fact that two years after the date of the present collection in 1833 the its pretensions were ridiculed from Scotland by â€˜Blackwoodâ€™s Magazineâ€™: â€˜â€œI hopeâ€ said Mâ€˜Goul â€œitâ€™s a goot house - no sand crunching upon the floor nor the rafters plack with peat reek.â€â€™ Walter Besant provides information regarding the hotel in his â€˜Survey of Londonâ€™ 1911 â€˜At No. 169 on the west side of Bond Street was the Clarendon Hotel formerly the town house of the Dukes of Grafton and afterwards the residence about 1741 of the elder Pitt. The hotel was closed in 1877 and replaced by a row of shops.â€™ The revised â€˜Surveyâ€™ 1980 provides more information. The present collection of material consists of a large number of autograph signatures on gilt-edged leaves extracted from the Clarendon Hotel guestbook: a total of seven full leaves dating from between 15 October and 2 November 1831 and nine slips cut from leaves seven of them dating from the April 1831. The material is in good condition with minor signs of age. Accompanying the material are two Typed Letters Signed to Mrs I. McArthur of Croydon from the City of Westminster Public Libraries. The first from the City Engineer and Surveyor W. W. Ratcliff 28 January 1953 refers her to the author of the second written three days later from the Archivist G. F. Osborn which states: â€˜The Clarendon Hotel was situated on the west side of New Bond Street. Its number in 1831 was 169 but the building of that date covered the approximate frontage now taken up by Nos. 173-178 New Bond Street. At one time in the 1830s but not I think as early as 1831 it extended backwards and included No. 20 Albemarle Street.â€™ An autograph postscript reads: â€˜Asprey corner of Bond St. & Grafton St. is 165 New Bond St. It must have been between Grafton St & the Bond St. entrance of the Royal Arcade backing on to what is now the Royal Institution 21 Albemarle St.â€™. Also present is a meticulous collection of manuscript material relating to the autographs presumably the work of Mrs. McArthur or associate including a four-page transcription of the material not entirely accurate dated by the writer to the year 1831 in a neat close hand an alphabetical index of names 2pp 4to and six pages of biographical information 6pp 4to relating to signatories. There are around 180 entries of names and titles with addresses occasionally added in another hand. A small percentage for example Talleyrand and Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy are clearly NOT the signatures of the parties named in these cases apparently entered by the same hotel staff who added the addresses but the range of variation between the different entries coupled with some spot-checking indicates that most are genuine signatures of the parties named although on some occasions the names of women are given in the hand of the â€˜head of the familyâ€™. A few individuals for example the Count of Montara Sir Brook Taylor and the future prime minister Palmerston sign several times. An entire list of the names is as follows: the first four among the non-signatures Lord Southampton; Lord Godrich; Prince de Talleyrande; â€˜Mr Wood 13 <> St.â€™; Lt. Colonel Henry Webster; Lord Palmerston; Mr Ashley; Sir Robert Chester; Sir George Seymour; Sir Charles <Dalbias> Inspector General of Cavalry; Major Sullivan 3rd Dragoon Guards â€˜Aidecampâ€™; Earl Bathurst; Viscount Villiers; â€˜The Lord Chancellorâ€™; â€˜Koscheleffâ€™; Sir James Graham; Vice Admiral Sir Edward Codrington; Mr Bradshaw; Earl of Jersey; Mr A Vail; Sir Gore Ouseley; General Viscount Combermere; Sylvain Van De Weyer; â€˜Colonel Hill Royal Horse Guardsâ€™; the following two not signatures Sir John Elley; Lord Cavendish; the following three marked as â€˜not autographsâ€™ Marquis Salisbury; Sir A. W. Clifford; Lord W. Russell; note in French by â€˜Le Docteur de <Florn> 93 Strand corner of Beaufort Buildingsâ€™ paying compliments to â€˜S. E. le Comte dâ€™Orloffâ€™; Major General Sir John Macdonald; Mr George Villiers; Lieut General Sir James Kempt; Earl of Beverley; Le Comte de Rochechouart; Lieut. General Sir Hudson Lowe; â€˜Lord Grosvenor 15 Grosvenor Sqâ€™; the following five on a slip headed â€˜Clarendon Hotel Friday October 14th.â€™ â€˜Le Baron Hy. de Bode general Major et Commandeur de lâ€™ArsÃ©nal de St. Petersbourgâ€™ â€˜Major Wernick <> Russian Vice Consul / 44 Great <> Street Hanover Squareâ€™ â€˜Mrs Stuart 13 Bolton Row Piccadillyâ€™ â€˜The Marquess of Winchester 27 Cavendish Squareâ€™ â€˜Earl of Albemarle North Britainâ€™; Sir Brook Taylor â€˜55 Portland Placeâ€™; Earl of Erroll; Earl of Munster â€˜13 Belgrave Streetâ€™; â€˜His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussexâ€™ â€˜Kensington Palaceâ€™; Le Baron de Ralamb Charge dâ€™Affaires de Suede et de Norvegeâ€™; â€˜Lt Colonel Fox Gren. Guards â€˜Kensington Squareâ€™; Alexy de Wahl; Count Rechberg; second signature â€˜Lt Colonel Fox Gren. Guards Ecuyer de S Mâ€™; Baron de <>; Cher. dâ€™A<> L<>; Lord Burghersh; Lord Fitzroy Somerset; second signature Alex sic de Wahl; â€˜Miss S. Wyngard Kensington Palaceâ€™; Captn Sir Geoarge Seymour RN; Dr Francis Seymour Guards; Earl of Morley; Marshal Lord Beresford; Sir William Fremantle; Lady Mary Taylor; both in same hand â€˜Earl of Albemarle / Countess of Albemarleâ€™; Lt. Colonel Webster; â€˜Duchess Dowr. of Richmondâ€™; Marchioness of Winchester; Countess Bathurst & Lady Georgiana Bathurst; â€˜Le Comte Dâ€™Aglie Ministre de Sardaigneâ€™; Captain a Court RN; Cte Dietrichstein; second time Marshal Lord Beresford; Cte Donkoff; Earl of Carnarvon; the following three in the same hand and not that of Sir Thomas Hardy Lady Hardy; The Miss Hardy; Sir Thomas Hardy; â€˜Mr C W Chastinâ€™; Earl of Denbigh; Earl and Countess of Carlisle; Lord Hill; all in one hand â€˜lâ€™ambassadeur des Pays Bas et Md. Falck / le Baron de <> de Wynvelt / Ambassadeur des Pays bas pres de la Sublime porte / la Barone. de Zuylenâ€™; â€˜Le Ministre dâ€™Espagne et Mme. de <> B<ermudez>; The Marchioness of Stafford; following two in same hand Countess Gower; Earl Gower; Countess of Sandwich; following two in the same hand Lord Dover; Lady Dover; â€˜Lord & Lady William Russell; â€˜Lord & Lady Fitzroy Somerset.â€™; Lord St Helens; Baron de Bode; Lady Mary Fox; Sir Robert Chester; Countess Mengden; Lord Palmerston; â€˜Mr. de Gersdorft Ministre-Resident de S. M. le Roi de Saxeâ€™ Mr Temple; â€˜The Bavarian Minister & Baroness de Cettoâ€™; Lod Wharncliffe; Lord Clanwilliam; Lord Dudley; Lord Lothian; Ld Stuart de Rothesay; Lady Wharncliffe; Earl Bathurst; Marquess of Landsdowne; Le Baron de Neumann; Lord Falkland; next two in same hand Lord Frederick FitzClarence; Lady Frederick FitzClarence; Lord Holland; next two in same hand Marquis of Clanricarde; Marchioness of Clanricarde; â€˜Colonel Porter Aide de Camp to H R H the Duke of Cumberlandâ€™; M de <>; next three in same hand Lord Beverley; Countess of Beverley; Lady Louisa Percy; Count de Mortara; Colonel Trench; Sir Stratford Canning; Countess Cowper; Earl Cowper; Lady Ann Beckett; Lord Arthur Lennox; Le Chevalier du Zea Bermudez; Sir V<> L<ambe>; next two in same hand Viscount Falkland; Viscountess Falkland; next two in same hand Lady Frederick FitzClarence; Lord Augustus FitzClarence; Count Mandelsloh; next two in same hand Countess of Grey; Earl of Grey; â€˜Lâ€™Ambassadeur de France / La Duchesse de Dinoâ€™; next two in same hand Lord Lilford; Lady Lilford; next three in same hand Earl of Beverley; Countess of Beverley; Ladies Percy; Earl of Mulgrave; The Marchioness of Stafford; â€˜Le Prince Frederic de Hohenlohe Oehringenâ€™; â€˜Le Baron Bockelberg Chamberllan de S M. le Roi de Preuss sicâ€™; Lord Howard of Effingham; Earl of Burnley; second Le Comte de Mortara; Lord Arthur Lennox; second â€˜The Chevalier du Zea Bermudezâ€™; â€˜Sir F: <Lambe>; P. Esterhazy; second â€˜Prince Frederic de Hohenlohe Oehringenâ€™; second â€˜Le Baron de Bockelberg Chambellan de S. M. le Roi de Prusseâ€™; third Le Comte de Mortara; second Sir Brook Taylor; â€˜the Bavarian Ministerâ€™; Le Prince de Leiven; Sir John Brooke Pechel; â€˜Lt. Col. Greenwood / 2nd Life Guardsâ€™; Count Ruhberg; third Prince Frederic de Hohenlohe Oehringenâ€™; third â€˜Le Baron de Bockelbergâ€™; fourth Le Comte de Mortara; â€˜le Comte Michele Woronzowâ€™; Mr John Talbot; fifth Le Comte de Mortara; third Sir Brook Taylor; Lady Frederick Bentinck; Mrs. L. Fox; â€˜Marquess & Marchss. of Westminsterâ€™; â€˜Le Baron et la Baronne de BÃ¼lowâ€™; â€˜Le Baron de Neu<>; second Sir John Brooke Pechel; Lord Marcus Hill; â€˜Benkhausenâ€™; â€˜Tolstoyâ€™ father of the novelist; second Prince Esterazy; â€˜Major Genl. Sir George Quentin Kerrâ€™; second Count Mandelsloh; second le Prince de Lieven; â€˜<M:> de Paliansky gentilhomme de la Chambre de S. MÃ©. L Empereur de toutes les Russiesâ€™; â€˜Le Comte de Ruhbergâ€™; â€˜Le Comte De Morelâ€™; â€˜Count Danneskiold-SamosoÃ¨â€™; sixth Le Comte de Mortara. The Clarendon Hotel, Bond Street, London. The entries all said to date from 1831. unknown

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James Parsons (1799-1877) of York, Congregational minister, son of the preacher Edward Parsons (1762-1833):Biblio.com

‘The most remarkable pulpit orator of his time’: James Parsons of York Congregational minister. Autograph Letter Signed to Rev. J. Rawlinson discussing his ‘intended retirement from my Pastorate in York’.

2434620 July 1870. High Harrogate Yorkshire. See his entry in the Oxford DNB which characterizes him as â€˜the most remarkable pulpit orator of his timeâ€™ and that of his father. 3pp 12mo. On bifolium. Somewhat aged and with the recto of the first leaf grubby but with text clear and complete with thirty-three lines of text in Parsonsâ€™ close and neat hand. Signed â€˜James Parsonsâ€™ and addressed to â€˜Revd. J. Rawlinsonâ€™. He â€˜must reluctantly decline to complyâ€™ with Rawlinsonâ€™s request. He wonders whether he has â€˜seen or heard of an announcement in â€œthe Leeds Mercuryâ€ with reference to my intended retirement from my Pastorate in Yorkâ€™. He does not know how it got there â€˜but the fact is that at the close of October fifty years will have passed since I first preached in York and then my purpose is to relinquish my Chargeâ€™. He continues with reference to his deacon his â€˜heavyâ€™ labours and the â€˜decisive stepâ€™ he is taking. In the last paragraph he notes that he has â€˜taken no engagement from home except one for more than two years and I must yet persevere in the same courseâ€™. 20 July 1870. High Harrogate [Yorkshire]. unknown

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W H Russell [Sir William Howard Russell] (1820-1907), correspondent for The Times in the Crimean War, American Civil War, IndianBiblio.com

‘The most famous newspaper correspondent the world has ever seen': W. H. Russell Sir William Howard Russell of The Times. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘brother Broadley’ A. M. Broadley regarding a masonic ‘junction’ and ‘promotion’.

26361‘The Raven Hotel / Droitwich / Ap. 6. 87 1887’. According to Russell’s entry in the Oxford DNB while reporting on the Civil War he was described by one American newspaper as ‘the most famous newspaper correspondent the world has ever seen'. The inscription on his memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral calls him ‘'the first and greatest of War Correspondents'. He coined the phrase ‘thin red line’ was instrumental in the sending of Florence Nightingale to the Crimea and is said to have written the report that inspired Tennyson to write ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’. Like Broadley whose omission from the DNB is as scandalous as his career Russell was an active freemason. 2pp 12mo. In trimmed windowpane mount. In good condition lightly aged with slight glue staining on reverse. Folded once. Signed ‘W H Russell’. The subject is freemasonry Russell is not known to have shared Broadley’s other interests. Begins: ‘dear brother Broadley / I am pickling here in the hope that I may be fit for exportation anon & I shall not be in London till my course is over on 17th’. In consequence he will be unable to attend ‘the junction of Bros. Lawson Peters & Toole & the promotion of Brs Prince Helwig & Lord Delamere’. Broadley a distinguished autograph-collector also merited a long entry in Wikipedia for his other activities. ‘The Raven [Hotel] / Droitwich / Ap. 6. 87 [1887]’. unknown

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W H Russell [Sir William Howard Russell] (1820-1907), pioneering Anglo-Irish journalist, correspondent of The Times in the CrimeBiblio.com

‘The most famous newspaper correspondent the world has ever seen': W. H. Russell Sir William Howard Russell of The Times. Autograph Letter Signed in French to M. Barbotte requesting a hotel room and mentioning the ‘temps terrible’ of 1870.

2433616 February 1884; 24 Avenue Victor Hugo Paris on letterhead of the New Club Boulevard Malesherbes. According to Russell’s entry in the Oxford DNB while reporting on the Civil War he was described by one American newspaper as ‘the most famous newspaper correspondent the world has ever seen'. The inscription on his memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral calls him ‘'the first and greatest of War Correspondents'. He coined the phrase ‘thin red line’ was instrumental in the sending of Florence Nightingale to the Crimea and is said to have written the report that inspired Tennyson to write ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’. The recipient was the proprietor of the Hotel and Restaurant Henry IV Saint-Germain-en-Laye which according to an advertisement in Galignani’s ‘New Paris Guide for 1879’ was ‘The only Hotel on the Terrace. / Highly recommended and old-established / Louis XIV. was born in this House on the 5th Sept. 1638.’. The present item is 2pp 12mo. In fair condition aged and worn with thin strip of glue from mount along the gutter. Folded twice. Signed ‘W H Russell’. He enquires after ‘un petit apartment libre pour le lundi ou mardi en cas de besoin’ at a price ‘convenable à ma fortune’. He describes the specifications he requires before noting that M. de Blonetz ma dit ce que j’ai entendu avec plaisir que vous avez garde des souvenirs aimables de moi depuis cet temp terrible 70. 71’. In a postscript he expresses anxiety that ‘il y aura une grande foule à St Germain le lundi pour les courses’. It may be that Russell attended the racing with the future King Edward VII: he was as the Oxford DNB states ‘a member of the Prince of Wales's circle though his relationship with the prince fluctuated and he deplored the depravity and obscenity of some of his set’. 16 February 1884; 24 Avenue Victor Hugo [Paris], on letterhead of the New Club, Boulevard Malesherbes, unknown

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W L Wyllie [William Lionel Wyllie] (1851-1931), 'the most distinguished marine artist of his day' [S W Luard; the Salters' CompaBiblio.com

‘The most distinguished marine artist of his day’: W. L. Wyllie William Lionel Wyllie. Autograph Letter Signed to S. W. Luard declining a dinner invitation from the Salters’ Company as he is starting for Norway at the end of the month.

262281 June 1910; on embossed letterhead of Tower House Tower Street Portsmouth. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 16mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Signed ‘W. L. Wyllie.’ He is sorry that he will be unable to avail himself of ‘the kind invitation to dinner sent me by the Master of the Salters Company’. He is starting for Norway on the last day of the month and will not return until the end of July. 1 June 1910; on embossed letterhead of Tower House, Tower Street, Portsmouth. unknown

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Lord Birkett [William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett] (1883-1962), judge, a British representative at the Nuremberg Trials, LBiblio.com

‘the lover of words as I am’: Lord Birkett judge British representative at the Nuremberg Trials. Two Typed Letters Signed one with long Autograph Postscript and Typed Note Signed all to V. H. Collins defending his use of language.

25574LETTERS: 9 July 1953 and 11 May 1954. NOTE: 14 July 1953. All three items on letterheads of the Royal Courts of Justice Strand London WC2. The third letter gives an excellent indication of Birkettâ€™s pride in his use of language. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Vere Henry Collins 1872-1966 was an author and grammatical stickler. All three signed â€˜Norman Birkettâ€™. In fair condition lightly aged and little grubby. The first letter with a small hole to one corner and the two leaves of the last letter held together with a pin. ONE: ALS 9 July 1953. 1pp 4to. He is adding Collinsâ€™s book to his â€˜select library on â€œwordsâ€â€™. â€˜I am afrait that â€œfinaliseâ€ is in frequent use as â€œI was sent to finalise the arrangementsâ€ and it is often used by witnesses in court and sometimes not without protest from me by barristers.â€™ He ends: â€˜But the purpose of this letter is to thank you if somewhat belatedly for the interest you took in the subject of my address and for your kindness in writing to me.â€™ TWO: ANS 14 July 1953. 1p 4to. He has no objection if Collins adds the note he sends him â€˜to the book now at the printersâ€™. He will get â€˜One Word and Anotherâ€™ when it is published. THREE: ALS 11 May 1954. 3pp 4to. He will read the book Collins has sent him with great pleasure â€˜for as you know anything written about words has a great fascination for meâ€™. Turning to Collinsâ€™s â€˜criticism of some remarks of mine uttered in the course of an after-dinner speechâ€™ which have appeared without Birkettâ€™s knowledge or consent he is for the most part in agreement â€˜but I take it a little hard that the unpremeditated effusion of the moment should be treated as though it were a carefully prepared essay. I will say no extempore speech can survive a scrutiny such as the scrutiny you send to me.â€™ With regard to Collinsâ€™s seven points he feels he should â€˜keep in mind the difficulties of extempore speaking. The perfect word does not always come readily to the tongue. The sentences do not always flow as one could wish and the â€œverbal expertâ€ seated in his comfortable study might make a little allowance for human frailty!â€™ In the following paragraph he turns the tables on Collins analysing his use of language in his letter to Birkett. With a veiled criticism of Collins he explains how â€˜the lover of words as I am can become a â€œtiresome pedantâ€ â€™ Collinsâ€™s criticism has clearly hit home as Birkett adds a fourteen-line postscript in his distinctive close hand ending: â€˜I cannot even be sure that the reporter took down accurately what I did say: I had no notes and never dreamt that what I said would receive this unwanted publicity and subject me to the criticism of lovers of good English!â€™ LETTERS: 9 July 1953 and 11 May 1954. NOTE: 14 July 1953. All three items on letterheads of the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, unknown

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'The Lion Hunter': Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming (1820-1866), Scottish traveller and big game hunter, whose trophies were exhibBiblio.com

‘The Lion Hunter’: Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming Scottish traveller and big game hunter. Autograph Letter Signed arranging for a portrait to be sent to the fencing master H. C. Angelo via a ‘pampered menial’.

25468'232 Piccadilly London / Septem 28. 56' 1856. At the time of writing Gordon-Cumming’s trophies were being exhibited at this Piccadilly address having previously formed part of the Great Exhibition. The recipient Henry Charles Angelo 1806-1866 was a member of the celebrated family of fencing masters and was at this time teaching the art at the Cavalry College Richmond. 2pp 12mo. On the rectos of the two leaves of a bifolium with the recipient’s name written lengthwise on the verso of the first leaf: ‘H. C. Angelo Esqr’. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice. The sort of bold and forceful hand and ebullient signature one might expect from a big game hunter. Reads: ‘Dear Sir / I have forwarded your letter to Sir Alexander. his address is Altyre. Forres. if you send a pampered menial last two words underlined to my house-keeper Mrs Lee at the museum and shew this note she will give him the portrait you require. / Yours faithfully. / Gordon Cumming’. '232 Piccadilly [London] / Septem 28. 56' [1856]. unknown

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John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury (1745-1831), Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas between 1800 and 1827, known as 'the HanginBiblio.com

‘The Hanging Judge’: the Earl of Norbury Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. Autograph Signed endorsement with that of Nathaniel Alexander Bishop of Meath to manuscript recommendation of ‘Alexander Hawthorne of Sackville Street Glover’.

247867 February 1829. Dublin. Within a couple of years of his death Norbury’s nickname was given as ‘the hanging judge’ see ‘The Georgian Era’ vol.2 1833 and yet no mention is made of the fact in his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present document is 1p 4to. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged. The declaration in a secretarial hand reads: ‘We the undersigned have pleasure in recommending Alexander Hawthorne of Sackville Street Glover as a person worthy of being honored with the commands of their Excellencies the Most Noble The Duke & Duchess of Northumberland having known him for many years to be an honest industrious respectable tradesman & one of the best Glove Manufacturers in Dublin’. Beneath this the Bishop of Meath writes: ‘45 Great Georges Street North / Feby 7th 1829 As far as I have knowledge I believe Alexander Hawthorne of Sackville Street to be an honest Man and a good Tradesman - Nathl: Meath’. And beneath that: ‘I know the bearer & know him a respectable Glover - 9 Gardiners row Norbury’. Norbury’s signature is largely written and heavily-inked. See Image. 7 February 1829. Dublin. unknown

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Ken Dodd [Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd] (1927-2018), Liverpool comedian and singer, 'the greatest theatrical comic of his age':Biblio.com

‘the greatest theatrical comic of his age’: Ken Dodd Liverpool comedian and singer. Typed Letter Signed with biographical details and signed publicity postcard with photographic portrait.

25573Letter dated ‘C/o B.B.C. Manchester. / October 9th 1957.’. Dodd’s entry in the Oxford DNB by Michael Billington concludes with the assessment that he was ‘the greatest theatrical comic of his age and the last link with the hallowed days of music hall’. The two items are in good condition lightly aged. ONE: TLS 9 October 1957. 1p 4to. Good large signature ‘Ken Dodd’. The male recipient is not named. He apologises for the late reply to the recipient’s letter. ‘May I also thank you for the compliments paid to my performance on Television. / I am a Liverpudlian residing in Knotty Ash Liverpool. / I shall be at the Manchester Palace Theatre for Pantomime This Christmas if you are in the vicinity perhaps you would care to call at the Stage-Door where my Fiancee a Liverpool Nurse and myself will be pleased to meet you.’ The ‘Liverpool Nurse’ is Anita Boutin c.1932-1977 Dodd’s partner until her death. TWO: Promotional portrait photographic postcard ‘Repro by Saidman Bros. Blackpool’ in black and white. 8.5 x 13.5 cm. A frenzied-looking Dodd with towselled hair hands upraised and fingers twitching in evening dress. Across Dodd’s chest in Autograph difficult to decipher as it is partly written over darkened areas: ‘Yours Toothfully / Ken Dodd’. See Image. Letter dated ‘C/o B.B.C. Manchester. / October 9th 1957.’ unknown

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James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (1746-1820), 'the foremost diplomat of his age', British envoy to Russia who impressed CathBiblio.com

‘The foremost diplomat of his age’: James Harris 1st Earl of Malmesbury. Autograph Letter Signed to a cleric near Cranbourn apparently concerning the inadvisability of introducing Portland sheep onto his estate.

24739‘P Place Portland Place London / June 24 1798.’. See his entry in the Oxford DNB and the History of Parliament ‘the foremost diplomat of his age’. It was Malmesbury who went to Brunswick to fetch the Prince Regent’s betrothed Princess Caroline and whom he asked to get him a brandy on his first encounter with her three years before the present letter was written. A legible script was clearly not a prerequisite for a successful diplomat as the handwriting of this missive is scandalously bad: practically on a level with that of Dr Parr. 1p 4to. On recto of the first leaf of a bifolium the verso of the second being franked with partial ‘HENLEY’ postmark and red wax seal ‘Henley June twenty four 1798 / Revd Mr Tawcence / Partridge / near Cranbourn / ’. The franking signature ‘Malmesbury’ appears between two lines in the customary bottom-left corner. Heavily aged and worn with short closed tear to letter and repaired long closed tear across leaf carrying address. The whole of the following transcription is tentative ‘Dear Sir / After consulting with Mr Wilt & with my bailiff they both agree that is not let for Portland sheep & that as plantation that it will be my to keep them from there so much wilder than there it is for that reason that I have to thank you & I beg you to thank your Father for the trouble you have taken in this subject which for for the present at least I have given you uselessly. / I should hope your affair will be settled to yr satisfaction. I am glad yr brother & are so well.’ See Image ‘P Place [Portland Place, London?] / June 24 1798.’ unknown

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Sir James Nicoll McAdam (1786–1852), 'The Colossus of Roads', Scottish builder and administrator of roads:Biblio.com

‘The Colossus of Roads’: Sir James Nicoll McAdam Scottish builder and administrator of roads. Autograph Signature cut from document.

25845No date or place. See his joint entry with his father John Loudon McAdam 1756-1836 in the Oxford DNB. On slip of paper roughly 11 x 6.5 cm cut from document. In good condition lightly aged and laid down on part of brown paper leaf from an autograph album. Part of an autograph by ‘. Perry’ is on the reverse. Good large disciplined autograph ‘James Mc Adam’ with the initial ‘J’ closely cropped at the head and left-hand side beneath which is written in a contemporary hand ‘The Colossus of Roads’. See Image. No date or place. unknown

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Charles Mathews (1776-1835) the elder, celebrated actor-manager, part-proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre, London, father of the aBiblio.com

‘So much for vaccination!’: Charles Mathews celebrated actor-manager. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Harley’ distinguished actor indignant at a doctor after his son the actor Charles James Mathews’ attack of small pox following inoculation.

26344â€˜Ivy Cottage Kentish Town / Novr 25 - /28 1828â€™. See his entry and that of his son in the Oxford DNB. The topic of this letter is referred to in the second volume of Dickens's edition of the son's life 1879. 3pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged with strip of tape from mount adhering at edge of blank second leaf and two folds for postage. Addressed to â€˜Dear Harleyâ€™ and signed â€˜C Mathews.â€™ He begins by thanking him for his â€˜kind enquiriesâ€™ and with regard to his son the actor Charles James Mathews writes that â€˜Our dear good Charles thank God! is recovered and writes in excellent spirits from Florence. His disorder has been small pox! So much for vaccination! for of all the victims I have ever witnessed to that system he was the greatest - as his face was covered with frightful blotches for two years after inoculation.â€™ He claims that the â€˜English Physicianâ€™ who attended the boy â€˜hand no hesitation from the first in pronouncing it to be Small Poxâ€™ but that â€˜this was concealed from usâ€™. â€˜He accounts rationally for 3 weeks of silence - namely that he was blind. â€œThe first reason will do.â€â€™ He has had â€˜irksome work to play comforter to an almost broken hearted mother - and six nights per week to mimic gladness when the heart was sadâ€™. He ends with renewed thanks for the â€˜kind note which my wife equally appreciatesâ€™. ‘Ivy Cottage [Kentish Town] / Novr 25 - /28 [1828]’. unknown

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'Slatin Pasha' [Major-General Sir Rudolf Anton Carl Freiherr von Slatin (1857-1932), Inspector-General of the Sudan]:Biblio.com

‘Slatin Pasha’: Sir Rudolf von Slatin Inspector-General of the Sudan. Autograph Signature and part of Autograph Letter vertical half- see image to ‘Jackson’.Jackson Pasha

2438429 October 1907. On ‘Khartoum’ Sudan letterhead. The entry for Slatin in the Oxford DNB gives a good outline of the life of this adventurer. The present item forms half of a 4to leaf torn down the middle vertically no doubt in order to provide an autograph. In good condition lightly aged. Written lengthwise on the reverse in a large bold hand is the valediction: ‘Hoping that you are fit & well / Yours ever / R Slatin’. The text on the recto reads: ‘. Jackson / . again - and / .y Home a little .cians dates - although .d written word . the gift comes . & thank you for . this time the Katran . be a success’. 29 October 1907. On ‘Khartoum’ [Sudan] letterhead. unknown

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Sir Claude Phillips (1846-1924), first Keeper of the Wallace Collection, art critic of the Daily Telegraph [Albert Curtis ClarkBiblio.com

‘Reeking of the dungheap’: Sir Claude Phillips first Keeper of the Wallace Collection. Anonymous original manuscript poem in Latin with English translation in same hand attacking him as a ‘lustful’ user of ‘language planted with dirty refuse'.

24748No date circa 1920 or place but circa 1920 On paper watermarked ‘The Club Note Thomas & Sons London’. The circumstances surrounding this extraordinary original composition in Latin verse are obscure. See Phillips’s entry in the Oxford DNB which notes that there was ‘an air of Proust’ about him and quotes Oliver Brown’s description of him as ‘a stout man immaculately dressed and heavily scented who talked continuously while he looked at the pictures'. It may be that Phillips and the author of the poem had been educated together or that they were members of the same club the Athenaeum for example. Whatever their relationship the author of the present work was clearly a capable classicist. Until the handwriting has been compared the suggestion cannot be dismissed that he might be the Professor of the Classical Association and Corpus Christi Professor of Latin at Oxford Albert Curtis Clark described in his own ODNB entry as a man who ‘could carry his learning lightly was the best of company full of humour and of wit and a perfect raconteur’. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and creased. Central horizontal crease. Written in black ink. Poem and translation face one another with the Latin text beneath the heading ‘IN CLAUDIUM PHILIPPSIUM. EQUITEM.’ on the recto of the second leaf and the translation headed ‘IN LIBIDINOSUM.’ on the verso of the first. The Latin poem is twelve lines long in three four-line stanzas. It begins: ‘Cur stercoratae verba licentiae / Libidinosus semper in auribus / Emittis obscaenisque gaudes / Colloquiis .’. The English translation reads in its entirety: ‘Why dost thou lustful discharge ever in our / ears words of licence reeking of the dungheap: / why dost thou rejoice in obscene conversations O / Veteran Claudius / Old age presses on: thy last word inserted language planted with dirty last word inserted refuse / dishonours thy white hair: a forehead ploughed / with hardset wrinkles is out of keeping with / lascivious words. / Do thou at least case from foul gossip: last word an emendation of ‘talk’ let thy / bawdy stories be silenced remembering / thy industrious youth O Old Man worthy / of a better reputation.’ No date [circa 1920?] or place, but circa 1920? On paper watermarked ‘The Club Note | Thomas & Sons | London’. unknown

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