Envelope for Fry's August 12 1932 letter to Mrs. Alexander S. Page. The original address (Palo Alto) has been crossed out, with a Los Angeles address written in beside it.
This leather-bound collection includes two letters and a portrait of Carlyle. The leather is trimmed with gold, and the pages have some spots of discoloration.
In this letter, an unknown California pioneer writes to his brother. Letter is written in ink on semitransparent paper, and the ink has bled through in several places.
De Quincey thanks his correspondent for "disposing of the books" for him, promising more to choose from as he goes through "the whole" of a collection. He notes that it may take him some time, as he works on it "only at intervals of resting from my...
De Quincey, Thomas, 1785-1859; Letters; Portraits; Autographs
This leather bound collection includes a signed letter by De Quincey, a transcription of that letter, and a signed portrait of De Quincey. In the letter, De Quincey writes to an unnamed correspondent (possibly a banker or lawyer) on the subject of...
Seller briefly describes who De Quincey is and what the letter is about, calling it an "interesting letter" that includes a "reflection on the honesty of [De Quincey's] publisher, Blackwood." Letter is described as addressed to J.A. Hessey. This...
Play by John Dryden dated 1691. Bookplate on inside front cover describes this book as a third edition. It is in fair condition with some discolored pages.
In this letter, written in black ink on beige paper, Crawford writes to his wife while he is away. There is a self-made cover with remnants of red sealing wax.
In this letter Bancroft writes to Reverend M. G. Ballenger inquiring after Gandhi's religious faith during his time in South Africa, having heard that he joined the Methodist Church during that time.