Literature Autographs

FERGUS HUME Autograph Letter Signed. Fergus Wright Hume. British (English) novelist. Author of 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab', etc.   ALS. 1p. 4 Park Place, St James's Street, W. 30th January 1895. To "Dear Sir" (probably to the London solicitor, Edmund Kell Blyth).   "Nat[ional] Bank of N[ew] Z[ealand]. Your letter of 29th inst. reached me just as I was leaving for the country. On my return to town next week I could call at your office in reference to the above matter." [etc].   8vo. Approx 7 x 4.5 inches. Part of the integral blank leaf has been.....

W W JACOBS AUTOGRAPH LETTER Signed. William Wymark Jacobs was an English author notable for his short stories, often with a nautical theme.  He is best remembered for the horror classic "The Monkey's Paw".    ALS. 1p.  Beechcroft, Berkhamsted.  23rd May, 1920.  To [Bertram Waldrom] Matz.   "It is very kind of the Council and I much appreciate the honour, but I am too far away to attend meetings and it is not much use going unless I make myself useful."   8vo.  Approx 7 x 4.5 inches. With integral blank leaf.  Some loss to integral blank not affecting any.....

JEROME K JEROME Letter Signed. Jerome Klapka Jerome. English novelist and humourist. Author of 'Three Men in a Boat'. LS. (The text of the letter is in the hand of Jerome's secretary and amanuensis but the signature is his).   1p.  41 Belsize Park, NW3.  13th January 1926.  To [Arthur] St John Adcock.   "I know it is not you, but I should like to know who is responsible for fixing these prices, so that I could tell them what I think of them.  The very least I could take would be 30 guineas for 1500 words.  They ought to be ashamed.....

JAMES JOYCE Letter written on his behalf and signed by his secretary and amanuensis, Paul Leon. Irish novelist. Author of 'Ulysses' and Paul Leon, the writers secretary, amanuensis, close friend and confidant. 1p. 27 rue Casmir-Perier [Paris]. 30th June 1932. To "Dear Mr Ross".   Mr Joyce has asked me to write to you to thank you most sincerely for your proposal to give you an interview.  You probably know, however, that he never gives such and though he greatly appreciates your desire to meet him he is reluctantly compelled to ask you to postpone this meeting to some other.....

ALICE 'TRIX' KIPLING Autograph Letter Signed. Alice MacDonald Kipling, known as Trix, and as Alice Fleming after her marriage. Author, poet, psychical medium, sister of Rudyard Kipling. ALS. 3pp.  7 via Garibaldi, Firanza, Italia.  April 4th 1901.  To Miss [Pearl] Faithfull.   "Your far too kind letter has just been sent on to me.  It is indeed soothing after all these years to find someone kind enough to be a little amused by 'Winnie' and her ways.  My first novel was called 'The Heart of a Maid'.  I wrote it when I was nineteen and I'm thankful to say it has never reached.....

RUDYARD KIPLING AUTOGRAPH LETTER Signed English author of The Jungle Book, etc.    ALS.  1p.  Embankment Chambers, Villers Street, Strand. 4th April 1890.  To [William] Woodall.   "I am unfortunately going out of town from the 14th to the 17th so I can't accept your invitation. But I'd very much like to meet you because you must know a great many of our stock and kin up in the North. Sincerely, Rudyard Kipling."   8vo.  Approx 7 x 4.5 inches. Lacking integral blank leaf. Fine.   From a 19th century collection made by the radical Liberal M.P., William Woodall.    ..

RUDYARD KIPLING Autograph Letter Signed. British (English) author and poet. Author of 'The Jungle Book' etc. Last 2 pages of a longer ALS but, nevertheless, with interesting content dealing with Australia, the South African Cape Colony, etc.   ". . . head and the head of his fervent friends that he is not yet the flower of tact and savvy.  As to what you say about the Cape, I remember a place called Australia I think about forty years ago it was largely advertised as a burning desert and some men called Burke & Wills went and died where cattle are reared.....

RUDYARD KIPLING Autograph Signature below newsprint portrait. British (English) author and poet. Author of 'The Jungle Book', 'Just So Stories', 'Gunga Din', 'If', etc.   Newsprint portrait mounted on postcard, signed on strip of paper mounted below and with his 'Burwash, Etchingham' address label on verso.   Approx 5.5 x 3.5 inches.   From Kipling's appearance, the photograph for the portrait was probably taken around 1930.   Provenance: From the album of a young lady compiled between circa 1925 to 1935. Her usual modus operandi was to extract portraits from newspapers and magazines and ask her 'victims' to sign them. From.....

ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE and MARIANNE DE LAMARTINE Autograph Letters Signed. French poet, writer, diplomat and one of the founders of the French Second Republic and his artist wife.   Two ALsS. Paris. 29th June 1860 and 23rd May 1860. Both to a Monsieur Gaillard, a notaire.   The text of both letters in French. Alphonse De Lamartine's letter dated 29th June 1860 (2pp) says that he has removed M. Sellant's authority to sell due to combination of actions not taken and similar reasons. He has reimbursed him the sum of 2,640 francs (apparently a deposit by way of security) and he asks.....

EDWARD LEAR Autograph Letter Signed with Drawing by Lear and Portrait Photograph. English artist, illustrator, author and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose, especially his limericks, a form he popularised. ALS.  2pp.  15 Stratford Place, Oxford Street, W.  June 18th 1866.  To "Dear Lady Rawlinson" [Louisa Caroline Harcourt Rawlinson, nee Seymour].   "The accompanying Alphabet is an offering towards the education of your son, of which I beg you to accept.  I made his acquaintance at Knoyle last Autumn, when you and Sir Henry Rawlinson were absent from home.  I think - if the Alphabet.....