Alaric Watts: Signed (3 results)
Published by '12 Bridge Road | St. John's Wood / March 11th. ' 1857
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, , United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, with slight wear at top left-hand corner of second leaf (not affecting text). Biographical details added in small type at head of first page. Addressed to 'The Honbl Spencer Ponsonby' and signed 'Alaric A. Watts.' Begins: 'Dear Sir / May I trespass so far u…pon your kindness as to ask you to place the enclosed letter [not present] to Lord Clarendon. It is on the subject of the London Library of which his Lordship is the President'. He has 'ventured to enclose extracts from the letters of the late Lord Ellesmere from which it will be seen that he considered me qualified for a post of much greater importance'. He ends in the hope that Ponsonby will 'pardon the trouble I am giving you'.
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Seller: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., South Orange, NJ, U.S.A.Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerALARIC WATTS (1797-1864). Watts was an English journalist, poet and sonneteer.ALS. 1pg. 7 x 6. November 7, 1828. No place. An autograph letter signed Alaric Watts: Mr. Alaric Watts will be obliged to Messrs. Leizman if they will supply Mr. Cooper with the proofs before letters of theat the truck price, as being an artist he is f…ully entitled to that privilege. The letter has vertical toning bands on the margins and it is attached to a larger sheet.
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Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Rather heavily folded. Very small tears to ends of a couple folds. Upper part of last page (with the conclusion of the poem) is somewhat darkened. ; Autograph note signed Alaric A. Watts, one page on front of folded paper, approx. 7 1/8" wide by 9" when closed. Inland Revenue, Somerset House, 12…. August 1856. To W. [William] Harrison Ainsworth, sending along a manuscript copy of Watts' poem "Ode to Fortune," consisting of nine four-line stanzas.
