Lucy Henry, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. First printing [stated]. 406 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Fair. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscrtiption signed by editor. Previous owner's name in ink inside front cover. Spine has gotten damp with some color bleeding at rep.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Signed Card by Sir Henry Lucy. Undated but C1900. Card discusses a dinner meeting. On House of Commons card and a stamp to the front. Sir Henry William Lucy JP, 1842 - 1924 was a famed English political journalist of the Victorian era, acknowledged as the first great lobby correspondent. He wrote for Punch, Strand Magazine, The Observer, The New York Times and many other papers. He also wrote books, detailing the workings of the Houses of Parliament and two autobiographies. He was knighted in 1909. Lucy was widely known also in North America. President Woodrow Wilson said Lucy's articles in The Gentleman's Magazine inspired his mind and propelled him into public life. Lucy was a serious parliamentary commentator, but also an accomplished humorist and a parliamentary sketch-writer. His friend, the explorer Ernest Shackleton, named a mountain in Antarctica after him. Size is 115mm x 90mm. Condition is good. Light soiling. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16652. Signed by Author(s).

Autograph letter signed and an affixed magazine article, one page, 4,5 x 7 inch, dated 1903, written and signed by Henry Lucy in dark ink, some signs of age - in fine to very fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 2 volumes (1 & 2). Pictorial boards with floral illustration in yellow and red, lettered gilt at spine. pp viii, 304 & [vi], 304. 32pp publishers catalogue at rear of volume 1. Signed presentation from the author: 'Connie White from H. W. L. Christmas 1883.' Later also signed by 'Edith Tranton (niece) 1933.' Author's first novel which caused a great sensation in its day ' because of it's lifelike sketches of certain well known public characters.' (The Nation 5/ 4/ 1883). Slight lean at spine otherwise very good indeed.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, Portland, Maine, 1883. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good in red cloth, gilt titles. .A decent example which has been inscribed and dated by Ripley on Sept. 25th, 1884, unique thus. Covers and spine partially sunned. Gilt portrait on cover bright. Gilt titling and graphics on spine and FC. 230 pp with ads in rear. First printing of this edition edited and with a forword by Henry Wheelock Ripley. By the Editor.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Folded for mailing. ; Letter signed Henry W. Lucy. Body of text written by another person, two pages. On printed letterhead Members Mansions, Victoria Street, S. W. , dated 19.12.85. To "Dear Mr. Bentley": "The 'Old Miscellany Days' (for which many thanks) has not arrived at this time of writing. But in thinking the matter over, and looking at some books, it seems to me that a model size would be an octavo of 384 pages. Mr. Furniss estimtaed that he will have 150 illustrations .".

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Very Good+. Originally released in 1891, this is a later printing, catalogue in back dated March 1894. A presentation copy by the author to her cousin, on half title dated June 5th 1896. It contains at least 3 fanatsy stories. VG+ or better copy. Provenance - From the Gary Munson Collection. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Wyllie, Linley, Smabourne, Reed et al. (illustrator). First Edition. xv, 203pp, photos, drawings, passenger list. The cruise to the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895. Very light wear to cloth, touch of foxing to tissue guard frontis. This copy gifted to 'Mr(s?) Lord, with best wishes for.?., from Sir Henry and Lady Lucy, 1st Jan 1913.' inscribed on first page. Signed by Author(s).

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient A. M. Broadley was widely-regarded as an expert on the middle east. The year before the present letter, he had represented Ahmed Urabi after an uprising in Egypt, earning himself 10,000 guineas and the nickname 'Broadley Pasha'. At the time of writing he was acting as English agent and legal adviser of the ex-Khedive Ismail, who had been deposed in 1879 and was living near Naples (although at the time of writing he was clearly in London). 2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with strip of tape from mount adhering to second leaf. Folded once. Signed 'Henry W. Lucy' and addressed to 'Dear Mr Broadley'. Marked 'Private'. He starts by stating that he has answered Broadley's telegram. He continues: 'The publication in the Daily Telegraph of an interview with Ismail Pascha bars us, & I expect other papers, from following suit, even though the interviewer got nothing out of his Highness, whose skill in dealing with the critical question I greatly admire.' He hopes Broadley will 'explain to his Highness my great appreciation of the honor done me in inviting me to see him tomorrow.' He explains that he is declining the invitation as 'no practical good would result just now', but that he hopes that he can see him again later and 'have some talk'. He winds up the letter by offering to place 'any announcement you would like to make known in his interest' if Broadley will write to him. 'I suppose that in London & the Provinces I have the widest channel of communication with the public open to any individual journalist'.