Procter Bryan Waller, Signed (6 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Tears to ends of central fold. Wax closing seal remains, small area of paper loss to opposite edge. ; Handwritten letter, one page. Signed B. W. Procter [Bryan Waller Procter, author who used the pseudonym Barry Cornwall]. Approx. 5" wide by 8". Handwritten heading 25 Bedford Square, Wednesday. Not dated here. Folded for integral mailing. Postmarked 2. [illegible, starts A Noo] SP 25 1836. Addressed to W. Peter Cunningham (at W. Moxon's Bookseller) (40 or 42) [that's the way it's written] Dover Street, Picadilly. There is an ink stamp on the address panel [one letter illegible] P. Chancery. "Peter the Great - Thanks for your little book - I meant to come up to say this to you & also to see Moxon - but I cannot - I have scarcely time to write this letter - .".

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. Second note has two very small spots of ink bleed. ; Two handwritten notes, each one page. Signed B. W. Procter [Bryan Waller Procter, author who used the pseudonym Barry Cornwall]. Each approx. 3 3/8" wide by 4 7/8", attached to a single piece of backing paper. Printed letterhead 32, Weymouth Street, Portland Place, W. One has written "London" next to the heading. Handwritten dates 12 Nov & 27 Dec 1866. To an unidentified recipient, in the first "You are quite welcome to publish the Hunting song you refer to, or any other song of mine, ." and "I am the Barry Cornwall to whom you have addressed a letter." In the second ". I think that there may [be] some difficulty now in attaining my English songs. .".

13 lines in black ink on first side only of 4pp 8vo, integral address leaf; lightly folded for posting, sl. torn at seal. Procter sends Talfourd his memoir of Edmund Kean, hoping for a favourable review, and believing him always to be 'very sincere'. His Life of Edmund Kean, published in 1835, was the first comprehensive biography of the great Shakespearean actor. Talfourd's thoughts on the work are not documented, but if they echoed those of the London Quarterly Review in July 1835 - 'a very worthless book' - Procter would have been truly disappointed. Signed 'BW Procter'. The note has been continued later in the day, with Procter asking Talfourd if they could 'club for a vehicle', as they are both invited to Macready's next Sunday. This additional note is signed with initials. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

132x85mm. Single sheet, folded. Four sides. Some mounting marks to the verso. In black ink, written on 1st November, 1849 from 13 Upper Harley Street, it reads: 'My dear Reginald, | Do you remember a strange | man whom you met at Mr Wallers' | house (at Masongill) sometime in | the last month? - No? - you | have forgotten him, I see. | Well, - he has a better memory | than you have; for he recollects you | very well. He recollects that you | have (or had) a pair of black eyes, | which, - in answer to his question, - you said that you had not obtained by | fighting. It was reported indeed | that you had them, by inheritance. | He (the strange man, I mean) | recollects also the secret that you | exhausted to him about the white | cat, - which, was not the white cat, | I believe, of the faery tale. But | above all, he remembers you | as the historian of Boxer, 'concerning | whom he hopes to know more when | he next sees you; & for whom perhaps | you & he may manufacture a | fitting epitaph, at some future time. | Having all these grateful | recollections in his mind, he thought | that he cannot do better than | convince you of the fact, | by sending you a little present. | Accordingly, he sends you a pair | of battledores, & 3 shuttlecocks for | your holiday hours; & a little book | (he thinks it is a very nice little book) | for your serious moments. Perhaps | you will not like it so much as I do, | on the first reading; but when you | shall be older you will like it | better. And in the meantime, I dare | say, your mamma & pappa will | point out some of the little stones | that the little book contains & | explain them to you. | Farewell! dear Reginald. Believe | that I am very sincerely yours | B. W. Proter | "Barry Cornwall". Written to Reginald, who is presumably a child, Procter recalls their meeting at Masongill, in the company of Bryan Charles Waller. The tone appears dark and condescending, but rather this 'strange man' is almost certainly Procter himself in disguise?he's pretending to be a mysterious adult observer of the child's behaviour. He is a comic observer of Reginald's character. A very fine thing, and Procter plays the role in a convincing manner. Bryan Waller Procter (who published as "Barry Cornwall") was an English Romantic-era poet and playwright, born in 1787 and educated at Harrow. He worked for much of his life as a commissioner in lunacy, but was better known in literary London for his poetry, which often focused on love and the sea. He moved in the same circles as Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt and was part of the wider Romantic literary network. He is now remembered mainly as a minor Romantic poet and as a well-connected figure in early 19th-century literary society.

178x125mm. Single sheet. One sided. Some marginal marking and faint folds. Written from 4 Grays Inn Square on March 13th, 1839, it reads: 'My dear Blanchard, | I shall be very happy to | be one of the number to dine Macready. | But, remember, I cannot be one of those | who will doubtless be found under the | table at 4am (as I understand was | the case upon a late occasion) - I do | not expect to see you again. I have | quite given you up. I am gradually | on the mend, (in morals & otherwise). | Ever yours | B. W. Procter' A comical note to Laman Blanchard (1804-1845), who moved in the same circles as Procter. He notes that he will be happy to dine, but cannot be "one of those who will doubtless be found under the table at 4am". Bryan Waller Procter (who published as "Barry Cornwall") was an English Romantic-era poet and playwright, born in 1787 and educated at Harrow. He worked for much of his life as a commissioner in lunacy, but was better known in literary London for his poetry, which often focused on love and the sea. He moved in the same circles as Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt and was part of the wider Romantic literary network. He is now remembered mainly as a minor Romantic poet and as a well-connected figure in early 19th-century literary society.

202x125mm. Single sheet, folded. Two sided, with Blanchard's name on the verso. Slight folding marks, handling marks. Written from 56 Chancery Lane, it reads: 'My dear Blanchard - | You are working too hard & should | rest. [Take the word of an old stager, who | has himself worked too much - & too little] If I | can be the means of easing you for a day or | two, let me know. Can't I & Forster | do your work for the 'weekly'? Forster | shall be the politician & I the moralist | &c. - I promised you a paper | on the Law Reform - not this week, but (if | possible) the next. I think that it would be | a good plan for you to have a series of articles | on the prominent subjects of the last session. | You have one already on what has been | done for Ireland. I will give you one on the | Law Reform, and - if it will spare you | for the weekly paper - I will give you (another if) if it be | worth accepting - a paper on the emancipation of the | Jews, which [?] by me. I am not sure that | you will not consider the subject paper. If that (third if) | the paper itself is not in my worst manner - but it | will run nearly three columns, I fear! I don't | want you to have it, unless it be useful. I can | in all probability get it in one of the magazines | as an 'article' - but would rather let you have | it, if it will be of any use. Yours ever | B. W. Procter | I send you some matter for next week. | The first paragraph of the prose article | should be re-written, I think'. A very insightful letter, full of Procter's humour. In it, Procter offers to write for Blanchard, with John Forster (1812-1876), to prevent him from burning out. An insight into a close-knit circle. Bryan Waller Procter (who published as "Barry Cornwall") was an English Romantic-era poet and playwright, born in 1787 and educated at Harrow. He worked for much of his life as a commissioner in lunacy, but was better known in literary London for his poetry, which often focused on love and the sea. He moved in the same circles as Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt and was part of the wider Romantic literary network. He is now remembered mainly as a minor Romantic poet and as a well-connected figure in early 19th-century literary society.