William Gladstone, Signed (38 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First printing. Advance Reader's Copy. Author signed on the title page. Pictorial wraps. 8vo, 274pp. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [Inscribed, signed by author on title page] Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 1 vol. (227 p.) : ill., couv. ill., portr. ; 28 cm. *Autographed by author.* Inscription reads: "Sept 12, 1996: Booker T Brooks, We should not let others forget what these men did- William Gladstone, Washington D.C.". Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Advance Reading Copy. SIGNED BY WILLIAM GLADSTONE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This rare and hard to find very fine plus first edition, inscribed on the title page, is tight, bright, and clean, free of names and markings. Its 227 pages are profusely illustrated. As a bonus, a newspaper clipping is included with a goal to preserve a landmark on black military history. Inscribed by Author(s).

First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover SIGNED and inscribed on dedication page by author, fine in fine dust jacket; a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket; first printing by the numbers.

Condition: Very good. - Over 30 words penned on both sides of 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. The first page of the letter is framed by black mourning borders. William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley writes to apologize as he "cannot leave my court". Signed "W.P. Wood". Folded for mailing, the letter was once mounted into an album with paper remnants still adhering to the bottom edge of the verso. A previous owner has identified the author as "Vice Chancellor Wood, now Lord Chancellor (Hatherley)". Good.Together with William Wood's autograph signed "Hatherley" on 1-1/8 inch high by 2-1/8 inch wide creamy white paper with his monograph printed in green at the top. The autograph is mounted with glue from the verso onto 2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide paper clipped from an album upon which a previous owner has penned the following note identifying the autograph "Lord Hatherley, Lord Chancellor 1870". The British lawyer and statesman William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley (1801-1881) was called to the Bar in 1824 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1845. Elected to parliament for the city of Oxford, he was subsequently appointed Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster and then Solicitor General for England and Wales. Made Lord Justice of Appeal in 1868, William Gladstone selected him to be Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain in that same year.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New in new dust jacket. SIGNED by editor George RR Martin on the second free endpaper (signature only). Stated 1st printing. New, unread copy with dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. A Wildcards novel. Martin is the Hugo Award-, Nebula Award-, Bram Stoker Award-, World Fantasy Award-, Premio Ignotus-, Locus Award-, and Primetime Emmy Award-winning author of the Tales of Dunk and Egg prequel series and the Song of Ice and Fire series. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. SIGNED by editor(s).

No Binding. Condition: VG. No place, no date, sized 4.5 x 7 inches, 2-pages, folded, the back page of which is attached to cardstock, 12 lines, to a Mr. Miller, asking if he would come to Carlton House the following day, signed "Yours truly / Cath Gladstone.". Inscribed by Author(s).

Part of a letter, cut away for an autograph collector, roughly 5.5 x 10.5 cm. The recto carries the franked address, trimmed close, reading 'London July twenty 1835. | Roundell Palmer Esq | Mixbury | Birmingham [corrected in another hand to 'Magdalen Colle | Oxford'], signed in bottom left-hand corner 'W E Gladstone'. Fragment of letter, on reverse, reads ' himself professes | ardly to the fall | & what I fear | an involuntary | Wickamites will | to the infinite | own. However | ? - Everything | ably. I heartily | you would, I '.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed By George R.R. Martin, Melinda Snodgrass, Max Gladstone, David Anthony Durham, William F. Wu On The Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy. Signed by Contributors. Book.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Part Letter Handwritten and Signed by Prime Minister William Gladstone. Undated. William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. From a autograph book kept by A. P. Watt (1834-1914), founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, the world's first literary agents. Size is 90mm x 25mm. Condition is good. Mounted on paper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18815. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by William Ewart Gladstone to Levi Leone. Dated 1867. A letter that reads: "My dear Sir, I have not yet had time to examine the work which you have been so good as to send mentor can I say confidently when I may be able to do it but I am very anxious to make myself acquainted in detail with the results of your labours in this interest subject. I should very gladly answer to the best of my power any question you might wish to put to me, but I fear I would not with advantage enter in conversation on the wide inquiry however (confidential) information on such subjects should be obtained. I remain my dear sir/your faithful and obedient servant. WE Gladstone". William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 180mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Light marking to back of blank rear of letter. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17153. Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Third Person Handwritten 10 Downing Street Letter Signed by William Ewart Gladstone as Prime Minster. The letter confirms that W Gladstone cannot contribute to the Charitable Organisation. William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 185mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Gum marks to rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17707. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [GLADSTONE, William Ewart]; CAMPBELL, George 8th DUKE OF ARGYLL (1823-1900). Autograph letter signed about Prime Minister William Gladstone.  2pp on his embossed Inveraray Castle stationery. May 16, 1898. 180 × 115 mm. Light creasing and a few spots but a very good example. In this short letter, Argyll writes in reply to decline a request to write publicly about William Ewart Gladstone, then close to death: "Sir, I regret that I am unable to comply with your request. My relations with Mr Gladstone were far too personal and intimate to enable me at this sad time, to write about him." Gladstone was gravely ill at Hawarden Castle, surrounded by his family, and died four days after this letter was written. Campbell had been one of Gladstone's most loyal Liberal colleagues in government serving as his Secretary of State for India. . Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Document Signed by Nine including William Gladstone, Sam Gurney, Edward Burton Bt, J D Powles, James Duke Bart etc. Dated 1853. The Undersigned had the Honor of being the Deputation appointed to present to the Emperor Louis Napoleon the Declaration of Amity and Respect towards the French nation signed by upwards of 4000 Merchant Bankers and Trades of the City of London. Presented to the Emperor at the Palace of the F??? 28th March 1853. Signed by nine including William Gladstone, Sam Gurney, Edward Burton Bt, J D Powles, James Duke Bart etc. Size is 227mm x 188mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Mounted on paper. Small repaired closed tear to base. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18424. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809-1898) UK Prime Minister. Autograph letter signed, to one of his cousins Miss M.H. Gladstone about access to the House of Commons, 12 Downing Street, 29 March 1855. One leaf, written on both sides, 180 × 110 mm. In black ink. Light folds and minor handling wear, trimmed to one side, otherwise in very good, clean condition. Addressed to a female relative ('My dear cousin', identified as Miss M. H. Gladstone), concerning access to the House of Commons gallery. Gladstone explains that he has 'no power to find an order for admitting ladies to hear any debate', noting that accommodation is extremely limited and 'wholly in the power of the Serjeant-at-Arms', and that even a senior statesman cannot override these institutional restrictions.  Written from 12 Downing Street during the political crisis of the Crimean War, shortly after the fall of the Aberdeen ministry and the accession of Lord Palmerston, Gladstone was still using the Chancellor's office to work from, even though the new administration and chancellor were in post. The letter, a request from one of Gladstone's family, demonstrated just how restricted access was for women. In 1855, women had no general right of access to the House of Commons and could only attend debates by special order in a restricted and segregated space, coined 'the ventilator gallery'. Admission was controlled by the Serjeant-at-Arms and beyond the authority of senior ministers. This letter is a stark example of this and shows the exclusion in operation, with Gladstone, recently disposed Chancellor, being unable to grant access to a family member. . Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Personal 10 Downing Street Letter by Prime Minister William Gladstone to Viscount Kilcoursie Offering Him the Position of the Vice Chamberlain of the Household. Dated Feb 11th, 1886. A wonderful political letter from Gladstone. Frederick Edward Gould Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan 1839 - 1900 styled Viscount Kilcoursie until 1887, was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer and Liberal politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in 1886 in William Ewart Gladstone's third administration. William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Size is 185mm x 120mm. Condition is good. Gum marks to the rear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18962. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. GLADSTONE (Anne Mackenzie, 1802-1829). Commonplace book, with inscriptions and contributions by members of the Gladstone family and friends, including Sir Thomas Gladstone and John Neilson Gladstone. [London: c.1825-29]. Oblong 4to (190 x 240 mm), c.56 pp. of manuscript entries, with numerous blank leaves remaining; manuscript throughout in several contemporary hands. With 11 original drawings in pencil and watercolour, including landscapes, botanical studies, and figure subjects. Text block gilt. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers with central panel and initials "A. M. R. G." in gilt, rubbed but sound. Very good.  A family commonplace book belonging to Anne Mackenzie Gladstone, sister of UK Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, compiled between 1825 to her early death in 1829. The volume was presented to her by her brother Sir Thomas Gladstone, whose inscription to the front endpaper reads: "A. M. Gladstone from her affectionate brother T. G. July 1825." Thomas Gladstone has additionally signed the volume again in 1852, presumably after its return to him. The contents comprise literary extracts, original entries, and contributions by members of the Gladstone family and their circle. Sir Thomas Gladstone has copied passages from George Canning; further entries include a contribution by John Neilson Gladstone dated 1826, alongside texts drawn from Walter Scott and other contemporary authors. Anne Gladstone herself has contributed both manuscript passages and a series of accomplished drawings, including landscapes and botanical subjects. Loosely inserted is an original silhouette portrait inscribed to Katherine Mackenzie (d. 1827), Anne's aunt, with a manuscript verse beneath. A most uncommon Gladstone family commonplace book. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dark navy blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. 528 pp., frontispiece plus 5 illustrations. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR to an Oxford professor whose name is written on the endpaper. Some of the recipients lightly pencilled marginalia (could be erased) otherwise clean and tight with crisp text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. XXX, 96 pages XVIII plates (including colour frontispiece) : 25 x 19 cm. Inscribed to Lord LLoyd. Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. "The studies included in this volume were published in the Indian quarterly journal Islamic culture . from 1927 to 1932 . Serverl of them have been reprinted from time to time, in the Sunday editions of the Bombay chronicle."--Preface. Contents: The realms of gold Colour and the Moguls Four Mogul paintings Jahangir and his artists Perspective and the Moguls Udaipur Impressions of the Taj Mahal Modern art and the Moguls Indian art and modern criticism Epilogue. Inscribed by Author(s).

Lyttelton was Gladstone's private secretary during three of his terms as prime minister. The recipient Arthur George Liddon Rogers (1864-1944, son of the editor of the economist Thorold Rogers) is not named, but the item is from his papers, and was written while he was Secretary of the Liberal Publication Department, a position to which he was appointed in November 1891. 2pp, 12mo. Signed 'Spencer Lyttleton.' In good condition, lightly aged and folded for postage. Begins: 'Dear Sir / I am afraid I cannot ask Mr Gladstone again to sit for his photograph according to your suggestion in the letter to Mr H. Gladstone [the prime minister's son Herbert]. It is a process he particularly dislikes, & the moment is specially unfavourable as it was only yesterday that he was taken by Messrs. Valentine.' As 'most admirable portaits' of Gladstone 'exist & can very easily be procured', Lyttelton does not see the necessity of another. He concludes: 'Your photographer is quite at liberty to take what views he wishes of the Castle & grounds.'.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Handwritten and Signed by Prime Minister William Gladstone. Dated 1854. A letter that reads: "'Dear Sirs, Please to send me by bearer the amount of the cheque enclosed in sovereigns, halves and silver: and to let my book be written up. Yours faithfully, WE Gladstone'". William Ewart Gladstone 1809-1898 was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 180mm x 120mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. Light marking/gum marks to rear. Light age toning. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18550. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Later half calf and brown cloth, gilt-stamped lettering in second spine compartment (5 raised bands); 12mo; pp. xxviii, 551, with folding map AND a tipped-in two-page autograph letter signed, dated 28 December 1869, on Hawarden Castle, Chester, stationery. Some light scuffing and bumping along spine and edges of boards; a little faint foxing to prelims and terminals. In the brief ALS, Gladstone thanks his correspondent (Reverend J. Cusper? Casper?) for a recent letter and article.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Signed Letter by Prime Minister William Gladstone. Letter dated 1878. The letter discusses with the principle William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow about a potential candidate (Alexander Crum) for a post at the University. A good letter during a gap when he was not Prime Minister. William Ewart Gladstone 1809 - 1898 was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859.Size is 182mm x 112mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed and very scarce anthology based on a South African artist's experiences serving in Italy and the Middle East during the First World War. Rhymes from an Eastern Battlefield, a very scarce war poetry anthology, written and signed by South African poet and artist William Ewart Gladstone Solomon. Published by W. Thacker and Co. in 1918, the same year that the First World War ended.In the publisher's original cloth, with the poet's signed inscription to the front free end paper.Prior to the First World War, Solomon was an artist, including creating a banner for the suffrage movement that his mother was an active member of. This anthology, based on his own experiences as a soldier in Italy and the Middle East, delves into personal reflections during his service. After the war, Solomon continued as a successful artist in South Africa. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, fairly smart, with rubbing to the joints, heavier to the spine where label has worn. Signs of fading to the spine and marks to boards, heavier to rear board. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor offsetting to the end papers and the small odd spot. Poet's signature to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with age-toning, the small mark to the extremities of the occasional leaf, and faint spotting to final leaf. Good. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. [Signed by William Gladstone with Fascinating Shetland Provenance] Gladstone (1809-1898, was British Prime Minister for 12 years between 1868 and 1894). "HOMER," is an offprint of his original article for Chambers's Cyclopaedia. Includes a portion of an envelope addressed by him to W.R. Duncan of the Shetland Islands. Also includes a typed and hand-edited letter from the W.R. Duncan to Clifford Truesdell. In the 5 page letter dated 1936 written in Scalloway, Shetland, Scotland, Mr. Duncan describes how he met Gladstone. He describes the hard early life of the tenant fishermen (crofters) of the Shetlands. The letters describes the fortuitous find of a whale and the seizure by an unscrupulous landlord and subsequent legal attempts to fight for tenant rights in court. Mr. Duncan had written Gladstone to seek aid in their appeal for their rights. Gladstone helped the Shetlanders with their appeal and they ultimately won. Gladstone sent Duncan this signed pamphlet. 12mo, wraps, housed in a folding case constructed of half leather and marbled boards (early 20th century). Wrapper, detached at the spine. Provenance: From the library of Clifford A. Truesdell III (presumably this was from his father or grandfather's library). Truesdell was an American mathematician, natural philosopher, and historian of science. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+ condition. First Edition. xiv, 152 pages, followed by [iv], 87 pages. Original quarter leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards; rebacked with original spine laid-down. Top edge of pages gilt covered. Signed by W. E. Gladstone on the title page, given to him by his father, Sir John Gladstone at Fasque in 1848. Engraved bookplate of W.E. Gladstone affixed to inside front cover. Authorship of this anonymously published work is sometimes attributed to Simon McGillivary and Edward Ellice, the elder, but was likely prepared by Samuel Hull Wilcocke. Pages [iii-iv] and [1]-2 of the second work are about a quarter inch shorter than all other pages, and are transposed. The text is clean and unmarked. William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898). Bibliography: Sabin 20699; TPL 1108; Lande 1313; Peel 44. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Signed. Book.

First edition of the Gladstone's collected speeches delivered at the Election of 1865. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Gladstone on the front panel, "From the Author." In near fine condition. In a career lasting over 60 years, British statesman and Liberal politician William Ewart Gladstone served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years. Gladstone was known affectionately by his supporters as "The People's William" or the "G.O.M." ("Grand Old Man", or, to political rivals "God's Only Mistake"). Historians often refer to him as one of Britain's greatest leaders.

Autograph note (3 1/2'" x 4 1/2" ) to bookseller James Westell (who because of his intimate friendship with the four-time Prime Minister was known as 'The Gladstonian Bookseller") together with an original photograph (3 1/2" x 4 7/8") of Gladstone by Marion & Co., both displayed within a somewhat worn 10" x 17" contemporary frame (rustic wooden back strengthened with silicone; faint foxing to photograph). Gladstone writes 'Dear Sir, I wrote to you last week about Alastor, In Memoriam, and certain first editions of Carlyle. I should much like to hear by Sat, or Sunday at least as to the last named, whether they carry any and what special market value. Yours faithfully, W Gladstone' I hope you have taken the books for binding. Hawarden Sept 4 '79 I expect to be in town on the 11th' The 'Grand Old Man' assembled a 32,000-volume library during his lifetime which he donated to form the core of St. Deiniol's Library (Britain's only Prime Ministerial Library and now known as Gladstone's Library) in his residence at Hawarden, Wales. Gladstone's son acknowledged the closeness of Gladstone and Westell's 40-year friendship by personally inviting Westell to the funeral of the GOM.

62 :96 mm. Signed full length pose of the statesman. - Photograph by Mayall, London. Signed photographs, especially this early are surprisingly elusive.