Autograph Note Signed, First Edition (74 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Letter. Two Page Note Card, Passing On A Bible Verse, Apparently To A Member Of Her Church In Pasadena. Scobey Wrote A History Of Spelman House At The University Of Chicago, Also Some Genealogy And Family History. From The Estate Of U. Of C. Scholar Of Religion Edgar Goodspeed. Signed by Kathrine Scobey Putn.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Trifle worn else fine in glossy wrappers. Warmly Inscribed on the half-title to poet Daniel Hoffman: "For Dan - With great gratitude + affection. Mike," and with an Autograph Note Signed from the author to Hoffman laid in.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 136 Illustrated. Photo-illustrated glossy wraps. Very Good, damp-staining to rear cover. ANS, once paperclipped to front endpaper, by then-Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis gifting this "recently compiled . excellent history of the Blaine House" to then-Washington State Governor Dan Evans, who would later serve in the US Senate.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 126 [1] pp. Text in German. Spine ends bumped else fine in glazed boards. With a lengthy Autograph Note Signed from Koemeda to a friend laid in.

Single sheet. Condition: Very Good. First edition. An autograph signed note from Irving Grose of the Belgrave Gallery to Julia Berlin. Dated 2007, with details of sales and enclosing cheque, which Julia has noted as 'paid in'.

Condition: Very good. - 16 words penned in black ink on a textured note card, approximately 3-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide, with his address printed in raised lettering at top right. Signed "Alfred Sutro". There is a small area of light blue staining around the address. Very good. Sutro writes that he cannot accept an invitation as "I've a long-standing engagement ."Alfred Sutro OBE [1863-1933] was an English author, playwright and translator. In addition to a succession of successful plays of his own in the first quarter of the twentieth century, he made the first English translations of works by Maeterlinck.

First printing with complete numberline on copyright page. Book is as new, jacket has just a hint of edge wear. Inscribed and signed by McCullough on the title page. Laid in front is an autograph note signed from McCullough.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. CANNING, George (1770-1827). Prime Minister of the United Kingdom April - August 1827. Autograph note (cut slip), Foreign Office, 2 February 1827. Small rectangular slip (170 × 100 mm), manuscript in ink, the text beginning 'Foreign Office / 2nd February 1827 / Mr Canning presents his compliments to Mr Browne Bell and has the honour to-', the sentence cut off mid-line; laid paper. Unmounted but with old mounting remnants and adhesive staining to the verso; light browning, ink clear and legible; trimmed at foot and right margin with loss of concluding lines. About good. A formal diplomatic courtesy note in the hand of George Canning (1770-1827), written shortly before his brief premiership and in the final year of his life. As Foreign Secretary he habitually issued such notes to officials, publishers, and members of the political and administrative world, and the formulaic opening here is entirely characteristic. . Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 216pp. Green cloth, gilt spine. Slight foxing on topedge, else about fine with librarian Ruth Mortimer's ownership label on rear pastedown in a very good dust jacket with a lightly toned spine, and modest foxing on the front panel. Signed by Drew on the title page beneath her printed name. Laid in is a postcard with mailing stamp ("Northampton, Mass. May 31, 1953") and a handwritten note from Drew addressed to Ruth Mortimer at Gardiner House, Smith College: "54 Prospect St. Can you come to tea text Friday June 5th at 4:30? Do hope so. No need to answer if you can. Elizabeth Drew." Mortimer was an American rare books curator and librarian, known for her work at both Harvard University and Smith College. She also served as the first woman president of the Bibliographical Society of America from 1988-1992.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. WYON, William (1795-1851). Autograph note signed, to J. Murray, declining an invitation. Her Majesty's Mint, 3 January 1843. Autograph note signed by William Wyon, 1 page, 90 × 110 mm, written in ink on a small sheet of cream paper, embossed Mint crest at upper left. Old mounting traces on verso at corners (four areas of abrasion and toning), a couple of light surface marks, but the text clean and fully legible. Very good. A short note from William Wyon, Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint from 1828 and one of the most important medallic artists of the nineteenth century. Writing from the Mint, he apologises for being "engaged at the Royal Academy every evening this month", but agrees to attend Murray's dinner party the following Wednesday "with great pleasure? if I can be with you before 9 o'clock." Quite plausibly he was writing to John Murray the publisher. Wyon's work defined the numismatic portraiture of early Victorian Britain: he engraved the celebrated "Young Head" of Queen Victoria used on British coinage for nearly fifty years, and executed major medals for the Royal Academy, the Great Exhibition, and numerous scientific and artistic institutions. Autograph material is not common, particularly with Mint association. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Harlan Hubbard (illustrator). First Printing. x, 108pp, numerous black and white drawings, and 16 color plates on glossy paper with reproductions of paintings by the subject, plus a section of photographs, greyish cloth with gilt spine lettering, very bright, clean copy, inside and out, but for ink signature at top of front pastedown, in clean, bright dust jacket, now housed in protective Brodart. Handwritten letter laid-in, signed and dated by author, December 4, 1989, on letterhead, with original mailing envelope. From our personal collection. We corresponded with the author in the 1980s and 1990s from our bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky. Unique. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Autograph Note by London to Cape Town record-breaking drivers George Hinchcliffe and James Bulman. To the base of the Paper George Hincliffe has further signed and added The Lone Overlander Trip in 1949. Dated 1951. In 1951 George Hinchcliffe and James Bulman prepared a Hillman Minx for the trip and drove from Bradford in the UK to Cape Town in just 22 days. Loving the life, Hinchcliffe did it again with two co-drivers, going from Trafalgar Square in London to Town Square in Cape Town in 13.5 days. Size is 204mm x 147mm, In good condition. Ref 19046. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. SIEVIER, Robert William 1794-1865 (attributed). Stipple-engraved portrait proof, with autographed note. 3 Southampton Row, [no date, early 19th century]. Single sheet, 280 × 210 mm, on wove paper. Stipple-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait; autograph letter in manuscript beneath referencing the sending of a 'proof' for insertion in the 'Commercials.' general age-toning and scattered foxing; parts of letter ineligible, but overall good. A commercial portrait proof accompanied by a manuscript note in pencil by the artist, relating to its circulation. The engraved likeness, executed in fine stipple and line, depicts a middle-aged gentleman. The note, written from Southampton Row - an address associated in the early nineteenth century with engravers and print publishers - refers to forwarding a proof for publication, consistent with trade practice. The signature appears attributable to Robert William Sievier (1794-1865), portrait engraver and medallist, who is recorded to have had a studio at Southampton Row during the period. . Signed by Author(s).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Dublin Letter by Irish Ulster King of Arms Sir William Betham to Sir Charles William Flint Under Secretary for Ireland concerning Benjamin Bloomfield and Sir Robert Peel. Dated 1825. A letter concerning the peerage title to be taken by Benjamin Bloomfield (1768-1846) army officer and diplomat elevated to the Irish Peerage as Baron Bloomfield of Oakhampton and Redwood County Tipperary. With endorsements including an autograph note from Sir Henry Gwillim, lawyer to Sir Robert Peel Home Secretary Sir William Betham 1779-1853 was an English-born Irish herald and antiquarian who held the office of Ulster King of Arms from 1820 until his death in 1853. He had previously served as the Deputy Ulster from 1807 to 1820. He was knighted in 1812 by King George III. Lieutenant General Benjamin Bloomfield, 1st Baron Bloomfield 1768 - 1846 was a British Army officer who saw action at the Battle of Vinegar Hill in June 1798 during the Irish Rebellion. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth from 1812 from 1818 and served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1817 to 1822 before becoming Commanding Officer of Woolwich Garrison in 1826. Size is 228mm x 190mm, In good condition with folding crease. Light age toning and opening loss to the rear blank page edge. Ref 19048. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. RONCONI, Giorgio (1810-1890), Italian baritone. Autograph musical quotation and signature on a cut slip, Dublin, 10 November 1842. Small oblong slip (approx. 100 × 65 mm), on paper, bearing in ink a short notated vocal phrase on a five-line stave, with the words 'Là ci darem la mano' beneath, the opening line of the celebrated duet from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Signed centrally by Giorgio Ronconi, with place and date below in Italian form 'Dublin li 10/11 842', i.e. 10 November 1842. Also signed at lower right by his duet partner Christiana Welles. Age-toning, and a fleck missing from left edge, otherwise in about very good condition. Ronconi was one of the foremost baritones of the mid-nineteenth century, closely associated with the role of Don Giovanni, which he sang throughout Britain and Ireland during the 1840s. The quoted phrase is the opening of the Act I duet between Don Giovanni and Zerlina, and the presence of the second signature strongly suggests that Christiana Welles was the soprano who sang the role of Zerlina with Ronconi in Dublin during this season, the slip functioning as a contemporary autograph souvenir of that performance and partnership. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FORSTER, E. M. (Edward Morgan 1879-1970). Autograph note signed, dated 23 November 1932. Manuscript card, 120 x 90 mm, written in ink, headed Reform Club, S.W., and dated 23.11.32. Light creasing and minor handling marks, but overall very good. A brief note reading: "Dear Madam, Many thanks for so kindly sending me a copy of Lady Richard in the Larder: I look forward to reading it. Yours truly E. M. Forster." The work referred to is Lady Richard in the Larder (1932) by Constance Miles. A courteous note written by the author of A Room with a View and A Passage to India, together with a modern printed postcard portrait (after Dora Carrington). Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. BYRON, Anne Isabella Milbanke, Lady Byron (1792-1860). Cut autograph note signed. No place, no date [1820s-1830s]. Single leaf, small oblong card (approx. 65 × 175 mm), 4 lines written in brown ink, signed A. I. Byron; cut from a larger letter, old folds, light staining and remnants of mounting to versos, with a contemporary red-ink identification "The wife of Lord Byron". A brief note from Lady Byron and addressed to a close friend or family member. "I have been in Town some days with my father?Write in a leisure moment, and perhaps not very intelligibly?but you will make every allowance & believe me, Yours most affectionately, A. I. Byron."  A scarce autograph of an historically significant figure: the moral and intellectual counterpoint to Byron, and the mother of Ada Lovelace. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. GAWTHORPE, Mary E. (1881-1973). Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Lamb. Votes for Women. The National Women's Social and Political Union, 4 Clements Inn, Strand, W.C., 8 December 1907.  Single sheet on official WSPU printed notepaper, written in ink on the recto; original folds. Light creasing from folding; minor adhesive remnants and surface disturbance to verso from former mounting; Very good. An early militant-phase recruitment letter from Mary Gawthorpe, one of the principal northern organisers of the Women's Social and Political Union, addressed to a prospective supporter in Bramley, Leeds. Gawthorpe encloses WSPU literature, urging her correspondent to read the leaflet 'Leading Facts' and to recognise that, despite the patient work of previous generations, women have got no further. The statement reflects the WSPU's repudiation of constitutional methods in favour of direct action. She invites her correspondent to attend a meeting at the Clarion Club Rooms, St Ann's Street, Leeds, noting that she is engaged in 'a really hard fight,' and that 'other loyal brothers' will be present.  A contemporary document of WSPU organisational practice. . Signed by Author(s).

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated in black and white. Glossy wrappers. Faint foxing on page edges, else near fine. Inscribed by the author on the title page to Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Donald Justice: "To Donald Justice, with a long-time admiration. Andrew Glaze." Laid in is an Autograph Note Signed to Justice: "Although you're acquainted with my name, I don't think you know anything about my work. This is a book about my early poems. Hope you like some of them. Look at 'Sing Song' on page 66. It is quintessential or 'I am The Jefferson Cty Courthouse' p 62. Best, Andrew Glaze.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Preface by Dana Gioia. Tall octavo. 301pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Gioia and facsimiles. Fine in navy cloth stamped in in silver, issued without dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice's copy, with an Autograph Note Signed laid in, passing the book along: "Dear Don- I thought you'd enjoy having a copy of this odd, new book. Dana." One of 500 copies of the trade edition. Features a chronology by April Linder, an introduction by Hagstrom and Morgan, and essays by Michael Peich, Robert McPhillips, H.L. Hix, and Michael Lind.

Inverness, 12 February 1845. Robert Carruthers (17991878), Scottish journalist and miscellaneous writer. He wrote a History of Huntingdon in 1824. In 1828 he became editor of the Inverness Courier, in which role he continued for many years. He edited Alexander Pope's works with a memoir (1853), and along with Robert Chambers edited the first edition of Chambers' Cyclopĉdia of English Literature (184244). Author of The Highland Note Book (1843).

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original autograph Note Signed and Inscribed By Writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Date 1858. Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1803-1873, writer and politician. Size 110mm x 100mm. Condition is good with light folds. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17700. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. on U.S. postal card [Oxford, OH] March 27, 1924, to collector Hattie Levine: "Thank you for your letter, in response to which I am glad to send you my autograph." Oblong 12 mo, with holograph address and postmark on verso. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edited and with introductions by Van Wyck Brooks. Tall octavo. xiv, 427pp. Fine in toned, very good dust jacket with a couple of short tears and tiny stains along the topedge. With an Autograph Noted Signed to legendary book designer and poetry editor Harry Ford, on Brooks' stationery, passing the book along.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Spine ends gently bumped else fine in trifle worn, about fine dust jacket with corresponding gentle bumping. Warmly Inscribed to Pulitzer-Prize winning poet (and former teacher) Donald Justice on the title page: "For Don Justice: The greatest mentor of all! With love and eternal gratitude, Marilyn Chin. 7/03." Laid in is an Autograph Note Signed passing the book along, in which Chin catches Justice up on her activities and notes that "some of the songs from this book were inspired by your forms class in 1980 (!!)" A nice association.

First Edition. Small octavo (20cm.); publisher's white card wrappers printed in dark red and black, French flaps; 93pp. Minor dust-soil, else Near Fine. Poetry collection by the Italian sociologist, published a year before his death. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper: "To Steve and Bea with love in a different language." Autograph note inscribed to the same laid in. Signed.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original autograph Note Signed and Inscribed By WriterIsrael Zangwill. Undated. Israel Zangwill 1864-1926 was a British author at the forefront of cultural Zionism during the 19th century, and was a close associate of Theodor Herzl. Zangwill's work earned him the nickname "the Dickens of the Ghetto". He wrote a very influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People Size 110mm x 100mm. Condition is good. Mounted on card. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 17562. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first printing. Slim hardcover in navy blue cloth with paper title labels front cover and spine. INSCRIBED IN THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER to actor Geoffrey Steele, "My very best wished to Geoffrey Steele--Anthony Thorne 22-8-29". Laid in are two additional pieces--one is a 3" x 4 1/2" publication announcement card for the book from Ernest Benn, Ltd. on the verso of which is a long handwritten personal note from Thorne (presumably to Steele), signed "Love, Tony" and a similarly sized announcement card "Kemble Plays, 1928" announceing the first Oxford performance of "The Man In The Bowler Hat" by A.A. Milne. "followed by 'Thirteen O'Clock' A New Play in Three Acts, by Anthony Thorne, Monday, June 25th at 8:30 p.m in the Hall". The book itself (69 pp. plus a single page of adverts at rear) is fine and bright, some offsetting to the endpapers. In original printed dust wrapper, some toning about the edges and two stains to the blank rear panel. Anthony Thorne (1904-1973) was a British author and playwright. His best known works were made into movies: "So Long At The Fair" (1950) starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde, and "The Baby anfd The Battleship' (1956), a comedy starring Richard Attenborough and John Mills. The recipient, actor Geoffrey Steele, had an uncredited role as a customer at Rick's Cafe Americain in "Casablanca" and as a taxi driver in "My Fail Lady".

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in glossy wrappers. Inscribed to Language poet Clark Coolidge on the title page: "For Clark, .in the near distance. Steve 10.15.86." One of 600 copies printed. With an Autograph Note Signed from Ratcliffe to Coolidge laid in, sending the book along and asking if Coolidge has any manuscripts available for the Avenue B imprint. A nice association.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. LIMITED EDITION. octavo, 155 pages; red cloth printed in gilt, with pictorial label on front panel; as issued, without dust jacket. Number 56 of 300 copies, by Lawrence Block writing as Jill Emerson, with a new introduction by the author; front cover Illustration by Phil Parks, and signed by both on the limitation page. Together with autograph note (and envelope) signed "Larry" explaining why he is returning a check from the reader.