Blue Manuscript, Signed (4 results)

1p., foolscap 8vo. On wove paper watermarked 'G R | 1806'. Aged, and with fraying to extremities, with closed tears through three of the signatures, unobtrusively repaired on the reverse with archival tape. Presumably a draft or second copy, as the original must be among the papers of the Society of Antiquaries. The document reads: 'To the Right Hon. George Earl of Leicester, | President of the Society of Antiquaries. | My Lord, | We whose names are hereunto subscribed request leave to signify to your lordship that Edward-Wedlake [sic] Brayley, Esq. of Wildernes Row London is desirous of the honour of becoming a member of the Society of Antiquaries, and as he is a gentleman greatly conversant with the history and antiquities of this kingdom, which he has shewn by several valuable and interesting publications, we think he will, if chosen, be a very useful member of the Society. | [signed] Monkhouse | [signed] Saml. Foart Simmons | [signed] M Garthshore | [signed] J. P. Malcolm.' Maxwell Garthshore (1732-1812) was a Scottish physician and Fellow of the Royal Society; James Peller Malcolm (1767-1815) was an Anglo-American topographer and engraver; Rev. Mark Noble (1754-1827), was a biographer; Samuel Foart Simmons (1750-1813), was a physician.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Foolscap folder. 68 pages typed in Cyrillic. Signed in red crayon on the last page by Katayev with a few corrections and annotations in his hand. String bound with first page a little creased and brown wraps in worn and slight marked condition, text very good.Encloesd in attractive marble wraps, tied with ribbon at spine and with supplued printed label, these in nice condition Title on cover in typed Russian (Cyrillic) on label. Bought from the estate of Richard Hare ( 1907 - 1966). He was a scholar and expert on Russian literature and art. He wrote several books on Russian literature including 'Pioneers of Russian Social Thought (1951) and 'The Art and Artists of Russia' (1965.) He was married to the Latvian sculptor Dora Gordine. This Katayev (1897 - 1886) play appeared in 1943 and is described in the Oxford Companion to the Theatre as an 'amusing trifle.' His most successful play was Squaring the Circle (1928). The manuscript also has the words 'Mr. Reavey' on the back of one page. This is likely to be the translator and writer (Russian born) George Reavey (1907 - 1976) he published Soviet Literature Today in 1946. It was probably submitted to him for translation but there is no record of a published version. Signedes.

ADS Typed and manuscript document on The State of South Carolina letterhead blue paper by His Excellency James Hopkins Adams concerning Railroad Stock.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 10 lines, 43 words. 8 1/8" x 9 7/8". Very good. Titled, signed and inscribed by Berlin: "Heaven Watch the Philippines words and music by Irving Berlin Heaven watch the Philippines Keep her safe from harm Guard her sons and their precious ones In the city and the farm Friendly with America Let her always be Heaven watch the Philippines and keep her forever free and keep her forever free." Berlin wrote this song in 1945. It was written as a tribute to Filipino resistance during the Japanese occupation in World War II (see Wikipedia for additional details). An important manuscript item for any Philippines collection. We have been advised by a well known east coast dealer that it is unpublished. Inscribed by Author(s).