Sales catalogue 525: Maggs Bros

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/80
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 525: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1575 HARDY (THOMAS, 1840-1928). The famous Novelist. AUTOGRAPH LETTER.SIGNED ‘“ T. H.” TO CAPTAIN ADAM. | 1 page, 8vo. Max Gate, 30th March, IgIo. © £15 15s ce . . . Certainly I approve of the list of names you send, except perhaps that of ‘Tha Octagon,’ of ‘ Obelisk.’ As this name was succeeded by ‘The Town Pump,’ which has ceased to be a pump, it might be well to say ‘Town Pump ’ formerly the site of The Octagon.’’ 1576 HARDY (THOMAS). AUTOGRAPH LETTER,SIGNED TO MISS CHAREOTTE MEW. 2 pp., 12mo. Max Gate, 28th October, 1919. £7 10s “] . . thank you for the beautiful poem you wrote in the volume made up by my poet friends, without my knowledge, which reached me about 10 days ago, having been delayed I believe by the binder. ‘© T shall always value the MS. & keep it for your sake, as will my wife also.’’ 1577 HARDY (THOMAS). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO THE SAME. 3-page, 8vo. Max Gate, 3rd January, 1924. £5 5s ‘‘ What I did was really infinitesimal. Others did more than iis ‘‘You are merely to think the little event happened—a very small one.’’ Htc. 1378 HARDY (SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN, 1769-1839). Vice-Adimiral. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO .. SIR) SGEOGrS WESTHAL. 2 pp., 8vo. Portsmouth, 27th October, 1831. £2 12s 6d «| Tam very glad that Sir James Graham wrote so proper a letter to our friend Sir George Cockburn, and I am fully perswaded that the first Lord will not fail to convince our friend of the high respect Sir James entertains for the character of Sir George Cockburn.’’ Etc. Admiral Sir T. M. Hardy was Nelson’s Flag-Captain in the Victory and when Nelson was mortally wounded he said to him ‘Hardy, I believe they have done it at last, my backbone is shot through,’ and his dying words were ‘‘ Kiss me Hardy.”