Sales catalogue 538: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/93
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 538: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    630 WHYMPER (EDWARD, 1840-1911). Alpine Climber and Author. First to climb the Matterhorn. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED VO PROFESSOR oi RICHARD OWEN. I page, small 8vo. 30th May, 1868. £1 1s ‘‘T send herewith the blubber-lamp and a small pouch of Greenland manu- facture for your acceptance. You will excuse the poverty of my offering when you remember that Greenland has not any manufactures.” 631 WILBERFORCE (WILLIAM, 1759-1833). Philanthropist. AUTOGRAPH: LETTER SIGNED: 34 pp., 4to. London, 6th April, 1807. £4 4s A very fine and interesting letter concerning his nineteen years’ struggle for the abolition of the slave trade. This letter was written barely two weeks after the Bill was passed for the abolition of the slave trade. ‘T have often had cause to lament the bad effects of Procrastination eye yet my Procrastination may plead such excuses as almost to justify it, at least with all the friends of the Abolition of the Slave Trade, for it has in truth proceeded from my having found it necessary to make all other Occupations & Engagements give Way, to that great concern. Hence, especy. during, the last few weeks of the Bill’s progress thro’ Parlt. when the critical State of Parties made its Situation somewhat dangerous & such as to claim almost all my time & thoughts.’’ Etc. 632 WILDE (OSCAR, 1856-1900). Wit and Dramatist. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO NORMAN (FORBES- ROBERTSON). Phe: 4 pp., 8vo. (Tite Street, Chelsea, c. 1880. ) £25 An extremely interesting letter referring to his drama in four acts, “ Vera, or the Nihilists,’’? published in 1880; also informing Forbes- Robertson that Modjeska, the famous actress, had asked him (Wilde) to adapt a play for her. « |. T have not yet finished furnishing my rooms, and have spent all my money over it already, so if no manager gives me gold for the ‘ Nihilists ’ I don’t know what I shall do; but then I couldn’t really have anything but Chippen- dale and Satinwood. I shouldn’t have been able to write. “ Modjeska has asked me to adapt some play for her—we have not yet settled what—probably Luisa Miller. I am looking forward to her first night for wh. Barrett has just sent me stalls. . . . As for me [ am lonely, desolé, and wretched. I feel burned out.’’? Etc.