Bloomsbury Auctions

151. India.- Abbot (Thomas, gunner, stationed in Solapur,
India, of Saffron Walden, fl. 1839-49) 11 au t o g r a p h let t e r S to
h i S w i f e Ch a r l o t t e ab b o t t, 32pp., sm. 4to & folio, Islington, 18th
December 1839 - Shapoor, 22nd April 1849, loving letters to his
fiancé and later wife, Charlotte, “Dear Charlotte, I get up a few
hours in the day time. I wish I was with you to take a walk with you
and talk to you I should feel so happy that I should, write to me as
soon as you possibly can...”, and describing one of his illustrated
letters, “Following the custume of his own country, a sketch by T.
Abbott, on the Bank of Mount Pleasant, Sholapoor” etc., i n C l u d i n g
4 l e t t e r S w i t h C h a r m i n g wat e r C o l o u r i l l u S t r at i o n S o f ind i a a n d
en g l a n d, a n d 7 o t h e r wat e r C o l o u r S i n C l u d i n g 2 p o rt r a i t S o f
th o m a S ab b o t t, 1 letter with conjugate blank torn away, numerous
small tears mostly along folds, some use of tape along folds,
browned; and a small quantity of others, associated material, v.s.,
v.d. (sm. qty) £2,000 - £2,500
152. Devon.- Lock (Susan, of Braunton) [Co m m o n p l a C e b o o K],
manuscript, 75pp., 15 engravings and lithographs, (14 pasted
down and 1 tipped-in), 1 watercolour of a sailing boat with initials
“FG”, 1 drawing, and a cut signature of Richard Knill tipped-in,
1f. with hole affecting a few words, hinges a little weak original
leather decorated in relief, edges and corners a little rubbed, upper
joint broken, lacks head and tail of spine, g.e., most initialled
and dated at Braunton, 8vo, Braunton, 17th February 1840 - 5th
November 1854. £80 - £120
*** With autograph poems and contributions from friends in
Braunton, including: “My dear young Friend... F.G. Warriner
Braunton May 6th 1840”; Farewell”; “Riddles”; “Braunton Bells”
etc. Richard Knill (1787-1857), missionary.
Lot 151
153. Hume (Joseph, radical and politician, 1777-1855)
li t h o g r a p h e d le t t e r S i g n e d o n v e r S o to Jo h n br i t t e n, 1p., folio,
London, 22nd March 1841, on free trade, small hole in margin,
folds, browned; and 6 other pieces, including A.Ls.s. from: Richard
Cobden, Louisa Sheridan, Lord Palmerston, Lord Derby and
Barthelemy, v.s., v.d. (7 pieces). £150 - £200
154. Cooke (Edward William, marine artist and gardener, 1811-
80) au t o g r a p h le t t e r S i g n e d “ne d” to Ja m e S Sta r K, painter of the
Norwich School of Artists, 4pp., 8vo, Barnes, n.d. [watermarked
1844], reflecting on their days of regular meeting as “to an
antideluvian world,” promising to show him sketches, pictures
and plants , hoping to seek his opinion on what would be suitable
for the Norwich expedition, “some have been exhibited in London
if that is not a drawback” and reporting on his poor eyesight and
his wife’s ill health, ink splash marks, folds, slightly browned.
£100 - £150
155. Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, army officer
and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) le t t e r S i g n e d “we l l i n g t o n” to
t h e ea r l o f li n d S e y, 1p. with conjugate blank, sm. 4to, London,
24th December 1844, as Leader of the House of Lords summoning
him to the House of Lords for a new session of Parliament, folds,
slightly browned. £100 - £150
*** The signature of Wellington is almost certainly secretarial, yet
the inscription “The Earl of Lindsey” is in Wellington’s hand.
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