Autograph Letters Signed from Mary Cowden Clarke to Various Recipients


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Many concern her concordance to Shakespeare; others refer to her famous friends, especially Keats, Lamb, Leigh Hunt, and Gounod (28). (39) includes an autograph copy of one of her sonnets, and (33) and (56) include sheets from the manuscript of the concordance.







Autograph Letters Signed from Mary Cornelia Owens, Baltimore, to Various Recipients


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Recipients: William Winter and Mrs. William Winter (letter to the latter addressed "My dearest friend"). Both largely concern the Booth family, including Junius Brutus, both his first and second wives (Adelaide and Mary Ann), and his sons Richard, Edwin and John Wilkes. One letter signed "M.C. Owens," the other "Corrie Owens." Both letters sent from 909 St. Paul Street. With (2), the accompanying envelope addressed to Mrs. Winter at 17 Third Avenue, New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y.




Daughters of Queen Victoria


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This book's pages contains the classic account of Queen Victoria's daughters by E. F. Benson. Using sources such letters and other writings Benson provides an immensely interesting insight into each of Victoria's daughters and their relationships with their mother and their royalty. Ben was a prolific writer of his time producing over 90 works. Queen Victoria's Daughters was first published in 1938 and is here republished with an introductory biography of the author.




Fake?


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Describes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.







The Gay Hussars


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