Found 3 collections related to Book%20collectors%20--%20Great%20Britain%20--%2019th%20century%20--%20Correspondence

George John Spencer, second Earl Spencer, British politician and book collector. · Autograph signature on a ticket to the coronation ceremony of George IV : 1821 : (MISC 1470j) : ticket formerly owned by the poet Samuel Rogers. Ticket area printed ("Abbey"); numbered in manuscript ("387"). Labeled "Poets Corner" in manuscript in the lower left corner; with the manuscript signature of Spencer in the lower right corner. "Peers Ticket" written on verso. Filed with under "Rogersana," following Samuel Rogers manuscripts. less

Thomas James Wise, English book collector and forger. · To Percy John Dobell, bookseller : 1 autograph postcard signed : 1 Mar 1920 : (S'ANA 1021) : from "Kirkstead," 25, Heath Drive, Hampstead, N.W.3. (embossed postcard) : begins, "I have looked up some documents written by Mary Shelley in August 1822 . . . .". less

Charles Burney, D.D., English schoolmaster and book collector. He is the brother of Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, the writer. To Fanny Burney, Madame D'Arblay, writer (his sister) : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Jan 1816 : (MISC 0961) : [no place] : begins, "Most grateful was your letter to me, and not unexpected. It found me in bed under a very sharp fit of the gout, which appears to be my Christmas destiny ...". less