Beschreibung:

includes the following real photographs: a 4" x 5.5" silver print, signed on period mount of Stanley J. Weyman (1855-1928; romance novelist); a 3" x 4.5" silver print of Talbot Mundy holding a pet monkey (1879-1940; author of King of the Khyber Rifles), signed on period mount; a 4" x 6" silver print photograph signed on mount of William Thomas Stead (1849-1912; English journalist, noted for his crusade against child prostitution); a real photo post card of Sir Edward M.C. Mackenzie (1883-1972; author of Whisky Galore and Monarch of the Glen), signed on front; a 4" x 5.75" silver print of Richard Whiteing (1840-1928; author and journalist, noted works include The Democracy, The Island, The Yellow Van and more), signed on period mount; the following autographed photo-mechanical prints: 3.5" x 5.5" print signed on period mount of Alfred E.W. Mason (1865-1948; mystery writer, soldier, and politician); a 5" x 7" image of Sir Huge Walpole (1884-1941; New Zealand novelist, author of The Wooden Horse, Fortitude, The Dark Forest and other works), signed on period mount; a 4.5" x 7.5" image of William Booth (1829-1912; founder of the Salvation Army and 1st General of the organization from 1879 until his death in 1912), dated 1911, signed on period mount; a 4" x 6" image of William B. Maxwell (1866-1938; playwright and novelist, author of The Last Man; The Naked Truth and more), dated 1914 and signed on period mount; two photo-mechanical prints of Frank Swinnerton (1884-1982; author of Young Felix and other works), both signed on period mounts; a 4.25" x 6" engraving of Theodore Watts Dunton (1832-1914; best known as friend and minder of A.C. Swinburne), signed on period mount; the following ALsS: an ALS from Leslie Stephen (1832-1904; Editor of Cornhill Magazine and others, author, but best known as the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell , dated 1883, letter is a thank you note for the loan of a Richardson picture; an ALS from John Robert Seeley (1834-1895; English essayist and historian) to John Henry Chamberlain (1831-1883; British Architect, known for his Gothic style, early proponent of John Ruskin and the Arts & Crafts movement), letter deals with an appointment date; and two ALsS to and from Edward Smith Willard (British Actor; 1853-1915) both dealing with a dispute over the cost of items Willard purchased in Boston during his 1896-97 American tour. Condition: All VG to EXC, letters with normal folds.