Lot 31
Eyre & Matcham families.- Vanity Fair.- ?Stampes (E.) Autograph Letter signed to "My dr Will", [c. 1848], "Blackstone... has not appeared lately in London but he has answered some conundrum in Vanity Fair last week"; and a small quantity of letters and notes relating to the Eyre and Matcham families (qty).
Hammer Price: £350
Description
Eyre & Matcham families.- Vanity Fair.- ?Stampes (E.) Autograph Letter signed to "My dr Will", 2pp., 8vo, Athenaeum Club notepaper, [London], n.d. [c. 1848], "Blackstone... has not appeared lately in London but he has answered some conundrum in Vanity Fair last week. Here is a good story I have now read Mr Murphy the traveller asked a Mormon how many wives & children he had. The man said he had seven wives but did not know how many Children as he had not counted them for two years", folds, slightly creased, glazed; and a small quantity of others, including letters and notes relating to the Eyre and Matcham families and a few 19th century photographs including one of the remains of Nelson's house on Nevis etc., v.s., v.d. (qty).
Description
Eyre & Matcham families.- Vanity Fair.- ?Stampes (E.) Autograph Letter signed to "My dr Will", 2pp., 8vo, Athenaeum Club notepaper, [London], n.d. [c. 1848], "Blackstone... has not appeared lately in London but he has answered some conundrum in Vanity Fair last week. Here is a good story I have now read Mr Murphy the traveller asked a Mormon how many wives & children he had. The man said he had seven wives but did not know how many Children as he had not counted them for two years", folds, slightly creased, glazed; and a small quantity of others, including letters and notes relating to the Eyre and Matcham families and a few 19th century photographs including one of the remains of Nelson's house on Nevis etc., v.s., v.d. (qty).