Details
[THOMAS STAFFORD SIDNEY]
'W.G.' Up to Date: The Doings of W.G. Grace from 1887 to 1895 inclusive by King Willow
Ootacamund: Nilgiri News and South of India Observer Press, 1896. 8vo., title with vignette portrait, original patterned cloth (spine faded).
PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD SHEFFIELD (autograph letter signed from the author to Lord Sheffield loosely inserted, dated Temple Chambers, Ootacamund, 3 March 1896, this begins: "I have the honour to send herewith a small book entitled 'W.G. up to Date' for your acceptance ....") -- Judge Wakley Collection (bookplate; sold Bonham's, 2 April 2003, lot 78). First published as weekly articles in the Nilgiri News and South of India Observer, this was a continuation of W. Methven Brownlee's biography. Padwick 7599.
'W.G.' Up to Date: The Doings of W.G. Grace from 1887 to 1895 inclusive by King Willow
Ootacamund: Nilgiri News and South of India Observer Press, 1896. 8vo., title with vignette portrait, original patterned cloth (spine faded).
PRESENTATION COPY TO LORD SHEFFIELD (autograph letter signed from the author to Lord Sheffield loosely inserted, dated Temple Chambers, Ootacamund, 3 March 1896, this begins: "I have the honour to send herewith a small book entitled 'W.G. up to Date' for your acceptance ....") -- Judge Wakley Collection (bookplate; sold Bonham's, 2 April 2003, lot 78). First published as weekly articles in the Nilgiri News and South of India Observer, this was a continuation of W. Methven Brownlee's biography. Padwick 7599.
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.