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BAKER, Sir Samuel White (1821-1893). Autograph letter signed, Midhurst House, Richmond, 8 February 1866, 3.1pages, 8vo, concerning preparations for a lecture entitled 'The Great Basin of the Nile'; together with Edwin ARNOLD (1832-1904), autograph letter signed to Sir Arthur, Daily Telegraph, Fleet St, London, 6 August 1872, 4 pages, 8vo, ('how shameful is this jealousy ag[ain]st Stanley & the newspapers - for having saved Livingstone & his priceless discoveries unofficially!!'); and an autograph letter signed to Cadell and Davies, from the son of James Bruce of Kinnaird (1730-1794), concerning the publication of a new edition of Bruce's Travels to discover the Source of the Nile, with reply from Cadell and Davies and accompanying advertisement in manuscript, together 4 pages, 4to. (4)
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