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JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900); WILLIAM ETTY (1787-1849); LEONARD MERRICK (1864-1939)
One-page tipped-in autograph letter, signed ("J Ruskin"), to an unnamed recipient, 8°, Denmark Hill, S.E., 20th July 1868 (fold marks), enclosing money for the man to buy food: "How came you to try authorship before learning to spell? How old are you and why are you without friends as without employment?"
One-page autograph letter, signed ("Wm Etty"), to an unnamed recipient, 8°, 14, Buckingham Terr., Friday 23rd Feb 1844, thanking him for a bill.
One-page autograph manuscript, signed ("Leonard Merrick"), 8°, London, June, 1888, detailing the lay-out for his book Mr Bazalgette's Agent. (3)
One-page tipped-in autograph letter, signed ("J Ruskin"), to an unnamed recipient, 8°, Denmark Hill, S.E., 20th July 1868 (fold marks), enclosing money for the man to buy food: "How came you to try authorship before learning to spell? How old are you and why are you without friends as without employment?"
One-page autograph letter, signed ("Wm Etty"), to an unnamed recipient, 8°, 14, Buckingham Terr., Friday 23rd Feb 1844, thanking him for a bill.
One-page autograph manuscript, signed ("Leonard Merrick"), 8°, London, June, 1888, detailing the lay-out for his book Mr Bazalgette's Agent. (3)