Warner (Oliver) A large collection of material related...
Warner (Oliver)
A large collection of material related to British naval historian and writer Oliver Warner, highlights including: an autograph letter from Ms. Esmond Warner, reads in part “…Lovingly she had a full-time job as a Fashion? Editor in “Vogue” …”, six pages, mailing folds, 8vo, Cambridge, 1 November, 1972; an autograph letter from Arthur Machen, saying “How extremely kind of you. All my thanks for an article which is calculated to sooth the fretfulness of age and to flatter the innocent vanity of a decayed author.”, 2 pages, mailing folds, slight staining, 4to, Buckinghamshire, 5 March 1932; an autograph letter from Theodore Powy, who writes to say "how very much I have enjoyed your life of General George Monck. You might have written this book only to give me pleasure, which it certainly has done.”, signed “Theo”, one page, mailing fold ink slightly faded, 8vo, Dorchester, 29 January 1937; Gospels, Novum Testamentum Accedunt Parallela S. Scripturæ Loca Necnon Vetus Capitulorum Notatio et Canones Eusebil, coloured ownership note (“Richard C. Warner”) with inscription on flyleaf verso, later leather backed calf boards, rebacked, 8vo, Oxford, 1751; with a large quantity of postcards, newspaper clipping and notebooks (large qty).
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Warner (Oliver)
A large collection of material related to British naval historian and writer Oliver Warner, highlights including: an autograph letter from Ms. Esmond Warner, reads in part “…Lovingly she had a full-time job as a Fashion? Editor in “Vogue” …”, six pages, mailing folds, 8vo, Cambridge, 1 November, 1972; an autograph letter from Arthur Machen, saying “How extremely kind of you. All my thanks for an article which is calculated to sooth the fretfulness of age and to flatter the innocent vanity of a decayed author.”, 2 pages, mailing folds, slight staining, 4to, Buckinghamshire, 5 March 1932; an autograph letter from Theodore Powy, who writes to say "how very much I have enjoyed your life of General George Monck. You might have written this book only to give me pleasure, which it certainly has done.”, signed “Theo”, one page, mailing fold ink slightly faded, 8vo, Dorchester, 29 January 1937; Gospels, Novum Testamentum Accedunt Parallela S. Scripturæ Loca Necnon Vetus Capitulorum Notatio et Canones Eusebil, coloured ownership note (“Richard C. Warner”) with inscription on flyleaf verso, later leather backed calf boards, rebacked, 8vo, Oxford, 1751; with a large quantity of postcards, newspaper clipping and notebooks (large qty).
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