Autograph letters signed (2) : Sheykh O'Beyd [near Cairo], and Newbuildings Place, Horsham, Sussex, to Mrs. [C.W.] Earle, 1889 Dec. 18 and 1906 Dec. 4.

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Autograph letters signed (2) : Sheykh O'Beyd [near Cairo], and Newbuildings Place, Horsham, Sussex, to Mrs. [C.W.] Earle, 1889 Dec. 18 and 1906 Dec. 4.

Mainly about the poetry of Lord Lytton and Lady Betty Balfour's biography of her father.

2 items (11 p.) ; (8vo)

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Earle, Maria Theresa (Villiers), 1836-1925,

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Melhado, Frederick,

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Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922

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Wilfred Scawen Blunt was an English author and explorer. He was born in Sussex, and served in the diplomatic corps in Europe and South America. He retired in 1872, married Anne Isabella Noel, Lord Byron's granddaughter, and they travelled through Europe and the Middle East, and went into partnership breeding Arabian horses. He vociferously opposed British imperialism, and was imprisoned in 1888 for supporting Irish Home Rule. He kept a diary for most of his adult life, and also wrote numerous tr...