Autograph letters signed to Samuel Timmins from various correspondents, London and Walsall [manuscript], 1870-1887.

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Autograph letters signed to Samuel Timmins from various correspondents, London and Walsall [manuscript], 1870-1887.

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Correspondents: (1) James Bain; (2) and (5) Alfred Russell Smith; (3) Basil Pickering; (6) F.S. Ellis; (7) C.J. Stewart and (8) William Henry Duignan. The letters all concern book selling business and auctions. (1) mentions a list of Shakespeare plays; (2) mentions a "list of Shakespeariana" Timmins inquired about; (4) consists of a face of an envelope addressed to Sam. Timmins, Esq., Elvertham Lodge, Birmingham, with a list of names and numbers written on the back; (5) contains a list of books with prices that Timmins requested, including Hamlet and Othello; (6) mentions Pope's Shakespeare and Locke's Music to Macbeth; (8) discusses old roads and travel routes around Stratford and London in Shakespeare's time. All are addressed from London except (8), which is addressed from Walsall.

7 items ; 23 x 18 cm.

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