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  Collection of Four Autograph Letters Signed By Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour

  BALFOUR, Arthur James.

  Arthur James Balfour Collection of Autograph Letters Signed.

  1892-1911.

  Rare collection of four letters signed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. The collection includes: Duodecimo, four pages, embossed with the House of Commons insignia and signed by Balfour to "Dear Duchess," which reads in part "I am very glad indeed to hear of yr. success in finding a suitable model . . . . I should love to see your work as soon as you think the profane crowd may be admitted to it! In the meanwhile I venture to send you a book on anatomy for artists [not present], what you probably know already but which in case you do not may interest you. . . . It is the best book on the subject. . . . Arthur James Balfour" (Jun 26, 1892); Duodecimo, two pages on Parkins & Gotto's Government Note stationary, dictated by Balfour and signed to Reverend Hensley Henson, which reads in part ". . . I need hardly add that every effort will be made by the Conservative Party to resist the further progress of the measure for the Disestablishment to Disendowment of the Church in Wales. Yours faithfully, Arthur James Balfour" (March, 20 1895); Duodecimo, four pages, signed by Balfour to editor of the Hibbert Journal, L.P Jacks, about a philosophical article he intends to contribute to the Journal, which reads in part, "I think I shall have something ready fo...

  Price: $2,000.00     Item Number: 146657

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