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Publicado por 'Islington - | 102 Upper Street'. 10 October, 1839
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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H2pp., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged, with the blank second leaf placed in a windowpane mount. The letter gives a good impression of Upcott's questionable character, well-described in Janet Ing Freeman's entry on him in the Dictionary of National Biography. It reads: 'My friend will not part with his Autograph of O. Cromwell He purchased it for 5 Guineas the usual price To his signature in my possession is attached that of his Secretary Thurloe by no means a common Autograph Dr. R. wants it I don't wish either to leave my Collection yet I will dispose of both for 4 pounds, - taking the chance of replacing it Edward Vith. I cannot hear of Mine as before stated cannot be taken from the Series of Royalty as it is particularly described in the printed Catalogue of Original Letters and State Papers in the possession of | dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | William Upcott'.
Publicado por 3 May ; 2 Great Newport Street London, 1836
Librería: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Reino Unido
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2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged. Corner of second leaf cut away on opening of letter, and still adhering to wafer. Folded twice. Addressed to 'W. Upcott, Esq.' Upcott has been 'so kind as to invite Mr Fields and me to spend an evening with you in going over some of your Literary treasures', and Rodd has 'an indistinct idea of some particular evening being named' by Upcott. In the hope that the present evening was not intended, he asks Upcott to send word of which evening will suit his convenience. In a long postscript Rodd expresses the hope that - should the present evening have been intended for the meeting - Upcott will excuse Rodd's forgetfulness, 'and impute it to the right cause the [having?] of one's thoughts in a Sale-room, added to which I had been travelling all the previous night'. Rodd was highly regarded for his knowledge and fair dealing. He issued several catalogues of Americana. 'Mr Field [sic]' was presumably James Thomas Fields (1817-1881) of the celebrated Boston firm Ticknor and Fields, who started in the trade at the age of fourteen, and whose name was 'Field' until later in life.