Lot 240
Gladstone, William and Betrand Russell. Autograph letter signed ("W.E. Gladstone"), 3 pages, 7¼ x 4 5/8 in., 4 Carleton Gardens S.W., Mar. 29, 1876. To James Knowles, Esq., acknowledging a receipt and detailing why the payment was too much and regretting that he will be "far away on the 11th" and cannot be present at a discussion. He begs to have a copy sent to him and invites Mr. Knowles to breakfast with him on Wednesday. Gladstone served as British Prime Minister four separate times: (1868-74, 1880-85, February-July 1886 and 1892-94). Sir James Knowles (1831-1908) was an architect and the editor of Contemporary Review. Housed in a custom-made case. Together with a typed letter signed by British philosopher, logician, social reformer and winner of the 1950 Nobel Pize for Literature, Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), 1 page, 5 x 8 in. on personal engraved letterhead, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales, June 13, 1957. To S. Obodiac in Saskatchewan, Canada, regretting that he cannot accept an invitation to visit: "…I have become too old for such jaunts." With transmittal envelope.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
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