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Published by 28 April ; on letterhead of Englemere Ascot Berks, 1908
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On rectangle of paper roughly 8 x 11 cm, with small triangles neatly cut away from corners. Aged and with traces of glue and paper from previous mounting. The letterhead has Roberts's Garter crest in the top left-hand corner and his address at top right. Firmly written: '[signed] Roberts, F.M. | 28. April 1908.' Slight smudging to the 'rt' of 'Roberts'.
Published by Roberts' note: 14 April ; 'India'. On printed card of the Soldiers' Daughters' Home Hampstead, 1888
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Written lengthwise on back of 11.5 x 7.5 printed card. The side of the card with Roberts s autograph is discoloured but in fair condition, but there is slight loss along the inner margin of the printed side, resulting in some loss of text. Roberts autograph reads: I give my vote / Fred. Roberts. / India / 14th. April 1888. The printed text states that Caroline Constance Williams, aged 8 years, was the daughter of Band-Sergt. John Williams, who served 14 years, and 5 months, in India; the last year in Belorchistan, where through hardship under canvas, contracted the disease from which he died. He was in possession of the medal for long service and good conduct. Details are give of four individuals by whom The case is strongly recommended .
Published by 13 March ; 17 Dover Street W. London, 1901
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp, 12mo. On his letterhead of coronet and letter R. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. He is sorry to refuse the Duke, but I could not really take the chair at a dinner in aid of the Westminster Hospital Funds , as he has promised Lord Cadogan to to [sic] act in that capacity in aid of [same?] Chelsea Hospital. Under these circumstances, I am sure you will excuse me. .
Published by 18 March ; on letterhead of 47 Portland Place W. London, 1903
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3pp, 12mo. Bifolium, folded once. In good condition. 29 lines of text. He thanks her for her kindness, in the midst of your great sorrow , in writing to inform the Robertses of her husband s death. We have often talked of you both, and wondered where you were living. He had thought it was somewhere in the valley of the Thames, at least I thought you told me so when last I met you both walking in Regent Street - some 10 years ago . After a brief comment on Tierney s ill health, he recalls how He, Alfred Torrens, and I sat next to each other at Mills School. Torrens died a few weeks ago, and now I am the only one left. He ends by sending his and his wife s condolences, and in a postscript signed R asks to be informed should you come to London . In his 1914 biography, Walter Jerrold writes that between 1842 and 1845 Roberts was pupil of a Mr. Mills at Hampton .
Published by 14 June ; Simla. On letterhead of the Commander in Chief in India , 1889
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See the entries for the two men in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of the subject of the letter, Sir Richard Temple s eldest son Captain Richard Carnac Temple (1850-1931), the future second baronet. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. Aged, with the gutter repaired with archival tape, and the reverse of the second leaf adhering to part of its mount. Headed Private and addressed to Dear Sir Richard . His telegram of 16 May reached Roberts in Kashmir, and he at once communicated its contents to the Foreign Secretary, but with no result, as I was sorry to find when the Gazette with the Queen s Birthday Honors appeared . He will however have another opportunity of bringing your son s name to the notice of government, for in Sir George White s report on giving up the Command in Burma, Captain Temple s good services are specially alluded to . (See the Oxford DNB: The outbreak in 1885 of the Third Anglo-Burmese War brought Temple once more on active service, and led in 1887 to his being placed in charge of King Thibaw's capital on Thibaw's deposition. ) Roberts will be pleased to endorse the General s favorable opinion .
Publication Date: 1902
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Thirty-fifth Edition. Two volumes. Steel engraved portrait frontispiece and five similar portraits to Volume I together with two photogravure portraits, a title page vignette and six plans and maps, three of them folding. Volume II with photogravure frontispiece - the Attack on Peiwar Kotal - and a similar portrait, title page vignette, three steel engraved and six half-tone plates, three folding maps and a folding panorama. Small ink library stamps to the front free endpapers, but otherwise a very good set in near contemporary crimson crushed morocco by Morrell, raised bands to the spine, a little rubbed at the extremities, fifth compartment on each spine slightly marked from the removal of a label, t.e.g. others uncut, silk markers. xx, 512pp., xiii, 522pp. Richard Bentley and Son, Ladendorf 364: ?Most of Volume I is concerned with the Mutiny?; Taylor 669: ? it is noteworthy that Roberts was a Sepoy General, that is he was from the old Indian Army of the East India Company, not one of the Queen's officers. The result. is that he shows love and respect for India and things Indian?; Jain 974; Riddick 401. A runaway bestseller, Roberts' memoirs ran to eight editions in the first month of publication and evidently to thirty-five in four years. This copy inscribed on the half-title of Volume I, ?Mrs. Lucas-Tooth with kindest regards and best wishes from the Author F.M. Lord Roberts, June 1908.? The recipient was most likely Everild Lucas-Tooth, daughter of Sir Edward Durand and wife of Selwyn Lucas Lucas-Tooth. Copies of Roberts's memoirs rarely turn up so fully inscribed. A highly attractive set.