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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- A collection of autograph letters, including: Lady Nina Cecilia STRATHMORE (1862-1938). Autograph letter signed to 'my dear Ottoline', Woolmer Park, 26 December 1936, 4 pages, 8vo . with envelope, on the abdication crisis, 'it has been a terribly tragic way of becoming King & Queen, but .. I feel that it is all for the best for the Nation , as they will only show the most beautiful example of all that is best in this world'; and, H.W. MASSINGHAM (autograph letter signed to Ottoline Morrell from editor of The Nation , on Philip Morrell's article); Josiah C. WEDGWOOD (autograph letter signed to Philip, 1914); Reginald MCKENNA (typed letter signed to Philip, 1911, concerning coalmines); Wilfred WELLOCK (typed letter signed to Philip, 1916, thanking him for speaking in the House of Commons on behalf of Conscientious Objectors, with a pamphlet, The C.O.'s Hansard , 1918, reporting the 'Peace by Negotiation' debate); Bertrand RUSSELL (autograph letter signed to Julian Morrell, sending her a Japanese stamp for his collection); William S. LLOYD WEBBER (autograph letter signed to Philip Morrell, 1942, on his wartime choir). (7)