Society of Scribes and Illuminators.- Anna Hornby A group of letter and ephemera related to Anna Hornby, artist and one-time Secretary of the London Society of Scribes and Illuminators, various sizes. Including: autograph letter by Alfred Fairbank (one reading "It was a happy and fortunate day for me when we first met, which led to building up the S.I.H. together and to numerous occasions when I had the pleasure and support of your friendship, which I have valued enormously", one page, 8vo, 27 Granville Road, 28 December 1962)  ) a typed letter signed by Kenneth Clark ("I cannot tell you what a pleasure it was to see your writing; almost the most beautifully written letter I have ever received [...] Gainsborough (who himself had a graceful hand) used to pin the letters he got from his old schoolmaster onto his easel as an inspiration to him when he was painting, and I shall have the pleasure of keeping your letter on my desk", one page, 8vo, 27 March 1969); a booklet entitled 'Calligraphic Antics' sent to Mrs Hornby by US calligrapher G. Harvey Petty, 1962-1995 (small quantity)