Autograph Collection. - British Politicians A collection of letters and clipped signatures by prominent British politicians, various sizes, including: the Duke of Wellington; Charles Montague, 1st Earl of Halifax; Sidney, 1st Earl Godolphin; James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn; Thomas Osborne Earl of Danby, John Bright (autograph letter, reading in part "I cannot afford to give you the multitude of cases in which applications are made to me - and I have not been able to ascertain anything about you", three pages, 8vo, 16 November 1860); Sir William Harcourt; Charles Bradlaugh; W.H. Smith (founder of the famous newsagency firm); Lord Stanley; Herbert H. Asquith; Stanley Baldwin; Arthur Balfour; Lord Westbury; Herbert Morrison; Ernest Bevin; James Lowthere; Michael; John Bernard Seely; Hicks Beach; Akers Douglas; and others, some signatures mounted onto album pages and with typed captions, early 18th - early 20th century (quantity)