A small collection of material of miscellaneous interest acquired by Mr William Griffiths, formerly of Foyle's Bookshop in London, including a letter to him from Nikolai Tolstoy, 1960, and a letter from John Thomas, harpist to Queen Victoria, 1875, and from the soprano Edith Wynne.
Includes five photographs numbered 6394997/1-5 - a studio portrait of German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician & archaeologist Theodor Mommsen by Giacomo Brogi, Firenze; two cartes de visite (cdv) of George Eliot by The London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company; a cdv of 'Gladsone & Grandson'; one cdv titled '14 views of Beddgelert' by Francis Bedford.

A collection of postcards both sent to and collected by the donor. Most are of resorts around the UK by major publishing houses. Many are to the donors grandmother. Included are works by postcard artists Margaret W Tarrant and Mabel Lucie Attwell.