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Click here to subscribeColonel-en-chef du  régiment  Uhlan Impératrice Alexandra Fedorovna de Russie photographie de C.E. De Hahn & Co. Tsarskoe Selo probablement lors de la célébration des 200 ans du régiment le 15 mai 1903 19x10 cm   Provenance: collection Lombard Genève no. inv. 1403Le célèbre joaillier genevois Jean Lombard fonda un musée historique au Manoir de Bonvent près de Genève peu après l?acquisition de ce château en 1957.
[ESPAGNE]. 2 ouvrages historiques en 10 vol. in-12 pleine basane jaspée dos à nerfs ornés. 1)  ROBERTSON.  L?Histoire du Règne de l?Empereur Charles Quint précédée d?un tableau des progrès de la société en Europe depuis la destruction de l?Empire Romain jusqu?au commencement du seizième siècle.  Amsterdam et Paris Saillant & Nyon Pissot Dessaint 1771. 6 vol. 2)  WATSON (M.) Histoire du règne de Philippe II roi d'Espagne. Amsterdam Changuion 1778. 4 vol. Portrait frontispice gravé de Philippe IIProvenance: Couvreu de Deckersberg
DESCARTES (René).  L'homme et la formation du foetus avec les remarques de Louis de la Forge A quoy l'on a ajouté Le Monde ou Traité de la Lumière. Seconde édition reveuë et corrigée. Paris Michel Bobin & Nicolas Le Gras 1677. 1 vol. in-4° relié pleine basane brune dos à nerfs orné (Reliure de l'époque en très mauvais état).  [32] ff. 511 pp. [9] pp.Nombreuses illustrations anatomiques et optiques gravées sur bois in-texte. Quelques galeries de vers en marge en fin de volume n'affectant ni le texte ni les gravures
LE CLERC. Chirurgie complette Tome second contenant L'ostéologie exacte et complette le squelette chiffré un traité des maladies des os & leur guerison. Paris Barthelemy Girin 1706.  2 parties en 1 vol in-8° relié pleine basane (Reliure d'époque). [7] ff. 268 pp. 158 pp.
SWIFT (Jonathan). Le Conte du Tonneau Contenant tout ce que les Arts et les Sciences Ont de plus Sublime Et de plus Mystérieux  avec plusieurs autres Pièces très-curieuses.  Et Traité des dissensions entre les nobles et le peuple dans les républiques d'Athènes et de Rome & c. L'Art de Ramper en Poésie et l'Art du Mensonge politique.  La Haye Scheurleer 1757.  Ensemble de 3 vol. in-12 veau blond marbré dos à nerfs ornés et dorés (Reliures de l'époque).1 frontispice et 7 figures gravées. Coiffe sup. du T1 arrachée
Guye & Barbezat, Le Locle, montre de poche savonnette en or 750 indiquant les phases de lune Signée Guye & Barbezat, n°19694, circa 1890 Mécanique, cadran émaillé blanc, chiffres romains et graduation noirs, aiguilles rosées, indication des phases de lune à guichet, indication de la date, du jour et du mois à guichet, compteur subsidiaire pour les secondes, diam. 52 mm
HODGSON (Joseph). Traité des maladies des artères et des veines. Paris & Montpellier Gabon & Béchet 1819. 2 vol. in-8° reliés demi-veau aubergine de l'époque. T1: XX pp. [1] f. 416 pp. T2: [2] ff. 596 pp. Première édition française rare de cet ouvrage: l'auteur y décrit le premier la maladie de la dilatation de l'aorte qui prendra le nom de maladie de Hodgson. Rousseurs
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)   Mort d'Adonis modèle d'après le marbre bronze à patine verte signé  A. Rodin à l'arrière de la base  et cachet intérieur 36x62 7x38 5 cmProvenance:- Vente publique Paris Galerie Charpentier 5 juin 1956 lot n° 32 #NAME? France #NAME? SuisseExpertise: l'oeuvre sera incluse dans le  Catalogue Critique de l'Oeuvre Sculpté d'Auguste Rodin  actuellement en préparation à la galerie Brame & Lorenceau sous la direction de Jérôme Le Blay et porte le numéro d'archives 2007-1152B (selon courrier du Comité Rodin à Paris daté du 8 octobre 2015).Cette épreuve par surmoulage du marbre aurait été exécutée entre 1904 et 1910  par la fonderie Alexis Rudier  pour le compte de Rodin.  Actuellement seulement 3 exemplaires en bronze de cette sculpture sont connus dont celui que nous présentons ici d'après un modèle conçu entre 1889 et 1896.Rodin fit exécuter au moins 2 épreuves en bronze en 1904 et 1915 par la fonderie Alexis Rudier.Le musée Rodin continua l'édition en faisant réaliser au moins une épreuve en 1928 pour ses propres collections (MR S. 593). 
Ben (Benjamin III Vautier) (1935) "Cette toile tourne autour du soleil cette toile tourne et la lune lui tourne autour aussi" acrylique sur toile signée et contresignée au verso titrée sur son recto et  son verso 19 5x33 cm L'oeuvre est répertoriée dans la base de données de l'oeuvre de Ben Vautier (catalogue raisonné) sous le numéro N° 9669. Un certificat pourra être demandé par l'acheteur à l'artiste pour la somme de 200 Euro.
Ben (Benjamin III Vautier)  -1935 "J'ai peur d'être jaloux" acrylique sur toile titrée au recto signée et datée (19)95 au verso 33x41 cm L'oeuvre est répertoriée dans la base de données de l'oeuvre de Ben Vautier (catalogue raisonné) sous le numéro N° 7419. Un certificat pourra être demandé par l'acheteur à l'artiste pour la somme de 200 Euro.
Ben (Benjamin III Vautier)  -1935 "Pour te fouetter quand tu me trompes - avant après ou pendant" acrylique sur ceinture noire dans son encadrement signée et titrée contresignée titrée et numérotée 6/75 au verso 119 cm (ceinture) 127x10 cm (encadrement) L'oeuvre est répertoriée dans le catalogue des éditions de l'oeuvre de Ben Vautier. Un certificat pourra être demandé par l'acheteur à l'artiste pour la somme de 200 Euro.
Ben (Benjamin III Vautier)  -1935 "Le journaliste qui nous manipule" technique mixte   acrylique sur bois et machine à écrire peinte signée datée (19)95 et titrée 60x50 cm  L'oeuvre est répertoriée dans la base de données de l'oeuvre de Ben Vautier (catalogue raisonné) sous le numéro N° 2628. Un certificat pourra être demandé par l'acheteur à l'artiste pour la somme de 200 Euro.
Ben (Benjamin III Vautier) " -1935 ""Je ne suis pas fou"" acrylique sur miroir encadré signée datée (19)93 et titrée 71x53 cm (miroir)" L'oeuvre est répertoriée dans la base de données de l'oeuvre de Ben Vautier (catalogue raisonné) sous le numéro N° 9670. Un certificat pourra être demandé par l'acheteur à l'artiste pour la somme de 200 Euro.
WILDE (Oscar). Salome a tragedy in one act. Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde: Pictured by Aubrey Beardsley. London Elkin Matthews & Lane and Boston Copeland & Day 1894. In-8° toile bleue d'éditeur ornée et dorée. Titre et liste des illustrations gravés 10 pl. hors-texte. Première édition tirée à 500 exemplaires. Une charnière fendue
TROLLOPE ANTHONY: (1815-1882) English Novelist. D.S., Anthony Trollope, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (London?), 14th May 1864. The partially printed document is a Bill of Exchange for the sum of £36.9.2 completed at St. Thomas, Barbados, 26th April 1864, and drawn on Trollope in care of his publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall in London. Trollope has boldly signed his name across the document, adding the word 'Accepted' in his hand above his signature, and also adding the name and address of his bank, 'Union Bank of London, Princes Street, City' and the date, 14th May 1864, in his hand beneath his signature. The Bill is payable to the order of Messrs. John Newton & Co. and bears a Bank of England stamp. To the verso Newton & Co. have assigned the Bill to Geo. G. Sandeman Sons & Co., and is endorsed with their instruction and with a large Foreign Bill Six Pence fiscal revenue stamp affixed, again also bearing a Bank of England stamp. Very slightly irregularly torn to the left edge and with some light overall age wear and minor creasing, about VG
SITWELL SACHEVERELL: (1897-1988) English Writer. Small series of six A.Ls.S., Sacheverell Sitwell, nine pages (total), oblong 8vo (and one brief letter to the verso of a postcard), Towcester, Northamptonshire, 1967-1972, all to Paul Turok in New York. Sitwell, a noted music critic, writes to his correspondent on a variety of subjects relating to classical music, in the first letter referring to Hector Berlioz‘s compositions, in part, ‘You have noticed what is obviously a very silly misprint. It is very odd I should have missed it. Obviously I meant Symphonie Fantastique, the Grande Messe des Mortis, and Te Deum. But now I wd. Say Les Troyens was his masterpiece. Wouldn’t you?’ (9th November 1967), and in subsequent letters stating, in part, ‘Thank you very much indeed for sending me your Fantasia on Liszt’s “Grey Clouds”. It looks very interesting’ (18th January 1970), ‘Your Three Transcendental Etudes, Op.30 came this morning. I have got one or two friends who are good pianists, and I must get one of them to play them to me….I am wondering if The Bell of Arcos is about the Spanish town Arcos de la Frontera in Andalucia!’ (20th March 1970), ‘…I have been grappling with the typewritten proofs of an immensely long book (200,000 words) which have driven me nearly crazy - but now they are finished!…Death of a Fly is the opening chapter of the book I mentioned, and I will be sending you a copy of it when it appears’ (10th July 1972). Together with a vintage folding oblong 8vo Christmas greetings card inscribed by Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) British Poet & Critic, elder sister of Sacheverell Sitwell, the card featuring a facsimile signature and greeting although with an ink inscription by Sitwell, also adding the first name of her brother, Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) English Writer, in her hand. Generally VG, 7 Paul Turok (1929-2012) American Composer & Music Critic.
MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET: (1874-1965) English Playwright & Novelist. Ink signature and inscription ('For Lillian W. Somerset Maugham') with a lengthy statement immediately beneath, in full, 'who has lived (and loved) in Spain & wishes he could at least live for a while at least in the romantic countries south of the Panama Canal', dated 14th October 1942 in his hand, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album. With an A.M.Q.S. by Josefa Rosanska (1904-1986) American Pianist, to the verso. Together with Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American Writer and Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1938. Autograph Statement Signed, Pearl S. Buck, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, n.p., n.d., in full, 'I hope to see for myself someday, not too long distant, the beautiful countries of South America. But especially I want to know the peoples'. Also signed in bold blue indelible pencil by Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967) English Conductor, to the lower half of the page. Also including a third 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (dated 23rd October 1941 in her hand) and signed and inscribed by violinist Mischa Elman and pianist Vladimir Padwa and one other to the verso, 21st & 22nd August 1934. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 3
LEWIS C. S: (1893-1963) Irish Novelist & Academic, author of The Chronicles of Narnia. Brief T.L.S., C. S. Lewis, one page, slim oblong 8vo, Magdalen College, Oxford, 24th October 1945, to Miss [Daphne] Cooper. Lewis writes, in part, ‘I hope this will fill the bill: and that you are liking the Department of Education’. Together with a small selection of other T.Ls.S. and A.Ls.S. by various Tutors and Principals of Oxford colleges including Helen Darbishire (1881-1961, English Literary Scholar and Principal of Somerville Collage), each being complimentary letters of testimonial for Daphne Cooper, 1945-47. Generally VG, 7
BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., John Betjeman, one page, 4to, Cloth Fair, London, 5th January 1973, to 'Dear Vicar'. Betjeman announces 'Oh how lucky you are to be where you are, and how I wish I could be with you but I cannot', explaining that he has to be away in October ('it is one of the few times of the year I can be free to rest after the hard work of the summer months') and commenting on his recent ill health, causing him to cancel all his engagements before filming in the summer, and concluding 'My Doctor tells me that unless I do this, I could become quite ill, so I must heed his advice'. Together with a printed small 8vo menu for a luncheon offered by the Sunday Times to Cyril Connolly to mark his 70th Birthday, signed by Betjeman in bold black ink to the front cover, also adding his address at Radnor Walk and telephone number in his hand beneath his signature. VG to EX, 2 Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) English Literary Critic & Writer.
BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., John Betjeman, one page, 4to, n.p., 31st January 1974, to Mr. Shorney. Betjeman thanks his correspondent for their booklet of verse and remarks 'I shall look forward to re-reading it when I have a little more time. I was saddened though to read about your “Church in the Forest”', further making a holograph comment, 'I think there is black magic about in some places & positive evil'. Together with a signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card by Betjeman, the small 8vo folding card featuring a colour image to the covers of a detail from an original tile decoration by William De Morgan, signed by Betjeman in bold black ink to the inside alongside a printed greeting and inscribed to Lord Bolingbroke with a (largely illegible) note in the poet's hand referring to his homes at Radnor Walk and Cloth Fair. VG to EX, 2
SUFFRAGETTES: An excellent 8vo autograph album containing A.Qs.S. by many prominent members of the British Suffragette movement and their associates comprising Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928, British Political Activist and Leader of the British Suffragette movement; 'They that sow in tears shall reap in joy, E. Pankhurst', and dated 25th May 1909 in her hand), Mary Gawthorpe (1881-1973, British Suffragette; 'When our piping is done lo others shall finish what we have begun, Mary E. Gawthorpe' and dated Princes Skating Rink, Knightsbridge, May 1909 in her hand), Emmeline Pethick Lawrence (1867-1954, British Women's Rights Activist; 'Fear is of all base passions most accused, Emmeline Pethick Lawrence') and her husband Frederick Pethick Lawrence (1871-1961, British Politician; 'Life is action not talk, F Pethick Lawrence'), Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958, British Suffragette & Co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union. Daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst; 'Deeds not words, Christabel Pankhurst'), Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936, British Suffragette & Writer, 'A new order of things, a new world for women, full of new possibilities, Beatrice Harraden', and dated Princes Skating Rink, 25th May [1909] in her hand), Evelyn Sharp (1869-1955, British Suffragette, 'One more fight, the last and the best! Browning, Evelyn Sharp', and dated May 1909 in her hand), Mary Leigh (1885-1978, English Political Activist & Suffragette, 'Madness maybe but method in it. March on No Surrender!! Marie Leigh, DX3/6' and dated 26th May 1909) and, on the same page, Edith New (1877-1951, English Suffragette, 'Of all base passions fear is most accused. Command the conquest, Charles, & it is thine. Joan of Arc in Hen V, Edith New, DX3/7') and also including an entry, possibly by Elizabeth Morris (1866-1964 ? 'Woman's Cause is Man's, Lizzie Morris', and dated 26th May 1909 in her hand). All are bold fountain pen ink examples and many are on individual pages. The album also includes a number of other earlier signatures and quotations by friends and family of the collector. A rare grouping of signatures, enhanced by the accompanying quotations. The covers of the album are detached and the spine is missing, the exterior only FR although the inside pages generally VG
MCCARTNEY LINDA: (1941-1998) American Musician & Photographer, husband of Paul McCartney. Book signed, a hardback edition of Photographs, First Edition published by Pavilion Books, London, 1982. Signed by McCartney in blue ink to the front free endpaper, 'For you my friend! love Linda' and dated 1982 in her hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, A.Ls.S., etc., by various classical musicians, composers, opera singers etc., including Jussi Bjorling, Lawrence Tibbett, John McCormack, Feodor Chaliapin, George Henschel, Fritz Kreisler, Artur Rubinstein, Arthur Nikisch (agreeing to hear his correspondent play, 1899), Alfred Cortot, Edward German (politely declining to send his correspondent a MS, 1904), Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Basil Cameron, Michael Balfe, Emma Albani, John Sims Reeves, Harry Plunket Greene etc. G to generally VG, 22
DUDLEY JOHN: (1504-1553) 1st Duke of Northumberland. English General, Admiral & Politician, the De facto ruler of England who led the Government of the young King Edward VI from 1550-53. Rare L.S., John Lisle, as Viscount Lisle, two pages, folio, Alnwick Castle, 6th March n.y. (c.1542-47), to Michael Stanhope. Dudley writes to reprimand his correspondent for mishandling the King's business in Hull, especially for having paid out sums which were already paid, including the charges of the ships pressed into His Majesty's service at Hull. Dudley provides instructions in order to rectify the mistakes and informs Stanhope that the ships he has sent are to be discharged, 'Albeit by reason of yll weyther, they have byn so long uppon the Sees that moche of yt, ys spilt and lytell worthe wherin the kinges mat[jest]ie shalbe a gret loser'. With integral address leaf (very slight traces of the seal and with two small areas of paper loss, neatly repaired). Some light overall age wear and a neat split to the central vertical fold, not affecting the text or signature. Generally VG Sir Michael Stanhope (c.1508-1552) English Courtier, Master of the Kings Harriers (1548) and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1549). Brother-in-law of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector to the young King Edward VI. Stanhope was beheaded on Tower Hill on 26th February 1552 after he was convicted of conspiring to take the life of John Dudley and others. Provenance: The Spiro Family Collection, Part I, Christie's London, King Street, 3rd December 2003 (Lot 21, £2390).
EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine, long A.L.S., David, (twice; at the conclusion and again at one interval in the letter, and a further three times with his initial D at other intervals in the letter), fourteen pages, 4to, Calgary, Banff and other places, 15th - 21th September 1919, to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward ('Fredie darling darling one'). The Prince writes his letter, in bold pencil, over a period of a week whilst travelling by train across Canada during his official tour, stating, in part, 'I really am down & out to-night sweetheart & feeling like death as I've never taken such a hopelessly miserable & despondent view of life as I do now!! It's hell beloved one & all on account of having had to do the P of W stunt & play to the gallery till I can do it no more!! This trip has been a huge success up to the present, I'll take a little credit for that as I have worked hard & no mistake; but its partly fear of not being able to keep it up & letting down the staff & spoiling the whole trip which has put me in this hopeless state of mind!! I feel….that I'm not ½ big enough man to take on what I consider is just about the biggest job in the world!! Can't you picture your poor little boy….struggling with a long & important speech for tomorrow which he knows he's going to crash over & so spoil his reputation!!….Your little boy is quite silly to have cracked just now when the worst stunts are over & he's going to have a very easy & perhaps pleasant week before reaching Vancouver…I like Calgary…I was taken straight to church where I had to dedicate a war memorial; then we lunched at the golf club tho it was too maddening not to be able to play on the fine course & all I got was a mouldy walk!!….I've just got away from a very wet & noisy dinner at the Ranchman's Club, though I think the title implies tight men doesn't it darling? They are a fine crowd of Westerners, but God they drink….it was stiff cocktails & scotch to-night followed by dirty songs. I guess I was lucky to escape before midnight having only been roughly handled by one drunken tho it was kind roughness…' (15th September), '…we rode off to the "round" up of cattle which was an amazing stunt; I rode a nice locally bred horse in a "stock" saddle…We were in time to help the cowboys & Indians round up the last odd hundreds of cattle & they collected close on 2000.…it was quite good fun & I got lots of hard riding doing my best imitation of a cowboy….it's a real good life that ranching darling tho a very hard one & one's got to be real tough to take it on as a living….I've been listening to the queer & funny experiences of the whole staff who all had an adventure or experience with one or more women to-night'. (17th September), 'Of course I'm as usual terribly sad & lonely sweetheart tho only on top tho that is the part of me that I work on; the deep down part is always always the same blissfully happy because WE love each other!! I ask for nothing in this world except that my precious darling beloved little Fredie Wedie shld love me as I know SHE does….I owe my Mama 2 letters & my father 3 tho they do write such balls that they are hardly worth answering tho I suppose I shall have to make an effort soon!!….I had a good game of golf with Godfrey this afternoon & was playing better; a nice 9 hole course tho he beat me 3 up but only because I messed up the last 3 holes!!…There are ½ dozen nice Canadian girls here darling all of them hideous but good dancers & cheery & gt fun & good for any thing I shld say tho that doesn't interest this little boy….' (18th September), '…I was on the verge of tears reading all the marvellous divine things you say to me sweetheart & did want you want you beloved one & just held out my arms (I did really!!) tho alas nothing happened & I felt more hopelessly lonely than ever!!….Oh!! Its useless my trying to tell you what your last letter & everything in it means to your vewy vewy own devoted adoring little David…I had 2 rounds on the 9 hole course at Banff yesterday morning tho I was hopeless on account of a gale of wind & being worried by people coming up to shake hands or snap me; & the limit came when a hideous Yank girl in huge spectacles came up to me & called me "dear sweet child" to my face just after I had missed a long drive shot & was using the foulest language!!….But this is a marvellous spot….& I adore it because you do & because you've been here & I figured out your divine lovely little face on the glacier at the end of the lake. We've been dancing….to-night with those Canadian girls who I'm ashamed to say we brought up in our train from Banff & we had them to dinner again…don't be thulky Fredie darling & we only gave them a lift as they missed the train having planned to come on here anyway & if only you could see them you wouldn't possibly be thulky!!…I got more than fed up & bored with those very plain girls we've had more or less in tow since Calgary & am glad to be quit of them!!!!….I enclose a few more photos (no longer present) angel which may amuse you; that Indian rig (complete with feathered head dress) was given me by the Stony Indians yesterday when they made me a "chief" and called me "Morning Star"…did anyone ever feel less like a star in the morning than your little boy darling; such an inappropriate name to give me!!' (19th September), '…You see I tell you every thing as you know beloved one & as I promised to; of course there have been funny incidents the whole time particularly at the queer parties we go to tho. they don't happen to me only to the staff!! But these women out here are as hot as hell most of them & one has to be more than on one's best behaviour and never release oneself a scrap when dancing or talking to them as they are merely waiting for the least hint for a flirtation & they squeeze one's hand & say the most amazing things tho all that merely revolts me. They don't get any change out of your little boy sweetheart….I can't possibly reach England before 20th Nov & my visit to the States is still very vague…New York is going to be cut out….I shld like to have spent a few hrs in N.Y. having heard so much about it merely to see the amazing city….' (20th September), 'We spent a terrible 4 hrs….yesterday afternoon as after all the balls we were solemnly driven up to the top of a bl_ _d _ mountain (1 ½ hrs) in cars to unveil some mouldy tablet to commemorate my visit!! Christ! Your little boy was peeved & fierce over the whole stunt as it didn't do any good to anyone & it was a case of "Gud I'm cold" when we might have had a good climb by ourselves!!….Bless you sweetie mine for this last divine letter & for Mr. Thpider's photo on that angellic (sic) seal which I love & which has made me so happy & Mrs. Thpider is delighted wiv it too & says it's a good photo!! How you do spoil me Fredie darling & its so so sweet of you to have put Mr. Thpider on yr. pearl necklace….everything you've given me is sacred sweetheart, yr. photos & sponges….And we use the same scent, soap & tooth paste etc. so that I'm only thinking of YOU darling one even when I'm cleaning my teeth!!….I feel more & more strongly that its absolutely legitimate to lie & that we are more than within our rights to do so when it concerns our own private affairs angel. There can't possibly be a 3rd party, if there is we are done so that we mustn't think twice about lying all we can!….I don't trust a sould except YOU beloved one OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM WE CAN NOT PUBLISH A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT - PLEASE CONTACT IAA LTD DIRECTLY FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION
GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. A.L.S., Albert, as Duke of York, four pages, 8vo, Holwick Hall, Middleton-in-Teesdale, 8th September 1925, to [Henry] Newcombe. The Duke sends another film for his correspondent to develop and remarks 'I was sorry about the light getting into the last one as it is a great nuisance. I think I know the reason for this. When you put the film in & start the machine the join of the red paper to the sensitive paper causes the motor to stop, due to the difference in thickness of the two papers. The papers should be bevelled off so as to get rid of the hard edge. This film may also have a bad start, & when I put the present new film in it stuck at the join', asking his correspondent to point the fault out to Kodak, and asking for the developed photographs to be sent to Balmoral. Together with a second A.L.S., Albert, as Duke of York, four pages, 8vo, Piccadilly, 26th July 1928, also to [Henry] Newcombe. The Duke asks for a film to be printed and developed 'on the dull paper as before' and further commenting on a previous film, 'I think what must have happened to the film which has been through twice is that I must have put it back instead of a new one. But is this possible as there is no red paper at the end?', also adding 'I remember you telling me that a film I sent from Scotland last year was blank & then you could not find another one which I had sent you. So perhaps this is the explanation, though it does not seem possible'. Also including four original vintage photographs, presumably taken by the Duke himself (and quite possibly unpublished), three of the images (4.5 x 3) taken from Buckingham Palace and depicting a Royal procession, The Mall and a large group of people encircling the Victoria Memorial opposite Buckingham Palace, and the fourth image (6 x 4.5) depicting the Duchess of York seated outdoors in a three quarter length pose accompanied by the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Further including Prince Henry (1900-1974) Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George VI. A.L.S., Henry, five pages, 8vo, Sandringham, Norfolk, 27th January 1931, to [Henry] Newcombe, requesting a number of enlargements of photographs, and listing the relevant numbers from various books and further asking that Kodak make different titles for the albums, including The Races, A Safari through the Arussi district, On Mt. Chilalo, On the way to the River Hawash & last camp etc., and remarking 'I will put them in myself & then will send you all the films to be copied'. The Prince concludes by asking about the whereabouts of six negatives that he had sent previously for enlargement and which he has not yet seen ('They were of people shooting') and requests that everything be sent to him at Buckingham Palace. An interesting series of letters. VG, 7 Harry Sainsbury Newcombe (1901-1988) English Photographer and General Manager of Wallace Heaton of Bond Street, responsible for the personal photography of the Royal Family.
CHARLES: (1948- ) Prince of Wales. Signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the stiff slim oblong 8vo white folding card featuring a colour photograph to the inside of the Prince riding in an open Royal carriage, accompanied by the his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Signed ('Charles') in bold black fountain pen ink beneath a printed greeting. With a gold embossed crest to the front. Together with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947- ) Second Wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. A colour 8 x 6 photograph of the Duchess, accompanied by her husband, Prince Charles, each waving from the inside of a Royal carriage, signed and inscribed by the Duchess in black ink to the verso, alongside a printed message, 'I cannot believe another year has passed! So many thanks for remembering our 9th Wedding Anniversary'. Also including Prince Edward (1935- ) Duke of Kent, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II & Katharine (1933- ) Duchess of Kent. Signed Christmas greetings card by both the Duke and Duchess of Kent individually, the stiff slim oblong 8vo white folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of their three children, George Windsor, Lady Helen Taylor and Lord Nicholas Windsor, standing together in a group pose beneath a tree. Signed ('Edward') by the Duke of Kent, with several additional words in his hand, and signed ('Katharine') by the Duchess of Kent, both beneath a printed greeting, 1979. With monogram and crown to the cover. A few minor smudges to the Duke's signature. Generally VG to EX, 3
BALDWIN STANLEY: (1867-1947) British Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924- 29 & 1935-37. T.L.S., Stanley Baldwin, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, n.p. (London), 28th October 1931, to Lord Stonehaven at the Unionist Central Office, on the blind embossed stationery of the Privy Council Office. Baldwin proclaims 'The National Government, supported by the whole strength of the Conservative Party, has won the most striking victory in the history of our country' and continues 'The common sense of the nation has triumphed. It is no mere party victory, but it must be recognised that the success of the National Government has been due in very large part to the untiring efforts of Conservative workers up and down the country.' Two file holes to the left edge and some light age wear, a few small pinholes to the upper left corner and a few spots of staining, three of which very slightly affect the text, but not the signature. Together with Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923) British Prime Minister 1922-23. T.L.S., A Bonar Law, one page, 8vo, Whitehall Gardens, 20th July 1905, to M. A. Braunstein, on the printed stationery of the Board of Trade, marked Private. Law states that he has now received a reply from Lord Percy 'who says that your letter will be shown to Lord Lansdowne as soon as possible, and that very probably it may be brought before the Defence Committee'. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear, G to about VG, 2 John Baird (1874-1941) 1st Viscount Stonehaven. British Politician and Governor-General of Australia 1925-31.
EDEN ANTHONY: (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57. T.L.S., Anthony Eden, one page, small 4to, Newport, Rhode Island, 5th July 1953, to Mrs. A[nnie] Fawcett. Eden thanks his correspondent for their letter and good wishes and comments 'I was deeply touched by your thought of me at this time. I was so very sorry to hear that you too had been in hospital and hope that you will soon be feeling much better'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Together with Clarissa Eden (1920- ) Wife of Anthony Eden. T.L.S., Clarissa Eden, one page, 8vo, Newport, Rhode Island, 9th July 1953, to Mrs [Annie] Fawcett, thanking her correspondent, on behalf of her husband, for their kind letter and good wishes. Also including Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) British Statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-51. Vintage signed cabinet photograph, an early image of Bevin in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Elliott & Fry of London. Signed by Bevin in dark fountain pen ink to the image. Some light overall age wear and creasing, most evident to the photograph and Clarissa Eden's letter. G to generally VG, 3
DOUGLAS-HOME ALEC: (1903-1995) British Prime Minister 1963-64. A.L.S., Alec, two pages, 4to, London, 11th July n.y. (1965), to John [Rodgers], on his personal printed stationery from the House of Commons. Douglas-Home states that he was touched by his correspondent's understanding letter and continues 'The constant nagging of the Press is the really tiresome thing & particularly of the Daily Express on the "ex-Peer out of touch with the people" attitude. That is what starts unrest at the constituency level', further remarking 'Of course, if the leader was Ted [Heath] they would hunt him on Europe & Reggie [Maudling] on economics & Iain [Macleod] on his Colonial policies so each would get it in turn'. Douglas-Home also writes 'My sole yardstick of decision has been whether, if I was to go, it would contribute to the unity & strength of the party. As we have been doing very well I have concluded that on balance it was better to stay. That is still my view & that you confirm it gives me courage'. Together with a second A.L.S., Alec, one page, 8vo, London, 28th July (1965), to John Rodgers ('My dear John'), on the printed stationery of the House of Commons. Writing on the final day of his term as Leader of the Conservative Party, Douglas-Home states, in full, 'Your understanding & trust help so much in these testing days. I pray that I was right & I believe so & think we can now give the country a last chance to save itself from socialism'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Douglas-Home, marked Personal & Private in his hand and signed by him with his initials ('ADH') in the lower left corner. Two scarce holograph letters with good content. VG, 2 Sir John Rodgers (1906-1993) British Politician.
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Selection of T.Ls.S. and one A.L.S. by various British Prime Ministers of the 20th century comprising Clement Attlee (regarding the Presentation Ceremony of the Smuts Memorial Fund, 1952), Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Edward Heath (3; all signed Ted or Ted Heath, in one thanking his correspondent for their message of congratulations upon becoming Leader of the Conservative Party and in a holograph postscript remarking 'I know how strongly you felt about it all & I therefore value all the more your frank letter & loyal support...', 6th September 1965) and Harold Wilson (referring to the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Aberfan disaster, 29th November 1966). Each of the letters are written to John Rodgers and two are on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street. Generally VG, 8 Sir John Rodgers (1906-1993) British Politician.
BRITISH POLITICS: Small selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, T.Ls.S. (2) etc., by various British Prime Ministers and politicians including Harold Wilson (2; one a T.L.S., Harold, one page, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 14th March 1974, to Arthur Bottomley, on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister, thanking him for his letter and good wishes and, in a holograph postscript, remarking 'We were right to open the campaign in Middlesbrough - even if by accident - & as we both said, the promotive mood & prospects continue'), Edward Heath (3; one a T.L.S., Ted Heath, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 7th July 1970, to Arthur Bottomley, thanking him for his letter of congratulations), Jeremy Thorpe etc. Some light tape stains to each of the corners of two of the signed photographs, evidently caused by previous mounting, G to generally VG, 7
BRITISH HISTORY: A good slim oblong 8vo autograph album containing over 50 signatures by various British Political and historical figures of the 1930s and 1940s, some of them Prime Ministers, including Neville Chamberlain, his wife Anne Chamberlain and his brother Austen Chamberlain (an attractive set of three signatures on one page), Stanley Baldwin, J. Ramsay MacDonald (a good example dated 10 Downing Street, 11th October 1934 in his hand), Anthony Eden, Lord Burghley (Olympic Gold medallist who inspired a famous scene in Chariots of Fire), 5th Earl Howe (Motor Racing driver), Walter Runciman, 6th Earl Winterton & his wife, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, Cecil Cochrane, Nicholas Grattan-Doyle, Cosmo Lang (as Archbishop of Canterbury), 1st Viscount Nuffield, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, Earl Jellicoe, David Beatty, Leslie Hore-Belisha, John Simon (an amusing pair of signatures on the same page, dated 1934 and 1950), Samuel Hoare, Walter Elliot, Clementine S. Churchill, David Maxwell Fyfe etc. Most of the signatures are good fountain pen ink examples on individual pages, a few of which are multiple signed. Generally VG
TENNIS: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger (2), vintage (3) by various male tennis players including Lew Hoad (Wimbledon Champion 1956 & 1957), Jan Kodes (Wimbledon Champion 1973), John McEnroe (Wimbledon Champion 1981, 1983 & 1984), Fred Stolle, Roger Taylor etc. Each of the images depict the players in tennis related poses. G to generally VG, 6
WHITE GEORGE S.: (1835-1912) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in Afghanistan at Charasiah in October 1879 and Candahar in September 1880. A.L.S., Geo S White, one page, 8vo, The Convent, Gibraltar, 11th June 1902, to a gentleman. White politely informs his correspondent that 'my absence from England will prevent me joining in the Reception you are organizing for the 3rd July'. With blank integral leaf. Together with John French (1852-1925) British Field Marshal. A.L.S., French, two pages, 8vo, Pall Mall, 8th May 1916, to [Viscount] Burnham. French writes to thank his correspondent 'for the kind article which appeared in the Daily Telegraph a week ago'. With blank integral leaf. VG, 2 Harry Levy-Lawson (1862-1933) British Newspaper Proprietor & Politician, succeeded his father as owner and manager of the Daily Telegraph in 1916.
DICK-CUNYNGHAM WILLIAM HENRY: (1851-1900) Scottish Lieutenant Colonel, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Sherpur Pass, Afghanistan, on 13th December 1879 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Rare A.L.S., W H Dick Cunyngham, Lt Colonel, two pages, folio, Aldershot, 4th December 1897, to the Brigade Major of the 2nd Infantry Brigade. Writing in his capacity as Commander of the 2nd Battalion of Gordon Highlanders, Dick-Cunyngham forwards some sketches (one still present) and reports to his correspondent, explaining that they have been executed by various officers and commenting 'The sketch map showing outposts....appears to be extremely accurate & has been drawn with great care', further praising the topographical points etc., and further stating 'The road report executed by Lt. The Honble. R. Carnegie is neat & correct & the details in the report appear to be very full....The road report & sketch executed by Lieut. Findlay is satisfactory. The sketch very clear, road somewhat broad, & the details in the report satisfactory'. With a further note in the hand of the Lieutenant. Colonel of the 2nd Infantry Brigade to the integral leaf, forwarding the road report by Carnegie and one other. Together with the Road Report by Lieutenant R. F. Carnegie of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders referred to in the letter, being a well executed colour pen and ink drawing of a road and train tracks close to Frimley and Blackwater, with details of the surrounding buildings, including barracks, and land etc., with an affixed holograph report providing extensive details of the road, bridges, rate of marching, towns and villages, water, rivers, halting places, camping grounds, railways etc., close to the road, both the drawing and report signed by Carnegie and dated 23rd November 1897 in his hand. The report has also been reviewed by Herbert Plumer (1857-1932) 1st Viscount Plumer. British Field Marshal. In a holograph statement signed ('H Plumer Lt Col') Plumer remarks, in part, 'Useful sketch & report. The directions of all roads branching from the one under report should be noted. Milestones shd. be stated. Names on the sketch shd. be printed boldly. There should be a scale....' Also including a small selection of other documents and printed ephemera etc. relating to the 2nd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders including an Annual Musketry Return for 1893 (the partially printed document completed in ink by Carnegie and bearing his signature), an original folio pencil and pen and ink drawing illustrating Highland Games and Athletic Sports of the Gordon Highlanders at the Curragh Camp, printed broadside entitled Interior Economy issued by Lieutenant A. L. Haldane, Adjutant, etc. Autographs of Dick-Cunyngham are rare as a result of his untimely death at the age of 48 when he was killed in action at the Siege of Ladysmith on 6th January 1900. Some light overall age wear and a few minor splits and small tears at the edges and folds of the letter and documents, generally about VG, 6
AVIATION: Miscellaneous selection of signed First Day Covers by various aviation pioneers and pilots etc., including Brian Trubshaw, Hanna Reitsch, Gerd Achgelis & Elly Beinhorn, Peter Twiss, Luigi Questa, Richard Williams, Erich Janus, Roland Falk, Bernard Lynch, Leonard Snaith and other Schneider Trophy pilots etc. Each of the covers feature attractive colour designs and images of aircraft and commemorate various events and individuals. VG, 11
AVIATION: Miscellaneous selection of signed First Day Covers by various fighter pilots, aviators and other individuals, some associated with World War II, including Douglas Bader, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck, Mike Donnet, Yeo Phillips, Tom Sopwith, Leonard Cheshire, Peter Twiss, Eduard Neumann & Werner Schroer, Oskar Romm, Adolf Galland, Gunther Seeger, Gerhard Schopfel, Friedrich Lang, Erwin Fischer etc. Several are multiple signed and one is a large (12.5 x 9) cover. Each of the covers feature attractive colour designs and images of aircraft and commemorate various events and individuals etc. VG, 19
LITERATURE: Selection of signed clipped pieces (most removed from the conclusion of letters) and fragments etc., by various writers, poets, novelists etc., of the 19th century, including Henry James (with several additional holograph lines of text referring to 'memories of my old Parisian life'), Sabine Baring Gould, Charles Reade, R. D. Blackmore, Matthew Arnold, Charles Kingsley, Walter Scott ('Mr Scott'), Thomas Hughes, Thomas De Quincey, Alfred Tennyson (remnants of an A.L.S., only FR), Henry Longfellow, Emile Zola (autograph envelope, unsigned, addressed in his hand to Chatto & Windus in London) etc. A few laid down, FR to generally G to about VG, 18
WORLD WAR II: A good selection of signed First Day Covers by various Escapees, Resistance members, Prisoners of War etc., all associated with World War II, including Taffy Higginson & Eleanor (Pat) Cheramy, Baron J. A. Bentinck, Pat O’Leary, Florentino Goicoechea, Joseph Le Jeune, E. H. J. Aan de Stegge, Hans Wisbrun, Paul Philip Veerman, Jimmy Langley, Peggy van Lier, Anne Brusselmans, Elvire de Greef (‘Tante Go’), Michou Ugeux, Baron J. A. de Blommaert de Soye, W. J. ‘Scottie’ Brazill, Lewis Hodges, Prince Karawik Chakrabandhu etc. Some of the covers are multiple signed and all have attractive colour designs and images, all issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society. VG, 14
WORLD WAR II: A good selection of signed First Day Covers by various Escapees, Resistance members, Prisoners of War etc., all associated with World War II, including Lewis Hodges, Prince Varanand (‘Nicky’), Alan Day, William Goodbrand, Lawrence Taylor, Florentino Goicoechea, Edward Howell, Sandra Poumpoura, Anastassias Neslihanidis, Anastassias Zafiropoulos, Dimitirios Karapas, Tassouda Samara, Stavros Kitsos, Elefteria Saridakis, Vasili Bakakis, Costas Georgilakis, Smaragada Xipolitakis, Charles Louis Jean Francois Douw van der Krapp, Jan Peelen, Harry King, Eric Williams & Oliver Philpot etc. Most of the covers are multiple signed and all have attractive colour designs and images, many issued by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society. VG, 12
SCHACHT HJALMAR: (1877-1970) German Economist, President of the Reichsbank 1923-31, 1933-39 & Reich Minister of Economics 1934-37. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Hjalmar Schacht') and date Berlin, Werhmacht, 1932 in his hand on a stiff 8vo card. A circular sepia magazine portrait of Schacht is neatly affixed above the signature. Together with Albert Speer (1905-1981) Nazi Politician & Hitler's Chief Architect. A vintage 20 mark Reichsbanknote bearing the date Berlin, 7th February 1908, signed by Speer to a clear area of one side in blue ink with his name alone. Some light folds and age wear, G to VG, 2
PRISONERS OF WAR: Small selection of A.Ls.S. by various Prisoners of War, most written on various official partially printed folding stationery, two from Konzentrationslager Mauthausen-Gusen, 1943-46, most in German and one in English. One letter from Gerd Boerninck to Helga Stoll states, in part, 'Your words were like rays of sunshine on a rainy day. I'm so grateful to you for cheering me up like that....I am so worried about everyone at home. Unfortunately post to and from there is very sporadic. I am allowed to receive as many letters as I want....' (27th March 1946) and another from Sergeant Gerard Tickle to Mr. H. E. Moore ('Dear Jack') states, in part, 'I should have liked very much to have joined you with the bread cheese & pickles....' (7th March 1943). Some light overall age wear, FR (1), generally G to about VG, 5
FIRST DAY COVERS: A miscellaneous selection of signed First Day Covers by a variety of famous individuals including Margaret Thatcher (2), Lord Home, Michael Heseltine, Rex Hunt, Richard Attenborough, Richard Annand VC, Admiral Desmond Dreyer & Rear Admiral A. R. B. Sturdee (both present at the Battle of the River Plate, 1939), Chief Petty Officer J. H. Youngs & Lieutenant Commander H. J. Instance (both present at the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939) etc. Most are multiple signed and all feature attractive colour designs and images commemorating various events and anniversaries etc. VG, 10
HISTORICAL: Two fine folio volumes containing over 350 signed clipped pieces, Free Front envelope panels, fragments, A.Ls.S. etc., by a wide range of British 19th century historical figures, including Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Unusual D.S., Nelson & Bronte, one page, small oblong 4to, given on board HMS Victory, 12th July 1804. The manuscript document certifies that Francisco Brasilino ('aged 21 years 5 feet 11 inches high Brown Hair Grey Eyes...') had presented himself before Nelson and declared that he had 'voluntarily enlisted himself to serve His Majesty King George the third in the Royal Marine Forces', adding that he has been duly enlisted and that the 'second and third Articles of war against Mutiny and Desertion were likewise read to him and he has taken the oath of Fidelity', boldly signed by Nelson at the conclusion and countersigned by George Magrath (1775-1857) in his capacity as Surgeon on board the Victory and confirming that he has examined Brasilino and found him sound and fit for service; Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (2), Duke of Wellington (laid down opposite a sprig of Verbena removed from Walmer Castle), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (a charming A.L.S., Chesterfield, one page, 4to, Bath, 1st January 1758, to a Lady, complimenting her on some delicious turkey and cheese, 'and as for the Ham I do not regret it, being in that respect, by the Law of my Doctors, a Jew'), Earl Liverpool, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, John Sumner (as Archbishop of Canterbury), Henry Brougham, Lord Raglan, William Gladstone, Richard Cobden, Robert Peel, Charles Grey, George Cruikshank (2; one a fine, large example, 15th July 1853), Charles Kean, Richard Oastler, Louis Blanc, Arthur Clifton, Queen Adelaide (2), Olivia Serres (scarce A.L.S. by the English Imposter who claimed the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland) and many others. Each of the autographs are neatly laid down (most in multiples) to the pages. One volume is dedicated to autographs of males and the other females and both are well presented with calligraphic titles to the heads of most pages, some with attractive colour coats of arms above the signatures, both with indexes and each bearing the ownsership signature of the collector, E. Day, along with the date, 25th October 1849. Both volumes are handsomely bound in leather with identical and highly decorative gilt stamped borders to both covers and the spine, which also feature raised bands. All edges gilt. Some extremely minor, light age wear, generally VG, 2
PARRY WILLIAM EDWARD: (1790-1855) English Rear Admiral and Arctic Explorer. A.L.S., Wm. Edward Parry, four pages, 8vo, Haslar Hospital, Gosport, 12th July 1851, to Captain Giberal. Parry offers a lengthy explanation for the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter of the 7th May, and continues 'I need not say with what deep interest we have regarded the proceedings of your Association, which we should willingly initiate if it were in our power. But the members of our little body are almost all so busily occupied in their respective duties, as to have little or no leisure for originating measures, which, nevertheless, they would gladly see carried out. Our rule therefore, has been, and, I fear, must continue to be only to follow the suggestions of the Parent Committee in London, and to adopt, so far as we are able, what they recommend'. Parry further states 'Our attention, and doubtless yours also, has lately been drawn to the formation of the “Protestant Alliance”, in which, as it seems to me, the “Protestant Defence Committee” is likely to merge; if, indeed, the members of the latter will all agree to the admission of dissenters into their body - which, however, they, perhaps may not. I am sure it is a time in which all sound & faithful Protestants ought to unite against the common enemy, and I trust they heartily will' and concludes 'The alteration of the Liturgy is a subject which, I must confess, I know not how to approach with any hope of success. I could wish some passages altered; but how can it be effected by agreement among those who differ so widely? It is, I think….a scriptural complication as it is, if such men as the Bp. of Exeter would not throw firebrands among us….' Some light traces of former mounting to the left edge of the first page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. Together with a small selection of signed clipped pieces by various other Arctic and Polar Explorers comprising John Franklin, John Ross, Richard Byrd and Edward R. G. R. Evans. Neatly laid down (2). Generally G to about VG, 5
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