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An Excellent Vintage Reproduction of a Sharps Rifle Civil War 1859. Length 118cm

Gone With The Wind Volume II hardback book by Margaret Mitchell. Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty following Sherman's destructive March to the Sea. Est.

Royal Doulton Large Character Jugs, 'Don Quixote', 'Sancho Panca' & Antagonists 'The Civil War. (3).

Roual Doulton Antagonists Collection Large Character Jugs - 'The Battle of Little Big Horn', 'The Battle of The Alamo', 'The Civil War'. (3)Lot 1270 - good condition

WALLACE & SCOTT, bookmarks, The Civil War 1861-1865, EX to MT, 25

17th century, a Civil War period brass sword hanger, decorated with a foliate design, the top horizontal bar with rivets at each end and three suspension loops, each supporting a hooked hanger with matching decoration, 7cm across by 7cm high. Very fine with a rough green patina £80-£100 --- Provenance: Found in East Anglia

A TIN OF A A AND B C TRADE CARDS VARIOUS TYPES, to include football, American Civil War etc and a small quantity of other vintage trade cards. Man From Uncle 55, Civil War 54, Battle 26 Other part sets include: Star teams from ‘61 – 6, Make a photo football cards 27, James Bond 19, Outer Limits 35, Batman 23, Strange World 30, Flags of the World 45, Dangerman 7, Thunderbirds 6, Western Story 12

From the Collection of Admiral Grindall, an Able Seaman aboard Captain Cook?s Resolution during his second circumnavigation and later in command of Prince at the Battle of Trafalgar; thence by direct descent through his family. Typed transcripts of letters to Admiral and Lady Grindall in connection with the Battle of Trafalgar. Not in chronological order. The contents of the letters are as follows: 2 To Richard Grindall aboard the Irresistible from Lord Bridport aboard the Royal George concerning RG?s injury, 5.7.1795   3 To RG from Lord B ? covering note conveying the thanks of the Admiralty to all ships involved in the Action of the Ile de Groix on 23.6.1795.  Comments upon RG?s injury. 5.7.1795.   4 Lord Chesterfield to Mrs G concerning her husband?s injury, undated but probably 28.6.1795.   5 ? 9 Copy of Bridport?s dispatch from the London Gazette on the Action of 23rd June 1795, with casualty list.   10-11 General Order addressed to G aboard the Prince on the action of the previous day ? the Battle of Trafalgar - to the commanders of ships involved from Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, on the Euryalus, who assumed command of the fleet after Nelson?s death, 22.10.1805.   12 ? 13 General Order Collingwood to all commanders for a Day of Thanksgiving for the victory of Trafalgar on 7th November, dated 22.10.1805.   14 ? 15 Letter, Collingwood to Mrs G thanking her for forwarding his wife?s letters, December 1805.   16 ? 17 Letter, Collingwood to Mrs G concerning his elevation to the peerage and Mrs G?s assistance to his wife, 5.12.1805.   Un-numbered ? Letter of congratulation to RG from Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Ball, Civil Commissioner of Malta commenting upon Nelson?s death, 27.12.1805.   18 Letter Collingwood to Mrs G commenting on her husband?s good health, 21.1.1806.   19 Letter Collingwood to Mrs G giving news of her husband?s return to the UK, 28.4.1806.   20 ? 25 Letter Collingwood to GR commenting on Sir John Duckworth, promotion, domestic/family matters, strategy regarding Sicily and the Neapolitan court, and prize money, 10.10.1806.   26 ? 27 Letter Lord Exmouth to GR from aboard Caledonia, 10.8.1814.   28 ? 29 Letter Samuel Hood to RG on domestic matters and about Edmund Grindall, RG?s son, going into the Navy, 18.6.1807.   31 ? 31 Letter of condolence from Samuel Hood to Vice Admiral RG on the death of a son with mention of Hood?s own service in the Indian theatre of operations, 29.4.180?   32 - 33 Letter from Hood to RG about domestic matters and his own future posting, 1.3.1808.   34 Letter Hood to RG concerning Edmund Grindall and his own health, 17.7.1809.   35 - 36 Letter Hood to RG concerning Edmund G?s health requiring his return to England and his merits as an officer cadet, 28.2.1811.   37 ? 38 Letter of condolence Hood to RG on the death of Edmund G, 13.9.1811.   39 ? 40 Letter Hood to RG commenting upon Edmund?s continuing poor health and his own posting to India, 12.8.1811.   41 Letter Lord Nelson to Captain RG assuring him that his son will enjoy Nelson?s patronage if circumstances allow, 6.5.1803.   42 ? 47 Set of instructions for the Service of Thanksgiving for the naval victories of the War against Revolutionary France held in St. Paul?s Cathedral ? date uncertain possibly 1800.   (The order of the Flag Officers in carriages given on page 43 is in accordance with the dates of notable victories ? 1st June 1794 known as The Glorious First of June?; 14th March 1795 Hotham?s Action off Cape Noli; 23rdJune 1795 Action off Ile de Groix; 14th February 1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent; 18th February 1797 Capture of Trinidad; 11th October 1797 Battle of Camperdown against the Dutch.  On p. 47 Nelson is only referred to as Sir ? which would indicate that the date was after 17th May 1797 when he was made a Knight of the Bath, but before 19th May 1801 when he was made Viscount Nelson.  The above chronology taken from N. A. M. Rodger, The Command of the Ocean ? A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815 (London: Allen Lane, 2004), pp. 599-601.)

19th century American Civil War style copper powder flask with sprung brass plaque. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

Office of John Nash (1752-1835) - Two Italianate Villas for Sir James Murray Pulteney, the first inscribed verso "A house intended to be built in Scotland by Sir James Murray Pulteney. This view given to Mary Countess Harcourt. Sir James was the... friend of William Earl of Harcourt and his Countess... his death was occasioned by the...", the second inscribed verso "This is of a house... to be built by... [signed] Mary Harcourt", oil on paper laid on panel, 36.5 x 55cm, each with printed trade label of Baker Carver & Guilder to Her Majesty Thames Street Windsor, unframed (2) Provenance: Sir James Murray-Pulteney (1755-1811) by whom presumably commissioned from John Nash; William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743-1830) and Mary Harcourt, nee Danby, Countess of Harcourt (1749-1833); acquired in the mid-20th century by the family of the present vendor.One or other of these newly discovered alternative perspective designs by Nash, differing in scale but not in style, was to be built at Clermont, Fifeshire for Sir James Murray Pulteney.The larger villa was to be closed modelled on Nash’s Cronkhill of 1802, the earliest example of an Italianate villa in England. This similarity is not surprising as Pulteney would have been familiar with the design of Cronkhill. That was originally intended to be a larger building and much closer to that in the present lot as is clearly evidenced by the drawing by Nash’s assistant George Stanley Repton (1756-1858), now in the Sir John Soane Museum, London. It is entirely possible that the present works, executed in pen, ink and thin oil on paper instead of pen, ink and watercolour, are also from the hand of Repton.Both the siting of Cronkhill at Atcham near the River Severn and the Wrekin, and the area around Clermont are not particularly mountainous but in country with relative ‘hills’.The soldier and politician General Sir James Murray-Pulteney, PC, 7th Baronet, was the son of Sir Robert Murray, 6th Baronet and his first wife Janet Murray. His lengthy military career included service in the American War of Independence in which he was injured at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. He assumed the additional name of Pulteney when, in 1794, he married Laura Pulteney, 1st Baroness Bath (1766-1808), the daughter and heiress of his cousin Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet and MP for Shrewsbury (1729-1805).The familial link between Sir James Murray-Pulteney and Sir William Pulteney (his cousin and father-in-law) who’s home was only five miles distant from Lord Berwick’s Attingham Park, where not only Cronkhill, but the picturesque estate village of Atcham (c1797) was also built by Nash (a prolific visitor of his clients) is strongly suggestive of an introduction to  or recommendation of Nash.The present designs were almost certainly commissioned in the years immediately following the death of Sir William Pulteney. Sir James Murray Pulteney’s death in 1811 removed the raison d’etre for a house at Clermont.Her father, who also married an heiress and took her name, was said to be the wealthiest man in Great Britain. Remembered for his role in the development of Bath, he was a patron of the architect Robert Adam and the civil engineer and architect Thomas Telford. Sir William Pulteney purchased Shrewsbury Castle in 1775 as a family home. Thomas Telford was responsible for the improvements and alterations that swiftly followed. These included the building of ‘Laura’s Tower’, a picturesque folly of c1790 commissioned for his daughter (she who later married Sir James Murray-Pulteney) as a Summer or Tea house. Mary, Countess of Harcourt (1749-1833), nee Danby, was the daughter of a Yorkshire clergyman. She married, firstly, Thomas Lockhart and secondly, in 1778, General William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (1743-1830). A pupil of Alexander Cozens, the countess was herself a keen and accomplished artist. The couple enjoyed a close friendship with the royal family and their various interests and activities were recounted by the diarist Joseph Farrington RA (1749-1821).Nash was by far the most successful, fashionable and subsequently controversial British architect of the regency. He worked throughout England, Wales and Ireland but it is surprising that he built hardly anything in Scotland. The influence of Nash's design for Cronkhill on the history of British architecture has long been recognised. Sources:Summerson (Sir John) - The Lift and Work of John Nash ArchitectWilliams (Gareth) - The Country Houses of ShropshireTyack (Geoffrey) - Cronkhill Shropshire, article in Country Life,  February 19 2004 Further potential sources (not examined)William Pulteney paper, Huntington Library, CaliforniaCorrespondence of Sir James Murray-Pulteney, his family and contemporaries (in 33 volumes), The Morgan Library, New York Condition ReportBoth require conservation but in basically good original condition, varnish dirty, paper lifting in places, panels sound

Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "U.S.S. Hartford" Signed lower right. Original oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, David G. Farragut, commander of the USS Hartford, was ordered to capture New Orleans, the South's richest and most populous city. In April 1862, Farragut began his attack on New Orleans. The fierce fighting lasted for days, but the Confederate batteries were eventually silenced and victory went to the Union. Image Size: 25 x 26 in. Overall Framed Size: 32.75 x 34.25 in. Framed behind glass. (B06145)

J. Craig Thorpe (American, B. 1948) "Louisiana Locomotive" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States Louisiana Commemorative Cover postmarked May 8, 1995. Falling on hard times after the Civil War, the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad was sold at a sheriff's public auction in May 1869. The lucky bidder was Charles Morgan, operator of the first steamships on the Gulf of Mexico. After renaming his new purchase Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad (ML&T), he later improved the road by changing it from broad to standard gauge. He is also credited with inaugurating a car ferry system across the Mississippi River. In addition to his transportation innovations, Morgan earned the respect of his fellow railroaders and employees by insisting that fair wages be paid in a timely fashion. This was particularly commendable, for many railroads of this era customarily allowed payrolls to fall in arrears. The punctual arrival of the ML&T pay car even inspired the regional expression, "regular as payday on the Morgan." Two years before his passing on May 8, 1878, Morgan was fittingly honored when the appreciative citizens of Brashear City, Louisiana, renamed their town Morgan City. Eventually the ML&T was taken over by the Southern Pacific Railroad, becoming part of the California-Texas-New Orleans main which is still in use today. Displayed here is ML&T's engine No. 47, a 4-4-0 passenger type built by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia around 1883. Acquired just before the road was taken over by the Southern Pacific, the engine sports the customary star emblem signifying the Morgan line. Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 18 x 15 in. Unframed. (B15025)

VALENTIN ZUBIAURRE AGUIRREZÁBAL (Madrid, 1879 - 1963) ."Portrait in front of a Basque landscape".Oil on canvas.Signed in the lower right corner.Size: 31 x 36 cm; 48 x 53 cm (frame).An old woman holds on her lap a big pitcher, opening behind her a mountainous landscape. This is a frequent type of composition in Valentín Zubiaurre's painting, which allowed him to ennoble both the inhabitants of rural areas and the Basque landscape. The intense chromatic contrast, with its twilight shifts, and the expressiveness of the old woman's weathered face are characteristic of this artist, who (together with his brother Ramón) was a renovator of Spanish regionalism.The son of the musical composer of the same name, Valentín Zubiaurre was born deaf and dumb, like his younger brother Ramón, also a painter. He began his training with the painter Daniel Perea, who was also deaf and mute, before entering the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1894. There he was a pupil of Carlos de Haes, Muñoz Degrain, Ferrant and Moreno Carbonero, and at the same time completed his solid training by visiting the Prado Museum. In 1898 the two Zubiaurre brothers set out on a study trip that took them to France, Italy and the Netherlands. On their return to Spain they obtained a grant from the Diputación de Vizcaya in 1902, which enabled them to settle in Paris. There they attended classes at the Académie Julian, became acquainted with the modern trends then developing in the French capital and became interested in Impressionism. However, the Zubiaurre brothers were not receptive to its influence, owing mainly to the weight of their academic training and their admiration both for the Flemish and Italian primitives and for contemporary Spanish painters such as Darío de Regoyos and, especially, Ignacio Zuloaga. Valentín de Zubiaurre regularly sent his works to the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts and was awarded several prizes; in 1908 he won the second medal and in 1917 the first. He was also distinguished with prizes from foreign institutions, and won prizes in important international competitions held in the first decade of the 20th century, including those of Munich, Buenos Aires, Brussels, San Francisco, San Diego and the University of Panama. From the 1920s until the Civil War, the Zubiaurre brothers experienced their most successful and renowned period, both in Spain and internationally. After the war Valentín de Zubiaurre resumed his career in Spain, and his recognition became official with his appointment as a full member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1945, culminating in the medal of honour awarded to him at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1957, six years before his death. He is currently represented in the Fine Arts Museums of Chicago, Buenos Aires, Paris, Luxembourg, Munich, Berlin, Tokyo, Pittsburg and San Diego, as well as in the main art galleries of the Basque Country, the Castagnino Museum in Argentina, the Reina Sofía National Art Centre, the BBVA collection and the Museum of Modern Art in Rome, among others, both public and private.

EMILIO GRAU SALA (Barcelona, 1911 - 1977)."Pensive young woman", Paris, January 1937.Oil on canvas.Signed, dated and located in the lower right area and on the back.The frame is damaged.Size: 55 x 46 cm; 77 x 68 cm (frame).The feminine universe fascinated Grau Sala, and this fascination is translated into intimate scenes which, in spite of their familiarity, are located halfway between reality and reverie. Scenes such as the present one bear witness to this: the subdued colour dilutes lines and forms in a balanced, harmonious composition featuring a young woman waiting pensively at a bar counter. In this way an atmosphere of light and independent colour is constructed, nuanced by Grau Sala's highly personal textures, which play at confusing the space, awakening the viewer's imagination.Son of the draughtsman Juan Grau Miró, Grau Sala combined his attendance at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts with an essentially self-taught training. In 1930 he held his first exhibition at the Badriñas gallery in Barcelona. At the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1936, he moved to Paris, where he settled in the Montparnasse colony of Spanish artists. That same year he was awarded the first Carnegie Prize. During the twenty-five years he spent there he became closely acquainted with the avant-garde, although he always favoured a colourist figuration derived from Impressionism and Fauvism. It was a path already taken by the commercial circuit, surpassed in terms of novelty by Cubism and Surrealism, but which was kept alive at a high level thanks to masters such as Bonnard, Chagall and Dufy. In fact, he soon became known in Paris as the successor to the Impressionist spirit and values, directly related to Bonnard and Vuillard. Grau Sala's stylistic choice conditioned that of his wife, Ángeles Santos, who abandoned her singular surrealism for a more conventional landscape, a decision that critics did not hesitate to regret. The success of his style led Grau Sala to devote himself also to graphic work (engravings, lithographs, illustrations for novels, posters...), as well as theatre sets. The grace and finesse of his characters, the vivacity of the colours and the elegant atmosphere of the environments he depicted brought him great success and recognition all over the world. He held several solo exhibitions, mainly in Barcelona and Paris, but also in cities such as New York, Toulouse, London and Los Angeles. In 1963 he returned to Barcelona, when the stagnant figuration of Franco's Spain was beginning to be challenged by Oteiza, Chillida, Tàpies and the "El Paso" collective. However, he remained faithful to his style, and until his death in 1975 he worked in his own personal style, centred on his favourite themes, female figures, interiors and landscapes, in a vaguely classical, nostalgic 19th-century setting. After his death, and for more than a decade, Grau Sala was overshadowed by the many novelties that were emerging in democratic Spain, but from the 1990s onwards, the new boom in mid-level collecting revived Grau Sala, as he was seen as an interpreter of Impressionism in a Spanish key. Works by Emilio Grau Sala are kept in the Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente and the Instituto Óscar Domínguez de Arte y Cultura Contemporánea.

JACKSON A. J.  British Civil Aircraft. 3 vols. Illus. Orig. cloth in d.w's. 1987-1988; also 3 others re. aircraft & 2, Chronology of the War at Sea, all in d.w's.  (8).

Approximately 85 Military, Cavalry and Soldier Metal and Lead Figures including 6 x English Civil War Figures with Muskets, 10 Semi Flat Lead Soldiers on Horseback, 8 Metal Life Guards on Horseback, 2 Metal Beefeaters, 2 Britains Policemen with articulated arms, 11 Metal Figures including Britains and 4 Plastic Military Figures on Horseback

Four boxed Britains American Civil War plastic figure sets to include 7464 Federal, 7434 Confederate, 421 Confederate Standard Bearer and 423 Confederate Trooper, all complete, tatty boxes

Nine boxed Britains metal figure accessories sets to include 3 x 51001 Hasty Works Straight Sections American Civil War, 17920 Valley Series Plank Fence Section with Working Gate and Two Corner Sections, 2 x 17919 Valley Series Plank Fence Straight Sections and 3 x 51002 Mealie Bag Wall Straight Sections Zulu War, complete and unused

Two boxed Britains American Civil War plastic figure sets to include 7425 Confederate Models and 7455 Federal Models, both sets complete, figures excellent, boxes show some wear with writing to box of 7455

12 Boxed Britains The American Civil War metal figure sets to include 2 x 8869 Union Gun, Lumber & Crew, 8873 Union Supply Wagon & Crew, 8874 Gun, Lumber & Crew, 2 x 8870 Confederate Supply Wagon & Crew, 8876 Confederate Gun & Crew, 8851 Confederate Infantry, 2 x 8883 Confederate Soldiers & Williams Machine Gun and 8853 Confederate Cavalry, complete and vg, some box wear

Boxed Britains American Civil War 7460 Confederate and Federal Models plastic figure set, complete, figures excellent, box showing wear with a loose end flap

Airfix 1/72 figures - Large quantity of plastic military figures to include American Civil War, WWII, Wild West etc, many figures contained in bags (two boxes)

Airfix 1/72 figures - 51 Boxed figure sets to include US Cavalry, American Civil War Artillery, Washington's Army, Union Infantry, Romans, British Grenadiers, Astronauts and many others, features duplication, boxes from sealed to tatty

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. An interesting, small group of T.Ls.S. and documents issued by various members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin and presented to Otto Meissner, all relating to requests made by various British subjects to have meetings with Adolf Hitler during 1937-38, including a T.L.S. by Boltze, an employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, two pages, 4to, Berlin, 7th August 1937, to Otto Meissner, in German. Boltze states that John Groth, the honorary German vice-consul in Bradford, has asked to be received by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor and continues to comment 'Groth, the British national who has carried out the functions of honorary German vice-consul since 1926, has always represented German interests very ably, and has devoted himself completely and wholeheartedly to the strengthening of friendly relations between England and Germany. As a great admirer of the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor, Growth has expressed his long-cherished wish for arrangements to be made for him…..to be received by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor at Berchtesgaden…..In view of Mr. Groth's services…..the request is supported by the head of the 'Germans Abroad' organisation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in spite of the basic attitude stated in your letter of 21st October 1935', an extract from the said letter appears as a postscript and states 'Except in cases where there are very special reasons, it is not the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor's practice personally to receive our honorary consuls from abroad during their visits to Germany. Deviation from this rule would lead to criticisms or to burdening the Fuhrer with such a number of audiences as to be insupportable', with a brief A.N.S. by Otto Meissner (1880-1953, German civil servant, Chief of the Presidential Chancellery 1920-45) at the head, signed with his initial ('M'), stating that the request is not feasible, accompanied by a typed document containing various biographical details of Growth including his date of birth, religion, education, spoken languages, family etc.; a T.L.S., von Bulow-Schwante, by Vicco von Bulow-Schwante (1891-1970; German Diplomat who served as Chief of the Protocol Department of the Foreign Office), two pages, 4to, Berlin, 17th April 1937, to Otto Meissner, on the printed stationery of the protocol department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in German. Bulow-Schwante announces that on 29th & 30th April a second meeting of the joint committee established by the German-French-British agreement of 1935 on the tending of German war graves on British and French territory, as well as of British war graves on German territory, will take place in Berlin and continues to list the British, French and German delegates to be involved, including Sir Fabian Ware, General Sir George MacDonogh, the French ambassador in Berlin, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Vice-Admiral von Trotha etc. Bulow-Schwante further states that the previous meeting took place in London in 1936 and that the 'German members, together with the French, were on that occasion received by the British King and by the Duke of York' adding 'The British members who will be at the meeting have made known their wish to be received by the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor' and remarking 'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly supports the reception they have requested, in which the participation of other members of the Committee, particularly the French, would no doubt also be considered', together with a typed carbon copy, unsigned, of Meissner's reply, one page, 4to, Berlin, 19th April 1937, in German; and several other letters relating to proposed meetings with Joseph Lyons Broderick of Balliol College, Oxford, Margaret Langford of Cheshire, Howard Hawkins of London etc. All with two file holes to the left edges, a few neatly clipped corners, and various official pencil annotations etc. Generally VG, 8

HENRY II: (1519-1559) King of France 1547-59. A very fine L.S., votre bon mary, Henry, one page, folio, on the field of Honnecourt [Honnecourt-sur-Escaut, Nord, France], 3rd August 1554, to his wife Catherine de' Medici, in French. Written in a bold, elegant hand, the King informs his wife that he has signed the advance to the Duke of Lorraine that she has sent, and returns it, and is astounded that his officials have made difficulties in performing her request, given that they know that he will always and most willingly accommodate the Duke. With address panel ('A la Royne ma femme') to the verso and one small light stain where the seal was originally affixed. VG The letter, transcribed in French, reads, in full - 'M'amye, ayant receu la lettre que m'avez escripte pour la requeste que vous avoit faicte notre fitz le Duc de Lorraine, j'ay incontinant signe la provision que m'en avez envoyee que je vous renvoye presentement. Estant bien esbahy que mes officiers aient faict difficulte d'en faire ce que leur en avyez mande, d'aultant que oultre votre commandement, ilz peuvent bien penser que en meilleure chose icelluy notre dit filz seroict toujours tresvoluntiers gratifye de moy. Et faute dire que cella se soit addresse a quelques ungs des dites officiers qui n'entendant pas bien comme ilz ont a eulx eyduire [?] en leurs estatz. Ce que toutefoys se trouvera rabille par la dit provision. Vous avisant que je suis party ce matin de Crevecueur pour ma cheminer de ainsi que je vous ay faict scavoire par ma derniere depesche. Et n'est depuis survenu chose que merite plus longue lettre. Priant dieu m'amye vous avoir en sa saincte garde. Escript au camp de le e> jour d'aoust 1554'.Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589) Italian noblewoman, Queen consort of France 1547-59.Charles III (1543-1608) Duke of Lorraine, husband of Claude of France (1547-1575) French Princess, the second daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici.In 1552, Lorraine was invaded by France, and Charles's mother, Christina of Denmark's regency was terminated (his father, Francis I, had died in 1545). The Duke was removed from Lorraine to France, to be raised at the French royal court in accordance to the needs of French interests. Following his marriage to Claude of France in 1559 he was allowed to depart to Lorraine and take control of his domain. His presence at court may account for the King's reference to the Duke as 'our son'.The present letter was signed during the Italian War of 1551-59 which began when King Henry II of France declared war against Holy Roman Emperor Charles V with the intent of recapturing Italy and ensuring French, rather than Habsburg, domination of European affairs. An early offensive into Lorraine was successful. Henry captured the three episcopal cities of Metz, Toul and Verdun, and secured them by defeating the Habsburg army at the Battle of Renty on 12th August 1554.The Battle of Renty was a minor French victory during an Imperial invasion of Picardy that was most notable as Charles V's last battle The main theatre of war in 1554 was on the north-eastern border of France. The year began with a French campaign in the Meuse valley, capturing Marienburg and Dinant. Charles responded by building new fortresses further downstream, around Liege. Henry then moved north from Dinant to attack Namur.This threat drew Charles into the field for the last time. This forced the French to pull back from Namur. By mid-August the two armies were operating in the Pas-de-Calais. The French army was led by Anne, Duke of Montmorency, Constable of France. It also included Francois, Duke of Guise, one of the most successful French military commanders of the period, and Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France.On 12th August the French began a siege of the castle of Renty. Early on 13th August Charles responded by sending his vanguard to capture the Bois Guillaume, a wood that was one of the keys to the French position. The Imperial attack hit the forces led by the Duke of Guise. At first he was badly pressed, but after gathering his forces he was able to defeat the Imperial attack.Guise was unable to press his advantage as the woods were now filled with Imperial arquebusiers. Colingy now played a part in the battle, leading around 1,000-1,200 men into the woods and clearing out the gunners. This ended the battle, which rated as a minor French victory. Charles withdrew from the area, ending his active military career. He did send an army on a raid into Picardy, but didn't accompany it. Later in the same year Charles began the process of abdicating from his titles, a two-year long process.Both sides were able to claim victory at Renty. Although the French had won the small battle, a few days later they decided to lift the siege, so Charles's operations had saved the castle.The French commanders soon fell out over who deserved the credit for the victory at Renty. Montmorency and Guise were bitter rivals and Coligny was a supporter of Montmorency. The tension between the two camps would soon play a part in the outbreak of the First French War of Religion, the start of a long period of civil war within France.

Less than a month after a decisive defeat at the Battle of Naseby, King Charles I sends instructions to Prince Rupert CHARLES I: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1625-49. A fine L.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Ragland, (Raglan, Monmouthshire), 9th July 1645, to Prince Rupert of the Rhine ('Right deare and entirely beloved nephew'). The King forwards an enclosure (no longer present) from the Governor of Cardiff, explaining 'you will understand the reason why the foote under the command of Sir Bernard Asteley have not beene transported over to Bridgewater according to our former orders and withall the governor's advice and opinion what is now fit to bee done, which we cannot but approve of, yett that all difficulties may bee removed, and that the manner of transporting the men and likewise our own passage may bee fully stated and secured, wee pray you speedily to consider thereof and if you shall bee of this opinion, and that you shall find the course propounded may be safely taken, then wee desire you to give instant order for the sending all the boates you can from Bristoll unto Goldcliffe, there to receive and transport them over to Porshutt Poynt [Portishead] where you may give order for their landing and disposeing as you shall find best' and further stating 'And in order to this we have sent Our Commands to the governor of Chepstow to have in all readynesse all the boates about that place to bee sent likewise to Goldcliffe for this purpose. But wee shall not give any farther directions herein until we shall receive your answere and (if you shall approve hereof) the manner how you have disposed each perticular that so our resolutions may bee put in speedy and active execution'. In a holograph postscript signed ('CR') with his initials the King urges Prince Rupert 'I desire you to hasten the answer to this letter'. Countersigned at the foot by George Digby (1612-1677) 2nd Earl of Bristol, English politician who served as Secretary of State 1643-45. Docketed to the verso. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, the body of text a little light and rubbed in places, although remaining legible. A couple of minor, small neat splits and holes, most neatly repaired to the verso. G Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) German-English army officer, admiral, scientist and colonial governor who rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War. In April 1645 King Charles I conferred on his nephew, Prince Rupert, the honorific title of Master of the Horse, and at last (after a six-month delay) gave him command of the guards, increasing already marked tensions between him and a number of the King's councillors, including George Digby. Indeed, an agent at Oxford reported 'All is governed by P. Rupert, who grows a great courtier…..Certainly the Lord Digby loves him not'. Bernard Astley (d.1645), son of the career soldier Jacob Astley (1579-1652) 1st Baron Astley of Reading, who had given military instruction to the young Prince Rupert while at his parents' court in The Hague in 1621 and made Governor of Oxford by King Charles I in 1642. Bernard Astley was killed in the defence of Bristol in September 1645. The King's letter is written less than a month after Sir Thomas Fairfax scored a Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Naseby, on 14th June 1645, destroying the main Royalist army under King Charles I and Prince Rupert, a defeat which realistically ended any genuine hope of Royalist victory. Prince Rupert and his men subsequently fled to Bristol and the King and his court to Raglan Castle in Monmouthshire. Fairfax occupied Yeovil on 7th July and engaged George Goring's Royalist army, which fell back on Bridgwater, which capitulated on 23rd July giving Fairfax control of Somerset and Dorset. Prince Rupert surrendered Bristol on 10th September and was instantly dismissed by King Charles and ordered to leave England.

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. An exceptional book signed, being a hardback edition of 10 Downing Street - The Romance of a House by Egon Jameson, published by Francis Aldor, London, January 1946 (reprint), the unique presentation copy, to Miss. Rand, Number 10's wartime switchboard operator, featuring over 50 individual fountain pen ink signatures to the endpapers, including Winston S. Churchill ('Winston S. Churchill'), Clementine Churchill (1885-1977) Wife of Winston S. Churchill, Clement Attlee (1883-1967) Deputy Prime Minister 1942-45 and later Prime Minister 1945-51, Violet Attlee (1895-1964) Wife of Clement Attlee, Leslie Rowan (1908-1972) British civil servant, Assistant Private Secretary to Churchill from 1941, and later Principal Private Secretary to both Churchill and Attlee, 1945-47, Joseph T. Burke (1913-1992) British art historian and civil servant, Private Secretary to Attlee 1943-45, with whom he attended the Potsdam Conference in 1945, Francis Graham-Harrison (1914-2002) British civil servant, Assistant Private Secretary to Attlee 1946-49, John Addis (1914-1983) British diplomat, Junior Private Secretary to Attlee 1945-47, Anthony Bevir (1895-1977) British civil servant, Private Secretary to Churchill 1940-45, 1951-55 and Permanent Secretary to Attlee in 1947, George Steward (Chief Press Liaison officer of His Majesty's Government 1937-44, John Martin (1904-1991) British civil servant, Principal Private Secretary to Churchill 1941-45, John Peck (1913-1995) British civil servant and diplomat, Private Secretary to Churchill 1940-45, John Colville (1915-1987) British civil servant, Assistant Private Secretary to Neville Chamberlain 1939-40, to Churchill 1940-41, 1943-45 (and Joint Principal Private Secretary 1951-55) and to Attlee 1945, Gwen F. Davies (Secretary to Horace Wilson, Head of the Home Civil Service 1939-42), Magdalene Glass Stenhouse (1899-1985) Chief Secretary, 10 Downing Street, Sheila Minto (1908-1994) Head Office administrator, 10 Downing Street, Joan Prideaux (1900-2001) Administrator within the Prime Minister's office, Patrick Kinna (1913-2009) British civil servant, stenographer to Churchill during World War II, who also served as a confidential clerk to the Duke of Windsor, Francis D. W. Brown (Assistant Private Secretary to Churchill), Cyril Davies (British detective who served as a bodyguard to Churchill), Grace Hamblin (1908-2002) British civil servant, Junior Secretary to Churchill from 1932 and Private Secretary to Clementine Churchill from 1940, later the first curator of Chartwell 1966-73, responsible for burning the infamous portrait of Churchill by Graham Sutherland, Elizabeth Gilliat (1920-2004) Personal Private Secretary to Churchill, Jo Sturdee (1922-2006) Secretary to Churchill, and various other members of staff employed at 10 Downing Street during World War II. To the front pastedown appears a lightly tipped sheet of plain 8vo stationery with an autograph presentation inscription signed by Sir John Martin, in full, 'I am very glad to have a chance to sign this. We all owe a great deal to Miss Rand for what has been the most efficient switchboard in Whitehall', dated 20th July 1946 in his hand. A unique presentation copy originating from Great Britain's wartime seat of government signed by the Prime Minister and the most important members of his administration. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some large tears and areas of paper loss). Some light overall age wear, about VG

[MOROCCO]: MATRA JAMES: (1746-1806) American Sailor and Diplomat who had accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Botany Bay in 1770. Matra served as His Majesty's Consul General at Tangier from 1786-1806. Small archive of nine contemporary manuscript drafts of letters from Matra, unsigned, thirty five pages (total), folio, n.p. (Tangier), June - December 1804, to Earl Camden. Matra writes a series of diplomatic letters in which he makes references to Napoleon, French espionage and other matters, stating, in part, 'I believe it will appear Sir that the restless ambition of Buonaparte is not content with disturbing of Europe, but that he seriously means in his leisure moments to attempt something in this country. Towards the close of last summer a Passenger landed here from…..Spain; about 30 years of age, he was in the Turkish dress & called himself Ali Bey, a Syrian, but he spoke not a word of Arabick. His story was that when he was an infant his Father & Family took refuge in England…..since he grew up his time has been employed in travelling through England, France & Spain. I have always observed here that the more absurd the Tale the more readily it was believed by Moors……yet this man had not been twenty four hours in the Country before he was suspected to be a Brother of the Corsicans, & still all over the Country he goes by no other name than Bonaparte…….he was asked if he wanted anything from the Emperor; he answered no, he was very rich & only desired to return to, and spend his days, in the religion of his ancestors…..About the middle of September he received from Cadiz forty cases, two of which were filled with mathematical instruments, the others contained such articles as are usually given at this Court as Presents…..The whole was consigned to the Spanish Arsenal. About this time he solicited my acquaintance considering him as an adventurer……The Emperor arrived shortly after with whom he went to Mequinez & we never met, which at that time I did not much regret, as we had here…..a man decorated with the Order of the White Eagle…..by the late Ali Bey of Egypt, who had been sent young as a Hostage to St. Petersburgh, & by an Empress of the Greek Church, brought up in the Catholick Religion. I believed him to be a Polish Jew…..who had taken up a trade he was no means qualified for & I concluded that this second Ali Bey was one of the same cast……On his arrival Mr. Goblot the Spanish Vice Consul & Secretary visited him & generally was with him every evening at what time all the Servants & Interpreters were put out & the Room shut……Goblot is a French man, but he has been near thirty years in the Spanish Service……In his [the Syrian's] journey to Mequinez under the very eye of the Emperor, he sounded all the Rivers, measured their breadth & examined the roads & mountains with the accuracy of a Quarter Master General…..The Moors are petrified…..The Emperor seems blinded by his piety & charities…..& by the very valuable Present he made him……yet I believe that H.I.M. is not altogether without his suspicions…..I conclude…..he can surely be no common traveller……that he is immediately an Agent for Spain I cannot readily believe because there is scarce any temporal advantage which……would induce the Court of Madrid to send a Christian here……Much is not easily to be done against a man who has such a command of money, & parts with it so readily as he does, but I will lose something on him. His principal Servants & Interpreters are Jews & I know that I can command the Services of the Jewish Priesthood in Morocco…..& I hope in the course of the summer to have him completely surrounded' (6th June 1804), 'Until about a week past there was every reason to expect a civil war of the most serious consequences. H.I.M., who was in Mequinez, for reasons not distinctly understood here had a dispute with the Udaya, a most powerful tribe who cover a great extent of Territory' (18th July 1804), 'I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that for a month past an attack by this country on the commerce of America was considered as certain. The Emperor had loaded one of his Frigates…..in the Pass given by the American Consul there was a prohibition for the ships entering any Port blockaded by the United States…….I believe My Lord there has been for a long time past very considerable intrigues here on the part of Spain to procure a revolution, as under the present Emperor there is no probability that they will obtain any corn from this country….' (25th August 1804), 'I have this morning received official notice from the Emperor that it is his intention to send a Person to London with a considerable sum of Money to purchase certain articles and I am requested to assist him…..to procure good Bills of Exchange……the sum I believe will be nearly two hundred thousand Mexicos' (18th September 1804), 'The danger I most apprehend arises from the disposition of the Emperor, which is a secret to none of the Parties. It is impossible to detest anything more than Mulay Suleiman does the Jewish Butchers of Gibraltar, whom he has described to myself as a set of Rascals enriched at his expense. He certainly has not much more love for us……we are the only nation who get anything from him, & he would be glad……to be rid of us…..The state of Health in Gibraltar and the main parts of Spain has caused a most rigorous Quarantine to be established here; but I have after a little struggle obtained a continuance of the supply for the Garrison…..all subject to the usual laws of Quarantine' (29th September 1804), 'I had a long conversation……I then learnt for the first time that the Emperor expected we would make him a Present of two Ships. I did not lose one moment to employ the strongest, but most decent language I could, utterly to destroy every hope of that nature……A very long experience has taught me the full value of such promises, yet when the state of Gibraltar became so deplorable….I wrote directly & solely to himself…..I told him plainly that if our Army was reduced the Spaniards who were in force at the lines were not such blockheads as to let the Peace stand in the way of such an acquisition as Gibraltar…..The opposition I meet with in this business is astonishing. Of course nothing is…..openly…..said, but every street & alley in the place is filled with whispers of the danger I am leading the country into' (20th October 1804), 'Of Bin Tab I know nothing personally……but I have a sufficient knowledge of his character from many who have associated with him in Portugal, Spain & Italy; he is a merchant & man of pleasure, and having lived much with the Christians, his manners are more polished than those of any other man of this country, As to other points I suppose he is a complete Moor as I have never known a change of life make any real change in the national character of these People……he generally keeps an open table where ever he is, & is reckoned a good judge of wine, of which he is very fond……of the English he knows much more than he is willing people should suppose' (21st October 1804)OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED HERE. Please contact us directly for further information.

MENON V. K. KRISHNA: (1896-1974) Indian academic, politician and diplomat who wrote the first draft of the Preamble to the Constitution of India. T.L.S., V. K. Krishna Menon, one page, 8vo, New Delhi, 2nd January 1959, to Koca Popovic ('My dear Popovic'), on the printed stationery of the Minister of Defence. Menon states that he was happy to receive his correspondent's greetings for the New Year, which he reciprocates, and continues 'I hope one of these days we will run into each other. I was glad to have the pleasure of your acquaintance and needless to say appreciated your kindness very much. I wonder whether you will be coming here with your President, in which case I hope to see you'. A letter of interesting association. VG Koca Popovic (1908-1992) Yugoslav politician and communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War. Popovic served as Vice President of Yugoslavia 1966-67. 

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. A good and attractive 9 x 9 photograph, entitled and dated in Dali´s hand. The image being Dali´s famous 1936 painting Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War). Dali annotates to the lower white border of the image the painting´s title in French, with several French-writing mistakes, and slightly different to the usual name of it `"Estructure Molle, avec des aricots bouillis" 1936´, the oil being known as "Construction Molle aux Haricots bouillis". Also bearing three crossed words in his hand. To the verso, the photographer ink stamp of "Photographie André Caillet" of Paris. Three extremely small stains to the bottom white border, otherwise VG  Soft Construction with Boiled Beans(Premonition of Civil War) (1936) is an oil on canvas by Salvador Dali, representing the horrors of the Spanish Civil War. The painting is located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Dali painted it six months before the conflict began. He subsequently claimed that he was aware the war was going to occur long before it began, and cited his work as evidence of "the prophetic power of his subconscious mind."

HOWARD ROBERT: (1626-1698) English playwright and politician who fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Manuscript D.S., Ro: Howard, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. The document, comprising two lines of text, concerns a financial transaction, registered and payable, of 691957.11.4. Some very light, minor staining, otherwise VG  Howard served as Secretary to the Treasury 1671-73 and as Auditor of the Exchequer 1673-98.

PAVLOV IVAN: (1849-1936) Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1904. A slim 4to printed menu for a dinner held in honour of the XVth International Physiological Congress at the Hotel Astoria in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), 15th August 1935, signed ('I Pavlov') by Pavlov in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the verso, the menu also featuring over 30 other fountain pen ink signatures by various scientists and other delegates present at the congress, some of them also Nobel Laureates, including A. V. Hill (1886-1977) British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1922; Edgar Adrian (1889-1977) English electrophysiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1932; Herbert Spencer Gasser (1888-1963) American physiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1944; Walter Bradford Cannon (1871-1945) American physiologist who coined the term 'fight or flight response'; Charles Best (1899-1978) American-Canadian medical scientist, one of the co-discoverers of insulin (also signed by his wife Margaret Mahon); Lina Stern (1878-1968) Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of lives at the fronts of World War II; Torsten Thunberg (1873-1952) Swedish physiologist and biochemist; Anton Julius Carlson (1875-1956) Swedish American physiologist; John Farquhar Fulton (1899-1960) American neurophysiologist; Detlev Bronk (1897-1975) American scientist, educator and administrator, credited with establishing biophysics as a recognised discipline; Christian Rakovsky (1873-1941) Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and Soviet diplomat and statesman, also noted as a physician, journalist and essayist and a lifelong collaborator of Leon Trotsky; Walter Duranty (1884-1957) Anglo-American propagandist who served as Moscow bureau chief of The New York Times from 1922-36 following the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War, Pulitzer Prize winner, 1932 etc. The majority of signatures appear to the front and back pages of the menu, and a few are slightly obscured by the printed circular logo of the congress. Autographs of Pavlov are rare in any form and the present example is enhanced by the other signatures of fellow Nobel Laureates, colleagues and contemporaries. Some age wear, folds and a couple of neat splits at the edges, G The 15th International Physiological Congress was held in the Uritzky Palace in Leningrad from 9th - 16th August 1935 and the elderly Pavlov, Russia's foremost physiologist, convened the meeting of around 1200 delegates from more than thirty countries, in what was the first major scientific congress ever to be held in the Soviet Union. Pavlov received a thunderous ovation and spoke with clarity and firmness that belied his age. He stressed the facilities given to the cause of science by the Soviet Government and declared it was the duty of scientists to strive not only for knowledge but for peace and mutual understanding between nations.

‘It is said the Prince of Peace has been beheaded and that the King has resigned his crown which is said to be (ad interim) on the brow of the Prince of Asturias’ BERESFORD WILLIAM: (1768-1854) Anglo-Irish General in the British Army, and a Marshal in the Portuguese Army, who fought alongside the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular War. Beresford led the failed British invasion of Buenos Aires in 1808. A good, lengthy A.L.S., W. C. Beresford, seven pages, folio, Madeira, 18th & 19th April 1808, to Sir William Sidney Smith in Rio de Janeiro. Beresford writes an informative letter, expressing disappointment and regret at his correspondent's sudden departure and continuing, in part, 'If anything goes forward in your part of the world you may be sure I'll hasten to the Spanish port that lies within your command…..I shall feel most gratified & happy provided some one there goes and wipes away the stigma that late occurrences has left upon our name in that quarter. I am rebut to giving you the names of all those our friends there, it would fill this paper, for with very slight & few exceptions all the Creole part are such, and the Clergy of that description more so than the laity, but all upon the principle of our assisting their independence…..You will easily conceive that among the numbers that wish for emancipation from the Spanish yoke there must be some more forward and adventurous than others…..Pina who came from Buenos Ayres with me and who was Linieres secretary is now at Rio de Janeiro and is most capable to let you into the characters of all on the Rio de la Plata…..His conduct in leaving his country was from the purest & most patriotic motives and not from interested ones, nor could I ever prevail upon him to accept any pecuniary remuneration for the service he did me…..Since your leaving us we have had a merchant importer from England and have seen papers to the 22nd Ult. General Whitelock's defence was closed and the Court Martial was to be laid before the King…..His defence was very indifferent.….In fact he has left everything to be decided by the evidences on the prosecution and I do not see how he can escape with less than cashiering. Passengers which came in….say that the expedition to the Baltic had been countermanded. If this is true I conclude the King of Sweden has been obliged to join the confederacy. There had been some skirmishes in Finland between his troops and the Russians & the latter had advanced. I think it is fortunate if he has joined the confederacy as I do not see how he could have resisted, and I rejoice in it as it will leave us a considerable disposable Force and there is now nowhere but South America to employ it. By those who go in the Hydra you will learn the reports of the tragedy performed or about to be performed in Spain…..It is said the Prince of Peace has been beheaded and that the King has resigned his crown which is said to be (ad interim) on the brow of the Prince of Asturias. What truth there is in all this it is not easy to discern but we may draw from it there has been an uproar at Madrid and as the instigators to it can not be very doubtful we may conclude that whosever blood first flowed was but a prelude to much more and that finally the royal family will all suffer……I have not had a syllable from His Majesty's ministers…..I can not but conclude they are waiting intelligence from Rio de Janeiro…..The enclosed I wrote yesterday morning and in the evening came here…..the long looked for dispatches & their contents…..were not to me unpleasant or unwelcome. They contain the new arrangements for this Island, and by which the civil government is to be restored to the Portuguese…..I am promised to be immediately recalled and with having hopes of being shortly employed…..but where heaven knows. I have not seen any newspapers but it appears the news of the Swedes having made a peace is premature, it is however wished for by all in England, and must I conceive shortly take place, in the mean time I am certain our fleet proceeds to the Baltic, but I do not learn any army goes with it……Here then I think as late news from the Mediterranean as could be brought via Holland from England'. In a postscript Beresford further informs his correspondent, 'Poor Lord Claud H[amilton] is I fear in a very hopeless way. We must not be surprised to hear at any moment of his departure….' With integral address leaf, also signed ('Maj. Genl. Beresford') and bearing the remnants of a red wax seal (small area of paper loss where originally broken). Some light, minor overall age wear, VGSir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) British Admiral and intelligence officer who served in the American and French revolutionary wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon Bonaparte, reminiscing later in his life, said of Smith: 'That man made me miss my destiny'.In October 1807, Spain and France signed a treaty to divide Portugal between them. The following month Smith was appointed to command an expedition to Lisbon, either to assist the Portuguese in resisting the attack or to destroy the Portuguese fleet and blockade the harbour at Lisbon should that be unsuccessful. Smith arranged for the Portuguese fleet to sail for Rio de Janeiro, at that time a Portuguese colony. He was involved in planning an attack on the Spanish colonies in South America, in combination with the Portuguese, contrary to his orders, but he was recalled to Great Britain in 1809 before any of the plans could be carried out.Beresford occupied Madeira, in the name of the King of Portugal, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief for six months from December 1807.

Nannini (Remigio). Orationi in Materia Civile, e Criminale, tratte da gli Historici Greci, e Latini, antichi, e moderni, raccolte, e tradotte per M. Remigio Fiorentino ..., Venice: Gabriel Giolito de'Ferrari, 1561, [16], 483, [1] pages, woodcut printer's device to title and to verso of final leaf, woodcut ornaments and numerous historiated initials, text in very good, clean condition with good margins, small 19th century engraved bookplate with intertwined initials HFB to front pastedown, 20th century owner's name D.L. Cumming above, contemporary vellum with black morocco spine labels, small 4to, together with Levino (Lennio). De gli occulti miracoli, & uarii ammaestramenti delle cose della natura, con probabili ragioni, & artificiosa congiettura confermati, Venice: Lodovico Avanzi, 1567, [16] including integral blank, 156 leaves, printer's woodcut device to title, bookplate of G. Ashley Dodd, 1873, to front pastedown, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to head of front endpaper, contemporary vellum with black morocco title label to spine, lightly marked, 8vo, plus Accolti (Benedetto). La Guerra fatta da Christiani contra Barbari per la Ricuperatione del sepolcro di Christo et della Giudea, tradotta per Francesco Baldelli, First Italian edition, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1549, 127, [1] leaves, printer's woodcut device to title (with old partial colouring), and to verso of final leaf, some light spotting and marginal marks (generally a good copy), edges rough-trimmed, 19th century ink inscription to blank leaf facing title 'The War made by the Christians against the barbarians for the recovery of the Sepulchre of Christ & Judea. From this rare book Tasso gained the idea of his 'Jerusalem Delivered'.' ,19th century brown half morocco, spine deficient, light wear to edges, 8vo, andPetrarch. Il Petrarcha con l'espositione d'Alessandro Vellutello, di novo ristampato con piu cose utili in varii luoghi aggiunte, Venice: Al Segno della Speranza, 1550, [8],316,[3]l, without final black, woodcut printer's devise to tile, some light water stains (otherwise in clean condition), early ownership inscription to foot of title, early 20th century patterned paper wrappers, with yapp edges, rubbed, 8vo Qty: (4)Footnote: First work: the first edition of a collection of Orations concerning civil and criminal affairs taken from classical and modern authors, including Xenophon, Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Appian, Titus Livius, Leonardo Aretino, Poggio Bracciolini, Paolo Giovio, Machiavelli and others.CNCE 29958; Graesse IV, 159 for the second work (Lennio).

Digby (George, 1612-1677). 2nd Earl of Bristol. English politician who served as Secretary of State 1643-45. Bristol supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War but his ambition and instability of character caused serious problems to himself and the two kings he served. Document Signed, Bristol, no place, 22 February 1670 [1671], manuscript document, entirely in the Earl’s hand, being a receipt issued to Thomas Duppa for ‘the Summe of two hundred pounds upon account of the arrears of renths Due to mee from ye Diocesse of Salisbury, for wch. I promise to furnish unto him the formal discharges requisite in Lieu of this present note under my hand’, 1 page, small 4toQty: (1)

James II (1633-1701). King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. Document Signed, ‘James R’, as King, at the head of the second page, Court at Whitehall, 11th May 1685, the first page of the manuscript document, dated February 1683, is an order to pay unto Sir John James the sum of ‘Fifteen hundred ninety nine pounds, fifteen shillings two pence’ as the balance, of £29,099.15.02, ‘of the Principall account of the New Forest’ and is signed in the margin by various Lord High Treasurers comprising Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712, 1st Earl of Godolphin, British politician who served as First Lord of the Treasury 1700-01 and as Lord High Treasurer 1702-10), John Ernle (1620-1697, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1676-89), Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80), Dudley North (1641-1691, English merchant, politician and economist, a writer on free trade) and Henry Frederick Thynne (1644-1705, Clerk of Privy Counsellors) and further signed at the foot by Robert Howard (1626-1698, English playwright and politician who fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War), the second page of the document is a warrant addressed to the Lord High Treasurer and stating, in part, ‘Whereas the Summe of five hundred Pounds wch. remaines due upon….the written Order and to compleate the Payment of the whole Summe of Twenty Nyne thousand & Nynety Nyne Pounds, fifteen shillings & two pence therein menconed cannot by reason of the Death of Our late Royall Brother of blessed memory be paid to the within named Sir John James without Direccon & Authority from us. And it being Our Royall Pleasure that the Said Summe….shalbe paid unto them….’, countersigned twice at the foot by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) English statesman and writer, uncle of Queen Anne, and originally a supporter of King James II, although later supporting the Glorious Revolution in 1688, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, extensive splits to folds (integral leaf almost completely detached) and some light staining, tears and areas of paper loss to edges, slightly affecting text and some signatures, folioQty: (1)

Hentschell (Roze). The Culture of Cloth in Early Modern England, textual constructions of a national identity, 1st edition, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008, publishers original boards, 8vo, together with;Cooper (Trevor), The Journal of William Dowsing, iconoclast in East Anglia during the English Civil War, 1st edition, Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 2001, colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern & miscellaneous history reference & biography, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQty: (6 shelves )

Quantity of books relating to the History of the Native American and the American West and topographical books on America and the American Civil War to include four volumes of "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", published by Castle, all with djs, "The Photographic History of the Civil War", Ward, Jeffrey C "The Civil War and Illustrated History of the War Between the States", "The Discovery of North America", Elek London 1971, Dillon, Richard H "North American Indian Wars" 1989, "Lewis and Clark and the Crossing of North America", "Hell: I Was There ... Elmer Keith His Life Story", Blacksmith publishers 1979, "Artists of the Old West", "Myth of the West", Brown, Dee "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ...", Barrie & Jenkins 1970, dj not price clipped (1 box)  

A run of Time Life The Civil War

Britains American Civil War soldiers set 149, non-original box, figures G-E (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

Civil War.- Broadside.- The humble petition of the peacefull, obedient, religious, and honest Protestants of this kingdome, presented unto the Honourable House of Commons, in their behalfe, by Doctor Hinton, 1642, 359 x 279mm., woodcut head- and tail-pieces and a decorative initial, central horizontal fold, split at fold, trimmed and chipped, with loss of text, stained and browned, no printer, 1642. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Unrecorded variant issue. Sir John Hinton (1603-1682) was a Royalist physician, who fought at Edge Hill, and in the year of our broadside was appointed physician to the future Charles II, who later knighted him.

Nursing World War II Interest.Comprising a square box containing a number of enamel badges including nursing interest badges noted blue enamelled "City Hospital Nursing Service" and Civil Nursing Reserve badge.Also includes a roll of surgical? instruments, a quantity of ephemera and photographs mostly relating to World War II military and nursing.

Royalty Commemorative Medallions/Medals, etc.Comprising 3 Silver Royal Mint small size 1897 Diamond Jubilee medallions.Plus approximately 35 Royalty medallions mainly Queen Victoria but a few are King George V.Lot also includes two copy medals, and two military second world war badges (For Loyal Service and WVS Civil Defence), and a Masonic medal.

A sabre in the US civil war style, brass swept hilt and steel scabbard

English civil war style armour, to include lobster tale helmet and chest piece with leather shirt under, mounted on a studded leather decorated mannequin

Actor, Tom Hanks signed hardback book titled- Uncommon Type. With a clear signature on the inside title page by the much loved actor in blue ink. A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A gentle Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and his life have been torn apart by his country's civil war. A man who loves to bowl rolls a perfect game - and then another and then another and then many more in a row until he winds up ESPN's newest celebrity, and he must decide if the combination of perfection and celebrity has ruined the thing he loves. An eccentric billionaire and his faithful executive assistant venture into America looking for acquisitions and discover a down and out motel, romance and a bit of real life. These are just some of the tales Tom Hanks tells in this first collection of his short stories. They are surprising, intelligent, heart-warming, and, for the millions and millions of Tom Hanks fans, an absolute must-have. Good condition Est.

Benham first day cover album 350th anniversary of English Civil War (46 covers). P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

An collection of modern bespoke made civil war re-enactment costume to include a pair of tan leather boots, two tan leather document case, a pair of gauntlets and a pair of gloves, a rectangular suede pouch, etc.

Five Second World War Civil Defence stirrup pumps with hoses (5)

Large collection of Militaria to include miniature medal group comprising 1939 - 1945 Star, Atlantic Star with France & Germany clasp, Africa Star, Italy Star, War, George VI Royal Navy Long Service Good Conduct medal and Civil Defence Long Service medal. Civil Defence jacket, compasses, whistles, photographs and sundry items.N.B. Formerly the property of Norman Theodore 'Taffy' Davies, who served on HMS Hood and HMS Royal Oak. He survived the sinking of the Royal Oak, appearing in a 1989 television documentary shortly before he passed away. See also lot(s) 862, 863 and 864

Two vintage boxed Britains Model Toys c1970 to include American Civil War Gun Crew 4465 (Federal Configuration) & a 19th Century Naval Cannon 9736. Also two Britains catalogues from 1970 (2)

Civil War.- An ordinance...For the reliefe and maintenance of sicke and maimed souldiers, and of poor widdowes & children of souldiers slain in the service of the Parliament, title within woodcut typographic border, little marginal staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, [Wing E2026], Printed for John Wright, 2nd November, 1643; and 2 others, Civil War pamphlets, small 4to (3)

Civil War II #1 CGC 9.8 Slabbed Comic. 2016 Cent Copy, (Negative Space Variant Cover).

17th century oval oil on canvas, portrait of a man in armour, unsigned, label verso "King Charles I Royalist Cavalier Officer, English Civil War 1642 -1651", 76cm x 64cm, probably original carved giltwood framePainting has been re-lined plus a later small patch repair, signs of small repaired holes with small areas of overpainting visible under UV light, no further provenance available

TWO MILITARY SWORDS AND OFFICERS SWAGGER STICK, a Royal Artillery officers sword by Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall, London, with etched blade, length being approximately 82cm, straight with the inscription to the blade in a scrolled cartouche A Cunningham, a USA made Civil War period sabre, blade length approximately 88cm blade marked U.S. 1864 AGM, the sword was made by the C Robey Company of Chelmsford Mass, the opposite side of the blade is marked with the arched Robey maker mark, ornate brass cross guard etc with leather and wired grip, blade rusted no scabbard, a WWI era Swagger stick with white metal Crest for the South Lancashire Regiment

A group of three reproduction military caps to include a WWII German officers peaked cap, a WWII German field cap and a US civil war confederate style peaked capLocation: A3F

A Great War Civil O.B.E. group of three to Mrs A.D.K.Anderson, Royal Red Cross,The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E., 1st type, Civil Division; Defence Medal; Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with four bars (Amy D.K.Anderson.). Mounted as worn and housed in box with gold lettering of A.D.K.A. embossed on the lid. The suspension loop on the first slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine. (3)Footnotes:O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1918.With a copy of Waverley Abbey Military Hospital, Farnham, Surrey, as given to Colonel Anderson from Farnham. This booklet has a number of black and white photographs of the facility during WW1.Mrs Amy Anderson became the Commandant of Red Cross Detachment No. 56 in Surrey Division before the war. During the war, the family gave up Waverley Abbey the family home to the government for it to become the Waverley Abbey Military Hospital. It opened in September 1914, thus becoming one of the first country houses to be converted into a military hospital. Amy was appointed as Commandant of the hospital, with her daughters becoming nurses: Misses Amy, Elizabeth, Anne and Margaret. Miss Amy went on to work at the Astoria Hospital in Paris in 1916 until the end of the war. Miss Elizabeth was awarded the Royal Red Cross, 2nd class, for her nursing service during the war. The Andersons' son fought in WW1 becoming Second-Lieutenant Rupert Darnley Switheen Anderson and by 1934 he was a Lieutenant-Colonel.The Anderson family saw more than 1,000 wounded soldiers each year that the military hospital was open, seeing around 5,000 soldiers throughout the entirety of the war. They were visited by members of the royal family in 1916, 1917 and 1918.Whilst Amy was Commandant of Waverley Abbey, Rupert fought in and survived the war. He served as a Major in the 5th Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment and also in the Royal Air Force during the end of the war. He was awarded an O.B.E. in WW1 for his services to the Territorial Army and the Air Force. In January 1918, towards the end of the war, Amy Anderson was also appointed an O.B.E for her help in the upkeep of Waverley Abbey and for her service towards the soldiers that stayed there.In 1919, when the war had ended, Waverley Abbey Hospital was closed. It had been open for 4 and a half years under the care of the Anderson family and to celebrate, they hosted a farewell dinner for the hospital staff.Later that year, Rupert conveyed a part of the Waverley estate to Horace Trimmer, downscaling due to most of his daughters (and his son) marrying and leaving home. By 1931 Amy and Rupert had downscaled even more, expressing in a letter to Lord Farrer of Abinger that 'one cannot afford that kind of amusement' and that they were not 'justified with a large family' any more.Throughout his time in Waverley Abbey, Rupert became integral to the Farnham community. He was the President of the Tilford Institute, Chairman of the managers of the Church of England School, Vicar's warden and he founded Loyal Rupert Anderson Lodge of Oddfellows.Amy Anderson was also at the forefront of town affairs becoming chairwoman of a committee advocating the use of Farnham castle for the Bishop of the Diocese in 1930.Major Rupert Darnley Anderson died on the 23 December 1944, aged 85, from natural causes. He was cremated and his ashes were buried in Tilford churchyard. Mrs Amy Anderson died on the 25h August 1951, aged 84.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A First World War OBE Group of Medals, awarded to LT.COL.W.(Wifred) J.(James) DUNN, Army Medical Service comprising OBE Mily. in case of issue, British War Medal and Victory Medal with MID oak leaf, together with printed research material.Footnote:- Wilfred James Dunn was born in Dublin 2nd April 1885, son of James Dunn who worked in the Civil Service. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Dublin where he attained MB, BCh., BAO 1907. He served in India 1910-16, Mesopotamia 1916-19, CO 41 Cav.Fd.Amb 1916-19, India 1923-28.

Three War Office Post-Second World War Booklets:- Imperial Policing and Duties in Aid of the Civil Power 1949. War Office, 13 June 1949. Restricted. WO code no. 8439, with a pencil note on front cover: "1300 copies. DN/8439. New."; Administration in the Field.Volume I. Administration Within the Division. War Office, 20 November 1951. Restricted. WO code no. 8690.; and, The Armoured Division in Battle. 1952. War Office, 19 February 1952. Restricted. WO code no. 8715 (3)Footnote:- formerly the property of Major M R R Goulden, R.E., who served in the war as a Sapper and later at the War Office.Condition report: Rusting to staples, some foxing to fore-edges. Generally good condition.

A Collection of Second World War ARP Uniforms, comprising a greatcoat with Warden shoulder titles, a tunic with Civil Defence York badge, Warden shoulder titles, lanyard and single red chevron service stripe, size No.6 (34" to 36" chest) and a pair of trousers, size No.10 (26" to 28" waist), three blouses - one lacking badges, two with Civil Defence badges and Warden shoulder titles, a pair of trousers; also, post-war uniforms, comprising a battledress blouse to Royal Artillery, two pairs of battledress trousers - one with a pair of braces, two denim overall blouses and a pair of denim overall trousers (13)Condition report: Clean worn condition.