TOWNSEND PETER: (1914-1995) British Group Captain and flying ace of World War II who participated in the Battle of Britain. Townsend was later a courtier romantically linked with Princess Margaret. Selection of fourteen signed printed images by Townsend, each neatly removed from books or magazines, of varying sizes (largest 12 x 9.5), most of the images depicting him in his flying gear whilst serving with 43 Squadron or 85 Squadron during World War II, alongside various aircraft (including a Spitfire) and other pilots etc. Four are signed by Townsend in bold pencil and the others in black inks, some with his Squadron number added in his hand. One of the images is also signed by the pilots John Oliver and John Cunningham, and another by the pilots Bob Plenderleith and James Hallowes. Colour (2). Also including a T.L.S., Peter Townsend, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Paul Terry, returning the images, duly signed, and commenting 'In the photo at the parachute factory the pilots are from left to right self, Flying Officer “Gus” Gowers and on the table Flying Officer Paddy Hemingway. It was on that occasion that Mr. Irving, the parachute inventor, in reply to a worker's remark “I should never have the courage to jump”, replied “you must remember it represents your last chance”.' G to generally VG, 15
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SAINT-EXUPERY ANTOINE DE: (1900-1944) French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator, remembered for his novella The Little Prince (1943). An original bold pencil drawing by Saint-Exupery, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. To the lower half of the plain sheet of stationery Saint-Exupery has drawn a sketch of a fish, seemingly tempted by a piece of bait on a hook, which the writer has drawn in the upper half of the page. Saint-Exupery has also added various apparently random figures ('2,500,000,000', within a rectangular box,'50,000', '1000' etc.) in his hand, in pencil, to various parts of the page, along with a few other symbols and two words ('tonne Km'?). Two very small, minor pinholes to the upper left corner and some very slight creasing to the edges and corners, VG
NIEMOLLER MARTIN: (1892-1984) German Anti-Nazi Theologian and Lutheran Pastor. T.L.S., Martin Niemoller, one page, 4to, Wiesbaden, 15th July 1974, to Helmut Kirschstein, in German. Niemoller states that he is unable to fulfil his correspondent's request, explaining 'I only handwrite personal letters and my lectures; I write the latter with a pencil….While I'm working I make notes, but as soon as the sermon or lecture is finished, they get torn up and thrown in the wastebasket. In this way I always only own one - a definitive original and I only part with it “on loan”', further asking if his correspondent would like a photocopy, which he would be happy to send. A few very light, extremely minor creases to the edges, VG
LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American film comedians. A wonderful and extraordinarily large vintage signed and inscribed sepia 18.5 x 14.5 photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, the classic image depicting the duo in head and shoulders poses together, each wearing their trademark bowler hats. Photograph by Clarence 'Stax' Graves and signed ('Stax') by him in pencil beneath the image. Signed by Laurel ('Stan') and Hardy ('Oliver') in fountain pen ink with their first names to the lower photographer's mount and inscribed in Laurel's hand, 'To Billy & Gladys, Our best wishes & kind thoughts always!', and further dated 1934 by Laurel. Attractively framed and glazed to an overall size of 22 x 18. Signed photographs of this size and exceptional quality are very rarely encountered. EXClarence 'Stax' Graves (1885-1972) American still photographer associated with the Hal Roach Studios.
EICHMANN ADOLF: (1906-1962) Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer, known as the 'architect of the Holocaust'. An interesting, small series of autograph notes in the hand of Eichmann, unsigned (although with his surname Eichmann in the body of the text), one page, folio, n.p. (Jerusalem), n.d. (c. June 1961), in German. In bold blue and pink pencil Eichmann has written several notes concerning the Nazi official and SS-Brigadefuhrer Franz Six and his claim that Eichmann was not present when Six spoke with Reinhard Heydrich every three or four weeks. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGFranz Six (1909-1975) Nazi official, promoter of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal. In 1940 Six was appointed by Heydrich to direct state police operations in an occupied United Kingdom should a German invasion take place.Six was called as one of four witnesses by defence attorney Robert Servatius in the 1961 trial of Eichmann, and gave his testimony in West Germany which ultimately proved to be of more benefit to the prosecution. Reinhard Heydrich (1904-1942) German SS-Obergruppenfuhrer and police official of World War II, a principal architect of the Holocaust.Provenance: From the archive of Robert Servatius (1894-1983) German Lawyer known for his defence of Nazi war criminals including Adolf Eichmann.
ALEXANDER III: (1845-1894) Emperor of Russia 1881-94. Attractive signed printed large folio copy of L´Illustration Journal Universel, French weekly edition, sixteen pages, 7th March 1885, signed by Alexander III, as Emperor, with his initial `A´ in red indelible pencil to the upper right corner of the front page. The Parisian journal includes multiple and very attractive large engravings, showing to the front page an engraving of Mademoiselle Jane Hading and to the inside pages bearing several attractive engravings relating to the Parisian theatre “Theatre du Gymnase” and to the play being performed `Le Prince Zilah”, also to the Delacroix exhibition at the “Ecole des Beaux Arts”, and to the “assassination of O´Donovan Rossa in New York” among many others. The present copy was originally bound in a red leather folio volume for the Emperor, alongside other additions of the journal. Left edge very slightly trimmed, with some pages unbounded, otherwise G to VG Jane Hading (1859-1941) French Actress.Jules Claretie (1840-1913) French literary figure and Director of the Theatre Français. He is the author of Le Prince Zilah (1885)Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) French Painter. Regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school, he is also considered one of the last old Masters of painting, and one of the few who was ever photographed.Jeremiah O´Donovan Rossa (1831-1915) Irish Fenian leader and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He was a pioneer in physical force Irish Republicanism using dynamite primarily in London. On 2nd February 1885, Rossa was shot outside his office near Broadway by an Englishwoman. Even though they were not life-threatening, a ball was to remain embedded there for the rest of his life.
COMPOSERS: An 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) French composer, pianist & conductor, George Enescu (1881-1955) Romanian composer, violinist & conductor, Henri Woollett (1864-1936) French composer, and Gaston Gabaroche (1884-1961) French actor and composer. All have signed in bold fountain pen inks, two also adding the date 1933 in their hands. Further signed to the verso by Marie Leconte (1874-1947) French actress (signed in bold pencil) and Madeleine Lely (1878-1961) French comedienne (signed in fountain pen ink and dated 1933 in her hand). Some very light, minor age wear, VG
CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist, discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1923. An oblong small 8vo Address book previously belonging to and compiled by Howard Carter, evidently dating from the 1930s, bearing his pencil ownership signature ('Howard Carter') and address at Prince's Gate Court in London to the front free endpaper, containing approximately 200 addresses and many telephone numbers etc., in Carter's hand, in pencil, of various family members, friends, acquaintances and colleagues of the archaeologist in various cities around the world, including the Duke of Alba in Madrid, Baron Harold de Bildt of the Royal Swedish Legation in Cairo, the Earl & Countess of Carnarvon (including Countess Almina, the wife of the 5th Earl of Carnarvon who had supplied financial backing to the search and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb), Earl of Cadogan, William Carter, Samuel Carter, Albert Carter, Lady Colefax, John Drinkwater, Viscount Devonport, the Egyptian legation and consul in London, Lady Melchett, the Press Cutting Association, Sir Horace Rumbold, the Savile Club, Hassan Selius, Professor of Egyptology at the University in Cairo, Air Vice Marshal Francis Rowland Scarlett, Sir Harry Lloyd Verney (private secretary to Queen Mary) and many, many others. With marbled endpapers and gilt stamped Addresses to the front cover. A rare and fascinating record of the individuals associated with Carter in his personal and professional life. Some damp staining to the back cover and a few of the first and final pages, only affecting a few of the entries, and with some light overall age wear, G
DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., A Dumas, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified friend, in French. Dumas states `Voilà. Je ferai mon possible pour aller serrer la main à Théo, mais si vous saviez ce que j'ai à faire!´ (Translation: `That´s fine. I'll do my best to go shake hands with Theo, but if you only know what I have to do!´) With blank integral leaf, bearing to the last page pencil and fountain pen ink calculations in an unidentified hand. Together with a 2.5 x 4 cabinet card photograph, unsigned, the Reutlinger image showing Dumas in a head and shoulders pose. G to VG, 2
LINDBERG CHARLES W. (1920-2007) American Marine of World War II, one of the flag raisers during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945. A printed oblong 4to card featuring the three verses of The Marine Corps Hymn, commencing 'From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles, In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom, and to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title of, United States Marine', with the Marine Corps emblem of Eagle, Globe and Anchor printed alongside, signed by Lindberg in bold pencil to a clear area of the card, adding the words '1st Flag Raiser, Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945, 10:30, A.M.' in his hand beneath his signature. EXThe Marines' Hymn, whose music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach, with lyrics added later by an unknown author, was authorised in 1929 and is the oldest official song in the United States Armed Forces.
![[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: GORING HERMANN (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, Commander of the Luftwaffe during World](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/490e7209-4b7e-4aa3-9ba4-afab011e768f/6030ef07-0c0e-4ea2-a934-afac00d942a0/468x382.jpg)
[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: GORING HERMANN (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, Commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II. D.S., Hermann Goring, in bold pencil, one page, folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), 29th November 1945, in German. The partially printed (mimeographed) document, completed in typescript, is addressed to the General Secretary of the International Military Tribunal and is a Defendant's Application for Summons for Witness in which Goring requests that Ward Price, Chief Correspondent of the Daily Mail in London, be summoned to give evidence on his behalf, as 'The witness knows: a) That the Defendant Goering endeavoured always to promote German-English understanding before and after the outbreak of war. b) That the prepondering majority of Austrian people desired annexation of Austria to Germany and welcomed marching in of Germans into Austria with tremendous enthusiasm' and that such facts are relevant because 'They serve to support my contention that I did not wish a War of Aggression and that the annexation of Austria corresponded to the wish of the population'. Countersigned in bold pencil at the foot by Dr. Otto Stahmer, the Defence Counsel representing Goring. Accompanied by the official IMT English translation of Goring's document. Some file holes to the upper edge of each document, light overall age wear and minor traces of professional restoration, otherwise VG, 2 George Ward Price (1886-1961) British journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. In the 1930s Price carried out several interviews with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and the journalist clearly held pro-fascist views. In his book I Know These Dictators (1937) Price portrayed himself as a close friend of Hitler, writing of the Fuhrer 'Behind the forceful character which Hitler displays in public, there is a pleasant personality known only to his intimates'. During the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria, Price accompanied Hitler's party as they entered Vienna. After the war, Goring, who had been one of the most powerful figures of the Third Reich, was convicted at the Nuremberg Trials of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by hanging in 1946, but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide hours before the sentence was to be carried out. Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials.
HERZBERG GERHARD: (1904-1999) German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1971. T.L.S., Gerhard Herzberg, one page, 4to, Ottawa, 24th April 1987, to Wolfgang Windhausen, on the printed stationery of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics at the National Research Council of Canada. Herzberg thanks his correspondent for their letter and for the clippings from the Gottingen Tageblatt and continues 'I do not normally send handwritten manuscripts since most of them are written in pencil and not suitable for any collection but also because there are so many requests of this sort. However, your letter was written in such generous terms that I am making an exception and I am sending you a handwritten set of lecture notes for a lecture at Johns Hopkins University, a lecture that was recently published and I am sending you a reprint of the published version also'. Together with the autograph manuscript referred to, three pages, 4to, n.p., 14th June 1984. The manuscript notes are headed Rowland Gratings, Molecular Hydrogen, and Space Astronomy, and include Herzberg's introduction, notes on Molecular Oxygen, Molecular Hydrogen and Applications in Astronomy. With Herzberg's pencil annotations in the left margin relating to the slide presentations, and also signed by Herzberg to the upper corner of the first page, incorrectly dated April 1887 in his hand. Also including an unsigned printed copy of the final lecture, with diagrams and illustrations, as originally published in Vistas in Astronomy (Vol. 29, 1986). The manuscript lecture notes are stapled together in the upper left corner. VG, 3
The ‘Dawn Patrol’ that occurred…..at Night! BISHOP W. A. BILLY: (1894-1956) Canadian Air Marshal, a flying ace of World War I credited with 72 victories and thus the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war. Victoria Cross winner for his aerial actions during an attack on a German aerodrome on 2nd June 1917 during World War I. D.S., W. A. Bishop, as Commander of 85 Squadron, one page, 4to, n.p. (France), 16th June 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (headed Combats in the Air) relating to two aerial victories achieved by Bishop in his SE5A (C1904) biplane fighter, the narrative stating, in full, 'At 8-20 p.m. 1,8000 feet 5 miles East of Armentieres. I chased a two-seater from our side of the lines climbing up to him finally getting to 100 yards range fired 20 rounds from each gun. E[nemy]. A[ircraft]. smoked then burst into flames and fell. At 8-28 p.m. 8,000 feet, over Armentieres. 4 Albatross scouts attacked me from the sun and head on continued their dive to 4,000 feet below me. I watched for a few minutes and dived onto rear one, opened fire at 75 yards from behind and in the sun. E.A. went down vertically and crashed on western edge of Armentieres. E.A. dived to below me I think owing to presence of one of our formations 3 or 4 thousand feet above.' Matted in black alongside a colour 6 x 4 postcard reproduction of Robert Taylor's painting (erroneously) entitled The Dawn Patrol with printed text relating to the artwork stating, in part, 'On 16th June 1918 Major W. A. (Billy) Bishop VC took off at dawn on a patrol in search of enemy aircraft. Climbing his flight of SE5A's to 8000 feet above Armentieres, Northern France, he located and destroyed one enemy aircraft and followed this some eight minutes later by destroying a second……Robert Taylor's new painting “The Dawn Patrol” portrays Billy Bishop and the pilots of 85 Squadron as they climb their SE5A fighters into the cool morning sunlight above the fields of Northern France'. Framed and glazed in a decorative silver coloured frame to an overall size of 20 x 18. Some light discoloration to the edges of the document and minor age wear. Together with a colour 31.5 x 24 limited edition print of The Dawn Patrol by artist Robert Taylor, the image depicting Bishop in flight in his SE5A (C1904) biplane fighter in the sunlit clouds over Armentieres, accompanied by two other pilots of 85 Squadron. Published by the Military Gallery of Bath in 1988 and signed to the lower margin in bold pencil by the artist Robert Taylor (also numbered 785 of 1000) and the pilots Gwilym Hugh Lewis (1897-1996) British Wing Commander, a flying ace of World War I credited with 12 victories, and Robert Chidlaw-Roberts (1896-1989) British Flight Lieutenant, a flying ace of World War I credited with ten victories. Rolled and with one minor surface crease. A remarkable pair of signed items. G to VG, 2Robert Taylor's excellent painting The Dawn Patrol would appear to have been meticulously researched; the artist and publishers taking note of the correct aircraft and serial number Bishop was flying, as well as the correct altitude, location and date of the ace's flight on 16th June 1918. However, Taylor, widely regarded as the world's premier painter of aviation subjects, made two mistakes in The Dawn Patrol, as clearly confirmed by Bishop's Combat Report - firstly, Bishop was flying alone and, most importantly, the combat occurred at night, at 8.20 pm and 8,28 pm, and not at dawn.
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[COGNAC]: An important autograph manuscript by Henri Guilbault entitled Memoire sur un nouvel appareil de distillation continue au moyen de la vapeur ('Memoir on a new apparatus for continuous distillation by means of steam'), eighty-eight pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (early 1850s), in French. The neatly penned manuscript, containing various corrections and additions, as well as numerous variations (in particular significant unpublished sections) to the final published version, concerns the distillation of eaux-de-vie, and particularly cognac, from Saintonge, the region of France famous for its grapes. In Chapter III of the manuscript, comprising almost half of the original unpublished text, is entitled Observation sur le but general que j'ai du me proposer en ce qui concerne les produits de la Saintonge (Translation: 'Observation on the general goal that I had to set myself with regard to the products of Saintonge') and was edited to Observation sur le but general que je me suis propose (Translation: 'Observation on the general goal that I have proposed') in the printed version, Guilbault specifies the object of the research he is undertaking on distillation stating, in part, [unpublished] 'S'il est vrai que le commerce et la consommation en general regrettent generalement l'abandon que l'on a fait pendant quelque temps de l'ancien appareil de distillation, a cause de la qualite des produits qu'il donnait, il a fallu tendre dans un nouvel appareil, a produire le meme effet que l'ancien, a la condition cependant qu'il pourrait toujours etre employe dans tous les pays a distillation, quelque soit d'ailleurs la nature et l'origine des produits alcoolique…….[published] Les eaux-de-vie de Saintonge, si justement renommees, auxquelles on a donne a tort le nom d'eau-de-vie de Cognac, sont tellement superieures en qualite, a cause de leur gout et de leur arome special, que personne ne pense a convertir les vin blancs du pays en ce qu'on appelle des trois-six ou alcools d'un degre tres eleves.......Le but que j'ai du me proposer, pour le moment du moins, n'a pas pu etre de faire un appareil a produire des trois-six, mais bien de trouver le moyen de faire de bonnes eaux-de-vie, plus rapidement et a meilleur marche, quant a la fabrication, qu'aucun systeme employe dans ce pays et partout ailleurs. Ce n'est pas cependant qu'avec mon appareil, on ne puisse tres facilement faire des trois-six, si on le desire, puisqu'en rectifiant plusieurs fois un produit, on doit parvenir a en separer les parties aqueuses de celles alcooliques au moyen de la distillation, en continuant a employer la vapeur qui fait la base fondamentale de mon systeme' (Translation: [unpublished] 'If it is true that trade and consumption in general generally regret the abandonment that was made for some time of the old distillation apparatus, because of the quality of the products it gave, it was necessary to strain in a new device, to produce the same effect as the old one, on the condition however that it could always be used in all countries with distillation, whatever the nature and origin of the alcoholic products'…..[published] 'The Saintonge eaux-de-vie, so justly renamed, to which the name of Cognac brandy has been wrongly given, are so superior in quality, because of their special taste and aroma, that no one does not think of converting the white wines of the country into what are called three-sixes or alcohols of a very high degree……..The goal I must have set myself, for the moment at least, could not have been to make a device to produce three-sixes, but rather to find the means of making good spirits, much quicker and cheaper, as regards the manufacture, than any system employed in this country and everywhere else. It is not, however, that with my apparatus, one cannot very easily make three-sixes, if one wishes, since by rectifying a product several times, one must succeed in separating the aqueous parts from the alcoholic parts at the means of distillation, continuing to use the system which is the fundamental basis of my system'). The manuscript is bound together with Guilbault's own final printed copy of his work published by La Librairie Bourbaud, Saintes, in 1854, and includes patent diagrams of the distillation apparatus as well as numerous pencil annotations in his hand to the margins. Also included within the volume is the autograph manuscript of Guilbault's memoir entitled De l'education, des Moeurs, des Institutions politiques chez les anciens & de leurs resultats (Translation: 'On Education, Customs, Political Institutions among the Ancients & their results'), comprising over one hundred folio pages, with extensive corrections, and several other printed works authored by Guilbault. All are contained within their original paper wrappers and the ensemble neatly bound within a folio volume with a gilt stamped title to the spine and bearing the ex-libris of Martineau of Saintonge. Some light age wear, generally VGIt would appear that the process for distilling Saintonge's cognac eaux-de-vie, developed by Guilbault, the main purpose of which was to avoid direct contact between the fire and the boiler, contact which produces irregularities of taste in the alcohol, was not adopted as in 1870 coal was still used for the direct heating of boilers in the region of Saintonge.
SIBELIUS JEAN: (1865-1957) Finnish Composer. Widely considered Finland´s greatest composer, and often credited with having developed a national identity through his music at the time of independence from Russia. T.L.S., Jean Sibelius, signed in bold pencil,one page, square 4to, Järvenpää, 8th May 1942, to Paul von Balogh, in German. A war time letter, Sibelius referring to the people of Finland and of his correspondent´s homeland, Hungary, and referring to the joint effort of both countries fighting together against the enemy, saying `Herzlichen Dank für Ihren freundlichen Gruss den ich auf das wärmste erwidere, Gerade heute, wo unsere beiden Völker Seite an Seite gegen den drohenden Osten kämpfen, ist mir ein Gruss aus Ungarn besonders lieb´ (Translation: `Thank you very much for your friendly greeting, which I return most warmly. Especially today, when our two countries´ people are fighting side by side against the threatening East, a greeting from Hungary is particularly dear to me´) With blank integral leaf. Edges only very slightly trimmed. Accompanied by the original envelope, typed address, to Regisseur Paul von Balogh in Budapest. Postmarked and stamped. G
MOULIN JEAN: (1899-1943) French civil servant who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during World War II and is remembered as one of the main heroes of the French Resistance. A rare, brief World War II date A.N.S., Jean Moulin, to one side of his printed correspondence card as Prefect of the Eure-et-Loir department, n.p. (Chartres?), 9th January 1940, to a friend, in French. Moulin writes, in full, 'Entendu, cher ami, je fais une nouvelle demarche' (Translation: 'Understood, dear friend, I'm taking a new step'). With a pencil annotation and date in an unidentified hand to the lower left corner. Some light ink brushing to the text and signature and with a paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner, about VG
GOMBROWICZ WITOLD: (1904-1969) Polish writer and playwright. An interesting, small archive of T.Ls.S. by both Gombrowicz and R. Marill Alberes to the French editor Raymond Queneau, concerning Gombrowicz's first and most controversial novel, Ferdydurke (1937) comprising - (i) T.L.S., Witold Gombrowicz, one page, 4to, Bueno Aires, 7th December 1949, to [Raymond Queneau], in French. Gombrowicz writes, in full, 'Puisque Mr. Marill Alberes a eu la bonte de vous recommander mon roman "Ferdydurke", je me permets de vous envoyer les antecedents relatifs a sa parution en Pologne et en Argentine. Je voudrais appeler votre attention sur ce texte car, il me semble, on peut en conclure que mon livre a des serieuses chances d'obtenir un succes en France, a condition que son parution soit convenablement preparee. Un exemplaire de "Ferdydurke" vous a ete envoye par bateau le 5 novembre' (Translation: 'Since Mr. Marill Alberes had the kindness to recommend my novel "Ferdydurke" to you, I allow myself to send you the antecedents relative to its publication in Poland and in Argentina. I would like to draw your attention to this text because, it seems to me, one can conclude that my book has a serious chance of obtaining success in France, provided that its publication is suitably prepared. A copy of "Ferdydurke" was shipped to you on 5th November'). With two annotations in the hand of Queneau, the first in pencil to the left margin stating that the book was 'ex. communique a Callois' on 30th May 1950 (later crossed through), and the second in ink at the foot of the page, 'Callois a lu ce livre deja 2 fois', indicating that Callois had already read the book twice. Together with the typed synopsis referred to, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Buenos Aires), n.d. (1949), in French, providing a brief publication history of Ferdydurke in Poland and Argentina, and the critical acclaim it received, in part, 'Voici les premieres lignes de la conference de Schulz, publiee ensuite par la plus serieuse revue litteraire polonaise "Skamander": "Depuis lomgtemps nous nous sommes deshabitues dans notre litterature d'une explosion des idees tellement grandoise. Ferdydurke c'est une extraordinaire manifestation de talent, une forme et une methode artistique nouvelle et revolutionnaire, enfin une importante decouverte, annexion d'une nouvelle sphere de phenomenes spirituels"' (Translation: 'Here are the first lines of Schulz's lecture, subsequently published by the most serious Polish literary journal "Skamander": For a long time we have become unaccustomed in our literature to such a grandiose explosion of ideas. Ferdydurke is an extraordinary manifestation of talent, a form and a new and revolutionary artistic method, finally an important discovery, annexation of a new sphere of spiritual phenomena'). (ii) An important T.L.S., Witold Gombrowicz, one page, 4to, Buenos Aires, 9th June 1950, to [Raymond Queneau], in French. The author defends his novel Ferdydurke, and expresses his disappointment with the French intellectual Roger Caillois, in full, 'Mr. Marill Alberes m'a communiquer votre decision de remettre mon roman "Ferdydurke" a Mr. Roger Caillois qui est lecteur de la litterature sudameriquaine chez Gallimard, J'avoue que cette decision m'a beaucoup chagrine. Mr. Caillois a une mentalite, une philosophie, un temperement de plus opposes au miens et il est absolument logique qu'il ne soit guere ami de mon livre. Il le connait deja et on m'a dit quil lui a deplut. Cependant "Ferdydurke" fut tres hautement califie. Je n'exagere pas par beaucoup des intelectuels et je suis persuade que son cas est assez serieux pour que j'ose vous prier de le faire examiner par d'autres personnes. Il s'agit certainement d'un livre tres particulier et combatif qui a provoque une reaction hostile dans certains millieux mais aussi un vrai entousiasme dans l'autres. Je voudrais souligner aussi que je ne suis pas un auteur sudameriquain, mais polonais, et si je presente a Mr. Gallimard la traduction espagnole c'est pour de raisons d'ordre pratique. Si donc vous trouverez qu'il est possible de choisir un autre lecteur pour "Ferdydurke" je vous prie de bien vouloir me communiquer votre decision et je vais vous envoyer tout de suite d'autres exemplaires' (Translation: 'Mr. Marill Alberes informed me of your decision to submit my novel "Ferdydurke" to Mr. Roger Caillois who is a reader of South American literature at Gallimard. I admit that this decision saddened me a great deal. Mr. Caillois has a mentality, a philosophy, a temperament more opposed to mine and it is absolutely logical that he is hardly a friend of my book. He already knows it and I was told he disliked it. However, "Ferdydurke" was very highly qualified, I am not exaggerating, by many intellectuals and I am convinced that its case is serious enough for me to dare to ask you to have it examined by other people. It is certainly a very particular and combative book which provoked a hostile reaction in certain circles but also a real enthusiasm in others. I would also like to emphasize that I am not a South American author, but a Polish one, and if I am presenting the Spanish translation to Mr. Gallimard it is for practical reasons. If, therefore, you find that it is possible to choose another reader for "Ferdydurke" please let me know your decision and I will send you other copies immediately'). (iii) T.L.S., R M Alberes by Rene Marill Alberes (1921-1982) French writer and literary critic, one page, 4to, Buenos Aires, 28th November 1949, to Raymond Queneau, on the printed stationery of the Institut Francais d'Etudes Superieures, in French. Alberes introduces Ferdydurke to his correspondent, in part, 'Ma situation en Argentine me permet de decouvrir parfois - disons au maximum une fois par an - quelque bon livre inconnu en France......J'ai pu lire ici, en traduction espagnole, le livre d'un Polonais, Witold Gombrowicz, un roman "Ferdydurke", qui ma semble reellement excellent…… Les maisons d'edition que je connais doivent etre tres prudentes en ce moment, et publient peu. J'ai pense que vous me permettriez de m'addresser a vous......pour essayer de faire connaitre en France un livre sur lequel je ne crois pas me tromper, De toutes facons, je ne pense pas que vous me fassiez de reproches si je vous amene a le lire (il n'est traduit qu en espagnol). Je crois pouvoir garantir que la lecture ne vous deplaira pas. Si vous l'amenez ensuite chez Gallimard, tant mieux car je le le crois bon. J'ai demande a l'auteur de vous l'envoyer. Il ne connait personne en France et ne songeait guere a essayer par lui-meme de s'y faire connaitre'OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE CCOMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED HERE - PLEASE REFER DIRECTLY TO IAA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A small 8vo ruled page removed from a notebook bearing Doyle's holograph pencil scores from a game of billiards, n.p., n.d. ('October'). The list of various scores includes several for Doyle himself, signing with his initials ('ACD') in two places in the left column alongside scores of 51 and 48. The name of his opponent, Stewart,and their various scores also appear on the page. VG
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: Ray Holmes (1914-2005) British fighter pilot of World War II who participated in the Battle of Britain, feted as a war hero for his apparent notable act of bravery when he reportedly saved Buckingham Palace from being hit by German bombing when he used his Hawker Hurricane to destroy a Dornier Do 17 bomber over London by ramming. A.L.S., Ray Holmes, two pages, 8vo, Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside, 5th August 1891, to Paul. Holmes refers to a photograph (no longer present) in which he believes he recognises a squadron bulldog, Scruffy, and also refers to other individuals, including Amy Johnson, and concludes by wishing his correspondent good luck with their project, commenting 'pity a lot more people don't have hobbies these days to keep them off the heroin!'. Together with two small printed images neatly removed from a book or magazine, both showing Hurricane aircraft and each signed in pencil by Holmes and Basil M. Buch individually; Edward Morris (1915-1999) South African flying ace of World War II who participated in the Battle of Britain. Typed Statement signed, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. The text relates to a flying incident during the Battle of Britain and states, in part, 'On Friday, 30 August began the “Bad Weekend” at Biggin Hill….Teddy Morris was leading six Hurricanes of 79 Squadron overhead on aerodrome defence when he saw eighteen Heinkels escorted by some twenty fighters….He had sent one section to keep the fighters busy while he led the other two Hurricanes down almost vertically through the bomber formation, with the intention of splitting it up. He saw too late that the second vic were flying very close behind the three leading Heinkels and that the gap through which he had to dive at 400 m.p.h. or so was much narrower than he had supposed; and at the last moment he saw that the second vic were not in line with the first but stepped up above them. He went straight into a Heinkel in the second vic. “All I saw was a grey blur, and felt an awful thump on my right wing. I immediately went into a violent spin. I tried to get out of the cockpit and succeeded after what seemed an age but in reality was only a few seconds. There was no hesitancy to jump….” Away to one side, he could see the Heinkel plunging to earth, both engines on fire and the best part of both wings gone…..Morris was to become famous as the pilot who put in a claim for “one Heinkel confirmed destroyed, by collision”….' Together with a 7 x 10.5 printed image neatly removed from a book depicting a Hurricane in flight after having lost a wing, signed by Morris in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. G to VG, 5
‘My book, which I believe is my best, will please you on the one hand: an epic caricature of the papacy and Christianity, but will displease you on the other: an exaltation of war’ MARINETTI FILIPPO TOMMASO: (1876-1944) Italian poet and art theorist, founder of the Futurist movement, best known as the author of the first Futurist Manifesto (1909) and as a co-author of the Fascist Manifesto (1919). A fine L.S., F T Marinetti, three pages, large 4to, Milan, n.d. (annotated 1912 in pencil in an unidentified hand), to Gustave Kahn ('Mon tres cher Gustave') on the attractive red printed stationery of Movimento Futuristai, in French. Marinetti states that he is delighted to learn that his correspondent's wife has recovered, although remarks 'Quant a vous, il est probable que vous ayez repris, en desobeissant a Mme. Kahn, vos vilaines habitudes de fumeur enrage! Est-ce exact?' (Translation: 'As for you, it is likely that you have resumed, by disobeying Mrs. Kahn, your ugly habits of rabid smoking! Is it correct?'), adding that he often talks of Kahn and declaims his Au jour fermant to his friends, the futuristic painters. Marinetti also informs his friend that he has already sent him a copy of Monoplan du Pape ('The Pope's Aeroplane'), and will send a second if the first is lost ('Comment avez-vous pu supposer un oubli de ma part?') (Translation: 'How could you suppose an oversight on my part?), further observing 'Mon livre, qui est je crois mon meilleur, vous plaira d'un cote: caricature epique de la papaute et du christianisme, mais vous deplaira de l'autre: exaltation de la guerre' (Translation: 'My book, which I believe is my best, will please you on the one hand: an epic caricature of the papacy and Christianity, but will displease you on the other: an exaltation of war') and asking Kahn to write to him when he has completely read it, 'Je tiens à savoir exactement votre jugement' (Translation: 'I want to know exactly your judgement'). A letter of good content and excellent association. A few very small, extremely minor holes to the final page, close to, but not affecting, the signature. VGGuatave Kahn (1859-1936) French Symbolist poet and art critic, a primary influence on Marinetti. Le Monoplan du Pape was a highly anti-Roman Catholic and anti-Austrian verse novel published by Marinetti in 1912.
WRIGHT FRANK LLOYD: (1867-1959) American architect and designer. Vintage signed 7 x 10 photograph of Wright standing in a three-quarter length pose sharpening a pencil, being one of the two celebrated images of the architect caught by photographer Pedro E. Guerrero in 1947. Signed by Wright with his name alone in fountain pen ink to the lower white border. Rare in this form. Some very light, minor age wear and a few stains and with some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso, about VG Pedro E. Guerrero (1917-2012) American architectural photographer, remembered for his extraordinary access to Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as his work in documenting the lives and art of Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson. Guerrero was first hired by Wright in 1939 to record the ongoing construction of Taliesin West and the two continued to work together until a few days before the architect's death in 1959.
NOBEL ALFRED: (1833-1896) Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist who bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. The scientist's most famous invention was that of dynamite, which was patented in 1867. An outstanding archive relating to the establishment of a dynamite factory in Italy, comprising - (i) A.L.S., A Nobel, three pages, 4to, Paris, 6th September 1872, to [Paul] Barbe, in French. Nobel provides his detailed requirements for establishing a factory to produce dynamite at Avigliana, near Turin, under the guidance of his agent Casimir Robaudi ('Voici le petit devis pour la Fabrique Italienne et le projet de contrat avec Robaudi') setting out his requirements in a detailed table, with their immediate and defrayable costs, including specifications for brick buildings, power of the traction engines, nitrite grinders, and other machinery, a building to house nitric acid, an ice room, various other wooden buildings for the production and washing of glycerine and dynamite, and for packing the dynamite, cartridge making, water heaters, and enclosures, and remarking that he envisages the quick production and sale of the dynamite, financed by three months' credit. Nobel then proceeds to define the terms of the contract under which the business should operate, giving the outlines for a five-year contract with Robaudi in nine numbered paragraphs, explaining that Robaudi will be named as agent for the Italian business and will be responsible for the costs of selling the dynamite sent to him, for which he can set a price above market rates, provided that the company can cancel the contract if Robaudi's consumption and marketing contravenes their policies, or if the company does not receive payment for the dynamite. Nobel advises Barbe to revise the contract as he sees fit before sending it to Carstens, the merchant in Hamburg. (ii) A fine, large original pen and ink plan of the proposed site of the dynamite factory in the Commune di Avigliana, prepared and signed by the surveyor Giuseppe Ferando, one page, large oblong folio, Turin, 27th July 1872, entitled Planimetria di parte della regione Valoja presso il trucco di San Martino, coloured in two shades of blue (one defining the waterways) and also featuring light pencil drawings of buildings to the left margin. (iii) A pencil sketch of several buildings at Avigliana entitled Croquis de fabrique de nitroglycerine a Avigliana, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., including the facilities labelled for 'Preparation, separation et lavage a l'eau'. (iv) A finely executed and detailed pen and ink plan of various constructions and buildings, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n.d., captioned in French, including cartoucheries, magasin, filtrage & dynamiterie, lavages, pompe pour l'appareil, glacier & magasin a glycerine, hanger a bomb acide nitrique. Maison de garde, chien de garde etc. (v) A scale drawing from a patent application on transparency paper (some tears and a few large areas of paper loss to the edges) bearing the official oval stamp of Jannot ('Constructeur - Mecanicien') and two other pen and ink and pencil sketches and drawings of machinery and apparatus. (vi) An autograph manuscript entitled Regolamento dei transporti delle Materie infiammabili ed esplodenti ('Regulations for the transportation of flammable and explosive materials') approved by the administrators Bolmira and Guglianetti, twelve pages, 4to, n.p. (Italy), 9th April 1872, commencing 'Flammable materials, such as phosphorus, phosphor matches, gun powder, turpentine, alcohol, and derivatives, objects for fireworks and any other material…..that easily starts or transmits fire, are excluded from transport if the sender has not subjected himself to the cautionary measures established by the administration' and continuing to outline the regulations concerning packaging, supervision, means of transport and other precautions which it is necessary to adhere to. (vii) Small collection of ten manuscript technical and legal documents, in Italian and French, over twenty pages in total, largely 4to, various places, 1870s, some regarding Nobel's patent and one on the printed stationery of the Dinamite Nobel factory at Avigliana. (viii) Autograph manuscript of the Atto di Costituzione della Societa per la Fabbricazione della Dinamite and Statuto della Scoieta Anonima per la Fabbricazione della Dinamite, in all over sixty pages, folio, Turin, 5th June 1873, in Italian, identifying the main shareholders, and accompanied by an eleven-page summary including a manuscript list of the shares allocated to each shareholder. A comprehensive archive relating to the Swedish chemist's important invention of dynamite and featuring an extremely rare autograph letter signed by Nobel himself, particularly desirable owing to its content. Some light overall age wear and minor faults and Nobel's letter with some light, minor staining and a few small tears to the edges. Generally G to about VG, Sml Qty. At the end of December 1871, Alfred Nobel obtained a six-year patent for the exploitation of dynamite from the Italian government, to be financed by both French and German investors. In April 1872, Nobel reached an agreement with five Parisian financiers (and engineers) to found a public limited company. Among the shareholders mentioned in the present archive were Paul Barbe, Amedeo Hoffer (director of the factory), Casimir Robaudi (agent for the Nobel company in Hamburg), Antonio Campagna (formerly mayor of Avigliana), the Hamburg merchants Carl Ferdinand Carstens and Edouard Bandmann, and the Parisian banker Gunzbourg. They acquired land near Avigliana, some thirty kilometres west of Turin, and set up a factory through a commissionaire, Robaudi, obtaining a patent for the manufacture of dynamite. The company established by Nobel continued production until being destroyed during the World War II.
RADIGUET MAURICE: (1866-1941) French cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist. An original black pencil, crayon and charcoal caricature drawn by Radiguet, signed by him with his initials MR to the lower right corner, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d. (c. December 1904). The image depicts caricatures of the French physicists Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies in the form of radishes. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the edges, otherwise about VG The present caricature was originally published as part of the 'Year in Review' by the illustrated French weekly satirical magazine L'Assiette au Beurre on 31st December 1904. It carried the title Le Radium with the caption 'Les Curies ont invente/ Le Radium, un metal dont on est apate/ Ca vaux des prix qu'on ne peut dire/ Il faudrait que d'autres savants/ Trouvassent le radifemme, c'est urgent/Pour qu'il puisse se reproduire' (Translation: The Curies invented/ Radium, a metal we love/ It's worth prices that can't be said/ Other scholars should/ Find the radiwife, it's urgent/ So that it can reproduce'). Pierre Curie (1859-1906) French physicist who, with his wife Marie Curie (1867-1934) Polish-born French physicist and chemist, shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903. Marie Curie would later also be awarded with the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.
ALEXANDER III: (1845-1894) Emperor of Russia 1881-94. Attractive signed printed large folio copy of L´Illustration Journal Universel, French weekly edition, sixteen pages, 14th February 1885, signed by Alexander III, as Emperor, with his initial `A´ in red indelible pencil to the upper right corner of the front page. The Parisian journal includes multiple and very attractive large engravings, showing to the front page four engravings of Elme Marie Caro (1826-1887) French Philosopher; Olivier Pain (1845-1884) French Journalist known for his travelling to Sudan and dying there at the age of 39; Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816-1885) French naval Architect and Edmond du Sommerard (1817-1885) French museum Conservator. To the inside pages bearing several attractive engravings relating to the Sudan English expedition and to the Exhibition of new machinery at the Palais de l´Industrie. The present copy was originally bound in a red leather folio volume for the Emperor, alongside other additions of the journal. Left edge very slightly trimmed, otherwise VG
MANSON CHARLES: (1934-2017) American Criminal who led the cult-based Manson Family, responsible for multiple deaths (including the murder of Sharon Tate) and the subject of Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. A.L.S., with a swastika symbol substituted for his name (as was his practice at times), six pages, 4to, California Medical Facility, Vacaville, n.d. (June 1973), to R. Thompson. Manson, writing in bold pencil, authors a rambling and occasionally incoherent letter, in part, 'What is broken cross on your hand for?....I git so much mail I need 50 people to do it, few I answer. I sent your letter to someone in another letter because I ran out of stamps….the letter I wrote you may not understand it because I thought you were someone els (sic) useing (sic) the name Ruth….I've been on my own since the year one & I've just watched everyone grow up backwards. My own company I like that also. I like my own time….I myself never learnt from books & feel enlightment (sic) comes from within…..I don't read much & wright (sic) little & care less about telling paper words to say what's already known in the heart…..the mind the truth the now is so symple (sic) that a confused programmed mind can't see it for looking & most people run from themselves in the name of looking for themselves. You think the Master comes from all races. HUH. That's proberly (sic) the easy thing for you to think…..Grase (sic) is more than a word it is a motion. Motions always changing & moveing (sic) from the soul…..As for eyes I don't even think Hitler has blue eyes. Les[lie] Van Houten (a member of the Manson Family) got brown eyes but whatever it means little…..I want my justice & that's out with my friends…..that never should of been put in cages to start…..Calif don't holds all the answers it holds me I am the answer for I'm in groove & am the answer to my world…..I don't think your superior or inferior to play superior you must also play not so superior…..it means little to nothing in knowing what brains think is what they are told when they are told right. You don't strive for perfection you are & perfection is the universe……but I'm not alowed (sic) to tell the truth so I hide in the cages. I know what I know but that's only for my self & my own knowing…..whatever it is to you I'm not sure [Lynette] Fromme (a member of the Manson Family who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford) is a magic thing that reflects my majic (sic) motions & love. She is love because she loves above fears of past elusion & if I put it in her right she dances & sings & makes wonderfull (sic) pictures for me to feast my soul with. The Blue (Sandra Good, a member of the Manson Family and close friend of Fromme) is another magic being who grows with each day…..I am just as much the majic (sic) they gave me that I gave them that they reflected to me……Fromme got whatever I got cause I got in her a little & we got in each other…..all anyone ever seen was the bad part of them the good was much much more. Big Pattie Yellow (Patricia Krenwinkel, a member of the Manson Family) is no majic (sic) her eyes shine in the dark & her touch is as soft & gentil I should have fucked her more for she had all the good I could give her….but I didn't think she could have children…..I just looked up on the wall & its written that all white dogs must die…..I don't let people kill the spiders…..I've done my best for all but I guess it just wasn't good enough. When Mohat Mogandia (Mahatma Gandhi) got out of prison in India he had the will of the people. The English Queen had something to do with haveing (sic) him shot. That sacrifice took her top in the English money…..She helped put up that woman in India & she just lost her place over India but the English speeking (sic) woman sent her my thought & her dady (sic) laughing all the way from the bank of London. The Hendo pimps aint no better than any other pimps - you can only fuck so good & then the woman becomes peace…..I was locked up before Hitler died & before the end of War II alone & in darkness…..How can I escape from what I see what I am I can go to sleep & wake up a new me & make that day up in my own will…..it's all one big day…..each stroke in you was a 100 years & each touch a life time & I fucked you…..my own heart beet (sic) is your only life on earth & you gave me to a cell so you could suffer untill (sic) you earn me back into your soulless existence….Don't wright (sic) me no more, wright (sic) Red to begg (sic) her, you took her world, not mine…..I remain the all of nothing the nothing of everything & my me is all the love to me'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Manson and signed ('C Manson') by him in the return address panel. Some light age wear, otherwise VG
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[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: RIBBENTROP JOACHIM VON (1893-1946) German politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nazi Germany 1938-45. A remarkable D.S., J v Ribbentrop, in bold pencil, one page, folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), 25th January 1946, in German. The partially printed (mimeographed) document, completed in typescript, is addressed to the General Secretary of the International Military Tribunal and is a Defendant's Application for Summons for Witness in which Ribbentrop requests that the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, be summoned to give evidence on his behalf, as 'When presenting his credentials in 1936, von Ribbentrop expressed to the then King Edward VIII the desire of the Reich Chancellor for the closest cooperation between Germany and England. In the course of this audience, King Edward VIII declared that he, too, deemed such a cooperation necessary' and further explaining that such facts are relevant 'To disprove counts I and II of the General Indictment and the respective counts of the special indictments filed up to now'. Countersigned in bold pencil at the foot by Dr. Martin Horn, the Defence Counsel representing Ribbentrop. Accompanied by the official IMT English translation of Ribbentrop's document. Some file holes to the upper edge of each document, light overall age wear and minor traces of professional restoration, otherwise VG, 2 King Edward VIII's beliefs regarding Adolf Hitler and the Nazis have long been the subject of speculation. Many historians have suggested that Hitler was prepared to reinstate the Duke of Windsor as King in the hope of establishing a fascist puppet government in Great Britain after Operation Sea Lord. It is widely believed that the Duke and Duchess (whom the FBI were informed had slept with the German Ambassador in London, Joachim von Ribbentrop, in 1936) sympathised with fascism before and during World War II and were moved to the Bahamas to minimise their opportunities to act on their feelings. Joachim von Ribbentrop was arrested in June 1945 and subsequently convicted and sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials for his role in starting World War II in Europe and enabling the Holocaust. On 16th October 1946 he became the first of the Nuremberg defendants to be executed by hanging. Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials.
EISENSTEIN SERGEI: (1898-1948) Soviet film director & film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. A rare vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 8.5 photograph of Eisenstein standing in a happy three-quarter length pose alongside a camera. Signed ('S. Eisenstein') in bold red crayon to the verso with an inscription, in Cyrillic, 'To my dear friend tovarish Moussinac, from all my heart', and dated Moscow, 22nd November 1928, in his hand. The verso also bears the ink credit stamp of the photographer, Debabov, in Cyrillic, which runs slightly across the signature, and a small pencil annotation in an unidentified hand. Some heavy creasing to the lower right corner and a small tear to the lower edge (repaired to the verso). G
ZIMMER HANS: (1957- ) German composer of film scores, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Zimmer standing in a three-quarter length pose as he leans forwards on the top of his piano, with a score before him and a pencil in one hand. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. About EX
MONTGOMERY B. L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Small group of one A.L.S. and three T.Ls.S., Montgomery of Alamein, four pages (total), 8vo (1) and 4to, Seine-et-Oise, France, July 1954 - October 1956, all to Paul Loosli, the president of the Gstaad Ski Club and director of tourism in Gstaad. Montgomery writes largely concerning his travel and accommodation arrangements for Switzerland, in part, 'I note that you want to have the Ski-Jumping on Sunday, January 30th, and that would be suitable for me. I will now come to Gstaad on Saturday, January 29th and I will stay there till Wednesday, 16th February, 1955' (15th July 1954), 'I have received the photograph you sent me, taken when I presented the Ski Cup to the winner last February. I have signed the photograph and have posted it back to you. I hope it will arrive safely' (also 15th July 1954), 'I note that the competition for my cup will now be held on Sunday, 6th February and that date will suit me very well. My son and his wife will be arriving in Gstaad on that morning to stay with me and it will be a great thing for them to be able to see the ski-jumping competition. Neither of them have ever seen any ski-jumping before. I would of course be delighted that you should ask General Guisan to attend the competition for my cup…..I know him well and will be very glad to see him again. Please tell him from me that I hope he will be able to come' (12th December 1954), 'I send you this copy of a letter (still present) I have sent to Mr. Reuteler, giving my dates for next January - February. I presume the 10th Feb. is O.K. for the Jumping; that is the date we agreed' (15th October 1956). Together with the letter referred to, a carbon copied T.L.S., Montgomery of Alamein, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Versailles, Seine et Oise, 15th October 1956, to Mr. Reuteler, marked Copy by Montgomery in red indelible pencil at the head, providing his correspondent with the dates of his visit to Gstaad from January - February 1957 and adding, 'I will have with me the same A.D.C. as last year - Captain A. W. Cheyne. I would, myself, much like to have the same rooms as last year - if this is convenient to you. I will arrange for the same telephones. Captain Cheyne can of course have any small single room you have available'. Each of the letters are accompanied by their original envelopes, hand addressed by Montgomery. Together with three unsigned carbon typed retained copies of Lossli's replies to Montgomery. Some light age wear and two letters with small staple holes to the upper left corners, G to VG, 8
PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American rock 'n' roll singer. Signed and inscribed 5 x 3.5 magazine photograph, the image depicting Presley seated in a three-quarter length pose alongside his father, Vernon, the two men both with saddened expressions on their faces as they console each other following the untimely death of Elvis's mother, Gladys, on 14th August 1958. Signed by Presley in black ink to a largely clear area of the image. Neatly laid down to card, the verso of which is annotated Las Vegas, 1974 in pencil in an unidentified hand, presumably indicating where and when the signature was obtained. VG
THOMAS AMBROISE: (1811-1896) French composer, remembered for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868). Pencil signature ('Ambroise Thomas') and three additional words in his hand, sending many thanks, in French, to the recto of the personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Thomas, featuring his printed name to the centre and address at Rue du Faubourg Poissonniere in Paris beneath. One heavy crease to the lower right corner, otherwise VG
USTINOV PETER: (1921-2004) British actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1964 for his role as Arthur Simon Simpson in Topkapi. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Ustinov seated in a half-length pose in costume as Post Captain Edwin Fairfax Vere, with a quill pen in one hand, from the historical drama-adventure film Billy Budd (1962) which was also produced, directed and co-written by Ustinov. Signed by the actor in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at a bookstore on 3rd March 1979. A few minor, light corner creases, otherwise VG
DOUGLAS WILLIAM SHOLTO: (1893-1969) British Marsal of the Royal Air Force, a pilot and squadron commander during World War I, and later Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command 1940-42, Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command 1943-44 and Commander-in-Chief Coastal Command 1944-45 during World War II. D.S., W S Douglas, in pencil, Commanding 84 Squadron, one page, 4to, n.p. (France), 3rd June 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (headed Combats in the Air) relating to two aerial victories achieved by Captain Jack Sorsoleil, the narrative stating, in full, 'Whilst on patrol, seven Triplanes dived on the leading flight. I immediately dived on the E[nemy] A[ircraft] and fired a long burst with both guns. The Triplane which I had engaged went down vertically, and one of his planes broke off. I turned back and climbed, and observed a triplane on the tail of one of our machines. I dived again and fired another long burst with both guns. The triplane went down in a slow spin. I was at 5,000 feet at the time and watched him as best I could. I did not see him flatten out, and by his methods of descent he was entirely out of control'. Signed by Douglas at the foot confirming the decisive victories. Very slightly neatly trimmed and with several file holes to the left and a small area of paper loss to the lower left corner, none of which affect the text or signature. About VG John Victor Sorsoleil (1899-1956) Canadian fighter pilot of World War I.
HOLZ ARNO: (1863-1929) German naturalist poet and dramatist. A.N.S., Arno Holz, in bold pencil, one page, small 8vo, Berlin, 1st October 1926, in German. The head of the page bears a question in the hand of a researcher, in French, 'Quelle est votre maxime de vie ou votre devise?' (Translation: 'What is your maxim of life or motto?'), beneath which Holz has provided his response, in full, 'I have been asked this question repeatedly and I am always amazed that there are people who are able to answer such a question, which is far too simple'. VG
BERQUE JEAN: (1896-1954) French painter and illustrator. A good pair of original watercolour illustrations executed and signed by Berque, each one page, folio (28 x 37.5 cm), n.p., 1931. The images, which are practically identical and evidently inspired by Duccio's Madonna and Child, depict a young woman seated in a three-quarter length pose, with her breasts exposed, and holding her young child in her arms. The images differentiate only in the colour of the lady's dress (aqua and blue) and the hair colour of the subjects (blonde and brunette). Both are signed and dated by Berque with his artist's signature at the base, and further also annotated in pencil 'La Paix (variante) J. B.'. VG, 2
The young Gandhi advocates theosophy –‘For we will not learn truth by means of falsehoods’ GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian political and spiritual leader during the Indian independence movement. A very fine, early A.L.S., M K Gandhi, four pages (separate leaves), 4to, Durban, Natal, 4th August 1894, to Mrs. [A.M.] Lewis of the Esoteric Christian Union. In just his second year in South Africa the young Gandhi writes to his British correspondent on his efforts to promote interest in theosophy, in part, 'I had occasion to come in contact with a doctor in Pretoria. He seemed to be the only gentleman in addition to another who took interest in theosophical subjects. I gave him the Perfect Way to read. He liked it so much that he wished me to get another copy for him…..During my stay here I intend to spread as much as possible information about theosophy (to me there is little difference between Theosophy and Esoteric Christianity). I have therefore sent out letters to the President of the Vegetarian Society and Mrs [Annie] Besant. I propose that the E.C.U. should send me a selection of books to be sold here. I would sell the books at cost price plus the postage and 5% commission to be kept by me. As to the price however I should be left free to use my discretion. I would send up the sale proceeds of the books every three months. The advertisement charges will be borne by me. If at the end of one year nothing is sold I would return the books at my cost. I give my personal guarantee for the safe keeping of the books and the sale proceeds…..If it is necessary to read this letter or a portion thereof to the Union you can do so. I hope you will be able to persuade the Union, or those in authority, to accede to the above proposal'. Gandhi further writes concerning a controversial work, 'If you do not think much of the 'Souls', what position is the book to occupy in respectful literature? If the author has written what is absolutely true from personal observation, the book cannot be lightly treated. If it is an attempt to delude the people into a belief in real truths by fascinating falsehoods the book deserves the highest condemnation possible. For we will not learn truth by means of falsehoods. Of course I write this without meaning the slightest disrespect for the author of whom I know nothing. She may be a lady of the highest probity and truth. I only repeat that to appreciate the Souls acquaintance with the author's character is absolutely necessary' and also dejectedly mentions a petition that Lewis had sent him, 'I could get many signatures…..But I am afraid the Natal signatures would be quite useless. Is it not a sad commentary on the morality of the age that a most important and yet most harmless and elevating monument should not receive good support? At times when I think of these things I thoroughly despair of fruits of works. A verse from the Bhagavad Gita saves me from utter despair and consequent inaction - a verse which enjoins freedom from attachment to fruits of works'. In a postscript, signed by Gandhi with his initials ('MKG') he asks for his change of address to be noted. A letter of wonderful content reflecting the formative years of Gandhi's philosophical and spiritual interests. With a few pencil annotations in the hand of the recipient and with some extremely light, minor age wear, VGThe Perfect Way; or, the finding of Christ was written by the English humanitarian writer Edward Maitland in 1882 in collaboration with the Anna Kingsford, the English vegetarian and women's rights campaigner. Revised editions of the work were published in 1887 and 1890. Maitland was a member of the Theosophical Society and in November 1891 founded the Esoteric Christian Union. Gandhi became the Union's South Africa agent in 1894, as suggested in the present letter. Theosophy, the religion established in the United States in the late 19th century, has been described as both a new religious movement and a part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism. It draws upon both older European philosophies such as Neoplatonism and Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Gandhi developed much of his interest in Hindu culture after two Theosophists had given him a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, which he refers to in the present letter, and which he also considered his 'spiritual dictionary'.
CAROL II OF ROMANIA: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40 until his abdication. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 (20 x 25 cm) photograph by Carol II, the studio image depicting the King in a head and shoulders pose. Signed `Carolo´, and inscribed in bold green pencil `To Mr. Russell Birdwill´ to a clear area of the image. Also dated `Mexico, 1943´ in his hand. Carol II went into exile in 1940, first to Mexico and later in Portugal where he settled. Very small overall minor age wear with extremely small creases to the corners, otherwise VG
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[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: KEITEL WILHELM (1882-1946) German Field Marshal of World War II who served as Chief of the Armed Forces High Command 1938-45. D.S., W Keitel, in pencil, one page, folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), 17th January 1946, in German. The partially printed (mimeographed) document, completed in typescript, is addressed to the General Secretary of the International Military Tribunal and is a Defendant's Application for Summons for Witness in which Keitel requests that Oberregierungsrat Dr. Erbe of Berlin, a former employee of the Ministry of Interior, be summoned to give evidence on his behalf, further adding that the witness also served under Wilhelm Frick up until the middle of 1944 and that Erbe has knowledge 'That the Consulting Committee (Referentenausschuss) of the Defense of the Country (Landesverteidigung), subsequently the Reich Defense Committee (Reichsverteidigungsausschuss), advised only on questions regarding the defense of the country but never on strategic or operational questions; that it also did not concern itself with the planning of aggressive wars' and that such facts are relevant because 'the prosecution asserts that the above mentioned committee has planned aggressive wars. I was a member of this committee'. Countersigned in pencil at the foot by Dr. Otto Nelte, the Defence Counsel representing Keitel. Accompanied by the official IMT English translation of Keitel's document. Some light overall age wear and minor traces of professional restoration, otherwise VG, 2 Following the end of World War II Keitel was indicted by the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials as one of the 'major war criminals' and was found guilty on all counts: crimes against humanity, crimes against peace, criminal conspiracy and war crimes. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging in 1946. Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials.
MERMOZ JEAN: (1901-1936) French pioneer aviator, looked upon as a hero by other pilots such as Antoine Saint-Exupery. An extremely rare Autograph Telegram Signed, Mermoz, one page, small 4to, Natal [Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil], n.d. (c.1930), to [Didier Daurat], in French. Mermoz has written and signed the telegram in pencil to a partially printed Cia. Auxiliar Radio-Emissora Do Brasil form, stating, in part, 'Ignore si hélice deformee, ne le pense pas......N'ai jamais pu faire plus de 150 metres. Vent debout j'ai fait 600 metres ligne droite parfaite travers fleuve pleine charge. Mais je devais arreter distance etant trop courte. Meme phenonene depart Kenitra' (Translation: 'Ignore if deformed propeller, don't think so…..Never been able to do more than 150 metres. Headwind I made 600 metres perfect straight line across the river fully loaded. But I had to stop, distance being too short. Same phenomenon from Kenitra'). Together with a partially printed Fiche de Paiement issued to Mermoz by the operations department of the Compagnie Generale Aeropostale for the month of August 1830 detailing various costs totalling 6621 francs. Autographs of Mermoz are extremely rare in any form as a result of his tragic disappearance at the age of 34 over the Atlantic Ocean whilst making a flight to Brazil. Some light creasing and minor age wear, about VG, 2 Didier Daurat (1891-1969) French pioneer aviator, a fighter pilot during World War I who later employed Mermoz at the Compagnie Generale Aeropostale. Daurat was also the inspiration for the character of Riviere in Antoine Saint-Exupery's novel Vol de nuit (1931).
MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Claude Monet, four pages, 8vo, Giverny par Vernon, 11th June 1920, to Gustave Geffroy ('Mon cher ami'), in French. Monet writes in pale purple pencil and states that he is late in thanking his correspondent for their last books and continues to remark 'Je reserve mes forces pour toujours travailler a mes decorations quand la chaleur n'est pas trop forte dans mon atelier a part cela je me porte a merveille.....Naturellement je ne bouges plus d'ici et n'en bougerai plus.....ce qui me prive de vous voir avec quelques amis' (Translation: 'I reserve my strength to always work on my decorations when the heat is not too strong in my studio, apart from that I am doing wonderfully…..Of course I do not move from here and will not move again….which deprives me of seeing you with some friends'), further adding 'J'ai quelques fois de vos nouvelles par votre grand ami Clemenceau qui lui vient assez souvent mais qui ne parvient pas a vous amener avec lui. Je sais que vous avez ete assez souffrant mais que vous allez mieux et que vous etiez aller avec un ami au bord de la mer en Normandie' (Translation: 'I hear of you a few times through your good friend Clemenceau who comes often but who does not manage to bring you with him. I know that you have been quite unwell but that you are better and that you went with a friend to the seaside in Normandy') and concluding by asking Geffroy to send news of himself as it is always pleasant to hear from him. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Monet. A few very light, extremely minor creases, VG Gustave Geffroy (1855-1926) French journalist and art critic, a friend of Monet and one of the first historians of the Impressionist art movement. Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) French Prime Minister 1906-09, 1917-20. Clemenceau was a long-time friend and supporter of Monet and wrote a biography of the artist.
MODEL WALTER: (1891-1945) German Field Marshal of World War II, Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. D.S., Model, in bold purple indelible pencil, one page, oblong 8vo, Head Quarters, 23rd November 1944, in German. The typed document is issued by Model in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of Army Group B and approves the proposal of the award of the German Cross in Silver to Major Weller. One file hole to the left edge and several pinholes to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. About VG
LAUE MAX VON: (1879-1960) German physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1914. T.L.S., Max Laue, to one side of a plain postcard, Zehlendorf, 7th May 1921, to his cousin Oberstleutnant W. Born, in German. Laue informs his cousin that the Association of German Chemists have invited him to give a talk at their meeting in Stuttgart on 20th May, which he has accepted, and adding that he hopes he will be able to meet him then, and that the association will probably send Born and his wife an invitation to the talk. Laue further refers to an impending visit by Mama Milkau (Laue's mother-in-law) and adds that his wife and children are well. With a brief note signed by Magdalene Laue to the verso. Together with four A.Ls.S. and one T.L.S. by Magdalene Laue (1891-1961), three on plain postcards and two on picture postcards (one depicting a mountain range), Zehlendorf and Wurzburg, 1920-28, all to Oberstleutnant Born or his wife Else, in German. Magdalene writes on largely social matters, referring to visits, holidays and family members etc., including her young son Theodor Hermann von Laue (1916-2000) who 'has grown a lot and has gotten fat in the land of milk and honey'. Also including an original 7 x 5 photograph (corners neatly clipped) of the Laue's house, with various pencil annotations in German to the verso. G to generally VG, 7
CITROEN ANDRE: (1878-1935) French Industrialist. Known for making a car named after him. Signed menu programme `André Citroen´, one page, 8vo card, n.p. [Rome], n.d., issued by the “Reale Societa Geografica” (“Royal Geographic Society”) of Rome. Signed in pencil beneath the crowned monogram of the Royal Geographic Society of Rome. Bearing to the verso the printed list of wines which were served on that occasion, in Italian. Remnants of former affixing to the verso. About G
PUYI: (1906-1967) Xuantong Emperor of China 1908-12, the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch, known as ‘The Last Emperor’ and the subject of Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic biographical drama film The Last Emperor (1987). An excellent 4to album featuring a page bearing the extremely rare, bold black fountain pen ink signature of Xuantong Emperor (‘Henry’, being the name he wished to be known by in English, and also with his signature in Chinese characters alongside), immediately beneath which appear the black fountain pen ink signatures of Reginald F. Johnston (1874-1938) British diplomat who served as tutor and adviser to Puyi, and the Emperor’s younger brother Imperial Prince Pujie (1907-1994) who also signs with both his western name (‘William’) and in Chinese characters above. Pujie has also added the date 17th July 1924 in his hand. Annotated beneath in the hand of Johnston, identifying the signatures, ‘The above are H. M. the Manchu Emperor, Tutor to His Majesty, Younger brother of H.M. the Empress, Younger brother of H. M. the Emperor’. A further annotation, in German and in an unidentified hand, appears at the foot of the page and makes reference to Puyi and Pujie, and their English names, and Johnston. The album contains over 110 other signatures, most with additional autograph sentiments, many in German, although also including some entries in Chinese and English, notable signatories including Sven Hedin (1865-1952) Swedish geographer, topographer and explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asia and mapped the Great Wall of China (dated Peking, 8th November 1923 in his hand), Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Bengali polymath, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913 (pencil signature, dated 20th May 1924 in his hand), Otto Eix (1869-1934) German surgeon and gynaecologist, and other members of his family, Ku Hung-ming (1857-1928) British Malaya born Chinese man of letters, a friend of Leo Tolstoy, Erwin Rouselle (1890-1949) German sinologist and professor of German philosophy at Peking University, Erwin Liek (1878-1935) German physician and writer, founding editor of the general health magazine Hippokrates, Max Halbe (1865-1944) German dramatist, one of the main exponents of Naturalism (two entries, one also signed by two family members), Hans Driesch (1867-1941) German biologist and philosopher, noted for his early experimental work in embryology and for performing the first artificial ‘cloning’ of an animal in the 1880s, and many others dating between 1923-50. Bound in red leather with gilt edging and marbled endpapers. Lacking parts of the spine and the covers a little loose, generally VG Autographs of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, only very rarely appear at auction and we are aware of just one other example having been offered in the last decade. The present example of the Xuantong Emperor’s signature is enhanced by the presence of the signatures of his brother, the Imperial Prince, and of Johnston, his tutor and close adviser. Furthermore, the signatures are dated at a significant time in Puyi’s life, just a few months prior to the coup led by the warlord Feng Yuxiang who took control of Peking in October 1924 and went on to expel Puyi (now stripped of his privileges and title and reduced to being a private citizen of the Republic of China) from the Forbidden City on 5th November 1924.
EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. A very fine, rare autograph Manuscript Signed, A. Einstein, two pages (feint rule graph paper), 4to, n.p., n.d. The working manuscript, in ink and pencil, features numerous scientific calculations in Einstein's hand, with just a few words (including 'rule') alongside some of the calculations and with the letters R, G, A & B appearing regularly. Signed in ink with his name alone to the lower left corner. Whilst Einstein clearly created many such pages of scientific formulae during his career, they remain highly sought after by collectors, and signed examples are of exceptional rarity, this example having been presented to a family friend. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one small, neat tear to one edge, otherwise VG
CARAN D'ACHE: (1858-1909) Emmanuel Poire. French satirist and political cartoonist. An excellent series of original bold pencil drawings, unsigned, by Caran D'Ache, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Paris?), n.d. (1880s), on the attractive printed stationery of the Maison Caran D'Ache ('Fondee en 1883'). To the recto of the page Caran D'Ache has sketched a series of eight caricatures of various gentlemen, most of them elderly, the majority seated in full-length poses, and two holding top hats in their hands. To the verso appear a further series of drawings including two studies of a dog, a military officer in uniform, a lady, and several portraits. Some light age wear, VG
HUNDERTWASSER FRIEDENSREICH: (1928-2000) Austrian visual artist and architect. Signed colour 6 x 4 postcard, the image depicting Hundertwasser's watercolour and indelible pencil artwork entitled Ein Stuck Deutsche Erde ('A Piece of German Soil') created in Rome, 1954. Signed by the artist with his surname only in pale pink watercolour to the verso. VG
A gold and enamel Prince of Wales’s feathers brooch, the heraldic badge of three ostrich plumes encircled by a royal coronet, applied to a blue enamelled oval plaque, between twin scroll shoulders, contained in a leather Collingwood & Co. case, the case lid bearing the gilt Prince of Wales’s feathers, accompanied by a handwritten pencil note reading ‘Prince of Wales to Granny Mackay’, length 32cm. £300-£500 --- Provenance: Formerly the property of Jeannie Mackay (neé MacLean). Condition Report In overall very good condition. Very small scratches to blue enamel below the feathers. Gross weight 4.6gm. Case: general surface wear, visible in particular around the edges. Internal cream silk split over hinge.
A propelling pencil by Sampson Mordan & Co, scroll engraved and with maker’s mark only, a citrine-set gilt metal fob seal, a white metal fob seal mounted with the figure of a bagpiper and a George III silver and mother-of-pearl folding fruit knife and matching fork, lion passant and duty mark only,, in faux leather travelling case. (4) £200-£300 --- Condition Report Fruit knife & fork handles inset with silver lozenge engraved with cursive initials G L. Split to faux leather case.
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Robert Gibbings (1889 - 1958) - An Open Book, unfinished proof state, intended as the tail piece for the chapter 'The Pleasure of Reading', from Grey's 'Fallodon Papers', London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926, wood engraving, right-hand margin cut, the others uncut, 7cm x 13cm, inscribed in pencil, mounted. Provenance: 1) Martin Andrews (1950 - ), printing historian and author of a biography on the life and works of Gibbings, inscribed to verso "[...] given to him by Robert Gibbings' widow". 2) Dr John Lambert Wilson (1943 - 2022), inscribed "Given me by Martin Andrews". The surfaces of both the image and mount a trifle toned and soiled.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Royal Navy. Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO, CMG (1863-1945), naval officer and courtier, H.M.S. Caesar's Watch, Station, Quarter and Fire Bills, printed 1895, manuscript dated 1898-99, compiled and inscribed by Godfrey-Faussett while a first-lieutenant, approx. 200pp printed &/or ink MS, including names of the seamen, a guide for training, how to prepare for armed action, abandoning ship, etc., diagrams and illustrations, similar loosely-inserted ephemera and papers, original cloth as supplied (tired), 4to, World War One, United States Navy, William Quish G.M. 2nd Class, USS Colhoun, MS diary, August 1918 - February 1919, approx. 42pp, mostly recording assisting troop ships in and around New York, including Brooklyn, and New Jersey, even sailing alongside the requisitioned RMS Mauretania, heading towards Bermuda, and on 18th November was sent to New London where a new submarine was being tried out, original cover, 12mo, a Victorian collection of ephemera, n.d. [c. 1880], tipped-in, with some loosely-inserted, mostly related to the Church of England and encompassing its High Anglo-Catholic to Evangelical creeds, including three off-prints by Alfred Gurney (1843-1898), from St Barnabas, Pimlico, nos. 85, 86, & 44, 1883-1884, ‘Expenses for altar cloth’, 1pp manuscript account, n.d. [c. 1880], a manuscript charade, citing Caroline Fiennes (née Leigh, 1825-1909), Baroness Saye and Sele, second wife of The Venerable Frederick Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele (1799-1887), the Archdeacon of Hereford; ‘Jerusalem the Glorious’ by The Rev. A. Tighe-Gregory, as a ‘Memorial to the late Hon. George Ponsonby Prittie, n.d. [c. 1871], ‘How we shall welcome our three Pilgrims!’, Miss von Zakzewska & Miss Glanford Bell, as a band and holding a flag, welcome the three pilgrims, Amy, Dora & Liza, to Germany, 19cm x 25cm, manuscript music, both libretto and score; manuscript letters and verse, including ‘On the death of my Cousin/Shipwrecked in the China Seas’ by Henry ****, n.d., 4 stanzas, pictorial letterheads, telegraph, ephemera viz. The Rambler’s Sketching Club, Fulham, newspaper clippings, including Mrs Eddy and Christian Scientists, Cardinal Vannutelli and the ‘Bishop of Animals’, Second Boer War, Recollections of a Night with the Communists, Ruskin on Architecture, etc., disbound crown folio (41cm x 31cm), Railwayana, two pieces, [Ireland], Irish Railway's Distance Book and Sea Distances, in two parts, dated 1921, 66pp of red-ruled ink manuscript tables, ffep with indistinct inscribed name (probably the compiler's) and dated 1/3/21, original green cloth, foolscap (34cm x 21cm), a British Rail 1114/1 black cloth ledger, enclosing unassociated late 19th century and later railway ephemera, foolscap (35cm x 23.5cm), and three Edwardian and later friendship albums, dated from 1905, each typically illustrated with watercolour, pencil, &/or pen-and-ink caricatures, flowers, pictures, and vignettes; manuscript sentiments and original verse and prose composition; the medium-sized album also illustrated with tipped-in photographs of country houses, with clippings from their respective writing-paper, including Bowood, Irish houses, etc., presumably inscribed by fellow house party guests, and in other places illustrated by snapshots of the signatories; the largest album from British India, citing Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, etc., various calf and roan bindings, 4to & 8vo (qty) Provenance: 1st: Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO, CMG (1863-1945), Royal Navy career officer and courtier. After Greenwich and Dartmouth, Godfrey-Faussett was appointed an unofficial aide-de-camp to the then Prince George of Wales in 1890. His naval career continued, briefly, before he was later posted to the royal yacht HMS Osborne (1896-97), then HMS Caesar (1898-99), promoted to commander, and found himself in Prince George's entourage again (now Duke of York and Cornwall). On the prince's appointment as Prince of Wales, in 1901, G-F was promoted to Equerry-in-Ordinary, accompanied the heir to India (1905-06), and retired from active service in 1906 to permanently be in attendance. On the accession in 1910, G-F served the then George V as Equerry-in-Ordinary until the monarch's death, whence he was an Extra Equerry to the king's sons Edward VIII and George VI until G-F's own death in 1945.
English School, mid 19th c - Sketches Taken in North West Wales, 67, in album, each inscribed on the reverse of the preceding sketch, pencil or pen and ink, 80 x 136, in black straight grained morocco bound pocket book with yellow trade label of Henry Penny, worn Good condition and apparently complete, includes several blanks but mostly filled, one or two leaves detached
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