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Preisdatenbank abonnierenWAITS TOM: (1949- ) American musician and actor. Signed colour 11 x 8.5 photograph of Waits standing outdoors in a three-quarter length pose alongside a motor vehicle. Signed in bold black ink to a light area of the image, adding a sentiment in his hand, 'Tecopa Hot Springs is my kind of town…'. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
WALLACH ELI: (1915-2014) American actor, the recipient of an Academy Honorary Award. Vintage signed and inscribed 9.5 x 7 photograph of Wallach seated in a half-length pose, in costume as Silva Vacarro, holding actress Carroll Baker, in costume as Baby Doll Meighan, close to him in a scene from the American dramatic black comedy film Baby Doll (1956), which marked Wallach's screen debut. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. A few very minor faults to the corners, VG Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.
GOUNOD CHARLES: (1818-1893) French Composer. An excellent autograph letter including three autograph musical quotations, A.L.S., Ch. Gounod, three pages, square 12mo, n.p., n.d., to a lady, in French. Gounod states in part `Avec la permission de votre excellent père que j´aime comme on l´aime quand on le connait, je prends la liberté de joindre un mot de bon et respectueux souvenir à la mélopée caractéristique de la grotesque scène qu'il vous a racontée…´ (“With the permission of your excellent father, whom I love as one loves him when one knows him, I take the liberty of adding a word of kind and respectful remembrance to the characteristic chant of the grotesque scene he told you about…”) And further, Gounod says `…mais pour en revenir à ce curé digne d´un tel sacristain , voila le dialogue noté selon le Rituel de la Fable Ecclésiastique´ (“…but to come back to this priest worthy of such a sacristan, here is the dialogue noted according to the Ritual of the Ecclesiastical Fable”) Gounod cleanly pens a two bars musical quotation with the singing words of the Sacristain, and beneath again another musical quotation of 3 bars with the Priest singing notes. A third quotation of one bar with two musical notes corresponding to the word `Amen´, is annotated to be sang by the public. Gounod concludes stating `…voilà; veuillez, madame, chanter cette psalmodie avec accompagnement..´ (“…so; please, lady, sing this psalmody with accompaniment..”) Very small light foxing stains, otherwise G
BARRYMORE LIONEL: (1878-1954) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1930/31 for his role as Stephen Ashe in A Free Soul. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait depicting Barrymore in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold green fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Some very slight, extremely minor surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG
CHAKIRIS GEORGE: (1932- ) American dancer and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1961 for his role as Bernardo Nunez in West Side Story. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Chakiris standing in a full-length pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as Nunez, leader of the Sharks gang, in a scene from the musical romantic drama film West Side Story. Signed by Chakiris in blue fountain pen ink to a largely light area at the base of the image. About EX
HENRY III: (1551-1589) King of France 1574-89. D.S., Accorde, Henry, one page, slim oblong 4to, Paris, 3rd February 1588 (?), in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to the King and seeks his approval to 'don aux srs de Mondreville et de lamothe de la somme de Treize cens escus sol A departir entre eulx par moictie qui est pour chacun six cens Cinquante escus' (Translation: 'donate to the Sieurs de Mondreville and de La Mothe the sum of thirteen hundred ecus sol, to be apportioned between them in half, which is for each six hundred and fifty ecus') further explaining that the revenue will be taken from the funds created by the sales of fresh and salted sea fish in the town of Abbeville and other places. Signed by the King at the foot, approving the document. Some light overall foxing and a few minor ink blots, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, and with some light, minor creasing and age wear to the edges, about VG
[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.
MAGNANI ANNA: (1908-1973) Italian actress, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Magnani standing outdoors in a three-quarter length pose, in costume as Lady Torrance, alongside Marlon Brando, in costume as Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier, in a scene from the American drama film The Fugitive Kind (1960). Signed by Magnani in blue fountain pen ink at the head of the image. A few very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.
FLEMING ALEXANDER: (1881-1955) Scottish biologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1945. A brief T.L.S., A Fleming, one page, 8vo, Paddington, London, 4th July 1947, to Dr. Anthony Weymouth, on the printed stationery of the Inoculation Department at St. Mary's Hospital. Fleming thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues to remark 'I am glad to know that you do not want my contribution on Chemotherapy until the Autumn. I was finding considerable difficulty in getting time to write it'. Annotated in ink in an unidentified hand at the head of the page, and with a couple of very light, minor creases. Together with a carbon typed copy of a letter signed by Ivo Geikie Cobb (Anthony Weymouth) with his initials I G-C, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 8th April 1949, to Sir Alexander Fleming, asking if he would 'spare me a few minutes one day if I come to see you at St. Mary's?' and explaining that he would 'keep any appointment you are good enough to make'. Two file holes to the left edge and a couple of minor creases, VG, 2 Ivo Geikie Cobb (1887-1953) Physician and author who wrote detective stories with medical themes under the pseudonym of Anthony Weymouth.
[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: PICQUART GEORGES: (1854-1914) French Army officer who served as Minister of War 1906-09. Picquart played a key role in the Dreyfus Affair, in 1896 discovering (whilst chief of the army's intelligence section) that the memorandum used to convict Dreyfus had actually been the work of Major Esterhazy. After Emile Zola's trial Picquart was himself accused of forging the memorandum and he was subsequently arrested. A.L.S., G. Picquart, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 21st April 1901, to a gentleman, in French. Picquart writes on the subject of photography and states, in part, 'Je suis a peu pres sur que Baudelaire n'existe plus. D'ailleurs les vues Strasbourg n'ont pas ete seulement publiees par lui mais encore par d'autres photographes de la ville.....La derniere photographie d'E. Valentin a ete faite par E. Carjat, 10 rue N.D. de Lorette a Paris. La photographie du tableau representant l'entrevue entre Valentin et Uhlrich a ete faire par Braun. Le tableau original est a St. Cyr' (Translation: 'I'm pretty sure that Baudelaire no longer exists. Besides, the Strasbourg views were not only published by him but also by other photographers of the city…..The last photograph of E. Valentin was made by E. Carjat, 10 rue N.D. de Lorette in Paris. The photograph of the painting representing the interview between Valentin and Uhlrich was taken by Braun. The original painting is in St. Cyr'). With blank integral leaf. Some light age toning and a neat split at the base of the central vertical fold. About VG
SOUBLETTE CARLOS: (1789-1870) President of Venezuela 1837-39, 1843-47, a hero of the Venezuelan War of Independence. D.S., Carlos Soublette, one page, large oblong folio, Caracas, 24th June 1844, in Spanish. The manuscript document recognises the desire to promote trade between the Republic of Venezuela and the domains of His Majesty the King of Belgium through consular establishments, 'and not doubting the good disposition of His Majesty King Leopold I to cultivate with Venezuela the friendship and good relations that the interests of both countries demand', thereby announcing the appointment of Jose A. Hauman to be the Consul General for Venezuela in Brussels, and asking the corresponding authorities to recognise and approve the appointment. Countersigned at the foot by Juan Manuel Manrique (1798-1856) Venezuelan politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1844-47. With blind embossed seal. Some light age wear and a few minor splits at the edges of folds, about VG
HUSTON ANJELICA: (1951- ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1985 for her role as Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Huston in a close-up portrait pose with one hand raised to the side of her head. Signed in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. EX
COOPER GARY: (1901-1961) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1952 for his role as Will Kane in High Noon. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the handsome actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a largely light area at the base of the image, 'To Gloria with many good wishes from Gary Cooper', the conclusion of his surname running into a slightly darker area. A couple of very small, light stains to the background, otherwise VG
SPRINGSTEEN BRUCE: (1949- ) American singer & songwriter. Signed record sleeve for the album Born to Run (1975) by Springsteen and six members of the E Street Band individually, comprising Roy Bittan (piano), Garry Tallent (bass guitar), Max Weinberg (drums), Danny Federici (organ), Steven van Zandt (background vocals) and Clarence Clemons (saxophones), signed by each in bold blue inks, most with their names alone, Springsteen and five others to the front cover and Clemons to the back cover alongside his image. Record still present. Some light scuffing and minor age wear to the edges, otherwise VG
RATHBONE BASIL: (1892-1967) British actor, famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in a number of films. A good vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Rathbone in a three-quarter length pose, holding a cigarette in one hand. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with his typically neat signature across a light area of the image. One very small, extremely minor corner crease, otherwise EX
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A good D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 1st July 1926. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, states that it has been thought 'necessary for the encouragement of Our Subjects trading to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to appoint a Consul for the Departments of Sarajevska, Mostarska, Iravnicka, Urbaska, Inglanska, Bihacka and Uzicka, to reside at Sarajevo, to take care of the affairs of Our said Subjects and to aid and assist them in all their lawful and mercantile concerns', thereby appointing Charles Alexis Grieg to be His Majesty's Consul at Sarajevo. Countersigned at the foot by Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) British statesman who served as Foreign Secretary 1924-29, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925. With blind embossed seal. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Charles Alexis Greig (1880-1958) British diplomat who served in the Balkans and Middle East.
LAFAYETTE MARQUIS DE: (1757-1834) Gilbert du Motier. French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War and was also a key figure in the French Revolution of 1789 and the July Revolution of 1830. L.S., Lafayette, one page, 4to, Paris, 16th October 1830, to M. de Roffignac, on the printed stationery of Gardes nationales du Royaume, in French. Lafayette states that he would always be happy to assist his correspondent in what he found agreeable, and would have pleasure in obliging M. de Latour Allard, however 'l'etat major de la Garde Nationale est plus querempli, car, d'apres la nouvelle organisation, nous verons obliges de le diminuer. Il est donc physiquement impossible de faire ce que vous souhaitez' (Translation: 'the staff of the National Guard is more than full, for, after the new organisation, we will be obliged to reduce it. It is therefore physically impossible to do what you wish'). With integral address leaf. Some very light creasing, one small, minor stain, and a couple of small, neat tears to the edges of folds, otherwise about VG
CRISP DONALD: (1882-1974) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1941 for his role as Gwilym Morgan in How Green Was My Valley. An excellent, rare vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original 20th Century-Fox publicity portrait depicting Crisp in a close-up head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as Gwilym Morgan, patriarch of the hard-working Welsh mining family, from the drama film How Green Was My Valley which also won the Oscar for Best Picture. Signed by Crisp in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
THUNBERG GRETA: (2003- ) Swedish environmental activist. Signed colour 11 x 8 photograph of Thunberg seated outdoors in a full-length pose alongside a placard bearing the slogan 'Skolstrejk for Klimatet' ('School Strike for the Climate'). Signed in bold black ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
BEATTY WILLIAM: (1773-1842) Irish surgeon with the Royal Navy who served as the ship's surgeon on board HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar and witnessed the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson. A scarce A.L.S., Sir Willm. Beatty, in the third person, one page, 8vo, Royal Infirmary [Greenwich Hospital, London], 25th September 1834, to the London wine merchants Messrs. Durand & Co. Beatty asks his correspondents to send him '1 Dozen Pints of Champeigne, 1 ½ Dozen Pints Geisenheimer, of the same quality both as those he had last; and to send him likewise 1 Pint of Courvoisier'. A couple of very light stains to the edges, only very slightly affecting the text, and with some light creasing and a few minor, small tears to the edges, and one longer, neat tear to the lower third of the page, repaired with clear tape to the verso. G
COOPER GARY: (1901-1961) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1941 for his role as Sergeant Alvin York in Sergeant York. A good, early vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Cooper in a head and shoulders pose in costume as the frontier scout Clint Belmet from the American Western film Fighting Caravans (1931). Signed by Cooper in black fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated 1931 in his hand. Some corner and surface creasing and with a couple of tears to the right edge, neatly repaired with tape to the verso, otherwise about VG
YUSHKEVICH SEMYON: (1868-1927) Russian-Jewish writer and playwright, a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda. A.N.S., in Cyrillic, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 3rd October 1925, in Cyrillic. Yushkevich responds to a collector's enquiry regarding the writer's maxim of life and states, in full, 'I have followed many good rules in this life. But none of them could I call the leading one. The only one left is don't bother your fellow man, and also be prepared for death'. With an ink annotation in the hand of the collector to the upper left corner. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
LAUGHTON CHARLES: (1899-1962) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1932/33 for his role as King Henry VIII in The Private Life of Henry VIII. An excellent vintage signed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Laughton in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as King Henry VIII. Signed by Laughton in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Rare in this form. Some light surface creasing, otherwise VG
BARRYMORE ETHEL: (1879-1959) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1944 for her role as Ma Mott in None but the Lonely Heart. An excellent vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Barrymore in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Charlotte Fairchild. Signed by Barrymore in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 1928 in her hand. A couple of light, very minor corner creases, VG
FONDA HENRY: (1905-1982) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1981 for his role as Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Fonda in a close-up head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as the elderly Thayer Jr. from the family drama film On Golden Pond. Signed by Fonda in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Scarce in this form. EX
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
DEMME JONATHAN: (1944-2017) American film director, Academy Award winner for Best Director for his direction of The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Demme in a head and shoulders pose resting his chin on his folded arms. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. About EX
JONES JENNIFER: (1919-2009) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1943 for her role as Bernadette Soubirous in The Song of Bernadette. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, an original United Artists publicity portrait of Jones in a half-length pose outdoors in costume as Pearl Chavez from Duel in the Sun (1946). It was for her performance in this film that Jones was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Signed in bold purple fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Rare. A couple of very slight, extremely minor surface and corner creases, VG
SINATRA FRANK: (1915-1998) American singer and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role as Private Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity. An excellent signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Sinatra standing in a half-length pose holding his Oscar statuette, with a larger model statuette in the immediate background. Signed by Sinatra in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A highly attractive and visually appealing signed image. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases, otherwise EX
[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: [DREYFUS ALFRED]: (1859-1935) French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarising political dramas in modern French history. Known as the Dreyfus Affair, it ultimately ended with Dreyfus's complete exoneration. A pair of vintage unsigned French postcard photographs relating to Dreyfus; the first, from a photograph by Charles Chusseau-Flaviens, depicting Dreyfus and Commanding Officer Antoine Targe standing in full-length poses, wearing their uniforms, in the courtyard of the military school at Paris, as Dreyfus prepares to be decorated with the Legion d'Honneur by General Gillain, on 21st July 1906, and the second, also at the military school on the same day, depicting Dreyfus seated in a full-length pose in a horse drawn carriage as he leaves the school, with several men standing to one side as they bid him farewell. Some very light, minor silvering to the base of the second postcard, otherwise VG, 2Antoine Targe (1865-1942) French general who played an important role in the rehabilitation of Dreyfus. On 12th July 1906 Dreyfus had been officially exonerated by a military commission and the day following was readmitted into the army with a promotion to the rank of major. Later in the month he was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
FREDERICA LOUISA OF HESSE-DARMSTADT: (1751-1805) Queen of Prussia 1786-97, the second wife of King Frederick William II. L.S., Frederique, Konigin von Preussen, as Queen Dowager of Prussia, one page, 4to, Berlin, 20th January 1803, to General von Armin, in German. The Queen appeals for the relief from military service of Johann Christopher Muller. Neatly inlaid. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG
WRIGHT RICHARD: (1908-1960) American author whose literature largely concerns racial themes and the plight of African Americans in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. A rare, large vintage signed and inscribed 11 x 14 photograph of Wright seated in a three-quarter length pose with a bookcase in the background. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image, 'For The Frederick Douglass Book Center, Sincerely yours, Richard Wright'. Some light overall cracking to the image, some corner creasing and a few small tears and areas of paper loss to the upper white borders and edges, FR
ARQUETTE PATRICIA: (1968- ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for her role as Olivia Evans in Boyhood. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Arquette seated in a three-quarter length pose provocatively drinking a cocktail. Signed in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. About EX
GUERLAIN AIME: (1834-1910) French master perfumer, son of the founder of Guerlain, Pierre-Francois Pascal Guerlain. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Guerlain, unsigned, featuring his printed name to the centre and address at Rue du Rocher, Paris, at the base, bearing a few words of text in his hand, in French, 'Meilleurs souhaits de bonne annee' (Translation: 'Best wishes for a happy new year'). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1968 for her role as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter and again in 1981 for her role as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond. A good vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 10 photograph of Hepburn in a relaxed semi-profile head and shoulders pose in costume from her Oscar winning performance as Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of King Henry II of England, from the historical drama film The Lion in Winter, set around the Christmas of 1183. Signed by Hepburn in bold black ink to a light area of the image and inscribed to Lucy Guffey, wife of cinematographer Burnett Guffey, 'For Lucy, affectionately, Kate'. Rare in this form. About EXBurnett Guffey (1905-1983) American cinematographer, Academy Award winner for From Here to Eternity (1953) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967).
ROTHSCHILD NATHAN MEYER: (1777-1836) Jewish German banker, businessman and financier, one of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynasty. D.S., N M Rothschild, in his capacity as contractor, in the right margin, two pages, folio, n.p. (London?), 1st March 1822. The printed document, in Russian, French and English, is a financial certificate 'of a perpetual Annuity in the Great Book of the Public Debt of the Imperial Commission of the Sinking Fund, representing a Capital of Seven Hundred and Twenty Silver Roubles…', equal to £111. With various decorative engravings to either side and a number of official stamps, as well as one of the original coupons lightly affixed at the base. Some light overall age wear and some two lengthy, neat splits at the edge of the central horizontal fold, G The present Russian bond of 1822 is widely recognized by Economic historians as being the first Eurobond. Issued by the House of Rothschild in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna, the bond promised payment in European currencies, as well as in Russian roubles. Perhaps more importantly, dividends could be claimed in any of the aforementioned cities, effectively protecting the bondholder from the effects of a continental war. Although titled an annuity, the 1822 issue was in fact a perpetuity, a promise by Russia to pay a dividend to the bondholder forever, or at least until the Revolution of 1917.
MINNELLI LIZA: (1946- ) American actress and singer, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1972 for her role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Minnelli in costume from her Oscar winning performance, seated in a full-length pose on a chair as she performs in the Kit Kat Klub as the promiscuous Sally Bowles in a scene from the musical period drama Cabaret. Signed by Minnelli, with her first name, in black ink to a light area of the image, also adding a small sketch of a love heart in her hand. EX
MITCHELL THOMAS: (1892-1962) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1939 for his role as Doc Boone in Stagecoach. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Mitchell seated in a full-length pose in the back of a horse drawn carriage, alongside an actress, in a scene from a Western film. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image, 'To Pete - Best wishes, Thomas Mitchell'. Rare. Some very light, minor creasing to the edges and corners, otherwise VG
COLLINS JOAN: (1933- ) English actress. A good vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph of Collins lying in a seductive three-quarter length pose in costume as Princess Nellifer from the epic historical drama film Land of the Pharaohs (1954). Signed by Collins in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area of the background. Signed photographs of the actress from this early stage of her career are scarce. Some light corner creasing and a couple of very small, minor tears to the white borders, about VG
BARRAS PAUL: (1755-1829) French politician of the French Revolution, the main executive leader of the Directory regime of 1795-99. An intimate friend of Josephine de Beauharnais, Barras helped to facilitate the marriage between her and Napoleon Bonaparte. A.L.S., P. Barras (twice), one page (with a brief postscript of three lines to the second page), Paris, 22nd June 1793, to Andre Real, in French. Barras states that his correspondent must have received several letters by now and continues 'je comptais partir demain me voila encore retarde par la presentation de l'acte constitutionnel demain' (Translation: 'I intended to leave here tomorrow, I am again delayed by the presentation of the constitutional act tomorrow'), further adding that tomorrow miscellaneous papers will be sent to pay for the purchases made by the naval provisions agent at Ostende and that the obstructed routes for wheat to reach Paris must be removed by all possible means. With integral address leaf in Barras's hand (small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal). Some light age wear and a neat split to the edge of a fold to the integral leaf, otherwise VGAndre Real (1755-1832) French politician.
HARDIE JAMES KEIR: (1856-1915) Scottish politician, a founder of the Labour Party who served as its first parliamentary leader 1906-08. A fine original black pen and ink drawing of Hardie by the accomplished German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, executed on a folio (9.5 x 12) sheet of art paper, the image depicting the Labour leader in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Hardie beneath the image, adding a statement in his hand in praise of Scottish poet Robert Burns, 'No finer truism was ever spoken or penned than that contained in the Couplet by Robert Burns, the great Scottish ploughman poet, when he wrote. The man of independent mind is King of men', and further dated 23rd February 1901 by Hardie. Together with J. H. Thomas (1874-1949) Welsh Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for the Colonies 1924, 1931 & 1935-36. A fine original black pen and ink drawing of Thomas by the accomplished German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, executed on a folio (9.5 x 12) sheet of art paper, the image depicting Thomas in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Thomas with his name alone immediately beneath the image. Both drawings also bear the small signature of the artist Kastor. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, VG, 2
SCHLEIERMACHER FRIEDRICH: (1768-1834) German Reformed theologian, philosopher and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity. D.S., Schleiermacher, one page, folio, Berlin, 15th January 1818, in German. The manuscript document is a certificate of diligence for the student of theology Friedrich Schirmer of Berlin and confirms that he attended various lectures 'of Prof. Dr. Neander about the second part of the church history, of Prof. Dr. de Wette about the Gospel of John and the Hebrew antiquities, of Mr. Wolf about Christian grammar, and of Mr. Lucke about the historical critic of the New Testament', and having done so with diligence is granted a scholarship. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. A single light red line runs vertically through the text, not affecting the signature. A few very small, minor holes to the left edge, VG
NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A good A.L.S., Horatio Nelson (with his right-hand), two pages, 4to, Vado Bay (near Genoa), 13th August 1795, to the diplomat Francis Drake. Nelson states that he 'can just take a pen in my hand' to express his obligation to Drake for their letter and continues to comment on his expectations of the French navy, 'the first dark night & strong wind I expect to hear of their being off. I think they will push past Vado Bay….however I am prepared in all points for their reaction & they must have more than usual good luck to escape. I wish the Admiral [Hotham] would arrive. I think the General would like to see him & Frederick is here waiting with Dispatches which he brought from England, but I cannot tell where on the seas to look for the Adl. but Vado Bay. He cannot be very long. Genl. De Vins has some plan in his head which will probably be carried into execution in the course of a week should the Adl. not arrive. I am anxious to give the General every support in my power & he is very anxious to get further westward'. In concluding Nelson adds that he is sending the declarations and papers for Captain Cockburn and Dr. West which he trusts will be fully sufficient. With blank integral leaf. A letter of interesting content. Some light overall age wear and a few minor, small holes at the intersection of some folds, otherwise about VG Francis Drake (1764-1821) British diplomat who served as British Minister at Venice in 1793 and as British Resident at Genoa from 1793-95. William Hotham (1736-1813) 1st Baron Hotham. British Admiral who served as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1794-95. Joseph Nikolaus de Vins (1732-1798) Austrian General who, during the French Revolutionary Wars, commanded the joint forces of Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont from 1792-95.
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French painter and illustrator. A.L.S., Henri, four pages, 8vo, n.p. (Paris), n.d. (mid-March 1891), to his mother ('Ma chere Maman'), in French. The artist writes, in full, 'je suis très occupé en ce moment, par le coup de feu de l'exposition. Les ouvrages devant être livrés samedi au plus tard. Ce que vous me dites sur la jeune fille chic me laisse froid car c'est une bêtise de plus à l'actif de l'auteur de cette pensée, la jeune fille en question n'etant qu'une grue, porteuse de pain d'antan. J'espère d'ailleurs vous voir peindre ces jours-ci. Apportez-moi, je vous prie, [le] miroir de style don't vous m'avez parlé. J'espère qu'il trouvera sa place dans le nouvel appartement. Bonnefoy est rentré au Crédit lyonnais, et Louis, bien qu'à la veille d'être casé, ne l'est pas encore. Adieu, my dear, embrassez mémères et autres ornements de notre arbre généalogiques, et croyez-moi yours' (Translation: 'I am very busy right now, by the shot of the exhibition. The works to be delivered Saturday at the latest. What you tell me about the chic girl leaves me cold because it's one more stupidity to the credit of the author of this thought, the young girl in question being only a crane, carrier of bread of yesteryear. I hope to see you painting these days. Bring me, please, [the] style mirror you told me about. I hope he finds his place in the new apartment. Bonnefoy returned to Credit Lyonnais, and Louis, although on the eve of being laid off, is not yet. Farewell, my dear, kiss grandma and other ornaments of our family tree, and believe me, yours'). Some very light, minor age wear and a couple of small, neat splits to the upper and lower edges of the vertical central fold, otherwise VGThe present letter was written whilst Toulouse-Lautrec was preparing to exhibit at the seventh Salon des Independants, which would open on 20th March. Toulouse-Lautrec makes reference to his friend Gaston Bonnefoy, who posed for the artist in 1891, as well as his second cousin, Louis Pascal, also the subject of an oil painting in the same year. Toulose-Lautrec valued the company of Pascal, as well as that of his mistress. Pascal had been a fellow art student at the Lycée Fontane in Paris although would later become an insurance broker. When Pascal and his family got into financial difficulties in the summer of 1892 they were supported by the Lautrecs.
‘I would advise against the ‘Magic Flute’ under these circumstances at all costs’ 680 STRAUSS RICHARD: (1864-1949) German composer and conductor. A good A.L.S., Richard Strauss, two pages, 8vo, Weimar, 22nd November 1891, to Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, in German. Strauss writes to offer his views on some upcoming performances, 'Walter just informed me of Frau Pichon's cancellation. If I may be permitted to offer a respectful suggestion, I think it would be best if a guest could be found from Leipzig for the countess in the 'Poacher', so as to keep the 'Poacher' with Frl. Schoder on Tuesday at all costs, as I really think it would be very good if the 'Poacher' is staged with Frl. Schoder, in many respects! On the other hand, I myself wouldn't like to risk doing the 'Magic Flute' with Frl. Schoder with one rehearsal a day for any price; on Monday I have a concert, the 3 ladies haven't rehearsed here; also, I think it isn't in Frl. Schoder's own interest to bring her out now as Pamina, in which role Frau Stavenhagen and Frl. De Klina far outshine her. But I think I can promise a great success for Frl. Schoder's Baroness in the 'Poacher', as she has an exceptional talent for the light genre and for the time being even more gifts as a soubrette, whereas the lyrical is still her weak side. Thus, if, as I say the 'Poacher' can be kept for Tuesday, I think this would be most valuable and can prophesy a good performance. I would advise against the 'Magic Flute' under these circumstances at all costs. Perhaps Lucia [di Lammermoor] instead! Pardon this hasty scribbling, but Walter is waiting for it.' Accompanied by the front panel of the original envelope hand addressed by Strauss. A letter of fine musical content. A few small areas of paper loss to the lower edge, close to, but not affecting the signature. About VG Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff (1830-1913) German composer and musician who studied under Franz Liszt and served as general manager of the Royal Theatre in Hanover 1867-87, also holding a similar post in Weimar from 1887-95. Marie Gutheil-Schoder (1874-1935) German soprano who debuted in the secondary role of the First Lady at the Weimar Court Opera in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute in her native city in 1891. Der Wildschutz (The Poacher) is a German comic opera in three acts by Albert Lortzing from a libretto by the composer. Based on a play by August von Kotzebue, it premiered in Leipzig in December 1842.
BERGMAN INGRID: (1915-1982) Swedish actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1974 for her role as Greta Ohlsson in Murder on the Orient Express. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Bergman in a charming head and shoulders study. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. An ink annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 7th February 1946. About EX
DORE GUSTAVE: (1832-1883) French printmaker, illustrator, painter and sculptor. A.L.S., G. Dore, one page, 8vo, n.p., 2nd July 1873, to Miss. M. Sarr, in French. Dore writes to a young admirer, in full, 'J´étais a la campagne depuis deux jours; veuillez m'excuser de vous avoir fait attendre ces lignes de mon ecriture que vous me faites l'honneur de desirer' (Translation: 'I had been in the country for two days; please excuse me for having made you wait for these lines of my writing which you do me the honour to desire'). Some light overall staining and one small tear to the right edge of a fold, G
JOHNSON BEN: (1918-1996) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1971 for his role as Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Johnson in a half-length pose in costume as Jesse Bookbinder from the Western comedy film Something Big (1971). Signed by Johnson in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
HARRISON REX: (1908-1990) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1964 for his role as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. A good, early vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the young actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a largely light area at the base of the image. One very slight, extremely minor corner crease, otherwise EX
HENRY IV: (1553-1610) King of France 1589-1610. A fine L.S., Henry, one page, folio, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 14th August 1603, to Cardinal Visconti ('Mon Cousin'), in Middle French. The King announces the baptism of his eldest son, the future Louis XIII, and states that his letter will be delivered by Cardinal de Joyeuse who 'rendra aussi tesmoignage de laffeon que Je Vous porte et du desir que Jay de vous voir continuer en la bonne volonté que vous me portez' (Translation: 'will also testify to the affection I have for you and the desire I have to see you continue in the good will you have for me') and further adding 'Il vous dira lesperance que Jay de fe baptiser lannee prochaine mon filz et de vous voir aussy par mesme moyen dont Je me resiouis' (Translation: 'He will tell you of the hope I have of having my son baptised next year and of seeing you also by the same means, which I rejoice over'). Countersigned at the foot by Deneuthille (?) and with a manuscript address panel and contemporary docket to the verso. One light, minor stain, just affecting a few words of text, and with some light age wear to the edges, otherwise VG Alfonso Visconti (1552-1608) Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and diplomat, Bishop of Spoleto 1601-08. Louis XIII (1601-1643) King of France 1610-43. The eldest son of King Henry IV and his second wife Marie de' Medici, Louis XIII became King of France shortly before his ninth birthday, following the assassination of his father. The Fils de France was baptised on 14th September 1606.
BAINTER FAY: (1893-1968) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for her role as Aunt Belle Massey in Jezebel. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose with one hand raised to the side of her face. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. A couple of very slight, extremely minor corner creases to the borders, VG
HOLLIDAY JUDY: (1921-1965) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1950 for her role as Emma 'Billie' Dawn in Born Yesterday. A scarce vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Holliday in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by the actress in red fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
CASSAVETES JOHN: (1929-1989) American film director and actor, an Academy Award nominee. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Cassavetes in a profile head and shoulders pose looking through the view finder of a movie camera on the set of one of his films. Signed in bold blue ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG
PALLOY PIERRE-FRANCOIS: (1755-1835) French entrepreneurial building contractor, remembered for the demolition of the Bastille following the storming of the political prison on 14th July 1789. Manuscript D.S., Palloy, one page, slim oblong 8vo, Paris, 16th August 1797, in French. The financial document, issued by Palloy in his capacity as an architect, is a promissory note to pay citizen Roblots the sum of 400 livres. With two circular revenue stamps and a contemporary annotation in another hand at the base. Some light overall foxing and very minor age wear, about VG
FREEMAN MORGAN: (1937- ) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 for his role as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris in Million Dollar Baby. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Freeman in a close-up head and shoulders pose wearing a hat upon his head. Signed by the actor in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
Doyle provides an insight into his new novel –‘I think I have done it in such a way that it is picturesque and not offensive, though I have two big fights in the book’DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A very fine A.L.S., A Conan Doyle, four pages, 8vo, Maloja Hotel, Maloja [Switzerland], 1st August 1895, to [James] Payn. Doyle's unusually lengthy letter begins in a social vein, 'How I wish I could waft you up here, for it is a very charming place, but decidedly inaccessible to any man who is not very robust….I see from the Illustrated that your wit and cheeriness never fail you, but I know that in your case that is no proof of health or strength', before continuing on the subject of his present literary endeavours, 'I have been very busy on the…..prize fighter book of which, I think, I said something to you. I think it will work out fairly well, but I dare not be too sanguine. I remember that you were disposed to think that I was dealing with an unsavoury subject in the prize ring……But I hope that it may justify itself. I think I have done it in such a way that it is picturesque and not offensive, though I have two big fights in the book. It has never yet been done, as far as I know, and yet the Ring is the one typical Anglo Saxon sport which has never existed outside English speaking countries, and which has now, I believe, a very deep hold of the people - in spite of the unspeakable state to which it has been reduced. In the old days it stood for chivalry, gallantry & fair play, and I am sure I would rather fight in the lists with lance and sword than stand up to a good man for a hundred rounds, as far as the bravery & endurance which is needed goes. I hope when it comes your way that you may think I have made it interesting.' The author returns to his social and sporting activities, 'Our chief amusement here is to play golf, but as the grass is very thick & long the game gives you a lot of fresh air with very little exertion, for at your first drive you lose your ball, and then you spend your day, with intervals for meals, in walking round in circles and looking for it. [John] Hare is here and I believe [Squire] Bancroft & [Arthur Wing] Pinero are expected, so we feel that we are quite a dramatic centre', and also comments on his holiday reading, 'Of course you have read Morrison's “Mean Streets”. It seemed to me to be very good indeed. I have just finished “The Honour of Savelli” but did not care for that so much….Books are the great difficulty out here, for the hotel library has only got as far as Bulwer Lytton'. In concluding Doyle refers to the health of his wife ('very well & bright') and their plans to have their own house built by the end of the next summer, 'I bought the land, but the Tyndalls now claim that there is a right of way through it. I recall a painful story I read somewhere of a man who had actually finished his house when such a claim was made & proved. As a result he had the whole parish continually passing in at his back door and out at the front one. Warned by it I shall settle this matter before I build - and I have no doubt we shall arrange it all right'. A letter of excellent content, not least for its rich literary references to Doyle's novel Rodney Stone. Some light overall age wear, minor creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges of some folds, about VGJames Payn (1830-1898) English novelist and editor of periodicals including Chambers's Journal and the Cornhill Magazine.John Hare (1844-1921) English actor and theatre manager.Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) English actor and theatre manager.Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) English playwright.Doyle's Gothic mystery and boxing novel Rodney Stone was first published in TheStrand Magazine from January to December 1896. As well as the author's depictions of prize fighting and the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Rodney Stone also includes narratives of thuggery, gambling, cheating and of dangerous horse-drawn chases. The work was adapted into a stage play, The House of Temperley, in 1909 and into a silent movie in 1913.
ALEXANDER II: (1818-1881) Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland 1855-81. Assassinated. Vintage cabinet photograph, unsigned (although with an annotation in the Emperor's hand to the verso), by an unidentified Russian photographer, the sepia albumen print depicting Emperor Alexander II in a head and shoulders pose wearing the military uniform of a German General with several medals. Annotated by the Emperor in dark fountain pen ink to the verso, in French, 'Costume qui doit te rappeler nos bons moments a Ems, en 1873 et 74' (Translation: 'Costume that should remind you of our good times at Ems in 1873 and 74'). With photographer's imprint to the lower mount. Some light overall foxing to the image and two small, minor traces of former mounting to the upper corners of the verso, not affecting the Emperor's text. G
LARREY DOMINIQUE JEAN: (1766-1842) French Surgeon of Napoleon´s Grande Armée. Larrey was the Emperor´s favourite surgeon, an innovator in the battlefield medicine and widely considered one of the first modern military surgeons. A very interesting and lengthy L.S., `D.J. Larrey´, four pages, folio, Paris, 15th June 1841, to the Director of the Administration Materials, in French. The present letter was written only a month before Larrey passed away. Larrey, in his capacity as Surgeon Inspector, responds on behalf of the Health Council to a previous letter dated three days earlier, which was relating to mortality in the barracks of Béfort. Larrey reports on the investigation he has commissioned, stating in part `…dans aucune des casernes de Béfort les proportions entre la contenance des chambres et le nombre d´hommes qui les habitant n´ont été maintenues dans les limites réglementaires et que dans plusieurs meme le volume d´air respirable était pour chaque homme bien au-dessous de celui qui es ten general reconnu necessaire…´ (Translation: “…in none of the Béfort barracks were the proportions between the capacity of the rooms and the number of men living in them kept within the regulatory limits, and in several of them even the volume of breathable air for each man was well below that which is generally recognized as necessary...”) Larrey further expresses his conclusions on the causes of the high proportion of mortality, saying `C´est à cette facheuse circonstance, il n´est guère permis d´en douter, qu´on doit imputer le nombre et la gravité des maladies qui se sont manifestées à deux époques peu éloignées l´une de l´autre parmi les troupes stationnées dans cette place, quelle que fut d´ailleurs la caserne qu´elles occupassent…´ (Translation: “It is to this unfortunate circumstance, there is no reason to doubt it, that we must attribute the number and the gravity of the illnesses which appeared at two periods not far from each other among the troops. stationed in this place, regardless of the barracks they occupied…”) Before concluding Larrey sends specific orders regarding the hygiene in the barracks, stating in part `En consequence, Le Conseil de Santé approuve…. 2º- De faire dans les casernes voûtées les changements nécessaires pour y faciliter suffisamment le renouvellement de l´air et l´entrée de la lumière…. Ne conviendrait pas de couvrir intérieurement les murs d´une boiserie placée à un pouce d´écartement… car ce revêtement deviendrait le receptacle d´insectes parasites, s´altérerait par l´humidité et exposerait aux incendies…´ (Translation “Accordingly, the Health Council approves…. 2º- To make the necessary changes in the vaulted barracks to sufficiently facilitate the renewal of air and the entry of light…. It would not be appropriate to cover the walls internally with woodwork placed one inch apart… because this covering would become a receptacle for parasitic insects, would be altered by humidity and expose to fires…”) A letter of very good content. VG
DREYFUS ALFRED: (1859-1935) French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarising political dramas in modern French history. Known as the Dreyfus Affair, it ultimately ended with Dreyfus's complete exoneration. An interesting A.L.S., A Dreyfus, one page, 8vo, n.p. 9th February 1918, to a Colonel commanding the 168th Regiment of Infantry, on Dreyfus's printed stationery as Le Chef d'Escadron, 20 Corps d'Armee, in French. Dreyfus reports on some airdropped propaganda, 'J'ai l'honneur de vous rendre compte qu'il est tombe aujourd'hui.....venant d'un ballon, des exemplaires en allemand du dernier message de M. Wilson au congres americain ainsi que des exemplaires de l'appel ci-joint de la Russie aux soldats allemands' (Translation: 'I have the honour to inform you that it fell today…..from a balloon, copies in German of Mr. Wilson's last message to the American Congress together with copies of the attached appeal from Russia to German soldiers'). With a few official stamps and ink annotations, only very slightly affecting the text. Together with the piece of Russian propaganda referred to by Dreyfus, being a small printed oblong 12mo card issued in the names of Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, dated at Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) on 5th December 1917, with German text to the recto and verso, stating, in part, 'Russia's appeal to the German soldiers. The provisional government has been overthrown, power is now in the hands of the Russian people, and the new government regards immediate peace as its foremost task. We have taken all measures to ensure that the text of our peace offer is communicated to all belligerent powers. We now call on you soldiers to support us in the struggle for peace and socialism, for only socialism will bring lasting peace to the working class…..Soldiers, our brothers! The shining example given to you by your leader Liebknecht, the struggle that you are waging in the assemblies and in the press, and finally the revolutionary events of the German fleet give us the assurance that your battalions of workers are ready to fight for peace. Brothers, if you support us then the work of peace will be assured…..If you help us in the fight for socialism, then your organisational spirit and your experience will help socialism win everywhere. Our soldiers have laid down their arms, now it's up to you to follow the flag of peace. Long live peace! Long live the social and international revolution!' An unusual pairing of items linking two major events at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century: the Dreyfus affair of 1894 and the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG, 2
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