Blount (Thomas) - Charles II. Boscobel: or, The history of His sacred Majesties most miraculous preservation after the Battle of Worcester, 3. Sept. 1651. Introduc’d by an exact relation of that battle, London: Henry Seile, 1660, engraved portrait frontispiece (folding fore-margin), title in red & black, folding engraved plate (torn with slight loss and repaired to verso), engraved armorial plate, with the dedication signed "Blount" in letterpress (rather than 'Tho. Blount' as seen variant volume Wing B3329), slight worming at gutter of C5 affecting few letters of text, light dust-soiling, early 19th-century calf, joints cracked at foot, 8vo, together with:Pierce (Thomas), Englands Season for Reformation of Life. A sermon delivered in St. Paul’s Church, London. On the Sunday next following His Sacred Majesties Restauration. By Tho. Pierce, Rector of Brington, London: Timothy Garthwait, 1660, [8],29,[1]p., title in red & black, without leaf before title bearing Charles II royal armorial, some dust-soiling and fraying to margins, modern half calf, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing B3330 & Wing P2183.
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Charles II. The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charls [sic] II· King of Scotland, England, France and Ireland. As it was acted and done at Scoon, the first day of January, 1651. By Robert Dowglas minister at Edinburgh, London: Printed according to the authors own copy, to prevent any counterfeit, 1660, 24p., manuscript numerous to upper outer corners, light toning and occasional minor spotting, 20th-century cloth, 4to, together with:Morley (George), A Sermon preached at the Magnificent Coronation of the Most High and Mighty King Charles the IId ... at the Collegiate Church of S. Peter Westminster, the 23d of April, (being S. George's Day) 1661, 1st edition, printed by R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1661, [8], 62p., two engraved plates before title (royal arms and portrait, both lined to verso), final blank I4 not present, light dust-soiling to verso of final leaf of text, modern blind panelled calf, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Wing D2032 & C5463.
Great Fire of London. Lex ignea: or The School of Righteousness. A Sermon Preach’d before the King, Octob. 10. 1666. at the solemn fast appointed for the late Fire in London, by William Sandcroft, D.D. Dean of S. Pauls, London: R. Pawlett, [1666], 36pp., title with engraved image of St. Pauls Cathedral in flames, slight cropping to running margins of few leaves, small stain to final two leaves and final leaf with small hole affecting few letters of text, light toning and dust-soiling mostly to first & last few leaves, bound with Turner (Francis), A Sermon Preached before their Majesties K. James II. and Q. Mary, at their Coronation in Westminster-Abby, April 23. 1685. By Francis Lord Bishop of Ely, and Lord Almoner to His Majesty, London: Robert Clavell, 1685, [2],30 p., upper outer blank corner of final leaf torn away, dust-soiled, bound with Burnet (Gilbert), A Sermon Preached at the Coronation of William III. and Mary II. King and Queen of England, - - - - France, and Ireland, defenders of the faith; in the Abby-Church of Westminster, April 11. 1689. By Gilbert Lord Bishop of Salisbury, London: J. Starkey & Ric. Chiswell, 1689, [4],29,[1]p., half-title, with only 1 page of adverts at rear (of 3), bound with Sharp (John), A Sermon Preach’d at the Coronation of Queen Anne, in the Abby-church of Westminster, April XXIII. MDCCII. By the Most Reverend Father in God, John Lord Archbishop of York, London: Walter Kettilby & William Rogers, 1702, [4],26,[2]p., half-title, final advertisement leaf, rodent damage at head throughout pamphlet and light damp stain to half-title, bound with three other early 18th century pamphlets including two relating to Queen Anne, modern half calf, 4to, QTY: (1)NOTE:Wing S553; T3288; B5888 (for first three titles listed above).
Royal Ceremonies. A sammelband of pamphlets & orders of service etc. relating to royal ceremonies and ceremonials, 1685-1986, 24 works bound in one volume, modern dark green half calf, titled in gilt 'Ceremonies and Ceremonials' to spine, marbled sides, folio, including:1. The Form of the Proceeding to the Funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary II. of blessed memory, from the Royal Palace of Whitehall to the Collegiate Church at Westminster, the 5th day of this instant March, 1694[/]5. To begin at twelve a clock..., In the Savoy [London]: Printed by Edw. Jones, 1694[/]5 [i.e. 1695], 4p., caption title, imprint from colophon with final date numeral cropped, light wear where previously folded,2. The form of the Proceeding to the Coronation of their Majesties, King James the Second and Queen Mary, The 23 of this instant April, 1685, In the Savoy [London]: Printed by Thomas Necomb, 1685, single-sheet printed in double-column, some wear where previously folded and few repairs to verso3. Orders to be observed on Wednesday the 11th of October, being the day appointed for their Majesties Coronation, London: Printed by John Baskett, 1727, 4p., light spotting and dust-soiling4. The Ceremonies to be observed at the Royal Coronation of His Most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth on Thursday the Nineteenth Day of July, 1821, 29p., light spotting5. The Deputy Earl Marshal's Order concerning the Robes, Coronets, &c. which are to be worn by the Peers at the Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth, London: Printed by S. & R. Bentley, [1821], [4]p.6. Ceremonial for the Interment of His late Most Sacred Majesty King William the Fourth... in the Royal Chapel of St. George at Windsor, on Saturday the 8th of July 1837, 10p.7. The Order of Proceeding in the Public Funeral of the late Field-Marshall Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. to be solemnized in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Thursday, the XVIII day of November, 1852, 12p., original printed wrappers8. Ceremonial Funeral of Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday, 5th September, 1979 at 11.30am, 16p., original printed wrappers9. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's 80th Birthday Ceremonial for the Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's Cathedral at 11.30am, Tuesday, 15th July, 1980, 20p., seating plan, original printed wrappers, and others similarQTY: (1)
Sandford (Francis). The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch James II ... and of His Royal Consort Queen Mary. London: Printed by Thomas Newcomb, 1687, title printed in red and black with engraved armorial vignette, 28 engraved plates (of 30, all but 1 double-page), imprimatur leaf signed Norfolk & Marshall, engraved headpieces and initials, occasional light spotting, professionally cleaned, some leaves with discreet paper repairs to margins and gutters, endpapers renewed, 20th-century Cambridge panel calf gilt, all edges gilt, red morocco title label, spine compartments with gilt foliate decoration, raised bands finished in gilt, central panel incorporating gilt fleur-de-lys with surrounding gilt foliate borders, folioQTY: (1)
George III. A Diary of the Royal Tour in June, July, August, and September, 1789. Interspersed with anecdotes, poetry, and descriptions, historical, typographical, &c. &c. To which is added, that of their Highness the Prince of Wales, and Duke of York, to York, &c. &c. with characters of The King, Prince of Wales, and the Dukes of York and Clarence; By an observer of the times, London: J. Southern, Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1789, half-title, edges untrimmed, modern dark blue half calf, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with:George III, A Faithful Account of the Processions and Ceremonies observed in the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England: Exemplified in that of their late Most Sacred Majesties King George the Third, and Queen Charlotte: with all the other interesting proceedings connected with that magnificent festival, London: John Major, 1820, folding engraved frontispiece, folding plan and two engraved plates, occasional light dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, original printed boards, rebacked, boards dust-soiled and worn to extremities, 8vo,Sermons, A Sermon preached in Tunstall Church, on Wednesday evening, February 16th, on occasion of the Death of his Majesty, King George the Third..., by the Rev. W. Carus Wilson, Preston: Printed and sold by L. Clarke, 1820, some browning and spotting, bound with three other early 19th century sermons, modern half calf, 8vo,Yeomanry, An Address to the Yeomanry of England, by a Field Officer of Cavalry, London: J. Walter, 1795, half-title, publisher's advert leaf at rear, modern half calf, 8vo,Hallack (Thomas), Origin and Progress of the Proceedings which ultimately led to the Coronation Dinner on Parker's Piece, Cambridge, June the 28th, 1838. On which occasion upwards of fourteen thousand persons dined together, Cambridge: Printed by S. Wilson, [1838], folding lithograph plan frontispiece (strengthened to outer corners), some toning, modern boards, 8vo,Le Mesurier (Havilland), Thoughts on a French Invasion, with reference to the probability of its success, and the proper means of resisting it, 2nd edition, London: J. Wright, 1798, half-title and title with ink stamps, publisher's advert leaf at rear, bound with British Navy, Interesting particulars of the glorious victory, obtained over the Batavian fleet, on the 11th of October, 1797; by the British Fleet, under The Command of Admiral Duncan, by an Officer, Gosport: Printed by J. Watts, 1797, four engraved diagrams on two folding plates, with contemporary hand-colouring, light dust-soiling and few damp stains, 20th century marbled wrappers, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century pamphlets and periodical parts etc., some including reference to royal ceremonies and occasions QTY: (18)
George III. An Account of the Celebration of the Jubilee, on 25th October, 1809; Being the Forty-Ninth Anniversary of the Reign of George the Third, "The Father of His People". Collected and Published by (A Lady) the Wife of a Naval Officer, Birmingham: printed by R. Jabet, [1809], half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, subscribers list, a little minor spotting, bookplate, modern half calf, 4to, together with An Account of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, with their Imperial and Royal Majesties the Emperor of all the Russians and the King of Prussia, in the Corporation of London in June 1814, London: Nicholas, Son and Bentley for the Corporation of the City of London, [1814], hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, double-page plate of the seating plan, leaves detached, a little light spotting, original boards, lacking spine, some stains, folioQTY: (2)
Kennedy (R). A Poem on the Death of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg, London: A.J. Valpy, 1817, 42pp., untrimmed, a few light spots, brown paper wrappers, 8vo, withMemoir and Authentic Particulars, of the virtuous life & lamented death of her Royal Highness, Princess Charlotte, who expired in child-bed, at Claremont, on Thursday morning, Nov. 6, 1817, London: J. Lee, circa 1817, 36pp., woodcut vignette to front cover, untrimmed, lightly spotted, original blue paper wrappers, 12mo, withMemoirs of the life and death of the lamented Princess Charlotte, and her infant; a minute detail of the funeral procession from Claremont, London: J. Bailey, [1817], folding frontispiece, untrimmed, lightly dust-soiled, brown paper wrappers, rubbed, 12mo, all three bound in modern green half calf gilt binding, 8vo, with 5 others relating to Princess Charlotte QTY: (6)
George IV. A Brief Account of the Coronation of his Majesty, George IV, London: D. Walther, 1821, portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved plates (including 6 hand-coloured aquatints), 3 additional folding illustrations and broadsides bound in, occasional light spotting, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by C. Walters, a few light marks, 8vo, together with:A Narrative of the Ceremonial, observed at the coronation of his Majesty George (Augustus-Frederic) IV. The Regal Ceremonies and Religious Solemnities; with a complete display of the Royal procession, Ilminster: J Moore, 1821, 25pp., folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, original blue wrappers bound in, leaves untrimmed, a few light spots, modern black half calf gilt, 8vo, withBurnet (James). The Royal Scottish Minstrelsy: being a collection of loyal effusions occasioned by the visit of his most gracious Majesty George IV. To Scotland, August 15, 1822, Leith: James Burnet, 1824, hand-coloured portrait frontispiece, lightly spotted, 20th-century half calf gilt over marbled boards, 8voQTY: (3)
Bell (John). Account of Queen Victoria passing through Newcastle upon Tyne, on Friday 28 September 1849, circa 1850, frontispiece, manuscript title with onlaid printed vignette, mounted newspaper articles throughout, numerous tipped-in folding broadsides, numerous lithograph illustrations, bookplates to front pastedown, light spotting and dust-soiling, hinges cracked, 20th-century burgundy half calf gilt over brown marbled boards, lightly rubbed, 4to, contained in custom slipcaseQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: John Bell, antiquary and surveyor, (1783-1864, his sale). Joseph Crawhall, artist (1861-1913, his sale). Matthew Mackey, bookplate. R.W. Martin, bookplate.An interesting volume compiled by John Bell for Queen Victoria's visit to Newcastle in 1849, containing a wide range of ephemeral items.
Chapman (John K., editor). The Court Theatre, and Royal Dramatic Record; being a Complete History of Theatrical Entertainments at the English Court. From the time of King Henry the Eighth down to the termination of the series of entertainments before Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, His Royal Highness {Prince Albert, and the Court at Windsor Castle, Christmas 1848-9, London: Chapman and Company, circa 1850, engraved frontispiece, additional title, dedication and 5 plates by Finden after Grieve, Telbin and Absolon, some light spotting and offsetting, all edges gilt, original morocco gilt, chips and splits at spine ends, a little rubbed, small folio, together with Choral Songs by Various Writers and Composers in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria,, London: Macmillan and Company, 1899, 143 pp., leaves of music, some toning and spotting to endpapers, all edges gilt, original vellum gilt, small, tear to spine, some dust-soiling, 4to, plus Stanesby (Samuel). The Bridal Souvenir, London: Griffith & Farran, [1857], oval mounted photographic frontispiece of the Crown Princess of Prussia, chromolithograph leaves, some detached, a few light stains, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, 8vo, with six others including Augener's Edition No. 8099. The King's Coronation Book containing marches & choral pieces for the pianoforte, edited by Edmonstoune Duncan, [1902] Liverpool Cathedral. Order for Laying the Foundation Stone, Tuesday July 19th, 1904, and A Souvenir of the Visit of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles to the British Legion (Women's Section) Scarborough Branch, September 12th, 1927QTY: (9)
Russell (William Howard). A Memorial of the marriage of H.R.H. Albert Edward Prince of Wales and H.R.H. Alexandra Princess of Denmark, the various events and bridal gifts, London: Day and Son, [1864], chromolithograph title, 38 chromolithograph plates, 3 further lithographs (2 mounted), light spotting, occasional light marginal dust-soiling (heavy to plate 2), original red cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid on, folioQTY: (1)
Royal Exhibition. Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887, official catalogue, Manchester: John Heywood, circa 1887, folding map to front, copious signatures to front blank (possibly people involved?), blue silk endpapers and pastedowns, original blue morocco gilt, rubbed to extremities, 8vo, together with:Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887. Official Catalogue, Manchester: John Heywood, circa 1887, 460pp., folding map frontispiece, lightly toned, near-contemporary dark blue cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withTomlinson (Walter). The Pictorial Record of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887, Manchester: J.E. Cornish, 1888, loose photogravure of Old Manchester and Salford included, black and white illustrations throughout, some light toning, original blue cloth gilt, some wear, 4to, with 9 others related to Royal visits and exhibitionsQTY: (12)
Queen Victoria Jubilees. Diamond Jubilee Procession, 1897, 24 original photographs, inset within thick card, some light occasional spotting to card margins, original black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, lightly rubbed, oblong 4to, together with:Shrewsbury, Queen Victoria's Jubilee, June 1887, presented to the Mayoress, (Mrs G. Butler Lloyd) by the publisher, Shrewsbury: W.W. Nauton, circa 1887, 13 mounted albumen prints, faded and spotted, gilt borders with hand-written captions to lower margins, contemporary red half morocco, all edges gilt, rubbed, oblong 4toQTY: (2)
Maxwell (Herbert). Sixty Years a Queen. The Story of Her Majesty's Reign, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode for Harmsworth Bros., [1897], half title, colour portrait frontispiece, chromolithograph title, numerous half-tone illustrations, light spotting to endpapers, all edges gilt, original maroon morocco gilt, contained in original card box, a little rubbed with small stains, 4to, together with Brighton and the Golden Reign 1837-1897, Brighton: James Robertson, 1897, colour and monochrome illustrations, a little minor spotting, original cloth-backed boards, ink stain to part of spine and upper cover, some light toning, oblong 4to, plus Leach (Isaac). Rossendale Diamond Jubilee Portfolio, Waterfoot: Isaac Leach, 1897, monochrome illustrations, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed, oblong folio, with four others: The Victoria Jubilee Folio, by Arthur Woodward, 1887, Key to the Picture of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1897, a manuscript booklet titled '1897 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Commemoration. Ibstock Committee Minutes' and '1911 Coronation of H.M. King George V. Minutes of Committee for Ibstock Festivities', and The London Gazette Extraordinary, Monday, March 14, 1898QTY: (7)
Thomson (John). Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball, July 2nd 1897, a collection of portraits in costume of some of the guests, Hammersmith: Privately Printed, 1899, 286 photogravures, spotted (heavier to preliminary leaves), contemporary quarter calf gilt, worn and marked, 4to, together with:A Souvenir of Her Majesty The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, June the 22nd, 1897, and in commemoration of Her Majesty's Eightieth Birthday, May the 24th, 1899, circa 1899, 6 full-page photogravures, further smaller illustrations to text, silk pastedowns and endpapers (pastedowns detached and loose), spotted, hinges cracked, original red morocco gilt, worn, oblong folioRoyal Visits. Arrangements for the Queen's Visit to Sheffield, 1897, circa 1900, 59 mounted letters (both manuscript and typed) and telegrams, occasional light spotting and toning, hinges repaired, contemporary dark blue half morocco gilt, worn, 4to QTY: (3)
King Edward VII - Liverpool binding. A Record of the Rejoicings and Proceedings of the First Visit of Their Majesties King Edward VII. and Queen Alexandra to the City of Liverpool on the Occasion of the Foundation Stone of the Liverpool Cathedral 19th July 1904, Liverpool: for the Committee by the P.P. Press, 1907, title printed in black and red, 32 collotypes by Mowll and Morrison, one plate with mounted luncheon menu and embossed silver-gilt paper commemorative medals, a few light spots, all edges gilt, original red half morocco over moire boards by Fazakerley, Liverpool, upper cover titled in gilt within foliate border headed by the arms of the City, Tudor rose in gilt to spine compartments, edges slightly rubbed, oblong folio, 49.5 x 36.5 cm, together with 2 others: Coronation of King Edward VII (so titled to upper cover, containing photographic prints, various invitations from the Earl Marshal, procession details from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, letters and other ephemera), and Royal Visit to Sheffield July 1905. Selected newspapers and specimens of stationary etc QTY: (3)
King Edward VII. Visit of His Majesty King Edward VII and Her Majesty Queen Alexandra to Sheffield, 12 July, 1905, 20 photographic prints mounted on thick card, printed caption to lower margin, images 24 x 28.5 cm, a few light spots to margins, all edges gilt, original morocco gilt, small split to upper joints, joints and edges rubbed, oblong folio, 35.5 x 41.5 cm, together with Scrap Books 1890-1910-1913, compiled by Lt.-Colonel Edwin Berkeley Cook, M.V.O.(note at front), 23 thick card leaves with 144 photographs, mounted recto and verso, various sizes from 6.5 x 8 cm to 23.5 x 27 cm, one leaf detached, a few light stains to mounts, bookplate, original red half morocco gilt, rebacked, edges a little rubbed, oblong folio, 31 x 41.5 cm, plus The Programme (with local views) which was rendered by the Abercarn and District Male Voice Choir before His Most Excellent Majesty King Edward Seventh and T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales at St. James's Palace, London on St. David's Day, March 1st, 1902. Presented by his choir to The Honorable Mrs Herbert of Llanover as a souvenir of the occasion... 19 photographs on 11 leaves, mounted recto and verso, light spotting and toning to the manuscript leaves, original morocco gilt, Prince of Wales feathers stamped in gilt to upper cover, spine faded and rubbed, lower joint splitting, 4to, 32 x 23 cm, with 2 others: Coronation of King Edward VII, August 9th 1902, copyright photographs by Charles A. Brightman (with 12 mounted photographs on card, detached) and To Their Most Excellent Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra 25 Oct, 1902, book of seals from the Mayors, Aldermen and Councillors of London boroughs QTY: (5)NOTE:The scrap album was compiled by Lt.-Colonel Edwin Berkeley Cook, MVO., Commanding 1st Life Guards who died on 04 November 1914 from wounds received in action near Messines in Belgium.
* Juxon (William, 1582-1663). Lord High Treasurer (1636-41), Bishop of London (1633-49), Archbishop of Canterbury (1660-63), who attended King Charles I on the scaffold. Document Signed, ‘Guil: London’, Whitehall, 24 June 1640, manuscript lower portion only of a Treasury warrant, bearing the signatures of Algernon Percy, Duke of Northumberland, William Juxon (as Bishop of London), Sir Henry Vane the Younger, Francis Lord Cottington and Sir Francis Windebank, ‘1640’ in ink upper left and pencil notes added in recent times, light age wear and marginal fraying (one old closed tear repair to verso), old adhesion stain to right margin away from signatures and text, 1 page, 21 x 23.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Good examples of uncommon signatures including two Lord High Treasurers and a regicide.Sir Henry Vane, the younger (1613-62), statesman, colonist, author and friend of Milton. Vane was Governor of Massachusetts in the 1630s and at this time Treasurer of the Navy. A reluctant regicide, Sir Henry Vane the Younger served on the Council of State during the Interregnum even though he refused to take the oath which expressed approbation (approval) of the king's execution. At the restoration after much debate in Parliament, he was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act. In 1662 he was tried for high treason, found guilty, and beheaded on Tower Hill on 14 June 1662.Francis Cottington, 1st Lord Cottington (1579-1652), Lord High Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1643-1646; Sir Francis Windebank (1582-1646), Secretary of State; Algernon Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland (1602-1668).
* Capel (Arthur, 1632-1683). 1st Earl of Essex, politician and conspirator, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1672-1677, Lord High Treasurer, 26 March to 21 November 1679. Document Signed, ‘Essex’, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 26 June 1679, printed Treasury warrant, completed in manuscript, signed by the five Lords of the Treasury: Arthur Earl of Essex, Laurence Hyde (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir John Ernle, Sir Edward Dering and Sidney Godolphin, addressed to Sir Robert Howard, ordering the payment of £150 to Captain Richard Brewer, under the Act for Paying Off and Disbanding the Forces raised since the 29 September 1677, a few minor spots and light creases, ragged right edge, marginal tears (small tear to lower right corner with loss of the last two letters of Godolphin's signature), 1 page, folio (31 x 22 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:An interesting group of Restoration autographs includes a good example of the uncommon signature of Arthur Capel, first earl of Essex (1632-1683), politician and conspirator. Essex was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1672-1677, and in 1679 he became Lord High Treasurer. On the discovery of the Rye House Plot (1683) Essex was sent to the Tower, where he was found with his throat cut on 13 July 1683.Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1641-1711) served twice as Lord High Treasurer, 1679-1684 & 1685-1689; Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645-1712), served four terms as Lord High Treasurer, 1684-1685, 1690-1697, 1700-1701 & 1702-1710. Sir John Ernle (1620-1697), English politician and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer, a position he held from 2 May 1676 to 9 April 1689; Sir Edward Dering, 2nd Baronet (1625-1684), English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1674.
* Harley (Robert, 1661-1724). 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, British statesman and Lord High Treasurer, 1711-1714. Document Signed, ‘Oxford’, as Lord High Treasurer, 21 February 1711/12 & 6 June 1712, manuscript Treasury order to pay George Lord Lansdowne £171 17s. 6d., for a half a year's rent of ‘Mole Park which was laid into Her Ma[jest]y’s Great Parke at Windsor’, signed in the right margin with countersignature of R[obert] Benson, with additional signatures of Fitzharding below, Halifax at foot and Lansdowne to verso, some light soiling and age wear, short marginal split close to Oxford’s signature, one page with integral blank tipped onto an old album leaf, folio (37 x 23.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Robert Harley was an English and later British statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig before defecting to a new Tory ministry. He was raised to the peerage of Great Britain as an earl in 1711. Between 1711 and 1714 he served as Lord High Treasurer, effectively Queen Anne's chief minister. He has been called a prime minister, although it is generally accepted that the de facto first minister to be a prime minister was Robert Walpole in 1721.Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley (1676-1731), English Tory politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1711 to 1713; George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c.?1684-1739, auditor of the Exchequer); John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge of Bruton, Somerset (1650-1712), English courtier, Treasury official, army officer and politician; George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666-1735), English Tory politician. He was Secretary at War during the Harley administration from 1710 to 1712. He was also a noted poet and playwright.
* Walpole (Robert, 1676-1745). 1st Earl of Orford, first British Prime Minister, 1721-42. Document Signed, ‘R Walpole’, as Prime Minister, 15 August 1730, manuscript Treasury order to ‘deliver and pay of such His Ma[jest]y’s Treasure as remains in your Charge unto Benjamin Keene Esqr. the sum of three hundred and ninety eight pounds’ signed in the right margin, light age wear and a few short marginal splits and wear to folds not affecting signatures, small tear to upper left blank corner, 1 page, folio (31 x 23 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:The document is countersigned by George Bubb Doddington (1690/91-1762, politician and diarist), William Clayton (1671-1752, lord of the Treasury), William Yonge (c. 1693-1755, lord of the Treasury), and signed at foot by George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c.?1684-1739, auditor of the Exchequer).
* Walpole (Robert, 1676-1745). 1st Earl of Orford, first British Prime Minister, 1721-42. Document Signed, ‘R Walpole’, as Prime Minister, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 30 September 1741, manuscript warrant to Robert Walpole (1701-1751), Auditor of Receipts of His Majesty’s Exchequer, with an order to pay Lewis Grant the sum of £100 quarterly or £400 annually, light age wear and a few short marginal splits, small tear to lower right blank corner not affecting signature, tipped into an old album leaf with an engraved portrait of Walpole (Cadell & Davies, 1797) tipped onto lower half of sheet below horizontal sheet fold, some spotting and dust-soiling, marginal soiling and tears to mount, folio, together with autographs of all the other first four First Lords of the Treasury: part of an official paper document, 24 March 1697, bearing the signatures of Charles Montagu, Stephen Fox, John Smith, and the 1st Duke of Montagu, 185 x 70 mm; a partially cropped printed document on paper, 19 January 1701, completed in manuscript and bearing the signature of the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to pay Martha Gillyflower £300, 18 x 22.5 cm, tipped onto a paper mount; a manuscript schedule of papers listed and signed by James Stanhope, a little soiling, 1 page, folio; a manuscript receipt on paper dated 28 January 1709/10, bearing the signature of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland, slightly soiled, 90 x 175 mm, tipped onto a paper mount beneath an engraved portrait of the earl, together with autographs of all the other first four First Lords of the Treasury: part of an official paper document, 24 March 1697, bearing the signatures of Charles Montagu, Stephen Fox, John Smith, and the 1st Duke of Montagu, 185 x 70 mm; a partially cropped printed document on paper, 19 January 1701, completed in manuscript and bearing the signature of the 3rd Earl of Carlisle, to pay Martha Gillyflower £300, 18 x 22.5 cm, tipped onto a paper mount; a manuscript schedule of papers listed and signed by James Stanhope, a little soiling, 1 page, folio; a manuscript receipt on paper dated 28 January 1709/10, bearing the signature of the 3rd Earl of Sunderland, slightly soiled, 90 x 175 mm, tipped onto a paper mount beneath an engraved portrait of the earlQTY: (9)NOTE:These autographs represent all of the first six First Lords of the Treasury, Walpole being the third and sixth (1715-1717 & 1721-1742).Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715), Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1694-1699, First Lord of the Treasury, 1714-1715; Stephen Fox (1627-1716), Commissioner of the Treasury, 1679-1702; John Smith (1656–1723), Commissioner of the Treasury, 1679-1701, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1699-1701 & 1708-1710.Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle (c. 1669 – 1 May 1738), Lord High Treasurer, 1701-1702, First Lord of the Treasury, 1715; James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (c. 1673-1721), First Lord of the Treasury, 1717-1718; Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1675-1722), First Lord of the Treasury, 1718–1721.
* Compton (Spencer, c. 1674-1743). 1st Earl of Wilmington, British politician, Prime Minister, 1742-1743 & Pelham-Holles (Thomas, 1693-1768), 1st Duke of Newcastle, British politician, Prime Minister, 1754-1756, 1757-1762. Document Signed, ‘Wilmington, P.’ and ’Holles Newcastle’, c. 1742, upper section of a manuscript document, issued in the name of the Lords Justices, bearing eleven signatures, including those of Wilmington and Newcastle, a little light browning, inlaid into part of an album page with text to verso showing, 9 x 22.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:A fine array of 18th-century signatures bearing the signatures of two prime ministers and Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, (1690-1764), as Lord High Chancellor. The other signatures are: John Potter (c. 1674-1747), Archbishop of Canterbury, 1737-1747; William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755); Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743); Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (1688-1765); Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton (1685-1754); Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond (1701-1750); John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690-1749).
* Watson-Wentworth (Charles, 1730-1782). 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Whig statesman, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1765-66 & 1782. Autograph Letter Signed in the third person, Grosvenor Square, [London], 3PM, Wednesday 28 February 1770, to Lord Chatham, ‘Lord Rockingham presents his compliments to Lord Chatham & hopes to hear that his Lordship is better, & that his health will enable him to be present in the House of Lords on Friday', a little dusty, a few short splits at foot of vertical fold lines away from text, a few modern, light marginal pencil notes, one page with integral blank, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:One of the rarest of British Prime Minister autographs.William Pitt the Elder, 1st earl of Chatham (1708-1778), dominated British politics and served as Prime Minister, 1766-1768. Under his leadership, mercantile trade boomed, the Seven Years War with France was won and Canada acquired, and Britain became a world empire. In 1766, Pitt, though retaining public office, accepted the title earl of Chatham and went to the House of Lords. Illness cut short his career in 1768 though he continued from time to time to attend Parliament. There he urged accommodation with the American colonies and after the outbreak of the American Revolution favoured a peace settlement. Lord Rockingham was a keen supporter of constitutional rights for the American colonists before the Revolution, and in his first term as prime minister repealed the Stamp Act. He opposed the American War and was again prime minister after the fall of Lord North. At that time, he backed the claim for American independence and initiated negotiations with the fledgling United States to bring the war to a conclusion. The Townsend Acts had been passed in 1767 to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper and tea. These led to widespread resistance and protests in the colonies. Both Rockingham and Chatham were in favour of conciliating the Americans and the measure to be debated in Parliament the week of 1st March 1770 was repeal of those acts. Rockingham hoped that Chatham would be able to attend and lend the weight of his name and eloquence to the debate. On 5th March Parliament decided to repeal all of the acts except one, the tax on tea.
* US Presidents Collection. A comprehensive collection of the autographs of all 46 presidents from George Washington to Joe Biden, (including Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States), 1764-2020, comprising 17 Documents Signed, 1 Typed Letter Signed and 1 Autograph Note Signed, 12 Signed Photographs and 1 signed engraved portrait, 14 signatures including six signed free fronts and four signed White House cards, plus an additional 9 autograph items for Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, George W. Bush and Joe BidenQTY: (55)NOTE:Provenance: a private British collector, all autographs guaranteed genuine.Full list:George Washington (1732-1799). 1st President of the United States, 1789-1797.Bold, dark ink signature, ‘Go: Washington’, 1768, on a clipped Mountain Road Lottery ticket with printed design and the date 1768, 2 x 1.5 cm, neatly laid down and with an extremely thin border of discoloration to extremities, only very slightly touching Washington’s signature, VGThe Mountain Road Lottery was organised in 1768 in order to fund the building of a road which would open a route to the west of Virginia. The project was of great importance to Washington.John Adams (1735-1826). 2nd President of the United States, 1797-1801.Autograph Document Signed, signed in the text, ‘John Adams’, 18 June 1764, a manuscript financial document, in full, ‘Braintree June 18, 1764. For value rec’d I promise to pay John Adams or his order One Pound Three Shillings and Eight Pence of lawful money on demand with lawful interest therefore till paid. Witness my hand’, signed at the conclusion by Matthew Pratt and John Vinton, in very good condition, with small split along intersecting folds, one fold passing through a single letter of signature, and scattered toning and edge wear, 9.5 x 15 cm, window-matted for display with an engraved portrait of Adams, framed and glazed, overall 47 x 30 cmThomas Jefferson (1743-1826). 3rd President of the United States, 1801-1809.Free-franked address panel signed, 22 April 1826, addressed in another hand to 'Messrs Cummings Hillian & Co', and franked in the upper left, 'Free Th: Jefferson', and bearing a red circular cancellation under signature, docketing above mailing fold on top bears a date of 22 April 1826, just three months before Jefferson’s death, in very good condition, with entire sheet having been professionally backed repairing vertical separations, scattered light toning and soiling, and some scattered foxing, Jefferson’s signature is crisp and largely unaffected by the flaws, 21 x 25 cm, and folded to an overall size of 11.5 x 10.5 cm, matted and displayed with a two dollar bill and reproduction portrait, 23 x 40 cm James Madison (1751-1836). 4th President of the United States, 1809-1817.Document Signed, as president, 15 December 1813, President Madison grants a tract of land in Ohio to Jonathan W. Condy, signed at the conclusion by Madison, and countersigned by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Madison's signature is fairly light, but mostly legible, two vertical folds, scattered creases, and several words of handwritten text professionally restored, otherwise very good condition, 1 page, 22.5 x 37 cm, matted, framed and glazed, 37 x 51 cmJames Monroe (1758-1831). 5th President of the United States, 1817-1825.Partly-printed Document Signed, as president, 26 June 1820, President Monroe grants 160 acres of land in Ohio to William Crooks, with heavy central vertical fold, several other lighter vertical folds, Monroe's signature a little lighter than the other ink, but completely legible, some scattered toning, soiling and creasing, white seal soiled and worn, but mostly intact, good condition, 1 page, 23 x 35 cmJohn Quincy Adams (1767-1848). 6th President of the United States, 1825-1829.Partly-printed Document Signed, ‘J. Q. Adams’, as president, 2 April 1825, President Adams grants James Coleman 80 acres of land in the Michigan territory, signed at the conclusion by Adams and countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham, in fine condition, with intersecting folds, some scattered light toning and soiling, white seal intact, oversized, 1 page, 24 x 38 cm, matted with a colour portrait of Adams, framed and glazed, 35 x 63 cmAndrew Jackson (1767-1845). 7th President of the United States, 1829-1837.Partly-printed Document Signed, as president, 1 February 1837, President Jackson appoints John Abercrombie a ‘Captain in the First Regiment of Infantry’, signed at the conclusion by Jackson and countersigned by Benjamin Franklin Butler, in place of the Secretary of War, in good to very good condition, with overall rippling and wrinkling, scattered toning, and previous storage folds, Jackson’s signature measures an impressive 15 cm long, 1 page, 40 x 32.5 cm, matted, framed and glazed, 59 x 51 cmMartin Van Buren (1782-1862). 8th President of the United States, 1837-1841.Free franked address panel, addressed in Van Buren’s hand to ‘W. C. Kinney & Saml. B. Chandler, Bellville, Illinois’, 24 June, [no year], and franked in the upper corner, 'Free M. Van Buren', panel also bears a June 24, St. Louis, Missouri, postmark, uniform toning, two light vertical creases, and an ink cancellation affecting last letter of signature, otherwise fine condition, 8 x 13 cmWilliam Henry Harrison (1773-1841). 9th President of the United States, March-April 1841.Ink signature, ‘W. H. Harrison, Clerk’, on an off-white slip, in fine condition, faint staining (?)from a red wax seal affecting top of a couple of letters of signature, 2 x 6 cm slip affixed to a 3.5 x 8.5 cm cardUnfortunately, there is insufficient capacity to list the remainder, for information on all the remaining US Presidents please visit this lot on the Dominic Winter website at www.dominicwinter.co.uk
* Perceval (Spencer, 1762-1812). British statesman, barrister and Prime Minister 1809-1812. Autograph Letter in the third person, Downing Street, 6 February 1812, to Lord Aylmer, returning a letter from Lord Wellington, having received one from Lord Wellington himself, concerning making provision for the widow and children of General McKinnon, '... Mr Perceval begs to assure Lord Aylmer that he shall have great pleasure in recommending to His Royal Highness approbation such a provision for the family of this lamented and deserving officer, as the extent of other demands upon the public of similar nature wld render proper and safe???...', 2 pages with integral blank, endorsed, a little dust-soiling and old light dampstain to upper right corners and lower fold line, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. He was shot by John Bellingham when Perceval entered the House of Commons on 11 May 1812. Major-General Henry MacKinnon (1773-1812), was a British soldier. He commanded the 45th Regiment of Foot, 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, and 88th Regiment of Foot in the Napoleonic Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington. He was killed by the explosion of an enemy magazine during the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo on 19 January 1812. MacKinnon married Catherine Call with whom he had two children, Donald Henry Aylmer and George Henry.
* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British prime minister 1828-1830, 1834. Cheque signed 'Wellington', drawn on Messrs Coutts & Co., London, 25 July 1820, bank's pre-printed form on white paper, completed in manuscript, payable to the Duchess of Wellington, for the sum of £1,550, a little soiling and some browning from adhesion see-through where pasted at left margin to blank third page of another letter, signed short note in Wellington's hand to the back of the cheque (with some see-through to the front), requesting that the money be sent to the Duchess of Wellington 'in Bank post bills of five and two pounds... ', the letter attached being a short one-page autograph note signed by Wellington, Walmer Castle, 22 October 1844, thanking the correspondent (?Reverend W. Latham) for his report, some light creasing and soiling, one page with integral blank pasted to an old album leaf on blank final page, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Included with the lot is a letter from an archivist at Coutts & Co, 17 September 1970, addressed to K. Edwards and concerning the cheque. The archivist regrets to say that she has not been able to find out what the circumstances were for this large payment. She had discovered that there had been trouble between the Duke and the Duchess over money before 1815, 'but I do not know if the problem grew worse later. We have checked in our ledgers and it was unusual for the Duke to draw such large amounts'.
* Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). British statesman, soldier and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940-1945 & 1951-1955. Document Signed by King George V, 'George RI' (1865-1936) and Winston Churchill, 'W.S. Churchill', St James's, 11 March 1911, a pre-printed document on vellum with manuscript insertions, being a remission document for John Thirkell at Wakefield prison, 'who was at the Borough Sessions, Scarborough, on 28th October 1910, convicted of stealing and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour', embossed seal and duty stamp, a couple of light water spots not affecting signatures, signed at head by the King and at foot of page 2 by Churchill, as Home Secretary, 2 pages with integral blank, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare document double-signed by King George V, in the first year of his reign, and by Winston Churchill, during his brief tenure has home secretary, and just two months' after his involvement in the siege of Sidney Street.
* Elizabeth II (1926-20220).Queen of Great Britain, 1952-2022. Document Signed, 1965, a pre-printed pardon, completed in manuscript, concerning Coleen Locke who was convicted of using apparatus for wireless telegraphy without a licence contrary to section 1 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and was ordered to pay a fine of six pounds, being hereby pardoned and her fine remitted to her, signed by the Queen upper right (signature now faded to light brown), papered seal upper left, two punch holes to left margin away from text and signature, a little marginal light browning and minor creasing, countersigned by Roy Jenkins at foot of second page, 2 pages, folioQTY: (1)
* Battle of Nivelle. A Good Autograph Letter Signed from Patrick Bain, ensign 38th Regiment, Guetry, 3 miles from Bayonne, 21 November 1813, neatly cross-written letter describing the battle of Nivelle to his brother Robert Bain, giving vivid details, '...this arrangement being made, we were ordered to advance in close column of regiments and if possible to get under the enemies gun batteries before daylight in order that we might get undercover before they could be made acquainted with our different movements, but scarcely had we got half our distance when we receive a grand salute from their different batteries as much as to say we were welcome, and for which we returned them a compliment of three cheers. However, this was a proper signal to commence operations on our part and the artillery who had been previously posted on the heights in our rear thought it high time to begin their business, and gave them quite a different sort of return to what we gave them, our light troops also commenced at the same time. Then nothing was to be heard all day long (whenever daylight made its way until late in the evening) but the roaring of cannon and musketry, enough to terrify a man, who had never seen or heard the like before, out of his senses, for person whether in column or otherwise could warrant himself safe for a single moment let him go where he may, the shells and shot from musketry were continually whizzing about one's ears. To tell the truth, I was a little startled at the first commencements of the business but before a quarter of an hour had passed thought little more about it...' and later, '...in short, I could not wish my greatest enemy to experience such work as this, indeed it will be much easier for you to conceive what we have come through within these eight days than I can sufficiently describe to you at this distance. Several of the officers who have been with the army since the commencement of the campaign said they had not experienced such difficulties during the campaign as they did that eight days we were on the move. The roads in consequence of the heavy rains certainly surpassed anything I ever saw, for here you would have seen 20 at a time stuck in the muck up to their knees and getting themselves extricated with a loss of a pair of shoes and perhaps stockings...', a total of approximately 1,500 words written on 4 pages with integral address panel, minor soiling, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Patrick Bain was promoted Lieutenant on 3 June 1818, again on 25 March 1824 in the 13th Light Infantry, dying in 1825.The Battle of Nivelle (10 November 1813) took place near the end of the Peninsular War. Wellington's troops attacked those of Marshal Sault, splitting his army in two. Sault was forced to retreat and so lost another battle on French soil. Casualties were high with the French losing 4,500 men to Wellington's 5,500. A typed transcript is included with the lot.
* Oxfordshire Light Infantry. A manuscript account of a meeting of the Officers of the 43rd Regiment in Vale Castle, Guernsey, 1 July 1801, at which Rules for the regular support of the Regimental Mess were agreed, there follows a list of 24 Rules together with the names and ranks of the 23 Officers forming the Mess, 7 pages on 2 bifolia, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:The garrisoning of Vale Castle in Guernsey was an important link in the Blockade and Containment of France during the Napoleonic War.
![* Peninsular War. Autograph Letter Signed with initials 'H.C.' [Henry Cadogan], Merida, (Spain), 28 May 1812, to Lieut. Col.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/232ef99e-da70-4638-9ab5-af42011b5f2d/fda46919-241f-4bc1-9cf6-af43011375b4/468x382.jpg)
* Peninsular War. Autograph Letter Signed with initials 'H.C.' [Henry Cadogan], Merida, (Spain), 28 May 1812, to Lieut. Col. the Lord Blantyre, giving a vivid account of a defeat of the French forces at ‘Fort Ragusa’ and ‘Fort Napoleon’ near the Tagus in the Peninsular War Campaign in Spain, in which the writer's ‘right wing destroyed the bridge of boats’, ‘The enemy made but a feeble resistance in the Fort, & totally abandoned the bridge Barracks & even Fort Ragusa. In the course of ten minutes the whole thing was ours’, a little light staining not affecting legibility, 5 pages plus integral address panel, privately carried to London and then sent through the Twopenny Post, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:An interesting letter from Wellington's Badajoz Campaign. Cadogan's account of this action is almost identical to that in Oman's History of the Peninsular War.
* Peninsular War. Two important campaign letters from Alexander Steele describing the actions at El Boden (1811) and Salamanca (1812), in his first letter (Ginaldo, 13 October 1811) Steele gives a full account of events leading to the action at El Boden, how Marmont surprised Wellington with his divisions scattered, the Light Division was cut off by the French advance, Steele describes their escape, 'Gen'l Crauford saw that he had no time to lose in getting away, therefore on the same night we were ordered to make fires along our lines and to leave wooden sentries with a stick and bayonet on top of it... ', some spotting and browning, a few old small tape repairs and slight marginal loss from seal tear etc., 4 pages including address panel, folio; in the second letter from Salamanca (dated 25 June, and later 25 July) Steele describes the approach of the Army towards Salamanca, and then the great battle itself, 'a most glorious day for the British Army', some spotting and browning, a few old clear tape repairs to folds, some small text loss from seal tear, 4 pages including address panel, 4to; together with an earlier letter (Plymouth Dock, 1 November 1808), addressed to his parents in Halifax, Yorkshire, 2 pages with integral address leaf, small seal tears, various postal markings, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Alexander Steele became an ensign in 43rd Foot 14 December 1809; Lieutenant in 43rd Foot 7 November 1811.
Regimental Return. Returns of His Majesty's Land Forces, 1st April 1802, manuscript title and contents leaves followed by 43 pre-printed double-page forms completed in manuscript and including details of the regiments serving in Britain, Portugal, Canada, Egypt, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, Bahamas, coast of Africa, Cape of Good Hope, East India, etc., recording numbers of officers and men, cavalry and infantry, invalids, etc., some light browning, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight-grained morocco with gilt-tooled borders and spine, 8vo QTY: (1)
* Waterloo. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Lieutenant Joseph Greaves, 1st Dragoon Guards’, 13th July 1815, addressed to his father in Kendal, describing a visit to the battlefield, with news of fellow officers and his own observations on the battle, mentioning Lieut. Charles Dawson (52nd Foot), Col. Dalrymple (15th Light Dragoons) and Col. Clarke (2nd Dragoons), Waterloo 'is a stragling village, on the doors we saw the names of officers who had been quartered there. Poor Picton slept there on the night of the 17th.', 'The remnants of many a brave fellow lie scattered about...the Garden Walls are covered with Blood... the whole Field of Battle is covered for Miles with Caps, shoes, scabbards...’ 4 pp. (1 crosswritten, but legible), about 1000 words, address panel bears a Bruxelles straight line cancel and oval Ship Letter, good condition, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:A hand-written transcription of the letter is included with the lot.
![* Waterloo. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Henry Murray', near Waterloo, Monday morning, 19 June [1815], to his wife Emily, giving](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/232ef99e-da70-4638-9ab5-af42011b5f2d/5bc3cf67-1455-49bf-baab-af43011379ea/468x382.jpg)
* Waterloo. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Henry Murray', near Waterloo, Monday morning, 19 June [1815], to his wife Emily, giving details of a skirmish and battle action, noting that though a shell burst and stung his face with dirt, injuring others he himself was unhurt, mentioning that Napoleon was in the Field, 3 pages with integral address panel and 2 date franking stamps, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Lieut. Col. Henry Murray of the 18th Light Dragoons, which he successfully led at Waterloo.'... We had a skirmish the day before yesterday & yesterday a general action. The most tremendous fire of every description that could be. I can give you but little information of the general outline of the Battle. They pressed our right a good deal & after being under a heavy cannonade just before dark we made a charge which decided the success of the day. Of a charge through cavalry & infantry & artillery under cross fires from artillery in every direction it is impossible to give any idea. You will be happy to hear that though a shell burst under St. Patrick & stung my face with dirt, though my orderly & his horse was wounded & the man & horse with my led one (Brown Stout) were both wounded I escaped unhurt though I was in the thick of it, having even at one time got across the traces of the French Artillery ... Napoleon was in the Field ... Our excellent commander Ld. Uxbridge very severely wounded'.A typed transcription and some related notes are included with the lot.
* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1857-1941). 'Sketch for page 187. "A FIZZER". Pig-sticking or hog-hunting, Lord Baden-Powell, [so titled on mount], c. 1923, pencil drawing on wove paper, showing a man on a horse with a pig in pursuit, ink note by Baden-Powell upper right 'H. G. L. & his Waler. 6 to 4 foxhunting. 100 to 1 pig-sticking', minor dust soiling and light fold marks, 12.5 x 33.5 cm, laid down on a modern card mount with printed caption centered on mount beneathQTY: (1)NOTE:Originally published in 1889, a revised and enlarged edition was published in 1924 with 42 new illustrations by the author.
* Barnum (Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891). American showman, businessman, politician and circus owner. Autograph Letter Signed, 'P.T. Barnum', New York, 24 February 1856, to Messrs Curtiss & Scribner, regarding the mortgage for a property on Bank Street, 'A Mr Brayton of Cleveland (coal dealer) called on me today to say that his wife Charlotte G. Brayton took a mortgage on that property for $1800 in July/53 and that the interest has been paid punctually until and except last payment due January last', asking them to check their records and hoping the matter will be settled as soon as possible, one page on light blue letter paper, 4toQTY: (1)
* Browning (Robert, 1812-1889). English poet and playwright. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Robert Browning', 19 Warwick Crescent, [London], W, 11 May 1877, to Lady Maine, a short note informing her that he shall be 'delighted to dine with you on the 31st of May' and sending his respects to Sir Henry, one page with integral blank, a little soiling and light browning, blank pasted to an old album mount with some browning see-through to third page, 8vo, cut signature of the Earl of Carnarvon pasted at foot of mount recto and 3 further autograph specimens pasted to verso including a free front dated 15 February 1837, signed by the future prime minister Lord John Russell, 'Russell', when serving as Home Secretary, some overall spotting and slight browning, together with another autograph signature of Robert Browning on a piece of paper cut from the end of a letter with sentiment line above, recipient's date of 31 January 1876 inscribed to left margin, paper strip 5 x 11.5 cm, pasted on to a slightly larger fragment of an old album leaf, some dust soilingQTY: (2)NOTE:Lady Jane Maine was the wife of Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822-1888), a British Whig, comparative jurist and historian.
* Darwin (Charles Robert, 1809-1882). English naturalist, geologist and originator of the theory of evolution. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘C. Darwin’, Down, [Bromley, Kent, after 14 April 1863], to [Daniel] Oliver, concerning ovules in primula [primroses], in full, ‘Many thanks about the Primula: I see that I was pretty right about the ovules. I have been thinking that the apparent opening at the chalaza end must have been withering or perhaps gnawing by some very minute insects, as the ovarium is open at the upper end. If I have time I will have another look at pollen-tubes, as from what you say they ought to find their way to the micropyle. But ovules to me are far more troublesome to dissect than animal tissue; they are so soft, and muddy the water’, alphanumeric '16a' written to upper left corner in Darwin's hand, small pencil number '26a' and 'Apr. 1863' inscribed to upper margin in other hands, album hinge remains to left margin, a few small spots to extremities and a little light creasing, 2 pages, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4095”. Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11. The date is inferred from two other related letters in the Darwin Correspondence Project, the first from Darwin to Oliver, 12 April 1863, in which Darwin asked about the position of the ovule in Primula; the second from Oliver to Darwin, 14 April 1863, to which the letter offered here is the reply. Daniel Oliver, FRS (1830-1916) was an English botanist. He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860-1890 and Keeper there from 1864-1890, and Professor of Botany at University College, London from 1861 to 1888. Darwin was fascinated by the structure of primula flowers. In his autobiography, he wrote, ‘no little discovery of mine ever gave me so much pleasure as the making out the meaning of heterostyled flowers’ (‘Recollections’, p. 419). There are two forms of primrose flowers, which look almost identical apart from the position of the stigma (female part) and the anthers (male part holding the pollen) in the flower tube in the centre. These are ‘pin-eyed’ primroses and ‘thrum-eyed primroses. In the pin-eyed the style and stigma are taller than the surrounding stamens. In thrum-eyed flowers the stamens are taller than the style and stigma. The two flower types were first described by Charles Darwin in 1862 who also observed that the pollen produced by the pin flowers was smaller than that of the thrum flowers. He performed a number of crosses (taking pollen from one flower and placing it on the stigma of another) and proved that pollination between the two flower types, where the pollen of the different form flowers resulted in greater seed production than pollination between the same forms. Both flower types contain nectar at the bottom of the flower tube to attract insects to mediate pollination of the flowers. Darwin thought that the reciprocal positions of the anthers and the stigma in the two flower types would promote cross fertilisation. He suggested that when an insect visits a pin flower it inserts its proboscis into the flower tube to feed on the nectar, and pollen from the anthers would stick onto the proboscis about halfway down. If the insect then visits a thrum flower the pollen already on its proboscis is at the right level to meet and stick to the stigma about halfway down the flower tube, leading to cross fertilisation. At the same time pollen from the anthers at the top of the thrum flower tube is likely to stick to the top of the insect proboscis, the perfect position for cross-fertilising the next pin flower the insect visits. Primrose flowers also have a ‘self-incompatibility’ mechanism that stops the eggs being fertilised by pollen that is genetically identical. Therefore, the vast majority of successful pollinations in a wild population of primroses are between pin and thrum plants. Charles Darwin, 'On the two forms, or dimorphic condition, in the species of Primula, and on their remarkable sexual relations', [Read 21 November 1861.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 6 (1862): 77-96. [Collected papers 2: 45-63.] Reprinted, with many alterations, in Forms of Flowers (1877), pp. 14-30.
* Dollond (Peter, 1731-1820). Autograph Letter Signed 'P. Dollond', Stamford Street, no date, to Mr Mouchett, 'On account of the death of my wife which happened on Sunday morning last at Bath Mr Grignion set off this morning in the Bath Coach for that place. He has desired me to send you the black leather case which contains some papers of your concerns. He desires you will have the goodness to give the master of the School what money he may occasion for... ', some toning, dust soiling, and creasing, 1 page, 8vo, together with Ware (James, 1756-1815, surgeon), Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Ware', New Bridge Street, 1st May 1813, to Mr Towsey, 'I am very glad to hear that the discharge from the eyes of Mrs J Barbe's infant has decreased, & hope that the Corneas are not injured though you do not mention them... ', 1 page with integral address leaf, postmarks and original seal tear, prescription to page 3, light browning and vertical fold split to both leaves, 4to, plus Adams (F.), Eyes for the Blind; or an Insight into the Character and Principles of James Acland, with some Prefatory Observations thereon, by J. Jackson, Hull: John Jackson, 1832, 23 pp., some old heavy damp staining, contemporary printed wrappers, soiled, some wear, slim 8vo QTY: (3)NOTE:Peter Dollond was trained as a silk weaver and assisted in the family business but in 1750 he set up as an optician. By 1752 the opticians business was sufficiently successful for his father John to abandon weaving and to go into partnership with him. The name survives today as part of the company Dollond and Aitchison Limited.
* Doyle (Arthur Conan, 1859-1930). Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes and writer on spiritualism. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Arthur Conan Doyle’, The Compton Arms Hotel, Minstead letterhead, 9 December 1925, to Mrs Thorn, sending her an assortment of pamphlets (not present), discussing in detail, spirit phenomena, his own psychic experiences and further mentioning the infamous ‘Margery’ case, ‘…When your friend goes into a trance ask…who is the young man’s Guide…When any new entity visits or speaks you will say ‘Do you believe in God?… We - my wife and I - got a direct voice the other day at our second sitting for it. A clear ‘Good evening’ came from above our heads. We were thrilled…. I don’t know if you have followed the Margery case and the persecution of Mrs Crandon in Boston…’, very light stain to bottom of first page with no loss of legibility, 2 pages in a close hand, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Mina ‘Margery’ Crandon (1888-1941) was a Boston medium who found herself embroiled in one of the most bitter controversies in American psychic research. Her followers claimed that she was one of the greatest mediums who ever lived, while her critics called her a fraud: her most famous being the escapologist Harry Houdini whose obsessive crusade against her almost cost him his own career. In his introduction to a substantial article in the Boston Herald (26 January 1925) and published shortly after the present letter was written, Conan Doyle wrote – ‘It is Christmas morning and I sit at a table which is heaped with documents and photographs. They are the dossier of the Crandon case. Perhaps one should not work on Xmas day and yet there is no day so holy that one may not use it for the fight for truth, the exposure of evil and the defence of the honour of a most estimable lady. The Margery case will live in history and it is perhaps fitting that I should have some hand in the record since the matter was in a double sense of my begetting.’ The ‘Margery’ book to which Doyle refers in this letter, is likely to be J. Malcolm Bird’s “Margery” The Medium, (1925), which was written in support of ‘Margery’ Crandon.Conan Doyle became absorbed by spiritualism in later life, writing and lecturing on the subject. Interestingly, Conan Doyle was eventually buried in the churchyard of All Saints in Minstead Village having previously been buried vertically in Crowborough.A letter of excellent content and apparently unpublished.
* Kipling (Joseph Rudyard, 1865-1936). English writer. Typed Letter Signed, 'Rudyard Kipling', Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, 22 August 1914, to Sybil, thanking her for the letter and saying that he is sorry the news is not better, continuing 'I know that you will understand that letter-writing is outside the possibilities these days; we are all so hard at work. I thought of you when I was at Dartmouth. I was only there twenty-four hours; I went for a sound purpose and returned directly I achieved it', concluding by saying that Trix is still at Jersey and the news is much the same, one page on Bateman's letterhead, a few light creases and fold marks, two or three minor spots, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Written just after the start of the First World War, the letter is to Sybil who was the daughter of Wilfred Lucas Heeley. He was a school friend of the artist Edward Burne-Jones in Birmingham and had been engaged to Kipling's aunt Caroline.
* Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703). English diarist and naval administrator. Document Signed, ‘Samuell Pepys’, Navy Office, 5 April 1661, warrant addressed to William Sheldon, Clerk of the Cheque of the naval yard at Woolwich, for an order from his Royal Highness James Duke of York &c. Lord High Adm[ira]l of England, ‘dat[ed] 3rd instant These are to pray and require you to enter Dan[ie]l Kempe boatswaine of his Ma[jest]ys Shipp the Yarmouth with such allowance of wages and victuals for himselfe and his servant as is usuall and propper for the Boatswaine of his Ma[jest]ys, said shipp…’, signed at foot of text by Pepys and three others, Robert Slingesby, William Batten and William Penn, some spotting and light old dampstaining (affecting Penn’s autograph), 1 page with integral blank, endorsed, tipped onto a paper mount, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Signed by Pepys, (unusually with his full first name), as Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board. Pepys’s Diary (pepysdiary.com) for 5 April 1661 reads:‘Up among my workmen and so to the office, and then to Sir W. Pen’s with the other Sir William and Sir John Lawson to dinner, and after that, with them to Mr. Lucy’s, a merchant, where much good company, and there drank a great deal of wine, and in discourse fell to talk of the weight of people, which did occasion some wagers, and where, among others, I won half a piece to be spent.Then home, and at night to Sir W. Batten’s, and there very merry with a good barrell of oysters, and this is the present life I lead.Home and to bed.’Sir Robert Slingsby, 1st Baronet (1611–1661), naval commander and Comptroller of the Navy, and in his last years a much-loved colleague of Samuel Pepys.Sir William Batten (1601-1667), naval officer and administrator. As Surveyor of the Navy he was a colleague of Samuel Pepys, who mentions him frequently in his ‘Diary’, often to his detriment.Sir William Penn (1621-1670), English admiral and politician. In 1660 he was appointed a Commissioner of the Navy Board where he worked with Pepys. He was the father of William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania.
* Irish-American Political Broadsides. Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq., delivered at the Sessions House, Dublin, Philadelphia: William Smith, circa 1860s, letterpress in 4 columns with large hand-coloured lithograph vignette at head, image approximately 280 x 360 mm, some light toning, visible sheet size 62 x 45 cm, together with two related contemporary lithographic broadsides from the same publisher and printer William Smith: Protest against the British Government [and] Ireland's Illustrious Sons, the first showing Emmet flanked by angels holding rolls of names of Irish patriots including Mitchel, Meagher, O'Brien, Gavan Duffy, et al., pencil inscription to lower right blank area, visible sheet size 74 x 52 cm, the last showing the figures of Sarsfield, Grattan, Wolfe Tone, Emmet, Curran and other great Irish patriots seated around the table, small tear (25 x 20 mm) within uppermost part of image, visible image area 53 x 68 cm, all mounted QTY: (3)
* The Wreck of the Glencairn. An original manuscript account describing the events of the wreck of the Glencairn, by apprentice seaman Colin C. Watson, c. 1907, written up after the event in a fair hand, describing the events from leaving Rochester bound for Portland, Oregon, striking a rock off Tierra del Fuego, losing two crew members and the ensuing events on shore, a little spotting and creasing, old pin to top corner, 13 pages (over 3,000 words) on 13 leaves, 4to, together with a testimonial for Colin C. Watson serving as an apprentice in the "Glencairn" and "Fifeshire" for a period of 12 months, signed by the Master, John Nichol, one page, 4to, plus a contemporary cabinet card photograph of the young Colin C. Watson in naval attire, slightly trimmed at foot of mountQTY: (3)NOTE:A harrowing eye-witness account of the wreck of the Glencairn by an apprentice on board. The Glencairn left Rochester on 9 May 1907, bound for Seattle, with twenty-five crew plus the Master's wife and child, the boat carrying 2,375 tons of cement. It struck rock off Tierra del Fuego and the party was forced to abandon ship, two crew members being lost when leaving. The letter carries on to describe Watson's version of the story until their fortuitous rescue by Lucas Bridges. Bridges gives his own account of events when he encountered the shipwrecked party in his autobiography 'Uttermost Part of the Earth' (1948). Chapter 46, pp. 463-72.Watson was to continue his naval career, serving as a P & O Captain for some thirty years. See following lot.A full transcription of this manuscript is available on request.Selected extracts:' We were to go through the Maine Strait between Hadon Island and the mainland (Tiera del Fuoga). I happened to be at the wheel at the time we were making the entrance of the strait. Suddenly a furious snow squall sprung up and the land was obliterated from view. I noticed a slight shock followed by a heavier one and say out to the Captain “We are on the ground Sir”. The next instant we had crashed upon a sunken ?, and the men came running aft in response to the shrill whistle of the First Mate summoning them. The squall was but the precursor of a typical Cape Horn Blow. Wind and sea increased rapidly and soon the decks were being swept by heavy seas which thundered over the poor old stricken ‘Glencairn’ smashing up rails, doors etc. and smashing everything moveable over the side. With terrible difficulty we succeeded in launching our two lifeboats. One was taken forward and then commenced the task of loading the boat. The Captains wife and child and the Stewardess were about to be lowered into the boat in which three men were busy fending her off the ships side when a huge sea capsized her carrying away the panels? by which she was secured to the ship. Powerless to help we saw one of our unfortunate shipmates drown before of our eyes, one man had disappeared entirely whilst the other had succeeded in clambering up on the overturned boats stern and sticking his feet in the lifelines clung desperately to the heel. He soon drifted out of sight into the whirly snowstorm.The Captain then called for volunteers to go off in the sole remaining lifeboat to attempt a rescue. The foreign element in the crew objected to this. I pleaded that it was madness to risk the lives of all in an attempt to recover one man. I pointed out that should the boat be lost we should all inevitably drown. They asked him if he wished to imperil the lives of his wife and child. He quietly replied that while there was a chance to save the man he would see that some effort was made and ordered away the boat in search. Then followed a scene which is terrible to relate. Half mad with fear and convinced of their doom they broke into a whisky case they had pilfered from the lazaretto? whilst provisioning the boats. Sea ? continues to sweep the decks and one by one they fell dead drunk their bodies washing about the decks.''The second mate explained the impossibility of landing, heavy seas and precipitous cliffs, and then for the first time did the Captains wife break down. Throughout all the previous horrors she had maintained a calm courage – an unwavering faith that God would save her and the dear ones - and now at last the appalling hours in the open boat, and the apparently hopeless possibility of being saved crushed her hitherto plucky spirit. Yet another ghastly night we spent, the vessel noticeably sinking beneath us. Early the next morning before daylight the first mate and I crawled down the fore hold? to see how the water was forward. It was a ghastly sight. Muddy dark water swishing about the hold and thousands of rats squealing with fear perched all round the slingers?. The feeble light from our lantern accentuated the horror of it - the rats did the rest. We both lost nerve and made a rush to get on deck again. When daylight broke we were labouring and wallowing in a still heavy sea and the water nearly up to our scuppers. We then launched the dinghy - a mere cockleshell - and one by one filled the lifeboat and the remainder by the dinghy. It was a dangerous business - poising oneself on the rail and then taking a flying leap into the boat.''To my astonishment I saw the Captain who was ahead of me endeavouring to make himself understood to a couple of natives. Huge fellows they were, both of them well over six feet; clad only in a guanaco skin - carrying bows and arrows, and accompanied by two exceedingly gaunt and hungry looking dogs. They were quite friendly - much to our relief – for we had understood that the natives had cannibalistic proclivities. They belonged to a wandering Tribe of Ona and their Chief being able to speak a little Argentine helped matters a lot, one of our crew being also able to speak the language. They conducted us to a gap in the cliffs and soon found ourselves at their encampment, consisting of a few wigwams and populated by about twenty natives - men women and children.''I was in the search party, going down to the shore was just in time to see our old ship break up. The foremast fell forward followed by the main. The riggers fell aft and an hour later the jigger disappeared. Then she broke up completely and by afternoon the shoreline a couple of miles was strewn with wreckage. I made an excellent “find” - a drowned hen, and a piece of salt pork which I carried in triumph to the camp. Unfortunately very little of an edible nature washed ashore. My only rival as a caterer being an A.B. who had got a dead pig.For a week we existed in this manner eking out our scanty stores with mussels and shell fish gathered on the rocks. We also killed a sea lion portions of which we ate. The natives were good to us and gave us portions of a guanaco they had shot. Our cooking was somewhat primitive. We cut sharp twigs? And sticking a piece of meat on the end held it in the fire and then holding it in our fingers gnawed the “charred” outside “raw inside” flesh. The shell fish soon became nauseous and the sodden biscuits were getting “horribly less” as the 2nd mate put it and so the Captain and his AB interpreter held a conversation with the natives. We then learnt that many miles up country lived a man named Bridges engaged in sheep farming. The 2nd mate and one AB, therefore set out with an Indian guide to endeavour to find this white man. Succour from the reward? was impossible and on the hope that these two would bring us help rested our hopes.'
Suffolk Estate Plans. Plans of Estates in Easton, Letheringham & Charsfield in the County of Suffolk; The Property of the Rt. Hon: The Earl of Rochford, 1794, Survey'd & Plann'd by Isaac Johnson, Woodbridge, Suff., continued down to 1830, calligraphic title, half-title and summary of the estate with reference to each farm &c, followed by 10 pen and ink and watercolour wash estate plans with cartouches and table of contents giving field names with gross and nett areas in terms of acres, roods and perches, each 48.5 x 30 cm when opened, a few scattered light pencil annotations and some dust soiling, mostly re-guarded with linen strips, late 19th-century burgundy roan, upper cover stamped 'Plans' in gilt, heavily rubbed, 4to (32 x 26 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The ten plans are for: The Park, The Property of the Earl of Rochford; Martley Hall: Mrs Plant; Bonds; Richard Levett; Bentries & Cobbs: Stephen Catchpole (2 maps); The Lodge: William Cooper; Old Hall: Joseph Amoss; Wood grounds: Earl of Rochford &c; Detached lands; Sundry people; General view of the Parishes of Easton and Letheringham. A further five farms are listed at the foot of the contents summary but in such a way as to imply these were not to be included in the present survey.Isaac Johnson (c. 1754-1835) was the son of the surveyor John Johnson (1722-1780), and his wife Mary. He was baptized at Pettistree, Woodbridge, Suffolk. He was probably trained by his father at Alderton, Suffolk, and probably worked with him, as this album suggests, until John's death in 1780. In 1772 he opened a writing school at Alderton and then in 1784 moved to Woodbridge where he married Elizabeth Maxwell. His account book for 1791-1796 survives and shows that he had 165 clients, earning £1,069 in surveying fees for these five years. His fine draughtsmanship led him to draw all the churches and various other antiquities of Suffolk.
* World War Two Scrap Album. Scrap album belonging to Aubrey R Davies of Willenhall, Staffordshire, 1941-1942, compiled circa 1946, numerous mounted postcards, gelatin silver prints, military pamphlets and lists, covering service in Cape Town, Mombasa, Madagascar, Pietermaritzburg, Gibraltar among others, including postcards of African ethnographic and naval interest, captions in a neat hand, Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve cuff titles, combined operations badge and 39-45, Burma and Defence medal bars to rear pastedown, occasional light dust-soiling, hinges repaired, contemporary beige half cloth, worn, with 1939-45 star and general service medals with ribbons includedQTY: (1)
SELECTION OF MILITARY CAP BADGESincluding the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Highland Light Infantry, Gordon Highlanders, Seaforth Highlanders, Royal Scots, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Black Watch, Royal Scots Greys, London Scottish, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Royal Scots Fusilliers and the Scots Guards
A single row of pearls with an amethyst and diamond pendant, forty slightly graduated pearls, diameter from 9.7 to 11.7mm, in delicate shades of white, light pink and dark pink, rose coloured faceted roundels in between each pearl, and suspending a rose coloured detachable pendant set with an oval faceted amethyst, approximately 21 x 16.7mm, surmounted by a round brilliant cut diamond, diamond set bale, length including bale 4cm, unmarked, tested as 18ct gold, length including clasp 53cm, weight 86.6g, accompanied by an IGI report dated October 1, 2019, stating the claw set diamond to be 0.40ct, colour H, clarity VS2
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