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 SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish Novelist. A.L.S., W Scott, one page, 4to, Athol Crescent, Edinburgh, n.d. (watermarked 1827), to a gentleman. Scott announces, 'I am a good deal alarmed by Anne threatening to come to town' and continues 'I think you can favour me with an answer to Clarkson whose letter I delivered when I came to town. I would prevent her coming even yet by going early off tomorrow morning.' With blank integral leaf. Some light overall creasing and minor age wear and very light dust staining to the edges, about VG 

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 DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens, one page, 8vo, Gads Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, 28th April 1863, to William Woodall. Dickens announces 'I do not remember to have received any such communication from you as you describe in your letter…..' and continues to add that the letter may have gone to his London office and been set aside by mistake 'in the great accumulation of correspondence there'. Dickens further adds 'It is with regret that I convey to you the assurance of my inability to comply with the request of the Wedgwood Memorial Committee. But I have lately done all that I can reasonably afford to do…..'. With integral leaf bearing a contemporary docket, presumably in the hand of Woodall, noting that Dickens was 'unable to read gratuitously'. Some very light, extremely minor age toning and light wear, VG   William Woodall (1832-1901) British Politician & Philanthropist, a supporter of Women's Suffrage. Woodall served as secretary of the Wedgwood Institute committee.    The present letter is not included in The Letters of Charles Dickens (Vol. III 1836-70, published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1882).  

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 SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.N.S., G. Bernard Shaw, on one side of his correspondence card, Adelphi Terrace, 23rd February 1916, to the booksellers Hugh Rees Ltd. Shaw requests a copy of A Short History of England by G. K. Chesterton, published by Chatto & Windus, and asks that the cost be charged to his account. Hand addressed by Shaw to the verso. Some very light scuffing and minor age wear, otherwise VG   Chesterton's A Short History of England considered the royal decree of 1290 by which King Edward I expelled Jews from England, a policy that remained in place until 1655.   The present note provides an interesting link between Shaw and Chesterton, whom often had opposing views concerning religion and politics. Shaw described Chesterton as his 'friendly enemy' and also said of him that 'he was a man of colossal genius'. 

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[JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish Novelist & Poet. An unsigned hardback edition of Pomes Penyeach, First Edition published by Shakespeare and Company, Paris, 1927. The 16mo edition bound in the publisher’s light green paper boards, with the title printed in dark green and Price One Shilling and the printers name of Herbert Clarke, Paris, to the verso. With the original errata slip lightly tipped in to the page opposite the colophon. Some light age wear, typically most noticeable to the spine, about VG The title of this, Joyce’s second collection of poems, is a play on the words ‘poems’ and ‘pommes’ (the French word meaning apple) which are here offered at ‘a penny each’. It was the custom for Irish tradespeople at the time to offer their customers a ‘tilly’, or extra serving (in the same way as English bakers had developed the tradition of the ‘Baker’s Dozen’, offering thirteen loaves instead of twelve). The first poem of Pomes Penyeach is entitled Tilly and represents the bonus offering of this penny-a-poem collection, which had originally been rejected by Ezra Pound.

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 DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A good A.L.S., A Conan Doyle, one page, 8vo, Tennison Road, South Norwood, 6th August 1894, to a gentleman. Doyle thanks his correspondent for having sent him a charming book and remarks 'I shall value it very highly', continuing 'I have always been intensely interested in the fighting Puritan and have endeavoured to draw several types of him in “Micah Clarke”', further adding 'Oliver [Cromwell] was the greatest king we ever had in England and it will be a joy to me to read his career again in your pages'. With blank integral leaf (some extremely minor, light traces to former mounting to the verso). A letter of interesting content. Some very light, minor age wear, VG   Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English Military and Political Leader, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland 1653-58.    The historical adventure novel Micah Clarke by Doyle was published in 1889 and is set during the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685.    Doyle's correspondent may have been Samuel Harden Church (1858-1943) whose work Oliver Cromwell - A History was published in 1894, the same year as the present letter. 

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DODGSON C. L.: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). A.L.S., C L Dodgson, one page, small 8vo, n.p., 18th May 1880, to a lady. Dodgson writes, in full, 'I shall be very happy to come on the 27 26th instead of the 27th. Believe me, truly yours'. The verso of the letter is annotated and signed in ink by a H. Taylor, 'Miss. Wyer, Lewis Carroll's autograph'. With blank integral leaf. The text of the letter, written in Dodgson's familiar light purple ink, is extremely faded and only just legible. Some light age wear, otherwise VG

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 SACKVILLE-WEST VITA: (1892-1962) English Author and Poet. A.L.S., V. Sackville-West, one page, 4to, Weald, Sevenoaks, 1st December n.y., to a gentleman. Sackville-West thanks her correspondent for their letter regarding Passenger to Teheran and states 'Yes, I expect I was wrong to say cowardly. I had in mind a life of scholarly retreat, rather than of renunciation, temptation, and the rest. A life which was merely shielded from the troubles of the world. It was the too hasty expression of someone who has only envied from outside, not tried the test in a practical way - as you say you have. I ought to apologise to you. I do.' before concluding 'But surely a lighthouse is pretty lonely too? You seen to have a taste for solitude.' Some light overall creasing and one small, neat tear to the right edge of the central horizontal fold, otherwise VG   Passenger to Teheran was published by the Hogarth Press in 1926. The book recounts Sackville-West's time in Persia where she frequently visited her husband, Harold Nicolson, between 1925-27. 

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 VONNEGUT KURT: (1922-2007) American Novelist. Souvenir T.Q.S., Kurt Vonnegut, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. The quotation is taken from Vonnegut's science fiction novel Slapstick (1976) and states, in part, 'It is springtime. It is afternoon. Smoke from a cooking fire on the terrazzo floor of the lobby of the Empire State building on the Island of Death floats out over the ailanthus jungle which Thirty-fourth Street has become……..There is a small clearing in the jungle. A blue-eyed, lantern-jawed old white man, who is two meters tall and one hundred years old, sits in the clearing……I am that man. My name is Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain.'. Signed in bold blue ink at the conclusion. Together with a signed 8 x 10 photograph of Vonnegut in a head and shoulders pose holding a cigarette in one hand. Signed in bold black ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 14th June 1996 in his hand. Some light uniform overall age toning. G to VG, 2 

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 LITERATURE: A good selection of signed cards, A.Ls.S. etc., by various writers and novelists etc., of various nationalities (British, American, Canadian, Australian etc., many of them female writers) including Charles Major, Maarten Maartens, Gilbert Parker, Robert Herrick, Henry Sydnor Harrison, Paul Verola, Cynthia Stockley, Ida A. R. Wylie, Elizabeth Paschal O'Connor, Susan Glaspell, Mary Gaunt (2, written from Liberia and Sierra Leone whilst travelling in West Africa researching for her next work), Jeannette Augustus Marks (A.Q.S.), Margaret Deland, Louise Mack, Annie Swan, Mary E. Mann, Jane Findlater, Marjorie Bowen, Theodora Combe (2; one a lengthy letter praising a review written by her correspondent, in part, 'The pithiness….was remarked on at the time by those who read it as being really an intellectual review! So many are such nonsense, & so terribly badly expressed.'), Melesina Mary Blount (2), Arabella Kennedy, Beatrice Harraden, Priscilla Craven, D. K. Broster, G. W. Taylor, Georgette Agnew, Mary Crawford Fraser, Maud Driver (discussing her work Lilamani - A Study in Possibilities and stating, in part, 'To say whether one considers such marriages 'a mistake' is always difficult. Broadly speaking they make for unhappiness'), Curtis Yorke, Annie E. Holdsworth, Alice Perrin, Florence Barclay, Peggy Webling (2; wrote an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for the stage in 1927, notable for being the first time in which Frankenstein's monster was named after its creator), Margaret Legge, Maude Annesley (forwarding some autographs for her correspondent's collection and commenting 'I could let you have Ouida's if you like, but, as these are now very valuable, I am selling them for 10/- each for a charity') Gertrude Baillie Reynolds, Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lucas Malet, Helen Mathers, Effie Maria Albanesi, Elizabeth Robins, Maud Stepney Rawson (in full 'Why is it that pens - when one wishes to comply with a flattering request such as yours - always jib (or is it 'Gib' - but surely not 'jibe' or gibe? I can never spell the word'), Violet A. Simpson, Elizabeth Ellis, Agnes Grozier Herbertson, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Muriel Hine, Alice Muriel Williamson (also signed by her husband Charles Norris Williamson), Ruby Ayres, Miriam Alexander, Amy Dora Reynolds, Caroline Grosvenor, Elinor Glyn, Florence Henniker, Emma Brooke, Isobel Osbourne etc. Some of the letters make brief references to the subject's works. Some light age wear, generally about VG, 74         

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LITERATURE: John Fowles (1926-2005) English Novelist. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A Maggot, First Edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. Signed by Fowles in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket; Joseph Heller (1923-1999) American Writer. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Closing Time, the sequel to Catch 22, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster, London, 1994. Signed by Heller in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a hardback edition of Tales from the Forbidden Planet, edited by Roz Kaveney, published by Titan Books Ltd., London, 1987, being a special contributors first edition limited to fifty copies (this copy lettered Q) and containing five 8vo printed sheets loosely inserted at the back, each multiple signed by various writers and artists including Brian Aldiss, Jim Burns, Keith Roberts, Chris Achilleos, Josephine Saxton, Ian Gibson, Louise Cooper, Jody Scott, Lisa Tuttle, Harry Harrison, Bill Sanderson, Ramsey Campbell, Tanith Lee, Iain Banks, John Brunner etc. Bound in light grey cloth and with black and red title and contained in the original matching slipcase. VG, 3

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 NASH JOHN: (1752-1835) British Architect of the Regency & Georgian eras whose designs include the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, Marble Arch and Buckingham Palace. A.L.S., John Nash, one page, 4to, Pavilion, Brighton, 30th October 1819, to a gentleman. Nash states 'The bearer is a man of very excellent character is a candidate to succeed to the management of the Brewery at Greenwich Hospital' and continues 'he is a millwright as well as Brewer & which I apprehend will be a very desirable additional qualification in a business which has so much to do with mills, pumps and other machinery', further adding that he is anxious to secure the appointment on their behalf and will consider it a personal favour. With blank integral leaf. A contemporary note to the verso indicates that Lord Melville had already filled the post before Nash's letter was received. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a small, light, circular stain only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature, otherwise VG   Robert Dundas (1771-1851) 2nd Viscount Melville. British Statesman who served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1812-27 and 1828-30.   Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy from 1692-1869. Today it is known as the Old Royal Naval College and is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich.   At the time of the present letter Nash was working on the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, extending the original building in 1815 and completing his work in 1822. 

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REYNOLDS JOSHUA: (1723-1792) English Painter. Ink signature ('J Reynolds') and three additional lines of text in his hand, on a piece irregularly clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Five further partial lines of text appear to the verso, seemingly referring to a picture which cannot be sent away immediately. Rare. Some light, minor staining and age wear, about VG

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 TURNER J. M. W.: (1775-1851) English Painter. A rare illustrated A.L.S., with his initials J M W T, one page, 12mo, n.p. ('at home'), 9th January n.y. ('1/2 past 1 Thursday night'), to [Andrew] Geddes. Turner informs his correspondent that the Council have fixed the date of Friday 19th, 'so I hope you will or can make the [dinner, at this point in the letter Turner has added a small illustration of a knife, fork and spoon] for Tuesday….' With integral address leaf in Turner's hand, again signed by him with his initials ('JMWT'; a little smudged) in the lower left corner of the address panel and bearing the remnants of a small black wax seal. A charming letter enhanced by Turner's small original drawing. Together with an A.L.S., Adela Geddes, three pages, 8vo, Brunswick Gardens, Campden Hill, 17th December 1869, to a gentleman [Rev. C. W. Furse]. Geddes announces 'At last I am happy to be able to fulfil my promise and enclose you the note from our friend Turner' and continues 'It really is a valuable memento; as he so very rarely took the trouble to write an answer to any of our invitations', further adding 'In my search for this one I came upon another written with pencil upon the back of my own note, and he has absolutely sealed this one. I am happy you are to be the possessor of it, as like myself you are a true lover of this great man'. Also including a pale blue envelope headed in an unidentified hand 'To be preserved' and further annotated 'A note of J. M. W. Turner R.A. to Mr. Geddes. Given to the Revd. C. W. Furse Decr. 1869 by the widow of Mr. Geddes'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, generally VG, 3   Andrew Geddes (1783-1844) Scottish Portrait Painter & Etcher, elected as an associate of the Royal Academy in 1832. Husband of Adela Geddes (1791-1881) from 1827, the youngest daughter of the miniaturist Nathaniel Plimer (1757-1822). 

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 CONSTABLE JOHN: (1776-1837) English Landscape Painter. A fine ink signature ('John Constable') and three lines of additional text in his hand on a piece neatly clipped from the conclusion of a letter, also bearing the address ('35 Charlotte Street') and date, 30th September 1825, in Constable's hand. To the verso appears the partial address panel and small remnants of a black wax seal, indicating that Constable's correspondent resided at Marlborough Park Cottage near Isleworth. Some light age wear and minor traces of former mounting to the verso and a couple of light stains caused by the seal, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG 

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 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French Painter and Illustrator. An amusing A.L.S., T-Lautrec, on two sides of a correspondence card, n.p., n.d. (c.1892-94), to Francois [Gauzi] ‘Old chap’, in French. The artist states that his zany caretaker had sent his correspondent by post the text of a telegram which he must have received and continues to add that the police officers came for Bourges only, further enquiring about any news from Toulouse and his correspondent’s exhibition. The artist concludes his letter in a self-effacing manner, ‘I am preparing to clear off…..I’ve almost found a place for all my turnips at this point. Which means – you’ll be surprised – that I haven’t wasted my time. I’m feeling blue about it’. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG   Francois Gauzi (1862-1933) French Painter, Illustrator & Engraver, a friend of Toulouse-Lautrec who painted his portrait.    Toulouse-Lautrec’s reference to his paintings as ‘navets’ (‘turnips’) might nowadays be more correctly translated as ‘daubs’. The artist had also used the same humble expression on other occasions, for example in a letter to his mother sending news of the opening of an exhibition and remarking that his ‘turnips’ had received good reviews from the press and critiques. Today, the French commonly use the word ‘navet’ to describe a bad movie. 

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 DUBUFFET JEAN: (1901-1985) French Painter & Sculptor. T.L.S., Jean Dubuffet, one page, 4to, Vence, 10th October 1959, to Georges Fall, in French. Dubuffet states that his secretary, Madame Neumann, has written to inform him that Fall 'did not meet the sale of the album of colour lithographs which was delivered to you a few months ago, and that this book embarrasses you', further adding that he himself had several requests 'that I could not satisfy for lack of a sufficient number of copies'. Some light, minor creasing to the edges and a small tear to the centre of the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG   Georges Fall (1920-2014) French Publisher and Writer. In 1954 Fall began publishing Le Musee de poche ('The Pocket Museum'), a successful collection of monographs on contemporary artists which included essays on Jean Dubuffet and other artists. 

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DE KOONING WILLEM: (1904-1997) Dutch-American Abstract Expressionist Artist. Signed colour 6 x 4 postcard photograph of the artist standing in a three quarter length pose, with his back to the camera, as he admires a large painting before him, 1984. Signed ('de Kooning') in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. VG

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 DERAIN ANDRE: (1880-1954) French Artist, Painter & Sculptor, a co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. A.L.S., A Derain, one page, 4to, Chambourcy, 24th February 1948, to Monsieur Gas, in French. Derain informs his correspondent that 'It is impossible for me at present to contemplate an exhibition of my paintings', continuing to add that various reasons prevent him and explaining 'The principal is that previous and absolutely formal engagements are one reason, the other reason is that I do not wish at present to stage any event. The time is not yet right'. Some very light creasing and minor age wear to the edges of the letter and a small, minor paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner, about VG 

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 VAN DONGEN KEES: (1877-1968) Dutch-French Painter, a leading figure associated with Fauvism. A.L.S., Van Dongen et Jasmy, also on behalf of his mistress, one page, oblong 8vo, Villa Said, 10th September n.y., to an unidentified correspondent, in French. The artist informs his correspondent that he had enjoyed a pleasant visit from Madame Dubois and continues to invite them to view his landscape paintings of the coast of Normandy. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and uniform age toning and a couple of small pin holes to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. About VG   Jasmy Jacob, also known as Lea Alvin, was a married socialite who managed a haute couture house and with whom Van Dongen maintained a close relationship from 1917-27. 

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 ROUAULT GEORGES: (1871-1958) French Fauvist & Expressionist Painter. Vintage signed sepia 6.5 x 4.5 photograph of the artist in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Yvonne Chevalier of Paris and bearing her credit stamp to the verso. Signed ('G Rouault') in blue ink to a clear area at the lower right edge of the image. Dated 1st August 1953 in pencil in an unidentified hand to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor silvering to the corners, otherwise VG 

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 GRANT CARY: (1904-1986) British-born American Actor, Academy Award winner. A good vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 10 photograph of Grant seated in a full length pose, dating from around the time that he starred in the romantic comedy mystery film Charade (1963) opposite Audrey Hepburn. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. A few light surface creases, otherwise about VG 

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 PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. Book signed and inscribed, being a paperback edition of Portrait of Picasso by Roland Penrose, second completely revised and enlarged edition published by Lund Humphries Ltd., London, 1971, the first edition in 1956 issued to commemorate the artist's seventy-fifth birthday. Signed ('Picasso') by Picasso in blue ink to the front free endpaper, with an inscription in French to his friend and physician Dr. Jean Stehelin, dated 5th March 1972 in Picasso's hand. Some light staining to the lower edges of the cover and front free endpaper, not affecting the signature or inscription, G   Jean Stehelin (1903-1973) French Doctor, the long-time physician and friend to Picasso. Stehelin died in Cannes less than three weeks after Picasso had passed away. 

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 DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. A fine book signed, twice, being a hardback edition of Dali - A Study of his Art-in-Jewels, edited by Lida Livingston and with a foreword by A. Hyatt Mayor and comments and captions by the artist, published by The New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1965. The book features 31 colour plate illustrations of jewels designed by Dali and which formed the collection of The Owen Cheatham Foundation. Signed ('Dali') by the artist in bold pencil with a typically large signature to the half title page and again signed ('Dali') in blue crayon with his name alone beneath his frontispiece portrait, the image being a close-up study of the artist by Philippe Halsman. Bound with a black cloth spine with gilt lettering and faux vellum boards featuring Dali's gilt stamped facsimile signature. Contained in the original colour illustrated slipcase. Some very light, minor age wear to the slipcase, the book EX 

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WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. A good signed colour 6 x 4 postcard, being a reproduction of Warhol's Marilyn Diptych (1962) featuring repeated images of the portrait of the actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. Signed ('Andy Warhol') in bold black ink by the artist with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. About EX

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WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Wayne standing outdoors in a three quarter length pose wearing a cowboy costume. Signed in bold black ink across a largely light area of the image, 'Buzzy - Be happy, John Wayne'. VG

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SEARLE RONALD: (1920-2011) British Artist and Cartoonist, creator of St. Trinian's school. An attractive printed slim 4to dinner menu from the SS Canberra for Friday, 2nd July 1976, featuring a colour reproduction to the cover of a cartoon of Little Buttercup by Searle, being one of the original drawings made for the animated feature film Dick Deadeye. Signed by the artist in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated July 1981 in his hand. A printed verse entitled Little Buttercup from HMS Pinafore appears to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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 DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens, two pages (the final and fourth sides of a folded sheet), 8vo, Broadstairs, Kent, 9th October 1851, to Mrs. Morson. Dickens encloses a cheque for £45 (no longer present) and continues 'It is indeed disheartening to hear of the conduct of your untoward charges'. He continues 'You can take my ragged school case now, can you not? Mr. Tennant does not appear to know anything about the other cases, as well as I can make out. You will receive some information I suppose'. In concluding he explains that he will return to town on the 25th and will come and see her then. Some very light agewear, otherwise VG Mrs Morson, to whom this letter was written, was employed as superintendent at Urania Cottage, a home for fallen women which had been established by Dickens and Angela Burdett-Coutts at Shepherd's Bush. 

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COUTTS THOMAS: (1735-1822) British Banker, founder of the banking house of Coutts & Co. A.L.S., Thomas Coutts, two pages, 8vo, Strand, London, 22nd August 1811, to a gentleman. Coutts states that he has safely received a box of grouse from his correspondent, remarking 'I am extremely oblig'd by your kind attention and remembrance and Mrs. Coutts unites with me in compliments & thanks to yourself & your sons and Lady & Miss. Gordon in all which Lady Guilford begs also to join'. Coutts further expresses sympathy for his correspondent's recent severe indisposition and hopes that he is now recovered. Some light overall age wear and minor traces of former mounting to the left edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of text which remain legible. G

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 BENEDICT XV: (1854-1922) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1914-22. A fine A.L.S., Benedictus PP XV, four pages, small 4to, The Vatican, 29th September 1916, to Giorgio Gusmini, on attractive colour embossed stationery featuring the Papal armorial incorporating the coat of arms of the della Chiesa family with the imperial eagle added in chief, in Italian. The Pope announces ‘I applaud the warning that You gave to Rocca d’Adria: we hope that today’s publication of the “Unita Cattolica”….managed to open his eyes’ and continues ‘when he published that Conte Dalla Torre attended the Cova banquet I wrote to him myself that “it was a lie”. Now I do not understand what he is referring to, and from whom he receives the pieces of paper [containing messages] of which Your Eminence provided me with a specimen’, further explaining ‘I can affirm that such pieces of paper do not come from the Vatican. Rocca d’Adria seems to mention something that was done a long time ago (such a thing ended long before the death of Leo XIII) but at that time this thing could have been legitimate; now it is surely not, because it is ignored by the Pope and by the Cardinal Secretary of State!!’ The Pope also adds ‘Actually, I would like to shed light, because I do not deny that a Prelate – now fully pushed away from the Vatican – acted as inspiration for foreign newspapers, it could be that he tricked Rocca d’Arbia too: Your Eminence, find out the source of these pieces of paper…..that are lying!’ The Pope concludes by remarking that he is happy to see the positive news regarding his correspondent’s health, refers to an upcoming visit to Bologna (‘I cannot say that I am happy about the feast that is intended to take place to celebrate my visit’), and also writes ‘Concerning Molinello, this evening Mons. Boggiani told me that he is waiting for a reply from Your Eminence: the benefit shall be such that I have even agreed to pay the six thousand lira that were demanded!’ Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Pope. A letter of intriguing content, About EX   Giorgio Gusmini (1855-1921) Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Bologna 1914-21.   Cesare Algranati (1865-1925) Italian Journalist who wrote under the pseudonym of Rocca d’Adria. Born into a family of Jewish origin, he converted to Catholicism and anti-Masonicism.    Giuseppe Dalla Torre (1885-1967) Italian Journalist, director of the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano from 1920-60.   

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 SCHWEITZER ALBERT: (1875-1965) Alsatian Theologian, Musician, Philosopher & Physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1952. A.L.S., Albert Schweitzer, and again in the third person, one page, oblong 8vo, Lambarene, 15th August 1960, in French. The testimonial letter states, in full, 'I, the undersigned Albert Schweitzer, doctor of medicine, certify by the present [document] that Mademoiselle Margrieta Dingena van der Kreek, of Dutch nationality, a Dutch doctor of medicine, has been working in my hospital at Lambarene in the capacity of chief of medical services since March 1955 up to the fifteenth August 1960 and was appreciated by the doctors of my hospital and by me, equally for the work she performed as for her spirit of dedication.' Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG   Margrieta van der Kreek (1926-    ) Dutch Doctor who served as Schweitzer's chief of medical services at his hospital in Gabon from 1955-60. 

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EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1923) French Civil Engineer & Architect, best known for the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris. A good autograph statement signed, G. Eiffel, on an 8vo page removed from an album, n.p., (Paris), n.d. (dated 14th July 1889 in an unidentified hand to the upper right corner), in French. Eiffel writes, in full, 'Paris is, at this time, eager to give the universe its warmest welcome'. A fine, boldly penned example with a good association to the Eiffel Tower, created as the entrance to the Exposition Universelle of 1889. Some very light, extremely minor age toning, largely to the edges, VG

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CAPABLANCA JOSE RAUL: (1888-1942) Cuban Chess player, World Champion 1921-27. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of The World's Championship Chess Match Played at Havana between Jose Raul Capablanca and Dr. Emanuel Lasker with an introduction, the scores of all the games annotated by the champion, together with statistical matter and the biographies of the two masters, being a privately printed First Edition with an introduction by Hartwig Cassel, 1921. Signed and inscribed by Capablanca to the front free endpaper and dated Havana, 13th December 1921 in his hand. The limited edition, of 600 copies, is bound in the original dark red cloth and with a gilt title (extensively rubbed) to the front cover. Some staining and light age wear, not affecting the signature or inscription, G

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ASTAIRE & ROGERS: Fred Astaire (1899-1987) American Actor & Dancer, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Astaire in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Fred Astaire') in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background; Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) American Actress & Dancer, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Rogers standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('Ginger Rogers') in bold black ink with her name alone to a clear area of the image. Some very light, extremely minor surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG, 2

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 DARWIN CHARLES: (1809-1882) English Naturalist. A.L.S., Ch. Darwin, one page, 8vo, Bassett, Southampton, 26th January n.y., to a gentleman, presumably a publisher. Darwin asks for a copy to be sent to Down, further instructing his correspondent 'but mark outside “not to be forwarded.” for I shall not return home for a week's time'. A single ink stroke runs vertically through the centre of the majority of the letter, not touching the signature and in no way detracting from the legibility. Lightly mounted to card, with a small light stain to the lower edge and a very minor area of paper loss to the upper left corner, neither of which affect the text or signature. About VG   Darwin's correspondent was most likely employed at the publishers Williams and Norgate who specialised in British and foreign scholarly and scientific literature. They published the periodical Natural History Review as well as works by Thomas Henry Huxley and Herbert Spencer. The ink annotation on the present letter, indicating that Darwin's request had been actioned, is typical of their practice.   Bassett was the location of the home of William Erasmus Darwin (1839-1914), the eldest son of Charles and Emma Darwin and the subject of psychological studies made by his father. Darwin was particularly fond of his son, describing him as 'a prodigy of beauty & intellect' at his birth.   The present letter does not appear to be recorded at the University of Cambridge's Darwin Correspondence Project although seventeen other letters from Darwin to Williams and Norgate are listed, dating between 1860-80. 

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 BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. D.S., I K Brunel, being a signed cheque, London, 10th October 1835. The attractive partially printed cheque, completed entirely in Brunel's hand, is drawn on Messrs, Drummond and is made payable to Mr. Marks for the sum of £35.0.0. Very slightly irregularly torn to the left edge and with some light overall creasing and age wear and a small hole as standard. Brunel's signature is unaffected by any bank cancellations. About VG 

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 NOBEL ALFRED: (1833-1896) Swedish Chemist, Inventor & Philanthropist. Known for his invention of dynamite, Nobel bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. An extremely rare A.L.S., A Nobel, two pages, 8vo, Brussels, 17th October 1895, to Oscar Ljungstrom, in Swedish. Nobel writes concerning the development of a ball sledge and other apparatus, stating, in part, ‘It is hard for me to believe that they in America have not made any attempts in this direction about which you first and foremost have to be informed. With this, I will not say the task cannot succeed although until now it has failed but there is a big saving of time, work and money with the knowhow of what others have done before. In pure mechanical direction, many very ingenious persons are working. The piece of the engine can be directed to make it good enough but it is maybe not necessary as the combustion possibilities are highly significant, which is shown in explosions in the mine, even without marsh gas’ and concluding ‘My coal engine is principally very interesting. It opens a new horizon. I know it is now in good hands’. A letter of good scientific content. Some light overall age toning and a couple of minor stains to the text, not affecting the legibility of the letter, an area of paper loss to the lower corner of the first page and a few neat splits at some folds and a few extremely minor pinholes to some corners, about G   Oscar Ljungstrom (1868-1943) Swedish Archivist at the Urban Engineering office in Stockholm. Brother of Fredrik Ljungstrom (1875-1964) Swedish Engineer & Inventor who was mentored by, and later collaborated with, Alfred Nobel.    The present letter is written a little over a month before Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. In his will the chemist set aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prizes, to be awarded annually without distinction of nationality.    

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 KELVIN LORD: (1824-1907) Irish-born British Mathematical Physicist and Engineer. A.L.S., William Thomson, one page, 8vo, Loch Luichart, Ross-shire, 4th October 1890, to J. Lauder Esq. The future Lord Kelvin thanks his correspondent for their letter 'announcing to me that I am re-elected as a Vice President of the Athenaeum'. One minor, light stain, only very slightly affecting a few words of text and not the signature, otherwise VG 

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 RAMSAY WILLIAM: (1852-1916) Scottish Chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1904. A.L.S., W Ramsay, one page, 8vo, New York, 7th September 1904, to 'My dear Conbrough', on the printed stationery of the Hotel Seville. Ramsay announces, 'What a cosmopolite you are!' and continues to add that he thinks he shall be safe in accepting their invitation, confirming that he has made a note of the date and remarking 'only a command from the Pres. of the U.S. will stop me lunching with you on that day'. A charming letter written in the same year in which Ramsay was awarded his Nobel Prize. Some light overall age wear and a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, causing some very slight thinning to the paper in a few places, G   Theodore Roosevelt was serving as President of the United States at the time of the present letter. 

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 EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. An unusual and attractive large D.S., Albert Edward P, as Prince of Wales, at the head, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, n.p., 5th August 1863. The manuscript document is an indenture made between the Prince of Wales and Sir Charles Phipps & James Gardiner and grants a release in respect of the Gurney Court Trust. With a second, slightly smaller indenture affixed at the foot. Together with a D.S., Nugent Buckingham, by George Nugent-Temple-Grenville (1753-1813) 1st Marquess of Buckingham, British Statesman, one page (vellum), folio, n.p., 12th November 1793, being a military commission appointing Philip Hills to be a Captain Lieutenant in the Militia Forces. Some folds and light overall age wear, G to about VG, 2   Charles Phipps (1801-1866) British Soldier & Courtier, Equerry in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and Private Secretary to Prince Albert. Phipps was appointed Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall in 1862 and appointed to the Council of the Prince of Wales in 1863.   

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 EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. Vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the stiff cream small 8vo card now neatly split into two halves features a sepia image to the inside of the young Prince standing in a full length pose in naval uniform. Signed ('Edward P', as Prince of Wales) beneath a printed greeting dated 1911 and inscribed in his hand to Colonel Campbell. With the gold embossed Prince of Wales feathers to the centre of the front cover. Some light staining and age wear, G   The present card dates from the first year of the future King being Prince of Wales, his investiture having taken place at Caernarfon Castle on 13th July 1911. 

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GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH: GEORGE VI (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & ELIZABETH (1900-2002) Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth individually, the stiff cream 4to folding card featuring an image to the inside of a view of Windsor Castle taken from distance and with the trees of Windsor Great Park visible in the foreground. Signed ('George R') by the King and signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen, each with their names alone in bold blue fountain pen inks beneath a printed greeting. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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 CHARLES & DIANA: CHARLES: (1948-     ) Prince of Wales & DIANA (1961-1997) Princess of Wales. A.N.S., Charles and Diana, by both the Prince and Princess individually, to the front of a plain envelope, n.p., n.d., to David. The note is in the hand of Prince Charles and he sends the recipient 'many thanks', the envelope evidently originally accompanied by a gift. Both signatures are faded, particularly that of Princess Diana, however they remain legible. Some minor foxing and light creasing, G 

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 VISITOR’S BOOK: A good dark leather bound oblong 4to Visitor’s Book previously belonging to the Liverpool Seamen’s Friend Society and Gordon Smith Institute for Seamen, dating from 1927-62 and containing over 1000 signatures by a wide variety of famous individuals including Basil Hitchcock, Lewis Clinton-Baker, Earl of Lytton, Sefton Brancker, Frank Benson, Edward R. G. R. Evans, Percy Dean VC, Gladys Cooper, John Martin Harvey, Gordon Campbell VC, William Goodenough, John Jellicoe, Lord Russell of Liverpool, Duff Cooper, Cecil Romer, Roger Keyes, Henry Oliver, Hamilton Harty, Martin Dunbar-Nasmith VC, Isobel Baillie, Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Gracie Fields, Turner Layton, Clarence Johnstone, Sophie Tucker, Georgie Wood, Estelle Winwood, Gerald du Maurier, Mildred Bruce, Randolph Churchill. Prince George, Duke of Kent, Geoffrey Lawrence (later Baron Oaksey), Ethel Snowden, Katharine Atholl, King George VI (2; one signed Albert as Duke of York in 1934 and the other George R I, as King in 1941), Cedric Hardwicke, David Maxwell Fyfe, Cyril Fuller, Edward Unwin VC, Princess Alice, Jean Batten, Prince Bernhard, Philip Noel Baker, Kingsley Wood, Wilfred Pickles, Esmond Knight, Percy Noble, James Dorling, Robert Hornell, Vincent Massey, Edwina Mountbatten, Princess Mary, Princess Marina, Arthur Power, Denis Boyd, William Tennant, Louis Mountbatten, Mark Pizey and many other naval and military officers, politicians and other dignitaries (mayors etc.) etc. Some of the signatures appear on multiple occasions and the majority have added their address and date etc. in their hands. Lacking the spine and the front board loose. Some light overall age wear, G 

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 GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94. A.L.S., W E Gladstone, two pages, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 28th December 1893, to Lord Charles Russell. Gladstone informs his correspondent, in full, 'The note you have kindly sent me about Scott's observation on his Bride of Lammermuir is interesting and characteristic. I have the greatest pleasure in thanking you for it because I am now furnished with an opportunity of wishing you heartily and in every sense a happy Christmas tide and New Year.' With very light age wear, otherwise VG Lord Charles Russell (1807-1894) British Soldier and Whig Politician. The Bride of Lammermoor, an historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819. 

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CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. A printed 8vo menu for the Annual Dinner of the Cambridge University Conservative Association at The Red Lion Hotel on 5th March 1926, at which Churchill was a guest of honour, signed (‘W S Churchill’) by Churchill in fountain pen ink with his name alone to the verso and also signed in ink and pencil by four other unidentified individuals. Together with Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) British Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924-29 and 1935-37. A printed 8vo menu for the Annual Dinner of the Cambridge University Conservative Association at The Red Lion Hotel on 4th March 1927, at which Baldwin was a guest of honour, signed (‘Stanley Baldwin’) by Baldwin in pencil with his name alone to the verso and also bearing the pencil signatures of ten other individuals present at the dinner. A light area of discoloration slightly affecting Baldwin’s signature and some light overall foxing and age wear to both menus, G, 2

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Selection of signed clipped pieces (2), T.Ls.S. (2), A.L.S. (1) etc., by various British Prime Ministers comprising Harold Wilson (a good T.L.S., Harold Wilson, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 30th April 1974, to Willie Hamilton, on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister, marked Personal and Confidential, referring to an article in Private Eye and stating, in part, ‘As you will know, it is not the practice, in the House or in any other way, to comment on security matters. But I think you should know that the article is in a number of essential aspects inaccurate. I do not propose to comment further on it; legal advisers are considering what action should be taken on it. If this is pursued by Opposition backbenchers, I shall remind them that…..in 1964 I introduced the requirement that all members of the Prime Minister’s staff, whether paid from public funds or not, must be positively vetted. I shall tell them that Mrs. Williams was so vetted in 1964…..I shall further tell them that neither between October 1964 and June 1970 nor since 4th March 1974 has Mrs. Williams received classified papers or information such as might render her liable to be regarded as a security target.’, accompanied by the original envelope), Margaret Thatcher (T.L.S., Margaret Thatcher, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, 23rd September 1983, to Willie Hamilton, on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister, thanking her correspondent for their letter regarding finance for small businesses in Scotland and adding that she has asked George Younger to reply on her behalf), Gordon Brown (A.L.S., Gordon, one page, 4to, London, n.d., to Willie [Hamilton], on the printed stationery of the House of Commons, stating that it had been good to see his correspondent and their wife again recently at a lunch and adding ‘You asked about the use of the House. Here is the application form [no longer present] to enjoy some of the facilities’) and Anthony Eden (2; each signed pieces). Together with a series of eleven different Christmas greetings cards from Harold & Mary Wilson (most bearing facsimile signatures and two signed by Mary Wilson, also on behalf of her husband) and three different Christmas cards from James & Audrey Callaghan, each bearing facsimile signatures. Also including a small selection of T.Ls.S. etc., by various British politicians including Michael Foot, Denis Healey, Roy Jenkins etc. (each to Rosemary Davidson, the publicity manager of Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., 1992). Some light creasing and minor age wear, G to generally VG, 24 Willie Hamilton (1917-2000) British Politician who served as a Labour Member of Parliament for various constituencies in Fife, Scotland, between 1950 and 1987, and was known for his strong republican views. Marcia Falkender (1932-2019) Baroness Falkender. British Politician, the private and political secretary to Harold Wilson from 1956 (when she was known as Marcia Williams) onwards.

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 [CARY ROBERT]: (1898-1979) British Politician, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India and Burma 1942-45 and later to the Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons 1951-55. An interesting archive of A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. written to Cary from the 1940s onwards by various British politicians and some other famous individuals, including Edward Heath, Winston S. Churchill (grandson of the Prime Minister), Clementine Churchill (torn in two at the centre, not affecting the signature), Christopher Soames, Randolph Churchill (referring to subscribers to the Duff Cooper Fund, 1955) Emanuel Shinwell (in part ‘Thanks for your comments on my reference to Monty; I am furious about the snide remarks by some people. They can say what they like, I knew him for a human being’, April 1976), John Stonehouse, Bernard Weatherill, Leo Amery (3; in part, ‘We must only hope that it will not be many weeks before our victorious army will have disposed of all the doodlebug launching sites. The news certainly is wonderful and the landslide is moving with increasing velocity every day. The interesting question now is whether Japan will follow suit or will offer a prolonged resistance alone’, August 1944, ‘For the last couple of years I have begun to do what Winston has done for the last forty years, put in an hour or so in or on my bed after lunch. Also take to breakfast in bed’ May 1954), Roy Jenkins (regarding income tax and interest on bank overdrafts, 1969), Willie Whitelaw (to Lady Cary on the health of her husband, 1969), Horace King, Selwyn Lloyd, Michael Heseltine (in part, ‘Anxiety, as you rightly say, has become the national characteristic for too many people’, 1976) etc., also including a small selection of autograph letters and notes in the hand of Cary, some typescripts and various printed ephemera etc. relating to his career, including an A.L.S., Robert, three pages, 8vo, Westminster, 18th December n.y., to fellow politician Patrick Buchan Hepburn, referring to Winston Churchill, in part, ‘I ran into the P.M. who was clucking about like a worried hen trying to get a question put down….He wanted a peg on which to hang a suitable answer to the speech of Marshal Zhukov. The Table had refused already a question sent over by hand. There was something slightly Grockish in our most ancient Parliamentarian being refused (as if he were a new Member on his first day) his first question – which was declared completely out of order…..The P.M. & myself…..went to his room…..& ways were examined to make a question possible which would go down in my name….A messenger arrived saying the Mr. Speaker wished to see me…..Shakes remained quite adamant, & said that Winston’s proposed action would only provoke a lot of boisterous & unwanted supplementaries……The Prime Minister’s proper course was to issue from No. 10 a statement of contradiction of the Marshal….’, memorial service programmes for Sir Harold Bowden, Viscount Crookshank etc., General Election pamphlets etc., a letter addressed to all Members of Parliament on the conduct of Lord Beaverbrook in authorising his newspapers to publish adverse comments on members of the British Royal family, manuscript copy of a speech regarding a proposal to televise proceedings in the House of Commons and stating that he wished a visual record had been made of various historic moments in the House including the abdication debate of 1937, the declaration of war in 1939 and ‘Sir Winston Churchill coming to that box & delivering his immortal speech “I have nothing to offer but blood, tears & sweat”’, menu for Cary’s 70th Birthday Dinner at the House of Commons on 27th May 1968 etc. Some light overall age wear, generally G to about VG, 125 

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 FREDERICK II: (1712-1786) King of Prussia 1740-86. Known as Frederick the Great and remembered for his military victories. L.S., Frederic, one page, folio, Berlin, 3rd February 1741, to a minister in Cologne, in French. The King congratulates his correspondent for their report on the state of general affairs and instructs him to investigate the prince-elector of Cologne and his claim on the Court of Munich. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and foxing to the edges, not significantly affecting the text or signature, G   Clemens August of Bavaria (1700-1761) Archbishop-Elector of Cologne who personally crowned his brother, Charles VII (1697-1745, Prince-Elector of Bavaria 1726-45 & Holy Roman Emperor 1742-45), as Emperor at Frankfurt in 1742.  

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METTERNICH KLEMENS VON: (1773-1859) Austrian Diplomat, Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire 1809-48 and Chancellor of the Austrian Empire 1821-48. A.L.S., Metternich, one page, 4to, Florence, 26th March 1819, to Monsieur Bori, in French. Metternich requests that his correspondent make a payment to Santarelli and explains that he will be in a position to repay him when he is in Rome. With blank integral leaf. Some light uniform age toning and with a neat split to the right edge of the central fold, close to, but not affecting, the text or signature, G

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 SINGH MASTER TARA: (1885-1967) Sikh Political and Religious Leader. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Tara Singh seated in a half length pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated 26th June 1956 in his hand. From the noted autograph collection of Rev. Cornelius Greenway (1896-1968). Some slight corner creasing, about VG 

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MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. T.L.S., N Mandela, one page, 4to, n.p. (Cape Town, South Africa), 1st March 1995, to Jack Lennard, Executive Director of The Wilberforce Council, on the printed stationery of the President of the Republic of South Africa featuring a blind embossed seal. Mandela thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'I still possess the Council's tie which you so graciously sent to me 6 years ago', further adding 'I wish the Wilberforce Council all the best in its endeavours and regret that I am still unable, because of the demands of office, to play and active role in the affairs of the Council'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and one line of text partially affected by the central horizontal fold, although still legible. About VG

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WRIGHT BROTHERS: WILBUR (1867-1912) & ORVILLE (1871-1948) American Aviators who invented and built the world's first successful airplane and made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on 17th December 1903. An exceptional and extremely rare vintage signed sepia 8.5 x 6.5 photograph by both Wilbur and Orville Wright individually, and further signed by their sister Katharine Wright (1874-1929, American Teacher who became an international celebrity when she accompanied her brothers on trips to Europe), the historic and engaging image depicting Wilbur Wright flying a Wright Model A aircraft above farmland at Pont Long, near Pau, France, in early February 1909, as several farmers accompanied by livestock and carriages look upwards. Photograph by the Daily Mirror of London and bearing their printed credit to the lower border of the photographer’s mount. Signed by Wilbur, Orville and Katharine Wright in dark fountain pen inks with their names alone to a light area at the base of the image. Photographs of this fine quality signed by both of the Wright Brothers are highly desirable and extremely rare and the present example is even more so for the addition of Katharine Wright’s signature. Attractively matted and framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 15.5 x 14. About EX Wilbur Wright had travelled to France in 1908 in order to give flying demonstrations and on 14th January 1909 settled at the elite resort town of Pau where he was given access to a large flying field with the task of training three Frenchmen to fly. It was at this time that Wilbur Wright wore a black leather motorcyclist’s jacket for flying in cold weather – the first instance of a leather aviation jacket being worn. The first of over sixty flights took place at Pau on 3rd February 1909 and, missing his family, Wilbur invited his siblings Orville and Katharine to join him. The flights drew much attention and many famous people came to watch Wilbur fly at Pau, including King Alfonso XIII of Spain and King Edward VII of England. The latter monarch was there to witness Katharine making her second flight on 17th March (her first had taken place at Pau on 15th February) and, vigorously waving his hat and cheering as she and Wilbur flew overhead, the King proclaimed Katharine to be the ‘ideal American’.

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 AVIATION: Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) English Aviation Pioneer, the first to make a night flight during the London to Manchester Air Race, 1910. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Grahame-White seated in a head and shoulders pose in the cockpit of his aircraft. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image; B. C. Hucks (1884-1918) English Aviation Pioneer, the first Briton to perform a loop in an aircraft, 1913. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Hucks seated in a head and shoulders pose, wearing his flying cap, in the cockpit of his aircraft. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated Bath, 23rd May 1912, in his hand. Some light discoloration to the image, only very slightly affecting the signature; William H. Ewen (1879-1947) Scottish Aviation Pioneer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Ewen standing in a half length pose by his aircraft. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 23rd May 1912 in his hand. A very light band of discoloration runs across the centre of the image, not affecting the signature. About VG, 3 

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AVIATION: An unusual oblong 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by the pioneer aviators Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959; ‘I’ll eat with you, I’ll drink with you, I’d drink the ocean dry for you, I’ll lie for you & possibly die for you, But I’ll de d---d if I could fly with you’, dated 18th January 1911 in his hand), Gustav Hamel (1889-1914; with a short verse and date, 24th April 1913, in his hand) and Jean Louis Conneau (1880-1937; dated London, 3rd July 1911 in his hand). Some very light, extremely minor age toning, otherwise VG Provenance: The present page was previously included in an album belonging to the Italian restaurateur Arnolfo Boriani, co-proprietor of the Pall Mall restaurant in London and former employee at the Savoy and Carlton hotels.

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 MOONWALKERS: Buzz Aldrin(1930-   ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Return by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes, being a novel of the human adventure, First Edition published by Tom Doherty Associates LLC, New York, May 2000. Signed by Aldrin in silver ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket; Gene Cernan (1934-2017) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XVII, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan is the eleventh man to walk on the Moon, and the last man on the Moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Last Man on the Moon, First Edition published by St. Martin's Press, New York, March 1999. Signed by Cernan in bold black ink with his name alone to the half title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some extremely minor, very light age wear). VG to about EX, 2           

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 MANGLES ROSS: (1833-1905) British Civil Servant with the Bengal Civil Service, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Indian Mutiny, 30th July 1857. Mangles is one of only five civilians to have been awarded the Victoria Cross. A rare A.L.S., Ross L Mangles, one page, 8vo, Pirbright, Woking, 4th December n.y., to Mrs. Thurlow. Mangles writes, in full, 'The book you refer to is called “The Unknown Life of Christ” by Ivan Nottovich (sic). I will try and get you some stamps.' Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG   The Unknown Life of Christ was actually written by Nicolas Notovitch and published in 1894. Notovitch, a Crimean-Jewish adventurer, claimed to be a Russian Aristocrat, spy and journalist. His book centred around a personal belief, based on a document he had seen at the Hemis Monastery, that Jesus had left Galilee and travelled to India to study Buddhism and Hinduism before returning to Judea. Modern scholars consider Notovitch's claims that Jesus travelled in India to be a hoax. 

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DAY HARRY 'WINGS': (1898-1977) British Second Lieutenant of the Royal Marines during World War I (being awarded the George Cross for an act of bravery two days before the armistice) and later a pilot with the Royal Air Force during World War II. A prisoner of war from 1939-45, Day was involved in the first mass escape of World War II in June 1941 and later planned and organised the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 with Roger Bushell. A.L.S., Wings, on one side of a colour picture postcard, Gzira, Malta, 30th August 1969, to Jimmy James. Day thanks his comrade for their letter, adding 'Have a good time in Lagos. Love to Madge. Keep in touch'. A letter of good association between two of the 26 survivors of the Great Escape. A light stain, presumably caused by an address label having previously been affixed to the card, appears in the lower left corner although does not affect the text or signature. Otherwise about VG

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 JAMES B. A. 'JIMMY': (1915-2008) British Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force. A Prisoner of War from 1940-45, James made numerous efforts to escape from various POW and Concentration Camps, most famously from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 as part of the 'Great Escape'. An extremely rare War date A.L.S., Bert, on one side of a partially printed Kriegsgefangenenlager (Prisoner of War Camp) correspondence card, Stalag Luft I, (Barth), 8th July 1940, to his sister Betty James in St. Albans, in pencil. James asks how his sister is and informs her 'We are now starting a garden outside our window, having just purchased a packet of radish seeds! We being a Fleet Air Arm Lieutenant and the officer Air Gunner with whom I share a room', adding that it is raining hard and concluding 'Cheerio old girl, don't work too hard'. Hand addressed by James to the verso and again signed ('B. A. James, Pilot Officer') in the return address panel, also adding his prisoner number ('2263') in his hand. With several official cancellations. A small tear to the centre of the top edge, not affecting the text or signature, and with some light age wear, otherwise about VG The present letter was written just over one month after James had been taken prisoner following his capture after the Wellington bomber he was flying on was shot down over the Netherlands on 5th June 1940. The air gunner to whom James refers to in the present letter was the American-born rear gunner Bill Webster, a fellow crew member on the Wellington bomber that was shot down. 

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JAMES B. A. 'JIMMY': (1915-2008) British Squadron Leader with the Royal Air Force. A Prisoner of War from 1940-45, James made numerous efforts to escape from various POW and Concentration Camps, most famously from Stalag Luft III in March 1944 as part of the 'Great Escape'. An extremely rare War date A.L.S., Bertram, on one side of a partially printed Kriegsgefangenenlager (Prisoner of War Camp) correspondence card, Stalag Luft III, 30th August 1942, to Miss. Helen Morell, in pencil. James states that he was very glad to have received his correspondent's letter and continues 'Please offer my congrats to Edward on his marriage. There is no chance of my doing the same in the present circumstances!' James further writes 'We moved to our new camp here in April after 21 months at the other place. This is much bigger & on the whole an improvement. Has been filling up pretty steadily & we now have 8 in a room. There are about 700 officers & 1800 sergeants, nearly all RAF. Two King's [School, Canterbury, where James had been educated] chaps here….'. Hand addressed by James to the verso, also adding his name and rank, as well as his prisoner number ('2263'), in his hand to the return address panel. With several official cancellations. A very light vertical fold to the centre and with some extremely light, minor age wear, otherwise VG

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