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McTear's
Los 29

* ANNICK BOUVATTIER,BRIN DE SOLEIL (Sunshine)oil on canvas,signed verso92cm x 65cmFramed.Note: Annick Bouvattier was born in Nevers in the mid sixties. Her father, a paediatrician and art lover, gave her the passion for painting since her early childhood. At the beginning of 1990, she decided to turn to painting exclusively and now lives and works in Paris. Annick paints women, often alone, in almost empty flats only furnished by shadows and light. They are young and pretty, embracing freely their femininity, unconcerned by the look of others. Her work has been exhibited all over France, in New York and at The Catto Gallery, London.

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McTear's
Los 236

MAY BYRNE, EARLY LIGHT 40.5cm x 40.5cm oil on canvas, signed Framed

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Lots Road Auctions
Los 139

NIGHT LIGHT HOLDER, wall mounted Eastern style with mirrored back in ornate gilded metal, 140cm x 84cm.

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Adams
Los 237

A LARGE IRISH GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRASS BOUND FUEL BUCKET, of coopered construction with twin brass side handles. 76cm high x 64.5cm diameterThe mahogany peat or fuel bucket was a ubiquitous fireside companion in Irish country houses of the Georgian era. They tended to be made to a fairly standard design, sometimes reeded or spiral reeded, with brass braiding for stability and swing handles for carrying. The vast majority are no more than ''16'' high and often are accompanied by a matching 'plate bucket', used for ferrying warmed dinner plates from the downstairs kitchen to the dining room.Cut turf and for that matter, logs are by their very nature large and big quantities were needed to maintain day and night-long fires. Standard buckets tended to accommodate relatively small amounts of fuel so in more commodious houses the turf buckets tended to be much larger, some as big as three feet high. As they were too large for the 'help' to carry using a swing handle, these buckets were carried using two applied brass handles on the sides. The present lot, that has come from a lovely Co. Wicklow country house, is one such original Georgian bucket that displays the robust craftsmanship these pieces required just to survive. Their elegance too is desired these days by not just the inhabitants of the great old Irish houses but also by owners of modern streamlined, light-filled apartments where the minimalism of their design is appreciated.

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Adams
Los 279

A CONTEMPORARY FLAT WOVEN KILIM CARPET, 20th Century, of rectangular form, decorated with coloured lozenges and geometric patterns, against a light blue ground, contained within multiple narrow band borders. 295 x 246cm

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Barsby Auctions
Los 2148

Kevin George Oxley (1941-) "Lagoon Light" oil on board, signed lower right, 11cm x 16cm

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Barsby Auctions
Los 2212

Four antique English ceramic vases including Wedgwood jasperware 'Josiah Wedgwood' 5cm high and 2 early 19th century Coalport style, one blue 11cm high, the other light green 20.5cm high

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Barsby Auctions
Los 2255

Rare SWANSEA porcelain oval dish hand painted with floral sprays and strawberries. 26.5 across. Light wear.

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Barsby Auctions
Los 2334

Elioth Gruner (1882-1939) "The Cascade" dry point etching, signed lower left, 16.5 x 12.5cm, with Elioth Gruner, 'The texture of Light' exhibition catalogue 2014, Provenance: Artarmon Galleries, Artarmon 2013

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 1

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Selection of individual signed pieces, cards, album pages, vintage signed postcard photograph (1) by the main cast members, director and original author of the British film Great Expectations (1946) comprising Charles Dickens (novelist; early brown fountain pen ink signature and paraph on a small piece, slightly irregularly clipped to the top edge and with some slight creasing and a light stain at the base, only very slightly affecting the signature), John Mills (Pip, as an adult), Valerie Hobson (Estella, as an adult), Martita Hunt (Miss. Havisham), Alec Guinness (Herbert Pocket, as an adult; fountain pen ink signature and date, 1948, neatly clipped from the lower border of a vintage postcard photograph), Finlay Currie (Abel Magwitch; pencil signature), Jean Simmons (Estella, as a girl), Bernard Miles (Joe Gargery), David Lean (Director), Francis L. Sullivan (Mr. Jaggers) and Anthony Wager (Pip, as a boy; vintage signed postcard photograph). Each of the signatures and photograph are attractively matted alongside each other in dark blue with a promotional printed image for the film at the centre. Framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 14.5 x 18.5. Generally VGIn 1999 David Lean's Great Expectations was ranked fifth in a British Film Institute poll of the top 100 British films.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 106

KELLY & GUINNESS: KELLY GRACE (1929-1982) American Actress, later Princess of Monaco & GUINNESS ALEC (1914-2000) English Actor. Both Academy Award winners. An excellent signed 8 x 10 photograph by both Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness individually, the image depicting the actors in a head and shoulders pose together in costume as Princess Alexandra and Prince Albert from the romantic comedy film The Swan (1956). Signed ('Grace Kelly') by Kelly in black ink with her name alone to a clear area at the base of the image and signed ('Good wishes Alec Guinness') by Guinness in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. An unusual and attractive signed photograph. Some very slight corner creasing, VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 111

ACTORS: Small selection of vintage signed postcard photographs by various film actors comprising Douglas Fairbanks Snr., Walter Connolly, Szoke Szakall (signature a little light in places, although legible), Graham Moffatt, James Hall and Karl Dane. Most with traces of former mounting to the versos and other minor faults, G to about VG, 6

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 117

PUTTI LYA DE: (1897-1931) Hungarian Film Actress of the silent era, noted for her portrayal of vamp characters. An excellent vintage signed colour postcard photograph of Putti in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 148

BEYOND THE FRINGE: A printed 8vo programme for a performance of the comedy stage revue Beyond the Fringe at the Fortune Theatre, London, 1961, individually signed by the performers Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller. All four have signed with their names alone in blue inks to inside pages of the programme along side their portraits and printed biographies. Some light folds, creasing and minor age wear, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 152

PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American Singer & Actor. Signed record sleeve for the album Elvis (1956), signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the verso. Further signed (‘Many thanks! Elvis Presley’) a second time to the plain inner sleeve. Record still present. Some overall age wear and light scuffing and staining, about G Elvis was the second studio album recorded by the singer and released by RCA Victor in October 1956. It spent four weeks at Number One on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year, making Presley the first recording artist to have both albums go straight to Number One in the same year.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 154

MCCARTNEY PAUL: (1942- ) English Singer & Songwriter, a member of The Beatles. Blue ink signature ('All the best! Paul McCartney') to the verso of a colour picture postcard of Fanhams Hall in Ware, Hertfordshire. Also signed and inscribed by Linda McCartney (1941-1998) American Musician & Photographer, first wife of Paul McCartney. Some very light, extremely minor corner creasing, VGProvenance: According to information supplied by the vendor, the signatures of Paul and Linda McCartney were obtained in person by her at a chance meeting with the former Beatle and his wife at Ashford train station in Kent in late 1976 or early 1977. The only item the vendor had to hand which was appropriate for signing was the present postcard of Fanhams Hall which, at the time, was the headquarters of the Chartered Building Societies Institute and where the vendor would teach residential courses. During their conversation, Linda enquired about the vendor's young children, adding their names as an inscription.

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Los 155

MCCARTNEY PAUL: (1942- ) British Musician, a member of The Beatles. Two individual short strips of film cell (each of four frames) from the film A Hard Day's Night, matted in black either side of a colour postcard promoting the soundtrack album of the same name by The Beatles, framed and glazed (perspex) in a plain black frame to an overall size of 11 x 9. Signed ('Cheers! Paul McCartney') in bold black ink to the perspex. Some very light, extremely minor surface abrasions to the perspex, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 158

JACKSON MICHAEL: (1958-2009) American Singer & Songwriter. Signed and inscribed record sleeve for the album Thriller (1982), signed in red ink to a clear area of the front cover featuring an image of Jackson in a three quarter length pose. Record still present. A few minor creases at the edges and some light age wear, otherwise about VG Thriller, the sixth studio album by Jackson, became (and currently remains) the world’s best selling album.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 164

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A.L.S., Edward Elgar, one page, 4to, Cologne, 26th May 1904, to [Alfred H.] Littleton, on the printed stationery of the Dom Hotel. Elgar states that he had hoped to write to his correspondent earlier ('but I have been seized upon & could not find a moment') and continues 'now I am in bed with a chill and must scribble a line to say that it was a splendid performance on Sunday. It was rapturously received', further adding 'Steinbach was splendid, the orchestra the same, chorus very good & the soloists were not bad'. Elgar also informs Littleton that 'Steinbach wanted to talk to Jaeger but there was never any opportunity what with rehearsals & feasts & concerts so I persuaded Jaeger, with much difficulty, to stay yesterday. S[teinbach] wants to conduct the work in London with his orchestra & I think it might be done with Mr. Embleton's assistance' and concludes 'We have had a glorious time but this is rather a sad wind up'. Some light overall creasing and a few small tears to the edges and a couple of small stains, only very slightly affecting the text but not the signature, G Alfred H. Littleton (1845-1914) Chairman of the music publishers Novello & Co. Fritz Steinbach (1855-1916) German Conductor & Composer, associated with the works of Johanne Brahms. Steinbach was the music director of the Gurzenich Orchestra in Cologne from 1902-14. On 22nd May 1904, just a few days before the present letter was written, Steinbach had conducted Elgar's oratorio The Apostles (Op.49) August Jaeger (1860-1909) Anglo-German Music Publisher, a close friend of Elgar. Jaeger wrote reviews for the Musical Times, and of Steinbach's performance of The Apostles he wrote 'Of the performance I can but repeat in the most emphatic manner that, a few trifling mishaps excepted, it was superb, and that Herr Steinbach proved himself a great conductor by the way in which, without any sort of hint from Dr. Elgar, he managed to realise the composer's intention. The orchestra playing was a pure delight from the opening note to the last, and the true value of the orchestration and its tremendous importance as a great factor in the composer's scheme were fully appreciated….No wonder the composer was delighted….'

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 167

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A good printed 8vo Souvenir programme for the fourth annual Music Festival held by the County Borough of Eastbourne at the Winter Garden, Devonshire Park, 5th - 13th November 1926, signed by Elgar in fountain pen ink with his name alone to the clear border beneath his portrait to an inside page. The programme is also signed by nineteen other composers, conductors, singers and musicians who performed at the festival, including Henry J. Wood, Thomas Beecham, Elisabeth Schumann, Harold Samuel, Thomas Dunhill (A.M.Q.S.), Eric Coates, Arthur Catterall, Elsie Suddaby etc. Most have signed to the clear borders beneath their portraits and others alongside printed text. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 168

BRITTEN & PEARS: BRITTEN BENJAMIN (1913-1976) English Composer & PEARS PETER (1910-1986) English Tenor. An 8vo printed programme for a recital by Britten and Pears on behalf of the Merlin Music Society at Monmouth School Hall, 3rd May 1967, signed by both Britten and Pears in bold black and blue inks with their names alone to a clear area of the front cover. Some light folds and minor creasing, otherwise about VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 171

CARUSO ENRICO: (1873-1921) Italian Tenor. A good, original pen and ink self caricature drawn and signed by Caruso, one page, 8vo, Strand, London, 1904. On a sheet of printed stationery from the Hotel Cecil the tenor has boldly penned a self caricature depicting him in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Enrico Caruso') and dated in his hand at the foot of the drawing. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 172

OPERA: A hardback edition of Opera Synopses - A Guide to the Plots and Characters of the Standard Operas by J. Walker McSpadden, published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, revised and enlarged edition, November 1923, signed to the inside pages by several opera singers etc., including Elisabeth Rethberg, Gertrud Kappel, Frida Leider, Lotte Lehmann, Giovanni Zenatello, Elisabeth Schumann, Bruno Walter and a few others. All have signed in bold fountain pen inks. Some light age wear, about VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 176

LEAR EDWARD: (1812-1888) English Artist, Illustrator and Poet. A.L.S., Mr Lear, in the third person, one page, 8vo, Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, n.d. (c.1853), to Mrs. Bond. Lear thanks his correspondent for her obliging letter and the Post Office order for eight shillings, continuing 'The set of songs was sent, yesterday: & Mr. Lear hopes it may arrive safely, though he now wishes he had kept them till he had heard from Mrs. Bond. Mr Church was his adviser, & the address was said to be sufficient to ensure their safety. Should there be any difficulty, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Lear's landlord, will answer any enquiries after Mr. L. has gone'. With integral leaf, the verso of which bears a printed advertisement for the publication of Poems and Songs by Alfred Tennyson, set to music and inscribed to Mrs. Alfred Tennyson by Edward Lear, inviting applications for copies at a price of eight shillings for the set of four. Some light overall age wear, a few minor spots of foxing and a few neat splits at the edges of the folds, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 178

LEAR EDWARD: (1812-1888) English Artist, Illustrator and Poet. A.L.S., Edward Lear, two pages, 8vo, Villa Emily, San Remo, 15th March 1881, to Miss. Cobden. Lear explains that he had to write a hurried answer to her note, as he did not want to keep her messenger, and now writes again 'to say that a visit from you, as well as from any of your friends, will give me pleasure', further suggesting a convenient time for tomorrow and also commenting 'There are some Greek views belonging to Earl Derby shortly going away - which I should like to show you, as well as 2 others….& various other Geographies or Topographies'. Some overall age wear and a few light smudges to the text and signature and with a horizontal tear to the centre of the letter, repaired with tape to the recto and slightly affecting two lines of text, about G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 184

WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. A large folio printed edition of Interview magazine, entitled Xmas Xtra, December 1978, Vol. VIII, No. 12, published by Warhol, the colour front cover, designed and painted by Richard Bernstein, featuring a close-up portrait of Bianca Jagger wearing Bulgari diamonds. Signed ('Andy Warhol') by Warhol in bold black ink with his name alone to the upper left margin of the front cover. A large tear to the upper half of the cover (neatly repaired with sellotape to the verso) and a few minor, small tears and stains to the edges of the covers and some very light overall age wear, not affecting the signature, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 188

PRICE JULIUS M.: (1857-1924) English Artist & Caricaturist for Vanity Fair. A fine original pencil drawing executed and signed by Price on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, n.p. (London), 20th June 1909. Price has drawn a head and shoulders study of an elegant lady wearing a wide brimmed hat. Signed ('Julius M. Price') in dark fountain pen ink to the lower left corner and inscribed, in French, 'A M. Borcani, en souvenir, apres un bon dejeuner au Pall Mall Restaurant avec une charmante demoiselle, dont voici le portrait' . Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one small tear to the right edge of the page, about VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 189

BAIRNSFATHER BRUCE: (1887-1959) British Humourist and Cartoonist. Best known for his character 'Old Bill'. A.L.S., Bruce Bairnsfather, two pages, 4to, Piltdown Cottage, Sussex, 22nd December 1936, to Gentleman, on the personal printed stationery of Bairnsfather. Bairnsfather apologises to his correspondent '…I will certainly send you a cheque which I am sorry to say due to my vast and rapid travel has been overlooked, and for the same reason I have not received your previous communication. After concluding a 10,000 mile tour in America I have only just finished twenty five weeks in Vaudeville over there.' Continuing 'Will you please let me know as soon as possible to me at The Ritz Theatre Oxford whether you still have a valuable volume of drawings I left with you… If you will forward these to above address I will send you a cheque for £4-4-0 as requested.' Concluding 'Incidentally I am really paying somebody else's account not my own.' With three very minor tears to the right edge and light age related wear, otherwise G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 193

SHAW RICHARD NORMAN: (1831-1912) Scottish Architect whose works ranged from residential houses (including W. S. Gilbert's home, Grim's Dyke) to public buildings (including the original New Scotland Yard). Small selection comprising a D.S., R. Norman Shaw, one page, 8vo, Bloomsbury Sqaure, 9th January 1877, the holograph document certifying that Frank C. Birch of Farnham is entitled to a further payment of £1000 'on account of work executed and materials delivered at the house now building at Merrist Wood for Charles Peyto Shrubb', accompanied by a receipt signed by Birch for an earlier payment of £1000, 19th October 1876; a printed small 8vo Greetings card signed and inscribed by Shaw to the verso, Christmas 1888; an original pen and ink drawing, unsigned, by Shaw of a church organ, showing the pipes in particular detail, drawn on a small folio sheet of blue stationery (the lower half neatly laid down to an oblong 8vo page removed from an album); and a printed small 8vo acknowledgement of condolences issued by Mrs. Norman Shaw and her family on the death of her husband, November 1912. Some light age wear and minor foxing, G to about VG, 5

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 195

SHERIDAN RICHARD BRINSLEY: (1751-1816) Anglo-Irish Playwright & Poet and Member of Parliament. A.L.S., R B Sheridan, one page, 4to, Bruton Street, 4th (?) January n.y. ('Sunday'), to a gentleman. Sheridan informs his correspondent that it had been his 'firm intention not to leave town without having the pleasure of seeing you' although adds that he must defer it until his return for the meeting of Parliament, and concluding by referring to a subject mentioned by his correspondent which 'is by no means abandoned'. Some very light, minor age toning to the upper and lower edges of the letter, evidently caused by previous framing, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 199

WORDSWORTH DOROTHY: (1771-1855) English Author, Poet and Diarist, sister of William Wordsworth. A.L.S., Dorothy Wordsworth, one page, 4to, Rydal Mount, n.d. ('Thursday', c.1829), to Edward Archer at the Red Lion Inn at Grasmere. Wordsworth states that she and Miss Hutchinson were sorry not to have seen Archer when he called at Rydal Mount and continues 'My brother left the enclosed lines (no longer present) at his departure on Friday, which I have kept till now, hoping for an opportunity of delivering them personally, but as it may yet be a week or more before my Brother's return (of which I have no doubt he will inform you by calling at the Inn or otherwise) I enclose them, believing it will be satisfactory to you to possess this trifling memorial when, as now, I have to inform you that the time of his return to Rydal remains uncertain'. In a postscript to the verso Wordsworth writes 'My nephew was married at Workington on Monday - & afterwards, with his Bride, departed for Edinburgh. His father, mother & sister were present at the wedding'. With address panel to the verso bearing the remnants of a small red wax seal. A few small holes at the corners of the folds, some light staining and minor age wear, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 200

WORDSWORTH DORA: (1804-1847) Daughter of William Wordsworth, and a significant influence on the Poet Laureate's works, including Address To My Infant Daughter. A.L.S., Dora Wordsworth, one page, 8vo, Rydal Mount, 25th August n.y., to Edward Archer. Wordsworth writes on behalf of her mother, Mary, to request Archer's company at dinner the following evening at 5 O'clock and further explains 'We have but one servant as you know therefore she cannot offer to send the little carriage over for you which she is sorry for', also commenting 'My father is returned'. With integral address leaf bearing a small red wax seal (one small area of paper loss to the upper left corner). Some very light, minor staining, only very slightly affecting the text but not the signature, about VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Los 204

HUGHES MARY ANN WATTS: (1770?-1853) British Hostess & Writer, wife of Dr. Thomas Hughes, Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral. A friend and correspondent of Robert Southey and Walter Scott. A.L.S., M. A. Hughes, three pages, 4to, Kensal Manor House, 18th February (1842), to Mrs. [Caroline Anne] Southey. Hughes states that she had planned on writing a long letter to Southey the following week, 'but is now seated (during a morning visit to Kensal) in compliance with the wishes of my & your friend Mr. Ainsworth - not only your friend (as he is in duty bound to be) but your sincere admirer', continuing 'I could not help showing him your beautiful little tribute to the dear Crown Prince & he admires it so very much that he is anxious beyond description to insert it in his next number & would consider it as a Gem: is it asking too much….is it in vain to request this - if to wish it could be complied with is a sin, I am the greatest sinner living, for I wish it with all my heart….not only as believing it will be of the greatest use to my friend, but as bringing the Crown Prince forward in the light he so deserves to be seen in. At any rate forgive the request & if you can grant it your speedy reply will permit its insertion in the March no.' Hughes further writes on the subject of a bust of her correspondent's husband, 'The bust at Chantrey's is there still & it is not certain whether it will be sold or retained by Lady Chantrey. I have seen Murray who has no idea of purchasing it, but Murray begs me to tell you he has a bust of Mr. Southey which he shall be most happy to present to you - it is in a sad soiled state but that could be rectified: it is similar to a cast which Mr. Wynn had & I rather think Mr. Southey had one himself: it is like, but not exactly what I quite approve - will you have this bust' and also makes a somewhat unflattering reference to William Wordsworth, following a report given to her by a Mr. Robinson who had just spent three weeks at Rydal, 'I conclude Mr. Wordsworth was in such a state of beatitude at the incense offered to his shrine by Mr. Taylor in the Quarterly that only gentle feelings could find room in his mind: does Mr. Taylor mean….that at the sound of his harp, sackbut, lute, dulcimer & all kinds of sonnets, all the world is to fall down & worship the image - I for one shall remain unbending - for where there is such ineffable vanity as Mr Wordsworth's I suspect that the Clay is not only part of the feet but at least reaches above the knees: do not call me spiteful'. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing a Penny Red postage stamp and with a small black wax seal to the verso. A letter of interesting content and good association. Two very small holes at the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, otherwise VGCaroline Ann Southey (1786-1854) English Poet and second wife of Robert Southey. Robert Southey (1774-1843) English Poet of the Romantic School, one of the 'Lake Poets' alongside William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Poet Laureate from 1813-43. William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) English Historical Novelist. Francis Chantrey (1781-1841) English Sculptor whose 1832 bust of Robert Southey is housed in the National Gallery, London. John Murray (1778-1843) Scottish Publisher who launched the Quarterly Review in 1809, to which Robert Southey was an early contributor. William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English Romantic Poet who served as Poet Laureate from 1843-50.

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Los 205

COLERIDGE HARTLEY: (1796-1849) English Poet, Biographer, Essayist and Teacher, the eldest son of the English Romantic Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A good, lengthy A.L.S., H Coleridge, four pages, 4to, Grasmere, 21st February 1832, to Mrs. C[harles] Fox (Sarah Hustler, 'Dear Freundlin'). Coleridge announces 'I know but two words of German and I cannot dispose of them better than to give you one of them - Indeed you were quite welcome to both but the other being Der Teufel, which means Apolly'on, is not worthy of your acceptance' and continues 'But Freundlin, signifying a female friend, is yours by two fold right. I wish we had such a feminine in our own language - but Friendess would sound very awkwardly. No tongue with which I am acquainted has an equivalent that is always used in an unexceptionable sense…In religious societies I believe it is usual to term all female friends sisters, but this appellation is too familiar to be taken freely by those without. And now, having finished by philological display, let me thank thee for thy kind and sweet letter and for the welcome intelligence it convey'd' The poet further writes of his younger brother, Derwent, 'Poor Derwent I fear has thought me unfeeling never to have written to him during his affliction, yet, had I known of it, what comfort could I have offered that his own faith would not better supply. Had he been sick himself, or in mere worldly trouble, I might have helped to divert his thoughts with my nonsense….the commonplaces of consolation are the dullest of all lies for they betray their own falsetious (?) by the very fact of their utterance. I have since had a few lines from Derwent whose manuscript is as prettily unintelligible as words of an unknown tongue warbled by a sweet voice. Pray do persuade him to sacrifice beauty to legibility - if he cannot write the two - for the sake of my soul for I am very apt to see naughty words when I am puzzled with an interesting letter. I am happy however that his spirits are relieved of which the said letter gives satisfactory proof, not only by its microscopic calligraphy, which denotes my eyes, and a steady hand, but by a P.S. in defence of the German Heresy of Poly-Homerism', providing an explanation that a learned German has revived a theory that the Iliad 'is not a continuous work of one man, but….stitched together….out of various ballads on the Trojan war', also commenting on his sister-in-law, Mary ('….these are cruel apprehensions that she may have to endure a mother's pains without a mother's joy….') and his nephews ('See them I must and will, but alas boys soon outgrow their prettiness') and of Grasmere, which he wishes to place in Fox's imagination and heart, describing his surroundings, 'A cloudless sky suffused with a fine transparent….ghost….through which the stars glimmer softly as the eyes of Nuns would do if they were permitted to wear a….apology for a veil….The hills displaying their dark outline relieved by a line of white light, the lake smooth….dimly reflecting one or two of the brightest twinkles, the trees calm in their nakedness, tranquil with resigned old age…' admitting however that '…really this is too bad in prose - such conceits look as bald out of rhime as a Bishop out of his wig'. Coleridge continues his letter 'Now my dear Freundlin let me hear from thee again - and let there be rather less about my genius in the next - luckily paper can neither laugh nor blush….Remember that compliments are properly of the masculine gender - a compliment in a ladies mouth is as unfeminine as a cigar' and concludes by remarking 'I have inserted a sonnet (no longer present) to Wordsworth which I hope he admires, tho I do not, I could write till morning and morning it is - of the Lord's day too - but there is no Sabbath….in works of love - yet I must conclude'. The final page of text is written around three of the borders of the central address panel. A letter of fine content. A few very small holes to a few folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, otherwise VGSarah Hustler (1800-1882) English Writer whose works included Poems, Original and Translated (1863). Wife of Charles Fox (1797-1878) Quaker Scientist and a member of the influential Fox family of Falmouth, Cornwall.

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COLERIDGE DERWENT: (1800-1883) English Scholar & Author, the third child of the English Romantic Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. A.L.S., Derwent Coleridge, four pages, 8vo, Rydal, 8th January 1849, to 'My dear Friends'. Coleridge writes on the death of his brother, Hartley, and states 'It is a sad thing that those who, having for a while floated down the stream of life together & in amicable neighbourhoods, and frequent association, have by some arrogant eddy been separated, and kept apart, should most often be brought together again in thought & feeling by events of mournful interest. But so it is, and doubtless it is good for us that it should be so. I have now to communicate to you the illness and death of one, on whom you have bestowed much kindness, and in whom therefore you have the vested interest of love - my dearly beloved brother, Hartley', continuing to recount the circumstances and nature of the illness, 'It proved to be bronchitis - and as his constitution showed itself utterly intolerant of recovery in any shape, and as his weakness soon became extreme, there was no resource left but stimulants…[he]….bore out just three weeks, dying at last…' Coleridge further adds that the final hours were 'apparently without pain' and that his brother's 'mental state was everything that could be wished, in every respect' and concludes 'I have just been to the churchyard at Grasmere with Mr. Wordsworth to fix the spot where he is to lie. In the south east corner there is a group of Wordsworths & Hutchinsons….' To the final page Coleridge writes a brief postscript regarding his two year old son, Ernest Hartley. A letter of poignant content. Some light creasing and minor age wear, otherwise VGHartley Coleridge (1796-1849) English Poet, Biographer, Essayist and Teacher, the eldest son of the English Romantic Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Hartley Coleridge had died at the age of 52 on 6th January 1849, just two days before the present letter was written. Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920) British Literary Scholar and Poet, the eldest son of Derwent Coleridge.

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COMING OF CHRIST THE: John Masefield (1878-1967) English Poet & Writer, Poet Laureate 1930-67. Book signed and inscribed, an 8vo paperback edition of The Coming of Christ, Cathedral Edition published by William Heinemann, London, 1928. Signed by Masefield in bold black fountain pen ink to the half title page, 'For Douglas Wood from John Masefield, Canterbury Play, May 28 - 29 1928'; Gustav Holst (1874-1934) English Composer. Signed 4to printed score for the music composed by Holst to Masefield's The Coming of Christ, the paperback edition being an advance copy published by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd., London, 1928. Signed ('Gustav Holst') in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the title page. Some light overall age wear, a few small stains and other minor faults to both editions, G, 2In the 1920s Masefield wrote a large number of dramatic pieces, most based on Christian themes. To his amazement, the poet encountered a ban on the performance of plays with biblical subjects that stretched back to the Reformation and had been revived a generation earlier to prevent production of Oscar Wilde's Salome. However, a compromise was reached, and in 1928 The Coming of Christ became the first play to be performed in an English Cathedral since the Middle Ages.

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ASTAIRE FRED: (1899-1987) American Dancer & Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a classic image of Astaire in a full length dance pose in costume as Jerry Travers from the screwball musical comedy film Top Hat (1935) in which he starred alongside Ginger Rogers. Signed with his name alone in black ink to a clear area of the background. A few very light, extremely minor surface creases, VG

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RUSKIN JOHN: (1819-1900) English Art Critic, and a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. A.L.S., J Ruskin, one page, 8vo, Lake Brienz, Switzerland, 12th July 1870, to 'My dear John' (presumably his cousin, John Severn). Ruskin announces 'I have been forgetting both Margaret's and my mother's money this month' and continues 'George has plenty now ready to pay in when needed, so don't let my balance go low - please take 50 of enclosed cheque (no longer present) for Margaret & take 100 out to my mother any day you like - and send 100 to me in £25 notes (not 20s) here'. Ruskin further reports that they are all well ('Joanna I think especially so') and are going to rest for a fortnight, before again returning to financial matters and concluding by asking 'Can you begin a new banker's book for me this half year and send it to me here, made up to next Saturday, when I fancy all my out cheques will be in….'. With blank integral leaf (professionally repaired to several areas of paper loss). Some light creasing and minor age wear, otherwise VGRuskin refers to several family members in the present letter, including his mother Margaret Ruskin (c.1781-1871) and his cousin Joan 'Joanna' Severn, formerly a companion to Ruskin's mother. Severn inherited Ruskin's estate and the final chapter of his memoir, entitled Joanna's Care, was eloquently written as a fitting tribute.

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KINGSLEY CHARLES: (1819-1875) English Clergyman, Novelist & Historian. Vintage signed carte-de-visite photograph, the sepia albumen image by Elliott & Fry of Baker Street, London, depicting Kingsley in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Charles Kingsley') in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Photographer's imprint to the verso. Rare in this form. Some very minor ink feathering to the surname and some light age wear to the image and with some slight traces of former mounting to the edges of the verso. About VGProvanance: The verso of the present photograph bears the small circular label of the Rawlins Collection and the image (illustrated without the signature) appears in The Guinness Book of World Autographs (1977). The photograph was offered by Sotheby's in their auction of the Rawlins Collection, 2nd - 4th June 1980 (Lot 1153, estimate £30/40, hammer price £16).

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WILDE OSCAR: (1854-1900) Irish Playwright, Novelist & Poet. A very fine, rare vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph by Wilde, the engaging image depicting the dapper writer seated in a three quarter length pose in an ornately carved chair and holding a pair of gloves in his hands. Photograph by W & D Downey of London and bearing their imprint to the lower mount and verso. Signed by Wilde in bold fountain pen ink to the lower photographer’s mount, with his inscription commencing to a largely clear area at the base of the image, ‘Stuart Merrill from his friend Oscar Wilde’. An elegant and desirable signed portrait, with an interesting association. Some very minor traces of former mounting to the verso, some light uniform age toning and a very slight, indiscriminate thin mark running horizontally across a darker area of the image, otherwise VG Stuart Merrill (1863-1915) American Poet who wrote mainly in the French language. As the inscription on the present photograph suggests, Wilde would certainly have considered Merrill a friend; when the playwright George Bernard Shaw attempted to circulate a petition in London calling for Wilde’s release (whilst imprisoned for homosexuality) Merrill made a similar attempt to obtain the signatures of notable artists and intellectuals on a similar petition in the United States.

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STOKER BRAM: (1847-1912) Irish Author of the novel Dracula (1897). A.L.S., Bram Stoker, one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), 12th March 1897, to a gentleman, on the blind embossed stationery of the Lyceum Theatre. Stoker announces 'I should of course be delighted to send you a photo but I have not one - I have not had one done for years', adding that the last he had taken was in America and that he doesn't have any copies. However Stoker continues to add 'I have asked Mr. Burgin….to send you a stereo of my portrait which is in Miss Betty in case that would suit you. I hope it will'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and with a slightly irregularly trimmed left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VGThe present letter is dated in the same year that Dracula was published. Stoker accompanied actor Henry Irving, owner of the Lyceum Theatre, to America during a tour in the capacity of the thespian's personal assistant. Stoker published his non-fiction work A Glimpse of America in 1886.

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LAWRENCE D.H.: (1885-1930) English Author. A.L.S., D. H. Lawrence, two pages, 4to, Scandicci, Florence, 24th November 1927, to Philip Ahrer [of the Huddersfield Thespians]. Lawrence states that he should be very glad if his correspondent's thespians produce David, adding '& if they do, be sure to let me know how it goes. If I'm in England, though, I'll come & see it'. The author further explains 'My agents Curtis Brown will write & settle terms, and I hope everything will go satisfactorily'. A few small pinholes to the upper left corner and some small tears to the edges, not affecting the text or signature. Together with Elmer Rice (1892-1967) American Playwright. A.L.S., Elmer L. Rice, one page, 8vo, Paris, 26th May 1945, to Mr. Gregson. Rice states that he has just returned from London and remarks 'Yes, I shall be very glad to have you do The Adding Machine', further explaining 'The terms would be 8% of the gross receipts for each performance. As you know, this is 2% less than the usual terms in England'. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges. Also including Blanche Patch (1879-1966) Secretary to George Bernard Shaw. T.L.S., Blanche Patch, one page, 8vo, Ayot St. Lawrence, nr. Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 13th December 1944, to Mr. Booth, stating, in part, 'I understand from your letter….that you have not read the second paragraph of Mr. Shaw's licence where it states that fees may be calculated on the average takings. If your takings were under £50 at each performance then you pay Mr Shaw a 5% royalty' and further including a printed 8vo menu card for the Annual Dinner of The Huddersfield Thespians at Whiteley's Café, Huddersfield, on 1st November 1966, signed to the inside by the actor and comedian Bernard Braden. G to VG, 4

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RICHARDS FRANK: (1876-1961) English Writer, creator of Billy Bunter. T.L.S., Frank Richards, one page, 8vo, Rose Lawn, Kingsgate-on-Sea, 18th May 1946, to Mr. Ashby. An amusing Richards thanks his correspondent for their letter, informing him that 'Yes, Frank Richards is still going strong: and Carcroft, Sparshott, Headland House. Oakhurst, Ferndale, and Topham, are rolling of the typewriter one after the other.' Continuing 'During the War I began to feel a little old: but getting back to 30,000 words a week has taken thirty years off my age, and I now feel like a mere kid of forty!'. Further adding 'I shall get the book you mention - for I still like reading a school, as well as writing them.' Concluding 'Do you ever come across a paper called PICTURE POST. Last week Frank Richards was depicted therein - he looks rather a Venerable Bede, but he doesn't feel as old as he looks!' With minor creasing and light age related wear, otherwise VG

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ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Novelist, Playwright & Journalist, a prominent figure in the Dreyfus Affair. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages (separate leaves), 8vo, Paris, 3rd April 1889, to a colleague ('Mon cher confrére'), in French. Zola apologises for not having replied to his correspondent earlier and adds that, instead of disturbing him, it may be simpler to come and see him, enquiring 'Don't you all gather at the seat of the Society of Men of Letters?' and adding 'If yes, please make me an appointment there, at 4pm, on the day that will suit you best, except Thursday and Saturday'. A few minor spots of foxing and some extremely light age wear, otherwise VG

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TAGORE RABINDRANATH: (1861-1941) Indian Writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913. An unusual pale orange pencil drawing of Tagore by an accomplished amateur artist on a folio sheet of artist’s paper, Hamburg, n.d. The artist has depicted the long haired and bearded Tagore in a profile head and shoulders pose, adding his signature (‘Tabor’) to the left of the drawing. Signed (‘Rabindranath Tagore’) by the writer in the same pale orange pencil with his name alone beneath his image. With the purple rubber stamp of a German editorial office to the upper right hand corner. The drawing and signature are a little light, although legible. An unusual signed portrait. Some very light overall creasing and a tear to the right edge, not affecting the image or signature, G

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SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A vintage colour picture postcard, depicting an autumnal glen entitled 'Eagle's Nest, Killarney'. Signed (G. Bernard Shaw) to a light area of the image and dated 1915. Postally used, with a New York times press cutting adhered to the verso regarding the first production in America of 'Major Barbara'. G

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BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) English Children's Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, one page, 8vo, Old Thatch, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 29th October 1933, to 'Dear Children' [pupils of the Open Air school in Barnsley, Yorkshire]. Blyton thanks her correspondents for their letters and order for twelve more of Bobs' books, remarking 'The printer will send you them this week. Bobs is so pleased you like his books. I keep a few in my study, & he will go and lick the covers, isn't he funny! I suppose he feels very fond of them!' Blyton continues to add 'I am sending you some cards….I hope you will like them. I've written on the back what they are' and concludes 'Bobs sends you a loud bark. Dilly sends you hugs & kisses. I send you much love. Best wishes to your teacher'. Accompanied by the four different vintage postcard photographs referred to by Blyton, two depicting Bobs in different poses, one annotated 'Bobs & the tame baby thrush' and the other 'Bobs & Sandy' by Blyton to the versos in pencil, another showing Blyton seated outdoors in her garden, annotated in pencil to the verso 'Old Thatch. I am on well with Bobs by me', and the fourth showing part of her thatched roof home, annotated by Blyton in pencil to the verso 'The new wing we built on to Old Thatch'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and with some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso of the letter and some very slight traces of former mounting to the corners of the photographs, generally VG, 5The 'Dilly' Blyton refers to in the present letter is her eldest daughter, Gillian, who had been born in 1931. Blyton also makes references to her fox terrier dog, Bobs, who contributed a weekly letter in Blyton's magazine Sunny Stories. The letters proved so popular that in 1933, the same year as the present letter, they were published in book form as Letters from Bobs, selling 10,000 copies in the first week.

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BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) English Children's Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, to the verso of a postcard with printed text and illustrations advertising Blyton's children's weekly Sunny Stories, Green Hedges, Beaconsfield, n.d. (3rd February 1939), to Master John Thacker, a pupil at the Open Air school in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Blyton thanks her correspondent for their nicely written letter, remarking 'You seem to have had a fine time at Christmas!' and continuing 'Gillian is better now and back at school. She loved being in Hospital. She sends you her love'. Together with a vintage postcard photograph of Blyton's young daughter, Gillian, standing outdoors in a full length pose, annotated in pencil by Blyton to the verso, 'Dilly sending you a smile'. Some slight corner creasing and light overall staining to the letter and two small traces of former mounting to the verso of the photograph, not affecting the annotation. About VG, 2Sunny Stories was edited and written by Blyton, although she was only credited as the editor. As a result of Blyton's increasing popularity during the 1930s the magazine was renamed Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories in January 1937 and served as a vehicle for Blyton's books, which appeared as serials. Gillian Baverstock (1931-2007) British Author, the eldest daughter of Enid Blyton.

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[PIUS VI]: (1717-1799) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1775-99. Papal Bull issued by the Papal Chancery in the name of Pius VI, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Rome, May 1774. The attractive manuscript document, with ornate floral decorations at the head, regards the provision of a conventual priory in favour of Charles de Magauli. Signed at the foot by various functionaries of the Papal Chancery and with various dockets (some in French) to the verso. Lacking the seal and with four small neat slits at the foot where it would originally have been affixed. Some light overall age wear and minor dust staining, otherwise VG

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ROOSEVELT MARTHA: (1835-1884) American Socialite, mother of American President Theodore Roosevelt and the paternal grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt. A true southern belle, she is considered to have been one of the inspirations for Margaret Mitchell's character Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. A good, lengthy A.L.S., Mittie, six pages, 8vo, Henderson, Herkimer County, 28th September 1882, to [Captain James D. Bulloch] 'My darling Brother', on mourning stationery. Roosevelt commences her letter stating 'I think of you tenderly & most lovingly as seated in that little room at Irvine's writing & thinking & looking so far away in yr. dear brown eyes', adding that she shall 'eagerly look for your book & read it with mingled feelings of pride, interest, love, all deeply permeated with the patient, thoughtful, painstaking truthful writer who tho' the revival of most of the incident must be painful in one sense must still remember thy interest such incidents will lend his book'. Roosevelt continues her charming letter with family news of their recent activities and many references to relatives and mutual friends, in part, '…the four or five months Theodore, Elliott & Corinne spent in Dresden in 1873 is always fresh in their memory - & it gave them such a spur in their German. Nannie being near Linlie will be a great comfort & advantage to her. I long to hear of her departure & first impressions….Bamie & I spend October at Tranquillity - hoping that Alice & Teddie, Corinne & Douglas & Elliott will spend some Saturdays & Sundays with us - November will find us all in the City for the winter. I wish you all could see the glorious view from The Mansion & the Farm House….clear atmosphere with every distant point & range, tree farm in view & blue either overall, then all in melting haze & great soft masses of clouds. Purple & gold sunsets, golden sun sets - then the heavens flecked with soft pink clouds & the distant hills steeped in depths of saphire (sic) blue….We took Tea with old Mr & Mrs Ward yesterday in their most comfortable Farm House which had the usual bead baskets large Bible in the best parlour & our tea was exquisite in its daintiness & brightly cleaned real silver….the Pastor of the primitive little church at the village of Henderson is a most agreeable man, a scholar & very fine preacher - Their House most pretty, cake & home made wine they refreshed us with when we called…..Douglas has gone in his dog cart for our mail at Jordanville. He is also ordering potatoes, buckwheat & maple syrup for all of our tables in the winter….Elliott is seated by Corinne reading Sidney Smith's Memoirs & Letters to her….& they are both laughing at some of the bon mots. Mr. Robinson rises at four a.m. after his toilette, he makes a little fire in his room, boils his water & makes his tea & partakes of it with bread & butter, reads & then has prayers at 7 am for the farmer….He again has prayers for us at half past eight after which we breakfast. Our table is waited on by a young girl formerly Mrs. R's Sunday School schooler. Her little brother Willie follows in John Martin's wake in overhauls far too large for him…..Elliott has been unfortunate in the illness of his horse Jack who foundered the other evening after coming in from the ride….the poor old Horse has his two feet done up & in saw dust while the Vet (as D & E say) from Utica visits him….' Roosevelt concludes by sending her love to Hariott, Jessie, Linlie, Jimmie and Stuart. A letter of wonderful content and quite scarce as a result of Roosevelt's untimely death at the age of 48 from typhoid fever. Some light creasing and very minor age wear, otherwise VGJames Dunwoody Bulloch (1823-1901) American Naval Officer, half-brother of Martha Roosevelt. Bulloch served as the Confederacy's Chief Foreign Agent in Great Britain during the American Civil War. Based in Liverpool, he operated blockade runners and commerce raiders that provided the Confederacy with its only source of hard currency. Bulloch arranged for the unofficial purchase of Confederate cotton, and the despatch of armaments and other war supplies to the South. His secret service funds are alleged to have been used for the planning of Lincoln's assassination. Never pardoned by the American Government for his role in the Civil War, he spent the rest of his life living in exile in England. The book which Roosevelt refers to in the present letter was Bulloch's The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe which was published in two volumes in 1883. Hariott Foster (1829-1897) Second wife of Bulloch from 1857. They had five children together, James ('Jimmie'), Jessie, Henry, Stuart and Martha Louise. Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842-1898) American Naval Officer, brother of Martha Roosevelt. Bulloch served with the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War and was the youngest officer on the famed warship CSS Alabama, firing its last shot before it was sunk off the coast of France at the end of the Civil War. Anna Roosevelt Cowles (1855-1931) American Socialite, eldest daughter of Martha Roosevelt. Nicknamed 'Bamie', she was the older sister of Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American President 1901-09, eldest son of Martha Roosevelt. Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860-1894) American Socialite, third child of Martha Roosevelt. Father of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933) American Poet & Writer, the youngest child of Martha Roosevelt. Sister of Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt. Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861-1884) American Socialite, the first wife of Theodore Roosevelt from 1880-84. Less than two days after giving birth to their only child, Roosevelt tragically died at the age of 22 from Bright's Disease. Her mother-in-law, Martha Roosevelt, somewhat remarkably died on the same day and in the same house.

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[FABERGE PETER CARL]: (1846-1920) Russian Jeweller, known for his Faberge eggs. Appointed Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court in 1885. Faberge's attractive visiting card, unsigned, the oblong 12mo card printed in light brown and bearing the printed name and words C. Faberge, Joaillier de la Cour, St. Petersbourg, Moscou - Odessa within an attractive decorative border featuring ribbons and foliage branches to the head and foot. With gilt edges. Engraved and printed by Stern of Paris. About EX

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JAMES ROY: (1935-1997) British Formula Two Racing Driver, Silversmith and Criminal, a member of the Great Train Robbery gang of 1963. James was used as a getaway driver in the theft and was also responsible for uncoupling the train carriages. Vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the folding small oblong 8vo card featuring a colour illustration to the cover of an oil painting depicting Phil Hill driving his Shelby-Cobra racing car at speed during the 1964 Targa Florio. Apparently inscribed and sent to fellow Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs whilst in Wandsworth Prison, James has signed the card, beneath a printed greeting, in bold blue ink, 'Ron, My sincere best wishes to you. Hoping you're keeping well and family to. (sic) This is the second, so lets hope the next one's a little better. Your friend, Roy'. Some light staining to the edges, only very slightly affecting the paraph of the signature. Together with Buster Edwards (1931-1994) British Barman, Florist and Criminal, a member of the Great Train Robbery gang of 1963. A printed 4to edition of Flicks magazine, November 1988, featuring a colour advertisement for the soundtrack to the film Buster and an image of Phil Collins in costume as Edwards, to the back cover, signed and inscribed by Edwards in bold black ink to a clear area '….Why Me! Buster Edwards'. G to VG, 2

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AGASSIZ LOUIS: (1807-1873) Swiss-American Biologist and Geologist. A.L.S., L Agassiz, two pages, 8vo, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 15th November 1862, to a Gentleman. Agassiz informs his correspondent that 'Among the names I heard you mention as likely to contribute to the museum is that of Th. Lyman. Under the circumstances it is proper that I should inform you that for the last three years, he has privately given a thousand dollars a year towards helping the work of the museum…' Continuing 'I know Mr. Ticknor alone is informed of the fact though I have reported the donation anonymously to the Board of Trustees.' Further adding 'Mr. Nathaniel Thayer has been in the habit of giving me annually 4 or 5 or 6 hundred dollars of which nobody knows nothing accept Mr. Ticknor…' Concluding 'Mr. G. A. Shaw has also contributed 500 dollars last summer… These items have been accounted for to the Faculty of the museum which audits my accounts.' Together with, A.L.S., L Agassiz, one page, 8vo, Cambridge (Massachusetts), 6th June 1858, to John T. Morse. A short note on which Agassiz informs his correspondent 'It will give me great pleasure to join the party of the Directors and Treasurers… absence from Cambridge on Saturday and the intervening Sunday has prevented me from answering your note sooner.' With light creasing, one small staple hole, not affecting signature or text, and minor age related wear, otherwise G, 2Theodore Lyman III (1833 -1897) American Natural Scientist. William Davis Ticknor I (1810-1864) American Publisher. Nathaniel Thayer (1808-1883) American Financier and Philanthropist.

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FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, the founder of psychoanalysis. A good A.L.S., Freud, one page, 4to, Vienna, 25th December 1908, to [Friedrich Salomon Krauss] (‘My dear Colleague’), in German, on Freud’s personal printed stationery. Freud congratulates his correspondent on ‘the merging of your journal with that of Hirschfeld’ and adds that he expects ‘it will strengthen its significance in a very special manner’. The psychoanalyst continues with a request of his correspondent, ‘Today, I would like to ask you to send to press a small but very important article prepared by our colleague Ferenczi, from Budapest, who wrote it partly under my influence. This theoretical work is entitled “Introjection and Transference”. It will have only a few pages but, for a number of reasons, it should appear a few months before a paper of mine to be published in the “Annual of Psychoanalytical Research”’ and concludes ‘Therefore, February or March, or at the latest April, should be the date for your publication’. A letter of fine and important association and content. Two file holes to the left edge, and some very light creasing and a few extremely small tears, largely to the lower edge of the letter and not affecting the text or signature. About VG Friedrich Salomon Krauss (1859-1938) Croatian Austrian Jewish Sexologist. One of his first publications, a translation of Artemidoros' of Daldis “Interpretation of Dreams” was cited in Freud’s book The Interpretation of Dreams. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) Jewish German Physician and Sexologist. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, a group which have been considered as having carried out ‘the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights’. Sandor Ferenczi (1873-1933) Hungarian Psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Freud. Ferenczi and Freud first met in early 1908, the same year in which the present letter was written, and an intense, lifelong personal and professional relationship developed between them. Ferenczi immediately embraced psychoanalysis and soon published his first work, Introjection and Transference, reflecting the perspective of early object relations theory. Rounding out Freud’s concept of projection, Ferenczi described ‘introjection’, a word he coined, as the powerful aspect in the formation of the internal world and the internal object. Introjection and Transference, the first publication of which Freud requests in the present letter, is now considered a masterpiece of psychoanalytical literature.

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EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. A vintage colour picture postcard featuring the image of a brick built building entitled 'Thomas A Edison's Birthplace, Milan, near Norwalk, O'. Signed ('Thomas A Edison') to a light area above the image and dated 23rd October 1912 in the hand of another. With an annotation to the clear of the right edge stating 'Science represented and historic Nov. 10. 09'. Postally used.VG

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GODARD EUGENE: (1827-1890) French Balloonist, the third balloonist to take dispatches out of Paris by balloon whilst under siege by the Prussian Army, 23rd September 1870. An interesting, rare D.S., Eugene Godard, aeronaut, two pages, 4to, Paris, 19th April 1883. The manuscript document, in French, represents an agreement between the aeronauts Eugene Godard & Jules Tourcade with Camille Dartois in which Dartois is to undertake an aerial ascent in his balloon The North on 29th April at his own risk, Godard and Tourcade providing the travel expenses and gas for inflating the balloon, and also agreeing to pay Dartois the sum of five hundred francs for his ascent. Signed at the conclusion by Godard, Tourcade and Dartois individually. Accompanied by an original 12mo printed ticket for entry to the Quadruple Ascension at the Place des Quinconces, 29th April 1883. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG, 2Camille Dartois (1838-1917) French Balloonist, the primary supplier of early balloons to the Godard family.

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BEAVER WILFRED: (1897-1986) English-born American Fighter Ace (19 victories) of World War I. A.L.S., Capt. W. Beaver M.C. R.A.F., one page, small 4to, Columbus, Mississippi, 16th April 1968, to Richard Calow. Beaver thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues to answer their question by stating, 'My most interesting experience during World War One was - meeting Baron von Richthofen over Lille, France in an air combat during a dog-fight between my squadron and the Baron's squadron. Several planes from both sides were shot down during that engagement'. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG

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MARTIN GLENN: (1886-1955) American Aviation Pioneer and Aircraft Manufacturer. Blue fountain pen ink signature at the base of a 12mo card featuring an original black pen and ink caricature of Martin by an amateur artist. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Martin's assistant secretary sending the autograph to a collector, 8th July 1947. Together with a fine blue fountain pen ink signature by Martin on a white card. Also including Leslie Frise (1897-1979) British Aircraft Designer of various planes including the Blenheim, Beaufort and Brabazon among others. A good pair of vintage signed 9 x 7 photographs, the first depicting two Beaufort aircraft in flight and the second showing a Bristol Bombay aircraft on a runway. Both have been signed by Firse with his name alone in dark blue fountain pen ink to light areas of the images. Both are neatly annotated in ink by a collector to the lower white border. A couple of light surface creases and a few minor pinholes to the edges and slight corner creasing, about VG, 4

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CORRIGAN DOUGLAS: (1907-1995) American Aviator, known as Wrong Way Corrigan following his transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York in 1938 and return flight from New York to Ireland, even though he was scheduled to return to Long Beach. A.L.S., Douglas Corrigan, one page, 4to, n.p., 28th March 1948, to Herman Klinert, stating, in part, 'Although it will be 10 years ago this summer seems like yesterday because the war years went so fast I guess - was flying in the Army Ferry Command and testing A20's for the Douglas Co.' Corrigan has penned his letter to the verso of his correspondent's letter requesting Corrigan's autograph. A good letter for its reference to the pilot's historic flight. Together with Alan Cobham (1894-1973) English Pioneer Aviator, a specialist in long distance flights. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Cobham seated in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('Alan J Cobham') with his name alone in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. Also including a fine signed 5.5 x 8 photograph, a half length image of Cobham. Photograph by Walter Stoneman of J. Russell & Sons, London, and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed ('Alan J. Cobham') in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 6th July 1953 in his hand and further including a bold blue fountain pen ink signature by Cobham ('Alan J. Cobham, "Keep on Flying"') on a piece, dated 2nd September 1952 in his hand, accompanied by a T.L.S. by his private secretary, forwarding the signature to a collector. VG to EX, 4

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HINTON WALTER: (1888-1981) American Pioneer Aviator, pilot of the NC-4 seaplane on the first Transatlantic flight, commanded by A. C. Read, in 1919. Hinton was also the first pilot to fly from North America to South America. Signed commemorative Air Mail cover, featuring an attractive cachet honouring the Exchange Club Service to Aviation Tour beginning at Toledo, Ohio, 25th November 1930, piloted by Hinton. Signed by the aviator with his name alone in black fountain pen ink to a clear area. Postally cancelled at Idaho, May 1931. Together with a selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, First Day Cover (1) etc., by various famous American pilots including Eddie Rickenbacker (signed colour 8 x 11 magazine cover), Howard Rinehart, Roland Maheu (2), David McCampbell etc. A few are neatly laid down. Some very light age wear, about VG, 7

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