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An extensive Britannia standard silver old English feather edge part table... An extensive Britannia standard silver old English feather edge part table service, by John Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater, London 1889; by Charles Boyton II, London 1893; and by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London 1908, engraved with a crest, comprising: Fifty two table forks Forty eight table spoons Forty eight dessert forks Forty eight dessert spoons Twenty three tea spoons Two salt spoons, 12303g (395.55 oz), In a light oak canteen chest with lift-out trays by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd (distressed) The crest recorded for Adams, Ballard, Canning, Dalby, Eveleigh, Follett, Grimshaw, Hallowes, King, Lane, Lowe, Marjoribanks, Newmarsh, Orme, Page, Randall, Rix, Shadwell, Twiss, Waller and 70 further names. Provenance: the property of a lady of title.
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RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. A good vintage signed 8.5 x 9.5 photograph, being a reproduction of one of the artist's studies of several nude females. Signed ('Renoir') in ink with his name alone to the lower border. Also signed by the Mayor of Cagnes beneath a short statement confirming the authenticity of Renoir's signature, dated 8th January 1911 (?). The lower border also features the Mayor's official purple rubber stamp. Neatly mounted to a page removed from a contemporary album. Very slightly irregularly trimmed and with some extremely minor, light age wear, VG
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GEROME JEAN-LEON: (1824-1904) French Painter & Sculptor. A.L.S., J L Gerome, one page, 8vo, Paris, n.d. ('Lundi'), to Monsieur Duplan, in French. Gerome states that he is returning a piece of fabric (no longer present) which his correspondent had been kind enough to bring with him when he came to see Gerome, the artist continuing 'When the second armchair is gilded I will go with my upholsterer to choose the new material to cover them both'. With blank integral leaf. A few minor pinholes to the lower left corner, evidently where the fabric was originally neatly attached, and some extremely light age wear, otherwise VG
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FROMENTIN EUGENE: (1820-1876) French Painter and Writer. A.L.S., Eug. Fromentin, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (‘Dimanche Matin’), to a friend, on his blind embossed monogrammed stationery, in French. Fromentin explains to his correspondent that, despite his desire, it is impossible for him to be in attendance tonight, and remarks ‘If you judge it suitable, please give my respects to the Princess’, further enquiring about the time of day or evening of another potential meeting. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining, only very slightly affecting the text, but not the signature, about VG
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CHAVANNES PIERRE PUVIS DE: (1824-1898) French Painter. A.L.S., P. Puvis de Chavannes, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 16th January n.y. (annotated 1880 in another hand, in pencil), to a friend, in French. Chavannes sends thanks to his correspondent and remarks ‘Your most affectionate note nearly cured my flu’, further adding that he hopes it won’t convenience him too much on Thursday, ‘We will talk of the past that is from now on much longer than the future’. With blank integral leaf. Some light foxing, otherwise about VG
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LARSSON CARL: (1853-1919) Swedish Painter of the Arts and Crafts movement. A.L.S., Carl Larsson, one page, 8vo, Marstrand, 14th May 1893, to [Benoit-Constant] Coquelin, in French. The artist proclaims 'I understand all that! In 15 days! Without fail!' and continues to write 'The chair is nearly finished and the watercolour is becoming more and more beautiful'. Some extremely light, very minor foxing at the head of the page, otherwise VG Benoit-Constant Coquelin (1841-1909) French Actor.
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FINI LEONOR: (1907-1996) Argentine Surrealist Painter. A.L.S., Leonor Fini, one page, 4to, n.p., 30th January n.y., to Doreen (?), in French. Fini thanks her correspondent for their letter and explains that she had mislaid it and therefore lost their address, further remarking 'I almost never work with a model. But I will think of you if one day I have this opportunity'. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, VG
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BODONI GIAMBATTISTA: (1740-1813) Italian Typographer, Printer and Publisher, the designer of many 'New Face' type-faces. Rare A.L.S., Bodoni, in the third person, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to Daniele, in Italian. Bodoni states that he has been 'prevented by the motives mentioned in the previous letter' to respond categorically to his illustrious correspondent's letter and continues 'Meanwhile, he recommends himself in the most efficient way to the courteous, tender, and loving initiative of his friend, Doctor Pizzetti, trusting that he will be very grateful to obtain the due reparation of his reputation that is necessary for every reason of justice'. Some light damp staining to the lower half of the page, slightly affecting a few words of the text (which remains largely legible). G
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SWIFT JONATHAN: (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish Satirist, Essayist & Political Pamphleteer, remembered for his work Gulliver's Travels (1726). A very fine A.L.S., Jonath Swift, two pages, 4to, Dublin, 22nd March 1734, to [Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset] 'My Lord'. Swift announces 'Your Grace must please to remember that I carryed you to see a Comedy of Terence acted by the Scholars of Doctor Sheridan, with which Performance you were very well pleased' and continues 'The Doctor is the most learned Person I know in this Kingdom, and the best School-master here in the memory of Man, having an excellent tast[e] in all parts of Literature', further remarking 'I prevayled on my Lord Carteret to make him one of his Chaplains, and to bestow him a good Living, which the Doctr afterwards exchanged for another about seven miles from Dublin. But his Health impairing by the Air of the Town, and being invited by the Gentlemen of the County of Cavan to accept the Free School of Cavan, which is endowed equall to his Living, and he being born in the County, the present Schoolmaster, one Mr. Knowlls, is desirous to change his School for the Doctr's Living of much the same value, Called Dunboyn in Your Grace's gift. This affair hath been so long managing, that it was in agitation before you left me and I begged Your consent for the change which, as a very reasonable Request, not crossing any measures of Your Grace, you were pleased to grant. All things have been long agreed, the B[isho]p of Kilmore (Hort) hath writ to you upon it, so Your Lords Justices have done, for some Months past but being a thing of no great consequence to the publick State of the Kingdom - your secretaryes have forgot it.' Swift further writes 'In the mean time the poor Doctr hath given up his School in town, to his great loss, and hath parted with his House, continuing in uneasyness and suspence till your Letter comes. Therefore I humbly beg you will please to order one of Your Secretaryes immediately to send the letter, that will impower the Doctr and Knowles the Schoolmaster to exchange Stations' and concludes 'My Letter is the worst part of the matter, because it will cost you three minutes to read, but the Request is short and reasonable. I writ some day ago to my Lady E. Germain on the same purpose, but it is possible Her Ladyship might forget; which Your Grace to my knowledge is not capable of'. With blank integral leaf. Autograph letters of Swift are rare and the present example is of particular interest for its references to Thomas Sheridan. Some extremely light, very minor foxing and age wear, VG Lionel Sackville (1688-1765) 1st Duke of Dorset. English Political Leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1730-37, 1750-55. Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) Anglican Divine, Essayist, Playwright, Poet, Schoolmaster and Translator. Sheridan is chiefly remembered for his friendship with Swift and was his principal collaborator and biographer. Swift would often stay with Sheridan at his country house and wrote part of Gulliver's Travels there. Like so many of Swift's friends, he was ultimately fated to quarrel with him irrevocably: apart from Swift's increasing eccentricity, perhaps insanity, the cause of the quarrel is obscure, although the present letter is clear testimony to the high esteem in which Sheridan was held by Swift. Indeed, before their final quarrel Swift called Sheridan the best scholar in Ireland.
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TROLLOPE ANTHONY: (1815-1882) English Novelist. D.S., Anthony Trollope, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p. (London?), 14th May 1864. The partially printed document is a Bill of Exchange for the sum of £36.9.2 completed at St. Thomas, Barbados, 26th April 1864, and drawn on Trollope in care of his publishers, Messrs. Chapman & Hall in London. Trollope has boldly signed his name across the document, adding the word 'Accepted' in his hand above his signature, and also adding the name and address of his bank, 'Union Bank of London, Princes Street, City' and the date, 14th May 1864, in his hand beneath his signature. The Bill is payable to the order of Messrs. John Newton & Co. and bears a Bank of England stamp. To the verso Newton & Co. have assigned the Bill to Geo. G. Sandeman Sons & Co., and is endorsed with their instruction and with a large Foreign Bill Six Pence fiscal revenue stamp affixed, again also bearing a Bank of England stamp. Very slightly irregularly torn to the left edge and with some light overall age wear and minor creasing, about VG
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HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. A hardback edition of Moments of Love - Poems to Emma by Thomas Hardy, published by The Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1997, being an attractive manuscript facsimile and printed text of poems written by Hardy and inspired by his wife, Emma. With an original printed limitations page signed ('Thomas Hardy') by Hardy with his name alone in bold black ink lightly tipped in. Limited Edition number 153 of 157. Green leather quarter binding with green cloth covers and contained in a matching slipcase. Some extremely minor, very light age wear, VG
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RUSKIN JOHN: (1819-1900) English Critic & Author. A.L.S., J Ruskin, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified correspondent (the recipient's name neatly excised and expertly replaced by a small blank piece of paper). Ruskin sends 'infinite thanks' for his correspondent's letter and enclosure and continues to state 'I have much to say about the pictures when I see you this evening meantime I can only say that 35 is not only a moderate but hardly a remunerative price for the Slavic interior'. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG
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YATES EDMUND: (1831-1894) British Novelist & Dramatist. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph, the image depicting Yates standing in a three quarter length pose wearing a top hat and with a cane in one hand. Photograph by Elliott & Fry of London and bearing their imprint to the lower photographer's mount. Signed by Yates in bold, dark purple fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 1890 in his hand. Some very minor, extremely light age wear, VG
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HUXLEY ALDOUS: (1894-1963) English Writer. A.L.S., Aldous Huxley, two pages, 8vo, Sanary-sur-Mer, 24th December 1930, to Mr. [G. H.] Grubb. Huxley thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'Your association copy of St. John Adcock's book should be extremely interesting, and I wish you all success in your undertaking'. Some extremely light, very minor creases to the corners and edges, otherwise VG G. H. Grubb - London Agent of the American Publishers G. P. Putnam's Sons. Arthur St. John Adcock (1864-1930) English Novelist & Poet, editor of The Bookman.
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WOOLF VIRGINIA: (1882-1941) English Novelist. A good T.L.S., Virginia Woolf, two pages, oblong 8vo, n.p. ('As from 52 Tavistock Square, London, WC1'), 22nd March 1930, to Mr. Grubb. Woolf states 'I shall be delighted to help you if I can. I am in the country at the moment and cannot be quite certain when my books were published, but think that the following list is correct.' and continues to provide a list of nine of her works, the publisher and date, including her first novel The Voyage Out ('Duckworth. 1915'), and Mrs Dalloway ('Hogarth Press 1922'), To the Lighthouse ('Hogarth Press 1927') as well as the extended essay A Room of One's Own ('Hogarth Press. 1929') etc. She further writes 'The Voyage Out was my first book. The Hogarth Press reprinted it this autumn in a five shilling uniform edition'. Woolf also informs her correspondent 'The time I take in writing a book varies greatly. Mrs. Dalloway took I think two years; Orlando five months. I have so many plans always for future books that I am afraid it is useless to count them. A Room of ones Own has sold best of my books in England. In America Orlando is, at this moment, the best seller. Doran printed my first the first novel to appear in the USA. It was Night and Day' and concludes 'I do not know of any personal note about me'. A letter of excellent literary content, with several holograph corrections. Some light staining (including minor rust stains caused by a paperclip), G G. H. Grubb - London Agent of the American Publishers G. P. Putnam's Sons.
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WOOLF VIRGINIA: (1882-1941) English Novelist. A.L.S., Virginia Woolf, on one side of a correspondence card, Tavistock Square, 24th April (1935), to Mrs. Max Newman (Lyn Lloyd Irvine). Woolf apologises for not being able to attend a party, explaining 'we are just off, driving across Holland & Germany to Rome' and continuing 'So I'm afraid we shant see you before we go, but we should like to come and see the Cambridge farm in June if we may'. Hand addressed by Woolf to the verso. Some light corner creasing and minor age wear, otherwise VG Lyn Lloyd Irvine (1901-1973) English Journalist & Writer, wife of Max Newman (1897-1984) British Mathematician and Code Breaker whose lectures on the Foundations of Mathematics at Cambridge in 1935 (the same year as the present letter) served as an inspiration to Alan Turing.
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MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET: (1874-1965) English Playwright & Novelist. Ink signature and inscription ('For Lillian W. Somerset Maugham') with a lengthy statement immediately beneath, in full, 'who has lived (and loved) in Spain & wishes he could at least live for a while at least in the romantic countries south of the Panama Canal', dated 14th October 1942 in his hand, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album. With an A.M.Q.S. by Josefa Rosanska (1904-1986) American Pianist, to the verso. Together with Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) American Writer and Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1938. Autograph Statement Signed, Pearl S. Buck, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, n.p., n.d., in full, 'I hope to see for myself someday, not too long distant, the beautiful countries of South America. But especially I want to know the peoples'. Also signed in bold blue indelible pencil by Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967) English Conductor, to the lower half of the page. Also including a third 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by American First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (dated 23rd October 1941 in her hand) and signed and inscribed by violinist Mischa Elman and pianist Vladimir Padwa and one other to the verso, 21st & 22nd August 1934. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 3
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JEROME JEROME K.: (1859-1927) English Writer & Humorist. A.L.S., Jerome K Jerome, two pages, 8vo, Alpha Place, n.d. (1891-93), to McIntyre. Jerome announces 'We were unfortunate - or at all events I feel I was. I trust I shall have better luck next time we are in the same city' and continues 'Can you think of any subject connected with Germany & the Germans likely to make a light interest article. How about an article on German dwelling illustrated by photos or otherwise on the German equivalent for our boxing - or a Lager Beer Brewery'. A couple of stains to the first page, just affecting a few words of text, and two tears to the edge of the central fold. Together with a L.S., J. K. Jerome, two pages, 8vo, Earls Court Road, 27th November 1922, to Mr. Grubb. Jerome writes in reference to a recent conversation regarding the American book rights of his Reminiscences and asks 'Could your people make me an offer for these soon. What advance would they make me on a royalty of twenty %', further commenting 'The matter seems so simple that I do not see why I should not act as my own agent....'. Also including an unsigned hardback edition of Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome. First Edition (Second Issue) published by J. W. Arrowsmith, 11 Quay Street, Bristol, 1889. With illustrations by A. Frederics. Adverts to front and rear pastedowns and concluding three pages. Bound in grey cloth with black lettering and design to the cover. Spine loose and with some age wear. G to about VG, 3
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MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Book signed, a hardback edition of Michael and Mary, First Edition published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1930. Signed by Milne in ink with his name alone to the limitations page and numbered 106 of 260. Bound in the publisher's green buckram and with gilt title to spine (some discoloration). Top edges gilt and the others uncut. One very slight, minor stain just beneath Milne's signature and some light overall age wear, about VG
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SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A good, brief A.L.S., with his initials GBS, on one side of a correspondence card, Ayot St Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 12th December 1932, to G. H. Grubb, the London agent of the American publishers G. P. Putnam's Sons. Shaw writes, in full, 'Put the slips in the fire. I would not sign a book for sale to save all the publishers on earth from ruin. In frantic haste - packing for the cruise'. Addressed in Shaw's hand to the verso. Some extremely light, very minor foxing and age wear, VG
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SEWARD ANNA: (1747-1809) English Romantic Poet. Ink signature ('A. Seward') and fourteen lines of holograph text, to the recto and verso, on a slim oblong 12mo piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter to Mr. [Edward] Sneyd. Seward's text reads, in part, 'I have a blamable impetuosity in my temper which often hurries me into speaking my sentiments too freely, even when they are oppos'd by those for whose judgements I have the highest veneration. The intimacy & connection which has always subsisted between you, & my Father & Mother has made me look upon your children as my sisters, I love them all, but for Honora & for my poor Nancy I had the warmest affection, in the first I promise myself such future happiness…..' and in a postscript Seward writes 'Poor little Honora full of sorrow sends her duty to you'. An interesting association piece. A couple of small, light stains, just affecting a few words of text (which remain perfectly legible) but not the signature. About VG Edward Sneyd (d.1776) Major in the Royal Horse Guards. In 1764 Anna Seward's sister, Sarah, died and subsequently Canon and Mrs. Seward, Anna and Sarah's parents, adopted Honora Sneyd (1751-1780). Sneyd was nine years younger than Anna, and the two shared a household for thirteen years. Anna and Honora formed a close attachment; when Honora's father had her return to his household when she was nineteen, Anna was stricken, though relieved that Honora did not move far away and they could still spend time together.
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ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Elgar seated in a half length pose. Signed ('Edward Elgar') in bold fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Some very light age wear and minor silvering to the image, about VG
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BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., Iain MacBetjeman, one page, 8vo, Cloth Fair, London, 5th November 1958, to John Rodgers. Betjeman writes, in full, ‘Ta ever so for your letter. I will do what I can with The Daily Telegraph. But it is not much. I only go there about once a month.’ Some light overall staining and minor creasing. Together with Rebecca West (1892-1983) British Author. A.L.S., Rebecca West, one page, 8vo, Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, 6th January 1959, to Mr. [John] Rodgers, stating how nice it was of him to write and inviting him to come and see them again. Some heavy overall creasing. Also including a T.L.S., Rebecca, one page, 8vo, New York, 30th June 1965, to ‘My dear John’, on the printed stationery of The Stanhope. West thanks her correspondent for his letter (‘which makes me preen my whiskers’) and remarks ‘the audience in front of the podium were graduates in their violet-blue gowns, on each side their parents, who, when it rained, put up multi-coloured umbrellas’, in a postscript adding ‘You remember the French charmer, Madame Champetier de Ribes, of whom we talked? Did you know that she killed herself, six months before Beaverbrook died, and - most astonishing - that she was one of the most considerable heiresses in France, as her father and mother owned stacks of Credit Lyonnais shares?’ FR to G, 3 Sir John Rodgers (1906-1993) British Politician.
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DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Partial A.L.S., Daphne, ten pages (only the first two pages missing), 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1940), to [Foy Quiller-Couch]. The largely complete letter begins with the third page and Du Maurier discusses the death of a mutual acquaintance, in part, 'I believe great changes would have come to her, with her father's death, the burden of care, the leaving of Tredudwell, going away perhaps to uncongenial surroundings, and I believe that the accident in which that man was killed would have left a permanent shadow upon her. The only possible consolation, Foy, and a thing in which I passionately believe, and I think I have told you so before, is that people die when their moment has come, and their work is finished. I believe that there is something mysteriously merciful in this particular case, and that Anna was going to experience a lot of personal unhappiness had she lived. You may think this nonsense. I don't know. It is just what I feel. Some rare and very precious plants cannot bear another soil, they become withered and dulled. This might have happened to Anna had she been obliged to live a different sort of life. Now you can be certain that she is all right. If we cannot believe this, then there is no hope for you or I or any living soul, and mass suicide may as well be committed by humanity at once. As to personal grief of those who still go on living in this world, you know, from bitter experience, that there is no ready made consolation. I know what a hard and really hurtful blow this is to you, who have already had so many. And the very fact that you are not strong at the moment, and that the things that are happening in the world are almost unbearable anyway, makes the living daily routine practically a Hell….I wish I could join you on a quiet and simple holiday somewhere in the West, but at the moment, as you know, I am tied. The Guardsman (her husband, Frederick Browning) is, I think, worried about all these moves in Norway, and we feel any moment he may be called….I have my own small problem ahead of me, in that I think another infant is on its way. This is for your information only, I have said nothing even to my family. The realisation that if this should be so, it would arrive about November 11th, adds to the irony of life in general. It is hard to be optimistic of the future, I had a deep-rooted feeling before this war started, that our particular country might be going to face its greatest test, and the feeling is still with me. But, whatever happens, we have been born into this particular period of time for some particular purpose, and must, of course, endure whatever comes and achieve whatever we are meant to achieve….' An emotional letter of fine content, encompassing birth and death. Some very light, minor age wear to the final page of the letter, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930, apparently around the time of the present letter, the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Frederick Browning (1896-1965) British Lieutenant-General of World War II, deputy commander of the First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Market Garden, 1944. Husband of Du Maurier from 1932. Comptroller and Treasurer to Princess Elizabeth from 1948-52 and later Treasurer in the Office of the Duke of Edinburgh. Du Maurier gave birth to her third child, and only son, Christian 'Kits' Du Maurier Browning, a photographer and film-maker, on 3rd November 1940.
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DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, five pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 20th May 1969, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'I am going to need those biscuits' and explains 'I have just had a cup of tea in the Long Room without any furniture except the piano, which won't fit into the Long Room at Kilmarth - and although a resplendent new carpet is down in the room the other end, and the rest of the stuff for that room awaits me, and beds are even in the bedrooms, with curtains hanging, the kitchen equipment has not yet come for the Kilmarth kitchen, so that when the final move takes place I shall be sitting in grandeur there but unable to eat or even boil a kettle. I may telephone you to send me up a couple of pasties by passenger train', further writing 'Life is chaotic, and dear Miss Tod has just departed by train, having packed a lot of china ornaments and been very useful, but the monastic peace is soothing after her non-stop prattle, though it is mean of me to say so. I have just told my mincy builder….that I intend turning Kilmarth into a Retreat for the Dumb, and people who come to stay with me will take a vow of silence. He looked rather distressed and asked if it meant I would henceforth communicate with him and his henchmen in sign language, because it might make things rather difficult. I said that it would and watched him hurry off with bowed shoulders to whisper to the carpenter and the decorator in the unfinished or rather un-started kitchen, the three of them gesticulating to one another like monks…..Meanwhile, here at Menabilly, with rooms almost stripped, I keep forgetting that a year ago I told various people they could come and see the grounds when the rhodies were in bloom. I was drinking a cup of coffee after a meagre lunch a few weeks ago when three ambulences (sic) and six cars filled with spastics from Redruth came up the drive - I had promised to show the poor spastics the inside of the house as well - and a few evenings ago I was boiling an egg for supper when 50 ladies from St. Blazey Women's Institute came to the front door and were immediately attacked by my furious barking dogs. The Guardsman (her husband, Frederick Browning) always said I ought to keep a Dairy (sic) for engagements a year ahead…' Du Maurier further sympathises with her friend's own residential problems, 'If you….like, I will instruct the underground of Mebyon Kernow (of which I am a leading light) to come with bombs and blow all the camping sites to smithereens, and to put smoke bombs under the beds of the airmen and their wives from Culdrose…..Truly, I am very distressed for you….' She concludes her letter with an amusing anecdote, 'I must tell you a lovely remark that Mr. Burt made to Kits (who came down for my birthday) after he had been shown round Kilmarth for the first time. He waited until the mincy builder was out of earshot, and then he said - he is now 87 - “Well, t'is all very nice I'm sure, and I only hope I live to see the day when Lady Browning is settled in, but when I think of the money she has spent on Menabilly and on this place, its my firm opinion she could have built a blinkin' cathederal.“ '. A letter of amusing content. EX Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930, apparently around the time of the present letter, the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall is a Cornish nationalist, centre left political party, founded in 1951. It primarily campaigns for devolution to Cornwall in the form of a Cornish Assembly. Du Maurier was perhaps the best known supporter of the party.
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RACHMANINOFF SERGEI: (1873-1943) Russian Composer. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('S. Rachmaninoff') on a page removed from an autograph album. Signed to the verso by Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) Russian Opera Singer. A couple of very light, extremely minor creases, not affecting the signatures, VG
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DE LESSEPS FERDINAND: (1805-1894) French Diplomat, developer of the Suez Canal. A.L.S., Ferd. de Lesseps, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Madame Waddington, in French. De Lesseps states that he is happy to inform his correspondent that Mr. Mulls (?), whom she had recommended, 'will be placed in the Canal Interoceanique company as soon as it is formed. I hope that this will be very soon'. Some light overall staining and minor creasing, G
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CODY W. F.: (1846-1917) American Showman. A vintage postcard photograph of The Capitol at Washington D.C., signed ('W F Cody “Buffalo Bill”') by Cody in dark fountain pen ink with his dual signature to a clear area at the head of the image, also adding the words 'True to friend & foe' above his signature. Dated 1908 in his hand. Some extremely light, very minor age wear to the corners, VG
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DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 2.5 x 4.5 photograph of the Dalai Lama in a head and shoulders pose wearing his Tibetan Buddhist robes. Signed in blue ink to a light area at the head of the image, also adding a few additional words and the date (1992?) in his hand. EX
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[TITANIC]: An original folio edition of Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship “Titanic”), being the Report of a Formal Investigation into the circumstances attending the foundering on 15th April 1912, of the British Steamship “Titanic”, of Liverpool, after striking ice in or near Latitude 41 46’ N., Longitude 50 14’ W., North Atlantic Ocean, whereby loss of life ensued, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty, published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, and printed by Jas. Truscott and Son Ltd., London, 1912. The report, comprising 74pp, is bound in the original imprinted blue wrappers, represents the official report on the sinking of the Titanic, following the investigation by Wreck Commissioner Viscount Mersey (1840-1929) British Jurist and Politician who also headed an inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, VG
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MACLEAN DONALD: (1913-1983) British Diplomat and member of the Cambridge Five who acted as spies for the Soviet Union. An extremely rare D.S., Mark Petrovich Fraser, being Maclean's personal Professional Union Membership booklet, the printed 12mo bound booklet printed in Cyrillic, with the title The Country for all Proletariat Professional Membership Card printed in black to the dark green stiff paper covers, the partially printed inside cover numbered 46738945 and with Maclean's personal details completed in his hand, in Cyrillic, giving his year of birth as 1913 and listing his profession as an International Economist. A small portrait photograph of Maclean is neatly affixed above his signature and the document is also countersigned by a Committee representative. In a different coloured ink, and presumably at a much later date, Maclean has interestingly neatly crossed through his pseudonym and instead inserted his real name, Donald Duart Maclean, also in Cyrillic. The membership card commences in 1961-62 and comprises eighteen pages with various small stamps affixed covering the majority of months from 1962-78. A few inside pages loose and with some extremely light, minor age wear, about VG On 25th May 1951 Maclean, accompanied by fellow spy Guy Burgess, travelled to France from Britain and disappeared. The KGB resettled Maclean under the name Mark Petrovich Fraser, as used on the present document, although it was some five years before Krushchev finally admitted that Maclean was in the Soviet Union.
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MANCINI HORTENSE: (1646-1699) Duchesse Mazarin. Favourite niece of Cardinal Mazarin, the Chief Minister of France, and a mistress of King Charles II of England. Autograph Letter, unsigned, two pages, 4to, n.p., 27th June n.y., to an unidentified correspondent, in French. Mancini states that she sent her correspondent a letter for Madame de Sandwich a few weeks earlier, but does not know if it was received, and further states ‘I have not heard from my sister for a long time. The wedding must take her so much time that she can’t think of anyone’, continuing ‘Did I tell you what Mrs. Sandwich does? I’m surprised that Madame de Bellefont and Madame de Nevers have not honoured her with a visit, after the way I recommended her to my sister, her friends and her parents. They should have had the honesty of seeing her while Abbe du Bois is the only one who serves her. When you see him, oblige me to compliment him a thousand times and to tell him that his absence saddens all the people who knew him (especially me)….’ Three light stains to the left edge and a few small tears to the lower edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, G Hortense Mancini was the fourth of five sisters, each remembered for their great beauty and all of whom married well due to the influence of their uncle, Cardinal Mazarin. Collectively the sisters, and their two cousins, were known as the Mazarinettes at the Court of King Louis XIV of France.
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CAVENDISH GEORGIANA: (1757-1806) Duchess of Devonshire. English Aristocrat, a famed beauty and leader of fashionable style who was notorious for her marital arrangements, catastrophic love affairs and love of gambling. A.L.S., G. Devonshire, two pages, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. (‘Wednesday night’), to a gentleman, in French. The Duchess announces ‘The Memoir of Lady Duncannon is larger than she thought, so she prays you, Sir, to count the amount of the attached bill (no longer present) to pay Miss Bertin tomorrow’ and continues ‘Could I bother you again, asking you a permission to visit the house of Miss Desvieux on Friday morning, with Lady Chester, Milord and Milady Henry Fitzgerald. I am only available on Saturday, but since my sister leaves on Saturday, she would be charmed if you initialled Miss Bertin early tomorrow to inform her of the amount that it leaves for her. I also pray you to send me the expenditure of Miss Desvieux and to tell me the time when we have to go there’. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Henrietta Ponsonby (1761-1821) Countess of Bessborough. Lady Duncannon. Mother of Lady Caroline Lamb and sister of Georgiana Cavendish.
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BELL ALEXANDER GRAHAM: (1847-1922) Scottish Scientist, credited with inventing the first practical telephone. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 10 x 14 photograph of Bell in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Harris & Ewing of Washington DC and bearing their blindstamp at the base. Signed by Bell in dark fountain pen ink to the lower border, 'To Mrs Roland Granville Fortescue with much love from her uncle Alexander Graham Bell'. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, not affecting the image or signature, otherwise EX
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ADAMS JOSEPH: (1756-1818) British Physician and Surgeon. A.L.S., Joseph Adams, two pages, 4to, London, 22nd July 1814, to [Antoine] Portal, Professor of Medicine at Paris. Adams announces ‘The satisfaction I felt in perusing your very valuable trait on “Hereditary or family diseases” has induced me to put my various memorandums in order & the fruit of the whole has been the production (no longer present), which I have the honor to lay before you…’ continuing to add that he has pursued the subject further and seeking Portal’s approval, concluding ‘The subject is certainly not less new than important & the world must feel many obligations to you for reviving it’. With integral address leaf. Some extremely minor, very light age wear, VG Baron Antoine Portal (1742-1832) French Anatomist, Doctor and Medical Historian. Adams published a number of works during his lifetime including Observations on Morbid Poisons, Phagedaena and Cancer (1807), although the work that he refers to in the present letter was A Philosophical Treatise on the Hereditary Peculiarities of the Human Race: with Notes Illustrative on the subject, particularly in Gout, Scrofula and Madness (1814).
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LIVINGSTONE DAVID: (1813-1873) Scottish Missionary & Explorer. Bold, dark ink signature ('Dr. Livingstone') and one additional word ('Glasgow') in his hand, on a slim oblong 12mo piece most likely clipped from the base of an envelope. Neatly laid down within two adjoining folio pages removed from an album which also feature thirty other similar clipped signatures by a variety of individuals including Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Spencer, Behram Pacha, Duncan Davidson etc. Some light age wear and minor glue staining, G
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NANSEN FRIDTJOF: (1861-1930) Norwegian Explorer, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1922. L.S., Fridtjof Nansen, one page, 4to, Lysaker, 14th June 1893, to the Editor of La Nature, on the printed stationery of The North Pole Expedition, in French. Nansen states that he has received his correspondent’s letter and that it would be a great pleasure for him to provide some unpublished information regarding the expedition, but that it is impossible as all of his days until the 20th are occupied by the final preparations for the expedition. Nansen concludes by hoping that an article can be written without his assistance. A few light stains to the corners, caused by previous mounting to the verso, and a few small areas of paper loss to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, G As the present letter suggests, just ten days later Nansen commenced his Fram expedition on 24th June 1893. The three year expedition was Nansen’s attempt to reach the geographical North Pole. He did not achieve his goal, but did create a record for reaching the farthest North latitude.
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SCOTT ROBERT FALCON: (1868-1912) British Royal Navy Officer & Antarctic Explorer. A.L.S., R F Scott, two pages, 8vo, Oakley Street, Chelsea Embankment, 24th October n.y., to 'My dear Miss Eleanor' (Warrender). Scott sends his correspondent a photograph (no longer present) 'in order that you may think more kindly of the manner in which I keep my pledges' and further explains 'The plain clothes one cannot be found but I will get some more of them & send you one'. Scott also remarks that it was nice to have seen his correspondent again and that he enjoyed the evening in her company, concluding 'May you have a real good time in America and at all times the happiness you deserve'. Some very light, extremely minor overall foxing, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, otherwise VG Eleanor Warrender and her family were friends with the Churchill family, Eleanor herself being particularly close to Winston Churchill's mother Jennie, with whom she had served as a nurse on a hospital ship during the Boer War.
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[HENRY VIII]: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47. Manuscript document from the reign of King Henry VIII, one page (vellum), oblong 4to, 1536, in Latin. The document is an Indenture concerning a Grant by Richard Follde of Boston, Husbandman, to Richard and Elizabeth Cole, regarding land in Surfleet, Lincolnshire. Several witnesses are named as Richard Burton, John Pett and John Algate. With a contemporary docket to the verso and with the original seal-ties to the foot. An attractively penned and clean example. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and age wear, otherwise VG
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MELBA NELLIE: (1861-1931) Australian Soprano. Vintage signed postcard photograph, an attractive image of Melba standing in a semi-profile three quarter length pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Together with Clara Butt (1872-1936) English Contralto. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Butt seated in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('Clara Butt') in dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG to about EX, 2
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DUDLEY JOHN: (1504-1553) 1st Duke of Northumberland. English General, Admiral & Politician, the De facto ruler of England who led the Government of the young King Edward VI from 1550-53. Rare L.S., John Lisle, as Viscount Lisle, two pages, folio, Alnwick Castle, 6th March n.y. (c.1542-47), to Michael Stanhope. Dudley writes to reprimand his correspondent for mishandling the King's business in Hull, especially for having paid out sums which were already paid, including the charges of the ships pressed into His Majesty's service at Hull. Dudley provides instructions in order to rectify the mistakes and informs Stanhope that the ships he has sent are to be discharged, 'Albeit by reason of yll weyther, they have byn so long uppon the Sees that moche of yt, ys spilt and lytell worthe wherin the kinges mat[jest]ie shalbe a gret loser'. With integral address leaf (very slight traces of the seal and with two small areas of paper loss, neatly repaired). Some light overall age wear and a neat split to the central vertical fold, not affecting the text or signature. Generally VG Sir Michael Stanhope (c.1508-1552) English Courtier, Master of the Kings Harriers (1548) and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1549). Brother-in-law of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector to the young King Edward VI. Stanhope was beheaded on Tower Hill on 26th February 1552 after he was convicted of conspiring to take the life of John Dudley and others. Provenance: The Spiro Family Collection, Part I, Christie's London, King Street, 3rd December 2003 (Lot 21, £2390).
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ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Windsor, 2nd August 1709. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing John Lloyd to be a Captain in the Regiment of Foot commanded by Archibald, Earl of Ilay. Countersigned at the foot by Henry Boyle (1669-1725) 1st Baron Carleton. Anglo-Irish Politician, Lord Treasurer of Ireland 1704-15 & Northern Secretary 1708-10. Lacking the seal although with the pale blue revenue stamp affixed in the left margin. Some light overall age wear and a few minor stains, G Archibald Campbell (1682-1761) 3rd Duke of Argyll, Earl of Ilay (from 1706). Scottish Nobleman, Politician & Soldier. One of the founders of the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th October 1793. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Andrew Ross to be a Captain in a Regiment of Foot commanded by Major General William Edmeston. Countersigned at the foot by Henry Dundas (1742-1811) 1st Viscount Melville. Scottish Politician, Home Secretary 1791-94 and the first Secretary of State for War 1794-1801. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. The ink is a little light, although perfectly legible. Framed and glazed to an overall size of 17 x 13. VG William Edmeston - British Veteran of the French and Indian War who served as Colonel of the 95th Regiment of Foot from 1793-96. The town of Edmeston in New York is named after William and his brother Robert.
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