Nonesuch Press. In Memoriam, by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Nonesuch Press, 1933, gold arabesque vignette to title, gold endpapers, top edge gilt, original vellum, slipcase (slightly rubbed), folio, limited edition, 118/125 specially bound copies (from a total edition of 2000), with a loose signed Christmas greetings inscription by Francis Meynell on folded headed paper, together with Selected Poems of Coleridge, Nonesuch Press, 1935, some spotting to endpapers, original orange vellum, slipcase, folio, limited edition, 4/500, plus The Book-Bag, by W. Somerset Maugham, Lungarno Series No. 9, G. Orioli, Florence, 1932, portrait frontispiece (signed in blue ink at foot by Maugham), one or two spots, original cloth-backed boards, some fading and stains, small 4to, limited edition, 293/725, with others including Somerset de Chair's The Silver Crescent, Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, limited edition, 121/500 (with a loose 2 page autograph letter to Major Black, R.A.M.C., October 1941, thanking him for treating his wounded leg), Miscellaneous Poems, by Jonathan Swift, Golden Cockerel Press, 1928, limited edition, 15/375, William Golding. A Bibliography by R.A. Gekoski & P.A. Grogan, 1994, limited signed edition, 69/100, Iona and Peter Opie's I Saw Esau, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, 1992, limited signed edition, 212/300 and Giovanni Boccaccio's Amorous Fiammetta, Mandrake Press, 1929, limited edition, 448/550 (18)
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Wise Jennings (C.). The Redman in the New World Drama, Washington, W.F. Roberts, 1931, monochrome plates, original red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, large 8vo, together with Hughes (Thomas), History of the Society of Jesus in North America, Colonial and Federal, 4 volumes, Longmans, 1908-10, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and some dust-soiling, large 8vo, plus Stuck (Hudson), Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries, Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska, New York, 1917, folding maps and plates, etc., original pictorial blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, 8vo, and other American travel and history, including Smithsonian Institution. Contributions to North American Ethnology (US Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region), volumes II-VII & IX, bound in 8 volumes, Washington, 1890-93, colour plates, monochrome illustrations, all original plum cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, volumes II-V & X-XI only, Albany, 1858-61, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, volumes V & VIII only, Henry A. Shepherd, The Antiquities of the State of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1890, Kappler, Indian Affairs, Laws and Treaties, 7 volumes, reprint edition, circa 1970s, and The Aborigines of Minnesota. A Report based on the Collections of Jacob V. Brower, and on the Field Surveys and Notes of Alfred J. Hill and Theodore H. Lewis, Collated, Augmented and Described by N.H. Winchell, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1911, all late 19th century/early 20th century publications, mostly bound in original cloth, some wear and occasional defects, 4to & 8vo (3 shelves)
9ct GOLD POCKET CIGARETTE CASE, oblong with rounded corners, straight sides, flush hinge to the spring opening lid, operated by a plain push catch, the whole of the exterior with an engine turned decoration, 3 1/2" x 3" x 3/8", maker W.H. Manton Ltd. Birmingham 1941, 123.8gms and the brown morocco case labelled Alfred Dunhill ltd. London
‡ Alfred Aaron Wolmark (1877-1961) Portrait of a young woman, seated in St. Ives Signed, inscribed St. Ives, and dated 1921 Pen, ink and pencil 35 x 25.25cm Provenance: Boundary Gallery, London ++Paper a little grubby to margins and slightly discoloured, one or two minor fox marks and blemishes
Lease of Lands to Members of the Elwood Family, 1863Co. Roscommon: Large indenture on vellum (4 membranes) between (1) Robert Viscount Lorton of Rockingham, Co. Roscommon, and (2) James B. Strong and Mary Frances née Elwood his wife, Alfred Jones and Grace née Elwood his wife, Frances Jane Elwood and Anna Maria Elwood. Renewal of a lease for lives of property in Cos Sligo and Roscommon, first granted in 1830. Very detailed. Endorsement dated 1891, as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
An ovoid silver trophy cup with twin handles surmounted by leopards' heads, with presentation inscription 'Royal Yacht Squadron 1923, Race for the Solent Sunbeam Class, Won by "Dainty", Captain Basil Lubbock MC; William Neale & Son Ltd., Birmingham 1922, 11.1 oz, 22 cm high. (Note: Alfred Basil Lubbock 1876 - 1944 was a British historian, sailor and soldier)
An Art Deco powder compact in shagreen effect enamelled case with two cylinders for batteries to illuminate, in Alfred Dunhill Ltd. Paris/London blue box, a floral petit-point handbag with chain and clasp set with cornelian and green stone with matching purse and an Art Deco black leather clutch bag with marcasite clasp set with cornelian and red and black stone (3) Condition Report Powder compact - right-hand cylinder has snamel missing to top and to back in two placesHandbags - good worn condition
ATT. TO NICHOLAES PICKENOY ELIASZ, OIL ON WOOD PANEL, 1631, H 49", W 39"Oil on cradled wood panel. Portrait of lady with lace collar and cuffs. Inscribed: "Aetatis 19 Anno 1631". Attributed to Nicholaes Pickenoy Eliasz, Dutch 1588 - 1650. From a Grosse poine Farms, Mi. collector.The Nicolaes Pickenoy Eliasz portrait on board was purchased from Alfred Bader, an art collector in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A curator at the Detroit Institute of Arts identified it again as a Nicolaes Pickenoy Eliasz painting from its style and greenish brown shadows. Restoration- For High Resolution Photos visit Dumouchelles website.
Mid 20th century Dunhill Aquarium table lighter. An 'Aquarium' lighter by Alfred Dunhill, the lucite panels intaglio decorated with aquatic plants and fish, the plated metal mounts with cast retailer's mark and stamped registration number '737418'. 'Aquarium' lighters were all designed and hand-made from the early 1950s until the late 1960s by Ben Shillingford (1904-2000), who developed the carving and hand-painting techniques used on the the Lucite panels. 3 x 4 x 2in. (7.62 x 10.16 x 5.08cm)
DREYFUS ALFRED: (1859-1935) French Jewish Artillery Officer, the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair. A.L.S., A Dreyfus, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Samedi soir', c.1910-20), to a lady [Éléonore-Alexandrine Meley], in French. Dreyfus writes a polite letter to his correspondent, in full, 'We were sorry to have been unable to spend some time with you yesterday afternoon, but my wife and my daughter were delayed by their visit and we were going to the comic opera in the evening. With all our regrets, please accept the expression of my respectful and very kind greetings'. With blank integral leaf. About EX Éléonore-Alexandrine Meley (1839-1925) French Seamstress, wife of Emile Zola from 1870. The Dreyfus Affair began in December 1894 with the treason conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus who was sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly communicating French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris. Dreyfus was imprisoned on Devil's Island in French Guiana, where he spent almost five years. In 1896 evidence came to light which identified a French Army Major named Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy as the real culprit, however various high-ranking military officials suppressed the new evidence and a military court unanimously acquitted Esterhazy at the conclusion of a trial which lasted just two days. The Army then presented Dreyfus with additional charges based on falsified documents. As a result of the vehement open letter entitled J'accuse which Emile Zola published in a Paris newspaper in January 1898 word of the military court's framing of Dreyfus and of an attempted cover-up began to spread and activists put pressure on the French government to reopen the case. Dreyfus was returned to France in 1899 for a further trial and the intense political and judicial scandal that ensued divided French society. The new trial resulted in another conviction and a ten year sentence, however Dreyfus was granted a pardon and set free. Eventually all of the accusations against Dreyfus were proved to be baseless and in 1906 he was exonerated and reinstated as a Major in the French Army. He went on to serve his country during the whole of World War I and ended his service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The Dreyfus Affair represented one of the tensest political dramas in modern French history, with a wide echo in all of Europe.
HITCHCOCK ALFRED: (1899-1980) British Film Director. A superb vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the director seated in a full length pose alongside a large Technicolour camera on the set of his film Under Capricorn (1949). Hitchcock holds one arm at length as he gives direction to his players and in the background the camera operator Paul Beeson can be seen. Signed ('Alfred J Hitchcock') by the director in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. About EX Under Capricorn (1949) was the second of Hitchcock's movies to be made in Technicolour (the first being Rope, released a year earlier) and starred Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton and Michael Wilding. Hitchcock pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres over a career spanning more than half a century. Often regarded as the greatest British filmmaker, he came first in a 2007 poll of film critics in the Daily Telegraph. In 2002 the MovieMaker magazine named Hitchcock the most influential filmmaker of all time.
WORLD WAR II:An extremely rare and historically important original flow-chart, the partially printed document, completed in typescript, is entitled Gliederung Oberkommando d. Wehrmacht, one page, oblong folio, n.p. (Flensburg), May 1945, in German. The organisational diagram showing the composition of the German Army High Command (OKW) as at 10th May 1945, with Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel as Chef OKW/Chefgruppe and Generaloberst Alfred Jodl as Chef Wehrmachtsfuhrungsstab and also identifies the ranks of various other German officers within the structure of the OKW including Hermann Reinecke, Rudolf Lehmann, Siegfried Adolf Handloser, Leopold Bürkner, Erich Dethleffsen and Heinz Assmann. Some light overall creasing and some tears and areas of paper loss to some edges and corners, professionally restored in places, GProvenance: The present document was previously the property of Major General Sir Kenneth Strong, General Eisenhower's Chief of Intelligence, and retained by him as an historical souvenir of the end of World War II in Europe.The present document was produced at the insistence of the Allies when a SHAEF Control Party visited Doenitz’s headquarters at Flensburg on 12th May 1945. The team comprised fourteen Americans led by Major General Lowell W. Rooks and eleven British under Brigadier E.J. Foord. A meeting was convened between 8.25pm and 8.45pm on the 12th May with the OKW representative, Colonel Meyer-Detring. As a result OKW were ordered to produce by 10am on the 13th May a number of documents relating to the composition of the Armed Forces and their senior commanders. The present document was one of those so produced and is historically significant in that it is the last OKW organisational diagram to include Field Marshall Keitel as its chief. However, by midday, Germany’s new Chancellor, Grand Admiral Döenitz, was advised that the Supreme Commander of the Army High Command, Field Marshal Keitel was, on the instructions of General Eisenhower, to be relieved of his post immediately and treated as a prisoner of war. Colonel General Jodl assumed Keitel’s position until both the Acting German Government and the German High Command were dissolved, and its members arrested, on the 23rd May 1945.Four days after the surrender at Reims, General Eisenhower ordered General Rooks, a deputy G-3 of SHAEF, to establish a Control Party at Flensburg in order to impose the will of the Supreme Commander on the OKW in the areas of Germany occupied by the Western Allies. Headed by General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr, Rook’s orders were to compile information about the German command system through the collection and safeguarding of all OKW documents at FIensburg. Following Field Marshal Keitel’s arrest, General Jodl assured the Allied general that he would undertake to carry out SHAEF directives in the interests of maintaining order and saving the German people from catastrophe. Meanwhile, Doenitz declared that the German armed forces had taken an oath to him personally and would obey his orders. He understood the critical situation that the Reich now found itself in, with severe shortages of food, currency, and fuel. The focus had shifted from military to civilian needs, in which Doenitz felt compelled to organised through a central German authority. General Rooks brushed suggestion aside, stating that SHAEF army group commanders would organise their own zonal affairs, and that the OKW would only be involved in matters common to all Allied zones. On the 17th May, Doenitz’s censored statement to the German people removed any doubts or aspirations the fledgling continuation government had of leading its citizens, "The German Reich has had to capitulate because it was at the end of its power of resistance. The first consequence that we have to draw is the most loyal fulfilment of the demands made on us. There must be no officer and no soldier, who would try by illegal means to evade the consequences which have arisen out of the last war and an unconditional surrender." Despite these evidences of co-operation, messages of were still being transmitted from inside the OKW enclave that were angering the Allies, including arrangements made to established a German chain of command through which it could carry out the initial steps of disbanding the enemy forces. This prompted the imposition of censorship of Flensburg radio and its ultimate closure. Other criticisms arose when senior Allied officers were photographed in friendly poses with high-level German commanders and when reports were printed that enemy leaders were receiving special treatment, and that some members of the old regime might be perpetuated in power. On 19th May, the Supreme Commander directed the 21 Army Group to consult with the SHAEF control party at Flensburg and then to arrest the members of Doenitz' "so-called government" and of OKW. On the morning of 23rd May, General Rooks summoned Doenitz, Jodl, and Friedeburg to his office and informed them of the Supreme Commander's order. The officers were then put under guard, but, despite all precautions, Admiral Friedeburg killed himself by taking poison. With the arrest of Doenitz and members of his staff, the main work of the SHAEF Control Party at Flensburg was ended. General Rooks indicated his intention of leaving the area about 27th May and handed over local control to a small joint U.S.-British Ministerial Control Party. However, he retained general policy control of the southern branch of OKW which was still in existence and made attempts to disband German forces in that sector. Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946) German Field Marshal who served as Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) for most of World War II, making him the Chief of Defense for Germany.Alfred Jodl (1890-1946) German General, who served as the Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (OKW). After the war, Jodl was indicted on the charges of conspiracy to commit crime against peace; planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression; war crimes; and crimes against humanity.The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (or OKW), part of the command structure of the German armed forces during World War II. It served as the military general staff for Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, coordinating the efforts of the German Army (Heer), Navy (Kriegsmarine), and Air Force (Luftwaffe). In theory, the OKW was only Hitler's military office, was charged with translating Hitler's ideas into military orders, and had little real control over the Army, Navy and the Air Force High Commands. The OKW was headed for the entire war by Wilhelm Keitel and reported directly to Hitler, from whom most operational orders actually originated as he had made himself Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht (Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces). Alfred Jodl was Keitel's Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes (Chief of Operation Staff).Owing to restrictions imposed by the-saleroom the complete catalogue description can not be shown here. Please contact the auctioneers for further details.
BILLOT JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1828-1907) French General and Politician. Minister of War 1882-83. A rare 4to printed brochure bearing the ownership signature of General Billot, being an edition of Le Bordereau - Etude des Depositions de M. Bertillon et du Capitaine Valerio, au Conseil de Guerre de Rennes, par un Ancien Eleve de L'Ecole Polytechnique, published in association with the Dreyfus Affair by Hardy and Bernard of Paris, 1904. The interesting publication, in French, is an essay concerning the Bordereau which Dreyfus had been accused of writing (the Bordereau document, which included secret military information and which was sent to the German Embassy in Paris had constituted the start of the Dreyfus affair). The brochure includes images of Dreyfus' handwriting, drawings for graphology analysis and more, based on testimonies in the Dreyfus trial, and particularly the testimonial of Alphonse Bertillon. Signed ('Gal. Billot') by Billot in fountain pen ink with his name alone to the upper right corner of the front cover. Bound in green printed paper wrappers with red and black text. The paper wrappers a little loose in places and with a neat tear at the base of the spine. G Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914) French Police Officer and Biometrics Researcher who was a witness for the prosecution in the Dreyfus affair in 1894 and again in 1899. He testified as a handwriting expert and claimed that Alfred Dreyfus had written the incriminating document (the 'bordereau'). However, he was not a handwriting expert, and his convoluted and flawed evidence was a significant contributing factor to one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice - the condemnation of the innocent Dreyfus to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. Using a complex system of measurements, he attempted to prove that Dreyfus had disguised his handwriting by imitating his own handwriting as if someone else was doing so, so that if anyone thought the bordereau was in Dreyfus's hand, he would be able to say that someone else had forged his writing. Both courts martial evidently accepted this, and Dreyfus was convicted. The verdict of the second court martial caused a huge scandal, and it was eventually overturned. Bertillon pretended that his graphological system was based on mathematical probability calculus. A later expertise undertaken in 1904 by three renowned mathematicians, Henri Poincare, Jean Gaston Darboux and Paul Emile Appell, concluded that Bertillon's system was deprived of any scientific value and that he had failed both to apply the method and to present his data properly. With this key evidence against Dreyfus debunked, he was finally acquitted in 1906. General Billot was a dark, key figure in the Dreyfus affair, being implicated by Emile Zola of conspiracy to frame Alfred Dreyfus for espionage. In Zola´s open letter 'J´accuse' he accused General Billot of having held in his hands absolute proof of Dreyfus's innocence and covering it up. The Drefus affair captivated and divided France.
TENNYSON ALFRED: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate. A.L.S., A Tennyson, one page, 8vo, Farringford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 18th April 1870, to [Rev. John Richard Vernon]. Tennyson confirms that he shall be happy to receive a copy of his correspondent's Random Truths in Common Things and adds 'If I am ever in your neighbourhood I shall be glad to call & make your acquaintance'. The poet continues 'As to the complete 'Idylls of the King' I do not keep copies by me but if you will write to Mr. Strahan & tell him from me to send you a copy I have just found one in the house here & send it'. With blank integral leaf. VG The Reverend Prebendary John Richard Vernon (1833-1902) served various curacies (at the time of the present letter at Stogumber, Somerset, 1869-71) and was vicar of St. Audries, West Quantoxhead in Somerset from 1872 until his death. Vernon wrote a series of books, principally musings and meditations on the Christian faith inspired by country walks and the passing seasons, all of which were popular in their day, not least as suitable material for reading aloud in a Christian family on a Sunday evening. Vernon and Tennyson not only had a shared interest in literature; both were natives of Lincolnshire, the former born in Louth and the latter in Somersby. In the present letter Tennyson refers to the 'complete' Idylls of the King, however it was published as a cycle of twelve narrative poems between 1859 and 1885. The work is arguably the most famous Victorian adaptation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Tennyson served as Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.
ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. 'I do not like the tone of his letter & it is all nonsense…'A.L.S., Edward Elgar, two pages, 4to, Hereford, 30th July 1908, to [Alfred H.] Littleton. Elgar thanks his correspondent for their letter commenting on one received from a Mr. Foote of Tunbridge Wells and continues 'I do not remember writing to him, probably his letter to me was acknowledged. I return his letter (no longer present) & shall be much obliged if you will let him know that I will not go'. He further remarks 'I do not like the tone of his letter & it is all nonsense for him to talk of educating the south. I send some letters (also no longer present) I have received from Tunbridge Wells & you will see they have done Gerontius and the Kingdom. I do not know anything of the society but it looks as if Mr. Foote wanted to take the wind out of the other people's sails - But I do not know. I only guess & may be wrong. Anyhow it seems clear that things are not so stagnant as Mr. Foote seems to want me to think'. In a hastily written postscript Elgar adds that he will write concerning a symphony very soon. Some very light, minor age wear and creasing to the edges, and with a few very minor repairs to a few tears, not affecting the text or signature. About VG Alfred H. Littleton (1845-1914) Chairman of the music publishers Novello & Co. Elgar refers to Francis J. Foote, conductor, composer and leader of the Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society. A separate organisation, the Tunbridge Wells Vocal Association, founded in 1870, also existed in the affluent Kent town which naturally gave rise to a certain amount of rivalry. In 1907 Foote made the mistake of announcing that he would begin rehearsing Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius. However, the Vocal Association beat him to it and staged a performance of the work on 19th March 1907, followed by a performance of The Kingdom on 30th March 1908, both of which Elgar refers to in the present letter. On each occasion Elgar sent the Association a 'best wishes' telegram as it was the first time these two works had been performed in the area. In fact Foote never did succeed in performing any of Elgar's works in Tunbridge Wells. Many of Elgar's works have entered the British and international concert repertoire and among his best known works are orchestral compositions including the Enigma Variations (Op.36 1898-99) and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches (Op.39, 1901-30). He also composed concertos for violin and cello, two symphonies as well as choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius (Op.38, 1900).
ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Novelist, Playwright & Journalist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages, 8vo, Medan, 18th August 1893, to a gentleman, in French. Zola informs his correspondent that he has just officially accepted the invitation of the English journalists 'and it is therefore absolutely decided that I shall attend their congress'. The novelist asks that he be kept informed if something untoward should happen and that his correspondent also sends him, as soon as possible, the toast to which Zola will have to respond to, further commenting 'They will also ask me, I believe, to speak anonymously to the press….Would you be so kind as to tell me what you think and what the majority of the journalists think. I want to know the land on which I am to walk'. In concluding Zola remarks that he will perhaps call on the services of his correspondent whilst in London. Some very light, minor age toning to the extreme edges and a few small areas of paper loss and minor tears, largely to the edges of the central vertical fold, otherwise about VGAs the present letter confirms, Zola did indeed travel to London to address the Institute of Journalists at their conference in 1893. Whilst in England's capital Zola was also honoured by one of the regular grand firework displays at Crystal Palace. On his visit the novelist was later to state 'I came away from London with a profound admiration of its wealth, grandeur and immensity. We have nothing in France to equal such things. It is a city made for me'. Zola was to return to London five years later, living in Upper Norwood from October 1898 to June 1899 while in voluntary exile during the Dreyfus affair. Zola was an important figure in the political liberalisation of France and in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J'accuse. Zola was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize for Literature in 1901 & 1902.
TOLSTOY LEO: (1828-1910) Russian Novelist. A rare vintage signed sepia 4.5 x 6.5 photograph, the image depicting Tolstoy seated outdoors in a three quarter length pose, most likely in the grounds of Yasnaya Polyana. The writer is seen wearing his familiar plain, dark peasant robes. Signed ('Leo Tolstoy') in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and dated 17th October 1895 in his hand. Double matted in dark brown and framed and glazed in a decorative frame to an overall size of 11.5 x 13. Accompanied by the original envelope in which the photograph was transmitted, addressed in Tolstoy's hand to Joseph Edwards in Liverpool and bearing various postmarks dated 18th October 1895 (in Russia) and 28th October 1895 (in Liverpool, England). The envelope has extensive age wear, light overall dust staining and extensive tears and areas of paper loss to the edges. Some minor abrasions to the image (most noticeable to Tolstoy's eyes, and perhaps a deliberate act at some stage in the photograph's history) and with signs of retouching (evidently made in preparation for the publication of the photograph and largely to the folds of Tolstoy's robes) and some creasing and age wear to the photographer's mount, only very slightly affecting Tolstoy's signature, G The present photograph (unfortunately not including the signature) was used as an illustration in The Labour Annual Calendar for 1896, edited by Joseph Edwards. Promoted as a 'Year Book of Social, Economic and Political Reform' the publication featured portraits of nine 'prominent living socialists', the present image of Tolstoy being reproduced on one of the final pages with the printed caption 'Count Leo N. Tolstoy, Russian Democrat and Christian Reformer'. Other portraits featured in the publication include Edward Bellamy, Tom Mann and Alfred Russell Wallace, some reproduced with their facsimile signatures. An original 8vo printed copy of the publication is included in the lot. Tolstoy's novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877) are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction and the Russian writer is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time. His ideas on nonviolent resistance had a profound effect on a number of pivotal 20th century figures including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. On Rebecca 'The heroine was nameless on purpose'.A good A.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 21st August 1942, to Miss. Pottinger and Miss. Hurst. Du Maurier writes 'I am glad you enjoyed the story of "Rebecca"' and continues to answer her correspondent's questions, '1. The heroine was nameless on purpose, because I wished to see if it were possible to write a complete story without once giving a name to the chief character. And I succeeded! 2. The second question is too difficult to answer. No author can say why he or she thinks of a particular theme. The idea just comes slowly, and is then worked out on paper'. Some light age wear and a few small, neat splits at the edges of the folds, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise about VG A scarce vintage letter in which the novelist comments on one of her most famous works. Rebecca (1938) has had a significant impact on popular culture, not least through the 1940 Academy Award winning film adaptation of the novel, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson. The best-selling novel has never gone out of print.
The Reluctant Dragon US 1 sheet linen backed by studio c in California. Condition C9 near mint. The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American combined live action and animated film produced by Walt Disney, directed by Alfred Werker, and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 20, 1941. Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank, California, the film stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball, Fred Moore, Norman Ferguson, Clarence Nash, and Walt Disney, all as themselves. Good condition. All items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
Alfred Stevens (British, 1817-1875) (attributed to) Classical figure with draped robe bronze, on foliate scroll base 38cm high. Literature: This sculpture relates to a design made by Stevens for andirons. See Sotheby's, London, 19th & 20th Century European Sculpture, 2 June 2010, lot 114 for an example of this model as andirons; see D. Bilbey and M. Trusted, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000: A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, nos.550 and 551., p.366-7.
Manner of Alfred Gilbert (British, 1854-1934) Pair of candlesticks bronze the central stem modelled in the form of two entwined water nymphs 29.5cm high (2). Literature: see E. Machell Cox, Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition of Models and Designs by the late Sir Alfred Gilbert R.A., Victoria & Albert Museum, Autumn 1936, no.40 for a salt cellar with a similar frieze of nymphs.
AN ITALIAN SARD CAMEO, carved with the double-headed figure of Janus and the head of Socrates, in an unmarked gold pendant frame, c.4cm long, on later rose gold trace chain. See illustration. Provenance: Accompanied with an old label from the Gallery of Antiquities, Guildford suggesting the pendant is Italian 13th century. Apparently from the collection of the late Sir Alfred Jodrell's collection. Ex. Christies - 'C33'. Private collection.
Theatrical, Sir John Martin Harvey, ephemera from the Estate of Sir John, including play books, The Diamond Pendant, 'Bridge', The Princess of the Wilderness, etc; programmes; fan letters addressed to Sir John including several from female admirers; two of Irish interest from Dublin referring to Sinn Fein. Signed J.M. Lowry and Dr. Alfred Barnes; other ephemera
A George V hallmarked silver circular hat pin decorated with a bright cut three legged emblem of the Isle of Man, pierced and surrounded by a fluted circle, Alfred James Cheshire, Chester 1911, diameter of head 2cm, ball mounted on a 22.4cm pin and another with the red enamelled Isle of Man emblem set in a circular mother of pearl button within a gilt metal rim, diameter of head 2.5cm, set on a 17cm pin (2).
An Edward VII 925 standard silver novelty pin cushion in the form of a small chick with import marks for Alfred Marston, 1908, height 2.5cm, a white metal pin cushion in the form of a pig, length 4.5cm, and a white metal pin cushion in the form of a lady's shoe, length 5.5cm (3). CONDITION REPORT: The pig is plated. As is the shoe. Wear commensurate with age.
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