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Lot 93
O'Casey (Sean) Two Plays. Juno and the Paycock, The Shadow of a Gunman, early reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author to Alice Warrender to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, minor bumping to spine ends, dust-jacket, creasing and chipping to head and foot, 1925; The Story of the Irish Citizen Army, original printed wrappers, 1919; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (4)⁂ The inscription reads: "To Alice Warrender from Sean O'Casey in remembrance of the honour gained by the author through the award of the Hawthornden Prize - 23/3/26". Alice Warrender (1857-1947), English philanthropist who established the Hawthornden Prize in 1919.
Lot 221
WORLD WAR II: Small selection of signed First Day Covers by various individuals associated with World War II comprising B. L. Montgomery (signed National Army Museum cover issued to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of V-E Day), Hastings Ismay (signed United States cover issued to commemorate NATO and signed as first Secretary General, 1952) and Alphonse Juin (signed United States cover featuring the colour printed logo of NATO, 1952). Generally about VG, 3
Lot 238
CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. A good D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Whitehall, 28th July 1669. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing Thomas Preston to be an ensign ‘of that Company of Foot in the Holland Regiment under the Command of Sir Walter Vane’. Countersigned at the foot by Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington. English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1662-74. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the lower edge and with a few very small, extremely minor holes, otherwise a clean example. About VG Sir Walter Vane (1619-1674) British Military Commander who was appointed Colonel of the Holland Regiment in 1668. During the Third Anglo-Dutch War of 1672-74 the Dutch negotiated with King Charles II to allow them to enroll English troops in their army and Vane accepted a commission as Major General in command of the English regiments in Dutch service.
Lot 293
GRANT ULYSSES S.: (1822-1885) American President 1869-77, previously Commanding General of the United States Army 1864-69. Under Grant the Union Army defeated the Confederate military in the American Civil War 1861-65. D.S., U. S. Grant, as President, one page, 4to, Washington, 3rd August 1876. The partially printed document is a warrant authorising the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to 'a Warrant for the conditional pardon of Edward F. Cullerton'. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG On 11th February 1876 Cullerton, an internal revenue gauger, was indicted of defrauding the United States of America from various amounts of tax due on spirits by distilleries in Illinois. As the present document illustrates, Cullerton was pardoned and released from the offences by the President, however it was on the condition that he pay a fine of $1000.
Lot 127
DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A fine A.L.S., Charles Dickens (a good example, with paraph), two pages, 8vo, Tavistock House, 24th April 1853, to Major Lake. Dickens writes to explain his difficulties for an engagement on Friday, 'I am not sure when my Scotch friend departs for Edinburgh, but rather think he will not go until Saturday at the earliest', and further refers to 'theatres and other public places' and that he is 'bound to keep in their call - like a Surgeon'. Dickens adds 'I think our only course is, to trust our better fortune - autumn - and India!' although remarks that there may be a possibility of meeting during the summer. Accompanied by the original autograph envelope signed, addressed by Dickens to his correspondent at Charles Street in St. James's and signed ('Charles Dickens') to the lower left corner. The postage stamp has been neatly removed. About EX The present letter does not appear in the Pilgrim Edition of The Letters of Charles Dickens, however a slightly earlier letter of 15th April 1853 to Major Lake is recorded and the editors suggest that Dickens' correspondent was perhaps Edward John Lake (1823-1877), a British Army officer who was commissioned in the Bengal Engineers in 1840 and was the Financial Commissioner of Punjab in 1865. The novelist's Scotch guest was John Thomson Gordon (1813-1865) Scottish Advocate who served as Sheriff of Aberdeen 1847-48 and Sheriff of Edinburgh 1848-52.
Lot 198
EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. T.L.S., E. P. Hillary, one page, 4to, Auckland, New Zealand, 26th July 1971, to A. Nelson Taylor. Hillary thanks his correspondent for their letter and birthday wishes and continues to inform him 'I am off again to Nepal shortly to build more schools and enlarge the hospital we have built for the Sherpas. I am more involved with aid work for the Sherpas than in actual climbing these days but my interests are still in the mountains of Nepal.'; Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Norgay in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Tenzing') in blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. The signature is a little light although legible; John Hunt (1910-1998) British Army Officer, Leader of the 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest. A.L.S., John Hunt, one page, 8vo, Henley-on-Thames, 16th July n.y., to Mr. Taylor. Hunt states that he appreciated his correspondent's kind letter and birthday wishes and remarks 'My wife and I have just returned from walking 67 miles along Offa's Dyke in 4 days, so we feel rather pleased with ourselves!'. VG, 3
Lot 214
HARRISON JOHN 'JACK': (1890-1917) British Rugby League Footballer who later became a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions near Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, on 3rd May 1917 during World War I. An extremely rare vintage signed and inscribed sepia postcard photograph of Harrison stood in a full length pose wearing his military uniform. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background 'To Allen from Jack' and dated 1916 in his hand. A later ink annotation in an unidentified hand to the image records Harrison being the recipient of a Military Cross ('M.M.') and Victoria Cross ('V.C.') in 1917. Autographs of Harrison are extremely rare in any form as a result of his early death at the age of 26 during World War I. A few minor corner creases and some light age wear and staining, G
Lot 520
Panorama. Panorama of the Coronation Procession of Their Majesties, 12th May 1937, Drawn by Mary McNeile for Captain J. R. Abbey, Chiswick Press, 1938, hand-coloured collotype and stencil strip panorama, in 12 sections (one join creased), each scene captioned beneath, three short closed edge tears, width 11cm, length approximately 560cm, mounted in original turned boxwood cylinder, with hand-coloured pictorial coronation scene label (dust-soiled), cylinder height 17.5cm (Qty: 1)Limited edition, one of 125 copies (limitation number apparently erased). The scroll depicts scenes of the coronation procession including: the State Coach conveying Their Majesties..., King's Escort Indian Army Officers, Band of Royal Marines, Royal Air Force, Canadian Mounted Police, Queen of Norway, etc., together with a numbered key to the Official Personages and Officers Commanding Detachments.
Lot 543
Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph letter signed, 'Enid Blyton', Enid Blyton Green Hedges letterhead, 15 November 1952, to [Robert M.] Holbrow, 'I am writing to tell you of something, which I think was probably caused by your little piece about me in your paper 10 days ago - and that is that, much to my astonishment, among my thousands upon thousands of letters were a great many from newsagents and news-agent - booksellers - all complete strangers to me. They sent me such nice letters, and sent me also messages from their children (they all seem to have children!). It was impossible for me to send answers to all my letters. Even the opening of so many took hours! It was, of course, a very pleasant task - in fact, I did nothing else but open and answer letters during the whole time I was in hospital - hadn't even time to read a book! The Evening Standard, whose representatives visited me (with masses of flowers and all the latest novels!) saw my piles with hundreds of letters, and made a wonderful gesture - they said that if I liked they would take upon themselves the task of answering every single letter for the children personally, and would tell the children how I was feeling, and send them my love! I simply couldn't believe it!', continuing in similar vein, and referring to a letter of hers to appear in Teachers World answering 'two urgent questions that many schools have asked me - "Am I frightened of dogs now?" (No, not a bit!). "Do I still love dogs?" (Yes, of course, very much)', six lengthy pages on three sheets of letterhead printed in red, 8vo, together with a carbon copy of a two-page letter from Holbrow to Blyton, 17 November 1952, in response to her letter and concluding that 'it is very brave of you to make that journey on Wednesday to open the Church Army sale at Westminster', two pages, 4to (Qty: 2)Enid Blyton was in hospital after being attacked by a dog.
Lot 423
A Victorian leather bound album of sketches and engravings, a leather bound album dated 1907 containing a collection of seals, invites etc., many royal related, an autograph book dated 1910, a vellum bound book, a leather bound architect's book containing notes and sketches and a copy of the Eighth Army News, No 57, Vol.2 dated 22nd September 1943.
Lot 48
Dinky: A collection of assorted Dinky Toys, boxed military vehicles to comprise: Armoured Command Vehicle 677, Military Ambulance 626, 7.2 Howitzer 693, 5.5 Medium Gun 692, Army Water Tanker 643, Army 1 Ton Cargo Truck 641, Armoured Personnel Carrier 676, Austin Champ 674, Armoured Car 670, Army Covered Wagon 623 and 3 Ton Army Wagon 621, boxes as found, some have flaps missing. (11)
Lot 138
Ten Corgi Diecast Model Vehicles, including D-Day 60th Anniversary #US51011 M4 A3 Sherman Tank, US Army, #CC60305 Bedford QLD, 3rd Infantry Division, British Army, #CC60108 Churchill MKIII, 34 Tank Brigade (5th Btn, Kings Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster), #97904 AEC Reliance 'Leicester City Transport', all boxed.
Lot 1380
Harold Kerry Eby (American, 1890-1946), Polperro No.1, etching, signed in pencil, also signed in the plate and dated 1925, label verso for Taylor & Brown, Edinburgh, 27cm x 29cm.Born in Tokyo, Japan to Canadian Methodist missionary parents in 1890, Kerr received formal art training at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League of New York. Enlisting in the Army in 1917, Eby created many images of soldiers both in combat and living their daily lives on the front. Eby visited England in 1924 and 1925. .
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Lot 176
[AYRSHIRE] STEWART OF DARNLEY, SIR JOHN, (D. 1526, 3RD EARL OF LENNOX)INSTRUMENT OF SEISIN, IN FAVOUR OF JAMES WALLACE OF CRAIGIE, of lands in the Barony of Torbolton in Ayrshire, document on vellum, 24 x 24cm., 1514Note: The 3rd Earl of Lennox was the grandson of Mary who was the sister of James III of Scotland. In 1526 the Earl of Lennox led an army to Linlithgow with the intention of liberating the young King James V of Scotland from the pro-English Douglases. He was defeated by a smaller force led by James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, at the Battle of Linlithgow Bridge. He survived the battle and was taken captive, only to be subsequently murdered by James Hamilton of Finnart.
Lot 207
GEORGE III (1738-1820), KING OF ENGLAND, AND HIS CHILDREN, 14 ITEMS COMPRISINGGEORGE III, SIGNATURE ("GEORGE R.") CUT FROM VELLUM DOCUMENT, C. 18 X 19CMS. Frederick, Duke of York (1763-1827, 2nd son of George III, Commander in Chief of the Army), Autograph Letter Signed to Francis Dighton, clerk in the Commander in Chief's Office, Horse Guards, signed "Frederick", 16 Oct. 1819; Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 5th son of George III Brief A.N.S. on piece 7 x 10cm., with seal, & Envelope addressed to Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and initialled, 10 x 13cm; Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843, 6th son of George III) Free front, 1837, addressed and signed ("Sussex") by him, 7 x 11cm.; & Autograph Letter Signed ("Augustus Frederick"), to my dear Miller, recommending an Irish salesman of Cask Wine, London, 7th the 24th 1805, 23 x 19cm.; Adolphus Frederick (1774-1850, 7th son of George III), Autograph letter signed to "My dear Lord", regarding Mr Deine's desire for a Commission in the Coldstreams Guards, Cambridge House, Jan 26 1840, 3pp., small split at fold; Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, son-in-law of George III Address panel addressed to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, signed "William Frederick", 29 August 1824; Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, daughter of George III Third Party letter, n.d. (c.1822), arranging a visit by Miss [Elizabeth] Fry, 1p; Princess Sophia (1777-1848, daughter of George III), envelope front 1842, addressed in her hand and signed with her florid initial; Princess Elizabeth, daughter of George III, married Frederick IV Landgrave of Hesse Homburg Envelope address by her, mounted on card; Augusta Sophia (1768-1840, daughter of George III) Autograph letter signed to "My dear Taylor", Jan. 1826 1830, cut close touching a few letters; George Duke of Cambridge, (grandson of George III), Autograph Letter Signed to John B. Heath, Director of the Bank of England, regarding promotion for one George Brown, St. James's Palace, Aug. 10 1859, 3pp.; George IV, King of England, (1738-1820) Autograph envelope (unsigned) as Prince Regent, addressed to the Earl of Bessborough (12)
Lot 680
DAY & SON (LITHOGRAPHERS) 'Sketches and Incidents of the Siege of Lucknow from drawings made during the Siege by Clifford Henry Mecham, Lieutenant Madras Army With Descriptive Notices by George Cooper Esq', twenty-seven lithograph views (including title page) on eighteen sheets together with text pages, loosely bound folio
Lot 271
POST WAR NATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL GROUP, awarded to D.D Evans, Royal Army Pay Corps, attached to 22 Squadron SAS Regiment. To include: National Service medal 1939-1960 (unnamed), Queen Elizabeth II service medal with clasp for Malaya (correct service no. wrong name), a Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal with ribbon and dress miniature in original case, together with service certificate, discharge paper and application form for the Pingat Jasa Malaysia medal, a Sykes Fairburn commando fighting knife in leather scabbard (blade unnamed), together with SAS cap badge (metal) and blazer badge (fabric), airborn wings (fabric), airborn wings (metal) and Irvin wings badge. Together with a concise Oxford Dictionary purportedly given to Corporal Evans when he left Singapore by his SAS commanding officer. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
Lot 111
A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER TOPPED SQUARE GLASS INKWELL, hinged domed top cover over ribbed sides with star cut base, makers Army & Navy Cooperative Society Ltd (Frederick Bradford Macrea), London 1887, height 11cm x width 9cm, together with a Victorian silver topped cylindrical glass jar, engraved date '1888' to cover, gilt interior to lid, retains glass stopper (stuck in), retailed by Percy Edwards & Co, Piccadilly, maker Joseph Braham, London 1888, height 9cm, together with a pair of George V silver dwarf candlesticks, s.d. and an Edwardian silver pepperette of cylindrical form, Birmingham 1902 (5) (condition: inkwell dents to cover, toilet jar dent to side of cover, pair of candlesticks have damage to bases, pepperette has dents to top and base)
Lot 496
FOUR BOTTLES OF VINTAGE PORT, comprising three bottles of Army & Navy Port and one bottle of Grahams (unknown years), due to long cellaring the labels are detached, partially detached or heavily stained and the seals have varying degrees of deterioration although there is no sign of seepage, ullage consistent for bottles from this era which we believe is the 1960's - 1970's
Lot 166
Europe. Kisabor? Ohara. A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia, circa 1904, lithographic satirical 'Octopus map' with contemporary hand colouring, descriptive text in Japanese and English, some creasing and staining, torn with loss to upper margin (but not affecting printed image), laid on near contemporary hessian, 420 x 575 mm (Qty: 1)The map was created at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 1905), very much in the style of Fred Rose's Serio-Comic War Map, 1877. Rose's map established the conceit of depicting Russia's aggressive expansionism in the form of a Kraken-like 'Black Octopus.' Rose concentrated on Europe but Ohara has expanded the map to include Asia and the far east. The map is clearly intended for the British market as much as the Japanese, possibly as a warning to the British navy to stay out of the conflict. The Russians and Japanese were struggling for control of Port Arthur which would be surrendered to the Japanese who defeated the Russian Fleet in December of 1905, several months after this map was printed. Ohara sums up the situation in his English language descriptions of the map, printed in the upper left: "Black Octopus is a name newly given to Russia by a certain prominent Englishman. For the black octopus is so avaricious, that he stretches out his eight arms in all directions, and seizes up every thing that comes within his reach. But as it sometimes happens he gets wounded seriously even by a small fish, owing to his too much covetousness. Indeed, a Japanese proverb says: 'Great avarice is like unselfishness.' We Japanese need not to say much on the cause of the present war. Suffice it to say that the further existence of the Black Octopus will depend entirely upon how he comes out of this war. The Japanese fleet has already practically annihilated Russia's naval powers in the Orient. The Japanese army is about to win a signal victory over Russia in Corea and Manchuria. And when ... St. Petersburg? Wait & see! The ugly Black Octopus! Hurrah! Hurrah! for Japan." A highly jingoistic but visually very effective piece of Japanese propaganda, perhaps indicative of Japan's expansive territorial ambitions as much as the Russians. The map is rare, with OCLC locating only four institutional holdings
Lot 260
Shrapnel (Henry, 1761-1842). Original pen and ink drawings of 6- and 3- pounder shells, annotated by Shrapnel and signed by him as Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Artillery, c.1804, paper undated but watermarked 1802, verso blank (Qty: 1)Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), army officer and inventor of the Shrapnel shell. Shrapnel, whose name was to become synonymous with his invention, had been commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1779, and served in Newfoundland. After his return to England in 1785 he began privately to develop his idea of an explosive shell which could be fired from existing ordnance but which was filled with small round pieces of shot to be dispersed lethally when the shell exploded, the timing determined by a fuse of variable length inserted through the base of the casing. He maintained an interest in his invention during this subsequent military career, during which he had been wounded at the siege of Dunkirk in 1793, and in 1799 proposed to the Board of Ordnance that his should be adopted by the military, approval being granted in 1803. It is from this period that the present document is dated. Shrapnel became the first assistant inspector of artillery at Woolwich on 10 February 1804, during which year the shell was used with some success at the capture of Surinam. Each drawing is accompanied by annotations of the exact dimensions, which in the case of the 3 pounder show signs of having been later altered. The note to the first drawing, i.e. the 6 pounder, evidently applies to both: 'NB These shells are to be case of the best No.1 Iron, or extremely soft gun metal, so as not to be in the least degree brittle. The casting to be finished as quick as possible, that the metal may not be increased in heat beyond what is proper.'...' Shrapnel's note at the foot, written less formally, adds the instruction that 'The whole of these shells should be cast in green sand, as the moulds make the iron brittle - the raised edges 3,R & 4,R are only intended as marks, & should be raised very little indeed.' Any autograph material by Shrapnel is very rare on the market, and the present document is a particularly rare survival relating to a military invention which could be said to have had a significant influence on the future direction of artillery.
Lot 688
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