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SWANCUTT WOODROW: (1915-1993) American Major General in the United States Air Force during World War II, pilot of the Boeing Superfortress bomber aircraft Dave's Dream which dropped a nuclear weapon during Operation Crossroads, the tests carried out by the United States at Bikini Atoll. A.L.S., Woodrow P. Swancutt, with rank beneath, one page, 4to, Roswell, New Mexico, 5th May 1947, to Dr. McAlamey, on the printed stationery of the Officers' Club at Roswell Army Air Field. Swancutt writes concerning his correspondent's request to sign some envelopes, and seeks clarification, 'You failed to mention this stamp in your letter but if you desire that I sign it for you I will most certainly do so if you return it to me'. VG

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. Two small (5 x 0.5 and 3.5 x 0.5 cm) swatches of gold and green coloured and patterned upholstery fabric removed from chairs in Adolf Hitler's Fuhrerbunker by Sapper Billingsby of No. 2 Platoon, 672 Army Company, in July 1945 and sent home to his parents. Accompanied by a copy of an A.L.S. by Billingsby, two pages, 4to, Berlin, 14th July 1945, to his Mother and Father, on the printed stationery of Hitler's Chancellery ('Kanzlei des Fuhrers der NSDAP'). Billingsby writes, in part, 'I am very pleased to say we are getting along much better now. We have got rid of the bugs alright....last night our Company arranged a trip sight seeing into Berlin, me and about 20 of our fellows went....we visited the place where Hitler spent the last few hours. The Hitler Chancelery (sic) a most wonderful building I have ever seen. The Russians are keeping guard over it but they allowed us in to inspect the inside. We found quite a lot of usefull (sic) stuff. I gathered quite a lot of the old boys writing paper....you will see a bit of German on the top. The whole place has caught a most severe battering, most of the place is all ruins....I can tell you the Coventry people can certainly rest assured that those German swine were repaid with a little interest for what they did to them....I am sending you a little of materials out of the chancelery (sic) The bit of green off his sette (sic) and the other bit off his chair out of his sound proof room '. A rare and unusual pair of artefacts from the place where Hitler was to kill himself by gunshot on 30th April 1945. VG, 2 Billingsby's reference to removing the present swatch from Hitler's 'sound proof room' must clearly be taken as a reference to the Fuhrerbunker where Hitler was to commit suicide. Billingsby's further comment in his letter in regard to visiting the place where 'Hitler spent the last few hours' reinforces this. 

LEY ROBERT: (1890-1945) German Nazi Politician, head of the German Labour Front 1933-45. A rare A.L.S., Dr. Robert Ley, on one side of an official Prisoner of War postcard, n.p. (Nuremberg), 23rd September 1945, to his mistress Madelaine Wanderer, in German. Writing in bold pencil, Ley proclaims that he has 'had great sorrow and anxiety about you', but does now know why, continuing 'It was suddenly as if I heard your voice, but it was imagination. If I could only get some news of you. It's miserable. If you are unhappy you could perhaps try applying to Prof. Morell'. Beneath his signature appear two lines of text in Ley's hand, 'Internal Security Detachment, O.U.S.C.C., P.A.C., A.P.O. 403, U.S. Army'. Hand addressed by Ley to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Madelaine Wanderer (1926-2007) Estonian ballet dancer with whom Ley conducted an affair after his second wife, Inge, had shot herself in a drunken brawl in 1942. Theodor Morell (1886-1948) German doctor, the personal physician to Adolf Hitler. Ley's letter was written just over a month before he committed suicide while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity and war crimes. 

DORNBERGER WALTER: (1895-1980) German engineer, a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemunde Army Research Centre during World War II. Vintage signed 4 x 5 photograph of Dornberger in a half-length pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to the image and dated Buffalo, 30th January 1955 in his hand. One very light, extremely minor surface crease, VG

LEOPOLD II: (1835-1909) King of the Belgians 1865-1909. A good A.L.S., Leopold, four pages, 8vo, Chateau de Laeken (Brussels), 27th July 1866, to his sister, Charlotte (‘Ma chere Charlotte’), on the King’s personal printed black bordered mourning stationery, in French. The King commences his letter by recommending Elisa de Try ‘jeune artiste appuyee tres fort par Servais et Liannard, couverte de succes dans les salons de Paris et 1er prix de notre Conservatoire’ (Translation: ‘a young artiste supported very strongly by Servais and Liannard, covered with success in the salons of Paris and 1st prize recipient of our music school’) and continues to provide news of the current political and military landscape in Europe, ‘cette belle armee autrichienne detruite, les prussiens devant Vienne….tout cela en moins de 30 jours de temps. La Prusse est a un moment preponderant en Europe. L'Empereur Napoleon occupe le second rang, la Russie le 3er at l'Angleterre le dernier’ (Translation: ‘this beautiful Austrian army destroyed, the Prussians in front of Vienna…..all that in less than 30 days. Prussia is at this time preponderant in Europe. The Emperor Napoleon occupies the second rank, Russia the 3rd and England the last’), further congratulating himself on the fact that public spirit and a feeling of nationalism has never been better in Belgium, although explaining that he would have liked to have put his army on a good footing, but ‘malheureusement je n'obtiens rien du cabinet et notre armee reste trop dependante des caprices et de la fortune’ (Translation: ‘unfortunately I get nothing from the Cabinet and our army remains too dependent on whims and fortune’). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the King ‘A Sa Majeste l’Imperatrice du Mexique’. Together with an A.L.S. by Felix Eloin, a Belgian diplomat and Chief of the Civil Cabinet of Emperor of Maximilian I of Mexico, two pages, 8vo, Vienna, 1st August 1866, to a Count, in French, also recommending Elisa de Try. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, G, 2Charlotte of Belgium (1840-1927) Belgian Princess, younger sister of King Leopold II. Carlota’s marriage to Archduke Maximilian of Austria, later Emperor of Mexico, resulted in her becoming an Archduchess of Austria (in 1857) and Empress of Mexico (in 1864).Elisa de Try (1846-1922) French virtuoso cellist who performed as a soloist in the second half of the 19th century.

ALBERT VII: (1559-1621) Archduke of Austria who served as Sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands with his wife Isabella Clara Eugenia from 1598-1621, and as Viceroy of Portugal 1583-93 and, briefly, as Archduke of Lower and Upper Austria from March-October 1619. An interesting L.S., Alberto, one page, large folio, Brussels, 22nd December 1605, in French. The manuscript letter is addressed to all of the lieutenants, governors, colonels, captains and men of war, provosts, mayors, aldermen and other justices, officers and subjects who may have cause to read it, and is a commission for Pierre Launay, an archer of the guard, to lead the tercio of Don Pedro Carmiento (?), lately arrived from England, asking that they be allowed free passage 'et le chemin accomodes de vivres et aultres choses necessaires pour leur meilleur passaige, Et enchargeons aud. Archier de tenir la main vers le Me de camp, Capnes et officiers dud. Tercio de faire vivre leurs gens en bon ordre et discipline militaire, et faire de sorte quilz se contentent raisonnablem. des viandes ordinaires que les subiectz auront en leur maison, sans leur demander ou les contraindre d'aller cercher du pain blancq, vin, poisson, chair de mouton, de veau et semblables boissons et viandes extraordinaires' (Translation: 'and the route accommodated with provisions and other things necessary for their better passage, and charge the said archer to join with the master of camp, captains and officers of the said tercio to make their people live in good order and military discipline, and to do so that they are reasonably content with the ordinary meats that the subjects will have in their house, without asking them or forcing them to go and get white bread, wine, fish, meat of mutton, veal and similar drinks and extraordinary meats') and also advising that the archer will notify the governor or principal officer of the province in advance of their arrival. With the small remnants of the affixed seal. Some extensive, small holes to the text and some splitting at the folds, slightly affecting the text and signature. FR The tercio military units of the Spanish Army, active during the reign of the Spanish Habsburgs in the early modern period, were renowned for the effectiveness of their battlefield formations and provided a crucial step in the formation of modern European armies..

‘I hear the well worthy and faithful Admiral Nelson happily arrived….’             1149    FERDINAND I: (1751-1825) King of the Two Sicilies 1816-25 (upon his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars) and previously, as Ferdinand IV, King of Naples 1759-99, 1799-1806, 1815-16 and, as Ferdinand III, King of Sicily 1759-1816. A fine A.L.S., Ferdinand D[e] B[ourbon], one page, 4to, Palermo, 27th June 1799, to an unidentified correspondent [Sir John Acton?], in Italian. The King informs his correspondent that a frigate has arrived from Naples with an 'inexpressible consolation', continuing 'I hear the well worthy and faithful Admiral Nelson happily arrived with his crew. I have read the statement that he sent you in the form of observations, which could not be more wise, reasoned and adapted to effect and truly evangelical. I have no doubt that you will have immediately complied with it, otherwise it would have been the same as declaring yourself a rebel too, which is never possible after so many reproaches in the past given me of fidelity and attachment'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of good content for its reference to Lord Nelson. VG Sir John Acton (1736-1811) French-born English Admiral who served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples under Ferdinand IV during the turbulent times when French Revolutionary fervour under Napoleon was sweeping across Europe and threatening to extinguish the monarchy he served.  Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) British Vice-Admiral who achieved a number of decisive naval victories during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.  Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 had extinguished French naval power in the Mediterranean, thereby saving the Kingdom of Naples from naval conquest by Revolutionary France. However, this did not prevent the French armies entering the north of Italy and achieving some successes. In response, and on the orders of Nelson, in December 1798 King Ferdinand, Queen Maria Carolina, Sir John Acton, Sir William Hamilton (and his wife, Emma Hamilton, Nelson's mistress) were evacuated from Naples and taken on board HMS Vanguard to the Sicilian capital of Palermo. Freed of the royal presence, during the first months of 1799, the Neapolitan citizens and aristocracy sympathetic to the ideals of the French Revolution promptly established the short-lived Parthenopean Republic with the help of the French and an uprising of the classes who had supported King Ferdinand was violently suppressed. Nevertheless the monarchy was restored in Naples five months later when Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo, with the King's permission and support of Nelson, led the 20,000 strong Calabrian army ('Sanfedisti') against the French occupation. Acton re-established order in Naples with the creation of the Junta of State, a reign of terror during which many prominent citizens were imprisoned or executed. King Ferdinand rewarded Nelson's services by granting him a title of Sicilian nobility, Duke of Bronte, which he accepted without his own King's approval.  

`..entrusting you with the responsibility for the future command and judgements of our Army previously led by the late General Field-Marshal Prince of Tauris, Potemkin,...´ CATHERINE II THE GREAT: (1762-1796) Empress of Russia 1762-96, Catherine the Great. An excellent and very attractive L.S., `Ekaterina´, in Cyrillic, two pages, 4to, Saint Petersburg, 20th October 1791, to Mikhailo Vasilievich, in Cyrillic. An excellent document signed, the Empress referring to the refurbishing of the Black Sea Fleet in case the Turks do not agree with the upcoming peace treaty, and mentioning the late Field-Marshal Potemkin who died only a week before the present letter was written. Catherine the Great states in part `In addition to our three commands that had already been given to you on the occasion of entrusting you with the responsibility for the future command and judgements of our Army previously led by the late General Field-Marshal Prince of Tauris, Potemkin, and of the Black Sea Fleet, we consider it necessary for you to do the following: first, to disarm the Black Sea Fleet and do your utmost to speed its repair and get it ready for the spring, storing the provisions and other necessities well in advance, in case of the failure of our negotiations with the Turks and their obstinacy in signing a peace agreement…´ Despite the peace treaty negotiations, the Empress distrusts the Turks, and gives additional orders, further saying `Second, to urgently build ships and other vessels, that we started or planned to be built under the command of the late Field-Marshal, informing us in every detail about the success of what is being built and where…´ VG Catherine II refers in the present letter to peace treaty negotiations, which will end up with the Treaty of Jassy, signed by the Russian and by the Ottoman Empire on 9th January 1792, only two months after the present letter was signed. Jassy was a city in Moldavia. This peace treaty put an end to the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-92 and confirmed Russia´s dominance in the Black Sea. The treaty was signed by Grand Vizier Koca Yusuf Pasha and by Prince Bezborodko who had succeeded Prince Potemkin as the head of the Russian delegation. Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski (1739-1791) Russian Nobleman, Military Leader, Prince of the Russian Empire and favourite of Catherine the Great. Potemkin took part in the coup which deposed Tsar Peter III in 1762, giving the power to the tsar´s wife Catherine II. Potemkin became her lover and adviser and the most powerful man in Russia. The present letter is signed only one week after Grigory Potemkin passed away.

LENIN VLADIMIR: (1870-1924) Russian revolutionary and politician who served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia 1917-24 and of the Soviet Union 1922-24 & TSIURUPA ALEXANDER (1870-1928) Bolshevik leader and Soviet politician who served as People's Commissar for Food of the RSFSR 1918-21. A rare D.S. by both Lenin ('V Ulyanov (Lenin)') and Tsiurupa ('A Tsyurupa') individually, one page, folio, Kremlin, Moscow, 20th June 1919, with the stamped heading of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Workers and Peasants Defence Council, in Cyrillic. The typed document is addressed to Narkomprod (People's Commissariat for Food Supplies) of Crimea and states, in part, 'Considering the severity of the food situation in Russia, and the enormous shortages of food for children, especially for sick children, I suggest that all canned fruits available in Crimea, as well as cheese, should be earmarked solely for feeding sick children in Northern Russia. Products should be sent to Komprod's address'. Signed at the conclusion by Lenin in his capacity as Chairman of the Defence Council and by Tsiurupa in his capacity as People's Commissar for Food Supplies, alongside an official circular purple ink stamp. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VGThe People's Commissariat for Food Supplies (also known by it's abbreviation Narkomprod) was originally founded in 1917 and was the ministry of the Russian SFSR in charge of food supplies and industrial goods.Lenin and Tsiurupa signed the present document at a significant time during the Russian Civil War (1917-23) throughout which Crimea changed hands numerous times. Whilst it was governed by the Bolsheviks in June 1919, it would not be long before it became the stronghold of the anti-Bolshevik White Army under the command of General Anton Denikin. It is therefore possible that Lenin and Tsiurupa, aware of the situation facing Crimea, were attempting to get as much food as they could out of the area before it was too late.

CASTRO FIDEL: (1926-2016) Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba 1959-76 and President of Cuba 1976-2008. Autograph Manuscript draft of an interview written and signed by the Spanish journalist Enrique Meneses (1929-2013), two pages, 8vo, n.p. (Cuba), 9th January 1958, in Spanish. The text states, in part, 'In an exclusive interview granted by Fidel Castro to Enrique Meneses for “Le Figaro” of Paris, the rebel leader answers the declarations…..of 8th January. Castro: To whom should I hand over the weapons that we have taken from the army? To the same army that has been fighting us for a year?......Those that we have captured from the army will be handed over when all possibility of dictatorship is discarded. We do not aspire to any political position, so we do not represent any danger of dictatorship. When the armed forces are reorganised and the dignified military have them under their control, when all fear that a military junta will replace Batista is discarded; the July 26 movement will hand over its weapons to those armed forces. Meneses: What do you think of the acceptance of Manuel Urrutia as provisional President? Castro: We are very happy that everyone agrees that Urrutia is the ideal person to preside over the Repubic…..Carlos Prio no longer counts for anything in Cuba. The revolution is in the hands of the new generation and not in those who want to chain their destiny to a disgraceful past. Meneses: Do you think that without the help of the rest of the opposition you will be able to defeat Batista? Castro: It will take longer but we will achieve it. The days when the troops came to look for us in the mountains are over. Today we have to go and look for them……here it is already safer than in the rest of the Republic. This is free Cuba'. Signed by Meneses at the conclusion and countersigned by Fidel Castro with his name alone in fountain pen ink. Some light overall creasing, minor age wear and a few stains, otherwise about VGEnrique Meneses (1929-2013) Spanish journalist, writer and photographer. In 1958 Meneses became the first reporter to live, for four months, with the Cuban revolutionaries in Sierra Maestra, at which time he met and interviewed Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. His reports on the Cuban revolution which appeared in French publications caused a worldwide sensation. The present document dates from just a few months before the military dictator Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973) fled from Cuba in the early hours of 1st January 1959. News of the fall of Batista's government was met with a jubilant reaction by Cubans and Fidel Castro and his army rolled victoriously into Havana on 8th January 1959. 

PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American rock 'n' roll singer. Vintage blue ink signature ('Best allways [sic] Elvis Presley') and date, March 1960, in his hand, to the clear verso of a colour 'singing' postcard (approx. 6 x 8”, 15 x 21 cm), the composite images featuring various buildings in Frankfurt and incorporating a 45-rpm recording of Pampas by Pache. One small hole to the centre (as issued) and some very light, minimal age wear, VGPresley's signature dates from the final year of his military service with the United States Army in West Germany, attaining the rank of Sergeant in February 1960.

‘the care and diligence in averting and rejecting the plans of the malicious should always be praised’  PIUS III: (1439-1503) Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22nd September to 18th October 1503. At just twenty-six days, Pius III had one of the shortest pontificates in papal history. An exceptionally rare D.S., F[ranciscus]. C[ardinalis] de Piccolomineis, as Papal Legate to Rome and the Papal States, one page (vellum), slim oblong folio (32 x 12 cm), St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, 5th June 1464, in Latin. The manuscript document, issued in the name of Pope Pius II, and penned in an elegant script, states that the recipient's letters 'in which you have indicated to us certain suspicions cast by you….and also an account of what has been reported of Jacopo Piccinino' have been read, commenting 'We, beloved child, think that suspicions of this kind are vain, but we praise you for being cautious' and further continuing 'the care and diligence in averting and rejecting the plans of the malicious should always be praised, and We who are the ones who protect and defend you as we desire….Therefore, concerning the Corsicans who are trying to enter into your state, we ordered the governor of our Patrimony to seize them and punish them according to their demerits'. The document also states, 'As regards Piccinino, although he has received the….stipend from the King [Ferdinand I of Naples] and his Serenity needs his services for the establishment of his kingdom and his state, and as we have been informed he does not wish to let him go, nevertheless we shall not fail to protect you where necessary…..Our beloved son Antonio [Piccolomini], Duke of Amalfi……will soon arrive, who will station a part of our army in the territory of your country….' Adding that the Duke has been commanded to defend and protect their land and subjects if necessary. Autographs of Pope Pius III, the nephew of Pius II, are of the utmost rarity and the present document is also of historical significance for its references to Jacopo Piccinino and Antonio Piccolomini. Some light overall damp staining and two very small holes to the body of the document, the text remaining clear and entirely legible. Some traces of former mounting to the verso and with the (slightly indistinct) circular red stamp of the College heraldique de France to the verso. About VGThe recipient of the present document is unclear, however one valid candidate would be Marino Marzano (1420-1494) Italian nobleman, Grand Admiral of the Kingdom of Naples, and an ally of Pope Pius II. Pius II (1405-1464) Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States 1458-64. A Renaissance humanist, and member of the House of Piccolomini, Pius II had achieved fame as an author in Latin before becoming Pope. Jacopo Piccinino (1423-1465) Italian condottiero, nobleman and feudal lord. In 1450 Piccinino became a General in the Venetian Army and in 1463 participated in the dynastic wars which tore apart the Kingdom of Naples. In 1465 he was called to Naples to receive the position as viceroy of Abruzzi and serve as leader of King Ferdinand I of Naple's troops, however he was treacherously arrested on the King's orders and condemned to death.Antonio Piccolomini (1435-1492) Duke of Amalfi. Italian soldier and politician. Brother of Francesco Piccolomini, the future Pope, and a nephew of Pius II from whom the Duke received numerous favours and investitures. Appointed Lieutenant General of Men-at-Arms of the Kingdom of Naples, at the time of the present document the Duke was engaged in eliminating the last resistances of Jacopo Piccinino and participated in various military campaigns involving the Kingdom of Naples.Ferdinand I (1424-1494) King of Naples 1458-94, one of the most influential and feared monarchs in Europe at the time and an important figure in the Italian Renaissance. Pius II had convened the Congress of Mantua in 1459 in order to plan a war against the Ottoman Turks, Christendom's common enemy, and in January 1460 the Pope proclaimed the official crusade. However, by November 1463, little progress had been made and the Pope, in an effort to organise the crusade himself, invited all of the Christian nobility to join. The Venetians immediately agreed, as did George Kastriot Skanderberg, leader of the Albanian resistance, who declared war on the Ottomans on 27th November 1463. The Pope did not succeed in securing the support of estranged France; the Duke of Burgundy breaking his promises; Milan was engrossed in an attempt to seize Genoa; and Florence cynically advised the Pope to let the Turks and the Venetians to wear each other out. Pius II was aware that he was nearing his end, and his malady most likely prompted the feverish impatience with which on 18th June 1464, less than two weeks after the present document was issued, he assumed the cross and departed for Ancona to conduct the crusade in person. Provenance: Previously contained in the archives of the College heraldique de France, a leading organisation in the studies of noble genealogy that was created in 1841 by Claude Drigon, Marquis of Magny (1796-1879). Its large collections, estimated to be 350,000 documents (including 60,000 charters from the 11th - 14th centuries) were dispersed at auction at the Hotel Drouot in 1935-37.

Geronimo signs for the President of the Wells Fargo Express Company GERONIMO: (1829-1909) Bedonkohe Apache leader and medicine man, noted for his raids and related combat actions during the Apache Wars (1849-86). An excellent, bold pencil signature ('GERONIMO') to the verso of the personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Burns Durbin Caldwell and featuring his printed name to the centre of the recto. Accompanied by the original folio page to which the visiting card was originally loosely affixed. The page, removed from a contemporary album, features a vintage illustrated newspaper clipping laid down to the centre, the text stating, in part, 'From Warpath to Poker Table - Old Geronimo, the famous fighting chief of the Apaches, is now a prisoner of the government at Port Sill…..it is said that the wily old chief has developed such skill at bluffing and “playing a hand” that he is rapidly getting rich…..Recently Geronimo deposited $1425 in a bank at El Reno as the result of a single week's play'. Autographs of Geronimo are extremely rare and highly desirable. Some light age wear and two small traces of former mounting to the upper corners, not affecting the signature. About VG Burns D. Caldwell (1858-1922) American businessman, president of the Wells Fargo Express Company and chairman of the board of the American Railway Express Company. Geronimo attained celebrity status during his lifetime and he became a regular attraction at events and fairs including the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, New York in 1901, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904 and Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows, where he appeared under Army guard. Geronimo dressed in traditional clothing on such occasions, posed for photographs, provided autographs and souvenirs, and sold his crafts.  The present signature links two of the major household names of America's Wild West - Geronimo and Wells Fargo, the latter being the company that handled express service to western states, and were often robbed.  Provenance: From the autograph collection of Frank Dyche (d.1944) and his wife Grace Scripps Dyche (1863-1924). Frank Dyche, a prominent Chicago attorney, married Grace Scripps in 1896. Grace was the daughter of John Locke Scripps (1818-1866), editor of the Chicago Tribune, and his wife Mary E. Scripps (1825-1866). The Scripps have been described as 'one of the oldest and most influential families of American journalism' who 'occupied a unique place in nineteenth-century America'.

STENDHAL: (1783-1842) Marie-Henri Beyle. French writer considered one of the early and foremost practitioners of realism, whose works include Le Rouge et le Noir (1830). A.L.S., Beyle, with an ink blot at the conclusion of the signature, four pages, 4to, Rue Jacob, Paris, 23rd January 1809, to 'Mon cher camarade & ami', in French. Stendhal states that he has received his correspondent's letter from Pancorbo, explaining that he didn't want to answer it until he was sure of his destination, and continuing 'Le hazard m'a retenu un mois a Paris, ou plutot ce hazard est un trait de bonte charmant de Mme. D.....Mr. D. est arrive, m'a tres bien accueilli, et il parait que je vais etre employe ici a la liquidation des comptes (matieres) de la grande Armee. Tant que j'y serai employez moi je vous en conjure, a toutes les commissions que vous pourrez avoir a faire .......Votre lettre d'une main etrangere m'a donne beaucoup d'inquietude, donnez-moi de vos nouvelles en detail, dites-moi si vous voulez que je vous expedie les bottes..... Je vis accable de diners et de visites qui, pour la plupart sont des corvees. J'ai donne a diner lundi a 5 ou 6 de nos camarades, l'un d'eux rend ce diner lundi prochain. Je vous assure que les paroles ne manquent pas a ces diners, on y passe en revue de pres, tout ce qui s'est fait et dit a la grane Armee' (Translation: 'Chance kept me in Paris for a month, or rather this chance is a charming trait of kindness from Mme. D…..Mr. D. arrived, gave me a very warm welcome, and it seems that I will be employed here in the settlement of accounts (materials) of the Grand Army. As long as I am there employ me, I beg you, on all the errands you may have to do…..Your letter from a foreign hand has given me great concern, give me some of your news in detail, tell me if you want me to ship the boots to you….I live overwhelmed with dinners and visits which, for the most part, are chores. I hosted a dinner on Monday for 5 or 6 of our comrades, one of them hosts a dinner next Monday. I assure you that conversation is not lacking at these dinners, we closely review everything that has been done and said to the Grand Army'). Stendhal also provides news of mutual acquaintances, one of whom has got married, and concludes his letter remarking 'Les actions de ta banque etaient tombees a 118 fr, elles sont remontees a 120 fr de un jour apres l'arrivee de Sa Majeste [Napoleon I] qui a fait dire que les bruits de guerre etaient mal fondes' (Translation: 'The shares of your bank had fallen to 118 francs, they rose to 120 francs one day after the arrival of His Majesty [Napoleon I] who had it said that the rumours of war were unfounded'). Some light overall age wear and considerable show-through of ink to the pages, about VG

PARMENTIER ANTOINE-AUGUSTIN: (1737-1813) French pharmacist and agronomist, a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. A.L.S., Parmentier, one page, 4to, Calais, 7th July 1805, to Monsieur Bruloy, chief pharmacist of the army in Boulogne, in French. Parmentier writes, in part, 'J'ai ete force mon cher Bruloy de donner en une heure au Commissaire General [Claude Petiet] l'etat des Pharmaciens attaches aux divisions du centre; vous vervez par l'etat que nous vous adressons ceux qui les composent. Je desire avoir observe a cet egard toutes les convenances et rempli vos vues' (Translation: 'I was forced, my dear Bruloy, to give the General Commissioner [Claude Petiet] in one hour the state of the pharmacists attached to the divisions of the centre; you will see by the state that we send you those who composed them. I wish to have observed in this respect all the proprieties and fulfilled your views'). With integral address leaf in Parmentier's hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGClaude Petiet (1749-1806) French politician who served as Minister of War 1796-97 and in 1805 was appointed Intendant General of the Grand Armee, organising the Boulogne camp and the Austerlitz campaign.  

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English soldier and statesman, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1690-91, 1702-08. L.S., Le Pr. et duc de Marlborough, three pages, 4to, Vienna, 22nd November 1705, to Johann Wilhelm II, in French. The Duke informs his correspondent that he has not failed to obey his orders 'en representant a l'Empereur et a ses minstres, tout ce qu'elle m'a fait l'honeur de me charger' (Translation: 'by representing to the Emperor and his ministers all that he has done me the honour to entrust to me') and continues 'Je dois aussi lui informer que l'Empereur fait beaucoup de fonds sure les six battaillons qu'elle espene que votre Altesse Electorale voudra bien lui  fournir pour augmenter son armee en Italie, et pour les quelles elle offre mille recrues a vingt ecus par homme……J'ose aussi me flatter que le zele que Votre Altesse Electorale fait paraitre dans toutes les occasions pour le brien de la cause commune le pousseva a nous accorder ce secours' (Translation: 'I must also inform you that the Emperor is making a great deal of money from the six battalions which he hopes your Electoral Highness will be good enough to provide to increase his army in Italy, and for which you are offering a thousand recruits at twenty crowns per man……I also dare to flatter myself that the zeal that Your Electoral Highness shows on all occasions for the sake of the common cause prompted him to grant us this help'). With some very light, extremely minor age wear and one small, light circular stain, only very slightly affecting the text, VGJohann Wilhelm II (1658-1716) Elector Palatine 1690-1716.The present letter was written during the Spanish War of Succession (1701-15) which saw Marlborough participate in a number of important battles including the Battle of Blenheim (1704), the Battle of Elixheim (1705) and the Battle of Oudenarde (1708).   

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent military content L.S., `Nap´, three pages, 4to, gilt edges, Trianon, 10th August 1810, to the Duke de Feltre, in French. The letter is dictated to and in the hand of Meneval. Napoleon demonstrates in this letter his skills on military strategy, planning and reorganizing his troops intending to reinforce his battalions in Spain, stating in part `Monsieur le duc de Feltre, faites-moi connaitre si l´on pourrait former à Turin un regiment de marche pour l´armée de Catalogne qui serait composé de 200 hommes du 1er regiment d´infanterie légère - de 300 hommes du 3º idem - de 200 hommes du 2eme de ligne….´ (Translation: ` Monsieur le duc de Feltre, let me know if we could form in Turin a march regiment for the Catalonia army which would be composed by 200 men from the first light infantry regiment - by 300 men of the third idem, by 200 men of the second…´) further adding `Le 16º qui est à Toulon pourrait envoyer 500 hommes à son 4º bataillon à l´armée de Catalogne, ce qui ferait pour cette armée un secours de 2000 hommes. Envoyez-moi un projet d´organisation de ce regiment et faites-moi connaitre quand il sera prêt´ (Translation: `The 16th regiment at Toulon could supply 500 men to the 4th battalion of the Catalonia army, which would give a grant of 2000 men for this army. Send me an organization project for this regiment and let me know when it will be ready´) Napoleon further suggests several ways of reinforcing the army in Catalonia and in Spain, stating in part `On complèterait ces battaillons avec ce qu´il y aurait de disponible aux 4º bataillons dont les dépôts sont en France et qui ont leurs bataillons de guerre en Hollande, en Allemagne et sur les côtes; et si l´on parvenait à les completer ce serait une force de 3 à 4000 hommes qui, avec les bataillons de marche ci-dessus demandés, formerait une division de 8000 hommes…´ (Translation: `We would complete these battalions with what would be available in the 4th battalions which warehouses are in France and which war battalions are in Holland, in Germany and on the coasts; and if we manage to complete them it will be a military presence of 3 to 4000 men who, together with the requested march battalions mentioned above, would make all together a division of 8000 men…) Before concluding Napoleon explains to the Duke de Feltre the advantages of such changes, saying `Cela aura l´avantage 1º de fournir 4000 hommes de renfort pour l´armée de Catalogne et 8000 hommes pour l´armée d´Espagne; 2º de diminuer le nombre des hommes presents sous les armes des regiments qui sont sur le pied de paix, c´est à dire des régiments qui sont sur les côtes de France, en Allemagne, en Hollande, etc.., ce qui diminuera la dépense´ (Translation: `This will have the advantage 1º of providing 4000 reinforcements for the army of Catalonia and 8000 men for the army of Spain; 2º to reduce the number of men present under the arms of regiments which are under peace status, that is to say regiments which are on the coasts of France, in Germany, in Holland, etc., which will reduce the expenses´) A letter of very interesting military content. Accompanied by a small 12mo holograph receipt, with traces of having been pinned to the bottom left corner. VG Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon. Later Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24Claude François de Méneval (1778-1850) Baron of the Empire. Memoirist of the 19th century. Napoleon´s private secretary and his closest collaborator.

KITCHENER HERBERT: (1850-1916) 1st Earl Kitchener. Irish-born British Field Marshal and colonial administrator. An extremely rare and highly unusual large vintage signed 21.5 x 16.5 sepia photograph by Kitchener and six of the seven members of his mission to Japan comprising Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925; 1st Baron Rawlinson, British General), William Lambton (1863-1936; British Major-General), Leopold Greville (1882-1928; Lord Brooke, 6th Earl of Warwick, British Brigadier General), Tsuneyoshi Murata (1838-1921; Japanese Major, inventor of the Murata rifle), Nagayuki Asano (1864-1947; Japanese head of the Asano clan which ruled over Hiroshima Domain) and Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida. The image, which also features Captain Oswald Fitzgerald (1875-1916; British military officer with the 18th Bengal Lancers and Kitchener's 'constant and inseparable companion' whom he appointed his aide-de-camp), depicts Kitchener and the other officers standing together in full-length poses, each wearing their uniforms and medals, in the grounds of the Shiba Palace, Tokyo, in November 1909. Photograph by Shibata of Tokyo. Signed by the six in dark fountain pen inks to a light area at the base of the image, some adding their ranks alongside their signatures. Some light age wear and a few minor stains and scuffs, most evident to the photographer's mount. About VG Kitchener served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from 1902-09 and had been promoted to the highest army rank of Field Marshal in September 1909. As part of a tour to Australia and New Zealand Kitchener visited China and Japan and it was at the latter that he and his staff were treated as official guests of the nation; a palace at Tokyo was set aside for their use, a ceremonial reception was accorded to them and an invitation to attend the Imperial Manoeuvres was pressed on them. It was on the occasion of the Imperial Grand Japanese Manoeuvres that the present photograph was taken.

LAWRENCE T. E.: (1888-1935) British army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer, renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916-18) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915-18) against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. An excellent A.L.S., T E Shaw, one page, folio, Karachi, India, 5th January 1927, to an unidentified correspondent (although evidently a writer whom Lawrence held in some esteem). Lawrence announces, 'I have sworn a great oath never to use or countenance the use of the name "Lawrence", as referring to me, again, in public or private', continuing 'So that would settle the question of my introducing your book, I'm afraid' and explaining 'Of course I write, or rather I try to write, occasionally: unsigned articles, or articles signed by virgin names. They are worth two guineas a thousand words, which I am told is a better rate than usual. They cost me more than that, in trouble, even at my R.A.F. rate of 3/6 a day! And no publisher would be moved to publish your work, because it had an unknown man's introduction before it.' Shaw, however, offers his advice and a further clarification of his decision to his correspondent, 'But why should you think an introduction necessary?......Probably the right man will take what you have written on its merits, and that should be much more gratifying than to be helped. I did twice, in the old days, help people by introducing their books: but one, Richard Garnett, was dead, and that pardoned the offence. The other, Doughty, was a special case: I had been trying to persuade all London to reprint him, and at last one beginning-publisher said "I will, if you'll preface it" :- and what could I do? Doughty was very nice about it: but it felt like scratching one's name on Westminster Abbey. Introductions to publishers I will (and do) willingly give. Several people with good stuff have been helped by me into print. It's a matter of knowing the proper tradesmen. Have you tried Cape? He is enterprising, and the best producer of commercial books in London (for format). If you will send me a sample of your stuff I'll see that it reaches his reader (Edward Garnett, a critic of genius) with my opinion. I have no doubt that it's the right stuff: and it should be exactly right for the particular public. If Cape says "NO", I'd suggest Faber and Gwyer for second string: but Cape an easy first. Secker is too difficult: and the big men too staid'. A rare letter of fine content in which Lawrence affirms his desire for anonymity and proves himself to be a good guide in the intricacies behind the scenes of publishing. Some very light creasing and a few minor tape stains to the lower central area of the letter, only very minimally affecting a few words of text and part of the signature, otherwise about VGFollowing his legendary exploits in Arabia, Lawrence had become a household name by the early 1920s and enlisted in the Royal Air Force in August 1922 as an aircraftman under the name John Hume Ross. However, less than a year later, his identity was exposed, and he was forced out of the RAF in February 1923. Changing his name once again, to T. E. Shaw, he repeatedly petitioned to re-join the RAF and was finally readmitted in August 1925. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom was published in December 1926 and the renewed publicity it brought resulted in his assignment to bases as Karachi, from where the present letter was written, and Miramshah in British India, where he remained until the end of 1928. Herbert Jonathan Cape (1879-1960) British publisher who founded the London publishing house of Jonathan Cape in 1921, remaining at the head of the firm until 1960. Cape established a reputation for high quality design and production and published a range of English-language authors including Robert Frost, Ian Fleming, James Joyce and T. E. Lawrence.Edward Garnett (1868-1937) English writer, critic and literary editor who was instrumental in the publication of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. Edward Garnett was the son of Richard Garnett (1895-1906) English scholar, librarian, biographer and poet, who is also referenced in the present letter. 

‘Russia is in a dreadful state just now and the revolution has played the devil with the army’  WAVELL ARCHIBALD: (1883-1950) British Field Marshal who served in both World War I and World War II, later becoming the Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1943-47). A.L.S., A. P. Wavell, four pages, 8vo, Cranborne, Salisbury, 16th June 1912, to Sergeant Major Johnstone. Wavell sends his congratulations to his correspondent on their promotion, and also thanks him for their letter and photographs of the regiment at the Durbar, commenting 'I heard the battalion did splendidly at Delhi and saw it for myself in the Durbar cinematograph pictures in a theatre in London, The regiment and particularly the guard of honour came out very well, and received a lot of applause from the audience. They looked extraordinarily smart and handled their arms wonderfully well' and also writing of his own work at the War Office ('It doesn't suit me very well living in London, doing office work, and getting little exercise') and previous post in Russia, 'I had a fairly good time in Russia, it is a very interesting country but it was such hard work learning the language…..that I got very tired of it. The best fun I had was 10 days manoeuvres with a Russian corps. Their men are very good, fine physique, well disciplined and very good marchers but stupid and uneducated. The officers are not very good, though very nice people'. Together with a second A.L.S., A. P. Wavell, three pages, 8vo, Cranborne, Salisbury, 18th June 1917, to Johnstone. Wavell reports on his recent military activities, 'They wired from Mesopotamia last October to ask for me to go out there to the battalion and I was very anxious to get back, but they wouldn't let me go from France. I was not far off from Mesopotamia however a short time ago, as I was sent out to the Caucasus last November as military attaché to the Russian army there…..I didn't want to go at all and was very glad to get back. Russia is in a dreadful state just now and the revolution has played the devil with the army', adding that he expects to return to France shortly, and would like to get command of a battalion, and also briefly referring to mutual comrades. Two letters of good content. Some light age wear and a few neat splits at the edges of folds, otherwise about VG, 2 In 1911 Wavell spent a year as a military observer with the Russian Army and in 1912 became a General Staff Officer in the Russian section of the War Office. After visiting manoeuvres at Kiev in the summer of 1913, Wavell was arrested at the Russo-Polish border as a suspected spy, following a search of his Moscow hotel room by the secret police, but managed to remove from his papers an incriminating document listing information wanted by the War Office. In October 1916 Wavell was made an acting Lieutenant-Colonel and assigned as liaison officer to the Russian Army in the Caucasus. In June 1917 he was promoted to brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and continued to work as liaison officer with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force headquarters.  

NEUFCHATEAU NICOLAS FRANCOIS DE: (1750-1828) French statesman, poet and agricultural scientist who, during the French Revolution, was elected deputy supplant to the National Assembly and charged with the organisation of the Vosges Department. Neufchateau also served as President of the Legislative Assembly from December 1791 to January 1792. D.S., Francois (de Neufchateau), one page, 4to, Epinal, 31st December 1792, in French. The manuscript document consists of three statements, the first signed by Jean Bernard, a farmer in Punerot, who provided a horse and transport to assist in the delivery of army supplies, explaining that the horse died (as certified by the Captain and Commander of the battalion) whilst in the care of a ploughman, Nicolas Godard, and seeking a compensation payment of one hundred and twenty six pounds, that being the value of the horse according to a report drawn up by the municipal officers of Punerot. The second statement, signed by Barret, Gerardin and Panichot, appears in the upper left margin and represents the judgement of the District Directory, recommending that, according to the provisions of the law of 29th April, the petitioner should be paid the sum of one hundred and twenty six pounds by the public treasury as compensation for his horse which perished whilst in the service of the Republic. At the foot of the page appears the final statement signed by Neufchateau, explaining that he has considered the petition and the opinion of the District Directory and confirms that the Directory of the Department of Vosges will send to the Minister of War a 'priere de prendre la reclamation du petition naire en consideration pour lui procurer le paiement des 126 faisant le prix du cheval perdu au service de la republique' (Translation: 'request to take the petitioner's claim into consideration to procure for him the payment of the 126 representing the price of the horse lost in the service of the republic'). Very slightly irregularly trimmed edges and some light age wear, otherwise VG 

`I find that Dumouriez and Duval have deserved to lose their heads; and if we discuss their affair at the Convention, we can only come to this conclusion´             985      CARNOT LAZARE: (1753-1823) French Physicist and Politician. Known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars. An exceptional content and lengthy A.L., four pages, 4to, Lille, 28th March 1793, to citizen Guyton de Morveau, in French. The present letter is written during the Reign of Terror, and while France is threatened in the north. Carnot sends the present private letter to his friend and correspondent Guyton de Morveau, both being from Bourgogne, and both being important scientists, as Carnot was Mathematician and Physicist, and Guyton was Physicist and Chemist. Carnot reveals an unusual strategic and political lucidity, with an organization capacity which will contribute to save the Republic, stating in part `Lille est un véritable chaos, le Général Bécourt qui commande, patriote excellent, est un bourru inabordable et un homme absolument inepte. Les fuyards de la Belgique encombrent cette place, il y en a en ce momentprès de dix mille qui ne savent pas ou feignent de ne pas savoir où est le noyau de leur bataillon. Si l´on neprend pas les mesures les plus fortes contre la lâcheté, l´indiscipline, la désertion et le vol, il faut licencier l´armée et reprendre nos fers…´ (Translation: “Lille is a real chaos, General Bécourt who commands, an excellent patriot, is an unapproachable gruff and an absolutely inept man. The fugitives from Belgium encumber this place, there are at this moment nearly ten thousand of them who do not know or pretend not to know where the nucleus of their battalion is. If we do not take the strongest measures against cowardice, indiscipline, desertion and theft, we must dismiss the army and take back our handcuffs”) Further, Carnot refers to some French generals he recommends to guillotine, stating `Vous voyez comment nos Généraux se conduisent, les uns ignores, les autres Fayétistes. C´est à qui nous mènera le plus vite à notre perte. Pour moi, je trouve que Dumouriez et Duval ont mérité de perdre la tête; et si l´on discute leur affaire à la Convention on ne peut aboutir qu´à cette conclusión. Cependant dans le désordre actual de nos affaires, il n´y a que Dumouriez seul qui soit en état de les rétablir, il n´y a que lui qui ait et qui mérite comme militaire la confiance du soldat; c´est un homme inépuisable en ressources. Si on met un autre général à sa place, il faudra nous retirer sur nos frontiers et renoncer à l´offensive, et c´est je crois ce qu´il ne faut pas faire´ (Translation: “You see how our Generals behave, some are ignorant, others supporters of la Fayette. The result is who will lead us to our downfall the fastest. For me, I find that Dumouriez and Duval have deserved to lose their heads; and if we discuss their affair at the Convention, we can only come to this conclusion. However, in the actual disorder of our affairs, it is only Dumouriez alone who is in a position to restore the situation, it is only he who has and who deserves as military officer the confidence of the soldier; he is a man inexhaustible in resources. If we put another general in his place, we will have to withdraw to our borders and give up the offensive, and that is, I believe, what should not be done”) Carnot recommends `une grande bataille” (“A great battle´”), and plans the different steps to take before the battle to be absolutely ready, and also what to do if they are defeated, further referring to the Revolution and making significant statements, saying `La revolution est un torrent que les Maratistes s´efforcent de grossir, que les Rollandistes s´efforcent d´arrêter, que les hommes sages s´efforcent de diriger par des digues solides. Les deux partis contraires tendent au même but qui est de tout submerger´ (Translation: `The revolution is a torrent that the Maratists strive to swell, that the Rollandists strive to stop, that wise men strive to direct by solid dikes. The two opposing parties tend to the same goal which is to submerge everything”) Before concluding Carnot explains where the French Republic could be if things would have been properly planned but shows his confidence in future stating `Vous pouvez apprécier maintenant, mon cher collègue, le système de ceux qui voudraient qu´on portât la guerre en Espagne avant le mois d´Avril. Vous voyez si avec les lenteurs inséparables du chaos de nos affaires il était posible que les préparatifs fussent faits. Il fallait à Dumouriez 20 mille hommes de plus, il fallait ne pas vouloir attaquer partout en même temps, nous serions aujourd´hui maitres de la Hollande et cette première expédition faite, il fallait reunir des forces immenses à l´armée de Custine, pour achever la conquête. Nous avons voulu tout faire à la fois et nous avons tout manqué. Mais nous y reviendrons, ne fraternisons plus, entrons en conquérants”) Small overall minor age wear, otherwise G  Louis Bernard Guyton-Morveau (1737-11816) Baron of Morveau. French Chemist and Politician. He is credited with producing the first systematic method of chemical nomenclature.Charles François Dumouriez (1739-1823) Charles François du Périer Dumouriez. French General, victorious at Valmy, who would later desert the Revolutionary army and join the Royalists. Dumouriez was accused of treason and went into exile.Blaise Duval de Hautmaret (1739-1803) French General of the Revolutionary Wars. He was promoted to general of Division in February 1793, a month before the present letter was written. He was charged to take over the command of the Army in the event of a British landing.Adam Philippe de Custine (1742-1793) French General. The Committee of Public Safety investigated Custine in 1792 , but a vigorous defense by Robespierre resulted in his acquittal. A year after he was prosecuted in trial by Fouquier-Tinville, found guilty of high treason and guillotined.  

JENNINGS CHARLES EDWARD: (1751-1799) Brave Kilmaine. Irish soldier, an active supporter of the French Revolution who served as a brigade and division commander under Napoleon. D.S., Jennings Kilmaine, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. (June 1793), in French. The main body of the document is represented by a L.S. by the financial commissioner of the northern army, performing the functions of chief financial officer of Ardennes, dated 17th June 1793, and certifies that the war commissioner Feres has been employed in the army since the beginning of November 1792 and that 'il a toujours donne des preuves d'un civisme non equivogue, qu'il a constament reste fidele a son poste et n'a pas quitte un seul instant l'armee…..[et]….. il a toujours montre le plus grand attachement pour la cause de la liberte, et pour les interets de la Republique' (Translation: 'he has always given evidence of unequivocal good citizenship, that he has consistently remained faithful to his post and has not left the army for a single moment……[and]……..he has always shown the greatest attachment for the cause of freedom, and for the interests of the Republic'). At the foot of the letter Jennings, in his capacity as General of Division, has added his own manuscript statement, in full, 'Je cerifie que le Citoyen Feres a rempli avec beaucoup de zele et d'intelligence les devoirs de sa charge depuis qu'il sert sous mes ordres' (Translation: 'I certify that Citizen Feres has fulfilled with great zeal and intelligence the duties of his office since he has served under my command'). Some light creasing and minor age wear, VG

MASSENA ANDRE: (1758-1817) Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli. French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. D.S., Massena, three pages, 4to, n.p., 24th March 1796, in French. The manuscript document relates to Lieutenant Jacques Elliot and provides certified details of his military service and campaigns. Signed by Massena at the conclusion of the second page in his capacity as Commander of the Vanguard of the Italian Army and countersigned by various members of the administrative council of the 70 Demi-Brigade including Amedee Emmanuel Francois Laharpe (1754-1796) Swiss military officer who served as a volunteer in the French Army during the French Revolutionary Wars, rising to the rank of General of the Revolutionary Army and leading a division in Italy under Napoleon Bonaparte; and Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon (1758-1799) French General of the French Revolutionary Wars who commanded a Brigade in Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army of Italy. The third page of the document is devoted to a statement on the health of Elliot. Some very light, minimal age wear, VG 

BERNADOTTE JEAN-BAPTISTE: (1763-1844) French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon I. Bernadotte later became King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. D.S., J: Bernadotte, two pages, large folio, Rennes, 27th October 1801, in French. The manuscript document, issued by the 82 Demi-Brigade, is a memorandum of proposal for the retirement pay in favour of Lieutenant Francois Moniot 'hors d'etat de continuer son service par suite d'une blessure recue a la jambe droite a l'affaire de Savene' (Translation: 'unable to continue his service following an injury to the right leg received in the Savene affair') and provides details of his military service and campaigns from the age of 18 years in 1776, as well as details of his health following a medical examination. Signed by Bernadotte at the conclusion, adding one line of text in his hand, 'Vu et approuve par le General en Chef de l'armee de s'ouest' (Translation: 'Seen and approved by the General-in-Chief of the Western Army'). Also bearing the countersignatures of various members of the administrative council of the 82 Demi-Brigade. Some light overall age wear and a few small, neat tears and splits to the edges, about VGThe Battle of Savenay took place on 23rd December 1793 and marked the end of the Viree de Galerne operational phase of the first war in the Vendee after the French Revolution. The Republicans suffered thirty fatalities at the Battle and two hundred officers were wounded.  

JUNOT JEAN-ANDOCHE: (1771-1813) 1st Duke of Abrantes. French military officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars who served as the Military Governor of Paris 1803-04. L.S., Le Duc d'Abrantes, one page, 4to, Zaragoza, 12th April 1809, to General Foy, in French. The Duke states that he has received his correspondent's letter and explains that he would be unhappy if he were to be removed from the 2nd Corps of the army in Portugal, remarking 'I'y ai fait tant ingrats que l'assurance de l'amitie de quelques braves m'est necessaire' (Translation: 'I have made them so ungrateful there that the assurance of the friendship of a few brave men is necessary to me') and continuing 'De ce nombre, mon cher general, je vous place au premier rang, et si S. M. me confie un commandement tel que je peux l'ambitionner par attachement pour elle je ferai mon possible pour vous appeller pres de moi, si toutefois je crois y trouver un avantage pour vous' (Translation: 'Of this number, my dear General, I place you in the first rank, and if H.M. entrusts me with a command such as I can aspire to out of attachment to him, I will do my best to call you to my side, if however I think I will find it an advantage for you'). With blank integral leaf. VGMaximilien Sebastien Foy (1775-1825) French General, statesman and writer who received a command in the artillery under Junot in the first French invasion of Portugal. In early 1809, during the second invasion of Portugal, Foy led a brigade under Marshal Soult. Junot's letter is written shortly after the second siege of Zaragoza during the Peninsular War, which lasted from December 1808 to February 1809, surrendering only after some 50,000 defenders had died.

‘My mind has been made up, & a plan formed upon every point that can occur’ WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the Victor of Waterloo, 1815. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A good, lengthy A.L.S., Wellington, five pages, 4to, Elvas, Portugal, 29th May 1811 ('9 AM'), to General Sir Brent Spencer. Wellington thanks Spencer for the intelligence from Captain Grant 'which confirms the notion which I had that the enemy had not made any serious movement this way excepting with the Battalions of the 9th Corps' and continues to inform him that 'In respect to Almeida the Portuguese Govt. propose to repair the place entirely eventually; & in the meantime to occupy it as a port. In order to do this it will be necessary to remove the rubbish……& the Portuguese Govt. are sending men & tools &c to perform this work; & Beresford has ordered militia to occupy the place', further adding 'Although Mr. French was employed to survey & report upon the existing state of the place, & Col. Fletcher gave him an opinion which it was interested he should convey to the Portuguese engineers regarding the mode of rendering it a port for the present. I was desirous to avoid that any of the British engineers, or any of the regular troops of the army should be employed either in setting it to rights, or in occupying it, accepting the latter only till the militia garrison should arrive; and for this reason I never troubled you upon the subject, intending to write to you about it, when all should be prepared by the Portuguese authorities….' and explaining 'My reason for this was, that knowing that it might be necessary to abandon Almeida before it could be put to rights…..or that you might collect your troops……I did not want to be embarrassed by leaving regular troops to take care of Almeida, or on the other hand to incur the disgrace of abandoning an object which I had manifested an intention of occupying', continuing 'I think therefore it will be best to leave matters as they are at Almeida; keeping Park's brigade there & thereabouts till the militia will arrive to take their post; unless you should find it necessary to collect your force & withdraw…….My mind has been made up, & a plan formed upon every point that can occur; & generally speaking it is desirable that until you will hear from me you should not make any alteration in the general situation of affairs'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of good military content. Some light age wear, a few minor stains and one very small, neat split at the lower edge of a fold, VGBrent Spencer (c.1760-1828) Anglo-Irish General who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars and, during the Peninsular War, served as Wellington's second-in-command.Wellington's letter is written in the aftermath of the Siege of Almeida (July-August 1810) when the French Corps of Marshal Michel Ney captured the border fortress from Brigadier General William Cox's Portuguese garrison. The siege ended dramatically when a chance shell ignited the main gunpowder magazine, which exploded, killing 500 defenders and destroying most of the town.

‘A courier has been intercepted charged with dispatches; among them is a letter from Napoleon to the Senate’ [NAPOLEONIC WARS]: DISBROWE EDWARD CROMWELL (1790-1851) British politician and diplomat attached to Sir Charles Stuart during the Peninsular War. A.L.S., with his initials ECD, four pages, folio, Prague, 20th - 23rd September 1813, to Sir Charles Stuart. The informative letter is Disbrowe's retained draft copy of a letter containing intelligence reports and states, in part, 'Bonaparte at the recommencement of hostilities conceived the army of Blucher to be the main army & accordingly advanced in person with a strong force into Lusatia & pushed that General who had boldly advanced in order to deceive him, as far back as the Katzbach. Had Schwartzenberg (sic) profited by that error & stormed Dresden with about 60,000 men whom he could have immediately collected it is probable that that city would have fallen. Time however was lost…..in order to make a coup de main with 200,000 men. B[onapart]e returned & we failed, the loss of the allies in the disgraceful retreat amounted to from 30 to 40,000 men……another cause of failure was that Barclay de Tolly refused to obey Schwartzenberg……After two disastrous attempts on Teplitz Bona[part]e in person directed a third attack on the 17th & was soon completely foiled. The Young Guard is almost completely destroyed…..It is not supposed that he has any real intention of penetrating into Bohemia but of occupying the attention of this army while he attacks Blucher or the Prince Royal though the other idea that it his intention at length to retire…..is rendered more probable by the circumstances of his withdrawing his ammunition…..The defeat of Ney by the Prince Royal is of the last importance……Of Blucher's successes you are undoubtedly informed…..the General's son, Colonel Blucher is wounded & taken prisoner. Vandamme was flogged by a Cossack for insolence to the Emperor…..& has been insulted & spit upon wherever he has made his appearance…..Vandamme is sent to Siberia by desire of the Gd. Duke Constantine…..A courier has been intercepted charged with dispatches; among them is a letter from Napoleon to the Senate in wh. he says that the Russians have advanced in such force that unless he is immediately reinforced that he must fall back to the Rhine & that the French nation must rise in mass to support him. Another document of importance is also intercepted, an answer to the declaration of war by Austria interlined by Bonaparte's own hand…..Bonaparte has denounced Vandamme as a coward, has erased his name from the List of the French Army & confiscated his possessions. His temper seems to know no bounds……..Bavaria is believed to have joined the alliance ag[ains]t France, the confirmation is momentarily expected. The Grand Army is again advancing. We must have a little patience, everything looks very promising. No battle ought to be given unless the whole of the French line can be attacked at once by the Gd. Army & those of the Prince Royal & of Blucher…..if it can be postponed until Bonaparte commences a retreat which he cannot much longer delay it is more likely to be crowned with complete success….' In a postscript Disbrowe further remarks 'I should think that Stettin cannot hold out much longer as it was nearly starved before the Armistice was signed & as the Govr. broke the Armistice he has not been supplied with the provisions stipulated for in the treaty'. A letter of interesting content, rich in its references to various individuals and places associated with the Napoleonic Wars, not least Napoleon Bonaparte himself. Some very light, minor age wear and a few stains, VGCharles Stuart (1779-1845) 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay. British diplomat who served as Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30 and as Ambassador to Russia 1841-44.Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French military commander and political leader who served as Emperor of the French 1804-14, 1815.Gebhard Lebrecht von Blucher (1742-1819) Prussian Field Marshal who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771-1820) Austrian Generalissimo who was in command of the allied army that defeated Napoleon I decisively at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813.Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818) Imperial Russian soldier who was commander-in-chief and Minister of War of the Russian Empire during Napoleon's invasion in 1812. Charles XIV John (1763-1844) Jean Bernadotte. Marshal of France who was elected as Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810 and later became King of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. Michel Ney (1769-1815) French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire. Franz Ferdinand Joachim Blucher von Wahlstatt (1778-1829) Prussian Major General, son of Gebhard Lebrecht von Blucher. Dominique Vandamme (1770-1830) French General who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and who publicly criticised Napoleon.

‘Letters….from Soult have been intercepted from which it appears that the officer is most extremely apprehensive of an immediate attack from Lord Wellington’ [NAPOLEONIC WARS]: DISBROWE EDWARD CROMWELL (1790-1851) British politician and diplomat attached to Sir Charles Stuart during the Peninsular War. A.L.S., with his initials ECD, three pages, folio, Frankfurt, 9th November 1813, to Sir Charles Stuart. The informative letter is Disbrowe's retained draft copy of a letter containing intelligence reports and states, in part, 'The Head Quarters have remained here since last Friday. The reserve of the army is concentrated in this neighbourhood. Count Walmoden (sic) was still in the vicinity of Domitz on the 2nd watching Marshal Davoust who it is reported has since retired into Holland. The Crown Prince of Sweden is marching on Hanover but he has detached Bulow……Marshal Blucher was at Limbourg yesterday & is advancing in the direction of Cologne. Marshal Schwartzenberg (sic) left this place today in order to drive the French out of Hochheim where their only Corps on this side of the Rhine is stationed. It is probable that Bonaparte did not cross that river with more than 50,000 men & according to some accounts his force did not exceed 35,000……Genl. Wade took about 7,000 prisoners…….the brunt of the affair fell on Bonaparte's old Guard which has suffered most considerably & they were certainly the finest Corps he had. He remained a day & an half here during the whole time the Armies were fighting across the river for the possession of the bridge……By intercepted letters it appears that nearly 150,000 conscripts out of the 280,000…..(are)….at the Central Depot. So that something must be done on this side immediately, but unfortunately we have so many Commanders-in-Chief that in proportion as the manoeuvres become complicated & require decision we shall probably vacillate, for besides 2 Emperors & a King we may reckon Marshals Schwartzenberg & Blucher, the Crown Prince of Sweden, Genls. Barclay de Tolly & Benningsen (sic) among that number. Letters….from Soult have been intercepted from which it appears that the officer is most extremely apprehensive of an immediate attack from Lord Wellington & he ends by saying that the longer it is delayed the less apprehensive he shall be of the result. Letters from those quarters make great complaints of the exactions & contributions Soult has levied in France. A report from Bon. Thuyunot (sic; Baron Thouvenot) Comte of Bayonne mentions “that those inhabitants who had fled in consequence of the advance of the English have returned to their habitations relying on a promise of good treatment which he adds that they certainly have met with a circumstance likely to prove very favourable to the English in case they invade France & recommends the adoption of some measures to compel the inhabitants to fly”. The communication with Ld. Wellington by spies which you hinted at in a letter to me…….has been adopted, with what success I do not know'. In a postscript Disbrowe further writes, in part, 'Witgenstein (sic) continues to watch…..Benningsen who has been joined by the Garrison of Theresienstadt (i.e. Terezin) & has undertaken the siege of Dresden….Stettin & Wittenberg will probably very soon fall…..' and also makes reference to Lord Aberdeen and others who are presently in Frankfurt. A letter of interesting content, rich in its references to various individuals and places associated with the Napoleonic Wars. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a small, neat split at the base of the central fold, VGCharles Stuart (1779-1845) 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay. British diplomat who served as Ambassador to France 1815-24, 1828-30 and as Ambassador to Russia 1841-44.Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn (1769-1862) Austrian General of the Cavalry.Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770-1823) French military commander and Marshal of the Empire. Charles XIV John (1763-1844) Jean Bernadotte. Marshal of France who was elected as Crown Prince of Sweden in 1810 and later became King of Sweden and Norway 1818-44. Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bulow (1755-1816) Prussian General. Gebhard Lebrecht von Blucher (1742-1819) Prussian Field Marshal who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771-1820) Austrian Generalissimo who was in command of the allied army that defeated Napoleon I decisively at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813.Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) French military commander and political leader who served as Emperor of the French 1804-14, 1815.Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818) Imperial Russian soldier who was commander-in-chief and Minister of War of the Russian Empire during Napoleon's invasion in 1812. Levin August von Bennigsen (1745-1826) German General in the service of the Russian Empire. Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769-1851) 1st Duke of Dalmatia. French General and statesman, a Marshal of the Empire. Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) 1st Duke of Wellington. Anglo-Irish soldier who is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.Pierre Thouvenot (1757-1817) French General famous for his defence of Bayonne in 1814.Peter Wittgenstein (1769-1843) German Prince and Field Marshal in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.George Hamilton-Gordon (1784-1860) 4th Earl of Aberdeen. British statesman and diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Austria 1813-14 from where he organised and financed the Sixth Coalition that defeated Napoleon.

BRITISH ARMY: A good selection of signed pieces, cards, letterheads etc., by various British Field Marshals and Generals, all of whom served in World War II, comprising Viscount Alanbrooke (3; including an A.L.S. and a manuscript statement signed, in part, 'On the occasion of the Swaziland Ex-Gunners Annual Dinner of 1957 I am delighted to take the opportunity of sending my best wishes to all assembled. I hope it will be an opportunity for many old friends to meet and to recall old memories', 26th August 1957), William Slim, Claude Auchinleck, Archibald Wavell, Gerald Templer, Neil Ritchie, Bernard Paget, Richard Gale, William Gott (rare) and Frederick Pile (brief A.L.S.), G to generally VG, 12 

MONNET JEAN: (1888-1979) French civil servant, diplomat, administrator and political visionary who played a significant role as a representative of France, and adviser to Winston S. Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, during World War II. An influential supporter of European unity during the 1950s, Monnet is considered one of the founding fathers of the European Union and is often looked upon as the 'Father of Europe' in recognition of his pioneering and innovative concepts. An extremely rare and historically important World War II date A.L.S., Jean Monnet, three pages, 4to, n.p., 25th September 1943 ('samedi soir'), to Henri Giraud ('Mon General'), in French. Monnet makes an impassioned plea to Giraud, 'En cette heure grave je viens vous prier de reconsiderer votre decision et de demeurer avec nous' (Translation: 'In the grave hour I come to ask you to reconsider your decision and to remain with us') and continues to set out his reasons, 'Je comprends mieux que personne l'amertume que peut vous donner la forme desagreable des relations entre certains membres du Comite. Je comprends aussi que parfois vous soyez las d'avoir toujours a soutenir des debats penibles. Mais nous sommes arrives au point ou la liberation de la France est prochaine. Il nous faut sans perdre une minute ni un gramme de nos forces preparer la rentree en France. Pour cela je suis convaincu que, entre autres, cinq questions sont essentielles: organiser le travail du Comite  afin qu'il prepare enfin utilement toutes les mesures que nous devons prevoir et prendre pour la rentree en France; que nous precisions et fassions reconnaitre definitivement la responsabilite collective du Comite; que vous vous concentriez sur votre role de Commandant en chef sans etre tenu par une tache administrative; que nous precisions comment sera nommee l'assemblee provisoire qui nommera la Gouvernement Provisoire; qu'enfin nous precisions notre politique vis-a-vis de nos allies. L'objet des dispositions soumises au Comite etait de preciser les trois premieres questions. J'ai vote pour les mesures proposees car dans leur ensemble je les crois bonnes. Ainsi que je vous l'ai dit voici de longs mois je suis convaincu que le Commandent en chef des troupes francaises jouera un role allie essential lorsque les troupes alliees et francaises rentreont en France. Pour que la France ait le benefice complet de cette position il faut que le Commandant en chef soit vous' (Translation: 'I understand better than anyone the bitterness that the disagreeable form of relations between certain members of the Committee can give you. I also understand that sometimes your tired of always having to sustain painful debates. But we have reached the point where the liberation of France is near. We must, without wasting a minute or a gram of our forces, prepare for the return to France. For this I am convinced that, among others, five questions are essential: to organise the work of the Committee so that it finally prepares usefully all the measures that we must plan and take for the return of France; that we specify and have the Committee's collective responsibility definitively recognised; that you concentrate on your role as Commander-in-Chief without being bound by an administrative task; that we specify how the provisional assembly which will appoint the Provisional Government will be named; that finally we clarify our policy vis-à-vis our allies. The purpose of the provisions submitted to the Committee was to clarify the first three questions. I voted for the proposed measures because overall I believe them to be good. As I told you many months ago, I am convinces that the Commander-in-Chief of the French troops will play an essential allied role when the allied and French troops return to France. For France to have the full benefit of this position, the Commander-in-Chief must be you'). Monnet concludes his letter with a particular appeal to Giraud, 'Maintenant permettez-moi de vous dire un mot personnel, car plus que qui que ce soit je suis votre compagnon de la premiere heure dans cette enterprise de l'unite francaise, et je sais que vous et moi n'avons qu'une seule pensee: servir la France: mon general, quelles que soient les deceptions des mois derniers, il nous faut demeurer a nos postes; il nous faut maintenir debout le Comite, et il nous faut conduire l'armee francaise. Je vous supplie de nas pas rendre votre decision definitive' (Translation: 'Now allow me to say a personal word to you, because more than anyone I am your companion from the start in this enterprise of French unity, and I know that you and I have only one thought: to serve France. My general, whatever the disappointments of the last months, we must remain at our posts; we must keep the Committee standing, and we must lead the French army. I beg you not to make your decision final'). A letter of truly exceptional content and excellent association written at an important moment for France during World War II. About EXHenri Giraud (1879-1949) French General and a leader of the French Free Forces during World War II.The committee to which Monnet refers in the present letter was the French Committee of National Liberation, formed by the French Generals Giraud and Charles de Gaulle on 3rd June 1943, as a provisional government of Free France. The purpose of the committee was to provide united leadership and to organise and coordinate the campaign to liberate France from Nazi Germany. Giraud and de Gaulle served jointly as co-presidents of the committee, which was based in Algiers, although the two men did not always see eye to eye (just as Monnet and de Gaulle experienced a multifaceted relationship). Eventually de Gaulle politically outmanoeuvred Giraud, asserting complete control and leadership, and in November 1943 the committee came under the chairmanship of de Gaulle. With a loss of support, Giraud retired in frustration in April 1944.The liberation of France would begin with Operation Overlord on 6th June 1944 (D-Day).

LEMNITZER LYMAN: (1899-1988) American General of World War II who was one of the senior officers sent to negotiate the Italian fascist surrender during Operation Sunrise in 1945. Vintage signed and inscribed 6 x 9 photograph of Lemnitzer in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to the lower white border, adding his rank as General, U.S. Army, Chief of Staff beneath his signature. Together with a brief T.L.S., L. L. Lemnitzer, one page, 8vo, n.p., 6th September 1960, to Mr. G. Rothenhofer-Hediger, sending the signed photograph as requested. Slight traces of former mounting to the upper edges of the versos, otherwise VG, 2 

A mixed lot to include Lladro figure group of two nuns, Chinese ginger jar, mother of pearl handled opera glasses, tribal mask, Royal army service corps cap badge and other items.Location

Indentures - Mainly drawn up by John Estill, Malton, Yorkshire to include High Court of Justice King's French Division papers against John Robert Renwick by trainers of racehorses at Langton World Training Ground, John being the husband of a millionaire's daughter who had a dislike of paying his bills, together with various local Conveyances, Bankruptcy papers, 19th Century Abstracts, Mortgages and an Agreement for the public lighting of Malton for 3 years from 1911 by The Northern Counties Electricity Supply Company and a 1909 agreement with Major H H Roberts who went on to place a plaque in St Mary’s Church in memory of his son Lieutenant James Thursby Roberts who died from his wounds on July 20, 1916, when he was aged 20 and had followed his father into the army.

Toys and Juvenilia - Days Gone Lledo model Royal mail van, Dads Army Ogier and sons van; Corgi Pickfords van; Only fools and horses Del -Boys Trotters van; etc (approx 50)

A WWII British Moeris ATP (Army Trade Pattern) wristwatch, circa 1940, case diam. 34mm, Swiss 15 jewel manual wind movement, screw back case numbered A.T.P. 60317 and 2659181 under broad arrow, leather strap. Condition - dial and glass discoloured, pitting, scratches to case, lume dots corroded, movement actual appears quite clean in comparison and appears to be working fine, however not sold with any guarantee.

TV, Film, Stage and Screen LPs to include Tommy (2335094); Lemon Popsicle (WW 5050); Stardust (RG 2009/10); Going Steady (WW 5078) plus others. Comedy records include Dad's Army, The World of Rock 'n' Fun plus others. Conditions are generally Very Good to Very Good Plus (apart from Fonzie Favourites, Knights of Laughter, Bob Newhart and Huckleberry Hound which are only Good Plus) in generally Very Good sleeves. (23)

A collection of Electronic LPs and 12" Singles to include (1) Cabaret Voltaire - Groovy, Laidback And Nasty (1990 UK, LP & EP, PCSX7338) ; (2) Japan - Tin Drum (1981 UK, V2209); (3) Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (1984 UK, OVED 138); (4) David Sylvian And Riuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours (1983 UK, VS601-12); (5) Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1975 UK, 6360 620); (6) Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop (1986 UK 12", 12EMI 5588); (7) Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call (1987 UK 12", 12 EMI 5602); (8) Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine (1978 UK, E-ST 11728); (9) Kraftwerk - The Model (1981 UK Reissue, 12 EMI 5207); (10) Tubeway Army - Replicas (1979 UK, BEGA 7); (11) Gary Numan - I Can't Stop (1986 UK, NUM 17, With 7" Flexi-disc); (12) Gary Numan - This Is Love (1986 UK, NUM 16, With 7" Flexi-disc); (13) Gary Numan - Call Out The Dogs (1985 UK, NUM 11); (14) Sharpe & Numan - New Thing From London Town (1986 UK, NUM 19); (15) Sparks - Tryouts For The Human Race (1979 UK Picture Disk, Orange, VS28912); (16) Classix Nouveaux - Night People (1981 UK, LBG 30325); (17) Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene (1977 UK, 2310 555); (18) Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe (1978 UK, POLD 5007); (19) Jarre - Magnetic Field (1981 UK); including other titles; All conditions vary from Good Plus to Very Good Plus with generally Very Good Plus sleeves. (21)

A large wooden and metal bound trunk, marked on the front 'E.L. Croslegh, XXIII Sikh Pioneers, Calcutta', with further writing on the top (harder to read). With a metal lining to the interior and carrying handles to each side. Trunk 96cms by 51cms, 44cms high *This trunk appears to have been owned by Lieutenant Colonel Evan Leigh Croslegh, born 1880, educated at Marlborough College, served in South Africa June 1900 - September 1901; joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment from the Militia in 1901 and transferred to the Indian Army in 1903; took part in the Tibet Expedition 1903-04 and was present at the action at Niani and operations at and around Gyantse, May - July 1904; served with the Egypt Expeditionary Force, February - October 1918; Lieutenant Colonel Croslegh retired 1928. His medals were sold by Noonans on the 30th of March 2008. *Condition: It has been well used over the years as you would expect, with various cracks and wear in places over time. Still very solid and heavy.

A collection of 18 Dinky and Lone Star diecast metal model military vehicles including Scout Car, Armoured Personnel Carrier, Medium Artillery Tractor and Army Water Tanker.

Britains Royal Army Medical Corps (Red Cross), with 4 horses, 2 mounted riders, 2 drivers, flat bed carriage, drop down tailgate and canvas canopy, 145, in original black label box

MIXED, part sets & odds, military, inc. Gallaher Types of the British Army, Regimental Colours; B.A.T. Naval Portraits, Kinney Military & Naval Uniforms, PR to near G, 72

MIXED, odds, military, inc. mainly Wills, Police of the World, War Incidents, Types of the British Army etc., many overseas issues, slight duplication, generally about G, 113*

PHILLIPS, Crests & Badges Of The British Army, silks, complete (2), inc. 70 x 48, numbered anonymous & BDV issue, FR to VG, most G, 216*

CHURCHMAN, Army Badges of Rank, complete, near G to VG, 25

DRAPKIN, Regimental Colours & Cap Badges Of Indian Army, silks, complete, with original backs, G to VG, 40

MIXED, complete (13), inc. Ogdens, Captains Assoc Football Clubs; Amalg Press, Motor Racing, Cars; BAT English Costumes; Wills (Scissors backs) Army Life; Carreras, Sinclair, Jackson etc., most G to VG, Qty.

PLAYERS, selection inc., complete (7), inc. Ships Figureheads, Army Life, Life on Board A Man of War, Regimental Uniforms (blue and red back sets) etc.; part sets & odds, inc. British Empire, War Decoration & Medals, in modern album, FR to G, 450*

PLAYERS, complete (11), inc. Aquarium Studies (large), Army Life, Aviary & Cage Birds, Army Corps 1st & 2nd etc., in modern album, a few FR, mainly G to VG, 550*

TELEVISION, Dad's Army signed piece, b/w photos of Arthur Lowe (black ink) & John Le Mesurier (blue ink), overmounted beneath photo of both in character, 15 x 17.5, EX

Currier & Ives (publisher) - 'The Capture of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept 2nd, 1864, by the Union Army, Under Major General Sherman', stone lithograph with later hand-colouring on wove paper, published by Charles Currier and James Ives circa 1864, 24cm x 33cm, within an ebonized frame. Note: scarce.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A set of six Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Elkington plate tankards, each engraved with crest and inscription 'Presented by the Senior Officers Class 1912-22', height 11.2cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Sale Item: BOX-ARMY HAT GALLANT CONDUCT CERTIFICATE 1951 SILVER CUP (AF) Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 4.95% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%

Enamel and other pin badges, token, etc, to include a 1940 Red Cross Nursing enamel badge, Army Association badge, other badges, Scarborough, BMR Championship, 1880 Sunday School Centenary Celebration token, etc. (a quantity)

A Salvation Army The order of Long Service medal for 50 years’ service, silver and enamels inscribed ‘To Commissioner Frank Dyer, 1st Feb 1946, from General George L Carpenter’ Two Salvation Army Long Service Crosses, for 25 year service one awarded to Mrs Colonel Annie Dyer 1909, silver and enamels, the reverse of each hallmarked Birmingham, one inscribed Brigadier Frank Dyer, George Lyndon Carpenter (20 June 1872 - 9 April 1948) was the 5th General of The Salvation Army (1939-1946) Also a small badge with George cross enamelled ‘Honi Soit Qui Maly Pense’ also a 1837-1897 Victoria Army & Navy 60th Anniversary Medal, on reverse. A man-of-war at sea, a lighthouse, and a sailing vessel; in the centre, a flagstaff with the union jack surmounted by the royal crest. Below, the royal arms between a mural and a naval crown (5)

A Zippo camouflage lighter, a BL Montgomery 21st Army Group Zippo lighter. three chrome, one brass, one other, a brass Casablanca lighter and other items.

Dinky Toys, 661 Recovery Tractor, 660 Tank Transporter, (both boxed) and five Dinky Army diecasts, (7).

Matchbox Regular Wheels Group of 1950's to Early 1960's Issue models. Boxed models include 11b ERF Esso Tanker with metal wheels; 40b Leyland Royal Tiger Coach - windows have very pale green tint, with red tail lamps, gloss black clip-fit base, 20-tread silver plastic wheels; 49a US Army M3 Half-Track - metal wheels, metal rollers with original but perished & discoloured grey rubber tracks and 56a London Trolleybus - red trolleypoles, 18-tread grey plastic wheels with crimped axles - Good Plus to Excellent in Poor boxes some of which are incomplete. Unboxed model include 7a Horse Drawn Milk Float with metal wheels; 44a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud - gloss black base, 20-tread grey plastic wheels with crimped axles (some scratches to base which have been repainted); and 71a Austin military Water Tanker - Good Plus to Excellent Plus unboxed. (7)

A Silver Topped Swagger Stick for The Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 74.5cms Long

Three George IV and Victorian regimental silver Fiddle pattern egg spoons, Army Medical Staff,two by George Adams, London 1840/46 and one by IH, London 1826,the terminals with the regimental badge, approx. weight 1.7oz. (3)Provenance: A Private Collection of Military Silver.After the Crimean War in 1855, a Medical Staff Corps was formed. In 1884 the Medical Officers of the Army Medical Department were brought together to form the Army Medical Staff. In 1898 The Royal Army Medical corps was established.