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‘I read this evening….. of the proposal to transfer Zola’s ashes to the Pantheon. I don’t need to tell you how happy I am’  DREYFUS ALFRED: (1859-1935) French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarising political dramas in modern French history. Known as the Dreyfus Affair, it ultimately ended with Dreyfus's complete exoneration. A very fine A.L.S., A Dreyfus, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Mardi soir', c.1908), to [Alexandrine Zola] ('Chere Madame'), in French. Dreyfus writes, in full, 'Je lis ce soir dans le Temps que le Senat a voté a une forte majorite l'urgence de la proposition du transfert des cendres de Zola au Pantheon. Je n'ai pas besoin de vous dire toute ma joie. Quelle reparation meritee pour notre grand, laborieux et modeste Zola' (Translation: 'I read this evening in Le Temps that the Senate voted by a strong majority on the urgency of the proposal to transfer Zola's ashes to the Pantheon. I don't need to tell you how happy I am. What a deserved reparation for our great, hard-working and modest Zola'). With blank integral leaf. A letter of excellent content and association. About EX Eleonore Alexandrine Meley (1839-1925) French seamstress, wife of Emile Zola from 1870.  Emile Zola (1840-1902) French novelist, a major figure in the political liberalisation of France and in the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus, encapsulated in Zola's renowned newspaper opinion headlined J'Accuse...! Zola, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in 1902, was initially buried in the Cimetiere de Montmartre in Paris but, just five years and nine months after his death, on 4th June 1908, his remains were relocated to the Pantheon, where he shares a crypt with Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas. Since the French Revolution no Pantheonization has aroused more controversy than that of Emile Zola and the ceremony, attended by Armand Fallieres, Georges Clemenceau and Alfred Dreyfus himself, will be remembered in history for one scene in particular. Towards the end of the event two shots were fired at Dreyfus who, fortunately, was only slightly wounded in the arm. The attempted assassination was carried out by the right-wing journalist Louis Gregori, who was immediately apprehended. Gregori presented himself as a 'fervent patriot' and declared that he could not bear the humiliation inflicted on the French army, his actions echoing the cries of the nationalist demonstrators who, at the same time, surrounded the Pantheon and had attempted all means of preventing the ceremony from taking place. Three months later Gregori was acquitted at his trial before the Assize Court of the Seine who accepted his defence that he had not meant to kill Dreyfus, meaning merely to graze him.  

TROTSKY LEON:(1879-1940) Russian Marxist Revolutionary. Founder and first Leader of the Red Army. Assassinated. Very rare A.L.S., `Leo Trotski´, one page, to a postcard, Halifax, 30th April 1917, to Mr. L. B. Boudin, Counselor at Law, 302 Broadway, New York City, Un Stat of Am, in Cyrillic. The postcard is postmarked four days later, 4th May 1917, and stamped. The postcard is sent by Trotsky from Halifax, in Canada, where he was imprisoned for over a month, and is written the day after the British government had freed him and he has embarked towards Norway. Trotsky states `Dear Tovarish, Since yesterday, A. and I are finally on the steamship, heading to Christiania. Warm regards to you and your wife´ To the front the postcard shows an image of the Danish ship “S./S. Hellig Olav. - Copenhagen - New York” which brought him back to Europe. Small overall age wear, otherwise GLouis B. Boudin (1874-1952) Russian-born American Marxist theoretician, writer politician and lawyer.  As a war correspondent Trotsky moved to France on 19th November 1914. In 1915 he started editing a journal, his slogan being "peace without indemnities or annexations, peace without conquerors or conquered”. In September 1916, Trotsky was deported from France to Spain for his anti-war activities. Spanish authorities did not want him and deported him to the United States on 25th December 1916. He arrived in New York City on 13th January 1917 where he stayed for nearly three months, in The Bronx. Trotsky was living in New York City when the February Revolution of 1917 overthrew Tsar Nicholas II. He left New York on 27 March 1917, but his ship, the SS Kristianiaford, was intercepted by British naval officials in Canada at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was detained for a month. While imprisoned in the camp, Trotsky established an increasing friendship with the workers and sailors, describing his month at the camp as "one continual mass meeting". Trotsky's speeches and agitation incurred the wrath of German officers who complained to the British camp commander, Colonel Morris, about Trotsky's "anti-patriotic" attitude. Morris then forbade Trotsky to make any more public speeches, leading to 530 prisoners protesting and signing a petition against Morris' order. After initial hesitation and facing pressure from the workers' and peasants' Soviets, the Russian foreign minister Milyukov was compelled to demand the release of Trotsky as a Russian citizen, and the British government freed him on 29th April 1917. Only a day before the present letter was written. He reached Russia on 17th May 1917. 

CANNING GEORGE: (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827. A.L.S., Geo. Canning, one page, 4to, F[oreign] O[ffice], 1st June 1824, to Admiral Sir Sidney Smith. Canning writes, in full, 'As I do not apprehend that it is in any body's contemplation to re-establish the situation which Adm. Sir G. Berkeley formerly filled at Lisbon, or anything like it: I have only to acknowledge the receipt of your letter; but have no means of acting upon it'. A small area of very light discoloration only very slightly affects a small part of text and with some very minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VGAdmiral Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) British naval and intelligence officer who served in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley (1753-1818) British Admiral who served in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars and who was placed in command at Lisbon to organise the chaotic supply system for the Duke of Wellington's army in the Peninsular War. 

MACEO Y GRAJALES JOSE ANTONIO: (1845-1896) Guerrilla iconic Leader and second-in-command of the Cuban army of independence. Cubans nicknamed Maceo ''The Bronze Titan'' because of his multiple wounds in battle, while Spanish nicknamed him ''The elder Lion''. Maceo was killed near Punta Brava by Spanish forces after being betrayed by the physician of his headquarters. Rare D.S., `Jose Maceo´, one page, folio, Head Quarters of El Perico, 14th March 1896, in Spanish. The present letter was signed by Maceo six months before being killed. The partially printed document bears a printed coat of arms to the upper left corner and is the appointment of vice-Lieutenant Miguel Fernandez as Lieutenant, and signed by Mateo y Grajales in his capacity as General Major of the Liberation Army of Cuba. Overall important age wear, creasing and staining, with few holes and small tears to edges. Large repairs to the verso. P 

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: ESTERHAZY FERDINAND WALSIN (1847-1923) French Army officer who gained notoriety as a spy for the German Empire and the actual perpetrator of the act of treason of which Captain Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly accused and convicted in 1894. A.L.S., Esterhazy, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Harpenden, Hertfordsire?), 28th February 1909, to a gentleman, in French. Esterhazy states that last night he received the two books which his correspondent had sent him, adding that he can only repeat what he told him the other day, and that he is very grateful for all the trouble that he is going to, further writing 'Je vous prierai aussi.....de me dire le prix de ces ouvrages qui me seront fort utiles pour ce que j'ai a faire. Je n'ai pas encore pu penser a risquer le voyage de Bournemouth, il fait le temps le plus affreux, neige, brouillard etc., c'est le plus affreux hiver que j'ai vu depuis 11 ans que je suis ici' (Translation: 'I would also ask you……to tell me the price of these works, which will be very useful to me for what I have to do. I haven't been able to think of risking the trip to Bournemouth yet, it's the most awful weather, snow, fog etc., it's the most awful winter I've seen in the 11 years I've been here'). With blank integral leaf. Together with an A.L.S. by Paul Desachy, editor of Bibliographie de l'Affaire Dreyfus, two pages, 4to, Rue Emile Augier, Paris, 26th April 1935, to Monsieur E. Barbier, in French, discussing the autographs of Esterhazy and other individuals and explaining that those he has of Esterhazy relating to the Dreyfus Affair are typed and with only a very few annotations and therefore not suitable for his correspondent's collection. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Desachy. VG, 2 

 ‘I cannot resist the desire to repeat these words from your burning pen and adapt them to friendship although traced by love’  FERNIG THEOPHILE: (1775-1819) French military officer who, with her sister Felicite, enlisted in the French Army dressed as men during the French Revolutionary Wars, Once their gender was discovered they were granted permission to remain in service, becoming celebrities frequently mentioned in the contemporary French press. Appointed aide-de-camp officers under General Charles Francois Dumouriez, the Soeurs Fernig were sentenced to exile after Dumouriez’s treason of 1793. A rare A.L.S., Theophile (twice), four pages, 4to, Brussels, 18 Fructidor an 9 (5th September 1801), to Isidore Audeval, her cousin, in French. Fernig writes a lengthy letter, in essence a love letter, flowing with warmth and affection, stating, in part, ‘Oui, je suis encore ici..... Console-toi, mon ami, ta cousine n'etait point gaie quand tu t'affligeais, et s'il existe une heureuse sympathie entre les gens qui se conviennent, les notres en sont une preuve.......vous savez combien je me proposais de plaisir a vous y rencontrer.......Guilleminot n'arriva point, et au lieu de lui, je recus une lettre qui m'annoncait le retard de son voyage de 15 jours, trois semaines! J'ecrivis a ta soeur, je t'ecrivis aussi, et je dechirai ma lettre. Je te croyais a Mortagne, au milieu de tes amies, oubliant les absentes. Je t'accusais meme d'etre passe par Bruxelles sans etre venu les voir....que sais-je ce que je ne pensais pas!......La douleur est mere de l'injustice, et par elle je suis excusable: n'est-ce pas, mon ami? J'ai senti tout mon sang s'agiter, courir dans mes veines et refluer vers mon coeur, en apprenant votre chute de cheval. J'espere qu'elle n'aura pas de suite, mais prenez toutes les precautions et les menagements possibles: vous vous devez a vos amis autant qu'a vous-meme. Pourquoi trouverais-je mauvais le rapprochement de nos deux noms, quand l'amitie nous lie si  etroitement?........Que ton ame honnete, delicate et sensible se penetre, se convainque bien de la purete de la mienne dans mon acquiescement a ce que tu fais, et de mon plaisir a faire le tien: Dieu m'en est temoin, et j'implore du ciel toute sa colere si ma candeur n'egale pas ma protestation. Croiriez-vous que je n'eprouve plus l'ombre de mes regrets de ne point avoir partage les plaisirs de Mortagne depuis que je sais que vous n'y etiez pas? C'est cependant la verite! Je n'ai de ma vie ete plus triste qu'en voyant ecoule le premier jour de cette fete, ne pouvant y aller et vous y croyant......Ne n'apesentis point sur le desagrement de ton metier. Tu es esclave, oui; mais tu l'es de l'honneur, et c'est le plus supportable des tyrans. Tu marches a travers de mille contrarietes, mais elles te couvrent de glorie et ton noble devouement fait triompher le myrte sur le laurier. Tu le sais, mon ami, le myrte est l'embleme de l'amitie. Jusque dans le moindre de tes sacrifices, il n'est point un sentiment qui ne t'en tienne compte, et tous ces sentiments sont dans le coeur de ceux qui t'aiment. Nous nous sommes vus trop peu de temps, il est vrai, et j'en ai ressenti la verite, mais il y a un moyen de nous en dedommager......je ne puis resister au desir de repeter ces mots sortis de ta plume brulante et les adapter a l'amitie quoique  traces par l'amour: "Ecris-moi je le veux: ce commerce enchanteur, Aimable epanchement de l'esprit et du coeur, Cet art de converser sans se voir, sans s'entendre, Ce muet entretien, si charmant et si tendre. L'art d'ecrire. Abelard, fut sans doute invente, Par l'amante captive et l'amant agite, Tout vit par la chaleur d'une lettre eloquente". Comme eux, que notre amitie profite de cet art divin, de cette faculte celebre, et trompons l'espace, qui nous separe en nous communiquant toutes nos pensees, nos peines et nos plaisirs: nous adoucissons par a les premiers en doublant les derniers’ (Translation: ‘Yes, I’m still here…..Console yourself, my friend, your cousin was not cheerful when you were upset, and if there is a happy sympathy between people who suit each other, ours are a proof of it……you known with how much pleasure I intended to meet you there…..Guilleminot did not arrive, and instead of him, I received a letter which informed me of the delay of his trip by 15 days, three weeks! I wrote to your sister, I wrote to you too, and I tore up my letter. I thought you were in Mortagne, among your friends, forgetting the absent ones. I even accused you of having passed through Brussels without having come to see them……what do I know what I was not thinking!........Sorrow is the mother of injustice, and through it I am excusable: is it not, my friend? I felt all my blood rushing, running through my veins and flowing back to my heart, on learning of your fall from a horse. I hope it won’t be followed up, but take all the precautions and consideration possible: you owe yourself to your friends as much as to yourself. Why would I find the bringing together of our two names wrong, when friendship binds us so closely?.......Let your honest, delicate and sensitive soul penetrate itself, be well convinced of the purity of mine in my acquiescence in what you do, and of my pleasure in doing yours: God is my witness, and I implore heaven all his anger if my candour does not equal my protest. Would you believe that I no longer feel the shadow of my regrets at not having shared the pleasures of Mortagne since I learned that you were not there? It is however the truth! I have never been sadder in my life than when I saw the first day of this festival pass, not being able to go there and believing you were there……Do not dwell on the unpleasantness of your profession. You are a slave, yes: but you are one of honour, and that is the most endurable of tyrants. You walk through a thousand annoyances, but they cover you with glory and your noble devotion makes the myrtle triumph over the laurel. You know, my friend, the myrtle is the symbol of friendship. Even in the least of your sacrifices, there is not a feeling that you do not take into account, and all these feelings are in the hearts of those who love you. We saw each other for too little time, it is true, and I felt the truth of it, but there is a way to compensate us for it…..I cannot resist the desire to repeat these words from your burning pen and adapt them to friendship although traced by love: “Write to me I want it: this enchanting trade, Amiable outpouring of mind and heart, This art of conversing without seeing each other, without hearing each other, This mute interview, so charming and so tender, The art of writing, Abelard, was undoubtedly invented, By the captive lover and the agitated lover, Everything lives by the warmth of an eloquent letter”. Like them, let our friendship profit from this divine art, from this famous faculty, and let us deceive the space which separates us by communicating to us all our thoughts, our sorrows and our pleasures: we soften the former by doubling the latter’). A letter of beautiful content. Some light staining and minor discolouration (largely to the first page) and with a few minor, neat splits to the edges of folds. G Isidore Audeval served with the 16th Dragoon Regiment and Theophile’s correspondence with her cousin spans a period of five years from October 1797 to January 1803. The thirty-three letters were published by Honore Bonhomme under the title Correspondance inedite de Mademoiselle Theophile de Fernig, aide de camp du General Dumouriez (Firmin Didot, Paris, 1873), Bonhomme observing ‘We are surprised to find the grace, the playfulness, the candour of the young girl where we expected to meet perhaps only the roughness and the dark energy of the soldier’.

‘….our wizard friend Tesla….’  [TESLA NIKOLA]: (1856-1943) Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer and futurist, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. [HIGGINSON FRANCIS J.] (1843-1931) American Rear Admiral who served during the American Civil War and Spanish-American War and was the last commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Squadron and first commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Fleet. A collection of correspondence to Higginson from a variety of individuals at the time when Higginson was chairman of the United States Lighthouse Board (1898-1901) and seeking Tesla's assistance with wireless telegraphy. The collection comprises forty-eight A.Ls.S. and nine T.Ls.S., over 150 pages, 8vo and 4to, various places (New York, New Orleans, Washington, Newport etc.), largely 1898-1900, with both business and social content, some relating to wireless telegraphy and a few with references to Tesla, including Thomas Coulis, in part 'I have wanted to write to suggest….having some wireless telegraphy experiments while the Fleet is at Newport…..the scheme that had marked in my idle head was to use the Torpedo station as a Base for these experiments…..our electrical experts at the Torpedo station & on board the ships would do the work, & our wizard friend Tesla & his employers the Thompson Houston Company could furnish the machines necessary & advertise themselves as well at the same time. The Marconi experiments between…..[South] Foreland…..& Boulogne could be imposed (?) upon perhaps. The thing is at least up to date. The machines would cost something but if Tesla & the Thompson Houston people were called in their own advertisement would be sufficient & the plant would cost nothing….' (24th April 1899); Thomas Perry, Naval Secretary of the Lighthouse Board 1899-1901, in part, 'In response to my letter which I wrote Mr. Tesla for you, giving him certain data desired by him, he replied in an official way in a letter addressed to the Light-House Board, in which letter he states, “I shall soon place at your service, apparatus thoroughly practical and satisfactory in every respect.” After talking the matter over with Hoxie, we both became convinced that it would be necessary to tell Mr. Tesla that the Light-House Board had not requested him to go so far as to provide any apparatus, which you can well imagine, coming from him, would involve the expenditure of a great deal of money - money which the Board has not. So I addressed an official letter to Mr. Tesla, a copy of which I inclose (sic) herewith (no longer present) that you may see and have a perfect knowledge of what has been done, and I hope that you will approve of it.' (18th August 1899); Harry Taylor (7) largely discussing naval matters & tactics in war, in part, 'I think it will be well to have the fleet go to Newport and the officers to work out problems. To have the ships do so would require more, many more, than we have, but the fleet might as well lie there for a month or six weeks as at Tompkinsville and tactical problems, tactical war games and strategic war games could occupy them most usefully….' (2nd May 1899), 'The Captains who are here to see the President are going to meet…..at 2pm today to confer before going to the White House - and all hope you will be there' (2nd January 1900); William M. Folger (1844-1928) American Rear Admiral who served in the American Civil War (without seeing action) and fought in the Spanish-American War, thirty-two A.Ls.S., most with initials, largely social in content, although discussing naval matters, fever amongst the officers ('There is no reason in the world why it should not break out within a week in every village with 200 miles…..It is perfectly possible there may be a great epidemic'), Admiral of the Navy George Dewey and other mutual colleagues, recommending various novels and other books, warning against the side effects of Laxative Brown Quince, and in one letter mentioning the soprano Emma Eames, 'Mrs. Eames (mere) asked me to dinner for Wednesday - and the opera (Walkure) afterwards - to hear her daughter, who I suppose contributed the box, but I wanted Wed. free for some Bohemianism (quite harmless) with you and declined (To tell the very truth I am glad to get out of it). The female part of Eames family believe with a certain amount of justification that I plucked Eames as a brand from the burning - and whenever they get a chance they try to shew it. I don't mind much, but I do not care greatly to go to the opera with the old lady'; Nelson A. Miles (1839-1925) American General who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars and the Spanish-American War and held the position of last Commanding General of the United States Army (1895-1903), Silas Casey III, Rear Admiral of the Pacific Squadron 1901-03, and several other individuals. Together with a small selection of printed ephemera including the subscription list and balance sheet of Miss Weston's work in the Royal Navy, 1st July 1894 to 30th June 1895 and a number of partially printed receipts and invoices (most torn and with various faults) from Hirsbrunner & Co., Watchmakers & Jewellers in Shanghai, Tat Cheong, Ship Compradore & General Dealer in Hong Kong, Alphonzo Smith, piano agent in New York, C. Guieu & Co., Parisian Bakery in Shanghai etc. Some overall age wear, a few P, generally G, 70 

SOULT JEAN-DE-DIEU: (1769-1851) French General and statesman, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. Soult served as Prime Minister of France 1832-34, 1839-40 & 1840-47. L.S., Mal. Duc de Dalmatie, one page, 8vo, Saint-Amans-la-Bastide, 19th November 1834, to Mr. Dagnan, sub-intendant of the Division active Des Pyrenees-Orientales, in French. Soult acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter and the copy of their thesis on 'l'organisation du personnel de l'administration militaire de l'armée de terre' (Translation: 'the organisation of the personnel of the military administration of the army') and remarks 'Espérant y trouver des vues utiles, je me propose de le lire avec tout l'intérêt que mérite un sujet aussi important' (Translation: 'Hoping to find useful views, I propose to read it with all the interest that such an important subject deserves'). With integral address leaf. Together with Johanna Louise Elisabeth Berg (1771-1852) wife of Jean-de-Dieu Soult, A.L.S., as Duchess of Dalmatia, one page, 8vo, Paris, 5th March 1834, to 'Monsieur le Comte', in French, regarding the purchase of a painting. With blank integral leaf. Closely and very slightly irregularly clipped to the top edge. G to VG, 2

‘The Emperor has won a very big battle against the Russians…. I have just received the news’ CLARKE HENRI-JACQUES-GUILLAUME: (1765-1818) 1st Duc de Feltre. Franco-Irish General in the French Revolutionary Wars, also a politician who served as Minister of War 1807-14, 1815 & 1815-17. Marshal of France. An excellent L.S., Duc de Feltre, three pages, folio, Paris, 21st September 1812, to Marie-Francois Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga, on the printed stationery of the Minister of War, in French. Clarke states that he has received his correspondent's letter, and regrets the situation he has learnt of at Bilbao, continuing 'L'intention de l'Empereur n'est pas de sacrifier inutilement des troupes pour l'occuper, malgre toutes l'importance de ce point....mais ce point est trop essentiel pour ne pas le tenir compte avec les forces necessaires pour le defendre et votre position ne serait plus tenable si les ennemis, que je vois deja avec tant de peine a Castro, s'etablissaient a Bilbao. L'etat de choses changera apres que les renforts auront joint l'armee du Portugal. Les Anglais ne paraissent pas s'occuper de cette armee qu'ils croient avoir mis pour longtemps dans l'impossibilite d'agir et j'ai lieu de presumer que Lord Wellington tourne ses vue d'un autre cote. Des que l'armee de Portugal pourra reprendre l'offensive la chance doit tourner en notre faveur….. La situation des affaires n'a point extremement souffert par le mouvement que le Roi [Joseph Bonaparte] s'est vu sur le cas de faire sur Valence; la reunion de l'armee du centre a celle du marechal duc d'Albufera [Suchet] a eu lieu au moment meme ou les Anglais, ayant fait un debarquement a Alicante, des renforts etaient a desirer pour l'armee de Valence. Rien ne pouvait donc venir plus a propos, dans ces circonstances, que l'arrivee d'un corps aussi considerable de bonnes troupes, a l'armee du duc d'Albufera, il lui assure une superiorite decidee sur l'ennemi qu'il a en-tete et doit faire echouer tous les projets des Anglais dans cette partie. De votre cote, quand vous ne serez plus inquiete par mer vous vous trouverez dans une position bien plus avantageuses pour assurer vos communications et travailler' (Translation: 'The Emperor's intention is not to sacrifice troops unnecessarily to occupy it, despite all the importance of this point….but this point is too essential not to be taken into account with the forces necessary to defend it and your position would no longer be tenable if the enemies, whom I already see with so much difficulty in Castro, were to establish themselves in Bilbao. The state of things will change after the reinforcements have joined the army of Portugal. The English do not seem to care about this army which they believe they have for a long time made it impossible to act and I have reason to presume that Lord Wellington is turning his sights in another direction. As soon as the army of Portugal can resume the offensive, luck must turn in our favour….The situation of affairs has not been greatly affected by the movement that the King [Joseph Bonaparte] has seen fit to make on Valencia; the meeting of the central army with that of the Marshal Duke of Albufera [Suchet] took place at the very moment when the English, having made a landing at Alicante, reinforcements were to be desired for the army of Valencia. Nothing, therefore, could have come more apropos, in these circumstances, than the arrival of such a considerable body of good troops, to the army of the Duke of Albufera, it assures him of a decided superiority over the enemy he has in mind and must defeat all the projects of the English in this part. On your side, when you are no longer worried by sea you will find yourself in a much more advantageous position to ensure your communications and work'). In a holograph postscript, signed ('Le D de F') by Feltre with his initials, he announces 'L'Empereur a gagné une tres grande bataille sur les Russes a Mojaisk le 7 Septembre, J'en recois a l'instant la nouvelle' (Translation: 'The Emperor has won a very big battle against the Russians at Mozhaysk on 7th September. I have just received the news'). A letter of good association and fine military content, written as Napoleon was marching towards Moscow. One small spindle hole to the lower left margin, not affecting the text or signature, VGMarie-Francois Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga (1766-1849) French General of Italian descent who served as an aide-de-camp to Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800. Caffarelli was later employed in Spain where he defeated an attempted English landing at Laredo, seized Bilbao, and was named governor of Biscay in 1811, completely routing Mina's band of guerrillas and contributing to the raising of the siege of Burgos.In the present letter the Duc de Feltre commits a small error in the news he excitedly provides in his postscript. There was, strictly speaking, no battle that took place at Mozhaysk; it is the famous battle Battle of Moscow (also known as the Battle of Borodino) which took place on 7th September 1812. Mozhaysk is located 110 km to the west of Moscow and the town, situated on the historic road leading to Smolensk, and then Poland, played a role in defending the Western approaches to Moscow in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in 1812 the Battle of Borodino took place 12 km away. Napoleon arrived at Mozhaysk on the 9th September where, suffering from a sever cold, he stayed for three days. It is possible that the letter Clarke received with the news was dated from Mozhaysk which may have given rise to his confusion, given the remoteness of the location coupled with the imperfection of the maps.  

MASO MARQUEZ BARTOLOME DE JESUS: (1830-1907) Cuban Politician and military Patriot. A main figure of Cuban independence. President of the Cuban ''Republic in Arms'' 1897-98. D.S., `Bart. Masó´, two pages, Cuba, 1st of August 1898, to officer Eligio Fariñas, in Spanish. The partially printed document, bearing the heading ''El Presidente de la Republica de Cuba'', is a military appointment in favour of Eligio Fariñas, appointing him as infantry Lieutenant. Signed at the base by the President of the Republic Bartolomé Masó. The present document is signed during the short period of 12 months that Masó was President. Bearing to the front three blind embossed seals, one of the Liberating Army. With several countersignatures to the verso by several members of the government, including Jose Clemente Vivanco (1873-1946), also bearing several ink stamps of various ministries of the Republic of Cuba. Overall age wear and creasing, mostly to edges. F to G                                            

PETER II: (1715-1730) Emperor of Russia 1727-30. An extremely rare L.S., Peter, one page, small 4to, Moscow, 20th November 1729, to Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, in German. The Emperor writes on the occasion of having received news of the birth of his correspondent's daughter, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Autographs of Peter II are extremely rare in any form as a result of his untimely death from smallpox at the young age of 14 (just two months after signing the present letter). Some light creasing and a few minor stains, otherwise VG Ferdinand Albert II (1680-1735) Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, a Generalfeldmarschall in the army of the Holy Roman Empire.Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1729-1796) Queen of Denmark and Norway 1752-66, the second consort of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway. 

[ABDULMEJID I]: (1823-1861) Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1839-61. Document issued in the name of Abdulmejid I, with the large gold printed tughra of the Sultan at the head, one page, large folio, Constantinople, 2nd August 1855, in Ottoman Turkish. The document is accompanied by a contemporary partially printed French translation explaining that the document awards M. Artignes, a Physician Major with the French Army of the Crimea, the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, Fourth Class, in recognition of having demonstrated merit and zeal, as well as righteousness and skill, in the actions for which he was responsible. The translation bears the official circular stamp of the French Ambassador to Constantinople at the foot. Some light overall foxing and minor age wear to both documents, G, 2

[DREYFUS AFFAIR]: FREYCINET CHARLES DE (1828-1923) French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France 1879-80, 1882, 1886 & 1890-92 and also served an important term as Minister of War 1888-93. A.L.S., C. de Freycinet, one page, 8vo, n.p., 28th November 1897, to 'Mon cher ministre et ami', in French. Freycinet makes an enquiry regarding Dreyfus, 'Vous m'obligeriez de me donner la date de l'arrete qui a admis l'ex-capitaine Dreyfus a l'Etat majeur de l'armee. Je la crois posterieure a ma sortie du ministere' (Translation: 'You would oblige me to give me the date of the decree which admitted ex-Captain Dreyfus to Major of the army. I believe it postdates my leaving the ministry') and in a postscript remarks 'Je vous rappelle que le dedoublement du  6e corps est a l'ordre du jour de mardi. je ne prévois pas de discussion' (Translation: 'I remind you that the duplication of the 6th corps is on Tuesday's agenda. I don't plan any discussion'). A couple of dates, in 1892 & 1893, appear in an annotation to the lower left margin, presumably in the hand of the recipient of the letter. With blank integral leaf. VG 

‘there will in no way at all be a just, honest, stable, comprehensive peace until the arrogant common enemy, who has out of weakness so violently brought on war from all sides, withdraws’  ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1702-07. A fine L.S., Anna R, with a holograph subscription, three pages, folio, Palace at Windsor, 3rd July 1709, to Franz Ludwig, Count Palatine, Bishop of Worms, and Johann Wilhelm, Count Palatine on the Rhine, Elector of Bavaria, in Latin. The Queen writes, in part, 'Most illustrious and excellent Prince, dearest cousin and friend, as well as most serene Prince, dearest brother, cousin, and friend, the new peace negotiation by the French, which is too little sincere, has no doubt already been made known [and] it would be superfluous to explain to Your Excellency and Your Electoral Excellency with how much unworthiness the most Christian King not only refused to have several preliminary articles concluded in The Hague confirmed, & after their having been approved by his plenipotentiaries, but also in contempt of all his allies, he has abused [them] through insinuations he has thought up to enrage the spirits of his subjects. We hope indeed that the long since renowned skills will remove the anger from all hearts and that the allies will all be of the same mind as We that there will in no way at all be a just, honest, stable, comprehensive peace until the arrogant common enemy, who has out of weakness so violently brought on war from all sides, withdraws, that he must by necessity or unwillingly desist. These things may already speak for themselves. We nonetheless, from Our concern for the public weal, deemed it to be not unseemly to appeal with Our exhortation to Your Excellency and Your Electoral Excellency to urge and cause everyone of authority in the region of the Upper Rhine by most grave admonishments to support it, as well as to provide a share of fighting forces, of soldiers and funds, and also at this moment, by which the moments of the greatest causes turn to Our example and that of the order of the general domains of the Belgian Federation, to send men and funds & thus expand the German combat army on the Upper Rhine and fortify it by means of the things needed for war, so that not only the boundaries of the Empire are protected, but also the provinces broken off at the time can be reintegrated. This sole hope of a war to be completed with glory and a peace to be maintained with security. To this be added the hope for divine grace, which will not be rejected as unseemly, health, liberty, and event the indignation at such an enemy. We thus humbly appeal to Your Excellency and Your Electoral Excellency to take active part in the cause, for haste is necessary so that this best occasion not slip from our hands…..' Countersigned at the foot by Henry Boyle (1669-1725) 1st Baron Carleton, Anglo-Irish politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1701-08, Northern Secretary 1708-10 and Lord President of the Council 1721-25. With integral address panel bearing a blind embossed paper seal (neatly split). Annotated in ink at the head of the first page to record that the letter was received at Erfurt on 29th July 1709. A letter of interesting content and association written during the Spanish War of Succession (1701-14), the European great power conflict which arose from the death of the childless King Charles II of Spain in November 1700 and led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Philip of Anjou and Charles of Austria, and their respective supporters, among them Spain, Austria, France, the Dutch Republic, Savoy and Great Britain. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Franz Ludwig of Palatinate-Neuburg (1664-1732) Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince-Bishop of Worms 1694-1732. Johann Wilhem II (1658-1716) Elector Palatine 1690-1716, brother of Franz Ludwig. 

MONTGOMERY B.L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. A highly unusual book signed, being a hardback edition of The Memoirs of Field-Marshal The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G., First edition published by Collins, London, 1958, signed ('Montgomery of Alamein F.M.') by Montgomery in fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper and dated November 1958 in his hand. Additionally signed by Spike Milligan (1918-2002) Irish actor and comedian. Milligan has signed his name in bold black ink, also to the front free endpaper, beneath a statement in his hand, in full, 'I wrote - enclosing this book, saying - I had done his bidding during the war - would he now do mine and sign this book - within 48 hours it was signed and returned'. To one of the inside pages of illustrations, featuring photographs of Montgomery's father and mother, and one of the young Monty aged nine years, Milligan has added a few brief annotations, making disparaging remarks about Montgomery's parents and the observation 'OK' alongside the photograph of the juvenile future Field Marshal. Lacking the dust jacket and with some light overall age wear and minor foxing and staining, G Spike Milligan served as a signaller (Gunner Milligan 954024) in D Battery (later 19 Battery), 56th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, during World War II. The unit saw action as part of the First Army in the North African campaign and then in the succeeding Italian campaign. Milligan was appointed lance bombardier and was about to be promoted to bombardier when he was wounded in action at the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 and subsequently hospitalised.  

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. 

JOHN III SOBIESKI: (1629-1696) King of Poland & Grand Duke of Lithuania 1674-96. A popular King among his subjects and a respected military leader whose 22-year reign marked a period of stabilization. John III Sobieski succeeded to defeat the Ottoman army at the battle of Vienna. 1683, saving Europe from being invaded and saving the Christianity of the Western World. He was one of the greatest heros of his time. Very rare L.S., `Jan Krol´, signed by the King of Polonly two months before passing away, in Polish, one page, oblong 14 x 8, Warsaw, Roku Panskiego, 26th April 1696, to Caroli Stanislas Radzi, Duke of Otyka Nieswicz, in Polish. The letter states to the heading, "John Sobieski, King of Poland of the Russian Lithuania, of the Masovian Voivodeship, of Smolensk,…". The untranslated document bears a very attractive and large blind embossed seal at the base. Countersigned at the base. Folded. Overall age wear, with small creasing and staining, otherwise F to G

CADOUDAL GEORGES: (1771-1804) French General, leader of the Chouannerie during the French Revolution. Executed by guillotine and posthumously made a Marshal of France by King Louis XVIII. A good, rare A.L.S., Georges, one page, small 4to, n.p., 26th February 1800, to Guillaume Brune, in French. Cadoudal states that he has received his correspondent's letter and proclamation and will depart immediately for Nantes 'comptant sur vos promesses' (Translation: 'counting on your promises'), further remarking 'Je suis tranquille sur le sort de ce malheureux pays' (Translation: 'I am confident about the fate of this unfortunate country') and adding 'Je suis etonne que vous vous plaigniez des legions de Debar et de Rohu je suis certain qu'elles ont depose les armes et que ces deux officiers ont le plus grand desir de jouir de la paix et de la procurer a leurs infortunees legions' (Translation: 'I am surprised that you complain about the legions of Debar and Rohu, I am sure that they have laid down their arms and that these two officers have the greatest desire to enjoy peace and to procure it for their unfortunate legions'). Cadoudal makes a request of Brune, 'Je vous prie de faire passer au citoyen Mercier deux passes et deux garanties pour le citoyen Cecillon Aine et le citoyen Gauville de Lautore' (Translation: 'Please give Citizen Mercier two passes and two guarantees for Citizen Cecillon Aine and Citizen Gauville de Lautore') and concludes by stating 'Je desire que ce que vous m'annoncez se realise et que mon voyage de Paris puisse etre de quelque utilite pour mon malheureux pays' (Translation: 'I hope that what you announce to me will come true and that my trip to Paris may be of some use to my unfortunate country'). With integral address leaf (some dust staining and a small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal). A letter of good content and interesting association, written during a brief lull in the relations between the two enemies. VG Guillaume Brune (1764-1815) 1st Count Brune. French military commander and political figure who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Marshal of the Empire. Jean Francois Edme Le Paige de Bar (1763-1813) French military officer who fought with the Chouannerie during the French Revolutionary Wars. Jean Rohu (1771-1849) French military officer who fought with the Chouannerie during the French Revolutionary Wars. Pierre-Mathurin Mercier la Vendee (1774-1801) French Field Marshal who fought with the Chouannerie during the French Revolutionary Wars. As announced in the present letter, Cadoudal was going to Paris to meet Napoleon, who admired his enemy's skill and obstinate energy. The meeting did not go well and Cadoudal declined the post of Brigadier General offered to him in the Republican Army and refused to come to any understanding with the government. From 1800 it was impossible for Cadoudal to continue to wage open war, so he centred his efforts on conspiracies, often whilst based in England. The General was indirectly involved in the Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise in December 1800 although managed to flee to England again. By 1803 Cadoudal and his conspirators wanted to undertake a new kidnap or assassination attempt on Napoleon whilst on the road to Malmaison. Cadoudal was eventually arrested and found guilty of his involvement in the assassination plot and sentenced to death. He refused to ask for pardon and, aged 33, was guillotined in Paris along with eleven of his companions.

DOLLMANN FRIEDRICH: (1882-1944) German General of World War II who commanded the 7th Army during the Invasion of France. Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves. D.S., Dollmann, one page, 8vo, 7th Army Headquarters, 20th April 1941, in German. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is an award document in which Unteroffizier Friedrich-Wilhelm Schmugler is made the recipient of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords. Signed by Dollmann at the foot alongside an official circular stamp featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. Scarce. Some light overall age wear and a few minor creases and small tears to the edges, otherwise about VG

BAND OF BROTHERS: Selection of signed postcard photographs (4), signed printed images of various sizes (largest 8.5 x 11), each neatly removed from books or magazines, A.Ls.S. (15) and a T.L.S. etc., by various officers who served with the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army whose wartime exploits were portrayed in the miniseries Band of Brothers, including Darrell 'Shifty' Powers, Donald Malarkey, Forrest Guth, William Guarnere (eleven A.Ls.S. etc.), Richard Winters etc. Some duplication and several of the images multiple signed. G to generally VG, 28

ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942-2016) American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Cassius Clay in a full-length boxing pose sparring with his brother at the Territorial Army Centre Gymnasium in White City, London, on 29th May 1963, ahead of his heavyweight fight against Henry Cooper on 18th June 1963. The press photograph bears the original printed caption lightly affixed to the verso which states, in part, 'Louisville's confident Cassius Clay, who says he will beat British heavyweight Henry Cooper in the fifth round of their fight at Wembley Stadium….lands a powerful right-hander on his brother, Rudolf Valentino Clay, during the former's first gymnasium training session…..'. Signed by Clay in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image, 'To Peter from Cassius Clay', adding the words 'Next World Champ' in his hand beneath his signature. Vintage signed photographs of Clay of this quality are rare and highly desirable. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise about EX Clay's first bout against Cooper took place at Wembley Stadium on 18th June 1963 and is particularly remembered for Cooper felling Clay in the fourth round with an upward angled version of his trademark left hook to the jaw. Despite suffering this set back Clay started the fifth round aggressively, attempting to make good his prediction of a fifth-round knockout and opened a severe cut under Cooper's eye. Clay hit Cooper with a succession of hard rights knocking out his gumshield and Cooper's corner threw in the towel. The referee stopped the contest and thus Clay defeated Cooper by a technical knockout.

WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the victor of Waterloo. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A very fine A.L.S., Arthur Wellesley, two pages, 4to, Clifford Street, London, 24th May 1806, to Lieutenant Stephens of HMS Fame at Portsmouth. Wellington announces 'I was very uneasy when I read in the newspapers different accounts of your being under examination before the Privy Council, although I was convinced that you had never committed any act, which could subject you to any legal punishment…' and adds that he is concerned that Stephens should have suffered from being detained for the enquiry '& still more so that I cannot give you any hopes that you will be promoted'. He further explains 'I really have no influence with the present Govt. but if your ship should be sent to foreign station you may depend on it that I will use every exertion to procure for you letters of recommendation to the Admiral who will command upon it.' With integral address leaf in Wellington's hand and also signed ('Free, Arthur Wellesley') in the lower left corner. A circular portion of the integral leaf, evidently where the seal was originally affixed, has been cut away. One very small, extremely minor, neat split to a fold, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG HMS Fame was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in October 1805. In November 1808 she joined a squadron lying off Rosas where Captain Lord Cochrane was assisting the Spanish in the defence of Castell de la Trinitat against the invading French army.

HORROCKS BRIAN: (1895-1985) British Lieutenant-General of World War II, commander of the XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden. An original typed manuscript, unsigned, with extensive holograph additions and corrections by Horrocks, nine pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (late 1960s?), entitled Churchill and the Second World War - An Appreciation by Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, stating, in part, 'Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman-cum-soldier of this century. At the age of sixty-five, he was summoned by the British people as a whole to be their Prime Minister and to lead them through some of the darkest hours this country has ever known. Three days after taking office, when he made his famous 'blood, toil, tears and sweat' speech to the House of Commons, he went on to say, “You ask, 'what is our policy?' It is to wage war by sea, land, and air, with all our might, and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny. You ask, 'what is our aim?' I can answer in one word - Victory; Victory at all costs, Victory in spite of all terror, Victory, however long and hard the road may be.”…..His moral courage in those early days has never been equalled before or since……Looking back on that period, it is almost unbelievable that any one man could have stood up to such a strain as the nation's war leader, yet Churchill never flinched. It was during this dark period I first met him…..I can see him now, a sturdily built figure, wearing an odd sort of uniform which he had designed for himself. There was a gleam in his eye, a cigar in his mouth, and a stick in his hand…..His mere presence was magic….In 1942 I was flown out from Britain to take over 13 Corps, with General Montgomery commanding the Eighth Army….After approximately a week I was visited by Winston Churchill….It was obvious from the start that the old warrior statesman did not think much of the new commander of 13 Corps…..I heard afterwards that, on the way back to Cairo, he turned to General Montgomery and said, “He's no good. Get rid of him.” Monty replied. “Look here, Sir, you stick to your sphere, and I'll stick to mine.” That visit did an enormous amount of good to everyone except me……There developed a curious love-hate relationship between Churchill and Montgomery. The former could not afford any more defeats, and the latter refused to be stampeded into any attacks before he was ready…..From now onwards, for the remainder of the war, Churchill had to act as a member of a team, consisting of President Roosevelt, whom he now regarded as a personal friend, and Stalin, who was always difficult and menacing…..But my final memory is of a happy Churchill. It was in March 1944, during the Battle of the Reichswald……He was visibly moved as he stood, for the first time, with his feet firmly planted on the territory of the enemy he had been fighting for so long…..' Accompanied by a final, corrected typescript copy of the manuscript, attached to the draft by staples to the upper left corner. Some light age wear and minor creasing, about VG 

APOLLINAIRE GUILLAUME: (1880-1918) French poet, playwright, novelist and art critic, an impassioned defender of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism. A.L.S., Guillaume Apollinaire, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (Paris), 12th September 1917, Jean-Emile Laboureur ('Ami'), in French. Apollinaire announces 'Je suis au courant de vos avatars militaires. Avant que la guerre ne soit finie vous serez japonais c'est la grace que je vous souhaite' (Translation: 'I am aware of your military avatars. Before the war is over you will be Japanese, it is the grace that I wish you'), continuing to express his hope of meeting Laboureur next time he is in Paris and further remarking 'Je vous felicite des jolis dessins dont vous avez le livre de Billy' (Translation: 'I congratulate you on the pretty drawings you have made for Billy's book'). Apollinaire concludes by stating that he has a letter from his correspondent's friend, Johnson, whom he will write to today, and encloses a cheque 'que je n'ai pas ete toucher et qui doit etre perime. Je vous laisse le soin de le dechirer' (Translation: 'that has not been touched and which must be expired. I'll leave it up to you to tear it up'). Accompanied by the original envelope. Together with the cheque referred to, made payable to Apollinaire for the sum of three francs, signed by Laboureur and dated 13th November 1916. The cheque was evidently torn into eight pieces, but has since been reassembled and neatly mounted. Two small neat splits to the edges of the central fold of the letter, otherwise about VG, 2 Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943) French painter, designer, engraver, lithographer and illustrator. Laboureur was conscripted during World War I and acted as an interpreter for the British Army and American troops.  

LIBERATION OF CUBA - CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO: (1819-1874) Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. An excellent historical content D.S., `C.M. de Cespedes´, one page, large folio, Bayamo, 19th October 1868, in Spanish. The document is a decree, bearing to the heading an attractive vignette of a coat of arms of the Provisional Government, and at base a large black paper seal of the (“Ejercito Libertador de Cuba”, Army of Liberation of Cuba. The decree, signed by Cespedes in his capacity of General in chief of the Liberation army of Cuba, contains the appointment, posts, and names of the new members of the new Government. Also signed by Ignacio Martinez and by Fernando Fornaris y Cespedes. An excellent and attractive document. Overall age wear with trimmed edges and repair to the verso to the fold. G Cespedes was a landowner and lawyer in eastern Cuba, near Bayamo, who purchased an estate with a sugar plantation in 1844, after returning from Spain. On 10th October 1868, only 9 days before the present document was issued, he made the “Grito de Yara” (“Cry of Yara”), declaring Cuban independence. he Ten Years' War. That morning, after sounding the slave bell, which indicated to his slaves it was time for work, they stood before him waiting for orders, and Cespedes announced that they were all free men and were invited to join him in war against the Spanish government of Cuba. In April 1869, he was chosen as President of the Republic of Cuba in Arms 

TOTLEBEN EDUARD: (1818-1884) Franz Eduard Graf von Tottleben. Baltic German military engineer and Imperial Russian Army General who took charge of the fortification and sapping work during a number of important Russian military campaigns. A.L.S., Ed de Todleben, one page, 8vo, n.p., 20th June/July 1864, to 'Excellence', in French. Totleben thanks his correspondent for their kind invitation, to which 'je ne manquerai pas de me rendre' (Translation: 'I will not fail to comply') and continues to add 'Je saisis cette occasion pour réitérer l'assurance de ma haute consideration et de mon dévouement le plus respectueux' (Translation: 'I take this opportunity to reiterate the assurances of my highest consideration and most respectful devotion'). Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG 

BERTHIER LOUIS ALEXANDRE: (1753-1815), Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. A good L.S., `Alexandre´, one page, 4to, Paris, 24th March 1812, to the Count of Dorsenne, Chief General of the North army, in French. Berthier responds to the request of leave that his correspondent sent on behalf of General of Division Thiebault, and states in part `Je vous préviens que l´intention de l´Empereur est que les services de ce Général soient utilisés à l´Armée du nord de l´Espagne. Donnez-lui une destination et rendez m´en compte´ (Translation: `I warn you that the intention of the Emperor is that the services of this General be used in the Army of northern Spain. Assign a destination to him keep me informed´) Very small and light creasing, otherwise about VG

[IMPERIAL GUARD]: An attractive manuscript document relating to Napoleon's Garde Imperiale, completed and signed by General A. Sels, one page, large oblong folio (18.5 x 14.5”), Gournay, 26th August 1810, in French. The document is in tabular form and is subtitled Situation et force de la ci-devant Garde Royale Hollandaise (Translation: Situation and strength of the former Dutch Royal Guard) at the head and provides details of the designation of the army, the names of the battalions or squadrons, the names and ranks of the commanders of the various corps, their location etc., totalling some 128 officers, 2,693 troops and 942 horses, and also including details of cannons and other ammunition, and of the number of absent soldiers, either as a result of death or desertion. To the verso appear further manuscript observations signed by Sels in which he details the numbers of soldiers who remained hospitalised in Mons, Cambray, Brussels, Utrecht and other locations. Some light creasing and minor age wear to the edges and with a thin strip of tape to the verso reinforcing the central vertical fold. About VGThe Imperial Guard were originally a small group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon, but grew considerably over time.  The Dutch Royal Guard were formed in 1808 when Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother, ruled over the Kingdom of Holland from 1806-10. In 1810 the 3rd Regiment of Foot Grenadiers, part of the Dutch Royal Guard, was incorporated into the Imperial Guard within the Middle Guard as the 2nd Regiment of Foot Grenadiers. They would be disbanded in February 1813, only to be re-raised in April 1815, and finally disbanded in September 1815 following Napoleon's second abdication.

MODEL WALTER: (1891-1945) German Field Marshal of World War II, Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. D.S., Model, in bold purple indelible pencil, one page, oblong 8vo, Head Quarters, 23rd November 1944, in German. The typed document is issued by Model in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of Army Group B and approves the proposal of the award of the German Cross in Silver to Major Weller. One file hole to the left edge and several pinholes to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. About VG

[UNITED STATES ARMY WOMEN]: Anna Mae Hays (1920-2018) American military officer who served in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II and became the first woman in the United States Armed Forces to be promoted to a general officer rank, becoming a Brigadier General in 1970. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Hays in a head and shoulders pose wearing her uniform. Signed in white fountain pen ink to the image, adding her rank, 'Brigadier General, Chief, Army Nurse Corps, United States Army', beneath her signature and also dated 11th June 1970 in her hand; Elizabeth P. Hoisington (1918-2007) American military officer who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II and became the second woman in the United States Armed Forces to be made a Brigadier General, also in 1970. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Hoisington in a head and shoulders pose wearing her uniform. Signed in black ink at the base of the image, partially across a darker area, adding her rank as Brigadier General and Director of the Women's Army Corp alongside her signature, and dated 20th July 1970 in her hand. A couple of very light, minor corner creases, VG, 2

‘we have reached the point where the liberation of France is near….. to have the full benefit of this position, the Commander-in-Chief must be you’ 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).

[FRENCH REVOLUTION]: LACOMBE-SAINT-MICHEL JEAN-PIERRE (1751-1812) French General in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies. A.L.S., J P Lacombe, and countersigned by Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767-1820) French politician, one of the key figures of the Thermidorian Reaction that led to the fall of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror, Jean-Francois Reubell (1747-1807) French lawyer, diplomat and politician, Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai (1754-1838) French politician and lawyer, President of the Directory 1799, Louis Felix Roux (1753-1817) French politician, and Denis Toussaint Lesage (1758-1796) French politician and lawyer who served as deputy to the National Convention 1792-95, two pages, folio, Paris, 20th April 1795, in French. The letter is issued in the name of the members of the Committee of Public Safety and gives orders for the people's representative, Paganet, of L'armee des Pyrenees occidenatles, to go to two departments in order to activate the supply chain of the army, explaining 'il se rendre encore aux departements affectes a l'armee des pirenees orientales pour faire arriver a Bordeaux par eau l'exedant de trois mois de subsistances de cette derniere armee, qui seront mises a la disposition par les préposés par ses ordres' (Translation: 'He will still go to the departments assigned to l'armee des pirenees orientales to bring to Bordeaux by water the surplus of three months of subsistence of the latter army, which will be made available by the officers on his orders') and adding that once his mission is fulfilled he will return to the army. To the integral leaf Lacombe-Saint-Michel has penned a brief report on the current state of his army, 'il n´y a cette armée que pour 35 jours de vivres. Il y manque une grande quantite de chevaux.....L'armee est encore 58,677 hommes 25 mille au plus sont sous les armes le reste est a l'hopital ou chez eux en convalessance' (Translation: 'I only have 35 days supply of food for this army. There is a lack of a large number of horses…..The army is still 58,677 men, 25 thousand at most are with arms and the rest are in hospital or recovering at home'). Some minor staining and light age wear, otherwise about VG 

SIJAS PROSPER: (1759-1794) French chief of the offices of the Ministry of War, adjutant to Jean Baptiste Noel Bouchotte, the Minister of War 1793-94, and a loyal supporter of Robespierre. Sijas was guillotined at the age of 35. L.S., Prosper Sijas, one page, 8vo, Paris, 30th April 1794, to the Commissioner of the Navy and the Colonies, in French. The manuscript letter is signed by Sijas in his capacity as a member of the Army Organisation and Movement Commission and states that he has been informed by a letter from an interpreter for the prisoners of war 'qu'il est arrive le 4 de ce mois à la citadelle d'Amiens soixante-cinq prisonniers, marins venant de Dunkerque, et qui font différentes réclamations' (Translation: 'that sixty-five prisoners arrived on the 4th of this month at the citadel of Amiens, sailors coming from Dunkirk, and who made various complaints') and further asking his correspondent to investigate the circumstances. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

‘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’ 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.

ITALIAN COMPOSERS: A good set of two A.Ls.S. and one signed postcard by three Italian Composers, comprising CARAFA MICHELE (1787-1872) Italian opera Composer and military Officer, Lieutenant of the Hussars in Napoleon´s army. A.L.S., `Mic, Carafa´, also signed `Carafa´ to the verso, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Ricordi, in Italian. Carafa, referring to a Rossini score, states in part `Fammi il piacere mandarmi subito il quartetto della Bianca e Faliero di Rossini, credo aver preso una frase…´ (Translation: `Please send me right away the quartet of Bianca by Rossini, I think I caught a phrase…´) Paper attractive with watermark; BOTTESINI GIOVANNI (1821-1889) Italian Composer, Conductor and a double-bass virtuoso. Bottesini was chosen by Verdi to conduct the premiere of Aida at Cairo the 24th December 1871. A.L.S., `Gio. Bottesini´, one page, small 8vo, Naples, 6th February 1882, to Pietro, in Italian. An excellent content letter referring to an Opera he is about to complete, Bottesini stating in part `Ho in pronto un opera comica in tre atti sul libretto di Palermi e mi piacerabbe poterla far rappresentare a Bologna…´ (Translation: `I have a three-act comic opera ready based on a libretto by Palermi and I would like to be able to have it performed in Bologna…´) Bottesini asks for his correspondent´s help when approaching the impresario Brunetti and refers to his opera main role, saying `Convenendomi per rappresentare il protagonista dell´opera suddetta il buffo Carbonetti al quale ho già fatto leggere... questo artista mi a indispensabile…´ (Translation: `Agreeing that the main role of the aforementioned opera will be the buffo Carbonetti who I have already made him read ... this artist is indispensable to me´)       With blank integral leaf, & PEROSI LORENZO (1872-1956) Italian Monsignor and Composer of sacred music. Perosi worked for five Popes, and was internationally celebrated, mostly for his acclaimed oratorios. Signed postcard `Perosi´, a large bold black ink signature alongside his own image to the front of an Italian Cartolina Postale. VG, 3                                                                                                                                                                                     The Rossini´s opera that Carafa refers to is Bianca e Falliero, ossia Il Consiglio dei Tre (“Bianca and Falliero, or The Counsel of Three”), a two-act opera premiered in 1819. Federico Carbonetti (1854-1916) Italian opera Singer. Carbonetti began his career as baritone, later becoming one of the most famous buffo of his time. 

Palitoy Action Man. A Spartan Personnel Carrier, a Light Weight Land Rover, 105mm Light Gun, all boxed. Plus an unboxed Jeep Trailer. Together with 8 Action Man figures/parts. Also a quantity of accessories including a Special Missions Pod, Artic Expedition Uniform & Skis, Australian Army uniforms and weapons, 18 assorted infantry weapons, gas mask, tent, Paratrooper uniform, desert uniform, grenades, tools etc. Matchbox Motorised Motorway (M-2), complete with cars and boxed. Also in Lot a quantity of various catalogues, Hornby, Matchbox, Solido etc. Some wear to boxes. Contents and loose items QGC-GC Some age wear/parts AF. £80-120

Militaria. A pair of British Army Officer's Carl Zeiss binoculars, engraved Captain C W Davis 15th Batt Royal Warwickshire Regt Showing signs of considerable use, unrestored and perhaps little used since

Airfix 1:76 Scale Historical Military Figure Packs and Snap Together Buildings, all boxed, all off the sprue and unchecked for completeness some appear to have extra numbers of figures, S21 Sheriff of Nottingham, S20 Robin Hood, 1705 Sherwood Castle (2) one boxed, one complete the other minus two parts and some snap together teeth missing, S8 Indians, 1704 Fort Apache (complete) minus two snap together teeth, American War of Independence, S40 Grenadiers, S39 Washington's Army, Napoleonic, 01756 Prussian Infantry, S35 Highland Infantry, S45 British Infantry, S43 Hussars, S44 French Infantry, S49 Imperial Guard, S46 British Artillery, S37 French Artillery and 1709 Waterloo Farm House (minus two parts), F-VG, boxes F-G, (18)

Corgi and Other TV Film and Music Related Diecast Models, all boxed, Corgi, CC05301 Dukes of Hazard Dodge Charger with figures, 57401The Professionals Ford Capri with figures (bubble split), 09002 Dads Army Jones Butchers Van with figure, 18501 Hodges van with figure, Last of the Summer Wine CC01601 Triumph Herald with figure, CC07403 Land Rover with Compo figure, CC07301 Heartbeat Morris truck with figures, CC54508 Smokey and The Bandit Pontiac and figure, 05301 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with Caractacus Pots, 04601 James Bond You Only Live Twice Gyrocopter, The Beatles, 05401 Yellow Submarine, 05606 Bedford CA Graffiti van and figures, CC00601 Thunderbirds Lady Penelope FAB 1, Vanguards by Lledo VA02531 Paul McCartney Mini Cooper and Vivid Imaginations Captain Scarlett Spectrum Command Team 51006, G-E, boxes P-VG, (15)

Airfix 1:76 Scale WWI and WWII Military Figure Packs and Snap Together Accessories, all boxed, all off the sprue and unchecked for completeness some appear to have extra numbers of figures, in the main unpainted, WWI S31 Royal Horse Artillery, S29 American Infantry, WWII S48 USAF Personnel, S55 Luftwaffe, S9 Eighth Army, S51 US Paratroops, S5 German Infantry, S54 Gurkhas, S47 RAF, S52 German Mountain Troops, S50 Australian Infantry, S17 Russian Infantry, S3 British Infantry, S11 Afrika Korps, 1694 Coastal Defence set (complete some snap together teeth missing), 1708 Pontoon Bridge (complete minus some snap together teeth/pegs), 09657 Guadalcanal sets G1 US Marines includes unmade kit Wildcat and Buffalo Amphibious Vehicle with unpainted plastic diorama base, minus marines, G2 Japanese Defence Forces includes unmade kit Zero and Tank with painted diorama base minus Japanese troops, 09654 El Alamein sets, E2 German Defence forces, includes unmade kit armoured car and tiger tank with painted diorama base minus German troops and partially boxed E1 Allied Attack forces includes unmade Grant Tank kit and painted diorama base, all unmade kits appear complete but unchecked, P-VG, boxes P-VG, (19)

Modern Diecast Vintage Commercial and Other Vehicles by Corgi and Others all boxed, Corgi Classics, 31013 Heavy Haulage A.L.E. Scamell Contractors, Nicholas Trailers with Slug Catcher load (box P), Classics, 71902 Heritage Collection French articulated truck, 97931 AEC tanker, 97334 Atkinson lorry Lucozade, 97372 Atkinson Mackeson tanker, 97952 Foden Hovis tanker, D94/1 Whitbread, D67/1 United Dairies, both two model sets, 96874 Morris Traveller, Corgi Detail Cars 244 BMW 502, Vanguards by Lledo Post Office Telephones two vehicle set, Matchbox Dinky (2) and Solido 6116 US Army Packard staff car, G-E, boxes P-G, (13)

Mainly modern Tinplate Ambulances, Renault 18 GTS, Skoda, Airport Service Ambulance Car (3, two lack roof detail) and two red examples both with roof detail, Japanese for US market estate Ambulance Car, Cadillac repainted white Ambulance car with lights, Tri-ang Minic Army Ambulance, Tonka Toys white/orange Rescue Car, Japanese ? friction drive Ambulance Car, Payua plastic and red/white tin Cruz Roja Ambulance Car, two small Chinese MD Chief Ambulance Cras and blue white Ambulance Boat (on wheels), F-VG (15)

Corgi Forgotten Heroes Helicopters and Other Aircraft, five boxed models, Corgi 1:48 scale US51904 Bell H-13 USMC (box F), US51906 Bell HTL-4 March 1951, US51902 Bell H13 US Army Medical Corps, all three with certificates, Oxford 1:72 scale 72DR007 DE Havilland Dragon Rapide RAF Air ambulance and Hobby Master HL4010 1:200 scale Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Red Cross, G-E, boxes F-E, (5)

Modern Diecast Unboxed Mainly Commercial and Military Vehicles and Empty Boxes, vintage vehicles many glued to plinths, Corgi, Oxford, Lledo and others (130+) together with a bubble packed magazine issue US Army helicopter and modern empty boxes, Corgi, Lledo, Vanguards, boxed Corgi CC99111 Only Fools & Horses two model set and a modified Corgi Mini Mania CC82258 workshop diorama with box, P-E, boxes P-E, (150+) in five boxes

Military and Civilian Aircraft and Kits, boxed aircraft Corgi AA36001 RAF Aerobatic Team BAE Hawk (nose cone damaged), AA34201 Falkland's Harrier (cockpit canopy sun damaged), Hobby Master HA2611 AV-88 Harrier loose in box dirty from display, all 1:72 scale, Corgi 1:144 scale 48602 BOAC Bristol Britannia (G), GE=Gemini Jets 1:400 Scale Concorde (VG), unboxed Corgi Hawker Hunter, unboxed damaged magazine issue US Army helicopter (rotor blades present), bubble packed magazine issue damaged Sea Hawk, boxed Corgi Barnstormer (loose in box) and two kits, Airfix 00015 DH Tiger Moth 1:72 scale, Revell 1:144 scale Airbus A380, both appear complete but unchecked, P-VG, packaging P-F, (Qty)

Military Helicopters, four boxed examples, 1:72 scale, Forces of Valor FOV-821004C RAF Chinook Bravo November No 18 Falklands 1982, appears un-displayed with packaged rotary blades, Hobby Master HH1203 British Air Army Corps Boeing Longbow (appears un-displayed), AV7224003 Royal Navy Sharks Aerobatic Team Westland Gazelle, also appears un-displayed and Corgi AA27001 Westland Puma RAF Benson 2009 (dusty from display minus stand), F-E, boxes F-E, (4)

Solido and Victoria WWII Tanks and Other Military Vehicles, all boxed/cased, Solido (10) eight US army models includes two Sherman tanks, two German models one a 223 AMX 13 mobile anti aircraft gun and two models by Victoria French/German on General Le Clercs armoured jeep, G-E, packaging P-F, (12)

Modern Diecast Prewar and Postwar Diecast Vehicles, mainly commercial vehicles, boxed/cased, Corgi Classics 97315 Guy Arab Utility LT, Corgi 478 bus, 470 Green line bus, 469 Routemaster, D599 AEC bus, Classics Popular Van, Morris Van, (both loose in boxes), Corgi Cadbury 61209, Matchbox Dinky delivery vans (2) one loose in box, Vanguards by Lledo Austin A40, Atlas Editions Dinky, 555 Ford Thunderbirds (2), Solido Ford T Bird, Days Gone by Lledo PI 1004 Pickfords Set BRL 1003 three model set, other three model sets, USAL 1003 US Army, PH 1003 Pearl Harbor (2), one single model, Matchbox Models of Yesteryear (1), Victoria WWII Kubelwagens (3) and unboxed/playworn, Dinky (4), Matchbox Dinky (1), P-E, packaging P-VG, (29)

Corgi and Other Emergency and Other Land Rovers, all boxed/cased, Corgi examples, CV1002 Calder Valley Search & Rescue Defender and diorama set, Drive Time Emergency Motors VA09710 Royal Parks Constabulary Defender & Horsebox set, TP1002 Tayside Police Defender & Sierra Cosworth set, DP1002 Dorset Police 150 years Defender & Ford Granada set, Cheshire Constabulary 150 years Range Rover VA096 and Ford Cortina VA041 set, Land Rover Experience LR1002 Defender & Range Rover set, 07501 British Army Land Rover and trailer, CC07705 110 County Station Wagon, 07404 Maidstone & District Land Rover, 07409 50th Anniversary model, 07302 Military Land Rover, 07408 BOAC Land Rover, Solido 203295 Defender Rallye, Vitesse 471 Manchester Fire Brigade Land Rover, G-E, packaging F-E, (14)

Modern Diecast Vehicles, mainly vintage private, commercial, competition and military vehicles, boxed/cased models, all with some damage Original Omnibus both with crazed roof paint (2), Brumm (5), Vitesse (2), undamaged models boxed/cased, Classic Car Collection (4), Dub (1), Lledo (1), magazine issue Peugeot van (1) Hamleys Bus (1), Lledo/M&S four model speed record car set, Matchbox 1:84 scale 1980s (5), unboxed/playworn models 1:18 scale Burago (2), Solido US Army Jeep, smaller scale models Corgi, Matchbox Models of Yesteryear, Vitesse, Lledo, Brumm, and others, P-E, packaging P-VG, (65+) In two boxes

Modern Diecast Vehicles, vintage and modern commercial, military and private models in various scales, boxed models Smart Toys 1:24 scale Freelander, Corgi C769/8 Volvo Bus, Dinky 687 Army Truck, 208 Porsche 914, 180 Rover 3500 (all loose in boxes) Corgi 59513 Royal Mail Super Hauler, DTCA 75th Dinky Anniversary bus, Reissue Dinky 2CV and unboxed/playworn, Lledo, Corgi, Budgie, white metal (3) includes two Western Models, P-VG, boxes P-VG, (30+)

Airfix 1:32 Scale WWII Military Plastic Figures and Vehicles, all boxed, figures 1806 Afrika Corps (29/29 three partially painted), 51468 German Mountain Troops (42/49), 51459 British Infantry Support (70 pieces), 51472 British Infantry (29/29), 51471 Ghurkhas (29/29), 1735 Russian Infantry (29/29 two painted), 1736 Commandos (29/29), 1805 British Eighth Army (25/29 seven partially painted), 51473 German Infantry (32 figures), 51467 German Paratroops (30 figures), 51464 US Paratroops (29/29), 1806 Afrika Korps (29/29 six painted), 1712 British Paratroops (30 figures), 1809 Australian Infantry (27/29), 1768 Japanese Infantry (33 figures), 1807 Alvis Stalwart (cab roof search light broken off and missing), 51506 Cromwell Tank (aerials missing), 1763 Bedford Truck (G), 1836 German Half Track (G) and Tamiya 1:35 scale MM122 Russian infantry (appears complete but unchecked), F-E, boxes P-VG, (20)

A pair of Korea medals British and United Nations named to T/19047482 DVR. R Levett RASC, together with dog tags and a Royal Army Service Corps badge.

Army Rum ration flagon

VINTAGE & LATER LADY'S & GENT'S POCKET & WRISTWATCHES - to include Services Army, Ingersoll and Smiths Empire chrome plated pocket watches, the first two appearing to be in working order

A Vintage Royal Army Medical Corps Cap Badge

A Royal Army Medical Corps Cap Badge

A Collection of Various Oriental Items to comprise Miniature Chinese Army Figures, Opium Pipe Etc

Two cards mounted with various British Army metal and cloth badges

Four cards mounted with various British Army and other cloth and metal badges