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Lot 189
An early 20th century gold mohair teddy bear, with orange glass eyes, and a black vertically stitched nose on a clipped snout, the jointed body with a humped back, stitched claws and with wood-wool stuffing, 75cm high. Condition: Well loved and worn, one arm reattached, tips of pads showing wood wool.
Lot 151
MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. A fine A.Q.S., A. A.Milne, one page, 8vo, Mallord Street, Chelsea, 20th February 1929. Milne's attractively penned quotation is titled When We Very Young in his hand and represents the first poem in his book of poetry, in full, 'Corner-of-the-Street Down by the corner of the street/ Where the three roads meet/ And the feet/ Of the people as they pass go “Tweet-tweet-tweet”-/ Who comes tripping round the corner of the street?/ One pair of shoes which are Nurses's/ One pair of slippers which are Percy's-/ Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!' Signed and inscribed by Milne at the foot of the quotation. Neatly mounted and matted in cream alongside a modern postcard portrait of Milne accompanied by his son, Christopher Robin, and Winnie the Pooh. 11 x 14 overall. Autograph Quotations by Milne are both extremely rare and desirable. With a slight tear to the right edge, professionally repaired, and not affecting the text or signature. About VG When We Very Young was published in 1924 and featured illustrations by Ernest Shepard. The best selling book of poetry requires the reader to imagine that the narrator may be Christopher Robin, and the 38th poem in the book, entitled Teddy Bear (which was first published in Punch in February 1924), represents the first appearance of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Lot 235
GORDON CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Army officer, known as Chinese Gordon. A.L.S., C G Gordon, two pages, 8vo, Gravesend, 5th April 1871, to Mr. Bryant. Gordon thanks his correspondent for their kind note and remarks 'I would still like to bear the burden of poor Drayson's shortcomings if you would allow me', explaining 'you have a family and I have none, perhaps you will let me influence you in this matter….I will see what I can suggest about his future'. With blank integral leaf. A couple of very minor, neat splits at the edges of the folds, only very slightly affecting one word of text and not the signature, otherwise VG
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Lot 262
[PATTON GEORGE S.]: (1885-1945) American General of World War II. A folio hardbound scrapbook compiled by Mary Jane Krieger of Pennsylvania and dedicated to her hero, General George S. Patton, with whom she regularly corresponded during World War II, the first page featuring an original circular blue red and white embroidered patch of the United States Third Army, evidently personally sent by Patton to Krieger, the scrapbook further containing numerous newspaper clippings, images and articles (largely dated 1945-46) relating to Patton and his service during World War II, with headlines including Patton Demands Spit and Polish, 750,000 Cheer Patton in Boston etc., also covering his car crash and subsequent short time in hospital before his death on 22nd December 1945, also including a number of original 8 x 10 press photographs of Patton, some showing him with other military leaders including Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and B. L. Montgomery, and further including two T.Ls.S. by Lt. Sue Lynch, Patton's secretary, the first one page, 4to, Headquarters Fifteenth US Army, 10th January 1946, to Mary Jane Krieger, stating, in full, 'Mrs. Patton has asked me to thank you for your cable and many letters addressed to the General during his illness and to tell you that she deeply appreciates your thoughtfulness. I should like to tell you that the General always enjoyed your letters immensely and was particularly pleased with the book of poems you sent him at Christmas' and in a holograph postscript, signed with her initials SL, remarking 'I hope you will like the enclosed poem which has just been sent me from a Californian paper', the poem still present, entitled Farewell to General Patton by Joseph Auslander; and the second, one page, 4to, Munich, 19th June 1946, to Mary Jane Krieger, on the printed stationery of Headquarters II Constabulary Brigade, thanking her for an Easter card and commenting on having visited Oberammergau, remarking that it was 'pleasant to leave this badly bombed city for a few hours in such a pastoral atmosphere'. Both letters are loosely inserted into the scrapbook and are accompanied by the original envelopes. Most of the news clippings and photographs are attached to the pages by selloptape at the corners and many pages bear dates and brief ink annotations in Krieger's hand. Some overall age wear and the edges of most pages with small areas of paper loss. Generally G Mary Jane Krieger (d.1982) American Telephone Operator who corresponded with Patton during World War II. Indeed, Martin Blumenson states in The Patton Papers 1940-1945 that Krieger was one of the last four people to whom Patton wrote a letter, on 8th December 1945, before his untimely death.
Lot 297
‘My cell window bars seem to me to become darker….’ FRITZSCHE HANS: (1900-1953) German Nazi Official of World War II, Ministerialdirektor of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. Fritzsche was present in the Fuhrerbunker during Adolf Hitler's last days and stood trial at the Nuremberg Trials where he was charged with conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fritzsche was one of only three defendants at the trials to be acquitted. Rare T.L.S., Hans, in pencil, one page, folio (official partially printed Prisoner of War folding stationery), Nuremberg, 26th March 1946, to Hertha Schade, in German. Fritzsche thanks his correspondent for her letter and good wishes, although remarking 'Please don't send parcels or enclose anything in envelopes, letters only are permitted'. He further writes of Karin and Gisela, asking his correspondent for an account of them, 'How did they look? Sad? Thin? Worn out? I want an honest account. You can imagine my worries about you and your future. My absolute powerlessness to help you is hard for me to bear. Your loving act in taking responsibility for little Gisela was a great comfort' and also refers to his situation at Nuremberg, 'My mood is going up and down while I wait until at last I am allowed to speak. Hopefully, I can then, after long solitary confinement in silence, express what, for the people's sake, I am determined to say. My cell window bars seem to me to become darker….' A few extremely small, very minor tears at the edges, largely at the folds, VG
Lot 333
DISRAELI BENJAMIN: (1804-1881) British Prime Minister 1868, 1874-80. Autograph envelope signed, addressed in Disraeli's hand to The Genl. Honorable Cecil Forester M.P. at Stone, Staffordshire and bearing a London postmark dated 20th March 1868. Signed ('B Disraeli') to the lower left corner. Together with a second Autograph envelope signed, addressed in Disraeli's hand to Lady Forester. The black bordered mourning envelope is signed ('B. Disraeli') to the lower left corner. Also including an Autograph envelope, unsigned, in the hand of Mary Anne Disraeli (1792-1872, British Peeress & Society figure, wife of Benjamin Disraeli) addressed to The Honble. Mrs Forester at Carlton Gardens. Further including a partially printed oblong 8vo invitation issued by Lord Beaconsfield to Lord Forester, requesting his company at a dinner at the Foreign Office, 12th February n.y. Each of the envelopes bear ink annotations and with some slight traces of former mounting and age wear, generally G, 4 George Cecil Weld-Forester (1807-1886) 3rd Baron Forester. British General and Politician, Comptroller of the Household 1852, 1858-59.
Lot 336
CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. A poignant A.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, four pages, 8vo, The Palace, Khartoum, 24th December 1907, to Mrs. Scrivings, on the blind embossed stationery of the Colonial Office. Churchill opens his letter by writing 'I grieve to tell you that your husband died today of choleraic diarrhea after an illness of about sixteen hours' and explains 'He seems to have eaten some poisonous food which set up acute inflammation. What this was we cannot tell; but we have all had the same food, for he always ate whatever was prepared for me and others. It may be some mouthful of poisoned fish from a tin. It may be that his constitution was less strong than ours, as he had not been taking any exercise, owing to a sprained ankle'. Churchill further writes to console his correspondent, 'He did not suffer any pain worse than a very bad attack of sickness & diarrhoea, & his end was peaceful & swift. As he had been a Yeoman, he was buried with full military honours this evening. The Dublin Fusiliers carried him to his grave in the Khartoum cemetery & he now lies in that distant Soudan for which so many good Englishmen have given their lives doing their duty simply whatever it was'. He continues 'My heart bleeds for you & your poor children. It will be my duty to make adequate provision for your future & theirs; & you need not worry on these matters. We will talk of them when I return' and also adds 'We had left the unhealthy regions of Uganda, and for ten days your husband had been living quietly & comfortably on board a large river steamer. He was not exposed to any hardships or dangers that we did not equally share; and the reason why he has been struck down is unknown to man.' Churchill concludes his letter, 'My own sorrow is keen & deep. I was very fond of Scrivings & regarded him as a faithful friend, whose character & virtues I respected & admired. May God help you to bear your loss.' A fine Churchill letter. Some extremely minor, very light age wear, VG George Scrivings accompanied Churchill on a journey to East Africa in 1907 but was never to return as he caught an illness and died there. Churchill, as is illustrated in the present letter, was grief-stricken. Churchill served as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1905-08.
Lot 377
FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed magazine photographs of various sizes (8.5 x 11 and smaller), a few signed pieces with attached magazine portraits etc., by a wide variety of famous men and women including Michael Schumacher, Charles Aznavour, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Jerry Hall, Zandra Rhodes, Simon Rattle, Roman Abramovich, Carlo Ancelotti, Greg Norman, David Beckham & Paul Scholes, Ian Woosnam, Jack Charlton, Nick Faldo, Keith Floyd, Bear Grylls, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Princess Stephanie of Monaco, Neil Simon, Jilly Cooper, Bruce Oldfield, Linus Pauling, Paul Nurse & Tim Hunt, Mary Quant, David Copperfield, Roy Disney, John & Norma Major, Darcey Bussell, Yehudi Menuhin etc. A few are mounted to pages removed from photograph albums. FR to generally G, 43
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