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After Dorothea Buxton-HydeTigers beside waterlimited edition printsigned and numbered in pencil, blind stamp40 x 60 cmand four other similar signed wildlife prints by the same artist (5)

After Helen BradleyFigures by a lake with a rowing boatprint signed in pencil Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp38 x 56 cm

An early 20thC mahogany sideboard, the top with a moulded edge above two frieze drawers, surrounded by blind fret carving, above two panel doors on cabriole legs with pad feet, 152cm wide.

A late 18th Century oak longcase clock with a thirty-hour movement striking on a bell, the twin scroll hood with blind-fret frieze above the 11 inch brass broken arch dial, with engraved pagoda to the silvered centre and with date aperture, signed to the arch 'William Pain, Godstone', height 201cm.

A George III mahogany bachelor's chest of two short and three long drawers below a brushing slide flanked by blind fret carved canted sides, pierced fret drop brass handles, on ogee bracket feet, height 82cm x depth 52cm x width 89cm.

Early 19th Century Welsh oak two stage press cupboard, the moulded and herringbone inlaid cornice above two blind panelled doors, the interior revealing fitted shelves above an arrangement of two short and three long drawers on bracket feet. 114 x 52 x 182cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Splits to both side panels,Losses to mouldings in places,some inlay missing.In general, good useable condition for age handles may not be original.

Early 19th Century Welsh oak press cupboard, the moulded cornice above two blind panelled ogee doors, projecting base with an arrangement of four short and one long drawer standing on bracket feet. 132 x 54 x 192cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)No shelves to the interior. Usual losses in places but overall ok. Two dummy drawers. 

Early 20th Century French walnut and mixed woods sideboard having white veined marble top above foliate and floral inlay and panels, the two fitted blind panelled doors with gilt metal mounts, standing on cabriole legs. 143 x 46 x 93cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

An early 20th century oak court cupboard with blind fret decoration, 2 drawers and 2 cupboards under

TWO CHELSEA BLIND EARL PLATES mid 18th century, one with old restoration

Beryl Cook, artist signed print, inscribed on label verso ' Poetry Reading ', with publishers blind stamp left side, 19ins x 15insExcellent condition. No damage or repair. No 'Limited Edition' number visible

Mahogany bookcase with blind fret over two glass doors and open shelves on block feet

Early 20th Century mahogany six drawer music cabinet with blind fretwork decoration, 21ins wide

Early 20th Century mahogany serpentine fronted commode type chest in George III style, the crossbanded top above two short and two long drawers with brass handles, flanked by blind fretwork canted corners on bracket feet, 42ins wide (slight damages)Couple of small chips and losses including some cock beading but basically sound

A Houghtons Ensign The 'Victo' Half-Plate Field Camera, circa 1905, triple extension, with rear screen, chamfered bellows, Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter and an Ensign Symmetrical f/8 iris brass lens

A Thornton Pickard 'Imperial' Triple Extension Half-Plate Field Camera, circa 1912, no rear screen, chamfered bellows, Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter, a Beck Symmetrical f/8 brass lens together with three Thornton Pickard DDS plate holders

A Collection of Early Brass Lenses and Shutters, lenses include a T-P Beck Symmetrical, a Swinden Liverpool, a brass lens with wheel stops, a Darlot, Paris, convertible lens, with Waterhouse stop slot, lacks adjustment screw, an Emil Busch Wide Angle Aplanat No 2, a set of Waterhouse stops, a set of four R & J Beck close-up lenses, a combination R.R. and W.A. lens set, together with two Thornton Pickard roller blind shutters and other items

A Half-Plate Mahogany Field Camera Body, square-cornered bellows, body F, crack in baseboard, rear screen present, with a Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter, mechanism free

A 10 x 8in Mahogany Field Camera Body, square-cornered bellows, body P-F, lensboard lens mounting ring has become detached, rear screen standard has become detached from one side of base, rear screen present, a Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter, not working, some roller blind shutter components, three whole plate DDS plate backs and a case with several later 10 x 8in screens

A 7 x 5in Mahogany Tailboard Camera, body F, dull finish, retailer's plate states CASA LEPAGE DE MAX GLUCKSMAN BUENOS AIRES - ROSARIO, Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter not working, with a Spanish anastigmat f/8 brass lens and an unmarked f/8 brass lens, rear screen present, three 7 x 5in and two half-plate DDS plate holders

A Lancaster 1893 Instantograph Quarter-Plate Field Camera, body G, square-cornered bellows, a Lancaster brass lens, P-F, haze, two mahogany DDS backs, another lens with Waterhouse stops, a Lancaster shutter, a German roller blind shutter, an Ensign tripod with pan & tilt head, an Ensign box camera and three 6 x 4.5cm plate backs

A Houghtons Ensign 'The Victo' Half-Plate Mahogany Field Camera, circa 1905, triple extension, black chamfered bellows, body G, rear screen present but one corner of frame split, Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter, stuck, a Watson & Edwards cable release and a Beck-Steinheil Unofocal Patent Series I No 5 7.2in f/6 brass lens F-G, no DDS plate back

A Thornton Pickard Imperial Triple Extension Half-Plate Mahogany Field Camera, post 1910 model with brass strips above and below lens board, body F, bellows cracking, a T-P roller blind shutter, not working, an Aldis Anastigmat No 7 f/7.7 lens, P-F, together with three DDS mahogany plate backs

A Houghton Tropical Victo Half-Plate Field Camera, circa 1908, teak body G, rear screen present, base frame missing, bellows partly detached from front standard, no lens, with Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter, six teak DDS plate holders and a rigid canvas carrying case

PETER SCOTT.  Signed colour print "Pintails dropping in with a rush" (ducks in flight over an estuary). Signed in pencil. Published by Arthur Ackermann & son Ltd., London, 1938 with blind stamp, 41.5cm x 47.5cm.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY ASTRAGAL GLAZED TWO DOOR BOOKCASE, blind fretwork decoration, three adjustable shelves, two frieze drawers, square legs united by an undershelf, width 105cm x depth 47cm x height 205cm X height of base 78cm (wallpaper attached to backboard)

Wedgwood Blind Earl Pattern: green decoration on cream glaze patterns in relief, eleven plates, 8½in diameter (21.5cm), and two dishes, 11in long (28cm), some staining (13)

•Laurence Stephen Lowry (British, 1887-1976), 'The Meeting Point', offset lithograph in colours, signed in pencil 'L. S. Lowry' lower right, bearing Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, image size 18in x 28in (46cm x 71cm), framed and glazed.

Peter King, London, a mahogany 8-day longcase clock with two-weight movement striking on a bell, the 12-inch square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, signed Peter King, London, with brass 'two cherubs and crown' spandrels to the corners, the case with applied mouldings and long trunk door, pagoda-top hood with blind fret decoration and three ball finials above brass-mounted pilasters, 91in (231cm) high, with two weights and pendulum..

Black and White Etching of Two Figures sat under trees, signed in pencil to the margin and with gallery blind stamp, 35cms x 27cms, framed and glazed

Attributed to Henry Andrews (1794-1868) Fête champêtre and a game of blind man's bluff Oil on canvas, 86.5cm by 119cm with arched corners See illustration

A George III Mahogany Free-Standing Corner Cabinet, Early 19th Century, the moulded cornice above a dentil and blind fret frieze and four moulded panels enclosed a green and parcel gilt interior, all between stop-fluted stiles, the base of two cupboard doors, 129cm by 50cm by 203cm

A Late George III Mahogany Bookcase, early 19th century, the dentil and blind fret carved cornice above astragal glazed doors enclosing three adjustable shelves, the base of two drawers above two moulded cupboard doors, on bracket feet, 138cm by 49cm by 234cm

A rare early 20th Century bronze shop advertising blind pull by Horsman's Shop Fitters Leeds, fully restored and mounted on wooden block for display purposes

A pair of early Victorian bone bell pulls and ten Victorian acorn shaped treen blind pulls

A set of six Robinson Crusoe Braille books, and two volumes of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in Braille, both sets printed and published by the National Institute For The Blind

After William Russell Flint, a limited edition print entitled "The Trio" pencil signed lower right, FATG blind stamp, framed and glazed, 46cm x 60cm

Three framed foxhunting prints, "The meet at cover", "Full Cry" and "The Death". Each picture is marked drawn by Henry Alken and engraved by Eugene Tily. Blind stamped SGFO.

ASSORTED MODERN ENGLISH BONE CHINA, including small pair Spode jars and covers, Royal Worcester 'Blind Earl' goblet, Minton botanical vase and cover, Minton Rooster model, several boxes and covers and small vases

DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia.DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia, with the commentary of Christophoro Landino. Venice: Octavianus Scotus, 23 March 1484. Folio mostly in 8s (331 x 230mm). 270 leaves, Roman type, 64-lines of commentary enclosing the text of the poem, woodcut initials, the "Registro" leaf [K6, often lacking or supplied in facsimile, but here present] with large printer's device printed in red, white and black and with initals "OSM" (scattered worming from the beginning to bv, lightly browned throughout, some mainly marginal staining, occasionally more pronounced and affecting text, oiiii torn and repaired without loss, possibly a paper flaw, marginal repair to d8, lower fore-corner of "Registro" leaf repaired without loss of letters). Modern old-style calf ruled and decorated in blind, spine with 5 raised bands. Provenance: "Del heredi di Carlo Andrea [?]Strozzi" (old inscription on front free endpaper); "D. M. Esmeraldo Strozzi" (later signature beneath); old and lengthy inscription in Italian relating to the book's ownership (beneath second signature); Athenaeum Library (blindstamp to front free endpaper and to a few leaves); some passages underlined or highlighted in pencil; some sparse old marginal pen annotation; old pencil drawing of a man's head in profile to margins of 3 leaves. BMC V, 279; Goff D-30; GW 7967; Hain 5947; IGI 361; Mambelli 11; Oates 1825; Proctor 4581; cf. PMM 8: "Dante's theme, the greatest yet attempted in poetry, was to explain and justify the Christian cosmos through the allegory of a pilgrimage ... The Commedia was printed and reprinted from 1472 onwards when Johann Neumeister printed the first edition at Foligno ... The epithet 'Divina' was not added till 1555, when it appears on the title-page of Lodovico Dolce's edition." 

HIRST, Damien (b. 1965). I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now.HIRST, Damien (b. 1965). Iwant to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always,forever, now, edited by Robert Violette. London: Booth-Clibborn Editions,1997. 4to (330 x 288mm). Coloured photographs and illustrations, some folding,transformation plates operated by tabs, pop-ups and onlays, by Damien hirst.Original red leatherette stamped in blind and gold, spine lettered in black,dust-jacket (jacket adhering to covers). A large folding coloured flyer for thebook is loosely-inserted. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DAMIEN HIRST ON THE HALFTITLE. “A 12-foot tiger shark in formaldehyde, a cow and her calf sawn in two,cabinets of pharmaceutical bottles filled with controlled substances, housepaint flung onto spinning canvases, spot paintings, cigarette butts: this isthe unmistakable sphere of Damien Hirst’s work … This publication – Hirst’sfirst – is the artist’s beguiling statement of his ideas and obsessions in lifeand art to date. Expressed in his own words, and illustrated by his own selectionof over 700 images, pop-ups and special inserts [the work] encompasses theentire range of his work – paintings, sculptures, installations and films. Inthis book, Hirst has created an iconoclastic work that challenges theboundaries of art, science, media and popular culture” (from the frontturn-in). 

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & Jessie M. KING (1875-1949. illustrator). L’ Habitation Forcée.KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) and Jessie M. KING (1875-1949, illustrator). L’ Habitation Forcée, translated byLouis Fabulet and Robert d’ Humières. Paris: Editions René Kieffer, 1921. 4to(230 x 180mm). Additional title, title and 28 pochoir-coloured illustrations byJessie M. King, some full-page (variable spotting and staining throughout).FINELY BOUND in original black morocco by René Kieffer blind-stamped to adesign by, or in the manner of, Jessie M. King, spine lettered in gilt, topedges gilt, others uncut (lower joints rubbed). NUMBER 438 OF 500 COPIES “survélin à la forme.” 

MISCELLANY, 19th CENTURY - J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47, [pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore GÉRARD]). Les Fleurs Animées. [etc.]MISCELLANY, 19th CENTURY - J.J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47, [pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore GÉRARD]).  LesFleurs Animées … Nouvelle Édition. Paris: Garnier Frères, [?1867]. 2volumes, 4to (267 x 185mm). 2 hand-coloured frontispieces and 50 hand-colouredwood-engraved plates by Grandville, 2 uncoloured plates, vignettes (somespotting and staining). Contemporary pebbled red cloth, original wrappers boundin. With 15 other miscellaneous 19th-century works in 17 volumes,namely John Bull … Vol. III. From January 5, 1823, to December 28, 1823(London, 1823, issues 108-159 bound in one vol., contemporary half roan,crudely rebacked), John Locke’s An Essay concerning Human Understanding …Twenty Fifth Edition (London, 1824, attractively bound in contemporaryblack half calf gilt), [William Makepeace Thackeray’s] Mrs Perkins’s Ball([London, 1847], tinted plates, contemporary half calf), A. Soyer’s TheGastronomic Regenerator: a Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery …Fourth Edition (London, 1847, plates, original cloth), The IllustratedExhibitor, a Tribute to the World’s Industrial Jubilee; comprising Sketches, byPen and Pencil, of the Principal Objects in the Great Exhibition of theIndustry of all Nations, 1851 (London, [1851], 10 folding plates,contemporary half calf), Oliver Goldsmith’s The Poems (London, 1859, text within gilt-ruled border throughout, illustrations printed in colours, contemporary elaborate decorated morocco),John Beckmann’s A History of Inventions, Discoveries and Origins …Translated from the German, by William Johnston (London, Bohn’s StandardLibrary, 1846, 2 vols., original cloth decorated in blind), J. J. Grandville’s ViePrivée et Publique des Animaux (Paris, 1867, contemporary red morocco gilt,joints splitting, rubbed), Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Christophe’s Répertoirede la Comédie Humaine de H. de Balzac (Paris, 1887, contemporary halfmorocco), Guillemette Desgranges’s La Famille le Jarriel (Paris, 1889,fine original pictorial cloth gilt), Rudyard Kipling’s Under the Deodars(Allahabad, 1890, third edition, original pictorial wrappers, torn with severeloss and laid down, RARE), Lord de Tabley’s Poems Dramatic and Lyrical(London, 1893, illustrations by C. S. Ricketts, original decorated clothdesigned by Ricketts), Mary Russell Mitford’s Our Village (London, 1893,illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original pictorial cloth gilt), AlphonseDaudet’s Le Trésor d’ Arlatan (Paris, 1897, illustrations by H.Laurent-Desrousseaux printed in colours, morocco-backed boards), RudyardKipling’s A Fleet in Being (London, 1898, original pictorial cloth) andRobert Louis Stephenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses (London, 1898,illustrations by Charles Robinson, original pictorial cloth gilt). Provenance: From the Library ofthe late Sir George Engle. Please note that only a part of this lot is illustrated. The lot sold not subject to return. (19) 

[SPEED, John (1551-1629)]. The Historie of Great Britaine.[SPEED, John (1551-1629). The Historie of Great Britaine. London: George Humble, portrait dated 1629]. Folio (329 x 210mm). Engraved portrait of the author, dedication, printed in double column, engraved and woodcut illustrations, including some full-page genealogies, coins, initials, ornaments and tables (lacks engraved and printed titles, portrait laid down and frayed at edges with some loss, some mainly light staining and spotting). Later calf decorated in blind (heavily rubbed and scuffed, spine faded). Provenance: Henry Ashworth James (armorial bookplate); inscription dated 1833 at foot of dedication. The portrait is often lacking. Lowndes 2471; STC 23048. Sold not subject to return.

Spiegel Menschlicher Behaltnuss mitt Sampt den Ewangelien und Epistelen.[Spiegel Menschlicher Behaltnuss mitt Sampt den Ewangelien und Epistelen. Augsburg: Johann Schönsperger, 1500]. 4to (254 x 180mm). Printed in double column, 40-lines, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations (lacks all before a6, but 4 leaves supplied in crude facsimile, some leaves torn or re-margined with loss, lightly browned throughout, some spotting and staining). Contemporary panelled vellum over boards elaborately decorated in blind, spine with 4 raised bands, 2 leather clasps (some repairs, new endpapers). Provenance: unidentified manuscript coat of arms on front pastedown; Detlef Mauss (blindstamp to front free endpaper). A German translation of Speculum humanae salvationis ('The Mirror of Human Salvation'), an encyclopedic work of popular theology which was widely disseminated in manuscript form and in printed form principally throughout the incunable period. The work is believed to have originated between 1309, as there is a reference in the text to the Pope being at Avignon, and 1324, the date on two copies. It was first printed in 'block book' form in Utrecht in 1466, and in a combination of woodcut and movable-type by Günther Zainer in Augsburg in 1473 in both a Latin and a German edition. The author is unknown. Goff S-669. Sold not subject to return.

WILLIAMS, Thomas (1815-91). Fiji and the Fijians.WILLIAMS, Thomas (1815-91).  Fiji and the Fijians … Edited by George Stringer Rowe. London: Alexander Heylin, 1858. 2 volumes, 8vo (185 x 120mm). Half title in vol. II, folding engraved map, 12 plates, 3 of which coloured, one-page of publisher’s advertisements at the end of vol. II (plates generally spotted, some light spotting and staining to text). Original peach cloth decorated in blind (spines discoloured, inner hinges weak or broken, stained). Provenance: Henry Hannen (armorial label); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Travel 603; Hill p. 1885. (2)

MOLLINGER, Otto (1814-86). Himmels-Atlas mit Transparenten Stemen.MÖLLINGER, Otto (1814-86).  Himmels-Atlas mit Transparenten Sternen. [No place: no publisher, c. 1850]. 4to (165 x 190mm). 16 engraved star-charts, unbound as issued, contained in original green cloth wallet lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, [?]original green silk ties. Each star chart has the position of the stars marked with small star-shaped holes so that, when they are held up to the light, the heavens are revealed in all their majesty. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune.

TYNDALL, John (1820-93). Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection.TYNDALL,John (1820-93).  Essays on theFloating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection.London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1881. 8vo (196 x 125mm). Half title,wood-engraved illustrations, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end(very faint mainly marginal spotting and browning). Original plum clothdecorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: M. Atkinson Adam (stampon front free endpaper); R. Vallentin, 1881 (signature at head of title);library number stamped in gilt at foot of spine, with residue of library label; from the Collection ofPeter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 2495: "Tyndallinterested himself in atmospheric germs and dust. His experiments onsterilization by heat led him to the discovery in 1877 of fractionalsterilization (Tyndallization). His work on the subject is included in [Essayson the Floating-Matter] in which he also described the bactericidal effectsof moulds. The researches of Tyndall, even more than those of Pasteur, dealtthe final blow to the doctrine of spontaneous generation; they were fundamentalfor the progress of bacteriology." 

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French Novelist. A.L.S., George Sand, one page, 8vo, n.p., 3rd March n.y., to a gentleman, on her blind embossed monogrammed stationery, in French. Sand states 'If you'd like to read the letter I sent to you for Mr. Shaw, you will then be aware of my doubts regarding the help I am able to give him, and my sincere desire to give him all possible assistance' and concludes by hoping that she will be able to see her correspondent soon, remarking 'I am normally at home at midday and at 5pm'. With blank integral leaf. About EX George Francis Shaw (1809-1882) English Translator of Sand's novels Consuelo (1847), The Countess of Rudolstadt (1851) and Monsieur Sylvestre (1870).

TAGORE RABINDRANATH: (1861-1941) Indian Poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913. Statement Signed, Rabindranath Tagore, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., August 1921. The page bears a heading in the hand of a collector reading Maxims of Life of the Leading People of the whole World and Tagore has provided his response below, written in an unidentified hand, and stating 'Life's highest opportunity is to be able to offer hospitality to God. We live in God's world and forget him, for the blind acceptance which is one-sided never finds the truth. It is a desert which receives rain but never offers fruit in return and its receiving has no meaning. God's world is given to us, and when we offer our world to God, then the gift is realised'. Some light overall foxing and a few light, minor creases and small tears to the edges, G

PIUS XI: (1857-1939) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1922-39. A large vintage signed 13.5 x 20 photograph, incorporating am Apostolic Blessing, the circular image depicting the Pope seated in a half length pose wearing a cassock, mozetta and zucchetto. Photograph by Guiseppe Felici of Rome and bearing their credit stamp to the mount. Immediately beneath the image appears an attractive neat calligraphic text in black and red inks and with a decorative initial letter M, in full, 'Most Foly Father, John Jermann and family, humbly prostrate at the feet of Your Holiness, beg the Apostolic Benediction and a Plenary Indulgence to be gained at the hour of death, on condition that, being truly sorry for their sins, even though unable to confess them and to receive the holy Viaticum, they shall at least invoke with their lips, or heart, the Holy Name of Jesus'. Signed ('Pius PP. XI') by the Pope immediately beneath the text and alongside a blind embossed seal. Some light chipping to the edges of the image and with some large, extensive tears and areas of paper loss to the edges of the mount. Only about G Guiseppe Felici (1839-1923) Italian Photographer whose firm were the official photographers of the Vatican for four generations. 

SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL: (1581-1660) French Catholic Priest. Venerated both in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Canonized in 1737 by Pope Clement XII. Vincent de Paul is known for his humility and for serving the poor. Extremely rare L.S., `Vincent de Paul I[ndigne] P[retre] D[e] l[a] M[ission]´, (''Vincent de Paul, Unworthy Priest of the Mission''), two pages, 8vo, Paris, 3rd May 1658, to Firmin Get, in French. The written text is in the hand of Saint Vincent de Paul´s secretary Bertrand Ducournau. Saint Vincent de Paul refers to the Algier Expedition, showing the importance he is attributing to it, and states in part `It would have been good that you could have met M. Paul as I did beg you, although there was no appearance that he would have executed his proposal; because at least you would have been able to discover more particularly his feelings regarding such a venture and make some conclusions which could help us..´, further and referring to same expedition, Saint Vincent de Paul refers to extremely important members of the Royal family such as the King´s son, who might be involved in his project, saying `..if feasible, Madame the Duchess of Aiguillon has promised herself to convince M. De Beaufort to do it..´ A letter of god content and association. With address leaf, bearing an attractive blind embossed seal, showing a religious image with the text “Cong. Missionis - Svp. Generalis”, to a paper seal in very fine condition affixed to the verso. Small overall age wear, otherwise in fine condition. About VG Firmin Get (1621-1682) Superior of the Mission in Marseille. Bertrand Ducournau (1614-1667) Saint Vincent de Paul´s secretary since 1645. By his devotion, tact and love of work, this good brother rendered inestimable services to Saint Vincent and his Congregation. Through his preparation of materials and his personal notes, he contributed to the first biography of Saint Vincent. François de Vendome (1616-1669) Duc de Beaufort. Son of Cesar de Vendome, the illegitimate son of King of France Henri IV and Gabrielle d´Estrées.

LIGUORI ALPHONSUS: (1696-1787) Italian Catholic Bishop, Canonized a Saint by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839. Liguori, one of the most widely read Catholic authors, was also a composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher and theologian, and is the patron saint of confessors. An extremely rare Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, four pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in Italian. The manuscript is in the form of a religious prayer in the hand of Liguori, in part, 'My God, You who are so full of love and mercy, please save us from evil'. The manuscript would appear to have been created for use in a mass, with certain sections missing which Liguori would seemingly have been able to recite from memory. To the left column of the final page appears an autograph declaration signed by Giuseppe Murrone, a priest in charge of the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, confirming that the prayer is entirely in the hand of Liguori. Signed at Monterone and dated 22nd August 1836 (by which time Liguori had been beatified by Pope Pius VII, in 1816). A blind embossed paper seal is neatly affixed beneath Murrone's declaration. Some light overall damp staining, only very slightly affecting the text, which remains completely legible. G

FAMOUS MEN: King George III (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. Ink signature ('George R', as King) on a slim oblong 8vo piece evidently removed from the head of a document, with a blind embossed paper seal affixed; Richard Byrd (1888-1957) American Naval officer, Pioneer Aviator and Polar Explorer. D.S., R E Byrd, being a signed cheque, Winchester, Virginia, 20th January 1932. The partially printed cheque, completed in another hand, is drawn on the Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. and is made payable to E. W. Goodrich for the sum of $3.60. A perforated bank cancellation only very slightly affects Byrd's signature; Bret Harte (1836-1902) American short story writer and poet whose fiction is associated with the California Gold Rush. A.L.S., Bret Harte, two pages, 8vo, Upper Hamilton Terrace, London, 16th May 1887, to Miss. Alexander. Harte commences his letter stating 'This is not the photograph I promised you, but one that was taken in Bournemouth a week or two ago' and continues to add 'I find that the negative of the one I meant for you has been sent by Mr. Hall to Paris for engraving, and consequently I cannot get you a copy until it is returned'. Some slight traces of former mounting and very light staining to Harte's letter and the others with a few minor faults, G to about VG, 3

WACHTER OTTO: (1901-1949) Austrian Lawyer, Nazi Politician and a high-ranking member of the SS who served as Governor of the Krakow District 1939-42 and Governor of the District of Galicia 1942-44. An extremely rare T.L.S., Wachter, one page, 4to, Vienna, 5th April 1938, to the SS leader Christian Opdenhoff at the office of the Reich Commissioner for Austria, Josef Burckel, on printed stationery featuring a blind embossed Nazi Eagle and Swastika, in German. Wachter writes on the subject of party comrades who have arrived in Vienna from Germany and asks that the employees within his office be issued with residency permits, remarking 'I would like to point out that the Party comrades mentioned have specialist knowledge from their work at the NSDAP refugee agency, which I consider to be indispensable for establishing and managing my office'. Initialled in red indelible pencil, presumably by Opdenhoff. With four file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature. VGChristian Opdenhoff (1902-1975) German NSDAP politician and an SS Oberfuhrer who, when Austria was 'annexed' to the German Reich, served on the staff of Josef Burckel (1895-1944), the Reich Commissioner for the reunification of Austria with the German Reich, in charge of building up the NSDAP in Austria.As a result of decrees issued by Otto Wachter, 68,000 Jews were expelled from Krakow in 1940 and in the following year the Krakow Ghetto was created for the remaining 15,000 Jews. Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal claimed that Wachter personally oversaw the transportation of four thousand Jews to extermination camps and was responsible for killing at least 800,000 Jews. In 1946 the Polish government requested that Wachter be delivered to Poland for trial for mass murder, shooting and executions, however Wachter managed to evade the Allied authorities for four years and in 1949 he was given refuge by the pro-Nazi Austrian bishop Alois Hudal in the Vatican, where he died the same year, aged 48, reportedly from kidney disease. Although Wachter was undeniably a primary perpetrator of the Holocaust and a leader of the Jewish extermination campaign, his son, Horst, claims his father was 'a good Nazi'.

KOCH ERICH: (1896-1986) German member of the Nazi Party NSDAP, appointed Gauleiter in East Prussia 1928-45. ReichsKommissar in Ukraine 1941-44. After WWII Koch stood trial in Poland and was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was never carried out and Koch died of natural causes in prison. T.L.S., `Erich´, one page, 4to, Konigsberg (Kaliningrad), 22nd December 1938, to Hinrich, in German. The letter bears the printed heading of the East-Prussian Gauleiter "Der Gauleiter - Ostpreusen", and to the upper left corner a blind embossed seal with the Nazi eagle and swastika. Koch sends his Christmas greetings to his correspondent stating `Please allow me to give you a small pleasure at Christmas by means of the Konigsberg marzipan which I am sending enclosed…. Heil Hitler!" Two file holes to the left border and a stain to the upper left corner not affecting the text or signature. Very small minor age wear, mostly to edges, otherwise G

BORMANN MARTIN: (1900-1945) Nazi Official, head of the Party Chancellery and Private Secretary to Adolf Hitler. T.L.S., Bormann, one page, 4to, Obersalzberg (Eagle´s nest), 22nd June 1939, to Gauleiter Franz Hofer, Innsbruck, in German. Bormann responds to his correspondent´s letter, stating `I was delighted to receive your good wishes for my birthday; I am sending you my warm regards. "Heil Hitler!"´ Accompanied by Gauleiter Hofer´s letter to Bormann, dated 16th June 1939, bearing an ink stamp from the Fuhrer´s office and a blind embossed seal with the eagle and swastika to the upper left corner. Both with four file holes to the left borders and very small trace of a former staple not affecting the texts or signatures. About VG, 2 Franz Hofer (1902-1975) Nazi Gauleiter of the Tyrol. As the area's supreme Nazi, Hofer dealt directly with Hitler or with the Führer's deputy, Martin Bormann. Hofer is often considered the father of the Redoubt.

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1933-45. [VANE-TEMPEST-STEWART CHARLES]: (1878-1949) 7th Marquess of Londonderry. British politician who served as Secretary of State for Air 1931-35 and is remembered for his 'understanding' of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. KIEWITZ WERNER (1891-1965) German diplomat who worked as a ministerial adviser under Otto Meissner. T.L.S., Kiewitz, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin, 17th November 1936, to the Secretary of State, in German. Kiewitz states, in full, 'Attached are two letters of thanks from Lord Castlereagh and Lady Maureen Stanley, wife of Stanley, the Minister of Information, both of whom are children of the Lord Londonderry, who were received by the Fuhrer and each received a photograph of him. These were sent via Ribbentrop's embassy'. With a few holograph additions by Kiewitz and various other pencil and ink annotations in the margins. Together with photocopies of the two letters referred to (the present whereabouts of the originals is unknown), the first an A.L.S., Castlereagh, by the future 8th Marquess of Londonderry, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (London), 11th November 1936, to Adolf Hitler ('Your Excellency'), on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Commons. Castlereagh thanks Hitler for 'the honour you have done me in consenting to receive my sister & myself & for sparing so much of your valuable time in explaining certain questions to us' further commenting 'We not merely hope but intend to do all we can to promote the most friendly relations between Germany & Great Britain, which we regard as essential for the well being of Europe', and concluding 'I am particularly grateful to you for your generosity in presenting me with such an admirable portrait of yourself. I shall always keep this as a memento of a great episode in my life & in the sincere hope that the most friendly relations will always exist between our two countries', (the photocopy including an image of the original envelope) and the second an A.L.S., Maureen Stanley, daughter of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry and wife of Oliver Stanley, three pages, 8vo, Westminster, London, 12th November n.y. (1936), to Adolf Hitler ('Your Excellency'). Stanley sends thanks for 'the very interesting and wonderful interview you gave my brother and me two days ago', commenting 'It was a great privilege and I can assure you one which we more than appreciated. We have returned to England with a far better understanding of the needs and aims of Germany and a most delightful recollection of the wonderful hospitality we received' and concluding by sending her thanks for the photograph Hitler had presented her with ('it will be a treasured possession and a reminder of one of the most interesting weeks I have ever spent'). Also including a small German newspaper clipping from 30th October 1936 relating to the meeting between the 7th Marquess of Londonderry and his wife with Hitler (neatly laid down to a 4to sheet for the purposes of filing) and further including a vintage signed sepia 8 x 11.5 photograph by the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, the image depicting him in a formal head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Bassano. Signed ('Londonderry') in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. A few file holes and light age wear to Kiewitz's letter and with one corner neatly clipped, generally VG, 5Robin Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1902-1955) 8th Marquess of Londonderry. British politician who was employed as an honorary attaché to the British embassy in Rome. Maureen Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart (1900-1942) Wife of Oliver Stanley (1896-1950) British politician who served as Secretary of State for War in 1940. Between January 1936 and September 1938, the Marquess of Londonderry made six visits to Nazi Germany, evidently accompanied by his family on at least one of these in October 1936. During the first two visits, prior to the abdication of King Edward VIII (who the Nazis assessed as a supporter of their party) Londonderry was considered an aristocrat of real influence by Hitler. The friendly regard in which the Marquess was held in Berlin was reflected in Hitler indiscreetly informing his guest, at a meeting in October 1936 (to which the present lot relates) of his intended moves both on Czechoslovakia and Poland years in advance of these two invasions being actioned.

[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. An unused piece of Adolf Hitler's personal 4to stationery, featuring the gold printed words Der Fuhrer in the upper left corner beneath a blind embossed Nazi eagle and swastika. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGProvenance: Accompanied by a statement of origin signed by Richard O. Rex stating that he personally removed the stationery from the Reich Chancellery in Berlin in July 1945 after having been flown in to help establish a medical dispensary for use during The Potsdam Conference. Also signed by a Notary Public as a witness.

MACDONALD ETIENNE JACQUES JOSEPH ALEXANDRE: (1765-1840) Marshal of France. Duc de Tarante. Two Ds.S., Macdonald, one page each, 4to, both dated in Paris, 29th October 1827, in French. The partially printed documents bearing the printed heading "Grande Chancellerie, de l´Ordre Royal De La Legion D´Honneur" and are issued by Macdonald in his capacity as Grand Chancellor, certifying that officer Vacher de Tournemine, Lieutenant Colonel and future General, was made a Cavalier of the Order. One of the documents bearing an attractive blind embossed seal of the Grand Chancellor of the Legion d´Honneur. Both documents with blank integral leaf. Small overall age wear, mostly to edges, otherwise about VG, 2