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Lot 690
The 1904-1915 East Africa Protectorate papers and letters of Kenneth and Claudia Dundas (the Hon. Kenneth Robert Dundas (1882-1915) and his wife, the Hon. Anne Claudia Dundas (née Whalley Foot) (1880-1943)).18.04.1904 Document from the Foreign Office appointing KRD as Assistant Collector, East Africa Protectorate, and instructing him to proceed abroad without delay, his salary of £250 per annum to begin from the day of embarkation.08.12.1909 the couple's original marriage certificate witnessed by Lord Melville (occupation Peer of the Realm).Full calf-leather bound copy of ‘Notes on the Tribes Inhabiting the Baringo District, East Africa Protectorate’ by the Hon. K.R. Dundas (The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 40 (Jan. - Jun., 1910), pp. 49-72 (27 pages and 15 photographic plates on 3 further pages.). The cover gilt-tooled with the title and initials CWD (Claudia Whalley Dundas). 78-word handwritten dedication from the author to his wife (CWD), ‘To the most perfect lady... her own true boy.’ dated 08.04.1911. Together with a letter sent to the author (at Machakos) from the Cambridge University anthropologist, Sir James George Frazer, dated 3.07.1911; thanking him for, and complimenting him on, the same paper, which Sir Arthur Hollis had forwarded him: ‘I made full use of it, with due acknowledgements, in my "Totemism and Exogamy" ... grateful thanks again for allowing me to use the paper.’ Also thanking and complimenting him on his latest paper, 'The Wawanga and Other Tribes of the Elgon District’.28.04.1912 Baptism card signed by Rev. Francis Buttanshaw, St Andrews, Cotterstock, and an envelope containing locks of CKMD’s hair in envelope marked ‘My little son’s hair, cut off at Kismayu, Jubaland - Oct 28 1912.’ 19.07.12 letter to KRD from Sir Percy Girouard (at 42 Great Cumberland Place), who had resigned two days before as Governor of the British East Africa Protectorate following his dispute over the displacement of the Maasai with the Colonial Secretary, Lord Milner.23.10.1912 Short typed letter to KRD from the Secretariat at Nairobi re non-collection of fines at Machakos (torn into pieces).05.12.1913 Army & Navy Ltd. (London branch) note regarding the binding of 'Tribes of the Elgin District, British East Africa’.13.12.13 Letter to KRD from the former captain of the SS Tuna, A.W. Blair, at Aden. KRD’s cask of crockery is now on its way by ship. The Club billiard table is still impounded due to incomplete customs forms. Future provision of cigarettes will be made by other skippers of the line.19.12.1913 letter to KRD from W.M. Crowdy at Keringet, Molo. Acknowledges KRD’s help. News from the Governor; news of: the settler, Edward Powys-Cobb; the newly appointed DC, Samuel F. Deck; and the newly formed Labour Commission.20.12.1913 Local Circular from Douglas Reid, the Asst. DC at Kismayu, re shortage of water tins and rationing of 2 tins per day to the Residency and 1 tin for the households of the DC, ADC, SP, MO, the Engineer and the Hospital.24.08.1913 a spirited letter to KRD from his 70-year-old father, the former career diplomat, the 6th Viscount Melville, staying at the Spa Hotel, Strathpeffer, with his second wife: ‘We have met here ... a most delightful Parsee family, Sir Somebody Jehangir from Bombay .. One of the daughters was so pretty, and so wonderfully well read in all English literature, as well as French. Ruskin, Montague, Milton, Gibbon were all alike to her, books no English girl ever looks at, and she was great fun too.’ Together with a transcript of a newspaper article headlined ‘THE SCOTTISH ROMANCE - Viscount to Have Shop Girl For His Third Wife’ reporting the marriage of the 78-year-old peer to a 40-year-old Edinburgh shop assistant of ‘strikingly handsome appearance’. Also a copy memorandum in the hand of Viscount Melville re the correspondence between him and the Keeper of the Privy Purse concerning his son's death at Gallipoli in August 1915.Diary of Mrs Dundas: Jan 30 to Feb 24 1913.Nine letters from Mrs Dundas at Kismayu to KRD on tour - 14.01.1913, 27.12.1913,29.12.1913, 01.01.1914, 03.01.1914, 06.01.1914, 07.01.1914, 08.01.1914 and 20.01.1914.08.04.1914 Report of the District Commissioner at Kismayu (KRD) on his 340-mile journey from Meru to Kismayu by camel train (each of the 10 pages with East Africa Protectorate stamp).A leather wallet containing a small photograph of the DC in mufti with his wife outside their bungalow, clipped photo of the DC in summer uniform, a circa 1913 postcard photograph of Mrs Dundas and her infant son, Claud, in camp or the garden and 5 of KRD’s calling cards.17.09.14 Pencil sketch of a building in the Port of Kismayo with the Union Jack (in colour) flying above in the background, presumably from a ship's mast. Indistinctly signed, dated lower left 17.9.14. (13.5cm x 20.25cm). Glazed gilt frame.10.01.1915 letter to KRD (now in the process of joining up in England) from Bilal G. Khamis, the Arabic Writer at the District Commissioner’s Office at Kismayo – wartime news of the staff there.12.08.915 Letter of condolence from Winston Churchill's private secretary, Edward Marsh. On Duchy of Lancaster Office notepaper '... his friendship was one of the best things I owed to my [1907?] journey in Africa...'30.08.1915 Typed (contemporary copy) letter from Hugh Moreton Frewen in Gallipoli to the Governor BEAP, Sir Henry Belfied. Details of the former DC’s death: ‘Your Excellency, Knowing the high regard in which the late Lieut. the Hon’ble K.R. Dundas, R.N.V.R. was held, and the many friends he possessed throughout the BEAP, I think you may be glad to learn a few particular events which led to his untimely loss ... he tried to tear himself free from the grip they [two medical officers] were maintaining upon the severed artery that he might no longer detain them ... and thus help me to discharge my last duty to a friend. Sd. H. Moreton Frewen R.N.V.R. (late Private Secretary to Sir Percy Girouard and Asst. Resident, N. Nigeria.).’05.11.1915 Letter from Government House, British East Africa to Mrs Dundas. Enclosed a detailed hand-sketched plan of the location of her husband’s grave made by Capt. Charrington, who was, in peacetime, a planter in BEA. (His body was exhumed and reburied at Lala Baba Cemetery in 1921.)08.07.1919 A Potters Arts Guild (Compton, Guilford) plan in pencil of KRD's stone wall memorial at St. Andrews, Cotterstock, and a photograph of the memorial.
Lot 743
A good mid-19th century highly figured walnut foldover-top card table; the moulded top opening to reveal green baize and gilt-tooled Morocco border, raised on four turned tapering fluted supports with the downswept legs carved at the knees with acanthus and terminating in French-style scrolls, supports united by a similarly turned stretcher (81.5cm wide x 45cm deep x 72cm high)
Lot 1363
Modern yew three-tier side table with galleried shelves, on swept feet, a folding card table and a circular coffee table (3) Condition Report3 tier table; very worn, splits, chips, general wear and tear. 35 w x 66 h x 27.5 d cm (all approx)round table; 68.5 cm diameter x 43 cm tall approx. Stains, chips scratches, general wear and tear etc. Card table. 76 cm x 67.5 tall (approx) needs re-baizing , general wear and tear. scratches, scuffs, losses. Legs fold in, in the normal fashion; but cannot demonstrate this due to lack of space.
Lot 65
An early 20th Century mahogany Richard Frères 'Le Taxiphote' Table Stereoscope, for 107mm x 45mm glass diapositives, serial no. 3671, retailed by the London Stereoscopic Co., the three plinth drawers containing twelve trays of diapositives, manuscript titles including Scarborough, Castles and Abbeys, Whitby, Hyères, Riviera, Dover, Engadine, Lake District, Belgium and Courmayeur, but contents appear varied, including resting British soldiers in khaki, 480mm high, G-VG, one drawer knob missing, with companion piece - mahogany diapositive five-drawer storage cabinet, used as plinth, for for twenty trays, manuscript titles including Pontresina, The Lakes, Church Stretton, Italy and Bordighera, but contents appear varied, with twenty Autochromes of houses and garden in Castle Hedingham, Essex, G, scratching to top, one drawer/four trays missing, images probably 1920s-1930s, with five card plate boxes with contents and four empty
Lot 1249
A Chinese carved hardwood card table, early 20th c, the 'envelope' top with four fold-over triangular leaves, each carved with a blossoming branch, a drawer to each side, having pierced apron and cabriole legs, 81cm h, top 57.5 x 57.5cm, Chinese brushed ink signature to the underside of each drawer Essentially good condition with old blackened marks on the top and the early addition of a brass ring pull to more easily facilitate lifting
Lot 460
A late Victorian walnut and ebonised card tableThe swivel hinged top incised with stylised foliage, with fluted ring turned columnar end supports, on ceramic castors, 93cm wide x 46cm deep x 73cm high, (36 1/2in wide x 18in deep x 28 1/2in high)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 459
A George III style mahogany and crossbanded banded serpentine card table19th century Opening with a concertina action, carved with harebells and on slender baluster legs, 89cm wide x 44cm deep x 74cm high, (35in wide x 17in deep x 29in high)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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