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SLADE; twenty-seven singles of mostly European issues in picture sleeves, including 'Everyday' Spanish pressing, 'In For A Penny' made in Holland, also German and French pressings, both in picture sleeves, 'My Friend Stan' French pressing, 'Get Down and Get With It' German Pressing, 'Far, Far Away' German pressing, 'How Does It Feel' Belgian pressing, 'Rock 'n' Roll Bolero' German pressing on Barn in picture sleeve, also 'Move Over' Japanese pressing in picture sleeve, a single by Jimmy Lea, 'Citizen Kane' on Trojan, 'Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me' promo copy on Reprise US, 'Gypsy Roadhog' on Barn in picture sleeve, 'Ginny Ginny' yellow vinyl on Barn, etc (27).

Ten various wristwatches, comprising Alfex, Samsung, Catamaran (af), G Launeau, Citizen, Seiko, Continental, J.Axis and Terrain (10).Condition Report: Catamaran - back missing, loose in case,Cannot guarantee working order

CITIZEN; a stainless steel wristwatch, the black dial set with three subsidiary dials and a date window, dial diameter 3.8cm, on a black link strap (af).Condition Report: - The strap is broken and the link will need adjustment/repair before the watch can be worn.

* JOSEF HERMAN OBE RA (POLISH/BRITISH 1911 - 2000), MOTHER & CHILD oil on board, titled versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 15cm x 9.5cm, overall size 33cm x 26cm Provenance: Valued and featured on BBC Antiques Roadshow 2013 Series 35 episode 14 venue Cawdor Castle where the valuation was "I can easily see that making £2000". After the program aired, the BBC received an email from the family of the mother and child depicted. The central text includes ".... drawing by Joseph Herman of a mother and child. My parents lived in South Wales in the late 40’s/early 50’s and knew Herman and his wife well. My father was an artist and worked closely with him. My mother recognised the drawing as it was of herself and first child, my elder brother, a bonny 65 year old now." A copy of the BBC email to the current vendor's family is available to the buyer as is a copy of the email received by the BBC from the son/brother of the mother/child depicted.Note: Polish-born painter who became a British citizen in 1948. He was born in Warsaw, the son of a Jewish cobbler, and studied at the Warsaw School of Art, 1930–31. In 1938 he moved to Brussels, then in 1940 to Glasgow, where he became a friend of another Polish refugee, Jankel *Adler. He moved to London in 1943, then from 1944 to 1953 lived in the Welsh mining village of Ystradgynlais. Ill health forced him to seek a drier climate and subsequently he lived in London and Suffolk. Herman is best known for his sombre pictures of Welsh miners, with whom he felt a strong affinity. He often showed their black figures silhouetted against the sun: ‘This image of the miners on the bridge against a glowing sky mystified me for years with its mixture of sadness and grandeur. ’ Michael Jacobs and Malcolm Warner write that ‘The harsh realities of life here provided a subject perfectly attuned to his expressionist style of painting. He feels that he has achieved a special empathy with the local inhabitants, and knew that he was accepted by them as soon as they referred to him by the affectionate nickname “Joe bach” (little Joe). Much of his time at Ystradgynlais was spent underground observing the life of the miners’ (The Phaidon Companion to Art and Artists in the British Isles, 1980). Herman made a considerable reputation with his mining scenes and was commissioned to paint a mural for the Festival of Britain in 1951 (Miners, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Museum, Swansea). In subsequent paintings he depicted the life of other working people he had seen on his extensive travels, which are documented in his book Related Twilights: Notes from an Artist's Diary (1975). He made an impressive collection of African sculpture and his figure style was to some extent based on it. More than one hundred works by Josef Herman are held in UK public collections.

Group of quartz watches. Includes: Accurist Chronograph 10ATM in box; Citizen Chronograph in box; Citizen date; Reflex; Rotary; Ravel; Pelex; Louis Valentin; Heritage Collection Skeleton pocket watch in box; toned pocket watch. Also a Rone Automatic wristwatch. (10)

A 'Lincoln Imp' George VI silver spoon. James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield,  1948. The terminal of the dessert spoon with cast finial designed as the Lincoln Imp, 17.8cm long, together with a Victorian provincial silver dessert spoon by James Barber, York, 1853, the Fiddle pattern stem and terminal decoratively engraved with foliage and scrolls framing a monogram, 17.8cm long, total weight approx. 2.6ozt (2) Footnotes: The Lincoln Imp is a 14th century carving in Lincoln Cathedral. A legend states that the Imp was sent to the cathedral by the Devil to spread mischief but it was turned to stone by an Angel. An 1899 reproduction was placed on the wall of Lincoln College, Oxford and although that one is now inside the college, a copy has been installed in its place. The use of the image on silver is associated with the prominent Lincoln citizen James Ward Usher (1845-1921) who inherited a Jewellers and Watchmakers business in the City. In the late 19th century he acquired the sole right to reproduce the Lincoln Imp on jewellery and silver and letters addressed to ‘The Silversmith who makes and sells the Lincoln Imp’ and one with only a sketch of the Imp found their way to him. Usher's personal art collection was left to the City as 'The Usher Gallery' and from 2005 has been merged with the other museums in the City

A selection of silver including a charm bracelet, with twelve charms including a typewriter, i love you spinner charm and a vintage car charm, with marcasite set earrings, a necklace, pendant, ring, size I 1/2 and a brooch, all in silver, together with four watches including Anne Klein, Citizen and Sekonda, a Smiths pocket watch and a small selection of costume jewelleryCondition Report: Silver gross weight 97.7 gramsPlease note that the movement has not been tested for the accuracy of time and may need a service at the buyer's expense.Ewbanks does not guarantee the future working of the movement and we do not guarantee the authenticity of any individual component parts since subsequent repairs and restoration work may have resulted in the replacement of original parts

A Collection of Eight Gents Stainless Steel Wrist Watches to include Citizen Eco-Drive Wrist Watch, Black Enamel Dial with Date Aperture and Three Subsidiary Dials, Three Rotary Examples, Armani, DKNY, Casio and Lotus Examples

Mixed Lot: A Dunhill gold plated cigarette lighter, a Citizen gents wristwatch and a further Skagen wristwatch (3)

Skagen Denmark wristwatch, Sekonda wristwatch, Timex wristwatch, Casio & others together with a boxed Citizen eco drive

A BAG OF ASSORTED LADIES AND GENTS WRISTWATCHES, names to include a gents 'Citizen Eco-Drive WR100', numbered E101-S064783, 691036692, fitted with a fabric strap, two gents 'Seiko 5' watches with skeleton backs and fitted with fabric straps, other with names to include 'Limit, Solvil et Titus, Casio', together with three ladies wristwatches two Gucci and one CK watch (condition report: please note no watches have been tested for working conditions, we cannot guarantee the working order of any watch)

Herrenarmbandchronograph "CITIZEN", Modell "Sapphire WR 100". Gehäuse und Ansatzband aus Edelstahl. Schwarzes Zifferblatt mit Strichziffern, kleiner Sekunde, Datumsfenster bei 3 und 2 Hilfszifferblättern für Chronographenfunktion. Quarzwerk. Tragespuren. B. 4, geschlossenes Band D. 7 cm. In Schatulle.

A collection of vintage tech to include a Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2 128k gaming computer system with power plug, a BBC Microcomputer System, a JVC VHS cassette adapter, Silver Reed 12PD-M mini desk printer, Casio FR-110S printing calculator and a Citizen 100L electronic calculator. (2 boxes)

Zwei Herrenarmbanduhren. „Bulova Accutron“, 18 kt Goldgehäuse, im Etui, dazu eine „Citizen Quarz“. (Funktion ungeprüft)

Collection of Ladies & Gentlemen's Wristwatches, bracelet and leather straps, various makes to include Pierre Cardin, Sekonda, Chalisson, Rotary, Citizen, Pierre Nicol, Philip Mercier, Halston, Aviatime, Hamnett, Royal, Miranda, Cote d'Azur, Gino Milano, fashion watches, cocktail watches, etc.

Collection of Ladies & Gentlemen's Wristwatches, bracelet and leather straps, various makes to include Police, Swatch, Elegance, Seiko, Le Chat, Bugor, Montine, Smith, Tag, Solvil & Titus, Shark, Accurist, Sekonda, Rotary, Citizen, Fossil, Oasis, Constant, Klaus-Kobec, Ingersoll, DKNY, Breotime, cocktail watches, fashion watches, etc.

Herrenarmbanduhr "Citizen". So genannter "Bullhead" mit seitlich eckigem Edelstahlgehäuse mit verschraubtem Boden. Kupferfarbenes Zifferblatt mit Strichziffern, Tachymeterskala und Hilfszifferblättern für 30 Minuten- und 12 Stunden-Stoppzähler sowie Wochentag und Datum. Automatikwerk, wohl Kaliber 8110A mit 23 Steinen. Tragespuren. 70er Jahre. D. 4x 4 cm. Originales Edelstahlband.

Assorted costume jewellery, including beaded necklaces, Citizen watch, brooches etc

Mixed Lot: Various wristwatches, makers to include Citizen, Sekonda, Rotary and Pulsar

A Polish Citizen Guard's Cross of Merit 1918-28, the reverse numbered 655; eight Various Polish Commemorative Medals, comprising two Veteran's War Medals 1918-21 and the miniature, Veteran's 10th Aniversary of Independence Medal 1928 and the miniature, Veteran's Poland at Peacetime Medal 1932, The Seizure of Wilno Cross of Merit 1922 miniature and the Commemorative Veteran's Medal for the Pulawski Legions miniature circa 1920 (9)

Ladies, children's and gents fashion watches A/F to include a Lanco 9ct gold cased ladies watch A/F, total weight 10.9 inc strap and dial) a gold tone Citizen Eco-Drive 4N0767, a Disney High School Musical watch ZR24288, a Pop Art POP-424 watch, 3 ladies Sekonda gold tone cocktail watches, a vintage ladies Sinca De Luxe watch, a gents Casio AQ-222 stainless steel watch and a ladies Farah Miyota 2035 RQ-856 watch with pink rubber strap together with a travel clock. Location:Condition:We are unable to test the watches due to batteries required and some require new straps.

Watches - Tommy Hilfiger Th 354.1.20.2457 quartz wristwatch; others Citizen Automatic 21 jewel, Avia Mariner, Rotary gold plated (4)

A LARGE MIXED LOT TO INCLUDE A GAME BOY ADVANCE, BOXED CITIZEN WATCH, VINTAGE FLATWARE, AN EBONY BRUSH AND MIRROR SET, ETC

A collection of watches including Accurist, Citizen, Lorus, Ingersoll, Rotary, Vintage Wind Up Snoopy 1958 United Feature Syndicate Watch. Postage category B

Ladies gold plated Citizen automatic quartz wristwatch

A 9ct yellow gold Citizen lady's wristwatch, with retail box. CONDITION REPORT: 8.3g. Fully 9ct gold bracelet.

Quad Film Posters, thirteen UK Quads of various genres comprising The Sting, The Medusa Touch, Gator, Orca, Star Trek - The Search For Spock, Barry Lyndon, Citizen Kane (rr), The Godfather (rr), The Island Of Dr Moreau, The Godfather III (Main and Advance), Slap Shot, Love Story, - all folded measuring 30" by 40" - various conditions

A large collection of costume jewellery and watches. The jewellery to include vintage brooches, necklaces, bangles,pendant necklaces, gold and silver tone, watch makes Sekonda, Mecs, reflex, Citizen Eco Drive, Giani Giorgio.

A box of watches, including examples from Tissot, Ingersoll, Citizen, Seiko, Avia etc. Untested.

Citizen Eco-Drive gold-tone stainless steel wristwatch. Solar-powered with date display and water resistance up to 50 meters. Features luminous hands and markers. Currently ticking

Citizen Eco-Drive chronograph wristwatch with perpetual calendar. Has a two-tone stainless steel case and bracelet, and a black dial with gold-tone accents. It is water-resistant and solar-powered.

A BOX OF ASSORTED WRISTWATCHES AND OTHER ITEMS, to include a watch box with spaces for twelve watches, (two cushions are missing) including four gents wristwatches names to include 'Citizen Divers 200M' digital watch with rubber strap, a 'Suunto' digital watch with rubber strap, a 'Lorenz' quartz watch with strap, a 'Wittnaver' fitted with a black strap, extra watch straps, a novelty pocket watch, a boxed bangle, cufflinks, a boxed ladies wristwatch, together with a boxed large baroque cultured pearl necklace fitted with a larger bolt spring clasp etc

A sterling silver pocket watch, together with two Albert watch chains and a contemporary boxed Citizen automatic wrist watch.  Pocket watch untested and as found due to popped glass. The Alberts comprise a chain with lion passant marks to each link, with silvered fob clips, and a second chain has a silver dated bar, 1928, silver t-bar, with lion passant marked chain links. The Citizen Automatic is a white dial, with baton markers, with day date function, case diameter 38mm, with a stainless steel bracelet. Untested but appears to activate when moved.  Gross approximate weight of chains and accoutrements: 78.08 grams. 

Five various watches, to include Pulsar, Citizen, Adina and Marc Jacobs. Marc Jacobs 3.5 cm diameter.

A Citizen Eco-Drive black dial ladies' wristwatch. 2.75 cm diameter.

A collection of vintage watches and pens to include citizen, ingersoll, timex and a parker pen with a rolled gold yard o led propelling pencil good condition

A lady's Seiko automatic Hi-Beat wristwatch, a Tissot and a Citizen

A very large collection of modern quartz wristwatches to include Citizen Limit, Sekonda etc

Three boxed 1:24 scale NASCAR models, to include: - Dale Earnhardt #3 GM Goodwrench Service Pluss 2001 Monte Carlo - Dale Earnhardt Jnr #8 Budweiser D500 Winner 2004 Monte Carlo SS - Dale Earnhardt JNR #88 National Guard / 3 Doors Down Citizen Soldier 2008 Impala SS

A gentleman's Citizen Eco Drive wristwatch, black rectangular dial with applied baton hour markers and Roman numerals at twelve and six, date aperture at three, on original stainless steel bracelet, solar powered watch, case diameter 32mm. In working order at time of testing, solar powered watch that recharges when the dial is in sunlight.

A box of modern and vintage watches - including a Fossil quartz stainless steel gents bracelet watch, ref. AM-4360; a 1990s Hilfiger stainless steel quartz watch, ref. TH.188.1.14.1292, leather strap; two Swatch Irony stainless steel watches (one with cracked glass); a child's mechanical cat watch by Mihla, with moving eyes; two ladies watches by Avia and Citizen; etc. (8) 

Two gents stainless steel quartz watches and two cased pairs of binoculars - the watches comprising a Seiko, ref. 7N39-0BX0, 39.5mm case; and a Citizen Crystron, ref. 69-1135, 38.5mm case, both used condition, not currently running; together with a gold plated watch bracelet; and two leather cased binoculars, one 7 x 50 by Bausch & Lomb; the other Swift Apollo, 8 x 30. (5)

Nine various vintage and modern watches - including Rotary (x2); Seiko (x2); Elgin; Limit; etc., five boxed; together with an empty Citizen box. (10)

Four ladies quartz wristwatches including Citizen and Sekonda.

Gents Citizen Eco drive Red Arrows Chronograph wristwatch with stainless steel strap in running order.

Selection of Gents wristwatches including a Working citizen eco drive and vintage mechanical sekonda.

* VICTOR VASARELY (HUNGARIAN/FRENCH 1908 - 1997), CODE, LE SOLEIL NOIR limited edition screenprint on paper, signed and numbered 125/150, from the Book of Poems with Jean Clarence Lambert, dated 1967 label versomounted, framed and under glass image size 38cm x 28cm, overall size 48cm x 36cm Label verso: Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.Note: Hungarian-born painter, sculptor, and designer who settled in Paris in 1930 and became a French citizen in 1959, the main originator and one of the leading practitioners of *Op art. He studied in Budapest at the Poldini-Volkman Academy of Painting and the Mühely School (known as the *Bauhaus of Budapest) before he settled in Paris in 1930. For the next decade he worked mainly as a commercial artist, particularly on the designing of posters, showing a keen interest in visual tricks and space illusions. From 1943 he turned to painting and he had his first one-man exhibition in 1944, at Denise *René's gallery. About three years later he adopted the method of geometrical abstraction for which he is best known. Typically he created a hallucinatory impression of movement through visual ambiguity, using alternating positive–negative shapes in such a way as to suggest underlying secondary shapes. His fascination with the idea of movement led him to experiment with *Kinetic art and he also collaborated with architects in such works as his relief in aluminium for Caracas University (1954), and the French Pavilion at ‘Expo '67’ in Montreal, hoping to create a kind of urban folk art. From 1961 Vasarely lived mainly in the South of France, where he founded two museums devoted to his work—the Fondation Vasarely at Aix-en-Provence, which he designed himself, and the Château and Musée Vasarely at Gordes (both are now closed). There are two Vasarely museums in Hungary, in Budapest and his birthplace Pecs. According to his obituary in The Times, ‘To him the artist was simply an artisan who creates his artefacts at will and in volume, so that they can be accessible to the ordinary person’.

A collection of costume jewellery to include two silver mounted Wedgwood brooches, along with paste set brooches, gilt metal rings, chain, various dress watches including Citizen along with a quantity of British Elizabeth II sixpence & American post 65 coins along with other coins (1 bag) Further details: wear and tear commensurate with age 

Group of Wristwatches. Including: Zeitner Madison Gents quartz in box; ZeonTech automatic, 3ATM, in Box; Genevan series 4000 quartz, model DD 1082G in box; Citizen Eco-drive; Shivas Quartz; Ferrari labelled quartz; Klaus-Kobec Couture Sports, 3ATM; Jialilei Japanese Rotation Digital Analog quartz; NTJ skeleton manual wristwatch. (9)

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent and very clean L.S., `Bonaparte´, five pages, over two bifolium 4to, Paris, 29th April 1802, to the Minister of War, Berthier, in French. The letter bears an attractive Republican vignette to the heading, stating `Au nom du Peuple Français - Bonaparte Consul de la République”. Napoleon sends a very lengthy and interesting letter, showing once more the control he had in full detail of his troops, his working methods, and scolding his correspondent and Minister, requests a better and more precise work, stating in part `J´ai parcouru avec attention, Citoyen Ministre, les quatre états relatifs à la conscription dans les différents départements. 1º Tous les départements n´y sont pas, d´abord les qutre départements du Rhin, ensuite les départements de l´Ouest; de sorte qu´au lieu de 102 départements il n´y en a que 86. 2º Le Piémont est porté pour recruter les corps en garnison; il vaut mieux, pour cette année, porter au complet les demi-brigades et les régiments qui ont été tirés de ce pays. 3º Les départements de la Corse sont portés pour recruter la 23º demi-brigade, qui y est en garnison; il faut au contraire que la 23º se recrute dans le Var, ou mieux encore dans les Alpes-Maritimes, et faire recruter une demi-brigade qui se trouve à Nice ou en Provence par les conscrits de la Corse; bien entendu qu´il faut leur assigner une demi-brigade d´infanterie légère. 4º On ne s´est pas assez attaché, dans ce tableau, à affecter les pays montagneux à l´infanterie légère, et les pays de plaine à l´infanterie de ligne; par exemple la 6º est affectée à l´Allier qui est un pays tout de plaine. Il est essentiel de choisir les trente localités les plus montagneuses pour les affecter au recrutement des trente demi-brigades d´infanterie légère. Le travail ne parait pas avoir été fait avec méthode...´ (Translation: "I have carefully read, Citizen Minister, the four statements relating to conscription in the different departments. - 1º. All the departments are not included, first the four departments of the Rhine, then the departments of the West; so that instead of 102 departments there are only 86. - 2º. Piedmont is listed to recruit the corps in garrison; it is better, for this year, to list in full the demi-brigades and regiments that have been drawn from this country. - 3º. The departments of Corsica are listed to recruit the 23rd demi-brigade, which is in garrison there; on the contrary, the 23rd must be recruited in the Var, or better still in the Alpes-Maritimes, and a demi-brigade located in Nice or Provence must be recruited by the conscripts from Corsica; of course, they must be assigned to a demi-brigade of light infantry. - 4º. In this table, not enough attention has been paid to assigning mountainous regions to light infantry and plain regions to line infantry; for example, the 6th is assigned to Allier, which is an entirely plain region. It is essential to choose the thirty most mountainous localities to assign them to recruiting the thirty demi-brigades of light infantry. The work does not appear to have been done methodically....") Further, Napoleon continues pointing out the multiple mistakes and inconsistencies he has observed in the military report received from Berthier, and orders to work to be fully redone, stating in part `L´état nº 2, de trois colonnes, ne me parait point exact... La 45º demi-brigade diffère bien davantage encore....elle n´a donc besoin pour se compléter, que de 72 hommes, et vous portez dans votre état 394 hommes, elle n´a donc besoin que du sixième de ce que vous portez... Ainsi, par le simple aspect des revues que vous m´avez remises hier, comparées à votre travail, il résulte que l´état que vous m´avez présenté a été fait sur des bases fausses; il faut donc le faire refaire sur des bases réelles...´ (Translation: "The situation report No. 2, of three columns, does not seem exact to me... The 45th demi-brigade differs even more....it only needs 72 men to complete itself, and you carry 394 men in your state, it therefore only needs a sixth of what you carry... Thus, by the simple appearance of the reviews that you gave me yesterday, compared to your work, it results that the situation that you presented to me was made on false bases; it must therefore be redone on real bases...") An extremely interesting military content letter. Paper with watermark. Very small overall minor age wear, otherwise VG Louis Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815), Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon. At the time of the present letter Berthier was General and Minister of war 1800-07. He will be appointed Marshal two years later in 1804.

BAILLY JEAN SYLVAIN: (1736-1793) French astronomer and mathematician, a political leader during the early part of the French Revolution who served as the first Mayor of Paris 1789-91. Bailly was guillotined during the Reign of Terror. L.S., Bailly, as Mayor of Paris, one page, 4to, Paris, 6th August 1791, to unidentified correspondents, in French. Bailly states, in part, ´Le Bureau Municipal, Meisseurs, a recu avec le plus vif interet votre arrete et les deputes que vous nous avez envoye pour reclamer les restes d´un Citoyen estimable dont vous regrettez......une deputation tres nombreuse de la Garde N[ationale]. a accompagne son convoi avec les drapeaux, ils l´ont accompagne jusqu´a la barriere ou elle l´a remis entre les mains du detachement qui vous avez envoye. La Municipalite a ete charmee de trouver l´occasion de rendre a la memoire d´un Citoyen estimable les honneurs qui lui sont dus et de vous donner une assurance des sentiments fraternels de qui l´animent´ (Translation: ´The Municipal Office, Gentlemen, has received with the greatest interest your decree and the deputies that you sent to us to claim the remains of an estimable Citizen for whom you regret...... a very large deputation of the N[ational] Guard accompanied his convoy with the flags, they accompanied him to the barricade where they handed him over to the detachment that you had sent. The Town Council was delighted to find this opportunity to pay due homage to the memory of an esteemed Citizen and to give you an assurance of its fraternal feelings´). A collector´s small ink stamp to the verso has very slightly bled through to the recto and only very slightly affects the paraph of Bailly´s signature. Some light dust staining to the right edge. About VG

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. Very rare L.S., `Bonaparte´, one page, 4to, Paris, 1st of November 1801, to the Minister of war, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, in French. The letter bears an attractive Republican vignette to the heading, featuring Marianne, France's national symbol of liberty, seated with French republic symbols, and stating `Au nom du Peuple Français - Bonaparte Consul de la République''. Napoleon appoints several officers to the General Staff of the St Domingo troops, stating in part `Je vous prie, Citoyen Ministre, de donner l'ordre à trois adjoints de la garde des Consuls, dont deux chefs d'escadron et un capitaine, de se rendre à Brest pour être employés dans leurs grades dans l'Etat major de l'armée de St Domingue...´ (Translation: "I beg you, Citizen Minister, to send orders to three deputies of the Consuls' Guard, including two Chiefs of squadron and a Captain, to go to Brest to be employed in their ranks in the General Staff of the army of Santo Domingo...") In very fine condition. VGLouis-Alexandre Berthier (1753-1815) Marshal of France, Prince of Neuchatel. Chief of Staff under Napoleon and Minister of war 1800-07.

[BRITISH SLAVERY]: GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. Large upper portion of a D.S., George R, as King (a good, large example), one page, oblong 4to (the original document being folio), n.p. (London?), n.d. (between July and November 1791). The manuscript text would appear to be largely complete, and certainly is in its thought, stating ´Whereas Our House of Commons did on the 6th of July last present an humble address to Us that We would be graciously pleased to give such Directions as We in Our great Wisdom should think proper fotr the relief of a Number of distressed black Persons and Persons of Color now in this Country and for sending them to such Place beyond Seas as should by Us be thought best adapted for that Purpose: and to assure Us that whatever Expence We should incur upon this Account Our said House would make good the same. Outr Will and Pleasure is that by Virtue of Our General Letters of Privy Seal bearing date the 5th of Novem[ber] 1760 You do issue and pay or cause to be issued and paid out of any [of] Our Treasure or Revenue in the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable to the Use of Our Civil Government unto Thomas Cotton Esq, or to his assigns the sum of Two hundred Pounds, six shillings and eight [pence]´. With two blind embossed revenue stamps to the left margin. A document of interesting text in which King George III gives financial support from his own Privy Purse for an abolitionist scheme (under the Sierra Leone Company, which was incorporated by Parliament in July 1791) to send back freed black slaves in Great Britain to West Africa, resettling them in Sierra Leone. Some fraying, a few tears, and small areas of paper loss to the edges, GThe growth of the black population in Great Britain in the eighteenth century eventually led to the abolitionist movement spearheaded by the scholar and philanthropist Granville Sharp (1735-1813). In 1772, slavery on British soil was deemed unlawful, largely due to Sharp´s efforts in the case of Somerset v Stewart. This meant that enslaved people who had been living in Britain (often working in domestic households) were liberated. Some became part of a subsection of people living in London in poverty, referred to as the ‘Black Poor’. The Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor was established in 1786 to offer financial and medical aid. It created a plan for the so-called ‘Black Poor’ to settle in Sierra Leone in West Africa. This scheme was supported by the government, as the present document illustrates. The naturalist Henry Smeathman chose Sierra Leone as a suitable location. The new colony was proclaimed as the ‘Province of Freedom’. However, Smeathman exaggerated its potential. The government encouraged the ‘Black Poor’ to join the resettlement scheme, which was financially supported by the Treasury, and issued each person with a certificate as a free citizen of the ‘Colony of Sierra Leone’. This was necessary because slavery was still in operation in Sierra Leone.

WELLES ORSON: (1915-1985) American actor and film director, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1941 for his role as Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane. Welles was the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award in 1970. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Welles in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink with his name alone in later years, and with a slightly shaky signature, to a lighter area of the background. About EX

CAMBRAY ALEXIS PIERRE: (1760-1799) French General. He gained solid experience in Vendée in the campaigns against François de Charette. Cambray died at the early age of 39 at the Battle of Trebbia. A very interesting D.S. `Cambray´, two pages, 4to, Machecoult Head-Quarters, 27th December 1794, to the Commandant of the military forces in Pronay, in French. The partially printed document bears to the heading a republican vignette and the name of General CAmbray of the West Army. Cambray forwards to his correspondent the three articles of a decree with the important orders received, first explaining `Je t´adresse Citoyen, copie d´un arrêté que les représentants du peuple viennent d´ordonner de transmettre aux troupes qui sont sous mon commandement; tu tiendras la main à l´exécution bien précise de cet arrêté & tu m´en accuseras la réception sans délai. Salut et fraternité.´ (Translation: "I am sending you, Citizen, a copy of an order that the representatives of the people have just ordered to be transmitted to the troops under my command; you will take charge of the precise execution of this order and you will acknowledge receipt of it to me without delay. Salut and fraternity.") Further, Cambray sends the three articles approved, stating in part `Art. 1 - Tous rebelles ou chouans qui se présenteront pour profiter du décret d´amnistie prononcé par la Convention Nationale... ne seront admis dans aucune place, camps, portes, ou cantonnements qu´au préalable ils n´aient déposé aux avant-postes leurs armes, & les signes de rébellion qu´ils portent. - Art. 2 - Les Commandants des places à leur défaut les municipalités ne souffriront pas que dans leur territoire il soit porté aucun signe de rébellion sous leur responsabilité personnelle..... Le présent ordre sera lu trois jours de suite aux troupes & à la parade´ (Translation: "Art. 1 - All rebels or Chouans who present themselves to take advantage of the decree of amnesty pronounced by the National Convention... will not be admitted to any place, camp, gate, or cantonment unless they have previously deposited their weapons at the outposts, and the signs of rebellion that they bear. - Art. 2 - The Commanders of the places, in their absence the municipalities, will not allow any sign of rebellion to be carried in their territory under their personal responsibility..... This order will be read three days in a row to the troops and on parade.") Very few Chouans accepted the conditions and amnesty. Small creasing mostly to edges with very small trimmed edges, otherwise G

TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE: (1754-1838) French Diplomat and Statesman. Prime Minister of France July-September 1815. A curious D.S., `Ch Mau Talleyrand´, one page, 8vo, n.p. [Paris], December 1797, to Emmanuel Sieyes, in French. The attractive bifolium document being an invitation to a dinner at Talleyrand´s home. Bearing to the heading the republican motto "Liberté - Égalité", and the printed text states `Je vous prie, Citoyen, de vouloir bien me faire l´honneur de venir souper chez moi quartidi prochain, 14 nivôse, et d´avoir la bonté de vous y rendre entre huit et neuf heures.´ (Translation: "I beg you, Citizen, to do me the honour of coming to dine at my house next quartidi, 14 Nivôse, and to be so kind as to be there between eight and nine o'clock." Further, Talleyrand includes in the invitation a surprising request regarding the dress code expected, saying `Vous jugerez convenable, j´en suis sûr, de vous interdire tout habillement provenant des manufactures Anglaises, et de marquer par là les sentimens qui vous animent dans les circonstances présentes...´ (Translation: "You will judge it appropriate, I am sure, to forbid yourself any clothing from English manufacturers, and thereby to show the feelings which guide you in the present circumstances.") Talleyrand also explains before concluding that the invitation is only for one person. The invitation bears at the base a red wax seal in very fine condition as well as a foreign affairs ministry ink stamp. With address leaf in Talleyrand´s hand `Emmanuel Sieyes, représentant du peuple, rue St. Honoré´. Small area of paper loss to the address leaf. Very small minor age wear with few minor stains, otherwise GEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836) Best known as the Abbé Sieyès. French Roman Catholic Clergyman, a leading and political theorist Writer of the French Revolution. His pamphlet What Is the Third Estate? (1789) became the political manifesto of the French Revolution. Sieyès was among the instigators of the Brumaire coup d´état (9th November) which installed Napoleon Bonaparte in power. Sieyes is also remembered for coining the term "Sociologie".

CHAPPE IGNACE: (1762-1829) French politician and administrator, a member of the Legislative Assembly during the French Revolution, and the brother of inventor Claude Chappe, noted for his semaphore telegraph system. L.S., I. Chappe, two pages, small 4to, Paris, 5th January 1802, to Citizen Le Mat (?), head of office at the Ministry of the Navy, on printed stationery featuring an attractive vignette of Mercury holding a telegraph, in French. Chappe writes in his capacity as Administrateur des Lignes Telegraphiques regarding Alexis Grosselin, a naval artillery soldier in Toulon, and states ´Je m´interesse beaucoup a ce jeune homme; je vous prie de vouloir bien mettre a M. de Grosselin, sa mere, qui vous donnera cette lettre, a meme d´obtenir son conge´ (Translation: ´I am very interested in this young man; I would ask you to kindly give M. de Grosselin, his mother, who will give you this letter, the opportunity to obtain his leave´). With integral address leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

A gentleman's Citizen Eco-Drive "Red Arrows" wristwatch, in original box with instructions, etc

A silver cased pocket watch (for restoration) and a ladies Citizen wristwatch

A mixed lot to include a Citizen Eco Drive gents wristwatch, a Tissot PRS wristwatch, a Casio Beside WRSOM wristwatch, a collection of Aviation related First Day covers and commemorative coinsLocation: CABIf there is no condition report, please request.