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Lot 881
A Victorian pitch pine writing / clerks desk, with lift lid writing slope central section inset with tooled leather, flanked by spindle gallery sides, one pedestal with four graduating drawers with brass swan neck handles, the other with single cupboard door enclosing a fitted letter rack interior, stamped marks to the edges of the surface 'HEC' and 'A. Saunders', 138 by 68 by 97cm high.
Lot 145
FILM DIRECTORS: Selection of signed pieces and album pages etc., by various European Film Directors comprising Jean Cocteau (signature in return address panel from Claridges), Ernst Lubitsch, Federico Fellini (signed 8 x 10.5 photocopy of an image of the director standing in a three quarter length pose behind his desk), Jean Renoir and Luchino Visconti. All are individually matted, most beneath photographs, to various sizes. Generally VG, 5
Lot 305
'…a touch of senile decay will have affected me, and I shall have no control over my conversation…' DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Large portion of an A.L.S., Daphne, twelve pages, (missing pages four and five), 8vo, 13 Rue Jessop, (although on the printed stationery of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria), 29th December 1936, to Foy (Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'The socks are on my feet. The holly is at the mast-head of our galleon on the mantelpiece. The calendar is above the Guardsman's [her husband, Frederick Browning] desk….For all these things we send love and thanks' and writes of their 'very pleasant' Christmas, 'We were decked with Egyptian holly (an evergreen with scarlet berries, most effective) a bunch of mistletoe adorned the door, we had a real Christmas tree, and were given two turkeys! These last arrived three weeks before the feast, alive, and we were obliged to keep them in the strip of path behind the house and feed them until the day of execution. I don't think Mother would have approved, but what else could we do? We had a fine dinner, puds and pies complete, with the nice Prescotts in to help us eat it and pull crackers, and the Colonel of the Irish Guards and wife from Cairo. Boxing Day struck the usual ant-climax'. Du Maurier also playfully reflects on old age, following an illness suffered by her husband which she feels will recur throughout his life, 'in retirement at Fowey the old Colonel will be seen very red in the face on bended sticks being helped along….and everyone flying into shops at his approach. Miss Quiller-Couch in an East wind, bowed beneath scarlet umbrella, will have the same effect on the populace. I, as an elderly lady, will be milder of temper but possibly more embarrassing to meet than either of you, as a touch of senile decay will have affected me, and I shall have no control over my conversation. I shall stop total strangers in the street, and enquire their age.' The letter continues 'The poor Guardsman getting very doleful at my departure….I leave Port Said on January 16th' and concludes with an amusing anecdote, 'To finish up, here is a story for Father. We dined the other night at the Murray Grahams (I have kept the Xmas card!) after dinner our hostess sat down and played to us, with the usual deep breathings, swaying from side to side, and rolling of the eyes. When she had finished she rose with dazzling smile to dead silence. She turned to the Guardsman "And how did you like that?" "Not very much, quite frankly", replied the Guardsman, "I'm not very keen on classical music I'm afraid. Now, if you'd play something with a tune in it…" Mrs. Graham smiled pityingly, and faced the rest of her little audience. No one else spoke. And then from the back came the dry voice of a certain Dr. Gilmore. "I've decided my new hobby" said he "And what is that, Doctor, piano-playing?" enquired Mrs. Graham, with a renewal of dazzling smile. "No, the bag pipes" he said. There was an awful pause and then a rush of conversation, and everyone began talking of something else. The piano was closed and we had no more music….We have not seen Mrs. Graham since.' Du Maurier also writes a postscript expressing her distress at having just heard of General Poole's death and also enquiring of other mutual acquaintances. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930 the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Frederick Browning (1896-1965) British Lieutenant General of World War II, remembered for his important role with the First Allied Airborne Army during Operation Market Garden. Husband of Du Maurier from 1932.
Lot 379
EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. A good vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 9 photograph of Eisenhower in uniform and seated in a half length pose at his desk, holding a pen in one hand as he signs a document and holding a cigarette in the other. Photograph by Bertram Park of London and signed by him in pencil to the lower photographer's mount. Signed by Eisenhower in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount with a good inscription, 'To Lieut General K. A. N. Anderson, who commanded the British First Army throughout the North African campaign to the date of its smashing victory in Tunisia. With deep appreciation and best wishes, Dwight D. Eisenhower'. An excellent association photograph. Some light age toning, scuffing and minor foxing to the photographer's mount, most likely caused by previous framing, and with a couple of small surface scratches to the image, otherwise about VG Kenneth A. N. Anderson (1891-1959) British General of World War II, remembered for his command of the First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. Eisenhower, perhaps in slight contrast to the sentiments expressed on the present photograph, wrote of Anderson that he was 'blunt, at times to the point of rudeness'.
Lot 6
GAGARIN YURI: (1934-1968) Russian Cosmonaut, Pilot of Vostok 1, becoming the first man to journey into space, 1961. Vintage signed 7 x 5 photograph, an unusual image of Gagarin wearing his uniform and seated in a half length pose behind a desk, apparently during a training meeting. Several notebooks and a model of an aircraft appear on the desk before him and at his side, and at the desk behind him, other cosmonauts can be seen including Valery Bykovsky. Signed by Gagarin in black ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated 7th March 1967 in his hand. One very slight corner crease, otherwise VG
Lot 105
A mixed lot of pottery, to include a Victorian foot bath, pottery desk stand and asparagus drainer etc CONDITION REPORT: Lot 105 - prominent damage and chips to all pieces, terracotta jardiniere is badly damaged. Approx. dimensions: Deskstand: 21 x 15cm, urn: 27 x 27cm, large white dish: 47cm diameter, white plate: 44cm diameter, green pot: 30cm diameter, asparagus drainer: 17 x 24cm, foot bath: 44 x 37cm, jardiniere: 27cm wide
Lot 108
LOT OF SILVER PLATED ITEMS including a Continental silver plated tea caddy, embossed with figural scenes, fitted wooden interior with lid; together with a late 19th/early 20th century silver plated desk pen stand with a figure of a golfer, a bone handled silver plated fish serving set and a silver thimble in a brass egg shaped case (4)
Lot 684
GREAT WAR - A TRENCH ART BRASS AND CAST ALUMINIUM MODEL OF A HORSE SHOE inscribed 'Geo. Hall - 5th Y & L' (Yorks & Lancs) Barnsley Battalion - 'Made in France 1918' 9cm high together with a trench art cast aluminium serviette ring mounted with a brass Victorian arms device and a trench art desk pen stand with multiple shelves and large trefoil shaped top, (3).
Lot 109
A Minton majolica double ended desk stand modelled as oak leaves and acorns with Blue Tit inkwells CONDITION REPORTS One bluetit's beak is chipped, both ends of the desk stand have been broken off and reglued. One bluetit's tail has been broken off and reglued, there are chips and scratches all over. A part of one acorn is missing. One blue tit's bodey has a crack. Crazing and wear all over and there are several firing faults.
Lot 250
TELESCOPES - BINOCULARS - 3 telescopes (a Jessops telescope, a x6 sight and tripod stand, a boxed SKYBOLT Varipower telescope 15x45x60xD 60mm with wooden tripod stand and a boxed Prinz Optics Astronomical Model 660 telescope and tripod stand). Also to include 4 pairs of binoculars (Hanoptik 12-36x70, a pair of Bushnell binoculars with camera and usb lead and Clarke BIN1025 and BIN0840). Lot further includes a Halina sight setter, a vintage Tasco microscope kit and a weighted desk magnifying glass with clamps.
Lot 643
A Dresden porcelain desk stand, of octagonal form, decorated with pink flowers and leaves to a gold ground, fitted with two covered inkwells, central candlestick, two wells, a pen rest and covered two division stamp holder, diameter 7ins Condition report: The base is in good condition, one circular cover is cracked, the rectangular cover has been broken and re-glued, minor rubbing to gilding
Lot 191
An early 20thC cantilevered mahogany desk, having twin, fold-out flaps, enclosing a letter rack and twin glass inkwells with silver plated mushroom shaped caps and a hinged scriber, enclosing a well, flanked by a pair of green hide panels with pockets and a calendar, raised on slender square, tapered, splayed legs, united by stretchers 30''h 29.5''w
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