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Lot 266
An early 19th century gold-cased desk seal, profusely chased foliate scroll base, mounted with an octagonal bloodstone matrix engraved Edensor Lees, tapered handle with gold, blue and white enamel barely twist decoration, 6cm The village Edensor is situated in the grounds of Chatsworth House. The original village was demolished by 4th Duke of Devonshire when the River Derment was straightened. The village was then re-built by the 6th Duke on a different site.
Lot 267
A 19th century hardstone desk seal, with faceted tapered handle with round fungus cap in banded agate, gold and gold-cased mount with foliate engraved collar above reeded and gadrooned cushion, citrine matrix carved with coat of arms for Ravenshaw quartering Withers, motto 'Deus Piscit Corvos' (God feeds the ravens)' and surmounted with a crest, 6.8cm high, matrix 1.9cm Provenance: Anonymous vendor with Ravenshaw connections, Bonhams, 19.7.02 ex lot 441. Collection of David Morris. Literature: Morris, D., Matrix: A Collection of British Seals, (2012), p.126
Lot 268
An 18th century silver desk seal, the ball handle over a double spool stem, spreading circular foot carved with the arms of Trelawney, 6.5cm The Cornish family descends from Edwards the Confessor, the arms are quartered with further ancient West Country families through marriage, such as Courtenay (4), Pollexfen (7), St Low (10) Lamelin (11) and Reskymer (12).
Lot 291
A gold 'Tank Basculante' wristwatch by Cartier, signed dial with secret signature at X, the plain gold reverse face with diamond border, inside back case engraved with conjoined C's, numbered to reverse 3395588MG, 2480 and small aperture exposing three diamonds, brown leather band with Cartier gold deployant clasp, quartz movement, case 22mm, pouch and papers The design of the Basculante watch allows it to act as a desk clock.
Lot 1006
Written four days before his assassination – ‘It has always been a mystery why the lunatic right suppose that I am one of them’ NEAVE AIREY: (1916-1979) British soldier and politician, the first British prisoner-of-war to succeed in escaping from Colditz Castle during World War II. Following the war Neave served with the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials. The politician was assassinated in a car bomb attack at the House of Commons. T.L.S., Airey Neave, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, House of Commons, London, 26th March 1979, to Donald McCormick. Neave thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'Your book should be very fascinating. Like you, I am always being contacted by mysterious Colonels', further adding 'It has always been a mystery why the lunatic right suppose that I am one of them, but they have said similar things about a number of my colleagues who are moderate in every respect!'. A letter of good content. VG Donald McCormick (1911-1998) British journalist and historian who also wrote under the pseudonym Richard Deacon. As a journalist on the foreign desk of the Sunday Times McCormick worked alongside Ian Fleming at one stage.Neave's assassination at the hands of the Irish National Liberation Army, on 30th March 1979, came just two days after the vote of no confidence which brought down James Callaghan's government and a few weeks before the general election, which brought about a Conservative victory and saw Thatcher come to power as Great Britain's first female Prime Minister.
Lot 1007
HARRIS ARTHUR T.: (1892-1984) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Vintage signed 8 x 10photograph of Harris seated in a half-length pose at his desk, wearing his Royal Air Force uniform. Signed ('Arthur T. Harris M.RAF.') in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Some very light, minor silvering, otherwise VG
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Lot 1030
[NUREMBERG TRIALS]: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album page (1), signed 10 x 8 photographs (2) etc. by British and American barristers and lawyers associated with the Nuremberg Trials following the end of World War II comprising Telford Taylor (1908-1998, American lawyer, Counsel for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials) signed 10 x 8 photograph of Taylor seated in a half-length pose at his desk, and a black ink signature on a white adhesive label; Benjamin Ferencz (1920- , American lawyer and investigator of Nazi war crimes, Chief Prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial) signed 10 x 8 photograph of Ferencz presenting documents during the Nuremberg Trials; Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954, American attorney and judge, the Chief United States Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials) black fountain pen ink signature on a printed card from the Supreme Court of the United States, Washington D.C.; Hartley Shawcross (1902-2003, English barrister who served as the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials) fountain pen ink signature ('Hartley Shawcross') on an oblong 12mo piece; David Maxwell Fyfe (1900-1967, British lawyer and judge who was one of the prosecuting counsels at the Nuremberg Trials) blue ink signature and date, 29th December 1952, in his hand on a small oblong 12mo card; and Norman Birkett (1883-1962 British barrister, judge and politician who served as the alternate British judge during the Nuremberg Trials) black fountain pen ink signature on a page removed from an autograph album, dated at The Temple, London, January 1939, in his hand. Also including an unsigned vintage 11.5 x 5.5 photograph of various American judges standing and seated together in two rows at the time of the OMGUS military tribunal. G (1) to generally VG, 8
Lot 1299
KOO V.K. WELLINGTON: (1888-1985) Chinese statesman who was one of the Republic of China's representatives at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Koo served as Acting President and Premier of the Republic of China 1926-27 and as Ambassador of China to the United States 1946-56. Blue fountain pen ink signature ('V. K. Wellington Koo') on a small oblong 12mo card, lightly mounted beneath an original vintage sepia 3 x 4.5 studio portrait of Koo seated in a half-length pose at his desk. Photograph by Bertram Park and signed by him in pencil to the lower border. 5.5 x 8 overall. VG
Lot 431
KOTEK IOSIF: (1855-1885) Russian Violinist and Composer. Best remembered for his relationship with Tchaikovsky. Kotec assisted Tchaikovsky in the writing of the solo part of his acclaimed Violin Concerto. Kotek was also at some point his lover. Rare A.L.S., `J. Kotek´, four pages, 8vo, Davos-Platz, Kurhaus, 2nd December 1884, to an unidentified professor, in German. On a boldly and cleanly written letter, Kotek commences referring to a musical arrangement he has been working on, and states in part `It took me very long until I finished the arrangement for your lovely serenade, and I beg you not be angry with me for this delay! As you know I have been very sick lately and even now I am not allowed to sit too long before my desk! I have done this arrangement work only for pleasure, and I agreed with Hugo Boeck that if you will consider it insufficient it can be thrown to the dustbin. Therefore, play it, or read it, and if you do not like it, please do not worry for me, I already found reward on working on it´ Kotek further refers to Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky, saying `Before yesterday Tschaikowsky left, he was so good to visit me and to spend eight days here. I played with him the serenade and I was happy to find that he liked it very much, especially the first three movements´ Kotek further refers to the Berlin music and its concert clubs and asks his correspondent to send his best regards to professors Joachim and Spitta. Letters of Kotek are rare as a result of his early death of tuberculosis at the age of 29. VG Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Russian Composer. Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) Hungarian Violinist and Composer. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms.Julius August Spitta (1841-1894) German Musicologist.
Lot 762
JOHNS W.E.: (1893-1968) English writer of adventure stories, creator of the fictional air pilot and adventurer Biggles. A.L.S., William E Johns, one page, 4to, Park House, Hampton Court, 29th February 1956, to [Michael] Harrison. Johns writes, in full, 'With pleasure. I hope this will do. Forgive brevity, but just back after 7 weeks on continent and my desk is piled high'. Rare. VG Michael Harrison (1907-1991) Maurice Desmond Rohan. English detective fiction and fantasy author, a noted Sherlock Holmes scholar.
Lot 783
CAIN JAMES M.: (1892-1977) American author of hardboiled crime fiction whose works included The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), Mildred Pierce (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944), all of which were made into movies. T.L.S., James M Cain, one page, 4to, Hyatsville, Maryland, 10th February 1963, to Mrs. E. J. Connor of Who's Who in America. Cain writes, in part, 'Reading the monumental life of Jefferson by Nathan Schachner I opened Who's Who in America to see who he was, and didn't find him. This is just a note to suggest his inclusion, as it is a profoundly scholarly work, by itself a qualification, I would think, whether he's done anything else or not…..With my latest corrected proofs I sent two other suggestions on, Paul Hume of the Washington Post & Times Herald, their music critic, and Lois Long, the New Yorker's fashion writer……whether the note reached your desk I don't know. Hence this brief recap. Getting one more half line of your father's agate type was the hardest chore of my life, and now that he's gone, doesn't get any easier. But I never fail to think of him when I fill out one of your forms. The two editions since his passing have been up to standard, to my eye, particularly the last, which is better proof-read than the other…..The selections are really encyclopedic, and do you enormous credit'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG
Lot 795
CLARKE ARTHUR C.: (1917-2008) English science fiction writer who co-wrote the screenplay for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Clarke seated in a half-length pose at his desk typing on a Kaypro II computer. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. EX
Lot 714
ARTEMIDE TOLOMEO DESIGNER LAMP designed by Michele de Lucchi & G Fassina, a free standing adjustable chrome lamp with metal shade and circular weighted base, 120cms high (in upright position). Also with an Artemide desk mounted lamp with clamp. Large lamp marked to the base Artemide, Tolomeo. (2)
Lot 401
A collection of various treenware and other items to include a B.E.L. violet ray high frequency electricity treatment set, a 19th Century mahogany and brass bound workbox with fitted interior (damaged and incomplete), an oak cutlery canteen, a treenware puzzle box as a book, an oak printing block box (poor condition), a mahogany desk stand with glass bottles (incomplete), a mahogany microscope slide box, four lawn bowls, two composite stone balls, a treenware lidded box etc, and a 19th Century walnut and oak table top book press of typical form 43 cm x 31 cm x 48 cm high
Lot 371
An oak desk top clerk's writing slope 35 cm deep x 43 cm wide x 10.5 cm high, a carved wooden tea caddy decorated with holly leaves, an early 20th Century oak cased compass set, a small collection of coinage and a cased brass paper cutter stamped "C.A. Smiths Patent", together with a wood wool filled pale gold plush mohair dog with tongue protruding and glass eyes and squeaker approx. 33 cm long x 25 cm high
Lot 787
A Victorian break front kneehole desk, the top with shallow raised back and tooled and gilded leather insert top within a moulded edge over a recessed single drawer and cupboard door flanked by two banks of four drawers all with turned knob handles raised on plinth bases 130 cm wide x 63 cm deep x 77 cm high
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