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A yellow metal medallion, WW1 medals, badges and First Prize Medal, a yellow metal N.U.O Free Gardeners Wolverhampton Distric

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A yellow metal medallion, WW1 medals, badges and First Prize Medal, a yellow metal N.U.O Free Gardeners Wolverhampton District medallion, inscribed Presented to Bro. L. Nicholls as a Memento for Services Rendered in the Great War 1914-1919, on three rose metal links marked 9ct, 9.6g; WW1 group of 3 to 6-1174 Pte A E BarnesK R Rif C, comprising War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star; two metal For King and Empire Services Rendered badges, one marked B20 1379, the other marked 180904; and a City and Guilds of London Institute Department of Technology First Prize Medal, awarded to Leonard Eric Nicholls Builders' Quantities Section B 1941, cased.Qty: 7

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MARX GROUCHO: (1890-1977) American film comedian, one of the Marx Brothers, and the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. A

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Lot 668

MARX GROUCHO: (1890-1977) American film comedian, one of the Marx Brothers, and the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award. A good T.L.S., Groucho, one page, 4to, New York, n.d. (1933/34), to ´Dear Svensk, Kids and Mother´, on the printed stationery of the Hotel Elysee. Marx writes a social letter, largely concerning his friend Harry Ruby and their first wife Chloe ´Cleo´ Carter, commencing ´You certainly are full of that Ruby - Cleo case. Possibly because you are there on the ground. I don´t care anything about it one way or another. I regret it happening, I am sorry for both of them, outside of that, the hell with it. I am glad you befriended Cleo, whether she is guilty of sexual indescretions (sic) or not, I don´t think that´s important, most everyone goes a little cockeyed on the little matter of sex, and I think it was poor judgement and bad taste for Harry to shout if (sic) from the housetops, if that is what he did´, further adding ´I don´t believe he is responsible for what he is saying, I think he is temporarily deranged. I privately think he is making all the noise because he fears that if he doesn´t Cleo will nick him financially´. Marx further writes of his current work, ´We are scheduled to audition next Thursday, but we as yet haven´t an idea that is going to make a sponsor throw his hat up in the air with glee. We are meeting again this morning to see if we can´t work out something that will be worth hearing, if we don´t the thing will fall through, and us with it´, before concluding ´I went to the fights last night and had a pretty good time. The night previous when you phoned me, I was very nervous and couldn´t sleep, finally winding up with a five grainer, the first in weeks. Last night I took a pine needle bath right after the fights and slept pretty well. I wrote you all the news yesterday and this is just velvet´. A letter of particularly candid content. Two small tears to the edges, otherwise VGHarry Ruby (1895-1974) American pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter. A close friend of Groucho, Ruby composed the scores and provided musical numbers for the Marx Brothers´ films Animal Crackers (1930), Horse Feathers (1932) and Duck Soup (1933), as well as also contributing to the screenplays of all three movies. Chloe Carter (1903-1993) American showgirl and Music Hall dancer, also known by her stage name Cleo Cullen. Carter had married Ruby in 1930 and the couple moved to Beverly Hills where, in 1933, Cleo was introduced to the actress Jean Acker (1892-1978) who had been divorced from Rudolph Valentino in 1923. The two women fell in love and in 1934 (presumably around the time of the present letter) Carter obtained a dvorce from Ruby. Carter and Acker would spend the rest of their lives together living in an apartment within a building they owned in Beverly Hills.The fights that Marx refers to attending are likely to have involved Primo Carnera, either in his Heavyweight victory over Jack Sharkey on 29th June 1933, or his subsequent loss to Max Baer on 14th June 1934. Both events took place at the Madison Square Garden Bowl in Queens, New York.

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MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French artist. A good T.L.S., H Matisse, two pages (separate leaves), 4to, Paris, 18th September 1

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Lot 1184

MATISSE HENRI: (1869-1954) French artist. A good T.L.S., H Matisse, two pages (separate leaves), 4to, Paris, 18th September 1951, to Monroe Wheeler, in French. Matisse states that he is taking advantage of his son, Pierre, taking a flight to deliver the two covers that Wheeler had asked him to create, remarking ´ Je dois avant tout vous prier de m´excuser de ne pas avoir compose la couverture du catalogue en trois couleurs seulement. La chose ne m´a pas ete possible et j´espere que son attrait pour le publie ainsi vous permettra d´en vendre suffisemment pour couvrir les frais de l´impression des six couleurs´ (Translation: ´First of all, I must apologise for not having composed the catalogue cover in three colours only. It was not possible for me to do so, and I hope that the appeal of publishing it in this way will enable you to sell enough to cover the cost of printing the six colours´) and further offering some instructions for the printing process, ´1. Pour aider l´imprimeur a trouver pour l´impression des couleurs absolument fideles, je joins a la composition des echantillons de ces couleurs de surfaces plus grandes. 2. Le noir des yeux doit etre le meme que celui de la band noire. 3. Les noms des Musees qui font l´exposition doitent etre imprimes en caracteres petits mais tres noirs sur la bande blanche inferieure. 4. Les petits filets blancs entre les bandes de couleurs ne doivent pas exister: la jonction des deux couleurs est une ligne droite. 5. Pour l´epaisseur du dos du catalogue veuillez ajouter la quantite necessaire de jaune et de rose a la ligne indicant la pliue de la couverture´ (Translation: ´1. To help the printer find absolutely faithful colours for printing, I am enclosing samples of these colours on larger surfaces. 2. The black of the eyes must be the same as that of the black band. 3. The names of the Museums in the exhibition must be printed in small but very black characters on the lower white band. 4. The small white lines between the colour bands must not exist: the junction of the two colours is a straight line. 5. For the thickness of the back of the catalogue please add the necessary amount of yellow and pink to the line indicating the fold of the cover´). The artist also makes reference to a dust jacket and lithograph, writing ´Pour la jaquette du livre de Monsieur Barr - j´ai toujours cru que c´est une couverture a relier que vous m´avez demande et je suis tres surpris qu´elle ne doit servir que de jaquette. Vous pourrez imprimer le titre du livre sur la partie rouge du dos. Quant a la lithographie que j´avais remis a la maison Mourlot, je ne pourrai pas signer et numeroter toutes les epreuves. Etant un peu fatigue actuellement, ce travail serait trop long pour moi. Je me suis donc souvenu que votre premiere idee etait que je signe la lithographie dans le corps de la planche et c´est moi qui vous ai dit que je ferai davantage - je signerai chaque epreuve. Je vous prie de m´excuser de n´avoir pas realise ma bonne intention´ (Translation: ´For the dust jacket for Mr Barr's book - I always thought it was a binding cover that you asked for and I am very surprised that it is only to be used as a dust jacket. You can print the title of the book on the red part of the spine. As for the lithograph I gave to Mourlot, I will not be able to sign and number all the proofs. As I'm a bit tired at the moment, this work would take too long. So I remembered that your first idea was that I should sign the lithograph in the body of the plate and it was I who told you that I would do more - I would sign each proof. I apologise for not realising my good intention´). A letter of excellent content and associations. VGMonroe Wheeler (1899-1988) American publisher and museum curator who was employed in several posts at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, including as Director of Publications.Alfred H. Barr Jr. (1902-1981) American art historian and the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.Matisse´s letter refers to his collaboration in the publication of Barr´s Matisse: His Art and His Public by the Museum of Modern Art in 1951. The work was also published in a limited edition of 495 copies signed by Barr and with an original lithograph by Matisse created especially for the edition bound in opposite the limitation page.

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BURNAND F. C.: (1836-1917) English comic writer and playwright, remembered as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan´s opera Cox a

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BURNAND F. C.: (1836-1917) English comic writer and playwright, remembered as the librettist of Arthur Sullivan´s opera Cox and Box. An illustrated A.L.S., F. C. Burnand, three pages, 8vo, London, 17th June 1888, to Mills. Burnand states that he can not manage an engagement on Thursday 12th ´as I am bound to Irving for a dinner, but date was uncertain & tonight he said he had fixed the 12th (as I understood him), but unless the Lyceum is closed on that evening I think he must have made a mistake in the date & means Saturday´, and therefore asks not to be included, further writing ´I might suggest Greenwich to him & we could go down together´ and concluding by thanking his correspondent and remarking ´but I mustn´t leave you in an uncertainty´. Beneath his signature Burnand has added a charming original pen and ink drawing of a steam-powered ferry heading towards Greenwich with several passengers on board. About EXHenry Irving (1838-1905) English stage actor, closely associated with the Lyceum Theatre, and the first actor to be awarded a knighthood (1895).

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WHITEREAD RACHEL: (1963- ) English artist, the first woman to win the Turner Prize (1993). Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the ar

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Lot 1223

WHITEREAD RACHEL: (1963- ) English artist, the first woman to win the Turner Prize (1993). Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the artist in a head and shoulders pose with perhaps her most famous artwork, House (1993; demolished in 1994), situated on Grove Road, East London, in the immediate background. Signed by Whiteread in blue ink with her name alone to the lower white border. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the Belvedere 21 Museum of Contemporary Art in Vienna. EXIt was for her artwork House, a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian terraced house, that Whiteread won the Turner Prize in 1993.

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MASARYK TOMAS: (1850-1937) Czechoslovak politician and statesman who served as the first President of Czechoslovakia 1918-35.

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Lot 1620

MASARYK TOMAS: (1850-1937) Czechoslovak politician and statesman who served as the first President of Czechoslovakia 1918-35. A good A.L.S., T. G. Masaryk, three pages, 8vo, Prague, 26th December 1902, to Professor Wiener. Masaryk writes to offer a literary plan to his correspondent, explaining that he has completed the first volume of a work on Russia entitled Russia and Europe: Studies in Russian Philosophy of History and Religion, which is an enlarged part of his Chicago lectures, continuing ´Could you find a translator (from the German) & perhaps revise the translation? The Chicago University Press, I hope, will publish the book & pay the translation out of the Crane Fund; at least I asked them to do it & hope they will approve of my plan´ and further explaining ´I would send the Germ. sheets as soon as the printing will begin; this might be in about 2-3 months. The book gives sketches of all the leading thinkers......I try to see Russia & its Revolution from the inward souls......(The next volume will contain Dostoyevskiy & his fight against nihilism, the third a view of the Russ. literature from Pushkin down to Gorky).....I imagine you have some pupils & that one of them could do the work & that yourself are interested in Russia to that degree, that I can dare to ask your help´. A letter of interesting content relating to Masaryk´s philosophic studies in regard to Russia. Some creasing and with a number of tears to the edges, only about G

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[HUGO VICTOR]: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. PAULZE D´IVOY ROLAND (1812-1891) French civil servant who ser

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Lot 1274

[HUGO VICTOR]: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. PAULZE D´IVOY ROLAND (1812-1891) French civil servant who served as the Prefect of la Manche 1852-53. A fascinating pair of letters from Paulze d´Ivoy relating to Victor Hugo´s period of exile on Jersey, the first L.S., R Paulze d´Ivoy, two pages, 4to, Saint-Lo, Manche, Normandy, 2nd September 1852, to Jules-Francois Bouvattier, the sub-prefect of Avranches, in French. Paulze d´Ivoy informs his correspondent that he will continue to keep him updated with any information he receives concerning the manoeuvres and plans, manifest or supposed, of the refugees residing in the English Channel islands, continuing ´Ainsi, M. Victor Hugo, a son arrivee a Jersey, n´aurait pas tarde a fraterniser avec les membres du club demagogique de Saint-Helier, ou il aurait prononce les discours les plus violents contre le Prince-President et son gouvernement´ (Translation: ´Thus, Mr. Victor Hugo, on his arrival in Jersey, is said not to have been slow to fraternise with the members of the demagogic club of Saint-Helier, where he is said to have made the most violent speeches against the Prince-President and his government´) and further adding ´Les refugies francais et etrangers se concentreraient dans cette ile, et des rapports s´etabliraient entre eux et Kossuth, de retour en Angleterre avec des sommes considerables et avec des armes qu´il aurait achetees en Amerique et dont la destination n´est pas encore expliquee d´une maniere satisfaisante. D´un autre cote, on se serait enquis de Londres a Liverpool, si si on ne pourrait pas trouver a louer dans ce port, pour une excursion de huit jours, un bateau a vapeur de la force de 200 chevaux et de 25 hommes d´equipage. Quoi qu´il en soit de l´exactitude de ces renseignements et du plus ou moins d´importance qu´il faille attacher aux faits qu´ils ont pour objet de signaler, je ne puis que vous rappeler et vous retierer mes precedentes recommandations de prescrire un redoublement de vigilance sur le littoral de votre arrondissement´ (Translation: ´The French and foreign refugees are said to be concentrating on this island, and relations are said to have been established between them and Kossuth, who has returned to England with considerable sums of money and with arms which he is said to have bought in America, the destination of which has not yet been satisfactorily explained. On the other hand, enquiries have been made from London to Liverpool as to whether a steamer with 200 horsepower and a crew of 25 could not be hired in that port for an eight-day excursion. Whatever the accuracy of this information and the greater or lesser importance that should be attached to the facts that it is intended to indicate, I can only remind you and repeat my previous recommendations to prescribe a redoubling of vigilance on the coast of your district´). The second L.S., R Paulze d´Ivoy, two pages, 8vo, Saint-Lo, Manche, Normandy, 18th March 1853, also to Jules-Francois Bouvattier, in French. Paulze d´Ivoy writes, in full, ´Je continue a vous communiquer les renseignements qui ont pour objet de signaler les manoeuvres diverses inventees et employees par les refugies pour introduire en France les libelles et pamphlets politiques qu´ils font imprimer a Jersey. Ainsi je suis informe que, pour tromper la vigilance des autorites et dejouer la surveillance exercee sur le littoral, ils auraient cesse d´employer pour transporter ces ecrits sur la cote, des bateliers qui ne tardent pas a etre signales, et ils auraient imagine d´evider, avec une tariere a pompe, de longues pieces de bois qu´ils remplissent ensuite d´imprimes. Ces pieces de bois, bouchees avec soin, seraient jetees aussi pres que possible des cotes de Granville, Regneville, Carteret, Creances & Piron: elles seraient recueillies a maree basse par les affides. Il parait qu´on aurait aussi renonce a l´emploi des boites de fer blanc qui servaient au meme usage. L´attention de M. le Ministre de la Police generale a ete appelee sur cette manoeuvre, qu´il me signale lui-meme. Je vous prie de donner des ordres pour empecher qu´elle ne reussisse´ (Translation: ´I am continuing to send you information which is intended to point out the various manoeuvres invented and employed by the refugees to introduce into France the political libels and pamphlets which they have printed in Jersey. Thus I am informed that, in order to deceive the vigilance of the authorities and thwart the surveillance exercised on the coast, they have apparently stopped using boatmen to transport these writings to the coast, and they have imagined using a pump auger to hollow out long pieces of wood which they then fill with printed matter. These pieces of wood, carefully corked, would be thrown as close as possible to the coasts of Granville, Regneville, Carteret, Creances & Piron: they would be collected at low tide by the affidavits. It seems that the use of tin cans for the same purpose has also been abandoned. The attention of the Minister of the General Police has been drawn to this manoeuvre, which he himself has brought to my attention. I would ask you to give orders to prevent it from succeeding´). Some very light, minor age wear and a few creases and small tears to the head of the first letter. G to VG, 2When the first President of France, Napoleon III, seized complete power in 1851, establishing an anti-parliamentary constitution, thus allowing him to become Emperor of the French (1852-70), Hugo openly decalred Louis Napoleon to be a traitor to France. The novelist moved first to Brussels and then to Jersey (from where he would be expelled after a few years for supporting a Jersey newspaper that had critcised Queen Victoria). During his exile Hugo published his famous political pamphlets against Napoleon III, including Napoleon le Petit (1852). The pamphlets were banned in France but nonetheless had a strong impact within the country, despite the best efforts of the police and authorities to prevent them entering the country, as demonstrated by the second of Paulze d´Ivoy´s letters. The Hungarian nobleman and freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894), who served as Governor-President of Hungary in 1849, had been forced into exile during the revolutionary tide which swept across Europe in 1849 and, alongside his family and fifty loyal followers, made his way to England. Making the journey by boat, Kossuth arrived at Marseille and sought permission to travel through France to England. However Prince-President Louis Napoleon denied the request and the French authorities refused to allow the dangerous revolutionary to come ashore. As a result Kossuth publicly protested. Many of his countrymen wventually settled in Jersey and became well acquainted with Victor Hugo.

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[WOODY ALLEN MOVIES]: Small selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and very slightly smaller (2) by various actors who have a

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[WOODY ALLEN MOVIES]: Small selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and very slightly smaller (2) by various actors who have appeared in different Woody Allen movies comprising Michael Caine (Elliot in Hannah and Her Sisters, 1986; a role for which the actor won the first of his two Best Supporting Actor Oscars), Michael Murphy (Yale Pollack in Manhattan, 1979), Jerry Orbach (Jack Rosenthal in Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1989), and Sam Waterston (Ben in Crimes and Misdemeanors and several other roles in Allen´s films; the image depicting the actor in costume as Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby, 1974). All are boldly signed by the actors to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 4

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KELLERMAN ANNETTE: (1886-1975) Australian swimmer, vaudeville star and film actress, one of the first women to wear a one-pie

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Lot 993

KELLERMAN ANNETTE: (1886-1975) Australian swimmer, vaudeville star and film actress, one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume and the first major actress to appear nude in a Hollywood production as the star of the American silent fantasy drama film A Daughter of the Gods (1916). Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Kellerman seated in a three-quarter length pose in the sea and wearing the one-piece bathing suit which she did much to popularise. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. Some very light, extremely minor surface marks to each of the corners, evidently the result of the postcard having been previously loosely cornermounted into an album. VG

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MINOT STEPHEN: (1927-2010) American novelist and short story writer. T.L.S., Steve, one page, 4to, Simsbury, Connecticut, 27t

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Lot 1347

MINOT STEPHEN: (1927-2010) American novelist and short story writer. T.L.S., Steve, one page, 4to, Simsbury, Connecticut, 27th March 1974, to Stephen Brook. Minot writes concerning Brook´s rejection of Lyre, announcing ´Sad news indeed!´ and continuing ´I would have loved to have been one of those to start an expanded fiction list for Godine. But it´s not wise to dwell on such things´, further remarking ´I do appreciate your willingness to spell out the reaction of the readers in some detail. So often such letters are so evasive one can´t tell whether the decision was made on a literary level or whether the Senior Editor had a hangover that morning. And your own reaction to the novel was good to have. If bright people like yourself see some merit in it, then perhaps there is hope yet´ and concluding by sending a copy of The Tide and Isaac Bates for Brook´s pleasure, ´though after a day of mss. reading this may be no kindness. Save it for vacation´. Together with the copy of The Tide and Isaac Bates referred to, being a photocopy of thirteen 4to pages as published in the Quarterly Review of Literature, Double Fiction issue, Summer 1973, signed and inscribed by Minot in blue ink to the first page and dated 1974 in his hand. VG, 2Stephen Brook (1947- ) English author and wine journalist, a former editor of The Atlantic Monthly Magazine and publisher at Routledge, Kegan & Paul from 1976-80.

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WALTON ERNEST: (1903-1995) Irish physicist who first split the atom. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1951. Signed 5.5 x 3.5 p

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Lot 1440

WALTON ERNEST: (1903-1995) Irish physicist who first split the atom. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1951. Signed 5.5 x 3.5 photograph of Walton in a head and shoulders pose. Signed (´E. T. S. Walton´) in blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. EX

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STREEP MERYL: (1949- ) American Actress, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a close-up portrait of the actress i

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STREEP MERYL: (1949- ) American Actress, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a close-up portrait of the actress in costume as Linda from the classic war drama film The Deer Hunter (1978). Signed by Streep in bold black ink with her name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. It was for her role in this film that Streep received her first (of a record 21) Academy Award nominations. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person on 27th February 1979 following a Broadway performance of Taken in Marriage at the Public Theatre. EX

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DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) French lawyer, a leading figure in the French Revolution who served as Minister of Justice (1792)

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Lot 1503

DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) French lawyer, a leading figure in the French Revolution who served as Minister of Justice (1792) and as the first President of the Committee of Public Safety (1793). Danton, who has been described as ´the chief force in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic´, was executed by guillotine at the age of 34. A rare D.S., Danton (a fine example), one page, folio, Paris, 3rd September 1792, in French. The manuscript document is headed ´Loi du trois Septembre 1792 l´an Quatrieme de la liberte´ (Translation: ´Law of the third of September 1792 in the fourth year of liberty´) and states, in part, ´L´Assemblee Nationale voulant accelerer pour tous les moyens qui sont en son pouvoir, l´arrivee des deux cents pieces de canons que le Ministre de la Guerre se propose de retirer des Cidevant Provinces de Standres et d´Artois et de la fonderie d´Indres, ainsi que de celles qu´il voudrait faire venir de toutes autres parts pour les porter dans le camp qui si forme sous les murs de Paris.......L´Assemblee Nationale apres avoir Decrete l´urgence, decrete que le Ministre de la guerre est autorise a se servir des chevaux de Poste pour la conduite de ces differentes pieces et les faire ainsi arriver a leur destination donner le delai le plus court. Au nom de la Nation, le conseil executif Provisoire mande et ordonne a tous les Corps administratifs et tribunaux que les presentes ils fassent consigner dans leurs registres, lire, publier et assister dans leurs departements et ressorts respectifs, et executer comme loi´ (Translation: ´The National Assembly wanting to accelerate by all the means which are in its power, the arrival of the two hundred pieces of cannon which the Minister for the War proposes to withdraw from the Cidevant Provinces of Standres and Artois and from the foundry of Indres, as well as those which it would like to make come from all other parts to carry them in the camp which is formed under the walls of Paris.....The National Assembly, having decreed the urgency, decrees that the Minister of War is authorized to make use of the horses of the Post Office for the driving of these various pieces and thus to make them arrive at their destination in the shortest possible time. In the name of the Nation, the Provisional Executive Council instructs and orders all the administrative bodies and courts that the present provisions be recorded in their registers, read, published and witnessed in their respective departments and jurisdictions, and executed as law´). Boldly signed by Danton at the foot alongside an official red circular stamp, certifying that the text conforms with the original. Some very light creasing and minimal age wear, VG

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BUÑUEL LUIS: (1900-1983) Spanish Filmmaker. A reference for many Film Directors and the leader in the avant-garde surrealism

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Lot 712

BUÑUEL LUIS: (1900-1983) Spanish Filmmaker. A reference for many Film Directors and the leader in the avant-garde surrealism cinema. Rare signed book `Luis Buñuel´, to the half-title page, being the soft cover First Edition of Buñuel, edited by Pierre Seghers in 1962, 5 x 6 original trade cover, 224 pages, in French. The Ado kyrou work is an early critical study of the pioneering and influential Spanish Director, who made films in nearly every genre over his 50 year career. including experimental films, musicals, comedies, crime, documentary and westerns. The book contains illustrations with numerous photographs throughout. G to VGThe present signed book provenance is from the collection of noted cinephile French collector Pierre Goulliard.

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ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium)

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Lot 1287

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, two pages (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Medan, 1st June 1883, to ´Mon cher ami´, evidently a publisher and most probably Pierre-Victor Stock, in French. Zola states that his friend must have received from a young man, Louis Desprez, a manuscript entitled L´Evolution naturaliste in which Desprez studied several authors, including Zola himself, and continuing ´Je ne connais pas une de ces etudes, mais je vous les recommande vivement. Voyez donc ce qu´elles valent le plus tot possible, et si le vivre vous parait bien fait, vous m´obligerez en l´editant chez vous - ceci n´est point une recommandation banale´ (Translation: ´I do not know any of these studies, but I highly recommend them to you. So see what they are worth as soon as possible, and if you think the work is well done, you will oblige me by publishing it with you - this is not a trivial recommendation´), further asking if his friend has located an article in Debats and remarking ´Envoyez-le moi donc, pour que je me fouette un peu le sang car les premieres chaleurs m´endorment´ (Translation: ´Send it to me, so that I can whip my blood a bit, because the first heat makes me sleepy´). A letter of good content in which Zola champions the work of the young Louis Desprez. VGLouis Marie Desprez (1861-1885) French Naturalist writer. Desprez first met Zola in 1882 whilst researching L´Evolution naturaliste, a work which was eventually published by Pierre-Victor Stock after being turned down by other publishing houses. This was followed by the publication of Autour d´un clocher in 1884 which resulted in legal proceedings being brought against Desprez for contempt of public morals. The young writer´s trial raised numerous protests and indignation on the part of writers, in particular Zola, and took on considerable importance in the late 19th century when the question of morality and freedom were called into question on numerous occasions. Above all it was the tragic death of Desprez, at the young age of 24, following his incarceration in prison, which aroused controversy at the time and led to Zola´s famous remark ´Ceux qui ont tué cet enfant sont des gens misérables!´ (Translation: ´Those who killed this child are miserable people!´).

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SMITH JAMES EDWARD: (1759-1828) English botanist, founder of the Linnean Society. A.L.S., J E Smith, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d

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Lot 1448

SMITH JAMES EDWARD: (1759-1828) English botanist, founder of the Linnean Society. A.L.S., J E Smith, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (´Tuesday´), to William Jackson Hooker (´My dear Sir´). Smith commences his letter stating ´I am very glad to hear that one university in Scot[lan]d has any independance or honesty, & congratulate you with all my heart, if it be worth your having´ and further expresses his desire to see Hooker that morning, although advising the sooner the better ´as I must go to my poor Mother´s house some time this morng.´ With integral address leaf in Smith´s hand and bearing the remnants of a small black wax seal. Some light, minimal age wear and a couple of small, neat tears and creases to the edges. About VGWilliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) English botanist and botanical illustrator, the first full time director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew from 1841. Hooker had previously been appointed as the regius professor of botany in the University of Glasgow in February 1820.

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BANNISTER ROGER: (1929-2018) English athlete, the first man in history to run the mile in less than four minutes. Signed 8 x

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Lot 632

BANNISTER ROGER: (1929-2018) English athlete, the first man in history to run the mile in less than four minutes. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the slightly grainy reproduction image depicting Bannister in a full-length pose crossing the line at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford on 6th May 1954 to become the first man to run a sub-4 minute mile. Signed by Bannister in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area at the centre of the image. About EX

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LODGE OLIVER: (1851-1940) British physicist involved in the development of radio. A.L.S., Oliver Lodge, two pages (written to

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LODGE OLIVER: (1851-1940) British physicist involved in the development of radio. A.L.S., Oliver Lodge, two pages (written to the first and final sides of the bifolium), 8vo, Birmingham, 1st February 1915, to Ernest Marshall, on the printed stationery of The University. Lodge states that his recent speech to the Workers´ Educational Association on the War has ´been briefly reported everywhere´ and that he doubts if there is anything worth sending from the Birmingham papers, further remarking ´I wrote an article however which appears in "The North American Review" for January, and perhaps you will find that serves your purpose´. The letter has at one stage been irregularly torn horizontally through the centre into two halves and since been rejoined somewhat crudely with sellotape, only very slightly affecting the text but not the signature. With some further staining, creasing and other minor faults. Only FR

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YUSUPOV FELIX: (1887-1967) Russian Aristocrat, also known as Prince Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston. Best known for his parti

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Lot 1584

YUSUPOV FELIX: (1887-1967) Russian Aristocrat, also known as Prince Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston. Best known for his participation in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin, 1916. A.L.S., `Prince Youssoupoff´, one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, Rue Pierre Guerin 38 bis, 29th December 1944, in French. Yusupov acknowledges the receipt of a sum as a loan, stating `Je soussigné déclare avoir reçu en titre de prêt de Monsieur J. Fasanes demeurant 12 rue Bauves à Sarcelles, la soome de 10,000 fr (dix mille francs) remboursables à sa premiere demande´ (Translation: "I, the undersigning, declare to have received as a loan from Mr. J. Fasanes residing at 12 rue Bauves in Sarcelles, the sum of 10,000 fr (ten thousand francs) repayable at his first request") Paper with Bellegarde Velin watermark. Overall creasing with few stains. F

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AVILDSEN JOHN: (1935-2017) American film director, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of the direct

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Lot 139

AVILDSEN JOHN: (1935-2017) American film director, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of the director in a head and shoulders profile pose filming a scene on set, most likely for the American romantic drama movie Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978). Signed by Avildsen in blue ink to a light area at the base of the image. VGSlow Dancing in the Big City was the first film Avildsen directed after having won the Best Director Oscar for Rocky (1976).

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TAKE THAT: Signed 10 x 8 photograph by all five original members of the English pop group Take That individually, comprising

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TAKE THAT: Signed 10 x 8 photograph by all five original members of the English pop group Take That individually, comprising Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Robbie Williams and Jason Orange, the RCA Records publicity image depicting the band standing together in full-length poses. Signed by each in blue inks with their first names to the image. Some minor traces of former mounting to the verso and one very light, minor stain to the head of the image, otherwise VG

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FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for

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Lot 1278

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). A very good A.L.S., `Gus.Flaubert´, two pages, 8vo, written to the first and third page, n.p., Thursday morning, in French. Flaubert is very upset and concerned regarding his manuscript retained by the censorship, and states `Cher ami, lundi dernier, Mr. Hallays, Mr. de Beauplan et moi, nous sommes convenus des corrections censurales, au chevet même du lit de Mr. de Beauplan. Je devais r´avoir mon m[anu]s[crit] le lendemain mardi. Jusqu´à present rien encore. Je me suis adressé pour cela, hier à Mr. De Beauplan qui m´a répondu de m´adresser moi-même à Mr. Hallays… Voyez-le je vous prie, et demandez-lui pouquoi mon m[anu]s[crit] n´est pas rendu au théatre´ (Translation: “Dear friend, last Monday, Mr. Hallays, Mr. de Beauplan and I agreed on censorship corrections, at the very bedside of Mr. de Beauplan's bedside. I was supposed to get my manuscript back the next day, Tuesday. So far nothing yet. For this, I spoke to Mr. De Beauplan yesterday, who told me to address myself to Mr. Hallays… Please see him, and ask him why my manuscript is not returned to the theatre”) Flaubert further insists in his manuscript and shows his indignation, stating `Le retard prolongé de la censure (voila sept semaines qu´elle détient mon m[anu]s[critº]) rend ma position intolérable près des administrateurs du Vaudeville! … Notez que jamais de la vie on ne garde un m[anu]s[crit] si longtemps – et que de l´aveu des censures il n´y a rien de reprehensible dans ma pièce! Alors pourquoi?´ (Translation: “The prolonged delay in censorship (they have held my manuscript for seven weeks) makes my position intolerable with the Vaudeville administrators! … Note that never in life a manuscript is kept for so long – and that according to censors there is nothing reprehensible in my work! So why?”) Extremely small corner clipped to the upper right corner of the second leaf, otherwise about VG

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MARIE CASIMIRE QUEEN OF POLAND: (1641-1716) Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d´Arquien, also known as Marysienka. Queen con

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Lot 1577

MARIE CASIMIRE QUEEN OF POLAND: (1641-1716) Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d´Arquien, also known as Marysienka. Queen consort of Poland 1676-96 as spouse of King John III Sobieski, and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. L.S., `Maria Casimira Regina´, one page, 4to, Bois, 6th January 1715, in Italian. The Queen sends her war and best wishes and greetings to a Cardinal, stating in part `Emin[enetissi]mo e Rev[erendissi]mo Sig[no]re, Le nove espressioni del suo affetto, che mi ha fatto giungere nelle scorse feste del S[anto] Natale, mene hanno accresciuto l´obbligo, ma non gia la certeza havendome io tante altre riprove, che non posso piu dubitare. Vorrei solo poter meglio corrisponderle con farle conoscere qual sia anche mio verso V[ostra] E[xcellenza] in ognei occasione che mi si presentasse: In mancanza.... et assicurarla insieme che e sempre piu grande la stima, che io conservo per il suo merito, al quale prego da Dio benedetto ogni piu ver e desiderata prosperita´ (Translation: "Most Eminent and Most Reverend Sir, The new expressions of your affection, which you sent me during the last Christmas holidays, have increased the obligation, but not the certainty, as I have so many other proofs that I can no longer doubt. I would only like to be able to correspond better by letting you know what I also feel towards Your Excellency on every occasion that it presents itself to me: Failing that.... and to assure you at the same time that the esteem which I hold for your merit, to which I pray God for every true and desired prosperity") Overall age wear, with two stains not affecting the signature and only few words to the first two lines, although remaining perfectly legible. Right edge slightly trimmed affecting to the conclusion of few words. F to G Fulvio Astalli (1655-1721) Italian Cardinal He voted in three conclaves where Popes Alexandre VIII (1689), Innocent XII (1691) and Clement XI (1700) were elected.

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[WATERLOO BATTLE OF]: [HALKETT HUGH]: (1783-1863) British General who served in the Napoleonic Wars and fought at the Battle

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Lot 1546

[WATERLOO BATTLE OF]: [HALKETT HUGH]: (1783-1863) British General who served in the Napoleonic Wars and fought at the Battle of Waterloo, commanding four battalions of Hanoverian militia. Halkett is remembered for having captured General Cambronne at Waterloo. An excellent, lengthy A.L.S., J Halkett, by Colonel James Halkett, son of Hugh Halkett, twenty-eight pages (comprising seven bifolia), 8vo, Farrance´s Hotel, near Eaton Square (London), 29th October 1862, to William Maynard Gomm (´My dear Sir William´). James Halkett states that his father is no longer able to read or write and that he is therefore replying on his behalf ´as I got him to tell me the story of his life the winter I spent in Hanover, & I then wrote down what he told me & can therefore repeat the story you ask about almost word for word as he gave it to me´, continuing to provide Gomm with ´a short sketch of my father´s proceedings & share in the glorious 18th June´ (the Battle of Waterloo), writing, in part, ´His brigade, composed of Hanoverian Landwehr, all untried troops, but partly officered & non-commissioned officered by the old King´s German Legion, formed part of General Clinton´s Division. After marching all night the bivouacked on the field of Waterloo. The Division.....was soon brought into the alignment with its right resting on Hougoumont. Whilst effecting this change the French cavalry attacked my father´s Brigade but they drew off on his forming en masse. At the time his first horse was killed, having both his hind legs shot away, the ball afterwards mowing down 8 men. His A.D.C. immediately dismounted & was shifting my father´s saddle on his horse when a shell fell near, wounded the man holding the horse & the horse scampered away. Colonel Dickson.....then caught a splendid English horse with new equipment & brought it to my father. At between 3 & 4 o/c in the afternoon General Clinton sent for my father & gave him the Duke´s orders to take whatever troops he liked & defend the garden & enclosures of Hougoumont......He immediately ordered the Salzgitter Battalion to attack the French who were in the wood, the Battalion did so, behaved very well, drove them out, & at the same time the skirmishers of the Brigade, who were excellent marksmen, formed together &.......drove back, with much spirit, the French skirmishers from the different enclosures, & my father then reported the place as secured. When, after 6 o´clock, the Duke gave orders for a general move in advance, my father placed himself at the head of the Osnabruck Battalion........He sent his Brigade Major to bring up the Battalion.....but the order was never received for Capt. Saffe was killed whilst carrying the order......Soon after the advance he fell in with old Garde Imperiale &......after driving them back he discovered the enemy´s artillery coming up out of a hollow way on his left, he ordered the skirmishers, supported by a company, to attack them.......About this time General Chasse (who afterwards defended Antwerp) galloped up to the front to see how matters were going on, & was full of admiration at the conduct of the troops.......Shortly after this an officer of the Duke´s staff galloped up & called out: "well done, Colonel Halkett, by God this is splendid". After a short pause he again advanced & under the heavy fire of the enemy´s artillery which had driven up on the left of the Imperial Guard, he attacked & took the guns.......Whilst following the French guards he saw their General, accompanied by two officers, come to the front to try & bring them to a stand. My father immediately threw forward his skirmishers & dashing full gallop at the General threatened to cut him down. He surrendered & declared himself to be General Cambronne......On leading his prisoner back, his horse, already wounded, received another shot & fell. With much difficulty he succeeded in getting him on his legs again when he discovered General Cambronne running back to the French Guards, he followed & caught him again, & seizing him by the aiguilette brought him back a prisoner & gave him over to a Sergeant......with orders to conduit him to the Duke of Wellington......Shortly after he had taken General Cambronne his horse was again hit & had his fore legs shot off.......He was soon remounted on a French Artillery horse which his men caught, but shortly after this third horse was shot under him. His men then shot a Frenchman who was mounted on a fine English, grey, Hussar horse, & brought him to my father who got a wet seat in the sheep´s skin which was satturated (sic) with the poor Frenchman´s blood.......After the French Guard had gone back, an officer belonging to them & who had been taken Prisoner, informed my father that Napoleon was amongst a large group of French officers & some French Cavalry who were hovering about his Brigade. He advanced his sharpshooters & these throwing some shot amongst them made them retire a short distance......My father then advanced on to the high road to Genappe & there fell in with the advanced Corps of the Prussians & shook hands with General Muffling. Not seeing any red coats near him, he halted & remained for the night in some straggling houses.....When returning next morning to re-join his Division he passed the guns which had been thrown into confusion......The Brigade when marching to Nivelle that morning was met by Lord Hill who highly complimented my father on its behaviour & marched at its head......When my father mentioned the gallant behaviour of the Brigade to Sir Henry Clinton, the General asked why this had not been mentioned the night before in order that he might have reported it to the Duke.....With regard to Cambronne´s "mot sublime" the only one my father heard was the one giving my father to understand that he surrendered, & it was pronounced in very good French! If anything ever was said about the Guard dieing etc., it certainly was at a later hour when Cambronne was safely lodged in our lines. My father was thrown together with the Comte d´Artois in Heligoland & when in Paris went to call on him. The future Charles X....did not think his countrymen fought well at Waterloo´. Halkett concludes his letter by writing of more social matters, but also makes a reference to the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Venta del Pozo which had been fought on 23rd October 1812 during the Peninsular War. A letter of wonderful content for its account of General Halkett´s involvement in the Battle of Waterloo, and not least in connection with the often disputed circumstances of the surrender of Cambronne to the British. Together with a slim oblong 12mo envelope wrapper annotated to the front panel in the hand of one of William Maynard Gomm´s relatives, ´Grass taken from the field of Waterloo, when I went over it with Uncle Gomm, Aunt Har[riet] & Miss Howard Vyse, July 23rd 1868´. With three small black seals to the verso, two of which remain intact. The contents of the envelope have not been examined, although dried grass can be seen through an opening at one end where the third seal is broken. Also including two other miscellaneous manuscript documents, one being a Report upon the proposed Sale of Land by Sir William Gomm to the Parish of Rotherhithe (1850). G to generally VG, 4OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM, THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT DE DISPLAYED. PLEASE REFER TO IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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WYMAN JANE: (1917-2007) American Actress. First wife of US President Ronald Reagan. An excellent signed 8 x 10 photograph, th

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Lot 698

WYMAN JANE: (1917-2007) American Actress. First wife of US President Ronald Reagan. An excellent signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting the American artist in a half-length pose. Signed in bold black ink across the image. Also inscribed to the upper left corner. VG

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DIANA: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III (when Prince of Wales). Signed and inscribed Christm

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Lot 1600

DIANA: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III (when Prince of Wales). Signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the stiff white 8vo folding card featuring a colour photograph to the inside of the Princess in a half-length pose alongside her husband, Prince Charles, on the occasion of their wedding on 29th July 1981. Signed and inscribed by Princess Diana in blue fountain pen ink above and below a printed Christmas and New Year greeting. With two gold embossed coats of arms to the front cover. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various Oscar winning actors and actresses comprising Mark R

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Lot 709

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various Oscar winning actors and actresses comprising Mark Rylance (signed with his first name only), Gregory Peck, Rod Steiger (in costume as Laban Feather from Lolly-Madonna XXX), Louis Gossett Jr. (in costume as the Drac pilot Jeriba Shigan from Enemy Mine), Peter Ustinov (in costume as Hercule Poirot from Evil Under the Sun) and Holly Hunter. All are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images, and only one is inscribed. Colour (4). VG to EX, 6

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MURAT JOACHIM: (1767-1815) Marshal of France, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. King of Naples 1808-15. D.S., `J. Napoleo

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Lot 1532

MURAT JOACHIM: (1767-1815) Marshal of France, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. King of Naples 1808-15. D.S., `J. Napoleon´, with flourish, a bold ink signature, one page, folio, Naples, 17th August 1810, in Italian. The partially printed document bears the printed heading ''Gioacchino Napoleone - Re delle Due Sicilie'' and is a decree comprising four articles, the first relating to the municipality of Mugnano, `La rendita del comune di Mugnano e fissata per l´anno amministrativo a tutto Decembre 1810...´ (Translation ''The income of the Municipality of Mugnano is set for the administrative year at the end of December 1810…”) The last and fourth decree charges the Minister of the Interior to execute the decrees approved by the King. Paper with watermark. Small overall minor age wear, mostly to the upper edge, otherwise about VG

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SCOTT DAVE: (1932- ) American astronaut, Commander of the Apollo XV mission (1971) and the seventh man to walk on the Moon &a

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Lot 1491

SCOTT DAVE: (1932- ) American astronaut, Commander of the Apollo XV mission (1971) and the seventh man to walk on the Moon & LEONOV ALEXEI (1934-2019) Russian cosmonaut, the first person to conduct a spacewalk (1965). Book signed, being a hardback edition of Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by Scott and Leonov, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster, London 2004. Signed by both Scott and Leonov individually in blue inks to the title page, Scott adding Apollo 15 in his hand beneath his signature and Leonov adding Voskhod 2, Soyuz-Apollo in his hand beneath his signature. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

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ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969), the first man to walk on the moon. Black ink s

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Lot 1472

ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969), the first man to walk on the moon. Black ink signature ('Neil Armstrong') on a plain white 5 x 3 card. Accompanied by an unsigned modern colour 8 x 10 photograph of Armstrong standing in a half-length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the immediate background. A couple of light creases to the edges of the card, not affecting the signature. VG to EX, 2

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HEPWORTH BARBARA: (1903-1975) English sculptor. Signed First Day of Issue cover commemorating Fine Arts in America and featur

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Lot 1236

HEPWORTH BARBARA: (1903-1975) English sculptor. Signed First Day of Issue cover commemorating Fine Arts in America and featuring an image of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, postmarked at Washington DC, 2nd December 1964. Signed by Hepworth in bold black ink to a clear area of the cover and adding the place, St. Ives, in her hand beneath her signature. About EX

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MOORE ROGER: (1927-2017) English actor, famous for his portrayal of the fictional British secret agent James Bond in seven fi

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Lot 810

MOORE ROGER: (1927-2017) English actor, famous for his portrayal of the fictional British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973-85. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Bond on Bond - Reflections on 50 Years of James Bond Movies, First US Edition published by Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2012. Signed by Moore in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

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SUPERMAN: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various cast members of the superhero film Superman (1978; many al

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Lot 220

SUPERMAN: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various cast members of the superhero film Superman (1978; many also appearing in sequels) comprising Susannah York (Lara, Superman´s biological mother on Krypton), Glenn Ford (Jonathan Kent, the adoptive father of Clark Kent), Phyllis Thaxter (Martha Kent, the adoptive mother of Clark Kent), Margot Kidder (Lois Lane, a reporter at the Daily Planet and Clark Kent´s love interest), Jackie Cooper (Perry White, Clark Kent´s boss at the Daily Planet), Trevor Howard (the First Elder, head of the Kryptonian Council), Maria Schell (Vond-Ah, a Kryptonian scientist) and Terence Stamp (General Zod, evil leader of the Kryptonian criminals). All are boldly signed by the actors (Kidder in fountain pen ink) largely to clear areas of the images, and none are inscribed. Generally VG, 8

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DANDRIDGE DOROTHY: (1922-1965) American actress and singer, the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Acad

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DANDRIDGE DOROTHY: (1922-1965) American actress and singer, the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original MCA Artists publicity portrait depicting Dandridge in a seductive half-length pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, ´Johnny - Thanks for everything - Sincerely - Dorothy Dandridge´. Scarce. Some very light, minor smudging to the signature and a few very small creases to the corners of the white borders, otherwise VG

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DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmuhl. Known as the Iron Marshal, Davou

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Lot 1525

DAVOUT LOUIS NICOLAS: (1770-1823) Marshal of France, Duc d´Auerstaedt and Prince of Eckmuhl. Known as the Iron Marshal, Davout was the only Napoleonic Marshal not to have been defeated in battle by 1815. Unusual and lengthy A.L., signed Davout to the address leaf, three pages, 4to, Bruges, 10th September 1803, to his wife Aimée Leclerc, in French. Davout sends a warm letter to his wife, with the printed heading of "Republique Française - L. Davout, General of the Guard of the Government, Commandant in chief of the Bruges camp", and states in part `...pendant tout le voyage je ne pensais qu´à elle, qu´à notre cruelle séparation. Je me disais ma bonne aimée pleure maintenant et les larmes n´étaient pas éloignées de couler chez moi. Je t´assure qu´il n´y a que toi au monde capable de m´attendrir à ce point... Crois qu´aussitôt que je pourrai te mander de venir me rejoindre ce sera un courier pour ne pas perdre de temps qui t´en apportera l´ordre...´ (Translation: "During the entire trip I only thought of you, of our cruel separation. I said to myself, my dear one is crying now and the tears were not far from flowing on me. I assure you that there is only you in the world capable of moving me to this point... Believe that as soon as I can ask you to come and join me it will be a courier so as not to waste time will bring you the order...") Davout further refers to the works in their home, and asks his wife to choose the garden iron doors, the additional trees for the garden and access and assure that her taste will preside everything charmingly. Further again, Davout refers to his wife´s pregnancy, stating `Comment, ma chère aimée, ai-je pu être aussi longtemps sans te parler du grand motif de consolation que tu portes probablement dans ton sein le petit Louis t´a t-il déjà donné des coups de pieds, tes maux de coeur ont-ils augmentés? J´ai tant d´espérance que je ne mets nullement cela en doute. Embrasse-le bien de ma part et recommande lui de ne point trop tourmenter sa petite maman...´ (Translation: "How, my dear beloved, could I have been so long without speaking to you about the great reason for consolation that you probably carry in your bosom, has little Louis ever kicked you inside, your heart aches have they increased? I have so much hope that I in no way doubt it. Give him a good kiss for me and advise him not to torment his little mother too much...") With address leaf. G to VGDavout was noted for his loyalty to his long-time second wife Louise Aimée Julie Davout (1782-1868), sister-in-law of Pauline Bonaparte, whom he married in 1801 and who remained with him until his death. Their marriage was loving and the couple seem to have been faithful to each other despite very long periods of separation. They had eight children, four of whom died in childhood. At the time of the present letter the couple had lost their first child, Paul, earlier that same year, and Louise was pregnant again. Although Davout calls the baby Louis, it will be a girl this time, Joséphine, who will also die shortly after in childhood.

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NELSON BARRY: (1917-2007) American actor, noted as the first actor to portray the fictional secret agent James Bond (in a 195

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Lot 265

NELSON BARRY: (1917-2007) American actor, noted as the first actor to portray the fictional secret agent James Bond (in a 1954 adaptation of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale). A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph of Nelson in a half length pose with his arms folded before him. Signed in green ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. EX

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GOMES ANTONIO CARLOS: (1836-1896) Brazilian Composer. Largely considered the first New World composer having his work accepte

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Lot 944

GOMES ANTONIO CARLOS: (1836-1896) Brazilian Composer. Largely considered the first New World composer having his work accepted in Europe. An excellent A.L.S., `A. Carlos Gomes´, four pages, 8vo, Milan, 20th September 1876, to Giovannina Lucca, in Italian. The letter bears to the upper left border an attractive red embossed seal with his intials "C.G". Gomes is furious after reading his correspondent´s letter referring to the copyright of his opera Fosca and responds forcefully, stating in part `Stimatissima Signora G. Lucca, vi prego di leggere ancora la vostra lettera del 12 Aprile 75 a me diretta, e vi convincerete dei miei diritti d´autore sul primo nolo. Quella fu una condizione proposta da me ed acorttata da voi, su cui ora, non credo, porrete alcun dubbio. Nella vostra lettera d´oggi voi dite di non capire nulla delle nie laguanze! Ahime!´ (Translation: "Most esteemed Mrs. G. Lucca, I ask you to read again your letter dated 12th April 1975 addressed to me, and you will be convinced of my right on the copyright on the first rental. That was a condition proposed by me and implemented by you, about which, now, I don't think, you will have any doubt. In your letter today you say you don't understand anything about my complaints! Alas!") Gomes uses bold exclamations and underlines, showing his anger and making it clear that he is not going to give up, saying `Per l´amor di dio, oppuredel Diavolo, signora Giovannina; volete che io prenda parte nei contratti da voi fatti cogli impresarii, ai quali voi accordate delle facilitazioni tutto a modo vostro? Il Guarany e roba vostra, e di quell´opera potete disporre (per l´Italia) a modo vostro, ma della Fosca, no!...´ (Translation: "For the love of God, or the Devil, Signora Giovannina; you want me to take part in the contracts you make with the entrepreneurs, to whom you grant facilities and all in your own way? The Guarany is your stuff, and you can dispose of that work (for Italy) in your own way, but not Fosca!...") Further and before conculding, Gomes states `Io intendo, in conclusione che, la Fosca non vale meno delle altre opera, e esigo i miei 30% sul valore di 6000, di nolo, e cosi deve essere...Credo ora di averoi parlato ben chiaro su questo affare, dal quale non transigo...´ (Translation: "I mean, in conclusion, that the Fosca is not worth less than the other works, and I demand my 30% on the value of 6000, and so it must be... I believe that I have now spoken very clearly about this deal, which I am not willing to accept any change...") VG to EX Giovannina Lucca (1810-1894) Italian Musical EditorFosca (1872) is an Opera in four acts by Gomes, with libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on Luigi Capranica´s novel La Festa delle Marie (1869). The Opera premier took place at La Scala in Milan, on 16th February 1873.

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DERAIN ANDRE: (1880-1954) French artist, painter and sculptor, a co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. A.L.S., A Derain,

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DERAIN ANDRE: (1880-1954) French artist, painter and sculptor, a co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse. A.L.S., A Derain, one page, 4to (feint squared graph paper), Lisieux, 31st May 1915, to a gentleman, in French. Derain states that he was touched by the expressions of friendship contained in his correspondent´s letter although continues to write in a sober manner, ´depuis la guerre j’ai été très abandonné des milieux de peinture, je me demande même s’il m’arrivera jamais d’en refaire´ (Translation: ´since the war I have been very much abandoned by painting circles, and I wonder if I will ever paint again´) further displaying his disillusionment, ´Je serai aussi très reconnaissant si par une mission quelconque vous pouviez me tirer d’ici le plu tôt possible et me faire passer soit dans l’aviation soit dans l’automobile mais je crains que cela ne soit pour vous la source de multiples ennuis. Mais vous me rendriez un réel service si vous pouviez me faire partir d’ici par n’importe où même aux Dardanelles dans un emploi quelconque ou sur le front´ (Translation: ´I would also be very grateful if by some mission you could get me out of here as soon as possible and get me into either aviation or motoring, but I'm afraid that would be a source of a lot of trouble for you. But you would be doing me a real favour if you could get me out of here anywhere, even to the Dardanelles in some job or at the front´). Derain concludes by offering his gratitude and thanks his correspondent for the kindness that they have shown to the absent artist´s wife. Some very light, minor age wear and a couple of small tears to the edges of the folds, about VGAt the beginning of the World War I, Derain was mobilised in the artillery, in the Lisieux infantry regiment. He served in Champagne, the Somme, Verdun and the Chemin des Dames until 1917, then in the Aisne and the Vosges. The years immediately before the war are sometimes described as Derain´s gothic period and during the war itself the artist produced little work although did provide a set of illustrations for Andre Breton´s first book, Monte de Piete, in 1916.

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TRUMP DONALD: (1946- ) American President 2017-21. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Trump - How to Get Rich, First Ed

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Lot 1654

TRUMP DONALD: (1946- ) American President 2017-21. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Trump - How to Get Rich, First Edition published by Random House, New York, 2004. Signed by Trump with his name alone in bold black ink to the half-title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some very light, minimal age wear to the edges and with a discount sticker affixed to the front cover). VG

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APOLLO XI: An 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Stadhuis (City Hall) in Durban, South Africa, featuring the coat of ar

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Lot 1487

APOLLO XI: An 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Stadhuis (City Hall) in Durban, South Africa, featuring the coat of arms of the city at the head, individually signed by all three crew members of the Apollo XI mission comprising Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) American astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI, the first man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin (1930- ) American astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI, the second man to walk on the moon, and Michael Collins (1930-2021) American astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI. All have signed in bold black inks with their names alone to the upper half of the page. Two file holes to the upper and lower edges and slightly irregularly torn to the upper edge with the loss of some printed text, although not affecting the signatures. Some very light, minimal creasing, about VG

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COLEMAN CHARLOTTE: (1968-2001) English actress, remembered for her portrayal of Scarlett in the British romantic comedy film

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Lot 526

COLEMAN CHARLOTTE: (1968-2001) English actress, remembered for her portrayal of Scarlett in the British romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). A scarce signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the young actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink across a light area at the base of the image. With a further brief note in her hand to the verso, signed with her first name. Signed photographs of Coleman are scarce as a result of her untimely death at the age of 33. VG

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DIANA: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III (when Prince of Wales). Signed and inscribed Christm

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Lot 1601

DIANA: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III (when Prince of Wales). Signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the stiff white oblong 8vo folding card featuring a colour photograph to the inside of the Princess standing outdoors in a half-length pose alongside her husband, Prince Charles, and with their two young sons seated together before them on top of a stone carved garden bench. Signed and inscribed by the Princess ('Nicki......Lots of love from us all, Diana x') in bold black fountain pen ink above and below a printed Christmas and New Year greeting. With two gold embossed coats of arms to the front cover. EX

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RAINIER III: (1923-2005) Sovereign Prince of Monaco 1949-2005. A lengthy and revealing T.L.S., Rainier Pce. Monaco. with holo

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RAINIER III: (1923-2005) Sovereign Prince of Monaco 1949-2005. A lengthy and revealing T.L.S., Rainier Pce. Monaco. with holograph salutation and subscription, five pages (separate leaves), 4to, n.p. (Monte Carlo?), 11th September 1968, to Marcel [Palmero], Consul General of Monaco, on the Prince´s blue monogrammed stationery, in both French and English (the latter with many grammatical and spelling mistakes, retained in the extracts that follow). Rainier writes an expansive letter in which he expresses his strong opinions regarding various aspects of life in Monaco, as well as the behaviour of Wilfred Groote, an adviser to Prince Rainier and a key figure related to the Société des Bains de Mer (SBM), commencing in French and explaining that it is essential for Rainier to meet Palmero in order to talk about business and the SBM and take stock of the situation, ´La situation actuelle, ne peut et ne doit durer. J´ai pour habitude d´etre tres franc avec vous....et cést ainsi que nos rapports demeurent toujours confiants et solides. Je vous demandes de considerer ce que je vous ecris, comme tout a fait confidentiel. Cela doit rester entre nous bien entendu. Principalement, il s´agit de Groote.....ce garcon semble vraiment maintenant avoir une curieuse conception de sa fonction, et ses methodes de direction me paraissent peu psychologiques, et dans le domaine des relations humaines il semble denue de toute sensibilite. Se mettant a dos tout le monde, par sa facon de faire, beaucoup plus que par effet des mesures ou decisions imposees par necessite d´une reforme de la gestion que je suis le premier a vouloir et approuver. Seulement, il y a des erreurs commises, et ses erreurs vont a l´encontre de ce que je souhaite avec tant d´ardeur: la reprise de l´exploitation de la societe et de ses entreprises. Groote semble refuser tout conseil ou avis, se croyant avoir la science infuse´ (Translation: ´The current situation cannot and must not continue. I am in the habit of being very frank with you.... and this is how our relationship always remains confident and solid. I would ask you to treat what I write to you as completely confidential. It must remain between us, of course. Mainly, it concerns Groote.....this boy really does now seem to have a curious conception of his position, and his management methods seem to me to be very unpsychological, and in the field of human relations he seems to be devoid of any sensitivity. His way of doing things has alienated everyone much more than the measures or decisions imposed by the need for management reform, which I am the first to want and approve. The only problem is that mistakes have been made, and these mistakes run counter to what I so fervently want to see: a return to running the company and its businesses. Groote seems to refuse any advice or opinion, believing himself to be an expert´), continuing to express his views on how just one managing director should operate within the SBM andd that he should have a buffer man ´who sees to the details and follows through avoiding thus that the director general be on the front line, this I told Groote many months ago, telling him that he could obtain a lot if he went the right way with the personel..to crack the whip; is fine...but not on peoples backbone! I think, that more than ever, you yourself must change, when you are here, the structure of the management keep Groote who is certainly a man of great value, but put him in a position of directeur general technique.....but for the daily routine and the general management, you should promote some good man......Un bon executant qui a une certaine lattitude de decision, un certain pouvoir de prendre certaines decisions dans le management general de la societe, dans l´exploitation des divers etablissements (Translation: ´A good performer who has a degree of decision-making latitude, a certain power to take certain decisions in the general management of the company, in the operation of the various establishments´).....there seems to me that Groote has become to big for his shoes, in his own opinion of himself...and thus he does not accept, advice or even requests, that even I put to him! When he asks to be received by me, I always do, but nothing really comes out of our talk and I consider now that it is a pure loss of time for me to discuss with him...he has pre set ideas, and opinions that he is not ready to abandon!´. The Prince continues his letter making reference to other individuals and organisations within Monaco, including the Sea Club, ´It is too big! The P[rin]c[e]ss and myself went there the other night, and by night things appear more shocking to the eye. First it is not intimate...it is cold and very drafty..and above all the same monumental mistake, of the old summer sporting club, has been repeated..people sit with there back to the sea!!! facing naturally the band stand. Many points that I thought I had made clear to you and to Groote have not been taken at all into consideration! WHY?´, further remarking ´Mes avis, mes conseild, et plus encore mes requetes ou demandes sont perdues pourquoi alors les formulerai-je? Je voulais que cet etablissement ait une vraie nouvelle personnalite axee sur la clientele plus jeune, avec des prix appropriees. J´avais recommandee que les orchestres, les attractions, et meme le genre de nourriture, ne soient pas les memes offerts aux clients du Sea Club, que ceux offerts au Sporting. Nul besoin de faire la rotation des orchestres au cours de la nuit..et de faire passer les attractions du Sporting..c´est un privilege de cet etablissement...Une formation orchestrale petite et tres moderne doit suffir...TOUT le Sea Club doit fonctionner de jour comme de nuit..piscine, bains snack etc, ce n´est pas un night club...mais un espece de club chic, et jeune...Actuellement on sert des repas, des diners fins...et le nouveau Sea Club, a cause de cela fait regretter a ce genre de clientele classique, l´ancien sea club! J´aimerai avec vous revoir Tout l´ensemble de ce probleme. Mais cette fois je voudrai que mes avis, s´ils sont ecoutes, entendus, soient aussi, et surtout suivis d´effets...On a plusieurs mois pour "arranger" le Sea Club.......Mais for God´s sake lets keep too many chefs from spoiling the sauce! Je m´oocupe de trouver l´adresse actuel de Rigal.....et je vous demanderai de le faire venir, et de le consulter sur ce qu´il faudrait faire pour rendre cet etablissement moins "kolossal" moins froid, plus gai (car c´est mortel actuellement, mortel comme seul les etablissements americains du genre savent etre) il n´y a ni ambiance, ni atmosphere´ (Translation: ´My opinions, advice and, above all, my requests and demands are lost, so why should I make them? I wanted this establishment to have a real new personality focused on younger customers, with appropriate prices. I recommended that the orchestras, the attractions, and even the type of food, should not be the same as those offered at the Sporting. There is no need to rotate the orchestras throughout the night...and to pass on the Sporting's attractions...this is a privilege of this establishment...A small and very modern orchestra should suffice...The whole of the Sea Club should function day and night. .swimming pool, baths snack etc, it's not a night club...´OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM, THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT DE DISPLAYED. PLEASE REFER TO IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

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PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two pages, small 8vo, Paris, 19th May 1884,

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PISSARRO CAMILLE: (1830-1903) French Impressionist painter. A.L.S., C. Pissarro, two pages, small 8vo, Paris, 19th May 1884, to Claude Monet ('Mon cher Monet'), in French. Pissarro writes, in full, 'Rien de nouveau l'affaire de Durand a evidemment ete remise ou modifiee comme je vous le pressentais - Durand est plus tranquille et m'a assure que je pouvais partir, comme bien vous pensez je retourneai a Eragny avec bien peu de ressources affronter les creancieres; au moins je travaillerai un peu' (Translation: 'Nothing new, Durand's case has obviously been postponed or modified as I suspected - Durand is calmer and has assured me that I can leave, as you can imagine I will return to Eragny with very few resources to face the creditors; at least I will be able to work a little'). A letter with good associations. VGClaude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist painter.Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French art dealer associated with the Impressionists, and the first to support Pissarro, Monet and Renoir.

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SMITH ROBERT: (1959- ) English rock musician, co-founder and lead vocalist of The Cure. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of th

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SMITH ROBERT: (1959- ) English rock musician, co-founder and lead vocalist of The Cure. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the goth icon standing in a half-length pose. Signed in gold ink with his first name to the base of the image and dated 2019 in his hand. EXProvenance: The vendor informs us that the signature was obtained in person at the General Aviation terminal of Vienna Airport following The Cure´s appearance at the Nova Rock Festival in Burgenland on 14th June 2019.

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LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American film comedians. A good vintage signed and inscribed s

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Lot 482

LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American film comedians. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 10 x 8 photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, the image depicting the duo in characteristic head and shoulders poses together, each wearing their trademark bowler hats. Photograph by Stax (uncredited). Signed by both in blue fountain pen inks to the lower border, Laurel adding an inscription (´Hello Ray!´) in his hand. Some very slight, minor staining and age wear to the edges, only very slightly touching the first word of Laurel´s inscription and not the signatures. About VG

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DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) English novelist. An interesting, small archive of letters, documents and photographs signed b

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Lot 1325

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) English novelist. An interesting, small archive of letters, documents and photographs signed by Daphne du Maurier, relating in particular to her beloved Cornwall, where she spent much of her life and where many of her works are set, comprising a T.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 30th November 1973, to Hans G. Kosters, stating, in part, ´Like many other writers, I myself think the novels written about other places besides Cornwall are sometimes better! For instance, "The Scapegoat" (set in France), "The Progress of Julius" (set in France)....and even "The Flight of the Falcon" (set in Italy) have more depth, to my mind, than my Cornish novels, though they may not have been so popular.....Meanwhile, I have answered your questions as best I could, and forgive this short letter, but.....I am working hard on research of the live and times of the two Bacon brothers - the elder, Anthony, is barely known to the non-historical reader, and was one of the first "secret agents" of those times, employed by the ill-fated Earl of Essex. His brother Francis is of course well known´; a second T.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 7th September 1974, also to Kosters, thanking him for his letter and a newspaper (´I only wish I could read German!´) and continuing to comment on tourism in Cornwall, ´The Cornish coast has been very crowded with tourists this past month, and although we like them to enjoy our beaches I wish they would not leave their rubbish behind them; all the debris of thousands of picnics, papers, tins, bottles, cans, which the tide cannot sweep away! I dare say you have the same in Germany, not only on your beaches but in the forests. It is a great pity´, and also referring to Golden Lads, her biography of Sir Francis and Anthony Bacon, ´I very much doubt if it will be published before next spring or summer......Printing seens to take a long time these days, at any rate in England´; an interesting questionnaire, four pages, 4to, n.p. (Cornwall), n.d. (1974), comprising over twenty questions regarding Cornwall and Du Maurier herself, to which the novelist provides her typescript answers, seventeen of which are signed with her initials (´D du M´), expressing her belief that the tourist industry in Cornwall does not benefit the tinners, clayworkers, fishermen or farmers and noting that ´Mass tourism has already spoilt Spain, Portugal, Brittany, and Greece´, stating that ´The discerning visitor will not cross the Tamar if he finds Blackpool the other side. Those who wish for Blackpool will be better served in Lancashire!´, observing that ´Cornwall is a narrow peninsular. It cannot feed or house a mass invasion of tourists. Nor does the majority of the population desire this invasion´, declaring ´I am appalled at the idea of High Rise buildings in Cornwall. I would like to blast them from the ground in London, Paris, and elsewhere!´, and also stating ´The challenge must be to the young, whether in Cornwall or in the world. They will inherit what we have bequeathed to them. If what we bequeath is ugly, and through our fault, surely they will blame us? Or, if they are without appreciation of the beautiful, this is equally our fault, for it means we have not taught them understanding. My voice is not important. Perhaps I do belong to Cornwall but Cornwall does not only belong to me. It belongs, as every place and country must do, to those who live their lives in it now, today, and will do so through the years, and if the memory of those who are gone and lie beneath the soil still lingers on through the centuries, then perhaps this can be an inspiration to the living to build well upon the old foundations´, followed by a series of questions and answers on a more personal level, stating that she has lived at Kilmarth since 1969 and that she generally does not write for more than five hours a day, adding ´I am not a recluse! Family and friends come to stay. But I do not go often to London´ and in response to a question about whether it disturbs her to be called the ´best-selling author´ in the world, Du Maurier responds ´I do not think this has been true for a number of years! Many best-selling authors have eclipsed me!´; a signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Du Maurier standing outdoors in a three-quarter length pose, signed in blue ink with her name alone to the centre of the image; a signed 6 x 8 photograph of the novelist seated in a pensive half-length pose at a table upon which appears a copy of her book Vanishing Cornwall, signed in blue ink with her name alone to a light area of the image; a further six unsigned photographs of various sizes including images of Kilmarth and individual portraits of Du Maurier and her two daughters, Tessa and Flavia; and a carbon typed copy of a letter from Kosters to Du Maurier. Some light age wear and a few minor traces of former mounting, otherwise generally VG, 12

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MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) South African anti-apartheid activist, the first President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace P

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Lot 1429

MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) South African anti-apartheid activist, the first President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. T.L.S., N Mandela, one page, 4to, n.p., July 1997, to Marlene Jacobs. Mandela thanks his correspondent for her assistance in helping to host a Children's Party in Cape Town on 4th July 1997 in honour of his 79th Birthday, continuing to remark 'As you know, all children are very close to my heart but particularly those youngsters who are forced to face tremendous difficulties and tragedies in their young lives. The children who attended my party were especially vulnerable, facing severe life-threatening diseases, and by giving support to this Party you helped me give them a day they will never forget' and further adding 'The event was a wonderful success - which is still being commented on - and reflects the very high degree of commitment, professionalism and sheer hard work that you, as part of the organising team, put into the planning and execution of it'. A letter of good content. A light band of discoloration to the edges, evidently caused by previous framing, and with a small tear to the upper right edge, otherwise about VG

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WALTZ CHRISTOPH: (1956- ) Austrian actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Waltz in a half-length pos

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Lot 685

WALTZ CHRISTOPH: (1956- ) Austrian actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Waltz in a half-length pose in costume as Standartenfuhrer Hans Landa, seated at a table and with a telephone in the foreground, from Quentin Tarantino´s war film Inglourious Basterds (2009). Signed by the actor in blue ink with his name alone to the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the Gartenbaukino (during the Vienna International Film Festival, 2017). Waltz won the first of his two Best Supporting Actor Oscars for his performance as Landa. EX

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PHILIP V: (1683-1746) King of Spain 1700-24 & 1724-46. Grandson of Louis XIV. A very fine L.S., Yo el Rey, one page, 4to, Mad

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Lot 1561

PHILIP V: (1683-1746) King of Spain 1700-24 & 1724-46. Grandson of Louis XIV. A very fine L.S., Yo el Rey, one page, 4to, Madrid, 30th August 1707, to the Count of Peralada, in Spanish. The King informs his correspondent about the joyful new and announces the birth of his first child, his son and heir the Prince Louis I of Spain, named after the King´s grandfather Louis XIV of France. The King states in part `Es tan singular el beneficio con que la divina misericordia nos ha favorecido en el dichoso parto de la Reina, mi muy cara y amada, en el dia 25 de Agosto a las diez y dieciséis minutos de la mañana, dando a luz un Principe a estos Reinos, y en el mayor consuelo… y benigna protección con que nos mira. Continuándola con la salud y buena disposición con que ha quedado y prosigue la Reina…´ (Translation: `The benefit with which divine mercy has favoured us in the Queen´s blissful childbirth, my very dear and beloved spouse, on August 25th at ten and sixteen minutes in the morning, giving birth to a Prince for these Kingdoms, and in the greatest relief... and the benign protection with which he looks at us. Continuing with the health and good disposition with which the Queen has remained and continues…´) Attractively countersigned by Francisco de Quincoces. With address leaf, bearing a partially damaged paper seal affixed. Very small age wear with two very small holes corresponding to the seal to the verso, not affecting the text or signatures. Guillem Rocafull-Puxmarin y Rocaberti (?-1728) Spanish Noble. Count of Peralada and Grande of Spain. Louis, King of Spain (1707-1724) He was born on 25th August 1707 at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, in Madrid, five days before the present letter was written. Eldest son of the reigning King Philip V of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa of Savoy. His reign is one of the shortest in history, lasting seven months, from January 1724 when his father abdicated in his favour, to August 1724 when he died at the very early age of seventeen of smallpox.

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WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the victor of Waterloo. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A po

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WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the victor of Waterloo. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A poignant A.L.S., Wn, three pages, 4to, London, 23rd February 1829, to 'My dearest Betsy'. Wellington commences his letter by writing 'You are in good health and moreover you are a reasonable woman, and I therefore select you as the person to whom I ought to announce a very terrible event of which I heard yesterday evening' and warns 'You must summon to your aid all your fortitude and your sense of religion; as you must be aware that you have not only to bear this misfortune yourself; but by your exhortations & example to induce others to bear it of whom one is ill and the other but little accustomed to to govern her first impulses in anything'. Wellington continues to explain 'You are aware that your uncle Genl. Harper has long been afflicted by a disorder in the circulation near his heart called an ossification of one of the vessels. It appears that he was sitting at breakfast lately with his family and got up to talk over with his son some arrangement connected with the marriage of the latter, when he suddenly dropped down dead! The person from whom I had the intelligence was Mr. Rush who dined with me yesterday. He had received the account direct at the end of last week. He had no doubt of the fact' and concludes the letter 'I had the pleasure of being acquainted with General Harper; and for his sake, for that of his family and for yours & your dear sisters, I cannot express to you what pain this event has given me'. One neat split to the central right edge of the first page, only very slightly affecting a couple of words of text, otherwise VG

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[OPERATION VENGEANCE]: A multiple signed softcover edition of Yamamoto Returns! A True Story of Reincarnation by Dennis Dalli

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[OPERATION VENGEANCE]: A multiple signed softcover edition of Yamamoto Returns! A True Story of Reincarnation by Dennis Dallison, published by the Unarius Educational Foundation, 1985, signed by seven American pilots who participated in Operation Vengeance, the American top secret military operation to kill Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 18th April 1943 during the Solomon Islands campaign in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, comprising Rex T. Barber (1917-2001) American Colonel and fighter pilot, credited for shooting down Yamamoto´s plane; Thomas G. Lanphier Jr. (1915-1987) Panama-born American Colonel and fighter pilot who was firstly given sole credit, and later partial credit, shared with Barber, for shooting down Yamamoto´s plane; John W. Mitchell (1914-1995) American Colonel, a flying ace who was the leader of Operation Vengeance; Louis Kittel (1918-1998) American Lieutenant Colonel; Doug Canning (1919-2016) American Lieutenant Colonel; Julius ´Jack´ Jacobson (d.2005) American Major; and Besby Holmes (1917-2006) American Lieutenant Colonel, the latter four all being fighter pilots who provided air cover and acted as reserves during the mission. Six of the ink signatures appear to the title page, most adding their ranks etc. beneath their signatures, and Holmes has signed to the opposite page with a lengthy inscription in his hand, in part, ´I had as you know two encounters with Admiral Yamamoto. The first when his forces beat the hell out of us at Hawaii Dec. 7 1941. The second was Apr 18 1943 when we intercepted Adm Yamamoto and his entire personal staff. No one knew who had shot down Adm Y until a portion of Adm Ugaki´s diary was published.....´. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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LAGERFELD KARL & HADID ZAHA: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) German fashion Designer. Lagerfeld was known as the creative director

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Lot 1003

LAGERFELD KARL & HADID ZAHA: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) German fashion Designer. Lagerfeld was known as the creative director of Chanel since 1983 until his death. He was recognized for always wearing his black sunglasses, gloves and high detachable collars, & Zaha Hadid (1950-2016) British-Iraqi Architect and Designer. Known as the Queen of the Curve, her works include the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics and the Guangzhou Opera House among many others. Hadid was the first woman to have ever been awarded the Pritzker Architecture prize. A very fine signed 5 x 7 photograph by Lagerfeld and Hadid, the image depicting them standing in a full length pose, on a balcony with views over a Venice channel. Individually signed in bold blue inks to a clear area of the image. VG

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BELL ALEXANDER GRAHAM: (1847-1922) Scottish scientist & inventor, credited with inventing the first practical telephone.

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Lot 1457

BELL ALEXANDER GRAHAM: (1847-1922) Scottish scientist & inventor, credited with inventing the first practical telephone. A very fine vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Bell in a luxurious open-air pedicab, the inventor looking resplendent in a plain white suit as he sits comfortably in the wicker seat at the front of the tricycle. The original press photograph bears the credit stamp of Underwood & Underwood to the verso and a neatly affixed printed caption indicates that the photograph was taken at Palm Beach (Florida) on 27th January 1916. Signed (´Alexander Graham Bell´) by Bell with his name alone in black fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Accompanied by the large folded front panel of the original registered post envelope addressed to Mr. Y. Minami of Okura & Co. Ltd in New York City. Signed photographs of Bell are rare and desirable, and the present example is a particularly unusual and appealing image enhanced by an excellent example of Bell´s signature. Some very light, extremely minor surface creasing and a few very minimal traces of former mounting to the verso, VG

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RICHTER GERHARD: (1932- ) German artist. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Patterns - Divided, Mirrored, Repeated, Fir

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Lot 1218

RICHTER GERHARD: (1932- ) German artist. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Patterns - Divided, Mirrored, Repeated, First edition published by Heni Publishing, London and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Cologne, 2012, the profusely illustrated oblong 8vo volume consisting of colour images taken from an abstract painting created by Richter in 1990 (CR: 724-4) and, as the introductory text explains 'divided vertically into 2, then 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096 strips', additionally stating 'This process (twelve stages of division) results in 8190 strips, each of which is the height of the original image. With each stage of division the strips become progressively thinner (a strip of the 12th division is 0.08 mm).....Each strip is then mirrored and repeated which results in patterns.....'. Signed ('Richter') by the artist in black ink to the half-title page. About EX

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NAGATSUKA RYUJI: (1924- ) Japanese Kamikaze. One of the few Kamikaze survivors. Pilot Fighter serving the Royal Japanese air

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Lot 1124

NAGATSUKA RYUJI: (1924- ) Japanese Kamikaze. One of the few Kamikaze survivors. Pilot Fighter serving the Royal Japanese air forces in 1945. Nagatsuka became an author after WWII and is best known for his work I was a Kamikaze, translated in multiple languages. A good and lengthy A.L.S., `Ryugi et Yoko Nagatsuka´, one page, folio, Tokyo, 15th November 1973, to Monsieur Fernand Fossier, in French. The letter is written on his printed stationery in his capacity as literature Professor of the Nihon University in Tokyo. Nagatsuka thanks his French correspondents for the letters received and states in part `Je souhaite que Florence apprenne le japonais pour être capable de lire mes articles sur George Sand.... ´ (Translation: "I wish Florence would learn Japanese to be able to read my articles on George Sand...") Nagatsuka further refers to the petrol crisis of 1973 and how much it is going to affect Japan, and further refers to war veterans and to survivors of special missions, saying `Mes anciens camarades de combats, survivants des missions d´attaque spéciale, me renvoient petit à petit les photos signées... Nous parlons très souvent de vous trois ainsi que de Madame Costes...´ (Translation: "My former combat comrades, survivors of the special attack missions, are gradually sending me back the signed photos... We talk very often about the three of you as well as about Madame Costes...") Accompanied by the original envelope, postmarked and stamped. Very small minor corner creases, otherwise VGDieudonné Costes (1892-1973) French Aviator. Fighter Ace during WWI. Costes performed in 1930 the first Westbound crossing of the North Atlantic, on board the Breguet XIX "Point d´Interrogation".

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LAVOISIER ANTOINE-LAURENT DE: (1743-1794) French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th century chemical revolution

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Lot 1460

LAVOISIER ANTOINE-LAURENT DE: (1743-1794) French nobleman and chemist who was central to the 18th century chemical revolution and who had a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology. L.S., Lavoisier, three pages, folio, Paris, 11th August 1793, to Louis-Francois-Antoine Arbogast, in French. Lavoisier commences his letter by informing Arbogast that ´L´Academie des sciences la seance qui a precede sa separation a nomme en execution du decret de la Convention, quatre commissaires pour former un apercu de depenses qu´occasionneront l´establissement et l´envoy des nouvelles mesures dans les departements et districts de la Republique. Vous en avez ete prevenu Citoyen par une lettre du C[itoyen]. Darcet qui etait alors President´ (Translation: ´The Academy of Sciences, in the session which preceded its separation, appointed, in execution of the decree of the Convention, four commissioners to draw up an outline of the expenditure which the establishment and dispatch of the new measures will cause in the departments and districts of the Republic. You were informed of this, Citizen, by a letter from C[itozen]. Darcet, who was President at the time´) and continues, in part, ´Nous avons ete depuis informes que la comite d´Instruction publique vous avait choisi avec le C. Fourcroi en execuction du meme decret, pour concourir a ce travail.......Il est egalement necessaire que nous sachions si les commissaires qui ont ete charges des operations astronomiques et geodesiques en Espagne et en France, si ceux qui doivent mesurer la base, si ceux enfin qui sont charges de comparer les mesures en usage dans les departements et districts de la Republique......L´instruction que l´academie a ete chargee de rediger sur l´usage des nouvelles mesures et sur l´artithmethique decimale, offre encore une difficulte de plus, parce que les commissaires qui doivent etre charges de cet objet n´ont point encore ete nommes. Je dois de plus Citoyen representant vous observer que je me trouve depositaire des barres de platine destinees a mesurer les bases de leur monture des thermometres metalliques qui doivent les accompagner, de plusieurs etalons de poids, d´une quantite considerable de platine brute destinee a faire des etalons.....J´ai indique dans une lettre que j´ai adressee hier au Comite d´Instruction publique les deux seuls moyens qui me paraissent pratiquables pour sortir d´un aussi grand embarras, c´est ou d´excepter l´academie des sciences de la supression prononcee par le decret de la convention comme l´avait propose le comite d´instruction publique, ou d´autoriser les membres qui composaient la cidevant academie a se former en societe libre pour qu´ils ont entame, notamment de ceux dont ils ont ete charges par la convention, en leur conservant les attributions qui leur avoient ete affectees pour la suite de ces travaux par le decret de 20 aout 1790. Si le comite d´Instruction publique n´obtient point une decision prompte de la convention sur ces differents objets, l´operation des poids et mesures sera entierement suspendue; J´envoye au Citoyen Lakanal copie de cette lettre dont il est necessaire qu´il ait connaissance´ (Translation: ´We have since been informed that the Public Education Committee has chosen you and the C. Fourcroi in execution of the same decree, to take part in this work......It is also necessary that we know if the commissioners who have been in charge of astronomical and geodetic operations in Spain and France, if those who must measure the base, if those who are in charge of comparing the measures in use in the departments and districts of the French Republic, have the right to do so..........The instruction that the Academy has been asked to draw up on the use of the new measures and on decimal arithmetic offers yet another difficulty, because the commissioners who are to be responsible for this matter have not yet been appointed. I must also point out to you, Representative Citizen, that I am the custodian of platinum bars intended to measure the bases of their mounts for the metal thermometers which must accompany them, of several weight standards, and of a considerable quantity of raw platinum intended to make standards........In a letter that I sent yesterday to the Comité d'Instruction Publique, I indicated the only two means that seem practicable to me to get out of such a great embarrassment, either to exempt the Academy of Sciences from the suppression pronounced by the decree of the Convention, as the Comité d'Instruction Publique had proposed or to authorise the members who made up the former academy to form themselves into a free society so that they could begin, in particular, the work for which they had been made responsible by the convention, retaining for them the attributions which had been assigned to them for the continuation of this work by the decree of 20th August 1790. If the Comité d'Instruction Publique does not obtain a prompt decision from the Convention on these various matters, the operation of weights and measures will be entirely suspended; I am sending Citizen Lakanal a copy of this letter, of which he must be aware´). In a postscript Lavoisier further states ´Je joins à la présente une copie de la lettre (encore présente) que j´ecris au Citoyen Delambre, j´ai cru remplir les intentions du comite d´Instruction publique en le tranquilisant et en l´encourageant . J´ecrirai dans cet esprit au C. Mechain. Je fais pour le mieux dans les circonstances embarassantes ou je me trouve, j´espere que je ne serai pas desaprouve par le comite´ (Translation: ´I enclose herewith a copy of the letter (still present) which I wrote to Citizen Delambre. I thought I was fulfilling the intentions of the Comité d'Instruction Publique by calming and encouraging him. I will write in this spirit to the C. Mechain. I am doing my best in the embarrassing circumstances in which I find myself, and I hope that I will not be disapproved by the committee´). Letters signed by Lavoisier are rare as a result of his execution by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution, at the untimely age of 50 (having been charged with tax fraud and selling adulterated tobacco), and the presnt example has fine content, not least for its references to a number of important contemporary chemists, astronomers, mathematicians and other individuals. Some light age wear and minor duststaining and a few small tears to the edges, otherwise about VG, 2Louis Francois Antoine Arbogast (1759-1803) French mathematician.Jean Darcet (1724-1801) French chemist, one of the first to manufacture porcelain in France as a director of the works as Sevres.Antoine-Francois de Fourcroy (1755-1809) French chemist who collaborated with Lavoisier.Joseph Lakanal (1762-1845) French politician, an original member of the Institut de France and a member of the Committee of Public Instruction from 1793.Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) French mathematician, astronomer and geodesist who authored several well-known books on the history of astronomy.Pierre Mechain (1744.1804) French astronomer, a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.

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OASIS: A colour 25 x 35 promotional poster issued for the debut studio album Definitely Maybe (1994) by the English rock band

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Lot 899

OASIS: A colour 25 x 35 promotional poster issued for the debut studio album Definitely Maybe (1994) by the English rock band Oasis, individually signed by all five band members comprising Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Paul ´Bonehead´ Arthurs, Paul ´Guigsy´ McGuigan and Tony McCaroll, featuring the colour image of the band by rock photographer Michael Spencer Jones that was used as the album´s front cover. Printed by GB Posters of Sheffield for Underworld Merchandising Ltd. Signed by each of the five band members in bold black inks to clear areas of the image, most with either their first names or nicknames only. Two neat, lengthy cuts to the left and upper edges where the white borders meet the image, and with some slight tape staining to the extreme edges. About VGProvenance: The vendor informs us that the signatures were obtained in person by an employee of Virgin when Oasis made an appearance at the Virgin Megastore in Marble Arch, London on 30th August 1994.Definitely Maybe went straight to Number 1 in the UK Albums Chart and became the fastest-selling debut album in British music history at the time. In 2006 a readers´ poll conducted by the NME voted Definitely Maybe to be the greatest album of all time.

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PEI-TSUN HAU: (1919-2020) Chinese Politician and military Officer. Premier of the Republic of China 1990-93 and the longest-s

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Lot 1664

PEI-TSUN HAU: (1919-2020) Chinese Politician and military Officer. Premier of the Republic of China 1990-93 and the longest-serving Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of China Armed Forces 1981-89. Pei-Tsun was the first former Republic of China premier to visit Mainland China in 2017 since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Signed and inscribed 5 x 7 colour photograph by Pei-Tsun, the image showing the Chinese Politician in a head and shoulders pose. Boldly signed to the lower white border. Dated 25th July 1990. VG .

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RIVERA DIEGO: (1886-1957) Mexican painter. A significant Autograph Manuscript signed, Diego Rivera, thirteen pages (separate

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RIVERA DIEGO: (1886-1957) Mexican painter. A significant Autograph Manuscript signed, Diego Rivera, thirteen pages (separate leaves, written to the rectos only), 4to, n.p., n.d. (annotated April 1933 in pencil in another hand at the head of the first page), in French. The untitled manuscript relates to one of the artist´s most famous works, the Detroit Industry Murals (1932-33) and states, in part, ´Comme programme pour la decoration du jardin couvert cour centrale du Musee de l´instiut d´Art de Detroit, j´ai choisie comme theme l´expression plastique du mouvement oudulant qui se trouve dans les courants d´eau, les ordes electriques les stratifications des differentes couches du sol de la terre et en general dans le developement continuel de la vie.......Le Musee d´Art d´une ville, et specialement dans le cas de l´institut d´art de la ville de Detroit est on doit etre, la cellule centrale pour le developpement de la culture esthetique de la communaute, pour cela, dans le developement de mon travail je fus ammene a preciser de plus en plus la centralisation de l´ensemble des fresques dans l´expression du germe, peinte sur le mur central face a la porte principale d´acces a la cour. Le germe, un enfant, non un embryon contenu dans l´interieur de l´oignon qui s´enracine dans la terre vegetale acumulee dans la conque d´un ancien lac. Sur des lits de sable couches d´eau et sel et gisements de fer, charbon et pierre de chaux. Realite geologique du sol de Michigan et raison primondiale de l´existance de la vie de Detroit......En dessous de ce panneau et des deux cotes de la porte d´entree, est peinte la representation du generateur de vapeur et son ouvrier mecanicien, et du generateur d´electricite et son ingenieur, la force ouviere et la force creatrice de l´imagination et la connaissance. Combustion, expansion, energie positive et negative, mort pour creer de la vie, vie qui amene la mort, mouvement rithmique en onder continues. Tout en haut, l´aviation, a gauche les contructeurs d´aeroplanes usant de la rondage autogine electrique correspondant a ca un petit panneau du frise montre les tourne-soleils analogues en forme aux moteurs d´avion.......L´effort createur merveilleux des ouviers de toutes les races du monde qu´integrent la population industrielle de Detroit, et qui son expression du caracter international et universel du continent americain, et des Etats Unis aussi, circonstance qui est la plus grande force de l´amerique dans la profondeur de l´avenir historique.......La pierre de chaux est analogisee avec la race blanche et le sable a la jaune par des semblables raisons que le fer a l´indienne et le charbon a la noire.......La "predella" en grisaille contient une serie de petits panneaux qui montrent des operations fabriles complementaires au long d´une journee de travail a gauche les travailleur entrant a l´usine au matin marquant le temps a droite ils sortent du travail, a cette angle a l´extreme de la grande composition ont ete peints les portraits du Docteur William Valentiner que par sa volonte pleine de sympathie et bonte pour l´auteur des peintures etant directeur du Musee, fit possible la commande et de Monsieur Edsel B. Ford qui par la liberalite de son criterium, par son donatif, et des grandes facilites qu´il donnat pour le travail fit possible l´execution des fresques, dont il fit don a la ville de Detroit´. (Translation: ´As a programme for the decoration of the covered garden in the central courtyard of the Detroit Art Institute Museum, I have chosen as my theme the plastic expression of the undulating movement found in the currents of water, the electrical orders, the stratifications of the different layers of the earth's soil and, in general, in the continuous development of life.......A city's art museum, and especially in the case of the Detroit Art Institute, is, or should be, the central unit for the development of the community's aesthetic culture. For this reason, in the development of my work, I was led to specify more and more the centralisation of all the frescoes in the expression of the seed, painted on the central wall opposite the main door leading to the courtyard. The seed, a child, not an embryo contained within the interior of the onion which takes root in the vegetable earth accumulated in the conch of an ancient lake. On beds of sand, layers of water and salt and deposits of iron, coal and limestone. The geological reality of Michigan's soil and the primordial reason for Detroit's existence......Below this panel, on both sides of the entrance door, is painted a representation of the steam generator and its mechanic, and the electricity generator and its engineer, the working and creative forces of imagination and knowledge. Combustion, expansion, positive and negative energy, death to create life, life that brings death, rhythmic movement in continuous waves. At the very top, aviation, on the left the aeroplane builders using the electric auto generator corresponding to this a small panel of the frieze shows the sun turners analogous in shape to the aeroplane engines.......The marvellous creative effort of the workers of all the races of the world who make up the industrial population of Detroit, and which is an expression of the international and universal character of the American continent, and of the United States too, a circumstance which is America's greatest strength in the depths of the historical future.......Limestone is analogous to the white race and sand to the yellow for similar reasons as iron to the Indian and coal to the black.......The ‘predella’ in greyness contains a series of small panels which show complementary manufacturing operations throughout a working day: on the left, the workers enter the factory in the morning marking the time; on the right, they leave work. At this corner, at the extreme of the large composition, are painted the portraits of Dr William Valentiner, who, by his willingness, full of sympathy and kindness for the author of the paintings and director of the Museum, made the commission possible, and of Mr Edsel B. Ford, who, by the liberality of his criterium, his donation, and the great facilities he gave for the work, made possible the execution of the frescoes, which he donated to the city of Detroit´). An important manuscript of fine content. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear and with small staple holes to the upper left corner of each page. VGIn 1932 Wilhelm Valentiner, Director of the Detroit Instiute of Arts, and the American business executive Edsel Ford, commissioned Rivera to create the Detroit Industry Murals, a series of frescoes consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit. Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Painted between 1932 and 1933, they were considered by Rivera to be his most successful work.

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