![[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. JUNGE TRAUDL (1920-2002) Hitler's personal Private Secretary 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/727ecde7-c280-4e4e-abc9-b06100c717d7/a667539d-beda-4568-9757-b061012706c1/468x382.jpg)
[HITLER ADOLF]: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. JUNGE TRAUDL (1920-2002) Hitler's personal Private Secretary 1942-45, present with Hitler in the Fuhrerbunker during his last days. An unusual 4to Souvenir copy of Adolf Hitler's Political Testament, ten pages, 4to, Fuhrerbunker, Berlin, 29th April 1945. The Testament, dictated to and typed by Traudl Junge, consists of two parts, in the first referring to Hitler's motivations since volunteering in World War I, also stating 'It is untrue that I or anyone else in Germany wanted the war in 1939. It was desired and instigated exclusively by those international statesmen who were either of Jewish descent or worked for Jewish interests', giving his reasons for his intention to commit suicide, praising and thanking the German people for their support and achievements, and in the second part Hitler lays out his intentions for the government of Germany and the Nazi Party after his death, further naming the individuals whom he wished to be ''leaders of the nation'', including Karl Donitz as President of the Reich. The original document was signed by Hitler at the conclusion and witnessed by Joseph Goebbels, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Martin Bormann and Hans Krebs. The souvenir copy signed to the final page in blue ink by Junge, 'Typed by Traudl Junge, Hitler's Secretary'. EX
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TURGENEV IVAN: (1818-1883) Russian Novelist and Playwright. Very rare A.L.S., `I. Tourgueneff´, one page, 8vo, St. Petersbourg, Wednesday 24th/12th March 1880, as Editor of the Messager d´Europe, to Emile Zola, in French. Turgenev apologizes for his late letter and explains that is mind is somewhere else since he came back to St. Petersburg, stating in part `Mon cher ami, il y a longtemps que j´aurais du vous écrire, et je viens vous faire mes excuses. Mais depuis que je suis ici, je n´ai vraiment pas la tête a moi, et c´est dans un tourbillon que je vis´ (My dear friend, I should have written to you a long time ago, and I come to apologize to you. But since I've been here, I really don't have my mind focused on what I should, and it's in a whirlwind that I live") Further Turgenev refers to Zola´s work, saying `J´ai parlé avec Stassioulevitch de votre proposition relativement a la biographie. Il trouve cet ouvrage trop volumineux pour une revue, et il préfere en faire des extraits pour ses lecteurs une fois qu´il aura paru´ ("I have spoken to Stassioulevitch about your proposal related to the biography. He finds this work too voluminous for a magazine, and he prefers to make extracts from it for his readers, but once it has been published") Further again Turgenev refers to Zola´s work Nana, stating `Vous savez sans doute déja que la vente de Nana a été défendue ici - On trouve que cet ouvrage offense les moeurs. Pour avoir le droit de l´acheter il faut être un haut personage ou avoir le rang de Conseiller…´ ("You probably already know that the sale of Nana has been forbidden here - they consider that this book offends morals. To have the right to buy it you must be an important person or have the rank of counselor..") Before concluding Turgenev explains to Zola his near future travelling plans, including Paris in May, and shakes his hand friendly. An extraordinary letter exchange between two of the leading novelists of the 19th century. With blank integral leaf. Edges with small remnants of former affixing, otherwise G Emile Zola (1840-1902) French Writer. Nominated for the first and second award of the Nobel of literature in 1901 and 1902. A leading figure in the political liberalization of France. Le Messager de l´Europe was a s a Petersburg newspaper which was first published in 1802 and which appeared until the 1830s twice a month. It moved to a conservative orientation from 1815. In 1814 they published Pushkin's poem To the Poet Friend. The idea of resuming the title and making it a quarterly review, in 1866, belonged to Mr. Stassioulevitch who directed it until 1908. The review became monthly in 1869 and ceased publication in 1918. Famous writers published extracts from their works or wrote articles, such as Turgenev, Ivan Goncharov or Alexander Ostrovsky. From the 1880s, the review took a rather "bourgeois-liberal" orientation and opposed the Marxism. Nana is a novel by Emile Zola. Completed in 1880, Nana is the ninth installment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series. The novel was an immediate success.
‘I was quite delighted with Mrs. Shaw’s talent….’ MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY FELIX: (1809-1847) German composer of the early Romantic period. A good A.L.S., Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, three pages, 8vo, Hobart Place, Pimlico (London), 6th September 1837, to Sir George Smart, in English. The composer commences his letter with an apology, 'I should have answered your kind note which I received from the hands of Mrs. Shaw, much sooner, but for the hope I had of doing so in person & coming to Hampton Court to pay you a visit, which I am afraid I must now give up as the time of my residence here is unfortunately so limited and the few days I had in London are gone by, I hardly know how', continuing to ask when Smart may be in town again 'as I must not leave this country without shaking hands with you & thanking you again for much kindness & friendship'. Mendelssohn further writes 'I was quite delighted with Mrs. Shaw's talent and her singing my Air so perfectly well & in the manner in which I had wished it' and also remarks 'How I should have been happy to introduce my wife to Lady Smart - I was obliged to leave her on the Continent as she could not have stood the sea passage and although it is much better so I have many hours when I think it bad enough & wish I was in Germany. You will not be angry with me for saying this candidly - at least Lady Smart will not'. With integral address leaf in Mendelssohn's hand and with the small remnants of the original red wax seal (small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking, only slightly affecting one word of text). Some light, minimal age wear, VG Sir George Smart (1776-1867) English musician who, in 1836, had produced for the first time in England Mendelssohn's oratorio St. Paul at Liverpool. Smart married Frances Margaret Hope in 1832 and she has been described as 'amiable and delightfully intelligent'. Mary Shaw (1814-1876) English contralto, a pupil of Sir George Smart's. Shaw sang at the English premiere of St. Paul in 1836 and between 1838-39 appeared as a soloist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in twelve concerts under Mendelssohn's baton. Shaw also created the role of Cuniza in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, Oberto, at La Scala in 1839. Mendelssohn had married Cecile Charlotte Sophie Jeanrenaud (1817-1853) on 28th March 1837.
ANNUNZIO GABRIELE D´: (1863-1938) Prince of Montenevoso. Italian Writer, Poet and WWI Soldier. Known as "The Prophet". A good A.L.S., Gabriele d´Annunzio, (a large and attractive underlined signature), one page, 4to, n.p. [Paris], n.d., [25th June 1913, to Doctor Pozzi, in French. On his personal printed stationery bearing to the heading one of his printed devises "Me Ne Frego" ("I don´t give a damn"), d´Annunzio states `My dear Doctor, when I accepted the meeting at two, I did not realize that tomorrow I have friends for lunch and will not be free before four. Would you be so kind to give me an appointment time after four or before noon?..´ Very small overall age wear with small creasing to the borders, otherwise G Samuel-Jean Pozzi (1846-1918) French Surgeon. He established the first Chair of Gynecology in Paris in 1884 and few years later performed the first gastroenterostomy in France. In 1913, the year the present letter was written, Pozzi and Georges Clemenceau organized the first transplant symposium in Paris. Pozzi became a military surgeon joining the forces during WWI. He died assassinated by a patient who shot him and committed suicide later.
HUSAIN ZAKIR: (1897-1969) Third President of India 1967-69, and first Muslim President. Husain died in office. Co-founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia university. Signed 4 x 5.5º photograph `Zakir Husain´, the image depicting Husain in a close-up portrait pose. Signed in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, also dated 27th May 1967 in his hand. Together with a T.L.S., `Zakir Husain´, one page, 4to, New Delhi, 27th May 1967, on his printed stationery, to G. Rothenhofer-Hediger, in German. Husain thanks his correspondent for his letter of congratulations dated May 10th on the occasion of his appointment as President of India. Small professional repair to the upper border verso. G to VG, 2
LUNACHARSKY ANATOLY: (1875-1933) Russian Marxist Revolutionary. Playwright and Journalist. Lunacharsky was the first Bolshevik Soviet People´s Commissar, and was at the head of the Ministry of Education. Signed 3.5 x 5.5 photograph `An. Lunatcharsky´, the image showing the Russian revolutionary in a formal head and shoulders pose. The image has been affixed to a very slightly larger card. Signed in bold black ink to the lower card border. Overall age wear and creasing, mostly to borders. F
TINBERGEN JAN: (1903-1994) Dutch Economist, winner of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1969. A good and clean A.L.S., `J. Tinbergen´, one page, oblong 4to, La Haye, 6th November 1970, on his personal printed stationery "Prof. J. Tinbergen", in French. Tinbergen answers to his correspondent´s letter, stating `I safely received your letter dated 3rd November and it was with great pleasure that I respond to your questions. Even more because I find among the personalities who have already responded to you my colleague and friend René Roy who I admire so much…´ VG to EX René Roy (1894-1977) French Economist. Known for his contribution known as Roy´s Identity. A pioneer of the Econometry. Roy replaced Paul Samuelson as President of the Econometric Society.
DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A.L.S., Raoul Dufy, two pages, 8vo, (written to the first and third sides of the bifolium), Paris, 12th September 1917, to Jean Emile Laboureur, in French. Dufy enquires 'Voulez vous faire pour le prochain almanack des lettres et des arts edite par Poiret les douze dessins pour les mois du calendriar' (Translation: 'Do you want to do for the next almanack of letters and arts edited by Poiret the twelve drawings for the months of the calendar') and continues 'Je serais bien heureux si vous acceptiez car j'ai trouve bien jolis les derniers dessins que j'ai vus de vous. Il faudrait faire vite, il faudrait que vous m'envoyiez cela dans un mois. Dites moi vite que vous acceptez et n'oubliez pas de dire vos conditions' (Translation: 'I would be very happy if you accepted because I found the last drawings I saw of yours to be very pretty. You'd have to act quickly, you'd have to send it to me in a month. Tell me quickly that you accept and do not forget to state your conditions'), also explaining that he is sending him two copies of the letter, one to Paris and another to Nantes, as he doesn't have Laboureur's military address to hand, and concluding 'Je regrette bien de n'avoir pas eu la chance de vous recontrer a vos permissions j'espere que je ne vous manquerai pas a la prochaine. Repondez-moi vite' (Translation: 'I very much regret not having had the chance to meet you on your leave, I hope you won't miss me next time. Answer me quickly'). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed (to Paris) by Dufy. VG Jean Emile Laboureur (1877-1943) French painter, designer, engraver, watercolourist, lithographer and illustrator.
TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb, Hiroshima, 6th August 1945. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the light cardstock image depicting the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima following the dropping of the atomic bomb by the Enola Gay on 6th August 1945. Signed by Tibbets in blue ink to a light area at the head of the image, adding the word Pilot alongside his signature. About EX
![[PSYCHOANALYSIS]: BONAPARTE MARIE (1882-1962) Princess George of Greece and Denmark. French author and psychoanalyst, closely](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/727ecde7-c280-4e4e-abc9-b06100c717d7/0b10ef7c-a64c-4703-9e15-b0610146d28c/468x382.jpg)
[PSYCHOANALYSIS]: BONAPARTE MARIE (1882-1962) Princess George of Greece and Denmark. French author and psychoanalyst, closely associated with Sigmund Freud. An interesting archive of thirteen A.Ls.S., Marie (occasionally adding her title Princesse George de Grece nee Bonaparte), forty-three pages, 8vo and 4to, various places (Saint-Cloud, Paris, Vienna etc.), January 1927 - June 1931, largely to the lawyer Philippe Kah, in French. The first half of the correspondence covers Bonaparte's interest and research into the French murderer Marie Lefebvre, the Princess requesting various documents relating to Lefebvre's trial and stating, in part, 'M'interessant aux questions freudiennes, ayant passe plusiers mois d'etude a Vienne avec le Professeur Freud, et faisant partie de la Societe de Psychanalyse que plusieurs medecins analystes viennent de fonder a Paris, j'ai projete, pour le premier numero de la "Revue de Psychanalyse" que nous venons aussi de creer, un article sur le cas, si interessant du point de vue psychanalytique, de Mme. Lefebvre. M. Python a bien voulu me preter ce qu'il a en mains du dossier, et je l'ai deja presque entierement lu. Mais les renseignements les plus interessants pour l'analyste n'y sont que peu ou pas contenus: ceux relatifs a la prehistoire de Mme. L. a toute sa vie anterieure dans sa propre famille, a son enfance. Puis-je vous demander si vous pourriez m'eclairer sur les divers points dont je joins une petite liste?.....Certaines questions vous en paraitront peut-etre etranges. Mais rien n'est etrange quand il est question d'etudier l'inconscient et tout de la valeur. Je voudrais aussi savoir les termes exacts dans lesquels Mme. L. aurait dit, quinze jours environ avant son proces, qu' "elle avait execute les destines de la Providence" n'a-t-elle pas plutot dit: de Dieu?' (Translation: 'Being interested in Freudian questions, having spent several months of study in Vienna with Professor Freud, and being part of the Societe de Psychoanalyse that several medical analysts have just founded in Paris, I projected, for the first issue of the “Revue de Psychanalyse” which we have also just created, an article on the case, so interesting from the psychoanalytical point of view, of Mme. Lefebvre. Mr. Python was good enough to lend me what he has of the file, and I have already read it almost entirely. But the most interesting information for the analyst is hardly or not at all contained therein: that relating to the pre-history of Mrs. L. to her entire previous life in her own family, to her childhood. May I ask you if you could enlighten me on the various points of which I am attaching a short list?......Some questions may seem strange to you. But nothing is strange when it comes to studying the unconscious and everything has value. I would also like to know the exact terms in which Mrs. L. allegedly said, approximately fifteen days before her trial, that “she had executed the destinies of Providence”, didn't she rather say: of God'), with the questionnaire referred to and including questions regarding Lefebvre's family, whether or not she was breastfed, her mood at puberty, the circumstances of her marriage and whether she was a satisfied woman in her household, details of recurring nightmares preceding the crime etc., (January 1927), 'On m'a donne du ministere l'autorisation, dans le plus strict incognito, de voir Mme. Lefebvre avant son depart pour Haguenau. Cette visite devrait se faire accompagnee par vous et Mme. Kah - ou l'un de vous deux. Sur l'autorisation serait inscrit que vous seriez accompagne par "une personne" - L'on tient beaucoup en haut lieu a cet incognito absolu' (Translation: 'I was given authorisation by the ministry, in the strictest incognito, to see Mme. Lefebvre before her departure for Haguenau. This visit should be accompanied by you and Mrs. Kah - or one of you. On the authorisation would be written that you would be accompanied by “a person” - This absolute incognito is very important in high places') and suggesting various days that she could travel to Lille (10th January 1927), 'Je veux vous remercier, ainsi que Madame Kah, de tout ce que vous avez bien voulu faire pour moi. La journee d'hier ne pouvait etre plus reussie, et j'ai commence des ce matin, en vue de mon article, a mettre quelqu'ordre dans la moison recueillie hier......Puis-je vous demander, si vous aviez encore une fois l'occasion de correspondre avec Mme. Lefebvre, soit directement, soit par l'intermediaire de son mari, de tacher de savoir avec precision la date ou les grands parents paternels de Mme. Lefebvre sont venus habiter dans la maison de son pere, Charles-Francois Lemaire? Est-ce avant la naissance de Marie Lemaire, au meme moment ou apres, et dans ce dernier cas, quel age avait-elle alors? C'est la seule chose d'importance de sa prehistoire infantile que j'ai oublie de preciser, dans ce qu'elle m'a dit hier, et cette situation du pere habitant avec les grand pere et grand-mere (ses pere et mere a lui) me semble etre tres importante pour avoir determine les reactions, des l'enfance, de son inconscient reclamant ensuite au fond la meme chose de son fils Andre......Savez-vous aussi si Mme. Lefebvre aime les animaux, et si elle douce ou cruelle avec eux dans son enfance?' (Translation: 'I want to thank you and Mrs. Kah for everything you have done for me. Yesterday could not have been more successful, and I began this morning, in view of my article, to put some order in the harvest gathered yesterday……May I ask you, if you once again have the opportunity to correspond with Mrs. Lefebvre, either directly or through her husband, to try to find out precisely the date when Mrs. Lefebvre's paternal grandparents came to live in the house of his father, Charles-Francois Lemaire? Is it before the birth of Marie Lemaire, at the same time or after, and in the latter case, how old was she then? It is the only thing of importance to her infantile prehistory that I forgot to specify, in what she told me yesterday, and this situation of the father living with the grandfather and grandmother (his father and mother to him) seems to me to be very important for having determined the reactions, from childhood, of his unconscious, then claiming basically the same thing from his son Andre……Do you also know if Mrs. Lefebvre likes animals, and whether she was gentle or cruel with them in her childhood?') (15th January 1927). The later correspondence deals with a variety of matters including the death of Kah's father, for which Bonaparte sends her sincere condolences, explaining that she will be happy to read the manuscript of Kah's book Aux enfers du crime ('In the Underworld of Crime') and commenting 'Quand j'aurai lu votre travail, je penserai a quelle preface pourrait lui convenir, du point de vue freudien, et je vous en ferai part' Further including Bonaparte's working autograph manuscript of her preface to Kah's book, signed ('Marie Bonaparte'), six pages, 4to, n.p., September 1930, in French.OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT IAA DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
PEARY ROBERT: (1856-1920) American Rear Admiral and explorer who claimed to have been the first to reach the geographic North Pole with his expedition in April 1909. D.S., R E Peary, being a signed receipt, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 31st January 1904. The partially printed receipt acknowledges the sum of $145.74 received by Peary from Paymaster S. L. Heap of the U.S. Navy. Boldly signed by Peary in dark fountain pen ink. One very slight, minor fold, otherwise VG
FRIESZ OTHON: (1879-1949) French artist associated with the Fauvist movement. A.L.S., Othon Friesz, two pages, oblong 4to, Aups (Provence, Var), 22nd November 1926, to a friend, in French. Friesz informs his correspondent that he is still at the Chateau de Taurenne and continues 'Je m'empresse de t'envoyer mes affectueux remerciements pour cette nouvelle preuve de ta veille et sincere amitie que tu viens de me donner en ecrivant le bon et spirituel article sure moi dans l'Europe nouvelle - agremente de quelques jolies phrases de douce poesie - j'en suis tres touche et j'espere te dire bientot de vive-voix mon sentiment: en effet je compte venir a Paris des la premiere huitaine de Decembre et t'y rencontrer et nous ferons ensemble un de ces vieux 'pique-nique' qui s'eloignent trop' (Translation: 'I hasten to send you my affectionate thanks for this new proof of your watchful and sincere friendship that you have just given me by writing the good and witty article on me in L'Europe nouvelle - embellished with some pretty sentences of sweet poetry - I am very touched by it and I hope to tell you very soon my feelings: indeed I intend to come to Paris from the first week of December and meet you there and we will have one of those old 'picnics' together that stray too far'), further remarking 'Ma femme te remercie aussi car ta sais combien cela touche les femmes quand un critique valable se donne la peine de faire si amicalement le tour d'une artiste qu'elles aiment' (Translation: 'My wife also thanks you because you know how much it touches women when a worthy critic takes the trouble to be so friendly around an artist they love'). Some minimal age wear and a few very minor, small tears to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, VG
EVERT & NAVRATILOVA: American and Czech-American Tennis Players. Two signed colour 8 x 12 photographs, by two of the best female tennis players of all time, Chris Evert (1954- ) and Martina Navratilova (1956- ). Both Evert and Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam titles. The first image depicting a young Evert in a half-length pose holding her Wimbledon trophy in 1974. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. The second image showing Navratilova in a three-quarter length pose holding her Wimbledon trophy in 1978. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. EX, 2
WOLFF KARL: (1900-1984) German SS-Obergruppenfuhrer who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsfuhrer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) during World War II. A printed card of greetings signed ('Wolff') by Wolff, on a correspondence card, Berlin, January 1938, in German. The printed text thanks the recipient for their friendly Christmas and New Year wishes which Wolff was happy to have received. Signed at the base and with three additional words in Wolff's hand. Two file holes to the left edge, only very slightly affecting one word of printed text. VG Provenance: The present card originates from the archives of Trude Burkner (1902-1989) nee Mohr. German Member of the NSDAP, the first Reichsreferentin of the Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM - The League of German Girls), appointed in June 1934 after her female arm of the Hitler Youth, based in the Brandenburg district of Germany, had grown to become the second largest group in the country under her leadership. At the end of World War II Burkner was captured and imprisoned by the British.
‘In fact……the first B-29 ever to appear at Wright Field was the one for the Manhattan District project’ RAMSEY NORMAN: (1915-2011) American physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1989. Ramsey was an important member of the Manhattan Project and, as chairman of the Weapons Committee, was tasked with determining the characteristics of the aircraft needed to deliver and drop an atomic bomb. An excellent T.L.S., Norman Ramsey, one page, 4to, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 11th July 1960, to Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves, on the printed stationery of the Lyman Laboratory of Physics at Harvard University. Ramsey expresses his delight at having received Groves's congratulatory letter, adding that he also appreciated 'your praise of my work at Los Alamos' and continuing 'In this connection I should also like to thank you again for the excellent support which you gave to me in our work at Los Alamos and Tinian. I am afraid that we made a number of difficult requests of you but you always supported them both vigorously and effectively. I can well remember my pleasant surprise in discovering that you had succeeded in extracting from the Air Force one of their very first B-29's. In fact you may not realize that the first B-29 ever to appear at Wright Field was the one for the Manhattan District project. For a long time we had a high priority with the Air Force solely on the basis of the fact that any project that could extract a B-29 must be of greatest priority'. In concluding Ramsey conveys his hope that, if Groves is in Cambridge, 'several of the old Los Alamos group here - like Ken Bainbridge, Francis Birch, George Kistiakowsky, etc., could get together with you for lunch or dinner'. A letter of fine content and exceptional association. Some very light, extremely minimal wrinkling to the upper edge, otherwise EX Leslie R. Groves (1896-1970) American Lieutenant General with the United States Army Corps of Engineers who directed the Manhattan Project during World War II and was responsible for J. Robert Oppenheimer's appointment to the Los Alamos laboratory. Groves is portrayed by actor Matt Damon in the film Oppenheimer (2023). Kenneth Bainbridge (1904-1996) American physicist who was the director of the Manhattan Project's Trinity nuclear test in July 1945, remarking to J. Robert Oppenheimer immediately after the event 'Now we are all sons of bitches'. Bainbridge is portrayed by actor Josh Peck in the film Oppenheimer (2023). Francis Birch (1903-1992) American geophysicist, part of the Manhattan Project team during World War II, responsible for the design and development of the gun-type nuclear weapon known as Little Boy. George Kistiakowsky (1900-1982) Ukrainian-American physical chemist who participated in the Manhattan Project by carrying out research into implosion. Kistiakowsky is portrayed by actor Trond Fausa Aurvag in the film Oppenheimer (2023).
GRIS JUAN: (1887-1927) His real name being Jose Victoriano Gonzalez-Perez. Spanish Cubist Painter. A.L.S., `Juan Gris´, two pages, written to the first and third page, n.p., n.d., Saturday evening, in French. Gris states `Je suis désolé de ce que par un concours de circonstances tout a fait imprévu je ne me sois pas trouvé hier chez moi quand vous etes venu. Je suis rentré a 6h30 a peu pres pensant vous y trouver car je ne savais pas que ma femme était sortie…´ ("I am sorry that by a completely unforeseen combination of circumstances I was not at home yesterday when you came. I was back at home at about 6.30 thinking I would find you there because I didn't know my wife was out"), further apologizing once again and expecting to meet him soon. Paper with Cornwall watermark. G to VG
HOOVER J. EDGAR: (1895-1972) American law enforcement administrator, the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 1924-72. A large vintage signed and inscribed 9 x 11.5 photograph of Hoover in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to the lower border and dated 10th January 1950 in his hand. A couple of very light, minor surface and corner creases to the borders, otherwise VG
JANNINGS EMIL: (1884-1950) Swiss-born German actor, the first Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1927/28 for his roles as August Schilling in The Way of All Flesh and General Dolgorucki and Grand Duke Sergius Alexander in The Last Command. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 11 photograph of Jannings seated in a three-quarter length pose and holding a cigarette in one hand. Signed ('E. Jannings') in bold black fountain pen ink at the base of the image, largely to a clear area and perfectly legible, and dated 27th April 1941 in his hand. Signed photographs of Janning of this size are scarce. A few very slight, minor surface creases, otherwise VG
NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA: (1796-1855) Emperor of Russia 1825-55. A fine L.S., Nicholas, in Cyrillic, two pages, folio, Saint Petersburg, 25th July 1840, to Baron Neumann, in Cyrillic. Bearing the bold printed heading of Emperor Nicholas I. The document being a decree by which Baron Neumann is awarded with the St. Stanislas Imperial and Royal Order of First Class. A bold ink signature by the Emperor, with flourish. Bearing beneath a Royal paper seal in fine condition. Countersigned at the base by Prince Alexander Golitsyn as Councelor of the Royal Oath Orders of the Empire. Accompanied by a contemporary translation into French. With tear to the right edge fold, not affecting the signature, otherwise G to VG Prince Alexander Nikolayevich Golitsyn (1773-1844) Russian Statesman of the Russian Empire. Chief Prosecutor, Minister of Education Privy Councelor. Confidant of Emperor Alexander I.
KHAN AYUB: (1907-1974) President of Pakistan 1958-69. As an Army General, he reached the presidency after a coup d´état. He was the second President of Pakistan and the first native Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army. A controversial figure credited with the Pakistan economic prosperity, but also accused of concentrating wealth in corrupt hands and segregated policies which led to the breaking-up of the nation´s unity and in the creation of Bangladesh. A good signed 5.5 x 7.5 photograph by Khan, the image showing him in a formal head and shoulders pose. Signed as President in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, also dated in his hand 15th May 1965. Very small trace of former staple to the upper left corner, otherwise G to VG
GASKELL ELIZABETH: (1810-1865) British Novelist, the first to write a biography of Charlotte Bronte. A.L.S., E. C. Gaskell, three pages, 8vo, Rue du Bac, (Paris), n.d. ('Thursday'), to Madame Scherer. Gaskell informs her correspondent that the train leaving Paris will not arrive at Versailles until five minutes past ten 'and that then we shall have a walk of a few minutes to the Rue Royale', therefore asking that her correspondent does not prepare a breakfast tomorrow morning, remarking 'We will come in, if you will allow us, as soon as best we can; but I fancy it will be a quarter past ten, at least, before we can be with you'. About EX
DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A.L.S., Raoul Dufy, four pages, 8vo, Paris, n.d. ('Jeudi'; 5th October 1917), to Jean Emile Laboureur, in French. Dufy states that his despatch must have surprised his correspondent and continues to explain a delay in the printing of an almanac, which is to be so late that Poiret wishes to abandon the idea for the present year, further writing of other work, 'Je viens de terminer les gravures des Elegies Martiales et nous vous enverrons un exemplaire aussitot paru. Je vois avec plaisir que vous avez beaucoup travaille et je suis sur que vous avez amasse de quoi travailler longtemps. Avez vous fait de la peinture? Je me seus une furieuse envie de m'y remettre….' (Translation: 'I have just finished the engravings of the Elegies Martiales and we will send you a copy as soon as it appears. I see with pleasure that you have worked a lot and I am sure that you have amassed enough to work for a long time. Did you paint? I feel a furious desire to get back to it…..') and also making reference to Roger Allard, 'Vous apprendrez que notre ami Allard vient de se blesser assez grievement. Je viens de recevoir une lettre de lui est raide et immobile sur un lit d'hopital, il souffre blessures a la jambe gauche a la main droite, a la levre et brulures sur le corps. Il faut attendre des precisions et esperer que ces blessures ne seront que legeres' (Translation: 'You will learn that our friend Allard has just been seriously injured. I have just received a letter from him, he is stiff and motionless on a hospital bed, he suffered injuries to his left leg, right hand, lip and burns on his body. We have to wait for details and hope that these injuries will only be slight'). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Dufy. A couple of very light, extremely minor stains to the upper right edge of the first page, not affecting the text. VG Jean Emile Laboureur (1877-1943) French painter, designer, engraver, watercolourist, lithographer and illustrator. Roger Allard (1885-1961) French writer, art critic and translator whose book of poetry, Les Elegies Martiales (1917), was illustrated with woodblock prints by Dufy, and whose work L'Appartement des jeunes filles (1919) was the first book which Laboureur provided illustrations for.
BLASCO IBANEZ VICENTE: (1867-1928) Spanish Novelist of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A good A.L.S., `Vicente Blasco Ibañez´, two pages, on two separate sheets, 8vo, 30th January 1921, on his personal printed stationery of Villa Kristy, Nice, to Marcel Thiebaut, translator and critic, in French. Blasco Ibañez explains that he has just read the proof sheets of his last novel that his correspondent has sent him, and states `Very well. I find many mistakes but they are the printer´s ones, and you will take care of this.. I think that when you will receive this letter, the first part of the novel will be published by the Revue de Paris..´, further congratulating Thiebaut for his good work and reminding him that he forgot the preface. Very small minor creasing, otherwise G to VG
MANDELA NELSON: (1918-2013) South African anti-apartheid activist, the first President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. A commemorative 6.5 x 4 postcard issued in honour of Cecilia Makiwane, featuring a postage stamp with her image and post marked at Alice, 30th April 1982. Limited edition number 1211 of 2500. Signed by Mandela in black ink to a clear area of the card and dated 2nd August 1996 in his hand. A couple of very small, light stains to the upper edge, otherwise VG Cecilia Makiwane (1880-1919) South African nurse, the first African registered professional nurse in her country and an early activist in the struggle for women's rights.
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[NAZI PARTY]: Two oblong folio albums containing complete sets of unsigned cigarette cards entitled Männer und Ereignisse unserer Zeit ('Men and Events of Our Time'), Volumes I & II, published by Greiling A. G. Zigarettenfabrik, 1933-34. The first volume contains 250 photographic cigarette cards, each neatly mounted to the rectos only and with brief printed captions in German beneath, the first half of the album featuring portraits of various leading members of the Nazi Party at the time including Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Frick, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goring, R. Walther Darre, Franz Ritter von Epp, Bernhard Rust, Hans Lammers, Hjalmar Schacht, Robert Ley, Fritz Todt, Rudolf Hess, Ernst Rohm, Heinrich Himmler, Kurt Daluege and many others, and the second half features images from various important public events etc., including Goebbels in Rome, Hitler addressing a crowd in Stuttgart, Goring at a press conference, the Nuremberg rally of 1933 and other marches etc. in various German cities, Hitler and Goebbels signing autographs in Berchtesgaden, members of the Hitler Youth in a variety of activities etc. The second volume contains 160 photographic cigarette cards, again each neatly mounted to the rectos only and with brief printed captions beneath, chronicling various events during the first half of 1934, many involving Hitler, Goring and Goebbels, but also including Sepp Dietrich, Erhard Milch, Werner von Fritsch and others. Both are contained in card cases. A few of the cigarette cards in Volume II are slightly askew. Some light age wear, generally VG, 2
LEGENDRE ADRIEN-MARIE: (1752-1833) French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. A fine, rare A.L.S., Legendre, two pages, small 4to, Paris, 19th December 1817, to the members of the Royal Commission of Public Instruction, in French. Legendre writes following an ordinance of the King relating to the pensions of former members of the Council of the university, stating that he has received their extract of the ordinance and remarking 'Puisqu'une ordonnance du Roy etoit necessaire pour rendre special le tire de chaque pension, peut etre auriez-vous pu profiter de cette circonstance, Messieurs, pour solliciter en notre faveur une interpretation de l'ordonnance du 17 fevrier 1815, qu'eut designe nos pensions par le meme mot dont M. de Fontanes a si heureusement profite, pour empecher que sa pension de 30,000 fr. fut reduite comme les notres a 6000' (Translation: 'Since an ordinance from the King was necessary to make the drawing of each special pension, perhaps you could have taken advantage of this circumstance, gentlemen, to solicit in our favour an interpretation of the ordinance of 17th February 1815, which would have been designated by the same word which M. de Fontanes so happily took advantage of to prevent his pension of 30,000 francs being reduced like ours to 6000') and concluding 'Nous aurions aussi connu le pouvoir d'un mot mis a sa place, et en mon particulier je n'aurois pas ete aussi rudement froisse de l'application rigoureuse de la loi du dernier Budget' (Translation: 'We would also have known the power of a word put in its place, and in my particular case I would not have been so rudely offended by the rigorous application of the law of the last Budget'). With integral address leaf in Legendre's hand. A few contemporary ink annotations in an unidentified hand appear at the head of the first page. VGLouis-Marcelin de Fontanes (1757-1821) Marquis de Fontanes. French poet and politician, commissioned by Napoleon to write a eulogy on George Washington. Fontanes was the lover of Napoleon's sister, Elisa Bonaparte, for several years and the liaison assured him of his fortune. In 1808 Napoleon appointed Fontanes as Grand Master of the University of Paris, a post he held until 1815. Fontanes was accused of servility to Napoleon, although did consistently support religious and monarchical principles and it was therefore easy to foresee the joy with which Fontanes greeted the return of King Louis XVIII at the Restoration. The King rewarded him with a seat in the Chamber of Peers and also made him a Marquis on 31st August 1817. He had already been a Count since 1808 by the grace of the Emperor.
GOLD COAST FOOTBALL TEAM: A scarce printed 8vo folding menu card for a dinner given to the Gold Coast Football Team at the Dunlop Rubber Factory in Speke, Liverpool, on 11th September 1951, individually signed to the inside by over twenty players and staff of the Black Stars who toured Ireland and Britain (and famously played their matches bare foot) including Charles Kumi Gyamfi (who later became the first African to play in Germany and coached Ghana to victory in the African Cup of Nations in 1963, 1965 and 1982), Tommy Wilberforce, James Kenneth Adjaye, Emmanuel Christian Briandt (Captain), John Pobee, J. J. Nelson, George Wood, Francis Macaulay, Richard Akwei (manager) etc. Some very light, minimal age wear, VG
SARTRE JEAN-PAUL: (1905-1980) French Existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist and literary critic. Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, which he declined. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., (Paris), n.d. (November 1953), in French. The working manuscript, containing a few deletions and corrections, is written in honour of Yves Farge, who had died earlier that year, and states, in part, 'J'ai connu Yves Farges quelques mois avant se mort.....Du premier coup, il m'a seduit par sa puissance silencieuse, par la patience du corps et de l'esprit avec laquelle il ecoutait les contradicteurs, par l'autorite de ses breves reponses, qui revelait la profondeur de ses convictions, et.....par la chaude amitie qu'il portait a tous les hommes, par cette confiance.....qu'il temoignait a chacun. Au Congres de Vienne il allait de groupe en groupe....il interrogeait inlassablement les delegues - tous les delegues, mettant tout le soin dont il etait capable a degager les courants qui brassaient cette grande foule; il etait le lien vivant de tous avec chacun, il voulait tenir compte de tous nos desirs et s'en faisait l'interprete aupres des autres organisateurs.....nous savions......qu'il etait un des principaux artisans de ce Congres.....ce que j'ai admire le plus en lui: le gout passionne des contacts directs et cet amour si vivant, si concret de la Democratie en acte' (Translation: 'I knew Yves Farges a few months before he died….From the first try, he seduced me by his silent power, by the patience of body and mind with which he listened to opponents, by the authority of his brief answers, which revealed the depth of his convictions, and…..by the warm friendship he bore to all men, by this confidence….that he showed to everyone. At the Congress of Vienna he went from group to group. He tirelessly questioned the delegates - all the delegates, taking all the care of which he was capable of freeing the currents which stirred this great crowd; he was everyone's living link with everyone, he wanted to take into account all our wishes and made himself the interpreter for the other organisers….we knew….that he was one of the main architects of this Congress…..what I admired most in him was his passionate taste for direct contact and this love so alive, so concrete of Democracy in action'). Accompanied by an A.L.S., J P Sartre, one page, 4to, n.p. (Paris), 17th November 1953, to Madame [Farge], in French. Sartre apologises for his delay and expresses his sympathy and the deep esteem which Farge inspired in him, also informing his correspondent that he will unfortunately not be able to go to Austria because the adaptation of his play Kean 'passé ce soir en “générale” et il faut que je sois aupres des acteurs toute le semaine qui suit' (Translation: 'is on tonight in “general” and I have to be with the actors all the time next week'), adding that he hopes to be freer later and have the opportunity to express his respectful friendship personally. Some very light overall creasing and minor age wear, about VG, 2 Yves Farge (1899-1953) French journalist and politician who worked with the French Resistance during World War II. Farge, a progressive politician close to the communists, participated in the founding of the Mouvement de la Paix in 1947 and served as the organisation's president until his death in a car accident in Georgia on 31st March 1953. While the World Congress of People for Peace, which was held in Vienna from 12th - 19th December 1952, is generally viewed as Soviet propaganda, Jean-Paul Sartre counted it among the most important experiences of his life. His participation marked a major turning point in his evolution, insofar as it publicly confirmed his status as a fellow traveller of the Communist Party.
RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. A fine and good association A.L.S., `Renoir´, two pages, written to the first and third page, small 8vo, Cagne, 8th January 1908, to Claude Monet, in French. Renoir writes to his long life friend Monet `Mon cher ami…´ ("My deaf friend…"), and first asks about his correspondent´s health `Tu me diras si tu as toujours mal à l´estomac, c´est une maladie qui rend triste, il faut vite guérir´ ("Tell me if you still have a stomach ache, it's a disease that makes you sad, you have to heal quickly") Renoir further refers to Vollard, their art collector supporter, stating `Vollard est ici, je le portraiterai´ ("Vollard is here, I will make a portrait of him") Further again Renoir thanks Monet and his daughters for the letters they often send him, and before concluding makes a sharp critic of a colleague´s exhibition, stating `Une pièce que je n´irai certainement pas voir c´est celle de Geoffroy à l´Odéon…´ ("A painting that I will certainly not go to see is the one of Geoffoy at the Odeon") To a post-scriptum Renoir referring to the new year 1908, states `Ce 8 me fait bien vieillir´ ("This 8 makes me feel older") VG Claude Monet (1840-1926) French Impressionist Painter.Ambroise Vollard (1866-1939) French art Dealer. One of the most important dealers of his time in French contemporary art. He supported many painters such as Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin, etc… Jean Geoffroy (1853-1924) French Painter and Illustrator, best known for his scenes with children.
DUBCEK ALEXANDER: (1921-1992) Slovak Politician, First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and de facto Leader of Czechoslovakia 1968-69. Dubcek led the Prague Spring democratization reforms in 1968 but was forced to resign by the Warsaw Pact countries ending with the invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. Signed 3.5 x 5 photograph, the image showing Dubcek seated in a three-quarter length pose. Signed `A. Dubcek´ in bold blue ink to the lower white border of the image. G to VG
MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II, later serving as the last Viceroy of India of British India (1947) and as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947-48). T.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, small 4to, Broadlands, Romsey, Hampshire, 3rd March 1966, to Michael Harrison. Mountbatten thanks his correspondent for their letter and adds that [Graham] Clifford has informed him that they had met 'and had been most stimulated by your conversation', also remarking that Clifford is currently on a world tour on behalf of the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers and also the National Electronic Research Council and that 'I shall be meeting him in Canada in April when we shall have a chance of talking over your letter'. Mountbatten further writes 'I see from your letter that you wrote the English version of the pamphlet you enclosed. I am astonished to note that no effort has been made to translate your English into French, for the French version appears to be entirely different in layout and phrases. I also regret to see that no attempt has been made to produce the diagrammatic figures with French titling in the French text. In fact anybody who understands both languages would be thoroughly lost trying to compare one version with the other. I wonder what the explanation is.' Accompanied by the original envelope. VG Michael Harrison (1907-1991) Maurice Desmond Rohan. English detective fiction and fantasy author, a noted Sherlock Holmes scholar.
ELUARD PAUL: (1895-1952) French Poet, widely considered one of the founders of the surrealist movement. A rare and very good content love letter, A.L.S., `Ton Paul´, one page, 12mo, n.p., Tuesday evening, n.d. [Summer 1930], to Marie Benz, Nush, in French. One of the very few letters by Eluard to Nush as they were almost never far one from each other until her death, the present one is written shortly after their first encounter. Eluard states `Ma petite Nush chérie, j´ai reçu ta lettre ce matin. Elle est très bien écrite et m´a consolé un peu de ne pas t´avoir auprès de moi´ (Translation: `My dear little Nush, I received your letter this morning. It is very well written and consoled me a little for not having you with me´) Eluard further refers to his work with André Breton, saying `Je travaille sans arrêt avec Breton. Ce matin et cet après-midi, nous avons écrit "Le sentiment de la nature" et ce soir nous faisons "Il n´y a rien d´incompréhensible". Nous voulons avoir fini dans deux jours car je vais partir´ (Translation: `I work constantly with Breton. This morning and this afternoon we wrote "The feeling of nature" and this evening we are writing "There is nothing incomprehensible". We want to have it done in two days because I'm leaving´) Further again, Eluard sends very warm words to the woman he is in love with, saying `Ma belle Nush, je pense à toi. Je t´aime, tu sais. Dis-moi bien tout ce que tu fais. Ecris-moi chaque jour. Je t´embrasse, je te tiens dans mes bras, je regarde tes beaux yeux. Ton Paul´ (Translation: `My beautiful Nush, I'm thinking of you. I love you, you know. Tell me everything you do. Write to me every day. I kiss you, I hold you in my arms, I look at your beautiful eyes. Your Paul´) With blank integral leaf. VG Maria Benz (1906-1946) Best known by her nickname "Nusch". French Model and surrealist Artist. She was introduced to Eluard in 1930 by Man Ray and Pablo Picasso, getting married in 1934. They produced a surrealist photomontage and other work, and was the subject of "Facile," a collection of Éluard's poetry published as a photogravure book, illustrated with Man Ray´s nude photographs of her. She was also the subject of several cubist portraits and sketches by Picasso in the late 1930s, and is said to have had an affair with him. Nusch worked for the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. She died at the early age of 40 due to a stroke. During the summer of 1930, Paul Eluard and Andre Breton wrote jointly L´Immaculée Conception ("The Immaculate Conception"). The two prose poems mentioned in the present letter by Eluard, "Le sentiment de la nature" and "Il n´y a rien d´incompréhensible" are regarded as some of the most important examples of surrealist prose.
BECQUEREL HENRI: (1852-1908) French physicist, the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1903. A good set of manuscript notes, scientific calculations and diagrams prepared by Becquerel, unsigned, two pages, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. The notes, presumably prepared by the physicist for a lecture, are headed Radioactivity, and form an extensive list of prompts, in part, 'Historical. 1st Observation 1896. 1st proof. Medal. Discharge of electrified bodies. Experiment on phosphorescent sulphides. General for uranium salts. Atomic property. Role of the air. Laws of loss. Exp. by Kelvin, Beattie and de Smolan, 1897. Rutherford 1899. Ionization. Saturation current, 1898. Thorium. M. Schmidt and M. Curie. Work of M. and Mme. Curie. Polonium. Radium. Debierne. Actinium. Radium spectrum. Magnetic deviation experiences. Giesel, Meyer and Schveider. H. B. Cliches. Concentration. Deviable and non-deviable rays'. To the foot of the first page appear various scientific calculations and in the left column of each page Becquerel has added eleven small pen sketches illustrating the deviations of Polonium. An interesting and rare scientific manuscript on the subject for which Becquerel is most famous, and in which he acknowledges the contributions made by his colleagues including Pierre and Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford etc. VG
DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN: (1859-1930) Scottish author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A very fine A.L.S., A Conan Doyle, four pages, 8vo, Maloja Hotel, Maloja [Switzerland], 1st August 1895, to [James] Payn. Doyle's unusually lengthy letter begins in a social vein, 'How I wish I could waft you up here, for it is a very charming place, but decidedly inaccessible to any man who is not very robust….I see from the Illustrated that your wit and cheeriness never fail you, but I know that in your case that is no proof of health or strength', before continuing on the subject of his present literary endeavours, 'I have been very busy on the…..prize fighter book of which, I think, I said something to you. I think it will work out fairly well, but I dare not be too sanguine. I remember that you were disposed to think that I was dealing with an unsavoury subject in the prize ring……But I hope that it may justify itself. I think I have done it in such a way that it is picturesque and not offensive, though I have two big fights in the book. It has never yet been done, as far as I know, and yet the Ring is the one typical Anglo Saxon sport which has never existed outside English speaking countries, and which has now, I believe, a very deep hold of the people - in spite of the unspeakable state to which it has been reduced. In the old days it stood for chivalry, gallantry & fair play, and I am sure I would rather fight in the lists with lance and sword than stand up to a good man for a hundred rounds, as far as the bravery & endurance which is needed goes. I hope when it comes your way that you may think I have made it interesting.' The author returns to his social and sporting activities, 'Our chief amusement here is to play golf, but as the grass is very thick & long the game gives you a lot of fresh air with very little exertion, for at your first drive you lose your ball, and then you spend your day, with intervals for meals, in walking round in circles and looking for it. [John] Hare is here and I believe [Squire] Bancroft & [Arthur Wing] Pinero are expected, so we feel that we are quite a dramatic centre', and also comments on his holiday reading, 'Of course you have read Morrison's "Mean Streets". It seemed to me to be very good indeed. I have just finished "The Honour of Savelli" but did not care for that so much….Books are the great difficulty out here, for the hotel library has only got as far as Bulwer Lytton'. In concluding Doyle refers to the health of his wife ('very well & bright') and their plans to have their own house built by the end of the next summer, 'I bought the land, but the Tyndalls now claim that there is a right of way through it. I recall a painful story I read somewhere of a man who had actually finished his house when such a claim was made & proved. As a result he had the whole parish continually passing in at his back door and out at the front one. Warned by it I shall settle this matter before I build - and I have no doubt we shall arrange it all right'. A letter of excellent content, not least for its rich literary references to Doyle's novel Rodney Stone. Some light overall age wear, minor creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges of some folds, about VGJames Payn (1830-1898) English novelist and editor of periodicals including Chambers's Journal and the Cornhill Magazine.John Hare (1844-1921) English actor and theatre manager.Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) English actor and theatre manager.Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) English playwright.Doyle's Gothic mystery and boxing novel Rodney Stone was first published in TheStrand Magazine from January to December 1896. As well as the author's depictions of prize fighting and the famous bare-knuckle boxers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Rodney Stone also includes narratives of thuggery, gambling, cheating and of dangerous horse-drawn chases. The work was adapted into a stage play, The House of Temperley, in 1909 and into a silent movie in 1913.
PICABIA FRANCIS: (1879-1953) French Painter and Poet. An Avant-garde artist associated with Cubism. Picabia was also one of the early main figures of the Dada movement. Rare A.L.S., `F. Picabia´, two pages, 4to, Paris, 32 Av. Charles Floquet, Monday, n.d., to a Colonel, in French. Picabia states in part `I have just learned about your visit to Paris. I very much regret not having met you´ further asking a service `Can you do me a small service regarding my friend Marcel Loridan, aviator who will be appointed Knight of the Legion d´Honneur in the month of July; it would be a question of knowing if his nomination is something more or less sure, as this information would be very useful for him to have it right now…´ Small creasing and minor age wear, mostly to edges, with a very small tear to the folding edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise G Marcel Loridan (1883-1971) French pioneer Aviator. Winner of the Michelin Cup, Loridan established in 1911 the world altitude record with his Farman biplane, and further also records for longest flights in time and distance. Loridan was a pilot in the French Army during the First World War, being awarded with the Croix de guerre 1914-1918.
GEM-SET AND DIAMOND GIARDINETTO BROOCH, CIRCA 1880Set with cushion-shaped diamonds, rubies, emeralds, a sapphire and pearls, pearls untested, length 6.0cm, fitted caseFootnotes:Provenance:A gift from Lt. Gen. Sir James Melville Babington KCB, KCMG, DL (1854-1936) to his wife Lady Babington. Sir James Babington, a British Army Officer, was commissioned into the 16th Lancers - The Scarlets in 1873 and fought in the Second Boer War. He was a respected General in the First World War, in command of the 23rd Division and held the French Croix de Guerre with Palm, the Italian Croce di Guerra and was a Commander of the Legion of Honour and an Officer of the Military Order of Savoy.His image was used to depict the fictional Sgt Pepper for The Beatles Album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A SILVER BOXING MEDAL FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOXING COMPETITION with an engraved inscription "Heavyweights First Prize won by J. Hallingham, Harrow School 1894" (c.16ozs); together with a quantity of various other silver sports medals, mainly un-named; various silver hallmarked enamel masonic badges and Dorset Amateur cup badges; and others (a lot)
Thirteen volumes of Ornithological books including Baxter & Rintoul The Birds of Scotland, two volumes, published by Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh and London, first edition, 1953 with original boards and d/w, other titles including The Birds of the Atlantic Islands by David Bannerman, Bird Atlas of Kenya, Shore Birds, Birds of the Middle East etc
First half of 20th century pre 1947. 1910s -20s possibly by Kalloo &Sons of Calcutta, India. Taxidermy Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) male skin rug with large mounted head with gaping mouth and glass eyes. mounted upon later black felt backing material with a serrated edge (No Labels or markings ) measuring approx 260 cm from nose to tip of the tailCITIES Annex A, Appendix 1 (exempt)
George Engleheart (London 1750-1829)A portrait miniature of a lady, said to be, Frances Doyle née Rainsford (d.1806), wearing a white dress with blue ribbons, a double-stranded necklace and black ribbon choker, her powdered hair secured with a blue bandeau. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, with a surround of half pearls to the front, the reverse of blue glass, accented by a halo of half pearls. Oval, 66mm (2 5/8in) highFootnotes:Frances was the great grand-daughter of Sir Marcus Rainsford (1660-1709) and his wife, Jane Mee. Sir Marcus was Lord Mayor of Dublin and established a brewery after inheriting a substantial water supply from his father-in-law. His grandson, Marcus, sold the brewery to Arthur Guinness in 1759 and it remains the original site of the Guiness Brewery.Frances married Welbore Ellis Doyle (c.1752-1797) of Bramblestown, Kilkenny in 1774. He came from a military family and was himself a Lieutenant in the 55th (Irish) Regiment of Foot. Frances travelled with her husband throughout his entire tour of duty across America, Continental Europe and eventually Ceylon.In 1781, the Doyles were captured together with Lord Rawdon when sailing home to England aboard the 'Cormorant'. In his Journal entry for 27 September, Baron von Closen referred to a rumour from America of Mrs Doyle's affair with Lord Rawdon and how he found Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle to have been 'a very easy-going fellow', suggesting that the affair might have been accepted by her husband. After several negotiations, Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle was exchanged for 'Sieur Ternan' and the Doyles finally reached English soil in 1782.Despite the alleged affair with Rawdon, Frances and Welbore went on to have three children. Their sons, Francis Hastings (1783-1839) and Carlo (b.1787) both became Major Generals in the army. The former became a baronet in 1828. The latter was born whilst the Doyles were stationed in Warsaw. Their third child, Charlotte Elizabeth was born in London in 1789.Welbore died in Ceylon just six months after being posted there as a Commander-in-Chief. Frances returned to England where she later married the exiled Prince Joseph of Monaco (1763–1816), second son of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Honoré III. The couple did not have any children. Prince Joseph already had three daughters by his first spouse, Françoise Thérèse de Choiseul whom he had lost to the Guillotine in 1794.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
William Wood (British, 1769-1810)A portrait miniature of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davis (born 1763), wearing the uniform of the Light Dragoons, his French Grey coatee with silver lace and buttons, his red collar outlined with silver, his white leather shoulder belt secured with a silver lace shoulder cord. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the reverse, By/ Will: Wood/ of Cork Strt,/ Lond. and inscribed beneath, now/ dead, backed with card signed, E W Thomson/ Miniature Painter/ New Bond Street/ Enquire at Mr Orme's Print Seller, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a ground of plaited brown hair within a surround of plaited blond hair. Oval, 85mm (3 3/8in) highFootnotes:ProvenanceSold Bonhams, London, 23 November 2005, lot 94LiteratureWilliam Wood, Memorandum of Miniatures Painted and Finished by William Wood, 1790-1808, vol.III, folio 5824 or 5830William Wood produced two portrait miniatures of Davis in 1801. The first finished on 14 February and delivered on 22nd February (costing £5 and £5/10/- for the frame). The second began on 15 February, finished on 21 February and delivered on 28 February (costing £10/10/- presumably for both miniature and frame). Both miniatures were framed by Flower. The overlapping time frame of the two miniatures implies that Wood was commissioned right from the beginning to paint two versions. In his fee book, Wood describes the sitter as, 'about 38 years old, shows chiefly right side and looking on'.In this portrait miniature, Henry Davis is wearing his Lieutenant Colonel uniform - a rank he obtained in the 25th Light Dragoons in January 1800. In May of the same year he was promoted to Major. In June 1799 Colonel Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, raised a military force in the north of Mysore, comprising the 25th Light Dragoons and the 73rd and 77th Regiments of Foot. Details of Lieutenant Colonel Davis' military history are limited but it is fair to assume, he served as part of this operation. The regiment disbanded in 1819, when the 25th Light Dragoons returned to Portsmouth on HMS Mangles from Madras.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Barry (British, active 1784-1827)A portrait miniature of Captain Meredith Charles Deane of the 24th Light Dragoons (1762-1815), wearing a blue frock coat, a white stock and a cravat, his hair powdered. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame with plaited hair surround and buckle detail, the reverse engraved, Meredith/ Charles Deane/ Captain 24th Light Dragoons/ Aet 1815, later brooch pin fitting. Oval, 44mm (1 3/4in) highFootnotes:Captain Deane travelled to India with his wife, Ann Deane (1770-1847) in 1799. The couple left behind their eldest son, Charles, so that he could be educated in England but took with them a younger child, John Bathurst Deane. Little is known of the first period of the Deanes' residence in India. However, in 1804 Ann returned to England to place John in school, then sailed back to India with Charles, by then aged 14. Ann rejoined Captain Deane at Calcutta, and the couple lived in India for a further ten years. Captain Deane was employed by the East India Company as a District Collector and Ann accompanied him on several long tours of the Company's recently acquired northern provinces in Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. These tours subsequently became the focus of Ann's published narrative, which details the family's travels across India between 1805-1811. Ann returned to England in 1814, possibly as a result of escalating tensions between the East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy, which culminated in the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817-18. Captain Deane remained behind and died in India in 1815.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A mixed group of coins to include Queen Victoria 1858 penny and half penny, a pair of silver Switzerland 'Shooting Thaler' 5 francs, St Gullen Shooting Festival dated 1874, a Maria Theresa Thaler style coin, USA examples, a cased silver proof silver Jubilee crown, 1964 Bermuda crowns in cases, seven 'Britain's First Decimal coins' and a group of commemorative crownsLocation:
Hornby R1073 Venice Simplon Orient Express British Pullman, digital BR 4-6-2 Merchant Navy Class ‘Clan Line’ Locomotive, Pullman first class kitchen car ‘IBIS’ Pullman/Pullman first class parlour car ‘Cygnus’ and Pullman first class parlour car ‘Minerva’ locomotive/tender and three coaches only ,in excellent condition, box is very good.
Britains set 37 Band of the Coldstream Guards FIRST VERSION, slotted arms, with Bombardon (bearskin dented) and 'heel and toe' side drummer (Condition Fair, drum major, two trumpeters and one trombinist, one side drum stick and one bass drumstick missing, one clarinetist bearskin dented) 1906 (17)
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