* Livingstone (David, 1813-1873), Scottish physician, Christian missionary and explorer in Africa. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘David Livingstone’, 57 Sloane Street, [London], 22 May 1857, to Mr Cowan, ‘It gives me considerable pain to be obliged to decline offers which like yours bear the impress of the most kind and generous feelings. But when we last met I was just on the point of deciding to go to Hadley Green, Barnet, for the sake of quiet to finish this plaguey book and we intend to go thither on Tuesday next … It is too far from the publishers. So apology was necessary for kindly pressing me to go to Edinburgh at once…’, and then returning to the book, ‘Between ourselves the proceeds of the book and testimonial fund are intended for wife and family when I am gone and it is most important to have the book in the market early before the interest in it flags…’, and concluding with further apologies and saying that he will write to him and the Lord Provost when he sees his way clear, and thanking him once more for his very kind offer, 7 pages on two bifolia, a little spotting on and light soiling with central vertical creases, endorsed to final blank, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:David Livingstone’s Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa was first published by John Murray in October 1857. The first edition of 12,000 copies sold out immediately and another 13,000 had been printed by December that year.The letter is to Sir John Cowan (1814-1900), paper manufacturer, political organiser and philanthropist from Edinburgh. He funded the missionary work of his friend David Livingstone and this letter concerns his offer of the use of a house for Livingstone and his family, which Livingstone is clearly very embarrassed to decline.
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* Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France, 1643-1715. Document Signed, ‘Louis’, Versailles, 15 February 1671, manuscript on vellum with calligraphic flourishes to first line and hand-coloured royal crest near centre of page, giving permission to Joseph Stammetre, doctor extraordinary, to augment his ordinary arms with a gold crown and two lions, boldly signed at foot, some overall soiling and heavy central vertical crease line, one page, 43 x 53.5 cm, laid on board with lower blank margin partly folded overQTY: (1)
* Wellesley (Arthur, 1769-1852). 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister, 1828-30, 1834. Two Documents Signed, ‘Wellington’, in his capacity as Master-General of the Ordnance, 7 March 1822 & 7 February 1826, pre-printed commissions on vellum, completed in manuscript, the first appointing Ralph Gore to be storekeeper on the establishment of the Ordnance at Guernsey, the second appointing Richard M. Satchwell to be fourth clerk on the establishment of the Ordnance at the Cape of Good Hope, the first with papered wax seal and duty stamp applied, the second with duty stamp but lacking papered wax seal, both slightly soiled and dust-soiled, the second autograph slightly indistinct, both countersigned by Fitzroy Somerset, 30 x 39 cmQTY: (2)
* Early cricket photograph. A photograph album compiled by George Dunbar Whatman, c. 1860-63, containing over 100 albumen prints, some views of Eton, etc., but mostly carte-de-visite and similar size portrait photographs, one of the larger photographs showing a group of Eton boys including cricketers on a pitch and looking to camera, ink caption ‘Corner of the playing fields, with Mr Steven’s house, Eton’ to mount beneath, image 140 x 160 mm, the other portraits being mostly of masters and pupils at Eton with ink name identifications throughout, other sporting interest include carte-de-visite photographs of the 1862 cricket, football and rowing teams with further photographs of the cricket XI and the rowing eight in mufti, the family photographs mounted and inverted at rear of album, some photographs over or underexposed, one woman with pencil caption ‘April 28th 1863’ (first attempt) G.D.W.’, photographs largely mounted two or more to a page with versos blank, most of the photographs with some marginal browning to mounts from the original glue, autograph ownership inscription of George Dunbar Whatman dated 1862 to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, recent antique-style red morocco gilt reback and corners, 4to (23 x 18 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:George Dunbar Whatman (1846-1923) was the son of William Godfrey and Emma Jane Whatman. He was educated at Eton and Exeter College, Oxford. He married Frances Fuller in 1872 and worked as a London banker and Commissioner of Lieutenancy of London. At the time many of these photographs were taken Whatman would have been about 16 years old, though it is possible some of the photographs were taken by professional photographers. Besides the cricket photograph, there are two other larger group photographs taken by Whatman, one of another group of Etonians in top hats outside Reverend W. Wayte’s house, 1862, and another outdoor group including Reverend E. Balston and Lord J. Hersey, dated 1860. Of the 1862 Eton cricket XI seven went on to play first-class cricket.
* Historical Autographs. A collection of approx. 36 autograph letters and 6 further manuscript documents, c. 1640/1829, the oldest a document signed by John Bysse (c. 1602/1680), recorder of Dublin, concerning the examination before him of Margaret Floyd and Francis Banes, wives of servants of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland [Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford], concerning the violent attack on Mary, the wife of Randall Udall, 2 January 1639/40, some fraying to upper margin with paper repairs to verso, one page, folio; articles of agreement for Thomas Pedler the younger to serve for four years as an indentured servant on William Gordon’s plantation, called Paisley Estate in the parish of St. James, Jamaica, 10 November 1788, a receipt written and signed by William Sancroft (1617-1693), Dean of St. Pauls, 6 November 1668; two letters from William Wilberforce (1759-1833), politician and anti-slavery campaigner, the first letter from Lowestoft, 31 August 1816, to an unidentified correspondent (name cut away at foot), regretting he cannot help in connection with colonel Burgess ‘of whom I entertain a very high opinion’, a second from Bath 14 October 1820, to his close friend John Scandrett Harvard (1785-1866), philanthropist and abolitionist, address leaf only on the end of the letter with a postscript relating to Wilberforce’s ill-health, one page, 4to; plus letters from Sir John Comyns (c. 1667-1740), judge, John Jeffreys (1706-1766), MP for Dartmouth, Watkin Williams (?1742-1808), MP for Montgomeryshire, Granville Sharp (1735-1813), anti-slavery campaigner, Samuel Parr (1747-1825), Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736-1819), MP, topographer and author, John Way (d. 1804), philanthropist, Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859), Superintendent of Indian Trade, Lady Fenn Eleenor (1744-1813), educationist and children’s author, Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869), principal librarian of the British Museum, Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838), antiquary, archaeologist and historian, John Cole (1792-1848), bookseller and antiquary, and others, some occasional browning or fraying and small tears, mostly one or two pages, 4to/8voQTY: (approx. 36)
* Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934), English composer. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Ed. Elgar’, Plas Gwyn, Hereford, 25 July 1910, to his publisher at Novello, Alfred Littleton, concerning arrangements for the first and second performances of his 2nd Symphony, mentioning Sir Edgar Speyer, Littleton’s arrangements, reminding him that he (Elgar) has accepted Speyer’s offer for the first performance of the 2nd Symphony and further mentioning the Violin Concerto, ‘…I s[aid] the 2nd performance of the Sym[phony] was (I understand) arranged for the International Society and w[ould] let him know definitely … I also enclose Sir Edgar’s letter of May 10th concerning the first performance of the Symph[on]y [not present] – you will see there is no reference to any instruction about any 2nd performance…’, 4 pages on an embossed letterhead bifolium, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Elgar’s 2nd Symphony was given its first performance at the London Musical Festival in the Queen’s Hall on 24 May 1911. Unlike the 1st Symphony, Elgar conducted the premiere. Apparently unpublished and not in Jerrold Northrop Moore, Elgar and his Publishers, (1987).
* Charles I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland & Ireland, 1625-49. Document Signed, ‘Charles R’, Edinburgh, 11 September 1647, granting safe conduct to Andrew, Lord Gray to go to France, signed by the King at head (some ink bleeding), and at the foot by 10 of his Ministers, including Lord Eglinton, Balcarres, and others, some overall spotting, 1 page, endorsed, folio (36 x 26 cm), tipped in before an anonymous tract, The Charge against the King discharged; King cleared by the people of England, from severall accusations in the charge, delivered in against him at Westminster-Hall Saturday last, Jan. 20. by that high court of justice erected by the Army-Parliament…, Printed in the first yeere of Englands Thraledome, [London, 1649], [2], 31, 33-34, [1] pp., added contemporary engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles I (after Anthony van Dyck) from another work with German text printed at foot, some dust-soiling, largely at front and rear, all edges gilt, early 20th-century red half morocco gilt by H[enry] Sotheran & Co., a little rubbed, small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:For more on Andrew Gray, seventh Lord Gray (d. 1663), royalist nobleman, see ODNB online: '... Gray sought to encourage the king's supporters in Scotland, but there is no evidence of his taking any part in the marquess of Montrose's campaign in 1644–5. None the less, after Montrose was defeated at Philiphaugh in September 1645 Gray was taken prisoner and, on the advice of Lieutenant-General David Leslie, the committee of estates on 30 October ordered that he be banished from Britain, under threat of being put to death if he returned during the 'troubles'. Clearly it was suspected that he was deep in royalist plots, and this is confirmed by a French diplomat's comment in August 1647 that Gray 'has been detained in Scotland for some years in the service of the King of Great Britain' (Fotheringham, 2.218).' Gray's banishment was not enforced, however, perhaps because the covenanters wished to avoid offending the French, for whom he continued to seek troops. The church, in June and December 1646, expressed its 'great offence' at his continued presence, but the report that he was excommunicated in 1649 is unconfirmed. At the request of the exiled Charles II, Gray resigned his lieutenancy of the Scots gens d'armes at some point in the 1650s. He returned to Scotland after the restoration of monarchy in 1660 and died in 1663. 2) ESTC R204182; Wing C2046.
* Baillie (Isobel, 1895-1993), English Soprano. An archive of correspondence and ephemera relating to the English soprano Isobel Baillie, including an autograph letter signed by the composer Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), on letter headed paper, dated Coign, Woking, 30.8.23 'My dear Miss Baillie, I didn't half thank you last night - in my anguish at perhaps missing the train...I wish our songs hadn't come off in the saddest day of my life & one of the most deadly busy ones - I thought you sang them beautifully, & had studied so carefully. A rock of strength! My only hope is that you get a nice press - I never want to know... so never read it..., Yours sincerely, Ethel Smyth', an interesting series of 16 autograph letters signed by the composer Hamiton Harty to Isobel Baillie, dated 1926 to 1936 on various letterheads, plus 3 related concert programmes, including one signed by Hamilton Harty for a concert at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, April 9th 1922, a printed programme for the 7th Beethoven Concert at Queen's Hall, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini, 22 May 1939, signed in blue ink by Toscanini and dated below his portrait photograph inside the programme, two autograph letters signed by the composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983) and one by Dorothy Howells, dated 10 September 1950, 3 April 1957, and 15 September 1950 respectively, four autograph letters by Jessie Wood (1882-1979, widow of Sir Henry Wood), autograph letters from Norman Allin, Bernard Shore, and Stanford Robinson (1904-1984), a series of 9 typewritten letters and 2 handwritten postcards from Isobel Baillie to Bryan Crimp, 1978-82, a fair manuscript copy of the score for The Children of Lir, by Hamilton Harty, several L.P. recordings of Isobel Baillie, and a small black leather-bound notebook containing Baillie's singing repertoire, written in blue ink in her own hand, plus a copy of her autobiograhy Never Sing Louder Than Lovely (1982), inscribed by Isobel Baillie to Bryan CrimpQTY: (a carton)NOTE:Provenance: After leaving EMI one of Bryan Crimp’s projects was to work with Isobel Baillie on her autobiography, published in 1982 by Hutchinson. This surviving Isobel Baillie material was later gifted to Crimp in recognition of his participation.The leading British concert soprano of the first half of the 20th century, Isobel Baillie gave her first public performance of Handel's Messiah at the age of 15, and made her début with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester in 1921. Her career coincided with the great flowering of English music between the 1920s and 1950s, during which time she worked with some of the finest composers and conductors of the day, including Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells and Hamilton Harty, Henry Wood, Malcolm Sargent and Sir Thomas Beecham. In oratorio, lieder as well as opera, she was renowned for her pure and clear style of singing. She was awarded a CBE, and a Damehood in 1978.
* Convict Transportation. A group of 3 orders of transportation, Lancaster, 8 April 1834, Wallingford, 3 July 1834 & Wells, 12 January 1835, pre-printed documents, completed in manuscript, the first for Patrick Fallan, convicted for ‘feloniously making and counterfeiting silver coin…’, the second for Henry Day for stealing knives, forks, and a copper kettle, and for Richard Snook , convicted for breaking and entering ‘a dwelling house and stealing goods therein after a previous conviction for felony’, the sentences for Fallan and Snook to be transported for their natural lives, and for Day to be transported for seven years, the first two with some spotting and browning and marginal chipping without loss, all one page with endorsements to verso, 4to/folioQTY: (3)NOTE:All three of these British convicts were transported, along with 303 other convicts, onboard the Mary Ann, which departed for New South Wales on 6 July 1835. Convict Transportation Registers [HO 11].
* Leica IIIa. Leica IIIa (Model G) 35mm rangefinder camera, serial number 263262, manufactured in 1937 by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar, Germany, fitted with Elmar 5 cm f/3.5 lens and metal lens hood, serial number 514435, manufactured in 1939, focusing slightly stiff but working fine, shutter in working order, optics and camera in good condition, complete with Leica leather case (strap broken)QTY: (1)NOTE:First Leica model supplied to the German armed forces and the first Leica to have a shutter speed of 1/1000s. Manufactured from 1935 to 1948, a total of 92,687 units were made.
* George IV Coronation Tickets. A pair of printed tickets for admission to Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall, on the Occasion of King George IV's Coronation, 19 July 1821, the first printed in blue and black with blind-embossed border by [Henry] Dobbs, the second printed in red, blue and black with ‘Not Transferable’ printed to lower left corner, both dust-soiled, a little nicked at edges and damp stained to lower blank margins, 24 x 26.5 cm, together with similarly designed but smaller Pass Tickets for Westminster Abbey and Procession (each with Dobbs’ embossed name at foot, 21.5 x 16 cm) and Westminster Hall, 14 x 13.5 cm, roughly torn along lower edge, not affecting printed or embossed area, all three slightly soiledQTY: (5)
* Montgomery (Bernard Law, 1887-1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British army officer. Typed Letter & two Autograph Letters Signed, ‘Montgomery of Alamein’, Islington Mill, Alton, Hampshire and the second letter Trianon Palace Hotel, Versailles letterhead, 9 March, 1 April and 6 May 1956, all to [Harry] Altham [of the MCC], the first letter concerning Montogomery’s invitation to attend the MCC dinner and make a speech, ‘I would like to say something helpful and constructive and it has occurred to me that I could well speak on the similarity between war and cricket. There are certain guiding rules for the successful conduct of war; when these are neglected, you fail. It is the same in cricket. When I had to restore the fallen fortunes of the Eighth Army in August 1942, I concentrated first on: Leadership, Discipline, Training…’, continuing in the same vein with his thoughts on the useful similarities between war and cricket and towards the end writing, ‘The finale of my speech might be that cricket needs today to consider carefully if it is not living too much in the past…’, and concluding by asking whether there is anything in all this that he has written and asking whether he might suggest how it might be combined into an amusing speech ‘which should end by pointing the way towards a more enlightened approach to cricket in modern times: with constructive suggestions. What are the constructive suggestions I could put forward?’, autograph salutation, subscription and signature with postscript, a few spots, 2 pages on 2 leaves, 4to, the second letter thanking Altham for his most excellent notes (4 typed pages included with the lot), one page, 4to, the final letter saying that Altham may like to have enclosed copy (6-page typescript included with lot) of what he had said at Lord’s in his speech at the MCC annual dinner on the 2nd May, one page, 8vo, together with the aforementioned typed notes from Altham and cyclostyled text of the speech by Montgomery, the latter somewhat spotted, stapled to upper left corner, folioQTY: (5)NOTE:A typed and footnoted transcription of all five items is included with the lot.
* Iraq. An album containing 48 corner-mounted photographs of Iraq and the Middle East, c. 1932, gelatin silver prints, mostly taken from reconnaissance aircraft, including Baghdad, showing the British Residency, Hindiyah Barrage, Baghdad Pumping Station, the River Tigris, horse trams, Khanaqin Railway Station, oil refineries and further infrastructure images, Karind – Iraq-Persian frontier, Garzan, operations area 1932, Gobanda Plateau – Sheik Ahmid’s Objective – operations 1932, Sheik Ahmid’s underground retreat, Erbil, Sulaimania, Muscat, Mosul, Diwaniyah, Kialanjah, images 15 x 20.5 cm, corner-mounted on card leaves, back to back throughout, with white china ink captions to lower mounts and title ‘Iraq’ to front paste down, contemporary cloth with spine tie, a little rubbed, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Some of these photographs relate to the Ahmed Barzani revolt. It was the first of the major Barzani revolts and the third Kurdish nationalistic insurrection in modern Iraq. The revolt began in 1931, after Ahmed Barzani, one of the most prominent Kurdish leaders in southern Kurdistan, succeeded in unifying a number of other Kurdish tribes. The Barzani forces were eventually overpowered by the Iraqi army with British support, forcing the leaders of Barzan to go underground.
* Wilmer (Val, born 1941). Portraits of the jazz musicians John Coltrane in his hotel room, London, 1961 & Roy Eldridge, Colston Hall, Bristol, 1974, both printed by the photographer in 2004 & 1990 respectively, the first image 31.5 x 24 cm, with photographer’s embossed name stamp to lower blank margin, the second image 34 x 23 cm, titled and signed by the photographer in black ink to lower blank margin, both with signed and dated pencil captions by the photographer to versos, the second with Val Wilmer and N.U.J. copyright wetstamps to versos, both sheet sizes 40 x 30.5 cmQTY: (2)
* Elizabeth II (1926-2022), Queen of Great Britain, 1952-2022. Photograph Signed, ‘Elizabeth R’, 1954, vintage gelatin silver print by Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), signed in the negative lower left, the Queen's signature and date on mount beneath, image size 45 x 34.5 cm, bespoke high-quality stained wooden frame with surmounted gilt crown and leaf spray, glazed, 84 x 48 cm overall QTY: (1)NOTE:This official portrait was taken after Elizabeth’s accession to the throne in 1952. Dorothy Wilding, the first female photographer to receive a Royal Warrant, took 59 portraits of the Queen to mark her accession.
Malvern Festival 1939. A programme for the Eleventh Malvern Festival 1939, published by Advisers, Ltd., London, Malvern, & Brighton, [1939], 84 pages, including photographic illustrations of the performers, advertisements, etc., signed by approximately 56 of the performers (including some children), signers include Laura Knight, Harold Knight, Alastair Sim, Yvonne Arnaud, Ernest Thesiger, Irene Vanbrugh, Betty Marsden, Alexander Knox, Edward Hardwicke (aged 7), Roy Limbert, Lord Beauchamp, Daphne Herd, Anthony Bushell, Evagne Price and many others, mostly signed in the blank area adjacent to their programme portraits, a few minor spots and a little dust soiling to first leaf, original printed wrappers with ink ownership name of H. T. Corke to upper margin of front wrapper, a little spotting and browning and light corner creases, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The programme owner's family would appear to have been selling programmes at the Festival with two other Corke family members identified at the Festival Book stall in one of the photographs.
* Scrap Album. A scrap album, containing manuscript prose and original illustrations, probably by a member of the Strachey family, circa 1889, comprising 36 leaves, mainly written to rectos only, containing 11 watercolours and 15 black and white illustrations, drawn in a humorous style, first page with an acrostic poem spelling Jennie Strachey, including sections of nonsense verse by Edward Lear, all brown ink in the same hand (except one page at the rear dated 2 August 1889), original decorative boards, lacks spine, 4to, together with 8 other albums, comprising 4 small sketchbooks, 1839-1923, and 4 scrapbooks containing various illustrations including chromolithographic scraps, various sizes and conditionQTY: (9)
* Wilberforce (William, 1759-1833), British politician, philanthropist and abolitionist. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘W. Wilberforce’, 45 Brompton Road, [London], 12 July 1822, to Francis Freeling [Secretary of the Post Office], asking Freeling to intervene in his recent problems with his free letters being charged because they had been sent to him c/o the bookshop of Hatchard’s Piccadilly stating that he had mail sent c/o Hatchard’s ‘for many years’ and had never been charged postage before, 5 pages on two bifolia with endorsement to final leaf verso (mounting remains to margin), first page with slight staining to outer corners not affecting legibility, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:The rules for free franking made it clear that this only applied to letters sent to MPs at the House of Commons or at their private homes. It is not known if Freeling was able to help, but the letter refers to Freeling’s ‘obliging attention I have often experienced from you’, which may refer to the famous occasion in 1815 when Wilberforce successfully petitioned the Post Office to reduce the postage on a letter from Haiti (also sent c/o Hatchard’s) that weighed 85 oz and was charged £36-10s-0d, and so was refused; the charge was duly reduced to 7s-0d.
* Elizabeth II (1926-2022). Queen of the United Kingdom, 1952-2022. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Elizabeth R’, Windsor Castle, 30 June 1979, to Angela, relating how that now that Henry’s marriage has been approved at the Privy Council the way is hopefully clear for the wedding, saying that it should be alright for them to be married in the Park Chapel at Royal Lodge and that she has asked Mr Harbottle to get in touch with her about the detail, ‘I did also confirm that he wasn’t away on holiday or the Chapel closed for cleaning!’, before concluding that she won’t be able to come in September as she will be at Balmoral for a couple of months but perhaps she can come and see the house in the autumn, a little vertical creasing and small ink smudge to one word at foot of first 2 pages, 8voQTY: (1)
* Warwick Castle visitors’ book. A visitors' book, seemingly kept by Henry Wheelwright Marsh while renting Warwick Castle, c. 1917-24, ink signatures on the first 36 leaves, including members of the Greville and Warwick families, H. H. Asquith (25 November 1917), Marie Corelli (17 July 1919), ‘Alexandra’, Princess Maria of Greece (Warwick, 1921) and her daughter Princess Nina, also signed with her married name adjacent to that of her husband, Prince Paul Chavadze (15 September 1922), and one page with four autographs of Baroness Agnes de Stoeckl, Baron Stoeckl, Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich of Russia and Zoia Poklewski-Koziell, mostly undated, signatures include Alfonso, Merry del Val, Violet Rutland, Annie Roxburghe, Mabel Leigh, etc. numerous blanks at rear, all edges gilt, contemporary richly gilt-decorated red crushed morocco by Dreyfous with monogram ‘M’ to upper cover, 8vo (18 x 13.5 cm)Henry Wheelwright Marsh (1860-1943) was the founder of the insurance company Marsh McLennan - and American millionaire who rented Warwick Castle.QTY: (1)
* Ruskin (John, 1819-1900), English writer, art critic and artist. Three Autograph Letters Signed, ‘J. Ruskin’, Lauterbrunnen, 22 July 1870 and Denmark Hill, 8 February & 25 November 1871, all to John Henry Chamberlain, the first thanking him for his kind letter which ‘gives me real concern for my helplessness at present in all ways but I am scarcely able to my necessary work at Oxford and must not in anywise add to it – the ruin of European arts by various forms if vice and frivolity – and the destruction of all art monuments and treasures by “judicious restorations” – have made me too sorrowful – this many a day now, to be of use as a teacher – I am too hopeless to help anybody anymore. At Oxford I shall best be of service in preventing the contrary of help – and putting before the young men what at least they will find true – if it is not cheering’, one page, 8vo, the second and third letters on personal stationery, the first expressing annoyance at ‘Mr Allen’s neglect in forwarding the pamphlet’ and sating the others must have been sent by the publisher, one page with integral blank leaf, 8vo, the final letter thanking Chamberlain for his letter which ‘gave me great help and pleasure. I think you will see, as my work goes on and becomes more visible, if ever it does so – that I have already more strictly belonging to my post, than I am able for – I mean at Oxford’ and then referring to ‘This St Andrews office would not have hindered m, otherwise from trying to do what you wished at Birmingham. I received some intonation the other day that those admiral papers in the Crier, “Tangles” were by you. I hope you will let me bear the pleasure of seeing what you write, when you so occupy yourself with a postscript saying how weary he is but adding “how glad I am to hear of the effect of the cheap edition of Carlyle’, 3 pages, 8vo, each letter with accompanying stamped and postmarked envelope addressed in Ruskin’s hand QTY: (3)NOTE:John Henry Chamberlain (1831-1883) was a British architect based in Birmingham. He was one of the foremost practical exponents of the ideas of architectural theorists John Ruskin, who selected Chamberlain as one of the trustees of his Guild of St George.
A FIRST WORLD WAR PRISONER OF WAR GERMAN CARVED PANEL. A carved panel worked with two side profile portraits in German 'With God's help and heart and hand we fight for the Fatherland 1914-18', to the reverse 'Prisoner of War Pietermaritzburg Fort Napier Natal'. Indistinctly signed lower right 31 x 29 cm. *CR Brace to reverse and slight marking, generally good.
AN IRAQI DESERT STORM COMBAT HELMET. An Iraqi helmet with worn sand coloured painted shell, internally with worn liner and remnants of chin strap. Painted to the interior with an Arab prayer inscription. This helmet was 'souveniered' by a soldier serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First Gulf War (Desert Storm). The helmet having been found on the Basra Road on a casualty who had suffered from an air blast causing no noticeable wounds to the victims body. *CR Well used condition. An interesting more recent battlefield find.
AN HISTORIC PRESENTATION TELESCOPE FROM CAPTAIN YORK OF HMS CIRCE. A late 18th Century 'Day and Night' naval Telescope with leather covered body and single extension, by J & T Watkins of Charring Cross, London, with interesting engraved presentation inscription 'To Lieutenant Patrick Tonyn first of H.M.S. Circe June 1 1793. A small token of the esteem of his Captain.' 50.5 cm closed.HMS Circe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth rate frigate. Launched in 1785 but not commissioned until 1790 she largely served in the blockade of French ports before being wrecked in 1803. At this time the Captain was Captain Joseph Sydney York who later went on to the rank of Admiral and went on to be First Naval Lord. His promotion to Post-Captain on the 4th of February 1793 saw him take command of H.M.S. Circe in which he patrolled off the port of Brest, his time as Captain was enormously successful, quickly taking the French ships Diane, Vaudreuil and Jeune Felix and the Danish brig Pelican. In May she took Didon and Auguste amongst others. The prize money and acclaim that will have followed such success will have been considerable and at is likely that this success and resultant prize money will have prompted the gift to his First Lieutenant of this telescope. The two officers were in action again when they forced the Batavian frigate Alliance to surrender, a report of the event being published in The Times. York was knighted in 1805 and went on to have a successful parliamentary career representing the constituency of Reigate. *CR Inscription rubbed and leather with scuffing from age and use. Lenses appear good.
A COLLECTION OF THIRTY THREE POSTCARDS OF FIRST WORLD SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. An interesting collection of postcards of soldiers in uniform posed with wives, girlfriends, young children and other family members. The majority First World War, various regiments and insignia visible. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
A COLLECTION OF FIFTY POSTCARDS OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND LATER GROUPS OF SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM. An interesting collection of fifty postcards of groups of soldiers in uniform, the majority First World War with groups of men posed formally or in less formal arrangements, various regiments and insignia visible. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
A MILITARY ISSUE JAEGAR LE COULTRE POCKET WATCH AND ANOTHER. A Jaegar Le Coultre pocket watch with 4.5cm dial, subsiduary seconds dial, flourescent 3, 6, 9 and 12, stamped to the reverse with government arrow and G.S.T.P. 355243. Another similar chrome plated pocket watch with alarm function. *CR First currently working, but sold without guarantee. Second not currently.
A FIRST WORLD WAR GERMAN BACKPACK. A First World War German backpack or Tornister, a late war ersatz type in pale olive green canvas, ersatz artificial leather binding and brown leather straps. Marked internally with original owners name and home town 'Erdenberger/Erfurt'. 35 x 33 cm. *CR Lacking shoulder straps, straps worn and damaged, general wear from use.
A FIRST WORLD WAR SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF 'C' FLIGHT, 31 TRAINING SQUADRON. A photograph marked to the reverse '"C" Flight (Lieut Jimmy Glover) 31 Training squadron, Wyton, Huntington, Huntingonshire, with an informal group of fifteen pilots and others in mixed uniforms with two uniforms with Royal Flying Corps wings visible. The men in the photograph being Hollingworth, Langley, Willis, Kerk, Coleman, Woods, Hill, Cole, Morrisey, Mathewson, Herman, Wallerson, Glover, Whiston and Lynch, all with signatures to the front. 14 x 23 cm. With three smaller similar photographs. *CR Poor condition with top right corner lacking, rubbing to surface and marking.
AN INTERESTING AND DIVERSE COLLECTION OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND LATER CAP BADGES. A collection of forty cap badges to include British, Canadian, South African and other cap and collar badges including British and African volunteers, Machine Gun Corps, Marlborough College, Toronto Regiment and others. *CR Mixed states, generally good.
A FASCINATING AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE ALBUM OF ANNOTATED BATTLEFIELD STUDIES BY A DIVISIONAL OBSERVER ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. An album of 23 sketches by 2nd Lt Frank Buckley I.O. 149th Infantry Brigade, all fully annotated with landscape features, trees, villages, trenches and other important details. To include 'Somme. Scene of Attacks by 50th Division Oct. Nov. 1916'. Telescopic sketches with annotations 'Copy sent to 50th Division Field Artillery for the purpose of shelling a ruined house frequented by the enemy'. Panorama with Scale of Bearings used for locating Enemy Shelling on the Right Flank of Corps. Particularly useful at night'. 'Sketch to show the new work going on in German front line trenches'. 'This sketch shows the effect of our fire on tracks used by German Transport, also new camouflage screens'.With a letter dated September 1919 in which the artist describes the album 'A small souvenir book of the war, which may perhaps interest you from the military point of view. ... With the exception of the two Flanders sketches, all the pictures are reproductions (in ink) of documents used in the war. Divisional observer was the most interesting job I had; we had the advantage of 2 very powerful telescopes, and of a man (Pte. FAIL) whose eyesight was perfectly marvelous. He was also a fair sketcher, & I had no difficulty in interpreting the drawings for the Heavy Artillery. One of the great things I learned in France was that the artillery will fire on a sketch target where they wont fire on a map reference. And when my fellows had seen the H.A. knocking down the landscape in one of their sketches it made them red-hot keen.' ... 'The division also got very keen on getting a panoramic sketch made during the semi open war fare at the end of the campaign'. The album seems to have been created for a friend or family member, and Buckley has shown an interesting range of studies and locations. Album 23 x 30cm. *CR One page loose, one detached, very slight spotting and staining from glue.Generally very good condition with bright colours and clear text.
A SILVER PRESENTATION CIGARETTE BOX, A GIFT TO 'VISCOUNT TRENCHARD ON THE OCCASION OF HIS MARRIAGE, WITH SIGNATURES TO INCLUDE WINSTON CHURCHILL. A rectangular silver cigarette box with ten engraved signatures to the lid, presumably a gift on the occasion of his marriage on the 17th 1920. Signatures to include Winston Churchill (at the time Secretary of State for War), Henry Wilson (Field Marshall and one of the most prominent Staff Officers of the First World War), Peel (William Robert Wellesley Peel), C.H. Harrington (Boer War and First World War General), and others. Hallmarked for London 1919. 18 x 9 x 5.5 cm. *CR Marking to surfaces, base very slightly out of shape - clearly an item that 'Boom' used regularly. An historic artifact from the man so often referred to as the 'Father of the R.A.F.'.
A COLLECTION OF FORTY ONE FIRST WORLD WAR POSTCARDS OF WOMEN IN VARIOUS UNIFORMS. An interesting collection of postcards of women in various uniforms to include nurses, munitions workers and others, one titled 'On War Service', others of women in soldiers uniform. The majority First World War. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
AN HISTORIC PRESENTATION DESK STAND FOR THE LAYING DOWN OF DREADNAUGHT BATTLESHIP H.M.S. KING GEORGE V BY LADY CURZON-HOWE. A presentation desk stand with an engraved tablet 'Model of First Keel Plate of H.M.S. King George V Laid at Portsmouth Yard by The Hon. Lady Curzon-Howe 16th January 1911'. and a similar tablet 'This souvenir is made from wood which formed part of the late Royal Yacht the Royal George'. Mounted with a model of the keel plate and two glass inkwells with plated lids. On a rectangular base with moulded edge and four turned feet. 35.5 cm x 18 cm, 9 cm high.H.M.S. King George V was a Dreadnought class battleship that served with the Home and Grand Fleets during the First World War, most famously at the Battle of Jutland.The laying down took place at H.M. Dockyard on the 16th January 1911, she was launched in November 1912. See the following lot for a pendant relating to the same occasion. *CR Engraved panel detached, damage to one glass inkwell, slight marking and scuffing in places.
A SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE U-BOAT BADGE AND TWO OTHERS. A U-Boat badge with eagle with wings outstretched above a swastika and submarine, within a laurel wreath, traces of original gilding. The reverse with broad flat pin. 6.6 cm wide. A gilt cap eagle and dog-tags with number U.0.784-8/40 S. *CR First with wear to surface and lacking pin catch, others Second World War or later.
A COLLECTION OF ROYAL ARTILLERY UNIFORM CAPS, BUTTONS AND OTHER ITEMS. A collection of Royal Artillery uniform caps comprising two khaki peaked caps with Royal Artillery cap badges, a beret with gilt badge and a scarlet side cap with 'Ubique' grenade badge, broad brimmed hat with red and white band by Lock and Co. With a sword hanger, sword knot and a collection of cap badges, buttons and other items. All contained in a tin hat box with numerous shipping labels. *CR Some moth damage to first two, signs of wear and use.
AN AMERICAN REMINGTON FIRST WORLD WAR 1918 PATTERN BAYONET AND SCABBARD. A 1918 pattern bayonet with a 43 cm sharpened pointed blade with single fuller, marked '1918 Remington' and 'US' beneath a flaming grenade. With a two part wooden grip, in a green finished leather scabbard with brown leather frog and belt hanger. 60 cm overall. *CR Usual scuffig and marks, strap at top of belt hanger broken. Generally a nice example.
A COLLECTION OF FIRST WORLD WAR CYCLIST BATTALION CAP BADGES. A collection of Cyclist Battalion and Corps cap badges: 25th County of London, East Yorkshire, Welsh Regiment, Northern Cyclists, Kent Cyclists, Hampshire Regiment Cyclists, Huntingdonshire, Essex, City of London and Army Cyclist Corps (12 and 16 spoke examples). First World War and later examples. 11 badges. *CR First World War and later.
A COLLECTION OF FIFTY POSTCARDS OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND LATER GROUPS OF SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM. An interesting collection of fifty postcards of groups of soldiers in uniform, the majority First World War with groups of men posed formally or in less formal arrangements, various regiments and insignia visible. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
A FIRST WORLD WAR GENERAL'S PEAKED CAP. A Khaki peaked cap with red band with General's insignia to the centre, with a brown leather chinstrap, two General's buttons and internal label for Alkit of Cambridge Circus. *CR In used condition, slightly grubby in places and slight moth damage to red band.
A PRE-FIRST WORLD WAR BRITISH LEAGUE FOR THE SUPPORT OF ULSTER AND THE UNION POSTER. A poster printed in two colours with a Union flag to the top left above 'One King, One Flag, One Parliament' rallying support from all those willing to support the Loyalists of Ulster 'in the last extremity'. The British League for the support of Ulster and the Union. 76 x 51 cmIn June 1913, in the House of Commons the Prime Minister was asked if he knew 'about the existence of a society formed under the title of the British League for the Support of Ulster ... at Ryder Street ...'. *CR Folded, small hole to the centre and the top, slight small splits to creases. A rare survivor in generally good condition.
A FIRST WORLD WAR FELT PRUSSIAN PICKELHAUBE. A grey felt Pickelhaube with raised central spike on plate with four dome topped fixings, the helmet plate with a crowned eagle with wings outstretched, holding an orb and scepter. With brown leather chin strap and black leather liner. *CR A good example, slight to rear section, slightly out of shape, chin strap probably later. Generally a very nice example.
A COLLECTION OF FIFTY POSTCARDS OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND LATER GROUPS OF SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM. An interesting collection of fifty postcards of groups of soldiers in uniform, the majority First World War with groups of men posed formally or in less formal arrangements, various regiments and insignia visible. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
A WATERCOLOUR OF A FIRST WORLD WAR BIPLANE 'DAWN PATROL'. A watercolour on board of a biplane, probably an F.E.2. flying over a battle-damaged town. Titled 'Nieuport 1916 MUD 4', possibly signed in red 'MAX' 33 x 24 cm. Unframed, with part of original label '1914-18 War.Air.4 Dawn Patrol D.H. Mud Bus M Over the Remains of the Main Square at Nieuport Nov 16'. *CR Slight rubbing to surface, and slight damage to edges.
A FIRST WORLD WAR MK 1. BRODIE HELMET WITH US ARMY SIGNALS CORPS BADGE. A Steel Helmet with reinforced rim, painted in dark green with a unit marking painted to the front with a goat wearing a United States Army Signals Corps badge, leaping over a red cross. Presumably an Officer's helmet. Marked internally FS27 for Thomas Firth & Sons Ltd of Sheffield (1916-1918). With original liner and chin strap. *CR A very nice example with some scuffing and marking to the surface, panted badge still in very good condition with good detail and colour.
A SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN SS PEAKED CAP INSIGNIA SET. An insignia set comprising zinc eagle with wide wings with RZM and maker's marks M1/40, lacking one pin, second type skull in white metal. The second lacking fixing pins. *CR Some oxidisation to first, second lacking both pins, first lacking one pin.
A COLLECTION OF SIXTY POSTCARDS OF FIRST WORLD WAR AND LATER SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM. An interesting collection of sixty postcards of soldiers in uniform, the majority First World War studio shots, others less formal, various regiments and insignia visible. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
A COLLECTION OF FIFTY POSTCARDS OF FIRST WORLD SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM, INDIVIDUALLY POSED, MANY ON HORSEBACK. An interesting collection of postcards of individual soldiers in uniform posed in studio settings, others on horseback. The majority First World War, various regiments and insignia visible. *CR Some bumping to corners and scuffing in places. A nice collection.
AN INTERESTING FIRST WORLD WAR SHACKLE FROM UBOAT U-82. An interesting Kenter marine shackle with attached engraved plaque 'German Submarine U-82 Surrendered in Harwich in 1919'. stamped 25. 63 22. SM U-82 was a Type U81 U-Boat of the Imperial German active during the Great War. Launched 1st July 1916 and commissioned September of the same year. Serving with IV Flotilla throughout the war undertaking 11 patrols commanded by Heinrich Middendorff. She surrendered to the British on the 16th January 1919 and broken up at Blyth between 1919 and 1920. *CR Good condition with signs of use.
A FIRST WORLD WAR MILITARY COMPASS AND 'ORILUX' TORCH. An 'Orilux torch with label 'The Orilux J.H. Steward Ltd 406 Strand London, in brown leather carrying case for wear on an officer's belt, marked 'Linton' by a previous owner. A 1918 Mk VII compass marked with Government issue arrows, M.I.O and 1918. With leather case and strap. *CR Both with some light scuffing, but generally nice examples.
A COLLECTION OF TANK CORPS AND ROYAL TANK CORPS CAP BADGES. A collection of eight badges including a First World War cap badge with slider fitting, Royal Tank Regiment badges with tank to the left and another to the right, Royal Armoured Corps badges and others. (8). *CR Generally in good condition.
A COLLECTION OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CRIMEAN WAR BY ROGER FENTON. Four images: 'The Council of War on the morning of the taking of Mamelon' an image of Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha and General Pelissier, 19 x 15.7 cm. 'Entente Cordiale' eight soldiers in uniform sharing a drink and smoking pipes, 14.5 x 16.6 cm. 'Captain Pechell and men of the 77th Regiment' 14.6 x 15.5 cm. 'Men of the 47th Regiment' 14.5 x 15.5 cm. All on irregular card mounts. Roger Fenton (1819-1869) is one of the most celebrated pioneers of photography and is best known for the series of over 800 images he took of the Crimean War. Of the four offered here the 'Council of War' is one of the best known images of the period.Provenance: Previously with Sotheby's Belgravia, June 1980. *CR Mixed states, all with some marking, especially third which also has small tear to top. First with signs of original watercolour.
AN ENAMEL BROOCH COMMEMORATING THE LAYING DOWN OF THE KEEL FOR H.M.S. KING GEORGE V. An unmarked gilt metal and enamel pendant 'H.M.S. King George 1911' in blue against white enamel, in the form of a lifebelt, with ring for suspension. 22 mm wide.The previous lot commemorates the laying down of the Keel of H.M.S. King George V, the first of the Dreadnaught battleships, at Portsmouth Yard by The Hon. Lady Curzon-Howe on the 16th January 1911'. It seems likely that this pendant was a gift to Lady Curzon Howe to further mark the event. See the previous lot for a pendant relating to the same occasion. *CR Good condition.
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