SITWELL SACHEVERELL: (1897-1988) English Writer. Small series of six A.Ls.S., Sacheverell Sitwell, nine pages (total), oblong 8vo (and one brief letter to the verso of a postcard), Towcester, Northamptonshire, 1967-1972, all to Paul Turok in New York. Sitwell, a noted music critic, writes to his correspondent on a variety of subjects relating to classical music, in the first letter referring to Hector Berlioz‘s compositions, in part, ‘You have noticed what is obviously a very silly misprint. It is very odd I should have missed it. Obviously I meant Symphonie Fantastique, the Grande Messe des Mortis, and Te Deum. But now I wd. Say Les Troyens was his masterpiece. Wouldn’t you?’ (9th November 1967), and in subsequent letters stating, in part, ‘Thank you very much indeed for sending me your Fantasia on Liszt’s “Grey Clouds”. It looks very interesting’ (18th January 1970), ‘Your Three Transcendental Etudes, Op.30 came this morning. I have got one or two friends who are good pianists, and I must get one of them to play them to me….I am wondering if The Bell of Arcos is about the Spanish town Arcos de la Frontera in Andalucia!’ (20th March 1970), ‘…I have been grappling with the typewritten proofs of an immensely long book (200,000 words) which have driven me nearly crazy - but now they are finished!…Death of a Fly is the opening chapter of the book I mentioned, and I will be sending you a copy of it when it appears’ (10th July 1972). Together with a vintage folding oblong 8vo Christmas greetings card inscribed by Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) British Poet & Critic, elder sister of Sacheverell Sitwell, the card featuring a facsimile signature and greeting although with an ink inscription by Sitwell, also adding the first name of her brother, Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) English Writer, in her hand. Generally VG, 7 Paul Turok (1929-2012) American Composer & Music Critic.
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DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 18th February 1957, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes a social letter to her friend, commiserating with her over a domestic situation, 'What you feared. I always had a doubtful feeling that the contentment would not last, and they would get restless…I beg you don't keep the livestock….you would be tied hand and foot' and remarking that she would have visited 'but for the fact that with the Duke away the Guardsman (her husband, Frederick Browning) has been coming home for much longer weekends, only going up to London for a couple of days or so mid-week….also the very wet weather would have made us rather house-bound (Though with your library, this wouldn't have bothered me).' She further states that she may have to visit London soon 'to see to some film business' and also recounts a lunch with her husband and Dr and Mrs Rashleigh at Polmear, 'I was terrified they were going to give us notice, but all went well, and I still don't know why we were asked after all these years. The doctor was in a yellow waistcoat and blue velvet corduroy trousers, do you think times have changed? Your mother would say “My dear!“ It is now incumbent upon us to ask them back, and the windows have not been painted for seven years and are overdue…' VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Frederick Browning (1896-1965) British Lieutenant-General of World War II, deputy commander of the First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Market Garden, 1944. Browning served as Treasurer and Head of Office to the Duke of Edinburgh.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 21st December 1958, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes a social letter to her friend, thanking her for a Christmas gift which she had had an instinct to open early, 'The instinct was sound. As the first south-westerly in months blew the moors black, and I was bent double in my attempts to walk, your snug wind-cheater plus chest protector kept influenza at bay….Thank you a thousand times. Have you some hidden knitter in the isles of Shetland? The waistcoat is so well done, and not, I feel sure, by your own fair hands' and further reporting on her family, 'All goes fairly well here, though the Guardsman (her husband, Frederick Browning) is very up and down, and the groans of “I feel so ill“ pretty continuous, though mostly after a day or so in London. Every doctor tells him to give up, and then foolish friends, not knowing his history, say “Oh, but you'll be bored to tears in the country. It's madness to retire“. If they only knew he is perfectly content to potter. it's the conflicting advice that is so bad. Kits has his blood-and-thunder film ready to show us at Christmas. Miss Tod, Mr Burt, myself, are all murdered in it. Only Oenone survives. What a sport she is, she allowed herself to be filmed throwing a bomb out of the St. Austell train. It is only a matter of time before she is sent for by the police….Guardsman says he will “hold the fort“ while the Prince is away on his tour, and I don't really know what he means. Kits starts work on January 5th learning the film directing under Carol Reed, with the new Graham Greene story Our Man From Havana. He may find himself in Cuba amongst the rebels.' An entertaining letter. Some small, minor tape stains to the head of each page, only very slightly affecting two words of text, but not the signature, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Frederick Browning (1896-1965) British Lieutenant-General of World War II, deputy commander of the First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Market Garden, 1944. Browning served as Treasurer and Head of Office to the Duke of Edinburgh. Christian Du Maurier (1940- ) Youngest child of Daphne Du Maurier and Frederick Browning, who became a photographer and film-maker, as referred to in the present letter.
MONSARRAT NICHOLAS: (1910-1979) British Novelist of The Cruel Sea (1951). T.L.S., Nicholas Monsarrat, one page, small 4to, Johannesburg, 6th December 1951, to Miss. M. Damsell, on the printed stationery of the United Kingdom Information Office. Monsarrat thanks his correspondent for her letter, after such a long time, and comments 'It was very kind of you to write to me about the book, and I still remember you giving me my first instruction on the use of a typewriter, at the age of approximately 4', also referring to his father. Together with a second T.L.S., Nicholas Monsarrat, one page, 4to, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 26th May 1968, also to Miss. Damsell. Monsarrat announces 'Please forgive the typewriter (you see, I have one of my own now!) but I have an infected hand which precludes writing' and continues to thank her for her kind letter about his father, commenting 'I was away in Kashmir when he died, and did not hear about it till a week later; but I was lucky enough to see him a couple of days before I left. He died in his sleep, and since, at the age of 96, he had become very old and feeble, that was a wonderful way for him to go. I know he always remembered you with great affection -- indeed, we all did. The consulting room was a very good port-of-call in the old days of ravenous hunger and empty pockets!' Some light age wear and minor staining and other small faults to both letters, G to about VG, 2
JOHNSTON DENIS: (1901-1984) Irish Writer, a protégé of W. B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. A.L.S., Denis Johnston, three pages, 8vo, South Hadley, Massachusetts, (although on the printed stationery of Smith College, Department of Theatre), 15th July 1960, to Mr. Hartley. Johnston informs his correspondent 'I was at what you would call a Private School in Dublin, though this has not got the high-class connotations the expression would have here' and continues 'I don't think my education either at School or College was particularly good. Certainly it was of no use at all to me as a writer', further adding 'I would like to have taken some instruction somewhere on creative writing, but such a thing was never taught where I was brought up…..Now I teach it myself, and will never know for years, whether I do so with any benefit to my students. I think really that one has to teach oneself - from experience'. Johnston concludes his letter 'The only kind of literary criticism that I have had and that I remember with any enjoyment is Yeats's comment on my first play, “It has one or two faults” he said, “First of all, the scenes are too long” Then he thought for a while and added “The other is that there are too many scenes”.' A letter of interesting content. VG W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) Irish Poet & Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1923. Johnston's first play, The Old Lady Says 'No'! (1929) helped establish the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre.
NIN ANAIS: (1903-1977) Cuban-French Author. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of A Woman Speaks - The Lectures, Seminars and Interviews of Anais Nin, edited by Evelyn J. Hinz, First American Edition published by the Swallow Press, Chicago, 1975. Presentation copy signed and inscribed to the front endpaper by Nin, 'For Corita, in memory of vivid colors and beauty of design. Please get well, Love, Anais'. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some tears and slight creasing to the edges). Some scattered marginal ink marks, about VG Corita Kent (1918-1986) American Artist.
CODY W. F.: (1846-1917) American Showman. A.L.S., W F Cody, on one side of a correspondence card, Birmingham, 4th November 1887, to a gentleman. Cody thanks his correspondent and remarks 'The magazine has been read and I prize it highly'. Neatly laid down and with some light overall age wear and minor staining, G The present letter is written during Buffalo Bill's first tour of Great Britain, which was made in celebration of the Jubilee year of Queen Victoria.
MASPERO GASTON: (1846-1916) French Egyptologist. A.L.S., G Maspero, one page, 8vo, Paris, 1st December 1892, to a lady, in French. Maspero writes to his correspondent concerning a work by Denon, discussing the French and English editions ('…prices in France must be lower than that of the English edition…') and advising that his correspondent contact either one of the London booksellers Quaritch or Ellis, although adding that he does not know their addresses. With blank integral leaf. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, about VG Vivant Denon (1747-1825) French Artist, Writer, Diplomat and Archaeologist, appointed as the first director of the Louvre Museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian Campaign of 1798-1801.
KELLERMAN ANNETTE: (1886-1975) Australian Swimmer, Actress & Writer, one of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume. Kellerman is often credited as inventing the sport of synchronised swimming. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8.5 x 11 photograph, an appealing image of Kellerman in 'silhouette', wearing a one-piece bathing suit and standing in a full length profile pose at the edge of the sea, 1926. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image. One large tear to the left edge of the image, not affecting the signature. Together with a second vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 8.5 photograph of Kellerman in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold green fountain pen ink to a largely clear area at the base of the image. Also including a T.L.S., Annette Kellerman, one page, 4to, London, n.d., to Diana. Kellerman wishes her correspondent a happy birthday and continues to apologise for not having written before, explaining 'I have had the hardest six months. I simply got into the state of not writing to a soul. Just going to work, signing postcards...' and further enquiring about her friend's school and life, before informing her 'I expect to go to Paris....Goodness I'll be glad when this season is finished. I have made up my mind not to play any more provinces after this year. We are going back to Germany in September....' Generally G to about VG, 3
STEPHENSON GEORGE: (1781-1848) English Civil & Mechanical Engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives. A.L.S., Geo Stephenson, one page, 4to, Liverpool, 5th July 1827, to Mr. Cabry. Stephenson announces 'The Iron work has arrived for you, here, from N'Castle' and informs his correspondent that it will be sent to Eastham tomorrow. He continues 'I have written to my brother Robert to come and spend a few days in your neighbourhood, until I procure a situation for him, as he has been unfortunate in his concerns at Morton; I am not sure if he will come or not'. With integral address leaf hand addressed by Stephenson to Mr. Cabry at Ness Colliery in Cheshire. Some paper loss to the integral leaf and a number of small holes and tears at the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature. G Stephenson's correspondent could be either Henry Cabry (1805-1881) who joined Robert Stephenson & Co. in late 1823 or 1824 and was the Locomotive Superintendent of Leicester & Swannington Railway where the Comet was the first locomotive, or, as is more likely, Thomas Cabry (1801-1873) who also worked for Stephenson at around the same time and who was involved in the erection of a stationary engine on Daubhill Incline on Bolton & Leigh Railway in May 1827, shortly before the present letter. Robert Stephenson (1788-1837) Younger brother of George Stephenson, drove the North Star, one of eight trains involved in a parade for the opening ceremony of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway on 15th September 1830.
BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. A.L.S., I K Brunel, one page, small 8vo, n.p., 30th November n.y., to a gentleman. Brunel writes, in full, 'Can you send me by bearer the plan of the dining room and also the first sketch you made of the door & chimney piece'. Some slight traces of former mounting to the verso and minor, very light age wear, about VG
BAIRD JOHN LOGIE: (1888-1946) Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the world's first working television system. Brief T.L.S., J L Baird, one page, 8vo, Sydenham, 11th March 1937, to Lionel Armand Aucoin. Baird responds to his correspondent's letter and sends a signed photograph (no longer present). With blank integral leaf. Rare. EX
SECCHI PIETRO ANGELO: (1818-1878) Italian Astronomer, one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star. A.L.S., P. A. Secchi, four pages, 8vo, Rome, 12th February 1872, to a gentleman, in French. Secchi states that he has read his correspondent's letter and discovered that he is not in good health ('no doubt from an excess of work') and continues 'The sojourn in Naples, I believe it would do you good. Pisa was in great favour some time ago, but it has been observed that its climate is not as propitious as it had been thought. In addition, in order to restore yourself to health I think that a distraction might be more necessary than the climate. For that, what better place than Naples!' Secchi further writes '….it seems to me that you don't have to fear any great cold in Naples….After the aurora borealis the southern current appears to have the upper hand and we now have warm weather which is very comfortable for those with poor health. The north of Naples is never very good, not even in winter'. He concludes 'I hope that with your sojourn in Naples you will find yourself restored, and thus I hope to see you again in good health as in 1867, which I remember very well. Unexpected circumstances beyond my will have prevented me from going to Brussels, but your visit will bring the advantage of your conversation, and I have many things to ask you. April and May are wonderful in Rome'. VG
'Defective persons should especially, be careful to avoid marrying blood relations' BELL ALEXANDER GRAHAM: (1847-1922) Scottish Scientist, inventor of the first practical telephone. An interesting T.L.S., Alexander Graham Bell, two pages (separate leaves), 4to, Washington D.C., 25th January 1912, to Edwin A. Elsbach. Bell informs his correspondent 'A great deal can be done to minimise the effects of heredity in afflicted families, by giving such information regarding the results of marriages as to lead afflicted persons to choose partners in life who would lessen their tendency to produce afflicted children' and continues 'There is always a strong tendency in offspring to revert to the normal type of the race; and if marriages are so contracted that the tendency to the inheritance of the defect exists in the family of only one of the partners, the tendency to inheritance is diluted, so to speak, by the influence of the other, if he belongs to a family which is free from the defect', further explaining that 'This is especially true when the partners in marriage are very far apart in blood. A defective American would have less tendency to reproduce the defect, by marriage with a foreigner of a different race'. Bell also advises that 'Defective persons should especially, be careful to avoid marrying blood relations. This class of union tends to increase, in the offspring, the family peculiarities, whatever they may be. Where a defective strain exists the defect is more liable to be increased, than in cases where there are no common ancestors'. The scientist concludes by stating that he is sending Elsbach a copy of his paper Marriage, an Address to the Deaf under separate cover. A letter of fascinating content. VG In October 1872 Bell had opened his School of Vocal Physiology and Mechanics of Speech in Boston, which attracted a large number of deaf pupils. While he was working as a private tutor, one of his most famous pupils was Helen Keller, who came to him as a young child unable to see, hear, or speak. She was later to say that Bell dedicated his life to the penetration of that 'inhuman silence which separates and estranges'
WAKSMAN SELMAN: (1888-1973) Ukrainian-born, Jewish-American Inventor, Biochemist and Microbiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1952. An extensive correspondence collection comprising fifty three T.Ls.S. and one A.L.S., Salman A. Waksman, fifty five pages (total), 4to, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 28th April 1925 - 18th March 1950, all to Dr. Cornelia L. Carey of the Department of Botany at Barnard College in New York, on the printed stationery of the State of New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. In the first letter Waksman invites Carey to spend the summer in their laboratory in order to learn as much as possible in the time about soil microbiology, and commenting ‘You can either have a small problem assigned to you, or you can help me or one of our advanced men in one or two of our problems, which may help you to understand the soil microbiological complexes’ and in subsequent letters adds that her appointment will be unpaid, the correspondence continuing in 1932, recommending Carey is employed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and further discussing scientific matters, in part, ‘I am very anxious to know how the last experiment on the decomposition of the fucus material came out….I am trying to bring together the various results of the experimental work at Woods Hole so as to have it ready for Dr. Bigelow whenever he wants it’ (20th September 1932), ‘The results [on the decomposition of fucus] are very significant, and I believe that they will bear out very nicely my hypothesis concerning the two factors involved in the decomposition of fucus material in the sea; 1. the nitrogen factor, and 2. the specific bacteria capable of attacking the specific carbohydrate constituents of the fucus’ and explaining how she should calculate the nitrate content in the residual medium by the colorimetric method (27th September 1932), sending ‘a final draft of a paper on the decomposition of zoo-plankton and algal growth of marine bacteria, which will form a part of the complete report of our work in marine bacteriology’ and asking her to review it carefully and return it with any comments (7th December 1932), ‘I have also been very much interested in what you have to say concerning your further studies of the nitrate and nitrate organisms. Your description of the small colonies reminds me very much of those described originally by Winogradsky for the corresponding organisms in the soil. I would suggest that you make a few typical slides of your cultures and also have some typical plates prepared….’ (13th December 1932), further referring to the publication of various papers, looking forward to her participation at Woods Hole in the coming summers, and writing ‘Are you keeping alive the alginic acid decomposing bacteria? I am very anxious that we keep them in good condition until next year at least’ (14th November 1933), discussing one of Carey’s reports, the results of which Waksman finds confusing, ‘Your remarks will explain the high ash content but not the organic matter content. I am afraid that what you report as soluble org. matter is largely not org. matter at all, but loss on ignition which may comprise water of crystall etc.’ (1st December 1933), ‘we have started an experiment here with these four organisms, using both sea water and sodium chloride solution in order to check up again some of the results of your experiments, and especially in order to determine the formation of the humus like complex in sea water media by these particular organisms. I find that #17 does not grow at all, just as you had in your first experiment...' OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Queen Elizabeth II and featuring her portrait, the envelope also bearing four different postage stamps, each featuring images of the Queen, and with Registered Mail and Air Mail stickers neatly affixed. Signed ('E P Hillary') in black ink to a clear area. Post marked at Southsea, 3rd June 1953. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG News of Edmund Hillary's successful ascent of Mount Everest reached Britain on the day of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, on the 2nd June 1953, and the press called the mountaineer's achievement a coronation gift.
EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A vintage printed 4to brochure entitled Ascent of Everest 1953, with various illustrations and printed text, issued to accompany illustrated lectures, individually signed to an inside photo page by both Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953 and Tom Bourdillon (1924-1956) English Mountaineer, a member of the Everest Expedition team of 1953 (responsible for oxygen equipment). The image depicts Hillary standing in a three quarter length pose alongside Sherpa Tenzing on their return to Camp IV after their successful assault on 29th May 1953. Signed by both Hillary and Bourdillon in bold blue fountain pen inks with their names alone to a clear area of the background. Together with Lord John Hunt (1910-1998) British Army Officer, Leader of the Everest Expedition of 1953. Blue ink signature ('John Hunt') on a 12mo lined page removed from a pocket note book, with the additional sentiment 'To recall a most remarkable journey and with heartfelt thanks for delivering me safely!' and date, 7th June 1983, in his hand. Also including a small, miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, signed books etc., by various individuals including Bernard Braden, Bernard Levin, Hannah Hauxwell, facsimile Churchill letters (3; 1949, 1952 & 1953, each accompanied by the original envelopes) etc. Some light age wear and a few minor tears and creases to the brochure, G to VG, 11 Autographs of Bourdillon are scarce following his tragically early death in a climbing accident in 1956.
ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK: (1844-1925) Queen of the United Kingdom 1901-10, consort of King Edward VII. Autograph Telegram Signed, Alexandra, one page, folio, n.p., n.d., to Captain Patterson. On the partially printed Post Office Telegraphs form the Queen writes, in bold pencil, 'Just received yr. letter. Quite understand. Strongly advise you first to go to the Klinik you mention & after your twenty days come over with a nurse to the Hospital in Bloomsbury Square....' Together with a contemporary manuscript copy of a letter from Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708) Duke of Cumberland, husband of Queen Anne, one page, folio, n.p., circa 22nd December 1707, being an extract of a letter concerning an allowance of bounty to be made to Priscilla Masterman, the widow of Thomas Masterman who was killed by the enemy whilst serving on board HMS Crowne off the coast of Hispaniola on 17th September 1706. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and minor creasing, G to VG, 2
MARY OF TECK: (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the 8vo folding card featuring a colour illustration to the front cover, being a reproduction of a painting by the illustrator Howard Davie depicting Queen Philippa's visit to the First Cloth Hall at Norwich in 1335, signed ('from your devoted May') to the inside, beneath a printed greeting. Dated 1925-26 by the Queen who has also added a holograph note beneath her signature, 'grateful thanks for the lovely ivory box & pretty etching'. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: A good First Day Cover commemorating the World Cup 1966 individually signed by ten members of the England World Cup winning team comprising George Cohen, Alan Ball, Ray Wilson, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters, Nobby Stiles, Roger Hunt and Geoff Hurst. The cover bears three different World Cup 1966 postage stamps and is post marked at London, 1st June 1966. Signed by each of the players in blue inks with their names alone to clear areas. VG
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: A good First Day Cover issued for the World Cup in France 1998 and featuring a colour image of Bobby Moore and other members of the England World Cup winning team of 1966 in a jubilant pose with the Jules Rimet trophy, individually signed by ten members of the England World Cup winning team of 1966, comprising Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Gordon Banks, Ray Wilson, Jack Charlton, Bobby Charlton, Alan Ball, Nobby Stiles, Roger Hunt and George Cohen. All have signed in blue inks to clear areas. The cover features an inset silver coloured medallion. About EX
GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94. A fine, and unusually lengthy A.L.S., W E Gladstone, six pages, 4to, Fasque, Aberdeenshire, 27th December 1836, to Edward Wilmot in Dublin. Gladstone states that his brother has forwarded him Wilmot’s letter enquiring about the scheme of National Education in Ireland, and he continues to express his sentiments on the subject, in part, ‘Upon considering the theory of the question which properly comes into view before its application to practice, the first difficulty which presents itself is that involved in the naked fact of the substitution of Extracts however selected for the entire Bible. You are at least as well aware as myself that it is one keenly felt by many conscientious persons, and I confess that the proposal even in this extent is a startling and a painful one: yet upon much consideration…. I do not see that this principle ought to be rejected by Protestants or by the Government under every modification. First because, in the nature of the thing, an education containing the most vital truths of religion may be given through extracts; and such an education is a benefit though without them there is none: and there is in my belief a common ground of hope & of salvation possible to the Protestant and the R. Catholic. Secondly, in consistency with the practice of the parties upon an analogous case….it seems to me that we have virtually recognized the principle of Extracts: that is that we as truly forego in Education a portion of the word of God by locking up the spirit, as by expunging the letter. Especially therefore when the system is already established and extended and no longer an integral question of debate, I do think….it is very desirable that such Protestants as have not objected to the….ostensible principle of those other societies I have named should not resist the Irish National System simply as a system which does not necessitate the teaching of the entire Bible….The two plans mentioned in your letter for the accomplishment of a part at least of this important object….are 1. that of proposing the Bible individually to the parents as the natural guardians of each child and having its use to their option. 2. that of proposing it to them collectively by instituting at a certain time a Bible class in the school, and leaving the attendance of the children on that class to the option of the parents. I confess I do not see upon the face of these projects that they ought to be rejected on principle. But I find myself at fault from not being informed whether 3. in the first, upon the parents declaring against the entire Bible, Extracts embracing the substance of Christian truth are still to be recognized and bona fide used? 4. in the second, whether the instruction up to the specified hour is to be simply of a secular and moral or also of a religious character. If the answer to these questions be in the negative, then I confess I think a vitally objectionable ground is laid upon which we must not venture. But I do not see why it should not be in the affirmative, and why the Government might not thus far adopt a plurality (as does in England a duality) of educational systems: viz. that they should offer support 1. To schools like the English National Schools; or where a Church class should be maintained at a fixed hour for Church children. 2. To schools like the Kildare where the whole letter of the Bible should be taught under such instructions as that society adopts in the exposition though here I for one am of opinion that a church class would by way of addition be an improvement. OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
BALDWIN STANLEY: (1867-1947) British Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924- 29 & 1935-37. Two T.Ls.S., Stanley Baldwin, each with holograph salutation and subscription, both one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 17th January and August 1936, to Sir John Martin-Harvey, on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister. In the first letter Baldwin states that he has just received his correspondent's 'application for a Civil List Pension for Sir Philip Ben Greet' which he will give his best consideration, remarking 'You may be sure that I will bear in mind all that you say in its support'. In the second letter Baldwin states that it was good of his correspondent to have written to him concerning performances of The Oedipus Rex which he is proposing to give at Covent Garden in September and remarking, 'I am, of course, happy to allow my name to be associated as one of the Honorary Committee in connection with this interesting production'. About EX, 2 Sir John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944) English Stage Actor. Sir Philip Barling 'Ben' Greet (1857-1936) English Actor of Shakespearean roles. He was to die, aged 78, exactly four months after the date of Baldwin's letter, on 17th May 1936.
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: Selection of signed album pages, cards, signed First Day Covers (3) etc., by various members of the England World Cup winning squad of 1966 comprising Alf Ramsey (manager), Geoff Hurst (2), Alan Ball, Gordon Banks (2), Jack Charlton, Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves. Together with a signed 3.5 x 5 photograph by Kenneth Wolstenholme (1920-2002) British Football Commentator, responsible for the famous phrase 'some people are on the pitch...they think it's all over...it is now!' during the 1966 World Cup final. The image depicts Wolstenholme in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG to EX, 10
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[CHURCHILL WINSTON S.]: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. MARSH EDWARD (1872-1953) British Polymath & Civil Servant, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill for many years. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, three pages, 8vo, The Palace, Khartoum, 24th December 1907. Marsh's manuscript recounts the funeral of Scrivings, which had taken place earlier that evening, in part 'The funeral procession left the Civil Hospital at 5.30. It was headed by the band of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers; then followed a detachment of the men; and after the coffin, which was placed on the gun carriage and covered with the colours, then walked Mr. Churchill, Col. Wilson, Mr. Marsh, Capt. Dickinson, an officer who had accompanied Mr. Churchill through Uganda and down the Nile…..Mr Churchill had put a cross of white chrysanthemums & other flowers on the coffin. The cemetery is about half a mile from the hospital & the procession went at a foot's pace, the band playing Chopin's Funeral March….the coffin was placed on the shoulders of six men of the Royal Dublins, who carried it to the grave. Mr. Gwynne proceeded to read the burial service, during which the sun set and darkness came gradually on. At the end, the Last Post was sounded on the bugles, and three volleys of blank cartridges were fired into the air'. Some light age wear and a few neat splits at the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. Together with three A.Ls.S. by Marsh ('E Marsh'), five pages (total), 8vo, [Khartoum] & Whitehall, 1st February (1908) - 19th May 1911, all to Mrs. Scrivings, on the printed stationery of the Colonial Office and the Home Office. Marsh writes on behalf of Winston Churchill, sending his correspondent some photographs and a letter (none present), stating that Churchill has carefully considered her request and writing 'He thinks there would be a great deal of risk in committing the annual pension by a lump sum now. You might invest it in a business which wd not prosper & you wd then be left without any support at all….Mr Churchill knows that you are a very good cook, & he cannot understand why, with the testimonials you have received & the recommendations which he is quite prepared to renew, you cannot keep a good situation….' and in another letter sending a cheque (no longer present) for £25 on behalf of Churchill. Further including an interesting Autograph Manuscript Signed by Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward, a barrister and the Recorder of Hythe, two pages, folio, 24th June 1909, being an Opinion on Churchill and stating, in part, 'This is a case which naturally arouses in any one who reads the papers relating to it the greatest possible sympathy for Mrs. Scrivings in her unfortunate position. There can be no doubt at all but that Mr Churchill and some of his relations made definite promises to provide for the widow of his former valet and the only question for consideration is whether or not such promises are valid in law - Being promises made otherwise than by deed they are not binding unless there is sufficient consideration to support them - if the first proposal made by Mr Churchillcame after his servants death I fear that there is no consideration at all for his promise and that it is only morally binding in the court of conscience alone. If on the other hand it should be that Mr Churchill induced Scrivings to accompany him to Africa by a promise to provide for his wife and children in case anything should happen to him while away from England - then I think that the subsequent promise would be supported by the consideration of Mr Scrivings undertaking OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
HASTINGS WARREN: (1732-1818) English Statesman, the first Governor-General of Bengal 1773-85. Hastings was accused of corruption and impeached in 1787, although after a long trial he was acquitted in 1795. A good, long A.L.S., Warren Hastings, seven pages, 4to, Wimpole Street, 22nd February 1789, to ‘My dear General’. Hastings explains that a Petition which he had to write, and re-write, for the House of Lords and other matters have delayed him from attending to the consideration of his correspondent’s Defence, but has been his sole employment this week and continues to write ‘My suggestions shall accompany this. I call them such because they are mostly intended to convey in the most intelligible mode my sense, as I should myself express it, of the argument, or other matter which appeared to me to be deficient in your reputation; not wishing to recommend it for literal application, though I chose to put myself in your person, and express my thoughts as if they were yours, that they might better unite with your text, & show their agreement with it’ Hastings further writes ‘I read your Defence twice, making as I wud., a few literal remarks and Correction, on the blank leaves. The two last parts of it I passed without (I believe) a single exception. I think them complete & unanswerable. Of the first part what was written (one or two passages excepted which I have noted) pleased me very much, especially that part which contains the history of your early life, which is elegantly written, with a manly assumption of your merits….But I felt, as I read, a void in the argument….& dissatisfaction with the conclusion, which was not sufficiently warranted….I indeed suspected that what I had conceived to be a defect was purposely left in that state; that you chose to abridge the text, to avoid dwelling on the charge, which…..was in in the highest degree offensive….& and I thought that you might be the rather induced to adopt this mode, as the reference made to your orig. defence in your appendix left an option to your readers to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the subject, if they were not satisfied with the present argument: - But I thought this insufficient. The partial reader & the indolent reader will be content with the text, Few will look into the appendix….and these will accumulate all that can be found of argument, true or fallacious, against you, while much of what might be argued on the other side will be wanting, and this omission afford a plea to infer that you were yourself aware of their want of validity, or you would not have omitted them, - On this view of the question I ventured to submit the matter contained in my proposed additions. You will of course exercise your own judgement in using it or not, as you think fit.’ Hastings offers a summary of his alterations and additions, should they not be sufficiently obvious, in part, ‘The postulatem contained in your following sentence is not strictly allowable, as it in effect demands an admission of that which can only follow the general result of the vindication. It ought therefore to be omitted. I do not know if what I have substituted is necessary…..To the whole of this paragraph I strongly object. Was the Prince in fact a Rebel? I think not, and that I could easily demonstrate it; but the proof would be made much stronger against you by more determined antagonists if you made this a ground of defence, By pleading the Princes alleged rebellion as an excuse for your conducting the war against him.... OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM.COM A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED. PLEASE CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS DIRECTLY FOR A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION
An Armstrong Siddeley coach built petrol saloon in black/blue. This true classic has a two-axle rigid body with registration mark AOX 39 and was first registered 4th April 1935 (from original log book). The vehicle was last on the road during 1963 so now needs restoration. To help enable this project, there is a vast amount of spares/parts that are included in this lot.
A set of the 3rd edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in contemporary full leather - this edition was published in 1797 and was the first to be produced in the modern format. There are 17 volumes out of the 18, plus two supplementaries which are often missing and they are illustrated with hundreds of fascinating engravings. The books have the bookplate of Pauncefoot of Witham in the county of Lincolnshire and are in very nice period condition. Volume 18 is missing but there is a volume 18 available online but it is the Dublin edition.
Aethelred II silver penny, CRUX Type, Spink 1148, obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [both 'AE's ligulate, first 'D' with thorn], reverse reads:- +SIDEPINE M-O ROF ['NE' ligulate], Rochester Mint, moneyer Sidewine, rare, full, round, well centred, a few very small pecks, very lightly crinkled, VF
Aethelred II silver penny, First Hand type, Spink 1144, obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [both 'AEs' ligulate, first 'D' with thorn], reverse:- +BEORHNOD M-O PINTO ['D' with thorn], Winchester Mint, moneyer Beorhnoth, sold with old pen and ink ticket, full, round, well centred, VF (stress striking cracks)
![Edward IV First Reign [1461-1470], Light Coinage [1464-1470], silver groat, London Mint, mm. Rose, quatrefoils at neck, fleur](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e333f5a7-b3d0-46f4-8472-a44a00d7d040/8e4816bf-73c0-47bc-a7be-6ac87a293372/468x382.jpg)
![Edward IV, First Reign [1461-1470], silver groat of London, Light Coinage [1464-1470], mm. Crown [1468-1469], quatrefoils at](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e333f5a7-b3d0-46f4-8472-a44a00d7d040/73a6fc6c-c0a8-4403-c805-e94429a6276a/468x382.jpg)
![Edward IV, First Reign [1461-1470], silver groat of London, Light Coinage [1464-1470], mm. Sun [1469-1470], quatrefoils by ne](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e333f5a7-b3d0-46f4-8472-a44a00d7d040/f9ffb444-7041-411e-e7af-1774fecaf89e/468x382.jpg)
![Elizabeth I silver groat, First Issue [1558-1560], mm. lis, beaded inner circles, large bust, Spink 2551, round, crinkled, GF](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e333f5a7-b3d0-46f4-8472-a44a00d7d040/d87f9812-6418-47a9-ebb6-ee9b74f8e419/468x382.jpg)
Elizabeth I silver groat, First Issue [1558-1560], mm. lis, beaded inner circles, large bust, Spink 2551, round, crinkled, GF with a ditto but Second Issue [1560-1561], mm. Cross-Crosslet, Spink 2556, large but slightly irregular flan, very lightly crinkled, GF and lastly a ditto but a silver halfgroat, Third-Fourth Issue [1561-1577], mm. Coronet [1567-1570], short dig across face but full, F/GF [3]
Hadrian brass sestertius, Rome Mint 136 A.D., reverse:- RESTITVTORI AFRICAE S C, Hadrian standing left, raising kneeling figure of Africa, Corn-ears growing between them, Sear 3628, together with a copper as of Trajan, Rome Mint 99 A.D., reverse:- TR POT COS II P P S C, Victory, wings spread, alightling left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R, RIC 402, the first piece rare, F second GF/F [2]
![Henry VI, First Reign [1422-1461], silver groat of Calais, Annulet Issue, [1422-1430], mm. Pierced Cross [1422-1427], with an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e333f5a7-b3d0-46f4-8472-a44a00d7d040/ebccb4f6-3d3b-4ace-846f-5764e93072bf/468x382.jpg)
![Henry VI, First Reign [1422-1461], silver halfgroat, Annulet Issue [1422-1430], Calais Mint, Spink 1840, full, round, central](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e333f5a7-b3d0-46f4-8472-a44a00d7d040/2e36ab45-41e6-424a-9f49-922deda04a49/468x382.jpg)
Roman Imperial first and second brasses including Nero, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Diva Faustina and Postumus [this as Sear 11064, with no seated captive and scarce] [18] together with later small bronzes including Constantine I of London, Carausius of London and an Allectus [30], P to GF [48]
Scottish Charles I silver 20 pence pieces, first:- Bust wholly within inner circle, no F over crown, Spink 5591, second:- Bust to edge, reads SCOT MAG BR, not clear but seems no 'F' above reverse crown, Spink 5588A?, and third:- Bust within inner circle, lozenge at the end of obverse legend, both dies slightly off centre, no sign of an 'F', average F [3]
Isle of Man album with apparently complete set of 1987-94 period covers showing the postmarks including standard and parcel cancels of all post offices and sub-POs, some first or last day strikes, registration labels, frankings include 22 x £1 and 5 x £2 values, one third are signed by local postmaster.
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