Crime and Punishment – the George Parkman murder case ‘Report of the case of John W Webster... indicted for the murder of George Parkman...’ Boston Charles C Little and James Brown 1850. A comprehensive report on one of the most controversial cases in American history. 628pp folio library stamps. The inside cover bears an autograph dedication signed by Pliny Merrick who was one of the defending counsel in the case who rose to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. The Parkman case is still controversial today mainly because it involved two leading Professors at Harvard Medical School and for the fact that it was the first to be decided on dental evidence. It has long been suggested that Webster who was hanged for the murder was in fact innocent.
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France original typescript entitled ‘France Between the Wars’ by Frederick Carey 106pp 4to bound in green cloth boards apparently unpublished. A first hand account of France immediately after WWI and ending in June 1940 when the author who appears to have been a British wine importer left in the wake of the German invasion. Despite its title this typescript is largely devoted to the run up to WWII and the events in France into the wartime period and as such provide a vivid first hand account of what was taking place up to and during the German invasion as well as the evacuation of the people from France into England
Royalty – Elizabeth II scarce document on a single leaf of vellum with superb calligraphic letter in fine colours highlighted with gold being a Royal Letters Patent appointing Sir Joseph Stanley Holmes to be Baron Dovercourt of Harwich dated January 18th 1954 and with a superb impression of the Great Seal of Elizabeth II showing the enthroned Queen on the obverse and the Queen mounted on horseback on the reverse. The document and seal are housed in a custom made red morocco bound case and are in superb condition. The seal in dark green lacquer measures some 7 ins in diameter and is contained within its own red leather skippet with the Royal Arms in gilt on its cover. This is unquestionably one of the finest Royal documents we have ever seen and the only one bearing the seal of the present Queen. Ironically it is easier to obtain an example of the Great Seal of the first Queen Elizabeth than it is of the second – indeed the Great Seals of all the British Monarchs post Queen Victoria rarely appear on the market. The present document relates to the Liberal politician Joseph Holmes and by this document he was granted a hereditary peerage. Only a very small number of Letters Patent of this nature were issued each year before they were abolished in 1964 to be replaced with the present system of Life Peerages. Normally documents of this nature would remain within the family (for obvious reasons) but it appears that Holmes who at one point was Chairman of the Beecham Group of Companies died without issue.
Autograph – Royalty – Queen Elizabeth II a superb b&w 12x10 portrait of the Queen (when a Princess) showing her in military uniform on horseback signed ‘Elizabeth’ in a lighter portion of the image. Framed and glazed and in excellent condition. This is one of the finest portraits of the Queen we have seen. It was taken in 1947 on the occasion when she first took part in the Trooping of the Colour as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
India – autograph – Sir John Malcolm Governor of Bombay autograph letter signed (watermarked 1821) thanking his correspondent for some papers and asking him to ‘think of my next edition up to 1820 of the Sketches of India’. Malcolm wrote the first full study of the Sikh people called ‘Sketch of the Sikhs in 1812’.
WWII – Mussolioni a rare limited edition copy of ‘Richard Wagner und die Stadt der Meistersinger’ by Richard Wilhelm Stock Berlin 1938 first edition deluxe limited edition of 10 copies with vellum binding this being number 6. With autograph presentation by Stock to Mussolini [trans.] ‘To the Great Friend of the German People and active promoter of Italian-German cultural co-operation...’ Nuremberg June 27th 1938. This was presented to Mussolini when he made his ground breaking tour of German cities in the year before the outbreak of WWII. Stock’s book on the life of Wagner obviously received Nazi approval. Mussolini was given number 6 in the limited edition of 10 – the first one naturally went to Hitler himself
WWII – aviation an original copy of the maintenance manual for the Fairy Battle 1 Light Bomber used by the RAF in the early part of WWII – the first operational aircraft to enter service with a Merlin engine. A highly detailed volume with numerous diagrams and various handwritten technical notations.
WWII –Mosley and the fascists – Arnold Leese remarkable typed copy of a letter to Leese from Captain E H Batt of the Yacht ‘Alianora’ – the yacht which took Oswald Mosley into exile in the Mediterranean in 1949. Signed off by Leese with initials to base and with a further note in Leese’s hand implicating the Duchess of Windsor as a close friend of Mosley. In his letter Batt describes Mosley as ‘the biggest liar I have come in contact with & he’s a fraud & a charlatan...he threatened to sue me for £400 when I told him yesterday that I wld leave...’ Leese notes at first in typescript :’...I have noticed that O.M. was guest at Antibes on the yacht of Mrs Fellowes. She is three-quarters Jewish high in Kosher Society & a friend of Duchess of Windsor since the latter’s marriage...M visited constantly by Hon Mrs Fellowes ...and by Mrs Simpson...’ Together with a further typescript with two anti-Semitic poems concocted by Leese with two ms insertions in his hand and a typed page of anti-Semitic notes by Leese
A box containing a large collection of coin and medal collections, Main,y form Esso, Texaco, Sainsburys etc including, FA cub centenary, world cup `98, coins of the world, man in flight, historic cars, world cup `70, word cup 2004 etc, plus a small stamp album and an album of first day covers. View on staceyauction.com
ASKEW (20th CENTURY) "A pastoral scene amidst trees", oil on canvas, signed lower right, MUNSEN (20th CENTURY) "Figures crossing a bridge in a Tibetan hilltop village", watercolour, signed and dated 1953, and AFTER FRANK H WAGNER "First light", limited edition coloured print no`d. 55/100, and ENGLISH SCHOOL "St Ninian`s Cave", watercolour, initialled GAT (4)
RUSSELL STEPHENSON (Fl.c.1872-1895) SALMON POOL, METAPEDIAC RIVER, CANADA; OLD CANADIAN HOUSES, SOUTH SIDE OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, OPPOSITE QUEBEC, 1872; CONVENT RUINS, ISLAND OF MONTREAL, 1872 (SCENE OF MASSACRE BY INDIANS) Three, the first initialled and dated 1874, watercolour 16.5 x 23.5cm.; 12.5 x 20.5cm.;and 13.5 x 19.5cm.; with two further subjects by the same hand, "River, Northumberland, 1895", 9.5 x 13cm.; and "Garden at Shanganagh Castle, C. Wicklow, 1879", 17.5 x 11.5cm. (5) Exhibited: London, James Newman (nos. 9, 15, 20, 26, 55 in an exhibition) ++ Each needs a clean; two of the Canadian scenes faded/discoloured
HARRY MORLEY, ARA, VPRWS (1881-1943) BARBARIANS: THE SACK OF ROME; ROMAN CAPRICCIO; FIGURES IN BOATS BY A BRIDGE Three, each with studio stamp, pen and black ink with washes 28 x 43.5cm.; 36 x 28.5cm.; and 26.5 x 27.5cm. (3) ++ Each in generally good condition but the first in need of a light clean
‡ PAYNE-GALLWEY (Sir Ralph) The Book of Duck Decoys, their Construction, Management and History, first edition 1886, small 4to, 14 coloured lithographed plates (two folding), illustrations, 2pp adverts at end, slight marginal darkening, bookplate of Viscount Hood, original blue cloth (slightly rubbed and faded).
Emiel Hartman (20th century), Falcon on a glove, bronze sculpture, signed Emiel H to base, mounted on a square black marble plinth, 88cm (34.32in). Emiel Hartman was born in South Africa, but studied at the Slade School of Art in London and served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and held solo exhibitions at the Grosvenor Gallery, The BH Corner Gallery, and took part in group exhibitions at the Redfern Gallery, Alwyn Gallery, the Royal Academy and elsewhere.

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