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Click here to subscribeMONKEES THE: A printed folio souvenir programme for The Monkees 20th Anniversary World Tour, 1986, signed to an inside page by three members of the American pop rock group individually, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork (Michael Nesmith did not tour). Each have signed with their names alone to clear areas alongside a colour image of the three band members. Some surface creasing and light overall age wear, about VG
BEECHAM THOMAS: (1879-1961) English Conductor. D.S., Thomas Beecham, three pages, folio, London, 30th January 1933. The partially printed document, in French, is issued by the Covent Garden Opera Syndicate, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, for the year 1933, and is a contract engaging Beecham's services as 'Chef d'Orchestre et Directeur Artistique' from 1st May - 10th June 1933 for the sum of 'un mille francs (£1000) pour la saison' Boldly signed at the conclusion. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG
WALTER BRUNO: (1876-1962) German Conductor. D.S., Bruno Walter, three pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (1926). The partially printed document, in German, is issued by the London Opera Syndicate, Covent Garden, London, for the year 1926, and is a contract engaging Walter's services from 3rd May - 16th June 1926 for the sum of £1000. Boldly signed at the conclusion. Some light age wear, about VG
FURTWANGLER WILHELM: (1886-1954) German Conductor & Composer. D.S., Dr. W. Furtwangler, three pages, folio, n.p., 3rd February 1937. The partially printed document is issued by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for the Season 1937, and is a contract between the London and Provincial Opera Society Ltd and Furtwangler, engaging his services as a conductor from 3rd May - 1st June 1937 for eight performances at a tax free fee of £150 each, his repertoire to include the Wagner operas Rheingold, Walkure, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung. Boldly signed at the conclusion. VG
HIRST DAMIEN: (1965- ) English Artist. Book signed (twice), being the folio exhibition catalogue for Damien Hirst: The Agony and the Ecstasy Selected Works from 1989 - 2004 at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, October 2004 - January 2005, containing many colour illustrations, essays and interviews etc., signed by Hirst in bold black ink to the colour front cover above an original black ink drawing in his hand of a butterfly, and again signed by Hirst in bold black ink to the plain aqua green back cover beneath an original black ink sketch in his hand of a skull and cross bones and a shark floating in a tank. Dated 2nd May 2006 in his hand. VG
PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. A fine L.S., Paulus P. P. VI, two pages, folio, Rome, 20th December 1965. The attractively penned manuscript letter, in Italian (untranslated) is an official letter of state addressed to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, acknowledging and congratulating him on his re-election as President of the Portuguese Republic for a further term until 1972. Boldly signed in blue fountain pen ink by the Pope at the conclusion. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing the Pope’s blind embossed paper seal to the verso. About EX
[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 23rd June 1934. The poster features a portrait of Dillinger and offers a reward of $10,000 for his capture or $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. A description of the criminal is provided including details of his scars. Some fairly heavy overall staining and age wear, particularly to the upper half of the poster, FR
ASTRONAUTS: A large folio album containing seventeen signed 8 x 10 photographs by various American astronauts, each neatly laid down to pages, including Gene Cernan, Donald K. Slayton, Story Musgrave, Bruce McCandless, Don Lind, Tony England, Philip Chapman, Vance Brand, Joe Allen, Jerry Carr, Ed Gibson, Thomas Stafford (T.L.S.), Frank Borman, signed cards by Donn Eisele, John Glenn and Gordon Cooper etc., also including over 80 further cards and 8 x 10 photographs of various astronauts etc., all bearing autopen signatures or unsigned, including Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter, Wernher von Braun, Walt Cunningham, James Lovell, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean, Richard Gordon, Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Harrison Schmitt, Charlie Duke etc. Generally VG
SLINGSBY ROBERT: (1611-1661) Comptroller of the Navy 1660-61, a friend of Samuel Pepys and referred to in his Diary. A.L.S., Rt. Slyngsbie, one page, folio, on board HMS Garland, in the Downes, July 1642, to the Earl of Warwick. Slingsby writes in reaction to the appointment of the Earl of Northumberland to the rank of Admiral, commenting 'I can not but take notice thereof and acquaint ye….therewith conceiving that my commission is now voyd: I desire to know to whom I may legally deliver up this shippe under my charge….' With integral address leaf bearing some remnants of a black wax seal. Some very light age wear, VG
SHOVELL CLOUDESLEY: (c.1650-1707) English Admiral of the Fleet. A.L.S., Clowdesley Shovell, one page, folio, 4th April 1684, to Admiral Horbort. Shovell states 'At My Coming a Shore I Was Conducted to yr. Kings House where I presented your Respects to Him. he Returned thanks: &: glad to hear of your health' and continues to report on the King's plans for the following day 'at wh. time he wil cal a full dinner to hear what we have to propose…' With integral address leaf bearing a small red wax seal. Some very light, minor age wear to the extreme edges, VG
MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1690-91, 1702-08. D.S., Marlborough, one page, folio, Office of Ordnance, 10th June 1716. The manuscript document is addressed to Thomas Erle, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Ordnance, and nominates Thomas Cox to be one of fifty appointed Sword Cutlers following 'Good Testimony & Assurance which I have received of Loyalty, Integrity & Ability'. Signed by Marlborough at the foot. Countersigned by Thomas Frankland (c.1685-1747) English Member of Parliament, Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1715-22, Lord of the Admiralty 1730-42. With blind embossed paper seal affixed (some damp staining). A large area of paper loss to the right side is repaired, although with loss of text. With some tears and age wear to the edges, just affecting the text and the conclusion of Marlborough's signature. Only FR
LIGONIER JOHN: (1680-1770) British Field Marshal. D.S., J L Ligonier, one page, small folio, Office of Ordnance, 14th October 1757. The attractive manuscript document is an order for various items, including paper cartridges, ladles & spunges, tackle hooks and aprons of lead, to be issued from His Majesty's stores and sent to Woolwich where they have been requested by the officers for supply of Naval stores. Signed by Ligonier at the foot and countersigned by Charles Frederick (1709-1785, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance 1750-82). Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins and bearing his small circular stamp to the verso. One small area of paper loss in the lower left corner, not affecting the text or signatures. Together with George Wade (1673-1748) British Military Commander, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, 1745. D.S., George Wade, one page, small folio, Office of Ordnance, 16th September 1742. The attractive manuscript document is an order for various items, including oyle and beeswax, to be supplied to the Gunners Stores on board His Majesty's Ship Royal Caroline commanded by Captain Charles Molloy. Signed at the foot by Wade and countersigned by Thomas Lascelles (1670-1751, Colonel) and one other. With blank integral leaf. Originally from the noted collection of Ray Rawlins and bearing his small circular stamp in the upper right corner. Some slight splitting at the folds, also including George Beauclerk (1704-1768) British General, Governor of Gibraltar. Son of the 1st Duke of St. Albans and grandson of King Charles II and his mistress Nell Gwynne. A.L.S., G Beauclerk, two pages, 4to, Edinburgh, 5th January 1764, to a gentleman. Beauclerk writes to his correspondent on military matters, referring to various individuals and officers and giving his reasons for not agreeing to allow Lieutenant Gordon to retire on full pay. With blank integral leaf. Some light foxing, otherwise VG, 3
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal & British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. L.S., Wellington, two pages, folio, Freneda, Portugal, 5th October 1811, to Charles Stuart. Wellington encloses a list (no longer present) 'of the stages at which mules ought to be kept for the purposes of the ordinary communication between the frontier & Lisbon, and a statement of the number of mules to be kept at each stage….The same number of mules have been at all times kept at the same stages by the Portuguese Post Office' further adding that additional mules will be 'necessary for the communications of the army…mules have not been usually kept at these stages; and as they will be placed there for the convenience of the Army, I propose to pay their expense from the Military Chest.' Some very light, minor age wear and a small tear to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Charles Stuart (1779-1845) 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay. British Diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal and Brazil 1810-14.
NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. An excellent, early D.S., Buonaparte, two pages, folio, n.p., 23rd November 1793, in French. The manuscript document is headed Republique Francaise, Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite and is a commission issued by the Administration Generale de Transport et Convois Militaires, stating, in part, 'Citizen Berthel, officer in charge of military convoys and transportation, will be leaving tomorrow, the fourth of Frimaire [24th November] with the convoy that is heading for Montlyon and Briamon with the purpose of there charging the cannons and other ammunition for the camp under Toulon, and he will spare neither effort nor money to see that the service is rendered promptly and well….The administration and municipalities are asked, in the name of well-being of the Republic, to recognize Citizen Berthel as officer in charge of military Convoys and Transport, deputised by Citizen Cartaux, General of the Army of the Alps, and to lend said Citizen Berthel any support and help necessary.' At the conclusion of the document appear the brief comments of around six officials, marking Berthel's progress, including one signed by Bonaparte, in his capacity as General of the Artillery, in full,'Citizen Berthel has acquitted himself until now with zeal and intelligence in the task with which he is charged'. With a good red wax seal affixed. A rare example of Napoleon's signature. Some extremely light, minor age wear, VG The rare autograph of Napoleon, signing Buonaparte, appears on the present document issued at the time of the Siege of Toulon, 18th September - 18th December 1793.
GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. Wartime D.S., George R.I., as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 23rd May 1942. The typed document is addressed to the Governor of Wormwood Scrubs and is a remission document for John Joseph McCarthy, convicted of an offence against the National Service Act (1941) on 10th April 1942, and sentenced to imprisonment for twelve months, pardoning him from the remainder of his sentence and ordering that he be discharged from custody forthwith. Countersigned at the foot by Herbert Morrison (1888-1965) British Politician, Home Secretary 1940-45. With blind embossed dark blue paper seal affixed at the head. Matted in a pale colour and framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 10.5 x 15.5. EX
WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. Wallis has made various observations with regard to experiments of Guided SP Projectiles, of both Wingless and Winged types, drawing up a chart in which he comments on the Strongly marked Characteristics of both projectile in relation to Acceleration (both along the axis and with a normal axis), Velocity, Range (the wingless 'short' and the winged 'good over all ranges') and Height (the wingless 'anything' and the winged 'Restricted by speed'). An interesting and unusual original manuscript, penned in bold blue fountain pen in Wallis' distinctive hand. To the verso is an A.L.S. by his wife, Mary, one page, folio, Effingham, Surrey, 9th March 1977, to a friend, in part, 'Excuse my paper…I am very conversation minded & I hate wasting my husband's “backsâ€â€¦..The cake was much enjoyed by Barnes….As to the tea - It is heavenly….I expect to see you both at 12.30 off the 12.2 from Waterloo….I have a small present for you. Arthur Whitmarsh & his wife came on Thursday, asking for Barnes's autograph….We had never met him & knew nothing of him till he rang up to ask if he could come….We liked him very much.' VG
BRITISH HISTORY: A good D.S., being a Naval Warrant, one page, folio, 19th November 1646. The manuscript document authorises 'the addition of twenty men extraordinary to the present Complement of the Leopard's Company' and is signed at the foot by Algernon Percy (1602-1668) 10th Earl of Northumberland. English Military Leader, Lord High Admiral 1638-43. Signed Northumberland; Robert Rich (1587-1658) 2nd Earl of Warwick. English Colonial Administrator & Admiral. Signed Warwicke; Philip Herbert (1584-1650) 4th Earl of Pembroke. English Courtier and Politician. Herbert, with his elder brother William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, were the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom the First Folio of Shakespeare's collected works was dedicated in 1623; and two others. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear at the folds, VG
WRIOTHESLEY THOMAS: (1607-1667) 4th Earl of Southampton. English Statesman, a staunch supporter of King Charles II. Lord High Treasurer 1660-67. D.S., T: Southampton, one page, folio, Southampton House, 10th November 1663. The manuscript warrant is addressed to Sir Robert Long, Auditor of the Exchequer, and orders that a payment of one hundred pounds and a second of four hundred pounds be made to James Darcy, employed in the office of Master of the Studd, the second payment being 'for half a years allowance to him upon the said Contract for provision of horses'. With blank integral leaf. Some very minor, light dust staining at the head of the page, VG
CABAL MINISTRY: A good D.S. by three members of the Cabal Ministry under the reign of King Charles II, one page, folio, Court at White Hall, 22nd February 1664. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Ashley, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and orders him to pay the sum of four hundred pounds to Edward Somwairs so that he may disperse the monies according to instructions received at the Prize Office at Plymouth. Signed at the foot by three (of the five) members of the Cabal Ministry, George Villiers (1628-1687) 2nd Duke of Buckingham. English Statesman & Poet; Henry Bennet (1618-1685) English Statesman; and John Maitland (1616-1682) 1st Duke of Lauderdale. Scottish Politician; and also signed by several others including James Butler (1610-1688) 1st Duke of Ormonde. Anglo-Irish Statesman and Soldier; Arthur Annesley (1614-1686) 1st Earl of Anglesey. Anglo-Irish Statesman, Treasurer of the Navy 1667-68; John Berkeley (1602-1678) 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. English Royalist Soldier, one of the founders, with Sir George Carteret, of the U.S. state of New Jersey and Robert Southwell (1635-1702) English Diplomat, Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society 1690-95. With Somwairs signed holograph receipt of the funds to the verso. Some light overall age wear and minor dust staining, the upper left corner professionally repaired, G
BRITISH HISTORY: A good D.S., being an Exchequer Warrant, one page, folio, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 27th June 1679. The partially printed document is addressed to Sir Robert Howard, Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesties Exchequer, and is a warrant issued following the disbanding of the Forces on 29th September 1677, ordering a payment of two hundred pounds to be made to Mr. Henry Flutter, Major, on behalf of a Company of Foot Grenadiers at Guildford, in payment for their Quarters for several days. Boldly signed at the foot by Arthur Capell (1631-1683) 1st Earl of Essex. English Statesman, First Lord of the Treasury, 1679. Died in the Tower of London following the Rye House Plot. Signed Essex; Laurence Hyde (1641-1711) 1st Earl of Rochester. English Statesman and Writer, First Lord of the Treasury 1679-84. Signed L; Hyde; John Ernle (1620-1697) English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1676-89. Signed J. Ernle; Edward Dering (1625-1684) English Politician, Commissioner of the Treasury, 1679. Signed Ed. Dering; and Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin. English Politician, First Lord of the Treasury. Signed S. Godolphin. With blank integral leaf. Some very light staining and minor age wear, about VG
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. Early D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 4th September 1761. The manuscript document is addressed to William Adair, Agent to the Regiment of Foot commanded by Lieutenant General William Whitmore, and is a Warrant for the payment of ten shillings a day to Captain Phineas John Edgar, retiring on full pay 'on account of his faithfull service and ill state of health', the payment, for the rest of Edgar's natural life, to be made from deductions 'from the pay of the youngest Captain without purchase the Sum of Five Shillings and four pence a day, from the pay of the youngest Lieutenant without purchase the Sum of one Shilling a day, and from the youngest Ensign without purchase, his whole pay, being three Shillings and eight pence a day…'. Countersigned at the foot by Charles Townshend (1725-1767) British Politician, Treasurer of the Chamber 1756-61, Paymaster of the Forces 1765-66 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1766-67. With blank integral leaf. Some extremely light age wear, VG
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at St. James's, 25th July 1798. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Thomas Jennings to be a surgeon to the Loyal Chepstow Volunteers commanded by Captain Zouch Turton. Countersigned at the foot by 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809) British Prime Minister 1783, 1807-09. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A good D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. The attractively penned manuscript document relates to the expenses for a Regiment of Invalids, Field and Staff Officers, detailing payments for the Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Chaplain, Quarter Master, Surgeon etc., as well as the clothing for the Company, ‘consisting of a Coat, Waistcoat & Breeches, a hat, 2 shirts, 2 neck cloths, 1 pair of shoes, 1pair of stockings, a sword and belt….’, the accounts totalling £9933.17.0 for 366 days. Countersigned at the foot by three Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1722-42), William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (1671-1752) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Paymaster General of the Forces 1743-46). The verso of the document bears a similar set of manuscript accounts for Five Independent Companys of Invalids totalling £7562.9.6, also signed at the head by King George III and countersigned at the foot by Robert Walpole, Baron Sundon and Thomas Winnington. Some very light, minor age wear, VG
GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio (neatly split at the central horizontal fold and currently in two separate halves), Court at St. James's, 5th March 1828. The manuscript document is addressed to the Justices of Gaol for the City of London and County of Middlesex and is a Pardon for Thomas Millgrove Sheppard, tried and convicted at the Old Bailey in December 1827 of burglary and sentenced to death, ordering that he be pardoned for the crime 'on condition of his being imprisoned in the House of correction for the County of Middlesex for one year.' Countersigned at the foot by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46, Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. G
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R.I., as Queen, at the head, two pages, folio, given at the Court at Windsor Castle, 5th October 1839, the manuscript document is addressed to the Sheriff of the County of Worcester, and is a remission document authorising the release from custody at Worcester County Jail of James Marston, originally imprisoned for non-payment of £20, bearing three countersignatures, several tears to folds (one just affecting Victoria's signature) and with large sellotape repair to centre causing staining to text, together with a small quantity of unrelated historical letters and ephemera, generally P to FR, 9
VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. An unusual D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, five pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 6th April 1861. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Edward George Fitzalan Howard, Deputy to the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, and is a License permitting Revd. Joseph Stubbs Taylor to take the surname of Stubbs instead of that of Taylor, in part, 'Whereas Joseph Stubbs Taylor of Walsall in the County of Stafford....hath by his petition humbly represented unto us that the Petitioners Aunt the said Sarah Stubbs widow deceased did in and by her last Will and Testament bearing date the Twenty Sixth day of June One Thousand eight hundred and forty seven give devise and bequeath to the Petitioner after payment of certain amenities, debts, funeral and testamentary expenses and pecuniary legacies all her real and personal estate absolutely subject to the express condition that he takes by proper authority within the space of twelve months after her trustees give up possession of her real and personal property the surname of "Stubbs" with a clause of forfeiture in case of non-compliance therewith....' Bearing two countersignatures and with blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. Tied at the left edge with the original black ribbon. Some light age wear, about VG
EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. D.S., Edward R & I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, given at St. James's, 1st March 1907. The partially printed document appoints Walter John Heathcoat 'to be our Consul for the Vilayet of Monastir'. Countersigned at the foot by Edward Grey (1862-1933) 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon. British Statesman, Foreign Secretary 1905-16. With blind embossed seal. Some light age toning and minor uniform discoloration to the edges, evidently caused by previous framing, not affecting the text or signatures, G
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 24th January 1921. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing William Gordon Smith to be a 2nd Lieutenant in the Land Forces. Countersigned at the foot by George Macdonogh (1865-1942) British Lieutenant General, Director of Military Intelligence at the War Office 1916-18 and Adjutant General to the Forces 1918-22 & Sir Herbert Creedy, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War 1920-39. With blind embossed blue paper seal affixed. Neatly mounted and framed and glazed in the original brown wooden frame to an overall size of 21.5 x 17. Some very light foxing and minor age wear, and with some chipping to the frame, about VG
EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A good D.S., Edward R I, Col in Chief, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, given at Saint James's, 21st January 1936. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Patrick Edward Langford to be a Second Lieutenant in the Land Forces, Royal Regiment of Artillery, and instructing him 'to exercise and well discipline in Arms both the inferior Officers and Men serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in in good Order and Discipline'. Countersigned at the foot by General Sir Harry Knox (1873-1971, Adjutant-General to the Forces) and Sir Herbert Creedy (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War 1920-39). With blind embossed blue paper seal affixed. Rare. A few very minor spots of foxing, VG King Edward VIII's father, King George V, had died on the day before this document was signed. The document therefore represents one of the earliest possible examples of Edward's signature as King.
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . D.S., Elizabeth R, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 9th January 1990. The partially printed document appoints David Andrew Boyle to be an Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, with the rank of Pilot Officer, effective from 3rd November 1989. Bearing two countersignatures at the foot. With blind embossed seal. Some light overall surface creasing, G
FREDERICK V: (1723-1766) King of Denmark and Norway 1746-66. D.S., Friderick R, as King, at the conclusion, two pages, folio, Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, 5th January 1750. The attractively penned manuscript document, in German, is untranslated. With integral address leaf bearing the remnants of a red wax seal. Some light age wear, about VG
NICHOLAS II: (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia 1894-1917. D.S., Nikolai, as Tsar, in Cyrillic, two pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (stamped 9th May 1914 at the base of the first page), in Russian. The Decree document is addressed to the Chapter of the Russian Imperial and Royal Orders and states, in part, ‘In recognition of the outstandingly zealous service to the Church of God of the Right Reverend persons mentioned below, We have most graciously appointed to Our Imperial Orders….’, following with a list of 27 Bishops, Diocesan and Suffragan, from Siberia to Finland, from the Caucasus to the Archangel, under the heading of each order, namely St. Vladimir, 2nd or 3rd Class, and St Anne, 1st Class, and concluding ‘in consequence of which We Command the Chapter to deliver to the aforementioned persons the Insignia of their Orders and the Certificates thereof.’ Accompanied by a full English translation. VG
COMPTON SPENCER: (1673-1743) British Prime Minister 1742-43. Rare D.S., Wilmington P, as Earl of Wilmington and Lord Privy Seal, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. (c. 16th September 1733). The manuscript document is addressed to Baron Ockham, Lord Chancellor, and follows the appointment of commissioners 'for making a Survey and View of all Courts both Temporal and Ecclesiastical within that part of Great Britain called England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed' requesting that a Commission is issued under the Great Seal of Great Britain to appoint five or more listed individuals 'to make a Diligent and Particular Survey and View of All Officers, Clerks and Ministers of and within the Court of….the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Court of Admiralty, The Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury….and of the Consistory Court of the Bishop of London….' Boldly signed by Compton at the foot and countersigned by Arthur Onslow (1691-1768) English Politician, Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-61, and four others. Some light overall age wear and some neat, lengthy splitting at the horizontal folds, particularly the central one, not affecting the text or signature. G William Wake (1657-1737) Archbishop of Canterbury 1716-37.
QUEEN JULIANA: (1909-2004) Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1948-80. T.L.S., Juliana, two pages, folio, Lech, 5th February 1966, to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, in French. The official letter acknowledges receipt of Thomaz’s letter to the Queen informing her of his re-election as President of the Portuguese Republic for the period 1965 to 1972 and further assuring Thomaz that she will neglect nothing which can contribute to the development of good relations which so happily exist between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic. Countersigned at the foot by Joseph Luns (1911-2002) Dutch Politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1952-71, Secretary General of NATO 1971-84. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing a blind embossed paper seal to the verso. VG Americo Tomas (1894-1987) Portuguese Admiral and Politician, President of Portugal 1958-74.
BAUDOUIN I: (1930-1993) King of the Belgians 1951-93. T.L.S., Baudouin, one page, folio, Palais de Bruxelles, 1st March 1966, to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz. The official letter, in French, acknowledges Thomaz’s letter informing Baudouin that Thomaz has been re-elected as President of the Portuguese Republic, continuing to offer his congratulations and expressing a desire to build more links which happily exist between Belgium and Portugal. Countersigned at the foot by Paul-Henri Spaak (1899-1972) Belgian Prime Minister 1938-39, 1946, 1947-49, Secretary General of NATO 1957-61 and Foreign Minister 1954-58, 1961-66. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing the remnants of a red wax seal to the verso. VG Americo Tomas (1894-1987) Portuguese Admiral and Politician, President of Portugal 1958-74.
DE GAULLE CHARLES: (1890-1970) French General of World War II. President of the French Republic 1959-69. T.L.S., C de Gaulle, two pages, folio, Paris, 6th January 1966, to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, in French. De Gaulle thanks his correspondent for their letter informing him of Thomaz’s re-election as President of the Portuguese Republic from 1965 to 1972 and continues to express his desire to ensure that they work together to further strengthen the bonds of friendship between France and Portugal. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG Americo Tomas (1894-1987) Portuguese Admiral and Politician, President of Portugal 1958-74.
GUSTAF VI ADOLF: (1882-1973) King of Sweden 1950-73. T.L.S., Gustav Adolf, one page, folio, Stockholm, 30th December 1965, to Americo Deus Rodrigues Thomaz, on blind embossed stationery. The official letter, in Swedish, acknowledges receipt of Thomaz’s letter of 30th August 1965 informing the King of Thomaz’s re-election to the office of President, continuing to congratulate him and further expressing a desire to maintain and expand the cordial relations between Sweden and Denmark. Countersigned at the foot by Torsten Nilsson (1905-1997) Swedish Politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1962-71. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing a blind embossed paper seal to the verso. VG Americo Tomas (1894-1987) Portuguese Admiral and Politician, President of Portugal 1958-74.
MANDELA NELSON: (1918- ) President of South Africa 1994-99. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1993. Signed First Day Cover featuring a colour design commemorating the Presidential Inauguration, 10th May 1994, with the caption Many Cultures - One Nation in English and Afrikaans. The cover features four different colour postage stamps, one with a portrait of Mandela, and is post marked at Pretoria, 10th May 1994. Signed by Mandela in ink with his name alone to a clear area, alongside an official black ink stamp of the Private Bag of the Office of the President, Cape Town, 22nd September 1997. Lightly mounted and professionally matted in beige beneath an attractive folio calligraphic copy of a speech, beginning 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate...', mis-attributed as Mandela's 1994 inaugural address. Framed and glazed in a plain silver coloured frame to an overall size of 15.5 x 24.5. VG
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. A most unusual vintage signed 11 x 10 photograph, the image showing the coffin of the late King George VI , draped in a Royal Standard, with a Crown resting on a cushion to the top, being carried by eight pallbearers, proceeded and followed by two other Royal Guardsmen, as they move the coffin from Sandringham before travelling to London by train. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink by Queen Elizabeth to the lower white border, with an extremely rare form of her signature, 'From Elizabeth R, The Queen Mother' and dated 15th February 1952, the day of the King's funeral, in her hand. Framed and glazed in a modern frame to an overall size of 13 x 11.5. Together with a piece of thick white twisted rope measuring 6 inches in length, being a piece of the rope used by British Naval officers to pull the gun carriage upon which King George VI's coffin rested during the funeral cortege. The rope is contained in an attractive wooden and partially glazed presentation case, bearing a metal plaque engraved with the words From the last journey of His Majesty King George VI, Admiral of the Fleet and Patron of the Royal Naval Association. May He be granted safe anchorage. Also including an original vintage unsigned 6 x 8 photograph of King George VI by Soper of London, showing the King standing in a formal three quarter length pose in the uniform of the Coldstream Guards. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 7.5 x 10.5. Further including two folio pages removed from a photograph album bearing various photographs and newsclippings relating to King George VI's funeral and Royal Naval officer James, one of the pallbearers at the funeral, and to whom this collection previously belonged. Generally VG, 4 On the morning of 6th February 1952 King George VI was discovered dead in his bed at Sandringham House, Norfolk, and from 9th February his coffin rested at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham before lying in state at Westminster Hall from 11th February. His funeral took place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 15th February. In 2002, the remains of his widow, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, were interred in the Chapel alongside him. A piece of rope was presented to each warship that King George VI, as Admiral of the Fleet, had commanded. The presentation case of the rope included in this lot is marked to the verso with the name of HMS Diana.
Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World, with a Poem by William Allingham, 2nd ed., 1875, 16 hand-coloure plates, occasional light soiling and frayed foredges, one or two closed marginal tears, previous owner signature, a.e.g., original green cloth gilt, light edge wear and stains, folio. (1)
Wilde (Oscar, [1854-1900]). The Aesthetic Waltz, Composed by W.A. McCloy, published by F.M. Hermick, Cincinnati, 1882, 8 pp. including decorative upper wrapper with a mounted head-and-shoulders albumen print portrait of Wilde [by Napoleon Sarony, New York], negative number `12` visible and sl. trimmed at lower margin, image size 15 x 10cm, minor creasing and soiling, slim folio (35.5 x 27cm). An extremely rare piece of Wildeiana, this cabinet-size photograph of Wilde is one of the best-known images of Wilde and one of twenty-seven taken by Sarony at the beginning of Wilde`s lecture tour of America in 1882. Wilde was keen to make a good reputation and in preparation for his lectures to Americans on aestheticism he bought some suitably aesthetic outfits, including the astrakhan coat seen in this photograph. The tour evidently made an impact on American composers as besides McCloy`s piano piece Aesthetic Waltzes were composed and published in the same year by Anton Strelezki (published New Orleans) and Frank D. Andrews (published New York). Wilde lectured at the Grand Opera House, Cincinnati, on the 23rd & 24th February and 6th June 1882, McCloy`s music no doubt inspired by one of these visits. (1)
Greeting Cards Sample Book. The Pickwick Series: Private Greeting Cards, A. & M. Webber, Bridgend, a total of 101 Christmas and other greeting cards tipped onto rectos of 36 leaves, each with printed sample personal greeting and date `Xmas 1912`, printed series titles, card codes and pricing scales to each leaf, printed ordering instructions to front pastedown and fly-leaf, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, oblong folio. (1)
Anderson (Florence Mary). The Rainbow Twins, pub. Joseph Johnson, [1919?], twelve colour plates and decorations to text, inscription dated 1933 to front free endpaper, orig. linen backed boards with pictorial upper board, a little rubbing and corner wear but generally VG, small folio, together with Byron (May), Topsy-Turvy Land, illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick, [1908], title-page printed in red and black, twenty-four full-page colour illustrations, b&w vignette decorations to lower corner throughout, paper to inner margin of third leaf slightly pulled, orig. boards with colour pictorial upper cover, minor rubbing, 32mo, VG . Both titles uncommon and both in good condition.. (2)
Greenaway (Kate). Kate Greenaway Pictures from Originals Presented by her to John Ruskin and Other Personal Friends (hitherto unpublished), With an appreciation by H. M. Cundall, 1st ed., pub. Frederick Warne & Co., 1921, mounted b&w port. frontis., twenty mounted col. plts., untrimmed, orig. two-tone cloth gilt in bright condition, in sl. frayed d.j., large 4to, together with Caldecott (Randolph), Randolph Caldecott`s Graphic Pictures and More Graphic Pictures by Randolph Caldecott, pub. George Routledge & Sons, 1898/1887 respec., numerous col. illusts., both orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, rubbed and soiled, plus Our Wild Animals, Father Tuck`s Country Life Series, n.d., c. 1900, colour plts., orig. cloth-backed chromo. pict. boards, rubbed and some marks, oblong folio. (4)
*Hunt (Julia and Frederick). Peeps into Nisterland. A Guide to the Children`s Books of Ernest Nister, 2006, colour and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., small folio, (limited ed. 215/500, signed by the authors), together with seven examples of Nister books, including Jenny & Jack, Pretty Toy Pictures, Suffer Little Children, Round the Hearth, Sunshiny Stories, and The Little Pets, plus eight puzzles and games including The Floral Postcard Painting Box, published Ernest Nister, Old Mother Hubbard Puzzle Box, published Ernest Nister, complete in slightly damaged box, plus a thirty-piece Edwardian cube puzzle box with six different scenes of children, complete in orig. box with chromo. label to upper cover. (16)
Pogany (Willy, illust.). The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, pub. George G. Harrap, 1910, col. litho dec. title, two-tone illusts. and mounted col. plts., decorative borders, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, pictorial endpapers with previous owner signature to front free-endpaper, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, spine and edges darkened, frayed to head & foot of spine, folio, together with Tannhauser, A Dramatic Poem by Richard Wagner Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T.W. Rolleston, pub. George G. Harrap, 1911, col. frontis., dec. title, mounted col. plts., b & w and two-tone illusts. & border decoration, orig. gilt dec. cloth, large 8vo. (2)
Potter (Beatrix). Peter Rabbit`s Almanac for 1929, [1928], col. frontis., vign. title, and twelve plts., occasional spotting, decorated endpapers, orig. tan boards with pictorial panel to upper and lower cover, slight spotting to covers and minor cracking to upper joint, 12mo (Linder, p.432; Quinby 28), together with The Peter Rabbit Music Books for Pianoforte, Music by Christopher Le Fleming, Books 1 & 2, [1935], b & w illusts., contemp. inscription to verso of titles, orig. boards with col. illust. to upper board of each, some spotting, spines cracked and worn, extrems. rubbed, slim folio, plus The Songs of Peter Rabbit, Based on `The Tale of Peter Rabbit` by Beatrix Potter, Words and Music by Dudley Glass, [1951], numerous illusts. throughout, orif. pictorial boards, with cloth spine strip, slight wear to extrems., slim folio. (4)
Upton (Florence K. and Bertha). The Golliwogg`s Bicycle Club, 1st ed., 1896; The Golliwogg`s `Auto-Go-Cart`, 1st ed., [1901]; The Golliwogg`s Air-Ship, 1st ed., [1902], together three volumes, full-page col. illusts., some sewing a little loose, occasional finger soiling and marks, front endpapers with few juvenile marks and inscriptions etc., front free-endpaper to Auto-Go-Cart torn, all orig. pictorial boards with cloth spine strips, dust-soiled, marked and some wear, oblong folio, together with Crane (Walter, illust.), The Baby`s Own Aesop, pub. George Routledge, 1887, dec. title and col. illusts., orig. pictorial boards with cloth spine strip, extrems. rubbed & worn, slim 4to, plus one other similar. (5)
[Wolfe, Humbert]. Truffle Eater, by Oistros, Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, 1st ed., Arthur Barker, [1933], title and eighteen unpaginated leaves, each with b & w illusts. and printed to rectos only, a little spotting and creasing to lower corners of final leaves, orig. printed boards with pict. upper cover showing Hitler in Struwwelpeter style with swastika-tipped long fingernails, a little soiling and minor wear to extremities, small folio. An early anti-Nazi comic satire. (1)
Thomas (Edward). Six Poems, by Edward Eastaway, Pear Tree Press, Flansham, Sussex, [1927], printed in red and black, with illustrations by James Guthrie, original wrapper, one or two short tears and marginal creases, later morocco-backed solander box, folio. Limited edition, 94/100 signed by James Guthrie.. (1)
Ashendene Press. The Wisdom of Jesus, The Son of Sirach, Commonly Called Ecclesiasticus, 1932, printed in red and black with hand-coloured green and blue initials supplied by Graily Hewitt and assistants, original orange limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt, silk ties, small folio. Limited edition of 328 copies.. (1)
Golden Cockerel Press. The Grecian Enchanted by Phyllis Hartnoll with eight aquatints by John Buckland-Wright, pub. Golden Cockerel Press, 1952, b&w engravings, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. two-tone cloth gilt, a little rubbed, folio, limited edition 274/360, together with The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, a new translation by F. L. Lucas, with ten engravings by Mark Severin, pub. Golden Cockerel Press, 1948, b&w wood engraved illustrations, untrimmed, orig. vellum-backed green cloth gilt, folio, limited edition 574/750, plus Mr. Chambers and Persephone, A Tale by Christopher Whitfield, with wood engravings by Dorothea Braby, pub. Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, b&w wood engraved illustrations, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. green morocco gilt, some light soiling and spine faded, 8vo, limited signed edition 103/150, and Hero & Leander Translated from the Greek of Musaeus by F. L. Lucas, b&w copper engraved plates by John Buckland-Wright, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. two-tone cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, 8vo, limited edition 245/500, plus two other Golden Cockerel Press publications (Ana The Runner, 1937, & Cockalorum, a Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press June 1943-December 1948) and four related book lists and similar. (10)
Golden Cockerel Press. Glory of Life by Llewelyn Powys, with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings, pub. Golden Cockerel Press, 1934, b&w wood engraved illustrations, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cream cloth gilt with orig. qtr. vellum gilt, with frayed glassine d.j., folio Limited edition 45/277. (1)
Hughes (Ted). Crow Wakes, 1971, original boards, 8vo, limited edition of 200, together with Cave Birds. An Alchemical Cave Drama, 1st ed., 1978, illustrations by Leonard Baskin, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., small chips, oblong folio, plus River. Poems by Ted Hughes, 1st ed., 1983, photographs by Peter Keen, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., oblong folio, with others by Ted Hughes including Remains of Elmet. A Pennine Sequence, 1979 and Selected Poems 1957-1981, 1982. (42)
Twelve assorted folio society volumes including The First Folio of Shakespeare - The Norton Facsimile, The Grapes of Wrath, Journey to The Centre of The Earth, Frankenstein, Seeds of Change, Jane Austen's Letters, Irish Short Stories, Travels With My Aunt, Rebecca, Memoirs of A British Agent, Sagittarius Rising and Ill Met By Moonlight, each housed in card sleeves.
Maps. A mixed collection of approx. sixty maps, c.1880, hand coloured engraved and lithographic British & foreign maps, many double page and folding, including examples by Johnston, A & C Black, Hall, Bacon and Weller, various sizes and condition, together with Bartholomew (J.G., ed.), The Citizen’s Atlas of the World, n.d., c.1898, 120 colour litho. maps (on sixty sheets), hinges and joints weak, upper board near detached, contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (approx.60)
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