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A folio of 18th century and later engravings

A folio of unframed maps and charts

Catalogue of Prints after G.B.Cipriani, published by John and Josiah Boydel, engraved by Richard Earlom, published London 1789, fifty engraved plates, marbled boards detached, folio.

GORDON KING (CONTEMPORARY) - 'Studio Look' photographic reproduction, signed in pencil and numbered 198/295, published by Washington Green, 1997, unframed, 36cm x 51cm also the companion 'Studio Pose' in limited edition folio together with 'Champagne and Silk' by the same hand (3)

MACALLAN THE ARCHIVAL SERIES FOLIO 3 Active. Craigellachie, Moray. 700ml, 43% volume, in presentation box with book.

A box of Folio Society titles, mostly with slipcases including illustrated Rackham, Dulac and Heath Robinson (these without cases)

A 1956 Russian folio of prints of the art works from the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, approximately 90 of original 100 plates, 27 x 36cm.

STRICKLAND, W 'Strickland's Lithographic Drawing of The Ancient Painted Ceiling in the Nave of Peterborough Cathedral, Together with Descriptive Letterpress', Published by the author, W. Strickland, Peterborough, c.1849, seven-fold panorama of aforementioned ceiling, gilt-embossed green cloth covers as issued Together with MACLISE, Daniel 'Story of the Norman Conquest', London: Art - Union of London, 1866, First edition, hardback, oblong folio, 42 plates, original green cloth and gilt titling to the front board

Lincoln interest. Folio of prints.

Collectibles : Box of folio society books inc. Jessica Mitford, Hopkins etc

Collectibles : Box of folio society books all in hardback cover good lot

THOMAS PIROLI AFTER JOHN FLAXMAN 'Compositions from the tragedies of Aeschylus', thirty-one plates (including the title page), published by Miss Flaxman and Miss Maria Denman, oblong folio (lacks covers)

EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY FOLIO CABINETEARLY 20TH CENTURY the moulded top above twelve open shelves63cm wide, 108cm high, 34cm deep

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FOLIO STANDEARLY 19TH CENTURY with a pair of slatted and hinged supports, each on a ratchet, with turned stretchers, on metal castors57cm wide, 98cm highProvenance: An English Collection of Works of Art

Collection of prints including Dickens folio

Anthony Burgess Commentary Coaching Days of England. An account of whatever was most remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance and Curiosity in the time of the Coaches of England, comprehending the years 1750 until 1850, with historical commentary by Anthony Burgess. Published Paul Elek 1966, oblong folio in dust jacket, decorative boards underneath colour plates from original 18th and 19th century engravings etc with 24 colour plates and 196 duotone illustrations. A fitting memorial to the splendors of a lost era.

Three folio sized volumes from the 'British Sports and Sportsmen' series: 'Past Sportsmen' Parts I & I and 'Modern Commerce', all no. 578 of 1000, published by Sports and Sportsmen Ltd, London, gilt tooled green leather binding

Guinevere, by Alfred Tennyson, illustrated by Gustave Dore, published by Edward Moxon and Co., London (1867) first edition folio size

FOLIO SOCIETY: A COLLECTION OF VARIOUS BOOKS (one shelf)

FOLIO SOCIETY: A collection of various vols

FOLIO SOCIETY: A collection of various vols (one shelf)

A FOLIO OF WATERCOLOURS, drawings and prints, to include classical and botanical studies

FOLIO SOCIETY: A collection of various vols

Victorian Welsh family bible, full leather, brass clasps, morocco leather altar book, further books to include 'Wind in the Willows', 'Grimms Fairytales' and a collection of artists equipment including palettes, brushes, folio of loose sketches, etc 

Watercolour drawing of a village house with bridge in foreground and river running through it, Folio: The Town Maps of Warwick 1610-1851, an unframed gouache of caves and a framed fashion print (4) 

19th century lacquer stationery stand modelled as a folio on an easel, with gilt decoration of figures, 22cm high, a lacquer circular box and cover with gilt decoration and another lacquer box with domed cover and brass mounts (3) 

Two volumes of Goldsmith's Animated Nature, published by Blackie & son, 1866, together with a mixed collection of books including two Folio Society volumes and a framed 19th century map of Gloucestershire

Two early 20th century chart Folios containing a large quantity of shipping maps - Chart Folio 304, Irish sea and Bristol channel and Chart Folio 449 serial number 5

Collective Folio of 60 Russian Works of Art C.1961

Collection of assorted Folio books inc. 'Folk Tales of The British Isles' (14)

HOLE (William, Illustrator) Quasi Cursores, Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of the University of Edinburgh at its Tercentenary Festival, Edinburgh, The University Press, T. & A. Constable, 1884, folio, number 24 of 100 copies initialled by the printers, 46 etched plates, some light spotting and browning, original quarter vellum with pictorial cloth boards, leather labels to spine, gilt, corners bumped, some soiling; together with four other volumes on Edinburgh (5)

Robert Hills (1769-1844), a large group of etchings, studies of horses and dogs, in folio form, comprising approximately 70 plates, each inscribed with the artist's name and primarily dated 1802 and 1803 (foxing, tears and water stains, lacking original covers and binding).

Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, six leather bound Folio Society volumes; together with Thomas Hodgkin, The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire, four volumes etc

Alan Stewart Spenser's Faerie Queene, Folio Society, books 1-6 in three vols, with illustrations by Walter Crane, limited edition no. 397/1000. Volumes I and II stained to top right corner of cover and pages.Some light wear to all corners.

Series of pictorial views of the River Thames from the drawings of William Havell, folio,published by Thomas McLean; two other folios to include botanical example (3)

A folio of assorted sheets from The Illustrated London News, circa 1890, various editions

Company School (19th century), Indian views, a folio of sixteen drawings, some pencil, some pen and ink, various sizes.(folio)

Nannie Hammond Preston (Later Nannie Rosevear late 19th/early 20th century), Dusk, watercolour, signed, 30.5cm x 15cm.; together with other works by the same hand, including pencil studies of family members, an oil still life of roses, a watercolour of a house, a folio of sketches.(qty)

Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), Le Moulin de la Naze, lithograph, 1925, 19cm x 28cm.Provenance: with Folio Fine Art Ltd. DDS

A folio containing assorted drawings, oils and ink sketches, including; architectural and landscape subjects, three red chalk portrait studies and others, (qty)

A folio of prints, mainly hand coloured 19th century London views, all unframed (qty).

A highly carved oval top occasional table, the top having carved rim with folio decoration on three supports approximately 70 cm (H) x 55 cm x 42 cm Est £30 - £50.

The Folio Society book of the 100 greatest paintings

Folio of assorted engravings, photographs and drawings

A folio of prints, all Yorkshire subjects

A folio of 46 maps, Cary; Bowen; Kitchin; Blome; Kip and others. Together with a folder of maps, J.Archer and George Philip

A volume, Gainsborough & His Place in English Art by Walter Armstrong, pub. Heinemann 1898; Together with a folio of plates

ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP: ELIZABETH II (1926-     ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-     & PRINCE PHILIP (1921-     ) Duke of Edinburgh, husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. D.S. Elizabeth R, as Queen, at the head, and Philip, as Grand Master, at the foot, one page, folio, Court at Saint James's, 25th January 1974. The partially printed document grants the dignity of an Honorary Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire to Malcolm Muir. With blind embossed seal to the upper left corner. Some light mottling and staining to the edges, slightly affecting the Queen's signature, which is also very slightly faded. Neatly laid down, G

ARTISTS: Cy Twombly (1928-2011) American Painter, Sculptor & Photographer. Book signed, a folio hardback edition of Coronation of Sesostris, an essay by David Shapiro, published by the Gagosian Gallery in New York on the occasion of an exhibition of Twombly's works, 11th November 2000 - 27th January 2001, featuring an essay by David Shapiro, two poems and a number of colour plate illustrations. Printed and bound in Italy and with an illustrated colour front cover and no dust jacket as issued. Signed ('Cy Twombly') by Twombly in bold red crayon with his name alone to the head of the title page; Anselm Kiefer (1945-     ) German Painter & Sculptor. Book signed, a folio hardback edition of Himmelspalaste ('Heavenly Palaces') by Kiefer, Edition Heiner Bastian published by Schirmer/Mosel, 2010, with text in German and English and numerous colour and black and white plate illustrations of a series of 26 sculptures created by Kiefer and installed by the artist in glass display cabinets within a historic brick factory in the Odenwald region of Germany during the 1980s. Signed by Kiefer in bold purple crayon with his name alone. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG, 2

 [BOHME FRANZ]: (1885-1947) Austrian General in the Wehrmacht who served as Adolf Hitler's Plenipotentiary Commanding General in the Balkans and Commander-in-Chief in German-occupied Norway during World War II. Bohme stood trial at Nuremberg in the Hostages Trial for having massacred thousands of Serbian civilians and, when his extradition to Yugoslavia seemed imminent, committed suicide in prison. An interesting, small group of four original typed mimeographed documents relating to the trial of Franz Bohme, unsigned, forty pages (total), folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), c.April 1947, in German. The documents were prepared for Bohme ahead of his military tribunal during the Hostages Trial at Nuremberg (July 1947 - February 1948) and cover various aspects including the punishment of persons guilty of war crimes, crimes against peace and against humanity, the organisation and powers of the military tribunals and their uniform rules of procedure, stating, in part, 'Each of the following acts is recognised as a crime...Crimes against peace. Initiation of invasions of other countries and wars of agression in violation of international laws and treaties.....or participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing....War Crimes. Atrocities or offenses against persons or property constituting violations of the laws or customs of war, including.....murder, ill treatment or deportation to slave labour.....of civilian population from occupied territory, murder or ill treatment of prisoners of war.....killing of hostages......' and further stating, in part, '.....this Ordinance is to provide for the establishment of military tribunals which shall have power to try and punish persons charged with offences recognised as crimes......pursuant to the powers of the Military Governor for the United States Zone of Occupation within Germany......certain tribunals to be known as "Military Tribunals" shall be established......The Military Governor shall designate one of the members of the tribunal to serve as the presiding judge......Neither the tribunals nor the members.....may be challenged by the prosecution or by the defendants or their counsel.....' Each of the four numbered documents bear Bohme's name ('Bohme') in green indelible pencil at the head of the first pages and all feature green and red indelible pencil underlinings to various parts of the text. Some light overall age wear, generally about VG, 4 

 [NAZI WAR CRIMES]: A rare dossier containing the original English carbon typed documents relating to the trial of two German officers, SA-Oberscharfuhrer Johann Csar and Josef Pechbock, accused of the murder of Jews, the dossier comprising over 100 folio pages and including the certified English translations of the statements of the two accused officers and over thirty other individuals, most of them witnesses to the events surrounding the killings, and also including the Investigator’s Report, Identification Parade Reports, Exhumation Reports performed by the pathologist Dr. Tollich, as well as related photographs of the crime scene etc., all prepared for the Investigation Branch of the Atrocities Section at Graz and gathered from interviews taken at Leoben Police Station between January 1946 and March 1947. The documents state that the investigation concerned a Jewish transport which was passing through Trofaiach on the 7th April 1945 under the escort of SS officers when it stopped at the end of the village of Kurzheim, at the front of the Gladen Hill, as many of the Jews were too exhausted to ascend the hill before them. At this stage, the report continues, two Jews were led into the forest and shot dead, although also states that a third Jew was shot. The report also gives details of two graves which were opened at Kehrwald on 29th January 1946, one containing four bodies and the other seven, at least two of the bodies showing evidence of gunshot injuries despite the decomposed state of the corpses. The statements of the accused and witnesses etc. read, in part, ‘On 7th April 1945, the Volkssturm from Trofaiach was ordered to escort a Jewish transport. The order was given by the Company-Leader HOFEREG……In his order the Zugfuhrer used the following words, “If anybody steps out of the convoy, he has at once to be shot at.”……..At the end of the village Kurzheim, a horse and cart was standing beside the road on the meadow, and a dead man was loaded on to it…….Some 50 steps from the cart two foreign labourers were dragging a man from the forest and he was still giving signs of life. He had a hole in his head above his right ear, and was bleeding out of the wound. I was of the opinion that somebody had shot this man with a pistol…….I heard two shots coming from the direction where the cart was standing. In my opinion these were pistol shots’ (extract from the statement of Sebastian Aigner, a crane driver residing at Trofaiach, 25th January 1946), ‘In April 1945, on the morning of the day when the big Jewish transport was conducted through Trofaiach I was with my comrade CSAR……It might be that CSAR had a pistol, I myself was not armed……..It is an insolent lie, if CSAR or anybody else alleges that I took part in the Jewish transport and that I was in Kurzheim. I cannot imagine at all, how anybody can come to this assumption……Before CSAR and I went to look for LOSCH……He said that he had not enough escorts for the Jewish transport and that he needed some more men. I told him I could not go with the transport because I had got a special order, respectively another order. This was rather an excuse lest I should be obliged to join the transport. In fact I was looking for a captain of the Wehrmacht’ (extract from the statement of Franz Berbin, Ortsobmann with the DAF, the German Labour Front, 30th January 1947), ‘Mrs. PREIS told me that CSAR must not return to Trofaiach as he had committed offences against the Jews……She told me, that CSAR had shot some Jews and she intended to report him…….I was not informed by my sister where he had murdered the Jews, and what kind of fire-arm he had used’ (extract from the statement of Elsa Burg, 17th June 1946), ‘I do not wish to give any statement about the accusation of Mrs. HOFFERECK and perhaps some other witnesses saying that my husband had murdered 2 or 3 Jews, as I have four children’ (extract from the statement of Gertrude Csar, 17th June 1946), ‘In November, 1944…..I was a Volkssturm man at first, later on being promoted to the rank of a Gruppenfuhrer and Zugfuhrer…….There were 8 or 10 men produced by the Company for the Jewish transport…..I myself was not detained for this purpose. I rode on my bicycle after the transport……I was dressed in S.A. uniforms and was armed with a pistol, I rode alongside the column in order to see if everything went right and without incidents. In doing so I heard several shots from the top of the hill, in the forest. I went to that place and I saw in the forest……Two shot Jews lying on the ground……I did not see who had shot the Jews and I also was not present…….I had nothing to do with the whole Jewish-transport and I did not give any orders…….the Komp. Fuhrer HOFFERECK declared at a meeting, at which I took part as well, that the Jewish transport was to be carried through with strict discipline……..And all Jews who are unable to follow on the march are to be shot inconsiderately. I repeated this order to the men before marching away and I also told them that any Jews, being unable to march on should be shot at once……’ (extract from the statements of Johann Csar, 25th January 1946 & 31st January 1947), ‘The Jew had a bald head and I could see a wound on his forehead. I presume it was rather a shot wound than any other kind of injury……..At that moment also, a certain LECHNER and AIGNER passed by us. PECHBOCK and I noticed that the Jew was still death-rattling, that is to say he was still alive. I fired on my own accord two shots to the head of the Jew from a distance……The shots were fired one after another. After that……PECHBOCK shot at the Jew with his rifle, without having been induced by me to do so……the Jew did not give any sign of being alive afterwards. As far as I know PECHBOCK shot at the head of the Jew’ (extract from a further statement made by Csar on 17th June 1946), ‘In Kurzheim, at the end of the village…….there was a stoppage of the transport due to exhaustion of transport prisoners, who were unable to walk up the hill so quickly…….The SS man called two Jews who were so exhausted that they were nearly unable to march on. The SS man then conducted the two Jews a little into the forest. When the Jews were still marching, the SS man drew his pistol and shot the Jew into his neck……..I saw this man fall then turned away, because I did not like to watch that. Immediately after I heard another shot and I thought that the SS man now had shot the other Jew as well……..When the SS man came out of the forest, I went to meet him telling him that I would stop with these dead men. The SS man told me to do so, and said that the Jews would be fetched by a cart later……It was about five minutes after the SS man had gone, that I heard a shot…….In my opinion it was a pistol shot…….As far as I remember, CSAR was armed with a pistol and I think that PECHBOCK might have had a rifle’ (extract from the statement of Arthur Delugan, a wood cutter, 13th January 1947), ‘I was made “Sturmfuhrer” by the SA Brigade with retrospective effect from April 1938….. I was only engaged in the SA, but did not take any active part in the activities of the NSDAP with whom I was a simple member…….I did not only look after the political interests but also after human interests of the population and workers…….It is mean and irresponsible if anyone alleges that I should have given instructions for ill-treatings or shootings of Jews. That is a big lie and a slander…….OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CANNOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA Ltd FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

 SACHSENHAUSEN: A mimeographed copy of the written testimony of 'Blockältester' Karl Schwerbel, former SS member, sent to Sachsenhausen for the crime of homosexuality under §175 StGB of the German Criminal Code, nine pages, folio, Sandbostel, 18th December 1945. The testimony being a first-hand report on the evacuation of the Sachenhausen concentration camp in April 1945, describing the conditions of fellow prisoners, their food rations, guards, encounters and the environment they experienced during the forced march, in part, 'All prisoners who were fit to march were to leave the camp on foot, in marching units of 500… The Children, the sick and those not fit to march, were to stay behind in the camp… When the order to evacuate became known, disturbances, surprise raids, and plundering started… It was impossible, however, to prevent the theft from the camp post office of what were said to be some 2000 Red Cross parcels… Some Russian and Ukrainian prisoners had apparently attacked a truck loaded with provisions, and they had been driven off by shots from an SS NCO…every prisoner had issued to him as a 3 day march ration, 1 army loaf, together with 350 or 500 grams of tinned meat, (¼ of a tin)… To each marching group were allotted, in addition, armed prisoners, who had been picked for the Dirlewanger unit… The group commander, from the side of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, was the former SS Sturmscharfuhrer Breitling… After a march of about 15kms., we rested… During this time I witnessed the following incident… a prisoner who lingered behind a column which was passing by us was shot by a member of the SS on the open road… the incident was, however, also observed from a car of the International Red Cross… In the evening, we found shelter in barns… Here again we all had cooked potatoes, and some of us buttermilk as well… On 22. and 23.4.1945… we saw also in the ditches on both sides of the road many bodies of male prisoners with shot wounds. There must have been over 20 of them… on 24.4.45… an SS officer - not known to me - who was passing our column on a motor-cycle, shouted out an order from Keindl, the commandant, not to shoot any prisoners, since the sick and the feeble would be taken on in lorries… In Below, there began for the prisoners the most dreadful suffering… no further food for 5 days… Every morning, for this reason, some 50-60 corpses lay close to the edge of the camp. Cases of cannibalism are also believed to have taken place… On account of the ever-worsening situation, Keindl, the commandant, decided to allow a proportion of the prisoners to return home… In addition, the escort was most strictly forbidden to use their firearms against the prisoners… The last three nights of the march were spent under the open sky by prisoners and escort… It frequently occurred that bands of famished prisoners fell upon turnip and potato stockpiles… SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Petri also tried, in one village, to stop a peasant woman from giving milk to prisoners and SS men. On the other hand, I also noticed that the escort personnel secretly gave the prisoners… potatoes, turnips, cigarettes and water… In the afternoon of 2.5.1945, the terrible march of my column came to an end… through its disintegration and flight to safety with the American troops.' With various pertinent words and paragraphs highlighted in red indelible pencil. With two files holes to the left edge and very light age wear, otherwise VG The Blockältester (block or barracks leader) had to ensure that rules were followed in the individual barracks and also responsible for the prisoners in the barracks. 

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. D.S., R Walpole, one page, folio, n.p. (London), May 1725. The manuscript document is a treasury warrant relating to John Spicer, a messenger in the Court of Exchequer, granting an allowance to him for his travel and charges in January and February 1724 for the delivery of 'severall blank parchment Books issued out of the King's Remembrances office…..directed to the Custoners, Comptrollers & Searchers of the Ports underwritten for Entring all Goods and Merchandizes as well coming into as going out of the said Ports for one whole year……And also for Entring all Goods and Merchandizes carried betwixt Port & Port…..', the ports listed including those at Sandwich, Yarmouth, Ipswich and Boston. A note at the foot states 'This service has been carefully perform'd as appears by the Rects. of the respective officers' and several additional notes request that the Bill be paid. Signed by Walpole at the foot and with several countersignatures. With blank integral leaf. Some slight splitting at the folds, a small area of paper loss to the upper edge, just affecting a few words of text, and with some light overall age wear, G

 GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60 & PELHAM HENRY (1694-1754) British Prime Minister 1743-54 & GRENVILLE GEORGE (1712-1770) British Prime Minister 1763-5. A fine D.S. George R, as King, at the head, and H: Pelham and George Grenville, as Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, at the conclusion, two pages, large folio, Court at Kensington, 19th August 1751. The elegantly penned manuscript document is a warrant addressed to William Pitt, Paymaster of the Forces, and states, in part, 'Whereas, it has been usual to allow a Number of fictious Names upon the Muster Rolls of each of Our Troops of Horse Guards and two Troops of Horse Grenadier Guards, instead of effective men, in order to increase the Allowance of Pay to the several officers of the said Troops, the better to enable them to maintain their Ranks in the Army, and for other purposes…..and also to pass & allow, One Man per Company upon the Muster Rolls of Our Regiment and Twenty five Independt. Companys of Invalids over & above the Allowance born upon this Establishment for the Service of the Agent & Sollicitor to Our said Regiment…..in consideration of his great Pains & Trouble in the Performance of his Duty…..pursuant to two several warrants from us, and from Our late Royal Father….Our Will & Pleasure now is, that the said fictious Names shall be no longer allowed upon the Muster of Rolls…..but instead thereof, We do hereby Authorize and Direct, that in the Debentures to be made out by you from time to time for the Pay of Our Two Troops of Horse Guards…..You take care to allow the Full Pay of six private Gentlemen…..& also the Full Pay of one Man for each Company…..over & above the Allowance to the Agent & Sollicitor….Yet the Amount of the Full Pay of the said Private Gentlemen, & Private Men as well…..is to be Computed and included in the Debenture, or Debentures…..and as often as the same shall be paid & cleared; It being Our Intention that the Officers……and the Agent & Sollicitor….now and for the time being shall all and every of them continue to have & receive the aforesaid Allowance…..'  Also countersigned at the conclusion by John Campbell (1695-1777) British Politician, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1746-54. A few very minor ink marks slightly affect the King's signature. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges and one small hole to the centre of the document, VG   William Pitt (1708-1778) The Elder. 1st Earl of Chatham. British Prime Minister 1766-68 and, at the time of the present document, Paymaster of the Forces (1746-55). 

 EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A rare, large D.S., Edward R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th March 1936. The attractive red and black partially printed document confirms the appointment of James Heffernan as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 30th September 1935 with the rank of Flying Officer and states, in part, that Heffernan is to 'at all times….exercise and well discipline in their Duties both the inferior Officers and Airmen serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline….'. Countersigned at the foot by Frederick Bowhill and Christopher Bullock alongside a blind embossed circular seal. Documents signed by King Edward VIII during his short reign are rare and desirable. Some light overall age wear and some light dust staining to the left edge, only very slightly affecting the King's signature. G   Frederick Bowhill (1880-1960) British Air Chief Marshal of World War II, Air Member for Personnel 1933-37.   Christopher Bullock (1891-1972) British Civil Servant, Permanent Under-Secretary at the British Air Ministry 1931-36.  

 BRITISH ROYALTY: An unusual D.S. by King George IV ('George PW', as Prince of Wales), King William IV ('William', as the Duke of Clarence and St Andrews) and Prince Frederick ('Frederick', as Duke of York and Albany), being the three eldest sons of King George III, one page (vellum), large folio, n.p. (London?), 20th September 1790. The attractively penned manuscript document states, in part, 'We the undersigned Do hereby jointly and overally promise to pay to Louis Phillipe (sic) Joseph D'Orleans, Duke of Orleans, first Prince of the Blood of France or Bearer at the Banking House of Messrs. Ransom, Morland and Hammersley, Pall Mall, London, the yearly sum of Five Hundred pounds by Two equal Half yearly payments on the Twenty fourth day of June and the Twenty fifth day of December in each and every year pursuant to the Condition of a certain Bond or Obligation under our respective Hands and seals……marked with the letter (F) as in the margin…..' with a second clause beneath originally signed by William Morland and Thomas Hammersley (their signatures neatly excised at a later date and only a few partial letters of each signature now visible) in their capacity as the appointed Receivers of the Revenue, Rents and other profits of the Duchy of Cornwall owned by Frederick, Prince of Wales. The document is also signed twice by William Sleigh as a witness. One neat area of paper loss to the right margin and with some light, extremely minor creasing and age wear, otherwise VG    Louis Philippe Joseph D'Orleans (1747-1793) Duke of Orleans, a cousin of King Louis XVI of France and one of the wealthiest men in France. The Duke actively supported the French Revolution of 1789 and was a strong advocate for the elimination of the absolute monarchy in favour of a constitutional monarchy. He voted for the death of King Louis XVI, however the Duke was himself guillotined during the Reign of Terror in November 1793.  

 HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American Actress, Academy Award winner. Small group of three A.Ls.S., Kate and Katharine, one written on both sides of her personal monogrammed correspondence card, another written on each side of a small folding 12mo card bearing the printed name Miss Hepburn and address in New York and another, written in bold pencil, on a folio sheet of ruled notepaper, n.p. (New York), n.d. (c.1940s - 1960s), all to Meta Stern. Hepburn writes, in part, 'What a present for a spinster - It is perfect & looks very well on me especially over my pants at night when I usually spill all my supper….You were sweet to think of me & cater to my love of just that kind of material. Do write me about “Grapes”….' (n.d., c.1940), 'Why on earth didn't you come back - I always love to see you - but in a way I don't blame you for it always seems a bit unsatisfactory….I have your letter of praise to read often if I get low - I'm so glad that you really enjoyed it & me - it is awful for me to say but I just adore the production. It's like playing in a fairy tale - which as one reads the news - seems a better & better idea' (n.d.) 'Well this is a really thrilling experience - utterly fascinating to act in - just no end to what one can rise to….and scene after scene - after scene - Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell…..S[pencer] T[racy] is still in Cal. as he thought it would be better for me to be alone - call him up - He is very lonely…..It's very sad about our friend - I'm sure it's the agony over the boy & just plain fatigue…..' (n.d., c.1962). Some light overall age wear, generally VG, 3   Meta Stern (1899-1975) American Researcher & Script Supervisor who worked on various films, mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, including Mary of Scotland (1936) directed by John Ford and with Katharine Hepburn playing the role of Mary Stuart.   The present letters were written at various times in the careers of both ladies, Stern evidently working on the filming of The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Hepburn whilst starring in Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) alongside Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards. 

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of West Side Story (1957). An excellent original signed self-caricature by Bernstein, drawn on a folio sheet of light card, n.p., n.d. In bold pencil the conductor has drawn a profile head and shoulders self-caricature, accentuating the sharp features of his nose and chin. Signed ('Leonard Bernstein') in bold pencil immediately beneath the image. Rare in this form. Some very slight, minor creasing to the edges and corners, not affecting the image or signature, VG

 GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. A large D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 25th May 1938. The attractive red and black partially printed document confirms the appointment of Leonard Spencer as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 4th October 1937 with the rank of Flying Officer and states, in part, that Spencer is to 'at all times….exercise and well discipline in their Duties both the inferior Officers and Airmen serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline….'. Countersigned at the foot by William Mitchell and Donald Banks alongside a blind embossed circular seal. Some light age wear and very light, minor foxing to the left edge of the document, only very slightly affecting the King's signature. Accompanied by the original strong cardboard tube in which the document was originally sent to Spencer at RAF Station Lee-on-the-Solent in Hampshire by Registered mail. VG   William Mitchell (1888-1944) Australian-born British Air Chief Marshal of World War II, Air Member for Personnel 1937-38. Mitchell was the first Royal Air Force officer to hold the post of Black Rod.    Donald Banks (1891-1975) British Major General and Civil Servant, the first Director General of the Post Office 1934-36 where he was responsible for introducing the official emergency telephone number of '999' and the speaking clock ('TIM'). Banks served as Permanent Under Secretary of State for Air in 1938. 

 COMPTON SPENCER: (1673-1743) British Prime Minister 1742-43. A rare D.S., Wilmington, (an excellent example as 1st Earl of Wilmington), one page, folio, n.p., 10th September 1734. The partially printed treasury document is headed Wrought Plate and is a receipt for a payment of one hundred pounds from Sir Charles Turner, one of the four Tellers of His Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer, by virtue of an Act of Parliament entitled An Act for laying a Duty upon Wrought Plate and 'for applying Money arising from the clear Produce (by Sale of the forfeited Estates) towards answering His Majesty's supply, and for taking off the Drawbacks upon Hops exported for Ireland……and to prevent counterfeiting Receipts and Warrants of the Officers of the South Sea Company, and for explaining a late Act concerning foreign Salt cellar'd and lock'd up before 24 June 1719, and to give a further Time for paying Duties on certain Apprentices Indentures; and for Relief of Thomas Vernon Esq; in Relation to a Parcel of Senna imported in the year 1716'. Countersigned at the foot by a witness. Some light overall age wear and minor dust staining and with a few small tears and areas of paper loss to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise about VG   Sir Charles Turner (1666-1738) 1st Baronet. British Lawyer and Politician, son in law of Robert Walpole. Turner served as Lord of the Treasury 1720-30 and as a Teller of the Exchequer from 1729. Father of the House 1730-38.    Thomas Vernon (1654-1721) English Chancery Lawyer & Politician, Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1715-21.