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Small folio containing a quantity of various watercolours, etchings and drawings

Folio volume ' The National Atlas of Historical, Commercial and Political Geography ' by Alexander Keith Johnston F.R.G.S.

Boeck and Sabartes, Picasso, published by Thames and Hudson, London together with a Folio edition of Paul Klee, a facsimile Shakespeare Folio, and five further fine art reference works

ALBERT PRINCE: (1819-1861) Prince Consort of the United Kingdom 1840-61, husband of Queen Victoria. L.S., Albert, Acting Grand Master, one page, folio, Buckingham Palace, 18th July 1843, to Lieutenant Colonel Philip Francis Story of the 9th Regiment Bengal Cavalry. The Prince writes to inform his correspondent that Queen Victoria is to appoint Story to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath in recognition of his services in India. With blank integral leaf. Together with a vintage unsigned sepia carte-de-visite photograph of Prince Albert, the sepia albumen print by Mayall of Brighton and London, the oval image depicting Prince Albert in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photographer's caption and imprint to the lower mount and verso. VG, 2

THE DESIGNS OF LEON BAKST FOR THE SLEEPING PRINCESS. RARE EDITION WITH PICASSO LITHOGRAPH, 1923Andre Levinson et al., THE DESIGNS OF LEON BAKST for the Sleeping Princess.. A Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault. Music by Tchaikovsky.. London: Benn Brothers Limited, 1923. Artist: Leon [Lev Samoilovich] Bakst (1866-1924). Text in English. Elephant Folio (15-1/2 x 11-1/2). Original blue linen cloth covered boards, vellum spine embossed in gilt. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. WITH FULL PAGE LITHOGRAPH OF BAKST BY PABLO PICASSO . 54 color plates with tissue guards and 2 other color plates tipped in of illustrations by Bakst. Limited Edition. 1000 copies only were printed, of which 500 were for the USA. This being copy number 392. Faint library stamps; some darkening to covers and spine with light wear to corners.THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

A SET OF THREE RARE PORTFOLIOS BY PAVEL KUZNETSOV, 1923A VERY RARE COMPLETE SET OF THE THREE SETS OF ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY PAVEL KUZNETSOV (RUSSIAN 1878-1968), comprising:a) TURKESTAN. Lithographs [printed by the artist]. 1st Series of Drawings with Author`s Foreword. 9 x 6 3/4 inch. Softcover. 18 illustrations: front and rear covers, title page, 14 numbered and one unnumbered on verso of rear cover. Soiling/staining, pencil notes inside. Complete. b) TURKESTAN. Lithographs [printed by the artist]. 2nd Series of Drawings. Folio size (15 x 11 1/2 inch) portfolio. Title list, author`s foreword list. 18 illustrations: front and rear covers of the folder, title page, 14 numbered and one unnumbered. Folder separated and needs repair; illustrations in pretty good condition. Reproduced in John Milner. Complete. c) GORNAYA BUKHARA. Lithographs [printed by the artist] in Colors. Folio size (16 x 11 3/4 inch) portfolio. Title list, author`s foreword list. 17 illustrations: front and rear covers of the folder, title page, 12 numbered and 2 unnumbered. Folder separated and needs repair; illustrations in good condition. Complete. Published in 2000 copies only. With worn wrappers but illustrations overall in good condition..THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

LA RUSSIE HISTORIQUE, MONUMENTALE ET PITTORESQUE. TWO VOLUMES [COMPLETE], 1887ABRAMOFF, Piotre LA RUSSIE HISTORIQUE, MONUMENTALE ET PITTORESQUE, volumes 1 and 2 (complete). Paris: Saint Martin, 1887. Text in French. Elephant folio (385 x 285 mm), cloth richly decorated in gilt and black. All edges gilt. 392, [9] + 376, [12] pp. Profusely illustrated with engravings including maps.THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

SERGEI VASILKOVSKY (1854-1917) AND NIKOLAI SAMOKISH (1860-1944), ILLUSTRATORSIZ UKRAINSKOI STARINY / La petite Russie d`autrefois [Ukraine of Yesteryear], 1900: St. Petersbourg, A.F. Marks. Elephant folio (16-5/8" x 13-3/8"). Text in Russian and French. Original portfolio containing the title page sheet, 100 pages of text and 21 plates. Complete. VERY RARE.THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

IVAN BILIBIN [ILLUSTRATOR]. BYLINY, 1904BILIBIN, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942), illustrator. Byliny, Volga. Petrograd: I.I. Bilibin, 1904. Chromolithographs throughout, some of these full-page. Original color lithographs wrappers. 16 pp, large folio (400 x 310 mm).Bilibin was one of the best-known members of the Mir Iskusstva [World of Art] group. He was the greatest illustrator of Russia`s skazki or fairy tales and was a distinguished set and costume designer. His Volga is one of the most beautifully designed and printed publications of the Silver Age. Bilibin devoted six months to illustrating this ancient bylina or folk epic about the mythic hero Volga. He drew on his vast knowledge of ancient Russian and Ukrainian folk art for costumes, architecture and interiors as well as the style and composition of these extraordinary color lithographs.

ISSAACHER BER RYBACK (1897-1935), OYF DI YIDDISHER FELD FUN UKRAINA [ON THE JEWISH FIELDS OF THE UKRAINE]. ALBUM. FIRST EDITION, 1926Artist: Issachar Ber Ryback (1897-1935) OYF DI YIDDISHER FELD FUN UKRAINA ("On the Jewish Fields of the Ukraine"). Paris: A. Simon & Cie, 1926. Text in Yiddish. Folio (15-1/4 x 11-1/4). Original gilt-stamped linen covers. Marble endpapers. SIGNED AND DEDICATED BY THE ARTIST on the front endpaper. [16pp] Twenty-five full page plates, including one in color, with illustrations of artworys by Ryback. Numbered 5 out of only 50 copies (signed by the artist). VERY RARE.THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

IRKUTSKY OSTROG. SHORT HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATED STUDY. FIRST EDITION, 1929IRKUTSKY OSTROG [Jail of Irkutsk]. Short Historical Illustrated Study. First Edition. Irkutsk: Eastern Siberian Geographical Society, 1929. Text in Russian. Folio (17-1/2" x 13-1/4") Stapled wraps. Text in red and black. Illustrated with lithographs, linocuts and woodcuts including one folded original linocut 13" x 42-1/2". 700 copies only.THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

Three framed Royal Air Force bomber command pictures by Robert Taylor and folio along with a bomber command World War II commemorative tankard.

Charles W Traylen (Antiquarian Bookseller) 'An Exact Facsimile Folio of Orme's Collection of British Field Sports' Illustrated in twenty coloured lithographs from designs by L Howitt, 44 x 56.5cm

FRANZ VON BAYROS (1866 - 1924) Folio of 15 unframed, unbound pornographic prints, reproduced from the original 1907 prints, (15).

JONES Inigo, The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng..., London 1725, 3 parts in one volume, folio, half calf, raised bands, gilt titles, tan cloth on boards, 15 plates including 8 double folded, portraits lightly browned, otherwise a very clean copy (1)

JEKYLL Gertrude, Some English Gardens, London 1906, folio, cloth, illustrated by George Elgood (1)

MASEFIELD John (poems), SEAGO Edward (illustrations), Country Scene, London 1937, folio, half cloth, buckram, 42 guarded, mounted colour plates (1)

ARNOTT James A. and WILSON J., The Petit Trianon, Versailles, London 1908, 1st edition, folio, 2 folders with loose leaves with 97 plates; Les Vieux Hotels de Paris, Paris 1922, folio, loose in folder with 63 plates (3)

Account Book for 'Slops, Cloaths, Beds etc', issued on board HMS Monarch (Commander Captain Adam Duncan) between December 1779 and September 1780, vellum bound folio, approx 350pp manuscript pages dealing with issues to each seaman, together with appropriate pay deductions. Duncan was later promoted to Admiral, became a public hero and was raised to the peerage. HMS Monarch participated in 13 recorded battles including Cape St Vincent (1)

INDIA, Photographs and Drawings of Historical Buildings, London 1896, folio, cloth, with 50 plain and 49 (of 50) colour plates, lacks title and all leaves before plate 2 (1)

BROOKE Ralph, A Catalogue and Succession of the King's Princes... England..., London 1619, first edition, folio, half calf, worn at extremities (1)

BIBLE Cambridge, Tho. Buck and Roger Daniel Cambridge, 1638 folio, bound with Book of Common Prayer and Whole Book of Psalmes, very worn old calf boards almost detached, lacks title and prayer book prelims, BCP 90pp, dedication 1p, preface 7p, list 1p, OT 642p, Apocrypha 151p, NT with title 202p, Psalmes and Songs 98p, 4p prayer at end incomplete, some mid-18th century annotations, illustrated capitals defaced in places probably by a zealous Puritan, NT text as per HERBERT 520 (1)

LOT OF ROYAL WORCESTER LADY FIGURES fifteen examples, four of larger size, the others minatures; together with a folio with many of their certificates inside

COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS Historical interest, titles include 'Chekhov: A Life in Letters' 1994, 'The Trial of Joan of Arc' 1968, 'The Jubilee Years 1887-1897' 1996, 'Prince Youssoupoff - Lost Splendour' 1996, 'A History of England - England under the Stuarts' 1996, 'Admiral Lord Cochrane - Memoirs of a Fighting Captain' 2005, diaries and memoirs, most with slip cases, (22) viewing required

COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS Stories, novels and verse, including Rudyard Kipling 'Puck of Pork's Hill' 1995 and 'Stalky & Co.' 1996, Guy de Maupassant 'The Necklace and Other Stories' 1959, 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' 1972, Geoffrey Chaucer 'The Canterbury Tales' 1956, Honoré de Balzac 'Droll Stories' 1961, Owen Webster 'The Virginian' 1981, Henry James 'Washington Square' 1963, 'The Compleat Angler' 1949, Henry Fielding 'The History of Joseph Andrews' 1953, William Shakespeare 'Love's Labour's Lost' 1959, William Makepeace Thackeray 'Vanity Fair' 1963, R.S.Surtees 'Mr.Facey Romford's Hounds' 1952, James Tucker 'Ralph Rashleigh' 1977, Anthony Trollope 'The Last Chronicle of Barset' 1980 and Thomas Hardy 'Under the Greenwood Tree' 1989, a number with slip cases, 35, viewing required

Lord of the Rings stars signed Hobbit book. Hardback book, inside hard case, of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. 1979 London Folio Society edition. Signed inside by stars of The Lord of the Rings trilogy: Christopher Lee, Sir Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Bean and director Peter Jackson. Good condition. All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide. Est

Book A. Croxton Smith, The Power of The Dog, illustrated by Maud Earl, published London 1911, limited edition of 100 numbered 41, signed by illustrator, full brown Morocco gilt, folio

Books G. Ebers, Picturesque Egypt, translated from the German by Clara Bell, 2 volumes, published by Cassell & Co,1884, brown cloth with gilt and black decoration, folio (2)

A Georgian mahogany box folio or sheet stool, with ebony inlaid concave seat, cupboard door to one end and raised on ogee bracket feet, with brass castors

Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand, by S C Brees, 1848, published by John Williams and Co, folio stamped with red cloth and gilt title, with sixty-four engraved plates of New Zealand with tissue guards

Circle of Augusto Corelli (Italian, 1853-1910) A Folio of drawings and small paintings - 42 small late 18th/early 19th Century of mostly Neapolitan gouache landscape scenes, each inscribed, including Grotto di Pozzuoli, La Villa di Pompeo and Molo di Napoli gouache (42) Provenance: The Meade family, Earsham Hall, Norfolk, and by descent Unframed and rubbed in places. each image approx 8 x 11 cm; largest sheet size approx 17 x 22 cm; smallest approx 16.5 x 11.5 cm

A FOLIO OF WORKS TO INCLUDE: an early 19th Century pen and ink view of Hirschora, 20 x 34cm; Gerard de Lairesse - 'Nox et Amor Vinumq nibil moderabile Suadent...' (Bacchanal with a naked woman in a drunken sleep) etching, 35 x 58cm (tear to corner); and further prints and engravings to include works by or after Honoré Daumier, Thomas Rowlandson (Dr Syntax) Rembrandt self portrait (late strike) etc

A FOLIO OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY ENGRAVINGS AND PRINTS TO INCLUDE: a Wencelas Hollar engraved portrait of Johannes van Balen, and other similar portraits etc., and an early 19th Century gilt tooled leather album, containing a few etchings by Benjamin Bell, dated 1827

A FOLIO OF 20TH CENTURY WORKS, LITHOGRAPHS ETC TO INCLUDE WORKS BY OR AFTER: Laura Hsap; Jean Louis Forwin; Mary Brownlow; Harry Evans; Julian Bond; Ossip Zadkine; Mary Louise Coulouris; Michael Rothenstein; together with a quantity of reproduction posters and exhibition posters etc

AUGUSTUS JOHN (1878-1961) Buildings in a village, charcoal sketch, Folio Fine Art Ltd label to the backboard, 10.5 x 13.5cm (unframed)

BINDINGS. DIODORUS SICULUS BIBLIOTHECAE HISTORICAE LIBRI QUI SUPERSUNT INTERPRETE LAURENTIO RHODOMANO... TOMUS I (only) folio, engraved title, frontispiece (1743) and portrait, halt title, contemporary vellum with strapwork centrepiece in double fillets, spine with seven raised bands, Amsterdam: J Wetstern, 1746 uniform with - Peter Wesseling, Herodotus, Amsterdam: P Schoutenii, 1763 (2)

Folio Society: Anthony Trollope, a collection of 48 volumes

A Luftschiff LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin bronze badge with green enamel border; a contemporary folio of 15 mounted photographs in photogravure with additional specification sheet, 9½" x 12¾"

Folio Society: a collection of editions

Folio Society: a collection of editions including 2 sets of Rudyard Kipling

Thomas Sidney CooperSHEEP IN A BARNLithograph from the folio of 1839

A VINTAGE TIFFANY & CO DOCUMENT FOLDER, black lizard skin, 42cm x 29cm, together with a 1980s Loewe folio (2)

Books: Periodical: Irish Arts Review, An International Quarterly Magazine for Connoisseurs Vol. I No. 1 - Vol. 4 No. 3, (a few nos. lacking) together with Vols. 5 - 18 (unbroken) folio Dublin 1984 - 2002, with some duplicates. Profusely illustrated, pictorial wrappers. All good. as a periodical, w.a.f. (1)

A gentleman's Dunhill black leather document folio The black leather folio with white stitching and gilt Dunhill roundel the upper zipped top revealing empty compartment, 40cm x 28cm, together with a Dunhill gentleman's white silk scarf. (2)

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, (a good, bold example), as King, at the head, one page (vellum), folio, Court at St. James's, 14th December 1790. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Thomas Hardyman to be Captain of 'an independent Company of Foot raised for Our Service'. Countersigned at the foot by William Grenville (1759-1834) 1st Baron Grenville. British Statesman, Home Secretary 1789-91 and Prime Minister 1806-07. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. One small ink blot close to Grenville's signature, otherwise a clean example. VG

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. A good, large D.S., William R, as King, at the head, two pages, large folio, n.p., n.d. (1690). The manuscript document is addressed to the Attorney or Solicitor General and is a warrant for the preparation of 'a bill fr. our Royall Signature to passe the Great Seale of England containing a Grant from us and our Dearest Consort the Queene to Our Right Trusty and Intirely beloved Cousin and Councellour Thomas Marquesse of Carmarthon President of our Privy Councell (in consideraron of the good faithfull and particular services wch. he hath performed unto us and for other good causes.....) of the....yearly Rent, payment or summe of Three thousand five hundred poundes of lawfull English money....' and further stating that the funds be raised by the Postmaster General from the Post Office revenue for 'Postage or carriage of Letters Pacquetts or other things wthin. our Kingdome of England or elsewhere.....'. The two pages of the document are neatly tied together at the head. Some small tears to the edges, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, and not the signature, otherwise VG Thomas Osborne (1632-1712) 1st Duke of Leeds and 1st Marquess of Carmarthen. English Statesman who served in a variety of offices under King Charles II and King William III, including Lord High Treasurer 1673-79 and Lord President of the Council 1689-99.

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A large D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 3rd January 1917. The partially printed document states that '…for the good and more orderly Government and for the protection and encouragement of all British Merchants and others, Our Subjects, coming to trading or residing in the Dominions of His Majesty the Shah of Persia…' it has been thought necessary to appoint a Vice-Consul to reside at Birjand and further confirming the appointment of Lieutenant Terence Vincent Brenan as Vice-Consul under the superintendence of the Consul for Seistan. Countersigned at the foot by Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) British Prime Minister 1902-05 and Foreign Secretary 1916-19. With a blind embossed seal. Some light creasing and very minor age wear at the folds, VG Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1930) Shah of Persia 1909-25 and the last ruling member of the Qajar dynasty. In 1917, in the same year as the present document, Great Britain used Persia as the springboard for an attack into Russia in an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the Russian Revolution of 1917.

POPULAR MUSIC: Miscellaneous selection of unsigned printed ephemera (some vintage) relating to various Rock 'n' Roll and Pop bands and singers etc., 1960s onwards, including various 1964 editions of The Evening News and Star, being Pop News Specials, featuring articles and images relating to The Beach Boys, Freddie and The Dreamers, Gene Pitney, Manfred Mann, Cilla Black, Cliff Richard etc., 1960s editions of Romeo (5) and Valentine (2) etc., Ready Steady Go annual 1965, Record Song Book (5), various song books featuring sheet music for artists including The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Buddy Holly and The Crickets, Jimi Hendrix etc., also including an original Post Office telegram relating to a Yardbirds concert in Rugby, 1967, a modern photograph album containing 55 colour 5 x 3.5 photographs of Fleetwood Mac performing in concerts, apparently at Glasgow on 4th April 1977 and at Wembley Arena on 25th June 1980, and a folio edition of Sex by Madonna, published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., London, 1992, spiral bound and with aluminium covers, stamped and die cut, and accompanied by the original audio CD Erotic (unopened) and the bound in comic book. Some age wear, G to VG, 60

STEYN MARTINUS THEUNIS: (1857-1916) South African Statesman, President of the Orange Free State 1896-1902. D.S., M T Steyn, as President, one page, folio, Bloemfontein, 30th May 1899. The partially printed document, in Afrikaans, is untranslated although is a special marriage licence. Signed by Steyn at the foot alongside an orange blind embossed paper seal. Two neat splits to the edges of the folds at the upper and lower edges, not affecting the text or signature. Together with two pieces of printed ephemera relating to South African railway transport comprising a partially printed oblong 8vo Railway Platform Pass issued to Mr. Treadgold, 27th August 1902, and a printed oblong 12mo railway ticket for a journey from Johannesburg to Durban by second class. The platform pass neatly mounted and the ticket inlaid. G to about VG, 3

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 20th April 1897. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Basil Victor Macdona to be a Second Lieutenant in the Militia Forces. Countersigned at the foot by the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927) British Statesman, Secretary of State for War 1895-1900. With a pale blue blind embossed paper seal affixed (slightly obscuring a small part of the Queen's signature). Some light uniform age toning and mounted to a board, G

'Scientific experiments ought not to have to be done under such a fierce light, but in quiet, & largely in secret' WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. A good, lengthy War date A.L.S., with his initials B. N. W., six pages, folio, White Hill House, Effingham, Surrey, 14th & 15th December 1944, to Leo D'Erlanger ('My dear Leo'). Wallis thanks his correspondent for their letter and constant support and encouragement, remarking 'It perhaps does not occur to you how intensely valuable it is to have someone who believes in one? None of the things we have ever done together has been a certainty, although they look so obvious & so easy after the event; and it is during the nerve wracking anticipatory period that your support is an essential stimulus to face the anxiety and risk for a damaging failure'. The scientist further writes 'It seems inevitable that one cannot do anything big & new without attracting attention & opposition. Scientific experiments ought not to have to be done under such a fierce light, but in quiet, & largely in secret. Perhaps I am unduly sensitive, but my unfortunate position has made the risk of failure a perfect nightmare to me during the past 3 or 4 years. Why should one be expected to be invariably successful. Even the greatest of painters is allowed to work in the privacy of his studio & it is only post hoc that the world will hail a masterpiece. If he doesn't like it he can paint it out in a few minutes & no one the wiser except himself. Scientific research is an art, depending on inspiration, just as much as any of the fine arts do. The major difference between us is that we alas, having no money of our own have to spend other people's. To that extent I agree that we must be under some external control; but to what heights might we not rise, if that control consisted solely of say 3 or 4 friendly & encouraging persons; who, having agreed on one's line of research, merely had to some public body, such as the Public Accounts Committee, once a year, that they were satisfied' and continues to reflect, 'The pure mathematician, and the physicist have an immense advantage, in that they can practise their art with relatively inexpensive apparatus. All scientists & all real engineers must be practitioners too; but alas, their 'apparatus' is anything but cheap. That is why all Professors of Physics or Mathematics, or Astronomy….are always brilliant & distinguished; they are practitioners as well as teachers. What would become of a Kubelik….if he were condemned never to play the violin, but only to teach at the Royal Academy of Music; or of a Sargent if he must never paint a single portrait but only teach, at the Slade? But that is just what our professors of Engineering Science do, because they could only practise on so large & so expensive a scale, that under our present system they can never practice at all; & so, as far as engineering of all kinds is concerned we have developed the second class academic hack; while the men who might do brilliant research drift, under the intense urge to do something, into industry, where the one thing they are not allowed to undertake is long term, & possibly unprofitable, research', also commenting 'The Royal Society, and the Royal Institution find it within their means to appoint men who have distinguished themselves as practitioners in Physics or Chemistry to professorships, which are entirely "go as you please"; men who are given the freedom of the world, to do as they please; but only because their most expensive research is really very cheap, & can be done in almost any well equipped laboratory'. Wallis also informs his correspondent about a current project concerning the design of bridges, made possible by light alloy, remarking 'And the objection to structures that are very light in relation to the moving loads that roll across them, is the feeling of give, and vibration, & the consequential sensation of springiness & insecurity. But why should not a structure be a living thing. You would not expect for instance an athlete about to perform some feat of strength, always to maintain himself in that attitude of braced rigidity which he must adopt as the great effort - is actually put forth. I could design a small bridge, almost without any research whatever; which when you stepped upon it, actually rose, instead of sagging, giving an impression of strength & uplift, however slender & light its members might be. By extension I should be able to do the same thing for a single span, over 2000 feet long. By comparison, go & look at the much vaunted modern Waterloo bridge which replaced Rennie's real masterpiece. And weep!' Wallis resumes his letter the following day, apologising for it having been written 'a propos de bottes' so far as he can see and concludes by remarking 'My paper has made no progress, altho' I have been ruminating to some purpose'. Autograph letters of Wallis are rare, and particularly so from this date and with interesting content, making the present example very desirable. One slight paperclip rust stain only very slightly affects one word of text to the final page, and not the signature, otherwise VG Sir Gerard John Regis Leo D'Erlanger (1906-1962) Airline Company Director & Financier. Chairman of BOAC 1956-60.

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at St. James, 19th July 1918. The partially printed document states that '…for the good and more orderly Government and for the protection and encouragement of all British Merchants and others, Our Subjects, coming to trading or residing in China' it has been thought necessary to appoint 'some person to discharge the Office of a Vice-Consul there' and further confirming the appointment of Arthur Ernest Eastes as Vice-Consul, with effect from 1st September 1916, under the superintendence of the Consul-General. Countersigned at the conclusion by Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) British Prime Minister 1902-05 and Foreign Secretary 1916-19. With a blind embossed seal. Some creasing and slight age wear at the folds, otherwise VG Arthur Ernest Eastes (1877-1948) British Diplomat who later rose to be Consul-General in China.

MARY II: (1662-1694) Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-94, reigned alongside her husband King William III. D.S., Marie R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 22nd April 1692. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and is a warrant for the payment of Four Thousand Pounds to be made to John Braguiere, and instructing that the money is 'to be distributed by him amongst the distressed French Protestants as Our Charity and Benevolence to them for and towards their Reliefe and Subsistance'. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712) 1st Earl of Godolphin. British Politician, First Lord of the Treasury 1684-85, 1690-99 & 1700-01, Richard Hampden (1631-1695) English Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1690-94, Stephen Fox (1627-1716) English Politician, Paymaster of the Forces 1661-76, 1679-80, Edward Seymour (1632/33-1708) British Nobleman, Speaker of the House of Commons 1673-78, 1678-79, Treasurer of the Navy 1673-81 and Charles Montagu (1661-1715) 1st Earl of Halifax. English Poet & Statesman, Commissioner of the Treasury 1692-94, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1694-99 and First Lord of the Treasury 1697-99, 1714-15. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and neat splitting at the folds, only slightly affecting one word of text and not the signatures, otherwise VG Provenance: The present document is accompanied by the original sales receipt of noted dealer Paul C. Richards, dated 22nd March 1966, and indicating that the document appeared in his Catalogue 19 as item number 319 at a price of $100. The receipt is made out to the well known autograph collector Dr. Herbert E. Klingelhofer (1915-2015) who served as President of the Manuscript Society and co-edited Autographs and Manuscripts: A Collector's Manual (1978).

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, (a bold example), as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 21st May 1822. The manuscript document is addressed to the Chairman, Justices of the Peace and High Sheriff for the County of Stafford and is a warrant granting a remission of a sentence to William James ('tried and convicted of stealing fowls') who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, stating, in part, '…in consideration of some favourable circumstances humbly represented unto us…[we]…Remit unto him such part of his said sentence as remains yet to be undergone and performed. Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you cause him…to be forthwith discharged out of Custody'. Countersigned at the conclusion by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Statesman, Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30 and Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. With blank integral leaf. Some very slight age wear and a couple of minor, neat splits at the edges of the folds. Some slight staining caused by the seal only very slightly affects Peel's signature. About VG

KRUGER PAUL: (1825-1904) President of the South African Republic 1883-1900. D.S., S J P Kruger, as President, two pages, folio, Pretoria, 20th September 1900. The partially printed document, in Afrikaans, is untranslated and refers to George Cranmer. Signed by Kruger at the conclusion over a blind embossed seal and countersigned by Willem Johannes Leyds (1859-1940) Dutch Lawyer and Statesman, State Secretary of the South African Republic 1889-98. Some light overall age wear and a small area of paper loss to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signatures, G

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George P. R., (a good example), as Prince Regent, on behalf of King George III, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 11th March 1811. The manuscript document is addressed to the Bishop of London and is a warrant for a Collection for the Poor, stating, in part, 'Being informed that the Poorer sort of Our Subjects in & about Our City of London do suffer great Hardships at this time, and being graciously disposed to do all that lies in us for their relief & support; We have thought fit heartily to recommend it to you & hereby expressly require you to take care that Publication be made in all Parish churches within Our said City….that the Church Wardens or Overseers of the Poor do the week following collect the Benevolence of Charitable & well disposed people at their respective Dwellings within each Parish for and towards the support & relief of Our said Poor Subjects….the several sums so collected to be paid immediately into the Chamber of London to be distributed to the several Parishes as the Lord Mayor….& you shall think fit & direct. And that Our own example may not be wanting, Our further Pleasure is, that you call upon Our Commissioners of Our Treasury for such sum of money as We have directed & appointed to be paid….' Countersigned at the conclusion by Richard Ryder (1766-1832) British Politician, Home Secretary 1809-12. With integral address leaf. VG John Randolph (1749-1813) British Scholar & Cleric, Bishop of London 1809-13

ALBERT PRINCE: (1819-1861) Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, husband of Queen Victoria. D.S., Albert, as Steward for his son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, two pages, folio, n.p., 6th May 1842. The manuscript document appoints George Freeth of Lincolns Inn Fields to be a Deputy Steward for the Duchy of Cornwall and authorises and empowers him 'to do all things belonging and appertaining to the Office of Steward....in as full and ample a manner as I myself could do if personally present at the doing thereof.....' Boldly signed by Prince Albert at the conclusion alongside a small red wax seal. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, minor age wear and some slight splitting at the folds (neatly and professionally strengthened in a few places). About VG Queen Victoria had given birth to Prince Albert Edward on 9th November 1841. Being her first son, he became the Prince of Wales, Duke of Saxony and Duke of Cornwall. His father, Prince Albert, as illustrated by the present document, was Steward of the affairs of the Duchy of Cornwall until his son became of age. The young Prince would have only been six months old when his father signed the present document.

COLLIER GEORGE: (1774-1824) British Naval Captain who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. L.S., George R. Collier, two pages, folio, on board HMS Tartar at Sierra Leone, 11th February 1821, to Lieutenant Thomas Evans of HMS Snapper. Collier sends some instructions to Evans, in part, 'So soon as His Majesty's Brig under your command is ready for sea you will communicate with the Committee of Merchants of the Gambia…and take an early opportunity…of proceeding to the Gambia. You will be cautious in rounding Cape St Marys and obtain a Pilot from Bird Island before you enter the River. You will complete your water and fuel there, and such other wants as you may stand in need of observing to procure Fresh Beef as frequently as you can…When the service you are upon shall be either completed or sufficiently advanced, you are to return to this anchorage, and you are at liberty to touch off the Senegal…' With blank integral leaf. Together with a small selection of A.Ls.S. etc., by various other naval and military leaders including 1st Viscount Keith (1746-1823, British Admiral of the Napoleonic Wars) A.L.S., Keith, two pages, 4to, Cavendish Square, 9th February 1797, to a gentleman, regarding a misunderstanding (a little crudely inlaid and with some extensive neat splits at the central folds), David Beatty (1871-1936, British Admiral) vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of Beatty in a full length pose, in uniform. Signed ('Beatty A of F') in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image. Accompanied by a brief A.L.S., Beatty, one page, 4to, Regent's Park, n.d. ('Sunday'), to a gentleman, sending the signed photograph; Robert Baden Powell (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement. T.L.S., R Baden Powell, one page, small 4to, Hyde Park Corner, 12th November 1901, to S. Langston Faddy, stating, in part, 'Your letter enquiring about your brother should have been sent to the Chief Staff Officer, South African Constabulary, Johannesburg….If your brother's name did not appear in the casualty lists published at the time of the engagement you may feel assured that he is well'. Neatly trimmed, lightly mounted and with extensive, neat splits at the folds, slightly affecting the text and signature (only FR), and a bold dark fountain pen ink signature ('R S S Baden Powell') and date, 6th November 1901, in his hand, on an oblong 12mo piece with a printed address at the head, etc. FR to generally G to about VG, 7

ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. D.S., Elizabeth R, and also by Prince Richard ('Richard') (1944- ) Duke of Gloucester, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, both at the head, on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, two pages, folio, Court at St James's, 25th October 1977. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is addressed to the Magistrates for the North Westminster Division of Inner London and is a warrant granting a remission of a fine imposed on Michael Dangoor, convicted on the 8th July 1977 of 'unlawfully causing a vehicle to wait in a restricted street' and ordered to pay a fine of nine pounds. Countersigned at the conclusion by Merlyn Rees (1920-2006) British Politician, Home Secretary 1976-79. With a red embossed paper seal affixed. An unusual combination of signatures on a document dated within the Silver Jubilee year of Queen Elizabeth II. About EX

ANNE: (1665-1714) Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. D.S., Anne R, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 19th February 1712. The manuscript document is a License of Absence granted to John Moore of Kentwell Hall, High Sheriff of Suffolk, and states, in part, 'Whereas humble suit hath been made unto us on your behalfe that during your Sheriffalty of Our County of Suffolk, you may have Our Lycense to remain or live out of Our said County, in regard of several pressing affairs which require your presence elsewhere; We are graciously pleased to gratify you in that your Request, And We do accordingly hereby give and grant you full Lycense and permission to remain or dwell out of Our said County when and as often as your occasions shall require, during your said office of Sheriff, so as you take all fitting care that such your absence prove not prejudiciall to Our Service, and that you return and remain in Our said County upon any signification of Our Pleasure to you for that purpose by Our Privy Councill....' Countersigned at the foot by Henry St John (1678-1751) 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. English Politician and Political Philosopher, Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1710-13 and for the Southern Department 1713-14. With integral address leaf bearing the remnants of a blind embossed paper seal. A light, small circular stain at the head of the document only very slightly affects the Queen's signature, otherwise VG