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Lot 1581
QEII ERRORS & VARS - 1969 Investiture of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, 5d "Queen Eleanor's Gate", error pale turquoise green omitted (SG 804e) fine commercially used by light machine cancel (50% cds, 50% slogan) which leaves error clearly visible, around 15 unused se-tenant strips have been recorded, however it is unlikely than more than a handful of used examples exist (with 2014 BPA cert)
Lot 102
Historically Interesting Archive Relating to the General Strike of 1926, the archive includes a hand written letter from a worker at the New Cross Gate L.C.C Tramways Depot, the letter written to the man’s parents, explains the conditions and that they are being guarded by mounted police. He goes on to mention that he has his license and that he is going to be on the road in the morning but this is a secret, the letter ends with “Must close now as the letters are being smuggled out soon”. Also amongst the grouping is a typed Account of the Proceedings of the Northumberland & Durham General Council Joint Strike Committee, May 1926. This is a very interesting minute by minute account of the meeting. The document has the outer cover but this is well worn. Amongst the archive are a number of special Strike Bulletin newspapers from various areas including one from Birmingham titled The Tennant which has inked to the top “Strike Meeting Tonight 8.45pm Brookhill Rd Alum Rock”. Also included are some printed newspapers from 1919 and the 1930’s, The Worker and The Daily Worker. An interesting item of British Social History.
Lot 191
An early 18th century Italian walnut serpentine tea table, the hinged fold-over top banded in ash and inlaid with a coat of arms with two crowned eagles above a bust of a man and with a dragon, the conforming interior inlaid with two monograms, on twin gate supports above a frieze drawer and on cabriole legs decorated with penwork leaves and on scroll and block feet, possibly Ferrara or Bologna, 80cm high, 89.5cm wide, 46.5cm deep.Provenance: Count Redmond Toler Clayton-Browne Clayton (1863-1937) of the Villa La Punta, Cervara, Santa Margherita, Liguria, Italy. Bequeathed to his nephew, Sir Henry Russell Hornby, Bt, (1888-1971), 2nd Baronet of Brookhouse, of Barraclough, Clitheroe, Lancashire and thence by descent.
Lot 470
λ A late Victorian rosewood demi-lune card table by Hampton & Sons, the fold-over top on twin gate supports with brass strengthening struts to a frieze drawer stamped 'HAMPTON & SONS PALL MALL EAST' the legs with incised decoration on brass caps and castors, 76.4cm high, 91.5cm wide, 45.2cm deep.
Lot 211A
Reginald Riley (19th/20th century), Old Monastery Gate and Garden, St Albans A1341, The Abbey and Lake, St Albans A1343, St Peter's Church and War Memorial, St Albans A1344, Town Hall and Market Place, St Albans A1345, four, each inscribed and dated 1944 verso, watercolour and bodycolour, 25 x 36cm, these were original illustrations for postcards published by Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee and London, others from this series are in the St Albans Museum
Lot 821
Severus II, as Caesar, AR Argenteus. Serdica, AD 305-306. SEVERVS NOB C, laureate head right / VIRTVS MILITVM, three-turreted camp-gate with no doors, pellet in doorway, ·SM·SDB· in exergue. RIC -; Gautier 24 var. (officina); RSC -; Cf. NAC 62, 6 October 2011, lot 2089 (same obv. die). 3.29g, 21mm, 12h. Fleur De Coin. Of the Highest Rarity. Most likely struck to mark the commencement of the Second Tetrarchy in AD 305, this extremely rare coin is one of only a handful known, a few having come to light in a hoard about a decade ago. Struck using the same obverse dies as several known specimens, the reverse die of this issue is new, having the inclusion of a pellet in the doorway of the camp gate. The scarcity of these types might be explained by the short period of time during which Severus held the position of Caesar before being elevated by Galerius after the death of Constantius I in summer 306 - in a matter of months he was raised from the senior ranks of the army to Augustus in the West. However, his time as Augustus came to an abrupt end when he was tasked with the suppression of the revolt of Maxentius in Rome: he marched on the city at the head of an army previously commanded by Maximian, father of Maxentius, to whom his soldiers deserted. Severus fled to Ravenna where, in 307, he was persuaded by Maxentius to surrender. Despite Maximian’s assurances that he would be treated with respect, Severus was nonetheless displayed as a captive and later imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. When Galerius invaded Italy to suppress Maxentius and Maximian himself, Maxentius ordered Severus’ death. He was executed (or forced to commit suicide) on 16 September 307.
Lot 610
MILITARY: An 8vo page removed from an autograph album signed at the head in bold blue fountain pen ink by B. L. Montgomery (1887-1976, British Field Marshal of World War II) and dated 4th November 1949 in his hand; the page also bearing individual signed pieces by John French (1852-1925, British Field Marshal of World War I) dated 12th March 1904 in his hand and Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979, British Admiral of the Fleet during World War II), both neatly laid down. Together with Brian Horrocks (1895-1985, British Army Officer of World War II) T.L.S., Brian G. Horrocks, one page, 4to, Notting Hill Gate, London, 3rd December 1964, to S. Haywood, referring to Bolton and Lancaster and mutual acquaintances. About VG
Lot 924
BARRIE J. M.: (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist, created Peter Pan. A.L.S., J. M. Barrie, two pages, 8vo, Lancaster Gate, 15th December 1907, to Mr. Summers. Barrie states that he has given a matter some thought although remarks that public appearances 'grow more and more fearsome to me' and that he is something of a hermit, therefore asks to be excused, concluding 'may you have a good reunion and many of them'. With blank integral leaf. One small filing hole to the upper right corner of the first page and some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Lot 355
'I thought of an idea for a new play yesterday….' ORTON JOE: (1933-1967) English Playwright and Author. Rare A.L.S., Joe, to the verso of a colour picture postcard of the Zauia Muley Abdelkader gate in Tetuan, Morocco, n.p. (Tangier?), n.d. (1965), to an unidentified correspondent. Orton writes, in full, 'The weather is terrific, and I'm having a most relaxing time. I thought of an idea for a new play yesterday, but perhaps it wouldn't work in a cold climate!! Give my love to Oscar'. Orton has also penned the address of his apartment in Tangier. Autographs of Orton are rare in any form following his tragic murder at the age of 34 when he was bludgeoned to death by his partner Kenneth Halliwell, who subsequently committed suicide. EX Orton's play Loot opened in Cambridge on 1st February 1965 and met with scathing reviews. The playwright was at odds with the director, and despite producing much new material for the play, Loot continued to be poorly received during a six week tour of Brighton, Oxford, Manchester and other English towns. Discouraged, Orton departed on an 80 day holiday to Tangier with his partner Kenneth Halliwell. It was during this holiday that the present postcard was written.
Lot 363
HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. A.L.S., Thomas Hardy, one page, 8vo, Max Gate, Dorchester, n.d. ('Wednesday'), to Miss. Hunt. Hardy informs his correspondent that he had left Harley Street before her note arrived, adding 'If I had been staying on longer I would have tried to call & see you'. He further explains that he has not taken a house in London this year. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall dust staining, otherwise VG
Lot 389
JOHNSTON DENIS: (1901-1984) Irish Writer, a protégé of W. B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. A.L.S., Denis Johnston, three pages, 8vo, South Hadley, Massachusetts, (although on the printed stationery of Smith College, Department of Theatre), 15th July 1960, to Mr. Hartley. Johnston informs his correspondent 'I was at what you would call a Private School in Dublin, though this has not got the high-class connotations the expression would have here' and continues 'I don't think my education either at School or College was particularly good. Certainly it was of no use at all to me as a writer', further adding 'I would like to have taken some instruction somewhere on creative writing, but such a thing was never taught where I was brought up…..Now I teach it myself, and will never know for years, whether I do so with any benefit to my students. I think really that one has to teach oneself - from experience'. Johnston concludes his letter 'The only kind of literary criticism that I have had and that I remember with any enjoyment is Yeats's comment on my first play, “It has one or two faults” he said, “First of all, the scenes are too long” Then he thought for a while and added “The other is that there are too many scenes”.' A letter of interesting content. VG W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) Irish Poet & Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1923. Johnston's first play, The Old Lady Says 'No'! (1929) helped establish the worldwide reputation of the Dublin Gate Theatre.
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