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International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 213

FONTAINE JOAN: (1917-2013) British-American actress, Academy Award winner. A good signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Fontaine in a half-length pose in costume as Rowena from the British-American historical adventure epic film Ivanhoe (1952). Signed by Fontaine in bold dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. About EX Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink. 

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Lot 1306

TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD & FOUCHE: TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD CHARLES MAURICE DE (1754-1838) Prince of Talleyrand, French clergyman, politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of France, 1815 & FOUCHE JOSEPH (1759-1820) 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouche. French statesman and revolutionary who served as Minister of Police (1799-1810, 1815) under Napoleon Bonaparte. D.S. by both Talleyrand ('Charles Maurice') and Fouche ('Comte de l'Empire Fouche') individually, one page, folio, Schoenbrunn, 24th August 1809, in French. The partially printed document, with manuscript insertions in the hand of Fouche, is addressed to Monsieur Laffontan, President of the Canton of Valence and is an Extrait des Minutes de la Secretairerie d'Etat ('Extract from the Minutes of the Secretary of State') originally issued by Hugues-Bernard Maret, Duke of Bassano, on behalf of Napoleon I, and states that they have deemed it appropriate to convene the assembly of the canton on 17th October 1809, and consequently order Laffontan to execute, and cause to be executed, the provisions of the acts of the Constitutions of the Empire, further stating 'Nous avons fait connaitre a notre premier Inspecteur de la Gendarmerie, et au General commandant la 10 eme Division militaire, que vous avez seul la police de l'assemblee; que nulle force armee ne doit etre placee pres du lieu de ses seances ni y penetrer sans votre requistion; qu'ils doivent ordonner de deferer a celles que vous adresserez aux Commandans de la Gendarmerie, et de vous preter assistance, si le cas l'exige et que vous le demandiez' (Translation: 'We have made it known to our first Inspector of the Gendarmerie, and to the General commanding the 10th Military Division, that you alone have the police of the assembly; that no armed force should be placed near the place of its meetings or enter there without your request; that they must order to defer to those which you will address to the Commanders of the Gendarmerie, and to lend you assistance, if the case requires it and that you ask for it'). Signed at the foot by Talleyrand in his capacity as Vice-Grand-Elector and by Fouche in his capacity as Minister of the Interior (rare as such; Fouche only served in the post from 29th June to 1st October 1809) and with a circular blind embossed seal beneath. With blank integral leaf. Some light, minor staining to the lower left corner and a very small hole to the centre of the text, otherwise VG

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Lot 1582

U.S PRESIDENTS: An exceptional and very rare multiple signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the presidential seal, signed in black felt tip by seven former Presidents, comprising RICHARD NIXON (1913-1994) 37th President 1969-74; GERALD FORD (1913-2006) 38th President 1974-77; JIMMY CARTER (1924- ) 39th President 1977-81; RONALD REAGAN (1911-2004), 40th President 1981-89; GEORGE BUSH (1924-2018) 41st President 1989-93; BILL CLINTON (1946- ) 42nd President 1993-2001 and GEORGE W. BUSH (1946- ) 43rd President 2001-09. Signed in black felt tip ink by Reagan, Bush, W. Bush and Clinton, in red felt tip ink by Carter, in black ballpoint ink by Ford and in black ink by Nixon. A couple of very light brushes to Nixon's signature, otherwise VG An absolutely amazing signed photograph, by seven U.S Presidents, being the most presidential signatures on a single item we have ever offered.All signatures were acquired by former congressman James E. Rogan.

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Lot 554

TANDY JESSICA: (1909-1994) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1989 for her role as Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Tandy seated in a half-length pose, reading a newspaper, in costume from her Oscar winning performance as widowed retired schoolteacher Werthan, engaged in conversation with Morgan Freeman, in costume as chauffeur Hoke Colburn, in a scene from the comedy drama film Driving Miss Daisy. Signed by Tandy in bold black ink to a light area at the head of the image and further signed and inscribed in blue ink by Freeman, also to a light area at the head of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise EX

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Lot 1556

CHURCHILL RANDOLPH (1849-1895) British statesman, father of Winston S. Churchill. Lord Randolph Churchill served as Secretary of State for India 1885-86 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1886. A.L.S., Randolph S. C., two pages, 8vo, Connaught Place, London, 20th November 1887, to Henry James. Churchill writes a polite letter to excuse himself from dining with his correspondent, in full, 'I completely forgot when I said this morning that I would gladly dine with you tomorrow evening, that my mother is coming up to town tomorrow on her way to Bayham and expects me to give her dinner. So I cannot go to you which I greatly regret. Please ask me another day'. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and with one small tear to the right edge, about VGHenry James (1843-1916) American-British author, a friend of Lady Randolph Churchill (1854-1921) American-born British socialite, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and mother of Winston S. Churchill.Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill (1822-1899) Duchess of Marlborough. English noblewoman, mother of Lord Randolph Churchill and grandmother of Winston S. Churchill.

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Lot 170

KEY LARGO: Signed 10 x 8 photograph by both Claire Trevor (Gaye Dawn) and Lauren Bacall (Nora Temple) individually, the image depicting the actresses standing and seated opposite Humphrey Bogart (Major Frank McCloud) in a scene from the film noir crime drama Key Largo (1948). Signed by Trevor in bold black ink, also adding an inscription in her hand, to a light area at the head of the image and signed by Bacall in bold black ink with her name alone to the image. It was for her performance in this film that Trevor won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. EX

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Lot 1309

HARDENBERG KARL AUGUST VON: (1750-1822) Prussian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Prussia 1804-06, 1807 & 1810-22. A fine, lengthy A.L.S., Hardenberg, four pages, 4to, Berlin, 25th December 1810, to the Marquis [de Bombelles], in French. Hardenberg acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter, and thanks the Marquis for their sentiments and friendship, further remarking 'Dans une position aussi difficile que la notre, avec des obligations enormes a remplir pour sauver l'etat, il n'est pas possible, ni d'eviter les charges et les mesures onereuses, ni de prevenir les murmures et le mecontentement. Il ne s'agit que de trouver les moindres maux d'entre ceux qui sont indispensables et certes, le sort d'un administrateur n'est pas digne d'envie, qui est destine a remplir cette tache desagreable' (Translation: 'In a position as difficult as ours, with enormous obligations to fulfil in order to save the state, it is not possible either to avoid burdensome charges and measures, or to prevent murmurings and discontent. It is only a question of finding the lesser evils of those which are indispensable and certainly, the fate of an administrator is not worthy of envy, who is destined to fulfil this unpleasant task') and continuing to reflect 'Vous n'avez pas d'idee, Monsieur le Marquis, combien mon coeur en souffre et j'ai besoin de me rappeler a toute heure, que nous ne devons ecouter que notre devoir et ne pas nous refuser a suffire a notre vocation......Qu'il y ait des plaintes ameres sur les nouveaux Edits, - je m'y suis attendu, mais on les trouvera moins onereux, on en sera plus satisfait, quand on sera a meme de juger de l'Ensemble du systeme, lorsque nombre de mesentendus seront leves et que les preventions seront refutees par l'experience; que les modifications, nullement exclues d'apres ce qu'exigent des circonstances locales ou particulieres, auront eu lieu. De toutes les provinces de la monarchie, la Silesie aura moins raison de se plaindre, que toute autre. Jusqu'a ce que tout ceci puisse avoir lieu, il faut de l'obeissance et de la confiance dans le Gouvernment..... Quant a la suppression des communautes religieuses, elle frappe a la fois celles de la religion protestante comme celles des catholiques, elle est generale et dictee par la necessite. On n'a qu'a lire fugitivement l´Edit pour se convaincre que ni l'essentiel de la religion, ni la liberte de conscience, ne peuvent en souffrir…..La meme mesure a ete prise souvent et presque generalement dans les Etats purement catholiques, les Papes meme en ont donne frequemment l'exemple. Si en l'executant, on s'est ecarte de la teneur claire de l'edit et des intentions du Roi, c'est uniquement  la faute de ceux qui sont appeles par un devoir sacre a y veiller et a s'y conformer' (Translation: 'You have no idea, Monsieur le Marquis, how much my heart suffers from it and I need to remind myself at all times that we must only listen to our duty and not refuse to fulfil our vocation…..That there will be bitter complaints about the new Edicts, - I expected it, but they will be found less burdensome, we will be more satisfied, when we will be able to judge the whole of the system, when many misunderstandings will be cleared up and the prejudices will be refuted by experience; that the modifications, by no means excluded according to what local or particular circumstances require, will have taken place. Of all the provinces of the monarchy, Silesia will have less reason to complain than any other. Until all this can take place, obedience and confidence in the Government are necessary…..As for the suppression of religious communities, it strikes both those of the Protestant religion as well as those of the Catholics, it is general and dictated by necessity. We only have to read the Edict fleetingly, to convince ourselves that neither the essentials of religion, nor freedom of conscience, can suffer from it……The same measure has been taken often and almost generally in purely Catholic states, even the Popes have frequently given the example. If, in executing it, we have deviated from the clear content of the edict and from the King's intentions, it is solely the fault of those who are called by a sacred duty to watch over it and to comply with it'). Hardenberg continues to reassure his correspondent regarding some misinformation and the proposed granting of a title, 'J'estime et j'honore, Mr. de Massow. Son autorite est et sera augmentee, il est a la tete de la commission chargee de la suppression des couvents; et j'ai envie de croire qu'on vous a donne des informations fausses, Monsieur le Marquis.....Ce sont eux, que je viens egalement de charger de la recherche des faits dont vous me parlez. Quelle que soit du reste ma consideration pour Mr. de Massow, je n'ai pu proposer au Roi de lui accorder la distinction dont vous faites mention......parce qu'en general, le Roi, entre nous soit dit, n'aime pas trop a donner cette sorte de distinctions. Je n'oublierai pas d'en procurer d'autres a M. de M. quand les circonstances seront favorables, soyez-en sur' (Translation: 'I esteem and honour Mr. de Massow. His authority is and will be increased, he is at the head of the commission in charge of the suppression of the convents; and I want to believe that you have been given false information, Monsieur le Marquis…..They are the ones I have also just entrusted with the investigation of the facts you are telling me about. Whatever may be my consideration for Mr. de Massow, I could not propose to the King to grant him the distinction which you mention……because in general, the King, between us is said, does not like to give these kinds of distinctions. I will not forget to procure others for M. de M. when circumstances are favourable, be sure of that'). A letter of excellent content. Some very light, minor creasing to the edges and a couple of small tears to the upper edges (professionally repaired). About VGMarc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles (1744-1822) French diplomat and ecclesiastic who, at the time of the present letter, had become a priest in Prussian Silesia.Julius Eberhard von Massow (1750-1816) Prussian lawyer and politician, responsible for the spiritual affairs of certain Prussian provinces.  

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Lot 531

TAYLOR ELIZABETH: (1932-2011) English actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1966 for her role as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? An excellent vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, an original Warner Bros. publicity portrait of the young, attractive Taylor standing in a full-length pose, holding a hat and gloves in her hands, as she poses by a wooden fence. Signed by Taylor in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A few very light, extremely minor surface and corner creases to the white borders, VG

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Lot 747

BOWIE DAVID: (1947-2016) English singer & songwriter. Signed record sleeve for the album Aladdin Sane (1973) by Bowie, signed in black ink with his surname and dated 1982 in his hand to a clear area of the front cover which features a head and shoulders image of Bowie by photographer Brian Duffy, the closed-eyed musician seen with red hair and a red and blue lightning bolt across his face, and with a teardrop running along his collarbone. Record still present. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGBrian Duffy's photograph of Bowie as it appears on the cover of Aladdin Sane is regarded as one of the most iconic images of the musician and has been described as 'the Mona Lisa of album covers'.

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Lot 797

VIGEE LE BRUN ELISABETH: (1755-1842) French portrait painter, particularly of women, who served as the portrait painter to Marie Antoinette. A.L.S., Mme Le Brun, in the third person, one page, 12mo, n.p., 11th December n.y. (c.1827), to Monsieur de Champagny, in French. The artist informs her correspondent that she will receive him and his companions on Sunday between 1 and 2pm. With integral address leaf (small areas of paper loss) in a different hand. Rare. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG

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Lot 1560

BRITISH POLITICS: A good selection of fine original black pen and ink drawings of various British Conservative (and some Unionist) politicians of the early 20th century, all executed by the accomplished German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor on folio (9.5 x 12 and one slightly smaller) sheets of art paper, each of the images depicting the subjects in head and shoulders poses and all signed by the politicians, the majority with brief additional quotations or statements in their hands, comprising Robert Cecil (1864-1958) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 1923-24, an architect of the League of Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1937; Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (1874-1960) with a quotation from Robert Browning in her hand; James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861-1947) Leader of the House of Lords 1925-29; Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon (1857-1941) British Ambassador to Berlin 1920-25; Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917) Consul-General of Egypt 1883-1907; Eric Geddes (1875-1937) First Lord of the Admiralty 1917-19; his brother Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes (1879-1954) President of the Board of Trade 1919-20 and British Ambassador to the United States 1920-24; Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837-1916) Chancellor of the Exchequer 1885-86, 1895-1902; and George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave (1856-1928) Home Secretary 1916-19, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1922-24, 1924-28. All of the drawings also bear the small signature of the artist Kastor. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, VG, 9 

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Lot 542

DUNAWAY FAYE: (1941-     ) American actress, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Dunaway standing in a full-length pose in costume as Bonnie Parker, smoking a cigar and with a gun in one hand, from the American biographical neo-noir crime drama film Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Signed by Dunaway in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Dunaway was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this film. EX

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Lot 1591

HUSSEIN SADDAM: (1937-2006) President of Iraq 1979-2003. A.L.S., in Arabic, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Republican Palace, Baghdad?), 27th November 1990, to the press secretary of the Foreign Minister, on printed stationery featuring the coat of arms of Iraq, in Arabic. Hussein gives directions in response 'to the accusations of the traitor of the two Holy Mosques [King] Fahd, as he claims that if it were not for Saudi Arabia and its support for Iraq, then Iran would have defeated us', remarking 'Forgetting the convoys of martyrs who fell in defence of Iraq and the Arab nation, especially the Gulf countries that you plotted and are plotting against us at this moment'. Two file holes to the right edge and a couple of small holes and light creasing to the upper edge, otherwise VGFahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1921-2005) King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia 1982-2005. After ascending the throne in 1982 King Fahd spent considerable sums in supporting Saddam Hussein's Baathist Iraq in its war against Iran, fearing that the 1979 Revolution in Iran could lead to similar Islamic upheaval in Saudi Arabia. Less than a decade later, in 1990, Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, placing the Iraqi army (the largest in the Middle East at the time) on the Saudi-Kuwait border. During the Gulf War that followed King Fahd agreed to host American-led coalition troops in his Kingdom and later allowed American troops to be based there, a decision which brought him considerable criticism and opposition.    

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Lot 824

DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist painter. A.L., unsigned (although with his name Raoul appearing within the text, in the third person, towards the conclusion), two pages, 4to, n.p. (Perpignan), n.d. ('Mardi', 28th March 1942), to his wife ('Ma Cherie'), in French. Dufy states that he has received his wife's letter, which he will go over in detail tomorrow, and continues 'Tranquillise toi sur ma sante, mon traitement suit son cours regulier. Nous avons eu plusieures journees de pluie qui m'avaient un peu cruille mais ce soir tout se remet. Quant a mon travail ca va de mieux en mieux…..J'arrive enfin a ce que j'ai poursuivi toute ma vie. J'ai fait aujourd'hui une seance particulierement heureuse aussi, j'espere que je pourrai realiser une belle exposition qui nous assurera notre tranquillite. Je pense que tu rentree a St. Maxime, et je vais t'envoyer par echelon des mandats cartes, et aussi par lettres recommandees que tu toucheras a la poste et que tu pourras transformer comme tu voudras. Vois comment tu pouvras garder tes valeurs, il ne faudrait pas tout garder dans la maison, tu peux faire un depot dans une banque? Enfin penses-y et tu me diras ce que tu feras' (Translation: 'Don't worry about my health, my treatment is following its regular course. We had several days of rain which had me a little worried, but tonight everything is recovering. As for my work, it's getting better and better…..I finally arrive at what I have pursued all my life. I had a particularly happy session today too, I hope that I will be able to produce a beautiful exhibition which will ensure our peace of mind. I think you're going back to St. Maxime, and I'm going to send you money order cards in installments, and also by registered letters which you can collect at the post office and which you can change as you like. See how you can keep your values, you shouldn't keep everything in the house, can you make a deposit in a bank? Finally think about it and you will tell me what you will do'), concluding by referring to family members and sending affectionate greetings, 'Pour Suzanne [La soeur de Dufy, don't il peint le portrait en 1904] je commandrais qu'elle parte pour sa cure accompagnee par une personne qui lui plairait et que nous payerons car il ne faut pas la laisser seule. J'ai recu ce matin une lettre bien angoissee de Madeleine qui est maintenant au courant du mauvais etat. Toi soignetoi bien pas de fatigues, pas de soucis, tu me le promets et bientot nous serons ensemble. Je t'embrasse bien fort, ma cherie. Embrasse Suzanne, bonjour a Raymond, bise a Mickey et encore mille tendres baissers de ton Raoul qui t'adore' (Translation: 'For Suzanne [Dufy's sister, whose portrait he painted in 1904] I would order that she leave for her cure accompanied by a person she would like and that we will pay because we must not leave her alone. This morning I received a very distressed letter from Madeleine who is now aware of the poor condition. You take good care of yourself, no fatigue, no worries, you promise me, and soon we'll be together. I embrace you very much, my darling. Embrace Suzanne, hello to Raymond, a kiss to Mickey and another thousand tender kisses from your Raoul who adores you'). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the artist to 'Madame Raoul Dufy' at St. Maxime. Some light age wear, one small, neat split to the left edge and a thin area of staining to the upper edge, about VG Eugenie-Emilienne Brisson (1880-1962) wife of Raoul Dufy from 1911-53. 

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Lot 168

NATIONAL VELVET: A good, rare vintage multiple signed and inscribed sepia 10 x 8 photograph by the Academy Award recipients Mickey Rooney (Michael 'Mi' Taylor), Elizabeth Taylor (Velvet Brown), Donald Crisp (Herbert Brown) and Anne Revere (Araminty Brown) individually, the image depicting the actors seated around a dining table together at the Brown's home in Sussex in a scene from the film National Velvet (1944). Signed by each in fountain pen inks to the image. It was for her performance in this film that Anne Revere won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Some light overall surface and corner creasing, G

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Lot 1116

FOREL AUGUSTE: (1848-1931) Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist, noted for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. A.L.S., Forel, to one side of a plain postcard, Burgholzli, 29th November 1891, to Dr. von Speyr, in German. Forel writes on the health of his family, and makes reference to the goddess of fortune, in full, 'Luckily, I and the children are doing much better. Martha in particular had caused us great concern because she had whooping cough so badly and with a fever. She vomited everything, didn't keep anything down for eight days and lost a lot of weight. But she is now recovering and so are the others. The youngest is completely isolated from the others. The Gods should take care of everything else and appoint blind Fortuna as the governing leader. She will rule with autocracy and automatism. Hope is my consolation. Otherwise, things are going wonderfully, and I would only wish we weren't dependent on Fortuna'. Hand addressed by Forel to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG 

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Lot 1427

[LOUIS XV]: (1710-1774) King of France 1715-74. Manuscript document issued in the name of King Louis XV and bearing a secretarial signature ('Louis'), one page (vellum), large oblong folio, Paris, 4th May 1720, in French. The document gives orders for, in part, 'Provisions de Capitaine de la Capitainerie du Havre pour le S. de Cauville.....[charge entre autres de]......faire faire le Guet et Garde pour empecher les descentes et desseins d'Ennemis et Pirattes' (Translation: 'Captain's provisions of the Harbour Master's office at Le Havre for the S. de Cauville…..[responsible for, amongst other matters]……having the Watch and Guard made to prevent the raids and designs of enemies and pirates'). With contemporary endorsements to the verso countersigned by Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon (1678-1737) Count of Toulouse, Grand Admiral of France, the son of King Louis XIV and his mistress Francoise-Athenais, Marquise de Montespan, Joseph Fleuriau d'Armenonville (1661-1728) French politician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1716 and as Secretary of State for the Navy from 1718-22, and several others. Some light damp staining and a few other minor faults, G 

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Lot 456

HOFFMAN DUSTIN: (1937-     ) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1979 for his role as Ted Kramer in Kramer vs. Kramer. A good signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the youthful Hoffman in a close-up head and shoulders pose in costume as Benjamin Braddock from the romantic comedy-drama film The Graduate (1967). Signed in blue ink to a light area of the background. It was for his performance in this film that Hoffman was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar. One very small trace of former mounting to the verso, otherwise EX

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Lot 1104

TALBOT HENRY FOX: (1800-1877) English scientist, inventor and photography pioneer. A rare A.L.S., H. F. Talbot, two pages, 8vo, Harley Street (London), n.d. ('Wednesday Evg.'), to a gentleman. Talbot writes, in full, 'I regret I shall not be able to be present tomorrow evening at your experiments on the Thermo-Electric spark, being prevented by a dinner engagement. I hope I may see you on Saturday evening at ½ past 7 or 8 o'clock'. A light band of discolouration to the edges, evidently caused by previous framing, one small tear to the right edge and the upper edge very slightly irregularly trimmed, only very slightly affecting one word of text to the second page, G 

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Lot 733

STARR RINGO: (1940-     ) English musician, drummer with the Beatles. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Starr in a head and shoulders pose at the height of his career with the Beatles. Signed ('Ringo Starr') in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. A few minor, light surface and corner creases, about VG

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Lot 1535

CLEMENCEAU GEORGES: (1841-1929) French Prime Minister 1906-09, 1917-20. Autograph Manuscript Signed, G Clemenceau, two pages, 4to (separate leaves, at one stage cut into four quarters, presumably by a publisher, the first three quarters presently joined together at the verso, and the final quarter loose), n.p., n.d. (c.1898), in French. The manuscript, with various corrections in Clemenceau's hand, is entitled Le silence de Brisson and states, in part, 'Le silence des peuples est la lecon des rois. Le stenographe inoccupe de la Chambre propose a la notation des silences, m'informe que le silence du president des representants du peuple, a la rentree du parlement, est la lecon de notre elyseen roitelet. Certains attendaient que M. Brisson parlat…..En une harangue enflammee il aurait celebre l'alliance, l'alliance mysterieuse dont nul ne saurait dire encore si c'est un astre qui se leve ou le simple mirage d'une bulle de savon. Il aurait chante Hanotaux, et son epee d'humeur, avec ce vers un peu libre pour refrain: Maintenant qu'il est aime, les innocents n'ont qu'a se bien tenir. Il nous aurait appris Felix et ses magnificences, les prouesses du Bruix, la pipe de Merizier domptant le mal de mer, et le fameux discours au journaliste parisien: "Ne m'attaquez pas, c'est pour la patrie". Il nous aurait montre la Russie en delire accourant au Francais qui lui apportait le secours de.....et de ses canons. Nous aurions vu le Tsar accepter tout et nous payer noblement d'un geste auguste qu'enregistrera l'histoire. Nous aurions appris......de ce que notre ministre Hanotaux ayant prononce le mot d'alliance a la tribune le 10 juin 1895, il avait suffi de deux ans a l'empereur de Russie pour repondre "Nations alliees", le 31 aout 1897. Le protocole a de ces exigences. Nous aurions su pourquoi nous ne savions rien de la grande chose dont nous devions nous rejouir. On nous aurait montre la France de la place de l'Opera manifestant bruyamment sa surprise de voir la nation glorieuse des siecles jouer encore un role dans le monde. Eblouis, nous aurions admire le resplendissement des grandes modesties…..Miraculeux spectacle qui ne nous fut das donne!....[Brisson] a prefere le silence au mensonge et je l'en loue. Je le louerai plus encore si au courage du silence, apres une si longue attente, avait succede l'audace de la verite. Il y a des choses a dire a Henri Brisson, des choses attendues. Le silence est august. Mais la parole enfante. La parole suivie de l'action. Il suffit pour cela de pouvoir, et, quand on peut, de vouloir'. (Translation: 'The silence of the people is the lesson of kings. The unoccupied stenographer of the Chamber proposed to note the silences, informs me that the silence of the president of the representatives of the people, at the return of parliament, is the lesson of our elyseen's petty king. Some are waiting for Mr. Brisson to speak……In a fiery harangue he would have celebrated the alliance, the mysterious alliance of which no one can yet say whether it is a rising star or the simple mirage of a soap bubble. He would have sung Hanotaux, and his sword of humour, with this somewhat free verse for refrain: Now that he is loved, the innocents just have to behave. He would have taught us Felix and his magnificence, the prowess of Bruix, Merizier's pipe taming seasickness, and the famous speech to the Parisian journalist: “Don't attack me, it's for the country”. He would have shown us Russia in delirium rushing to the French who brought him the help of…..and his guns. We would have seen the Tsar accept everything and pay us nobly with an august gesture that will be recorded in history. We would have learned…..from what our minister Hanotaux having pronounced the word alliance at the tribune on 10th June 1895, it had sufficed two years for the Emperor of Russia to answer “Allied Nations” on 31st August 1897. The protocol has these requirements. We would have known why we didn't know about the great thing we were to rejoice in. We would have been shown France from the Place de l'Opera, loudly expressing its surprise at seeing the glorious nation of the centuries still playing a role in the world. Dazzled, we would have admired the resplendence of great modesty…..A miraculous spectacle which was never given to us!.....[Brisson] preferred silence to lies and I praise him for it. I would praise him even more if the courage of silence, after such a long wait, had succeeded the audacity of the truth. There are things to say to Henri Brisson, things to expect. Silence is august. But the word gives birth. Word followed by action. It is enough for that to be able, and, when one can, to want.'). A manuscript of interesting political content. With four blue crayon publisher's annotations to each of the four quarters of text and some light overall age wear and a few tears and pinholes to the edges and margins, GHenri Brisson (1835-1912) French Prime Minister 1885-86, 1898.Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) French statesman and historian, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1894-95, 1896-98.   

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MENSHIKOV ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH: (1787-1869) Russian nobleman, military commander, admiral and statesman who served as commander-in-chief on land and sea at the outbreak of the Crimean War. L.S., Pr. Menchikoff, one page, 4to, Saint Petersburg, 18/30 January 1844, to Monsieur Jal, in French. Menshikov states that a prolonged absence, whilst on service, has prevented him from acknowledging receipt of his correspondent's letter and their copy of Examen des passages nautiques de l'Eneide, further expressing his gratitude for 'cet interessant produit de vos recherches litteraires' (Translation: 'this interesting product of your literary research') and concluding by writing 'Quant au passage de votre lettre concernant l'exemplaire de l'archeologie navale anterieurement envoye a St. Petersbourg, je suppose, Monsieur, que l'ambassade Imperiale a Paris, vous aura deja donne une reponse a ce sujet' (Translation: 'As for the passage of your letter concerning the copy of the naval archaeology previously sent to Saint Petersburg, I suppose, Sir, that the Imperial Embassy in Paris will have already given you an answer on this subject'). With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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RANKE LEOPOLD VON: (1795-1886) German historian. D.S., Leopold von Ranke, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin, 23rd November 1846, in German. The manuscript document states that Ranke 'vouches for the return of the books by the humanities student Friedrich Theodor Claus of…..Brandenburg, to the library of the Royal Joachimstahl Grammar School by Michaelmas 1847'. Some very light overall creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges, about VG 

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BAIRD JOHN LOGIE: (1888-1946) Scottish inventor & electrical engineer who demonstrated the world's first live working television system in January 1926. Vintage fountain pen ink signature ('John L. Baird') on a small oblong 12mo card. Some very light overall foxing and minor traces of former mounting to the verso. About VG

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BARRAULT JEAN-LOUIS: (1910-1994) French actor. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Barrault standing in a half-length pose wearing a mozzetta and white lace trimmed rochet in costume as Father Louis Roulland from the epic World War II film The Longest Day (1962). Signed ('J L Barrault') by the actor in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG

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FIELD SALLY: (1946-     ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1979 for her role as Norma Rae in Norma Rae. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Field in a head and shoulders pose with her dark hair in ringlets and tied with two pale green and pink bows and flowers. Signed by the actress in bold black ink to a light area at the base of the image. EX

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GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT: (1902-1942) British Air Commodore, son of King George V and Queen Mary. Killed in an air accident during World War II & MARINA, DUCHESS OF KENT (1906-1968) Princess of Greece and Denmark, wife of George, Duke of Kent. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by both the Duke and Duchess of Kent individually, the small 8vo folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of the Royal couple standing together in full-length poses on the occasion of their wedding. Signed ('George') by the Duke in bold black fountain pen ink, and signed ('Marina') by the Duchess in blue fountain pen ink, both to clear areas at the base of the photograph, the Duchess also adding the date of the marriage, 29th November 1934, in her hand. Further inscribed by the Duchess above and below a printed greeting, 'To dear Nurse Margaret…….for a very happy Christmas and New Year'. With the Royal monogram of the Duke to the front cover. Together with an A.L.S., George, by the Duke of Kent, one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), n.d. ('Friday'), to Mrs. Egan, on the printed stationery of Buckingham Palace. The Duke thanks his correspondent for her letter of good wishes and adds that perhaps he might see her when he is next at Windsor. Also including Prince Henry (1900-1974) Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia 1945-47, elder brother of George, Duke of Kent. A.L.S., Henry, two pages, 8vo, Tidworth, Hampshire, 12th May 1934, to Newcombe, on the printed stationery of the 16th/5th Lancers. The Duke sends instructions for a print to be made from a negative, 'without the obstructions at the sides & the car in the foreground, showing the cathedral by itself'. In a postscript, to the second page, the Duke also adds that he will be sending a film to be developed and would like a print from each exposure. Neatly clipped at the lower right corner. Some light overall age wear, G, 3 

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WOODWARD JOANNE: (1930-     ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1957 for her roles as Eve White, Eve Black and Jane in The Three Faces of Eve. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Woodward in a head and shoulders pose. The original 20th Century-Fox Films publicity portrait bears a typed caption to the verso promoting Woodward's appearance as 'the girl with the multiple personality' in the film nor mystery drama film The Three Faces of Eve. Signed by Woodward in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the background. Some light surface creasing, about VG

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WILLIAM V: (1748-1806) Prince of Orange 1751-1806 and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. D.S., W. Pr. V. Orange, one page, folio, Breda, 17th September 1792, in Dutch. The manuscript document is untranslated although would appear to be a military commission and makes reference to a Captain Kulp and a Major Reusch. Countersigned at the foot by Thomas Isaac de Larrey (1703-1795) Secretary to the Prince of Orange. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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BARNUM P. T.: (1810-1891) American showman, promoter and founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus. A.L.S., P. T. Barnum, one page, 4to, New York, 24th February 1856, to Messrs. Curtis & Scribner. Barnum writes concerning a property on Bank Street and states, in part, 'A Mr. Brayton of Cleveland (coal dealer) called on me to day to say that his wife Charlotte G. Brayton took a mortgage on that property for $1800 in July/53 & that the interest had been paid punctually until & except last payment due Jan[uary]y last. If the records show this prior mortgage to exist of course that weakens the securities so much. I hope you will learn the facts in the case & at all events I trust the matter will all be settled up as soon as possible'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGIn the early 1850s Barnum had begun investing to develop East Bridgeport, Connecticut, making substantial loans which, by 1856 (the year of the present letter) had eliminated Barnum's wealth. Thus began four years of litigation and public humiliation, with many critics celebrating Barnum's public dilemma. However, the showman undertook a European tour with Tom Thumb, and also started his own lecture tour as a temperance speaker. By 1860, Barnum had emerged from debt.  

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[JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish novelist and poet. An unusual partially printed document, completed and signed on behalf of Joyce in the hand of an administrative agent, four pages, 4to, Paris, 21st April 1939, in French. The official Reseau Telephonique de Paris (Paris Telephone Network) document is Joyce's contract to have a telephone line installed at 34 rue des Vignes in Paris for an annual fee of six hundred and sixty francs, the head of the first page stamped Transfert ('Transfer') and a further stamp with manuscript insertions to the third page confirming that the document replaces an earlier commitment to have a telephone line at 7 rue Edmond Valentin and that the minimum duration of the subscription is still in place. The foot of the third page is signed on behalf of Joyce with the observation 'Lu et accepté' (Translation: 'Read and accepted'). A moving document relating to Joyce's last private residence in Paris. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGJames Joyce first came to Paris in July 1920 and would reside in the French capital for almost two decades, although the writer never bought a home of his own. Joyce's health problems afflicted him throughout his Paris years and despite over a dozen eye operations his vision severely declined and by the 1930s he was practically blind, making the telephone an important method of communication and explaining why he was unable to sign the present document.Joyce lived in an elegant apartment at 7 rue Edmond Valentin, close to the River Seine and Eiffel Tower, for five years from February 1935 until April 1939 before moving into a smaller apartment (although blessed with a lot of natural light) at 34 rue des Vignes on 15th April 1939. Finnegans Wake was published whilst Joyce was living in the apartment, which he would leave after six months in mid-October 1939. Following the fall of France in 1940 Joyce and his family travelled to Zurich to flee the Nazi occupation. On 11th January 1941 Joyce underwent surgery and fell into a coma the next day, awaking briefly at 2 am on 13th January before dying fifteen minutes later.

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SHEPARD ERNEST H.: (1879-1976) English artist and book illustrator, particularly remembered for his work for Winnie-the-Pooh and The Wind in the Willows. A.L.S., Ernest H. Shephard, one page, 8vo, Lodsworth, near Petworth, 10th July 1970, to Leif Dahlberg and his wife. Shepard thanks his correspondents for their kindness in sending a copy of Svenskav and continues to comment 'Such a lovely book full of charming photographs of the people and places in your country'. One very light, minor stain only slightly affects a few words of text, otherwise VG   

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[LES MISERABLES] HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French novelist, poet and dramatist. A significant original page of manuscript in the hand of Hugo, unsigned, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (late 1840s?), in French. The manuscript represents the novelist’s working draft of one of the most important parts of the historical novel Les Misérables (1862), considered one of the greatest works of literature of the 19th century, and varies in parts to the final published text. Hugo heads the page with the word Forteresse (‘Fortress’) and continues to write, in part, ‘C’etait l’acropole des va-nu-pieds.....Il arrive quelques fois que......meme contre l'egalite et la fraternite, meme contre les principes……Ce sont la, des journees lugubres car il y a toujours une certaine quantite de droits meme dans cette demence, il y a du suicide dans ce duel; et ces mots qui veulent etre des injures, gueux, canaille…..’ (Translation: ‘It was the acropolis of the tramps…..Sometimes it happens that…..even against equality and fraternity, even against principles…..These are gloomy days for there are always a certain amount of rights even in this madness, there is suicide in this duel and these words that want to be insults, beggar, scoundrel…..’). An exceptional page of manuscript in which the embryo of one of the most famous pieces of French prose is set down on paper by Hugo for the first time. Some light overall age wear and minor creasing and a few small tears and insignificant areas of paper loss to the edges, GIn 1848 a new wave of revolution swept across Europe, triggered by the political unrest of bourgeois liberals and nationalists, crop failures several years in a row, and economic troubles. In France, Louis Philippe was driven from his throne. After a bloody struggle between the working-class and the middle-class provisional government in Paris, the Second Republic was established, with a mainly middle-class national assembly and Louis Napoleon, who was related to Napoleon I, as president.Hugo was sympathetic to the 1848 revolution, became a representative in the assembly, and initially supported Louis Napoleon. However, in 1851 the president assumed control of France in a military coup d’etat, and in 1852 the population voted to disband the republic and re-establish the empire. Hugo was disillusioned with both the French people who were willing to exchange freedom for stability and with Napoleon III, who had traded in his republican opinions to become a dictator. Criticizing the government and Louis Napoleon publicly, he was forced to leave France, first for Belgium and then for the Channel Islands. Les Misérables, which Hugo composed from the late 1840s to 1862 during his exile, integrated his feelings about the political situation, his memories of the barricades of 1848, and his republican ideals. The novel denounces the degradation of the urban working-class and society’s mistreatment and neglect of the poor, especially women and children. (From: Les Misérables – A Historical Perspective).

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SCOFIELD PAUL: (1922-2008) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1966 for his role as Sir Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Scofield in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as the Lord Chancellor of England from the historical drama film A Man for All Seasons. Signed by Scofield in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. EX

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SIEGBAHN MANNE: (1886-1978) Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1924. Autograph statement signed, Manne Siegbahn, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (November 1949). Siegbahn's statement is written to a sheet of paper with the title and question World Inquiry - If you had to end up your life on one word, what word would it be? in the hand of a researcher at the head, the physicist stating, in full, 'Life has been a pleasant adventure'. Some light age wear and very slightly irregularly trimmed to the lower edge, otherwise VG 

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HAYWORTH RITA: (1918-1987) American actress. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Hayworth reclining in a seductive three-quarter length pose in costume as the ultimate femme fatale, Gilda Mundson Farrell, from her most famous role in the 1946 film noir Gilda. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across the clear background of the image. Signed photographs of Hayworth from Gilda are rare and desirable. A few very minor, light surface creases, about EX

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[KENNEDY JOHN F.]: (1917-1963) American President 1961-63. A very small 0.5 x 0.5" swatch of blood-stained blue leather upholstery, originally part of the rear seat of Kennedy's presidential limousine, a modified royal blue Lincoln Continental convertible with the Secret Service code name SS-100-X, removed after his assassination. Encased ('slabbed') in clear plastic with a printed CAG certification label stating, 'Assassination of JFK Blood-Stained Leather Swatch from Dallas Limo 11/22/63'. VG Kennedy's presidential limousine featured a bespoke dark and light blue leather upholstered interior manufactured by Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, Ohio. All of the privately owned upholstery sections of the limousine SS-100-X are believed to have originated from the renowned United States Presidential collection of artifacts and autographs amassed by Raleigh De Geer Amyx. It is understood that, in 1983, Amyx obtained letters of authentication from F. Vaughn Ferguson, the White House technical service representative in charge of the presidential limousine, who assisted the White House upholsterer in removing the leather from the rear seat four days after JFK's tragic assassination and supervised its refurbishing for Lyndon B. Johnson.

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NIVEN DAVID: (1910-1983) British actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1958 for his role as Major Angus Pollock in Separate Tables. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Niven in a head and shoulders pose resting his chin on his folded arms. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. VG

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LETO JARED: (1971-     ) American actor and musician, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 2013 for his role as Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Leto seated outdoors in a full-length pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as the transgender woman Rayon from the biographical drama film Dallas Buyers Club. Signed by Leto with a hurried signature in bold blue ink to a light area of the image. EX

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 [NUREMBERG TRIALS]: GORING HERMANN (1893-1946) German Political and Military leader, Commander of the Luftwaffe during World War II. D.S., Hermann Goring, in bold pencil, one page, folio, n.p. (Nuremberg), 29th November 1945, in German. The partially printed (mimeographed) document, completed in typescript, is addressed to the General Secretary of the International Military Tribunal and is a Defendant's Application for Summons for Witness in which Goring requests that Ward Price, Chief Correspondent of the Daily Mail in London, be summoned to give evidence on his behalf, as 'The witness knows: a) That the Defendant Goering endeavoured always to promote German-English understanding before and after the outbreak of war. b) That the prepondering majority of Austrian people desired annexation of Austria to Germany and welcomed marching in of Germans into Austria with tremendous enthusiasm' and that such facts are relevant because 'They serve to support my contention that I did not wish a War of Aggression and that the annexation of Austria corresponded to the wish of the population'. Countersigned in bold pencil at the foot by Dr. Otto Stahmer, the Defence Counsel representing Goring. Accompanied by the official IMT English translation of Goring's document. Some file holes to the upper edge of each document, light overall age wear and minor traces of professional restoration, otherwise VG, 2 George Ward Price (1886-1961) British journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. In the 1930s Price carried out several interviews with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and the journalist clearly held pro-fascist views. In his book I Know These Dictators (1937) Price portrayed himself as a close friend of Hitler, writing of the Fuhrer 'Behind the forceful character which Hitler displays in public, there is a pleasant personality known only to his intimates'. During the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria, Price accompanied Hitler's party as they entered Vienna. After the war, Goring, who had been one of the most powerful figures of the Third Reich, was convicted at the Nuremberg Trials of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by hanging in 1946, but committed suicide by ingesting cyanide hours before the sentence was to be carried out. Provenance: The present document originated from the archives of Dr. Hans Werner who was responsible for directing the printing of the Record of the Trial of Major War Criminals in 42 volumes and in three different languages (English, French & German) immediately following the Nuremberg Trials.

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On her daughter’s impending marriage to Napoleon’s youngest brother – ‘I….regard her happiness as assured, especially since I learned with the keenest interest all the fine qualities of Prince Jerome of France’  CHARLOTTE, PRINCESS ROYAL: (1766-1828) Queen of Wurttemberg 1797-1816, as the wife of King Frederick I, and the eldest daughter of King George III. A very fine A.L.S., Charlotte, two pages, 4to, Stuttgart, 14th August 1807, to 'Madame ma Soeur' [Josephine de Beauharnais], in French. The Queen writes in the days approaching her daughter, Princess Catharina's, wedding to Jerome Bonaparte, and thanks the Empress for the expressions of friendship she showed in her letter, as well as through the French ambassador, which are so close to her heart 'au moment de me séparer d´une enfant chérie qui fait mon bonheur' (Translation: 'at the time of parting with a darling child who makes me happy'), further adding 'Il m´est bien doux dans ces instants pénibles, de penser qu´elle entre dans une famille qui est disposée à l´aimer, et que votre Majesté Impériale, qui possède au plus haut degré la tendresse Maternelle, veuille bien lui servir de Mère, je regarde donc son bonheur comme assuré, d´autant plus que j´ai appris avec le plus vif intérêt toutes les belles qualités du Prince Jérome de France, il n´y a qu´une voix à son sujet, ce qui me fait espérer que leur Union sera heureuse et qu´elle servira à resserrer les liens qui unissent déjà le Roi mon Epoux à l´Empereur des Français' (Translation: 'It is very sweet to me in these painful moments, to think that she is entering a family which is disposed to love her, and that your Imperial Majesty, who possesses the highest degree of Maternal tenderness, would kindly serve as her Mother, I therefore regard her happiness as assured, especially since I learned with the keenest interest all the fine qualities of Prince Jerome of France, there is only one voice about him, which makes me hope that their Union will be happy and that it will serve to strengthen the ties which already united the King my Spouse to the Emperor of the French'). Queen Charlotte concludes her letter by remarking 'Je me réjouis aussi que ce Mariage me procure l´avantage d´être en des liaisons plus particulières avec votre Majesté Impériale, qui ne saurait douter de l´Amitié et du parfait attachement de sa bonne Soeur' (Translation: 'I am also delighted that this Marriage gives me the advantage of being in more special contact with your Imperial Majesty, who cannot doubt the friendship and the perfect attachment of her good Sister'. With blank integral leaf. A letter of excellent content and wonderful association. Some overall, largely uniform, age toning (most noticeable to the first page) and with a few light stains, G Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) Empress of the French 1804-10, the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I. Catharina of Wurttemberg (1783-1835) Queen consort of Westphalia 1807-13. Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860) King of Westphalia 1807-13, the youngest brother of Emperor Napoleon I.  In 1803 Wurttemberg entered into an alliance with France under Emperor Napoleon I and one of the terms of the treaty was the marriage of Princess Catharina with Jerome Bonaparte. The wedding took place four years later at the Royal Palace of Fontainebleau on 22nd August 1807. The couple bonded strongly and had a happy marriage, remaining firmly attached to each other, even after the downfall of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814. 

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FITZHERBERT MARIA: (1756-1837) British high society figure, the clandestine wife of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV). A.L.S., M Fitzherbert, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Friday Evg'), to Miss. Boyle. The Prince's long-time companion writes, in part, 'I am happy to be able to offer you a place in my Box for the Opera tomorrow night. I will if agreeable to you send my carriage for you a little before eight o'clock….as you perhaps wd. not like going there alone….'. Some light age wear and small, minor areas of paper loss to two corners and with a neat tear to the left edge of a fold (professionally repaired to the verso). About VG

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LEPAUTE JEAN-ANDRE: (1720-1789) French clockmaker who held the brevet horlogers du Roi. A rare manuscript D.S., Lepaute, one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, 14th April 1765, in French. The document is a receipt issued by Lepaute to Monseigneur le Duc Dancequne (?) for the sum of one thousand livre in full payment for a clock. With a further note in Lepaute's hand at the base confirming that he will resend the Duke the invoice for the same sum. Also bearing a short note, signed with initials, in an unidentified hand. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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DE HAVILLAND OLIVIA: (1916-2020) British actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1946 for her role as Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris in To Each His Own. An attractive vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the elegant actress in a three-quarter length pose. Signed by de Havilland in white fountain pen ink to the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG

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SCOTT GEORGE C.: (1927-1999) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1970 for his role as General George S. Patton in Patton. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Scott standing in a full-length pose, in military uniform and medals, in costume from his Oscar winning performance as General Patton from the epic biographical war film Patton. Signed by Scott in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. EX

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RAINER LUISE: (1910-2014) Austrian actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1937 for her role as O-Lan Lung in The Good Earth. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Rainer standing in a full-length pose in costume from her Oscar winning performance as the Chinese peasant O-Lan Lung, opposite actor Paul Muni in costume as her husband Wang Lung, a farmer, in a scene from the drama film The Good Earth. Signed by Rainer in blue ink to the lower edge of the image, her surname running across a darker area. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise VG

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SULLIVAN ARTHUR: (1842-1900) English composer, collaborated with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. A.L.S., Arthur Sullivan, one page, 8vo, Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street, London, n.d. ('Wednesday'), to Daisy. Sullivan states that he is sorry to have missed his correspondent that morning and continues 'Here is the box you wanted for this evening. I also send a patent bottle tap & some old “Heidsick” (sic) to experimentalize on', further adding 'The wine is for your dear Mother & will give her high spirits'. With blank integral leaf. A few light stains to the lower left corner and edge, otherwise VG Heidsieck & Co. is a champagne house located in the Champagne region of France and was founded in 1785.  

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RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French Sculptor. An excellent content A.L.S., Aug Rodin, one page, 8vo, Paris, 14th January 1909, on his personal printed stationery, 182, rue de l´Université, to Monsieur Huc, Director of the newspaper La Depeche de Toulouse, in French. Rodin states in part `Je suis heureux de pouvoir vous annoncer le succès du Comité organisé pour offrir le Penseur à la ville de Paris. Vous avez bien voulu monsieur être du Comité, et nous donner votre précieux appui´ (Translation: “I am glad to be able to announce to you the success obtained by the committee created to offer The Thinker to the city of Paris. You have kindly accepted, monsieur, to be a member of the committee and to give us your precious support”) With blank integral leaf. Small toning and very light foxing stains, mostly to edges, G to VG 

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ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French novelist. A.L.S., Emile Zola, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name to the centre, Rue Ballu (Paris), n.d. (1888), to Monsieur Ed. Mahe, in French. Zola writes, in full, 'Avec le regret de ne pouvoir envoyer un fauteuil, ne voulant rien demander a la direction du chatelet' (Translation: 'With the regret of not being able to send an armchair, not wanting to ask anything from the management of the chatelet'). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Zola. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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PICKFORD MARY: (1892-1979) Canadian-born American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1928/29 for her role as Norma Besant in Coquette. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of 'America's Sweetheart' in a half-length pose with her head resting on a pillow and holding some flowers in her hands. Signed in bold, black fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Some very slight, minor traces of former mounting to the upper edge of the verso, VG

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HAYWARD SUSAN: (1917-1975) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1958 for her role as Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Hayward in an engaging head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Some surface and corner creasing and a few slight traces of former mounting to the verso, G

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HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1967 for her role as Christina Drayton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Hepburn in a head and shoulders pose holding a rolled script in one hand. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, 'To Virginia, ever faithfully, Katharine Hepburn'. EX

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FAULKNER WILLIAM: (1897-1962) American writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1949. D.S., William Faulkner, one page, 4to, n.p. (Los Angeles, California), 16th August 1943. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, states, in part, 'I, William Faulkner, hereby certify that I wrote, created and composed and/or collaborated in the writing…..of the screen play entitled “De Gaulle Story” and/or “Free French” based on the life of Charles De Gaulle and the Free French movement and the original dialogue used therein, as an employee of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., pursuant to an agreement of employment dated July 27, 1942, in performance of my duties thereunder and in the regular course of my employment; and that said Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. is the author and entitled to the copyright and all other rights…..' Countersigned at the foot by a Notary Public alongside their blind embossed seal. Rare. One small file hole to the upper left corner, a small minor tear to the right edge, and some very minor, light creasing, otherwise VG It was American President Franklin D. Roosevelt who had originally mooted the idea of a glorifying biopic of Charles de Gaulle and the Free French to Jack Warner, as he wanted to bolster de Gaulle's reputation. Warner passed the concept off to Faulkner the day that the writer arrived at the Warner Bros. studios. Unfortunately, Faulkner got caught up in an arduous series of edits on The De Gaulle Story (1942) in an effort to please de Gaulle's Hollywood consultant, Henri Diamant-Berger, who went to lengths to point out the script's flaws and inaccuracies in regard to French custom and the heroism of de Gaulle. When Faulkner had completed the script to Diamant-Berger's liking, the studio made the decision to shelve the project.

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The ‘Dawn Patrol’ that occurred…..at Night! BISHOP W. A. BILLY: (1894-1956) Canadian Air Marshal, a flying ace of World War I credited with 72 victories and thus the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war. Victoria Cross winner for his aerial actions during an attack on a German aerodrome on 2nd June 1917 during World War I. D.S., W. A. Bishop, as Commander of 85 Squadron, one page, 4to, n.p. (France), 16th June 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (headed Combats in the Air) relating to two aerial victories achieved by Bishop in his SE5A (C1904) biplane fighter, the narrative stating, in full, 'At 8-20 p.m. 1,8000 feet 5 miles East of Armentieres. I chased a two-seater from our side of the lines climbing up to him finally getting to 100 yards range fired 20 rounds from each gun. E[nemy]. A[ircraft]. smoked then burst into flames and fell. At 8-28 p.m. 8,000 feet, over Armentieres. 4 Albatross scouts attacked me from the sun and head on continued their dive to 4,000 feet below me. I watched for a few minutes and dived onto rear one, opened fire at 75 yards from behind and in the sun. E.A. went down vertically and crashed on western edge of Armentieres. E.A. dived to below me I think owing to presence of one of our formations 3 or 4 thousand feet above.' Matted in black alongside a colour 6 x 4 postcard reproduction of Robert Taylor's painting (erroneously) entitled The Dawn Patrol with printed text relating to the artwork stating, in part, 'On 16th June 1918 Major W. A. (Billy) Bishop VC took off at dawn on a patrol in search of enemy aircraft. Climbing his flight of SE5A's to 8000 feet above Armentieres, Northern France, he located and destroyed one enemy aircraft and followed this some eight minutes later by destroying a second……Robert Taylor's new painting “The Dawn Patrol” portrays Billy Bishop and the pilots of 85 Squadron as they climb their SE5A fighters into the cool morning sunlight above the fields of Northern France'. Framed and glazed in a decorative silver coloured frame to an overall size of 20 x 18. Some light discoloration to the edges of the document and minor age wear. Together with a colour 31.5 x 24 limited edition print of The Dawn Patrol by artist Robert Taylor, the image depicting Bishop in flight in his SE5A (C1904) biplane fighter in the sunlit clouds over Armentieres, accompanied by two other pilots of 85 Squadron. Published by the Military Gallery of Bath in 1988 and signed to the lower margin in bold pencil by the artist Robert Taylor (also numbered 785 of 1000) and the pilots Gwilym Hugh Lewis (1897-1996) British Wing Commander, a flying ace of World War I credited with 12 victories, and Robert Chidlaw-Roberts (1896-1989) British Flight Lieutenant, a flying ace of World War I credited with ten victories. Rolled and with one minor surface crease. A remarkable pair of signed items. G to VG, 2Robert Taylor's excellent painting The Dawn Patrol would appear to have been meticulously researched; the artist and publishers taking note of the correct aircraft and serial number Bishop was flying, as well as the correct altitude, location and date of the ace's flight on 16th June 1918. However, Taylor, widely regarded as the world's premier painter of aviation subjects, made two mistakes in The Dawn Patrol, as clearly confirmed by Bishop's Combat Report - firstly, Bishop was flying alone and, most importantly, the combat occurred at night, at 8.20 pm and 8,28 pm, and not at dawn.

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WILHELM I: (1797-1888) King of Prussia 1861-88 and the first German Emperor 1871-88. D.S., Wilhelm, three pages, folio, Berlin, 14th March 1885, in German. The manuscript document relates to a Patent dated 5th October 1883 for Colonel Ernst v. Twardowski, Commander of the 1st Bodyguard Grenadier Regiment of Baden. Lightly tipped at the left edge to a card. Some light age wear, VG 

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SIGNAC PAUL: (1863-1935) French Neo-Impressionist painter. A.L.S., Paul Signac, one page, 8vo, Les Maraniousques, Viviers, Ardeche, 1st August n.y., to a friend, in French. Signac confirms that a painting is indeed that of Madame Henri-Edmond Cross, although adds that without access to his documents at the present moment he cannot confirm the date of the work or when it was exhibited, further suggesting that they contact Felix Feneron who will be happy to assist. With blank integral leaf. A minor, light stain to the upper left corner, otherwise VGHenri-Edmond Cross (1856-1910) French painter and printmaker, a master of Neo-Impressionism. In 1893 Cross married Irma Clare, the former wife of Hector France, whom he had first met in 1888. Cross's portrait Madame Hector France is held by the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.Felix Feneon (1861-1944) French art critic, gallery director, writer and anarchist who coined the term Neo-Impressionism in 1886.

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NEGULESCO JEAN: (1900-1993) Romanian-American film director. A good vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Negulesco seated in a three-quarter length pose behind the desk in his office as he reads a script and smokes a pipe. Photograph by Longworth for Warner Bros. and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by the director in bold black fountain pen ink to a largely clear area at the base of the image and dated 1944 in his hand. One very small tear to the left border and a couple of light, minor corner creases, otherwise VG 

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ZAMET SEBASTIEN: (1549-1614) Italian-born French financier who entered the service of the court of France as a valet to King Henry III. Zamet later maintained a close friendship with King Henry IV who would regularly visit the financier's mansion in Paris, where many people were received, particularly gentlemen looking for amorous and discreet appointments. A rare D.S., Sebastien Zamet, with five additional words in his hand, one page (vellum), small oblong folio, n.p. (Paris?), 31st December 1600. The manuscript document is a receipt for the sum of 400 'ecus soleil' for one year of his salary as superintendent of buildings at the Chateau de Fontainebleau. Some very light, minor age wear and a few creases, otherwise VG  

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RACINE JEAN: (1639-1669) French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th century France. An extremely rare ownership signature ('Racine') to the base of a slim 8vo title page (3 x 6”; 8 x 15.5 cm) removed from a second edition of Histoire de l'état présent de l'empire Ottoman, contenant le maximes politiques des Turcs, les principaux points de la religion Mahométane, ses sectes, ses hérésies, & ses diverses sortes de religieux; leur discipline militaire, avec une supputation exacte de leurs forces par mer & par terre, & du revenu de l'Etat, translated from the English of [Paul] Rycaut by Monsieur Briot, published by Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1670. Neatly inlaid and with some extremely minor, light age wear, about VG Provenance: From the celebrated collection of Robert de Flers (1872-1927) French playwright, opera librettist and journalist. The manuscripts amassed by de Flers were dispersed in 2014 at an auction in Paris conducted by Beaussant Lefevre. 

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PALANCE JACK: (1919-2006) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for his role as Curly Washburn in City Slickers. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original 1954 Universal Pictures publicity portrait depicting Palance in a head and shoulders pose in the same year that he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in Shane (1954). Signed by Palance in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the background. Some pinholes and small areas of paper loss to the corners of the white borders, one small tear to the right white border and a few minor surface creases, G

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