Powell (Anthony). Brief Lives and Other Selected Writings by John Aubrey, edited by Anthony Powell, 1st edition, 1949, front endpapers partly excised, original cloth, some fading to spine, price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbed and toned, 8vo, presentation copy from Anthony Powell, inscribed to front endpaper "Adrian from Tony, November 1949" (Adrian Daintrey, artist), with a photocopied letter from Powell to Ivor Brown discussing Brief Lives, together with John Aubrey and his Friends, 1st edition, 1948, illustrations, a few light spots, original cloth, one corner bumped, dust jacket, a little rubbed with small stains, 8vo, inscribed "To Miss M. Butler from J.P. Betjeman, Christmas 1948", plus A Reference for Mellors, Moorhouse & Sorensen, 1994, original wrappers, limited edition 128/200, with others by Powell and related, a few duplicates etc, including Barnard Letters 1778-1824, edited by Anthony Powell, 1928, To Keep the Ball Rolling. The Memoirs of Anthony Powell, 4 volumes, 1st editions, 1976-82, volumes IV (The Strangers All are Gone) inscribed to the artist Adrian Daintrey "Adrian from his old friend Tony. Many happy returns on your 80th but am sending this right away with love from both of us. May 1982" and The Acceptance of Absurdity. Anthony Powell & Robert Vanderbilt Letters 1952-1963, Maggs Brothers, 2011 (limited edition of 400) (39)
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![Timlin (William M.). The Ship that Sailed to Mars, A Fantasy, 1st edition, George G. Harrap & Company, [1923], 48 leaves of c](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea7fe49b-f97c-4f27-a78a-a83c00ad60df/b2409d4e-295b-435d-a734-979281674a1b/468x382.jpg)
Timlin (William M.). The Ship that Sailed to Mars, A Fantasy, 1st edition, George G. Harrap & Company, [1923], 48 leaves of calligraphic printed text mounted on grey backing leaves, and 48 full-page colour plates mounted on grey backing leaves, some light spotting to title and following 2 leaves of text, some marks to endpapers, and early ownership inscription of Stella M. Dunn, Kimberley to front endpaper, original gilt-decorated vellum-backed boards, a little rubbed and some marks, with light traces of damp, and minor associated damage to head of upper joint, original worn printed dust wrapper, loosely inserted (spine not present), 4to One of 2000 copies printed, the cost of which the author himself contributed £425. In 1928, 1208 copies were remaindered, and many then destroyed during the London Blitz in 1941. (1)
Rolfe (Frederick 'Baron Corvo'). The Centenary Edition of the Letters of Frederick William Rolfe. Letters to C. H. C. Pirie-Gordon; Letters to Leonard Moore; Letters to R. M. Dawkins, 3 volumes, Nicholas Vane, 1959-62, light marginal toning to endpapers, bookplate to first volume, top edge gilt, original blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spines faded to green (small nicks and one band rubbed), slipcases, 8vo Limited edition of 16 copies lettered A to P, these lettered 'H', 'I' and 'H' respectively. (3)
A BOX OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE to include J. M. Barrie, H. G. Wells etc., some first editions along with E. A. Bennett (Arnold Bennett) - 'A Man From The North', Bodley Head 1898, first edition of his first novel and A box of A. Conan Doyle interest books to include 'The Strand Magazine' 1895, 1896, 'Songs of Action' etc
A SMALL COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY BOOKS to include 'The Works of Lady Mary Wortley Monagu:' 1825, 'Histoire de Napoleon et de la Grande Armé' 1863, Worboise et al - 'A Round of Stories for Christmas Circles', Todhunter - 'An Elementary Tratise on the Theory of Equations' 1867 and Charlotte M. Yonge - 'Unknown to History' 1882 Tauchnitz Edition (5)
Manner of Edwin Henry Boddington, a river landscape with fishermen, oil on canvas, bears a signature and dated 1869, 50 x 59 cm, M Gilson, Spring At Arlington Court, oil on board, signed, dated 1968 verso, 35 x 39 cm, a still life by the same, and W H Cayford, a country house drive with geese, oil on board, signed and dated 1911, paint cracking, 36 x 51 cm
An India General Service 1908-1935 Medal, awarded to 4609397 Pte G Meadows DWR, with North West Frontier 1935 bar, an India General Service 1908-1935 Medal, awarded to 6395904 Pte H Wolvey R SUSS R, with North West Frontier 1930-31 bar, and an India General Service 1908-1935 Medal, awarded to 8182 Pte M Murphy Munster FUS, with North West Frontier 1908 bar
A Royal Humane Society Medal, in silver, awarded to M Roberts, 1842, lacks bar suspension See inside front cover colour illustration.On the 1st of November 1842, two seafaring men, James Dyer and Benjamin Paul, were upset by sudden squall in a boat laden with sea-weed of Penzance Battery. The sea was heavy and neither of the men could swim. Dyer held on by the stem of the boat, and assisted by George Bell, who swam to his aid and kept himself above water until a small punt reached them. Benjamin Paul soon sunk. Michael Roberts stripped and swam to the place where Paul had disappeared. On looking into the water, which was thirty feet deep, he saw something white at the bottom, and pushing aside the sea-weed which was floating about, he dived, and found that the white object was the face of the sunken man, who was quite still and perfectly insensible. Roberts instantly grasps him by the hair, and attempts to raise him, but, his feet being entangled amongst the rocks, he was at first unable to do so. However, by getting his leg beneath the body, he forcefully extricated it, leaving part of the dress behind, and then rose with it to the surface, and, holding him with one hand, he swam to the other boat. The body was then taken into the punt already spoken of, and Roberts swam to the shore. Paul was instantly attended by J T Millett Esq. , surgeon, and upon the application of the usual remedies, life was restored.
Marryat (Captain Frederick). Masterman Ready; or, The Wreck of the Pacific, 1st edition, 1841-1842, wood engraved frontispiece to each (that to first volume with short tear and small chip in fore-edge), wood engraved vignettes to text, without publisher's advertisements in volumes 1 and 3, marbled endpapers, volume 1 with bookplate of Richard Adams, each volume with armorial bookplate of Manuel M. Terrero. Assoc. R.S.M., top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, late 19th century red half morocco gilt, a little rubbed and marked in places, spines slightly darkened, 8vo Sadleir 1583. Wolff 4522. (3)
Folio Society. The Complete Greek Tragedies, 5 volumes, 2011, colour plates, original uniform cloth gilt in slipcase, large 8vo, together with other Folio Society publications, including Sherlock Holmes Complete Novels, 4 volumes, 1994, Sherlock Complete Stories, 5 volumes, 1993, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, 7 volumes, 1996, Katherine M. Briggs, Folk Tales of Britain, 3 volumes, 2011, Anton Chekhov, The Collected Stories, 4 volumes, 2010, etc., all original cloth gilt, mostly in slipcases, 8vo, VG (40)
Anon. An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess; containing one hundred examples of games, and a great variety of critical situations and conclusions; including the whole of Philidor's analysis..., to which are added Caissa: A Poem, by Sir William Jones; The Morals of Chess, by Dr. Franklin..., new edition, printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1816, lacking the folding plate, untrimmed, contemporary boards, with remains of paper label to spine, soiled and some wear to joints and extremities, 8vo, together with Baxter (C.M.), Chess Problems by the late C.M. Baxter, collected and arranged by C.R. Baxter, 1st edition, Dundee, 1883, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, inner hinges partly cracked and loosened, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with autograph letter signed by Charles R. Baxter, addressed to John S. Millar, and dated Dundee, 20 April 1885, tipped-in at front of volume, plus other 20th century publications on chess, including M. Euwe, Strategy & Tactics in Chess, 1st edition, 1937, C.H. O'D. Alexander, Alekhine's Best Games of Chess 1938-1945, 1st edition, 1949, Alex Hammond, The Book of Chessmen, 1st edition, 1950, Znosko-Borovsky, The Middle Game in Chess, 1938, Fred Reinfeld, Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess, 1947, etc., all original cloth, many in dust wrappers, rubbed and occasional fraying, 8vo (30)
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M[ilton] (J[ohn]). Lycidas [in] Justa Edouardo King naufrago, ab Amicis moerentibus, amoris &..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Cambridge: Thomas Buck & Roger Daniel, 1638, [viii]+36+[ii]+25+[1] (blank), typographic head-pieces, woodcut initial letters and tail-pieces, title-page dust-soiled and with two closed marginal tears (one at gutter and one to fore-margin), tip of upper outer corner renewed, first part with intermittent water-staining (most prominent to fore-margin of first few leaves), second part with separate title-page and pagination (collation continuous), final two leaves with very short tears at blank gutter (emanating from stab holes), final leaf a little creased, bookplate of Richard Adams, free endpapers neatly replaced using laid paper, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and one corner repaired, 4to (leaf size 18 x 13.5cm/7 x 5.25ins), housed in a green velvet-lined brown quarter morocco bookform solander box, lightly rubbed in one or two places, blind rule decorated raised bands, gilt lettered morocco label in second compartment, date lettered direct at foot Hayward 70. Pforzheimer 712. STC 14964. Provenance: Sotheby's 12th December, 1991. Notably rare first appearance in print of Milton's great pastoral elegy. Just thirty-three copies are thought to be in existence, with only a handful remaining in private hands. We have traced just five copies sold at auction in the last fifty years, including this copy. 'Lycidas' is John Milton's second published work, his first being a commendatory poem on Shakespeare published in the 1632 'Second Folio'. It is the final poetical work in this collection of elegies published in commemoration of Edward King, a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, who drowned when his ship sank off the coast of Anglesey on 10th August 1637. King had been a younger contemporary of Milton, who was evidently invited to make a contribution to the publication. In The Plague Dogs, by Richard Adams, the character of the Assistant Secretary, a partial portrait of the author, silently quotes Milton's Lycidas to himself, 'as often in moments of difficulty or depression' (The Plague Dogs, Knopf, 1978, page 205). (1)
FARADAY MICHAEL: (1791-1867) English Chemist & Physicist. A brief, yet charming A.L.S., M Faraday, one page, 8vo, The Green, Hampton Court, 26th July 1860, to Lady Chantrey. Faraday writes, in full, 'You are far too kind for I did not expect an answer or wish to trouble you for one. I am nevertheless your very thankful & grateful servant'. With blank integral leaf. About EX Faraday's correspondent is highly likely to have been Mary Anne Wale (1787-1875) wife and cousin of Sir Francis Chantrey (1781-1841) English Sculptor, regarded as the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and statues of many notable figures of the day.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., with her initials D du M, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 2nd June 1962, to Mr. Staniland. Du Maurier commences her letter by stating 'It's just as well we don't meet round a tea-table; - I think a confessional in church would be far more appropriate. Perhaps Westminster Cathederal (sic) sometime??' and continues 'But I am disappointed all the same. If you should be motoring around here over Whitsun come and trespass, and should my husband come out and accost you, you can say originally you had been coming to tea. He might even ask you in! (But you won't get the silver tea-pot).' Du Maurier further informs her correspondent 'No - I'm sure the Scapegoat was not my father. It's the dual personality thing - it's in a way the male aspect of the second Mrs de Winter versus Rebecca. I think its that old thing of good versus evil, it will keep cropping up all the time' and also remarks 'I've finished my glass-blowers. They won't light any fires, but it's a compassionate book' before also referring to her son, Kits, 'Yes, you are right about my son. Not exactly from the nest, just 21, but my all..(He is my father resurrected, perhaps that is why all relationships seem to me in a muddle these days. Even my dog reminds me of a previous dog that died. Each person has to be like someone else.)' A letter of interesting content for its references to her family, and also her literary work with mentions of Rebecca and the second Mrs de Winter, the latter of whom is responsible for the famous opening line of the thriller novel, 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again'. The stationery of the present letter features a printed crest to the upper left corner, beneath which Du Maurier has typed 'Husband's crest! Could this be de Winter??'. About EX Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s.
STANLEY HENRY M.: (1841-1904) British Explorer & Journalist. Bold black fountain pen ink signature (‘Henry M Stanley’) and several additional words in his hand, sending his compliments of the season, on an 8vo sheet of stationery bearing a printed address at Furze Hill, Pirbright, Surrey. Dated 17th January 1900 in Stanley’s hand. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A good T.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 1st December 1962, to Mr. Staniland. Du Maurier thanks her correspondent for his letter, which was awaiting her on returning from Suffolk with her son, and also informs him that she has just signed a new seven year lease on her home, remarking 'I would think it safe enough to leave the name Menabilly in the autobiography in the front of the book. The paper-backs will probably be out of print by 1970!' The novelist further writes concerning one of her most famous works, 'Re The Birds, I had a letter from a man the other day saying he had written a novel called The Birds, on an identical theme, many years ago. 1936. The name Frank Baker. Here we go, I thought, another damn plagarism (sic) case (I'd never heard of his book) and I wrote back politely, and thank goodness he replied just as politely, agreeing it was a coincidence. However, when you publish The Birds I will send him a copy'. Du Maurier concludes by commenting on a recent article in the Times Literary Supplement which she had read, 'Very fair, if a bit superior. I long to know who did it. I would think a woman. Margaret Lane perhaps, or Hansford Johnson? It was quite a coup even to be noticed. I think the blurb on The Birds very good'. A letter of good literary content. About EX Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s. The novelette The Birds was first published in 1952 as part of Du Maurier's collection entitled The Apple Tree. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds, made in 1963 in the same year which The Apple Tree was reprinted as The Birds and Other Stories. Du Maurier was no stranger to claims of plagiarism, having experienced such controversy over her novel Rebecca when it was claimed she had taken large parts of the work from Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco's 1934 book entitled A Sucessora. The English author, script writer and actor Frank Baker (1908-1982) published his second novel, The Birds, in 1936 through Peter Llewelyn Davies (1897-1960) who was one of the Llewelyn Davies boys whom J. M. Barrie befriended and later adopted. Llewelyn Davies was also a first cousin of Du Maurier. When Du Maurier's novel was adapted into a film by director Alfred Hitchcock in 1963 Baker considered pursuing litigation against Universal Studios but eventually decided against it because legal counsel considered the works as being substantially different.
FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed cards, a few signed pieces etc., by a variety of famous men and women including Grace Kelly (signed magazine photograph, as Princess of Monaco, laid down to a postcard), Prince Rainier of Monaco, Claudia Schiffer, Pat Schroeder, John Ehrlichman, Gary Hart, Maurice Wilkins, Charles Groves, Lennox Berkeley, Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli, Witold Lutoslawski (brief A.M.Q.S.), Raymond Leppard, Georg Solti, Kurt Masur, Erich Leinsdorf, Andres Segovia, John Williams, Oscar Shumsky, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Chaim Herzog, Ian Douglas Smith, King Hussein of Jordan, Indira Gandhi, King Birendra of Nepal, Clyde W. Tombaugh, Peter Medawar, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Buzz Aldrin, Charles M. Schulz etc. Some have magazine photographs neatly affixed. A few G, generally VG, 38
BARRIE J. M.: (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist, created Peter Pan. A.L.S., J. M. Barrie, one page, 8vo, Lancaster Gate, 2nd December 1905, to Mr. Hammerton. Barrie writes, in full, 'I don't have a thing, and am very sorry. May the magazine flourish under you. And thank you for your pleasant words about my plays'. With blank integral leaf. VG Barrie correspondent is most likely to be John Alexander Hammerton (1871-1949) Scottish Journalist and Editor of encyclopedias and other reference works. Hammerton had joined Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press in 1905, the same year as the present letter, and would later edit a biography of Barrie.
ATATURK MUSTAFA KEMAL: (1881-1938) Turkish Army Officer, Revolutionary and Founder of the Republic of Turkey, serving as Turkey's first President 1923-38. An extremely rare, vintage bold blue fountain pen ink signature ('Gazi M. Kemal') on an oblong 12mo piece. Neatly laid down and with several pencil and ink annotations to the verso in the hand of the noted autograph collector Ray Rawlins. Very slightly irregularly trimmed and with some light wrinkling and age wear, about VG Provenance: The present, early signature was previously contained in the Rawlins Collection and is illustrated in the collector's reference book The Guiness Book of World Autographs (1977). The signature was sold, as part of a lot containing other signatures by various Heads of State, by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection on 2nd, 3rd & 4th June 1980 (Lot 594). Ataturk's signature incorporates his title of Gazi, which was given to him by the Grand National Assembly in 1921, and dates from between that date and 1934 when the Turkish Parliament granted him the surname Ataturk ('Father of the Turks') in recognition of his role in founding the modern Turkish Republic.
EDEN ANTHONY: (1897-1977) British Prime Minister 1955-57. T.L.S., Avon (Anthony Eden), with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 8vo, Alvediston, Salisbury, 29th November 1971, to Mr. M. Swyers. Eden thanks his correspondent for their letter, continuing, 'I am sorry but I have so many requests of this kind that I have had to make it a rule some years ago not to give signed photographs except to close personal friends.' Together with a signed printed programme produced by the Young Conservatives for their Holiday Week & Conference held at Butlin's Holiday Village, Filey, 28th May - 4th June 1949. Signed by Eden in bold blue fountain pen ink, and dated June 1949, to a central page depicting Eden in a head and shoulders pose. With light dust toning and minor creasing to the programme covers. G to VG, 2
THACKERAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: (1811-1863) English Novelist of Vanity Fair (1847-48). A.L.S., W M Thackeray, in his sloping hand, one page, oblong 8vo, Sheffield, 16th February 1857, to 'My dear Leith'. Thackeray writes, in full, 'Alas! Who knows when I shall ever dine with my friends in London again? Your dinner is over I see these two days. I was unwell at Halifax when it came off, and received your kind note only the day after. I am on a 2 months cruise, and not a dining out man for months to come'. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG
BEAK DANIEL: (1891-1967) British Major General of World War II, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Logeast Wood, France, in August and September 1918. D.S., D. M. Beak, one page, 4to, Head Quarters, Malta, 21st April 1942, to the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of The Cheshire Regiment. The typed document relates to the unloading of the S.S. Pampas and is the text of a message to be conveyed upon Beak's behalf, expressing his appreciation of the excellent work performed by the regiment, 'as well as the excellent spirit they showed in coming to the assistance of H.M.S. Penelope and placing on board ammunition at a critical time' and commenting 'By stepping into the breach and taking over from the Civilian Stevedores the unloading of the “Pampas” and working continuously day and night throughout heavy raids on the Harbour, when the “Pampas” was a target, they performed highly meritorious service of which I am proud and for which I know the other services in MALTA have nothing but praise. Their work was an example and an inspiration to all resulting in considerable material help to MALTA's effort. The placing of ammunition on the H.M.S. Penelope was a spirited effort which helped to save a valiant ship'. One very small, light stain to the right edge and some extremely minor age wear to the other edges, none of which affect the text or signature, VG HMS Penelope was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1936 and assigned to Force K in Malta during World War II. In March 1942, the month prior to the present document being signed, HMS Penelope was involved in several operations which met with heavy enemy opposition, both on the surface and in the air, and she was subsequently docked and repaired at the Malta Dry Docks. Whilst there she was attacked daily by German planes who created so many shrapnel holes that she was nicknamed HMS Pepperpot (and, after the shrapnel holes had been plugged with long pieces of wood, HMS Porcupine). She sailed for Gibraltar on 8th April and was repeatedly attacked from the air, arriving at her destination two days later having suffered further damage. HMS Penelope was torpedoed and finally sunk by a German U-boat near Naples on 18th February 1944 with a heavy loss of life.
GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader during the Indian Independence Movement. Brief T.L.S., M K Gandhi, on one side of a postcard, The Ashram, Sabarmati, 26th October 1928, to the Rev. M. B. Phillips ('Dear Friend') in Wales. Gandhi states that he has received his correspondent's letter and continues to inform him that 'I have not come across the book you refer to'. The text of the letter is faded, although legible, and Gandhi's signature is also a little faded, although not to the same extent as the text. With light stain and a few heavy creases to the edges and corners, one only very slightly affecting one letter of Gandhi's signature. G
KEYNES JOHN MAYNARD:(1883-1946) British Economist, a member of the Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. T.L.S., J M Keynes, one page, 8vo, Gordon Square, Bloomsbury, 29th July 1931, to William Hillman. Keynes informs his correspondent that 'Friday is my last day in London' although he would like to 'fit in a short talk' with Hillman if possible, and continuing to suggest 5.30pm on Friday afternoon at Gordon Square. However Keynes concludes by advising that 'it is still possible that I might have to alter this later on, since my engagements on Friday are not clear'. VG
COLLINS MICHAEL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI, 1969. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the official NASA image depicting Collins standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit. A large image of the moon can be seen in the immediate background. Signed ('M Collins') in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the centre of the image. A few very light, extremely minor corner and surface creases, otherwise VG
BOULTON MATTHEW: (1728-1809) English Manufacturer, the business partner of Scottish Engineer James Watt. Rare ink signature ('M Boulton') and several additional lines of holograph text on an oblong 12mo portion removed from the conclusion of a letter. Neatly laid down above a smaller fragment bearing the date 29th December 1762 in his hand. Some light age wear, about VG
CLEMENCEAU GEORGES: (1841-1929) French Politician, Physician & Journalist, Prime Minister of France 1906-09, 1917-20. A.L.S., G Clemenceau, one page, 4to, Paris, 19th October 1926, to 'My dear General' [Ulysses G. McAlexander]. Unusually writing in English, Clemenceau thanks his correspondent for their kind letter and adds 'The plain fact is that my arteries are in good order and that I have had diabetes which I consider as cured by insuline (sic)' , and further concluding by sending his kind thanks to his correspondent and their 'doctor friend'. Annotated at the foot of the letter with a brief A.L.S. U. G. McAlexander, Major General, U.S. Army Ret'd, evidently the original recipient of Clemenceau's letter, Seattle, Washington, 15th August 1930, to Mr. Blodgett. McAlexander writes, in full, 'This letter was written in reply to an invitation to M. Georges Clemenceau to come to America, without expense to himself, for treatment for arteria sclerosis and diabetes. He declined the invitation as indicated above'. Some very minor, light creasing, largely to the edges of the letter, otherwise VG Ulysses Grant McAlexander (1864-1936) American Major General of World War I. McAlexander was heavily decorated for valour and is recognised as one of the iconic fighting men of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, particularly for his command of the 38th Infantry Regiment during the Second Battle of the Marne which resulted in him becoming known as the 'Rock of the Marne' Interestingly, just two months before the present letter was written by Clemenceau, the former Prime Minister had written, on 9th August 1926, an open letter to the American President Calvin Coolidge that argued against France paying all of its war debts and declaring that 'France is not for sale, even to her friends'. Clemenceau's appeal went unheard.
DE GAULLE CHARLES: (1890-1970) French General and Statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. President of the French Republic 1959-69. A war date printed 8vo menu card for a Dejeuner Mensuel organised by the Chambre de Commerce Française de Londres at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London, on 6th January 1942, at which De Gaulle was the guest of honour, signed ('C de Gaulle') by the French General in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the menu. Together with a second war date printed 8vo menu for a Dejeuner Mensuel organised by the Chambre de Commerce Française de Londres at the Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London, on 1st July 1941, individually signed in bold pencil by Alfred Boucher (member of the Free French Government in Exile and President of the French Chamber of Commerce), Charalambos Simopoulos (1874-1942, Greek Diplomat and Ambassador to the Court of St. James in London during World War II) and M. N. Domovic (Yugoslavian Commercial Attaché). Some light overall age wear and a few minor creases to both menus, about VG, 2
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