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SCHILLER FRIEDRICH: (1759-1805) German Poet, Philosopher and Playwright. An extremely rare fragment of an autograph manuscript, unsigned, two pages, slim oblong 12mo, n.p., n.d. (1804-05), in German. The text, apparently unpublished and with several corrections, is from Schiller's translation of Phedre and states, `O wird mir solcher Dank für meine Liebe? Verdammliches Verwegenes Erkühnen Freche That! Verdammliches Erkühnen! Und seiner frevelhaften wilden Lust zu büßen genug zu thun, Erlaubte sich der Freche gar Gewalt!´ further writing, to the verso, `Think of my Queen's complaints - O Lord! From a wicked love - all her hate arisen - Theseus´. Some light overall age wear and with very slightly irregularly trimmed edges, about G    In the winter of 1804-05 Schiller was suffering from pain and spasms of pneumonia and the only literary work he could undertake was a translation of Jean Racine's dramatic tragedy Phedre, which had first been performed in 1677.  The present fragment was one of a number excised from the original manuscript shorty after Schiller's death and presented to admirers as a keepsake of the poet. 

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French novelist. A significant autograph manuscript, unsigned, three pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (c.1857), in French. Flaubert's extensive manuscript notes are entitled Un repas de noces - Lettre d'Hyppolochus a Lincée('A wedding meal - Letter from Hyppolochus to Lincée') and were prepared by the novelist as research notes for chapter one ('The Feast') of his historical novel Salammbo. The text states, in part, (translated) 'Caranus making a nuptial feast in Macedonia invited twenty parasites there. As soon as they were seated at table each of them was given a bottle of silver. They had each received before entering the room a gold band estimated at five gold Ecus….. For us happy for the rest of our days, with what we took from the feast of Caranus, we seek goods, country houses, slaves to buy, with the presents with which he has showered us'. Rare in this form. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG   Hippolochus was a Macedonian writer and student of Theophrastus, who addressed in a letter to his fellow student Lynceus of Samos a description of a wedding feast in Macedon in the early 3rd century BC. The bridegroom was a certain Caranus, most likely a relative of the Caranus who had been a companion of Alexander the Great.  Flaubert's Salammbo is a historical novel which was published in 1862. Enormously popular in its day, the novel opens with a feast to celebrate the victory of the battle of Eryx, won against Rome, and was praised for its style and story. Provenance: It is believed that the present manuscript was originally included with a series of other research notes made by Flaubert, totaling some 26 pages, and entitled Letters of Alciphron. As well as including extracts relating to a wedding feast, the manuscript also featured observations relating to courtesans and the manners of the people of Greece (see Les Amis de Flaubert, bulletin 12, 1958).

CLAUDE OF FRANCE: (1499-1524) Queen of France 1515-24, wife of King Francis I. A fine, rare L.S., Claude, one page, 4to, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 13th March n.y., to 'Monsieur le premier president', in Middle French. The Queen writes in favour of the Bishop of Nantes who 'a long temps u ung proces, pendent en la court, touchant son abbaye de la grenetiere, Et luy est requis avoir une audience dune appellation verballe, qui Retarde le principal dud. proces, laquelle je vous prie tant quil mest possible luy donner en faveur et amour de moy, vous recomendant son bon droit en justice, donne le mien propre' (Translation: 'a long time has a lawsuit, pending in the court, touching his abbey of Grenetiere, and he is required to have a hearing of a verbal appellation, which delays the principal of the said lawsuit, which I pray you as long as it is possible for me to give him in favour and love of me, recommending to you his good right in justice, given mine own'). Countersigned at the foot by Gilles de Comeacre and with a manuscript address panel and contemporary dockets to the verso. Autographs of Claude of France are rare as a result of her untimely death, possibly in childbirth or following a miscarriage, at the young age of 24. A few very small, minor holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Francois Hamon (d.1532) Bishop of Nantes from 1511 until his death.

WAIN LOUIS: (1860-1939) English artist, remembered for his drawings featuring anthropomorphized large-eyed cats and kittens. A good pair of A.Ls.S., Louis Wain, four pages (total), 8vo, Bendigo, Westgate on Sea, 26th August and 1st September 1907, each to [Peter] Keary. In the first letter Wain asks his correspondent not to forget about an article for his annual and continues 'By the bye I am sending tonight to Mr. Everett an article on Canada which may interest you as you have I think been that way. The facts were given by a Canadian farmer whose an old friend of mine & worse than I have painted them. The official facts are very bad too'. With blank integral leaf. In the second letter Wain thanks his correspondent for their manuscript, remarking 'it is quite unconventional & out of the ruck if you don't mind me saying so, & just what I strive for for my annual', and further writing 'I am writing a bit of imaginative fancy myself for the annual & I hope to make the whole thing quite out of the way. I touch politics in a very satirical manner too in some drawings. But it is only the upper classes who are satirical in our days, the mass of the people take umbrage at anything which hits them'. Rare. VG, 2 Peter Keary (1865-1915) British editor of TitBits from 1884-90, when, in conjunction with C. Arthur Pearson, he started Pearson's Weekly. The Louis Wain Annual was published between 1901 and 1915.

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian composer. Rare Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, F. Liszt, one page, oblong 8vo manuscript paper, n.p., n.d. (probably post 1850). Liszt has boldly and neatly penned three different musical quotations with elaborate annotations, identifying them individually as from three different sections, each with a different system number, measure number and page number. In an autograph note the composer requests that the markings of 'f.p., >, ', -, and Pedal' be shown in the Polonaise manuscript. Some very light age toning, and minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VGLiszt states that the corrections pertain to a Polonaise manuscript, although the passages he pens do not appear in the published scores of either of his famous Polonaises. However, one of the musical passages is similar to the first transition in Chopin's Op.53 Polonaise (just before the principal theme rises an octave) and it is well known that Liszt ventured into Chopin's genres only after the latter had died, in 1849, although whether this was out of respect or rivalry remains unclear.

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 17th December 1731. The manuscript document is a warrant for establishing a board of General Officers as 'the time limited by Our Warrant for Constituting a Board of General Officers expires the 24th of this instant December….we have thought fit to Order and Direct that the Board of General Officers for the future shall consist of those whose Names are respectively mentioned in the list annexed (no longer present) seven of whom at any time are to constitute a Board, of which said seven General Officers Five shall be a Quorum and the Eldest at any time present to be President, and to sit as often as Our Service shall require……And to meet at the Great Room at the Horse Guards…..in order to have the Inspection of the Cloathing of Our Forces, and to consider and Report their Opinion upon all Matters, that shall be referr'd to them either by Us, or Our Secretary at Warr. And Our said General Officers are hereby required to Act and Govern themselves accordingly'. Countersigned at the foot by William Strickland (c.1686-1735) English politician who served as Secretary at War 1730-35. With blank integral leaf. Some light foxing and age wear and a few stains and minor splits at the edges of the folds (some professionally repaired). About VG

RICHEPIN JEAN: (1849-1926) French Poet and Novelist. Two excellent and lengthy documents, the first being the original manuscript in the hand of Richepin, of his speech given on the occasion of his reception at the French Academy, forty-one pages, oblong 4to, n.p., [Paris], February 1909, in French. The lengthy speech includes all sorts of corrections, amendments and additions in his hand. Together with a printed copy of his speech, signed and inscribed to the heading of the front page by Richepin, `à mon parrain, au bon cosaque, au bien cher ami, avec toute ma tendre gratitude, ce souvenir du jeudi 18 février, Jean Richepin´ (Translation: “…to the good Cossack, to the very dear friend, with all my tender gratitude, this souvenir of Thursday, February 18th…”), thirty-one pages, 4to, in French. Small overall age wear, with edges slightly trimmed, otherwise G, 2 

HORROCKS BRIAN: (1895-1985) British Lieutenant-General of World War II, commander of the XXX Corps in Operation Market Garden. An original typed manuscript, unsigned, with extensive holograph additions and corrections by Horrocks, nine pages, folio, n.p., n.d. (late 1960s?), entitled Churchill and the Second World War - An Appreciation by Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks, stating, in part, 'Winston Churchill was the greatest statesman-cum-soldier of this century. At the age of sixty-five, he was summoned by the British people as a whole to be their Prime Minister and to lead them through some of the darkest hours this country has ever known. Three days after taking office, when he made his famous 'blood, toil, tears and sweat' speech to the House of Commons, he went on to say, “You ask, 'what is our policy?' It is to wage war by sea, land, and air, with all our might, and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny. You ask, 'what is our aim?' I can answer in one word - Victory; Victory at all costs, Victory in spite of all terror, Victory, however long and hard the road may be.”…..His moral courage in those early days has never been equalled before or since……Looking back on that period, it is almost unbelievable that any one man could have stood up to such a strain as the nation's war leader, yet Churchill never flinched. It was during this dark period I first met him…..I can see him now, a sturdily built figure, wearing an odd sort of uniform which he had designed for himself. There was a gleam in his eye, a cigar in his mouth, and a stick in his hand…..His mere presence was magic….In 1942 I was flown out from Britain to take over 13 Corps, with General Montgomery commanding the Eighth Army….After approximately a week I was visited by Winston Churchill….It was obvious from the start that the old warrior statesman did not think much of the new commander of 13 Corps…..I heard afterwards that, on the way back to Cairo, he turned to General Montgomery and said, “He's no good. Get rid of him.” Monty replied. “Look here, Sir, you stick to your sphere, and I'll stick to mine.” That visit did an enormous amount of good to everyone except me……There developed a curious love-hate relationship between Churchill and Montgomery. The former could not afford any more defeats, and the latter refused to be stampeded into any attacks before he was ready…..From now onwards, for the remainder of the war, Churchill had to act as a member of a team, consisting of President Roosevelt, whom he now regarded as a personal friend, and Stalin, who was always difficult and menacing…..But my final memory is of a happy Churchill. It was in March 1944, during the Battle of the Reichswald……He was visibly moved as he stood, for the first time, with his feet firmly planted on the territory of the enemy he had been fighting for so long…..' Accompanied by a final, corrected typescript copy of the manuscript, attached to the draft by staples to the upper left corner. Some light age wear and minor creasing, about VG 

‘the literary revolution is more strongly dissolved by us and divided by us’ PASTERNAK BORIS: (1890-1960) Russian poet and novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1958. A good A.L.S., Boris Pasternak, in Cyrillic, four pages, folio, n.p., 29th June 1945, to Sergei Durylin, in Cyrillic. The first page, penned on an official printed form, is dedicated to a number of manuscript lines from Pasternak's long poem Spectorsky, with an annotation in the writer's hand at the foot noting that the lines represent new amendments to be made to the eighth chapter. Pasternak's letter, most likely his retained draft copy, then commences to the plain verso of the printed page and continues on two adjoined plain pages, writing, in part, 'If there is even a grain of truth in everything……that has been said, then it is [true] only in that it completely and undeniably coincides……with its historic infinity. How can this very carelessness be a part, and even such an insignificant whole…..which was so tragically but not narcissistically disentangled……the literary revolution is more strongly dissolved by us and divided by us…..You can taste it from my discussion……You can be calm. I am not the only one who believes in this truth in general. Believe precisely in these truths, it is precisely from this that a note of patriotism is formed, a modest confidence in one's inviolability grows. There were a lot of deceptive, indefinite things in the former troubles of the recent past. It's another matter if in this work of mine….it hurts that the area of external expression of everything exhausts it……The technical conditions did not see any internal discord, although they are present in writing…..Now, their respectful basis of poetry……is simple literature…..and especially poems passed through an inflamed soul which was not previously broken on the way……Please note that here I sometimes write most of the time with my left hand……Do not pay much attention to this and do not draw many….conclusions from this problem. I told Chagin all this. He was simply in awe. They are going to conclude a contract with me in August, so everything must be prepared by the end of the year'. A letter of interesting content written shortly after the end of the war on the Eastern Front (German-Soviet War) during World War II. A few minor, light stains and some light overall creasing, about VGSergei Durylin (1886-1954) Russian editor and literary critic, a friend of Pasternak, Tolstoy and other Russian writers. 

LATECOERE PIERRE-GEORGES: (1883-1943) French aeronautics pioneer and manufacturer of airplanes who opened the first airlines that operated from France to Africa and South America. A.N.S., with his initials PGL, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name, as Ingenieur des Arts et Manufactures, Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur de la France, at the centre, and address at 79 Avenue Marceau, Paris, at the base, n.p., n.d., in French. Latecoere writes, in full, 'Très sensible à vos amicales félicitations. Fouquet est bien mort mais Mansart revit - on le voit bien aux arts décoratifs - dans la grandiose conception de nos jeunes Architectes. Le seuil de mon hotel vous espere, au sens espagnol du mot. J'attends toujours le devis des salons sur cour pour faire commencer les travaux' (Translation: 'Very sensitive to your friendly congratulations. Fouquet is indeed dead but Mansart lives again - we can see it clearly in the decorative arts - in the grandiose conception of our young architects. The threshold of my hotel waits for you, in the Spanish sense of the word. I'm still waiting for the quote for the courtyard salons to start the work'). VGLatecoere presumably refers to Jean Fouquet (c.1420-1481) French painter and miniaturist, a master of panel painting and manuscript illumination, the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature, and Francois Mansart (1598-1666) French architect credited with introducing classicism into Baroque architecture of France.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS I: (1750-1827) Elector of Saxony 1763-1806 (as Frederick Augustus III) and King of Saxony 1806-27. The King was a loyal ally to Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars and lost much of his territory to Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. D.S., Friedrich Augustus, two pages, folio, 26th October 1768, in German. The manuscript document is untranslated although appears to be a military commission relating to Heinrich Ernst von Feilitzsch. Countersigned by Count Johann Franz von Bellegarde (1707-1769) General of the Infantry and Minister of War. With blind embossed paper seal affixed (causing some light staining to the recto). Some light age wear and a few minor tears and creases to the edges, otherwise VG  

ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English composer. A.L.S., Edward Elgar, two pages, 4to, Worcester, 23rd February 1932, to Miss. Chandler. Elgar thanks his correspondent for having sent the sheets of manuscript and remarks 'There is not much to alter, but you must remove the orch[estra]l acc[om]p[animen]t - this is never used for a first audition; the odd orchl. players may remain, as they very likely wd. do, to look on', further adding 'It is always difficult to avoid saying the 'score' - but that is the complete copy - the soloist plays from a “part”. The other odd things will explain themselves: you have not been far wrong which shews intuition' and concluding 'If my marks & remarks - which I have been delighted to make - are not clear to you, please send again - and again'. A letter of interesting content. Some very light, minor creasing to the edges, otherwise VG

MOMMSEN THEODOR: (1817-1903) German classical scholar and historian, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1902. D.S., Th. Mommsen, one page, large folio (16.5 x 20.5), Berlin, 8th October 1876, in Latin. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, was issued by Mommsen in his capacity as a Rector at the Friedrich Wilhelm University (today the Humboldt University of Berlin) and certifies that George Thouret, a student of theology, has taken an oath before the academic authorities to 'promise faith, obedience and reverence' and has thereby been legitimately enrolled within the university. Some light age wear and minor creasing, about VG

BRATIANU ION I. C.: (1864-1927) Romanian Prime Minister 1909-10, 1914-18, 1918-19, 1922-26, 1927. D.S., Ion I C Bratianu, one page, folio, Bucharest, April 1916, in Romanian. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is issued by the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Romania and concerns the promotion of Dumitru Sinescu to the rank of deputy reserve admissions officer. Some light age wear at the folds, otherwise VG

RIBEIRO COUTO RUI: (1898-1963) Brazilian poet, short-story writer and diplomat, a leading figure of Modernism in its infancy. Manuscript D.S., Ribeiro Couto, one page, 4to, Geneva, n.d. (1946), in French. Ribeiro Couto responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Mondiale ('World Survey'), with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Vos débuts littéraires furent-ils heureux ou difficiles? 2. Des moyens d'existence (un second metier ou une fortune personelle) vous permirent-ils de vous faire un nom dans les lettres, ou ne vecuites-vous que de votre plume? 3. Quel ouvrage vous fit-il le plus connaitre? Lequel considerez-vous comme votre chef d'oeuvre?' (Translation: '1. Were your literary beginnings happy or difficult? 2. Did the means of existence (a second job or a personal fortune) allow you to make a name for yourself in letters, or do you only live from your pen? 3. What book did you know the most about? Which do you consider your masterpiece?'). Ribeiro Couto provides his answers beneath, in full, '1. Je suis toujours, a 48 ans, a mes debuts litteraires - comme aux temps du lycee. Et ces debuts sont toujours difficiles, car je n'ai jamais reussi a faire ce que je voulais.....et que je veux encore. 2. Mon vrai metier c'est le journalisme. Pourtant, me voici dans la diplomatie depuis presque vingt ans. Helas! 3. Je ne suis comme que de quelques lecteurs, tres peu nombreux, et je n'ai ecrit aucun chef d'oeuvre. Mais ce viendra peut-etre. Pourquoi pas?' (Translation: 'I am still, at 48, in my literary debut - like in high school. And these beginnings are always difficult, because I never managed to do what I wanted….and still want. 2. My real job is journalism. However, here I am in diplomacy for almost twenty years. Alas! 3. I am like only a few readers, very few, and I have not written any masterpieces. But maybe it will come. Why not?'). Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges, otherwise VG

[IMPERIAL GUARD]: An attractive manuscript document relating to Napoleon's Garde Imperiale, completed and signed by General A. Sels, one page, large oblong folio (18.5 x 14.5”), Gournay, 26th August 1810, in French. The document is in tabular form and is subtitled Situation et force de la ci-devant Garde Royale Hollandaise (Translation: Situation and strength of the former Dutch Royal Guard) at the head and provides details of the designation of the army, the names of the battalions or squadrons, the names and ranks of the commanders of the various corps, their location etc., totalling some 128 officers, 2,693 troops and 942 horses, and also including details of cannons and other ammunition, and of the number of absent soldiers, either as a result of death or desertion. To the verso appear further manuscript observations signed by Sels in which he details the numbers of soldiers who remained hospitalised in Mons, Cambray, Brussels, Utrecht and other locations. Some light creasing and minor age wear to the edges and with a thin strip of tape to the verso reinforcing the central vertical fold. About VGThe Imperial Guard were originally a small group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon, but grew considerably over time.  The Dutch Royal Guard were formed in 1808 when Louis Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother, ruled over the Kingdom of Holland from 1806-10. In 1810 the 3rd Regiment of Foot Grenadiers, part of the Dutch Royal Guard, was incorporated into the Imperial Guard within the Middle Guard as the 2nd Regiment of Foot Grenadiers. They would be disbanded in February 1813, only to be re-raised in April 1815, and finally disbanded in September 1815 following Napoleon's second abdication.

WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1830-37. D.S., William R, as King of Hanover, at the foot, one page, folio, Windsor Castle, 30th July 1831, in German. The manuscript document is untranslated although relates to the Oberbergrat Friedrich Ludwig Christian Jugler (1792-1871). Countersigned by Ludwig Karl Georg von Ompteda (1767-1854) German diplomat who served as Minister and Head of the German Chancery in London from 1831-37. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light dust staining to the right edge, otherwise VG 

GOBERT PIERRE: (1662-1744) French portrait painter, the preferred painter of the great ladies of the court during the reign of King Louis XIV. D.S., Gobert, one page (vellum), oblong 8vo, n.p. (Paris), 30th January 1705, in French. The manuscript document is issued by Gobert in his capacity as painter-in-ordinary to the King and his academy and acknowledges receipt of the sum of fifty pounds from an un-named individual in payment for the first six months of the current year, and making reference to an earlier payment of one hundred pounds that had been made on 16th April 1703. Signed by Gobert at the foot and also bearing two countersignatures. With an official circular stamp to the head. Some light staining and minor age wear and one small hole. About VG

 [MONTGOMERY B. L.]: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Collection of twenty vintage unsigned original postcards and photographs, each of the different images relating to Montgomery's visits to Gstaad in Switzerland during the late 1940s and 1950s, largely depicting Montgomery outdoors on ski slopes, accompanied by various men (most likely including Paul Loosi, the president of the Gstaad Ski Club and director of tourism in Gstaad) and a few showing him dining with a younger man, presumed to be Lucien Trueb. Together with a quantity of letters and newspaper clippings etc., the majority in German, all relating to Montgomery's visits to Gstaad, skiing competitions etc., and also including a typed manuscript of Loosi's memories of Montgomery (with numerous corrections in Loosi's hand). G to VG, Sml Qty. Lucien Trueb (1934-   ) Swiss science writer who, as a twelve year old boy in 1946, met Montgomery in Switzerland and went on to maintain a close relationship with the Field Marshal. 

SAUVE CHARLOTTE DE: (1551-1617) French noblewoman, the mistress of King Henry of Navarre (later King Henry IV of France). Charlotte de Sauve was an accomplished member of Catherine de' Medici's L'escadron volant, the group of beautiful female spies recruited to seduce important men at Court. D.S., Charlotte de Beaune, three pages, folio, Paris, 2nd August 1617, in Middle French. The manuscript document relates to the sale of a property by Sauve to the lawyer Guillaume Hericart, residing at La Ferte Milon, the land and property described as 'Une maison size a lad ferté million rue ponpart consistant en ung grand corps de logis gallerie et petit logis a potance le tout couvert de thuille, petite court et basse court Jardin deriere tenant dune part et dun bout aux marais pres de lourcqe delad ferté' (Translation: 'a house located at the said Ferte Milon, rue Ponpart, consisting of a large main building, gallery and small gallows house all covered with tiles, small court and low court, garden behind holding on one side and on one end to the marshes near the Ourcq of the said Ferte'), continuing to discuss the tax and financial arrangements involved in the sale, 'Et oultre moyennant le pris et somme de cinq mil livres tz que pourroit led achepteur en a promis sera leve promet et gaige bailler et paier a lad dame marquise en son hostel Ou au…… au jour st Jehan baptiste que lon comptera mil six cens dix huict laquelle somme sera par lad dame marquise convertie et employee au rachapt des services du domaine de lad ferté i allument en rentes qui tiendront pareille nature du domaine a lad dame qui sen soient led heritaige' (Translation: 'and besides for the price and sum of five thousand livres that the said buyer has promised will be lifted, promises and pledges to pay to the said Lady Marquise in her hotel or at……on the day of Saint John the Baptist that there will be one thousand six hundred and eighteen, which sum will be converted by the said Lady Marquise and used to buy back the services of the domain of the said Ferte consisting of annuities which will hold the same nature of the domain at the said which be the said heritage') and also making reference to an inventory of the property and various repairs etc. Signed by Sauve at the conclusion and countersigned by Guillaume Hericart and two other individuals. Some staining and minor, small tears to the edges, none of which significantly affect the text or signatures. About VGGuillaume Hericart (1581-1648) French lawyer and royal adviser, a relative of Marie Hericart (1633-1709) who, aged fourteen, married the French fabulist and poet Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695).La Ferte-Milon is a commune situated on the river Ourcq in northern France and was the birthplace of the dramatist Jean Racine (1639-1699).

CHERNYSHEV ALEXANDER: (1786-1857) Russian Prince, cavalry general, diplomat, spy and politician who served in the Napoleonic Wars and later became Russian Minister of War 1827-52. D.S., Chernyshev, as Adjutant General, at the foot, one page, folio, Halberstadt, 28th May 1819, in Cyrillic. The manuscript document is addressed to the General of Staff and Chief officers and is a report of the ranks of the prisoners of war captured on the 18th May in the suburbs of Halberstadt, listing thirteen officers by name including Divisional General von Ochs, Colonel Presk, four Artillery officers (Captain Deval, Captain Kade etc.), a further four Cavalry officers (Captain von Calten, Captain Schneler etc.) and others, and concluding by confirming the additional capture of fifty non-commissioned officers and 559 privates as well as fourteen weapons and ten ammunition wagons. Some light staining and a few minor creases and small tears to the edges, about VG

MULLIKEN ROBERT S.: (1896-1986) American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1966. Manuscript D.S., R S Mulliken, one page, 4to, n.p., 10th April 1948. Mulliken responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled World Inquiry, with their manuscript questions at the head of the page, '1. Were your scientific “debut” easy or difficult? 2. Did means of living…..enable you to make yourself known in science? Or did you live solely through your work of laboratory? 3. What work (or what discovery) made yourself more famous? Which do you consider as your master-piece?' Mulliken's answers appear beneath and state, in full, '1. Not too difficult. Assisted by fellowships. 2. Entirely by professional work in science. 3. Have always been interested in electronic structure of matter - particularly in structure of molecules - and in the spectra of atoms and molecules', adding his signature below. One very small, minor area of paper loss to the lower left corner, otherwise VG

MULLER PAUL HERMANN: (1899-1965) Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1948. Manuscript document, unsigned, one page, 4to, n.p., 12th July 1952, in French. Muller responds to a researcher's questionnaire entitled Enquete Mondiale - La distraction des savants (Translation: 'World Survey - The Distraction of Scientists') at the head, with the researcher's manuscripts questions beneath, '1. Etes-vous distrait? Exact a vos rendez-vous? Patient et perseverant dans vos projets? Entete dans vos recherches? 2. Pouvez-vous citer un cas personnel et frappant de distraction arrive dans le cours de votre vie? 3. Eut-il des consequences pour vous?' (Translation: '1. Are you distracted? Exact on your appointments? Patient and persevering in your projects? Stubborn in your research? 2. Can you cite a personal and striking case of distraction occurring in the course of your life? 3. Did it have consequences for you?'). Muller provides his brief answers alongside some of the questions, replying 'De temps en temp' (Translation: 'From time to time') and 'Persévérant et meme entete dans mes projets et recherches' (Translation: 'Persevering and even stubborn in my projects and research') to the first, and simply 'Non!' to the second. Some light creasing and minor age wear, mainly to the edges of the lower half of the page, otherwise VG 

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. A very fine, rare autograph Manuscript Signed, A. Einstein, two pages (feint rule graph paper), 4to, n.p., n.d. The working manuscript, in ink and pencil, features numerous scientific calculations in Einstein's hand, with just a few words (including 'rule') alongside some of the calculations and with the letters R, G, A & B appearing regularly. Signed in ink with his name alone to the lower left corner. Whilst Einstein clearly created many such pages of scientific formulae during his career, they remain highly sought after by collectors, and signed examples are of exceptional rarity, this example having been presented to a family friend. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and one small, neat tear to one edge, otherwise VG 

SIJAS PROSPER: (1759-1794) French chief of the offices of the Ministry of War, adjutant to Jean Baptiste Noel Bouchotte, the Minister of War 1793-94, and a loyal supporter of Robespierre. Sijas was guillotined at the age of 35. L.S., Prosper Sijas, one page, 8vo, Paris, 30th April 1794, to the Commissioner of the Navy and the Colonies, in French. The manuscript letter is signed by Sijas in his capacity as a member of the Army Organisation and Movement Commission and states that he has been informed by a letter from an interpreter for the prisoners of war 'qu'il est arrive le 4 de ce mois à la citadelle d'Amiens soixante-cinq prisonniers, marins venant de Dunkerque, et qui font différentes réclamations' (Translation: 'that sixty-five prisoners arrived on the 4th of this month at the citadel of Amiens, sailors coming from Dunkirk, and who made various complaints') and further asking his correspondent to investigate the circumstances. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

LOYSON HYACINTHE: (1827-1912) also known as Père Hyacinthe. French renowned Preacher and Theologian, a brilliant orator best remembered for his eloquent sermons at Notre Dame de Paris. Father Hyacinthe was a Roman Catholic priest in favour of Church reform, reconciling Catholicism with other religions and with modern ideas. His manifesto against the alleged abuses in the Church created an internal revolt ending with his excommunication. He left Paris and went to America and later married in London. An extremely interesting manuscript in the hand of Loyson, signed `Hyacinthe Loyson´, four pages, 4to, Geneva, 1st of November 1902, in French. The manifesto is entitled `Rome and Sion´, and refers to different religions coming from a same source, and to the non-sense of the new trends of the Catholic Church. Loyson states in part `Je viens de lire dans les journaux le récit de deux cérémonies bien différentes, mais ayant trait l´une et l´autre au Judaisme et qui se sont accomplies le même jour dans la synagogue de la Victoire et dans l´église de Saint-Thomas d´Aquin. Dans la cérémonie catholique, qui rappelle à plus d´un titre le plus mauvais passé....´, ("I have just read in the newspapers the story of two very different ceremonies, but both relating to Judaism and which took place on the same day in the Victory Synagogue and in the Church of Saint Thomas of Aquinas. In the Catholic ceremony, which recalls in more ways than one the worst past....´, further saying `... pour recevoir le baptême, a renoncé solennellement à la perfidie judaïque et aux superstitions hébhraïques, c´est à dire à la religion la plus antique et, sous bien des rapports, la plus pure qui existe aujourd´hui en Europe, celle-là même dont, au dire de Saint Paul, la Chrétienté n´est qu´une branche misérable... En échange, le néophite a fait siennes toutes "les perfifidies" de la politique jésuitique et toutes "les superstitions" du semi-paganisme romain´ ("...to receive baptism, has solemnly renounced to Judaic perfidy and to Hebhraic superstitions, that is to say the most ancient and, in many respects, the purest religion that exists today in Europe, that of which, according to Saint Paul, Christianity is only a wretched branch... In exchange, the neophyte has made his own all the "treacheries" of Jesuit politics and all the "superstitions" of Roman semi-paganism") Further again Father Hyacinthe concludes making an eloquent defence of equality, peace, respect and purpose of the religion, accusing those who want to bring the Catholic Church to several centuries back, and stating in part `A quelque croyance qu´ils appartiennent, chrétiens, israélites ou simplement philosophes, ils ne se rangeront pas, s´ils sont vraiment religieux, du côté ce ceux qui ayant pour idéal les pires divisions et les pires haines, s´efforcent de nous ramener aux abjurations de l´Inquisition espagnole, dans l´impossibilité de nous ramener à ses bûchers. Les hommes de religion sincère et profonde seront avec ceux qui embrassent toutes les races et tous les cultes dans l´unité de la patrie française comme dans celle du genre humain pacifié. Tels sont, tels ont été de tous les temps, je peux le dire, les sentiments d´un prédicateur judéo.chrétien qui, dans la chaise de Notre-Dame de Paris et depuis, n´a point opposé le Nouveau Testament à l´Ancien, l´Eglise à la Synagogue, mais a toujours uni le culte de Jésus de Nazareth à l´amour du peuple de David et de la race d´Abraham...´ ("To whatever creed they belong, Christians, Jews or simply philosophers, they will not line up, if they are truly religious, on the side of those who, having as their ideal the worst divisions and the worst hatreds, strive to bring us back to the abjurations of the Spanish Inquisition, in the impossibility of bringing us back to its bonfire. Men of sincere and profound religion will be with those who embrace all races and all religions in the unity of the French fatherland as in that of the pacified human race. Such are, such have always been, I can say, the feelings of a Judeo-Christian preacher who, in the chair of Notre-Dame de Paris and since, has not opposed the New Testament to the Old, the Church to the Synagogue, but has always united the cult of Jesus of Nazareth to the love of the people of David and the race of Abraham...´ A manuscript of very interesting content. Small overall minor age wear with three pinholes. G to VG 

[Estienne (Charles)], et al., Maison Rustique, Or, The Countrey (sic) Farme (sic) [...], third English edition, first edition thus with Gervase Markham's contributions, London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill, 1616, with all faults, in-text woodcut illustrations, lacking A1 but supplied in facsimile and tipped on pastedown, leaves A3, F3, Aa2, [Ee6], [Vu2], [Bbb5] defective, lacking all between R-[V6] and [Aa6], [Eee], Sss, and all after [Sss4], tatty and with some tears in places, worm holes - principally to gutter and inner-margins, typically toned and browned, some stains, splits, contemporary ink manuscript annotations and marginalia, papered boards, folio.

Scotland, Fingask Castle. An archive collection of early 19th century and later manuscripts and ephemera relating to Fingask Castle, Perth and Kinross, including some of the Bowmans' testamentary papers, dispositions, and letters, further and later bundles, an amateur named-view watercolour of the castle by a Miss B.C. Loney, a manuscript letter by the artist's sister mentioning it, an 1857 Scribbling Diary, used as an ad-hoc commonplace book/newspaper clippings album, two defective copies of the castle and its estates' particulars when sold in 1925 to H.B. Gilroy of Ballumbie, some Gilroy family papers, etc.

Agriculture and Husbandry Ephemera. Broadside, The Sorrowful Lamentation on James Lea, aged 32, & Joseph Grindley, 20, Who Now Lie Under The Awful Sentence of Death In the Condemned Cell Of Shrewsbury, For Willfully Setting Fire To A Stack of Barley, The Property of Mr. J. Nunnerley, of Whitchurch, Shrewsbury: France, Printer, n.d. [March, 183*], illustrated by a wood engraving of the prison and prisoner, 34 x 14.5cm, Fire. Reward of One Hundred and Seventy-five Pound. Whereas last Night a Stack of Corn, at the Top of the Abbey Foregate, belonging to Messrs. Carline and Linell, and Two Stacks of Corn and a Barn, at Sutton, belonging to Samuel Jeffreys, were set on Fire [...], Joseph Carless, Mayor [...], Shrewsbury, April 28, 1800, [Shrewsbury]: Eddowes, Printers,, 31.5 x 17cm, two early 19th c adverts for grass grazing, one to let Welton Growths, Yorkshire, April, 27th 1807, Hull: J. Jerraby, Printer, Butchery, 18 x 15.5cm, another to let, by auction, Closes of Grass, in lots, The Property of Michael Rimington, Penrith [, Cumbria]: A. Bell, Printer, 1805, annotated in ink manuscript with realized prices, 17.5 x 14.5cm, & a Lewes Corn and Hop Exchange Company Share certificate for £30, dated May 1847, (5) All unexamined out of frames. The Lamentations repaired, creases, chipped, etc. Fire reward folded, some stains, etc. The grass lets folded, foxed, light wear, otherwise good. The certificate toned and worn, otherwise OK.

The Royal Navy under Charles II. An Act for providing Carriage by Land, and by Water, for the use of His Majesties Navy and Ordnance, London: Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1662, Black Letter printing, [12pp], worm trails to lower-right margin, disbound, small folio, further unconnected ephemera, including a George III parliamentary act, An Act for laying a Toll upon all Horses and Carriage passing on a Sunday over Blackfriars Bridge [...], London: Eyre and the Executors of W. Strahan, 1786, disbound, small folio, The London Gazette, Numb. 15483, Tuesday May 25, to Saturday May 29, 1802, 8pp, folio, The Channel Islands, a George IV militia officer's commission, Major Elias Guerin Esquire, 1st or East Guernsey Militia, signed and bearing the armorial red wax seal of the then governor of Guernsey, George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke, the foolscap printed by Easton, Endless-street, Sarum, and inscribed in ink manuscript, (4). The 'Act for Land Carriage' appears in the diary of Samuel Pepys, then Secretary to the Admiralty, on Saturday, 13th May, 1665, when he visits 'the Atturney (sic) General, about advice [...] which he desired not to give me before I had received the the King's and Council's order'; on his return home he 'bespoke the [late] King's works [the Eikon Basilike], will cost 50s.'

J. Paul, British Journeyman Artist, mid-19th c - Short Horn Home Bred Bullock, Bred & Grazed by John [Seaman] Postle, Holly House, Smallburgh, [Norfolk], Sold to James Doughty Butcher, North Walsham, signed and dated 1860, titled manuscript label to verso, oil on canvas, 44.5 x 57.5cm Cleaned, some portions with evident scrubbing. Craquelure and light grime. Slight canvas ripple, stained to verso. Maple frame OK-good.

Royalty. Autograph, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), tenth child and seventh son of George III, clipped scrap inscribed and signed: Yours very sincerely/Adolphus Frederick, 6.5cm x 12cm, mounted on a leaf with the clipped signature Mary flanked by a regal crown, wax black seal of the Spanish Royal Family, etc., On prince, Ernest coming here to dine, n.d., 24 lines of manuscript verse, presumably original composition, versifying Prince Ernest von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (1818-1893; brother of Queen Victoria's consort, and later Duke as Ernest II) and when he 'Did honour Sir M Seymour/By coming here to dine', this poem within 2ff of further unsophisticated poetry, On the approaching Christening of the Prince of Wales, by M.M., n.d. [1841, Albert Edward, later Edward VII], 20 lines of manuscript verse, (1); Napoleon Bonaparte, a 1ff English manuscript spelling out from the Greek alphabet and calculating that the French emperor is 666, the Number of the Beast, from The Book of Revelation, 13:18, and citing the biblical passage, Louis Napoleon, 1871, by Sylvia, 4ff of ink manuscript verse, on monogrammed writing-paper, presumably viz. Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873), the last Emperor of the French (as Napoleon III) and later President of the French Republic (5).

Agricultural Auctions. Jonas Paxton, a mid-19th century 'Sale of 19 valuable Forward in Calf Cows & weaning calves, 3 draught Horses, Pony, &c., Implements, Corn [...]', at Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, Oct. 2* 1846, 20pp with tipped-in printed catalogue listings and parallel manuscript account of the lot, the buyer and the price, 19pp to verso with post-sale accounting, original wrappers, MS lettered, 12mo, another, similar, 'Sale of a few lots of good Household Furniture and 2 Stacks of Meadow Hay [...]', at Stratton Audley, Oxon, 12mo, [&] Messrs. Paxton and Holiday, Stratton Audley Hall: A Catalogue of the capital Household Furniture, Bedding, Carpets, Dining and Bed Room Suites [...], Sold [...] by direction of P. Colville Smith, Esq., May 22nd, 1895, 20pp, original wrappers, disbound, 8vo, (3).

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Royal Navy. Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO, CMG (1863-1945), naval officer and courtier, H.M.S. Caesar's Watch, Station, Quarter and Fire Bills, printed 1895, manuscript dated 1898-99, compiled and inscribed by Godfrey-Faussett while a first-lieutenant, approx. 200pp printed &/or ink MS, including names of the seamen, a guide for training, how to prepare for armed action, abandoning ship, etc., diagrams and illustrations, similar loosely-inserted ephemera and papers, original cloth as supplied (tired), 4to, World War One, United States Navy, William Quish G.M. 2nd Class, USS Colhoun, MS diary, August 1918 - February 1919, approx. 42pp, mostly recording assisting troop ships in and around New York, including Brooklyn, and New Jersey, even sailing alongside the requisitioned RMS Mauretania, heading towards Bermuda, and on 18th November was sent to New London where a new submarine was being tried out, original cover, 12mo, a Victorian collection of ephemera, n.d. [c. 1880], tipped-in, with some loosely-inserted, mostly related to the Church of England and encompassing its High Anglo-Catholic to Evangelical creeds, including three off-prints by Alfred Gurney (1843-1898), from St Barnabas, Pimlico, nos. 85, 86, & 44, 1883-1884, ‘Expenses for altar cloth’, 1pp manuscript account, n.d. [c. 1880], a manuscript charade, citing Caroline Fiennes (née Leigh, 1825-1909), Baroness Saye and Sele, second wife of The Venerable Frederick Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele (1799-1887), the Archdeacon of Hereford; ‘Jerusalem the Glorious’ by The Rev. A. Tighe-Gregory, as a ‘Memorial to the late Hon. George Ponsonby Prittie, n.d. [c. 1871], ‘How we shall welcome our three Pilgrims!’, Miss von Zakzewska & Miss Glanford Bell, as a band and holding a flag, welcome the three pilgrims, Amy, Dora & Liza, to Germany, 19cm x 25cm, manuscript music, both libretto and score; manuscript letters and verse, including ‘On the death of my Cousin/Shipwrecked in the China Seas’ by Henry ****, n.d., 4 stanzas, pictorial letterheads, telegraph, ephemera viz. The Rambler’s Sketching Club, Fulham, newspaper clippings, including Mrs Eddy and Christian Scientists, Cardinal Vannutelli and the ‘Bishop of Animals’, Second Boer War, Recollections of a Night with the Communists, Ruskin on Architecture, etc., disbound crown folio (41cm x 31cm), Railwayana, two pieces,  [Ireland], Irish Railway's Distance Book and Sea Distances, in two parts, dated 1921, 66pp of red-ruled ink manuscript tables, ffep with indistinct inscribed name (probably the compiler's) and dated 1/3/21, original green cloth, foolscap (34cm x 21cm), a British Rail 1114/1 black cloth ledger, enclosing unassociated late 19th century and later railway ephemera, foolscap (35cm x 23.5cm), and three Edwardian and later friendship albums, dated from 1905, each typically illustrated with watercolour, pencil, &/or pen-and-ink caricatures, flowers, pictures, and vignettes; manuscript sentiments and original verse and prose composition; the medium-sized album also illustrated with tipped-in photographs of country houses, with clippings from their respective writing-paper, including Bowood, Irish houses, etc., presumably inscribed by fellow house party guests, and in other places illustrated by snapshots of the signatories; the largest album from British India, citing Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, etc., various calf and roan bindings, 4to & 8vo (qty) Provenance: 1st: Captain Sir Bryan Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett, GCVO, CMG (1863-1945), Royal Navy career officer and courtier. After Greenwich and Dartmouth, Godfrey-Faussett was appointed an unofficial aide-de-camp to the then Prince George of Wales in 1890. His naval career continued, briefly, before he was later posted to the royal yacht HMS Osborne (1896-97), then HMS Caesar (1898-99), promoted to commander, and found himself in Prince George's entourage again (now Duke of York and Cornwall). On the prince's appointment as Prince of Wales, in 1901, G-F was promoted to Equerry-in-Ordinary, accompanied the heir to India (1905-06), and retired from active service in 1906 to permanently be in attendance. On the accession in 1910, G-F served the then George V as Equerry-in-Ordinary until the monarch's death, whence he was an Extra Equerry to the king's sons Edward VIII and George VI until G-F's own death in 1945.

° ° Manuscript Cookery Book of Lady Anne Blencowe, (3)pp. index and 34 (ex36)pp. of cookery 'receipts' (apparently in her hand); contemp. blind-panelled vellum, med.8vo., and boldy written 'A Blencowe' within flourishes in central panel of lower cover. (late 17th / early 18th cents.). Anne Blencowe (1656-1718), eldest daughter of the eminent Savillian professor at Oxford, John Wallis, had married Sir John Blencowe (politician and lawyer, of Marston St. Lawrence, Northants) in 1675. In the earlier 20th cent. another of her receipt books came to light, being published in a limited edition (1925) with an introduction by George Saintsbury. The receipts here, generally favouring fruits, puddings and cakes over fish and meat - as did, apparently, the 1694 dated volume - include bisketts, gingerbread, egg cheesecakes, damson or bulace chese, gooseberry vinegar etc.; a few are credited - Lady Probyn's custard pancakes, Mrs Steptoes orange cream, Mrs Barnardistons sago pudding ... It is tempting to suggest that this might be a precursor of the published book, though a connection with a kinswoman, Lady Elizabeth Probyn (5 credits) may point to a later date.***CONDITION REPORT***Some cover-discolouration,lacks pp. 17 & 18 (i.e. 2 receipes), some inoffensive soiling, etc., written in a bold and legible hand; 2/3 entries apparently is the hand of (?) contributors, 3 near contemp. leaves (in other hands loosely inserted), text followed by approx. 108pp.(unused).PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

A large Persian calligraphic manuscript page, 19th century, with extensive inscription beneath a domed top within floral painted and gilt borders, on paper, later laid on linen, 133 x 54cm***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

A collection of 13 autograph letters and telegrams to Lionel Jeffries, from 20th century film and theatre celebrities, consisting:- Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) - a two page manuscript telegram, from Los Angeles, dated 12th March, 1971, ‘’Dear Jeff, You have not half made a mess of my private projection room at the studio stop. After seeing your delightful and charming film [‘’The Railway Children”] I have to call in the studio fire brigade to pump the water out because I had with me a very lachrymose pair in Alma and Pat [Hitchcock’s wife and daughter] stop. Congratulations on your water dividing [sic] power. Hitch’’Fred Astaire (1899-1987) - a telegram, from Beverly Hills, undated, circa 1970, to Mr and Mrs Lionel Jeffries, Little Prestwick, St. Huberts Lane, Gerrard Cross, Bucks, ‘’Loved Railway Children. Congratulations. Christmas greetings all family, Fred Astaire’’; a 2 page autograph letter, from Beverly Hills, dated 25th March, 1972, explaining why he turned down the offer to play Mr. Blunden, in The Amazing Mr. Blunden, signed, ‘’As ever - Fred’’. Together with original air mail envelope. And a postcard, ‘’Dear Friend, Sorry missed you. We never heard a word after receiving your telegram. Am leaving this weekend, but Ava is going on to London & will give you a ring. All best, Fred’’Sir Richard Attenborough (1923-2014) - Two typescript letters, from Old Friars, Richmond Green, Surrey, dated 21st July, 1972, thanking Jeffries for sending a telegram in support of Attenborough’s production, as director, of ‘’The Young Winston’’ and a further typescript letter, from the same address, dated 18th June, 1993, thanking Jeffries for his congratulations upon receiving the title Baron Attenborough.Leslie Caron Hall (1931-) Two autograph letters, both from Flat 8, 24, Hyde Park, London, one dated 22nd April [1957] acknowledging the congratulations on the birth of her son, Christopher Hall. The other, a note offering sympathy for an accident suffered by Jeffries, [During location filming for a 1983 episode of Tom, Dick and Harriet, a stunt involving a car and a lake went very badly wrong, ending up with Jeffries only just managing to get out of the car's front window before the vehicle sank in 45 feet (14 m) of water]Bryan Forbes (1926-2013) - a 2 page typescript letter, from Seven Pines, Wentworth, Surrey, dated 26th November, 1972, congratulating Jeffries for his directorship of the film ‘’The Amazing Mr. Blunden, and 2 page manuscript letter, dated 20th October, 1981, relating to their mutual collaboration for the film, directed by Forbes - ‘’Better Late Than Never’’.Diana Dors (1931-1984) - a 2 page manuscript letter, on Yorkshire TV letterhead, dated 18th July, 1972, thanking Jeffries for offering her the role as Mrs. Wickens, in ‘’The Amazing Mr. Blunden’’, together with a receipt relating to a Mink coat, which was sold to Lionel’s wife, Eileen.Lord Cecil Douglas (1898-1981) [Lord Cecil Douglas was the grandson of Oscar Wilde’s lover Lord Alfred Douglas] - a 2 page typescript letter, from 3, Chesham Street, London, dated 12th April, 1960, addressed to ‘’Lionel Jeffries Esq., posing as John Sholto, Marquis of Queensbury (Anti-Sodomite)’’ - a satirical piece concerning Oscar Wilde. (Lionel Jeffries played Lord Queensbury in ‘’The Trials of Oscar Wilde’’), together with a rare historic framed photograph (annotated by Jeffries) of the opening night party of the Golden Globe and British Academy Award (now BAFTA) winning film - The Trials of Oscar Wilde, with the film’s director Ken Hughes, producer Irving Allen, actors John Frazer, Peter Finch and Lionel Jeffries - joined by Lord David Douglas, Lord Cecil Douglas and Vyvyan Holland (Oscar Wilde’s son), (14).Provenance: Lionel Jeffries (1926-2010) - all items from the personal collection of his son, Ty Jeffries.***CONDITION REPORT***PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

Old IRA Associations. Co. Donegal, Old IRA Third Brigade, First Northern Division membership card of Hugh Griffin, Keelogs, Inver; together with manuscript notes of Irish Volunteers/IRA activities, Inver Donegal. Also photograph of Association Old Dublin Brigade, Executive Committee, including Beaslai, Vinnie Byrne, Michael Noyk, et al. 1947, 6" x 8" (15 x 20cm) mounted on card, titled with key. (3)

Casement, Roger. Passages Taken From the Manuscript Written by Roger Casement in the Condemned Cell at Pentonville Prison. for private circulation only, undated but 1950, 12mo, printed wrappers. Wrappers marked, extremities worn, text spotted, otherwise VG.

A MONUMENTAL WALL THANGKA OF TSONGKAPATibet, 18th-19th century. Distemper and gilt on cloth. Seated at the center in dhyanasana on a lotus base in monastic robes, his hands in dharmachakra mudra holding lotus stems supporting a sword and book, the face with serene expression surmounted by a pointed cap and backed by a mandorla, with three deities in the upper register, and two bodhisattvas and worshippers below, amid a mountainous landscape with scrolling clouds.Provenance: Collected by the present owner's father in Tibet before 1970 and thence by descent. Condition: Extensive wear, creasing, soiling, losses, small tears, and loose threads.Dimensions: Size ca. 129 x 164 cmJe Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) is the founder of the Gelug order of Tibetan Buddhism, the “newest” of the extant schools. Tsongkhapa studied the traditions of the Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyue, and particularly Kadam lineages, and codified certain principles of all of them in the Gelug tradition. Today, the order is the most popularly followed in Tibet, with its head, the Dalai Lama, seen as the spiritual leader of the country. The Gelug tradition is also known as the “Yellow Hat Sect,” for the color of their pointed caps, and Tsongkhapa can often be identified by the hat as well as the sword and manuscript which sit in lotus blossoms at his shoulders.A Thangka Wall, in Tibetan religious architecture, is a stone-built structure used for hanging a giant or monumental thangka (such as the present lot) in some of the major Buddhist monasteries of Tibet. These giant thangkas are called gos ku, goku, gheku, or kiku (cloth image) in Tibetan. The Thangka Wall stands on a hillside from where it typically overlooks the monastic settlement. Its form is that of a narrow, tall, and rectangular building with a battered façade and a flat roof surrounded by a parapet. A silk brocade fitting is normally used to mount a thangka onto the Thangka Wall.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 16 October 2021, lot 481Price: EUR 8,848 or approx. EUR 10,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A monumental wall thangka of Manjushri, 19th centuryExpert remark: Note the size (320 x 240 cm)13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.大型宗喀巴唐卡西藏，十八至十九世紀，布面膠彩描金。上師跏跌坐於蓮台寶座之上，穩坐畫面中央，雙手當胸結說法印，左右肩花上置經書和寶劍。上師面容慈祥，身後有光背。四周仙人環繞。上有三神，下二菩薩及供奉者，山巒起伏，雲霧繚繞。 來源：現藏家的父親購於上世紀七十年代，保存至今。 品相：磨損、摺痕、汙跡、缺損、小撕裂和鬆線。 尺寸：129 x 164 釐米 宗喀巴 (1357-1419) 現存宗派“最年輕”的藏傳佛教格魯派的創始人。宗喀巴大師研究了寧瑪派、薩迦派、噶舉派，創建了一整套佛學體系，其重要論著《菩提道次第廣論》和《密宗道次第廣論》無上瑜伽修法就是其思想體系的總結，也是他創立格魯派的理論基礎。今天，他的理論在西藏最為普遍，其首領達賴喇嘛被視為精神領袖。因為宗喀巴戴黃色桃形僧帽，所以又稱格魯派為“黃帽派”、“黃教”。宗喀巴大師通常可以通過帽子以及他肩上荷花中的劍和經書來辨認。 西藏宗教建築中的唐卡牆是石頭建造的，在一些主要佛教寺院可以見到。唐卡牆矗立在山坡上，從那裡通常可以俯瞰寺院。它的是一座狹長、高大的建築，外牆破舊，屋頂平坦，四周有欄杆。絲綢錦緞通常用於將唐卡安裝到唐卡牆上。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：維也納 Galerie Zacke，2021年10月16日，lot 481 價格：EUR 8,848（相當於今日EUR 10,000） 描述：十九世紀文殊菩薩唐卡 專家評論：請注意尺寸(320 x 240毫米)。

AN ILLUSTRATED 'RAMAYANA' FOLDING MANUSCRIPT, PARABAIK, BURMA, 19TH CENTURYInk and watercolors on paper. The accordion-style manuscript comprising 94 leaves inscribed with calligraphy, 12 of which are finely painted with scenes from the Ramayana. The front and back covers lacquered black.Provenance: From the collection of Jean Claude Moreau-Gobard, Paris, who was a French collector and dealer specializing in Asian art, born into a family of antiques experts in Paris. He was active from the 1950s until the 1980s. Today, the family business is continued by Juliette Moreau-Gobard.Condition: Good condition with some wear, small losses, minor creases and soiling.Dimensions: Size 14 x 67.5 cm (each page)The earliest known parabaiks date to the mid-18th century and seem to have originated mostly from Mandalay. Originally, they were made for patrons associated with the court, but later, they were also commissioned by wealthier Burmese, to mark special occasions and ritual events.Literature comparison: Compare a related Mandalay style parabaik, dated to the 19th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1946,1214,0.1. Compare a related parabaik, attributed to the court of King Mindon or Thibaw, or associated workshops, dated 1870s-1880s, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 2017.209.

A small archive relating to an important Parsi (Zoroastrian) family of medical doctors in Mumbai (then called Bombay), IndiaThe pioneering Dr. H. M. Masina (1863-1946) founded a hospital at Byculla, Bombay in 1902, using a large property gifted to him by the Sassoon familyThe collection includes framed photographs in an elaborately decorated frame showing Dr Masina and two other doctors (probably his sons); another framed family group (glass cracked but complete); loose photographs; a manuscript poem to Dr Masina dated 1917 on the headed notepaper of a Bombay hotel; a 24 page illustrated pamphlet, "The Late Dr. H. M. Masina Memorial Fund"; two copies of a very detailed Deed of Trust dated 1907 between Dr Masina and Bombay Parsis regarding an endowment fund for the hospital; a 1940 diary kept by Dr Masina's daughter, Dr. Mehroo H. Masina, an obstetrics and gynaecology doctor at her father's hospital (the diary is densely written and full of details about her professional and personal life). Dr Mehroo Masina took over the running of the hospital from her two brothers in 1949 and stayed until 1966. She died in June 2002, three months before the hospital's centenary celebration in Mumbai, to which she had been invited in two letters to her which arrived in April and May that year, with photographs, expressing the hope that she could travel from the UK to attend the celebration. Dr Masina was the last member of this distinguished Indian medical family. An important archive for the history of medicine in India in the first half of the 20th century

* Duke of Wellington. A Victorian agate cameo brooch, carved with a bust of the Duke of Wellington facing right, set in yellow metal mount, 10 x 8 mm, presented in an oval giltwood frame, glazed, with manuscript label to verso inscribed 'a cameo of the "Duke of Wellington" given by him to my aunt "Mrs Paterson" & given by her to me. To be an heirloom if I die unmarried, Arthur. W. Pack Beresford', frame size 90 x 80 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:Major Arthur William Pack-Beresford (1868-1902) a native of Fenagh House, Bagnalstown, educated at Clifton College, Bristol and joined the Royal Artillery in 1897, he was commissioned Lieutenant in 1890 and Captain in 1897 before advancing to Major in 1900. He served in the Second Boer War and was severely wounded at Sannah's Post on 31 March 1900, his gallant conduct is stated to have been conspicuous. After his recovery, he went on to be employed with the South African Constabulary (mentioned in despatches, London Gazette, 8 February 1900). Pack-Beresford died from enteric at Bloemfontein on 5 March 1902.

* Duke of Wellington. A Victorian pottery wall plaque, relief moulded bust of the Duke of Wellington facing right, polychrome painted on a white ground, old manuscript label to verso 'Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington', 17.5 x 13 cm, together with two further plaques, one circular roundel, impressed 'The Duke of Wellington', 11 cm diameter, presented in a wooden frame the other in a black and gold painted frame, frame size 18 x 15 cmQTY: (3)

* [Ascher, Zika (1910-1992)]. A collection of embroidered, woven, and printed fabrics, 17th century & later, including: a pair of late 19th century hand-embroidered Chinese cuffs, worked in polychrome silks and metal threads on a cream silk ground, depicting figures, pagodas, bridges, and vegetal forms, slightly dusty in places, each 61.5 cm (24.25 ins), manuscript and printed label attached with thread 'Liberty of London'; a 19th century fine cotton Persian prayer cloth, block-printed in reds, greens, and blues on a cream ground, with central large boteh and a pair of peacocks within a scalloped niche frame, surrounded by floral and foliate motifs, with decorative Arabic script above, within a multi-banded floral border, some browning and losses, 183 x 110.5 cm (72 x 45.5 ins); a double-ended cloth similar, block-printed with exotic birds and floral motifs, faded, and with some splits, 129.5 x 68 cm (51 x 26.75 ins); a late 19th century Indo-Persian metalwork table mat, hand-worked on black wool, with fringed edging, 45 x 45 cm (17.75 x 17.75 ins); a small pointed hemmed piece of metalwork embroidery, English, late 16th/early 17th century, 17.5 x 7.5 cm (7 x 3 ins); an early 19th century woven shawl, somewhat worn, 99 x 108 cm (39 x 42.5 ins); a Franco-Prussian printed fabric panel, circa 1870, with repeated portrait medallions of Wilhelm I, Bismarck, and other statesmen, encircling a battle scene, discoloured and worn, with loss, 200.5 x 62 cm (79 x 24.5 ins); and some small fragments of early brocade, various sizes and condition QTY: (34)NOTE:Provenance: from the Zika Ascher Collection and Ascher Archives.Zikmund Ascher (1910-1992), known as Zika and nicknamed 'The Mad Silkman', was a Czech textile businessman, artist and designer who, with his wife Lida (1910-1983), became a leading name in the field of British textiles, art, and fashion. The pair, who arrived in Britain at the outbreak of WWII, were innovators who pushed the conventions of British fabric design in daring new directions. They brought colour and vibrancy to the bleak face of post-war textiles, and with this, hope and optimism was conveyed through their work. They experimented with bold patterns and new and unconventional fabrics, including mohair, rayon, parachute nylon and cheesecloth, influencing top couturiers such as Christian Dior, Cristobel Balenciaga and Yves Saint-Laurent, and they also collaborated with leading artists such as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Ivon Hitchens and Henri Matisse, to produce a series of iconic silk scarves. In 1987 the V&A in London mounted a retrospective exhibition of the Aschers' work, and published an accompanying book by Valerie D. Mendes and Frances M. Hinchcliffe entitled Ascher: Fabric, Art, Fashion. More recently, in 2019, an impressive publication The Mad Silkman: Zika and Lida Ascher Textiles and Fashion, by Konstantina Hlaváckova, accompanied an exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, paying a lasting tribute to the important contribution made by the Aschers to British fashion.

* Embroidered picture. A blackwork Regency embroidery of Venus & Cupid, circa 1800, black thread with cream thread highlights on cream felt, depicting a classical semi-naked female in profile seated on a rock, her right hand holding on to the arm of an amoretto, flanked by a flowering plant and a pair of turtle doves, within a floral scalloped classical border with palmette ornaments at corners, felt threadbare in places, and with several small holes (not within stitched area, except in one instance to upper border), 37.5 x 37.5 cm (14.75 x 14.75 ins), framed and glazed (45.8 x 45.6 cm), together with:A darning sampler by Mary Ann Damant, 1814, worked in earthy colours on cream linen, with a 4-stanza pious verse surrounded by 4 even-armed crosses, and 2 flower sprigs, some wear, mostly to right-hand side (affecting several letters), 30 x 30 cm (11.75 x 11.75 ins), framed and glazed (34.1 x 34.3 cm), with recent manuscript note on backboard 'Mary Ann Damant 1814 born 1808 Essex d.1836', plus: an 18th century linen sampler by Mary Birkett, aged 10, November 16 1792, worked in cream and red thread with alphabets above verses, name and date below, 31.5 x 32.5 cm (12.5 x 12.75 ins), framed and glazed (33.6 x 34.5 cm); and another linen sampler similar, by 'Mary Ann Hainworth, Chesham, 83', worked in black with alphabets above Biblical verses, name and date below, a few small holes (one repaired), not affecting stitching, 29 x 27.5 cm (11.5 x 10.75 ins) QTY: (4)

* Embroidered picture. Adoration of the Shepherds, Flemish, possibly 17th century, silk embroidery highlighted with gold thread on a coarse linen ground, depicting the Holy Family with oxen and shepherds, against a backdrop of classical ruins, with vegetation, and a pair of putti in the clouds above, expertly worked in long and short stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, couching, and padded satin stitch, incorporating a single gold spangle, colours faded, 2 small areas of loss to threadwork on left-hand side with linen ground showing, small brown stain to right-hand edge, 39 x 31 cm (15.5 x 12.25 ins), glazed gilt frame with attribution plaque 'Maria Van Dyke' (46 x 38 cm), backboard with Christie's black ink stencil and early manuscript labels pertaining to provenance QTY: (1)NOTE:A skilled embroidery picture, evidently executed by a professional needlewoman, and long-held to be by renowned embroiderer Maria Cuypers (circa 1565-1607), the mother of painter Anthony Van Dyck. An eighteenth century manuscript label on the backboard states: This piece of Needle-work was purchased of a Man who brought it from Antwerp", with a quotation beneath from Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in which he states that Van Dyke's mother was admired for 'her Needleworks in Silk'. A second manuscript label, written in the early twentieth century by T. Crome, gives further details of provenance, compiled from documentation supplied by Mr Harding of Messrs A. Savill & Son: 'This piece of needlework was purchased from a man who brought it from Antwerp, by the late George Scott Esqre F.S.A. of Woolston Hall, Essex, a celebrated connoisseur of his time, and by him attributed to the mother of Van Dyke. The label above referring to Walpole's Anecdotes of Painters is in the handwriting of the late George Scott who died about 1750. From Woolston Hall it passed through the families of Scott [Bod?] and Lady Prideaux to the late Perry Watlington Esqre of More Hall, Harlow, Essex, from whose estate it was purchased in 1902. In an inventory of the pictures in the Boudoir of Woolston Hall, bearing the date 1851 ... it appears as follows "The Nativity in needlework, by the mother of Van Dyke"'. Part of a further manuscript label on the backboard reads 'Watlington Eqr. More Hall Harlow'.Antiquary George Scott (1720-1780), was an honorary doctor of law and a great collector of antiquities and manuscripts. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1748. By the time he died, a widower with no children, he was a virtual recluse at Woolston Hall. George Scott's estate passed to his cousin Robert Bodle, whose son Robert inherited, leaving it to his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who died unmarried in 1872. Mary's younger sister, Louisa, who had married George Watlington as his second wife, died without issue before her sister, so Woolston then passed to John Watlington Perry Watlington, the son of Thomas Perry by his wife Maria Jane, daughter of George Watlington by his first wife. J.W. Perry Watlington died childless and his estates passed to his sister Louisa Watlington (d.1892), who inherited both Woolston Hall and Moor Hall.Maria Cuypers was apparently an accomplished painter of flower pictures as well as a professional embroiderer. She was known to have been extremely skilled at needlework, and her embroidered pictures were highly acclaimed. Anthony Van Dyke was her seventh child, and she died whilst giving birth to her twelfth.

* Embroidered pictures. A collection of 7 oval blackwork pictures, circa 1810-20, a collection of landscapes and riverscapes, each finely hand-stitched with black silk thread (2 with the addition of cream and brown thread respectively) on a cream silk ground, variously depicting anglers, rustic dwellings and other buildings, river craft, haystacks, figures and animals, etc., one captioned 'The Happy Cottagers' and another 'A River Prospect' to lower edge, all but one with some degree of loose threads and toning, largest with splits in silk ground and 2 with a few small holes, largest 21 x 26 cm (8.25 x 10.25 ins), smallest 8.5 x 11.5 cm (3.25 x 4.5 ins), all in glazed gilt moulded oval or rectangular frames (30.5 x 35.3 cm and smaller), one with glass cracked, 2 (a small pair) with framer's engraved label of J. Sturt, and early manuscript ownership label below 'Geo. E. Crisp Playford Hall, Suffolk' QTY: (7)

* Fabric. A long roll of brocatelle, 18th century, jacquard-woven linen and silk scarlet brocatelle, with a large pattern of stylised flower urns, fleurons, fruit, drawer handles, etc., top backed with 19.5 cm piece of hessian (hand-stitched), lettered in large ink manuscript 'C.M', and with thick twisted cord along edge stitched at intervals to form hanging loops, bottom edge backed with a 13 cm piece of the same, with 3 stout buttonhole stitch loops (one to centre, and one to each corner), left and right-hand edges with hand-stitched rolled hem, some light marks and scattered tiny holes (several stitched repairs), 12.5 x 8 cm notch cut out of right-hand side near top edge, 689.5 x 76.5 cm (271.5 x 30 ins)QTY: (1)

* Weaving. A collection of 7 volumes belonging to Karl Müller, Webschule Crimmitschau, 1935, comprising: a volume of mounted samples (i.e. cotton in cellophane bags mounted 6 to a page, and stitch-mounted thread bundles in different colours, typically 9 or 10 to a page), with neat annotations in ink, original cloth, blindstamped 'Materialienlehre' to upper cover, 4to; 2 small folio books of printed and manuscript notes, hand-coloured charts, and mounted threads/cloth samples/diagrams, original cloth, one with manuscript label to upper cover 'Musterzerlegen'; 2 books of hand-coloured charts, original card covers, titled 'Bind?ngslehre' to labels on front covers, small folio and large 4to; and 2 small folio books of manuscript notes, original card covers, titled 'Spinnereikünde' and 'Maschinenkünde ünd Fachrechuen' to labels on front coversQTY: (7)NOTE:Karl Müller was a student of the Crimmitschau weaving school, Germany.

A Hindustan illustrated manuscript, possibly Mughal period (16th-19thC), painted with a reserve of birds, and a lioness attacking a buffalo, within a border of detailed calligraphy, 33cm x 21.5cm.

AR * Murphy (Myles, 1927-). Head of a Young Man, circa 1955, oil on board, size 59 x 46 cm (23 1/4 x 18 1/8 ins), contemporary manuscript label to verso with artist's name and address, unframedQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: From the collection of Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009). The subject of this study may also be Craigie Aitchison.Myles Murphy was born in Lancashire, and attended local art evening classes taught by L.S. Lowry. His formal artistic education was at the Slade School of Art, where his tutors included Claude Rogers and William Coldstream. When he and fellow student Craigie Aitchison graduated, they won an Abbey Travelling Scholarship and together went to Ravenna. Murphy began teaching at the Slade in 1959, then at Chelsea College up to 1974. He painted throughout his tenure, and his Yellow Nude was acquired for the Arts Council Collection from the London Group in 1964.

* Phillips (Walter Joseph, 1884-1963). Jim King's Wharf, Alert Bay, British Columbia, 1927, colour woodcut on japan paper, signed, titled and numbered 100/100 in pencil to lower margin, image size 27.5 x 20.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/8 ins), period frame, glazed, with label to verso of Aldridge Bros. Art Dealers Picture Restorers and Frame Makers, The Little Gallery, Worthing, frame size 52 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Anglo-Canadian artist Walter Joseph Phillips was born in Lincolnshire, and studied at the Municipal School of Art in both Birmingham and Great Yarmouth. In 1913 he emigrated to Winnipeg, where he found employment as a teacher. By 1917, he had begun to experiment with the colour woodcut, eventually publishing The Technique of the Colour Woodcut in 1926. The following year Phillips made his first trip to the west coast of British Columbia, visiting Alert Bay and Village Island.In his unpublished manuscript entitled Wet Paint (available at wjphillips.ca/wet-paint), the artist describes the present work: 'some of the coastal steamers tie up at the end of this crazy wharf, and discharge consignments of groceries and other articles of commerce, for the genial Chinese merchant Jim King, whose store stands at the shore end of it. The tide races along Johnstone Straight between the shore and Vancouver Island, whose snow-capped peaks may be seen in the distance. An Indian dug-out canoe is passing - admire its graceful lines. Gasoline-driven fishing boats - trollers and seiners, tramp steamers and launches pass us frequently, and the big liners that ply between the great southern ports of Alaska, at regular intervals. It has become a busy sea-way. The composition does not present any feature of outstanding interest. The canoe was introduced for balance, and to help lead the eye to the end of the wharf, which is the focal point. A distant island is connected with the wharf on the picture plane by intrusive lines and parts, and the vertical direction of the piles merges gradually into the horizontal by virtue of their spreading reflections.'

* Follower of Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723). Portrait of a young lady, oil on canvas, three quarter length portrait of a young lady wearing a pale gold silk dress, overall craquelure, re-lined and re-varnished, 19th century manuscript inventory labels on stretcher bearing numerals, 30 x 24.5 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/4 ins), gilt moulded frame (43.3 x 38.1 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Private Collection, Monmouthshire, England.

* Manner of Théodore Chassèriau (1819-1856). Female nude, oil on board, depicting a young woman holding a draped piece of fabric in front of her naked torso, inscribed in pencil in early hand 'Chasseriau' and again in early 20th century hand 'Th Chasseriau 1819-1856' to verso, sheet size 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 ins), framed (41.5 x 35.5 cm), together with a portrait of a young boy, oil on canvas, laid onto board, depicting a child with blue eyes, blond curly hair and rosy cheeks, paper label with contemporary manuscript inscription 'C. de Steuben' (Charles de Steuben 1788-1856) to verso, sheet size 27 x 19.5 cm (10 5/8 x 7 5/8 ins), framed (33.5 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (2)

* Album. An attractive album of watercolours and drawings, and several prints compiled by Susan M. A. Sheppard, 1824-1830, with ink manuscript inscription at front 'Susan M. A. Sheppard from her dear friend Miss Leather, Lowestoft Repository, 1827', containing: 18 watercolours comprising: 7 botanical watercolours; 5 of butterflies; 2 of brightly coloured feathers; 4 more including 2 portraits (one after Rubens) and a grisaille harbour scene, 5 pencil sketches, comprising 4 views and one portrait of a girl playing a drum, one gouache and watercolour portrait of a saint, 3 pen & black ink sketches (1 view, 2 of birds), 1 pen & brown ink view of Bath, plus 2 Baxter prints: Victoria, and the Crucifixion, many mounted onto album leaves, several loosely inserted, many signed or initialled and dated, front free endpaper and attached first leaf (with mounted watercolour) detached, all edges gilt, original maroon morocco gilt, rubbed, front cover stained around edges, and with mounted watercolour scene of two ladies in a garden (slightly marked), 4toQTY: (1)

* After Giovanni Battista Salvi, Il Sassoferrato (1609-1685). The Madonna at Prayer, probably 18th century, oil on canvas, firmly relined, minor surface loss to lower right corner, 47.1 x 39.8 cm (18 1/2 x 15 5/8 ins), antique-style gilt frame (some minor damage), verso with ink manuscript inscription: 'Given to Rev'd & Mrs Hole by Lady Breeston [?] 1856 England. Brought to Canada 1884. Taken back to England 1898. Brought back to Canada 1936 & given to Francis P. Hole', verso also with blind-tooled 'J. Spondor, liner', and faint ink manuscript title, canvas verso with faint ink manuscript F.P. Hole, the frame 59.5 x 53 cmQTY: (1)

* Welch (Denton, 1915-1948). Self Portrait, 1934-36, coloured chalk on paper with embossed blindstamp to upper right corner Dixon's David Cox Drawing, sheet size 34.2 x 27.5 cm (13 1/2 x 10 6/8 ins), together with a small archive of related ephemera including I Left My Grandfather's House, an account of his first walking tour by Denton Welch, published by Lion and Unicorn Press, 1958, a seven page typed manuscript story by Denton Welch entitled Discoveries, plus a cartoon sketch by Welch of a man with a bandage around his head lying in bed eating gruel saying 'I don't think I am sick which proves that I am not "phase of belief"', What Would Eddy Do? in red to the left margin, and seven related photographs: four of Denton Welch and three of Evelyn SinclairQTY: (1 folder)NOTE:Methuen-Campbell 107.Provenance: Evelyn Sinclair, thence by descent.Denton Welch was born in 1917 in Shanghai and educated at Repton School, from which he ran away aged 16. He became a student at Goldsmiths’ School of Art, and whilst still at art school in 1935 he was hit by a car when out cycling. The accident left him in permanent pain which was to dog him throughout his short life and ultimately lead to his early demise in 1948 at the age of 33. Unable to return to his studies after the accident, Welch lived an invalid’s life in the Kent countryside with his devoted housekeeper, Evelyn (Evie) Sinclair, who remained with Welch at his different residences until May 1946, two months after Welch and his partner Eric Oliver moved to Middle Orchard, at Crouch near Borough Green, Kent. However, Sinclair returned to Middle Orchard in July 1948 to assist Welch until his death. During all this time he continued to paint and write, building up a large body of work. His paintings were exhibited during his lifetime in London as well as posthumously in 1954 by Leicester Galleries, and in November 1984 by Abbott and Holder.

* Creedy (Jean, 1920-2014). Dartmoor Forest, near Haytor, South Devon, 1960s, oil on canvas, unsigned, 45 x 56 cm (17 3/4 x 22 ins), framed (66 x 76 cm), with ink manuscript inscription and title label on verso, together with a small untitled oil on board landscape (Dorset or Dartmoor), framed QTY: (2)NOTE:Jean Creedy studied at Exeter University, the Chelsea College of Art, and London University. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she has exhibited at the Heffner Gallery, Cambridge, Galleri Docent Duc, Stockholm, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, and the Royal West of England Academy amongst others.

* Creedy (Jean, 1920-2014). Distant Mountains from Katoomba Falls, watercolour on wove paper, signed lower right, mount aperture 29 x 39.2 cm (11 1/2 x 15 3/8 ins), together with two other Australian watercolour views: Blue Mountains Landscape 1 [and] 2, both signed and mounted, plus a watercolour landscape Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, signed and mounted, all framed and glazed (59 x 74.5 cm and smaller), labelled on versos (the first item labelled 'Distant Mountains from Katoomba Falls d'Alcudia [?]), some with ink manuscript inscription on verso, and another similar possibly American landscape, signed watercolour on paperQTY: (5)NOTE:Jean Creedy studied at Exeter University, the Chelsea College of Art, and London University. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she has exhibited at the Heffner Gallery, Cambridge, Galleri Docent Duc, Stockholm, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, and the Royal West of England Academy amongst others.