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Lot 922

A 9ct gold half eternity ring, 2.1g, O

Lot 944

A 9ct gold heart shaped ring, 1.6g, N/O

Lot 976

A yellow metal and platinum set diamond ring, 1.8g, O/R

Lot 35

WW2 617 Sqn veterans multiple signed Guy Gibson VC 2003 cover. Signed by 10 WW2 crew members including Dambuster Les Munro, Adjutant H Humphries, Arthur Poor DFC, Ted Wass, Flt Lt Quinton, Flt Lt Hughie Evans, John Bell DFC, W/O Benjamin Bird, Flt sgt William Burnett, Arthur Lammas. One of only 10 issues with biography card of the 10 inside. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Lot 38

WW2 multiple signed Lancaster hit by Flak 10 x 8 inch b/w photo. Signed by 17 bomber command veterans. Flt Sgt Jack Cook - 100/104 Sqd, W/O Eric Cope - 51 Sqd, W/O Richard "Dick" Curnock - 425 Sqd, Flt Lt Ernie Fenton DFC - 102 Sqd, W/O Harry Gough - 10 Sqd, Flt Lt Freddie Johnson DFC, Flt Lt Bert Kirtland DFC - 76 Sqd, W/O John Morrison - 35 Sqd, W/O Reg Payne - 50 Sqd, W/O Dennis Slack - 158 Sqd, P/O Maurice Spivey DFM - 158 Sqd, W/O Sam Thompson - 9/103 Sqd, Flt Lt Fred Tunstall DFC - 158 Sqd, F/O Frank Walker - 466 Sqd, Flt Lt Rusty Waughman DFC - 101 Sqd, F/O Ralph Wild - 10 Sqd, F/O Ray Worrall - 44 Sqd. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Lot 40

WW2 multiple signed photos. Two 6" x 8" Photos have been signed by a total of 14 Bomber Command Veterans Photo 1: Flt Sgt Jack Baldwin - 635 Sqd, Flt Lt Boris Bressloff DFC - 635 Sqd, W/O Ken Johnson - 9/61 Sqd, W/O Ken O'Brien DFM - 101 Sqd, Tommy Taylor DFC MiD - 9 Sqd, Photo 2: Flt Lt Eric Clarke MiD - 49 Sqd, Flt Sgt Jack Cook - 100/104 Sqd, Flt Lt Frank Hogan - 622 Sqd, Flt Lt Len McNamara DFC Ld'H -10/158/75 Sqd, F/O Doug Petty - 429 Sqd, P/O Malcolm Staves - 207 Sqd, W/O Ernie Patterson DFM - 635 Sqd, W/O Sam Thompson - 9/103 Sqd, F/O Jack Warner DFM - 428 Sqd. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Lot 3010

A display board of four panel instruments, marked 'from Wing Commander Guy Gibson's Lancaster Bomber c/o 106 Squadron' - 'Gerry Panton 83-106 Sqn', 48cm x 50cm.

Lot 3133

An RAEC peak cap, with braided peak, boxed, by Herbert Johnson of London, delivered to Captain O J Massey, 27 Park Road, Mexborough, Yorkshire, 1969.

Lot 2007

2 x Crowns: Anne 1708E SEPTIMO, post Union with Scotland, plain in angles, Queen's portrait virtually a silhouette & rev. lower shield of cruciform arms worn o/wise generally good surfaces, good edge & clear legends Fair to VG & George IV 1822 TERTIO minor surface marks Fine to GFine, together with 2 x shillings: George III 1817 scratches on bust AFine & George IV 1826 VG

Lot 2010

4 x UK Proof Sets: 1983, 1984, 1985 & 1986, with certs, some light toning on cupro-nickel o/wise as struck, an uncirculated set 1982 in a RM presentation pack, 10 x crowns: 1951(x5, 2 without certs or cases) & 1953, 15 x £5 coins: 1993(x3), 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999(x2) 'Princess Diana,' 1999/2000(x3) 'Millennium,' 2000(x2) 'Queen Mother Centenary' & 2001(x2, one in a RM presentation pack) 'Victoria Anniversary,' 9 x 50p 1993 'Presidency of the Council of EU Ministers' all UNC & a commemorative 50p 1994 '50th Anniversary of D-Day,' in a RM presentation pack

Lot 2011

43 x UK Proof Sets comprising: 1970(x4), 1971, 1972(x7), 1973(x2), 1974(x2), 1975(x3), 1976(x2), 1977(x2), 1978(x2), 1979(x2), 1980(x2), 1981(x2), 1982(x6), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986(x2) & 1987, all with certs in RM cases of issue, some light toning in a few sets o/wise as issued, together with 6 x UK BU Sets: 1984, 1989(x2), 1990, 1992 & 1993, in RM presentation packs, as issued & 6 x type sets 1962 (halfpenny missing), 1963 (halfpenny missing), 1964, 1965, 1966 & 1967 individually cased in an album

Lot 2014

A Collection of 15 x UK Silver Proofs comprising: crown: 1996 'Queen's 70th Birthday,' £5 1997 'Golden Wedding,' 8 x £2: 1994 'Tercentenary Bank of England,' 2 x 1995 '50th Anniversary United Nations' & '50th Anniversary End of WWII,' 1996 'A Celebration of Football, 1997 (Rushin rev. design), 1998 (Rushin rev. design) & a 2-coin set 1997-1998 (different Queen's portrait - Maklouf & Rank-Broadley) & 5 x 50p: 1994 'D-Day Commemorative,' 2 x 1998 '50th Anniversary NHS' & '25th Anniversary EEC' & a 2-coin set 1997 large size & new smaller size, Britannia revs; all with certificates of authenticity & all individually encapsulated in RM cases of issue, some very light peripheral toning on a couple o/wise o/wise FDC as issued

Lot 2017

Anne Shilling 1709, third draped bust, rev. crowned cruciform shields, plain in angles; minor mark between A & T of GRATIA & a few very faint obv hairlines o/wise good edge & surfaces, attractively toned with underlying lustre VF

Lot 2019

Britannia Silver Proof Set 1997 comprising £2, £1, 50p & 20p, with cert, individually encapsulated in RM case of issue, some light peripheral toning (more on 20p) o/wise FDC as issued

Lot 2025

Charles II Halfcrown 1676 V. OCTAVO, 4th draped bust, bust VG o/wise GFine

Lot 2026

Charles II Shilling 1663, 1st bust, usual die axis, minor surface imperfections, good edge, lustrous GF/VF, together with sixpence 1674 rev. crowned cruciform shields with interlinked C's in angles VG/Fine & fourpence 1679, four interlinked C's & quartered national emblems, scratches across bust o/wise GFine to AVF

Lot 2065

George III, 4 x Silver Coins comprising: crown 1818 LVIII contact marks/hairlines Fine, halfcrown 1818 good edge & surfaces AVF to VF, bank token eighteen pence 1814 bust Fair o/wise VG & bank token 10 pence Irish bust Fair o/wise VG

Lot 2072

George IV, 2 x Halfcrowns comprising: 1820 laureate head, crowned garnished shield, very light obv scratches o/wise toned AVF to VF & 1826 bare head, good edge & surfaces, light golden tone in legends GVF

Lot 2073

George IV, 3 x Shillings comprising: 1821 1st rev, trivial contact marks AVF to VF, 1824 2nd rev AVF & 1826 bare head, light scratches in obv. field o/wise VF, together with William IV shilling 1836 surface marks AFine/Fine & Victoria 3 x shillings: 1855 Fine/AVF, 1887JH Fine/AVF & 1895 Fine

Lot 2074

George IV, 3 x Sixpences comprising: 1821 crowned garnished shield, toned VF or+, 1824 crowned shield in garter AVF & 1828 bare head, minor marks in obv field behind king's head o/wise AVF, together with William IV sixpence 1834 AVF/VF & Victoria 3 x sixpences: 1883 GFine/VF, 1887JH GVF & 1898 VF, all with good edges & surfaces & attractively toned

Lot 2084

James II Halfcrown 1687 TERTIO, laureate & draped 1st bust; minor flecking o/wise good edge & surfaces GFine to AVF

Lot 2085

James II Shilling 1685 laureate & draped bust, rev. crowned cruciform shields, flecking & light scratches AFine & fourpence 1686 minor flecking o/wise good edge & surfaces Fine/VF

Lot 2122

Victoria, 3 x Halfcrowns comprising: 1845 faint scratches on bust & a few minor rim imperfections o/wise GFine/AVF, 1887JH lustrous EF & 1898 Fine

Lot 2124

Victoria, 6 x Silver Coins comprising: crown 1847 XI obv. contact marks & graffiti on Queen's neck, light edge bumps AFine/AVF, crown 1891 AFine, double florin 1887 faint hairlines & minor rim knock at 9 o'clock o/wise attractively toned with underlying brilliance GVF or+, halfcrown 1875 Fair/VG, florin 1849 'Godless' VG to AFine & shilling 1881 good edge & surfaces AFine/GFine

Lot 2126

William & Mary Halfcrown 1689 PRIMO, 1st busts & 1st crowned shields, caul frosted with pearls, light flecking o/wise GFine to AVF

Lot 2127

William & Mary Shilling 1693 crowned cruciform shields with WM monogram in angles, busts VG o/wise GFine or+ & sixpence 1693 good edge & surfaces AFine/GFine

Lot 2129

William III Halfcrown 1698 DECIMO, light flecking, golden tone in legends GFine to AVF, together with shilling 1697 3rd bust variety, rev. crowned cruciform shields, striations across bust & across Irish & French shields o/wise blue/gold tone AVF & sixpence 1697 later harp, small crowns, blue/gold tone VF

Lot 2134

Charles II Hammered Halfcrown, 3rd issue with inner circles & mm crown on both sides; light scratches & contact marks & wear in right half of shield o/wise full flan & clear legends AF to Fine

Lot 2135

Charles II Hammered Shilling, 3rd issue with inner circles & mm crown on both sides, minor dig on shield o/wise full, clear legends, attractively toned GFine to AVF, together with hammered sixpence 3rd issue with inner circles & mm crown both sides, small v-shaped edge striking crack at 4 o'clock o/wise GFine to AVF

Lot 2153

James I Shilling, 2nd bust (beard merges with collar), mm lis; some light corrosion in parts of legends o/wise good bust & very good shield detail AVF/GVF

Lot 2156

17 x UK Proof Sets comprising: 1983 - 1990 inclusive, 2000 - 2007 inclusive & 2010 all with certs in RM cases of issue, some minor toning o/wise FDC together with 6 x RM Annual Coin Sets (Brilliant Uncirculated) comprising: 2013 (15 coins), 2014 (14 coins), 2015 (13 coins), 2016 (16 coins), 2017 (13 coins) & 2018 (13 coins), all in RM presentation packs BU & 12 x RM Brilliant Uncirculated Sets 1987 - 1997 inclusive & 2006

Lot 2157

19 x UK Proof Sets comprising: 1984 - 1987 inclusive, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000 - 2006 inclusive (includes 2 x 2002), 2010, 2011, 2012, all with certificates of authenticity, in RM cases of issue, some minor toning o/wise FDC, together with 12 x Brilliant Uncirculated Sets 1987 - 1997 inclusive & 2010 & 2 x Brilliant Uncirculated Sets both 2013 comprising (1) 'definitive' set of 8 coins with Royal Shield of Arms revs £2, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p & 1p & (2) 'Annual Coin Set' comprising 'definitive' set of 8 coins £2, £1, 50p, 20p, 10p, 5p, 2p & 1p with Royal Shield of Arms rev & 7 x commemorative coins comprising: £5 '60th Anniversary of the Coronation,' 3 x £2 '350th Anniversary of the Guinea' & 2 x '150th Anniversary of London Underground', 2 x £1 English & Welsh floral revs & 50p 'Royal Arms;' in RM presentation packs BU

Lot 2175

Silver Proof Piedfort Set 2016, an 8-coin sterling silver set with different commemorative reverses comprising: £5 'Queen's 90th Birthday,' 5 x £2 (each with gold-plated outer ring) commemorating: the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death in 1616 (x3, each different), the Great Fire of London 1666 & the Somme Offensive 1916, the last round £1 'Royal Beasts' around a heraldic crown & 50p 'Battle of Hastings 1066;' all piedforts, with certificates of authenticity, in fitted RM case of issue, some very light toning on a couple o/wise FDC

Lot 2180

12 x Silver Proof Foreign & Commonwealth Coins in the Series ' Ships & Explorers' comprising: Portugal 200 escudos 1995, Tokelau 5 dollars 1993, Turkey 50,000 lira 1995, Malta 5 M£ 1994 (.935 silver), Western Samoa 10 tala 1992, Falkland Islands £5 1992, Cayman Islands 2 dollars 1994, Niue 10 dollars 1992 (.999 silver), Solomon Islands 10 dollars 1994, Bahamas 5 dollars 1991 (19g), Maldives 100 rufiyaa 1993 (10g,.500 silver) & Canada dollar 1995, all sterling silver unless o/wise indicated, majority 25g to 31g, together with Zambia cupro-nickel proof 1000 kwacha 2000 in the series '1000 Years of Exploration' with multicolour portrait of Sir Francis drake & ship on rev., individually encapsulated, in a Westminster case, FDC

Lot 2183

7 x Foreign Proof Sets comprising: British Virgin Islands 1973 '1st Official Coinage,' 6 coins: 1 dollar & 50/25/10/5 & 1 cents, struck by Franklin Mint, some light toning, Falkland Islands (x2) 1980 6 x coins: 50/10/5/2/1 & ½ pence; Lesotho 1980 8 coins: 10 maloti, 1 loti & 50/25/10/5 & 2 lisente & 1 sente; Botswana 1981 7 coins: 1 pula & 50/25/10/5/2 & 1 thebe light toning on a couple; Swaziland 1979 7 coins: 1 lilangeni & 50/20/10/5/2 & 1 cents, no outer packaging, all toned & USSR 1981 9 coins: 1 rouble & 50/20/15/10/5/3/2 & 1 kopeck, together with USSR 2 x Uncirculated Sets 1991 each 5 coins 10,5 & 1 rouble & 50 & 20 kopecks, Russia 2 x Uncirculated Sets 1992 each 6 coins: 100/50/20/10/5 & 1 rouble, Republic of Ireland 1971 'Introduction of Decimal Currency' 6 coins: 50/10/5/2/1 & ½ pence, 'Polished Standard,' lot also includes Lesotho 2 x silver proofs: 10 maloti 1979 'International Year of the Child' 28.28g, .925 silver, slight edge toning o/wise FDC & 50 maloti 1980 '11th Anniversary - Death of King Moshoeshoe 1' 33.6g .925 silver, heavy blue & gold toning; All in cases of issue

Lot 2186

Channel Islands, a Set of 12 x Silver Proof 50p Coins 2003, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation & comprising 4 x Alderney, 4 x Guernsey & 4 x Jersey, all with different reverses by various designers depicting various aspects of the Coronation ceremony; with illustrated commemorative booklet (including a certificate of authenticity); all .925 silver, individually encapsulated in RM fitted wooden case of issue; some minor peripheral toning o/wise FDC

Lot 2199

USA, a Complete Set of 50 State Quarters, minted 1999 - 2008, all different reverses, in a Whitman Classic fitted album, all BU, also includes (loose) an additional 6 quarter dollars for District of Colombia, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana islands & Guam all dated 2009, all BU, 2 x 19th century banknotes: The Franklin Bank Boston Massachusetts 2 dollars dated Jan 12 1835, paper worn & slightly ragged along right edge o/wise Fine & Confederate States: North Carolina 1 dollar dated Jan 1st 1863, no tears or pinholes GEF, together with Panama sterling silver proof 20 balboas 1974, 60mm, 128g, obv. bust of Simon Bolivar, with cert, in box of issue FDC

Lot 2203

Commemorative Medal 'Opening of the Crystal Palace 1854' by L C Wyon; obv. left-facing bust of Sir Joseph Paxton, rev. inscription 'THE CRYSTAL PALACE - DESIGNED BY SIR JOSEPH PAXTON - OPENED JUNE 10 1854' 64mm, 90.6g, white metal (98% tin - tested & verified), in original leather case (damaged), faint hairlines both sides o/wise virtually as struck

Lot 2208

2 x Treasury Notes comprising: £1, Second Warren Fisher Issue (February 1923), serial No. B1/52 919404, very light vertical centre crease & faint handling marks o/wise a clean note, GEF & 10 Shillings, First Warren Fisher Issue (Sept 1919), serial No. in red: H/24 No (with dot) 743797, vertical & corner creases, handling marks & light ingrained dirt on rev, but overall an attractive note VF

Lot 2211

Bank of England, 2 x £1 Notes Series ''A'' Britannia Issue: Catterns (July 1930) serial No. X48 252171 faint centre crease & light handling marks, tiny corner flick top left EF & Peppiatt blue (1940) with metal security thread, serial No. Y26D 569934, faint vertical centre crease o/wise a clean note GEF

Lot 2244

Miscellaneous Lot comprising: proof set 1953 10 coins farthing to crown, in RM case of issue, some light toning on bronze o/wise as issued, proof set 1970 8 coins halfpenny to halfcrown, with cert, in RM case of issue FDC, 6 x cupro-nickel crowns: 1951 with cert, in green box of issue, 1960, 1965, 1977(x3), a Silver Jubilee souvenir medal in a plastic case, a quantity of pre-decimal bronze & cupro-nickel, 35 x mixed 20th century foreign coins, all base metal except South Africa halfcrown 1941, a Maria Theresa restrike thaler 1780X in a plastic case, a £2 coin 1986, a base metal commemorative medal 'Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897', a Whitman folder containing 20 florins 1947 to 1967 except 1958 & 3 x empty Whitman folders for halfcrowns 1911-1940, 1941-1966 & florins 1911-1940, 35 x foreign banknotes China, Japan, Hong Kong, Ceylon etc, almost all low-grade & 19 x minor Roman bronze detector finds (including a couple of contemporary forgeries) Crispus, several Constantine I etc, almost all low grade

Lot 105

A half hoop diamond ring, the brilliant cut diamonds channel set, in bi-coloured mount marked '18ct' and 'plat', Ringsize O, 3.1g

Lot 120

A three stone diamond ring, the brilliant cut diamonds in crossover mount, marked '18k', approx 0.50cts total, Ring size O, 4.3g

Lot 151

A three stone diamond crossover ring, the brilliant cut diamonds in claw mounts, to 9ct gold crossover shank, set with five diamonds to crossover scroll Ring size O, 5.9g, approximate total diamond weight 1ct

Lot 154

An Edwardian five stone half hoop sapphire and diamond ring, to 18ct gold and platinum mount, together with a sapphire cluster ring and two other rings Sapphire and diamond ring size O, 1.6g, 9ct rings gross weight 5.4g

Lot 234

A three stone half hoop diamond ring, the brilliant cut stones in claw mount to plain 18ct gold shank, Ring size O, 2.1g

Lot 258

A single stone diamond ring, the brilliant cut diamond in four claw mount, to a plain tapered platinum shank, Ring size O, 5.2g

Lot 276

An 18ct gold wedding band, with engraved borders,Ring size O 1/2, 3.9g

Lot 317

A Victorian three stone half hoop gypsy set diamond ring, the graduated mixed old cut diamonds inset to plain 18ct gold band, Ring size O, 6.3g

Lot 379

A late Victorian five stone half hoop diamond ring, the slightly graduated brilliant cut diamonds in pierced claw mounts to plain 18ct gold shank, size O, total gross weight approx. 3.3gms 

Lot 86

A gentleman's 18ct gold signet ring, with engraved crown to central oval plaque, Ring size O, 19.2g

Lot 9

A five stone half hoop ruby ring, the graduated oval cut rubies in claw mounts to plain shank 3.1g, Ring Size O

Lot 96

A seven stone half hoop diamond ring, the triangular diamond in three claw mount, with three brilliant cut diamonds to each side and plain 18ct white gold shank, Ring size O, 2.5g

Lot 145

A 9ct gold and opal ring having three large opals and six small opals. Total weight 6.0g. Ring size 'O'

Lot 148

A 9ct gold and five garnet ring. TotaL weight 5.1g. Ring size 'O'

Lot 647

Box 47 - Mixed Spirits Nagahama New Make 59% Rathlee's Rum Marie Brizard Parfait Amour Premium Taunus Dry Gin Ursel - Golden Oak Expresiones Corazon Tequila Thomas H. Handy Anejo Ginera Distilled Dry Gin BEG Brazilian Boutique Dry Gin Schwarzwald Distilled Dry Gin Lochlan 5 Y O Blended Scotch Whisky Three Ships Premium Select Whisky Lothaire Whisky Français Tourbé PUNI GOLD

Lot 149

Medieval Land Grants, in Latin 21, including A) Grant from Paul Minister of St. Peter's York, to Edred Osbert de Burngsreflet of a mill (N. Yorkshire); B) Grant from Odenall to Elias Roger of Rochester (between 1162-1182; C) Grant from Walter Petifas to Roger de Campoflorido of land in Thoockerintun, i.e. Thockrington (betweeen 1194-1226); 3) Grant from Will Hayer of Ronchester to Sibyl his daughter, widow of Thomas Tinctor, a rent charge in Ronchester (Northumberland); E) Grant from A. de Tindal to Roger Lanais and wife, services in Widern in exchange for release, F) -, G) Grant from Richard, son of Hugh de Laval to Hugh, son of John de Clopton of land in Langely; H) Grant from Gervase de Stanham to John de Otileye of land in Senges; I) Grant from George de Burlingham to Mathew, son of Simon de Hok of land in Baningham (?Norfolk); K) Grant from St. Andrew de Hengham to Henry retion de Schopham of land in Schopham (?Norfolk); L) Grant from Jursella, widow of Roger Scott to Hugh, son of Herbert de Horten his nephew of land in Lewynthorpe (Linthorpe, Yorkshire ?; M) Grant from Ralph Manusell of Binglay to Robert Stopham of land in Binglay (?Bingley, W. Yorkshire); N) Grant from Adam de Oxenhope of Batelay to Adam de Holme of land in Oxenhope (W. Yorkshire), 28th October 1339; O) Release from Thomas de Lyle Vicar of Calverley and others to John of lands in Esholt, (24 June 1372), 46th year of the reign of Edward III; P) Release from John Gates Vicar of Dewsbury to Richard Butler of Wakefield land in Northeranson and Over Shepden (?N. Yorkshire, 4th September 1384); R) Release from John Drake to Will Heton a tenement in Shepeden 12 July 1393, 17th year of the reign of Richard II. S) Confirmation by Will Sedman and Walter Eton to the Master of the hospital of St. Giles, Norwich, of land in Norfolk, 1st December 1411, 13th year of Henry IV; and 4 others (21)

Lot 171

Stevenson, Robert Louis Fine Autograph Letter Signed ("Robert Louis Stevenson") [to Sidney Colvin], beginning "When next I lend a clothes brush, it shall be to one of stricter honesty", Stevenson sends news about life and friends at Mention ("... I had such a charming evening with the kids - O beautiful kids..."), difficulties with his writing ("... I ceased to be able to work promptly, isn't that odd. Yesterday, I duly wormed my hour. The net result was three and a half sentences; which, after I had reread them with preparation and prayer, I did unhesitatingly delete. I shall not repeat this farce...), and his health ("... I am all right, I think. I have found out for myself that that game is not kidneys, but some muscle in my back that seems weak and rather out of it. I am going to see Bennet today; my finger is d...d sore, so I think it should be ready for dissection..."); he also reports that Boyd called the day before "while yet the threshold was hot from the passage of your feet (... I described your movements in magnificent perspective; I think he supposes you in Cappraria. He was extremely cheery, he came into the room (figuratively) leaping and singing and praising God that he was not as other men; he seems so unaffectedly happy to be Boyd ; there is something very pretty about it. He also told me an i-d-c-t anecdote..."), and mentions the Andrewes' offence at Colvin's departure ("Confound 'em, they might have been very glad for what they had...) and that he was written to Mrs [Frances] Sitwell ("... somehow I had a horrid notion something would go wrong with it..."), 4 pages, oblong 16mo (104 x 132mm.), two small red shields at head, Menton, Saturday [10 January 1874] Note: Sidney Colvin, Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, was, after Charles Baxter, Stevenson's closes friend, but proved to be an indifferent editor of his works. Colin had fallen in love with Frances Sitwell in the late 1860's, but was only able to marry her some thirty years later. Stevenson met both of them in Suffolk in 1873 and himself fell in love with Frances Sitwell; she became the recipient of a remarkable series of journal-letters from him. References: Printed in The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1854-1874, Vol. 1, pp.430-1.

Lot 179

Burns, Robert [with Autograph Letter] Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Edinburgh: Creech, 1787. Second edition [first Edinburgh edition], 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, with half-title, with the misprint "Boxburgh" and "skinking" correctly spelt, full crimson morocco by Ramage, spines decorated gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., contained in a black morocco, silk lined box, lettered in gilt "Burns Poems - 1787", faint inscription on the title-page, faint offsetting from the portrait to the title, [Egerer 2]; with 5 letters bound in, including 1 autograph letter initialled from Burns, and one annotated "Kirkwood's Acct." by Robert Burns (see Note for details) Note: The following autograph letters are bound in: (i) Letter of 16 Nov. 1829 from D. Bridges to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, with cover addressed to Sharpe at 93 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The letter is about the recently discovered portrait of Burns by Reid. (ii) Unsigned letter from Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe presumably to D. Bridges regarding Sharpe's opinion of the Reid portrait and its authenticity. [iii] Letter of 16 Jan, 1851, from Robert Chambers to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, commenting on the loss of correspondence between Sharpe's father and the poet save for a whimsical letter written by the poet in the character of a vagrant fiddler. [iv] Account dated 11 April, 1788 from the engraver James Kirkwood addressed to Robert Burns, 'To 36 India paper, quarto, for proof impressions of your head, 3d, to backing paper for D[itt]o and printing 36 proofs, 1d... J. Kirkwood will settle with Mr Creech for the above, when he gets his three copies of the Poems'. Kirkwood subscribed for three copies of the Edinburgh edition and settled his account by printing copies of the Beugo engraving of Burns after Naysmith for him, to send to his friends. It is docketed by Burns as "Kirkwood's acc[omp]t." [v] Autograph Letter Initialled, from Burns to Thomas Sloan of Dumfries, stating that his black mare has hurt one of her hind legs so ill that she cannot travel, mentioning that he called on Capt. Riddell and saying "excuse this brief epistle from a broken arm", undated, one page, with integral address panel. Thomas Sloan, a native of Wanlockhead, became acquainted with Burns when travelling between Ellisland and Ayrshire during the first year of his occupancy of the farm. He is mentioned in a letter to Captain Riddell from Burns. De Lancey Ferguson, 2ed. 340

Lot 181

Burns, Robert Autograph letter signed ("Robt. Burns") to David Staig, asking for a favour, not for himself, but for a strolling player to whom he has been introduced, Mr Guion, "Now Sir, is there any periphrasis of language, any circumlocution of phrase, in which I could convey a request, without at the same time seeming to convey it, that your amiable Lady & lovely Daughters, would grace my friend Guion's boxes ?" and in return making a charming and mock solemn undertaking "I hereby promise & engage, that when you are made a commissioner of the Customs, I will write a congratulatory Ode on the subject; that every one of your charming girls as she is married, shall have an Epithalanium, & that your Lady shall command my Muse on any theme she pleases...", 3 pages, Thursday Nov. 7, 24 x 39.5cm., framed and double glazed, one page laid down, obscuring address panel, some splits and short tears at folds, some repaired Note: David Staig (1740-1824), became Provost of Dumfries in 1783, and frequently thereafter, occupying the office for a total of twenty years. In another letter to Staig, Burns had suggested as to how the Provost and Magistrates of Dumfries could remedy a defect in their "twa pennies" tax levied on ale brewed within the town, but not on ale brewed elsewhere and imported. It was one of David Staig's charming daughters referred to here, Jessie Staig, for whom Burns wrote the poem "True-hearted was he, the sad swain o' the Yarrow", which was published in Thomson's Scottish Airs , 1798.

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