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Lot 109

Economics.- C[oke] (R[oger]) A Treatise Concerning the Regulation of the Coyn of England, and how the East-India trade may be Preserved and Encreased, closely shaved at foot with loss to signatures and last lines of text, title a little soiled with outer margin repaired, 20th century half morocco, [Goldsmiths' 3268; Wing C4983; not in Kress], small 4to, for Roger Clavel at the Peacock near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, 1696.⁂ Rare. We can trace no other copy at auction.

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Lot 119

NO RESERVE Pewter.- Cotterell (H.H.) Bristol and West-Country Pewterers..., number 101 of 150 large paper copies, contemporary library half morocco, spine a little worn, Bristol, 1918; Old Pewter: Its Makers and Marks..., original cloth, 1929 § Massé (H.J.L.J.) Pewter Plate, original cloth, 1904 § Forrer (R.) Les Étains de la Collection Alfred Ritleng a Strasbourg, original half cloth, Strasbourg, 1905, plates and illustrations, most a little rubbed; and 5 others on pewter, 4to & 8vo (9)

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Lot 157

Fachs (Modestinus) Probier buechlein darinne gruendlicher bericht vormeldet wie man alle metall und derselben zugehoerenden metallischen ertzen und geroechten ein jedes auff seine eigenschafft und metall recht probieren sol, 2 parts in 1, collation: a8 b4 A-P8 Q4; R-T8 U4, Gothic letter, title in red and black, folding metalcut plate, woodcut initials, woodcut printer's device to final verso, plate chipped with some loss and laid down, repair to D8 within text, but without loss, lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting, 20th century half calf, rubbed, [Ferguson I, p.261 (note)], 8vo (146 x 88mm.), [Leipzig], [Zacharias Bärwald in the shop of Henning Grosse], [1595].⁂ The rare first edition of this guide to a system of assaying. USTC records only four copies (of which only one in UK). Modestin Fachs was master of the mint of the Prince of Anhalt. Most of the content of the first part relates to gold and silver, and the second part to the management of the mint. Literature: Wellcome I, 2136; VD 16 F542 and F543; cf. Ferguson I, 261 (note).

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Lot 165

NO RESERVE Textiles.- Forrer (R.) Die Zeugdrucke der Byzantischen, Romanischen, Gothischen und spätern Kunstepochen, 57 plates, several chromolithographed and heightened with gold or silver, Strasbourg, 1894 Fischbach (Friedrich) Die wichtigsten Webe-Ornamente bis zum 19. Jahrhundert, vol.1-3 only (of 5), tipped-in colour plates, contemporary half morocco, scuffed, Wiesbaden, [1904] § Mumford (J.K.) Oriental Rugs, 1901 § Jackson (Mrs. F.Nevill) A History of Handmade Lace, 1900 § Guiffrey (J.) Histoire de la Tapisserie..., chromolithographed plates, title and first few leaves with small tear to fore-edge, Tours, 1886, plates and illustrations, all but the second original cloth, rubbed, the last with spine torn, 4to & 8vo (7)

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Lot 167

NO RESERVE Glass.- Francis (Grant R.) Old English Drinking Glasses..., 1926 § Hartshorne (Albert) Old English Glasses, 67 plates, 2 chromolithographed, original half decorated vellum, soiled, 1897 § Powell ( H.J.) Glass-making in England, Cambridge, 1923 § Nesbitt (A.) A Descriptive Catalogue of the Glass Vessels n the South Kensington Museum, 9 mounted chromolithographed plates, original morocco-backed cloth, 1878, plates and illustrations, the first and third original cloth, all a little rubbed; and 2 others on glass, 4to & 8vo (6)

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Lot 196

NO RESERVE Gruner (Louis) The Green Vaults Dresden, portrait and 28 plates, all but 4 chromolithographed and mounted, original cloth, worn and stained, rebacked preserving original spine, 1876 § Hefner-Alteneck (J.H. von) Kunst-kammer seiner Koeniglichen Hoheit des Fürsten Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, bound from the original 9 parts, decorative title with name in gold and 60 colour plates mounted on stubs, later library half morocco, original printed wrappers bound in at end, Munich, 1866 § Pfnor (R.) Ornementation Usuelle...dans les Arts Industriels et en Architecture, 2 vol., 125 plates, 24 chromolithographed, some heightened with gold, later library half morocco, Paris, 1866-68 § Gibb (W.) The Royal House of Stuart, 40 chromolithographed plates, original half morocco, 1890, rubbed; and another with colour plates, 4to & folio (6)

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Lot 238

Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. The Works of Geber, the most famous Arabian prince and philosopher faithfully Englished by R. R. a lover of Chymistry, translated by Richard Russell, first edition in English, errata f. at end, E8 very small burn hole within text, affecting a few letters, some spotting, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Hoover 446; Duveen p.239; Wing J54A; cf. Ferguson I, pp.299-304], 8vo, printed for N.E. by Thomas James mathematical printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1678.⁂ Exceedingly rare at auction and in commerce. The last copy we can trace at auction was in 1958 (£38). Includes precious and non-precious metals, fires and furnaces, chemical elements, and medical matters. Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān, known as Geber in English, was an early chemist (c.712 - c.815), whose writings contain the oldest known systematic classification of chemical substances, and the oldest known instructions for deriving an inorganic compound. Richard Russell, the translator, was chemist-in-ordinary to Charles II.

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Lot 242

Royal expenditure.- Jefferys (Nathaniel) Facts are Stubborn Things. A Letter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, second edition, n.d.; A Letter Addressed to Mrs. Fitzherbert in Answer to a Complaint..., n.d. § A Letter to Nathaniel Jefferys... on the Subject of his Extraordinary Pamphlet..., 1806 § Claudio. An Antidote to Poison: or, a Full Reply to Mr. Jefferys' Attack Upon... the Prince of Wales, second edition, 1806 § Philo-Veritas. Diamond Cut Diamond; or, Observations on a Pamphlet Entitled "A Review of the Conduct...", 1806 § An Admonitory Letter to H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, on the Subject of the late Delicate Enquiry, second edition, 1806 § "The Lion and Unicorn". A Complete Vindication of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1806, 20th century half morocco; and 5 others on royal expenditure, 8vo (12)⁂ A group of pamphlets concerning Nathaniel Jefferys' attack on the Prince of Wales over the enormous debt owed to him for jewels purchased by the Prince.

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Lot 260

NO RESERVE Numismatics.- Coins.- Leake (Stephen Martin) An Historical Account Of English Money From The Conquest to the Present Time, third edition, Sir Cuthbert Sharp's copy with his bookplate to pastedown, and ink annotations and drawings to margins with several additional ff. with notes, ink and graphite drawings, 14 hand-coloured engraved plates, bookplate of John Fenwick, Newcastle, to endpaper, contemporary half calf, rebacked, new endpapers, 8vo, for R. Faulder & c., 1793.⁂ Sir Cuthbert Sharp (1781-1849) soldier and antiquary, he notes on the front free endpaper "The notes in this book cost me much labour & attention", included are engravings and drawings of coins from Sharp's collection.

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Lot 262

NO RESERVE Chemistry.- Lemery (Nicolas) A course of chymistry. Containing an easie method of preparing those chymical medicins which are used in physick, second edition in English, 3 full-page engraved illustrations with explanations, final advertisement f., lacking initial imprimatur f., title torn at lower corner, affecting part of imprint, worm trace at head to c. p.79, some spotting and staining, 20th century morocco-backed boards [Wing L1039], printed by R[oger]. N[orton]. for Walter Kettilby, 1686; and 2 others 17th century chemistry , defective, 8vo (3) sold not subject to return.

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Lot 271

[Lowndes (William)] A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins, only edition, title soiled, later mottled calf, gilt, upper joint rubbed, [Wing L3323; Goldsmiths' 3131; Kress 1909], by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1695 § [Pratt (Samuel)] The Regulating Silver Coin, first edition, [Wing P3184; Goldsmiths' 3331], for Henry Bonwick, 1696; bound with J. (R.) A Letter of Advice to a Friend about the Currency of Clipt-Money, second edition, foxing, [Wing J29A], for Edw. Castle, 1696, together 2 works in 1, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed § Some Considerations about the Raising of Coin. In a Second Letter to Mr. Locke, first edition, half-title, final leaf with date "Octob. the 3d. 1696" and advertisements beneath, some foxing, later cloth-backed boards, soiled, [Wing S4481], for A. and J. Churchill, 1696, 8vo (3)

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Lot 273

Alchemy.- Lullius (Raymundus) Testamentum..., duobus libris universam artem chymicam complectens, collation: A4 B-Hh8, 2 folding woodcut plates, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, final f. blank, water-stained, new endpapers, contemporary vellum, 8vo (154 x 92mm.), Cologne, [Widow of] Johann Birckmann, 1573.⁂ Scarce second edition of these alchemical writings. Literature: Duveen p.369; Ferguson II, p.54; VD 16 R 167.

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Lot 318

Pettus (Sir John) Fodinæ regales. Or The history, lavvs and places of the chief mines and mineral works in England, Wales, and the English pale in Ireland. As also of the mint and mony. With a clavis explaining some difficult words relating to mines, &c. , 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by W.Sherwin, 2 engraved plates with letterpress key verso, 2 engraved illustrations of arms of the societies of mines and mineral works, errata f. at end, first sig. working loose, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed and scratched, [Hoover 634; Duveen p.468; Goldsmiths' 1930; Kress 1270; Wing P1908], folio, printed by H[enry]. L[loyd]. and R[obert]. B[attersby]. for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleetstreet, near Cliffords Inne, 1670.⁂ Mining in the British Isles by the royalist Deputy Governor of mines and fellow of The Royal Society.

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Lot 326

NO RESERVE Cornwall.- Pitt (Thomas) A state of the proceedings of the convocation, or, parliament for the Stannaries of the County of Cornwall, held at Lestwithiel, on Tuesday the 28th day of August 1750, and at Helstone by Prorogation on Saturday the 20th of October following, half-title, 20th century calf-backed cloth, Printed for R. Baldwin, 1751; and 4 others, Cornwall, all but one similar, v.s. (5)

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Lot 439

NO RESERVE Warltire (John) Analysis of a Course of Lectures in Experimental Philosophy, folding engraved plate, a few leaves trimmed, slightly affecting pagination, some light foxing, library morocco-backed cloth, 8vo, Exeter, for the Author, by R. Trewman, 1767.⁂ Very rare. ESTC locates only 4 copies (Birmingham University, BL, Huntington and Library of Congress). Whilst stated "fifth edition" on the title-page, no other earlier editions of this title are recorded, although a "sixth edition" of 1769 is.

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Lot 74

NO RESERVE Boulton (Matthew).- Documents relative to an Investigation of the Manner in which the Funeral of the late Matthew Boulton, Esq. was furnished, first edition, 2 folding tables, 1 torn, Birmingham, R. Jabet, 1811; bound with Lander (George) An Answer to the Pamphlet of Matthew Robinson Boulton, Esq. of Soho, relative to his father's funeral, folding letterpress frontispiece of the funeral procession (torn in several places), Birmingham, 1811; and Whateley (W.) A Reply to a Letter of Mr. George Barker, Attorney, contained in Documents relative to an Investigation..., Birmingham, 1811; and Barker (George) An Answer to the Letter of Mr. W. Whateley, Birmingham, 1811, together 4 works in 1, some water-staining, mostly to first work, contemporary half calf, worn; and 4 others, Boulton, 8vo and 4to (5)⁂ The dispute regarding the overcharging by George Lander for the provision of silks and other materials for the furnishing and decoration at the funeral of Matthew Boulton, alleged by his son Matthew Robinson Boulton.

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Lot 92

London.- Campbell (R.) The London Tradesman. Being a Compendious View of All the Trades, Professions, Arts, both Liberal and Mechanic, now practised..., first edition, title and front free endpaper reinforced at inner margin with sellotape (leaving brown stain), short tear to F7 and final leaf Z2, some browning and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, extremities worn, [Goldsmiths' 8262; Kress 4846], 8vo, by T. Gardner, 1747.⁂ Rare on the market with only one copy at auction in the last 30 years. Ownership signatures of John Ward (1750) and Charles Palmer (1808) to front free endpaper, with further ink annotations relating to a Mr Clements and his engagement in work in 1812 to verso.

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Lot 96

Numismatics.- Medals.- Carter (Thomas) British War Medals of the British Army and How They Were Won, chromolithographed plates, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, 1893 § Long (W. H.) Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won, chromolithographed plates, original pictorial cloth, spine darkened, excellent otherwise, 1895 § Cochran-Patrick (R. W.) Catalogue of the Medals of Scotland, number 221 of 350 copies, 36 auto-gravure plates, contemporary half morocco, corners and spine ends repaired, 1884; and 16 others, medals, 8vo & 4to (19)

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Lot 312

9ct hallmarked oval topped onyx signet ring – size R – 5gms

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Lot 192

18ct gold and pearl ring approx. size R - 3.9g inc

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Lot 738

CRIME FICTION HILL, R. Ruling Passion 1st.ed. 1973, London, 8vo orig. cl. signed, plus 3 others, 1st.eds. in d/ws (4)

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Lot 621

Attractive late Victorian salver with engraved and crested centre on 3 claw and ball feet – 12” diameter – Sheff 1895 by R&B – 900gms

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Lot 193

9ct opal & garnet ring approx. size R 4.8g

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Lot 122

Silver wide buckle ring approx. size R 6.4g

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Lot 400j

9ct smoky quartz ring – size R - 3.1gms

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Lot 86

18ct gold two stone emerald ring approx. size R 4.9g inc

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Lot 734

CRIME FICTION VAN GULIK, R. The Willow Pattern 1st.ed. 1965, 8vo orig. cl. d/w, plus 2 others, plus 3 N. Freeling, 3 S. Paretsky, 3 S. Hyland, all 1st.eds. in d/ws (12)

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Lot 497

Large oblong photo frame with scrolled decorated border – 11” high Chester 1908 by J&R

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Lot 775

L’ESTRANGE, R. Tully’s Offices in Three Books 1681, London, 8vo cont. fl. cf. recased, plus MACGOWAN, J. Internal Conferences, Or, Dialogues with Devils new ed. 1817, Manchester, 8vo cont. hf. cf. engrvd. port. frontis fr. bd. det. (2)

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Lot 65

AN ANTIQUE DIAMOND AND ONYX RING in 18ct gold, the rectangular face set with nine old cut diamonds totalling 1.5-1.8 carats within polished onyx corners, stamped 18ct, size R / 8.75, 3.4g.

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Lot 200

Double Tone Red/Green Coloured Quartz and Russian Diopside Statement Ring, a chequerboard faceted, 13.25ct, oval cut quartz of predominantly warm red moving into an olive green at the other end, set in an extravagantly decorative mount of 14ct gold vermeil and silver; the openwork shoulders are set with twelve scattered, round cut, Russian diopsides, totalling .5ct; size R

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Lot 304

Islamic Art A large metal thread textile embroidered with Quran inscriptions and bearing the tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839). . Cm 130,00 x 236,00.

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Lot 567

ARTS THE: A good, interesting hardback bound 4to album containing over 60 signed clipped pieces, letterheads, A.Ls.S., musical quotations etc., by various famous individuals, most associated with the Arts (Classical Music, Literature, Art & Theatre etc.) at the end of the 19th century, including Anton Rubinstein (A.L.S., Ant. Rubinstein, one page, 8vo, Dresden, 5th October 1893, to Bock, in German), Moritz Moszkowski, Wilhelm Taubert, Arthur Quiller-Couch, S. R. Crockett (A.N.S., 'I hate giving autographs, but you ask nicely', 1895), Stanley J. Weyman, Adolf von Henselt, H. Rider Haggard, Leonard Borwick, Ferdinand Hiller, Hugo Thimig, Julius Benedict, Dr. Hans Paumgartner, Richard Wuerst, Robert Stawell Ball, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John Everett Millais, Friedrich Kiel, Solomon J. Solomon, Frederic Leighton, Benjamin Leader, Luke Fildes, Arthur James Balfour, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Kate Greenaway, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Philip Calderon, Walter Besant, Ellen Terry, Edward J. Poynter, Frank Dicksee, Moriz Rosenthal, Alexander Mackenzie (A.M.Q.S.), Joseph Chamberlain, Willy Hess (A.M.Q.S., April 1895), Grant Allen (an amusing A.N.S., 'Why ask a busy man for his autograph? I won't give it. Grant Allen'), Eugen d'Albert (A.M.Q.S., April 1896), Edward Dannreuther (ink signature in the form of a musical quotation), George Grove, Siegfried Wagner (dated Bayreuth, 1896), Lilli Lehmann, Rosa Sucher, Lillian Henschel, Felix Moul (A.M.Q.S., Bayreuth, 1896), John Lavery, Jean de Reszke, Emile Sauret (A.M.Q.S., London, 1900), Eduard Schutt (A.L.S., incorporating two musical quotations, Bremen, 17th November 1896), Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Rudolf Lehmann, Johan Strauss II, Eduard Hanslick, Theodor Leschetizky (A.M.Q.S., Vienna, December 1896), Giacomo Meyerbeer, Ignaz Brull etc. The majority are laid down to the pages, some in multiples, and with some light age wear and minor staining etc. The half morocco bound album with the gilt stamped initials of the original owner, Grace Falcon, to the cover and with her pencil ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Lacking the spine and the boards (and some interior pages) loose, generally G  £300-400   

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Lot 604

'You will find Madame Struve a very pleasing lady’  AIRY GEORGE: (1801-1892) English Mathematician & Astronomer who served as Astronomer Royal 1835-81 and in this role established Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian. A fine A.L.S., G B Airy, two pages, 8vo, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, 24th October 1872, to R. S. Newall. Airy states that he handed Madame Struve his correspondent's telegram, for delivery to her husband, before they left to see Mr. De la Rue and continues to comment 'You will find Madame Struve a very pleasing lady: she does not speak English, but speaks French and German well', further remarking that the lady 'would like very much to see something of the animation about Newcastle (the peculiarity which has struck her most in England) and if you could help her down the river a few miles in a steamer….I think she would be most gratified. Naturally she will see the High Land Bridge and anything else that may interest strangers', adding in the margin 'Perhaps the Roman antiquities in the Castle would be interesting'. Airy concludes by writing that he forgot to 'describe precisely to O. Struve the locality of the Harton Colliery, the scene of my experiments, but I do not suppose that he'will care about it'. A letter of interesting content and good association linking a number of important astronomers. Some very light, minor staining, largely to the left edge and only very slightly affecting the text but not the signature. About VG  £150-200     Robert Stirling Newall (1812-1889) Scottish Engineer & Astronomer whose 25 inch refracting telescope housed in his private observatory was, for many years, the largest in the world. Warren De la Rue (1815-1889) British Astronomer, Chemist & Inventor, most famous for his pioneering work in astronomical photography. Emma Jankowsky (1839-1902) Second wife of Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819-1905) Baltic German Astronomer, a leading member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and head of the Pulkovo Observatory from 1862-89.

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Lot 648

FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist & Founder of Psychoanalysis. Freud formulated the Oedipus complex and developed his theory on the Analysis of Dreams. He lived and worked in Vienna until 1938 when he escaped the Nazis and went to the United Kingdom where he lived in exile the last year of his life. An excellent A.L.S., `Freud´, on one side of his personal printed correspondence card, Vienna, 14th April 1931, to [Dr. Heinrich Meng?] in German. Freud writes in bold dark fountain pen blue ink `Dear Sir, the book of R[ichard] Hughes I received is the same you´ve read under the title “The Innocent Voyage. Yours sincerely´. Accompanied by an apparently unrelated envelope hand addressed by Freud to Dr. Heinrich Meng in Basel and postmarked at Vienna, 18th May 1936. Two small file holes to the upper edge, repaired to the verso, and not affecting the text or signature. VG, 2 £1500-2000   Heinrich Meng (1887-1972) German Physician & Psychoanalyst. Richard Arthur Hughes (1900-1976) Welsh writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays. His work A High Wind in Jamaica (1929) was initially titled The Innocent Voyage. 

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Lot 656

PEARY ROBERT: (1856-1920) American Rear Admiral and Explorer, claimed to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition in 1909. A.L.S., R. E. Peary, U.S.N., one page, 4to, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11th May 1891, to 'My Dear Prof'. Peary sends his correspondent a photograph (no longer present) as requested and remarks 'Am busy night & day with the preparations for my voyage'. A few minor stains and light areas of discoloration, none of which significantly affect the text or signature, G  £100-150     Peary's letter is written less than a month before the explorer and his party left New York aboard the SS Kite as they embarked upon the Second Greenland Expedition which conclusively proved that Greenland was an island and not part of a much larger landmass extending to the North Pole.

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Lot 677

PARK KEITH: (1892-1975) New Zealand Air Chief Marshal of World War II, played a significant role during the Battle of Britain. D.S., K R Park, one page, folio, France, 29th June 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a combat report (headed Combats in the Air) relating to the destruction of an enemy aircraft by Captain J. E. Drummond of 48 Squadron, piloting a Bristol Fighter C.926. Drummond's narrative states, in part, 'While on O.P. over HANGEST, in conjunction with another flight of the Squadron, and with a formation of S.E.5's of 41 Squadron, I observed a red light fired by the S.E.5's, which were the lowest of the three formations, while my flight was the highest. I took my flight down, and as we swerved outwards to avoid our other flight, I came across a stray E[nemy] A[ircraft] which was going East at a great pace. As we passed down my Observer fired 100 rounds into the E.A. at 200 yards range; I then did a climbing turn and dived on the E.A. firing about 100 rounds…..The E.A. went at once into a vertical dive. I followed it down and when it flattened out, I put another 100 rounds into it…..Smoke started streaming from the E.A. which went over on its back and then fell into a slow, wide spin, smoke still streaming from it. When I saw it next it was diving vertically again…..We circled round the crash and saw it lying there, still smoking'. Park has signed his name at the foot in his capacity as a Major Commanding 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and in approval of Drummond's account. Several file holes to the left edge and corner, none of which affect the text or signature, and with a few pencil annotations. About VG  £300-400    

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Lot 678

BALBO ITALO:  (1896-1940) Italian Marshal of the Air Force and heir apparent to Benito Mussolini. A.L.S, Balbo, one page, oblong 8vo, R[ome], 28th January 1933, to Mr. Festa, on the printed stationery of the "Ministro Dell´Aeronautica", in Italian. Balbo states `I have been informed by Nello about his wife´s illness. I don´t want to delay my message to him with my best and deep good wishes.´ Folded. VG £100-150     Amerigo Festa (1885-194?) Prefect of Ferrara.

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Lot 777

HAAKON VII: (1872-1957) King of Norway 1905-1957. Vintage signed sepia 6 x 10 photograph of King Haakon VII standing in a formal three quarter length pose wearing his uniform. With the photographer's imprint to the lower mount and with a gold embossed crown to the centre of the upper photographer's mount. Signed ('Haakon R') in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1911 in his hand. Together with Maud of Wales (1869-1938) British Princess, daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Queen Consort of Norway 1905-38. Vintage signed sepia 6 x 10 photograph of the Queen Consort seated in an elegant full length pose. Signed ('Maud') in dark fountain pen ink to the lower border and dated 1911 in her hand. Some light age wear to both and some slight chipping to the edges of the photographer's mount of the King's image. G, 2  £150-200     

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Lot 787

WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. D.S., Wilhelm R[ex], two pages, folio, Berlin, 18th April 1903, in German. The attractive partially printed document, in German, is a patent given by Wilhelm II in his capacity as King of Prussia, to infantry officer Oberstabsazt Dr. Butterstack. Boldly signed in black ink at the foot by the Kaiser, a very large and good example signature. Also bearing alongside the Emperor´s signature a large and very attractive Hohenzollern coat of arms blind embossed seal. Also bearing a small Royal blind embossed seal to the upper left front. With blank integral leaf. Folded, otherwise EX £150-200     

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Lot 803

FERDINAND I: (1861-1948) Tsar of Bulgaria 1908-18. A.L.S., Ferdinand R, three pages, 8vo, Munich, 28th October 1923, to a Governor, in German. The exiled King announces 'The document issued by Your Excellency concerning my travels in the province of Tyrol loses its validity by the 1st November 1923' and adds that he tried many times to speak with his correspondent in Innsbruck, although without success, and continues 'I therefore feel compelled to inconvenience Your Excellency in writing on this matter. I would like to ask for an extension of the entry and exit permit to and from Tyrol for me and my people in automobiles for the duration of, if possible, another three years', asking for a reply to be sent to the Regina Palast Hotel in Munich. One very light, extremely minor area of discoloration to the first page, only very slightly affecting the text, otherwise about EX  £200-300     

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Lot 814

Rare autograph note signed by King Charles I the year before his execution  CHARLES I: (1600-1649) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1625-1649. Executed for high treason at the early age of 48. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as second son of King James VI of Scotland. With his execution the monarchy was abolished and the Commonwealth of England was established as a republic. Extremely rare A.N.S., `Charles R´, as King, Carisbrooke, 24th February 1648. The king states `I have examined thease acounts & fynde them just. Carisbrooke 24 of Feb. 1647/8´ The present document is signed by Charles I while he was imprisoned at Carisbrooke. Folded, with remnants of former seals at the base. Overall age wear and creasing, with slightly irregular edges. G  £4000-6000      The present document is the last known signed by Charles I before his execution on January 30th 1649, and ever offered at auction.

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Lot 815

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland (1649-51) and Ireland 1660-85. A good D.S., Charles R, (fine example) as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Whitehall, 13th June 1672. The manuscript document is addressed to the Attorney General and is a warrant for John Richards to be one of the Clerks of the Privy Seal 'next & immediately after the determination of Our Grants now in being to Hartgill Baron, Sr. Charles Bickerstaffe Knt., John Mathews & Thomas Watkins, Clerks of Our Privy Seale in possession , or any one of them, & ye same to execute by himself or his Sufficient Deputy, for & during his naturall life together with all offices, wages, Diets, profits & Priviledges to the said Offices or either of them, belonging or any wise appertaining, in as full & ample manner, to all intents & purposes, as the now Clerks of Our Privy Seale hold & enjoy…..' . Countersigned at the foot by Henry Bennet (1618-1685) 1st Earl of Arlington, English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1662-74. With blank integral leaf. Some very light age wear and minor dust staining at the folds, otherwise VG  £1000-1500     

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Lot 816

STUART JAMES EDWARD FRANCIS: (1688-1766) Prince of Wales, son of the deposed King James II and VII. Known as The Old Pretender. A.L.S., James R, one page, 8vo, Rome, 16th August 1732, to an unnamed correspondent. Stuart writes, in full, 'I desire the father Rector of this English College may lett Edgar open the chests consigned by my order to that College, & execute the directions I have given him about them by word of mouth'. With blank integral leaf (signs of former mounting to the left half). Some light overall foxing and minor age wear, G  £300-400     

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Lot 817

GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27. L.S., Georgius R, with holograph subscription ('….the Good Brother, Cousin and Friend of Your Highness'), two pages, folio, Palace of St. James, 16th February 1721/22, to Prince Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, in Latin and French. The King sends his greetings to his correspondent and continues to announce the death of the dowager Duchess of Brunswick, in part, '….the very close friendship with flourishes between us and Your Highness has required this from us, since we have been accustomed to grieve or to rejoice for almost the same things; we have thought it fair to inform you of the death of the most Serene and most High Princess Eleanor, dowager Duchess of Brunswick and Luneburg, the widow of Our uncle of blessed memory, George William, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg; she died at Celle on the fifth day of the present month. She has extended her life, which seemed overly long to her but all too short to her relatives, through the memory of her good works, and with her years not more full than all the accumulated praise of her piety and virtue, she has left to us a most grievous regret for her. Since for this sorrow which due to this sad event we justly bear no other comfort may be found save from its communication between our most friendly allies, we do not doubt but that you will excel in this office, you who have shared with us both our joy and our sorrow…..' Countersigned at the foot by John Carteret (1690-1763) 2nd Earl Granville. British Prime Minister for four days in February 1746 and at the time of the present letter Secretary of State for the Northern Department, 5th - 21st February 1721. With integral address leaf bearing the remnants of a blind embossed paper seal. Some light overall age wear and some minor ink bleeding to the King's signature and subscription, causing some light staining to the recto. About VG  £300-400      Leopold (1679-1729) Duke of Lorraine and Bar, the ancestor of all rulers of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, including all Emperors of Austria. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (1639-1722) Duchess Consort of Saxe-Lauenburg, Princess Consort of Brunswick-Celle. Wife of George William, Duke of Lauenburg and Prince of Celle and mother of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of King George I.  Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse died on 5th February 1722, almost blind, at Celle Castle. Her will mentioned over 340 individuals.

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Lot 818

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. L.S., George R, as King, with holograph subscription ('Your Cousin and Friend'), two pages, folio, dictated at Hampton Court Palace ('our Empire inside the other Empire'), 20th August 1728, to an unidentified Prince, in German. The King informs his correspondent that yesterday 'we received the sad letter which has informed us that our kind and beloved uncle the most serene and honourable Prince Ernst August, Duke of York and Albany, of Brunswick and Luneburg, Prince-Bishop of Osnabruck passed away after eight days of illness at his residence in Osnabruck on 14th August' and continues to remark 'This unexpected death takes us to the heart, and we are sure that you sympathise and mourn with us and our House. I would therefore like to express my sympathy to you'. With the upper half of the blank integral leaf featuring a black wax seal. An annotation at the head of the first page indicates that the letter was received at Marienburg on 14th September 1728. Some light age wear and a tear to the left margin, professionally repaired and only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature. About VG  £400-600      Ernest Augustus (1674-1728) Duke of York and Albany, the younger brother of King George I. The Duke served as a soldier with some distinction under Emperor Leopold I during the Nine Years' War and the War of Spanish Succession. He died at Osnabruck on 14th August 1728 where, a year earlier, his brother King George I had also died.

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Lot 819

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., Bonus Frater Consanguineus et Amicus, Georgius R, as King, one page, folio, Saint James, 26th May 1781, to King Ferdinand of Sicily, in Latin. The King refers to the last letter `..received through the plenipotentiary and extraordinary Ambassador to Court, Count Michael Pignatelli´, acknowledging the change of Ambassador, the renew of relationships and mentioning the good and satisfactory work achieved. Countersigned at the foot by Hillsborough. With integral address leaf bearing a paper seal affixed. VG £500-800       Ferdinand I (1751-1825) King of the Two Sicilies 1816-25, after his restoration following victory in the Napoleonic Wars. Before that he had been, since 1759 Ferdinand III of the Kingdom of Sicily and Ferdinand IV of Naples. Wills Hill (1718-1793) 1st Marquess of Downshire, also known as Viscount and Earl of Hillsborough 1751-89. British Politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1768-72 

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Lot 820

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R. (a 'mad' example), as King, at the head, three pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 26th March 1808. The manuscript document is a License relating to John Tulloch and states, in part, 'To all commanders of Our Ships of War and Privateers…..Greeting, whereas John Tulloch of London on behalf of sundry Commanders of Vessels navigating under Kniphausen, Papenburg, Hamburg, Luber, Bremen and Oldenburg Flags, Prays Our Royal Licence for permitting six vessels navigating under the said Flags (or the Flags of any neutral Power which may retain its Sovereignty and which they may assume in case their own meets with Impediments or Restrictions in Ports they may lie in or be declared extinct by any of the Belligerent Powers in consequence of the Territory the ships belong to, being annexed to any of those States) to be employed for the space of six months in trading between the Ports of Our United Kingdom and Ports from which British vessels are excluded (with liberty to touch at a Swedish or Norwegian Port out and home) with such Goods as are allowed by Our order….We….are graciously pleased to direct the Commanders of all Our Ships of War and Privateers not to interrupt the said Vessels Trading….' Countersigned ('Hawkesbury') at the conclusion by Robert Jenkinson (1770-1828) 2nd Earl of Liverpool, British Prime Minister 1812-27, Home Secretary 1804-06, 1807-09. With two certificates at the conclusion, the first signed by John Tulloch in London on 7th April 1808 and stating, in part, 'This is to certify that the Kniphausen Vessel Anna Rebecca…..now lying at Lynn & bound on a Voyage to the Baltick is one of the Vessels not named in this Licence intended to take the benefit thereof' and the second signed by Joseph James on 21st May 1808, certifying that the vessel Anna Rebecca is under convoy of His Britannic Majesty's sloop Kite. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall age wear and creasing and a few small holes and neat splits at the edges of the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signatures, G  £400-500     

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Lot 822

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. A fine D.S., George R, (a large "mad time" bold ink signature) as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at St. James's, 18th February 1805, to Alexander Forbes. The letter bears an attractive blind embossed paper seal affixed to the front left border, a King´s seal in Latin, also including the text "Honi soit qui mal y pense". Bearing also to the front page a second Royal blind embossed seal. The manuscript document being the King´s appointment of Alexander Forbes stating `..appoint you to be Lieutenant Governor of the District of Gaspé, and Inspector of the Trade and Fisheries upon the Coast of Labrador in our Province of Lower Canada..´. Countersigned at the conclusion by Camden in his capacity as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. With blank integral leaf, with a registry annotation to the verso. Folded, with small overall creasing, otherwise G to VG  £250-350      John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840) Known as The Earl Camden 1794-1812. British Politician who served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1804-05.

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Lot 824

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. A very fine D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 6th December 1823. The manuscript document is addressed to the Earl of Eldon and is a warrant for the affixing of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the Ratification of a Convention between King George IV and the Emperor of Austria 'for the definitive settlement of the Austrian Loan, concluded and signed at Vienna, on the Seventeenth day of November [1823]'. Countersigned at the conclusion by George Canning (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827 and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1807-09, 1822-27. With a manuscript copy of the Convention annexed to the document, six pages, folio, in English and French, comprising five articles negotiated between Robert Gordon and Klemens von Metternich in which the Emperor of Austria agrees to repay the sum of 'Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling in satisfaction of the whole of the British Claims'. Neatly tied with a blue ribbon and with a blind embossed paper seal affixed. VG  £250-350     

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Lot 826

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Vintage ink signature ('Victoria R I') on a slightly irregularly clipped piece, evidently removed from the head of a document and with a pale blue blind embossed seal affixed beneath the signature. Together with a selection of signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S. etc., by various children and children-in-law of Queen Victoria comprising Victoria, Princess Royal (A.L.S., The Crown Princess of Germany & Prussia & Princess Royal, in the third person, to General Dillon, thanking him for some 'charming little souvenirs from India', Berlin, 1886), Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (ink signature, 1882), Princess Helena (two A.Ls.S., in one suggesting an appointment at Buckingham Palace and in the other sympathising with her correspondent in regards to their illness and suffering, accompanied by the original envelope), Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (A.L.S.), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (two A.Ls.S., in the first thanking her correspondent for a 'charming & useful warm woolly cape' and in the second thanking her correspondent for the 'beautiful photographs of the piazza and fountain at Palermo' and adding that they have given her much pleasure and made her long to go there), John Campbell, Duke of Argyll (two A.Ls.S., in one thanking his correspondent for a valuable article which he has read and commenting 'The chief danger….seems to me to lie in ignorance of the views of different parts of the Empire & even the Times of yesterday seems to insist on the old nonsense that everybody must be persuaded to be Free Traders', 1885), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (two A.Ls.S., in the first referring to an individual 'whom the Queen proposes giving the Order of the Royal Red Cross' and in the second thanking his correspondent for an enclosure, which interested him very much, and amusingly remarking 'I shall do my very best to procure the Irish brogue & hope that the next time we meet you will hardly understand me'), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (3; one being a clipped signature and the other two the signed front panels of autograph envelopes, one addressed to the Queen at Brighton and marked as private) and Princess Beatrice (A.L.S., writing on behalf of the Queen and asking her correspondent, [Emma] Prothero to let Mr. Dore know how very much the Queen admired his pictures and that 'Mama is very sorry that she could not this time see Mr. Dore's new picture, & particularly regrets the sad cause which has prevented him from finishing it'). Further including a small selection of A.Ls.S. (2) and printed ephemera etc. relating to Queen Victoria including an A.L.S. by Jane Loftus, Marchioness of Ely, to Lady Rosslyn, written two days after the death of Prince Leopold and stating, in part, 'The Queen knew the great affection our dear Prince had for you. Her Majesty is well in health, but sadly overcome with grief. The Duchess of Albany is also well in health but is unhappy & afflicted. Her brother came to-day & the Queen of the Netherlands comes to-morrow', two partially printed invitations to the English comedian and actor George Grossmith, and an attractive small 4to printed music programme for a performance at Buckingham Palace on 21st June 1871 etc. Some overall age wear and various minor faults, generally G to about VG, 22    £200-300  

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Lot 829

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-1936. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 21st August 1931. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing Robert John Cunliffe Cave to be a Second Lieutenant in the Land Forces (The Royal Scots Fusiliers). Countersigned at the foot by Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (1871-1947) British Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1933-36 and Herbert Creedy (1878-1973) British Civil Servant, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War 1920-39. With a blind embossed pale blue paper seal affixed. Some heavy creasing at the folds and some light age wear, otherwise about VG  £100-150     

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Lot 830

MARY OF TECK: (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V. Vintage ink signature ('Mary R', as Queen) and date, 7th July 1917, in her hand on a page removed from an autograph album. The lower half of the page also bears two other signatures including that of Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1869-1961) 9th Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Mary 1910-22. Together with Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1837-1901. Facsimile A.L.S., Victoria R. I., one page, 8vo, n.p., 25th June 1887, sending thanks to her servants for their 'handsome & useful present' which she will always value 'as a remembrance of my Jubilee & as a mark of their devotion to my person'. With blank integral leaf. Generally VG, 2   £80-100     

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Lot 889

VILLAIN RAOUL: (1885-1936) French Nationalist. Murderer of French Socialist leader Jean Jaures. Rare A.L.S., `R. Villain´, two pages, to two separate sheets, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. Villain refers to two programmes related to the Jeanne d´Arc festivities which he wishes to get for Mr. Hollande and for a friend war widow, stating in part `Marcel Henriot and I thought the other day that you achieved a masterpiece..´, further suggesting that the programmes could be sent to the Commerce Chamber as `..he is very much wishing to see this playwright because he could not be present to attend it during the festival..´ VG  £400-600       Villain assassinated on 31st July 1914, in Paris, French socialist historical figure and anti-militarist Jean Jaures (1859-1914) firing two bullets while he was having supper. Three days later war was declared, and World War One started. Imprisoned during war time, Villain was acquitted by a jury of peers in 1919, and Jaures´ wife, as plaintiff, was ordered to pay the court costs. Anatole France wrote in l´Humanité "Workers!... A monstrous verdict proclaims that the assassination of Jaurès is not a crime...". Villain fled to Ibiza, Spain, where he would be killed during the Spanish Civil War.

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Lot 930

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A very fine, rare D.S., R Walpole, by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42), one page, folio, Palace at Whitehall, 22nd July 1740. The manuscript document is addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury and is a warrant ordering the payment of two thousand one hundred and ten pounds eleven shillings and six pence to be made to Thomas Lowther without account, 'that is to say, the sum of Two thousand pounds to reimburse the like sum by him Expended to answer a Bill of Exchange drawn from abroad for his Majesty's Service, and the remaining sum…..is to defray the Fees and Charges attending the Receipt thereof…..'. Countersigned at the foot by William Clayton (1671-1752, 1st Baron Sundon, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and Thomas Winnington (1696-1746, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury) and further countersigned at the head by eight Lord Justices comprising Spencer Compton (c.1673-1743, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British Prime Minister 1742-43), Thomas Pelham Holles (1693-1768, 1st Duke of Newcastle, British Prime Minister 1757-62), John Potter (c.1674-1747, Archbishop of Canterbury 1737-47), Philip Yorke (1690-1764, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English Lawyer & Politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1737-56), Lionel Sackville (1688-1765, 1st Earl of Dorset, English Political Leader, Lord Steward 1725-30, 1737-44), Charles Lennox (1701-1750, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny, British Nobleman, Peer & Politician, Master of the Horse 1735-50, remembered for his patronage of cricket), Charles Powlett (1685-1754, 3rd Duke of Bolton, British Politician & Lieutenant General) and John Montagu (1690-1749, 2nd Duke of Montagu, British Peer, Master of the Great Wardrobe 1709-49). With blank integral leaf. Documents from this period featuring the signatures of three British Prime Ministers are rare and desirable. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few small, neat splits at the edges of some folds, otherwise VG  £800-1000     Sir Thomas Lowther (1699-1745) English Peer and Landowner.

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Lot 957

FORD GERALD R: (1913-2006) American President 1974-77. T.L.S., Jerry Ford, one page, 4to, Washington DC, 11th December 1970, to H. Allen Smith, on the printed stationery of the Congress of the United States, Office of the Minority Leader, House of Representatives. Ford writes to invite his correspondent to a small luncheon in honour of Speaker John W. McCormack which he explains will be held on 18th December in the Speaker's Dining Room in the Capitol at 12.30 pm. Ford concludes by asking his correspondent to confirm if they will be able to attend 'and whether you would prefer a meat or fish entrée'. Countersigned at the foot by Leslie C. Arends (1895-1985) American Politician who served as the United States House of Representatives Republican Whip and maintained a close personal friendship with Ford. With a few red crayon annotations and underlining in an unidentified hand. VG  £100-120     H. Allen Smith (1909-1998) American Republican representative from California and former FBI agent. John W. McCormack (1891-1980) American Politician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1962-71.

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Lot 967

TOLBERT JR. WILLIAM R.: (1913-1980) Liberian President 1971-80. Assassinated during a coup d'etat led by Samuel Doe. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Tolbert Jr. standing in a full length pose and holding a ceremonial baton in one hand. Photograph by Vincent, official photographer of the Executive Mansion in Liberia, and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, with a very minor smudge to the initials. One minor paperclip indentation to the upper edge and some very light, extremely minor corner creasing, VG £80-100     

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POWELL KENNETH: (1885-1915) British Athlete and Tennis Player who competed in the 1908 & 1912 Summer Olympics as well as at the Wimbledon Championships. Killed in action at Ypres during the First World War. Rare A.L.S., Kenneth Powell, one page, 8vo, Reigate, 4th May 1913, to [Percy] Rootham. Powell informs his correspondent, in full, 'Please accept this (enclosure no longer present) from me as an expression of thanks for what you have done for the Surrey Clubs.' Annotated and initialled in pencil at the foot by Rootham, '(Enclosing a copy of the Redhill L.T.C. for 1913)'. Autographs of Powell are rare as a result of him being killed in action at the young age of 29. Some light overall age wear and minor traces of former mounting to the verso. Together with a multiple signed 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Ranelagh Club, Barnes, by the original nine members of the University of Oxford crew who participated in the Boat Race of 1939, comprising Richard Burnell (Olympic Gold medallist in 1948), George Huse, J. L. Garton, A. G. Slemeck, R. R. Stewart, Frank Waldron, H. A. W. Forbes, R. M. A. Bourne (replaced by J. R. Bingham in the actual race owing to injury) and H. P. V. Massey. All have signed with their names alone in fountain pen inks. Neatly laid down to a page removed from an album. About VG, 2   £100-150   Percy Rootham (1872-1939) British Vice President of the Lawn Tennis Association 1923-39.

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CANOVA ANTONIO: (1757-1822) Italian Sculptor. Best known for his marble sculptures, he is widely regarded as the greatest Neoclassical artist. Rare L.S., `Antonio Canova´, with his usual large bold flourish, one page, 4to, Rome, 12th October 1811, to Domenico Silva, in Venezia, in Italian. Canova refers to a bill of exchange addressed to his half-brother Gian Battista Sartori stating in part `Il S[igno]r Martini manda una cambiale di lire Ital. 1820 a mio fratello Gia[n]Batt[ist]a Sartori ; questa e quella somma stessa, ch'ella dovea ritirare da esso Sig[no]r Martini nel mezzo d'una tratta al medesimo..´ further and before concluding, Canova states `..in order to avoid a harm intending to hurt me..´ With address leaf to the verso. Overall age wear and creasing, with professional repair to the edges. G  £600-900     

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POLANSKI ROMAN: (1933-     ) French-born Polish Film Director, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., R Polanski, on one side of his personal printed slim oblong 8vo correspondence card, Gstaad, Switzerland, 20th April 2010, to Elisabeth Howard. Polanski thanks his correspondent for their very kind letter and comments, 'I hope the DVD of the “Ghost” will be out soon and that you'll like it', concluding 'And….thank you, I'm fine'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Polanski. EX  £100-120    Polanski refers to his film The Ghost Writer (2010), a political thriller adapted from the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris. The film was a critical and commercial success, winning many awards. At the time of writing the present letter Polanski was under house arrest in Gstaad, awaiting decision of appeals fighting extradition, and a few months later, on 12th July 2010, the Swiss authorities rejected the requests from the United States of America and released the director from custody, declaring him a 'free man'.

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