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JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784.Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1765. 8vo (1

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Lot 34

JOHNSON, SAMUEL. 1709-1784.Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. London: J. and R. Tonson, 1765. 8vo (196 x 126 mm). 20th century tan calf gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Corners rubbed, light browning and spotting. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION of Johnson's preface to his influential annotated Shakespeare. Chapman & Hazen 148; Courtney & Smith p 107; Rothschild 1249. WITH: LILLO, GEORGE. 1691-1739. The London Merchant: or, the History of George Barnwell. London: J. Gray, 1731. 8vo (195 x 121 mm). Disbound. Light staining and spotting. FIRST EDITION of Lillo's moral tale, first performed at Drury Lane the same year.

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RIDER HAGGARD, Henry (1856-1925). Cleopatra. Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, as

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Lot 622

RIDER HAGGARD, Henry (1856-1925). Cleopatra. Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, as Set Forth by His Own Hand. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. 8vo (190 x 130mm). Half title, frontispiece, and 28 plates by M. Greiffenhagen and R. Caton Woodville, printed publisher's slip tipped-in at "List of Illustrations", 16-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end dated January 1889 (head of dedication leaf torn away and repaired without loss, some spotting and staining). Original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt, bevelled edges (extremities light rubbed). Provenance: W. Curran Reedy (bookplate); old bookseller's clipped description loosely-inserted and pencil annotation to front endpaper. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title signed "H. Rider Haggard", and with a one-page autograph letter, on pale blue paper with printed heading, 'North lodge, St. Leonards on Sea,' [undated], tipped-in, stating, "Dear Sir, You ask for a word of advice. Here it is - not too comforting, I fear, but earnest. Think thrice before embarking on literature as a means of livelihood; 'of the making of many books there is no end.' Your well-wisher, H. Rider Haggard," with the recipient's name added in Rider Haggard's hand at the end, "W. Curran Reedy, Esq." Scott 13; Whatmore F10. The recipient of this presentation copy is almost certainly William Curran Reedy (1892-1970) who did not apparently heed the author's advice and went on to publish several books of poetry and on cricket.

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DANIELL, Samuel (1775-1811). African Scenery and Animals. A facsimile reprint of the aquatint plates originally published in

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Lot 646

DANIELL, Samuel (1775-1811). African Scenery and Animals. A facsimile reprint of the aquatint plates originally published in 1804-5. With an introduction and notes by Frank R. Bradlow. Cape Town & Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1976. Large folio (600 x 450mm). Half title, facsimile dedication vignette, 32 plates after S. Daniell, all but one coloured. Original half black sheepskin and marbled boards gilt by E. D. Seabrook. NUMBER 525 OF 550 COPIES SIGNED BY FRANK R. BRADLOW. With W. Cornwallis Harris's Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of South Africa ... A Facsimile Reprint (Mazoe [ie. Mazowe, Zimbabwe], 1976, folio, coloured plates, original "Buffalo leather"-backed buckram, NUMBER 338 OF 550 COPIES). (2)

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ALBUM, containing many autograph letters, clipped signatures, documents, etc., 4to (222 x 175mm), including: a large bifolium

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Lot 665

ALBUM, containing many autograph letters, clipped signatures, documents, etc., 4to (222 x 175mm), including: a large bifolium, signed by Queen Victoria "Victoria R." at the head, headed, "The Word for July, August and September 1868", with lists of "code words"; the clipped head of a similar document, also signed by Queen Victoria; a one-page, high-spirited, autograph letter from Robert Louis Stephenson, undated, addressed to "My dear James Payn"; autograph letters from writers Stanley Weyman and Barry Pain; clipped signatures, laid down, of H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill; a one-page autograph letter, undated, from Arthur Conan Doyle, stating, "Dear Mrs Payn, The Play by all accounts went excellently well. I am so pleased. The public were, I believe, more enthusiastic than the cities, but I don't think we have much to complain of in either direction ..." (laid down); a one-page autograph letter from Hall Caine; a one-page autograph letter, dated [18]89, from Fergus Hume; a 3-page autograph letter from Grant Allen; a typed card from William Osler, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford; a theatrical still signed by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss; a typed note from Wilfred Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada; and various other miscellaneous letters, documents, etc. including a charming letter written by a French child from Balmoral, describing singing to Queen Victoria; the whole collection contained in a red morocco album. Provenance: "To dear Elsie with Aunt [?]Louise's love" (old label).

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ART REFERENCE, miscellaneous - Sammlung Darmstaedter Berlin. Europäisches Porzellan des XVIII. Jahrhunderts. Bearbeitung von

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Lot 673

ART REFERENCE, miscellaneous - Sammlung Darmstaedter Berlin. Europäisches Porzellan des XVIII. Jahrhunderts. Bearbeitung von Prof. Dr. Schnorr von Carolsfeld ... Katalog. Berlin: Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 1933. Folio (304 x 232mm). 130 monochrome photographed plates, mounted on hinges at the end. Original vellum-backed paper boards with coloured illustration mounted on upper cover. Provenance: priced in old manuscript throughout, occasionally with buyer's names. With 10 other miscellaneous reference books, namely Paul Lacroix's Science and Literature in the Middle Ages (London, 1878, chromolithographed plates, half morocco), Albert Kretschmer's The Costumes of All Nations (London, 1882, coloured plates, cloth, rather worn), C. W. King's Handbook of Engraved Gems ... Second edition (London, 1885, buckram), R. L. Hobson's Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery in the ... British Museum (London, 1903, buckram), E. Alfred Jones' The Old Church Plate of the Isle of Man (London, 1907, buckram), Edward Andrews Downman's Blue Dash Chargers and Other Early English Tin Enamel Circular Dishes (London, 1919, parchment-backed paper boards), Herbert Kuhn's IPEK. Jahrbuch fur Prahistorische & Ethnographische Kunst (Leipzig, 1935, buckram, dust-jacket), M. H. Longhurst's English Ivories (London, 1926, buckram), A. J. Hipkins' Musical Instruments Historic, Rare and Unique (London, 1945 [reprint of the 1888 edition], buckram) and Vernon C. Stoneman's John and Thomas Seymour. Cabinetmakers in Boston 1794-1816 (Boston, 1959, buckram). The lot sold not subject to return. (11)

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DICKINSON, William Robert (1815-87, illustrator). Views of St. Peter's Church, Brackley, with Drawings of the Fonts, &c.

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Lot 710

DICKINSON, William Robert (1815-87, illustrator). Views of St. Peter's Church, Brackley, with Drawings of the Fonts, &c. ... to be Sold for the Purpose of Partly Defraying the Expensive Repairs of the Church [title printed on upper wrapper]. Brackley & London: Joseph Barrett & J. Dickinson, 1841. Oblong 4to (278 x 378mm). 5 lithographed plates, 2 of which tinted, by C. Hullmandel after W. R. Dickinson, without a title page [?as issued] (short tear to one plate without loss, some mainly marginal spotting and staining). Original printed wrappers with double rule border and price of 12s. (rebacked in linen, some fraying). RARE. No copy in the British Library; one copy recorded on COPAC (at the V&A) and none recorded at auction. With 9 other works of related interest in 11 vols., namely Henry Shaw's Specimens of Ancient Furniture (London, [n.d., but plates dated 1832-34, plates, cloth), Pugin's Ornaments of the XV & XVII Century [general title on spine] (London, 1836, 4 works or parts in one vol., half morocco), M. Habershon's The Ancient Half-Timbered Houses of England (London, 1836, lithographed and engraved plates, cloth, worn), Thomas Moule's Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales (London, 1838-42, 3 vols., plates, cloth, worn), Henry Shaw's Details of Elizabethan Architecture (London, 1839, plates, 3 hand-coloured, boards), the same author's The Decorative Arts Ecclesiastical and Civil of the Middle Ages (London, 1851, roan-backed boards, worn), J. B. Waring's Stone Monuments, Tumuli and Ornaments of Remote Ages (London, 1870, plates, cloth), Frederic W. Maynard's Descriptive Notice of the Drawings and Publications of The Arundel Society, from 1869 to 1873 inclusive (London, 1873, mounted photographs, half morocco) and C. Almain's Monographie de la Chapelle de Berlaumont (Brussels, 1878, folio, plates, some coloured, morocco-backed boards). The lot sold not subject to return. (12)

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GREGYNOG PRESS - Jean de JOINVILLE (c. 1224-1317). The History of Saint Louis, translated from the French by Natalis de Waill

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Lot 717

GREGYNOG PRESS - Jean de JOINVILLE (c. 1224-1317). The History of Saint Louis, translated from the French by Natalis de Wailly and edited by Joan Evans. Newtown, Montgomeryshire: The Gregynog Press, 1937. 4to (342 x 235mm). Half title, text hand-set in 16-point Poliphilus type, headings and initials engraved by R. John Beedham after Alfred J. Fairbank and printed in red and blue, 17 hand-coloured armorial shields "identified by A. Van de Put" (from the colophon) and engraved by Reynolds Stone, 2 wood-engraved maps by Berthold Wolpe of France and the Eastern Mediterranean, genealogies printed in red and black. FINELY BOUND in dark maroon crushed morocco by the Gregynog Bindery, the upper cover with a shield of fleur-de-lys stamped in gilt, the spine with raised bands and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. Provenance: Lloyd Kenyon (small bookplate and discreet signature dated December 15th 1937 on front free endpaper). NUMBER 97 OF 200 COPIES. Harrop 37: "The book is one of the most impressive to come from Gregynog, and due credit must be given to James Wardrop for this sumptuous production to which several well known artists contributed."

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[LEVESON, Henry Astbury (1828-75)]. The Forest and the Field, by H. A. L., The "Old Shekarry." London: Saunders, Otley and C

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Lot 728

[LEVESON, Henry Astbury (1828-75)]. The Forest and the Field, by H. A. L., The "Old Shekarry." London: Saunders, Otley and Co., 1867. Large 8vo. Half title, mounted albumen print frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 8 wood-engraved plates, 24-pages of printed reviews at the end (occasional light spotting and staining). Original green pictorial cloth gilt (corners bumped). Provenance: Arthur James Lewis (armorial bookplate); H. S. Gunner (old signature on front free endpaper). Second edition. With 21 other books of related interest including Samuel W. Baker's The Albert N'Yanza (London, 1867, 2 vols., in clean bright green pictorial cloth), E. F. Burton's Reminiscences of Sport in India (London, 1885, partly disbound), Sainthill Eardley-Wilmot's Forest Life and Sport in India (London, 1910) and Bernard C. Ellison's H. R. H. The Prince of Wales's Sport in India (London, 1925), all in original cloth, in variable condition. The lot sold not subject to return. (22)

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PRIMATT, Humphry (or Humphrey) (c.1735-c.1776). A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruelty to Brute Animals. Lon

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Lot 748

PRIMATT, Humphry (or Humphrey) (c.1735-c.1776). A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruelty to Brute Animals. London: Printed by R. Hett, and sold at T. Cadell, J. Dodsley and J. Johnson, 1776. 8vo (212 x 137mm). Without a half title ([?]as issued, front blank and title detached, variable spotting and staining). Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt (rather worn, boards detached, rubbed and scuffed, spine and corners heavily rubbed). FIRST EDITION of the author's only known work and one of the first devoted to an attack on cruelty to animals. It was reprinted in 1822 by Arthur Broome, and caught the attention of social reformers such as William Wilberforce, who, along with Broome, established the [Royal] Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1824. See the introduction to Aaron V. Garrett's "Animal Rights and Souls in the Eighteenth Century" (Bristol, 2000), pp. xix-xxi, for a detailed examination of the book and its influence. RARE.

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PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). Microcosm; or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, &c. of

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Lot 750

PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). Microcosm; or, a Picturesque Delineation of the Arts, Agriculture, Manufactures, &c. of Great Britain, for the Embellishment of Landscape: comprising the most Interesting Subjects in Rural and Domestic Scenery, in External and Internal Navigation, in Country Sports and Employments, in the Arts of War and Peace. London: R. Ackermann, [?1822-24, but plates dated 1802-5]. Folio (350 x 280mm). Title and 102 aquatint plates (only, [?]of 120) by W. H. Pyne, each plate with multiple subjects (lacking text, title heavily spotted, a few plates lightly browned, some mainly marginal staining and spotting). Contemporary green half morocco gilt, top edges gilt (extremities rubbed, split at foot of joints, some scuffing). Provenance: "To Vincent Lines, R.W.S., A.R.C.A. with grateful appreciation of his social service as Principal of the Hastings School of Art, from Fanny E. Borrow, December, 1956" (presentation label on front pastedown). Abbey Life 177; Brunet II, 451 (under "Gray", who wrote the original text); Hardie English Coloured Books (1906) p.142: "The only book that [Pyne] illustrated himself were his Microcosm, a series of above a thousand small groups of rustic figures ... and his Costume of Great Britain ..."; Graesse V, 515. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

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The Rector of Overton, A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1830 [Volume III: 1828]. 3 volumes, 12mo (1

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Lot 756

The Rector of Overton, A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1830 [Volume III: 1828]. 3 volumes, 12mo (174 x 100mm). Without half titles [?as issued], 5 engraved plates dated 1829, the 3 plates in vol. one engraved by R. Hicks after W. M. Craig, the 2 plates in vol. III unsigned [no plates in vol. II] (some variable worming and wormtracks at lower margins not affecting letters, a few dark spots, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt with green morocco lettering-pieces (extremities lightly rubbed). Volumes I & II, second editions; vol. III edition not stated, but dated as the first. RARE. This second edition is not in the BL; the first, which is, was published in 1828. The author is unknown: "I trust I shall never be personally known as the author of this Work, because it is meant to shew the Higher Orders of Society in England, amongst whom I have lived, as possessing also a moral elevation, far beyond the reach of the shafts aimed at them by the flying novelists of the last few months ..." (from the Dedication to Mrs. Watts Russel [sic]). The Monthly Review (Vol.IX, no. XXXIX) for November 1828, in a scathing criticism, dismisses the "... manifold absurdities of this most ridiculous book" but makes no suggestions as to its authorship, while implying, perhaps unintentionally, that the author is male. With 3 other works in 9 vols., namely William Dodd's Sermons for Young Men ... A New Edition (London, 1810, contemporary calf), Rev. Bourne Hall Draper's Bible Illustrations; or, a Description of Manners and Customs Peculiar to the East (London, 1831, plates, contemporary cloth, worn) and The Family Friend (London, [c.1850], 6 vols, plates, illustrations, contemporary half calf, worn). (12)

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SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [July] 1951. 8vo (197 x 135mm). Half

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Lot 760

SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [July] 1951. 8vo (197 x 135mm). Half title, title within single-rule border with typographical headpiece and printer's device (a few leaves lightly spotted and browned, elsewhere some extremely faint spotting). Original black buckram, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, dust-jacket by Michael Mitchell, price of $3.00 unclipped, monochrome photographed portrait of the author on the lower wrapper by Lotte Jacobi (some minor chipping at head head and foot of backstrip, another small chip to upper edge of upper wrapper, some rubbing to corners of lower wrapper affecting 2 letters, some extremely faint spotting and staining). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, the dust-jacket with the price of $3.00 directly above the 'shoulder' of the letter 'R' on the front turn-in, and the portrait on the lower wrapper cropped at the top. Anthony Burgess Ninety-Nine Novels pp.53-54; Bixby A2; Starosciak A30. "This novel is a key-work of the nineteen-fifties in that the theme of youthful rebellion is first adumbrated in it, though the hero, Holden Caulfield, is more a gentle voice of protest, unprevailing in the noise, than a militant world-changer ... The Catcher in the Rye was a symptom of a need, after a ghastly war and during a ghastly pseudo-peace, for the young to raise a voice of protest against the failure of the adult world. The young used many voices - anger, contempt, self-pity - but the quietest, that of a decent perplexed American adolescent, proved the most telling" (Anthony Burgess).

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TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955-56. 3 volumes, 8vo (221 x 1

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Lot 782

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. (1892-1973). The Lord of the Rings. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1955-56. 3 volumes, 8vo (221 x 142mm). Half titles, folding maps printed in red and black at the end of each vol. (the map in vol. 3 detached, occasional spotting). Original red cloth, spines gilt (without the dust-jackets, faded and lightly stained). FIRST EDITION. The set comprises impressions as follows: 1) The Fellowship of the Ring is a fourth impression of November 1955; 2) The Two Towers is a fourth impression of 1956 (no month of publication stated); 3) The Return of the King is a second impression of November 1955. (3)

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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at

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Lot 240

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, nine pages, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 23rd February 1876. The manuscript document is addressed to the Duke of Norfolk and concerns the Honourable Harry Tyrwhitt Tyrwhitt of Keythorpe Hall in Tugby, Leicestershire, being a Royal licence granting him to use the surname of Wilson only in lieu of that of Tyrwhitt and bear the Arms of Wilson and requiring the Duke of Norfolk to record the declaration in the College of Arms. Countersigned at the conclusion by Richard Assheton Cross (1823-1914) 1st Viscount Cross. British Statesman who served as Home Secretary 1874-80 & 1885-86. With blind embossed paper seal affixed and tied with a green ribbon. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG Henry Fitzalan-Howard (1847-1917) 15th Duke of Norfolk. British Politician & Philanthropist who served as Earl Marshal 1860-1917. Sir Henry Thomas Tyrwhitt (1824-1894) 3rd Baron Berners.

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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at

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Lot 241

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. A good D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, five pages, folio, Court at Saint James’s, 13th September 1892, on the blind embossed stationery of the Secretary of State, Home Department. The manuscript document is addressed to the Duke of Norfolk and concerns the Honourable Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt of Keythorpe, Leicester, being a Royal licence granting him to take and use the surname of Wilson in addition to and after his own surname of Tyrwhitt and bear the Arms of Wilson and requiring the Duke of Norfolk to record the declaration in the College of Arms. Countersigned at the conclusion by H. H. Asquith (1852-1928) British Prime Minister 1908-16 and previously Home Secretary 1892-95. With blind embossed seal affixed and tied with a green ribbon. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG Henry Fitzalan-Howard (1847-1917) 15th Duke of Norfolk. British Politician & Philanthropist who served as Earl Marshal 1860-1917. Sir Raymond Robert Tyrwhitt-Wilson (1855-1918) 4th Baron Berners.

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GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A large D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large

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Lot 244

GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A large D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of Saint James, 1st April 1932. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, appoints Evelyn Charles Donaldson Rawlins to be Commercial Secretary, First Grade, attached to the Legation at Vienna, also 'Giving and Granting to him in that character all Power and Authority to do and execute all necessary Writings, Memorials, and Instruments, as also to assist Our Minister at Vienna.....'. Countersigned at the foot by John Simon (1873-1954) 1st Viscount Simon. British Politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1931-35. With blind embossed seal. The small circular sticker of the Rawlins Collection is neatly affixed in the upper left corner. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and age wear, VG E. C. D. Rawlins was the father of the noted autograph collector Ray Rawlins and the present document was previously sold by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection on 2nd, 3rd & 4th June 1980 (Lot 142) and has not appeared on the market since.

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EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A rare D.S., Edward R I, a

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Lot 250

EDWARD VIII (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A rare D.S., Edward R I, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Office of Admiralty, 2nd April 1936. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a naval commission appointing David Jasper Godden to be a Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty’s Fleet. Countersigned at the foot by Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (1883-1965) British Admiral, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in the Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, June 1915; and Percy Noble (1880-1955) British Admiral. With blind embossed seal. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and foxing, otherwise VG

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ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP: ELIZABETH II (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- & PRINCE PHILIP (1921- ) D

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Lot 253

ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP: ELIZABETH II (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- & PRINCE PHILIP (1921- ) Duke of Edinburgh, husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip individually, the stiff cream small 4to folding card featuring an image to the inside of the Queen and her consort standing outdoors together in full length poses alongside the young Prince Charles and Princess Anne, with a royal residence in the background. Signed by the Queen ('Elizabeth R') and Prince Philip ('Philip') in fountain pen inks beneath a printed greeting. With a gold embossed crown to the front. Matted in two shades of brown and framed and glazed in a gold coloured wooden frame to an overall size of 18.5 x 14.5. Some very light, extremely minor scuffing and foxing, only very slightly touching the Queen's signature, otherwise VG Provenance: The vendor purchased the present greetings card from B. Altman & Co. in New York during the 1980s and it has not appeared on the market since.

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: A very fine, rare D.S., R Walpole, by Robert Walpole (1676-1745, British Prime Minister 1721-42), o

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Lot 256

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 Sir Thomas Lowther (1699-1745) English Peer and Landowner.

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SALISBURY MARQUIS OF: (1830-1903) British Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92, 1895-1902. A.L.S., Salisbury, three pages, 8vo, H

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Lot 276

SALISBURY MARQUIS OF: (1830-1903) British Prime Minister 1885-86, 1886-92, 1895-1902. A.L.S., Salisbury, three pages, 8vo, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 11th July 1874, to W. R. Callender. Salisbury announces 'I promised the Duke of Wellington that I would not recommend any one to him for the Bench, except men who were known to me personally & for whose merits I could vouch from my own experience' and adds that he is therefore 'precluded from giving effect to your recommendation'. Some very light, extremely minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VG William Romaine Callender (1825-1876) British Businessman & Politician who served as Member of Parliament for Manchester 1874-76. Arthur Wellesley (1807-1884) 2nd Duke of Wellington. British Lieutenant-General and Politician. Wellington succeeded Salisbury as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex in 1868 and retained the title until 1884.

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ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, one page, n.p., 4th January 1891,

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Lot 279

ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, one page, n.p., 4th January 1891, to Dr. Champneys, on Rosebery's monogrammed black bordered mourning stationery. Rosebery announces 'You must have thought me dead or an absconded bankrupt', and continues to explain 'But the truth is that for some days I have been departed from my secretary and my chequebook: the two being practically identical'. VG Rosebery's correspondent may have been Francis Champneys (1848-1930) British Obstetrician who raised the status of midwives and supported the founding of the History of Medicine Society.

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ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, one page, 8vo, Dalmeny Park, Edinb

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Lot 280

ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, one page, 8vo, Dalmeny Park, Edinburgh, 3rd December 1901, to [Martin] Conway. Rosebery writes, in full, 'What bee have you got in your bonnet? I never dreamed of being angry with you, why should I? What for? I am quite at sea.'. Two small pinholes to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Martin Conway (1856-1937) 1st Baron Conway of Allington. English Art Critic, Politician, Cartographer and Mountaineer.

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ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, two pages, 8vo, Mentmore, Leighton

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Lot 281

ROSEBERY EARL OF: (1847-1929) British Prime Minister 1894-95. A.L.S., with his initial R, two pages, 8vo, Mentmore, Leighton Buzzard, 5th January 1902, to [Martin] Conway, marked 'Private'. Rosebery states that his correspondent's plan of conference day at Liverpool 'seems to have a great deal to recommend it' and that it should receive careful consideration, further offering congratulations to his correspondent on their Bolivian success. Two small pinholes to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Martin Conway (1856-1937) 1st Baron Conway of Allington. English Art Critic, Politician, Cartographer and Mountaineer. Conway surveyed the Bolivian Andes during an expedition in 1898 and published his book The Bolivian Andes in 1901.

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COBDEN RICHARD: (1804-1865) British Radical and Liberal Statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-

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Lot 292

COBDEN RICHARD: (1804-1865) British Radical and Liberal Statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League.A.L.S., R Cobden, four pages, 8vo, n.p., 1852, to C. E. Rawlins, marked 'Private'. Cobden announces 'If we, in Manchester, found it necessary to confine ourselves to the one question of the corn laws - we who have a strong party there for reform as witness the character of its representatives - how much more necessary must it be for you in Liverpool, who have no other standing ground on which you have the least chance of beating the old enemy, the Tories' and continues to add 'I should say it would be madness for you to hoist any other flag than that of the League. What little of parity & public spirit you have amongst your constituency you owe to the free trade agitation. Stick to that for one more election & something may evolve from it which may hereafter enable you to send a couple of good reformers. Your present men are the best upon the whole that Liverpool has returned in my day'. Some very light, minor age wear and creasing, VG C. E. Rawlins served as Chairman of the Complete Suffrage Association and was part of the Liverpool delegation to the Anti-Corn Law League's large demonstration in the Free Trade Hall at Manchester in April 1843.

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Lot 293

COBDEN RICHARD: (1804-1865) British Radical and Liberal Statesman, associated with John Bright in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. A.L.S., R Cobden, three pages, 8vo, near Glamis, Scotland, 15th September 1862, to 'My dear Lord'. Cobden states that his correspondent's kind invitation to dinner 'has found me at a friend's house near the reputed scene of Lady Macbeth's bloody & inhospitable deed', explaining that he has been travelling in the Scottish highlands for the last month and still has more of his tour to complete, including a trip on the Caledonian canal, and that had he been at home he would have gladly accepted the invitation. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, otherwise VG

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FORD GERALD R: (1913-2006) American President 1974-77. T.L.S., Jerry Ford, one page, 4to, Washington DC, 11th December 1970,

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Lot 306

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 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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LEONCAVALLO RUGGERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. A fine vintage fountain pen ink signature ('R. Leoncavallo') and date, Be

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Lot 100

LEONCAVALLO RUGGERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. A fine vintage fountain pen ink signature ('R. Leoncavallo') and date, Berlin, 14th January 1894, to the verso of the printed visiting card of Guido Mondolfo. About EX Guido Mondolfo (1875-1958) Italian Historian & Politician who edited various socialist periodicals.

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FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist of Madame Bovary (1857), the leading exponent of literary realism in France. A

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Lot 128

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist of Madame Bovary (1857), the leading exponent of literary realism in France. A fine A.L.S., Gu. Flaubert, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. ('Mardi'; early 1870s), to a friend ('Mon cher ami'), in French. Flaubert announces 'Le Sexe Faible must have been taken to the censors today' and continues 'Weinschenk worries about the minister, but if you delete the word minister, the role no longer exists and the piece becomes incomprehensible. The general can be a Swiss general (Swiss - oh, very well) but minister can not be modified….you have to take it or leave it. Write your father what you think is appropriate. You know the question as well as I do. Your interest is at stake more than mine. If your father and Beauplan support us (and they can support us, since the censors depend only on them and on any one thing that they say about it) we are saved. If they don't, then not. In a last ditch effort I am writing one more time to d'Osmoy! And I will notify R. Duval to speak to his cousin Chabaud-Latour. More I cannot do. I know perfectly well that Weinschenk counts on a big financial success. Le Sexe Faible is his last challenge, and he will do anything I want. But still, if the minister is left out, good night! I am not trying to conceal that I am full of bitterness and that I am getting to the point where I have had enough, or even too much! It would probably not be bad if you made the trip to Paris. Sunday. It's worth it. As for the rest, it's up to you. I suspect your father will not answer you, an easy way to avoid difficult steps, and that Le Sexe Faible will be stopped by the censorship, but they will regret it.' A letter of excellent literary content, not least for its references to censorship which Flaubert had experienced previously when his debut novel and masterpiece Madame Bovary had resulted in a scandal when it was first serialized in 1856-57 with public prosecutors declaring it to have obscene content. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a few small tears very neatly and professionally repaired. About VG Le Sexe Faible ('The Weaker Sex') was a light comedy originally written by the French poet and dramatist Louis Bouilhet (1822-1869) who was a close friend and mentor to Flaubert. Following Bouilhet's death Flaubert discovered Le Sexe Faible amongst his friend's papers, although it is open to debate whether the piece was a scenario or full text when discovered. Flaubert completed the play, with a sexist and politically incorrect theme, in honour of his late friend and it was scheduled to be produced in early 1873. However, the impresario Leon Carvalho favoured Flaubert's Le Candidat and that was instead chosen, although only survived for four performances before Flaubert himself withdrew it. Le Sexe Faible was again scheduled for production at the Theatre de Cluny in 1874, however shortly before the premiere Flaubert cancelled the production believing it to be unworthy of the play.

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MOORE SARA JANE: (1930- ) American Criminal who attempted to assassinate American President Gerald Ford in 1975 for whic

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Lot 161

MOORE SARA JANE: (1930- ) American Criminal who attempted to assassinate American President Gerald Ford in 1975 for which she received a life sentence. A.L.S., Sara Jane Moore, one page, 4to, Lexington, Kentucky, 24th June 1980, to Ann Marie. Moore thanks her correspondent for writing and explains that her letter had been forwarded from another prison, 'I was sent here in April for an “evaluation”. This particular prison serves as the medical center for federal women prisoners and has a special maximum security section for those of us who cannot be held normally in a minimum security prison which this is. I'll be here another month or a little more…..', further adding 'I would enjoy writing to you on a regular basis. I'm curious how you learned about me and also curious to know why you have chosen nursing as your career and what the training is like. Thank you for your offer to send books, et cetera. Because my stay at this prison is temporary and because I'm not sure what my conditions of confinement will be when I return to Alderson I'll take a bye for now on that offer……' Together with a signed colour 3.5 x 4 polaroid photograph of Moore seated in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('Sara Moore') in ink to the lower white border and dated 1980 in her hand. Also including Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) American President 1974-77. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Ford standing in a formal full length pose alongside Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon. Signed ('Gerald R. Ford') by Ford in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG to EX, 3

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AUTOGRAPHS: A small oblong 4to album containing over 100 signed clipped pieces, cards, some A.Ls.S., by a wide variety of fa

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Lot 164

AUTOGRAPHS: A small oblong 4to album containing over 100 signed clipped pieces, cards, some A.Ls.S., by a wide variety of famous men and women of the late 19th century, each laid down to pages (most in multiples) and a few loose, including Otto von Bismarck, George, Duke of Cambridge, Randolph S. Churchill, Marquis of Salisbury, Garnet Wolseley, Evelyn Wood VC, Gerald Graham VC, Fred Burnaby, Viscount Melbourne, Henry Wellesley, Thomas Frankland Lewis, William Gull (considered a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders), James Paget, William Jenner, Lord Shaftesbury, John Everett Millais, Frederic Leighton, Luke Fildes, Jules Massenet, Wilson Barrett (A.Q.S.), Squire Bancroft, Henry Irving, Johnston Forbes Robertson, Frederick Hobson Leslie (with a small ink caricature), Charles Wyndham, Weedon Grossmith, R. Corney Grain, Emma Albani, Madge Kendal, Marion Terry, Ellen Terry, Sarah Bernhardt etc. Binding loose and with some light overall age wear, G

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AUTOGRAPHS: An excellent oblong 4to leather bound album containing over 150 signed pieces (each neatly laid down, most in mu

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Lot 165

AUTOGRAPHS: An excellent oblong 4to leather bound album containing over 150 signed pieces (each neatly laid down, most in multiples, and a few signatures applied directly to the pages, the majority neatly annotated and identified alongside in purple fountain pen ink) by a wide variety of famous men and women including Princess Marie Louise, John French, David Lloyd George, H. H. Asquith, Andrew Bonar Law, Arthur James Balfour (2), Austen Chamberlain, Robert Cecil, Hugh Cecil, Stanley Baldwin, Violet Bonham Carter, Horatio Bottomley, Paul Cambon, John W. Davis, Randall Davidson (as Archbishop of Canterbury), Cosmo Lang (as Archbishop of York), William Inge, Douglas Haig (‘To help those who have suffered in the Great War in their country’s cause, Haig F.M.’, dated 11th March 1920 in his hand), David Beatty, John Jellicoe, Julian Byng, Ian Hamilton, Lord Methuen, Robert Baden Powell (an attractive example featuring a printed image and with the words Boy Scouts in his hand beneath his signature), Lord Roberts VC, Herbert Plumer, Charles Darling, Matheson Lang, Arthur Bourchier, Cyril Maude, Arthur Wing Pinero, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gerald du Maurier, Henry Ainley, George Robey, Frank R. Benson, Sybil Thorndike, Fay Compton, Lily Brayton, Eva Moore, Phyllis Dare, Marion Terry, Adelina Patti, Francis Carruthers Gould, Seymour Lucas, George Clausen, George Frampton, Augustine Birrell, H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Quiller Couch, Marie Corelli, Gilbert Murray, J. M. Barrie, Thomas Hardy, Gilbert Parker, Owen Seaman, Edmund Gosse, Arthur C. Benson, Henry Newbolt, Hilaire Belloc, Gilbert Jessop, Pelham Warner, Frank Gillingham, Kenneth Hunt, John W. H. T. Douglas, George Hirst, Syd Puddefoot, Ted Hufton, William Cope, Oxford and Cambridge University boat race crews of 1920, Frederick Treves, William Osler, George, Duke of Kent and others. The album features an attractive colour pen and ink calligraphic title page stating that ‘The Autographs in this Album were specially given for Ye Olde Barkynge Fayre to assist in raising funds for the erection of a Parish Hall in Barking’, April 1920. VG

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AUTOGRAPHS: A miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous men and

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Lot 166

AUTOGRAPHS: A miscellaneous selection of signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous men and women, most associated with the Arts, including Muriel St. Clare Byrne, Leslie Hartley, Leon Goossens, Alec Guinness, Arthur Bliss, Thomas Bodkin, Thomas Armstrong, Peter Pears, John Keating, Geoffrey Fisher, Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, Edward Maufe, William Reid Dick, John Ward, James Fitton, Arnold Machin, Charles Wheeler, Peter Hawkins (stating, in part, 'I was up at the Palace for half of last week making the last two Flower Pot films for the present…..', 8th May 1954), Siegfried Charoux (2), Diana Armfield, Jennifer Dickson, John Ward (stating, in part, 'How very, very kind of you to write about my book. It was fun to do - although I found I could only write sense for about 2 hours a day. I can manage about 4 hours painting a day….I hardly ever get to the R.A. these days - but what fun it was when Sidney was secretary & the place still belonged to the R.A.'s! I have been away painting in Monte Carlo…..'), William Russell Flint, Norman Wilkinson, Yvonne Arnaud, Solomon, Alec Clifton-Taylor (discussing the British art historian and Secretary of the Royal Academy Sidney Hutchison, 1967), Audrey Russell (7; in one stating, in part, 'How nice of you to write about "Going for a Song". I should have replied long ago & certainly before my resounding defeat at the hands of Spike Milligan. I don't quite know why, but I was very off colour that day, though that is an amateur's excuse - the reason was, as you may have observed, that Spike Milligan knows much more about antiques & their value than I do! I was sorry not to get through as that kind of programme is such marvelous publicity, which I rather need just now. I've never met Milligan before, though he had written to me once or twice about programmes. I liked him - immensely intelligent - & of course amusing, & mad on antiques & with a sort of gentleness unusual in this day & age'). Donald Wolfit, R. F. Delderfield (5), Donald Sinden (stating, in part, 'So delighted you enjoyed This is Your Life: it was quite a traumatic experience - especially when Mai Zetterling came on. I had never met her before!!'), Anna Neagle (2), Andre Tchaikowsky, Kyffin Williams (stating, in part, '….I always feel I am a bit of an outsider in the R.A. John Ward, Bernard Dunstan & Anthony Green are old friends but otherwise, apart from Diana, I am an academic loner….'), Hugh Gaitskell, Ernle Chatfield, Lord Woolton, Alexander of Tunis, Montgomery of Alamein, Frederick Browning etc. G to VG, 78 The majority of the letters in the present lot were written to Margaret Hallett (1928-2018) British Clerk and Assistant Librarian at the Royal Academy of Arts in London 1955-65.

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WORLD WAR II – ROYAL NAVY: A rare and unusual folio (11.5 x 14) blue printed sheet entitled Memorial Hall prepared by Hadlow

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Lot 194

WORLD WAR II – ROYAL NAVY: A rare and unusual folio (11.5 x 14) blue printed sheet entitled Memorial Hall prepared by Hadlow School in Masterton, New Zealand, and individually signed by ten leading British Royal Navy officers who served in World War II comprising Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham, Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape, Admiral of the Fleet Louis Mountbatten, Vice-Admiral R. McGregor, Admiral Sir James Somerville, Admiral Sir Arthur Power, Admiral Sir Philip Vian, Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood and Admiral Sir Max Horton. All have signed their names in fountain pen inks within blue squares, most adding their ranks beneath their signatures. Together with two related T.Ls.S. dated 1946, being letters of introduction for Mr. A. W. Don, the Headmaster of the Hadlow Preparatory School in New Zealand and regarding his efforts in obtaining the signatures ‘of the most note-worthy mariners’. An impressive and attractive grouping of signatures. Some light creasing and minor foxing to the edges and two light stains to the upper edge caused by previous mounting, none of which affects the signatures. About VG

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GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27 & ADDISON JOSEPH (1672-1719) English Essayist, Poet and P

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Lot 232

GEORGE I: (1660-1727) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-27 & ADDISON JOSEPH (1672-1719) English Essayist, Poet and Politician, co-founder of The Spectator magazine. A good D.S. by both King George I (‘George R’, a good, bold example as King at the head) and Joseph Addison (‘J. Addison’, as Secretary of State for the Southern Department), one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Hampton Court, 8th September 1717. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing Leonard Robison to be an Ensign in a Regiment of Foot commanded by Brigadier General Henry Grove. With the remnants of a red seal to the upper left corner. Some light overall creasing and age wear, about VG

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GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court a

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Lot 234

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's. 24th February 1797. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is addressed to John Charles Villiers and states, in part, 'These are to authorize you by beat of Drum or otherwise, to raise so many Men in any County......as are or shall be wanting to recruit & fill up the respective Troops of Our Regt. of Fencible Cavalry under your Command, to the numbers allowed upon the Establishment: And all Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, Constables, and other Our civil officers whom it may concern are hereby required to be assisting unto you in providing Quarters, Impressing Carriages and otherwise as there shall be Occasion......' Countersigned at the foot by William Windham (1750-1810) British Statesman, Secretary at War 1794-1801 and two other individuals. With a slim portion of the blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and a couple of minor, small neat splits at the edges of the folds, about VG John Charles Villiers (1757-1838) 3rd Earl of Clarendon. British Peer and Politician. When the rise of the French Republic caused apprehensions in Great Britain, Villiers was appointed Colonel of the First Regiment of Fencible Cavalry on 14th March 1794. Provenance: The present document was formerly part of the Ray Rawlins Collection of Historical Documents and was sold by Sotheby's in their sale of the Rawlins Collection on 2nd, 3rd and 4th June 1980 (Lot 114). It has not appeared on the market since.

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GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, a 'mad' example, as King, at the head, one pag

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Lot 235

GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of the United Kingdom 1760-1820. D.S., George R, a 'mad' example, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at St. James's, 23rd May 1810. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing William Heydinger to be Deputy Assistant Commissary General to the Forces. Countersigned at the foot by Richard Ryder (1766-1832) British Politician, Home Secretary 1809-12 and also bearing the signatures of Thomas Butts (1757-1845) Chief Clerk to the Commissary General of Musters and William Blake's most important patron and Robert Lukin (1772-1835) First Clerk at the War Office. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. The document has a neat horizontal tear through the centre (somewhat crudely repaired to the verso) and with extensive mottling and age wear, affecting the text but not the King's signature. About G Provenance: The present document was previously part of the collection of the British physician Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981). Along with his mother, Dr. Ida Macalpine, also a psychiatrist, he wrote several books including George III and the Mad Business (1969).

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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, foli

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Lot 236

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

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GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at

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Lot 237

GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Carlton House, 13th April 1824. The manuscript document is addressed to James Scarlett and his Royal Licence to Plead, stating, in part, 'Whereas James Taggart hath by his Petition humbly represented unto Us, that on the twenty second day of October last there was an Indictment found by the Grand Jury of the City of London against James Taggart and Henry Baskcomb which was removed by Certiorari into Our Court of Kings Bench for an alledged offence of selling a Cadetship upon which the Petitioner and the said Henry Baskcomb are to be tried at the adjourned sittings for the City of London......and that it may be useful for the Petitioner in defending the said Indictment to have the assistance of James Scarlett one of Our Counsel learned in law.....' Countersigned at the conclusion by Robert Peel (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35 & 1841-46 and Home Secretary 1822-27 & 1828-30. With a blind embossed paper seal affixed and blank integral leaf. Some very light staining and age wear, only very slightly affecting the text and signature, otherwise about VG James Scarlett (1769-1844) 1st Baron Abinger. English Lawyer, Politician and Judge, one of the most successful lawyers at the bar who was particularly effective before a jury.

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Princess Margaret & Peter Townsend. 57pp typescript account by a foreign office employee & insider. Early 1950's

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Lot 267

Princess Margaret & Peter Townsend. 57pp typescript account by a foreign office employee & insider. Early 1950's in a ring binder with one or two other items incl. The Glorious Restoration of Wells Cathedral by Doctor R. D. Reid.

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FERGUSON R. S.  A History of Cumberland. Qtr. dark morocco. 1890; also 4 typescript folio vols., Howard Family Documents

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Lot 276

FERGUSON R. S. A History of Cumberland. Qtr. dark morocco. 1890; also 4 typescript folio vols., Howard Family Documents deposited at Durham, 1967-1970 & 2 others. (7).

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SYMONDS R. W.  Thomas Tompion, His Life & Work. Illus. Quarto. Orig. blue cloth in d.w. 1951; also another by Symond

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Lot 66

SYMONDS R. W. Thomas Tompion, His Life & Work. Illus. Quarto. Orig. blue cloth in d.w. 1951; also another by Symonds & 4 as new copies of Evans, Thomas Tompion at the Dial & Three Crowns, 2006. (6).

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BARDER R. C. R.  The Georgian Bracket Clock. Illus. Quarto. Orig. blue cloth in d.w. 1993; also 4 other illus. quarto vo

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Lot 77

BARDER R. C. R. The Georgian Bracket Clock. Illus. Quarto. Orig. blue cloth in d.w. 1993; also 4 other illus. quarto vols. in d.w's re. clocks. (5).

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PLOMP R.  Spring-Driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks, 1657-1710. Illus. Quarto. Orig. dark cloth. 1979; also 7 others re. clock

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Lot 85

PLOMP R. Spring-Driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks, 1657-1710. Illus. Quarto. Orig. dark cloth. 1979; also 7 others re. clocks & watches. (8).

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BOWDLER SHARPE R.  Sketch-Book of British Birds. Col. frontis & illus. by A. F. & C. Lydon. Quarto. Attr. orig.

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Lot 119

BOWDLER SHARPE R. Sketch-Book of British Birds. Col. frontis & illus. by A. F. & C. Lydon. Quarto. Attr. orig. pict. cloth. 1898.

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WALKER R. A. (Ed).  The Best of Beardsley. Illus. Quarto. Orig. dec. yellow & black cloth in torn d.w. 1948; also 4

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Lot 124

WALKER R. A. (Ed). The Best of Beardsley. Illus. Quarto. Orig. dec. yellow & black cloth in torn d.w. 1948; also 4 vols., Kipling. (5).

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DAVIS R. & Others (Pubs).  The New Peerage. Vol. 3, Present State of the Nobility of Ireland. Eng. plates. Old calf,

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Lot 139

DAVIS R. & Others (Pubs). The New Peerage. Vol. 3, Present State of the Nobility of Ireland. Eng. plates. Old calf, tending to split. 1769.

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DODSLEY R. & J. & Others (Pubs).  Bound vol. of 10 Elegies, mainly published by Dodsley & incl. an 11th ed.

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Lot 173

DODSLEY R. & J. & Others (Pubs). Bound vol. of 10 Elegies, mainly published by Dodsley & incl. an 11th ed. of the separate quarto edition of Gray's Elegy. Old calf, splitting. 1759-1763.

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BURNET G.  Some letters containing an account of ... Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, etc. ... written ... to

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Lot 180

BURNET G. Some letters containing an account of ... Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, etc. ... written ... to the Honble. R. B. (Robert Boyle). Old panelled calf brds. rebacked. 1724.

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GORDON CUMMING R.  Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. 2 vols. Eng. plates as called for.

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Lot 203

GORDON CUMMING R. Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa. 2 vols. Eng. plates as called for. Half calf, one with extensive tape reps. Book label of Home of The Hirsel. 1850; also 2 other vols. (4).

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PAIR OF R. LALIQUE BUTTER DISHES. SIGNED R. LALIQUE TO BASE. HEIGHT: ½ INCH. WIDTH: 2¾ INCHES.DEPTH: 2¾ INCHES. IN GOOD CONDI

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Lot 119

PAIR OF R. LALIQUE BUTTER DISHES. SIGNED R. LALIQUE TO BASE. HEIGHT: ½ INCH. WIDTH: 2¾ INCHES.DEPTH: 2¾ INCHES. IN GOOD CONDITION.

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R. LALIQUE OPALESCENT GLASS VASE WITH IMPRESSED MARK 'R. LALIQUE' TO BASE. HEIGHT: 5 INCHES. SMALL CHIP TO RIM.

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Lot 79

R. LALIQUE OPALESCENT GLASS VASE WITH IMPRESSED MARK 'R. LALIQUE' TO BASE. HEIGHT: 5 INCHES. SMALL CHIP TO RIM.

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20th Century Rutilated quartz cabochon ring with tapered split hoop stamped 'Made In Finland', with Finnish silver marks for

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Lot 400

20th Century Rutilated quartz cabochon ring with tapered split hoop stamped 'Made In Finland', with Finnish silver marks for 1974 London import marks for 1974, sponsor's mark 'J&G', and a blue stone ring of similar design ring sizes L-M and Q-R (2).

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Miscellaneous wines to include: Château d'Argan, Médoc, 2016, one bottle ; Domaine de Montille, Beaune, 1er Cru Les Grèves, 2

Sworders

Lot 153

Miscellaneous wines to include: Château d'Argan, Médoc, 2016, one bottle ; Domaine de Montille, Beaune, 1er Cru Les Grèves, 2008, one bottle; Clivus, Valpolicella Ripasso, 2016, one bottle; Warwick Estate, Trilogy, 2015 , one bottle; Frank K Smit, 2015, one bottle; Welgegund, Cinsault, 2017 , one bottle and Leitz, R üdesheimer Berg Schlossberg, Spätlese, 2002, one bottle; Langaza, Rioja, 2009, one bottle; Kuhlmann-Platz, Cuvée Prestige, Gewürztraminer, 2012, one bottle; Tuarita, Rosso dei Notri, 2014 , one bottle; Schneider, Weilder Schlipf, Weisser Burgunder, 2011, one bottle and Somerset Royal, Cider Brandy, one 35cl. bottle, eleven bottles and one 35cl. bottle in total

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An Art Deco emerald and diamond ring, central rectangular cushion cut vibrant deep green emerald approx 0.60ct, within arched

Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers

Lot 3165

An Art Deco emerald and diamond ring, central rectangular cushion cut vibrant deep green emerald approx 0.60ct, within arched diamond setting inset with eight round brilliant cut diamond accents, total estimated diamond weight approx 0.26ct, platinum cresting, indistinctly marked yellow metal shank, tests as 18ct gold, size R, 3g gross

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A 9ct gold wedding band, size R; another decorated with stars, size P; an 9ct gold ring in the form of five daisies, size N1/

Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers

Lot 3303

A 9ct gold wedding band, size R; another decorated with stars, size P; an 9ct gold ring in the form of five daisies, size N1/2; 7.3g

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A 9ct gold diamond trilogy ring set on a twist size R 2.5g gross.

Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers

Lot 3345

A 9ct gold diamond trilogy ring set on a twist size R 2.5g gross.

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19TH CENTURY GENTLEMAN'S CAMEO RING, of oval form, on an unmarked yellow metal shank, ring size S, together with one other ge

Duke's

Lot 334

19TH CENTURY GENTLEMAN'S CAMEO RING, of oval form, on an unmarked yellow metal shank, ring size S, together with one other gem set ring, (one stone missing), on a 15ct yellow gold engraved shank, ring size R, (2)

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18CT YELLOW GOLD SIGNET RING, together with an 18ct yellow gold wedding band, both ring size R, 13.8grams total weight

Duke's

Lot 337

18CT YELLOW GOLD SIGNET RING, together with an 18ct yellow gold wedding band, both ring size R, 13.8grams total weight

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FIVE STONE DIAMOND RING, each graduated diamond illusion-set, approx 1.20ct total weight, on an 18ct white gold shank, ring s

Duke's

Lot 59

FIVE STONE DIAMOND RING, each graduated diamond illusion-set, approx 1.20ct total weight, on an 18ct white gold shank, ring size R

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SOLITAIRE PIQUE DIAMOND RING, approx .40 ct, on an 18ct yellow gold shank, ring size Q-R, together with a sapphire and diamon

Duke's

Lot 69

SOLITAIRE PIQUE DIAMOND RING, approx .40 ct, on an 18ct yellow gold shank, ring size Q-R, together with a sapphire and diamond illusion-set ring, on an 18ct yellow gold shank, ring size M-N

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