ATTLEE CLEMENT: (1883-1967) British Prime Minister 1945-51. T.L.S., C R Attlee, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, 24th July 1950, to Reverend A. F. W. Thomas, on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister. Attlee thanks his correspondent for their letter and request to be placed on the Crown patronage list and continues 'I think I ought to explain that there are only about twenty vacancies or so a year on an average and many have but small stipends. About half of them are in the north of England, and though I will certainly bear your name in mind, I am afraid there is not much hope of my being able to meet your wishes.' Together with a T.L.S. by Laurence Attlee (1884-1969) brother of Clement, one page, 4to, Groombridge, Kent, 5th September 1956, to John. Attlee congratulates his correspondent on their engagement and continues 'I went up to Lords on the doleful Saturday when cricket was washed out and I heard from Ashcroft that you were there. I thought I might be able to meet you but with everyone going home I failed. I hope you are planning an early marriage and that Haileybury can supply a house, which is the main problem for most couples in these days.' Some light age wear, about VG, 2
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HISTORICAL: Collection of over 200 clipped signed pieces by various politicians, nobility, military and religious leaders and other historical figures, compiled by Harry J. Scott and each laid down in multiples to 4to pages of a homemade album, all with neat typed captions beneath, including John French FM, Francis Younghusband, Herbert Plumer, Lord Roberts VC, Admiral Jellicoe, Douglas Haig, Marquess of Curzon, Earl of Reading, Earl of Lytton, David Lloyd George, H. H. Asquith, Walter Runciman, Arthur Henderson, A. J. Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, Andrew Bonar Law, J. Ramsay MacDonald, Edward Carson, R. B. Haldane, Viscount Milner, Baron Chelmsford, Baron Stamfordham, Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Lord Methuen, Joseph Pease, Robert Cecil, Hugh Cecil, Edward Grey, Douglas Dawson, Arthur Wilson VC, Francis Fleming, Cardinal Francis Bourne, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Portland, Randall Davidson etc. G to VG
HISTORICAL: A small 4to album containing over 50 signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S. etc., by various French and English musicians, thespians and other famous individuals, most neatly corner mounted to pages, including Edouard Colonne (2; one a lengthy A.M.Q.S.), Pablo Casals, Jean Mounet-Sully, Johannes Wolff, Rejane, Benoit-Constant Coquelin, Theodore Dubois, Jeanne Julia Bartet, Maurice Farkoa, George Alexander, Coquelin Cadet, Edward German, R. Kennerly Rumford, Cyril Maude, Courtice Pounds, Ellaline Terriss, J. Forbes Robertson, Julia Neilson, Eva Moore, W. H. Kendal & Madge Kendal, Benjamin Constant, A. J. Balfour, John Burns, Joseph Chamberlain, Rene Bull (original watercolour drawing signed), George Dewey, John Ruskin, Walter Besant, J. L. Toole etc. G to generally VG
WAGHORN RICHARD: (1904-1931) English Aviator, pilot of the winning aircraft in the 1929 Schneider Trophy seaplane race. Fountain pen ink signature (‘H. R. D. Waghorn’) and date, February 1931, in his hand on a piece. Neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album beneath a newspaper photograph. Together with a second, almost identical signed piece, also neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album alongside several newspaper portraits and an ink annotation in the hand of a collector. Autographs of Waghorn are rare as a result of his early death at the age of 26 in a flying accident. Also including Augustus Orlebar (1897-1943) British Air Vice Marshal, a Schneider Trophy winner and World Air Speed Record holder. Fountain pen ink signature (‘A. H. Orlebar’) on a piece, neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album beneath a newspaper portrait and ink annotation in the hand of a collector. Further including a second, almost identical signed piece (very minor smudging), also neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album beneath a newspaper portrait and ink annotation in the hand of a collector. G to about VG, 4
AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Two autograph albums containing over 200 signatures by various actors, actresses, entertainers, pop singers, sportsmen and some other famous individuals including Tim Pigott-Smith, John Duttine, Ken Morley, Martin Shaw, Sonia, Wayne Sleep, Syd Little & Eddie Large, Dana, Brian Murphy, Tom Watt, Norman Wisdom, Voice of the Beehive (Tracey Bryn & Melissa Brooke Belland), Paddy Ashdown, Prunella Scales, Timothy West, Les Dawson, John Conteh, Dave Bassett, Dannii Minogue, Peter O'Toole, Warren Mitchell, Dave Allen, J. P. R. Williams, Douglas Hurd, Neil Kinnock, Michael Foot, Susan Hampshire, Bertice Reading, Peter Ustinov, Gemma Craven, Ian Botham, Eric Bristow, Angela Thorne, Paul Eddington, Nana Mouskouri, Richard Harris, Sarah Miles, Tony Bennett, Nigel Kennedy, Trevor Francis, Lionel Jeffries, Adeva, Suzanne Vega, Neil Stacy, Mollie Sugden, Jack Douglas, Brian Poole, Suzi Quatro etc. Some of the signatures are on pieces laid down to pages and many have small attached magazine photographs. G to VG, 2
HAMMOND WALTER: (1903-1965) English Cricketer, England Captain 1938-1946/7. Vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Hammond walking out to the crease alongside another cricketer, with a crowd of spectators in the background. Signed ('W R Hammond') in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Some light overall surface and corner creasing, G
CRICKET: Selection of signed hardback editions by various cricketers etc., most multiple signed, including Cricket Characters 2 individually signed to the inside colour caricatures by Chris Cairns, Devon Malcolm, Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis, England versus Australia - A Pictorial History of the Test Matches since 1877 signed by Ted Dexter, Richie Benaud, Bob Willis, Ken Barrington, Trevor Bailey, Jim Laker, Godfrey Evans, Alec Bedser, Eric Bedser, Bob Appleyard, Ray Illingworth, Derek Underwood etc., Compton on Cricketers Past and Present signed by Viv Richards, Keith Miller, Godfrey Evans, Bob Simpson and Denis Compton, Triumph in Australia - Mike Gatting's 1986-87 Cricket Diary signed by Mike Gatting, Chris Broad, Graham Dilley, Allan Lamb, Allan Border etc., Ashes '85 signed by Mike Gatting, Neil Foster, Allan Lamb, Graham Gooch, Peter May, Ian Botham, David Gower, John Emburey, Alec Bedser, Allan Border etc., It's Been A Piece of Cake signed by Brian Johnston, Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey, Ray Illingworth, Ted Dexter, Fred Trueman, Bob Willis, Keith Miller, Geoff Boycott, Bob Simpson, Dennis Lillee, Brian Close, R. E. S. Wyatt, David Gower, Tom Graveney, Godfrey Evans, Alec Bedser etc., All are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 13
SPORT: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and some smaller and larger, a few signed cards etc., by various sportsmen and women including Graham Gooch, Dickie Bird, Brian Close, Matt Prior, Paul Collingwood, Shane Watson, David Haye, Alan Minter, Johnny Nelson, Steve Robinson, Colin Jones, Rory Underwood, Phil Bennett, J. P. R. Williams, Geoff Capes, Eddie Edwards, Alan Curbishley, Lawrie McMenemy, Bobby George, Katherine Grainger etc. A little duplication. Each of the images, many of which are colour, depict the subjects in poses related to their sports and all are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images. Generally VG, 33
T & R Boote - Two 6 inch dust pressed tiles, the first decorated with a lobster amidst a pattern border and the second with a ship in a storm with a blue basket weave border together with an unmarked late 19th Century tile decorated with a transfer roundel of a ship upon the shore with a shell border, printed Rd 160971 to the back (3)
A Good Group of American Sterling Silver Spoons, 20th c., including a folding medicine spoon, R. Blackinton & Co., North Attleboro, MA; and a set of 30 sipper/stirrers, various makers, each with heart-shaped bowl and knop terminal; lengths 6 1/4 in. and 8 1/8 in. respectively, combined weight 12.35 troy ozs.
A Group of Guilloche Enamel Objects, including an American sterling silver and "Sèvres blue" pocket flashlight, R. Blackinton & Co., North Attleboro, MA, c. 1920; a Continental .935 silver and teal enamel compact, lid with engraved basket of flowers, engine-turn engraved back, gilt interior with mirror; a Continental .935 silver circular box, polychrome lid, gilt interior; a German sterling silver pillbox, teal lid with grisaille portrait of girl, gilt interior (4 pcs.).
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[Heraldry], John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry..., fifth edition, bound with John Logan, Analogia Honorum: or, a Treatise of Honour and Nobility..., London, 1679, printed by S. Roycroft for R. Blome, folio (14 in. x 9 in.), full leather, with 317 and 181 pgs., respectively, bearing the bookplate of James Fenimore Cooper (1858-1938), showing the doorway to his stone manor Fynmere, built by noted architect Charles Platt. Provenance: Estate of James Fenimore Cooper IV.
A Georgia Coin Silver Repoussé Pitcher, Clark, Rackett & Co., Augusta, GA, 1840-1852, marked "CLARK R. & CO" in rectangle, overstruck illegible mark; footed vase form with foliate scroll handle, monogrammed cartouche, body chased with cotton blossoms, cotton bolls and bales of cotton, height 12 1/8 in., weight 18.20 troy ozs. Reference: Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Georgia, p. 26.
A MISCELLANY OF SILVER AND PLATED ITEMS, comprising a hat pin holder with hat pin, silver cream jug with four ball feet, and Egyptian silver coloured metal dispenser, and another two-handled miniature cup, a pair of plated knife rests, a pencil holde r, pair of mother-of-pearl buttons, marcasite shoe buckle, silver lidded salt and pepper, and a purse
[Raven-Hart (R.) Editor: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1652-1702 4to (285 x 210 mm) The First Fifty Years of Dutch Colonisation as seen by callers 2 volumes, 222 + 527 pages, colour frontispiece in each volume, numerous maps and illustrations, brown cloth gilt, a good set in slightly frayed and soiled dust jackets. `During the first fifty years of Dutch colonisation at the Cape of Good Hope many travellers arrived in Table Bay, on their way to the East: some came voluntarily, others by force of circumstance. They came ashore, looked around, observed strange indigenous people, interesting plants and animals; they visited the little settlement, met the local personalities, wondered at the way-of-life. They also consulted and negotiated with the Dutch Officials, and sought help in their difficulties. And, most frequently they recorded their impressions...`. Editor`s note. Good Cape Town A.A. Balkema 1971 Click here to view further details and to bid
A W Rogers AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GEOLOGY OF CAPE COLONY with a chapter on the Fossil Reptiles of the Karroo Formation by Prof R Broom 200 x 135 x 40 mm A general account of the Geology of the Cape Colony, using some of the information gathered by the Geological Commissions Geological Survey started in 1896. This work is the first of a series (South African Science Series) designed by Dr Muir, SGE of the Cape at the time and commissioned by him. 21 b/w photograph plates, 27 figures/diagrams, 1 fold-out colour coded geological map of the Cape Colony. Pages [i-iv]v-xvii pp 1-463. No Dust Jacket. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt series title on front cover, book titles on spine. Boards slightly spotted and stained, edgeworn, small tear at top of spine. Binding good, some foxing of first and last few pages, including coloured fold-out map. Signature of a previous owner on free endpaper. General condition Very Good. London Longmans Green & Co 1905 Click here to view further details and to bid
Lydekker (R.) WILD OXEN, SHEEP & GOATS OF ALL LANDS 4to (300 x 235 mm) LIVING AND EXTINCT Ex-library copy: 318 pages, 28 hand coloured lithographic plates after J. Smith, other illustrations in the text, errata slip tipped-in opposite page 1, original green cloth faded and frayed and splitting along the spine, binding loose but holding on the ties, library number taped onto the base of the spine, library bookplate on the front free endpaper – this is stamped with the withdrawn stamp of the Library of Parliament, Cape Town, and the same stamp appears on the front endpapers and final two pages (index and publisher’s imprint vignette). The text printed on coated paper and the lithographic plates are in very good condition. This edition consists of five hundred copies, numbered and signed of which this is – No. 274 Signed by Rowland Ward. London Rowland Ward, Limited 1898 Click here to view further details and to bid
Robert Farquhar Osborn Valiant Harvest the Founding of the South African Sugar Industry 1848-1926 (SIGNED): (With Ephemera) `Presentation copy additional to the first one hundred to G.W.McDonald, Esq. #116` signed by author below presentation plate. Includes EPHEMERA: (i) Original invitation to `an illuminated address to the Sugar Association, the Sponsors, Mr R F Osborn, the author and Mr P Wiles, the illustrator of the book Valiant Harvest` (ii) a loosely inserted A3 size chart being `Key to the signatories to the Address to The South African Sugar Association` 1-2cm of the paperblock fore-edge is water stained producing light rippling of the pages, this does not overly detract from the appearnce of the book. Map illustrated eps. Pages xii + 343 including index, with statistical charts and foldout iluustrations and charts. Very Good Durban The South African Sugar Association 1964 Click here to view further details and to bid
Corry (Joseph) OBSERVATIONS UPON THE WINDWARD COAST OF AFRICA 4to (275 x 215 mm) The Religion, Character, Customs, &c. of the Natives; with a System upon which they may be Civilized, and a Knowledge Attained of the Interior of this Extraordinary Quarter of the Globe; and upon the Natural and Commercial Resources of the Country: made in the Years 1805 and 1806. With an Appendix, Containing a Letter to Lord Howick, on the Most Simple and Effectual Means of Abolishing the Slave Trade. xiv, (Directions to binder & Errata leaf), 163 pages, hand coloured aquatint frontispiece, and 7 folding hand coloured aquatint plates by J.C. Stadler, after drawings by R. Cocking from sketches by Corry, recently rebound in half brown leather which is titled and decorated in gilt on the spine, brown cloth sides. The title page, dedication leaf and the preface (4 leaves) are supplied in facsimile, the half title page has been laid down on the verso of the frontispiece, a tear in the folding plate at page 33, ‘Bance Island in the River Sierra Leone,’ penetrates to the plate mark but does not affect the printed surface, occasional minor foxing, the remnants of a silk place marker have slightly stained pages 68/69, the plates are bright and well coloured.Abbey (J.R.) Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, volume I, no. 278 (pages 250/51) London G. and W. Nicol & James Asperne 1807 Click here to view further details and to bid
A WW1 gallantry group of four medals, Military Medal to 26976 Gnr A Johnson.B.91/BDE.R.F.A., 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, 1914-18 Medal - a WW1 four medal group1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, 1914-18 Medal, Territorial Force Efficiancy Medal to 82 Cpl. J. W. Johnson. 4/York. R, together with a four medal WW2 group to J W Johnson (12)
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