VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Historic D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 9th May 1838 (in the first year of the Queen's reign). The printed document is addressed to Samuel [Kyle], Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross and announces that the 28th of June 'is appointed for the Solemnity of Our Royal Coronation' and further instructs the Bishop '(all excuses set apart) to make your personal attendance on Us at the time abovementioned furnished and appointed as to your Rank and Quality appertained, there to do and perform all such Services as shall be required and belong unto you. Whereof you are not to fail…' Countersigned at the foot by the 12th Duke of Norfolk (1765-1842) in his capacity as Earl Marshal. With blank integral leaf. Together with an original printed oblong 8vo ticket of admittance issued to the Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross for the Coronation of Queen Victoria at Westminster Abbey. The deep red and black printed ticket issued by the Duke of Norfolk for admittance by the West Door, numbered 233 and bearing the blind embossed seal of the Earl Marshal. Documents bearing the Queen's signature and relating to her Coronation are extremely rare and desirable. The document with some extremely light, minor age wear and the ticket with two heavy vertical folds and a few light creases, G to VG, 2 Samuel Kyle (1770-1848) Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1831-48. Present at the Coronation of Queen Victoria, the Bishop was not, however, one of the representative spiritual peers of Ireland, not having a seat in the House of Lords. The Coronation of Queen Victoria took place at Westminster Abbey on 28th June 1838, just over a year after she had succeeded to the throne at the age of 18.
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EDWARD VII: (1841-1910) King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. D.S., Edward R & I, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Saint James's, 26th June 1902. The partially printed document grants the Dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George to Captain Francis Powell of the Royal Navy. Countersigned by George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) Grandson of King George III and Grand Master of the Order of St Michael and St George 1850-1904. With blind embossed paper seal affixed alongside an attractive colour miniature representation of the Badge of the Order. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age wear and toning, about VG
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A.N.S., with his initials G. R. I., in pencil, at the foot of a memorandum to the King, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., 3rd June 1910. The autograph memorandum is signed by Frederick Ponsonby, Assistant Private Secretary to the King, and informs George V that a large number of applications have been made from the Press and photographers 'to witness the parades on Monday and Tuesday', further suggesting 'Would your Majesty approve of my saying that both Parades are quite private, and that no one will be admitted. An exception might be made for the Central News & Press Association men to be present as they could communicate a short account to the newspapers and avoid garbled accounts being supplied by the men who received medals' The King gives his response, in full, 'Yes, quite private only allow a man from Press Association & a man from Central News.' Some extremely light, minor age wear, VG The Parades referred to in the present memorandum on Monday and Tuesday, 6th and 7th June 1910, followed the funeral of King Edward VII. The Times Court Circular for these days stated 'The King this morning, in the Garden at Marlborough House, inspected the Officers, Petty Officers and Bluejackets of the Royal Navy who manned the Gun Carriage in the State Funeral Procession of His late Majesty at Windsor' and further mentioned inspecting officers of the Grenadier Guards 'who performed special duties at the Lying in State and at the State Funeral of His late Majesty.'
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. A good, large D.S., George R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James, 21st July 1930. The partially printed document appoints Hugh William Border to be a Consul for the Republic of Nicaragua and to reside at Managua. Countersigned at the foot by Arthur Henderson (1863-1945) British Politician, the first Labour Cabinet minister. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1929-31 and Nobel Peace Prize winner 1934. With blind embossed seal. Some light age wear at the folds, otherwise VG
GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH: GEORGE VI (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & ELIZABETH (1900-2002) Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth individually, the oblong 8vo stiff cream folding card featuring an image to the inside of the Royal couple standing together in half length poses alongside their daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, the latter seated at a piano. Signed ('George R. I.') by the King and signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen, both in bold, dark fountain pen inks beneath a printed greeting, and dated 1947 in the King's hand. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. VG
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the oblong 4to stiff cream folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of the Queen Mother seated outdoors in a full length pose accompanied by her young grandchildren Prince Charles and Princess Anne and with the infant Prince Andrew seated on her lap. A corgi is loyally seated at their feet. Signed ('from Elizabeth R') in bold black fountain pen ink beneath a printed greeting, 1960. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. Some light age wear and minor foxing, G
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen Consort of King George VI. Signed Christmas greetings card, the stiff white oblong 8vo folding card featuring a photograph to the inside of the Queen Mother standing outdoors in a three quarter length pose alongside several of her grandchildren including Prince Andrew, Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto. Signed ('from Elizabeth R') in black ink beneath a printed greeting, 1976. With a gold embossed crown to the front. Together with a second unsigned Christmas greetings card. About EX, 2
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Vintage signed Christmas greetings card, the cream slim 4to stiff folding card featuring an image to the inside of the Queen standing in a full length pose alongside her husband, Prince Philip, and their two young children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, on the deck of HMY Britannia. Signed (‘Elizabeth R’) by the Queen in fountain pen ink to the lower border beneath the image and dated 1956 in her hand. With a printed greeting opposite the image and a gold embossed crown to the front cover. Extensive uniform soiling and foxing to the left inside of the card and some slight foxing to the front cover, not affecting the image or signature. About G
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . A good, large D.S., Elizabeth R, as Queen, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of Saint James's, 22nd August 1965. The partially printed document appoints Sir Alexander Francis Morley to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Budpaest, 'Giving and Granting to him in that character all Power and Authority to do and perform all proper acts, matters and things which may be desirable or necessary for the promotion of relations of friendship, good understanding and harmonious intercourse between Our Realm and the Hungarian People's Republic, and for the protection and furtherance of the interests confided to his care; by the diligent and discreet accomplishment of which acts, matters and things aforementioned he shall gain Our approval and show himself worthy of Our high confidence.' Countersigned at the foot by Michael Stewart (1906-1990) Baron Stewart of Fulham. British Politician, Foreign Secretary 1965-66 & 1968-70. With blind embossed seal. Together with a T.L.S. by D. F. Muirhead of the Diplomatic Service Administration Office, one page, 4to, London, 20th October 1965, to Sir Alexander Morley, forwarding the commission granted 'under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet'. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG Sir Alexander Morley (1908-1971) British Diplomat.
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . T.L.S., Elizabeth R, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 4to, Balmoral Castle, 24th September 1979, to Lord Christopher Thynne ('Dear Christopher'). The Queen thanks his correspondent for their kind letter of sympathy 'on the tragic death of Dickie Mountbatten, which we greatly appreciated' and further commenting 'He was a splendid person and will be much missed.' Accompanied by the original Registered envelope hand addressed by the Queen and signed by her, with a somewhat rushed initial, in the lower left corner. VG Lord Christopher Thynne (1934- ) Son of the 6th Marquess of Bath. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979) British Admiral of the Fleet of World War II. Assassinated by the IRA on 27th August 1979.
HAAKON VII: (1872-1957) King of Norway 1905-57. T.L.S., Haakon R, one page, folio, Palais Royal, Oslo, 9th January 1936, to King George II of Greece, in French. The official letter from King Haakon informs the Greek King that 'I have named Monsieur Sigurd Bentzon to the post of My Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Your Majesty's court' and continues 'Given the qualities which distinguish Monsieur Bentzon, I am persuaded that he will spare no pains to obtain Your Majesty's confidence.' Countersigned at the foot by Halvdan Koht (1873-1965) Norwegian Historian & Politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1935-40. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG King George II (1890-1947) King of Greece 1922-24 and 1935-47.
ATTLEE CLEMENT: (1883-1967) British Prime Minister 1945-51. A good vintage signed 5 x 7.5 photograph of Attlee in a formal head and shoulders pose. Signed ('C R Attlee') to the lower photographer's mount. It would appear that Attlee experienced a little pen trouble and has inked over his signature a second time. Matted in cream (some light age toning and very minor water staining to the extreme edges) to an overall size of 8 x 11. Signed photographs of Attlee are surprisingly scarce. About VG The photograph was presented to Sydney May, an office manager at Downing Street for eighteen years.
ATTLEE CLEMENT: (1883-1967) British Prime Minister 1945-51. Three T.Ls.S., C. R. Attlee and Attlee, each one page, 8vo and oblong 8vo, London and Buckinghamshire, 1953-57, two to Colonel E. F. Ledward and another to the Master of Haileybury. Attlee thanks Ledward for the return of a pen knife and also states that it was not possible for him to attend the funeral of Crewdson Howard. In the third letter Attlee states that he and his wife had enjoyed a visit to Haileybury and sends thanks for a transcript of a speech, remarking 'Your secretary is very accomplished. I seldom get such accuracy. I have corrected the names. It makes rather a large demand on space for the Haileyburian. I think I must leave it to the skill of the editors to make judicious cuts.' Together with signed pieces of Anthony Eden and Edward Heath and T.Ls.S. by James Callaghan and Lord Home (commenting that 'I find the House of Lords a very agreeable place!'). Some light age wear, G to about VG, 7
THATCHER & FORD: THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90 & FORD GERALD R. (1913-2006) American President 1974-77. Signed 10 x 8 photograph by both Thatcher and Ford individually, the image depicting the two political leaders seated opposite each other in three quarter length poses whilst engaged in conversation. Signed by both in bold black and blue inks with their names alone to the lower white border. EX
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, Midhurst, 22nd November 1863, to Henry Ashworth ('My dear Friend'), marked Private. Cobden announces 'If there had been the prospect of an early marriage in my family I should not have allowed you to hear it through an indirect channel' and continues 'It is true that Katie & a young man our next neighbour have taken matters into their own hands & engaged themselves à l'Anglaise. But it is in the eyes of their seniors a premature step.' Cobden further provides his opinions on the young man ('he is unexceptionable...his character is rare & estimable') and adds 'I told him & his father that a business or profession was, in my judgment, quite indispensable, for that unless a man filled a place in the world & did some work, there was little prospect of happiness or respectability. They both professed the same view, & he is now entered for the Bar. But this is a lengthy process, taking three years for completion. I am not quite sure that it is desirable for the female to make long engagements however beneficial it may be to the other sex.' He further informs his correspondent that 'Katie had been a little perplexed & harassed by the ordeal of more than one other affair in which insusceptible youths had fallen in love with her; & I suspect that this impelled her to the step (of which under similar circumstances Shakespeare's Juliet sets an example) of engaging herself to her next neighbour whom she had known from her childhood...One of the cases referred to was that of the son of a good friend of ours in Manchester about which I will not write more than to say how much I have been pained by its attendant incidents. I should have preferred to see the dear girl united to a prosperous young man of business in Lancashire. But these affairs instead of following the rule of reason or logic contrive generally to go by the "rule of contrary"'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Cobden. Together with a second A.L.S., Ricd. Cobden, two pages, 8vo, London, 20th January 1850, to Henry Ashworth ('My dear Friend'). Cobden thanks his correspondent for having sent him some copies of the Defense and adds that he hopes to see Ashworth in Manchester before travelling to Worksop ('where I am going to place my boy with Doctor Heldenmaier, who keeps a large school on the Pestalozzian system') and Sheffield where a public meeting is to be held. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Cobden. Also including a third A.L.S., Ricd. Cobden, one page, small 8vo, London, 16th February 1849, to H[enry] Ashworth ('My dear Friend'), asking if he will lend him the 6th & 13th January editions of the Economist. With blank integral leaf. VG, 3 Henry Ashworth (1794-1880) English Cotton Manufacturer and friend of Cobden. Ashworth was a vigorous supporter of the Anti-Corn Law League. Cobden's letters refer to two of his six children, of which five were daughters. His only son died at the age of fifteen in 1856 to Cobden's inexpressible grief.
BRITISH POLITICS: An excellent selection of original pen and ink drawings by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, depicting various British political leaders, each of the well executed drawings on 4to sheets and showing the subjects in head and shoulders poses, each individually signed by the subject, and most with an autograph quotation in their hand, comprising A.V Alexander (quoting John Ruskin), John Bradbury, Edward Goschen, Philip Snowden, William Randall Cremer, Walter Hume Long (signed as Long of Wraxall), Hugh Cecil, George N Barnes, J. R. Clynes, Lord Northcliffe and John Simon. Generally VG, 11
HISTORICAL: A small 4to album containing over 100 signed clipped pieces, Free Front envelope panels, A.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous Victorians and Edwardians etc., some laid down to pages and many loosely inserted, including William Huskisson, Frank R. Benson, Letty Lind, Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, Charles Bell, Earl Kitchener, John Hobhouse, Percy Frankland, Charles Wyndham, Archibald Joyce, Peter Mark Roget, Margaret Lloyd George, Auguste Van Biene (A.M.Q.S.), Louis Battenberg, Francis Grant, Sidney Webb, T. B. Macaulay, Lord Methuen, H. Gordon Selfridge, Sabine Baring Gould, Frederick Treves, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Martin Tupper, Rufus Isaacs, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Ransome, John Galsworthy, Hall Caine, Arnold Bennett, Ferdinand de Lesseps, John Masefield etc., also including some printed ephemera and newspaper clippings etc. The album lacking its spine and both boards loose, FR to G
AVIATION: James H. Doolittle (1896-1993) American Pioneer Aviator, led the Doolittle Raiders during World War II. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Doolittle in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform. Signed in fountain pen ink across a light area of the image (very minor smudge to signature); Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) American Naval officer, a pioneering aviator and polar explorer. T.L.S., R E Byrd, one page, 4to, Lima, Ohio, 9th March 1932, to Honorable Curtis D. Wilbur, stating that he is puzzled as to why he has not received a reply from the City Manager of Oakland, despite considerable publicity appearing in a paper, and mentioning being involved in a strenuous lecture tour; together with signed postcard photographs by Charles E. Rosendahl (depicting the Hindenburg airship in flames, 1937) and balloonist Alfred Eckert. Generally VG, 4
WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dam Busters Raid), 16th May 1943. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Wallis and featuring a colour image of the R-100 airship and with an inset portrait of Wallis. Postmarked 15th June 1976. Signed by Wallis with his name alone in bold blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the cover. About EX
LEY ROBERT: (1890-1945) German Nazi Politician, head of the German Labour Front 1933-45. Printed card signed, Dr. R. Ley, one page, oblong 8vo, Berlin-Grunewald, n.d., to an unidentified recipient, in German. The text reads, in full, 'I am sending you for the New Year my warm good wishes for your personal well-being and for the future success of your work. Heil Hitler!' With a blind embossed Nazi eagle and swastika at the head. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature. VG
(Books) John Bunyan, The Life and Death of Mr Badman, illustrated by George Woolliscroft Rhead and Louis Rhead, New York: R. H. Russell, 1900, to include a letter from Louis Rhead to Mr. Clark forwarding this book and The Pilgrim`s Progress, illustrated by George Woolliscroft Rhead, Louis Rhead and Frederick Rhead, New York: The Century Company, 1898 (2).
William Henry `Harry` Warmington of Campden An Arts & Crafts silver hammered bowl, on three feet, with gadrooned border and gadrooned edging to the feet, Birmingham 1954, 24cm diameter. Harry Warmington began as a silversmith at the Campden School of Arts & Crafts. He was known for his engraving and letter cutting in metal, and he worked in the Hart workshop in Chipping Campden from 1914 until 1966. Together with George Hart, he revived C. R. Ashbee`s Campden School of Arts and Crafts (which had closed in 1916) in the 1940s, teaching a new generation of craftsmen in the arts of silver and metalwork.
A moulded rim dinner plate depicting an ornate cottage with a deep flora border and bearing the pattern name of "Villa" together with a dinner plate marked "Mecca" with the retailers initials C. R. & S and a plate by Chetham & Robinson printed in "A Romantic District of Italy" from the "Terni" pattern series c1835.
A well ordered binder of thirty Military Cap badges comprising: Grenadier; Coldstream; Scots; Welsh and Irish Guards; London Regiments and Airborne Forces including First Format of SAS badge; gilt Irish Guards badge and early Army Air Corps badge, one marked F N B`ham, one by J R Gaunt and one by Marples and Beasley
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