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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 241

GLAMOUR: Mary Millington (1945-1979, British Model and Pornographic Actress) signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actress seated outdoors in a topless three quarter length pose. Signed in black ink to a clear area at the head of the image. Signed photographs of Millington are rare following her tragic suicide at the age of 33; Fiona Richmond (1945- , English Model, Actress & Sex Symbol) signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Richmond in a soft focus head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink to a light area of the image; Twiggy (1949- , English Model) signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Twiggy in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in turquoise ink to a light area of the image. VG, 3

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 282

FIELDS DOROTHY: (1905-1974) American Librettist and Lyricist of Broadway musicals. A.L.S., Dorothy Fields, two pages, 8vo, New York, 6th December n.y., to Lionel Aucoin. Fields thanks her correspondent for his letter and continues to pen the lyrics to The Way You Look To-Night, beginning `Someday-when I`m awfully low-When the world is cold, I will feel a glow, Just thinking of you-Just the Way You Look To-Night….` and concluding `Cause I love you, Just the Way You Look To-Night!!`. Rare. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 296

DARIN BOBBY: (1936-1973) American Rock `n` Roll Idol & DEE SANDRA (1942-2005) American Actress. Vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph by both Darin and Dee individually, an excellent image depicting the duo embracing in a half length pose in costume as Eugene Wright and Chantal Stacy in a scene from the 1962 film If a Man Answers. Signed by Darin (`Happy Birthday & Merry Xmas! Bobby Darin`) in bold blue fountain pen ink and by Dee (`Gratefully, Sandra Dee`) in black ink, both to clear areas of the background. Rare. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 302

HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970) American Guitarist. Blue ink signature (`Jimi Hendrix`) on a page removed from an autograph album. Around the guitarist`s signature appear a series of love hearts. The signatures of the England footballers Bobby and Jackie Charlton appear to the verso. Rare. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 308

BOLAN MARC: (1947-1977) English Rock Singer. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, an energetic study of Bolan in a full length pose performing on stage with his guitar. The EMI publicity shot has been signed by Bolan with his name alone in blue ink to the lower white border. Rare. Some very light age wear, otherwise about VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 330

[JACKSON MICHAEL]: (1958-2009) American Pop Singer. A rare, small selection of perhaps a dozen strands of Jackson`s singed hair, some fragmented, obtained immediately following the pop star`s ill fated performance during the filming of a Pepsi Cola commercial on 27th January 1984. The hair is contained in a small plastic wallet affixed to a certificate of authenticity. Accompanied by an extensive series of papers providing provenance to the hair which was originally collected by the commercial`s executive producer Ralph Cohen of Giraldi Productions, including an interesting transcript of Cohen in conversation and recollecting the events which led to Jackson`s accident, stating that he was the second person to rush to the singer`s aid. Also included is a signed colour 7.5 x 9.5 photograph by Jackson showing him standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed and dated in bold red ink across a light area of the background. A highly unusual souvenir of the King of Pop. G to VG, 2. . . . . On 27th January 1984, Michael Jackson and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi Cola commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. During the simulated concert, in front of thousands of fans, pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson`s hair on fire and he received second degree burns to his scalp.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 339

GEIGER HANS: (1882-1945) German Physicist, inventor of the Geiger counter. The physicist is also known for the Geiger-Marsden experiment which discovered the atomic nucleus, 1909. Rare T.L.S., H. Geiger, on one side of a postcard, Tubingen, 24th December 1929, to the firm of K. Selmayr, in German. Geiger writes a brief letter ordering a `basic series of glass grillwork with spheres`. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 346

PASHA MEHMET EMIN: (1840-1892) German Doctor and Explorer. Brief A.L.S., Dr. Emin, on a 12mo card, Bussiri, 16th October 1890, to a gentleman, one of the chiefs of Mr. Stokes caravan in Nera, in English. Emin Pasha writes, in full, `I beg to ask you for the immediate sending of all our letters and other by the man showing you this.` With an additional note in an unidentified hand at the foot. Addressed by Emin Pasha to the verso. Rare. Some very light staining, only just affecting the text but not signature, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 366

OATES LAWRENCE: (1880-1912) English Antarctic Explorer. Rare autograph envelope, unsigned, addressed in Oates` hand to his mother, Mrs. Oates, Plas Eirias, Colwyn Bay, North Wales and postally cancelled 12th July 1910. Some very light foxing, otherwise VG. The envelope is penned in the same year that Oates applied to join Captain Scott`s exploration to the South Pole. He was accepted and, indeed, Scott selected him as one of the five man party who would travel the final distance to the pole.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 367

EVANS EDGAR: (1876-1912) Welsh Petty Officer, one of Robert Falcon Scott`s companions on the ill fated Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole, 1911-12. Rare Autograph Envelope, unsigned, boldly addressed in his hand in blue fountain pen ink to Mrs Edgar Evans, Falmouth House, Morriston, Swansea, South Wales, Glamorganshire. The official British Antarctic Expedition envelope, bearing the printed circular emblem of the expedition, featuring a penguin at the centre, to the verso (slightly scuffed with minor loss of text at base) is postally cancelled 31st August 1910. Extremely rare. Some minor tears and slight paper loss to the upper edges of the recto and verso where originally opened, G.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 371

MALLORY GEORGE: (1886-1924) English Mountaineer who participated in the first three British Expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s. Mallory tragically died close to the summit of Everest on the third expedition in June 1924. Extremely rare autograph envelope signed (`G. Mallory`) addressed in his hand to Mrs. H. M. Longridge at Rathlin, Mobberley, Cheshire. The envelope is postally cancelled 20th December 1918 and also bears a Passed by Censor cancellation. Mallory`s signature appears in the lower left corner, unaffected by any cancellations. A few small tears to the edges caused by the envelope being opened by the recipient. About VG. Mallory was born at Mobberley, Cheshire, and there is a memorial to him in the parish church. During the First World War, between 1916 and 1918, Mallory served on the Western Front as an artillery officer. Raithlin, a large house on Church Lane in Mobberley, still exists today.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 373

TENZING NORGAY: (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953. Rare signed First Day Cover featuring an image of Tenzing standing on the summit of Mount Everest. The cover bears three Indian postage stamps commemorating the Conquest of Everest and is postally cancelled at Darjeeling, 2nd October 1953. Signed by Tenzing with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with a signed card by Edmund Hillary (some light staining) and a signed piece by Lord John Hunt (neatly laid down to a card). Some light age wear, generally G, 3

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 374

TENZING NORGAY: (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953. Rare T.L.S., Tenzing, one page, 8vo, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, 2nd October 1953, to Captain Rawlins, on his personal printed stationery. Tenzing states that he is mailing, under separate cover, `a special first-day cover with special postage stamp affixed thereon which have been issued here just today, the 2nd October (the birth anniversary day of Mahatma Gandhi-the Saint of Modern India) to commemorate the Conquest of EVEREST`. Some very light foxing, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 377

SCHIELE EGON: (1890-1918) Austrian Painter. Rare A.L.S., Egon Schiele, (a fine example of his stylish signature), one page, 8vo, Krumau, n.d. (18th May 1910), to Camilla Strauch. The artist informs his correspondent that he will try to settle everything when he returns to Vienna on the 31st, adding that he is currently in Krumau. In concluding he sends hand kisses. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Schiele and also signed (`E. Schiele`) in the return address to the verso. Autographs of Schiele are rare following his tragically early death at the age of 28, and this is a particularly attractive and desirable example. Some irregular tears along the top edge of the envelope, where originally opened, the letter VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 380

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. An excellent, early and rare A.L.S., Gala et Dali, on the verso of a picture postcard showing the sun terrace of the Arizona Inn, n.p. (postally cancelled Blythe, California), n.d. (3rd February 1937), to Rene Magritte (1898-1967, Belgian Surrealist Artist), in French. Dali writes, in full, `Surrealism is making its mark in New York. We are dominant on the poetry scene. Your friends, Gala and Dali`, the artist also signing on behalf of his wife. Dali has also signed his name (`Salvador Dali`) at the head of the message. Addressed in a different hand (possibly even that of Magritte himself). Although brief, this letter is of fine content and wonderful association between the two Surrealists. Heavy vertical central fold, and some slight corner creasing, otherwise about VG. Dali had been introduced to America by art dealer Julian Levy in 1934. An exhibition of his works, including Persistence of Memory, was held in New York and created an immediate sensation. Magritte`s work was exhibited in New York in 1936.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 404

SHELLEY PERCY BYSSHE: (1792-1822) English Romantic Poet. Rare ink signature (`Percy B Shelley`) on a small clipped piece. Some very light age wear and staining, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 408

HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. Rare A.Q.S., Thomas Hardy, one page, 8vo, Max Gate, Dorchester, February 1890. In his typically neat hand Hardy has boldly penned, in black ink, a three line quotation inspired by his novel The Woodlanders (1887), in full, `Every object in nature seems to bear evidence of an unfulfilled intention.` Signed and dated at the conclusion. Some very slight, minor discoloration to each corner, caused by previous mounting, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 444

PERRAULT CHARLES: (1628-1703) French Author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the Fairy Tale. Perrault`s best known tales include Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), La Belle au bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty), Le Maitre Chat ou le Chat Botte (Puss in Boots) and Cendrillon ou la Petite Pantoufle de Verre (Cinderalla). His most famous stories are still in print today and have been made into operas, ballets, plays, musicals and both live action and animated films. D.S., Perrault, one page, 8vo, Versailles, 2nd December 1672. The holograph document, in French, states that `It will be necessary that Mr. de la Planche pay at his convenience Pierre Couette Charpentier the sum of one hundred six pounds eight sols for having taken the former several times to the forest at Trianon….` Extremely rare. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 447

MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. A good A.L.S., A. A. Milne, one page, 8vo, Mallord Street, Chelsea, 30th May 1939, to a gentleman. Milne states that he is delighted to have a copy of his correspondent`s book and adds `I shall try to read every word of it before the school holidays begin; because when once my boy sees it, he will annex it for his own.` The author continues, `He is captain of his Prep School XI, and a very much better cricketer than his father ever was. In fact, if you can arrange for a new edition in, say, 1942, I think there will be a Milne (Christopher Robin) on p.114 or so.` A fine letter in which Milne makes a rare reference to Christopher Robin. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 468

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Rare Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, F. Liszt, one page, oblong 8vo manuscript paper, n.p., n.d. (probably post 1850). Liszt has boldly and neatly penned three different musical quotations with elaborate annotations, identifying them individually as from three different sections, each with a different system number, measure number and page number. In an autograph note the composer requests that the markings of `f.p., >, `, -, and pedal` be shown in the Polonaise manuscript. Some very light age toning, otherwise VG. Liszt states that the corrections pertain to a Polonaise manuscript, although the passages he pens do not appear in the published scores of either of his famous Polonaises. However, one of the musical passages is similar to the first transition in Chopin`s Op.53 Polonaise (just before the principal theme rises an octave) and it is well known that Liszt ventured into Chopin`s genres only after the latter had died, in 1849, although whether this was out of respect or rivalry remains unclear.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 472

WEBERN ANTON: (1883-1945) Austrian Composer & Conductor. Rare A.L.S., Anton Webern, two pages, 8vo, Modling, 28th December 1929, to a lady, in German, marked Abschrift, and presumably Webern`s own retained copy. Webern apologises for not having answered his correspondent`s letter following his performance of Mahler`s first, explaining that he has been busy with engagements and concert tours, `I`ve been conducting in Munich, Frankfurt, London, and Berlin-and had a concert in Vienna.` The composer continues `So I thank you with all my heart for your kind words, which were all the more welcome as one is generally used to hearing only criticism in this sad city. Your guess as to my thoughts about Eisler`s choruses was, of course, right on the mark.` One small tear and some slight creasing to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 522

EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1913) French Engineer, designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A very fine signed and inscribed sepia cabinet photograph depicting the bearded Eiffel in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Touranchet of Paris. Signed in bold, purple fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image, `A Madame Hardon, homage d`un vieil et sincere ami, G. Eiffel`. Rare in this form. In remarkably clean, crisp condition. EX

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 527

PANKHUSRT EMMELINE: (1858-1928) English Leader of the Suffragette Movement. Signed 6 x 8 photograph depicting Pankhurst in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by J. E. Purdy & Co. of Boston (U.S.A.). Signed (`E. Pankhurst`) to the image, across a dark portion of the image and barely visible, and signed a second time (`with love from Emmeline`) to the lower photographer`s mount, both signatures in dark fountain pen ink. Rare in this form. Some overall age wear and a large horizontal crack running across the centre of the photograph, P

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 540

OSWALD LEE HARVEY: (1939-1963) American Marine, Assassin of President John F. Kennedy, 22nd November 1963. Extremely rare A.L.S., Lee, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (Minsk, Russia), 28th June (1961), to his mother in Texas. Oswald informs his mother that it is not necessary for her to pay him back some money although adds that, if she decides to send him a package, he would like a can of shaving foam, a razor and `pocket novels westerns and scicenace [sic] fiction-Time or Newsweek magazine, chewing gum and chocolate bars….I very much miss sometime to read you should try and get me the pocket novel "1984" by Wells` [sic; George Orwell]. Oswald further states that he is employed as a metal worker at the local Radio plant which is close to him. In a postscript he remarks `Marina sends a big hello to you also!`. Neatly preserved in light, flexible acetate. VG. Oswald emigrated to the Soviet Union in October 1959 and was given a job as a metal lathe operator at the Gorizont Electronics Factory in Minsk. While in Minsk he met Marina Prusakova and they married less than six weeks later on 30th April 1961. During his thirty month stay Oswald was under constant surveillance by the KGB. The letter is accompanied by photocopies of the original Charles Hamilton auction catalogue where the letter was first offered for sale on 28th September 1967. (Lot 371, hammer price $775)

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Lot 545

CRIPPEN DR. H. H.: (1862-1910) American-born Physician, famously murdered his wife in 1910. Rare D.S., with initials H. H. C., one page, 8vo, Marble Arch, London, 31st January 1905, on the printed stationery of the Drouet Institute of which Crippen was Chief of Medical Staff. The holograph document is a prescription for treatment suggested by Crippen, in full, `I. Continue compressed Tablets as before, II. Discontinue Merc Sol. powders, III. Add Special Prescription No.86-One pill three times daily, taken before meals`. Matted in black alongside a small portrait of Crippen and an engraved plaque and framed and glazed in a silver and grey coloured frame to an overall size of 14.5 x 11.5. Extremely rare in this form. Some very slight age wear, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 546

LE NEVE ETHEL: (1883-1967) English Secretary, Bookkeeper & Mistress of Dr H. H. Crippen. Rare A.L.S., Ethel Hawley, Miss Le Neve, two pages, 8vo, Whitefriars Street, London, 16th November 1910, to the Governor at Pentonville Prison. Le Neve states that she is enclosing a letter (no longer present) which she would like to be given to Dr. Crippen and in concluding remarks `I wish at the same time to thank you for your very kind courtesies to both Dr. Crippen and myself: which on behalf of both have been gratefully appreciated...` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Le Neve. VG. Le Neve`s letter is written shortly before her lover, Dr. Crippen, was hanged at Pentonville on 23rd November 1910.

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Lot 549

BRADY IAN: (1938- ) Scottish Criminal, an associate of Myra Hindley in the Moors Murders of the 1960s. A.L.S., I S Brady, two pages, 4to, Ashworth Hospital, Liverpool, 7th June 2006, to Sarah Murphy. Brady writes a long, detailed letter in which he expresses his disgust at Tony Blair and George Bush for the actions in the Iraq War, `Serial killers at least count their victims. The Blair government openly admits that it doesn`t bother to compile-even to the nearest hundred thousand-the number of men, women and children its illegal invasion of Iraq has killed, cripple, maimed or tortured.` Further in the letter Brady refers to his prison life, `In this politically force fed by nasal tube hunger strike now in its seventh year, I`ve made no demands, no requests, other than the wish to exit. I expect and ask nothing from this system, which is merely a job creation scheme for the otherwise unemployable and unambitious and ungifted.` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Brady and signed by him with initials to the verso, and a printed slip inserted by Ashworth Hospital stating that the contents were inspected under the Mental Health Act, 1983. Rare. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 550

HENRY VIII: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47. Very fine D.S., Henry R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong 4to vellum (one membrane), Westminster, 14th December 1533. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Windsor, Keeper of the Wardrobe, and is a warrant to provide livery for six of the King`s sackbut players, named as Mark Anthony, Peregrine Symon, Nicholas Shakbote, Lewes Vincle, Nicholas Andrewe and Anthony Symon, stating that each of the `shakbotes` is allowed `fowertene yards of chamlet for a gowne price evry yarde iii s iiii d It[em] to evry of them a furre of blak bogy [lamb`s skin] for every of their gownes price every furre four pownde It[em] to every of them eight yards of Damaske for a Jaquet price every yarde viii s....thre yards of velvet for a dublet.` With blind embossed paper impression of the Royal signet seal at the foot. Rare. One small hole in the left margin, not affecting the text or signature, in otherwise remarkably clean and crisp condition. VG. Henry VIII was a renaissance man and his court was a centre of artistic and scholarly innovation and glamorous excess. The King was an accomplished musician and competent performer on the lute and harpsichord who maintained a considerable musical establishment including as many as ten sackbuts, a similar instrument to the modern trombone.

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Lot 551

WOLSEY THOMAS CARDINAL: (c.1471-1530) English Statesman, a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Lord High Chancellor 1515-29 during the reign of King Henry VIII. Extremely rare Autograph signature and subscription, `Yor. Loving ffrend, T. Carlis. Ebo[r]`, on an oblong 8vo piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter, Hampton Court, 12th September n.y. The remaining text of the letter, comprising five near complete lines of text, reads `convenient til that this matter be brought to a final ende……pfection. In expedicion whereof I pray you to shewe unto the……said electe yor lawful loving favor and to use such diligence……as ye conveniently may. Whereby ye shal admister unto me……acceptable pleasur, from Hampton Courte the xiith day of Sep……` Slight area of paper loss to the right edge, with minor loss of text and the last letter of Wolsey`s signature. Neatly laid down. Accompanied by the original catalogue description and illustration from a Maggs Bros. catalogue in which they remark, `The excessively rare autograph of perhaps the most famous man of the Tudor period.`, and still contained in the original Maggs Bros. sales folder dating from when their business operated at offices on The Strand in London. G

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Lot 552

LAUD WILLIAM: (1573-1645) Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-45. Laud was imprisoned in the Tower of London during the English Civil War and was beheaded on Tower Hill. Rare L.S., Guil: Londin, as Bishop of London, one page, folio, Whitehall, 12th October 1632. The manuscript letter is issued by the Privy Council and addressed to Sir Roger Townsend, Sir Augustine Palgrave and Sir Robert Kempe, Justices of the Peace in Norfolk, and reads, in part, `Whereas upon Informacion formerly given….by Thomas Gostwyck, Customer of the Port of Clay….of divers scandalous Speeches lately uttered by one Roger Utber of the said Towne, as well as against the Honnor and dignitie of this Board, as of his Maiesties high Court of Starcha[mber] the said Utber was bound over to appeare and Answere the same on the 25th of this present month; ffor as much as wee are likewise informed that for the beter proofe of the said Complainte, It wilbe necessary to have the Testimonie of divers persons some of whome by reason of theire Age & other considerable respects cannot without a great deale of Charge & trouble be brought up hether, Wee have therefore thought fitt hereby to authorize and require you….forthwith to call before yow all such Persons as the said Thomas Gostwick shall nominate unto yow & to examine them….And to retourne the Examinacions to this board by the 25th….` Signed by Laud at the foot and countersigned by six other Privy Councillors comprising Thomas Coventry (1578-1640, 1st Baron Coventry, Lord Keeper), Henry Montagu (c.1563-1642, 1st Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal), Edward Sackville (d.1652, 4th Earl of Dorset, Lord Chamberlain), Edward Cecil (1572-1638, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, Military & Naval Commander, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey), Francis Windebank (1582-1646, Secretary of State) and Philip Herbert (1584-1649, 4th Earl of Pembroke & 1st Earl of Montgomery, Lord Chamberlain). All of the signatures are boldly penned, with just some damage to Herbert`s. With integral address leaf. A good letter in which King Charles I`s Privy Council respond to divers scandalous speeches. Some light overall staining and minor age wear including a number of worm holes, only slightly affecting a few words of text. Contained in the original sales folder of Maggs Bros. Ltd and bearing the address of their offices in Conduit Street, London, from where they operated between 1918-1938. G

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Lot 553

HAMPDEN JOHN: (c.1595-1643) English Politician, served in the English Civil War. Rare, bold ink signature (`Jo. Hampden`) and several additional words in his hand on an oblong 8vo piece, possibly neatly removed from a letter. Dated 21st March 1631 in his hand. A few, very light, minor stains, otherwise VG

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Lot 636

ISRAEL: A rare commemorative envelope issued for the Constituting Assembly of the State of Israel and bearing one of the first series of Israeli stamps, postally cancelled at Jerusalem, 14th February 1949, individually signed in Hebrew by eleven signers of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel comprising David Ben Gurion (1886-1973, First Prime Minister of Israel 1948-53, 1955-63), Peretz Bernstein (1890-1971, Zionist Activist), Golda Meyerson (1898-1978, Prime Minister of Israel 1969-74), Felix Rosenblueth (1887-1978, Israeli Minister of Justice), Eliezer Kaplan (1891-1952, First Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, 1952), Yitzhal Gruenbaum (1879-1970, First Interior Minister of Israel), Bekhor Shitreet (1895-1967, Israeli Minister of Police), David Remez (1886-1951, First Minister of Transportation for Israel), Moshe Sharett (1894-1965, Second Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55), Mordechai Bentov (1900-1985, Israeli Politician and Journalist) and Yosef Sprinzak (1885-1959, First Speaker of the Knesset 1949-59, did not sign the Declaration of Independence). All of the signatures are in bold fountain pen ink to clear areas of the envelope. Together with an 8vo reproduction of the printed invitation to the ceremony of the the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel signed in Hebrew in blue ink to a clear area at the base by Ze`ev Sherf (1904-1984, Israeli Politician, Secretary of the Situation Committee which helped create the administrative apparatus of the new Israeli state) and dated May 1978 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the State of Israel. An historic selection of autographs. VG, 2

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Lot 649

FRANZ FERDINAND: (1863-1914) Archduke of Austria. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated the start of World War I. A very fine, rare signed 11.5 x 14 photograph depicting the Archduke in a formal half length study wearing his medals. Photograph by Forster. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount and dated 1st January 1912 in his hand. With a small gold crown affixed at the centre of the upper photographer`s mount. Framed and glazed in the original, large wooden frame to an overall size of 17 x 20. Autographs of Franz Ferdinand are scarce in any form, although signed photographs of this size and quality are particularly rare and desirable. About EX

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Lot 667

PEGOUD ADOLPHE: (1889-1915) French Pioneer Aviator, the first fighter ace. Vintage signed postcard photograph depicting Pegoud in a half length pose seated in the cockpit of his aircraft, wearing his flying cap and goggles. Signed (`M. Pegoud`) in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Autographs of Pegoud are rare following his death at the age of 26 when shot down by the Germans during World War I. VG

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Lot 668

REEVES HARRY: (1896-1918) British Pilot, a fighter ace (13 victories) of World War I. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Reeves in a head and shoulders pose seated in the cockpit of the fighter plane, featuring an attached machine gun. Signed in dark fountain pen ink by Reeves, across a darker area of the image although legible. Autographs of Reeves are rare following his untimely death in a flying accident during World War I. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG

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Lot 726

[NELSON HOARTIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A rare 1.5 x 4 inch piece of off-white cotton fabric, with a silk mixture, being part of the ensign flown by Lord Nelson on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and later carried by her sailors at Nelson`s funeral at St. Paul`s. The piece is accompanied by a large quantity of copies of letters and newspaper articles giving detailed provenance; the piece originally having been part of the near complete ensign that was removed at the funeral by sailing master John Clyne and later passed down through his family before being acquired by an American jeweller. Together with a small selection of strands of hair from the head of Nelson, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and copy of the original letter of transmittal from Nelson`s daughter Horatia. Some very slight fraying to the edges of the piece of ensign, otherwise VG. . . . . . The capture, and tearing, of Nelson`s flag at his funeral is well documented. Twelve sailors from HMS Victory, along with their sailing master, John Clyne, were in close attendance of Nelson`s coffin at St. Paul`s before its burial. Swept with emotion for their Naval hero, the sailors seized the flag from the coffin, only for Clyne to take it from them and hide it under his waistcoat. When the solemn rites were over, he cut a strip from one corner and gave each man a small piece. We can find records of only one of these pieces, given to the sailors, appearing at auction in recent times; The Enys Collection sold by Bonhams in September 2004 included a small strip (Lot 117, Estimate £10,000-15,000. Sold for £47,800). The piece offered here originally came from the larger, near complete, flag that was retained by Clyne.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 727

HAMILTON EMMA: (1761-1815) Mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson. Fine A.L.S., E. Hamilton, one page, 4to, Temple Place, n.d. (c.1814), to an unidentified correspondent. Hamilton writes, with her usual lack of punctuation, in full, `I am only just up after an illness of six weeks pray call on me I have promised myself much happiness in seeing you I have fretted myself to death by a villan (sic) who stole my letters having published them & if I was to appear before the allmighty (sic) God this moment I knew nothing of their publication but more of this when wee meet. God bless you pray your ever affectionate` and in a brief postscript remarks `How wretched I am`. A rare letter of good content. VG After Lord Nelson`s death in 1805, Emma Hamilton fell deeply into debt, the government ignoring Nelson`s wishes that his mistress and their daughter, Horatia, be provided for. As the letter confirms, Nelson`s letters to Hamilton were stolen in 1814 and published as The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton. The publication resulted in Hamilton being wrongly accused of selling the correspondence for her own gain and public and official sentiment turned firmly against her. The following summer Hamilton, in the company of her daughter, was spending time in King`s Bench, a virtual debtor`s prison. On her release in the autumn she fled England, and the demands of creditors, settling in Calais. It was here that she died in January 1815, a few months short of her 50th birthday.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 777

HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. Important Top Secret wartime D.S., A Hitler (an excellent, dark bold fountain pen ink signature), four pages, folio, Berlin, 6th February 1940. The printed document, in German, is housed in a folder bearing the title Instructions for the Commanders of Navy Ships and Vessels stationed abroad in the event of the outbreak of War, marked Top Secret! at the head, and is introduced by a statement, `As Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the German Nation, I herewith issue the following instructions to the commanders of Navy ships and vessels stationed abroad, and demand, that they will act accordingly with determination, and shall make use of the ships and crews under their command in all circumstances, as the Honour of the Flag and the interests of the German Nation requires`, which is followed by seven instructions, in part, `1. The orders for the peacetime travelling of the ship will be suspended as soon as the Commander is sure that a War has broken out in which the German Nation is involved…..2. The Commander has to ensure the best possible performance of the tasks assigned to the ship. He carries a great and holy responsibility….it is of the highest importance, that he does his utmost to defend the ship and the flag it carries, despite any enemy subterfuge, or rumours he may encounter….3. I expect the Commander to set an example to the crew, by being determined to fight, by showing the right spirit, and by maintaining a strong discipline and devotion to duty…..4. The military use of the ship and its actions will be decided by special operational orders…When the War orders have been carried out, or become impossible due to damage of the ship or other circumstances, the Commander must look for new tasks for crew and ship. I shall not hold the Commander responsible for the loss or damage of his ship, when this occurs during an honourable battle….Surrender of the ship and striking of the flag for the enemy is impossible for a German warship. Sinking honourably is preferable to striking the flag!….6. I shall deal rigorously against any Commander acting in a dishonourable way, or in a way that is likely to disgrace the German Navy. 7. These instructions must be revealed to all those officers of the ship, who might be suitable as an alternative Commander, as soon as the War breaks out, and after leaving the last German port.` A one page appendix to the document lists, in five points, the powers of the Commanders of the Navy`s vessels and vehicles stationed abroad, in the event of the outbreak of War. Countersigned by Erich Raeder (1876-1960) German Admiral, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine 1935-43. With blind embossed seal featuring the Nazi Eagle and Swastika. Rare. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 784

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: A good autograph album containing over 150 signatures by various stage actors and actresses, entertainers, sportsmen, etc., including Lillie Langtry (rare A.Q.S., `I don`t want any tea, I only want you.`, signed and dated January 1915 in her hand), Chung Ling Soo, Marie Lloyd, Gertie Gitana, Harry Lauder, Vesta Tilley, Seymour Hicks, Lewis Waller, George Formby Snr, Gladys Cooper, George Robey (self caricature), Little Tich, Florence Turner, Stoke A.F.C. 1912, Notts County FC 1914-15, Wales v. Scotland International Football teams (Edinburgh, 2nd March 1912), Newcastle United 1914, Melbourne Inman, H. W. Stevenson, Joe Davis, Horace Lindrum, Tom Reece, etc. A number of the entries are signed and dated at the Empire, Nottingham. Although the signatures are were not personally collected by Tommy Trinder, the album was presented to the entertainer and owned by him for many years. Trinder`s signature is the final one to appear in the album, `Am I proud to be in such company!!`. FR to G

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Cheffins
Lot 395

A rare bore diameter gauge, for measuring 10, 8 and 4 bore barrels

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 64

A rare Lord Kitchener doll, with composition head and cloth body, composite arms and boots, dressed in uniform, height 46cm.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 91

A rare Crimean War calendar card for Asylum Life Assurance.

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Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 270

A rare collector`s percussion cap underhammer walking stick gun with turn-off barrel, length of barrel 68cm, with wooden grip, c.1860.

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Martel Maides Auctions
Lot 140

A rare 18th century Delft model of a cylinder bureau with a serpentine front, decorated to all sides with pastoral scenes, the corners decorated with caryatids and bearded masks, the cylinder front with decorative brass hinges and handle, opening to reveal a fitted interior with three drawers, on shaped cabriole supports, 11in. (28cm.) wide, one leg and one drawer a/f.

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Martel Maides Auctions
Lot 150

A rare George III Channel Islands silver shoe buckle maker`s mark PN, struck twice to each side, 18th century, of plain, open oval form, the underside with scratch engraved initials, indistinct, possibly `IAI`, 4in. (10cm.) wide. * This buckle is reputed to have belonged to John Allaire, privateer and Seigneur of Sark.

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Martel Maides Auctions
Lot 192

A rare Singer 306K electric sewing machine 1960s, in the original case, with accessories, spare needles etc.

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Martel Maides Auctions
Lot 284

A Louis Vuitton cabin trunk 1920s, covered in the famous LV monogrammed fabric with remnants of original travel labels including Cunard White Star, with `LV` tooled leather edging, wooden lid banding, and brass corners, catches and lock, the fabric lined interior with Louis Vuitton branded webbing inside the lid and original orange & gilt paper label, no. `792218`, lacks inner tray, complete with the rare and original canvas and leather outer case, the sides with stencilled lettering, `RWH`, 32 x 18.5 x 14in. (81 x 47 x 35.5cm.) * This trunk was originally owned by Robert Hathaway, second husband of Dame Sibyl Hathaway, and was probably purchased in New York. The sides of the outer case bear his initials, `R.W.H.`.

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 418

Heywood (Thomas) Tonaikeion... 1624 title within pictorial woodcut border woodcut head- and tail-pieces lacking blanks A1 A2 and 2R6 some browning and staining A3 with eighteenth century ink signature of Johnathan Hobbs and ink signature of Thomas Moore dated 1809 eighteenth century panelled calf rebacked rubbed new endpapers folio Adam Islip 1624. ***Rare: COPAC lists only 2 locations Liverpool and the National Library of Wales. .

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 450

Morton Inexcusable Behaviour of the Jews a few small ink stains to title occasional spotting stitched as issued small 4to Lincoln W.Wood 1754. ***Rare. Only one other copy can be located (British Library)..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 691

Twombly (Cy).- Song of the Border Guard first edition [one of c.200 copies] printed broadside in original card wrappers featuring 2 hand-printed linocuts by Cy Twombly usual glue-marking to corners to broadside at fold 4to North Carolina Black Mountain Graphics Workshop 1952. ***Very rare work one of Twomby`s earliest works. .

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 36

Crinitus (Petrus) De honesta disciplina 1508 title printed in red and black and with large woodcut printer`s device woodcut initials early ink marginalia throughout and an 8pp. index in the same hand at end a few worm holes throughout turning into a large trace on last 6 ff. of text affecting a few letters on most ff. but with no loss of sense 19th century half calf rubbed and soiled [Adams C2949; Renouard Ascensius II 350-351] small folio [Paris] [Josse Badius & [for] Jean Petit] 1508. ***Rare. We can trace no copy of this edition at auction in the last 25 years. De honesta disciplina is considered to be a source for the works of Nostradamus..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 38

Eugippius Abbas Lucullanensis. Thesaurorum 1542 2 vol. in 1 woodcut printer`s device to first title and verso of final f. woodcut historiated initials blanks U4

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 146

Wine.- Mousin (Jean) Pandora Bacchica 1614 translated by Charles Cachet title with small woodcut ornament some light browning contemporary polished calf spine in compartments and richly gilt spine ends a little chipped and rubbed lower corners worn rubbed [Simon BG 277; Vicaire 611] 12mo Toul Sebastian Philippe 1614. ***A very good copy of the rare Latin translation of Discours de l`Yvresse also published by Philippe at Toul in 1612. We have only been able to trace one other copy at auction (Sotheby`s 17th June 1999). The work is divided into 67 chapters and provides much information on the wines table manners banquets and feasts of earlier generations. It also discusses drunkenness; it`s effects and ways of curing oneself of it. .

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 184

Coffee & Tea.- Aignan (Francois) 1696 first edition errata at end contemporary speckled calf spine in compartments and richly gilt joints splitting head of spine chipped stained Paris chez Laurent D`Houry 1696. ***Rare. We can trace only one other copy at auction (The John Lyle Collection at these rooms 5th June 2003). With chapters on Arabic and French coffee French tea and fermentation and with references to quinine Lullus and Arnaldus de Villanova. Aignan cultivated barley and rye in Brittany which he roasted to produce a "French coffee"; a cheaper alternative to arabica beans. He also produced a natural remedy tea made from dried balm leaves..

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Bloomsbury Auctions (London)
Lot 293

Norfolk.- Edward I (King of England D. manuscript in Latin on vellum in a fine charter hand with an illuminated 2-line initial "E" for Edwardus and witnessed by Gilbert de Clare earl of Gloucester Anthony Bek Archdeacon of Durham Hugh son of Otto [?de Grandson] and 2 others 12 lines docketed on verso by Peter Le Neve with his initials "PL" also 2 medieval dockets initial "E" with slight surface wear of gold a few small holes repaired folds slightly creased and yellowed but in remarkably good condition lacks seal 150 x 244mm. Shuldham [Shouldham] 18th January 1281. ***Royal charters of this nature are exceedingly rare. Written the year before Edward I commenced his war in Wales. Gilbert de Clare [called Gilbert the Red] (1243-95) earl of Gloucester and of Hereford; one of the largest landowners in England and one of the most important political factors in the de Montfortian wars of the 1260s first aiding de Montfort in his subjection of Henry III and then helping to overthrow de Montfort by aiding the Lord Edward Henry`s son. Truculent self interested and wayward de Clare was nevertheless a firm friend and political ally of Edward I and would have been much in evidence at court "Between January 1278 and May 1286 he [de Clare] witnessed more royal charters than any of his rank except the earl of Lincoln." - Oxford DNB. Anthony Bek (1) (c. 1245-1311) Archdeacon and later Bishop of Durham; royal official and diplomatist; personal friend of Edward I who helped him raise finance for both his Welsh Scottish and French wars. In 1281 Bek was "warned by Archbishop Pecham of Canterbury that unless he obtained a papal dispensation he would never be considered for a bishopric." Peter Le Neve (1661-1729) herald and antiquary; most of his manuscript collection were of Norfolk and Suffolk. North Creake north west Norfolk 3 miles south east of Burnham Market..

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Brightwells
Lot 12

A rare red teddy bear. Fully jointed, remains of velour pads. Wide apart ears. One boot button eye and one glass. Probably Chad Valley c1918, 13 1/2 in H

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Brightwells
Lot 92

A rare German made hussar rocking balancing toy. The carved and painted wooden figure seated on a skin covered horse. Mid 19th century, 8in L

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Brightwells
Lot 138

A rare Period Furniture fire screen with cabriole legs. In original box A/F. With catalogue

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Brightwells
Lot 282

A rare carved wooden conjuring automaton type toy. The conjuror standing behind a wooden table, mid 19th Century, disassembled, A/F, 10in H approx

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Brightwells
Lot 337

A rare set of non-catalogued cricketers, four with red caps and two green. Original economy trade box dated 1940. Ex shop stock

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