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Lot 127
Children & Education.- Nelson (James) AnEssayon the Government ofChildren, first edition, contemporary ink signature of Ann Upwood to front free endpaper and with A.L.s. to her presenting the book loosely inserted (frayed at folds with slight loss and laid down), title torn and repaired, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, R.& J.Dodsley, 1753 § Hints to Parents, on the Cultivation of Children, in the Spirit of Pestalozzi's Method, No.I-IV only (of 6) bound in 1 vol., No.I third edition, No.II second edition, No.III & IV first editions, diagrams in text, Overston ink signature to front pastedown, ex-library copy with ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, red roan label, a little rubbed, 1824-25, 8vo (2) *** The first concerns the health, manners and education of children, advising regular meals including small beer.Pestalozzi believed it was the educator's task to assist the natural development of head, heart, and hand, and to encourage and guide self-activity. He considerably influenced the development of English education, both by his written works and through the school at Yverdun, which was visited by many English reformers including Owen and Brougham.
Lot 188
"The Flight of Alcock & Brown 14-15 June 1919" By Graham Wallace, Putnam , 1955 first edition; "Wings to the Cape" By John Godwin, Tafelberg, 1971 first edition ; "Test Pilot" By Neville Duke & Alan W. Mitchell Allan Wingate, 1953 first edition ; "The Spirit of St Louis" by Charles A. Lindbergh, John Murray, 1953 first edition
Lot 9088
SIR WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965), Typed Letter Signed to Robert Burns Esq., Harrow hat maker, of 52 High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, 1p, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall headed paper, dated December 23rd, 1953, content re thanking Mr Burns for sending him a miniature Harrow School straw hat "Dear Mr. Burns, I was very pleased to receive your letter and the gift from your wife of a miniature Harrow Straw. Please accept my warm thanks for your kind thought of me at this time. [signed] yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill", framed and glazed, theo whole approx. size 21 x 14cm, together with a contemporary example of a miniature Harrow School straw hat produced by Robert Burns hat makers, diameter approx. 14cm, and a c.1980's colour post card of Harrow-on-the-Hill high street, with a manuscript note "WAS Robert Burn's (school hat shop)." and arrow pointing to the premises (being No. 52). Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. His indomitable spirit, eloquent speeches, and unwavering leadership during times of crisis earned him a place among the greatest statesmen in history. In April 1888, aged 13, Winston Churchill narrowly passed the entrance exam for Harrow School. His academics proved high but his teachers complained about his lack of discipline. However, Churchill’s ability to memorise lines, which he later used when he first made public speeches, was already apparent. While at Harrow, he entered a competition and won a School prize for reciting from memory 1,200 lines from Thomas Babington Macaulay’s long poem, Lays of Ancient Rome – a quite remarkable achievement. Churchill’s future interest in soldiering was already evident at Harrow. He joined the Harrow Rifle Corps within weeks of entering the School and, following encouragement from his father, was enrolled in the academic programme to prepare students for Sandhurst (the Royal Military College, now called the Royal Military Academy). In a letter from 1889, Churchill writes to ‘Mamma’, telling her that he has joined the ‘Army class’ and that he is learning French and geometrical drawing and studying for the Shakespeare prize. But his mother was very disappointed in her son, feeling he could achieve much more. In 1890, she wrote: ‘I had built up such hopes about you and felt so proud of you – and now all is gone … your work is an insult to your intelligence. If you would only trace out a plan of action for yourself and carry it out and be determined to do so – I am sure you could accomplish anything you wished.’ Churchill was to return to Harrow many times during his life, most memorably in 1941 during the Second World War, when he gave his famous speech to the boys, ‘Never Give In’. The Harrow School Old Speech Room Gallery has an example of a Harrow school straw hat signed by Sir Winston Spencer Churchill on display. E.A. Laborde’s book, ‘Harrow School: Yesterday & Today’ gives us a short introduction on the appearance of the Harrow School straw hat. Its first appearance was on the cricket fields of Harrow. Charles Wordsworth (OH, 1820-1825) recalls his straw hat being broken by a ball after fielding near a batsman. In the 1830s, it became a popular item of dress in the summer term, but it was not until later that they were permitted to be used instead of the top hats, except on Sundays. The famous two-inch low crown dates from the 1860s but the brim length was narrow up to 1873. Between 1873-1877, the brim widened gradually until its present breadth of three inches. Notable makers of Harrow hats include E. Chatham, and her grandson E.A. Burns. It is suspected that E. Chatham, who had established a hatter’s shop on the Hill in 1830, was the ‘inventor’ of the shallow crown boater hat. Robert Burns was presumably the son of E.A. Burns and continued the family business, and was active making hats at 52 Harrow high street in the early to mid C20th. Provenance: by descent. Robert Burns was the Great Uncle (Grandfather's brother) of the vendor
Lot 515
* Fire Balloon. A Victorian Brock's Fire Balloon set, a remarkable survivor in unused condition, the balloon consists a metal wire framework covered by pink tissue paper, sealed in original tissue paper bag with printed label with showing a hot air balloon and the words Superior Montgolfier, packet size 24 x 24 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Manufactured at C.T. Brock & Co's "Crystal Palace" Fireworks Ltd. The lot includes a photocopied advert for Brock's Fire Balloon. The owner was to select a spot shielded from the wind, once inflated the pad attached to the mouth of the balloons should be saturated with methylated spirit and ignited. Once the balloon is ready, let it go.For a comparable see the V&A Museum Collection, MISC.884:1, 2-1988.
Lot 383
* Montgomery (Bernard Law, 1887-1976), 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Montgomery of Alamein', Isington Mill, Alton, Hants, 11 October 1967, to Heim, in response to a letter and concerning the state of the nation, 'I am afraid that much of what you say is very true. The truth is that in our country today we are suffering from what I would call "A Twilight of the Spirit". At Trafalgar, Dunkirk, and Alamein, the enemy was clear and plain. Today we are confronted with a very dangerous foe - the weakness from within, by which alone great nations fall. We seem to have forgotten how to pull together, and fight our way out of the moral and economic dangers which threaten us. We live in an age of computers; but you cannot put leadership and guts into a computer! I do not entirely despair. What the country needs is a "big" man of real stature, and moral courage, to give a lead. But I do not see him in any political party - at present', written in black ink in a neat hand on personal printed stationery, 1 page, 4to, window-mounted with a photograph of four Desert Rats (including Oscar Heim) of the Eighth Army in a tank in the desert, framed and glazed, 50 x 32 cm overallQTY: (1)NOTE:A highly insightful and revealing letter, written to the owner's father Oscar Heim (1906-1994), who had been stationed in North Africa during the Second World War. At the time of this letter the Labour Prime Minister was Harold Wilson, and Edward Heath was leader of the Conservative Party. The Labour government had weathered several economic storms since coming to power in 1964. From the summer of 1967 onwards a series of events destabilised the economy, including the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War in June, leading to the closure of the Suez Canal and a subsequent sharp rise in oil and other commodity prices. However, Montgomery is striking out not simply at economics but at the state of political leadership and direction and yearning for a personality equivalent to the way he saw himself as a military leader.
Lot 337
* Pusey (Edward Bouverie Pusey, 1800-1882), English church leader, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Oxford. A group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed, ‘E. B. Pusey’ and one initialled, Christ Church Oxford, no dates, [1865], to George Rolleston, writing to him as an evolutionary biologist and close friend of T. H. Huxley, Pusey discusses the relationship between Darwinian thought and the religious teaching of the bible, in one letter he writes, 'One question I think that I did not make clear, not having the page of "the Essex Rector" before me. In p. 204, 5 he says that the cause of the blackness of the Negro is unsolved. If so, it seems to be more unscientific to do, as he had done, and assume time to be required to it, if we do not know the real causes...', in the second letter he asks, 'Can you kindly tell me whether the Essex Rector is right in saying that the origin of the blackness of the Negro, is not known, that it is, in fact owing to a black pigment in the epidermis, but that the cause of that deposit is not known. It would cut away his own arguments, as to the necessity of a period of time... ', and later, 'I am going to say at Norwich, please God, is that Physicists and Theologians may help one another...', and in the third letter he writes on the same theme, 'I have made up my mind not to meddle with details about the black pigment, because it is much better not to mess up theology with matters of science not yet determined. My time at Norwich is (on the whole), to separate God's words from science's interpretations of it. God's words being infallible, man's interpretation fallible...', with occasional references to other writers including [James Cowles] Prichard, [John] Forbes and Bossuet, a total of 11 pages in a small but neat hand with corrections and insertions, adhesion remains to inner margin of final page of each letter from previous album mounting, without loss of text or legibility, 8vo (one 16mo)QTY: (3)NOTE:George Rolleston (1829-1881), physician, zoologist, Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, Oxford. The letters were prompted by the publication of Man's Age in the World According to Holy Scripture and Science, by an Essex Rector (London, 1865). Pusey discusses the issues which it raises, especially with regard to inherited characteristics and natural selection. He argues that natural selection accounts not for the origin of species, but, at most, the preservation of species. The letters are undated but were written by Pusey in preparation for a lecture which he gave at the Church Congress at Norwich on 5 October 1865, entitled 'The spirit in which the researches of learning and science should be applied to the study of the bible', printed in Authorized Report of the Proceedings of the Church Congress held at Norwich on October 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1865 (London, 1866), pp. 181-190, in which he cites information supplied by Rolleston.Full transcriptions of the letters are available by request.
Lot 291
* Thatcher (Margaret Hilda, 1925-2013), British Politician and Prime Minister 1979-1990. A group of 3 Letters Signed, ‘Margaret Thatcher’, 1964-70, all to [Peter] Bland, thanking him for his support in the election campaigns, the first a TLS, House of Commons, London, SW1, 26 October 1964, ‘I would like to thank you for your help during the election campaign. We all fought hard and enthusiastically and the team spirit was superb’, ending ‘Naturally, we were disappointed with the national result, but we shall have another General Election long before the full Parliamentary term is up. We must now perfect our organisation and all stand together ready to renew our endeavours as soon as we are call upon to do so’, the second a TLS, House of Commons letterhead, 34 Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street, Westminster, SW1, 1 April 1966, ‘… Naturally, we are thrilled with the local result. To increase our majority from 8,802 to 9,429 at a time when we were losing seats in the rest of the country is a triumph for our organisation and determined fighting spirit. All of us are disappointed with the national result. I thought Edward Heath led us magnificently, and he deserved to do better. I hope we shall all stick together, ready to increase our majority next time and to to reap a national victory’, both with holograph salutation and subscription in blue ink, 1 page, 4to; the third an Autograph Letter Signed,, House of Commons, London, SW1, 25 June 1970, thanking Mr Bland for all his help in the election campaign, ‘Locally, we have a majority over the combined votes of the other two parties. Over the country as a whole, the result is excellent. We can now look forward to five years of Conservative government’, written in black fibre pen on embossed letterhead stationery, 1 page, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: The Autograph Collection of Peter Bland (1928-2003).Margaret Thatcher had been promoted to the frontbench of the Conservative Party in 1961. The first letter was written after the 1964 general election held on 15 October, in which the Conservatives, led by incumbent Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home, narrowly lost to the Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson. The next election was held on 31 March 1966, (at which time Thatcher was serving in the Shadow Treasury), and resulted in a landslide victory for Labour. The Conservatives, led by Edward Heath, won the 1970 general election, and Thatcher was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Education and Science.
Lot 515
The young blonde woman, dressed in a festive Christmas outfit, shines with holiday spirit as she holds a poinsettia piece, donning a red skirt and a gold-embroidered black shirt. Royal Doulton backstamp. Issued: 2016Dimensions: 7.5"L x 7"W x 9.5"HEdition Number: 696/850 Manufacturer: Royal DoultonCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 81
Paul Granlund (American, 1925-2003). Cast bronze sculpture titled "Head of a Young Man" in the form of a man's head, 1964. Signed, dated, and numbered 1/3 along the edge of the bronze base. Affixed to a black marble base.Reference:William K. Freiert, "Paul T. Granlund: Spirit of Bronze Shape of Freedom," Primarius Limited Publishing (Minneapolis: 1991), pg. 90, plate 226.Kathryn Christenson and Kelvin W. Miller, "Granlund: The Sculptor and his Works," Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter, MN: 1978), pg. 221, plate 226.(Including marble base) height: 16 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 8 in. Weight: 18 lbs 12 oz.Condition:The bronze is in good condition with no deep scratches or losses. Some light dirt/dust accumulated in the recessed areas. Light wear including a few small frits along the edges of the marble base.
Lot 5
Dennis Dykema (American, b. 1940). Acrylic on canvas landscape painting titled "Dark Sky" depicting a sky with long, white clouds and a body of water in an impressionist style, 1989. Signed, titled, and dated along the verso.Dykema is a native of Worthington, Minnesota and studied art at Morningside College before receiving a master's degree in painting from the University of Northern Iowa in 1970. He taught at Buena Vista University after graduating until his retirement in 2001. Since 2006, he has lived in Spirit Lake.Unframed; height: 36 in x width: 46 1/4 in. Framed; height: 37 1/2 in x width: 48 in x depth: 2 in.Condition:The colors are bold and bright and the surface is stable. There are no losses or restorations. Light wear to the frame.
Lot 6
Dennis Dykema (American, b. 1940). Acrylic on canvas landscape painting titled "Big Cloud Landscape" depicting a gathering of clouds above a grassy landscape in an impressionist style, 1989. Signed, titled, and dated along the verso.Dykema is a native of Worthington, Minnesota and studied art at Morningside College before receiving a master's degree in painting from the University of Northern Iowa in 1970. He taught at Buena Vista University after graduating until his retirement in 2001. Since 2006, he has lived in Spirit Lake.Unframed; height: 36 in x width: 46 1/4 in. Framed; height: 37 1/2 in x width: 48 in x depth: 2 in.Condition:The colors are bold and bright and the surface is stable. There are no losses or restorations. Light wear to the frame.
Lot 119
Mid century engraved glass vase by Lars Kjellander, of compressed tapering form, decorated with a galleon above waves, etched signature to base, 15cm high, two square section cut glass spirit decanters and stoppers, a cut glass ships decanter and stopper and a Whitefriars green oval bowl, pattern no.9515 (5)
Lot 10
A RARE CHINESE BLUISH-GREY JADE DAGGER-AXE, GE WARRING STATES PERIOD The well-polished L-shaped curved blade with a ridge running along its centre, the long rectangular tang with a fitment hole, with a paper label for Dr and Mrs P H Plesch Collections, no.Hw31.5, together with a silk-lined fitted box, 31.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of Professor Peter Hariolf Plesch (14th February 1918 - 5th March 2013) and Gerta Regina ‘Traudi’ Plesch OBE (4th December 1921 - 10th August 2013), purchased from Christie’s London, the Von Oertzen Collection (part II), 12th May 2009, lot 56. Published: S Howard-Hansford, Jade, Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg 1969, no.A41, p.45 and on the jacket. S Howard-Hansford mentions ‘this is a rare example of a jade ko imitating the form of the more highly developed bronze ko of the late Shang dynasty’. For a discussion about jade dagger-axes, see James C S Lin, The Search for Immortality, Tomb Treasures of Han China, p.111, where it is suggested that the ‘Use of jade rather than bronze or iron for the dagger-axe... was not designed as a weapon for use by the living... jade weapons buried in tombs... would also have been expected to provide protection against evil forces of the spirit world... two other jade dagger-axes were found in the tombs of the King of Liang at Yongcheng, Henan Province and of the King of Lu, at Qufu, Shandong’. 戰國 玉戈來源：Peter Hariolf Plesch教授（1918年2月14日-2013年3月5日）和Gerta Regina ‘Traudi’ Plesch OBE （1921年12月4日-2013年8月10日）收藏，編號Hw31.5（附標籤），購於倫敦佳士得2009年5月12日·編號56。展覽：S Howard-Hansford, Jade, Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg 1969年, 編號A41, 頁45 及封底。
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Lot 761
FIVE FRANKLIN MINT FIGURES, comprising 'Spirit of the Sioux', with paperwork, 'Pride & Joy' (pandas), with wooden plinth and paperwork, 'The Defender' (panther), with wooden plinth and two Counterpoint seated cats, with paperwork, tallest 27cm (5 + 2 plinths and paperwork) (Condition Report: The Defender has a glued tail, white cat needs cleaning)
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