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Click here to subscribeSOLZHENITSYN ALEKSANDR: (1918-2008) Russian Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1970. Book signed and inscribed, a paperback edition of The Gulag Archipelago, published by Harper & Row, New York, 1974. Signed by Solzhenitsyn in blue ink to the dedication page, and dated 1979 in his hand. Ex Libris with a 'Pittsfield Public Library' hand stamp to the title page, a classification label to the spine, and light age wear. G
O'CASEY SEAN: (1880-1964) Irish Dramatist. A.L.S., Sean O'Casey, two pages, 8vo, Torquay, Devon, 4th December 1955, to Lewis Funke, Drama Editor at The New York Times. O'Casey thanks his correspondent for inviting him to write an article, although remarks 'Writing in this way doesn't come handy to me; I am a bit clumsy at it, for it is an Art of writing with which I haven't a lot of experience. However, I'll try ($75 are not to be sneezed at)' O'Casey further adds 'I've chosen “Playwright in Exile”. I was tempted by “Playwright in a Turbulent World”, but then my life has been spent in a turbulent world; & today we are all well within its shadow; all in the front line for permanent peace.' The dramatist concludes 'I have written some of the article - once a thing sits down on my mind, I'm not easy till I shove it off - and will send it on within four or five days to have and to hold, or to cast away, as you may think it a suitable or unsuitable effort.' Accompanied by the original envelope (stamp torn away) hand addressed by O'Casey and signed ('O'Casey') by him in the upper left corner. About VG Lewis B. Funke (1912-1992) American Drama Editor and Critic for The New York Times.
REYNOLDS JOSHUA: (1723-1792) English Portrait Painter, the founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts. A good D.S., J Reynolds, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 18th August 1786. The manuscript document, entirely in the hand of the painter, is a receipt for the sum of 'two hundred and sixty one pounds ten shillings' received from Woodcock 'for Pictures done for the late Earl of Tenet, in full of all demands'. Signed by Reynolds at the foot and with a blind embossed revenue stamp to the left of the document. Some very light, minor overall age wear and a few very small, neat tears to the edges of the folds, not affecting the text or signature, about VG Sackville Tufton (1733-1786) 8th Earl of Thanet, Lord Thanet ('Tenet') English Nobleman, the hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland 1753-86. In their work A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A. (Volume III, published by Henry Graves & Co. Ltd., London, 1899) Algernon Graves and William Vine Cronin record the existence of the present receipt and note that it was probably made by the executors of the Earl of Thanet (who had died in April 1786) and was most likely in payment for the whole length canvas painting of Mary, Countess of Thanet (the daughter of Lord John Sackville, Mary had married Lord Thanet in 1767 and died in September 1778) and that of the Hon. John Tufton (1773-1799, English Cricketer and Politician, son of Lord and Lady Thanet) and their accompanying frames. The painting of Lady Thanet is described by Graves and Cronin as being a profile pose against a landscape background, depicting her wearing a white dress, trimmed with gold, as she looks to her left, leaning her right arm on a pedestal, on which are some flowers, with her left hand holding her robe. Interestingly, Lady Thanet is recorded as having sat twice for Reynolds, in the February of 1770 and again in the same month the following year, some fifteen years before the artist received his payment. The painting was exhibited at the British Institution in 1833. The portrait of the young John Tufton depicts him in a playful full length pose accompanied by a dog who stands on his hind legs and rests his front paws in Tufton's hands. Wearing a simple green tunic and standing barefoot, Tufton looks directly towards the viewer as he poses by a tree. The painting has been described as a 'work of pre-eminent importance in Reynolds' oeuvre' and gives a 'reassuring view of… [Tufton]… in the untroubled contentment of the leisured class, a picture of health and happiness'. John Tufton's portrait is recorded as being the outcome of a single sitting, also some years before the present receipt was signed, on 3rd February 1777. The work was also exhibited at the British Institution in 1833. Reynolds enjoyed a good working relationship with the Thanet family. Indeed, in addition to the portraits of Lady Thanet and her son, the artist had also previously painted two elder brothers (in 1766-67) and Nelly O'Brien, the mistress of Lord Thanet (on two occasions between 1762-64). The executor referred to in the present document may have been the solicitor Edward Woodcock (d.1790) who was based at Lincolns Inn. The National Portrait Gallery hold three mezzotints of Woodcock by the engraver and printer Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835), after Joshua Reynolds, published in 1838 by Hodgson & Graves. Provenance: The present receipt was formerly part of the inventory of the noted American autograph dealer Robert Batchelder (1927-2007) and is accompanied by his original catalogue description. Manuscript documents signed by Reynolds relating to the sale of his paintings rarely appear at auction; American Book Prices Current record only one other example having been previously sold, in 2005.
GOLF, good collection of the earliest golf postage stamps, inc. 1953 Japanese 5-yen (first golf stamp), 1948 South Africa, 1971 Bermuda, 1958 French West Africa, 1962 Cape Verde, 1962 France, 1963 Nicaragua, 1967 & 1970 Montserrat, 1968 Bahamas, 1986 Al Qiwain, 1969 Cook Islands etc., loose on A4 pages with good annotation, from the Schulenburg collection, VG to EX, Qty.
GOLF, b/w photos, in action or celebrating, inc. Weiskopf, Peter Mitchell, Faldo, Darcy, Rafferty, McNulty, Fowler, Drummond, Vijay Singh, Langer, Olazabel, Marchbank, Hartmann, Broadhurst, Eduardo Romero, Sorensen, Gary Player (reproduction) etc., most with photographers stamp to reverse, slight duplication, VG to EX, 50*
GOLF, b/w photos, in action or celebrating, inc. Ballesteros, Norman, Brand Junior, Montgomerie, Rafferty, Canizares, Way, Lyle, Rivero, Walton, Rutledge, Lassalle, Clark, Torrance, Faldo, Drummond, Longmuir, O'Leary, Harwood, Hansen, Fowler, Parry, Lyle, Langer, Chapman, O'Connor etc., most with photographer stamp to reverse, slight duplication, VG to EX, 50*
** Stamp /stamps : British, foreign and colonial stamps (especially Malaysia and Singapore) in two 'click' stock books. Some useful UMM sheets/blocks. Also a few UMM pre-decimal castles.PLUSModern postal history covers, complete Agatha Christie stamp booklet (face £6), GB sheets and sheetlets. Also 2 X GB £5 and $5 Hong Kong coins. Also pre- and post decimalization HV packs. Also about 30 FDCs (special covers). These are mostly Machins and include HVS. A few other packs.
A MODERN SILVER STAMP CASE, in the form of an envelope, stamped 925, an Edwardian silver vesta case (s.d.), Chester 1903, two 19th Century Old English pattern tablespoons, London 1801 and 1837, together with assorted silver spoons, dressing table requisites, etc, various makers and dates, weighable silver approximately 8.7ozt, 270 grams (parcel)
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER MOUNTED CUT AND ETCHED GLASS CLARET JUG, the hinged cover engraved with crest, 'C' scroll handle on baluster body with floral decoration, circular foot, makers Hukin & Heath (John Thomas Heath & John Hartshorne Middleton), Birmingham 1902, bears retailers stamp for Wilson & Gill, 139 Regents St, London, height approximately 25.5cm
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