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Lot 108
A rare and important Imperial Russian Medal and Order Group. Lt General Paul Konstantinovich Goudime-Levkovitsch (29.06.1842-13.04.1907). . Dress tunic with medals comprising: Order of the white Eagle in gold and enamels, gold mark 56 (14k) blue silk sash, it's companion breast star in silver (84) and enamels and with maker "Keibel" to the reverse. Order of St Vladimir Second Class Civil Division, the neck badge in gold and enamels, maker's stamp AK beneath the red enamel and gold mark 56, its companion breast star in silver (84) and enamels by Eduard and with the workmaster's mark BA (Vladimir Dinakov) St Petersburg. Order of St Vladimir Military Division Fourth Class brass badge in gold and enamels, gold mark 56, with bow. Order of St. Stanislaus Third Class Civil Division in gold and enamels, marker's stamp AK, Medal for the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 in bronze. Medal for the Storming of Geok-Tepe 1881 in bronze, Reign of Alexander III 1881-1884 medal, Coronation of Nicholas II medal, further unidentified Alexander I medal. Campaigns in central Asia medal 1853-1895, Prussian Order of the Crown Third Class, Austrian Order of the Iron Crown Third Class, Romania Cross for the Crossing of the Danube. The uniform also bears an enamelled breast badge for the Tsar's wedding. Provenace: Lt General Paul Konstantinovich Goudime-Levkovitsch graduated from the Kiev Cadet Corps and from the 2nd Konstantinovsky military school from which he was enrolled into the 3rd reserves rifle regiment. He then graduated from the Mikhaylovskya artillery academy and on completing the general staff academy in 1870, was attached to the general staff. In 1877 he was appointed adjutant professor with the rank of Colonel to the Faculty of military tactics. In the same year he was attached to the retinue of the Tsarevitch, to whom he taught tactics. Then attached to the staff of Grand Duke Nikolay Nicolayevitich and for military exploits was given the order of St Vladimir 4th grade with swords and ribbons. In 1880 was appointed Chief of General staff of the Transcaspean Oblast and participated in the Akhal-Tekinskaya expedition upon completion of which he took the post of extraordinary professor of the military academy. In 1884 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Guards Regiment of the St. Petersburg Military District and in 1885 was promoted to Major General. In 1890 he was given rank of Ordinary Professor and in 1891 was appointed assistant of the Director of the Crown Domains. In 1893 he was appointed to be Chief of His Majesty's Private Cabinet, an important position with access to the Tsar to report on meetings of the cabinet. Included in his duties: Keeper and Guardian of the Coronation and other jewels, lodged in huge safes in the Anichkoff Palace. This was a huge treasure trove consisting of gifts available for visiting dignitaries. Faberge was the court jeweller. Member of the Council of Administration of the Imperial Theatres with a decisive vote. Responsible for the Tsar's private estates in Siberia, a huge area the size of France. Among many decorations, he had the Order of the White Eagle and the Coronation Order on the accession of Nicholas II. He collaborated in the writing of important military works and died comparatively young of heart failure. Provenance: direct descent through the family
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Lot 12
Signed Olympic Benham Coin FDC collection 20 1996 official Olympics FDCs each with full set of GB stamps and special postmark, plus US Olympic stamp & Atlanta Postmark with nice Reproduction Gold Medal inset in to the cover. Signed by a multitude of GB Olympic medal winners including Steve Redgrave & Matt Pinsent, Richard Meade, David Wilke, Lynn Davies, Anita Lonsborough, Greg Searle, Seb Coe, David Hemery, Chris Boardman, Steve Ovett, Tessa Sanderson, Allan Wells, Adrian Moorhouse, Mary Rand, Duncan Goodhew, Terence Spinks, Ken Matthews, Mary Peters, Chris Finnigan, Malcolm Cooper. In Blue Benham album good condition
Lot 198
A wooden crate containing a collection of vintage toys to include a Chad Valley roulette wheel, a collection of chess pieces, wooden animal figures, vintage Meccano pieces, vintage die-cast vehicles, a French carved wooden cat face with articulated mouth, a painted metal toy stove / burner, etc, together with a cardboard box containing a collection of postage stamp albums, a military map depicting Egypt, a draft/foreword referring to 1st July 1946 6th Armoured Division, a 19th Century map of Africa, etc
Lot 186
Dulac (Edmund).- - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, 20 colour plates tipped in, tissue guards, original decorated red cloth, gilt, original publisher's presentation card box, [1909] § Szyk (Arthur) illustrator, The Book of Job, The Heritage Press, New York , 1946; The Book of Ruth, The Heritage Press, New York , 1947, coloured illustrations, original cloth, slipcases § Baudelaire (Charles) Flowers of Evil, first edition with illustrations by Major Felten, original cloth backed decorated boards, some rubbing and fading to edges, New York, 1931 § Oliver (Raymond) Recettes pour un ami, limited edition , six illustrations by Jean Cocteau, original cloth, booksellers stamp to title-page, Paris, n.d. v.s.( 5)
Lot 199
Cruikshank (George).- [Mayhew (Henry)] - The Comic Almanack and Diary for 1850, folding hand-coloured etched frontispiece, etched pictorial title, 6 plates, illustrations, head- & tail-pieces, publisher's 24pp. catalogue for Christmas 1849 at end, small ink stamp to front endpaper, original gilt-pictorial cloth, marking to fore-edge of upper cover, 1850 § Larwood (Jacob) and John Camden Hotten. The History of Signboards , hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, title with engraved device, 20 plates, a little scattered spotting, a few leaves uncut, later half morocco, gilt, 1866, 8vo (2)
Lot 285
Addison (Joseph) - Cato, bound with The Drummer, together two works in one , titles in red and black, 2 engraved frontispieces, modern morocco , 1735 § Bannatyne (George) Ancient Scottish Poems, some browning, modern half calf, Edinburgh , 1770 § Anderson (R.) and others. Ballads in the Cumberland Dialect, engraved frontispiece, original printed boards, re-cased, Wigton , 1808 § Ainsworth (W.H.) Windsor Castle, engraved potrait and 18 plates, original cloth, rubbed, 1843 § Andrews (William) The Book of Oddities, faint ownership stamp to title, contemporary cloth , 1882; and c.30 others, v.s. (c.35)
Lot 320
Russia.- Kennan (George) - Siberia and the Exile System, 2 vol., ink ownership stamp and bookplate to front free endpaper and pastedown respectively, extremities rubbed , 1891 § Dixon (William Hepworth) Free Russia, 2 vol, second edition, colour frontispieces, illustrations, gilt, extremities a little torn with some loss, rubbed, 1870 § The Englishwoman in Russia; impressions of the society and manners of the Russians at home, rebacked preserving the original backstrip, extremities faded, 1855 § Nevinson (Henry W.) The Dawn in Russia or Scenes in the Russian Revolution, second edition, 1906, some spotting, all in original cloth ; and a large quantity of others, Russian History and Social History, including a typed autobiography by a Russian Jew who had survived the 30's and came to live in North London, v.s. (10 boxes)
Lot 611
A late Victorian crocodile covered travelling case, with green shot silk lined interior with holders for bottles, cases etc, fitted with five silver gilt topped glass bottles engraved with initials and coronet, a gilt metal inkwell, gilt metal matches holder and a leather case with stamp for Mappin and Webb, silver marked London circa 1902, case with silver coloured coronet and initials
Lot 1687
A pair of Victorian hallmarked silver two branch candlesticks Each with square stepped lobed bases rising to stop fluted Corinthian columns with branching arms with scroll and leafy candle holders with a flambeau finial, made by Hawksworth, Eyre & Co Ltd, Sheffield 1891, weighted 31.5cm. CONDITION REPORT: Lot 1687: Each sconce on the pair of candelabra are fixed and not instantly detachable the capitols are extensively in filled with old polish and difficult to see if there is any damage . No repairs to branches some bruising and minor dints to the stop fluted columns. Picture or loading to weight the candlesticks is loose within the rectangular plinth, hallmark stamp clear, stepped plinths extensive in fills of polish around the rims, difficult to assess if there is any damage beneath the layers of old polish.
Lot 166
A Royal Letter and shooting tally. September 23rd 1877 To Lord Rendlesham from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, invitation to Lord and Lady Rendlesham to four days shooting at Sandringham in November. Marlborough house, Pal Mal headed notepaper, the Prince's own monogrammed blue envelope, addressed in his own hand, penny red stamp. With the accompanying shooting table of totals of game bagged during the party in November 1877. The printed shooting tally hand filled with all the individual totals of different game shot at Sandringham for each day on November 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th, 1877. Charmingly illustrated with a resting gamekeeper and the various different birds and animals that made up each total. The table of figures written within a net, the house depicted above the table, annotated "Sandringham. Norfolk" with Albert Edward's monogram embossed in gold, red and blue. Upon the back of the shooting tally is a handwritten list of all the members of the shooting party on each day. For example: November 6th: H.R.H. The Crown Prince of Hanover, H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge, H.H. The Maharajah Duleep Singh, The Duke of Hamilton, The Earl of Leicester, Count Jaraczewski, Lord Rendlesham, Captain Paget, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales etc.
Lot 167
A Royal Letter. October 30th 1877 To Lord Rendlesham from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, containing apologies, suggesting batchelor party at Sandringham, "make my excuses to Lady Rendlesham" etc Three handwritten sides on sheet of folded Marlborough house, Pal Mal, blue headed notepaper. The Prince's own monogrammed blue envelope, addressed in his own hand, penny red stamp.
Lot 169
A Royal Letter. Cowes, September 4th 1878 To Lord Rendlesham from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, commiserating that his game prospects not good and politely refusing an invitation to visit, "leaving Cowes after a four and half week stay," etc. Royal Yacht Osborne headed paper and envelope embossed with blue insignia, addressed in the Prince's own hand. Penny red stamp.
Lot 170
A Royal Letter. January 16th 1880 To Lord Rendlesham from Alexandra, Princess of Wales, effusively commiserating on the death of his wife Lady Egidia. Four handwritten sides of on sheet of black edged, Sandringham headed, mourning notepaper, original black edged Sandringham envelope addressed in Alexandra's own hand with black wax seal and penny red stamp.
Lot 171
A Royal Letter. October 2nd 1881 To Lord Rendlesham from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Invitation to spend a week at Sandringham shooting. Three sides of a folded sheet of Abergeldie Castle, Ballater headed notepaper embossed with blue insignia, in matching envelope in Prince's own hand. Penny stamp
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