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Click here to subscribeNOEL, Captain J. B. L. Through Tibet to Everest, original blue cloth slightly faded in places, 20 plates (one loose), 8vo, 1927. With ... a Mount Everest Expedition, 1924 postcard signed " Best Wishes, J. B. L. Noel, Captain. Mt. Everest Expedition, " sent from the Glacier Base Camp with an official Mount Everest Expedition stamp. This expedition was lead by C. G. Bruce.
MARY HICKLEY (PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA), "Gold Glitter and Gloom, A Rush Across Russia, recollections of the Coronation of Czar Nicholas II and later travels in Russia", original typed manuscript dated 1903, together with a limited edition illustrated copy dated 1997 (No 8 of 100) and another bound copy. Sold with various artifacts featured in the book of Russian origins collected by the Author:- 1) Russian Brass or Bronze Bear vesta case with hinged cover and glass eyes. 60mm high. 2) Russian Orthodox silver cross. 67mm high. 3) Russian poker work box in the form of a two headed animal with inscription "Laura from The Princess, June 1906", chip carved boxwood. 86mm wide. 4) Small Russian carved boxwood triptych featuring the Virgin Mary holding infant Jesus, Saint Serga and Saint Nicholas, left panel glazed with relic hairs. 87mm high. 5) Russian cloisonne spoon, makers marks B.A assayer V.N, 84 zolotniks, purity mark, 1896-1908. 183mm. 6) Russian Neillo silver spoon, makers marks B.C assayer N.A, 1858, 84 zolotniks purity mark Moscow George Dragon mark. 185mm. 7) Russian lacquered and painted tea caddy, the cover painted with figures at a cottage door. 100mm wide. 8) Russian lacquered wooden letter knife with painted troika in the snow scene. 285mm. 9) 19th century Moscow porcelain bachelors tea pot by Alexy Popov, painted and relief decorated with trailing vines and underglaze blue mark to base. 170mm wide. (Restored). 10) Tiny boxwood stamp box with painted bird, probably Russian. 30mm wide. 11) Russian embroided cotton band with silk, satin velvet and gold thread. 60" Long approx. 12) Small painted envelope "Cossacks camping" addressed to Miss M. Hickley" Dinder House, Wells. 13) Three brass Orthodox crosses, a small brass bell and a Chinese silver cigarette case. 14) Turkish or South Russian copper kettle or wine pot. 60mm. 15) Pottery beaker bearing the arms of his Imperial Majesty Nicholas II, Emperor of all the Russians, 1896. 115mm high. (chipped)
A silver postage stamp box in the form of a serpentine chest of two long drawers of miniature form, the top opening to reveal two sloped gilt lined stamp containers, the drawers hinged, opening to reveal two more stamp containers, hallmarked for Birmingham 1911, 4.5cms high approx by 6cms length approx (front left leg repaired)
[GARBO GRETA]: (1905-1990) Swedish Actress, Academy Award winner. Three original vintage unsigned 10 x 13 photographs of Garbo, the images depicting her in different poses in costume as Queen Christina from the 1933 film of the same name. Each of the photographs are by the celebrated Hollywood photographer Clarence Sinclair Bull and bear his blindstamp in the lower right corners and credit stamp to the versos. About EX, 3
LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. An unusual D.S. by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, one page, oblong 8vo, Dublin, 18th September 1953. The partially printed document is receipt form supplied by the Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd in which the comedians acknowledge receipt of the sum of £300 received from the account of Bernard Delfont Agency Limited. Signed by both Laurel and Hardy at the base in dark fountain pen inks. With purple rubber stamp cancellation of the bank and an Eire revenue stamp dated in Laurel`s hand. Some light folds and creasing and two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signatures. About VG. . . . . . . The receipt was evidently issued, presumably for salaries or expenses, in relation to Laurel and Hardy`s forthcoming British tour with their sketch entitled Birds of a Feather. The comedians had arrived in Ireland on 9th September in order to rehearse and prepare for the tour.
PIUS X POPE SAINT: (1835-1914) Pope of the Catholic Church 1903-14. Apostolic Blessing Signed, Pius PP X, one page, small 4to, Vatican, 26th June 1907. The Apostolic Blessing, in Italian, states, in full, `To Our Beloved Son, Josephe Alexandro Sanfermo, Apostolic Pronotario and Holy Patriarch of the Liberian Basilica, Canon, in his fiftieth year, having successfully completed many happy and fruitful years of prayer to the Lord, we grant the Apostolic Blessing with great love`. With blank integral leaf. A feint official red rubber stamp appears in the lower half of the page, not affecting the text or signature. The paper, by Fabriano, features two beautiful watermarks, one a portrait of the Pope and the other a coat of arms. VG
DARLING GRACE: (1815-1842) English Heroine who, with her father, rescued nine survivors from the grounded ship Forfarshire on 17th September 1838. Rare A.L.S., G. H. Darling, one page, oblong 8vo, Longstone Light[house], 29th January 1840, to Miss. Sinclair. Darling acknowledges receipt of a draft for £84.10.7 `which had been detained at North Sunderland with bad weather`, expressing her sincere thanks and regretting that she could not have replied `by the same Boat, as the weather is very bad.` Darling further remarks `perhaps it will be interesting to my kind friends in Edinburgh to know that the sums collected for me alone will amount to about Seven Hundred Pounds` and in concluding sends a `smal lock of my hair as a smal memorandum` (no longer present). Some light overall foxing and a few small, neat tears (repaired to the verso) only very slightly affecting the text. G Provenance: The letter bears the small circular stamp of the Rawlins Collection to the verso and the signature from the present letter is reproduced in his book The Guinness Book of World Autographs (1977)
CHURCHILL CLEMENTINE S.: (1885-1977) Wife of Sir Winston S. Churchill. Vintage signed 6.5 x 9 photograph of Churchill seated in a half length pose. Photograph by Vivienne of London and bearing her credit stamp to the verso. Signed (`Clementine S. Churchill`) in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount. Together with a dark fountain pen ink signature (`Clementine S. Churchill`) on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, annotated in ink in another hand at the base, `Visit of Mrs. Winston Churchill, Friday, 19th June 1942` and further annotated at the base in pencil as having been removed from an album belonging to Norman Tiptaft, Lord Mayor of Birmingham. VG, 2
BRUMMELL GEORGE: (1778-1840) English Dandy, known as `Beau Brummell`. Rare A.L.S., George Brummell, one page, 8vo, Chapel Street, 16th September n.y., to Fogg. Brummell explains that he couldn`t see his correspondent the previous day as intended, adding that he is about to leave town but will return before the end of the month `and will settle with you about the things I selected.` With integral address leaf (some neat areas of paper loss). The small circular stamp of the Rawlins collection is affixed to the lower left corner. About VG. . . . The present letter is reproduced in full in The Guinness Book of World Autographs by Ray Rawlins (1977, page 30). Rawlins observes that Brummell`s correspondent was his tailor.
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . An excellent vintage signed 7 x 10 photograph of the Queen standing in a formal three quarter length pose. Photograph by Cecil Beaton and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed (`Elizabeth R`) in bold blue fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount and dated 1956 in her hand. About EX
SHACKLETON ERNEST: (1874-1922) Anglo-Irish Antarctic Explorer. A.L.S., E. H. Shackleton, one page, 8vo, Pall Mall, 16th October 1917, to Kenneth Chance, on the printed stationery of the Marlborough Club. Shackleton sends his correspondent a note for Sir A[lbert] Stanley, `which you can present when you see fit`. In a postscript, signed by Shackleton with his initials EHS, he sends his love to Wendy. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Shackleton (stamp neatly excised). VG Sir Albert Stanley (1874-1948) 1st Baron Ashfield. President of the Board of Trade 1916-19.
[BATTLE OF WATERLOO]: CAMPBELL COLIN (1776-1847) British Army officer and Colonial Governor. Campbell served as A.D.C. to Lord Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington`s brother, and was subsequently Wellington`s commandant at Headquarters at Waterloo being, with Wellington, the only man on the general staff to escape the day uninjured. An excellent A.L.S. C. Campbell, four pages, 4to, 26th June 1815, to his brother Archibald Campbell in Oban. Written just over a week following the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June, Campbell writes an interesting letter, in part, `You will have seen by the Gazette the accounts of the terrible Battle of the 18th. It was by much the severest & most Bloody that I have ever witnessed, & I look upon myself as one of the most fortunate in having escaped that day. Our staff has suffered severely. We are now reaping the fruits of the Victory being in full march towards Paris. We have not seen a French Soldier since the Battle, the greater part of them have dispersed and gone to their homes. We lost many excellent & valuable officers. Colonel (? name indecipherable) of the 82nd received a mortal wound in the Battle of the 16th…..of which he died the following day, his Regt….behaved most nobly that day. They repulsed several….charges of Cavalry. The French Army are now….upon Paris, the amount of them is only 20,000. I mean the remains of those who were opposing to us. The loss on both sides was very severe, we calculated the loss of the Allies at 55,000 & the enemy….to be 50,000.…Bonaparte has now resigned the government…We have accounts from Paris of last night so that we are not alone…I have no doubt that we will be there in eight days & that I trust without another Battle….The Duke of Wellington by his firmness….frequently saved the day when it was all but lost. He is a most wonderful man….` With holograph address panel bearing the remnants of a red wax seal. A good contemporary account of the Battle of Waterloo and its immediate aftermath. The small circular stamp of the Rawlins Collection appears in the upper top left corner of the first page. A few small areas of paper loss, just affecting a few words of text, and some light overall age wear, G.
DE LA REY KOOS: (1847-1914) South African General during the Second Boer War, one of the strongest military leaders of the conflict. Rare vintage signed postcard photograph depicting the bearded De La Rey in a head and shoulders pose wearing a hat. Signed (`J H de la Rey`) in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. The small circular stamp of the Rawlins Collection appears to the verso. Some light overall age wear and surface creasing, G
TENNYSON ALFRED: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate. D.S., A Tennyson, being a signed cheque, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 21st January 1861. The cheque, unusually completed entirely in Tennyson`s hand, is on an oblong 8vo sheet of paper, drawn on his account at Olding, Sharpe & Co., London, and made payable to James Kellaway for the sum of twelve pounds and one shilling. A one penny revenue stamp is affixed in the upper right corner. With several bank cancellations including the standard ink lines across Tennyson`s signature. Professionally double matted in white and framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 13 x 10.5. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG
1915 Star Trio + metal ID Tag to SS.112327 William George Charles Moore STO 1 RN. Lot also includes his Equator Certificate 1914, 50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Falklands Special stamp set, and approx 20 early Naval postcards. Plus his original Certificate of Service, born near Greenhithe, Kent
An Interesting Mid 18th Century Sword, now in relic condition, a 27" broad curved blade from a Georgian Infantry Hanger with a clear Georgian stamp, mounted with a hardwood grip and a sheet metal guard (a/f), the alterations appear to have age and are reminiscent of American revolutionary work
A copper banded wooden half litre beer mug in the form of a cask. With wooden handle to hinged lid, with die-struck tinplate medallion to top, showing a Zeppelin over mountain and lake scene with ships. Text ‘Bodensee Bei Friedrichshafen’. Height 12.5cm. Plus a fluted silver plated jug, with Gorham’s EP mark to base, with a tiny airship stamp. Height 8cm. Both VGC illustrated on Plate 8. (2)
6 interesting items. An original black silk neck tie knot C.1930 embroidered band bearing Zeppelin between two Imperial German flags and `Zeppelin`, hook fastening to neck tags. A watchmaker`s cardboard box with coloured print of Zeppelin over lake to top, stamp of `J. Weber Watchmaker & Goldsmith Sonthoven` inside. Size 50x75x25mm. Also a Russian alloy medallion including WW1 type airship, aircraft and warships, `Combination Metalig Packing Co Ltd` in scroll, diameter 35mm. Plus a lead seal on string from Mail Pouch on Zeppelin 1930 Pan American flight, marked `Correos Argentina`. Plus 2 other items. GC (6)
A cap for a rating of the German Naval Airship Division. The division was part of the section of the Navy called the `Marineteilen Am Lande`. As this cap does not carry any name of any specific airship it probably was worn by ground crew. Navy blue cloth peak-less cap with black silk cap tally bearing the legend in gold `Marine Luftschiff Abteilung`. The front of the cap bears a national cockade. The lining bears an inspectors stamp for 1915. GC-VGC lettering on cap tally worn. Illustrated on Plate 34.
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