A TURKISH CRIMEA MEDAL TO CORPORAL HENRY HUNTER WHO SERVED DURING THE CRIMEA WITH THE 6TH DRAGOONS `THE SKINS` AND PROBABLY CHARGED WITH HIS REGIMENT AT BALAKLAVA Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (982. H. Hunter. 6th Dragoons.), contemporarily engraved in running script, pierced as issued with contemporary wire suspension, edge bruising, very fine 982 Corporal Henry Hunter, born Lisbellaw, Fermanagh 1825; enlisted with the 6th Dragoons 1847; promoted Corporal 1853; served in the Crimea from June 1854 to July 1856 and saw active service between 1853 - 1855 (various court-martial offences); discharged 1861 after 15 years and 17 days with the Colours. Entitled to a Crimea medal with three clasps. Sold with a copy of the recipients service papers.
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"AN INTERESTING GREAT WAR MSM GROUP OF THREE TO PRIVATE J.D. DICKENS, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS, WHO DURING THE NATIONAL STRIKE OF 1926, IN A FRACTIOUS AND UNCERTAIN CLIMATE REMAINED LOYAL TO THE L.M.S.R. British War and Victory Medals (M2-229298 Pte. J.D. Dickens. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (M-2229298 Pte J.D. Dickens, R.A.S.C.), good very fine or better, with: - Silver Army Service Corps cap badge and brass button - Bronze Medal struck by the London Midland & Scottish Railway Company to commemorate the National Emergency, May 1926 - Contemporary letter from the President of the Executive of the L.M.S.R. to the recipient dated January 1927 detailing the issue of the bronze medal - L.M.S.R. brass button (3) London Gazette 18.1.1919 In recognition of Valuable Services rendered with the Armies in France and Flanders"
ANDERSON, ANTHONY The Man who was H.M. Bateman, Webb and Bowyer 1982, signed and inscribed by the author, pictorial cloth, d.j., not price clipped, FRASER, FLORA "Maude - The Diaries of Maude Berkeley", Secker and Warburg 1985, signed by Flora Fraser, brown cloth with gilt titles and decorations, d.j. not price clipped (2)
BUNYAN, JOHN "The Pilgrims Progress from this World...complete in two parts", the 32nd edition, adorned with curious sculptures engraven by J. Sturt, to which is added "The Life of the Author by a friend of thge Gospel", London, printed for J & F Rivington...1765, frontis portrait to first part, and another, full contemporary leather binding. This book and two others in this lot are signed Edward Bridges Knight and dated 1867 and 1850. Edward Knight was the brother of Jane Austen who was adopted by Mr Austen`s patron, Thomas and Katherine Knight. He eventually inherited their estate at Godmersham, Kent and then took the last name Knight. As part of his inheritance Edward also acquired Steventon, an estate in Chawton, a cottage attached to the latter he made available to his widowed mother and sisters and is now described as Jane Austen`s home. These books come from the family of Mr Edward Knight (4)
GREENE, GRAHAM "In search of a Character - Two African Journals", The Bodley Head 1961, signed and inscribed on the title page "for Philip with love from Graham", green end papers, reprinted Greens writing, green mottled boards with red spine, mustard-coloured d.j. not price clipped, with CARAMAN, PHILIP "John Gerrard, the Autobiography of an Elizabethan", Longmas 1951. The inscription "for Philip" in "In search of a Character" is believed to be Philip Caraman who was a great friend and compatriot of Graham Green (2)
A CASUALTY GROUP OF THREE TO PRIVATE W.J. ODY, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF BAGH, AFGHANSISTAN 11.5.1919 British War and Victory Medals (T4-160924 Dvr. W. Ody. A.S.C.); India General Service 1918-62, one clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (48892 Pte W.J. Ody, N.Staff.R.), extremely fine, first two with card box of issue and letter of condolence enclosure, with - Three contemporary photographs of the recipient in uniform, and one of the recipients grave (mentioned in the letter below) - Various original documents including a letter to his family from his Commanding Officer dated 20.9.1919, giving details of Ody`s death and a list of sentimental articles, various items listed including a lever watch. Also included is a Letter from Lloyds Bank detailing the recipient`s estate. - Letter from the Ody to his mother dated 4.10.1918 written during his stay in hospital (Nowshera), Ody recounts he is suffering from fever and living on nothing but three pints of milk a day! - Ingersoll black dial military wristwatch - North Stafford bi-metal cap badge, two Wiltshire Regiment cap badges and an A.S.C. badge - The recipients identity tags (48892) - Memorial Registers Delhi and Shillong Memorials India Part 1; and introduction (qty) 48892 Private William Joseph Ody born Eastcourt, Wiltshire, enlisted with the Army Service Corps (160924) 8.12.1915, various postings including Machine Gun Squadron 9.8.1916; transferred to North Staffordshire Regiment. The Battalions diary notes on the morning of the 11th May 1919 during the action on Brights Hill, Stafford Ridge, Khyber Pass the Battalions strength was 18 officers and 511 other ranks who marched and paraded on Brights Hill, at 07.48 hrs the order to advance was given and by 1045 hrs the position was captured but not without casualties. Casualties were 1 officer and 18 other ranks including Private Ody; Ody is commemorated on the Delhi Memorial, India.
A Phoebe Anne Traquair HRSA (1852-1936) A gold, silver and enamel pendant, circa 1905-06, the upper section of triangular form depicting Cupid paring love from a gold jar, the reverse with Cupid offering a gold heart, the bottom section suspended from triple-link chairs in the form of a heart depicting Cupid shooting an arrow towards earth, the reverse (lacking enamel) with Cupid sleeping, each section within a chevron engraved casing (lacking original enameled tear drop) 5cm high x 3cm wide Note: The pendant was given by George Brown Barbour (1890-1977) of Edinburgh to his fiancée Dorothy Latou Dickinson (1892-1981) of New York on the occasion of their marriage in May 1920. The pendant as first made may have been with the Barbour family prior to that date: it was personalised by the addition of the swan. Traquair was a friend of the Barbour family who had previously commissioned key examples of her crafts. George Barbour was the elder son of Dr (Alexander) Hugh (Freeland) Barbour of 4 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the first owner of the Bonskeid cabinet (Shapes sale number 48, lot 390), which his sister Margaret had asked Traquair to decorate as a gift to her brother. Hugh and Margaret Barbour also commissioned a fine illuminated manuscript (now with Edinburgh University) for their sister Charlotte in 1897. Traquair had met the Barbours through Dr Alexander Whyte, the Edinburgh theologian married to Margaret`s sister Jane: the Whytes` home was 7 Charlotte Square. She illustrated Dr Whyte`s published commentary on Dante and painted portraits of members of their family, including Gustavus Aird Whyte. George Barbour therefore would have been familiar with the artist`s work for most of his life. The form and subject of this pendant made it particularly appropriate as a wedding gift. Of all classical subjects Traquair was most attracted to the story of Cupid and Psyche, and took it up in enamelling, especially in the early to mid-1900s. Several of her pendants of Cupid were sent to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London from 1903. For such classical or other secular subjects (such as mermaids) she often chose to enamel on silver as a quite different colour range-turquoise blues, greens, fiery russets and pearly flesh colours-was thus possible, and readily distinguished from the more primary reds, deep blues and greens worked on copper for religious work. These silver enamels, set as pendants, necklaces or occasionally brooches, are now among the most collectable of Traquair`s small scale work. A 1905 heart pendant of a sleeping Cupid, also worked on silver and set in gold with enamelled tear drop, was purchased by the National Museums of Scotland and is currently on display in the Museum of Scotland (A.1986.122).
A Second World War Group of Five Medals, to Pamela Molesworth V.A.D., comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence and War Medals, together with photographs, newspaper cuttings and photocopied ephemera, also with notes relating to her father W E Molesworth of 60 Squadron, who was awarded the Military Cross, bar and silver medal for Military Valour (Italy)
A Group of Five Second World War Medals, to 7390331 Pte.Heddwyn Winter Jones R.A.M.C., comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with clasp 1ST ARMY, Italy Star, Defence and War Medals, together with Army Pay Book and Release Book, buttons and brass titles, a large quantity of related ephemera, including letters from Oxford University and Tribunal letters and findings, clothing and ration books, copies of The Oak News Review, Theatre programmes circa 1947-51 **Heddwyn Winter Jones was born 20th May 1919. He was at Jesus College, Oxford in 1939 when he was called up. He became a Conscientious Objector to a Combatant Role on the grounds of religion. His case went before a Tribunal who were satisfied that he had a genuine case and they recommended that he have a non-combatant role with the R.A.M.C.
A Sailor`s Embroidered Picture of the Titanic, depicted at sea between two icebergs, a stumpwork memorial to the foreground inscribed "In Memory of those who perished at sea 15.4.1912 from Titanic, RIP", an angel kneeling in prayer, a lifebuoy to the side inscribed "To the Heroes of the Titanic", worked in long and short stitch and couching in coloured threads on a black silk ground, 44.5cm by 52cm, in an ebonised frame.
A rare 17th Century German gold medal of Albrecht VI of Bavaria (1584-1666), der Leuchtenberger, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg, c. 1618, by Alessandro Abondio or Paul Zeggin. Set in a contemporary and decorative floral gold and enamelled mount, with cherub heads to top and bottom; Obverse, bearded portrait bust right, wearing embroidered doublet with lace collar and sash from shoulder to shoulder, ALBE: D:G: CO: PA: RHE: VTRI: BA: DVX. [Albert, by the Grace of God, Count of the Rhineland Palatinate, Duke of Bavaria], Reverse, a drowning man reaches up to a hand extended towards him from the clouds, OPERI. MANVM: TVARVM: PORRIGES DEXTERAM, medal approx. 32mm, (Georg Habich, Die deutschen Schaumunzen des XVI Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1929-34, No. 3596; L. Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, London, 1904-30, Vol. VI, pp 722-723; Sammlung Lanna, Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 16-19 May, 1911, No. 816). Suspended from a gilt metal stand. Albert VI of Bavaria, (13 April 1584 - 5 July 1666), der Leuchtenberger, Landgraf von Bayern-Leuchtenberg, was the son of William V, Duke of Bavaria and Renata of Lorraine. He married Mechthilde von Leuchtenberg (24 October 1588 - 1 June 1634) in 1612, and they had five children. Between 1651-1654 Albert was the regent for his young nephew Elector Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria. The authorship of the medal is not determined, Habich believes it to be Alessandro Abondio (c. 1580-c. 1653). Abondio worked for Duke Albrecht VI and surviving records attest to a long personal relationship between the artist and his ducal patron and wax portraits of the Duke are recorded. Forrer favours Paul Zeggin (fl c. 1623-1666, when he is believed to have died) who is recorded as producing a number of gold medals all set in enamelled frames. Habich records just two specimens of the medal, both gold and both set in frames, one in Munich where the frame is elaborate, the other in Munich with a simpler frame. The Lanna sale records a third example.
Dame Margot Fonteyn: 1986 (Queen`s Birthday) Royal Academy of Dancing (Covercraft) Official FDC signed in 1986 by Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991). The cover was not serviced at the time but kept for 10 years and serviced with the Women of Achievement 26p value featuring Margot Fonteyn. No living person except royalty could feature on a British stamp so this is probably the only known British FDC (until the rules were relaxed in 2003) signed by anybody outside royalty who is featured on any of the stamps. Only a few such covers were serviced. Printed address, fine
A Crimea and Indian Mutiny Pair of Medals to a Light Brigade recipient prevented from charging at Balaclava by a boil on his leg, later killed in the Indian Mutiny and sold with additional archival paperwork and photograph:- Crimea, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Cort. & Adjt. Robt. Harding 8th Husrs.), unofficial engraved naming in caps; Indian Mutiny, clasp Central India (Lt & Adjt. R. Harding 8th Hussars.), good very fine and extremely fine; sold with:- 1) framed photographic print, half-length portrait in full uniform, wearing Crimea medal, bubbled surface; 2) Commission Warrant, 5/12/[18]54, "To be Cornet in Our Eighth Regiment of Light Dragoons … from 26th October 1854", with Queen Victoria`s signature and date-stamped in London 27.5.56; 3) Commission Warrant, 5/12/[18]54, "To be Adjutant in Our Eighth Regiment of Light Dragoons … from 26th October 1854", with Queen Victoria`s signature and date-stamped in London 27.5.56; "Statement of Services", with family and service details (see below); 4) Modern research photocopies, etc.. Robert Harding, born St George`s London, Middx, October 1819. Enlisted aged 18; Private 31/10/37; Corporal 6/2/41; Sergeant 8/8/44; Troop Sergeant Major 26/6/49; Regimental Sergeant Major 17/3/54; Cornet 26/10/54; Adjutant 26/10/54; Lieutenant 1/8/56. Married, 30 May, 1844, Fulford, York, to Elizabeth Shear. He embarked for the Crimea on 19th April, 1855 on the H. T. Mary Anne, but there is little on record of his service there, other than the medal and its clasps. Of the `Charge of the Light Brigade, Robert H Murray, The History of the VIII King`s Royal Irish Hussars, Cambridge, 1928, quotes a letter, "R.S.M Harding, I am glad to say, was not out with us that day, although much to his annoyance… He was laid up with a boil on his leg". During the Indian Mutiny his "Statement of Services" shows him at the Siege and Capture of Notak, 30 March 1858, Major General Roberts; Capture of Chundaree 29 May 1858; Capture of Gwalior 17th, 18th, 19th June 1858, Major General Sir Hugh Rose; Battle of Sindwaha 19th October 1858, Major General Michel. It was in this last action that he was mortally wounded, "Lt. and Adjutant Harding was dangerously wounded at the Battle of Sindwaha 19th October 1858 and died of the wound on the 23rd Novr. Signed B. Desahs, Colonel Comg. 8th Hussars". The Regiment was awarded 4 Victoria Crosses and 98 sabres for the charge and action at Gwalior, where the `warrior Queen`, the Rani of Jhansi was killed, dressed as a cavalry officer. Harding and six others were "specially mentioned in the despatches for their gallant conduct before Gwalior". Of his final action at Sindwaha the History records "Adjutant Harding, who was advancing singlehanded, attacked a group of desperate fanatics who were steadily retreating, halting occasionally and firing, refusing all quarter. He fell mortally wounded… [He had been] carried along in a dhooly ever since [and] died on the 23rd November, deeply lamented by the whole regiment, whose esteem his gallant and straightforward conduct had earned". A copied family paper states "Buried at Deepnaira, 14 Miles from Seronge".
A set of four George III silver-gilt wine coasters, circular form, the cast borders pierced with trailing bunches of grapes and vine leaves, beaded borders, wooden bases, by Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith, London 1804, also stamped `RUNDELL BRIDGE & RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS LONDINI FECURUNT`, diameter 18.2cm., height 3.5cm. (4) *Provenance: Samuel Day of Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse (1757-1806), Mary Day, his widow till 1846. Thomas Jones (1788-1848) who inherited the estate from her. Edward Talbot Day Jones (1837-1911) and thence by descent to the present owner.
A Charles II silver plate, of plain circular form, engraved with an armorial, within ribbon tied plume mantling, for Thomas Gale, who was professor of Greek at Cambridge University. he went on to become Master of St.Paul`s School, published work on Greek Authors and in 1675 gathered a Doctorate in Divinity. He then went on to become Dean of York Minster, diameter 27.7cm, maker`s mark of R.N, possibly for Richard Neale, London 1663, approx. weight 17oz. *Provenance: A Private Collection. The Albert Collection, catalogue entry 563. For a illustration of the plate please see Robin Butler, The Albert Collection, Broadway Publishing 2004., page 88.
A Victorian mahogany Tunbridge, banded, eight day longcase clock, the 14 inch painted dial signed `T Rowland, Caersws`, with centred subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, ring of Roman numerals with architectural ruins to the spandrels under a rolling moon, the hood with swan-neck pediment over an arched hood door, with baluster front corner hood pilasters over a short, Tunbridge crossbanded trunk door under scrolling leaf applied mouldings flanked by heavy front corner trunk baluster pilasters, on a Tunbridge banded, plain veneered box base and short bracket feet, 221cm high, 58cm wide Note: Thomas Rowland is noted in Brian Loomes Watchmakers and Clock makers of the World Volume II as born 1841, the son of Thomas Rowland Senior who was also listed as clock maker in Ewlch-y-Garreg (Montgomery) in the early 19th century
HENRY HADFIELD CUBLEY (British 1858-1934) The Harbour signed `H. Hadfield Cubley` (lower left), watercolour 36cm x 23cm Note: Cubley exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the Birmingham Salon but most famously painted for Raphael Tuck & Sons who were publishers to Their Majesties The King and Queen. Tuck`s reproduced many of Cubley`s paintings as postcards through their printing houses in London, Paris and New York.
A heart shaped box, the lid embossed with a bust portrait of W S Penley in costume within a rope border, the box inscribed `From Charley`s Aunt, December 21st 1895`, 5.75cm (2.25") wide, Sheffield 1895 by Walker & Hall (W S Penley was the first actor to undertake the role of Lord Fancourt Babberley ("Babbs"), who impersonates Donna Lucia d`Alvadorez, in the comedy Charley`s Aunt when it opened at the Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds in 1892)
CHARLES WEST COPE (British, 1811-1890) A portrait of Reverend Temple Chevallier, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Durham University, monogrammed and dated `CWC 1869` lower left, oil on canvas, 29 1/2" x 24 1/2" (see illustration) Note: Temple Chevallier (1794-1873) was a clergyman, astronomer and mathematician and the study of Astronomy at Durham University dates back to his election to the Professorship of Mathematics in 1835. Between 1847 and 1849, he made important observations regarding sunspots and was the first British astronomer to do so. He was also instrumental in establishing the Durham University Observatory (1839), from where he made significant observations of Jupiter`s moons and he also discovered a mountain on the moon. The lunar crater Chevallier is named after him. Chevallier was a great Victorian polymath, having come from Cambridge with a reputation of a scholar in Mathematics, Theology, Classics, English Literature and French and Italian languages. He served as Reader at Durham in Hebrew 1835-1871, Registrar 1835-1865, and from 1834-1835 also assisted with lectures in Divinity. From 1835 until his death, he also served as Parish Priest at Esh, just outside Durham, where he founded the village school and restored the church. Charles West Cope got to know Chevallier when he and his wife travelled to Durham in June 1869. He described him as a strong character, lively, affectionate and a man of hearty cordiality, who was always at great pains to grant the warmest reception to his guests. Cope painted him as a scholar for the dining hall at the University and this portrait can still be seen in the Great Hall of Durham Castle. Lot 243 is a smaller version of this painting which was painted for his son-in-law, the Reverend Doctor Peace. Literature: Charles Henry Cope, Reminiscences of Charles West Cope, London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1891, pp. 270-271
A COLLECTION OF BESWICK BEATRIX POTTER FIGURES to include Jemima Puddle Duck, Mrs Rabbit, This little pig had none, Hunca Munca sweeping, Mrs Tiggy Winkle, The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe, Mrs Rabbit cooking, Peter and the red pocket handkerchief, Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Hunca Munca and one further Peter Rabbit (11)
World. Mount (William & Page Thomas, pub.), A Correct Chart of the Terraqueous Globe, According to Mercator`sor more Properly Wright`sprojection, 1756, hand col. eng. map on three sheets conjoined, four decorative strapwork cartouches, inset semi-circular map of the North Pole, slight profesional restoration on verso, left hand margin strenghtened, 520 x 1430 mm. This map is often credited to Edmund Halley who first published this large world map in 1702. The engraver was William Mountaine and although the map underwent several amendments and alterations including editions by Pierre Mortier, R and J Ottens and Laurie and Whittle, it remains scarce. (1)
Cadiere & Girard. A Compleat Translation of the Whole Case of Mary Catherine Cadiere, against the Jesuite Father John Baptist Girard, in a memorial, presented to the Parliament of Aix; in which that Jesuite is accused of seducing her, by the abominable Doctrines of Quietism, into the most criminal excesses of lewdness, printed for J. Millan, 1732, & A Compleat Translation of the Sequel of the Proceedings of Mary Catherine Cadiere ..., 2nd ed., printed for J. Millan, 1732, 184 pp. and 255 pp. respec., 2nd vol. with pubs. ad. list to verso of final leaf, recent 18th century-style full tree calf (using period leather revarnished and renewed), elaborately gilt dec. spines, 8vo. A famous case involving a young female penitent who was seduced and abused by the famous Jesuite Father Jean Baptiste Girard, at Toulon, and the nearby convent of Ollioules, which drew interest across France and Europe and fuelled religious enmity between Jesuites and Jansenists in France. (2)
Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford..., 2 vols., 1691-92, titles printed in red & black, occ. minor dampstaining, contemp. blind panelled calf, joints crcaked, corners worn and leather torn, folio. Wing 3382 & 3383A. (2)
Napier (Sir Charles J.). The War in Syria, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1842, publisher`slist at end of each vol., previous owner signature to titles, library stamps and labels, label removals from pastedowns, occasional light spotting, original blindstamped cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo. Sir Charles Napier was commander of a small British squadron sent to Syria and Lebanon to remove the forces of Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, who had earlier defeated an Ottoman army. Napier bombarded Beirut and effected a landing, and became commander of the land forces after Sir Charles Smith, Brigadier-General of the army fell ill. After forcing the Egyptians out of Syria and Lebanon, Napier, acting independently, concluded a peace treaty with Mehmet Ali in Alexandria, recognizing Mehmet Ali as hereditary Pasha in exchange for renouncing claims to Syria. (2)
A rare Staffordshire figure group titled `Masaniello`, c. 1880, modelled as the Neopolitan fisherman and his sister Fenella, 29cm. Masaniello, an abbreviation of Tommaso Aniello (1622-1647) was a Neopolitan fisherman, who became leader of the revolt against Spanish Habsburg rule in Naples, and was assassinated only nine days later. The story was a popular Opera in the latter part of the Nineteenth Century. See P. D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures, plate 111.
FILM DIRECTORS: An interesting, rare collection of fifty three individual Ds.S. by various film and stage directors, cinematographers, producers and some actors, each one page, 4to, various places, March 1960. The documents all take the form of printed questionnaires that were issued by the Directors Guild of America, Inc. to their members and ask for their opinions in answer to whether they would prefer their credit to appear immediately before or immediately after television films. The directors are invited to state the reasons for their choice and all have signed the documents at the conclusion, many adding interesting holograph remarks. Included are questionnaires signed by Stanley Kubrick, George Pal (rare), William Wyler (who opts for the credit to appear after the show, explaining ‘To keep from boring the audience even before the show starts, the way we do in theatres. Don’t force the credits on people who don’t want to see them.’), Busby Berkeley (who opts for the credit to appear first, ‘What has been good enough for Motion Pictures through the years is good enough for me…’), Vincente Minnelli, Rouben Mamoulian (‘Many viewers switch the program off at the end of the film without waiting for tail-end credits’), George Stevens, Jean Renoir (‘I think that the movie industry is in bad shape because it didn’t recognise the importance of the real author of a picture, the director. I hope that television will not follow this dangerous example’), George Sidney, Albert Zugsmith, Norman McLeod, Robert Florey, Andrew McLaglen, Lee Garmes, Howard W. Koch (‘I think people…are more apt to notice credits after they have viewed the show.’), Charles F. Haas, Arthur Lubin, Karl Freund, Albert McCleery (‘A director should not proceed the show until he has reached the status of a star in his own right’), Clifford Odets, Robert Parrish, Walter Lang, Clyde Geronimi, King Vidor, Gower Champion, Robert Wise, Dick Powell, Jackie Cooper (‘Only your mother looks at the end credits…’), Jose Ferrer, Jeff Chandler, Paul Henreid (‘viewers may stay with a certain program because the director has given them previous worthwhile entertainment.’), Mel Ferrer (‘running the credit before the film at best insures that it will be seen’), Robert Cummings, Gene Kelly (‘I think on TV it’s most important to plunge into the story itself to keep the viewers attention.’), Ray Milland etc. A fascinating series of documents bearing a good array of signatures. A few with slight age wear, generally VG, 53
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[MONROE MARILYN]: (1926-1962) American Actress and Sex Symbol. A crème and ivory coloured bra featuring a lace design with velvet piping and vertical `bone` stays across both cups, previously belonging to the professional wardrobe of Marilyn Monroe. Originally sold at auction by Julien`s of Hollywood in 2005 in their `Property from the Estate of Marilyn Monroe….` auction and still accompanied by their original lot label, as well as one from Christie`s who were due to originally sell the garment in 1999. A rare souvenir from one of the 20th century`s greatest screen icons. VG
MCQUEEN STEVE: (1930-1980) American Actor. Ink signature on a page removed from an autograph album. Professionally matted in beneath a large 17.5 x 23 photograph of the actor in costume as Captain Virgil Hilts in a scene from The Great Escape (1963). Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 28 x 36. Rare. Together with a selection of signed cards, pieces etc., by various actors who starred alongside McQueen in The Magnificent Seven comprising Yul Brynner (signed 8 x 10 photograph), James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Eli Wallach, Horst Buchholz, Rosenda Monteros (signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph, alongside Brynner in a scene from The Magnificent Seven). G to VG, 9
DOCTOR WHO: Selection of signed postcard photographs, a few 8 x 10s, by various actors who have portrayed Doctor Who comprising Jon Pertwee (vintage), Tom Baker (5), Peter Davison (2), Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy. Most images are colour and the majority show the actors in character costume as the Doctor. Generally VG, 10
MARCEAU MARCEL: (1923-2007) French Mime Artist. A.L.S., Marcel Marceau, three pages, 4to, Dublin, 30th September 1984, to Eilean Pearcey, an Australian artist who worked in London, on the attractive printed stationery of Marceau`s Compagnie de Mime. Marceau states that it was wonderful to see Pearcey again and hopes that she received the money, further stating `your work will be framed and kept in my museum. You are a beautiful artist and you have contributed very much to the legacy of live theatre.` Together with a second A.L.S., Marcel Marceau, on the verso of a printed card, n.p. (Paris), n.d. (1985), to Pearcey, sending his best wishes for 1985 and again briefly referring to her drawings, a further two signed and inscribed 8vo and 4to souvenir programmes, 1984 & 1988 etc. G to VG, 4
SUBMARINES: John Holland (1840-1914) Irish Engineer, developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the U.S. Navy and the first ever Royal Navy submarine. D.S., John P. Holland, being a signed cheque, Newark, New Jersey, 6th April 1907. The partially printed cheque, drawn on the Fidelity Trust Company, is made payable in Holland’s hand for the sum of $3.67. The perforated bank cancellations do not affect the signature. Together with Simon Lake (1866-1945) American Mechanical Engineer who competed with Holland to build the first submarines for the U.S. Navy. D.S., Simon Lake, being a signed cheque, Milford, Connecticut, 18th March 1916. The partially printed cheque, drawn on The Milford Trust Company, is made payable to T. M. Callender for the sum of $25. Lake’s signature is unaffected by any bank cancellations. Accompanied by a signed receipt by Callender, acknowledging the cheque as payment of salary. G to VG, 3
PUPIN MICHAEL: (1858-1935) Serbian Physicist and Chemist who made great advances in long distance telephone communication with his invention of the Pupin coil. T.L.S., M. I. Pupin, one page, 4to, Norfolk, Connecticut, 22nd October 1928, to Edward Adler, on his personal printed stationery. The scientist states that he is pleased the Langmuir-Pupin films are a success and continues `I am also delighted that Sir Ernest Rutherford and Marconi have agreed to make records. That will be a splendid start on the other side of an endeavor which is most praise-worthy.` Pupin refers to several colleagues including Irving Langmuir (1881-1957, American Chemist & Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1932), Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937, British Chemist & Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1908) and Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937, Italian Physicist & Inventor, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1909). VG
CHANDLER RAYMOND: (1888-1959) American Crime Writer, creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe. T.L.S., Raymond Chandler, one page, 4to, La Jolla, California, 3rd December 1958, to Wesley Hartley of the American Council on Education. Chandler informs his correspondent that `I do not believe a college education is in the least necessary to creative writing, for the reason that anyone who wants an education will find a way to get it. Some of the most brilliant minds in the world have been self-educated.` The writer continues `What is necessary to creative writing is a creative mind. If you lack that, you are wasting your time. No doubt there are several kinds of first-class minds, but they do not all operate in the same way.` Accompanied by the original envelope. A scarce letter with interesting content. EX
DODGSON C. L.: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English Author of Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Good A.L.S., C. L. Dodgson, two pages, oblong 8vo, Lushington Road, Eastbourne, 3rd September 1894, to Mrs. Martin-Harvey. Dodgson states that, after his correspondent had left the house, he wished he had said `If you call again, & would like to bring Miss Amy Coleridge with you, please do so` although instead penned his thoughts in a letter which he took to the theatre on Sunday, only to find it shut. The author continues `If you had called, I had a nice little apology all ready for you, for the brutal candour with which I told you I didn`t care for children of 3! May I make amends for my rudeness by sending her the "Nursery Alice"? (It has twenty coloured pictures, & text adapted to children) You can show her the pictures, & perhaps read her the text, if you think her old enough to care for it.` A letter of interesting content in which Dodgson makes a reference to one of his most famous fictional characters, Alice. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG Dodgson`s correspondent is presumably the wife of the actor Sir John Martin-Harvey, also an actress who appeared under the stage name Miss. N. de Silva.
SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., with his initials G. B. S., on one side of his correspondence card, Ayot St. Lawrence, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, 23rd December 1918, to Edward Speyer. Shaw writes, in full, `I should like to; but we have some hospitalities of our own on Xmas day and Boxing day which will nail us to the spot for all meals. If it were less muddy I might dash over on a motor bicycle for half an hour on the 26th; but the wretched machine has been laid up for so long that before I could get her to start it would be too late; so I fear you must write me off as impossible. Many thanks for remembering me.` VG. Edward Speyer-German Businessman and wealthy banker who was also a friend of the composer Edward Elgar.
DELEDDA GRAZIA: (1871-1936) Italian Writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1926. Bold ink signature and three lines of holograph text on an oblong 12mo piece, n.p., n.d., in Italian. Deledda writes, in full, `With affection and gratitude to "Caras y Caretas", who were among the foreign publications to publish my first works`. Some very light age wear and one minor fold, about VG
ROSSINI GIOACCHINO: (1792-1868) Italian Composer. L.S., G. Rossini, one page, 4to, Paris, 11th October 1825, to Signor Banderalli in Milan. Rossini writes a letter of introduction for Madame Gay, a virtuso singer whom he recommends to his correspondent, explaining that `Madame Gay, who is very versed in music, and who has a beautiful voice, desires to find an engagement with an Italian theatre`. In concluding Rossini remarks `If you can be useful to her, you will oblige your very affectionate friend.` The text of the letter is in the hand of Carlo Severini, secretary to Rossini while director of the Theatre d`Italien. With integral address leaf. VG Davide Banderalli (1789-1849) Italian Tenor.
BRAHMS JOHANNES: (1833-1897) German Composer. A.L.S., J. Brahms, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to `my cousin Hans!`, in German. Brahms writes, in part, `You seem not to be in favour of the Linden Lang school….Try to keep the programme in order as much as possible, as nicely as it used to be. I like to listen a lot, but I like the concert pieces the best…I intend to take part in the 9th, and also will probably listen to the last concert in Hamburg if I can do this. Give my regards to Bulow and thanks to you that you have remembered me…` A letter of good musical content. One slight split at the fold and some light tape stains caused by previous repairs, slightly affecting the text, which remains completely legible. G. Brahms undoubtedly refers to Beethoven`s 9th Symphony and it has been written that Brahms `knew the music of Beethoven better than any other musician in history` . Hans von Bulow (1830-1894) German Conductor, Pianist & Composer, a great supporter of the music of Brahms who one said `I believe in Bach, the Father, Beethoven, the Son, and Brahms, the Holy Ghost of Music`.
DELIUS FREDERICK: (1862-1934) English Composer. A.L.S., Frederick Delius, two pages, 8vo, Grove Mill House, Watford, n.d. (c.1914-18), to Mr. Haddock. Delius states that he remembers his correspondent`s father very well indeed, commenting `he was my first violin teacher`. The composer continues `The war is affecting everybody, not only students but also composers. I myself am entirely cut off from my German editors who have edited all my music.` Rare. Some light age wear, about VG
CONDUCTORS: Selection of A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S., and some signed photographs of various sizes by various conductors including Henry J. Wood (4), Rafael Kubelik, Adrian Boult, Malcolm Sargent, Erich Leinsdorf, John Barbirolli (T.Q.S. from The Taming of the Shrew), Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Imogen Holst (2; in one stating `Your letter has arrived on the day of Benjamin Britten`s funeral....All the professional musicians who were at one time pupils of my father have inherited from his teaching a strong sense of the need for clarity, and for vital rhythm (which he thought were the most important thing in life)...`) etc. Generally G to VG, 19
CORTOT ALFRED: (1877-1962) Franco-Swiss Pianist & Conductor. A.L.S., Al. Cortot, four pages, 8vo, Lausanne Palace, 27th June 1946, to Louis Risacher of the music publishers Editions Salabert in Paris, in French. Cortot writes to his correspondent regarding some proofs, informing him that `I have already corrected the proofs of the Sonata Op.13 and of Schumann`s Fantaisie that I return you today via Maison Foetisch who agreed to undertake the preparation of the package! You can print the Sonata after corrections-as for the Fantaisie, I would like to have a second proof and I permit myself to recommend that you also forward to me the page mentioning the note on the draft-you can also send me other proofs to correct if they are ready, as I will remain here until the end of July.` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Cortot. VG
![[GLADSTONE WILLIAM]: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94. A 12” long axe with a woode](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35396/2775047/483.JPG)
[GLADSTONE WILLIAM]: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94. A 12” long axe with a wooden haft and catlinite head, apparently presented to Gladstone, the eye of the head engraved ‘Presented [to; a slight chip causing loss of text] The Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone by D. A. Conmack, Watertown, Dakota’ Some light age wear and minor chipping to the head, otherwise VG Gladstone, who favoured America and supported the independence of the Confederate States in the American Civil War in a speech he made in October 1862, was famed for his wood cutting prowess.
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: A highly attractive 8vo autograph album containing over 350 signatures by a variety of individuals, most on trompe-l`oeil cards against watercolour backgrounds, compiled by the composer and author May Ostlere in the 1880s and 1890s. Included are signatures of William T. Stead (A.Q.S., `The old Gods are dead, a new one reigns in Stead`), John Redmond, T. P. O`Connor, Joseph Biggar, William Frith, Joseph Simmons (aeronaut who died in a balloon accident, 1888), Georgina Weldon (campaigner against the lunacy laws and celebrated litigant; three examples, one being an A.Q.S.), James & George Bohee (performed with the Bohee Minstrels troupe), C. Hayden Coffin, Charles Majilton, Augustus Harris, Genevieve Ward, Johannes Wolff, Edmund Yates, Catherine Gladstone, John Strange Winter, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Albert Chevalier, G. H. Chirgwin, Lionel Brough, Florence St. John, Walter Passmore, Edward Terry, Mrs. Patrick Campbell and many other entertainers and society figures of the day. A few pages loose and some light age wear, G
LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic from Paris to New York in the Spirit of St. Louis, May 1927. Signed sepia 9 x 7 photograph of Lindbergh standing in a full length pose alongside his famous aircraft, Spirit of St. Louis. Photograph by Underwood. Signed by Lindbergh with his name alone to the image, with only fair contrast although legible. Slightly neatly trimmed to the edges, otherwise VG
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[COLLINS MICHAEL]: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI, the historic NASA mission which took the first men, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, to the moon on 20th July 1969. The personal NASA flight suit worn by Michael Collins, believed to have been used in connection with the Apollo XI mission and removed from his personal locker just six months after the historic flight following his retirement from NASA in January 1970. The sky blue heavy cotton flight suit bears the Flite Wear label of the manufacturers Land Mfg. Co. of Wichita, Kansas, official suppliers to NASA, and has numerous zipped pockets, snap pockets and Velcro patches (one of which, on the chest, would have originally carried Michael Collins` name tag) as well as a circular blue, white and red embroidered NASA logo patch stitched to the chest. From the collection of the former NASA physical conditioning supervisor to the Apollo astronauts, Joe Garino Jr., Accompanied by a letter of authenticity signed by Garino, illustrated with two images of the suit, and stating, in part `Blue Nasa flight suit worn by Michael Collins after his recovery from the Apollo XI mission….` The suit was removed and retained by Garino with the express permission of NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper. Signed at the conclusion by Garino and dated 16th April 2008 in his hand. An outstanding and exceptionally rare souvenir of a member of the Apollo XI crew who, along with Armstrong and Aldrin, is recognised as one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century. Some extremely light signs of wear and a few very light, minor stains at the base of the legs. VG Michael Collins was only involved as a crew member for two NASA missions, those of Gemini X (1966) and Apollo XI (1969).
BYRON LORD: (1606-1679) Richard, 2nd Lord Byron. British General who fought at Edge Hill, later Governor of Newark. D.S., Byron, one page, 8vo, n.p., 7th October 1673. The manuscript document relates to a payment of £125 upon an annuity of £500. Boldly signed at the foot. Some very light age wear to the edges, otherwise VG
LUCAN EARL OF: (1800-1888) British Soldier who commanded the cavalry division, including the famous Light Brigade, at the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War. A.L.S., Lucan, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (`Tuesday`), to `My dear Harris` (?), on the blind embossed stationery of the United Service Club. Lucan states that he called early this morning in Berkeley Square and received `a more hopeful acct. of our friend Lord Clyde-bad as he is I will not despair of his recovery.` About VG
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT: A good collection of official Supreme Court cards individually signed by the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court who served between 1946-49 comprising Felix Frankfurter (A.N.S.), Wiley Rutledge, Robert Jackson, William Douglas, Stanley Reed, Hugo Black, Frank Murphy and Harold Burton (accompanied by a T.L.S.). VG to EX, 9
SHERLOCK HOLMES: Three individual pages removed from autograph albums, each signed in fountain pen ink by various actors who have starred in Sherlock Holmes films comprising Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes; 2, one inscribed and the other a fine, bold example) and Wendy Barrie (Beryl Stapleton in The Hound of the Baskervilles; inscribed). VG, 3
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed theatre programmes etc., by various actors, actresses and entertainers, including John Garfield, James Whitmore, Agnes Moorehead, Zachary Scott, Sam Levene, David Wayne, Wendy Barrie etc., most multiple signed, together with a Who`s Who in Hollywood magazine of 1948 signed by over 20 film stars alongside their small printed biographies and portraits to the inside pages, including Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Deborah Kerr, Peter Lawford, Ralph Bellamy, Edgar Bergen, Al Ritz, Phil Silvers, James Dunn, Karl Malden, Una O`Connor etc., also including an autograph album containing nine signatures by various actors and actresses including Melville Cooper, Jane Powell, Mildred Dunnock etc. Unsigned programmes (3). G to VG, 11
James William Booth R.Cam.A. (1867-1953). Corn Stooks in Summer. Signed, oil on canvas laid down, 15.5cm by 24.5cm, Provenance: Renoir Galleries, 16 Crescent Road, Harrogate A member of the Staithes Group who studied art at Manchester under E.M. Bancroft. He is noted for his equestrian subjects, painting horse fairs, ploughing and quarry scenes. He exhibited prolifically at the Royal Cambrian Academy.
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