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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction (Day 2 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | RADISSON EDWARDIAN HOTEL, HEATHROW |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 9th June 2013 | Time: | 12:00PM |
| Details: | VIEWING: On the day of the auction from 9.00 a.m. and will continue throughout the duration of the auction MIDLANDS VIEWING: Only in the week prior to the auction at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre |
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| Auction Lots - Page 5 | |||
| 839 | |||
| EISENHOWER DWIGHT D.: (1890-1969) American General of World War II, later American President 1953-61. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, as President, showing Eisenhower in a formal head and shoulders pose. Signed with his name alone in dark fountain pen ink to the lower white border. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface and corner creases, VG £150 - 200 Provenance: The present photograph was presented to the father of the vendor, a member of the UK Police Protection team, during Eisenhower's last State Visit to the United Kingdom from 27th August - 2nd September 1959. The lot also includes two unsigned photographs relating to Eisenhower's visit, the first a 10 x 8 photograph of two official cars standing on an airport runway and the second an 8 x 6 press photograph of Eisenhower and Harold Macmillan leaving the church of St. Peter and St. Paul before returning to Chequers. |
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| 840 | |||
| KENNEDY JOHN F. (1917-1963) American President 1961-63 & MACMILLAN HAROLD: (1894-1986) British Prime Minister 1957-1963. An excellent, vintage, large signed colour 18 x 13.5 photograph by John F. Kennedy, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995) British Prime Minister 1963-64, Foreign Secretary 1960-63, 1970-74 and Dean Rusk (1909-1994) American Politician, United States Secretary of State 1961-69 individually, the image depicting the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State standing outdoors together in half length poses outside The White House. Bearing several credit stamps to the verso, including one indicating that the image is an official U.S. Army photograph by Lt. Cecil W. Stoughton. Signed by each with their names alone in fountain pen inks to the lower photographer's mount, Kennedy and Macmillan's signatures being particularly bold examples. A rare signed photograph. The image is very slightly uniformly faded, although the signatures are not. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG £2000 - 3000 The present image of Kennedy and Macmillan was captured in 1961. The two men had built a strong, special relationship (Kennedy's late sister Kathleen had been married to Dorothy Macmillan's nephew), Macmillan offered his support during the 'Bay of Pigs' invasion by the United States of Cuba and later, at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, Kennedy turned to Macmillan for advice, at times speaking to him up to three times a day on the telephone. |
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| 841 | |||
| KENNEDY ROBERT: (1925-1968) American Politician, United States Attorney General 1961-64. Bold black fountain pen ink signature ('Robert Kennedy') on the printed visiting card of the Attorney General, Washington, with a gold embossed emblem at the head. One very slight, minor paperclip indentation to the upper left corner, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 842 | |||
| NIXON RICHARD: (1913-1994) American President 1969-74. T.L.S., Richard Nixon, as President, one page, small 4to, Washington, 10th December 1971, to John S. McCowan in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, on the printed stationery of The White House. Nixon states that, even though he does not always acknowledge his correspondent's letters, 'they are most welcome and I look forward to your pertinent observations on matters of mutual interest. I hope you will continue to keep me posted on current events on your side of the Atlantic!' In concluding he sends his warmest wishes, and those of his family, for a happy Holiday season. Accompanied by the original envelope (only FR). Some slight creasing and small tears to the left and right edges of the central horizontal fold, G £150 - 200 |
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| 843 | |||
| O'BRIEN WILLIAM SMITH: (1803-1864) Irish Nationalist, leader of the Young Ireland movement. A.L.S., William S. O'Brien, four pages, 8vo, Dromoland, County Clare, 3rd August 1856, to Miss. French. O'Brien thanks his correspondent for her kind letter of congratulations and explains that he proposes to visit Galway next week when he had hoped to meet Miss French and her brother, further expressing his disappointment at learning they won't be in Galway at the same time. O'Brien recalls the pleasure at having made French's brothers acquaintance in Florence and adds 'You may mention also to Baron French when you write to him that my son and I made a very satisfactory tour after we had seen him. We spent three weeks at Rome, ten days at Naples when we proceeded to Sicily and afterwards went to Greece. We spent three months in Greece and returned by way of Ancona, Bologna, Venice, Milan, the Splugenpass, Zurich, Basle, Manheim, Cologne, Bruxelles.' He concludes 'I send you a sprig of Shamrock (no longer present) which I gathered for you on the very spot on which the image of the Goddess (name indecipherable) was placed formerly in the celebrated Parthenon at Athens.' Some light overall creasing and minor foxing, G £300 - 400 O'Brien was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen's Land. In 1854 he was released on condition of exile from Ireland although in 1856, the year of the present letter, O'Brien was pardoned and returned to Ireland. |
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| 844 | |||
| DE VALERA EAMON: (1882-1975) Taoiseach of Ireland 1932-37 (as President of the Executive Council), 1937-48, 1951-54 & 1957-59. President of Ireland 1959-73. Vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of De Valera in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Lensmen Ltd of Dublin. Signed ('Eamon de Valera') in bold white fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. Together with individual matching white cards signed by Eamon de Valera and his wife Sinead de Valera (1878-1975). Both have signed with their names alone in fountain pen inks and each card bears neat calligraphic annotations in the hand of a collector. VG, 3 £100 - 120 |
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| 845 | |||
| DE VALERA EAMON: (1882-1975) Taoiseach of Ireland 1932-37 (as President of the Executive Council), 1937-48, 1951-54 & 1957-59. President of Ireland 1959-73. An 8vo paperback edition of the Bunreacht Na heireann (Constitution of Ireland), printed by Cahill & Co. Ltd., Dublin, on behalf of the Stationery Office of the Government, 1972, the text of the Constitution, enacted on 1st July 1937 and in operation since 29th December 1937, printed in Gaelic and English. With the loosely inserted amendment slip. With a printed compliments slip signed in bold blue fountain pen ink by De Valera with his name alone lightly tipped to the front free endpaper. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG £100 - 150 |
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| 846 | |||
| HERZL THEODOR: (1860-1904) Austro-Hungarian Journalist and Writer, the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the foundation of the State of Israel. A.L.S, Herzl, one page, 8vo, Vienna, 25th August 1896, to 'Dear Friend' [Dr. S. R. Landau], on the printed stationery of Neue Freie Presse, in German. Herzl writes, in full, 'I will come back to your very interesting idea which you outlined in your letter to me as soon as we see each other. As you are not certain about your address now, this letter might get lost.' With blank integral leaf. Some light staining and a few neat splits at the folds, not affecting the text or signature, G £400 - 600 |
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| 847 | |||
| DOLLFUSS ENGELBERT: (1892-1934) Chancellor of Austria 1932-34, assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents in 1934. Rare vintage signed postcard photograph of Dollfuss in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink to the lower white border and dated 22nd May 1933 in his hand. Very slightly neatly trimmed, VG £200 - 300 |
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| 848 | |||
| STARHEMBERG ERNST RUDIGER: (1899-1956) Austrian Nationalist Politician, Acting Federal Chancellor of Austria 26th - 29th July 1934 following the murder of Engelbert Dollfuss. Federal Vice-Chancellor of Austria 1934-36. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Starhemberg in a semi profile head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and helmet. Signed in bold, green fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated 1934 in his hand. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 849 | |||
| TITO JOSIP BROZ: (1892-1980) Yugoslav Revolutionary and Statesman, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 1943-63 and President of Yugoslavia 1953-80. Vintage signed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Tito in a formal semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 6th August 1963 in his hand. One small area of paper loss to the upper left corner of the photographer's mount, not affecting the image or signature, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 850 | |||
| GADDAFI MUAMMAR: (1942-2011) Libyan Revolutionary, Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya 1969-2011. Signed colour 5 x 7.5 photograph of Gaddafi in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold green ink across a clear area of the image. Accompanied by a T.L.S. from the Revolution Leader's Bureau, one page, 4to, 30th April 1993, to Graham Tash, in English, forwarding the signed photograph. EX £100 - 120 |
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| 851 | |||
| GADDAFI MUAMMAR: (1942-2011) Libyan Revolutionary, Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya 1969-2011. Signed colour 5 x 7.5 photograph of Gaddafi in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold green ink across a clear area of the image. Matted in black alongside a T.L.S. from the Revolution Leader's Bureau, one page, 4to, 13th May 1992, to Mr. G. Bruckner, forwarding the signed photograph. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 20 x 14. EX £100 - 120 |
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| 852 | |||
| KHATAMI MOHAMMAD: (1943- ) President of Iran 1997-2005. Signed colour 6 x 4.5 photograph of Khatami shaking hands with a Hungarian diplomat during a meeting in Tehran in 1999. Signed by Khatami in bold blue fountain pen ink across a clear area of the image, and dated 10th March 2005 in his hand. Rare. VG £100 - 150 |
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| 853 | |||
| BOTHA LOUIS: (1862-1919) Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa 1910-19. T.L.S, Louis Botha, one page, 4to, London, 2nd June 1911, to Colonel W. Lambton, on the printed stationery of the Hotel Cecil. Botha states 'Please thank Lord and Lady Pembroke sincerely for their kind invitation and assure them how glad Mrs. Botha and I would be to be able to pay them a visit at Wilton House' although continuing to add that unfortunately he has no open weekend in the month and has 'made arrangements to go to Kissington on the 1st July'. Some very light, minor surface creasing, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 854 | |||
| MUGABE ROBERT: (1924- ) President of Zimbabwe 1987- . An unusual D.S., R G Mugabe, one page, 4to, n.p., (London), 25th September 1996. The partially printed document, completed entirely in Mugabe's hand, is an American Express Large Transaction Report prepared by Mugabe in order to cash travellers cheques. The President has completed details of his permanent address at the State House in Harare, his telephone number, place and date of birth as well as his identification number (ZD00002) etc. One small area of paper loss to the right edge, not affecting the text or signature, and a few minor staple holes and light creasing, about VG £100 - 150 |
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| 855 | |||
| GORBACHEV MIKHAIL: (1931- ) Soviet Statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985-91 and Head of the Soviet Union 1988-91. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1990. Signed 5 x 7 photograph of Gorbachev in a pensive head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink with his name alone to the lower white border. EX £100 - 150 |
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| 856 | |||
| REDDY NEELAM SANJIVA: (1913-1996) President of India 1977-82. An official signed Christmas Greetings card by Reddy, the oblong 8vo stiff white folding card featuring a colour image to the inside of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Signed by Reddy in blue ink with his name alone beneath a printed Indian and English greeting. With the original colour ribbon and gold embossed crest to the front. EX £80 - 100 |
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| 857 | |||
| INDIA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, T.Ls.S. etc., by various Indian political leaders and other officials including Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Rashtrapati Bhavan (2), J.N. Chaudhuri, K.R. Gupta, B.N. Chakravarty, P.P. Kumaramangalam, K.D. Sharma, etc. Generally G, 13 £100 - 120 |
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| 858 | |||
| CHINA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, 5 x 7 photograph (1), etc, by various Chinese Ambassadors, including Chow Shu-Kai (3), C.K. Yen, Liu Chieh, etc. Generally VG, 5 £100 - 120 |
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| 859 | |||
| VIETNAM: Selection of signed cards, pieces, postcard photographs and slightly larger, etc, by various Vietnamese Political leaders etc, including Nguyen Cao Ky, Phan Khac Suu, Lam Van Tri, etc. Unsigned (2). Generally VG, 13 £100 - 120 |
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| 860 | |||
| BORDEN ROBERT LAIRD: (1854-1937) Canadian Prime Minister 1911-20. An excellent original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, drawn and signed on a 4to sheet, depicting Borden in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('R. L. Borden') in black fountain pen ink to a clear area beneath the drawing and dated Paris, 9th May 1919 in his hand, further adding a brief quotation in French in his hand, 'The real soul of France turned suddenly in this war'. Together with Wilfred Laurier (1841-1919) Canadian Prime Minister 1896-1911. A good original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, drawn and signed on a small 4to sheet, showing Laurier in a head and shoulders pose. Signed with his name alone in fountain pen ink to a clear area beneath the drawing. Neatly laid down. Also including William Morris Hughes (1864-1952) Australian Prime Minister 1915-23. An excellent original pen and ink drawing by the German-Swiss artist Robert Kastor, drawn and signed on a 4to sheet, showing Hughes in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black fountain pen ink to a clear area beneath the drawing, dated 9th May 1919 in his hand, and with a brief quotation, 'The world changes; but men remain as they were'. G to VG, 3 £100 - 150 |
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| 861 | |||
| WORLD POLITICS: Selection of signed cards, postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10's etc., by various world leaders, including George W. Bush, Gerald Ford (2), Frederik De Clerk, Willy Brandt, Colin Powell, Helen Clarke, Vaclav Havel, Bertie Ahern, Helmut Kohl, Edward Kennedy, Dan Quayle, Gerry Adams, etc. Generally VG, 27 £100 - 150 |
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| 862 | |||
| THANT U: (1909-1974) Burmese Diplomat, Secretary General of the United Nations 1961-71. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Thant in a formal head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a clear area of the image, 'To Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, with my best wishes and warmest regards…' and dated 19th January 1968 in his hand. Neatly mounted and with some scuffing and creasing to the image, largely to the edges, with one crease slightly affecting the inscription and signature, about G £80 - 100 Arthur Goldberg (1908-1990) American Statesman and Jurist, Ambassador to the United Nations 1965-68. |
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| 863 | |||
| HISTORICAL: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces etc., by various historical figures comprising Duke of Wellington (signed Free Front envelope, with his initial W, addressed to Messrs. Coutts), Prince Albert (ink signature and one additional word in his hand on a piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter), Wallis Windsor (Gold monogrammed Christmas Gift tag with holograph inscription; an autograph envelope signed with her initial W in the lower left corner and a copy of a telegram sent by the Duchess) and Booker T. Washington (ink signature on a piece removed from the conclusion of a T.L.S.). Neatly laid down (2), G to about VG, 6 £100 - 150 |
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| 864 | |||
| HISTORICAL: Selection of signed clipped pieces, signed Free Front envelope panels, A.Ls.S. etc., by a wide variety of Victorian historical personalities, politicians, nobility, ecclesiastical figures etc., most neatly laid down (some in multiples) to folio pages removed from an album, including Vice Admiral William N. W. Hewett VC, Lord Roberts VC, Richard Owen, Garnet Wolseley, Marion Terry, Lord Shaftesbury, Joseph Hume, Max Muller, Henry Brougham, Sidney Herbert, Viscount Grey of Falloden, Frederic Leighton, Octavian Blewitt, John Morley, Gathorne Hardy, W. H. Smith, Marquis of Hartington, Louisa Molesworth, Samuel Wilberforce, Dean Farrar, Randall Davidson (as Archbishop of Canterbury), E. B. Pusey and many others. FR to G, 231 £100 - 150 |
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| 865 | |||
| HISTORICAL: Collection of signed cards, signed visiting cards, signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller, T.Ls.S. etc., by a wide variety of American Ambassadors to various countries around the world, some other foreign political leaders, representatives to the United Nations from different countries etc., 1965-69, including Roger Tubby, Lucius Battle, Marietta Tree, Jose Mora, Jose Rolz-Bennett, Franklin Williams, William Buffum, Graham Martin, Hermann Eilts, George W. Anderson Jr., Eugene Locke, Margaret Joy Tibbetts, Kennedy M. Crockett, John F. Henning, Dwight Porter, William J. Porter, Robert C. Strong, Marshall Green, Chester Bowles, Delmar Carlson, John Gordon Mein (the first United States ambassador to be assassinated while serving in office), Thomas McElhiney, Phelps Phelps, Hector Garcia Godoy, Taylor Belcher, Jose Joaquin Trejos Fernandez, Raymond Telles, Leland Barrows, William Walton Butterworth, Douglas MacArthur II, Allen Fairhall, Edward A. Clark, Robert Neumann, John M. Steeves, Raul Hector Castro, Ivan Illich and many others. All of the letters are written to Dick Hall, a Salvation Army Group Leader from Chicago, and some have interesting content relating to the Vietnam War. Some duplication and a few unsigned photographs and letters signed by secretaries etc. Generally VG, 383 £100 - 150 |
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| 866 | |||
| HISTORICAL: A small 4to leather bound autograph album containing nine signed clipped pieces, Free Front envelope panels etc., by various members of the British Royal family and other historical individuals, including King William IV (as Duke of Clarence), Queen Adelaide, Edward, Duke of Kent, Queen Victoria (signed The Queen), Lord Raglan, Duke of Cambridge, King Leopold II of Belgium (autograph envelope addressed to British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, additionally annotated and signed by Gladstone, 'Handwriting of the King of the Belgians, WEG', post marked September 1875 and bearing a good black wax seal to the verso). Most neatly laid down to pages. Some age wear, FR to G £100 - 150 |
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| 867 | |||
| HISTORICAL: An interesting small 8vo leatherbound notebook kept by chauffeur Frederick Hall and including over 60 signatures (most accompanied by holograph statements) by various individuals whom Hall chauffeured around Paris and other parts of Europe during the late 1920s - late 1930s, including Stanley Baldwin (8, one entry also signed by Lucy Baldwin, 1929-38, commenting 'Our fourth journey, and I hope not our last', and 'On our eighth journey we have been driving in Wales for nearly a month, a most enjoyable time... ' and 'Another delightful tour, which I enjoyed after a two years absence from France'), Edward VIII (fountain pen ink signature, as Prince of Wales, dated 20th July 1934 in another hand) and many other individuals, many of whom are Americans. About VG £150 - 200 |
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| 868 | |||
HISTORICAL: An 8vo black leather bound autograph album containing over 130 signed clipped pieces, a few A.Ls.S. etc., by various famous individuals, some laid down to pages and many others loosely inserted, including Arthur Sullivan (FR), Julius Benedict, John Ruskin ('Faithfully Yours, J Ruskin; but you should not ask for autographs in this way'), Wilkie Collins, Daniel Macnee, Michael Costa (A.M.Q.S.), Henry Montagu Butler, Lyon Playfair, Therese Tietjens, Benjamin Jowett, Edmund Monson, William Francis Butler (10), Viscount Milner (49), Marquess of Salisbury (3), Austen Henry Layard (4), Lord John Russell (4), Armine Wodehouse, Francis William Reitz, Willem Johannes Leyds, Lord Shaftesbury, Julian Pauncefote, Baron Rosmead (9), James Hudson etc. G to about VG £200 - 300MILITARY & NAVAL |
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| 869 | |||
| GORDON CHARLES GEORGE: (1833-1885) British Army officer, known as Chinese Gordon. Ink signature ('C.G. Gordon'), and eight additional words in his hand on a piece neatly clipped from the conclusion of a letter to his sister Augusta. Matted in red and black beneath an original carte de visite photograph and silk memoriam bookmark. Framed and glazed in a modern brown frame to an overall size of 10 x 10. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 870 | |||
| ROBERTS FREDERICK: (1832-1914) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at the Indian Mutiny on 2nd January 1858. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Roberts in a formal half length pose wearing his uniform and medals, including the Victoria Cross. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company. Signed ('Roberts FM') in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the background. Some light mottling to the image, otherwise VG £100 - 120 |
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| 871 | |||
| BULLER REDVERS: (1839-1908) British General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Zululand on 28th March 1879. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Buller in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals, including the Victoria Cross. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 872 | |||
| BULLER REDVERS: (1839-1908) British General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Zululand on 28th March 1879. A.L.S., Redvers Buller, three pages, 8vo, Lowndes Square, London, 6th May 1903, to Bernard Holland. Buller thanks his correspondent for their letter and states 'As for my remarks about Delagoa Bay I have no objection to their being struck out, indeed I had grave doubts as to inserting them & I only did so because I thought I was bound to show that I had not overlooked it.' further continuing 'If Lord Lansdowne put in the two memoranda my application to do so of course disappears, though I regret having missed the chance as I had some correspondence which I wished to have read when putting them in as it would have put the commissioners in touch with the actual conditions under which I wrote them.' Buller also remarks 'But I have been abused and badnamed, & accused of all sorts of offences of which I believe myself to be perfectly innocent: and therefore I am perhaps rather unnecessarily anxious to prove that in a very difficult position, while I did not try to frighten the Govt. or to drive them into war, I did offer them advice which events proved to be a mild but accurate forecast.' Together with a selection of other A.Ls.S. by various individuals including Joseph Chamberlain, Gerald Balfour, Alfred Austin, Viscount Milner, William Harcourt, Viscount Knollys etc., most also written to Bernard Holland. VG, 14 £100 - 150 |
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| 873 | |||
| BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Baden-Powell in a head and shoulders pose wearing his military uniform. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink to the image and dated 20th January 1908 in his hand. One heavy crease to the upper right corner, otherwise VG £100 - 150 |
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| 874 | |||
| BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement. A.L.S., R Baden-Powell, one page, 8vo, Princes Gate, London, 21st March 1903, to an unidentified correspondent, marked Private. Baden-Powell writes, in full, 'I much appreciate the tactful resume of my examination which the Press received from you.' With blank integral leaf. About EX £100 - 120 |
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| 875 | |||
| FRENCH JOHN: (1852-1925) British Field Marshal. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 11.5 photograph of French standing in a formal full length pose wearing his ceremonial uniform. Photograph by Alexander Corbett of London. Signed ('J D P French') in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image and dated 16th August 1914 in his hand. Signed photographs of French of this size and quality are uncommon. One small, slight surface abrasion, just touching the paraph of the signature, otherwise VG £80 - 100 |
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| 876 | |||
| [BYNG JULIAN]: (1862-1935) British Field Marshal, Governor General of Canada 1921-26. Byng's perosnal 4to dark leather Desk Blotter, attractively decorated with gilt stamp cypher B surmounted by a Coronet to the front, and containing several sheets of blotting paper to the inside. Accompanied by an A.L.S., Byng of Vimy, two pages, 8vo, Bryanston Square, London, 25th June 1930, to Dermot. Byng announces 'What a splendid photograph!' and continues 'In spite of just having had my few remaining teeth out I painfully chuckled over it for quite a time. The hats are "the last word" in Victorian fashion'. Some slight traces of former mounting to the verso. Some light age wear to the blotter, about VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| 877 | |||
| HINDENBURG PAUL VON: (1847-1934) Prussian-German Field Marshal and Statesman, President of Germany 1925-34. A good vintage signed 8.5 x 6 photograph, the image depicting Hindenburg seated in a half length pose at his desk. Wearing his uniform and medals, the Field Marshal has a map laid out before him. Photograph by Martin Gordan of Hannover. Signed ('von Hindenburg') in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. VG £150 - 200 |
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| 878 | |||
| MILITARY: Selection of signed First Day covers, etc, by various Victoria Cross, George Cross and Congressional Medal of Honour winners, comprising David Jamieson, Richard Annand, Joseph Lynch, Ian Fraser (2), Johnson Beharry, Jim Beaton, Carl Walker, Nicholas Oresko, Lord Roberts, Leonard Cheshire and John Murray. VG, 12 £100 - 120 |
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| 879 | |||
| NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Autograph Note Signed, Nelson Bronte, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Nelson writes, in full, 'Fidler to be kept on board the Royal Sovereign & entered as part of her compliment.' Neatly laid down to a folio sheet. Some light staining and age wear, G £1000 - 1500 HMS Royal Sovereign was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy which served as the flagship of Admiral Collingwood at the Battle of Trafalgar. |
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| 880 | |||
| [NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A small George III mahogany bureau dating from the late 18th century, apparently previously belonging to Nelson and used on one of his ships, the fall enclosing a fitted interior of six drawers (including a 'secret' draw) above two short and two long external drawers. Raised on bracket feet, 34 x 30 x 17. With the original lock and key. Some evident signs of age wear, G £200 - 300 Provenance: The provenance tying the bureau to Lord Nelson is a little speculative at best, as reflected in the estimate. The piece has been in the consignor's family for several centuries and was always affectionately referred to as 'Nelson's Bureau'. Indeed, the consignor's ancestors were of a Naval background, according to family records dating back to the mid-18th century, and the Nelson document (see previous lot) was originally discovered in the bureau along with, apparently, Nelson's personal bible. This is now believed to be in the hands of a distant relative of the consignor, with whom he has lost contact over the years. 'I hate rebels, I hate traitors, I hate tyranny come from where it will…' |
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| 881 | |||
| NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A very fine A.L.S., Bronte Nelson, three pages (with a postscript to the upper half of the final, fourth page), Palermo, 7th November 1799, to 'My dear Lord'. Nelson announces 'I rejoice on any occasion which can give me the pleasure of a letter from you….' and continues 'any person who you recommend will always be favourably received, be he high or be he low. I shall never forget your truly kind and friendly attentions to me. I cannot find the young man which I regret but I hope he will be forthcoming' adding that he had written to his friend Lloyd by Sir Edward Berry 'but all the letters were thrown overboard' although sent another letter 'for I wish to be kept alive in his remembrance and that he will ever believe me the same H. Nelson who he knew as Capt. of the Badger Brig, that to Relieve distress is my pleasure, and I never ask who is the Object King or Peasant, both have amply received my help….' The Admiral further states 'I believe none dare call your Lordship anything but a most loyal Subject who fears not to tell His King & Country plain truths' and remarks 'I know well from experience that the good Monarchs of this Country never have heard truths 'till lately, and the nobles of this Country have generally speaking neither honor or honesty and would destroy one of their own to get his place', continuing to offer an example involving a 68 year old nobleman of Sicily, whom he had visited that morning, and whose conduct has been exemplary, remarking however that 'some devil has poisoned the mind of the King and on his arrival from Naples a few days ago he was first ordered not to come on shore' and 'that some villain had falsely represented an old & faithful servant.' Nelson then proclaims 'I hate rebels, I hate traitors, I hate tyranny come from where it will. I have seen much of the world, and I have learnt from experience to hate and detest republics, there is nothing but tyranny & oppression, I have never known a good act done by a Republican, it is contrary to his character under the mask of Liberty. He is a tyrant, a many headed monster that devours your happiness & property. Nothing is free from this monsters grasp. A Republic has no affection for its subjects. A King may be ill advised and act wrong, a Republic never acts right, for a knot of villains suppt. each other, and together they do what no single person dare attempt. A Kingly Government with good ministers is the finest in the world.' and further adds 'I pray God this War was over and a monarch placed on the throne of France, not that I like any Frenchman be he Royalist or be he Republican, but the French Republicans have shown themselves such Villians….I form not my opinion My Dear Lord from others, no it is from what I have seen, they are thieves, murderers, oppressors & infidels, therefore what faith can we hold with these people. I declare solemnly before God that I can prove every little I have said.' In his postscript Nelson writes 'Sir William & Lady Hamilton desire me to present their best compliments to you & Lord Wycombe. I do not write to my Dear Lord St. Vincent as I am told he may be hourly expected here. I have just received from the Grand Signor a magnificent Diamond Star in the centre is a Crescent & Small star, and I am called Knight of the Imperial Order of the Crescent.' A letter of exceptional content, with references to many of Nelson's famous contemporaries, including Emma Hamilton, and enhanced by a rare form of the Admiral's signature. Some extremely light, minor age wear and dust staining, VG £4000 - 6000 The present letter is apparently unpublished and does not appear in The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson by Nicolas or Nelson, The New Letters, edited by Colin White. |
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| HARDY THOMAS MASTERMAN: (1769-1839) British Naval officer, Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson. Hardy commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. D.S., T. M. Hardy, one page, folio, Portsmouth, 25th May 1832. The partially printed document is a warrant issued by the Commissioners of the office of Lord High Admiral and is addressed to James Mayning, appointing him to Boatswain of HMS Donegal and instructing him to properly 'officiate in all things relative to the Duty of your Station, observing and executing the Instructions for the Boatswain of His Majesty's Navy.' Countersigned at the foot by Samuel John Brooke Pechell (1785-1849) English Rear Admiral, and Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) English Statesman, Second Secretary to the Admiralty 1804-06, 1807-45. With blank integral leaf. Some very minor, light age wear at the extreme edges of the folds, otherwise VG £200 - 300 |
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JELLICOE EARL: (1859-1935) British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I. Vintage signed sepia 5 x 8 photograph of Jellicoe in a head and shoulders pose in uniform. Photograph by S. P. Andrew and bearing his pencil signature to the lower photographer's mount. Signed ('Jellicoe AF') in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount. Together with a second vintage signed 8 x 11 photograph of Jellicoe standing in a three-quarter length pose in his ceremonial Masonic robes. Photograph also by S. P. Andrew and bearing his blindstamp to the lower photographer's mount. Signed ('Jellicoe AF') in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount. Some light overall age wear, particularly to the larger photograph which also has a small tear to the left edge of the photographer's mount. G to about VG, 2 £100 - 120AVIATION |
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| BLERIOT LOUIS: (1872-1936) French Aviator, the first man to fly across the English Channel, 1909. A vintage postcard photograph of the aviator Pegoud seated in a half length pose in` the cockpit of his aircraft, signed by Bleriot with his name alone in dark fountain pen ink to the verso. VG £150 - 200 Adolphe Pegoud (1889-1915) French Pioneer Aviator, the first fighter ace. |
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| BLERIOT LOUIS: (1872-1936) French Aviator, the first man to fly across the English Channel, 1909. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, a good image of Bleriot in a head and shoulders pose wearing his flying cap. Signed in fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower border. VG £200 - 300 |
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| ALCOCK JOHN (1892-1919) English Pilot & BROWN ARTHUR WHITTEN (1886-1948) British Navigator, together they completed the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight, June 1919. An excellent vintage colour printed small 4to menu for a Luncheon to the Winner of the Daily Mail £10,000 prize for The Trans-Atlantic Air Race 1919 at the Savoy Hotel, 20th June 1919, signed by both John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown individually. The attractive colour cover features and image of an aircraft in flight across the ocean and has inset circular portraits of Alcock and Brown. Signed by both in dark fountain pen ink immediately beneath their portraits, Alcock adding the date 26th June 1919 in his hand. With the original red, white and blue ribbon. Some light overall age wear, about VG £400 - 600 |
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| COBHAM ALAN: (1894-1973) English Pioneer Aviator. D.S., Alan J. Cobham, being a signed cheque, Guernsey, 28th May 1971. The partially printed cheque, completed in another hand, is drawn on the National Westminster Bank Ltd., and is made payable to Guernsey Gas for the sum of 65 pence. Cobham's signature is unaffected by the circular bank cancellation. Together with a bold dark fountain pen ink signature ('Alan J Cobham') on a piece, with the additional words Keep on Flying and date 10th August 1927 in his hand beneath his signature. G to VG, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| COBHAM ALAN: (1894-1973) English Pioneer Aviator. Book signed, a hardback edition of Australia And Back, First Edition published by A & C Black Ltd., London, 1926. Signed by Cobham in black fountain pen ink to the half title page. Lacking the dust jacket and the binding a little loose. Some light age wear, G £80 - 100 |
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