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Autographs & Memorabilia

To include Property of the late Christopher Fry and the Collection of Ms Norma Farnes

London 28th February 2019


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Autographs & Memorabilia

To include Property of the late Christopher Fry and the Collection of Ms Norma Farnes

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Basak Ulukose

Cover: Lot 99


Contents

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Art

1 - 20

Autograph Albums and Collections

21 - 56

Cinema, Tv and Theatre

57 - 88

Property of the late Christopher Fry

89 - 97

The Collection of Ms Norma Farnes

98 - 116

Literature

117 - 141

Music

142 - 177

Politics & History

178 - 229

Royalty & Aristocracy

230 - 238

Science & Voyage

239 - 279

Sport

280 - 288


Art

Lots 1- 20

1 1 Alken (Henry) Autograph letter signed to J. Fuller, Highgate, asking him to send a quire of ‘super royal’ paper, ‘half hot press, half not’, adding ‘I have not any drawings by me or I should have sent them with the comp[limen]ts of the season to you all’, one page, 8vo, integral address leaf, 10 January 1845; Herring (John Frederick, Jr), autograph letter signed (‘J.F. Herring’) to [G. Smithers, fishmonger], thanking him for a basket of fish, ‘if we come up to the Boat Race I hope to shake a doddle (?) with you’, one page, laid down, 8vo, upper left corner torn, 15 February 1876; with an envelope addressed to the same, decorated with a drawing of three horses’ heads, laid down (3) £250-£350 2 Attanasio (Natale) and Rapisardi (Michele) Studies of women in pencil and black ink, signed ‘N. Attanasio, 93’, ‘Schizzo di Michele Rapisardi’, slightly browned, 12.5 x 19 cm (2) 
 £120-£180 3 Autograph Collection.- Artists A collection of autographs, newspaper clippings, typed cards and letters (signed and unsigned, with occasional drawings or musical notation) of prominent artists and illustrators including: PierreJean de Béranger (letter sent from his Paris prison cell concerning his song ‘Le dieu des bonnes gens’, 1829), Kirk Douglas, Landseer, Roger Furse, Basil Champneys, Alexander Fisher, Elihu Vedder, Hubert Herkomer, David Murray, John Ballantyne, William Theed, Henry Moses, Lockhart Bogle, Anna Zinkeisen, Cecil Kennedy, Graham Petrie, Mary Sargant Florence, William Gilbert Foster, Anna Zinkeisen, Robert Philip, Kenneth Loveland, Natalie Janotha and Gladys Cooper (letter to Mr Hentschel: ‘I do hope this does not mean that I shall have to make a speech, as this sort of thing takes years off my life!’, 1923); and others, with few leaflets or programs, v.s. (quantity)

4 Bacon (Francis) Ink signature (‘Francis Bacon’) on white paper, colour postcard featuring a work by Bacon affixed above signature, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 27 x 23 cm. £120-£180 5 British Artists and Antiquarians.Small group of letters by 19th century English artists and antiquarians, including: Charles Barry (autograph letter to balfour arranging a meeting, 4 January 1859), George Otto Trevelyan (autograph letter in French), Edward William Cooke, Thomas Wright, John Temple Leader (autograph letter signed in Italian to Mr Barbera), William Wyon (autograph letter signed to Mcgrath, reading in part “I really feel almost ashamed to beg your acceptance of the silver impressions of the Cheselden medal. They have been laying in the drawer of my cabinet for years waiting for nothing but my forgetfulness in presenting them to you. If you should consider them worthy of being framed, we will talk about it” 24 November 1827), v.s. (6) £200-£300 6 Chagall (Marc) Pencil signature (‘Marc Chagall’) above colour photograph of a work by Chagall, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 30.5 x 25 cm. £150-£200 7 Cook (Beryl) Colour reproduction of ‘Elvira’s Cafe’ signed by Beryl Cook in black ink below the image, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 23 x 26 cm. £80-£120

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9 8 Crane (Walter) Autograph letter signed (‘Walter Crane’) to Monsieur Muller, reading “I am much obliged by your invitation to me to contribute to your Exposition d’Art Religieux, but I do not think I have anything suitable that I could send. The only works that I can think of as possibly within your scope are some drawings I have been doing for a Bible to be printed at Amsterdam [...],I believe, however, that it is the intention of the proprietors to exhibit the drawings made for this work themselves, but it is possible they might be willing to allow one or two to be shown at your exhibition. They objected when asked to my exhibiting them here in London [...] I have a small set of black & white designs made to a work of Christmas Carols which might be available”, two pages, some yellowing, a couple of smudges, 8vo, 13 Holland Street, London, 29 June 1899; Frampton (George) autograph letter signed to Belgian art critic Octave Maus, asking for his help “in a little matter that concerns to some extent the art training of a young girl who is the daughter of a patron of mine. My patron, Mr Samuelson, is sending his daughter to Bruxelles to finish her education and during her stay in your charming city, he is most anxious that sh should study drawing and painting”, two pages, folding marks, 4to, 32 Queen’s Road, 17 December 1907; and another one (3) £150-£200 9 Freleng (Fritz) 
 
 Signed production cell featuring Bugs Bunny playing baseball, mounted below a picture of Bugs Bunny, overall size 27 x 44.5 cm. 
 £180-£220 10 Guttenbrunn (Ludwig) 
 
 Six autograph letters (total of 17 pp.) signed (‘L. Guttenbrunn’ or ‘Guttenbrunn’), in Italian, addressed to Venanzio de Pagave, Milanese art collector and secretary of Maria Theresa of Austria’s government in Lombardy. Guttenbrunn writes from Naples that he really liked the Royal Chapel of the Treasure of St. Januarius with the painted decoration by Domenichino and says he has been commissioned by the Queen the portraits of prince and the Infanta (6 April 1782); in another letter he says he has made three copies after Raphael, Van Dyck and Titian paintings in the Pitti Gallery (6 January 1784); the following year he writes about his experiments with the ‘encaustic’ painting technique (3 April 1785); he also mentions various restorations he carried out on the works of Italian masters, age toning, some splitting along main folds, 4to, Naples and Florence, 1782-1785 (6) £300-£400 4

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11 11 Hirst (Damien) 
 
 Original blue ink sketch of a shark on white card, signed by the artist, 10.2 x 15.2 cm. 
 
 ***Provenance: signature was obtained in person by the vendor when his ‘Spin Painting’ was put on display at Museums Sheffield. £600-£800 2 Hirst (Damien) 
 
 Original black ink sketch of a skull on white card, signed by the artist, 10.2 x 15.2 cm. 
 
 ***Provenance: signature was obtained in person by the vendor when his ‘Spin Painting’ was put on display at Museums Sheffield. £600-£800 13 Hockney (David) 
 
 Souvenir postcard of Coloured Flowers Made of Paper and Ink (1971), signed by Hockney on top white margin, fading to ink, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 26 x 22cm . £120-£180 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


14 Illuminated Address 
 
 Illuminated Address To John Kellitt Esq., J.P., C.C., from the Members of the Liverpool and District Grocers and Provision Dealers Association in appreciation of his ability and courtesy displayed during his year of office as President of the Federation of Grocers’ Associations of the United Kingdom, three thick card leaves featuring fine hand illuminated title in gold and colours, two pages of dedication, lavish gilt and colour border decorations, all incorporating watercolour views of Liverpool, and two pages of manuscript signatures, illuminated by S. Harris Oxton, 12A Preesons Row, Liverpool, a.e.g., original black morocco with elaborate gilt decoration incorporating panelled decoration to boards and gilt initial J.K. to upper board, silk endpapers, oblong 4to, 1899; photograph album with manuscript label to front pastedown ‘To John Kellitt Esq. J.P. with kindest regards from J. Shaw, 70 Parkhill St., Bolton. In appreciation of untiring services for the Grocery Trade, May 1911’, containing 24 photographs with captions dated 1897-1910, with scenes including Grocers’ association conference delegates in Liverpool, London, Darley Dale, driving to Chatsworth, at Fountain’s Abbey, conference delegates motoring from Ripon, York, Oxford, on the River Thames, at Nuneham, Blenheim Palace, Blackpool and Windermere etc., a.e.g., original morocco, wear to spine, small 4to, 1911 (2)

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£800-£1,200 15 Knight (Laura) 
 
 Group of ephemera and autograph letters signed by Laura Knight, mostly addressed to the vendor and his mother, who used to be Knight’s housekeeper, one reading ‘Your mother and we are having a dinner at the Arts Club in London with some dear friends. You are not forgotten! We have all just drunk your health in some good wine, I expect your “ears are burning’ - (that is an English saying when people are talking about you with great affection.)’, written on the verso of the Arts Club menu, punch holes, 6 August 1958; another note reads ‘We have missed seeing you so much- and I did want to know about what I owe you for all your great kindness to us those weeks when we were in such a hole. I had hoped you would let me know - now so long a time has gone by I feel I must do something about it’, two pages, 15 May n.y.; in another letter Knight thanks her and her son ‘for your beautiful present, the lovely roses and the delicious farm eggs. It was a beautiful thought on your part and I am truly grateful. I had a wonderful ninetieth birthday, it was at the same time rather shattering to have suddenly arrived at such a great age. I could scarcely believe it until 4 separate friends, all arithmeticians, reckoned it was and proved their point (but to themselves only)’, two pages, punch holes, 4to, 3 August 1967; together with a copy of A Proper Circus Omie, signed and inscribed by Knight on title with an original sketch, wear and losses to dust-jacket, 1962; The Magic of a Line, signed and inscribed by Knight on front free endpaper, partially disbound, repair to dust-jacket spine, tears, 1965 (small quantity) £300-£400

17 16 Lancaster (Osbert, Sir) 
 ‘Would you believe it, Miss Filebrace, I’m expendable!!’, original signed cartoon sketch, pencil, brown and black ink, with suggested size annotated in pencil on top right corner, mounted together with cutting from the Daily Express on which the cartoon was published, framed and glazed, overall size 20.5 × 36.5 cm. approx. 
 £200-£300 17 Matisse (Henri) 
 
 Madonna and Child with Stars, colour lithograph signed in ink on lower margin, 39.4 cm x 23.5 cm, ca. 1948-1949. 
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18 Mochetti (V.) 
 
 Costumi di Roma e dei Contorni, engraved vignette title and 30 plates, Santarello, Rome, 1846; [?Marroni (Salvatore)] Costumi di Roma e suoi contorni, engraved vignette title and 29 plates, Tommaso Cuccioni, Rome, [c. 1840]; [Mochetti (V.) Raccolta dei principali Costumi Religiosi e Militare della Corte Pontificia], lacking title, 36 engraved religious plates, n.p., n.d., [Santarello, Rome, c. 1840]; [Lassalle (Louis)] Costumes Suisses des 22 Cantons, 22 lithographic plates, title printed on slipcase, S. Morel, Geneva, [c. 1850]; all captioned plates, heightened with gum arabic, folding ‘concertina style’, very minor spotting, contemporary paper boards, the latter in gilt -decorated cloth, some wear, original card slipcases, printed paper labels to upper cover, lightly soiled, rubbed and chipped, v.s. (4) 
 
 *** Rare series of folding ‘accordion’ panoramas depicting the regional dress of Italy and Switzerland in the early 19th century. £600-£800 19 Wappers (Egide Charles Gustave) 
 
 Signed letter (‘Gustave’), in French, to the painter and engraver JeanBaptiste Madou, and paragraph in a different hand, slight browning, little offsetting from ink, small marginal tear to right-hand edge, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [c.mid-19th century?]. 
 £120-£180 20 Watercolours.- 
 
 A large album featuring attractive watercolours of several botanic species, each with typed caption pasted above a previous handwritten one, the sheets with the watercolours have been pasted onto the actual album pages, label affixed onto front free endpaper saying ‘Wilbert Rattray Furniture Designer’, a few stamps on initial pages, disbound, front board detached, some soiling and foxing throughout, folio, [late 19th century]. 20 6

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Autograph Albums and Collections Lots 21- 56

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21 Autograph Album.- Authors and Politicians 
 
 Autograph album with signatures by various authors, politicians and other prominent figures, including: Isaac Foot, Osbert Sitwell (signed postcard), Elliott Dodds, John Simon, William Cowper (calling card with his red wax seal), Hugh Wontner, Margaret and Denis Thatcher (signed Christmas card), Edmund Blunden, Anton Lang, Jeremy Thorpe (typed letter signed reading “It has always been our firm conviction that the essence of a free Parliament is that an M.P. should feel able to vote according to his convictions. This we shall continue to do”, March 1972), Rose Macaulay, Roy Strong, Michael Foot, Patsy Hendren, John Mason Brown, Ramsay Muir, Frank Swinnerton, Christopher Hobhouse, Bernanrd Ashmole, miscellaneous collection comprising letters, postcards, clipped signatures and ephemera either affixed onto album pages or loosely inserted, red cloth, handling wear and tears to cloth, spine defective, oblong 4to, c. 1930s-1970s.

23 Autograph Album.- Incl. Agatha Christie 
 
 Guest Book from the White Room, a bar off Shaftesbury Avenue which flourished in the 1930s and 40s, and especially during the Second World War. It contains autographs and notes from notable American and British soldiers, authors, actors and other people of note, including: s igned photograph of Fred Astaire, Keith B. Nelsin, Gavin Fisher-Rowe, actor Michael Redgrave ‘To my dear friend Erna: my most warm good wishes- Michael Redgrave” 27 September 1943; author Agatha Christie ‘Agatha Christie’, Douglas Drygle, stage, screen and radio actress Evelyn Laye, her husband and Actor Frank Lewton, Actor Dennis Price, Glen F Allen, Bobbie M. Royerson, E. Ward Hiller, Dorothy Berter, Jimmy Maloney, Georgia Davidson, capt. J. F. Nagle, Lt. Troy On, J. Hornbury, Bill Sykes, signed photograph of radio presenter Keith Jameson, Kip Hayden, Johnny Wisher, Tim Erington, Bob Palmer, Jacques P. Ledevey, Peter Kellog, Herald Kennedy, John Howard, Capt E. J. Seward, Dick Moulton, John Mills, Patrick Friend, Bhal Sewai, Robin Cornell, Dick Willis, Bill Jacobson Jr, Jphn Macdonald, Dora Alefaude, Herb ‘Hub’ Behrens, Elmes J. Mandel, Actor Tom Gile, Stephen David Price, Reginald Coreyths, Capt. Jack Waugh, Howard J. Hughes, Percy Blackwell, stage actor Christopher Hewett, Lt. Casey Jones, Cpt. Jack O’Connell, actor Basil Retford, George Washington, Frederick Ashton, and many others, some slight toning, contemporary red morocco, spine damaged, rubbed, 8vo, 1943.

£300-£400 22 Autograph Album.- Authors 
 
 An autograph album with signatures by prominent modern authors, including: John Grisham, Robert Lacey, Patricia Cornwell, John Mortimer, Ian McEwan, John Irving, George Mac Donald Fraser, Joseph Heller, P.D. James, Edna O’Brien, Sean Hardy, Mordechai Richler, Jilly Cooper, Allen Ginsberg, James Ellroy, Frances Edmonds, Mary Wine, Martin Amis, Nick Hornby, Peter Ackroyd, some signatures clipped and pasted onto album pages, names have been annotated by collector at bottom of pages, brown cloth, oblong 8vo, c. 1980s-1990s. £180-£220

***Under several soldiers messages is the date and cause of death ‘Killed in Action’. The White Room is also important in LGBTQA history as ‘a place for American servicemen to enter gay life and to latch on to some dizzying gay gossip’ [Field, 2007]. 
 £400-£600

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26 Autograph Album.- Incl. Mitsuko Coudenhove 
 
 Autograph album including the signature of Mitsuko CoudenhoveKalergi, one of the first Japanese people to immigrate to Europe, also comprising autographs by a few members of her family and other contributors, three-quarter morocco, tooled boards, wear to edges and corners, 8vo, Austria, [early 20th century].

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24 Autograph Album.- Incl. Charlie Chaplin 
 
 Autograph album featuring signatures by Charlie Chaplin, Don Bradman, Bill Brown, other members of the 1948 Australian cricket team, Robert Menzies, also including loose album pages with autographs by Josef Hofmann and others, brown cloth, front board detached, handling wear, oblong 8vo, c. 1940s-1950s

***A diplomat and brilliant linguist, Count Coudenhove-Kalergi was named Deputy Minister of Austria-Hungary to Japan. He often visited a curios shop owned by a samurai family. One fateful day, his horse slipped on ice and he fell. Mitsuko Aoyama, the owner’s teenage daughter, ran to his aid and made a lasting impression on the 32-year-old bachelor. First the Count convinced Mitsuko’s father to let her work as a parlor maid at his legation and then he asked for her hand in marriage. He flatly refused, but the couple defied him and married anyway in 1892. As a result, 18-year-old Mitsuko was disinherited and forever banned from her father’s house. She gave birth to two of their sons in Tokyo. In 1897, the family decided to move to Vienna, where she stayed until her death in 1941. All of her children were well-educated and spoke multiple languages; her second son, Richard Nikolaus, became the founder of the ‘PanEuropa’ movement after WWI. The Japanese-Austrian Countess inspired Jacques Guerlain to create a perfume called ‘Mitsouko’. 
 £150-£200

25 Autograph Album Incl. Cliff Richard 
 
 Autograph album featuring signatures by Cliff Richard, Maurice Chevalier, Leslie Caron, Dickie Valentine, Shirley Bassey, Reg Varney, Craig Douglas, Edmund Hockridge, Joan Regan, Leslie Ashwell Wood, Tom Adams, Peter Murray and others, most signatures inscribed to Valerie, brown cloth, handling wear, small 8vo, c. 1960s.

27 Autograph Album.- Incl. Rudolph Valentino 
 
 Autograph album featuring signatures by prominent actors, politicians, musicians and authors, including: Rudolph Valentino, Myra Hess, Betty Balfour, Luigi Pirandello (on a page now loose), Gracie Fields, Evelyn Laye, Margot Fonteyn, Ian Kubleik, Sinclair Lewis, Ivor Novello, Richard Strauss, August Courtauld, Tallulah Bankhead, Anna May Wong, Cab Calloway, Frida Leider, Paul Robeson, John Galsworthy, Sophie Tucker, Wilhelm Backhaus, Baden Powell, Tamara Dern, Lord Halifax, Sergei Rachmaninov, Fritz Kreisler, Henry Gordon Selfridge, Yehudi Menuhin, Alfredo Campoli, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Douglas Fairbanks, Jan Smuts, Charles Laughton, John Barbirolli, Henry de Vere Stacpole, Jack London, Primo Carnera, Amy Johnson, Fred Perry, some signatures clipped and pasted onto album pages, brown cloth, a few loose pages, handling wear, small 8vo, 1925-1937.

£120-£180

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£300-£400

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28 Autograph Albums.- 
 
 Six autograph albums featuring signatures by prominent celebrities, mostly inscribed to Roy, including: Gregory Peck, John Mills, Anthony Perkins, Jeffrey Archer, Alan Bates, Christopher Lee, Tony Bennet, Vanessa Redgrave, Lauren Bacall, Kingsley Amis, Marcel Marceau, Henry Kissinger, Claudette Colbert, Max Wall, Sean Connery, Rex Harrison, Jane Russell, Benny Hill, Glenda Jackson, Vera Lynn, Virgina McKenna, Richard Attenborough, Norman Wisdom, Honor Blackman, v.s., c. 1980s-1990s (6) 
 
 
 £300-£400 29 Autograph Albums.- Actors & Entertainers 
 
 Two autograph albums with signatures by prominent actors and entertainers, including: John Gielgud, Colin Clive, Charles Hickman, Gracie Fields, Ralph Richardson, Robert Harris, Valerie Tudor, Peggy Ashcroft, Joyce Bland, Robert Helpmann, William Chappell, various bindings, some handling wear, small 8vo, c. 1930s-1940s (2) 
 
 £200-£300 30 Autograph Albums.- Actors and Entertainers 
 
 Four autograph albums with signatures by prominent TV and movie actors, including: Meryl Streep, Angelica Houston, Victoria Principal, Esther Williams, Ellen Burstyn, Lynda Carter, Karen Allen, Cathy Moriarty, Martin Sheen, Betty White, Eric Stoltz, Simon Templeman, Caroline Goodall, Barbra Fuller, Frankie Thomas, Sybil Jason, Bernadette Peters, Tony Roberts, Deborah Allen, Rob Lowe, John Rhys Davies, Sean Astin, Peter Coyote, Kristin Scott Thomas, Van Johnson, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Daryl Hannah, Dorothy Lamour, Jennifer Connelly, Dorian Harewood,Abe Vigoda, Morgan Fairchaild, s ome signatures clipped and pasted onto album pages, a few loose pages, occasional tape residue, various bindings, oblong 8vo, c. 1880s-1990s (4) £300-£400 31 Autograph Albums.- Incl. Jerry Lewis 
 
 Four autograph albums with signatures by various celebrities, including: Jerry Lewis, Charles Asnavour, Stockard Channing, Stephen Dorff, Christopher Lambert, Tim Robbins, Gloria Estefan, Chita Rivera, Alan Cumming, Loretta Swift, Elizabeth McGovern, Tippi Hedren, Sally Fields, Lily Tomlin, Sylvia Miles, Diane Baker, Ann Rutherford, Tamara Dobson, Laurence Hardy, Dolly Parton, Timothy Hutton, Dean Martin Jr, Linda Gray, some signatures clipped and pasted onto album pages, a few pages have been removed, brown cloth, handling wear, 8vo, c. 1980s-1990s (3) £250-£350

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32 Autograph albums.- Incl. Roger Moore 
 
 Two autograph albums with autographs on cards or pictures from English actors of the 1960s, musicians and celebrities including all members of The Hollies, Cliff Richard, The Roulettes, Frank Allen (The Searchers), Dick Emery, Al Jackson (The Applejacks), Eileen Gourlay, Eric Easton (manager of the Rolling Stones), Eric Sykes, Alma Cogan, Peter McEnery, Robert Beatty, Jimmy Savile, Marty Feldman, David Frost, Manfred Mann and Hugh Lloyd, miscellaneous collection including photographs and clipped signatures pasted onto album pages, some pages detached, traces of glue or folds, v.s. (2) 
 
 ***Provenance: Autographs were obtained by the vendor. 
 £180-£220 33 Autograph Albums.- Incl. Vivien Leigh 
 
 Album with signed photographs and autographs by entertainment celebrities, including Vivien Leigh, Boris Karloff, Deborah Kerr, George Formby, Vera Lynn, Max Miller, Adelaide Hall, Michael Wilding, Eddie Gray, Lupino Lane, Ted Ray, Beryl Orde, Ronald Frankau and George Wood, red cloth, age-related wear, oblong 4to, c. 1940s; another autograph album with signatures by football players (2) £250-£350 34 Autograph Albums.- Miscellaneous 
 
 Five autograph albums signed by various modern celebrities, including: Ruth Wilson, Brigitte Nielsen, Gemma Arterton, Jamie Bell, Mark Gatiss, Julian Fellows, Sally Rogers, Trevor Cooper, Ruper Fraser, Stuart Wilson, Lucy Fleming, Clare Higgins, Julian Lennon, Nicholas Sparks, Tim McInnerny, Patricia Dainton, Katherine Kelly, Stephen Young, Pippa Haywood, Bill Pullman, Melissa Joan Hart, Jerry Springer, Vincent Perez, Jennifer Lewis, Robert Rockwell, some pages have been removed, various bindings, 8vo, c. 1980s-1990s (5) £200-£300 35 Autograph Albums.- Miscellaneous 
 
 Three autograph albums with signatures by politicians, international movie and Tv stars and other celebrities, including: Tony Blair, Lord Hailsham, Dominic Cooper, Romola Garai, Mary Peters, Demetri Goritsas, Julia Stiles, Julian Sands, Alicia Witt, James Murray, Michael Connolly, Gina McKee, Jeremy Northam, Sam Rockwell, Aaron Eckhart, Camilla Rutherford, Rudolph Walker, Ben Chaplin, Tom Stoppard, Umberto Eco, Margaret Forster, Rufus Sewell, Basil Moss, a few pages have been removed, various bindings, 8vo, c. 1990s (3) £180-£220 9


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 Two autographs albums with signatures by Theatre, Television and Music celebrities including: Marion Bailey, Tom Hughes, Selina Griffiths, Helen George, Helen Bradbury, Robert Webb, Shirley Henderson, Antonia Thomas, Natalie Imbruglia, Sarah Mannersm, Helen Fileding, Patricia Potter, Charlotte Parry, Nigel Betts, Tim McMullen, Lindsay Lohan, Jo Dockery, Steve Carell, Victoria Rigby, Lara Pulver, Ciaran Hinds, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Evans, Linda Bassett, Jimmy Yuill, some signatures pasted onto album pages, various bindings, 8vo, c. 1990s (2) £200-£300 37 Autograph Collection.- Actors and Actresses 
 
 A large collection of loose album pages signed by prominent movie stars, mostly inscribed to Thelma. Highlights including: Lana Turner, Deborah Kerr, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Borgnine, Eleanor Powell, Karl Malden, Tyrone Power, Joseph Cotton, Myrna Loy, Olivia Hussey, Ann Rutherford, June Allyson, Vanessa Redgrave, Chaim Topol, Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Kenneth Moore, Max Bygraves, Hermione Gingold, Leslie Caron, Dottie Lamour, Mel Brooks, Peter Finch, Lili Palmer, Vincent Price, Linda Christian, Gloria Stuart, William Bendix, Merle Oberon, Peter Graves, Bessie Love, Phyllis Diller, some pages with multiple signatures, occasional tape residue, clipped magazine photographs affixed next to the autographs, v.s. (quantity) £300-£400 38 Autograph Collection.- Authors 
 
 A collection of loose album pages and cards with signatures by authors and journalists, including: Harold Pinter, J.B. Priestley, Jane Adams, Cecil Lewis, Patricia Elliott, Hunter Davies, Dominick Dunne, Upton Sinclair, Mary Higgins Clark, Evan Hunter, Ian Rankin, Emma Tennant, Colin Wilson, Al Alvarez, William Morrow, Pat Conroy and others, v.s. (quantity)

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 A collection of autographs by actors and entertainers, including: Nicholas Parsons, Mike Yarwood, Derek Thompson, Bill Tarmey (typed letter from Bill Termey, reads in part “In response to your recent letter I have to admit that it is only a storyline that I am following and it does not reflect on my personal life, but do keep watching “The Street” to see what “Jack” gets up to!”), , Jack Warner, Fiona Bruce, , Lesley Kay, Ian Richardson, Graham Bickley, Sheila Hancock, Eric Sykes, Eamonn Andrews, Isabel Lucas, Bruce Forsyth, Ellen Terry (signed church donation envelope), Sheila Ferguson, Barbara Windsor (typed card reading in part ‘Scott and I would like to thank you for your good wishes on our recent marriage. As you can imagine we are very happy and very touched by your kind words), Fiona Fullerton, Ken Dodd (letter signed reading ‘…I’m sorry that you have written before and not had a reply. I’m afraid, because we do get a tremendous amount of mail, sometimes replies are rather late and you may still get one to one of your original letters, as we don’t really have a cross reference system!’), also including a typed letter to Ingrid Bergman from a fan asking “What do you first notice about a man?”, signed by the actress at close with her initials and her reply “His height!”, v.s., early 20th century-1990s (quantity) £200-£300 40 Autograph Collection.- First Day Covers 
 
 A large collection of First Day Covers signed by various aviation and naval officers, including: Edgar Percival, John A. Kent, Oskar Rosch, Alan C. Deere, Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman, K. J. Goodwin, Ian Park, Edgar Percival, Silas Morehouse, Leo J. Sullivan, John Rogers, J.S. Stevens, Charles McCormac, Peter Terry, occasional light toning, slight foxing, all mounted onto large album pages (large quantity) £300-£400

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41 Autograph Collection.- Incl. Paul McCartney 
 
 A very large collection of signatures on loose cards, highlights including: Paul McCartney, Bill Wyman, Norman Wisdom, Jeffrey Archer, Petula Clark, John Gielgud, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Collins, Victor Mature, Christopher Plummer, Jane Russell, Bee Gees, Debbie Reynolds, Barry Manilow, Chaim Topol, Bob Monkhouse, Richard Attenborough, Ronnie Wood, Diana Rigg, Henry Mancini, Joan Plowright, Robert Wagner, Peter Cushing, George Best, Mel Brooks, Bobby Moore, Bob Hope, Roger Moore, Henry Kissinger,P.D. James, Gordon Jackson, Ursula Andress, Ian McKellen, Rex Harrison, Sheila Hancock, Dorothy Lamour, Christopher Plummer, Honor Blackman, Tony Bennett, a few duplicates, c. 1980s (large quantity) £800-£1,200 42 Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous 
 
 A large collection of autographs, photographs, letters and notes signed by artists, actors, professors, bishops and politicians, including: a letter signed by John Pearson, English novelist and author of ‘Ian Fleming Bibliography’, mentioning one of his famous novel ‘Gone To Timbuctoo’; letter signed by René Samuel Cassin, French jurist, who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1968 for his work in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; group of cards and ephemera of Countess Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali, Guglielmo Marconi’s second wife; a collection of photographs, clippings and autographs related to Clara Bow; autograph letters by Jacob Bronowski, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace, Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Herbert Henry Asquith,Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, Sir William Wilson Hunter, Augustine Birrell, Admiral James Saumarez and many others, 19th century-mid 20th century (large quantity)

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£400-£600 43 Autograph Collection.- Modern Hollywood 
 
 A large group of loose album pages and cards signed by various celebrities, including: Michael Keaton, Geoffrey Rush, Don Johnson, Alec Baldwin, Franco Nero, Anna Paquin, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike, Elizabeth Hurley, Anne Heche, Tom Wilkinson, Steve Martin, Donald Sutherland, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Helen Mirren, Kris Kristofferson, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Downey Jr, Michael Douglas, Julie Christie, Jonathan Pryce, Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Calista Flockhart, Ian McKellen, Jay Leno, Helen Hunt, Ron Howard, Helena Bonham Carter, Glenn Close, Jon Voight, Juliette Binoche, Elizabeth McGovern, v.s . (large quantity) £300-£400

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46 44 Autograph Collection.- Music 
 
 Collection of loose album pages signed by music-related celebrities, including: Vera Lynn, Cilla Black Nancy Sinatra, Tony Bennett, James Blunt, Burt Bacharach, Ray Ellington, Craig Douglas, Lena Horne, Evelyn Lear, v.s . (small quantity)

47 Autograph Collection.- Sciences, Politics, Nobility 
 
 A collection of autographs, scrap signatures, newspaper clippings, photographs, typed cards and letters (signed and unsigned) by prominent engineers officers, scientists and physicians, including: T.M. Hardy, James Anderson, Sir Michael Seymour, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Sir William F. Barrett, Thomas Graham, Robert Main, David Craigie MD; political personalities including R.A. Butler, Clementine Churchill, Winston Churchill (official unsigned, typed card ‘to express his regret that, owing to the large number of similar requests he receives, it is not possible to do as you ask’), George Canning, Lord and Lady Willingdon, Palmerston, Edward Heath, Manny Shinwell, Lord Home, R.D. Muldoon; aristocrats and important personalities including Lord Dunsany (wax seal with Hindu deity figure), Rev. Matthew Marsh, Sir Robert Peel, Marchioness of Exeter, Herbert Francis Eaton (3 rd Baron Cheylesmore), 4th Marquis of Bath, Lord Albemarle, also envelope of the Scientific Exploration Society (the Zaire River Expedition, 1974-75); and others, v.s. (large quantity)

£150-£200

£200-£300

45 Autograph Collection.- Musicians & Authors 
 
 A collection of notes and clipped signatures by various writers and musicians, including: William Henry Daveport Adams, Henry Ellis, Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, William Alexander Barrett, John Pyke Hullah, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Evelyn Denison, John Hamilton-Gordon, Maurice Berkeley, Caroline Norton, Clara Butt, John Nevill, Pelham Warner, William Crookes, Sir George Clerk, Sir John Beresford, Dorothy Lewis, Benjamin Jowett, William Alexander Barrett, Francis Trevelyan Buckland, Evelyn Denison, Maurice Berkeley, Clara Butt, George Clark, Sir Pelham Warner, Dorothy Lewis and Pyke Hullah, v.s. (quantity)

48 Autograph Collection.- Writers 
 
 A collection of autographs, scrap signatures, photographs, newspaper clippings, typed and manuscript cards and letters (signed and unsigned) by prominent authors including: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, John le Carré, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, S. Coleridge-Taylor, G. Wilson Knight, Anthony Gilbert [aka Lucy Malleson], Julian Symons (letter to Mr Hughes: ‘Autograph hunting is a harmless…substitute for more dubious occupations like writing books’, 1962), Kenneth Tynan, Margery Allingham, F.R. Leavis, Rhoda Broughton, Edwin Arnold, Dorothy Stickney, Aubrey de Sélincourt, J.C. Trewin, Eleanor Farjeon, Edith Pargeter (aka Ellis Peters, to Mr. Hughes: ‘I confess to being a woman… Like many others who turn to crime stories, I came to the conclusion that it was fairer to the public to establish a second identity, so that they could have a fair idea of what they were getting’, 1965), Kenneth Clark; and others, v.s. (quantity)

£250-£350 46 Autograph Collection.- Politicians & Ambassadors 
 
 A collection of autographs of prominent historical political figures including British Prime Ministers Neville Chamberlain, Clement Attlee, Stanley Baldwin, Anthony Eden, David Lloyd George; also including Wladyslaw Sikorski, Stafford Cripps, Jan Smuts, John Vereker, Peter Fraser, Haakon VII of Norway, Alexander Cambridge, Edvard Beneš, Samuel Hoare, John Simon, John Anderson, Duff Cooper, Lord Halifax and Charles Forbes, miscellaneous collection comprising letters and clipped signatures, c. 1938-45 (quantity) £250-£350 12

£250-£350 49 British India Interest.- 
 
 Photograph album featuring approximately 60 vintage photos of Lahore and Lucknow during the British dominion of India, as well as of some sporting pastimes of a few British Army families, mostly albumen print, various sizes, c. 1910s. £150-£200 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


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50 Exposition Universelle.- 
 
 Collection of 50 albumen photographs mounted onto larger album pages of the Exposition Universelle of 1900 held in Paris, showing La Porte Monumentale de R. Binet, Le Grand Palais, Le Pont Alexandre III, Les Palais des Nation, Les Grander Senna, Le Parc Du Champ De Marz and La Tour Eiffel, heavy browning and spotting, quarter morocco, gilt title to spine, a.e.g., rubbed and worn, oblong 8vo, Paris, Albert Hautecoeur, 1900. 
 £150-£200 51 Leibig company.- Ten sets of cards, comprising 66 chromolithographed cards, window mounted in 10 card mounts, c.70 x 110 mm., or the reverse, [Antwerp, c. 1900]. ***The sets of six cards comprise ‘Les palais impériaux chinois’, ‘Styles d’architecture’, ‘Zur Geschichte der Dampfmaschine’, ‘Canaux’, ‘Pompéi autrefois et aujourd’hui’, ‘Festlichkeiten im Alterthum’, ‘Bau-Style’, ‘La pianta nell’arte ornamentale’ and ‘Exposition universelle Paris 1900’. There is one set of 12 cards ‘Esposizione universale di Parigi 1900’. 
 £100-£150 52 Manuscript.- 
 
 A commonplace book, featuring various poems inscribed in a neat hand, illustrated with watercolour and ink headpieces and vignettes, lacking boards and spine, 4to, c. early 18th century. £100-£150 53 Photograph Albums.- Actors 
 
 Two photograph albums with postcard photographs of stage actors and dancers, some unsigned, highlights including: Peggy Ashcroft, Leslie French, Marius Goring, John Gielgud, William Fox, Geoffrey Wincott, Roger Livesey, Charles Hickman, Robert Helpman, Claude Newmn, Beatrice Appleyard, Margot Fontayn, also including black and white photographs and postcards of various landmarks in Stratford-upon- Avon, some handling wear, oblong 4to, c. 1930s (2)

54 Scrap Album- 1930s 
 
 Album containing a large selection of photographs and newspaper clippings collected by Susie Du Boulay, the youngest debutante of 1935. Highlights including: original unpublished photographs of David Niven, Gary Cooper on-set, politician John Profumo, hatbands of Italian and US ships and contemporary menus/matchbooks as well as photographs showing Susie spending her free time in High Society, playing golf, tennis, fishing, hunting and travelling abroad to Portugal, California and the Grand Canyon, some browning, half red morocco, rubbed and worn, spine cracked, 4to oblong, c. 1930. £250-£350 55 Signed Photographs.- Actors and Entertainers 
 
 Four albums with promotional photographs signed by various celebrities, including: Olivia de Havilland, Benny Hill, Petula Clark, Ken Dodd, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins, Julie Andrews, Edward Heath, John Gielgud, Jill Ireland, Judi Dench, Angela Lansbury, Margot Fonteyn, Rex Harrison, Anna Neagle, Elizabeth Welch, Glenda Jackson, Maggie Smith, Spike Milligan, Honor Blackman, c. 1980s (4 ) £180-£220 56 Signed Photographs.- Actors and Entertainers 
 
 A collection of loose black-and-white and colour photographs signed by celebrities in TV and cinema, music, literature and sports including (soccer) George Best, Teddy Sheringham, Peter Shilton, (boxing) Muhammad Ali, John Conteh, Frank Bruno, (acting) Michael Palin, Sheila Hancock, Julie Andrews, Michael Caine, Martin Shaw, Anthony Hopkins, Angela Lansbury, Robert De Niro, (music) George Martin, Bob Hope, Elton John, Vera Lynn, Patti Boulaye, Toyah, Margaret Whiting and (writers) James Herbert, mostly in original post envelope or folder, v.s. (large quantity) 
 £300-£400

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60 61 57 Bacall (Lauren) 
 
 Black and white, three-quarter length studio photograph of Lauren Bacall in the 1950s movie ‘Bright Leaf ’, signed ‘Best Lauren Bacall’ in black ink on upper right corner, 8 x 10”. £100-£150 58 Ballet.- 
 
 A collection of signed photographs, and one manuscript card in Russian, by prominent ballet dancers including: Anna Volkova, Anna Pavlova (card to her gardener Paul Smikites), Tamara Toumanova, Nina Tarakanova, Alicia Maikova, Nina Verkinina, Eugenia Delarova, Dimitri Rostoff, Lena Rourrone, Tatiana Lipkova and André Eglesvsky, v.s. (small quantity) 
 £250-£350 59 Bergman (Ingrid) 
 
 Black and white, head and shoulders photograph signed by Ingrid Bergman in black ink, one tiny smudge, pencil annotations on the verso, light handling wear to corners, 10 x 8”. £100-£150 60 Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid 
 
 Ink autographs of Robert Redford and Paul Newman, mounted behind card below a photograph, overall size, 32 x 42 cm. 
 
 £200-£300 61 Chaplin (Charlie) 
 
 Album page with ink signature reading ‘Charlie Chaplin, Good Luck’, mounted with a black and white photograph of the actor, overall size 28.5 x 20 cm.

62 62 Chinatown 
 
 original French movie poster, one sheet, cond. B, glue residue and losses to margins, 160 x 119 cm, c. 1974 £300-£400 63 Coward (Neil) 
 
 Souvenir music score of “Poor Little Rich Girl”, signed by Noel Coward in blue ink on top right corner of front cover, covers detached, some creasing and soiling throughout, 4to, 1925. £80-£120 64 Connery (Sean) 
 
 Green ink signature (‘Best Wishes Sean Connery’) on white paper, 8.7 x 13 cm . £100-£150 65 Dad’s Army.- 
 
 Black and white, full-length picture from Dad’s Army, and seven white cards signed in black ink by Ian Lavender, Arnold Ridley, John Laurie, Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn and James Beck, minimal yellowing, framed and glazed, cards: 9 x 14 cm. 
 
 ***Provenance: signatures obtained in person by the vendor. 
 £200-£300 66 Detective 
 
 UK Quad poster, one sheet, cond. A-, folding marks, 76 x 101 cm approx. 1985. 
 
 £200-£300

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69 67 Disney.- 
 
 Vintage copper plate for the printed invitation to the private screening of Pinocchio on March 8th, some age-related wear, 1940. £150-£200 68 Ford (Harrison) 
 
 Ink signature on yellow album page, mounted with a colour photograph, framed and glazed, 44 x 33cm . £60-£80 69 French Movie Posters.- 
 
 A collection of vintage French movie posters, colour lithographs, including: Le Grand Dadais, Les 55 jours de Pekin, La maison sous les arbres, Le weekend pour E., Le cercle royal, Le rapace, L’homme de Marrakech, La Brigage anti gang, Les bons vivants, and another one., various duplicates, condition A- or B,, v.s., c. 1960s (22) 
 
 
 
 £400-£600 70 Gable (Clark) 
 
 Signed cheque to Encino Pharmacy for $75.05, cancellation holes, mounted with black and white photograph of the actor, overall size 27 x 41.5 cm., Los Angeles, 12 December 1955. 
 £200-£300 71 James Bond Movies.- 
 
 Collection of loose album apges signed by actors and actresses who appeared in James Bond films, including: Kim Basinger, Minnie Driver, Steven Berkoff, Robert Carlyle, Soon-Tek Oh, James Villiers, Naomi Harris, Shirley Eaton, Toby Robins, Paul Hardwick, v.s. (small quantity) £180-£220 72 James Bond Movies.- 
 
 The James Bond Girls, signed by Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson Honor Blackman, Jill St. John, Julie Harris, Britt Ekland, John Glen, Kabir Bedi and Samantha Bond on internal pages, thoroughly illustrated, some handling wear, some creasing to corners, large 4to, 1995. £180-£220

77 73 James Bond.- Christopher Lee 
 
 Celebrating the Life and Work of Cubby Broccoli, programme of the event held in November 1996 at the Odeon in Leicester Square to commemorate Albert R. Broccoli, producer of the James Bond movies, signed by Christopher Lee, Joe Robinson and Burt Kwouk, original wrappers, tall 4to. £150-£200 74 James Bond.- Roger Moore 
 
 Bond on Bond, Limited Edition, number 4,959 of 5,000 copies, signed by Roger Moore on limitation page, pictorial dust-jacket, hardcover, Michael O’Mara, 2012. £100-£150 75 Kelly (Gene), Reynolds (Debbie) & O’Connor (Donald) 
 
 Three white cards signed by Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor in black-brown ink, slight yellowing or browning, 9 x 14 cm (3) 
 
 ***Provenance: signatures obtained in person by the vendor. 
 £200-£300 76 [Laurel (Stan)] 
 
 Black and white photograph of Stan Laurel with her daughter astride a pony, signed and inscribed “To Willie, Best Wishes, Lois Laurel Hawes”, signature very faded, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 19.5 x 23.5cm. £100-£150 77 Leigh (Vivien) 
 
 Typed letter signed (‘Vivien Leigh’) to Mr Branchini, on personalised stationery, reading ‘Thank you for your letter abut (sic) the St James’s theatre. The battle for that particular theatre has been lost as the sum involved was over £700,000. Although it is a bitter blow, we hope that all the enthusiasm and sympathy which has been aroused may find itself directed in due course towards building a new theatre’, one page, mid-horizontal fold, 8vo, 7 St James’s Street, 14 October [1957]. 
 
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78 78 Movie Posters.- 
 
 In Cold Blood; The Day of the Jackal; Billy Liar; The Saboteur; The Wages of Fear, original Australian daybill posters, colour lithograph, condition A-, all framed and glazed, 33 x 77 cm approx, c. 1960s (5) 
 
 £300-£400 79 Movie Posters.- 
 
 Coogan’s Bluff, starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Don Siegel, unrestored window card with overall very presentable appearance, little tearing, slight paper loss, minor stains, edge wear, corner bends, and/or some fold separation, dust shadows, tape and paper lifts to borders, c.35 x 55 cm, Universal, 1968; Get Carter, starring Michael Caine and directed by Mike Hodges, unrestored window card with clean overall appearance, general signs of use, such as slight edge wear, pinholes or surface creases, c.35 x 55 cm, MGM, 1971 ; Jack the Giant Killer, starring Kerwin Mathews and Judi Meredith, directed by Nathan Juran, handling wear, folding marks, stains to borders, c.35 x 91 cm, United Artists, 1962 (3)

80 Movie Posters.- Warner Bros 
 
 Three Strangers; Background to Danger, one sheet colour lithographs, cond. B+, framed, 1943 and 1949.

83 82 Pavlova (Anna) 
 
 Black and white, full length postcard photograph of the Russian ballerina in a dancing pose, signed ‘Anna Pavlova’ in ink across the image, very light yellowing to verso, 14 x 87 cm.

£180-£220

£200-£300

81 Olivier (Laurence) & Others 
 
 Ink signature (‘L. Oliver’) on off-white album page; black and white, three quarter length photograph of John Gielgud, signed and dated (‘John Gielgud, 1945, Best wishes’) on lower mount; ink signature (‘R. Richardson’) on pink album page, all mounted, framed and glazed, v.s. (3)

83 Signed Photographs.- Actors 
 
 Collection of photographs and signatures of various actors, including: Laurence Olivier, Jessie Matthews, Charles Laughton, Mary Pickford, Gertrude Lawrence, Fay Wry, Fred Allen, Robb Wilton and Yakima Canutt, also including a check signed by Rex Harrison, all mounted, framed and glazed, v.s. (small quantity)

£180-£220

£300-£400

£100-£150

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84 Signed Photographs.- Actors 
 
 Collection of Photographs signed by TV and cinema actors, including: Matt Smith, Ian McKellen, Andrew Garfield, Evanna Lynch, Sheila Hancock, Jemma Redgrave, David Calder and Maureen Beattie from ‘Bramwell’, Michael Jayston, Gwen Taylor and Peter Chapman from ‘A Bit of a Do’ (small quantity) £150-£200 85 Stewart (James) 
 
 Signed cheque to Joe Moshay Orchestras for $585.00, bank stamp, mounted with black and white photograph of the actor, overall size 28.5 x 41 cm., Los Angeles, May 21, 1979. 
 
 
 £80-£120 86 Signed Theatre Programmes.- 1970s onwards 
 
 Collection of vintage souvenir theatre programmes signed by stage actors, highlights including: Ian McKellen, Gemma Jones, Geraldine McEwan, Geraldine Somerville, Debbi Blythe, Michael Fleming, Brendan Coyle, Amanda Barrie, Bruce Montague, Sheila Burrell, Patrick Mower and many others, c. 1970s-1990s (large quantity)

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£200-£300 87 Signed Theatre Programmes.- 1970s onwards 
 
 Large collection of theatre souvenir programmes signed by stage actors, including: Danny La Rue, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen Charles Pierce, Isla Blair, Roger Davdson, Peter Vaughan, Anton Rodgers, Brigit Forsyth, Sheila Ballantine, Patrick Godfrey, Peter Rutherford, Simon Ward, Patricia Hodge and many others, v.s., c. 1970s-1990s (large quantity) £200-£300 88 Vintage Actors and Actresses.- 
 
 A group of photographs and album pages signed by prominent celebrities, comprising: Robert Taylor, Douglas Fairbanks, John Gielgud, Robert Montgomery, Danny Kaye, John Mills, Richard Harris, Julie Christie, Dennis Price, Deanna Durbin, Joe Brown, Marlene Dietrich and Howard Keel, some mounted, v.s . (13) £200-£300

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Property of the late Christopher Fry Lots 89- 97

90 89 Barrault (Jean-Louis) 
 
 Original pencil portrait of Christopher Fry by Jean Louis Barrault, with handwritten dedication reading ‘For my dearest Christopher Fry, with my admiration sincere and my affection...faithful, Jean Louis B. Feb. 58’, light soiling, framed and glazed, 16.5 x 21.5 cm . 
 
 
 £100-£150 90 Chesterton (G.K.) 
 
 The Ghosts of Beaconsfield, three charcoal sketches on black paper, each signed with Chesterton’s monogram (‘GKC’), framed and glazed, with three autograph annotations signed pasted onto back of frames and reading “1. Burke rebukes the journalist who dabbles in philosophy”, “2. Disraeli derides the journalist who interferes in politics” and “3. Waller contemns the journalist who drops into poetry”, age related wear, one frame loose, two 27 x 31cm, one 27 x 36cm (3) £800-£1,200 91 Costetti (Giovanni) 
 
 Eleonora Duse, pencil, brown and black ink on paper, dated 1908, mounted, 21 x 30.2 cm., 1908. 
 
 
 £200-£300 92 Heston (Charlton) 
 
 Autograph letter signed (‘Chuck’) to Christopher Fry, reading in part ‘It was so lovely to have you with us for ‘Love Letters’; To Be a Man, signed by Heston and dedicated to Christopher on title page, dustjacket, 8vo, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1997 (2)

93 93 Messel (Oliver)
 
 Costume design for the Countess in Christopher Fry’s 1954 play ‘The Dark is Light Enough’, charcoal, ink and watercolour on paper, pencil annotations to top right margin, unsigned, some creasing, uneven toning to lower margin due to framing, mounted, 62 x 51.5 cm., 1954 .

£150-£200

£300-£400

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95 94 Pinter (Harold) 
 
 Autograph letter signed (‘Harold’) to Christopher Fry, reading in full ‘Thanks so much for your two letters. I’m very pleased you were pleased with the show. I spoke to Des. She was delighted. I love this Mutton & Dowling! We look forward very much to seeing you both on the 27th. We’ll arrive about 4 o’clock’, two pages, folding marks, 8vo, 52 Campden Hill Square, London, 5 July [1983, year added by another hand]; seven First Editions by Pinter, comprising: The Caretaker, No Man’s Land, The Birthday Party, A Slight Ache, Betrayal, The Hothouse, The Collection and the Lover, original dustjacket, some wear and discolouration, Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1960-1980 (7)

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£250-£350 95 Royal Memorabilia.- 
 
 The Music with the Form and Order of The Service to be Performed at The Coronation of Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, limited edition, no. 85 of 150 copies, signed and inscribed ‘To Christopher Fry from Castleton Knight, June 2 1953’, full red faux leather and gilt binding with gilt spine title, all edges gilt, 4to, Novello and Company Limited, 1953; Lambeth Degree on vellum, conferred to Christopher Fry on 11 August 1990, with Royal seal affixed (2) £200-£300 96 Elizabeth II, Queen & Prince Philip 
 
 Black and white, full length photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, signed and dated 1958 on lower mount below the image, some fading to ink, in blue leather frame, glazed, overall size 33 x 25.5 cm. £400-£600 97 Margaret, Princess & Lord Snowden 
 
 Black and white, head and shoulders photograph of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden, signed and dated 1969 on lower mount below the image, light creasing and foxing to mount, framed and glazed, overall size 23 x 17.5 cm. £300-£400

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The Collection of Ms Norma Farnes Lots 98- 116

100 98 [Churchill (Winston)] 
 
 Typed television script for the coverage of ‘The State Funeral of The Right Honorable Sir Winston Leonrad Spencer-Churchill’ by Rediffusion Limited, 70 pages punched together, some creasing and handling wear, London, 30 January 1965; The Valiant Man: The State Funeral of Sir Winston S. Churchill, 37 pages, colour and black illustrations, 1965; 22ct gold coin Sir Winston Churchill ‘We shall never surrender’ (3.5g) (3) £250-£350 99 Crazy People.- 
 
 An extremely rare working radio script for Crazy People No 29, marked ‘Michael’ (Bentine) in blue ink on top of first page, also marked throughout with changes and various annotations, featuring several pencil cartoons to page versos (possibly in the hand of Micheal Bentine), one depicting Spike’s character “Mad” Dan Eccles in a spacesuit, wear and soiling overall, tears and losses to paper, fraying to final pages, transmission date Monday 23rd July 1951’. 
 
 *** Crazy People was the title of the first series of a British radio comedy programme created and written by Spike Milligan and originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 28 May to 20 September 1951. Subsequent the series had the title The Goon Show and went on to become one of the most successful radio programmes in British culture. No recordings of any episode of Crazy People are known to have survived. 
 
 
 £600-£800 100 The Goon Show.- Special Edition 1972 
 
 Rare poster advertising the special edition of the Goon Shown written by Spike Milligan for the 50th Anniversary of the British Broadcasting Corporation which took place at the Camden Theatre on April 30th, 1972, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 30.1 x 65 cm. 99 20

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102 101 The Goon 
 
 The Goon Show Scripts, third impression, inscribed ‘Dearest Norma, love | Peter (Sellers)’, ‘To the patient hard-working and lovely Norma, Love, Harry (Sea goon )’, ‘And here white faced at the bottom of the barrel’, Spike Milligan on half-title; More Goon Show Scripts, first edition, inscribed ‘Dear Norma, this is a signed facsimile of my signature, Peter Sellers’, ‘This is a duplicate of an original, Spike Milligan’ and ‘This is a genuine simulation of lovely, unoriginal Harry Secombe’ on preliminary blank, presentation copies inscribed by all three Goon s, morocco with silver lettering, spines and edges sunned, 4to, Woburn Press, 1972-73 (2) 
 
 ***Provenance: directly from Spike Milligan’s agent. 
 
 £600-£800

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102 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 [THE COMPLETE WAR BIOGRAPHIES] comprising: ‘Adolf Hitler – My Part in His Downfall’ (1971), dedication copy (‘To | Norma - | keep taking the tablets. | Love from | Spike’) on front free endpaper; ‘Rommel?’ ‘Gunner Who? (1974), inscribed (‘Love to Norma | from | Spike’) on verso of front free endpaper; ‘Monty – His Part in My Victory’ (1976), inscribed (‘To | Norma Farnes | who I have never | slept with. | From the smell | on the landing. | Spike’) on half-title; ‘Mussolini – His Part in my Downfall’ (1978), inscribed (‘To | The | Damager! | Love | Spike’) on title-page; ‘Where Have All the Bullets Gone?’ (1985), inscribed (‘To | Norma | Love | Spike X’) on halftitle; ‘Goodbye Soldier’ (1986), inscribed (‘To | Sunshine Girl! | Love Spike X’) on half-title, together with typed letter of presentation from the publisher noting publication date; ‘Peace Work’ (1991), inscribed (‘To | Norma | such a friend | Spike | August ’91’) on front free endpaper; all 8vo, 7 vol., first editions, presentation copies inscribed by the author, numerous illustrations, original boards, dust-jackets, some extremities slightly bumped, occasional creases to dust-jackets (7)

103 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 Original draft for Vol. III of Spike Milligan’s War Memoirs, Monty: His Part in My Victory, typed and handwritten text with annotations and sketches by Spike in various inks, pp. 85, mostly stapled but some loose, some creasing, handling wear, 1976.

£600-£800

£400-£600

£700-£900 104 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 14 autograph leaves, mostly signed (‘S. Milligan’), of draft verse compositions by Spike Milligan for the book ‘Floored Masterpieces and Worse Verse’ (1985), all based on famous paintings (e.g., ‘The Doge’, ‘Demoiselles d’Avignon’, ‘Laughing Cavalier’, ‘Girl with a Pearl’ or ‘The Rokeby Venus’), with occasional typos to titles and annotation ‘Ive [ sic ] got to get the correct Italian spelling for this’, thin paper, centre fold, folio, Coolangatta, Wyella or Brisbane (Australia), [before 1985].

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105 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 Sailboats, acrylic on board, signed and dated 1956, framed, 62 x 70.5 cm. £400-£600 106 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 Cornfield in my Head, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated on canvas 1969, 1.05 x 1.30 cm. £400-£600

107 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 Original hand-coloured proof by Spike Milligan for the humorous cover of his book ‘Milligan’s Ark’, signed by Milligan on lower margin, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 52 x 66 cm . Also included is a copy of the first edition of the book (2) £500-£700 108 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 Golliwog, ink on blotting paper, mounted, framed and glazed, annotated on the back ‘Spike did this in the office in 20 minutes- amazing. July 1970’, 45 x 33 cm. £200-£300

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112 111 [Milligan (Spike)] 
 
 Gold audio tape ‘awarded to Spike Milligan in recognition of sales in the United Kingdom of over 100,000 copies of the BBC Radio Collection audio cassette The Goon Show Volume One, 10 September 1998’, 29.5 x 38 cm. £180-£220 112 Menuhin (Yehudi) 
 
 Original black ink drawing of a fiddle, with poem reading ‘I am the fiddle-beetle/ I hum by night or day/ by nature centripetal/ I wing my own sweet way’, signed by Yehudi Menuhin, mounted, framed and glazed, 38 x 32 cm. £200-£300

110 109 [Milligan (Spike)] 
 
 Original proof for the cover of the album ‘No One’s Gonna Change Our World’, a charity album released in December 1969 for the benefit of the World Wildlife Fund, pencil, white, brown and green ink, framed and glazed, 60 x 60 cm.,1969; together with a 12” vinyl copy of the album (2) £200-£300 110 Milligan (Spike) 
 
 ‘Ode to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on the occasion of his wedding’, colour lithograph, framed and glazed, 59 x 36 cm .

113 Franklin (Stanley) 
 
 We hear they weren’t amused!, ink cartoon published on the Sun, 1st February 1982, signed and inscribed ‘to Spike with best wishesStanley Franklin’ on top margin, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 38.5 x 43 cm. £150-£200 114 Musgrave-Wood (John) 
 
 Maybe it’s Spike Milligan come to cheer us up!, black ink cartoon, pencil annotations, framed and glazed, 40 x 55.5 cm. £100-£150 115 Stan McMurtry (Mac) 
 
 I know you’ve invited the Goons son, but don’t you think a nice suit will go better with Diana’s Emanuel dress, pen, ink and watercolour, mounted, framed and glazed, 49 x 56 cm.

*** On 23 July 1981, the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer were presented with a poem about the forthcoming Royal Wedding, delivered to Buckingham Palace on a 3ft 9in parchment scroll, written under the pen name MacGoonical (humorously referring to the style of William McGonagall). The lot is the colour print of the original scroll. Extremely scarce.

£150-£200

£300-£400

£100-£150

116 New Broom Press.- Spike Milligan 
 
 Chill Air, drawings by Rigby Graham, two copies, one on blu paper, 1981, My Mother, drawings by Robert Tilling, 1991 (3)

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119 Bookplates.Bookplates of Anita Loos and T.S. Eliot, mounted, framed and glazed, each 21. 6 x 19 cm approx . (2) £100-£150 120 British Scholars.- Dante Warren (George John, Lord Baron Vernon), s igned letter (‘Vernon’), in Italian, black-brown ink, concerning stay in Naples of Prof. Vincenzo Nannucci, head of the Riccardiana Library in Florence, to help Warren with his edition of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ and that he is seeking an extension for his permit to stay in the Kingdom of Naples due to a delay on his arrival, slight browning, minimal foxing, small scattered ink burns, Napoli, 21 October 1853; Yule (Henry), letter signed to prof. Tacchini, in Italian, apologising for the delay in replying, 8vo; Hutton (Henry Dix ), signed letter (‘Henry Dix Hutton’), in French, black-brown ink, unspecified addressee, concerning the organization of celebrations of the 600th anniversary of the birth of the Great Poet [Dante?], some browning, folds, 8v o, 10 Mountjoy St, Dublin, 14 May 1863; and two others (5) £200-£300 121 Catherwood (Mary Hartwell) Autograph letter, signed ‘Mary H. Catherwood’, reads in part ‘… but I positively cannot stay long away from our six year old boy. Mr Hayton and his wife had a dinner arranged for Monday evening, When I should meet Dr. Holmes, and Mr Delavel and – everybody; but I could not stay…’, 3 pages, mailing folds, slight offsetting, 12.5 x 20 cm., January 28, 1891. £150-£200 122 Eliot (T.S.) The Waste Land, A Facsimile and Transcript of the Original Drafts Including the Annotations of Eztra Pound, edited by Valerie Eliot, black and white facsimile plates, with Valerie Eliot’s handwritten corrections on page xxx and 119, dust-jacket, original blue cloth, 4to, Faber, 1971.

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117 Ainsworth (William Harrison) & William Francis Autograph letter signed (‘W. Harrison Ainsworth’) to a recipient called Harvey, reading in part ‘I am very glad to hear you are in town, but very sorry at the same time, to hear of your wife’s indisposition. On Sunday I go to Brighton for two or three days but will sure dine here quietly on Saturday at 6 o’clock to meet with W. F. Ainsworth’, two pages, integral blank, a few smudges to ink, folding marks, 8vo, Kensal Manor House, 4 January, n.y.; autograph letter signed (‘W. Francis Ainsworth’) to the same recipient, saying that his cousin has gone to Paris for a few days and he ‘appears to have been highly delighted with La propriété, c’est le vol and with La Foire aux Idées’, one page, integral blank, pencil annotation, 8vo, Thames Villa, Hammersmith, n.y. (2) £80-£120 118 Blasco-Ibanez (Vicente) The Mad Virgins and Other Stories, First English Edition, signed and inscribed by the author in French to Lady de Bathe (Lily Langtry) on flyleaf, heavy foxing throughout, blue cloth, discolouration, handling wear to spine and edges, newspaper clippings on Langtry pasted onto front free endpaper, 8vo, Thornton Butterworth Ltd, 1926. £150-£200 24

***Provenance: the copy was obtained by the vendor’s partner who was engaged with Harvey Hall to read extracts from ‘The Waste Land’ in a broadcast talk featuring Valerie Eliot. According to the letter of provenance included in the lot, ‘Mrs Eliot arrived with one copy of her talk and several copies of the book. The script was photocopied and we read from the books. Afterwards she gave us our copies, which she autographed and corrected in her own hand two or three misprints’ (November 1971). £300-£400 123 Eliot (T.S.) Ink signature (‘T.S. Eliot’) on off-white paper, mounted with printed caricature of the author, framed and glazed, overall size 26.5 x 16.3 cm . £150-£200 124 Frohschammer (Jacob) Autograph manuscript in German, with marginal annotations and corrections in the same hand, some soiling and creasing, splitting along entire upper section of one of the pages, pencil annotation, 4to, July 1875. £200-£300 125 Garrow (Theodosia) Autograph poem signed (‘ Theodosia Garrow’), entitled ‘Paolina. Song from an Unpublished Tragedy’ and addressed to Italian scientist Filippo Parlatore, two pages, integral blank, light yellowing, 8vo, Florence, 12 May 1846. £150-£200 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


126 126 Gide (André) Autograph letter (‘André Gide’), in French, to the theatre critic Richard Heyd in Switzerland, concerning a meeting at the Hotel d’Angleterre in Nice and his satire ‘Les caves du Vatican’, with original mailing envelope, minimal yellowing, centre and horizontal folds, very thin paper, 10 August 1950. 130

£200-£300 127 Hare (Julius C.) Autograph letter signed (‘J.C. Hare’) to Richard Monckton Milnes, saying he would be happy to meet the recipient in the course of the winter, ‘more especially as, after I get back to England, I mean to strike root at my parsonage and [...] seldom to leave it; so that I fear I shall lose sight of all such of my friends’, Rome, n. y [1832]. £100-£150 128 Heyse (Paul) Signed letter (‘Paul Heyse’), in German, unspecified addressee, slight browning, centre fold, 8vo, Munich, 22 November 1892. £100-£150 129 Howe (Julia Ward) Autograph letter to E.B. Chall, signed ‘Julia Ward Hall’, reads in part‘… I regret that it will not be in my power to meet with Trinity Club on Oct. 19 th . That date should find me in Grand Rapids…’, 2 pages, mailing folds, slight staining and age related toning, 20 x 12.5 cm., Oak Glen, Rhode Island, September 15 th 1891.

130 Hugo (Victor) Letter signed (‘V or Hugo’), in French, sent from Paris to Monsieur Louis de (?), concerning a social gathering, postal stamp of Arpajon, two leaves, on thin paper, slight ink offsetting, little soiling and tears along folds to recto of second leaf, small marginal repair, 8vo, includes early 20 th -century post card with portrait and biography of Hugo, circa 25 October 1837 . £800-£1,200 131 Love Letters.Two booklets with transcriptions of letters exchanged from May 1758 to August 1762 between a gentleman and a lady whose identity remains anonymous, with a few pencil annotations, handling wear to wrappers, 8vo, [late 18th century-early 19th century] (2) £100-£150

***Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910) was an American poet and author, best known for writing ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and was a social activist, particularly for women’s suffrage. £150-£200 25


132 132 Mortimer (John) A very large collection of autograph TV and radio programmes, book reviews, plays, translations and other material related to English barrister, screenwriter and author John Mortimer. Highlights including: several literary portraits of prominent figures such as Prince Charles, Bill Wyman, Margaret Thatcher, Laurel Bacall, Alec Guinness, Edward Heath, Boy George and Woody Allen, six autograph programmes for episodes of the TV show ‘Under the Hammer’, first edition of his early novels ‘Running Park’, ‘Answer Ye or No’ and ‘Like Men Betrayed’, early Penguin paperback editions of the Rumpole books, television scripts for various episodes of ‘Rumpole of the Bailey’ (‘Rumpole and the Angel of Death’, ‘Rumpole and the Eternal Trio’, ‘Rumpole and the Miscarriage of Justice’, etc), a translation of Mozart’s opera ‘Zaida’, also comprising a 300-page manuscript for Mortimer’s autobiography ‘Murders and Other Friends’, a copy of ‘Three Plays’ signed and inscribed ‘Peggy, with love and gratitude John 22/X/58’, also featuring a few copies of Mortimer’s original annotated papers, late 1950s-1994 (large quantity) ***Provenance: from the collection of James H. Heineman. £800-£1,200 133 Müller (Max) Signed letter (‘Max Müller’), four leaves, in German, unspecified addressee (probably colleague), concerning etymology of Greek word ‘ΓΑΛΑ’ (milk), with mention of linguist Franz Bopp and quotations in Sanskrit, dry stamped ‘64 High Street, Oxford’, minimal spotting, folds, n.d. [mid- to late 19th century], with another dated 1849, 8vo (2) £100-£150

134 134 O’Casey (Sean) Autograph letter signed (‘Sean O’Casey’) to Alan Lawrence, reading ‘I’ve just read your letter. Your comments on the production of Red Roses can’t be answered, for I wasn’t there. We all have eyes, we use them the same way, but each mind sees differently. If I had seen it, my seeing mind might have differed from S.O.S’s and from yours. That is one of the cursed difficulties of the stage. As for Purple Dust, I’ll leave that play where it is for some time - till the odd fate of Red Roses fades into and is lost among things forgotten. I couldn’t answer your letter sooner because of illness - when it came, I was in hospital indifferent to all things; I’ve just come home after two big operations; am under orders to stay quiet, and forget about answering letters. But your kind one, and your sensible comments on the production of R.R’s, makes me, at least, acknowledge your kind interest in my work; so pardon its brevity’, one page, folding marks, some splitting, tear to left margin, some discolouration, 4to, Torquay, Devon, 8 April 1956; together with pencil draft of the original letter written to O’Casey by Mr Lawrence and a letter to Mr Lawrence from David Krause, editor of ‘The Letters of Sean O’Casey’ (3) ***Provenance: directly from the family of Mr Lawrence. £400-£600 135 Orczy, (Baroness Emmuska) Ink signature (‘Emmuska Orczy’) on typewrite paper, also dated ‘Snowfield, Christmas 1914’ in her hand, light creasing, lower right corner bent, 25.4 x 20.3 cm., with an accompanying letter from Alice Pincham, secretary to the Baroness, reading in part ‘The Baroness Orzcy desires me to send you her signature on the typewrite paper as requested, and at the same time to tell you she will be pleased to sign the original typescript if you send her the last sheet’, one page, 13 February 1915 (2) £80-£120

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138 136 Pott (August Friedrich) Handwritten notes (16 pp.), in German, little Latin, black-brown ink, concerning Romanisch language in Switzerland, its lexicon and history, and printed blank table, in French, to be filled for personal study with verbal forms and conjugations, first: dust-soiled, edges frayed, some thumbing, second: slight browning, minimal spotting, centre fold, edges frayed, [post-1852] and n.d., v.s. (2) ***A.H. Pott (1802-87) was a linguist and a pioneer of the etymological method based on phonetic similarity in the study of Indo-European languages. £150-£200 137 Schiller (Friedrich) Ink signature on card, affixed onto larger album page, browning, 13 x 20.2 cm. £300-£400 138 Sienkiewicz (Henryk) Vintage albumen print, head and shoulders photograph of the Polish author, signed and inscribed in Polish ‘Even for the glory of the Deity people have devised nothing better than song. To Ignacy Dygas - Henryk Sienkiewicz’, s ome fading, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 34 x 28 cm.; together with a portrait of Aleksander Fredro mounted with printed inscription reading ‘Yet never, never - posterity will bear me out - did the poison of mockery, envy or calumny touch my inspiration’s strings! Alexander Fredro’, framed and glazed (2) £700-£1,000

139 Solms-Rattazzi (Maria Letizia Studolmina de, née Bonaparte Wyse) Four signed letters, in French, black-brown ink, 1) signed ‘Marie SmRattazzi’, unspecified addressee, with mention of Prince Alfred and Comte de Circourt, little dust-soiling, Paris, 9 December 1862; 2) signed ‘Marie Rattazzi’, unspecified addressee, concerning meeting, slight yellowing, black border, [1848?]; 3) signed ‘Maria Letizia’, to [Pasquale Stanislao?] Mancini, concerning document to duplicate, slight yellowing, small ink burn to upper margin, [mid-19th century]; 4) signed ‘Maria Letizia Rattazzi’, unspecified addressee, substantial tear along centre fold (halves partly detached), black border, Paris, 16 Apr [mid19th century]; three have letterhead with her monogram (two surmounted by crown), includes her portrait cut and pasted onto card from newspaper, v.s. (4) £100-£150 140 Steinbüchel (Theodor) Signed letter (‘Steinbüchel’), in Italian, black-brown ink, unspecified addressee, discussing his stay in Italy to relieve his ailments (gout and eye condition), slight browning, traces of folds, Cologne, 4 November 1839. £80-£120 141 Waugh (Auberon) Pen and ink sketch by William Rushton, signed with initial, lower right, text below with signature of Auberon Waugh, mounted, framed and glazed, 30 x 19.5 cm., 1992. £100-£150

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142 142 Autograph Album.- Incl. Feodor Chaliapin Autograph album formerly belonging to Polish soprano Helena Ruszkowska, featuring signatures by European opera singers, composers and conductors of the early 20th century, including: Feordor Chaliapin (with original self-caricature in black ink and Italian inscription reading ‘Ricordo degli spettacoli alla Scala, Milano, 18 April 1908’), Zygmunt Noskowski (with clipped autograph music quotation pasted above signature), Alberto Franchetti, Manfredi Polverosi, Flora Perini, Rinaldo Grassi, Giuseppe De Luca, Andrés de Segurola, Charles Rousseliere, Frances Alda, Félia Litvinne, Antonio Paoli, Leopoldo Mugnone (with autograph music quotation from’Vita Brettone’), some autographs accompanied by black and white photographs of the singers, leather bound with tooled Art Nouveau decoration on front cover, minor handling wear, oblong 8vo, Warsaw, Milan, Buenos Aires and Montevideo, 1906-1909. £250-£350 143 Autograph Collections.- Musicians A collection of cards and clipped signatures by musicians and composers including: Aaron Copland, Fritz Kleiser, Jan Koetsier, Vitezslav Novak, Jiri Pauer, Vagn Holmboe, Harald Saeverud, Dag Wiren, Berthold Goldschmidt, Zoltan Kodaly, Reginald de Koven, Ernst Kanitz, Harold Darke, Henry Bishop, Ioan Chirescu, Benjamin Godard, Georges Pfeiffer and Alexandre Guilmant £400-£600 144 Berlin (Irving) Ink signature on a Mutual Radio Playhouse admission ticket, 3 December 1939, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size, 21 x 16 cm. £100-£150 145 Chaliaplin (Feodor) Vintage, sepia toned, head and shoulders photograph of Feodor Chaliapin, signed and inscribed to Stanisław Truszczyński and dated Warsaw, 1936, some creasing to lower right corner, some age-related toning, framed and glazed, overall size 27.5 x 22.5 cm . ***The dedicatee on the Chaliapin photograph may have been the Stanisław Truszczyński who became director of the Warmia and Mazury Philharmonic Orchestra in Olsztyn from 1950 to 1954. £180-£220 28

146 English, French and Italian Composers.A collection of letters from famous English, French and Italian composers and musicians including: George Linley (‘Since you have applied to me regarding the author’s rights in Mr Benedict’s opera, I have consulted two or three dramatic authors, and am advised not to part with them at any price, […] but as I am left to my own discretion and judgement, I will, notwithstanding, take seventy five Pounds for the author’s rights…’); George Smart (to C. E. Michele Esq, reads in part ‘Hearing that the place of Musical Reporter to the “Morning Post” is vacant, I take the liberty of recommending Mr. P. Arnull to your notice for this appointment, I believe that I have already mentioned him to you; from his been formally in the Musical Profession and subsequently for some years employed in literary pursuits, I imagine that he is well qualified for the office.’), George Alexander MacFarren (to Morris Barnett Esq reads in part ‘…In pursuance of their resolution I appoint you to receive the sum & shall be obliged by your calling upon Mr William Chappell the treasurer for payment at the time.’), Henry Bishop (letter to song writer Charles Mackay, reads in part ‘…If you can make either of them of any use they are heartily at your service. I should think that the list of Vocalists might at least be interesting to the public. The fact was, that though it may have been supposed the Duke would only have given his name, as Director, or Patron, of the Ancient Concerts, I never knew any Director of that institution, or of any musical affair with which I have been connected, who gave more thorough business-like attention to the whole matter…’), Charles Villiers Stanford (‘I have the greatest pleasure in most cordially expressing the hope that Mr W. S. Rochester be selected for the post of Gresham Professor. As the greatest master of 16th century we possess he would be singularly fitted for the position of Sir Thomas Gresham’s Professorship’), Charles Hubert Parry (‘I hope you are not thoroughly disgusted with me; I feel as if I rather deserved it. It was so very kind of you to write as you did & to send me the Dublin paper – & I am most thoroughly appreciated it…’), Felicien David, Francois Bazin, Benjamin Godard, Charles Lecocq, Alexandre Guilmant, Victor Masse, Charles Lenepveu, Augusta Holmes, Eugene Prevost (‘If it is possible to favour us with three seats or one of the small boxes for the Les Vieux Garçons tomorrow, you would do us the greatest pleasure’), Louis Diemer, Alfred Quidant, Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, Albert Cahen, Jules Duprato, Emile Prudent, Paul Puget, Victorin Jonieres, Alexis de Castillon, Georges Fragerolle, Ernest Guiraud, Eugene Dejazet, Theodore De Lajarte, Jean- Baptiste Weckerlin, Edmund Audran, Charles Wilifrid de Beriot, Claude Terrasse, Antoine *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


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Marmontel, Paul Veronge de la Nux, Alfred Bruneau (‘Mille fois merci, mon cher ami. Votre chronique est infiniment remarquable et beaucoup trop amiable pour moi. Je vous serre tres cordialement la main et vous envoie l’epressions de mes meilleurs souvenirs’), Camille Erlanger (‘… Je vous envie de pouvoir respire l’air de la campagne. Je ne sais pas si j’aurai seulement le temps de faire une simple escapade de 8 jours tant cette sacrée partition (elle l’est doublement) m’accapare…’), Louis Adrien Victor Boieldieu (‘… Happy I shall be, Madam, if this meeting is to be, perhaps, the beginning of a partnership of which I can only be flattered from all points of view, and if these gentlemen could come tomorrow, Thursday, around 5.30 pm, I shall have the pleasure of awaiting their kind visit…’), Ferdinando Paer (letter in French, saying ‘When I accepted your kind invitation for today, I had forgotten about the first performance of the Marriage of Figaro will be this evening at our Italian theatre and I have to be there to help. Nevertheless, not wishing to miss my duties and at the same time wanting to enjoy your evening, I will send my good Alphonsine, who has promised to eat my portion, and I’ll join you after the first act’), Michele Carafa, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Umberto Giordano (letter to pianist and composer Felice Boghen, confirming he has received ‘your very beautiful Improvviso’ and thanking him for the dedication), Luigi Arditi, Attilio Parelli, Alberto Franchetti, Gino Marinuzzi, Felice Lattuada, Adriano Ariani, Gian Francesco Malipiero (letter to an unknown scholar, regarding an article on Claudio Monteverdi in Venice that should appear on the journal ‘La Rassegna Musicale’), Edoardo Mascheroni, Leopoldo Mugnone, Arrigo Pedrollo, Lorenzo Perosi, Pietro Montani, Franco Alfano (letter to a correspondent called Vitale, saying he is displeased he cannot have Mafalda Favero to sing in his opera ‘l’Ultimo Lord’ and he wishes the company to come to San Remo ready to start the rehearsals), Vittorio Gui, Giovanni Sgambati, Nino Rota, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco, Achille Simonetti, Pietro Musone, Gaetano Luporini, Pietro Torrigiani, Michael Costa (letter tin English to organist and composer Henry Smart, reading ‘In reply to your letter just received I hasten to say that the rehearsal tomorrow begins at 12 o’clock punctually and your Cantata being the first to be rehearsed, I beg you to be there by the time appointed’), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (postcard to Alessandro Vardanega, saying that the Radio of Munich will probably broadcast his quartet towards the end of the month and asking the recipient to check the radio programmes), and many others, v.s ., c. 1860s-1910s ( large quantity) £3,000-£5,000

147 Futurism.Pratella Francesco Balilla, Manifeste des Musiciens futuristes, 4 pages, yellowing, folio, Milan, Bureaux de «Poesia» [Poligrafia Italiana], 1911 (11 May); Manifesto dei Musicisti Futuristi, 4 pages, folio, Milan, Direzione del Movimento Futurista (stampa A. Taveggia S. Margherita - Milano), n.d. [1912]; togheter with Les Bruiteurs Futuristes Italiens de Luigi Russolo - Gl’Intonarumori Futuristi di Luigi Russolo, 2 pages, yellowing, Milano, Direzione del Movimento Futurista [July 1921]. (3) £200-£300 148 German (Edward) Vintage, sepia toned, three quarter length photograph of the English composer, signed and dated ‘Edward German, May 3rd 1902’ on mount below the image, age toning and browning, pencil annotations on rear, 24.2 x 20 cm. ; autograph notes and letters signed (‘German’), one reading in part ‘I agree that some of the music of today is dismal. Still it wouldn’t do to have all music bright and gay: just an occasional splash of grey is good for us all’, another saying ‘The specialist tells me there is a faint hope that I may ultimately regain just a little of the lost sight in my right eye […] However, my left eye is fairly good- so after all I have much to be grateful for’ and another one reading ‘I am sure “Merrie England” will be very successful. I have written Mr Duggan expressing my regret at not being present’, scattered foxing, small 8vo, 5 Biddulph Road, Elgin Avenue, 1926-34 (small quantity) £250-£350 149 German (Edward) Autograph music score for ‘Hymn (Homage to Belgium, 1914)’, signed by the composer (‘Edward German’) at close, mounted onto a larger sheet of paper, a few pencil annotations by another hand, light creasing, 26.8 x 36.5 cm., 1915; and a small group of other annotated music scores (small quantity) ***In 1915, German contributed a hymn-tune, Homage to Belgium, 1914, to King Albert’s Book, a volume compiled as part of a huge fund- raising effort to provide relief for Belgian refugees. The melody caught the public imagination and it was soon given words, in which form it became known as ‘Father Omnipotent’. £100-£150 29


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150 150 Glazunov (Alexander) Autograph letter signed (‘A. Glazunvov’), in Russian, saying ‘I verify with this letter that the student of the St Petersburg Conservatory, Miron Isaakovich Jacobson, is an outstanding piano virtuoso and an excellent musician. For many years he has been working as a tutor with a private opera company, where everybody was very happy with him. On my part, I am very happy to recommend M. Jacobson as one of the best accompanists who have come from our Conservatory’, one page, integral blank, some soiling, pencil annotation, stamped ‘26 Mar 1910’, 8vo, 14 Jan 1910. £400-£600 151 Gounod (Charles) Autograph letter signed (‘Ch. Gounod’), to an unknown correspondent, reading ‘I accept most willingly the honour (of which I am very proud) of being a member of the Steering Committee of the Congress for Artistic Copyright. But not being able to return today for the meeting, I hasten to inform you of the following. I would perform everything depending on my being able to reconcile as much as possible these new tasks with jobs already numerous’, two pages, folding marks, slight soiling, 8vo, St Cloud, 1 Jul 1878. £200-£300 152 Grand Prix de Rome Partially printed order of payment issued by the Ministere de l’Interieur and addressed to Louis Desiree Besozzi, who is to receive the sum of 600 francs for his stay in Rome at the Academie de France for winning the Grand Prix de Rome in the music category in 1837, signed by Besozzi, one page, scattered foxing, a few surface marks, 4to, Paris, 27 Nov 1837. £100-£150 153 Grieg (Edvard) Head and shoulders cabinet card by Rudolf Krziwanek of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, signed and inscribed to ‘Fraulein J. Reuter’ on verso, albumen print, original photographer’s mount, age toning, tiny pencil 16.5 x 10.7 cm., 15 March 1897. £300-£400 30

157 154 Jackson (Michael) ‘Bad’ 24KT Gold Disc, Limited Edition, n.206/1500, mounted together with lyric booklet of the CD, signed by Michael Jackson in blue ink, framed and glazed, overall size 47 x 60 cm., w ith PSA/DNA COA. £200-£300 155 Jagger (Mick) & Keith Richards Ink signatures of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on verso of front free endpaper of ‘The Observer’s Book of Painting and Graphic Art’, staining to boards, handling wear, 8vo, 1966. ***Provenance: Autographs were obtained by the vendor in 1966 outside Mapesbury Road, NW2, where Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were living. £200-£300 156 May (Brian) Colour promotional photograph of Brian May on the roof at Buckingham Palace at the Queen’s Jubilee Concert, signed in black marker, 8 x 10”. £80-£120 157 McCartney (Paul) Envelope signed and inscribed ‘To Nigel, cheers buddy! Paul McCartney’ with the usual doodle, some creasing, 15.6 x 21.5 cm. ; together with music score for ‘Little Child’, some creasing (2) ***Provenance: signature was obtained in person by the vendor. £300-£400 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


162 Orbison (Roy) Album page signed and inscribed ‘To Paul’ in blue ink by Roy Orbison, signature by Del Shannon on verso, 8.6 x 12.4 cm. ; together with album page signed by Roger Daltrey (2) £150-£200 163 Rachmaninoff (Sergei) Page removed from the programme of a Rachmaninoff concert held at the Royal Albert Hall, signed by Rachmaninoff below a black and white photograph, light toning to edges, c. 1937-38. £200-£300

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164 [Rajah Sourindra Mohun Tagore] A short biographical sketch of Rajah Sourindra Mohun Tagore..., manuscript compiled by his secretary, eleven pages, some browning, 4to, c. 1875

158 Music Collection.- Female Singers A collection of autographs and signed photographs by prominent international female singers, including: Annie Lennox, Rhianna, Janet Pavek, Clare Teal, Shirley Bassey, Jessie J., Vera Lynn, Elaine Page, Adele, some mounted, one framed and glazed, v.s.(9)

***Raja Sourindra Mohun Tagore or Sourindro Mohun Tagore CIE (1840, Pathuriaghata - 5 June 1914, Calcutta) was a Bengali musicologist who founded the Bengal Music School and Bengal Academy of Music. A staunch supporter of the British Empire and its agencies in India, he was commissioned to set Indian translations of God Save the Queen to Indian tunes.

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159 Ono (Yoko) Grapefruit, signed and dated ‘Yoko Ono, 2002’ on titlepage, original pictorial wraps, some handling wear, Sphere Books, 1971; Lennon (Cynthia) A Twist of Lennon, signed in blue ink on one of the internal black and white photographs, some wear and creasing to wrappers, W.H. Allen, 1978 (2)

165 Respighi (Ottorino) Autograph letter signed (‘Ottorino Respighi’), in Italian, saying “Allow me once again to express my deep gratitude for what you have done for my Campana Sommersa. What for me was an almost unimaginable dream has come into the most perfect shape through the performance of that wonderful group of artists whom you brought together for my opera. They are a much-admired part of the perfect organisation of your theatre and am proud to see how an Italian is able to uphold our art abroad with such great honour”, three pages, folding marks, some yellowing, 4to, Book-Cadillac Hotel, Washington, 3-XII-928.

£200-£300 160 Ono (Yoko) Typed letter signed (‘Yoko Lennon’) to Mario Cesariny in Portugal, saying ‘Your gracious gift to the Garden of Peace is and will be appreciated by the People of the World for many generations to come’, one page, mid-horizontal fold, 4to, Studio One, New York, 23 Mar 1983.

***La Campana Sommersa is one of Respighi’s operatic masterpieces. It premiered at the Metropolitan in New York on November 25th, 1928

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161 Opera Interest.Black and white photograph by Aimè Dupont of Henry Holbrook Curtis, vocal therapist at the Metropolitan Opera and inventor of the tonograph, signed and inscribed ‘To my dear friend Édouard de Reszke, whose noble and genuine nature has endeared him to all Americans and especially me, Mar 1899’, mounted, some foxing throughout, 29.7 x 24.6 cm.; black and white, three-quarter length portrait by Elmer Chickering of Marie Engle, signed and inscribed ‘To Jean de Reszke from his sincere friend and admirer Marie Engle, London 1897’, with original photographer’s mount, overall yellowing and foxing, 32.5 x 22.7 cm ; detailed costume design by E. Castel-Bert for a Wagnerian production, signed by the designer and dedicated to ‘E. de Rezke’, with various pencil annotations, stamp, foxing throughout, 30.5 x 21.5 cm. ; also included is a black and white, head and shoulders portrait of Gustaw Broel-Plater, signed and inscribed in French to Helena Ruszkowska and dated 1910, upper left corner of mount bent, 24.5 x 15.6 cm (4)

166 Signed LPs.Three signed LPs, comprising: ‘Caught in the Act’, signed by Steve Gibbons on verso of cover, some handling wear and surface scratching; ‘Shades of Vincent’ signed by Johnny Carroll, some wear and creasing to cover corners; ‘Forever Young’ signed and inscribed by George Hamilton IV, wear to margins ; alo included is an EP of ‘I Am Kloot’ signed by Peter Jobson (4)

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£100-£150 167 Signed Music Scores.- Sigmund Feuermann Group of vintage printed music scores signed multiple times in ink and in pencil by Sigmund Feuermann, including: Glasunov (A). Konzert fur Violine mit Orchester, Leipzig, 1905; De Sarasate (Pablo) Tota de Pamplona, Leipzig, 1904 and others, duplicates, original wrappers, fraying, foxing, tape restorations to margins, large 4to (5)

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170 172 The Hollies Ink signatures of Bobby Elliott, Tony Hicks and Graham Nash on two album pages, light spotting, mounted together with a colour photograph of the band, 37 x 40 cm . 174

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168 Sorabji (Kaikhosru Shapurji) Autograph letter signed (‘Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’), mentioning some of his compositions ‘the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Symphonies for Piano Solo, the 2nd and 3rd Organ Symphonies, the Sequentia Cyclica on Dies Irae’, two pages, 4to, The Eye, Corfe Castle, Dorset, 15 Jun 1961.

173 The Kinks Black and white, full-length picture of the Kinks, signed by Ray Davies, David Davies, John Dalton, John Gosling and Mick Avory in black ink across centre and upper, lower and right-hand margin, minimal marginal yellowing, 20 x 25.5 cm.

***Sorabji was an enormously prolific English composer, who completed over 100 works between 1915 and 1984, many for piano solo, some of enormous dimensions. Some were published between 1919 and 1931, but much of his music remains for the time being in manuscript only.

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£300-£400 169 Suffragette Anthem.- Ethel Smyth Proof music score for the anthem of the suffragette movement ‘The March of the Women’, with affixed tracing paper featuring handwritten correction by Ethel Smyth, also signed by Smyth with her initials, light yellowing and age-related toning, 13.1 x 24 cm, [1910]. £250-£350 170 The Beatles.- Album page signed ‘Paul McCartney’, ‘Ringo Starr’ and ‘John Lennon’ (this last made by Ringo Starr), verso signed ‘Toni Nye 16/6/59 NC Harding’, traces of glue to corners, 1959; Beatles publicity card, signed ‘Thanks a lot for Scarf George Harrison’ to verso, fold, c. 1963; B.O.A.C. Economy Boarding Pass, signed ‘George Harrison’, little browning, n.d.; with 9 magazines featuring articles on The Beatles (c. 1963), 24 ‘Beatles Monthly Book’ copies 1963-65, 1 scrapbook, 10 envelopes from Beatles Fan Club (some with newsletter, c. 1963), 1 extra-large poster and 4 pictures (small quantity) £1,200-£1,800 171 The Beatles & The Rolling Stones.4 Beatles Fan Club Christmas Album EPs 1966-69 (3 with pictorial sleeve), 3 posters, 62 copies of ‘Beatles Monthly Book’ (1963-85), 12 copies of ‘The Rolling Stones Book’ (1964-65), 4 brooches and one keychain, 2 renewals of subscription to the Beatles fan club, printed letter welcoming the vendor to the club, 2 newsletters and other papers and ephemera ( quantity) £250-£350 32

£200-£300 174 The Who Black and white, 3/4 picture of the Who, signed by Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle in black ink across centre, slight marginal yellowing, framed and glazed, 19 x 24 cm. *** Provenance: signatures obtained in person by the vendor. £400-£600 175 Trapp (Maria, von) Typed letter signed (‘Maria Trapp’) to Miss Caisley, saying “I have no plans to visit England in the near future. Thank you for your kind words with reference to my book”, one page, 8vo, Trapp Family Lodge, Vermont, 20 August 1966, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 31.6 x 26cm . £100-£150 176 Vaughan Williams (Ralph) Autograph letter signed (‘R. Vaughan Williams’), apologising for the delay in replying to the correspondent and discussing future engagements, one page, folding marks, 4to, The White Gates, Dorking, 24 June n.y. £200-£300 177 Wyman (Bill) & Charlie Watts Green ink signature (‘Love Bill Wyman’) on pink album page; colour photograph signed by Charlie Watts, both mounted, 255 x 360 mm. and 40.5 x 28 cm. £100-£150 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


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181 19th-Century Family Record Book Family album, bookplate of Lionel Smithett Lewis dated 16 November 1886, including early family documents (bill of payment dated 1797, testament of 1792, marriage certificates of late 17th century and 1789, early 19th century insurance doacuments, printed “General Statement of the Income and Expenditure of the Turnpike Road from the Town and Port of Sandwich” dated April 1838, payments of Government loans), newspaper clippings of marriage, examination results and obituaries of family members, pictures of tombs, churches, family gatherings and soldiers, late 19th-century funeral and wedding cards, 18th-century family autographs, steel engraving of Exeter Cathedral, manuscript family genealogy from the 17th century, in album with publisher’s pictorial cover, most pages damaged, detached and brittle, browning and foxing, edges chewed, damage to joints and spine, covers rubbed, folio, [c. 1886]. ***Lionel Smithett Lewis (1867-1953) graduated from Queen’s College, Cambridge, and was later appointed Vicar of Glastonbury. He was a very active member of the Church Anti-Vivisection League and authored a book on the Holy Grail. £200-£300 182 Armstrong (Neil) Colour official Nasa photograph of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins in their spacesuits, signed and inscribed “To Klaus, Neil Armstrong” in blue ink, 8 x 10”.

182 178 17th-century Italian documents.Manuscript documents and a printed pamphlet in four leaves, in Latin and Italian, listing aristocratic and civic privileges from the years 1316- 1618 concerning the Visconti, Gallarato and de Gattinara families (e.g., appointment to Knight or Senator, donations), most copied from originals and authenticated by notary Giovanni Battista Tadino, traces of wax seals, slight browning, some thumbing and marginal dust-soiling, few water stains to verso of last leaf, stitched, folio, [first half of the 17th century] (small quantity) £500-£700 179 18th -century German Passport.Manuscript document on vellum, black-brown ink, in Latin, issued by the Prefects, Consuls and Senators of Augsburg, declaring that the citizen Ernst Heinrich Winckler is not ill with the plague and is allowed to travel to transport a cargo of wool to Ulrich Kögel in Bozen, original seal covered by paper slip, inscriptions to verso, some thumbing, ink (?) burn to lower left-hand corner, folds, verso a bit soiled, 14 x 21 cm, Augsburg, 27 January 1721.

£700-£1,000 183 Asquith (Herbert Henry) Autograph letter, signed by Asquith (‘H.H. Asquith’), reads in part ‘I shall be delighted to this with you on Thursday, March 2 nd’, 1 page, mailing fold, ink slightly faded, London, 20 Feb 1905; autograph card, signed ‘H. H. Asquith’, reads ‘Very many thanks, but unfortunately I shall be away in the Coast of England from Tuesday to Friday of next week’, 2 pages, ink slightly faded, London, 19 Nov 1903; letter signed by Asquith (‘H. H. A.’), 1 page, ink slightly faded at end, blind stamped stationary, 23 rd Nov 1907; and a small quantity of others similar (small quantity) £250-£350 184 Aviation.- Italy 1920s-1940s A large collection of letters and ephemera related to the Italian aviation in the 1920s and 1930s, including letters from Lino Balbo (Italo Balbo’s nephew), postcards from Italo and his wife Emanuela Florio (signed ‘Manu’), and several papers regarding Balbo’s transatlantic flights, including what possibly are the covers of his original log books, various sizes, c. 1920s-1940s (quantity)

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180 19th Century Russian Officers & Diplomats.- Autograph collection from various officers, politicians and other notable figures including: Countess Yuliya Pavlovna Samoylova (signed letter), Russian Noblewoman and very close friend of Karl Bryullovhad, dated 1830, one page, 8vo, about 1840; Aleksandr Petrovič Bazilevskij (signed letter in French) Russian Officer in Vienna, Florence, Paris and Art Collector well known by the name “le roi des collectionneurs” because of his large and precious Collection, two leaves, 4to, 1854; Major General Manfredi of Russian Navy (signed letter in French) regarding the recompense of 1000 roubles to Captain Cavedoni, for is role in the conquest of Danzica by the Russian Army, one page, folio, 1814; Carlo de Heydeken (signed letter in French to the Count J. Graberg de Hemso in Florence) Consul in Russia, regarding the purchase of antique medals, two pages, 4to, 1834; Sir Frederick Adam (3 signed letters in French and Italian to the Cavalier Barbieri in Rome) General in the British Army against Napoleon troops, 8vo, about 1840 (small quantity)

185 Batavia.- Goens (Rijcklof van) Manuscript document, in Dutch, signed ‘Rycklof van Goens’ and ‘Jacob Cannin’, with financial accounts, sales, payments and list of goods for the years 1640-41 of the merchant Frerick Jacobsen van Woerden, slight browning, little marginal dust-soiling, small interlinear tear, centre fold, 16 x 42 cm, Batavia, 1646.

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*** Rijcklof van Goens (1619-82) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies and Governor of Ceylon. £100-£150 186 Bentham (Jeremy) Autograph ‘Jeremy Bentham Esq. Queen Square Place’, traces of glue to corners on verso, little thumbing, watermark dated 1815, 7 x 11.5 cm., [after 1815]

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188 187 Bonaparte (Napoleon) Signed report (‘N’), in French, entitled ‘Rapport A sa Majesté l’Empereur et Roi’, concerning the resignations of Daniel Freylag from the regiment due to health reasons, includes Colonel’s opinion on Freylag’s behaviour, surgeon’s diagnosis of hemoptysis and short summary of military career, signed by Napoleon on 25 October 1811, letterhead of Ministère de la Guerre, some browning and marginal soiling, traces of glue to verso, folio, 24 December 1811.

189 Catholicism in England.Letter signed by an Italian diplomat in London (‘Basilio Broi’), regarding the appointment to Cardinal of Carlo Rossetti, who had been the secret nuncio in London on behalf of Pope Urban VIII and reading in part ‘Gode l’Inghilterra della gratia della quale già per un intiero secolo non ha goduto, vedendo Cardinale di S.ta Chiesa chi poco fa riveri’ Nuntio’, three pages, heavy losses to lower part of the page partly affecting the text, some browning and foxing, large 4to, London, 14 September 1643. £700-£900

188 Bonaparte (Napoleon) Signed report (‘N’), in French, entitled ‘Rapport A sa Majesté l’Empereur et Roi’, concerning the restitution to the King of Bavaria of a German soldier captured in Spain, with the intercession of the Duc de Bassano and the Bavarian diplomat Anton de Cetto, signed by Napoleon at Fontainebleau on 30 June 1813, Napoleon watermark, letterhead of Ministère de la Guerre, some browning and foxing, traces of glue to left- hand margin and verso, folio, 21 October 1812.

190 Cholera.Autograph letter, from General John Ross to politician George Lamb, reads in part ‘I am extremely sorry to state to you the information of Viscount Melbourne, that having for so long a period escaped the attacks of Cholera morbus; it made its appearance here under very alarming symptoms on the 16 th instant. The enclosed report will shew the number of cases and deaths to the present day at 10 A. M. Every possible attention is paid to the cleanliness of the town, and the authorities, as well as the medical Gentlemen of the Island are identifiable in their expectations to stop the progress of the disease, and to allay the fears of the people; no expense is spared, and as will be seen by the report, during the last 24 hours no deaths have taken place in the hospital. The deaths are chiefly confined to the poorest part of the town, this I am […] to observe that highly respectable persons have been attacked, and fallen victims to the malady. I shall continue to make my reports regularly by every post for his Lordships information.’, s igned ‘John Ross ‘, 2 pages, mailing folds, ink slightly faded, age related toning, Guernsey, 22nd October 1832.

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191 191 [CIVIL WAR, CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPER]. The Daily Citizen , Vicksburg, Mississippi, J.M. Swords, Proprietor, 2 July 1863. Folio broadside, printed on the back of a sheet of printed wallpaper (a large brocade pattern in...), roman type, four columns text, scattered soiling and staining, tape repairs along horizontal and vertical folds, some chipping and losses to margins, 19 x 12 in. ***When issued on July 2nd, the editor included the following note: ‘On Dit.--That the great Ulysses--the Yankee Generalissimo, surnamed grant-has expressed his intention of dining in Vicksburg on Saturday next, and celebrating the 4th of July by a grand dinner and so forth. When asked if he would invite Gen. Jo. Johnston to join he said ‘No! For fear there will be a row at the table’ Ulysses must get into the city before he dines in it. The way to cook a rabbit is ‘first catch the rabbit’ &c.’ When Union forces finally entered the city July 4th, they found the type still standing, and proceeded to issue the paper again with the addition of the following note: ‘Two days bring about great changes, the banner of the Union floats over Vicksburg, Gen Grant has “caught the rabbit”; he has dined in Vicksburg, and he did bring his dinner with him. The “Citizen” lives to see it. For the last time it appears on “Wall-paper”. No more will it eulogize the luxury of mule-meat and fricasseed kitten-- urge Southern warriors to such diet never more, This is the last wall- paper edition, and is, excepting this note, from the types as we found them. It will be valuable hereafter as a curiosity.’ This copy meets all ten points specified by the Library of Congress Information Circular 3 (revised 1967). £800-£1,200 192 Dubois (Guillaume) Letter signed (‘Le Card. Dubois’) regarding the arrival of Pere JeanFrancois Fouquet from China, two pages, age-related toning, folding marks, 8vo, Versailles, 15 October 1722. £150-£200

194 193 Fould (Achilles) Signed letters (‘Achille Fould’), in French, first concerning Louis Napoleon’s visit to ‘les Invalides’, second concerning meeting with Louis, letterhead of Cabinet du Ministre d’Etat et de la Maison de l’Empereur, slight yellowing and centre fold to first, 8vo, Savile, 1854 and n.p., n.d. [c. mid-19th century] (2) £80-£120 193A French Revolution.- 1789-92 A small group of printed French laws published by the will of the National Assembly during the first years of the French Revolution regarding the abolition of all noble titles (“La suppression des Ordres de Chevalerie”), armorial bearings, liveries and orders of knighthood, one page, some spotting, folio, Paris 1791; the revocation of agreements with the Collége de Louis-le-Grand, the Universités de Provinces, the Ecoles d’Equitation and Ecole gratuite de Deffin à Paris, one page, some spotting, folio, Nismes 1790; the permission granted to ex-minister Roland to leave Paris, two pages, 4to, Paris, 1792; and another one, all mounted (4) ***All documents still mentioning Louis XVI as King of France. £250-£350 194 [Gaulle (Charles de)] Typed document (‘Discours radiodiffuse du 27 Juillet 1943’) reporting de Gaulle’s radio message rejoicing for the fall (‘chute’) of Mussolini’s dictatorship after his resignation as PM two days earlier. He saw this as the ‘first revenge of justice for France’ and evidence of the failure of totalitarianism, foreseeing the defeat of the Axis, four pages, slight age browning, minimal spotting, trace of rust from iron clip to upper margin, horizontal and vertical fold, folio, [1943]. *** It contains probable variants to the received version—‘une première revanche’ instead of ‘la’ and ‘nous nous garderons de rien prophétiser quant à la date de la victoire’ instead of ‘bien de prophétiser’. There are also a few editorial revisions adding commas. £1,000-£1,500 35


195 198 Hamilton-Gordon (George, Earl of Aberdeen) Autograph letter signed (‘Aberdeen’) regarding some papers to be ‘made public as early as possible’, one page, integral blank, fold, 8vo, 14 October 1836. £60-£80 199 Irish Independence.Stop Press- Poblacht na Heireann, broadside headed ‘The Fight Goes On’, issued by the Army Executive on behalf of the Irish Republican Army, featuring despatch from Liam Mellows, browning, folding and creasing, minor splitting along central fold, folio, Dublin, 2 July 1922.

200 195 German Prayer Book.Manuscript prayer book, in German, entitled ‘Christliches und Catholisches HandBuechlein worinnen sehr schone Anmuethige und trostreiche gebetter zu finden seyn’, calligraphically written within margins with rubrics highlighted in red and gold, numerous full-page and smaller illustrations, light soiling throughout, contemporary black morocco, gilt initials ‘M.E.’ and date 1755 to upper cover, small 8vo, 1755. £800-£1,200 196 Getty (Jean Paul) Cheque signed (‘J. Paul Getty’) for the sum of $198.45 made payable to Midway Fishing Tool Co., drawn on Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, cancellation stamps and holes, 8 December 1944; a cheque signed (‘J. Paul Getty’) for the sum of $183.88 made payable to Oilfield Engine Service, Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, red ink cancellation stamps and holes, 11 February 1947 (2) £80-£120 197 Gladstone (William Ewart) Autograph note signed (‘W.E. Gladstone’) to an unknown correspondent, expressing his regret that Harvey (?) has retired from public life and mentioning the organisation of the Liberal Party, one page, browning, small 8vo, 10 August 1897, mounted, framed and glazed, overall siz e 31 x 25cm approx. £150-£200 36

***In protest against the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921, IRA men occupied the Four Courts in Dublin in April 1922, turning it into a garrison. In response to the killing of Henry Wilson, the Free State, with British support, opened an artillery bombardment on the Four Courts on 28 June, thereby setting off the Battle of Dublin, which lasted until 5 July. £300-£400 200 Kray Twins.A large collection of letters, photographs and ephemera related to Ronald and Reginald Kray, including: a photograph featuring Ronnie with George Raft and Rocky Marciano; photos of the clientele at their club, Esmeralda’s Barn (one of the photos has some doodles to the back possibly made by Reg); a large number of letters and cards addressed to life long friend Laurie O’Leary; Charles Kray’s boxing promo card; Ronnie’s book of poems; several funeral cards for Ronald, Reginald and Charles, c. 1960s-1990s (large quantity) ***Provenance: from the collection of Laurie O’Leary, who was a life long friend of the Twins and ran their club in the 1960s. £400-£600 201 MacArthur (Arthur) Ink signature (‘Douglas MacArthur’) on card, clipped photograph affixed on top, minor creasing, 12.7 x 8.5 cm. ; Szyk (Arthur) MacArthur in Australia, Esquire, 1942, mounted, 43 x 35.5 cm (2) £100-£150 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees


202 202 Malayan War Interest.A rare photo album with several black and white photographs taken by Sargent Kenneth James Harrison of the Coldstream Guards during the Malayan War Campaign between 1948 and 1950, images featuring landscapes, buildings, local people and fellow officers engaged in various activities in villages and in the jungle, also including the skin of a snake and an Atlas Moth affixed onto pages; together with the original certificate of service and other papers regarding Harrison’s service in the Coldstream Guards from 1947 to 1952.

207 205 Montgomery, Field Marshall Two Christmas cards signed by Field Marshall Montgomery, one commemorating Montgomery’s trip to El Alamein for the 25th anniversary of the battle and featuring black and white photographs by Don McCullin, light soiling and handling wear, v.s., c. 1967 (2)

***The Malayan Emergency began in 1948 when the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) - the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) started employing guerrilla tactics by attacking rubber plantations, mines and police stations and destroying transportation and infrastructure. in April 1950, General Sir Harold Briggs, the British Army’s Director of Operations was appointed to Malaya. The central tenet of the Briggs’ Plan was that the best way to defeat an insurgency, such as the government was facing, was to cut the insurgents off from their supporters amongst the population.

206 Mother Teresa Typed letter signed (‘God bless you M Teresa mc’), thanking the recipient for her letter and for ‘your desire to help the poor’, also adding ‘God gives us joy that we may give, he gives us joy that we may share. First and foremost love begins at home. I appreciate your letter and am glad you realize your role as a woman, wife and mother. There is nobody in the world who needs you more than your family, specially children. It is easier and nice to work among strangers, but it costs to give to our own. My prayer for you [...] is that you deepen your love and commitment to your family and give them your best and your all’, one page, some folding marks and creasing, two closed tears to margins, tall 8vo, Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, 12 December 1987.

£300-£400 203 Maritime and Aviation Interest.Group of magazines, booklets, programmes and photographs related to Maritime and Aviation, including: Cunard Magazine, July 1924; A Winter Cruise To The Mediterranean by the R.M.S.P. Arcadian; The Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co. Limited; black and white photographs of planes and helicopters (small quantity) £100-£150 204 Maritime History.Letter of marque issued by the Admiralty to Captain David Browning, commander of the ship The Viper, large manuscript document in a clear clerical hand, brown ink on Whatman laid paper, with watermark, signed at the foot by Thomas Cox and Thomas Brookbank junior of the high Court of Admiralty of England, and Godfrey Lee Farren registrar, small holes to folded corners, age-related toning as usual, folio, 6 June 1779. £700-£1,000

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£400-£600 207 Mother Teresa Typed letter signed (‘M Teresa mc’), reading in part ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and strength is the command of the great God and He does not ask the impossible. Love of God is a fruit available at all seasons and within the reach of everyone. Try to come to know how much Jesus loves you. Read the Scriptures often and hear Jesus saying to you: “You are precious to Me.” If you come to believe deeply in God’s love for you, it would be natural for you to spend yourself in loving Him in others, in total forgetfulness of self. The more we empty ourselves, the more room we give God to fill us. The more you forget yourself, the more Jesus will think of you. The more you detach yourself from pride and love of comfort, the more attached Jesus will be to you. Try to find Jesus in the poor around you, and in reaching out to them, you go out of yourself and touch Jesus in them’, one page, some cancellations, some lines have been underlined in pencil, light folding marks, tall 8vo, Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, July 1991. £400-£600 37


209 208 Napoleonic Wars.‘Englishmen! You have been unjustly charged with Supineness and Despondency. The Enemies of Government and the Admirers of the Corsican Tyrant, have interpreted your silent Confidence, into despair and dismay [...] Timoleon’, broadside against Napoleon, agerelated toning, creasing, mounted, framed and glazed, 54 x 44 cm. approx, printed by J. Brettell, for J. Hatchard, No. 190, Piccadilly [n.d., c. 1804]. ***Large broadside published soon after the end of the Peace of Amiens, a call for ‘Half a Million of Britons to avenge the Insults they have too long endured from a Love of Peace’. The pseudonym ‘Timoleon’ is taken from Massinger’s play ‘The Bondman’, in which Timoleon led the defence of Syracuse against the Carthaginians, a popular source for anti -Napoleon broadsides. £150-£200 209 Napoleonic Wars.Exeptionally rare document on vellum, being the agreement between the Owner (Hannibal Curnow Blewett, Merchant of Plymouth, Devon), Commander (John Davey), Officers and Crew of the Private Ship of War, Queenborough, detailing the obligations of the owners and crew, together with a breakdown of the distribution of the prize money, signed and sealed by 46 of the crew members giving their position on ship and details of share, salary and wages, four pages, cloth cross- stitches to lower margins, some dust soiling and marks, large folio, 12 July 1806. *** A rare and detailed document, confirming that a Letter of Marque had been obtained for a private ship of war and that the owners were to pay to fit it out for a two month cruise from Plymouth. According to this Agreement the owner is liable for the costs of all war-like stores, changes of clothing, sea bedding as well as advance money and wages. The crew agree to comply with orders from the owner or his agent. The details include noting that the first man on board a captured vessel is awarded 5 guineas, the protection of a departing crew on a return prize vessel and how it affects their share of profit, discussions on mutiny and its effect on shares. The ‘Queenborough’, was a Royal Navy 12-gun cutter, operating 1800-1806. Records show that she was employed on the Channel Station between 1800-01 under Lt Berry and again between 1804-05 when she captured the Vrow Elizabeth. It was one of Blewett’s larger vessels, was very successful under John Davey’s command and, along with others, took at least 16 ships into Plymouth for appraisal and condemnation. Hannibal Blewett owned several private ships of war, the Betsy and Queenborough, others noted being Happy Return, Hero, John Bull and Caesar. His ships were put up for sale between 1807-09.

210 Pan Am Vintage Pan Am Business Class menus, pictorial front page, v.s . (4) £80-£120 211 ‘Panko’ or ‘Votes for Women’ card game First edition, pictures by F. T. Reed of ‘Punch’, Peter Gurney Ltd, eight sets of six cards: ‘Fourteen Days!’, ‘Votes for Women’, ‘Toot! Toot! Toot!’, ‘Law! Law! Law!’, ‘Gaol! Gaol! Gaol!’, ‘Help! Help! Help!’, ‘Turn ‘Em Out!’ and ‘Pank! Pank! Pank!’, purple coloured patterned backs, with the original card box ; together with 49 vintage cards of 1948 Shop Missus Game (2) £150-£200 212 Papal States.- Kanzler (Herman) Autograph letter signed (‘Kanzler’) regarding medal conferment to some officers, distinguished for their bravery in battle, one page, 4to, 20 July 1868; and a few other papers related to Urbino and the Republic of San Marino (small quantity) ***General Kanzler commanded the Army of the Papal States and became Ministro Delle Armi during the Reign of Pope Pius IX, one page, 4to, 20 July 1868 (small quantity) £60-£80 213 Peron (Juan) Letter signed (‘Juan Peron’) to Emilio Nogués with a thank you for sending an article from ‘Caras y Caretas’ (1900) on Tomás Peron, Juan’s father, minimal spotting, mid horizontal fold, 4to, Buenos Aires, 21 March 1974. £250-£350 214 Politicians and Lawyers.A small group of letters signed by 19th century British and American politicians and lawyers, including Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Addington, George Plunkett, David Dudley Field, Andrew Dunlop and John Biddulph (small quantity) £120-£180

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219 Ricci (Mother Mary Catherine, de) Five autograph letters signed (‘S.M.C. de Ricci’), in French, to Father Aquilanti in Santo Domingo, on various religious matters, 28 pages, some staining and yellowing, 8vo, Albany, 1889-1891 (5) ***The writer of this letter was born Lucy Eaton Smith in a wealthy Manhattan family in 1845. She converted to Catholicism in 1865 and subsequently became a Third Order Dominican. A few years later she decided to start a Dominican community in Glens Falls, New York, took the full Dominican habit and took the name Mother Mary Catherine De Ricci of the Sacred Heart. The community moved to Albany in 1887. A separate house, Our Lady of the Star, was founded in 1891. Mother de Ricci died in 1894. £100-£150

215 215 Pope Francis Easter card signed by Pope Francis and cardinal Peter Erdő in various inks, c. 2013; ink signature of Pope Francis on a card featuring Hungarian flag, obtained on 25 November 2014 in Strasbourg when the Pope spoke at the European Parliament (2) £200-£300 216 Pozzobonelli (Giuseppe) Signed letters (‘S. Card. Pozzobonelli’), in Italian, to Giulio Visconti Arese at Lainate and Milan, concerning use of prohibited nets damaging fauna by fishermen on Lake Lugano, and thanking him for a favour, little marginal soiling, slight browning, folds, clean tear with no loss to leaves of first, folio, Rome, 28 December 1743 and Milan, 31 May 1744 (2) £200-£300 217 Prohibition.Prescription Form for ‘Medicinal Liquor Issued Under Authority Of The National Prohibition Act’, duplicate version (the originals were in white and are extremely rare), partially-printed, completed by hand in a carbon copy impression, two punch holes at left, mounted, overall size 23.1 x 25.7 cm. ***These forms were used to prescribe liquor at a time when alcohol was considered to be as dangerous as opium or any other ‘hard’ drug. Many ‘prescriptions’ were just a way of skirting the law. £80-£120 218 Ram Mohan (Roy) Letter signed (‘Rammohun Roy’), to an unknown recipient, reading ‘My dear Sir, I think you intimated to me when I had the pleasure of seeing you last that you intended to offer a Place of Worship for the performance of the Divine Service. If this be the case, I hope you will have the goodness to let me know the situation of the chapel that I may do myself the pleasure of joining your congregation as soon as I recover my health’, two pages, integral blank, remnants of previous mount, 8vo, 48 Bedford Square, 23 April 1833. £300-£400

220 Smith (William Henry) Signed letter (‘W.H. Smith’), in English, black-brown ink, to Lady Strangland (?), concerning political opinions on the Turkish Empire after his visit to Constantinople, letterhead ‘Greenlands, Henley on Thames’, slight yellowing, traces of glue to recto of first leaf, includes manuscript copy, 8vo, Henley-on-Thames, 12 Apr 1881; sepia photograph of ‘Right Honourable W.H. Smith M.P.’, mounted on card with company data to verso (‘London Stereoscopic Company, Photographers to the Royal Family, Numerous Prize Medals, 110 & 108 Regent Street and 54, Cheapside’ and stamp ‘Limited’, little thumbing to lower margin, traces of glue to verso, 10.2 x 6.2 cm., [late 19th century]; Walker (Tomaso), autograph letter signed to Count Mamiani della Rovere, congratulating on his appointment as Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Sardinia under Cavour, one page, integral blank, 8vo, Daily News Office, 22 January 1860; with signature of journalist William Fraser (4) *** William H. Smith (1825-91) was the son of W.H. Smith, founder of the renowned bookselling and newsagent business. He was Secretary of State for War, First Lord Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. Sepia photograph of ‘Right Honourable W.H. Smith M.P.’, mounted on card with company data to verso (‘London Stereoscopic Company, Photographers to the Royal Family, Numerous Prize Medals, 110 & 108 Regent Street and 54, Cheapside’ and stamp ‘Limited’, little thumbing to lower margin, traces of glue to verso, 10.2 x 6.2 cm, [late 19 th century]. £120-£180 221 Thatcher (Margaret) Typed letter signed (‘Margaret Thatcher’) to Lord Windlesham, thanking him for his letter on ‘the possibility of setting up new remand centres, distinct from the prison service, employing agency staff and licensed and supervised by the Home Office’ and adding ‘The Government is fully committed to making greater use of the private sector wherever this helps Departments like the Prison Department of the Home Office to get better value for money. We know that the private sector is involved in the day to day running of prisons as well as in constructing them, for example in the United States […] As to your specific suggestion that court escorting arrangements should be privatised, last year the Court Escort Scrutiny Report concluded that the use of private guards for escorting purposes would not be desirable since it would only further complicate an already complex system. It recommended instead that after implementation of the other recommendations, consideration should be given to the creation of a special grade of escort officer to assist the police with escort duties’, three pages, folding marks, minor spotting to left margin, 4to, 10 Downing Street, 12 Aug 1987. £150-£200

218A Recipe Book.19th century manuscript volume featuring recipes, cures for all sort of ailments (pain with back, liquid blister, gout etc)and various instructions (how to make ink, tooth paste, furniture oil etc) some soiling throughout, original three quarter-morocco, wear to boards and spine, handwritten annotations to front endpapers, 8vo, c. 1850s.

222 The Mafeking Mail – ‘Special Siege Slip’ Fourth issue of the single sheet newspaper published during the Boer War (1899-1902), titled ‘Special Siege Slip’ and subtitled ‘Issued Daily, Shells Permitting’, three columns with articles ‘How to Fight’, ‘General Orders’ and ‘Preliminary Examination – Result of Post Mortem’, typo ‘1999’ for ‘1899’ to column 1, some browning or marginal dust-soiling, little marginal tearing with minor loss, folio, Mafeking, 4 November 1899.

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223 Titanic Interest.First Day Cover signed by five Titanic survivors in various inks, comprising: Edith Haisman, Eva Hart, Willmina Dean (‘With best wishes from Willmina Dean, youngest Titanic survivor’), Michael Navratil and B.V. Dean, very light handling wear, 90 x 15.3 cm . £180-£220 224 Waterloo Bridge document-. Indenture on vellum relating to the sale of land to widen Waterloo Bridge, signed and sealed by the Bridge Chief Clerk, Christopher Lethbridge, John King Lethbridge and Elizabeth Ann Lethbridge, John Pearce, Mary Mills and others, giving details of the transaction and an explanation of the use the land was to be put, three pages, agerelated toning, remamnts of wax seals, folio, 2 February 1825.

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£300-£400 225 Wilberforce (William) Autograph letter signed (‘WWilberforce’) to Miss Palmer in Birmingham, reading in part ‘Mrs W. tells me she is dispatching a packet to you and I am unwilling to let it go without a note of salutation from myself. Yet I am persuaded that it cannot be necessary for me to assure you of my friendly sympathy with you in the dispensation you have recently experienced. Your dear father had indeed gathered in his sheaves. But yet, as every succeeding year, by augmenting the veneration and affection that were felt for him, gave additional effect to all his expressing of pastoral or social or domestic wisdom and affection’, two pages, age-related toning, losses to margin due to seal removal, 8vo, Barley Wood, 31 May 1826. £300-£400 226 WW2 Posters.Britain Shall Not Burn, lithograph, Ministry of Information, c. 1940, framed and glazed, 64 x 46.5 cm ; On to Victory, lithograph, Australia Airforce, c. 1940, framed and glazed, 63.5 x 47cm (2 ) £200-£300 227 WW2.- Battle of Britain Page removed from a book, with black and white photograph of an aerial battle captioned “We shall defend our island home”, featuring 40 signatures of pilots and crew members who took part in the Battle of Britain, 24.5 x 19cm .

228 228 WW2.- Squadron 303 Fiedler (Arkady) Squadron 303, reprint, with signatures of the members of Squadron 303 (the Polish Fighter Squadron with the R.A.F) on flyleaf, two black and white photographs of the Squadron attached onto front free endpaper, age toning, some soiling, blue cloth, some wear and discolouration corners, 8vo, Peter Davies, 1942. £300-£400

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229 WW2.-Dambusters Flown cover commemorating R.A.F. Squadron 617, signed by eleven members of the squadron who flew on the Dumbusters raid on May 16th, 1943, including: David Shannon, Mick Martin, Ken Brown, Joe McCarthy, Bill Townshend, Les Munro, Steve Oancia, Grant McDonald, David Rodger, Fred Sutherland and D.R. Walker, also signed by Leonard Cheshire and Sir Arthur T. Harris, 1981.

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234 Elizabeth II, Queen & Prince Philip Black and white, full length official photograph by Anthony Buckley of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, signed ‘Elizabeth R’ and ‘Philip’ in ink on lower white margin, also dated 1972, some browning to ink, with tooled brown leather and gilt frame from the royal framemaker Jarrolds of Knightsbridge, overall size 23.6 x 31 cm., 1972. *** Anthony Buckley, one of the major English portraitists, was the Royal photographer throughout the 1960s and the 1970s. £400-£600 231

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230 Alfonso XII, King of Spain Letter signed (‘Yo el Rey’), in Spanish, addressed to Carndinal Teodolfo Merterl, confirming the friendhsip and affection of the king towards the recipient, one page, integral blank, folding marks, 4to, Madrid, 31 January 1884, accompanied by original envelope. £100-£150 231 Cavendish (Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire) Autograph Letter Signed (‘Eliz. D[uche]sse de Devonshire’) to Antonio Lombardi, librarian to the Duke of Modena, in Italian, recommending ‘il Signor Fantuzzi’ and asking Lombardi to show him the Palace and the library and to help him to go back to Bologna, one page, integral blank, folding marks, 8vo, Mantua, 6 July, n.y. £150-£200 232 Diana, Princess of Wales Royal Christmas card signed and inscribed ‘Mr & Mrs Cooper, with love from us all, Diana’, printed greetings, mounted colour photograph of Diana and Charles with Prince William and Prince Harry, light handling wear, 15.3 x 20 cm, with original mailing envelope, 1988. (2) ***Provenance: the card was addressed to a relative of the vendor, who used to teach Lady Diana Spencer at West Heath School. A colour limited edition print of the school is included in the lot.

235 George IV, King of England Royal document on vellum signed (‘George R’) appointing Robert Grindlay ‘o be Assistant Commissary of Stores, Provisions and Forage to Our Forces’, countersigned by Robert Peel at close, embossed paper seal, blue revenue seal, one page, folding marks, some foxing and browning throughout, age-related toning, folio, Carlton House, 30 Jul 1825. £180-£220 236 Maria Leczynska, Queen Consort of France Document on vellum issued in the name of the Queen and signed (‘Marie’) to certify that Germain Laurent had been retained as an ‘enfant de cuisine’ at Versailles, original wax seal covered by paper slip, additional note signed ‘Colbert de Villacerf ’ dated 23 January 1729, signatures ‘Mond. Seigneur Philippe’ and another illegible, three nearly contemporary signed archival notes to verso, some waterstaining, slight soiling to margins, also along folds on verso, little marginal tearing, traces of glue to upper margin, oblong folio, [Paris?], 22 January 1729. £250-£350 237 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Black and white, three quarter length photograph of Prince Philip, signed and dated 1972 in ink on lower mount, some browning to ink, with gilt leather presentation frame by Jarrolds of Knightsbridge featuring gilt embossed cipher on top, overall size 22.6 x 31.5 cm . £250-£350

233 Elizabeth II, Queen & Prince Philip A group of ten Royal Christmas Card autopen signed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, with printed greetings, all framed and glazed, various sizes, 1963-1972 (10)

238 Royal Memorabilia.Group of souvenir programmes and special magazine issues of the coronation of George V and Mary of Teck, including: programme of the Gala Performance; special editions of the Illustrated London News, The Sphere, The Graphic, The Sketch, Black and White ; also including The Gentlewoman’s Royal Record of the Wedding of H.H.S. the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck and H.R.H. the Duke of York, 1911 (small quantity)

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Science & Voyage

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240 239 Airy (George Biddell) Autograph letter signed (‘G.B. Airy’) to Professor Volpicelli in Rome, recommending ‘to your kind attention Mr John Fowler, one of our most distinguished engineers. This letter will be delivered to you by that gentleman; if you are able to render him any service, I shall be greatly obliged’, one page, address leaf, folding marks, small loss to paper due to seal removal, 8vo, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 20 November 1866. ***Sir George Biddell Airy (1801- 92) was Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two- dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian. £100-£150 240 Ampere (André-Marie) Autograph letter signed to Mr. Couppier de Viry, reporting Ampere’s calculations and observations on the position of the new planet, “dist [ance] mean ... 2,7677, eccentricity ... 0,0791, inclination ... 10 ° .37’.4 “, probably referring to the planet Uranus discovered in 1781 by William Herschel. He then recounts his astronomy class and his research in botany before talking about his wife, Julie Carron and closing the letter by saying “I hope that the absence does not prevent you from thinking sometimes of the one who will be always your best friend, and who wishes you all the happiness possible and the time to write to him”, four pages, water staining and tear with loss of text and small restoration, 8vo, Slnd [Bourg-en-Bresse], 1802.

241 241 Beltrami (Eugenio) Intorno ad Alcuni Problemi di Propagazione del Calore, 38 pages, uncut, vertical creases, soiling, and small losses to wrappers, foxing to textblock edges, 4to, Bologna, Gamberini e Parmeggiani, 1887. *** Eugenio Beltrami (1835-1900) was a mathematician notable for his work concerning differential geometry and mathematical physics. £700-£1,000 242 Berthollet (Claude-Louis) Autograph letter signed (‘Berthollet’), in French, to ‘Monsieur Le Comte’ (possibly Germain Garnier, president of the Sénat conservateur, of which Berthollet was member), requesting that M. Miege be appointed to an administrative position in the French principality of Erfurt, slight toning, text and signature crossed out, tiny marginal repair, mid-folds, 4to, 2 March 1810. £400-£600 243 Berzelius (Jöns Jacob) Autograph letter signed (‘Jac. Berzelius’), in Swedish, to the biologist C.G.L. Reinwardt in Leiden, mentioning the botanist Elias Fries, on Swiss Academy of Sciences letterhead, two leaves, upper right-hand corner glued, slight toning, minor marginal soiling, traces of wax seal and little loss to verso, few folds, 4to, Stockholm, 31 May 1833. £400-£600

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244 Bohr (Niels) Open Letter to the United Nations, signed and inscribed on the cover: ‘Douglas Glass / with kind regards / Niels Bohr / 21-3- 1960’, 14 pp, original printed wraps, dampstaining to upper and lower margins of first two and last two leaves, mild spotting to cover, toning and thumbing overall, 8vo, Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlag, 1950. *** Presentation copy of the offprint of Bohr’s famous address to the UN regarding nuclear proliferation. £700-£900 245 Born (Max) Der Aufbau der Materie. Drei Aufsatze uber modern Atomistik und Elektronentheorie, with pencil signature of Lise Meitner on title page, some yellowing throughout, contemporary cloth, 8vo, Berlin, 1920. £300-£400 246 Born (Max) In Memory of Einstein, offprint and presentation copy signed (‘M. Born’) to Kenneth Hauer, the Science editor for Charles Scribner’s Sons publishing house in New York, from the journal Universitas, vol. 8, 1965, pp. 33-44, slight toning, original stamped wrapper, tall 8vo, E. Göbel, Tübingen, 1965. *** The article, originally presented at the 1965 meeting of Nobel Laureates, recounts Born’s friendship with Einstein, who nominated Born for the Nobel prize in Physics in 1928, which Born won in 1954. £700-£900 247 Botanists.Signed letters (‘A.R. Delile’, ‘Gay’, ‘Ch. Martins’, ‘C.Y. Godron’ and ‘Ch Hugel’), in French, by 19th-century botanists. A.R. Delile to Filippo Parlatore about sending him specimens of plants for his collection, slight browning, edges frayed, Montpellier, 28 June 1847; Claude Gay thanks colleague for his felicitations after his appointment to the Academie des sciences, mentioning the competition favouring Duchartre and wishing to give his colleague a sample of plants from Chile, 23 June 1816; C.F. Martins thanks colleague for sending one of his works and a sample of ‘Flora Palermitana’, with mention of other works on natural history and a future travel to Florence, Paris, 10 January 1891; C.Y. Godron to F. Parlatore on his ‘Flore de France’ and ‘Flora italica’, letterhead of Académie du Doubs, little soiling, small tear with loss to outer edge and stamp and address to verso of second leaf, folds, Besançon, 17 April 1854; Charles von Hugel writing to a colleague to send him specimens of Japanese flora, dry stamp, folds, 8 May 1856, slight browning, v.s. (5) £300-£400

249 248 Botanists.- Hooker (William Jackson, Sir) Autograph letter (‘W H Hooker’), in English, black-brown ink, unspecified addressee (‘Professor’), concerning dinner meeting with botanist [George] Bentham, folds, minimal spotting, 8vo, Kew, 3 March 1853; Milne-Edwards (Henri), a utograph letter (‘Milne-Edwards’), in French, black ink, to Prof. Siciliani, concerning academic essay, slight browning, ink mark, letterhead of Faculté des sciences de Paris, [Paris?], 11 February 1877; Forbes (Edward), signed letter (‘E Forbes’), in English, to J. [John?] Morris, concerning a discussion on fossil plants with botanist Parlatore, slight browning or spotting, folds, August 1846, v.s. (3) *** W.J. Hooker (1785-1865) was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. £100-£150 249 Bragg (William) From the National Gallery Laboratory, Preface by Sir William Bragg. Introduction and notes by Ian Rawlins. Relativity and the Electron Theory. Researches on Diamagnetism and MagneCrystallic Action, signed by Rawlins (F.I.R.), presumably his copy with related articles laid in, autograph manuscript signed of Bragg’s preface to this book tipped to the front free endpaper, Bragg’s accompanying letter to Rawlins, Watlands, August 15 1940 tipped to the inside front cover, few light stains, original cloth, hinges weak, 4to, 1940. £700-£900 250 Brentano (Franz Clemens) Autograph letter signed (‘F. Brentano’), in German, saying that an illness is preventing him from holding a lecture, two pages, integral blank, folding marks, 8vo, Vienna, 21 January 1875. £200-£300 251 Broglie (Louis de) La crise recent de l’optique ondulatoire, offprint from ‘ Revue scientifique’, n.12, P&A Davy, Paris, 22 June 1929, presentation copy inscribed by de Broglie to Peter Zeeman on the first leaf: ‘A Mr le Professeur Zeeman avec l’hommage de l’auter Louis de Broglie’, text illustrations, original pictorial pink wrappers ; Les principes de la nouvelle mechanique ondulatoire, offprint from ‘Le journal de physique et le Radium’, series VI, tome VII, n.11, Paris, 1926, presentation copy inscribed by de Broglie on the front wrapper: ‘Hommage de L’auter. Broglie P. Auger, E. Bauer and M .Courtines’, original printed wrappers; Les bases experimentales immediates de la theorie des quanta, offprint from ‘Revue d’electricité et de mechanique’, Hermann, Paris, 1933, original wrappers, 4to (3) £700-£900 43


252 Brooke (Henry James) A Familiar Introduction to Crystallography, some staining and yellowing throughout, wear to boards, losses to spine, 8vo, 1823; with Appendix included in the edition, featuring autograph letter signed (‘H.J. Brooke’) pasted onto flyleaf, saying he is too unwell to look through Mr Sander’s papers and has anyway requested a copy of a scientific article on crystals, two pages, 8vo, 27 July 1823. (2) £200-£300 253 Crookes (William Sir) Modern Views on Matter: The Realisation of a Dream, presentation copy inscribed to Henri Becquerel, physics paper delivered at the 1903 Congress of Applied Chemistry, Berlin, minimal spotting, library label, original stamped wrapper, [E.J. Davey], 1903. £700-£900 254 [Darwin (Charles)] Printed card for the ‘Funeral of Mr Darwin’ at Westminster Abbey, held on Wednesday, 26 April 1882, admitting the bearer to the South Transept (‘N.B. – No Person will be admitted except in mourning’), issued by Dean Bradley and bearing the Dean’s seal in black wax in the left-hand border, with black mourning borders, minor soiling, left corners torn, 9 x 12.4 cm., 26 April 1882.

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***Darwin had died at Down House on 19 April 1882, expecting to be buried in the local churchyard. But Huxley stepped in, supported in Parliament by Darwin’s neighbour Sir John Lubbock and by a press campaign led by the Standard. £800-£1,200 255 Dewar (James) Collection of offprints/pamphlets, mostly from the ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society and Philosophical Magazine’, FOUR WITH DEWAR’S PRESENTATION INSCRIPTIONS, on low-temperature physics, superconductivity, liquefaction of gases, etc. (12) ***Working at the Royal Institution, Dewar carried out researches in gas liquefaction and was the first to liquefy hydrogen. Dewar’s interest was mostly focused on the properties of matter at temperatures approaching absolute zero. Joining forces with John A. Fleming of University College, London, Dewar began a systematic charting of the specific resistances of metals, alloys and nonmetals from the boiling point of water to the lowest point within reach [-197 degrees C.] In the course of their investigations, Dewar and Fleming were able to gather accurate data on conduction, thermo-electricity, magnetic permeability and dielectric constants of metals and alloys from 200 degrees C. to minus 200 degrees C. Dewar’s researches in low-temperature physics were greatly enhanced by his invention in 1892 of the vacuum-jacketed (Dewar) flask, the most important device for preserving and handling materials at low temperatures. £400-£600 256 Freiherr von Liebig (Justus) Autograph letter signed (‘Justus Freiherr Liebig’), recipient illegible, mentioning experiments with the ‘chlorometer’, little toning and spotting, few folds, 4to, Giessen, 25 April 1836. £400-£600 257 Grotefend (Georg Friedrich) Letter signed (‘G F Grotefend’), in German, unspecified recipient, references to Rome, slight browning, centre and marginal fold, number pencilled to lower margin, little foxing, tall 8vo, 20 Oct 1830. £200-£300

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258 258 Heisenberg (Werner) Typed letter signed (‘W. Heisenberg’) to Samuel Goudsmit, in German, saying in part “You can be sure that I will not of my own volition resume the unpleasant discussions of past years, especially not publicly, and I am like you of the view that it is more interesting to discuss physics than the difficulties of times past’, also enquiring about Goudsmit’s opinion on his work at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and adding Heisenberg is unsure whether he will attend a conference at MIT but he hopes to be able to travel to the US sooner or later, one page, 4to, Max Planck-Institut für Physik, Göttingen, 22 June 1949. £1,000-£1,500 259 Hertz (Heinrich) Autograph letter signed (‘H Hertz’), in German, unspecified recipient (a colleague), mentioning measurements probably related to his experiments with electromagnetic waves, minimal browning, tall 8vo, Bonn (?), 26 November 1890. £500-£700 260 Humboldt (Alexander von) Signed letter (‘Humboldt’), in French, to a friend, mounted, slight browning, little spotting, small tear to lower outer corner, tall 8vo, Paris, Rue Saint-Dominique d’Enfer n.20, [c. 1809].

261 262 Italian physicists and botanists.Signed letters (‘G Tineo’, ‘F. Scarpellini’ and ‘Feliciano Scarpellini’, ‘Salvatore Mancino’ and ‘Carl Hartman’), in Italian and English, by 19th- century scientists mostly addressed to physicist Filippo Parlatore. Giuseppe Tineo writes about hurricane which struck Palermo and the damages caused, postal stamp, slight browning, few light ink stains, address to verso, folds, Palermo, 1 June 1846; two letters by Feliciano Scarpellini, one to unspecified addressee mentioning the Accademia dei Lincei, one to Mons. Niccolai, first with left margin little chewed, marginal spotting, second foxed and browned, folds, tear to right-hand margin of second leaf, address to verso, 22 October 1815 and 4 August 1818; Salvatore Mancino writes to Parlatore about the latter’s work on botanist Philip Barker Webb and mentions young botanist Agostino Todaro, slight browning, folds, address to verso, Palermo, 27 September 1856; Carl Hartman to Parlatore on parcel with flora samples which hasn’t arrived and potential visit to Tuscany, little thumbing, loss to right -hand margin, address, seal and post stamp to verso of second leaf, Gävle, 25 November 1856, v.s. (5) £120-£180

***Provenance: Puttick and Simpson in 1861; Sir Thomas Phillipps, Phillipps MS 15862, sale ‘Bibliotheca Phillippica’ Sotheby’s, 27 June 1966, lot 344; Hugh K. Elliott Ltd; Arnaud de Vitry d’Avaucourt, sale, Sotheby’s, 10 April 2002, lot 350; private collection; Music, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Continental Books sale, Sotheby’s 4 December 2018, lot 136.

263 Jussieu (Antoine Laurent, de) Three letters, two signed in French, black-brown ink, 1) signed (‘a. de Jussieu’), to geologist Girolamo Guidoni in Massa Carrara, communicating that geologist De Labèche inviting colleagues for a meeting to discuss fossils, letterhead of ‘Administration du museum d’histoire naturelle, au Jardin du Roi’, also signed ‘desfontaines directeur’ and ‘L Cordier’), some browning and foxing, centre fold, Paris, 7 July 1829; 2) signed ‘de Jussieu’, to unspecified lady, apologising for missing her visit, some browning and foxing, Paris, 31 August 1827; 3) unsigned, in Latin, unspecified addressee, concerning flora, Jussieu’s name inked to verso, some browning, n.d.; including steelengraved portrait of de Jussieu with biographical information, little waterstained, v.s. (4)

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£500-£700 261 Italian Manuscript on Geometry.Libro Secondo d’Euclide and Geometria Pratica, ink manuscript in Italian, 105 leaves plus blanks, some soiling throughout, with diagrams, contemporary carta rustica, 4to, Italy, [18th century].

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269 268 Mossbauer (Rudolf Lutwig) Black and white, head and shoulders photograph by Harvey of Pasadena, signed by Mossbauer in blue ink, 17.5 x 13.3 cm ; Ruckstossfreie Kernresonanzabsorption von Gammastrahlung, Physikalische Blatter 18, first separate edition of Mossbauer’s Nobel lecture on recoil-less nuclear resonance and absorption of gamma radiation, in which he presented the story of the Mossbauer effect, light handling wear, 8vo, 1962 (2) 265 264 Kastler (Alfred) Printed invitation card to a Nobel Prize celebration in honor of Alfred Kastler, 1966 Nobel prize in physics, with mounted black and white signed photograph of Kastler, inscribed to Karl-Heinz Fleitmannn, and a signed presentation, 13.4 x 20.9 cm. £300-£400 265 Lavoisier (Antoine) Letter signed (‘Lavoisier’), probably in secretarial hand, in French, addressed to M. Paron (?), concerning the addressee’s application for a place or membership in a company, slight toning, few light ink stains, inscription in different hand to upper left-hand corner, minimal offsetting to verso, small 4to, 7 February 1780. £1,000-£1,200 266 Mach (Ernst) Letter signed (‘E Mach’), in French, recipient unspecified, reply to invitation to write on optics declined as Mach found it difficult to write in French, reference to the French, German and English editions of his ‘History of Mechanics’ (1883), and to numerous articles on physics and the metaphysics of science, note recommending the young (and later influential) engineer Peter Klementich de Engelmeyer, then in Moscow, margins slightly browned, little thumbing or dust-soiling to corners, faint interlinear inscription in blue crayon to recto of first leaf, tall 8vo, Vienna, 1 March 1897.

£500-£700 269 Oppenheimer (Robert) Black and white, silver gelatin print of Oppenheimer at his desk, signed at lower left corner, very light handling wear, 8 x 10’’. £800-£1,200 270 Parlatore (Filippo) Two gatherings (14 and 6 pp.) of manuscript notes, in Italian and French, entitled ‘Appunti delle lezioni di geografia botanica sulla regione orientale dell’Asia comprendente la China e il Giappone’ (‘Notes on classes of botanic geography concerning the eastern region of Asia including China and Japan’), on mountains, lakes, flora, etc., and ‘Notizie sulla razza Tartara e Chinese estratte dal Dizionario di Storia naturale all’articolo “Homme” [by Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent]’ (‘Notes on the Tartar and Chinese races taken from the Dictionary of Natural History, entry “Homme”’), slight browning, minimal spotting, centre fold, [c.mid-19th century] (2) £100-£150 271 Paxton (Joseph) Autograph letter signed (‘Joseph Paxton’) to an unknown recipient, reading “The person who has regularly supplied that ground for our walks at Chatsworth could furnish Lord Hardinge with any quality he might require. three pages, 8vo, Chatsworth, 1854. £120-£180

267 Menger (Carl) Autograph letter signed (‘Carl Menger’), in German, thanking unknown colleague for his letter, slight browning, centre fold, watermark ‘Pringess Mill Ivory Paper’, 8vo, Vienna, 12 February 1906.

272 Physics Nobel Laureates.Typescript syllabus for U.C. Berkeley’s course in Experimental Physics, featuring lectures by three Nobel Laureates: Luis Alvarez, on linear accelerators; Edwin McMillan, on general accelerator considerations and Emilio Segré on ionization chambers, punch holes to left margins, a few pencil annotations, modern binder and cloth folding case, 4to, n.p., n.d. [Berkeley, circa 1950].

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273 273 Rayleigh (John William Strutt, 3rd Baron) Autograph letter signed (‘Rayleigh’) to Henry Currie Marillier, apologising for not responding to a request from a journalist, and adding ‘I am now getting to work at the Roy[al] Inst[itution], I shall be setting up duplicates of my counting [?] apparatus for separation of argon. In a week or two I hope this will be at work & I s[houl]d be happy to show it to you’, three pages, 8vo, Carlton Gardens, London, 6 February 1895.

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***Rare letter by Rayleigh on the discovery of argon, written only a week after its announcement at a meeting of the Royal Society on 31 January 1895. The discovery was to bring Nobel prizes in 1904 for Rayleigh and William Ramsay. £1,500-£2,000 274 Requien (Esprit).- Corsica Two letters, signed (‘Requien’), in French, black-brown ink, to botanist Filippo Parlatore, 1) concerning botanic research and ‘flora italica’, dry- stamped paper, slight browning, little spotting, Ajaccio, 19 April 1850; 2) concerning botanic research in Corsica with list of plants, some browning, scattered ink smudges, Pisa, 1 July 1847; 8vo (2) £100-£150 275 Shatalov (Vladimir) Autograph manuscript in Russian: ‘Working Notebook Lieutenant Colonel Shatalov B.A. / February 1963 / Moscow “Space City”’, 170 pp., including 134 pp. dated 12 Feb 1963-21 Nov 1964, and a separate 36 pp. section written from the back of the notebook dated 11 Apr 1964-2 Nov 1964, 28.1 x 20.3 cm., 1963-64, in ink on graph paper with extensive revisions, calculations, drawings, and diagrams, in standard notebook with plain leatherette covers, lightly soiled.

276 276 Space Interest.- Salyut-7 Manuscript notes by engineer O.I. Gerasimenko featuring diagrams describing repair procedures for a spacesuit, to be done while in space, 7 pages, 29 October 1983.

*** THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH COSMONAUT TRAINING WORKING NOTEBOOK FOR VLADIMIR SHATALOV, COSMONAUT 13, commander of Soyuz 4, 8 and 10, Commander of Cosmonaut Training between 1971 and 1987, and Director the Cosmonaut Training Centre until 1991. In 1969, as commander of Soyuz 4, he performed the first successful manual docking of two piloted spacecrafts.

***The repairs were done after a planned spacewalk aboard Salyut-7 had to be scrapped in October 1983, due to a leak in the spacesuit. A procedure was devised to test for the location of the leak. Following these procedures these procedures were transmitted to the Cosmonauts, who were able to carry it out on 29 October. They manged to install two additional solar batteries on the exterior of Salyut-7, which were necessary to meet their power consumption needs.

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278 Weddell (Hugh Algernon) Autograph letter (signed ‘H Weddell’), in French, to botanist Filippo Parlatore concerning sample of flora, with mention of botanist Philip Barker Webb, slight yellowing, 8vo, P aris, 23 January 1856. £80-£120

277 277 Teller (Edward) Typed letter signed (‘Edward Teller’) to the students of Christopher Columbus Junior High School, on letterhead of Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, saying ‘Today the United States leads the world in science and technology. The world around us is changing. There is an urgent demand in the backward countries for a decent way of life and for the industrialization which can assure this. There is a dynamic development in the Soviet Union to conquer the world if possible by peaceful penetration. He who can offer most to the world as a whole will decide whether our ideals of freedom are strong enough to survive. / It is my belief that the main job which is facing us today is ... to lead the way for the whole world toward a better life’, one page, deep vertical crease at left margin, 4to, Berkeley, CA, 21 November 1961.

279 Zeeman (Pieter) Autograph letter signed (‘P. Zeeman’) to Samuel A. Goudsmit, in Dutch, thanking the recipient for sending a copy of his book on Atomic Energy States and adding ‘The book will be very useful. It is more useful on the issue than the Tables Annuelles . Subsequent editions of your and Bacher’s book will prove to be indispensable [...] Did you see Zwikker’s book, the Leerboek der Optiek? It is written in a refreshing and vivid way. It is too bad that the magnetic splitting has been treated completely wrong and even by a student of mine! I am already having some pleasure from a mass spectrograph that I installed following Thomson’s parabola method. By experiment I can indeed prove that [...] the percentage H1 H2 had increased by fractionated evaporation and rectification. He found the specific gravity of the gas obtained through his method the specific gravity of the gas obtained through his method to be 1.51-+ 0.005% higher then that of ordinary hydrogen. With the mass spectrogram you see immediately that H2 has to be present. [...] Recently we had Francis Perrin to visit. Very interesting. Holweck was going to come too, but he had to leave for Algiers to do gravity measurements for a governmental commission. Now we are waiting for Geiger to visit us on the 11th of May’, four pages, pin holes to top left corner, 4to, Amsterdam, 30 April 1933.

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Sport

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282 280 Ali (Muhammad) Colour photograph of the boxing champion, signed ‘Muhammad Ali’ in black marker across the image, mounted together with tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Rome, 1960, framed and glazed, overall size 74.5 x 45.5 cm.

285 Rugby Interest.Autograph album with signatures of Rugby players of England and Wales team, including Wally Holmes, Albert Agar, John Carpenter, Ken Jones, Gareth Griffith, Roy Burnett, Geoff Beckingham, Billy Williams, brown cloth, handling wear, small 8vo, c.1950s.

***The 1960 Olympic Games were held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy. Muhammad Ali won the Gold Medal in boxing as a light heavyweight.

£120-£180

£200-£300 281 Cricket.A collection of 35 autographs signed by some of the most important professional English cricketers, including: Sir Alec Victor Bedser, Alan Jones, Harry Pilling, James Cumbes, Phillip Anthony, Joseph Alan Ormrod, Eric Bedser, Chris Waller, Ropy Palmer, David Graveney, Jack Simmons, Jack Dyson Kevin Lyons and William Howard, pencil collector’s annotations to lower margin, v.s. (35) £250-£350

286 Sport Collection.A collection of signed photographs, letters, cards and newspaper clippings, of prominent sport personalities including (boxing) Sam Burns, Tony Janiro, Eddie McGoory, Karl Mildenberger, John H. Stracey, Billy Walden, also signed programme with pencilled results of 14th Olympiad London 1948 Weightlifting, (football) Bobby Charlton, A.E. Ramsey, (sailing) Alec Rose, (tennis) Mark Cox, (horseracing) Danny Maher, Edgar Britt, Gordon Richards, Tom Cosgrove, Lord Chesterfield; and others, v.s. (small quantity) £200-£300

282 Grace (W.G.) W.G. signed presentation, s ome browning to paper, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 22 x 25.5 cm.

287 Sport Collection.Small group of album pages signed by sport celebrities, including: Fred Perry, Dennis Compton, Pelham Warner, Carlos Ortiz, Robin Cousins, John Francome, John Conteh, Steve Bruce, Virginia Wade, Linford Christie, Chris Finnegan, v.s. (small quantity)

£300-£400

£100-£150

283 Horseracing Autographs.Copy of Claude Berry’s ‘The Racehorse in Twentieth Century Art’ (London, 1989), signed by the author, with autographs of 35 jockeys or horserace trainers to title, including Graham Bradley, Jamie Osborne, Jim Quinn, Anthony Powell, Ron Hyett and Raymond White, original pictorial dust-jacket, folio, [after 1989].

288 Sport Collection.A collection of photographs and signatures by sport celebrities, including: Stanley Matthews, Andy Murray, Roger Hunt, Bradley Wiggins, David Beckham, Norman Whiteside, Steve Bruce, Sammy McIllroy, Bob Champion, Stuart Pearson, Kevin Moran, David Sadler, Alex Ferguson, Kriss Akabusi, Sebastian Coe, Jessica Ennis, George Cohen, Paul Gascogne, Frank Bruno, mostly mounted, a few framed and glazed, v.s . (quantity)

£120-£180 284 Moore (Bobby) & Others UAE Soccer Tour ’84 souvenir programme, signed by Bobby More, George Best and Gordon Banks in blue ink, pages stapled into original wrappers, minor creasing and handling wear to edges, light soiling, 4to, [1984].

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Terms and Conditions for Buyers at Chiswick Auctions

1. BEFORE THE SALE 1.1 Agent for the seller Unless otherwise agreed, Chiswick Auctions Ltd, hereafter referred to as CA LTD acts as agent for the seller. The contract for sale of the property is therefore made between the Seller and the Buyer. 1.2 Definitions For the purposes of the current Terms and Conditions, the Seller shall be defined as the owner of the Goods. It is implied that the Seller is the legitimate owner and is authorised to sell the Lot. The Bidder is any registered person participating in the auction, and the Buyer is the successful Bidder for a particular Lot. The Lot means the item(s) put up for sale by CA Ltd and to which the present Terms and Conditions apply. 1.3 Catalogue descriptions Any representation in any catalogue or otherwise as to the origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or estimated selling price of any lot is a statement of opinion only. Such statements do not constitute a representation warranty or assumption of liability by CA Ltd in relation to the Lot. Any prospective Buyer should satisfy themselves prior to the sale as to the reliability of the catalogue description. The absence of mention related to prior restorations in the Catalogue descriptions does not imply that the good is exempt thereof. Photographs of any Lot provided by CA Ltd are for indicative purposes only and are not deemed to be a precise representation of the said Lot. The Buyer is advised to seek independent expert advice in order to be assured of the authenticity and true state of the good. 1.4 Inspection Prior to auction, prospective purchasers are strongly advised to personally examine personally any property in which they are interested to satisfy themselves in relation to matters which may concern them. 1.5 Condition report CA Ltd may issue a Condition Report on request prior to the sale. This Condition Report is for identification purposes only and cannot be considered as giving a precise account of the Lot’s true state. Thus, some imperfections and faults may not be accounted for in the Condition Report. As aforementioned, and in the absence of any contractual value of the Condition report, it is the Buyer’s sole duty to inspect in person the Lot in order be assured of its true condition and CA Ltd shall not be responsible for assertions within the Condition Report hereto. 1.6 Electricals All electrical items are sold as seen and CA Ltd offers no guarantee as to the working condition of such items or their safety. It is the Buyer’s duty to take necessary steps to be assured that the Lot is safe for normal use. 1.7 Estimates Estimates are based on various factors inherent to the situation of the market at the time of the sale, as well as considerations such as the

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condition, rarity, or quality of the item etc. Estimates are only indicative and represent the opinion of CA Ltd. Estimates provided by CA Ltd cannot constitute a guarantee as to the value of the good. Subsequently, goods may sell at prices lower or higher than the provided estimates. 1.8 Reserves Many Lots are offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum sale price. The reserve will never exceed the low estimate printed in the catalogue. CA Ltd may open the bidding on any Lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the seller, and may in their discretion continue to bid up to the reserve price. This can be achieved by bidding in response to other bidders or alternatively by placing consecutive bids. 1.9 Registration to the sale New bidders will need to register prior to the sale. It is strongly advised bidders register at least 24 hours before the sale. Registration thereafter shall be at the auctioneer’s entire discretion. International bidders may be required to register 48 hours before the sale and to submit bank details. A deposit may be requested prior to each sale. Failure to register shall result in the impossibility for the bidder to purchase a Lot. 1.10 Proof of identity Bidders not previously known to CA Ltd will be required to provide:

• Official proof of identity in the form of a passport or photocard driving licence. No other forms of ID are acceptable. • Proof of address of main residence. Only official documents showing name and address will be accepted. • Both landline and mobile telephone numbers • A bank reference for foreign bidders may be requested • Corporate clients will have to provide a certificate of incorporation prior to the auction, along with the representative’s ID in accordance with the above mentioned requirements for proof of identity.

Any Bidder that does not match the provided identity for registration may not purchase during the sale. 2. DURING THE SALE 2.1 Attendance at auction Attending the auction in person is recommended. CA Ltd has the right in their absolute discretion to refuse participation in any auction, to reject any bid, and to refuse admission to the premises. Bidders are not obliged to be present in person at the auction. Absentee bidders shall be required to make necessary arrangements with CA Ltd prior to the sale. 2.2 Personal bidding Bidders attending the auction in person shall be required to collect a number plate prior to the sale.

*See inside front cover for information regarding fees


2.3 Commission bids CA Ltd will use reasonable efforts to carry out Commission bids received by them prior to the sale for the convenience of clients who are not present at the auction in person. Execution of Commission bids is a free service provided to help clients and CA Ltd does not accept liability for any failure to execute a Commission bid or for errors and omissions in connection with it. Commission bids shall be executed at the lowest possible price, subject to competing bids and reserves. Although CA Ltd will endeavour to inform Buyers, it is the Buyer’s responsibility to check if they have been successful in purchasing a Lot. In the event of multiple commissions at the same price, the commission set at the older date shall be taken into account. 2.4 Telephone bids If a bidder is not able to attend in person an auction, CA Ltd will use reasonable efforts to contact prospective Buyers who make arrangements prior to commencement of the sale to bid by telephone. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible in the event of issues affecting connectivity, resulting in the loss of a chance of purchasing the Lot for the Bidder. 2.5 Internet bids Some sales may be available to internet bidding, as well as personal attendance. In this event, CA Ltd shall not be held responsible for issues affecting connection. 2.6 Bidding on behalf of someone A Buyer may bid by proxy. In this event, proof of identity of both the Buyer and the proxy must be communicated to CA Ltd prior to the sale. A copy of the mandate shall also be required. 2.7 Bidding on an item Bid incrementing is at the auctioneer’s entire discretion. 2.8 Video transmission For the purpose of the sale, Lots may be displayed on video during the auction. In the event of transmission issues, CA Ltd shall not be held responsible for any subsequent outcome. 2.9 Online-only auctions Some auctions may be available to bidders only through an online platform. In this event, Buyers have a 14 day period at reception of the Lot to withdraw from the sale, in accordance with EU Consumer Law. 2.10 Dispute resolution during the auction Any dispute shall be settled at the auctioneer’s absolute discretion. Under no circumstances will a sale be cancelled after the fall of the hammer, except at the auctioneer’s entire discretion. 3. CONTRACT FORMATION AND EFFECTS 3.1 Contract of sale The contract of sale is between the Buyer and the Seller. The Buyer shall be the bidder at the highest price at the fall of the hammer. The sale is deemed complete once the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer and the contract shall be binding thereafter between the Buyer and the Seller and CA Ltd. When a Buyer purchases multiple Lots, each Lot is the subject of a separate contract of sale. 3.2 Transfer of property Property of the goods shall pass to the Buyer only once CA Ltd has received full payment for the goods, this includes the price at the fall of the hammer as well as Buyer’s premium, relevant taxes, and costs in relation to shipping.

3.3 Transfer of risks Purchased Lots shall be at the Buyer’s risk in all respects from the fall of the hammer, and neither CA Ltd nor their agents shall be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise. 3.4 Cancellation of the sale At the fall of the hammer, the contract is formed between the Buyer and CA Ltd and is binding thereafter. Under no circumstances can the Buyer cancel the sale. CA Ltd may at its entire discretion, during or after the auction, cancel the sale of the Lot or reoffer and resell the Lot if it becomes aware of any error or dispute of any nature, whether or not title has passed to the Buyer, and up to a period of 6 months after the said sale. Grounds for cancellation under the present section shall include but not be limited to any dispute relating to the attribution or provenance of the Lot, ownership and title, fraud or deceit, lack of relevant licences or certificates, any subsequent changes in domestic or international legislations restricting the sale of export of goods etc. In the event of internet-only auctions, the Buyer shall have a 14 day right to retract, after reception of the Lot, under EU Consumer Law. Public auctions are not covered by this right to retract. 3.5 Returns and refunds CA Ltd will only issue a refund using the same method of payment originally used by the Buyer to pay for the purchase, or by bank transfer. The Buyer’s refund will be processed without undue delay and in any event within no more than 28 days of the day the Buyer gave CA Ltd notice of cancellation. If the Buyer exercises their right of retraction when authorised to do so by Law, CA Ltd shall proceed to issue a complete refund, comprising the hammer price of the Lot, buyer’s premium and shipping fees. However return fees shall remain at the expense of the Buyer. 4. AFTER THE SALE 4.1 Payment All purchased lots must be paid for on the day of the auction. Commission bids must be paid for no later than the day after the auction. Payment must be in cash, debit, credit card or bank transfer. Cheques are not accepted. Cash payments shall not be receivable for amounts over €10,000, regardless of the payment being for one or multiple Lots. Payments made by someone other than the registered Buyer shall not be accepted. Title will not pass to the Buyer until CA Ltd has received all amounts due to them in cleared funds even if the Lot has been released to the Buyer. 4.2 Buyer’s Premium The Buyer will pay CA Ltd a premium of 25% on the hammer price plus VAT on that commission on the first £500,000 and 12% plus VAT on the balance thereafter. A Buyer’s Premium of 19.5% plus VAT is charged on Wine & Spirits Lots. The standard rate of VAT is charged on the premium except on Lots marked ‘†’ where normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium. In order to receive a refund of VAT amounts/Import VAT (as applicable) non-EU buyers must: (a) have registered to bid with an address outside of the EU; and (b) export the lot from the EU within 30 days of collection for * lots and 3 months of collection for all other lots and immediately afterwards provide us with satisfactory proof of export. (c) Details of the documents which you must provide to us to show 51


satisfactory proof of export/shipping are available from our Finance team. A processing fee of £35.00 per invoice is charged to check shipping/export docu ments. (d) No VAT amounts or Import VAT will be refunded where the total refund (after deducting the processing fee) is under £35.

4.6 Collection Purchased Lots can be collected from the auction room after the sale has ended or between 10am and 6pm up until close of business on the Friday following the sale. Special arrangements may be made for collection on Saturday at CA Ltd’s discretion.

4.3 Taxes The Buyer is responsible for paying VAT on any Lot, above hammer price and Buyer’s premium. The rate applicable shall be the legal rate at the date of the sale. Goods such as books and antique books, music, maps and charts etc. are subject to zero-rated VAT. In addition, any import taxes that may be incurred shall be paid by the Buyer above hammer price, VAT and Buyer’s premium. The present paragraph applies in particular to imports within the United-States and Australia. The Buyer is advised to verify such matters prior to the sale.

4.7 Storage Purchased Lots not collected before 6pm on the day after the sale shall incur storage charges of £5.00 per Lot, per day or part thereof. CA Ltd shall be entitled to retain purchased Lots sold until all sums due have been paid to CA Ltd. If any purchased lot remains uncollected 21 days after the sale, storage charges shall thereafter be £10 per day and CA Ltd shall, in accordance with the Law, have the right to sell the purchased Lot to recover payment of storage charges outstanding. Any balance proceeds of sale received after payment of all sums outstanding and due to CA Ltd shall be held for the account of the Buyer.

4.4 Artist Resale Rights / Droit de Suite Lots marked with ‘ARR’ may be subject to a levy. Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or to the artist’s heir each time a work is resold during the artist’s lifetime and up to a period of 70 years after the artist’s death. Royalties are calculated on a cumulative sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyer’s premium. The royalty does not apply to Lots selling below the sterling equivalent of €1,000 and the maximum royalty payable on any single Lot is the sterling equivalent of 12,500. Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:

4.8 Shipping Any shipping costs that may arise subsequently to the sale shall be at the Buyer’s expense. Such costs may include but not limited to postage, import and export permits where required and any other licence necessary for goods to be shipped outside of the European Union. CA Ltd does not offer insurance for shipping. However, CA Ltd may arrange insurance upon the Buyer’s request and at the Buyer’s expense. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible for any damages that may be incurred to goods prior to the fall of the hammer.

• From 0 to €50,000 4% • From €50,000.01 to €200,000 3% • From €200,000.01 to €350,000 1% • From €350,000.01 to €500,000 0.5% • Exceeding €500,000 0.25%

4.5 Remedies for non-payment If the Buyer fails to make full payment in cleared funds within the time required as aforementioned, CA Ltd shall be entitled to exercise any one or more of the following rights or remedies additional to such other rights or remedies available: • To cancel the sale • To charge interest at 4% per annum above the base rate of Lloyds Bank Plc. • To resell the Lot on such terms by auction or otherwise entirely at CA Ltd’s discretion. The Buyer will be liable for all costs including legal fees incurred in the sale and will remain liable for any shortfall arising upon sale. • To offset against any sums which CA Ltd may owe the Buyer the outstanding sums unpaid by the said Buyer • Where the Buyer owes sums to CA Ltd in respect of different transactions, to discretionarily apply any sum paid by the Buyer for discharge of any owed sums. • To refuse entry to the Buyer at any future auction and/or reject any future bids by the Buyer and/or seek a deposit from the Buyer entirely in the discretion of CA Ltd. • To exercise a lien over the Buyer’s property in the possession of CA Ltd as collateral for any outstanding sums owed and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any such property, whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way to the extent permitted by Law. • To commence legal proceedings for the recovery of the total amount due together with interest, legal fees and costs. • To take such other action as is permissible by Law and in the discretion of CA Ltd.

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4.9 Loss or Damage CA Ltd does not accept liability for loss or damage occurring to Lots after the sale. CA Ltd will use reasonable efforts when handling packing and shipping of Lots purchased, but shall not be responsible for any loss or damages that may occur whilst the said Lot is in any third party’s care. 4.10 Cultural Goods import and export restrictions Cultural goods may be subject to import and export restrictions. Under EU Regulations related to the trade of cultural goods, export licences may be required for export outside of the European Union if the item’s value exceeds the EU threshold. Under UK Law, a licence may also be required for intra-EU trade. Licenses are issued by Arts Council England and it is the Buyer’s duty to obtain them. Some countries restrict the import of specific cultural goods. For example, the United States prohibits the import of pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or murals, as well as any cultural goods in provenance from some countries subject to armed conflicts. The Buyer must verify local legislation prior to the sale in order to be assured that import or export is possible. 4.11 CITES import and export restrictions Certain endangered species are listed in the CITES Convention. Listed specimens and any parts or products thereof are subject to issuance of an export permit when leaving the European Union. Appendix I species, are also subject to issuance of a prior import permit from the country in which the goods are to be imported. Such permits are necessary before applying for export permits and it is the Buyer’s duty to initiate the proceedings with the relevant authority. The Buyer must be aware that certain countries prohibit the import of some species or any parts or products derived thereof. For example, the United States prohibit all import of African elephant ivory, and any item containing parts that may merely resemble African elephant ivory must be accompanied by relevant documentation stating it is not the latter. Worked items that are dated before 1947 are exempt from import restrictions for intra-EU trade and shall not require export licences. Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol λ are subject to CITES regulations.

*See inside front cover for information regarding fees


4.12 Limitation of liability regarding CITES export licenses Where licences are required for importing or exporting outside of the European Union, it is the Buyer’s duty to obtain them. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible if the Buyer’s application for an export permit is unsuccessful. Subsequently, in the event of failure thereof, CA Ltd shall not permit cancellation or rescission of the sale. 4.13 Warranties CA Ltd does not provide the Buyer with warranties relating to any Lot, unless required by Law. 4.14 Authenticity warranty In the event of a Lot being sold as authentic under the catalogue description and the Buyer provides evidence in the form of a written report by a recognised expert or test results that the said Lot is not, CA Ltd will refund the purchase price. The Buyer shall give notice to CA Ltd within 28 days from knowledge or any event giving reasons for suspecting that the item is not authentic, and within one year of the said sale. Any claim thereafter shall not be receivable. For the purposes of the present paragraph, authenticity shall be defined as the state of a Lot that is genuine and not a forgery or a copy. 5. ANTIQUITIES AND TRIBAL ART 5.1 Import and export restrictions and regulations Archaeological goods over 100 years of age, unless covered by exemption of limited scientific interest, will require an EU Licence for export to a third country, regardless of their value. It is recommended that the Buyer contact the Export Licensing Unit at Arts Council England in order to be assured the good is or not of limited archaeological or scientific interest. Archaeological goods found on United-Kingdom soil or in UK territorial waters over 50 years of age shall require a UK Licence regardless of their value and regardless of the export destination. Other archaeological objects regardless of their origin will require an Individual Licence or OGEL depending on their value. Both European-Union and UK Licences may be required simultaneously for some items. It is the Buyer’s duty to undertake the necessary steps. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible and the sale cannot be cancelled in the event of failure to obtain the relevant licences. 6. JEWELLERY 6.1 Gemstone treatment and estimates Many gemstones on the market have been treated so as to augment their appearance, in a reversible or permanent manner. Treatments under the present section may be but not limited to:

• Heat treatment to enhance sapphires and rubies’ clarity and colour • Oil and resin treatments for emeralds applied in different ways, to enhance clarity of the stone • Staining • Irradiation • Coating

Estimates provided by CA Ltd are deemed to be based on the fact that the gemstone may have been subject to any type of treatment in the past. CA Ltd shall not be responsible in the absence of mention thereof. A certificate may be issued by a laboratory, providing with detailed information on the condition of the gemstone and any treatment applied thereto. The Buyer must be aware that different laboratories have different approaches as to the degree or type of treatment for a particular gemstone. If a certificate accompanies the Lot, the Buyer must be aware that it is merely a statement of the laboratory’s opinion and in no way can CA Ltd

be held responsible for any mentions therein. Such certificates are deemed to be delivered with the Lot for informative purposes only. 6.2 Estimated weights If a stone’s exact weight appears within the body of the description, the stone has been un-mounted and weighed by CA Ltd. If the weight of a stone is stated to be approximate, the stone has been assessed by CA Ltd within its setting, and the defined weight is a statement of opinion only. This information is given as a guide and bidders should satisfy themselves with regard to this information as to its accuracy. 6.3 Signatures ‘A diamond ring, by X’: When the maker’s name appears in the title, in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion the piece is by that maker. ‘A diamond ring, signed X’: Has a signature that, in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, is authentic but may contain gemstones that are not original, or the piece may have been altered. ‘A diamond ring, mounted by X’: Has been created by the jeweller, in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, but using stones or designs supplied by the client. ‘Maker’s mark for X’: Has a maker’s mark which in Chiswick Auctions’ opinion is authentic. Some items may include parts or products derived from endangered species, such as ivory or coral. Such items may be subject to import or export restrictions. See section on CITES regulations for more details. 7. CLOCKS AND WATCHES All Lots are sold as seen. Clocks and watches are therefore not deemed to be sold in working condition. Absence of reference thereof in the description does not imply that the Lot is in good condition and without defects, or has been subject to repair or restoration. CA Ltd makes no representation or warranty that any clock or watch is in working order. As clocks and watches often contain fine and complex mechanisms, bidders should be aware that a general service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Most clocks and watches are likely to have been repaired in the past, and as a result may include parts that are not original thereto. The United-States restrict the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank Muller or Corum. Such models can only be imported personally by the Buyer and CA Ltd cannot assist with shipping thereof. Some watches may include leather straps derived from endangered species. Buyers may be required to obtain appropriate permits for import or export purposes in accordance with CITES regulations. CA Ltd acts in compliance with such legislations and shall take necessary steps where required. Subsequently, watches may be deemed sold without their straps. 8. FURNITURE 8.1 Upholstered furniture after 1950 According to The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988, furniture that was upholstered after the 1st of January 1950 is subject to restrictions in the United-Kingdom. Exempt upholstered furniture that does not meet such requirements is deemed sold for purely aesthetic purposes.CA Ltd shall not be responsible for later alterations to the furniture, making it unfit for sale. 9. FINE ART Fine Art paintings as included in the catalogue description ‘X 1600-1670’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is an authentic work by the artist.

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‘Attributed to X 1600-1670’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is probably a work by the artist. ‘Circle of X 1600-1670’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a work by an unidentified artist working in the artist’s style and during the period of the artist’s life. ‘Follower of X 1600-1670’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a work by an unidentified artist working in the artist’s style, contemporary or near contemporary. ‘School of X, 17th century’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a work executed in that period and in the style associated with that artist. ‘French School, 17th century’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a work executed in that period and in the style associated with a particular location. ‘Manner of X’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a work by an unidentified artist working in the artist’s style but at a later date, although not of recent execution. ‘Style of X’: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a work by an unidentified artist working in the artist’s style and of recent execution. ‘After X 1600-1670: In Chiswick Auctions’ opinion, it is a copy by an unidentified artist of a named work by the artist. Lots sold ‘as seen’ or ‘as found’ are deemed to be sold in their present condition, with their faults and defects. The Bidder must be aware that purchase of such Lots is at there own risk.

CA Ltd offers no guarantee as to suitability for drinking of the wine or spirit. The Buyer must be aware of the risk that the taste of a wine or spirit may be altered due to factors such as age, storage conditions, oxidation, etc.

10. ASIAN ARTS

Whenever and to the extent that any provisions of these terms would or might contravene the provision of any relevant legislation, such provision is to take effect only in so far as it may do so without contravening such legislation and the legality, validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions are not in any way to be affected or impaired as a result.

10.1 Import and export restrictions When dealing with Asian Arts and more specifically with items made of exotic wood (e.g. all species of rosewood) or elephant ivory, the Buyer must be aware of import and export restrictions in accordance with CITES Regulations. As aforementioned in the Section relating to such matters, import and export permits or re-export certificates may be required. Verification letters will be required for re-export of worked rhinoceros items. 10.2 Fine Chinese Paintings Current scholarship in the field of Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy does not permit unqualified statements as to the authorship or date of execution. The limited right of rescission contained in the present terms and conditions does not apply to Chinese paintings. Notwithstanding, if within 28 days of the sale of any such Lot, the original purchaser gives written notice to CA Ltd that the Lot is a forgery and within fourteen days after giving such notice, the original purchaser returns the lot to us in the same condition as at the time of sale and demonstrates to our satisfaction that the lot is a forgery, CA Ltd will rescind the sale and refund the purchase price received. For this purpose, a ‘forgery’ is defined as a work created with the intent to deceive. 11. BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

13. COPYRIGHT CA Ltd shall own the copyright on all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for CA Ltd relating to a Lot, including catalogue contents. Such copyright shall remain at all times the property of CA Ltd. Neither the Buyer nor anyone else shall use the above mentioned materials without the prior written consent of CA Ltd. Some Lots may be subject to copyright protection, CA Ltd does not guarantee said Lots are free thereof. 14. DATA PROTECTION The Buyer agrees that personal information transmitted to CA Ltd may be disclosed exclusively for the purposes of business, or as required by Law. CA Ltd shall not use personal information for any other purpose without the Buyer’s prior consent. CA Ltd never sell, lend or trade in personal data provided by any Bidder. 15. SEVERABILITY

16. AMENDMENTS The current Terms and Conditions may be amended, verbally or in writing, prior to the sale. 17. LAW AND JURISDICTION The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to these Conditions of Sale and the conduct of the auction and any matters related to any of the foregoing shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Law of England and Wales. For the benefit of CA Ltd all bidders and sellers agree that the Courts of England are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle all disputes arising in connection with all aspects of all matters or transactions to which these Conditions of Sale and Authorship warranty relate or apply. All parties agree that CA Ltd shall retain the right to bring proceedings in any court other than the Courts of England.

Books and manuscripts sold as incomplete are not subject to returns. Printed books may be returned for a full refund only if they prove to be defective in text or illustration. This shall not apply to the absence of blanks, half titles or advertisements, to un-named books or to books sold under the heading of ‘binding’ or ‘bindings’. 12. WINES AND SPIRITS In accordance with agreed standards in the trade, estimates shall be deemed to have taken into account the fill level. For the purposes of the present Terms and Conditions, the ‘Fill Level’ refers to the space between the base of the cork and the liquid in the bottle. Fill levels may vary with age or depending on the condition of the wine or spirit. Lack of mention thereof in the description is not a representation of an ‘acceptable’ fill level from CA Ltd.

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*See inside front cover for information regarding fees


SALE CALENDAR

FEBRUARY

20

WEDNESDAY

Design & Interiors

27

WEDNESDAY

Books & Works on Paper

28

THURSDAY

Autographs & Memorabilia

MARCH

06

WEDNESDAY

British & European Fine Art including Portrait Miniatures

12

TUESDAY

Silver & Objects of Vertu Design & Interiors including Affordable Luxury

19

TUESDAY

Photographica

20

WEDNESDAY

Old Master Paintings

26

TUESDAY

Fine Oriental Rugs & Carpets

27

WEDNESDAY

Fine European Works of Art & Clocks

28

THURSDAY

Books & Works on Paper

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