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STAMPS 6 July 13 July 26 July 26/27 July 10 September 20 September 23 September 15 October 26/27 October 10 November

The Professor Derek Diamond Collection of New Zealand 2d. Chalons and the 1898-1908 Pictorial Issue Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part VI The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Stamps and Covers of South East Asia The John Clemente Collection of Tasmania Postal History The James B. Hamlin Collection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale including Important Colombia, Italian P.O.’s in China and Bulgaria The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale

16042 16043 16028 16030 16032 16044 157 CSS20 16034

Lugano New York

SW1019 158

New York New York

325 324

30 November 1 December

Ancient Coins - The Squires Collection and The Mendon Collection The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals including European Coins from the Peter Woodhead Collection The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 3, Gold Coins Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2) The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 4, Coins of Edward III to Richard III Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals

BANKNOTES 22/23 June 5 July 18 August 28/29 September 19/20 October 7 December

November COINS 21 June 22/23 June 27/29 June

London

16005

London Hong Kong London London London New York

16020 CSS23 16021 16006 16041 326

London London London

16022 16007 16007

The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes

New York London Hong Kong London New York London

324 16009 CSS23 16015 326 16016

MEDALS 21 July 24 November

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria

London London

16002 16003

BONDS & SHARES 22/23 June 18 August 19/20 October 18 November

The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Bonds & Share Certificates of the World

New York Hong Kong New York London

324 CSS23 326 16018

AUTOGRAPHS 22/23 June 13 July 19/20 October

The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale

New York London New York

324 16043 326

WINES 23 June 9 September 6 October

An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits

Hong Kong Singapore Hong Kong

SFW20 SFW21 SFW22

28 June 18 August 26 September 26/27 September 27 September 19/20 October tbc

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WEDNESDAY 13 JULY 2016 Commencing at 10.00 a.m.

DOCUMENTS 1

1337 (15 October) a vellum document written in Latin in the reign of Edward III being a charter between Williomus de Langefield and Johami de Metheleye and Henorio de Langefield with handstamp in black at foot. An unusual early document

£100-120

2 Duchy of Lancaster 2

1529-33 document on vellum written to William FitzWilliam, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster being a bill between James Standish of Duxbury and Symon Haydock for lands in Hepay (Heapy). Written in English, there are usual folding creases and some edge wear at the sides; in a good state of preservation. Photo

£120-150

William FitzWilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton, KG (c.1490-1542) English courtier and soldier. He acted as “enforcer” for Henry in the fall of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.

He was a capable Lord Privy Seal from 1540 to his death in 1542, but he failed to address serious structural faults at the Duchy of Lancaster and the Admiralty administration, probably because with several offices he was overworked - a serious fault in the Tudor system.

Sir John Mason/The Treaty of Bologne (1550) 3

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1549 (20 February) folio entire letter, written in French, to the French negotiation delegation, “A Mess[ieu]rs Mons[ieur] de la Rochepot et les aultres depputés du Roy très chrestien”. The letter has been signed by four prominent members of the British delegation, John Mason, John Russell, First Earl of Bedford, William Petre and William Paget, First Baron Paget of Beaudesert.

These four all enjoyed full power to negotiate with France over the port of Boulogne-SurMer, occupied by England from 1544 to 1550. Ultimately, France recovered Boulogne in 1550 by paying a ransom. The letter contains an agreement to meet in Boulogne no later than Saturday evening. There is some wear to the centerfold (reinforced) and with complete address panel. An important historical document from the negotiations between the English and French prior to the Treaty of Bologne signed in 1550. Photo Sir John Mason (1503-1566) was an English diplomat and spy. He worked for several Tudor monarchs collecting information from the continent and as a diplomat. He was knighted by Edward VI and made Dean of Winchester.

John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford KG PC JP (c. 1485-1555) was an English royal minister in the Tudor era. He served variously as Lord High Admiral and Lord Privy Seal.

Sir William Petre (c. 1505-1572) was Secretary of State to four successive Tudor monarchs, namely Kings Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I. William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert KG PC (1506-1563), was an English statesman and accountant who held prominent positions in the service of Henry VIII (Secretary of State), Edward VI and Mary I. WWW.SPINK.COM

£600-800

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Lord Burghley 4

1592 (26 February) autographed folio document signed “W Burghley” whilst he was Secretary of State. This warrant is for payment to Norwell Sothelm (?). There is a second signature underneath and, at the foot of the page, a further endorsement with signature.

The page has been torn with paper repair, some tone spots and ageing of the paper. Photo William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598) was the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550-1553 and 1558-1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.

Note: The warrants were torn in half when paid.

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£300-400

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5 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk 5

1615 (21 January) a scribal document regarding the petition by Edmund Lord Sheffield about payments rendered in duplicate with four autograph lines at foot, “If Mr Bingley do fynde that the above said 20 £ was duble paid ... then lett an order be drawne for repayment of 20 £ according to equity”, dated and signed, “Suffolke”. There is some marking along the vertical fold lines and minor edge defect at foot. Photo Admiral Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, KG PC (1561-1626) was a son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret Audley, Duchess of Norfolk, the daughter and heiress of the 1st Baron Audley of Walden.

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£600-800

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Stilwell Family Documents x6

1621-55, a group of vellum documents with 1621 (September) indenture in the reign of James I between John Stilwell of Dorkinge in the county of Surrey and John Stilwell the younger.

1634 (May) indenture in the reign of Charles I between Thomas Stilwell of Guldeford in the county of Surrey and Edward Whettley.

1655 Last Will and Testament of John Stilwell of Dorkinge in the county of Surrey with additional small sheet added in the reign of Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and an Inventorie dated 1655 (June) listing the goods owned by John Stilwell of Dorkinge. A good group (4 documents). Photo

ÂŁ100-150

King James I x7

1624 (c.) outer boards from a book taken form the library of King James, his gilt arms on the outside, with endpapers; without other contents and with ribbon added to make a desk blotter/document holder. A note with this indicates that it was purchased from the estate of Sir James Bell when his property and Montgreenan House in Ayrshire, was sold in 1947

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ÂŁ200-300

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8 Treaty of Ripon 8

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1640 (22 October) entire folio letter to Capt. Collins at Dover, addressed “To the Wor. and very good friend Increased Collins: Esq: Capt: of one of his Majesties forts at Dover: these present I pray”. The letter reads, “May it please you according to my promise to you when I did acquaint you with the business between Mr Morgan and my self: I did then promise for to acquaint Baron Hendon with the proceeding of it: of which promise I have not failed: as time would permit me. The Baron has been very ill so that nobody was admitted to speak to him: but this day he is somewhat recovered: and this day by Mr Lovell’s motion for me he has granted me this order: whereof I send you a true copy ... the original till I have shown it to Mr Morgan; and had not business taken away time and the Baron being ill; you should have some further order to forebear to confirm the Commission report that they have made: but I trust that for the present this will give you content.

Now for news from hence which all men except one from another: the truth is, it is so variable and of so high a nature that for my part I dare not write of it but this much, the Cities of London and Westminster have chosen their former burgesses and knights for the parliament: and for Southwark there is chosed one Mr. White and Mr Bagnor both gentlemen of the temple: and this day I was in the company of a gentleman that came from York this week who did report that the lords of England and Scotland were agreed: and that there should be a cessation of Arms; and the Armies on both sides be drawn to 7000 apiece and the rest to be discharged on both sides; and that a free road to be upon both sides; And that his majesty was to allow the Scots £25000 a month for the maintenance of their 7000 and they are to do like to the Kings 7000 that lies between Scotland and them: and that this must be raised by the country in victuals on both sides for some time till the parliament determined of it and this is all I dare to write, so praying for your good health I rest. Your humble servant to com, Nicholas Payne”. With full address panel and red wax seal; some light paper ageing.

An interesting letter from this important moment of British history. Photo The Treaty of Ripon was an agreement signed by Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Scottish Covenanters on 26 October 1640, in the aftermath of the Second Bishops’ War. The Covenanters were associated with the promotion and development of Presbyterianism as a form of church government, as opposed to Episcopacy, favoured by the crown. The treaty was a major setback for Charles, and its terms were humiliating. It stipulated that Northumberland and County Durham were to be ceded to the Scots as an interim measure, that Newcastle was to be left in the hands of the Scots, and that Charles was to pay them £850 a day to maintain their armies there. Detailed negotiations between the two sides in London dragged well on into 1641 before the signing of the Treaty of London. This treaty was a factor leading to the calling of a session of Parliament, which is now known as the Long Parliament; this session was one of the major stepping stones to the outbreak of the First English Civil War. Collins was the Deputy of the Lieutenancy of Dover Castle. He was a Puritan whose name was indeed “Increased” (a reference to Psalm 115 - “the Lord shall increase ...”) He was dismissed in 1642 as not trustworthy but later reinstated Baron Hendon was Edward Hendon of Biddenden Kent. In 1639, King Charles I created Edward Hendon Baron of the Exchequer and Knighted him. Sir Edward withdrew to his estate at Biddenden and when called upon by Parliament, did as little as possible to assist them, claiming ill-health (as illustrated here); he died in 1643.

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£300-400

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Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge 9

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1649 (21 February) entire letter sheet from Ulm, written in German, to the mayor of Wimpfen, asking permission to relocate three military units. Signed “R Douglas” with autograph address panel. Slight paper defects occasionally touching text and with most of the wax seal intact. Photo Robert Douglas (1611-1662), Count of Skenninge, Baron of Skalby. A Scottish career officer Robert Douglas, a native of East Lothian, joined Swedish services during the Thirty Years’ War and rose to the rank of cavalry general, later serving as Field Marshal in the ensuing Swedish-Polish wars. He also was a member of the German literary society “Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft”.

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£500-600

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1658 (31 March) manuscript document on paper to the Commander in Chief stationed “in the Downs”.

“Trusty and Beloved we greet ye well. Whereas two vessels sailing the ... and the Linda ... are designed for fflorida and the ... of being importance to our service in America. We would have you to appoint ... of our shippes that may for a tyme be best spared from your squadron and that it is of ... tho said two vessels into its charge and convey the about one hundred and fifty leagues ... from the Lands End and thath performed to pursiut your further orders for our service and to give the Commander full instructions in that behalf. Given at Whitehall the 11th day of March 1658”.

Boldly signed at top “Oliver P” in a rather shaky signature a few months before his death.

He has also written the day of the month, “31th”. Mounted on card, this document has been professionally conserved. Photo Oliver Cromwell (1599-3 September 1658) was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

England’s American colonies in this period consisted of the New England Confederation, the Providence Plantation, the Virginia Colony and the Maryland Colony. However, the terms America also included the island of Jamaica 9

£2,000-2,500

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King George I 11

1685 (13 June) folio A.L.S; from Trakovice, “Monsieur. Monsieur de Falquenhan n’a pas menqué de me faire tenir les deus lettres que Vostre Altesse à prise la paine de m’écrire, sed aneque une joy tres sensible, que je y ay apris toutes les bontés quelle à bien voulu me faire connaitre, je souhaite passionnement de pouvoir contribuér sette campagne par mais services à l’ogmentation de sa gloire & de la rendre entirement persuadée que personne n’est plus le tres aquis serviteur de Vostre Altesse que George Louis”. An extremely early letter from him, written as a young officer in the Turkish War. Some slight stains but thought to be the earliest surviving letter written by him. Photo George Louis (1660-1727) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698. He was the eldest son of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1683, George and his brother, Frederick Augustus, served in the Great Turkish War at the Battle of Vienna. His father, Ernest Augustus died on 23 January 1698 leaving all of his territories to George with the exception of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück.

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£1,200-1,500

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12 King George I 12

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1727 (1 February) entire letter to Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, thanking him for New Year’s wishes and likewise wishing him a happy New Year: “... Eurer Liebden mittelst Dero obligeanten Gratulations-Schreibens zum Neuen Jahre vom 21. Dec. Uns gebende abermahlige Versicherungen Deroselben fortwährenden hochgeschätzten Freundtschafft, seyn Uns sehr angenehm, undt gereichen zu Unserer sonderbahren DanckErkäntlichkeit. Wir gratuliren Eurer Liebden Hinwiederum freundt-vetterlich zu gegenwärtigem Jahres-Wechsell ...” and signed “George R”. With detailed address panel and sealed with wafer seal; some adherences in the margin from a previous binding. Photo

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£300-400

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The Navy Office x13

1694 (10 October) folio letter to Anth. Bonyer Esq at Camberwell and carried “For their Maj Service” and bearing a fine strike of the Government Penny Post. Bishopsgate, Saturday triangular handstamp. The letter is a tender for supplying elm timber to Deptford and is signed by Sir Richard Haddock (Controller of the Navy) Edmund Dummer (Surveyor) John Hill (extra Commissioner) Thomas Wilshaw (Controller of the storekeepers accounts) George St. Lo (extra commissioner) Charles Sergisson (Clerk of the Acts) Dennis Lyddell (Controller of the treasurers account) Samuel Pett (Secretary) Folding creases and some soiling along edges and folds. A rare navy document used in the reign of William and Mary (Queen Mary died of smallpox in December 1694). Photo Sir Richard Haddock (c.1629-1715) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral in August 1690. He was knighted in 1675. Haddock was appointed Controller of the Navy on 2 February 1682, an appointment he retained until 17 April 1686. He again became Controller of the Navy on 12 October 1688, a post he held until his death on 29 January 1714.

George St Lo (1655-1718) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Nine Years’ War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. His career cut short by injuries, he embarked on a political career, holding offices as a commissioner of the navy and was a Member of Parliament.

Dennis Lyddell purchased Wakehurst Place in 1694.

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£150-180

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Frederick, Prince of Wales 14

1734 (22 October) folio A.L.S. from Kensington, written in French, “Mon Intime, je commence par Vous rendre mille graces des pieces de Musique que Vous m’avez envoiez j’en ai joué quelques unes, et j’ai regretté à chaque pause le charmant Comte de Blamont. J’espere que Vous êtes bien persuadé qu’il ne me falloit pas cela pour Vous regretter, on n’a besoin que de après cela. Vous me demandez comment Farinelly me plaît, je Vous assure extremement, et même tant que je ne trouve rien comparable à lui, et ma Soeur il plaît la la ...”. Signed “Frederick P”. With recipient’s note “Mr. le Pce. de Galle / Le 20 8bre 1734” on the reverse.

The paper is splitting along one of the central folds. Photo

£800-1,000

Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) was heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death. He was the eldest but estranged son of King George II and Caroline of Ansbach, as well as the father of King George III. He died at the age of 44, apparently from injuries sustained while playing cricket.

King George II 15

1749 (6 March) folio document to William Pitt, Paymaster General of Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces to authorise the appointment to a regiment of an Ensign in the place of one who resigned, and for a Cornet to be placed on half pay (one shilling and ten pence a day), subject to the production at each pay day a Justice of the Peace that the half pay Coronet is alive. Signed at top “George R” and at the end by Henry Fox, Secretary of State for War. Some paper splitting from old folds. Photo

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£400-500

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George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal 16

1764 (28 January) folio A.L.S. written from Edinburgh during one of his return trips to Scotland, this outstanding and ironic letter to Frederick the Great, shortly before his return to the Prussian court: “Sire / Vous avez la bonté de me permettre de vous renouveller quelque fois les assurances de mon inviolable attachement, et aussi de prendre quelque part a ce qui me regarde. Mes bon compatriotes ont formé deux projets a mon égard, l’un de m’enterrer dans une certaine voute d’un vieux chatau, je n’ay rien a contredire si je viens a maturité (maturité s’entend de Maupertuis), parmis eux; l’autre projet me fait penser a Cirano de Bergerac, qui étant pris dans un de ses voyages, je crois dans le pays des oiseaux, et y étant regardé comme un animal extraordinaire on voulut en avoir race, on le mit dans une cage avec un petit, vieux, Espagnol bossu; on voudroit me mettre dans la cage, et probablement avec le meme succés, mais je ne crois pas qu’on m’y attrape, je ne suis pas encore meure. J’ay un projet bien plus agreable, je devrois demander si Votre Majesté l’approuve; mais peutetre vous me gronderier d’en avoir fait la demande. Si une fois je puis me depêtrer de gens de loix, et regler mes affaires sur un pied fixe, je pourrois trouver un pays ou il n’y à rien a redire qu’un peu au climat, meilleur que celui d’ici cependant; ou je ne verray plus de gens de loix, ni j’espere des medecins (car j’ay été deux mois aussi un peu entre leurs mains); ni pretres ...” and is signed, “le Maréchal d’Ecosse”. There are a few marginal tears and light paper ageing. Photo

£1,500-1,800

George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal (1692/3?-1778) was a Scottish and Prussian army officer and diplomat. Jacobite by persuasion, he was the tenth and last Earl Marischal, having inherited the title from his father the 9th earl in 1712. He was long outlawed from Britain for having supported the 1715 Jacobite rising, had visited most of Europe, served as Prussian ambassador to Paris from 1751 to 1754, and had gained the friendship of Rousseau. When he made brief return trips to Scotland in 1761 and 1763-64, the 70-year-old found his family estates and castle in disrepair and did not wish to spend his last years in the rough climate of his native country. He returned to Potsdam in 1764. The present letter, which forms the preliminaries to this final relocation, provides a remarkable example of the intimate communication between this Scottish citizen of the world and the “philosopher on the throne”.

King George III 17

1794 (1 July) a document granting Lady Albania Cumberland an annual pension of £400, signed at top “George R”, and at foot by William Pitt (Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer), Richard Hopkins and Thomas Townsend. With 40 shillings embossed revenue stamp and other endorsements; horizontal folds and some light ageing. Framed

£300-400

King George III 18

1794 (28 November) secretarial letter from St. James to the Queen consort of Prussia, Frederika Louisa, announcing the transferral of Lord Henry John Spencer as ambassador to Prussia, “Madame Ma Soeur. Ayant jugé ápropos d’envoyer à la Cour de Mon Bon Frere, le Roi de Prusse, Le Lord Henri Jean Spencer, en qualité de Mon Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plenipotentiaire, Je l’ai chargé de renouveller, en Mon Nom à Votre Majesté, les Professions de l’Amitié sincére que Je conserve toujours pour Elle. Je me flatte que Vous voudrez le récevoir favorablement et donner Créance entiere à tout ce qu’il pourra avoir Occasion de Vous dire en Mon Nom ...”. With autograph address at foot and signed “George R”. Photo

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£250-300

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson 19

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1795 (5 May) A.L.S. from H.M.S. Agamemnon in Leghorn, shortly after the Battle of Genoa. Addressed to Mr Williams (the Police Magistrate Daniel Williams) writing about the fate of his son “ ... The last time I was here the neutrality of Tuscany being but just settled I could not send to your son the £20, which you desired & which I should had it been possible have had the greatest satisfaction in sending, and at this time 3 Cartels are expected from Toulon [with] sick prisoners amongst whom I hope & have little doubt is your son. I therefore have not sent the money, but have desired Mr. Udney the Consul to advance him £20 immediately on his arrival to get him those things which he must want, & assure you I shall with his other friends be very glad to see him. I think that this account of your son will be acceptable”. and is signed “Horatio Nelson”. There is a postscript, “I beg my compliments to Mr. Prestwood”. Part of the red wax seal remains; there are traces of folds; occasional brown stains and slight edge tear from opening seal, otherwise fine. Photo Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté KB (1758-1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics, all of which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars.

Lieutenant Charles David Williams had belonged to the “Agamemnon” and had in February been taken prisoner by the French while navigating a vessel with bullocks to Toulon at the orders of the English consul.

PROVENANCE: “In the possession of William Upcott, Esq.” (note in 1845 edition of Nelson’s Letters).

Published in: The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson (1845), vol. II, p. 38.

Agamemnon (left) battling Ça Ira on 13 March 1795

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20 Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson x20

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1802 (13th May) entire A.L.S. to Robert Brent in London, the address panel with handstruck “2” in black with unframed “Two Py Poft/Unpaid/Low Tooting” with red timed oval on the reverse.

“Merton My Dear Sir, I feel and so does Lady Hamilton very much obliged by your kind present of seeds. I saw Mr Nepron (?) yesterday & mentioned your name he said he had every disposition and that you had seen Mr H Addington on the subject. Lady Hamilton denies me to present her said compliments to you and Mrs Brent and Believe me sir yours most faithfully Nelson & Bronte” The letter has been affixed to backing paper and there is some damage to the cover flap; good to fine. Photo Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, (1757-1844) was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804. He is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with Napoleonic France which marked the end of the Second Coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars. When that treaty broke down he resumed the war but he was without allies and conducted a relatively weak defensive war, ahead of what would become the War of the Third Coalition.

In 1802, Nelson bought Merton Place, a country estate in Merton, Surrey (now south-west London) where he lived briefly with the Hamilton’s until William’s death in April 1803.

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Lord Nelson 21

1803-05 a sheet of paper headed, “Lord Nelson’s Fleet in 1803” giving a list of location with the dates of arrival and sailing, from 1803 (31 October) Maddaline Islands to 1805 (18 August) Spithead. The page has been folded, otherwise in a good state of preservation

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22 Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh x22

1795 (19 June) autograph letter of reference.

“These are to certify the principal officers and Commissioners of His Majesty’s Navy that Mr. Frederick David Schaw served as midshipman on board his Majesty’s late ship the Alexander under my command from 19th April 1794 until the 6th November following when the said ship was taken by the enemy, during which time he behaved himself with great diligence, sobriety and was always obedient to command.” and signed “R R Bligh”. Photo Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh GCB (1737-1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.

In 1794 he was transferred to command the Alexander. By late 1794 the Alexander and the Canada had been assigned to escort a convoy from England to Cape St Vincent. While the two warships were returning they were spotted by a French squadron under Joseph-Marie Nielly, consisting of five 74 gun ships of the line, three large frigates and a brig.

Outnumbered the British ships attempted to escape, but began to be overhauled by the French.

Bligh eventually turned and engaged the French, allowing Canada to escape. After an unequal engagement during which Alexander was reduced to a sinking condition, Bligh struck his colours. The French took possession of Alexander, but owing to the damage both they and their prize had sustained, were compelled to abandon their cruise and return to port, thus allowing several approaching British convoys to reach port unhindered.

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23 William Wilberforce 23

1799 (1 August) long folio A.L.S. from Broomfield (London) to John Blackbourne, “You do me far more than justice in the kind things you say of me-what you see in me, is in truth the reflection from yourself. This is no unusual case, & it reminds me of a story we had current among us in my younger days of Fox’s reporting how entertaining Thurlow had been at White’s one night where he had been kept till morning by Thurlow’s wit & vivacity, who on hearing of it, solemnly declared that he had himself scarce said a word, or indeed had the opportunity of so doing, Fox himself having poured forth one unintermitted stream of goodmemoried pleasantry. - I am well aware that you who live in the midst of your own County must have multiplied claims on you growing out of that circumstance, & indeed rendering any aid you render there, not an individual act merely, but often the means of calling forth the beneficence of others ...” and is signed “W Wilberforce”. Photo

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William Wilberforce (1759-1833) was an English politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.

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1808 (17 February) a folio printed petition for the Seizure and Capture as Reprisals of the brig ‘La brigen del Carmen’ “by His Majesty’s Ship Imperieuse Captain the Right Honourable Lord Cockrane” and signed by William Toye and Richard Mountney Jephson.

Horizontal folding creases and some peripheral ageing. An unusual naval document On January 7 1808, Impérieuse was passing by the anchorage at Arcachon Bay and spotted a small convoy, escorted by gunboats, anchored under the protection of a coastal fort. The French recognized Impérieuse and immediately took extraordinary measures to prevent the convoy from being cut out. The smaller craft were beached and the fort’s garrison took up protective positions on the beach to fend off any cutting out expedition Cochrane would inevitably be organizing.

Shoals kept Impérieuse from coming close inshore and the small fort contained four 36pounders, two field guns, and a 13-inch mortar. Undeterred, in the early morning hours of January 8, Cochrane dispatched his marines and a large detachment of sailors under his first lieutenant, David Mapleton, to seize the fort rather than cut out the convoy.

The first the French knew of this unexpected turn of events was when the fort was stormed.

Now the convoy could neither move forward, it’s way being blocked by Impérieuse nor could it stand fast as there was no longer a fort to protect it. The garrison guarding the convoy had the same dilemma. They were vulnerable to being defeated in detail and had to seek a defensible place.

In the end, the French sailors and soldiers decamped. Cochrane’s men burned seven ships and carried off five more as prizes. They also blew up the fort by firing its magazine and destroying the guns in the bargain.

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Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham x25

1809-13 a group of letters to Sir Home Popham with 1809 A.L.S. from Lord Mulgrave (First Lord of the Admiralty); 1811 from Lord Gambier (Admiral of the Fleet); 1813 from Lord Hood (Governor of Greenwich Hospital) and Sir John Duckworth (former Governor of Newfoundland); 1816 from Sir Richard Strachan (Vice Admiral of the White) and two others. (7 letters)

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Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH (1762-1820) was a Royal Navy commander who saw service against the French during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is remembered for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. In 1807 Lord Gambier appointed him captain of the fleet for the Second Copenhagen Expedition. In 1809 he went on to command HMS Venerable, which he continued to command with success against the French in Spain. Popham’s instructions were in general use by 1812 throughout the Royal Navy. But there were doubters, such as a major sceptic Admiral Sir George Berkeley who refused to use the signals and could not see their point. In 1812 and 1813 he was stationed on the northern coast of Spain where he worked with the Spanish guerrillas to successfully harry the French troops and assault French fortresses on the Basque coast while Wellington was advancing through Spain. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1814.

Mauritius campaign of 1809-1811 x26

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1810 (7 April) A.L.S. from Admiral Edward Pellew (later Viscount Exmouth) to Rear Admiral Sir Richard Keats. The letter, written from Plymouth, outlines the proposals of a landing a military force on the island of Mauritius, “ ... I will send you a parcel on all I have on Mauritius. The Indian Generals required 10,000 men, half Europeans half Sepoys - I think 5000 good troops & 2 or 3000 Black troops would do ... I am perfectly satisfied a landing may be made good inside point Canoniers from whence to Port NW is a fine land plain - extending between two or three miles before it reached the foot of the mountains ...Whatever you do must be done by December before this month all is safe ... There are many other landings but they will all impose the task of marching over dreadful ravines & mountains ...” and is signed “Ed Pellew”. Addressed to London with faint straight-line “PLYMOUTH” and manuscript rate mark with London arrival c.d.s. on the flap. The address panel is endorsed “Isle of France”. Some light soiling but a very good letter discussing the invasion plan. Photo The outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803, following the brief Peace of Amiens that had ended the French Revolutionary Wars, placed the Indian Ocean trade routes under threat from Dutch cruisers operating from Cape Town and the Dutch East Indies and French ships based on Isle de France and the newly renamed Île Bonaparte. By 1808, most of the Dutch colonies had been neutralised in a series of brief but successful campaigns; the Cape by Sir Home Riggs Popham in January 1806 and the Dutch island of Java by Sir Edward Pellew in a campaign that ended in December 1807.

In September, October and November 1810, British forces arrived from Madras, Bombay and the Cape of Good Hope, warships joining Rowley’s squadron off Isle de France and soldiers gathering at Rodriguez. Sailing from Rodriguez on 22 November, the 70 vessels of the invasion fleet reached Grand Baie on 29 November. The French made no attempt to resist the landing either at sea or on land and Keating was able to rapidly advance on the capital.

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (1757-1833). Pellew was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1804. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station.

It took six months to sail out to Penang, so he took up the appointment in 1805. On his return from the east in 1809.

Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats (1757-1834) was a British naval officer who fought throughout the American Revolution, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. He retired in 1812 due to ill health and was made Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland from 1813 to 1816.

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Early map of Mauritius

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27 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh 27

1813 (2 October) A.L.S. marked “Private”, possibly to a foreign statesman, the blank second page has been removed. The letter reads, “ ... Have just sign’d and return’d the treaties to the office. Hope they will arrive in time for tonight’s mail. I was very much amused by your comments on the Bohemian Campaign. The next mails will probably bring as interesting intelligence from the armies of the Prince Royal and Blücher. - I find much benefit from the fine air of this place, more especially as it has not been polluted by any French gunpowder from the opposite coast ...”.. The recipient’s name has been cut out and this lot includes a Zwickau-published engraved portrait of Castlereagh. Photo

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Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry KG GCH PC PC (1769-1822) usually known as Lord Castlereagh was an Irish/British statesman. As British Foreign Secretary, from 1812 he was central to the management of the coalition that defeated Napoleon and was the principal British diplomat at the Congress of Vienna. Castlereagh was also leader of the British House of Commons in the Liverpool government from 1812 until his suicide in August 1822.

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1814 (10 March) secretarial letter from Kensington Palace to Sir James Cockburn, asking him to call at Kensington Palace and concludes, “ ... I shall be most happy to have that opportunity of taking you by the hand previous to your departure for Bermuda.”. Signed “Edward” (by the Duke) with an unusual flourish to the final “d”. Photo The Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn KG KP GCB GCH PC (1767-1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria.

Sir James Cockburn, 9th Baronet (1771-1852) was British Governor of Bermuda from 1811 to 1812, from 1814 to 1816 and from 1817 to 1819.

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July 13, 2016 - LONDON Admiralty Letters of Admiral Jahleel Brenton x29

1814-21, a ledger being the copies of letters relating to his time at the Navy Dockyards in Mahon and Table Bay. The Mahon Yard is on the Island of Minorca and is one of the deepest natural harbours. It was ceeded to Spain in 1802. 1814 letters with copies of the correspondence between various Navy establishments (mostly H.M. Ships) and the Mahon Yard, and includes victualling orders, costs and stocks of different size masts and spurs, stocks at the Naval Arsenal, accounts and exchange rates and correspondence from Gibraltar Yard. There are many letters from Francis Pickmore on H.M.S. St. George who was Vice Admiral of the Blue (he was later Governor of Newfoundland), a lot of correspondence from Rear Admiral Edward Pellew, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet on H.M.S. Caledonia, he later became Lord Exmouth when his letters were then signed “Exmouth”, several letters from Benjamin Hallowell, Rear Admiral of the White, on H.M.S. Malta, including giving the Duchess of Orleans passage to Marseilles and there is a list of ships under the command of Admiral Hallowell, translated letters from Antonio Iuesade on Ferdinand 7th, and General Sir John Murray from Gibraltar.

The ledger continues 1817-21 when Admiral Brenton had been transferred to Table Bay Yard in Cape of Good Hope. Here there are only copies of his letters to Rear Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm of the St. Helena Squadron, to Rear Admiral Robert Plampin of the C.G.H. Squadron and finally to Rear Admiral Lambert of the St. Helena Squadron. These letters include references to shipments to St. Helena, where Napoleon was held in exile. Rear Admiral Lambert was also Governor of St. Helena and attended Napoleon’s funeral in 1821. The letters conclude with the proposed reduction in the scale of operation of the Table Bay Yard.

A fascinating resource into the workings of these two naval dockyards Sir Jahleel Brenton, 1st Baronet, KCB (1770-1844) was a British admiral born in Newport, Rhode Island, British North America. Brenton’s most brilliant action was fought with a squadron of French ships at Naples on 1 May 1810. He was severely wounded during the battle. Brenton was made a Baronet in 1812 and KCB in 1815. After his recovery from his wounds he was found to be unfit for service at sea, and so was made Commissioner of the dockyard at Port Mahon, and then at the Cape of Good Hope, and was afterwards lieutenant governor of Greenwich Hospital till 1840. He attained flag rank in 1830. At the Cape he surveyed and declared Knysna Lagoon as a harbour in 1815. The nearby seaside resort of Brenton-on-Sea is home to the endangered Brenton Blue butterfly. Two islets of the St. Croix archipelago off the Port Elizabethan coast in Algoa Bay, Jahleel Island and Brenton Island, are named for him.

Francis Pickmore (c.1756-1818). In 1806, in the Ramillies, Pickmore took the French raider Marengo in the Atlantic, and the following year he was in a force sent to capture the Danish West Indies. On 28 April 1808 he reached flag rank as Rear-Admiral of the Blue, and he became Rear-Admiral of the White on 25 Oct. 1809 and of the Red on 31 July 1810. He was subsequently appointed Vice-Admiral of the Blue on 12 Aug. 1812 and reached his ultimate rank of Vice-Admiral of the White on 4 June 1814. Though his commission as governor of Newfoundland was dated 18 May 1816, Pickmore did not arrive there until 5 September.

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (1757-1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary, and the Napoleonic Wars.

Pellew was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1804. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies. It took six months to sail out to Penang so he took up the appointment in 1805. On his return from the east in 1809, he was appointed, to the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet from 1811 to 1814 and again in 1816.

Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew GCB, (1761-1834) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was one of the select group of officers, referred to by Lord Nelson as his “Band of Brothers”, who served with him at the Battle of the Nile. Hallowell remained a serving naval officer after Nelson’s death. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue on 1 August 1811; Rear-Admiral of the White in 1812; Vice-Admiral of the Blue on 12 August 1819; Vice-Admiral of the White on 19 July 1821; and Admiral of the Blue in 1830.

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm GCB GCMG (1768-1838) was a British naval officer. He was born at Douglan, near Langholm, Scotland. In 1816-17 he was Commander-in-chief on the Saint Helena station, specially appointed to enforce a rigid blockade of the island and to keep a close guard on Napoleon Bonaparte.

Vice-Admiral Robert Plampin (1762-1834) was a British Royal Navy officer during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. In 1816, following the end of the wars, Plampin was appointed commander at the Cape of Good Hope, replacing Rear-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm.

Rear Admiral Robert Lambert (1772-1836) was in command of the St. Helena from July 1820 to September 1821.

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30 George Canning 30

1815 (27 May) folio A.L.S. from Lisbon, to C.A. Broughton, it is marked “Private”, and relates to financial matters, “I have to acknowledge your letter of the 12th including the statement of my account with you-as well as that of the 8th & of the 16th-which last arrived the day before yesterday ...”. The letter concludes mentioning errors in his salary, “ ... It cannot have been accident either. Is it malice?” and signed “Geo Canning”. This was written whilst he was ambassador to Portugal. Photo

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George Canning, FRS, (1770-1827) was a British statesman and Tory politician who served in various senior cabinet positions under numerous Prime Ministers, before himself serving as Prime Minister for the final four months of his life.

In 1809 Canning argued with the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Lord Castlereagh, over the deployment of troops that Canning had promised would be sent to Portugal but which Castlereagh sent to the Netherlands. The government became increasingly paralysed in disputes between the two men. Portland was in deteriorating health and gave no lead, until Canning threatened resignation unless Castlereagh were removed and replaced by Lord Wellesley. Portland secretly agreed to make this change when it would be possible. Castlereagh discovered the deal in September 1809 and challenged Canning to a duel. Canning accepted the challenge and it was fought on 21 September 1809 on Putney Heath. Canning, who had never before fired a pistol, widely missed his mark. Castlereagh, who was regarded as one of the best shots of his day, wounded his opponent in the thigh. There was much outrage that two cabinet ministers had resorted to such a method. Shortly afterwards the ailing Portland resigned as Prime Minister.

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1815 (1 June) Admiralty document on vellum appointing Sir George Cockburn as commander-in-chief at Cape of Good Hope and the island of St. Helena. Bears Admiralty wafer seal and 5/- duty stamp in blue with silver seal and is signed by Sir John Barrow, Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, Sir George Warrender of Lochend and Lord Henry Paulet. Folding creases and some soiling on the reverse.

This was at the time when Napoleon had surrendered and it was the new commander’s job to transfer him to St. Helena. Cockburn sailed from Plymouth on 8th August with his flagship the Northumberland, arriving at St. Helena on 16th October. Sir George remained on St. Helena until the arrival of Sir Hudson Lowe, to whom he transferred his charge. A good document relating to the exile of Napoleon.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet GCB (1772-1853). As a captain he was present at the battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars and commanded the naval support at the reduction of Martinique in February 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars. He also directed the capture and burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 as an advisor to Major General Robert Ross during the War of 1812. He went on to be First Naval Lord and in that capacity sought to improve the standards of gunnery in the fleet, forming a gunnery school at Portsmouth; later he ensured that the Navy had latest steam and screw technology and put emphasis of the ability to manage seamen without the need to resort to physical punishment.

It has been suggested that Sir John Barrow was the initial proposer that Napoleon should be sent into excile on St. Helena.

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1818 (1 January) entire autograph letter to his bankers, Messrs Brookes & Co in London, “Gentlemen. Be so good as to send me Fifty Pounds which place to my account ...”, and signed, “Percy Bysshe Shelley”. The address panel with Marlow mileage mark and London arrival c.d.s., rated “7” in black ink. There is a seal tear from removal of waxed seal; one neat repair at top and several slight chips along margin. In mount.

Ten days later, Shelley’s “Ozymandias” appeared in “The Examiner”. He would leave England for the last time about three months later in March 1818. Rare. Photo Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric, as well as epic, poets in the English language.

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Ex 33 Royal Navy Wills x33

1826-37 a group of printed forms, with 1826 for John Syell, Surgeon on H.M.S. Victory with vignette showing battleships in conflict; 1828 a similar form for Thomas Jewell Surgeon in the Royal Navy; 1836 will for Rev. John Kemple, Chaplain of H.M.S. Hercules showing two ships of the line plus two similar but in poor condition; 1837 will of Henry Robertson Surgeon on H.M.S. Britannia featuring coat of arms at top (some corner wear). Also 1847 letter from Malaga with a written update to his will of 1819.

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34 George IV 34

1827 (5 May) duplicate of a Royal warrant to Lt. Gen. Sir Henry Warde, Governor of Barbados, “Trusty and Well-beloved, We greet you well. We being well satisfied of the Loyalty, Integrity, and Ability of Our Trusty and Well-beloved James Dottin Maycock Esquire have thought fit hereby to signify Our Will and Pleasure to you that forthwith upon the receipt of these presents you swear and admit him the said James Dottin Maycock [Member] of our Counil of the Island of Barbadoes, and for so doing this shall be your Warrant”. Signed at the top of the first page. With wafer seal, some paper splitting. Photo

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35 John Franklin x35

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1831 (26 November) entire A.L.S. to Stilwell & Sons from H.M.S. Rainbow while serving on the Mediterranean Station. The letter, in a light ink, deals with various accounting matters and is signed “John Franklin”. Carried in Navy Bag to London with a fine strike of handstruck “2” and boxed “T.P/CharingCrofs” in black; usual filing creases which has resulted in a paper split, parts of flap missing including where the wax seal has been removed. Photo Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN (1786-1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer of the Arctic. Franklin also served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic.

The icebound ships were abandoned and the entire crew perished from starvation, hypothermia, tuberculosis, lead poisoning and scurvy.

Between 1830 and 1834, Franklin commanded the frigate HMS Rainbow for duty in the Mediterranean, mainly playing a peace-keeping role along the coast of Greece during its war of independence.

1845: Northwest Passage expedition: It is believed that the expedition wintered in 1845-46 on Beechey Island. Terror and Erebus became trapped in ice off King William Island in September 1846 and never sailed again. According to a note later found on that island, Franklin died there on 11 June 1847. To date, the exact location of his grave is unknown.

After two years and no word from the expedition, Franklin’s wife urged the Admiralty to send a search party. Because the crew carried supplies for three years, the Admiralty waited another year before launching a search and offering a £20,000 reward for finding the expedition. The money and Franklin’s fame led to many searches. At one point, ten British and two American ships, USS Advance and USS Rescue, headed for the Arctic. Eventually, more ships and men were lost looking for Franklin than in the expedition itself.

For documents from the 1848 search for Franklin, see lot 45 and for 1865 letter from Lady Jane Franklin, see lot 59.

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1832 (c.) undated autograph entire addressed to Lady Frederick Adam (wife of Scott’s friend, the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands). Written shortly before Scott’s death, on his return from a grand tour of Europe (the unsteady handwriting betraying his failing health). “Dear Lady Adam / I am flattered by your kind enquiries after the last born of a large family, but they have not reached Naples or I at least have not seen them. When ever I get hold of a book seller again I will be too happy to make up ...” . and is signed “Walter Scott”. With red wax seal and hand delivered.

In 1831, with his health failing, he undertook a grand tour of Europe, and was welcomed and celebrated wherever he went. He returned to Scotland and, in September 1832, died (in unexplained circumstances) at Abbotsford. John Gibson Lockhart, in his “Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott”, had speculated that the “last jotting of Sir Walter’s Diary”, recording his “starting from Naples on the 16th of April”, was “perhaps the last specimen of his handwriting” (IV, 314), but the present brief letter could post-date that entry.

Photo Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet.

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37 Sir Thomas Hardy, Commander of H.M.S. Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar x37

1834 (6 June) A.L.S. from Admiralty to Mr Lethbridge informing him of a proposed visit to the Greenwich Hospital and 1837 (6 February) A.L.S. sent from Greenwich Hospital to Joseph Mogg, asking him to attend an examination at the Admiralty. Both signed “T.M. Hardy”. Also three letters addressed to Sir Thomas, c. 1855-56, including one from Grosvenor House. Usual creasing and one letter with light soiling on one side. (5).

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Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1st Baronet GCB (1769-1839) was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797, the Battle of the Nile in August 1798 and the Battle of Copenhagen in April 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars. He served as flag captain to Admiral Lord Nelson, and commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars.

Nelson was shot as he paced the decks with Hardy, and as he lay dying, Nelson’s famous remark of “Kiss me, Hardy” was directed at him. Hardy went on to become First Naval Lord in November 1830. He resigned in August 1834 to become Governor of Greenwich Hospital.

Hardy was promoted to Vice-Admiral on 10 January 1837. He died at Greenwich on 20 September 1839.

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1835 (20 March) folio A.L.S. from St. James Palace, marked “Private” and is written, “My dear Lord. I regretted to hear you are confined to your home ...” and goes on to discuss various matters of politics during the final years of the reign of William IV, including the refusal of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, to take up his appointed post of High Commissioner for Canada, devising schemes “ ... but this can solely be effected by a positive order from the King”. Also a later, mourning, envelope in Ernest Augustus’s hand, addressed to “S. A. R. Monsieur le Prince Albert de Saxe Coborg / Buckingham Palace, London” with black wax seal on the reverse. The letter with splitting along the fold and adherences on the reverse of the back page. Photo Ernest Augustus I (1771-1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who eleven years before Ernest’s birth had inherited the thrones of two kingdoms, Great Britain and Ireland, and also that of the Electorate of Hanover. As a fifth son, initially Ernest seemed unlikely to become a monarch, but none of his elder brothers had any legitimate sons. Therefore, when in 1837 his niece, Victoria, became Queen of Britain and Ireland, ending the personal union between the British Isles and Hanover that had existed since 1714.

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1837 (23 July) folio A.L.S. from the British Hotel in Dresden to Dr Falkenstein, Chief Librarian of the Royal Library in Dresden, “I cannot leave Dresden without thanking you for your very kind attentions at the Royal Library. - If you should again visit England do not forget me ...” and signed “Richd Cobden”. Photo

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Richard Cobden (1804-1865) was an English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with two major free trade campaigns, the Anti-Corn Law League and the Cobden-Chevalier Treaty. Bad health obliged him to leave Britain, and for several months, at the end of 1836. He returned to Britain in April 1837.

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1841 (9 November) 3pp entire A.L.S. from Swaffham Belbeck to John Van Voorst, a natural history publisher, discussing various publishing aspects of Gilbert White’s ‘A Natural History of Selbourne’, a new edition with notes that he published in 1843.

He also writes that he hopes to start this once he had published (the monograph) on Darwin’s ‘Fishes’ for the ‘Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle’ and that professor (John Stevens) Henslow would contribute notes on plants but does not want his name mentioned anywhere. There is some damage to the centre which minimally affects the text. Addressed to Paternoster Row, London, the address side with open top Newmarket despatch c.d.s. with London arrival on the reverse (the adhesive has been washed off).

Photo Leonard Jenyns (1800-1893) was an English clergyman, author and naturalist. He was forced to take on the name Leonard Blomefield to receive an inheritance. He is chiefly remembered for his detailed phenology observations of the times of year at which events in natural history occurred.

Jenyns was the original choice for the naturalist on the second voyage of HMS Beagle but turned down the offer due to ill health and parish duties. His diary entry for 1831 records, “This year I had the offer of accompanying Capt. Fitzroy, as Naturalist, in the Beagle, on his voyage to survey the coasts of S.America, afterwards going round the globe:- declined the appointment wc was afterwards given to Charles Darwin Esq. of Xts’ College Cambridge”.

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41 Thomas Babington Macaulay 41

1843 (6 December) short A.L.S. from Albany (London), “Thank you for your note. All is perfectly right. Ought I not to sign another agreement respecting the fourth edition of the Lays? ...”, signed “T B Macaulay”. Photo

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC (1800-1859) was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his books on British history have been hailed as literary masterpieces. Macaulay held political office as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and the Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848.

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1846 (27 August) folio A.L.S. from Albany to an unidentified German recipient who had asked Macaulay to intercede for a literary friend, “My knowledge of German literature is very small. I now and then spend an hour with Schiller and Goethe. But I am ashamed to say that I do not know their successors even by name. I am quite willing to believe that you have formed a correct judgement both of your friend’s poetry and of the treatment which he has experienced. But I do not think that he would at present have much chance of obtaining employment in the public service. As to myself, I have no patronage, except indeed a few small places in Chelsea Hospital. None of these places is vacant; nor would any of them suit a foreigner and an accomplished man of letters. The clerkships in the pay office are not in my gift, but in the gift of the Board of Treasury. For many reasons it seems to me that your friend would do well to aim rather at private than at public employment ...”, and is signed “Macaulay”. Fine. Photo 33

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1844 (21 September) folio A.L.S. from Whitehall to the Austrian diplomat Philipp Baron Neumann, “We rejoice to hear, confirmed by most unquestionable authority, the reports of your intended marriage. You and Lady Augusta Somerset have the most cordial good wishes of Lady Peel and myself for your happiness. We are very glad that your connection with England will not terminate with the suspension of official relations, but will be renewed by ties much more agreeable and more binding. You have always been a good Englishman-and deserve an English wife and have shewn your good taste by this selection which you have made ...”. He concludes with the news that his daughter’s health had recovered, signed “Robert Peel”. Photo Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1788-1850) was a British statesman and member of the Conservative Party, who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834-1835 and 1841-1846) and twice served as Home Secretary (1822-1827 and 1828-1830). He is regarded as the father of the modern British police and as one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party.

Neumann had long served on the staff of the Austrian embassy in London, was on excellent terms with the Duke of Wellington and Castlereagh. In December 1829 he conducted the Treaty of Commerce between Austria and Great Britain; in 1844 he became Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary for Austria to the Court of St. James’s. He married Augusta Somerset (1816-50), Wellington’s grandniece, on 5 December 1844.

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July 13, 2016 - LONDON Assyrian Marbles for the British Museum x44

1848 (8 October) folio letter to Commodore W. Price at Sheerness from Lieutenant Northury of H.M.S. Jumna at Chatham, the letter reads, “ ... I have on board H.M’s tender under my command fifty five cases of Assyrian Marbles for the British Museum, and beg to request your directions for the disposal of the same. I have also a box said to contain British Silver coin to the amount of 374£, which I received on board at Ascension ... I beg to know if it is necessary for freightage to be paid for the conveyance of it to England, or whether I am at liberty to deliver it to the parties, to whom it is addressed ...”. Signed and approved by Commander Price. Some edge wear. An unusual story of these iconic relics

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James Clark Ross - The search for Franklin’s Lost Expedition, 1848 x45

1849 a group of documents with (9 June) letter from H.M.S. Enterprise at Port Leopold to Capt. Edward Bird of H.M.S. Investigator, giving a report by day and time on a trip across Prince Regent’s Isle from 31 May to 8 June. He concludes in his comments that he did not see a single crack in the ice.

(18 June) a letter from Lieutenant Robinson of H.M.S. Investigator to Capt. Edward Bird giving his report of his trip to Somerset House on Fury Beach which included a list of provisions found there, but full details were impossible as much had been buried in snow. There were also about 70 casks dated March and December 1823, two boats in bad condition, munitions and other ship’s items. There was also a bottle with the label “The Box has a Bottle in it, J. Ross, July 8th 1833” (John Ross’s second Arctic Expedition spent their 4th winter in Fury Bay). Following this he discovered a cairn about 5 feet high with a cross on top and gave its geographical location. He concludes with a copy of the document which he left in the empty John Ross box (the bottle had been taken some years before). “This Document was deposited by a party belonging to the Expedition under Sir James C. Ross wintering in Port Leopold, near Cape Clarence. The object of the party was to proceed to the south and to leave a copper cylinder in anticipation of its being found by Sir John Franklin, or any of his people. The cylinder was left in a large cairn erected on the crown of the first ‘Turtle Backed’ hill seen about 4 miles to the westward of the eastern end of the first long continuous beach ...”. There is also a copy of the note which was put into casks and thrown into the water, “The cask which contains this notice was thrown overboard from H.M.S. Investigator on the - in Lat - and Long - for the purpose of informing Sir John Franklin or any of his party who may find it that H.M. ships Enterprize and Investigator passed the last winter in Port Leopold ...” and continues with further details of their expedition and the provisions left.

Three fascinating documents relating to this expedition

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1850 (c.) A.L.S. fragment, “With Albert’s love, believe me always your very affect niece Victoria R”, sunk mounted with colour picture above

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1867 (December) a volume of The Early Years of the Prince Consort, (4th edition) with dedication on the fly leaf by Queen Victoria, “To my dear Cousin Edward of Saxe-Weimar for recollection of my beloved Husband from Victoria R Dec. 1867”. There is some wear to the leather binding, particularly on the spine. Photo

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1875 (11 May) Royal commission to Sir William Robert Grove of the Court of Common Pleas to investigate “ ... Corrupt Practices extensively prevailed at the last election for the Borough of Boston ...”; signed at top “Victoria R” and counter-signed by the British statesman and Conservative politician Richard Assheton Cross (1823-1914). With wafer seal. Unusual. Photo

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Note: The Corrupt Practices refer to free coal which was given to some of the electorate.

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1880 (16 July) warrant of appointment of Surrey Herald Extraordinary (Charles Alban Buckler), signed at top “Victoria R” with wafer wax seal, also signed by William Harcourt, “Norfolk” (Henry Fitzalan Howard). Framed with glass on both sides

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1888 (10 June) A.L.S. mourning letter with VRI cypher from Osborne with envelope to Sir William Jenner in Liss, Hampshire, initialled at foot. With the original envelope bearing 1881 1d. lilac tied by the special royal hooded London c.d.s. with “VR” at foot, the envelope also initialled in the lower corner. A good letter which has been framed

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Ex 51 Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington x51

1852, two admission tickets to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington in St. Paul’s Cathedral (71⁄ 4 x 41⁄ 2 inches) with embossed seal and cobalt-blue reverse; numbered “P.11” and “P.12” to William Popham Lethbridge. With manuscript for the South Transept, Lower Gallery and signed by the Dean. Fine and scarce. Photo

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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge 52

1852 (25 November) folio A.L.S. to Count Colloredo from Horse Guards, marked “private” he writes, “Having sealed my letter to Baron Hesse, it appeared to me that Your Excellency ought to see it. I therefore annex a copy, requesting you to return it after perusal ...” and is signed “Hardinge” Field Marshal Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge GCB, PC, PC (1785-1856) was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsula War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington’s ministry. After a tour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1830 he became Secretary at War again in Sir Robert Peel’s cabinet.

He went on to be Governor-General of India at the time of the First Anglo-Sikh War and then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War.

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1853 (24 April) folio A.L.S. from Tavistock House to Major Lake, “My difficulty about Friday, is, that I am not sure when my Scotch friend departs from Edinburgh, but I rather think he will not go until Saturday at the earliest ... I think our only course is, to trust to our better fortune - autumn - and India! Or possibly you may find yourself near Boulogne in the course of the summer ...” and is signed “Charles Dickens”. Folded into envelope with Dickens’s monogram in blue within a blue buckler on the flap, the envelope with the embossed supplier’s name (“J. SMITH Inventor and Patentee”), addressed to “Major Lake/9 Charles Street/St.James’s”, and signed in the lower left corner by Dickens, postmarked 1853 (21 April); the stamp has been washed from the envelope, otherwise all in very good condition.

The editors of the Dickens Collected Correspondence suggest that the recipient might have been Major Edward John Lake (1823-1877) of the Bengal Engineers, a supposition vindicated by Dickens’s reference to India in the above. His ‘Scotch’ guest was John Gordon, a radical Scottish lawyer, who was known to have been in London at that time.

This letter was written during the serial publication of Bleak House, the April issue (Part XIV) comprising chapters 43 to 46. Photo Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era

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July 13, 2016 - LONDON George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon 54

1855 (8 August) folio A.L.S. to Col. Phipps and marked “Private” he writes, “Upon enquiry & reflexion I think I should have great difficulty in obeying Her Majesty’s orders & being on board the Yacht before it gets into Boulogne Harbour if I attempted the short passage by myself from Folkestone.

Some complication would be sure to arise & I therefore write to you that it will be better for me to accompany Her Majesty from Osborne. We can communicate another time on particulars.” and signed “Clarendon”. With contemporary translation into German and royal household receipt circular datestamp struck in blue. Written whilst he was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

This letter refers to the visit of Queen Victoria to France in 1855. Photo

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George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon KG, GCB, PC (1800-1870) an English diplomat and statesman from the Villiers family.

In April 1855 Napoleon III and Eugénie went to England and were received by the Queen; in turn Victoria visited Paris, the first English monarch to do so in centuries.

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby 55

1856 (3 February) folio A.L.S. to Col. Phipps sent from St. James’s Square, he writes, “I received yesterday from the Publishers a copy of a work on the Natural History of the Dee side, purporting to be published by command of the Queen, and to be presented by Prince Albert. May I beg of you to express to His Royal Highness my very grateful sense of the Honour which he has conferred on me by directing a copy of this interesting publication to be forwarded to me in his name ...”, and signed “Derby”. With a contemporary translation into German written on the same bifolium and showing a royal household receipt circular datestamp stuck in blue

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Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby KG, GCMG, PC (1799-1869) was a British statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party.

Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-1866) was a British soldier and courtier. Phipps was much in the confidence of Victoria and Albert, and aided Charles Grey in his duties as Private Secretary to the Sovereign after the death of Albert in 1861.

Vice Admiral Robert FitzRoy, Captain of H.M.S. Beagle and Governor of New Zealand x56

1856-60 a group of three autograph letter to Henry Stilwell, the final being on Board of Trade letterhead and discusses meterological wind movements around the West Indies. Each letter signed “Robt FitzRoy”. Usual folding creases Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy RN (1805-1865) was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist.

He achieved lasting fame as the captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s famous voyage, FitzRoy’s second expedition to Tierra del Fuego and the Southern Cone.

In 1850, FitzRoy retired from active service, partly due to ill health. The following year, in 1851, he was elected to the Royal Society with the support of 13 fellows, including Charles Darwin. As the protégé of Francis Beaufort, in 1854, FitzRoy was appointed, on the recommendation of the President of the Royal Society, as chief of a new department to deal with the collection of weather data at sea. His title was Meteorological Statist to the Board of Trade, and he had a staff of three. This was the forerunner of the modern Meteorological Office. He arranged for captains of ships to provide information, with tested instruments being loaned for this purpose, and for computation of the data collected. FitzRoy soon began to work on strategies to make weather information more widely available for the safety of shipping and fishermen. He directed the design and distribution of a type of barometer which, on his recommendation, was fixed at every port to be available to crews for consultation before setting out to sea. Stone housings for such barometers are still visible at many fishing harbours. The invention of several different types of barometers was attributed to him. These became popular and continued in production into the 20th century, characteristically engraved with Admiral FitzRoy’s special remarks on interpretation, such as: “When rising: In winter the rise of the barometer presages frost.” A terrible storm in 1859, which caused the loss of the Royal Charter, inspired FitzRoy to develop charts to allow predictions to be made, which he called “forecasting the weather”, thus coining the term “weather forecast”. Fifteen land stations were established to use the new telegraph to transmit to him daily reports of weather at set times. The first daily weather forecasts were published in The Times in 1861. The 1859 storm resulted in the Crown distributing storm glasses, then known as “FitzRoy’s storm barometers”, to many small fishing communities around the British Isles. In 1860, the following year, FitzRoy introduced a system of hoisting storm warning cones at the principal ports when a gale was expected. He ordered fleets to stay in port under these conditions. The Weather Book, which he published in 1863, was far in advance of the scientific opinion of the time. Queen Victoria once sent messengers to FitzRoy’s home requesting a weather forecast for a crossing she was about to make to the Isle of Wight.

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57 Benjamin Disraeli 57

1861 (6 August) folio A.L.S. on Grosvenor Gate letterhead to H.J. Ryder, “I am very glad to hear that there is a prospect of your obtaining the editorship of a Conservative Journal …” and signed “B. Disraeli”. Photo

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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (1804-1881) was a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach.

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59 Lady Jane Franklin / Hawaii x59

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1865 (6 September) mourning A.L.S. to Thomas Stilwell thanking him for his gift of twenty guineas for Queen Emma’s fund for the erection of a cathedral in Honolulu. The letter includes further details of her Hawaiian Majesty’s visit including that her stay at Claridges Hotel was by the arrangements of Lord Russell. With the original mourning envelope with her crest on the flap, signed “Jane Franklin”.

Also 1863 (25 November) small mourning letter to Thomas Stilwell, she writes that she is planning dinner for some friends, including “Mrs Rose Greenhow, whose book, just published, on her doings & sufferings in the Confederate cause...”, also attending was General Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society. Signed “Jane Franklin”. Photo Lady Jane Franklin (1791-1875) was a Tasmanian pioneer and traveller. She was the second wife of the explorer John Franklin, and was instrumental in pushing for searches once the Franklin expedition failed to return from the Arctic.

Queen Emma of Hawaii (1836-85), was queen consort of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863. She ran for ruling monarch against King Kala-kaua but was defeated.

Despite the great differences in their kingdoms, Queen Emma and Queen Victoria became lifelong friends; both had lost sons and spouses. They exchanged letters, and Emma travelled to London in 1865 to visit and spend a night at Windsor Castle on November 27. Queen Victoria remarked of Emma, “Nothing could be nicer or more dignified than her manner.”

Rose O’Neal Greenhow (1813- 1864) was a renowned Confederate spy during the American Civil War. A socialite in Washington, D.C. during the period before the war, she moved in important political circles and cultivated friendships with presidents, generals, senators, and high-ranking military officers. She used her connections to pass along key military information to the Confederacy at the start of the war. She was credited by Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, with ensuring the South’s victory at the First Battle of Bull Run in late July 1861. Captured in August, Greenhow was subject to house arrest; found to have continued her activities, in 1862 after an espionage hearing, she was imprisoned for nearly five months in Washington, DC. Deported to the Confederate States, she travelled to Richmond, Virginia and new tasks. Running the blockade, she sailed to Europe to represent the Confederacy in a diplomatic mission to France and Britain from 1863 to 1864. In 1863, she also wrote and published her memoir in London, which was popular in Britain. After her returning ship ran aground in 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina, she drowned when her rowboat overturned as she tried to escape a Union gunboat.

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60 David Livingstone 60

1865 (8 June) folio A.L.S. from Burnbank Road, Hamilton. The letter is addressed to Peter Le Neve Foster, Secretary to the Society of Arts, with whom Livingstone corresponded a good deal during this period, asking him to supply samples which give an idea of the papers for the Indian civil service examinations: “... Neither of my boys are fit as yet for it but I would like to shew them what is expected one of them got prizes for Geography German French & Latin yesterday and seems likely to go on in these studies - Another got a prize for drawing - I wish to set them to aim high ...” and is signed “David Livingstone”.

Livingstone worries about the future of his surviving sons, while preparing for his final departure for Africa that August. He had been invited to return to Africa by the Royal Geographic Society that January, in order finally to sort out the problem of the Nile.

He wrote this letter when staying with his long ailing and bedridden mother. Soon afterwards, thinking that she was rallying, he dashed down to Oxford in order to deliver a lecture, where he received a telegram announcing her death on the eighteenth.

An autograph album with letters to Foster by Henry Cole and others is included in the lot. Photo David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa, one of the most popular national heroes of late-19th-century in Victorian Britain.

He and his wife Mary, who had died in Africa in 1862, had three sons, Robert Moffat Livingstone (1846-64), Thomas Steele Livingstone (1849-76) and William Oswell Livingstone (1851-92). Robert, the eldest, had died of his wounds the previous December, while fighting on the Union side in the American Civil War under the name Rupert Vincent so as not to bring discredit to his father, who was wont to accuse him of trading off his name. In Tim Jeal’s opinion, ‘Robert’s life is really the story of Livingstone’s failure as a parent’ (Livingstone, Pimlico edition, p. 281). Oswell, the youngest, fell out of favour when in 1872, as a member of the RGS relief expedition that had been upstaged by Stanley, he failed to join his father but instead recommended him to return home, causing his father to dub him ‘as poor a specimen of a son as Africa ever produced’. Tom, the middle and eldest surviving son, stayed the course and was to act as his father’s chief executor; although it was to be his sister Agnes, Livingstone’s doted-upon daughter, who became chief guardian of his reputation.

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61 John Stuart Mill 1867 (25 May) A.L.S. on embossed letterhead of Blackheath Park, “Dear Sir / The specimen page does very well and I enclose the title page. I regret that my having left for the House before your letter arrived prevented an earlier answer ...”. The letter is signed “J. S. Mill” and the blank folio page has been removed; folded and there is a small hole in the monogram at top. Photo

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John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) profoundly influenced the shape of nineteenth century British thought and political discourse. His substantial corpus of works includes texts in logic, epistemology, economics, social and political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, religion, and current affairs.

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1869 (13 January) folio mourning A.L.S. to the German-born classical scholar and orientalist Max Müller in Maidenhead: “I find I have no time now to do anything but my office work & so I have been obliged to give up enlarging my allusion to Degradation & the Vedas ... There is much evidence as regards the Religion of Hindoostan-degradation in a definite sense - lower conceptions of the Divine Nature - lower conceptions of acceptable worship - lower social Institutions as connected with Religion. Is not this certainly true & does it not coincide with your view of the law of decay in all Religions? ...”. Signed at foot “Argyll”. On paper with embossed vignette “India Office” part of an autograph envelope is mounted the reverse of the second leaf; slight tears to folds. Photo George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, KG, KT, PC, FRS, FRSE (1823-1900) styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847, was a Scottish peer and Liberal politician as well as a writer on science, religion, and the politics of the 19th century. In William Gladstone’s first government of 1868 to 1874, Argyll became Secretary of State for India.

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1871 (22 October) folio A.L.S. to Ludwig Gruner (then director of the Royal Cabinet of Engravings in Dresden), “Dear Sir. I am delighted to hear so good an opinion of my Holbein.

I bought it without a moment’s hesitation upon its merits. If there has been any published criticism on the pictures during the Holbein exhibition I should very much like to have it, as I should like my judgement supported. I have read Mr. Robinson’s letters in the Times, but of course I can form no opinion without seeing the two pictures (the Madonna’s). Some day I hope to visit Dresden and see your picture. My wife desires me to send her best regards to you ... I am staying now in Scotland but when the picture is in my house I will return you your acknowledgement of its being borrowed for the Dresden exhibition”. Clean and fine. Photo Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet, PRA (1829-1896). A child prodigy, at the age of eleven Millais became the youngest student to enter the Royal Academy Schools. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded at his family home in London, at 83 Gower Street (now number 7).

Millais became the most famous exponent of the style, his painting Christ in the House of His Parents (1850) generating considerable controversy. By the mid-1850s Millais was moving away from the Pre-Raphaelite style and developing a new and powerful form of realism in his art. His later works were enormously successful, making Millais one of the wealthiest artists of his day. While early 20th-century critics, reading art through the lens of Modernism, viewed much of his later production as wanting, this perspective has changed in recent decades, as his later works have come to be seen in the context of wider changes and advanced tendencies in the broader late-nineteenth-century art world.

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Ex 64 John Ruskin x64

1872-76, a series of seven A.L.S. to John Pakenham Stilwell thanking him for the donations to the St. George’s Fund and giving him the code number “7”. The final letters concern an error made in listing the donations and asking Stilwell to list the sums he had sent (a copy is included); in one letter he writes, “it is one of the plagues of my work here that I have to keep two account books - and this is the second mistake I have made in the printed accounts”. One letter has been initialled, the others are signed “J Ruskin” and have been sent fron Corpus Christi College Oxford or Herne Hill. Photo John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, also an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. His writing styles and literary forms were equally varied.

Ruskin penned essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art was later superseded by a preference for plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, and architectural structures and ornamentation.

Ruskin founded his utopian society, the Guild of St George, in 1871 (although originally it was called St George’s Fund, and then St George’s Company, before becoming the Guild in 1878). Ruskin purchased land initially in Totley, near Sheffield, but the agricultural element of his scheme met with only moderate success after many difficulties. Donations of land from wealthy and committed Companions eventually placed land and properties in the Guild’s care: Wyre Forest, near Bewdley, Worcestershire; Barmouth in north-west Wales; Cloughton in North Yorkshire; and Westmill in Hertfordshire.

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65 Richard Owen 65

1874 (29 May) folio A.L.S. from the British Museum to Mr White, concerning his research on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia: “The reduction relates only to the Plates by Wesley; Proofs of the other two plates, - one by Griesbach, the other by Erxleben, - will shortly be forwarded to you …”, and is signed “Rd Owen”. Also 1857 envelope (stamp cut out) written in Owen’s hand, to the Duchess of Argyll. Photo

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Sir Richard Owen KCB, FRS (1804-1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. Owen produced a vast array of scientific work, but is probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning “Terrible Reptile” or “Fearfully Great Reptile”). Owen is also remembered for his outspoken opposition to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.

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1877 (3 December) folio A.L.S. to Dr. Magnus, “My reply to your letter has unfortunately been delayed through my absence from London. Not for a moment could I hesitate to grant the permission you desire: it is indeed on my part the acceptance of an honour ...”, and is signed “W. Gladstone” in London. Photo William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), a British Liberal politician. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times (1868-1874, 1880-1885, February-July 1886 and 1892-1894).

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67 Lewis Carroll 67

1879 (29 December) folio A.L.S. written from The Chestnuts in Guildford written to: “My dear Edith, I wrote to that hardened malefactor, Agnes, on the 22nd, telling her 4 of us would come, and that she was to let you know how many tickets would be wanted - I find it difficult to describe, in ordinary English, the infamy of her conduct: so will not dwell on it 3 of them are coming, so we shall be 7 in all: please get the seats you think best, in a block, 4 in front and 3 behind: + please send all the tickets to Mrs. Hall, if anything should prevent our coming, they could utilise the whole lot ...”, written in his usual purple ink it is signed, “Affectionately yours, C. L. Dodgson”. The recipient is probably Edith Blakemore. Photo Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy.

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68 Thomas Adolphus Trollope 68

1882 (2 June) folio A.L.S. written in Rome to an unidentified recipient: “I am very much obliged to you for giving me an opportunity of seeing the pamphlets you sent me. The things stated are truly horrible. I do not think Miss Colbe’s pamphlets are calculated to help the cause with any body who is aware that a great controversy has arisen, they are so evidently unfair, onesided, and prejudiced …”. and signed “T. Adolphus Trollope”. Photo

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Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810-1892) was an English writer of over sixty books. He lived most of his life in Italy creating a renowned villa in Florence with his first wife, Theodosia and later another centre of British society in Rome with his second wife, the novelist Frances Eleanor Trollope. His mother, brother and both wives were known as writers. He was awarded the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus by Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.

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1885 (28 June) A.L.S. on Carlton Club paper to Mr Majendu (?) thanking him for the invitation to Woodstock Rectory, but having to decline due to commitments in London, signed “Randolph S Churchill”. Photo Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (1849-1895) was one of the most remarkable political figures in the late Victorian times. A magnificent orator, a sharp incisive debater, with a grasp of intellectual ideas, his mercurial brilliance his mesmerising speeches inspired working Tory voters. He broke new ground in modern budgetary presentations, attracting admiration and criticism alike from across the political spectrum. Unfortunately his disloyalty to Salisbury was beginning of the end of what should have been a glittering career.

His devoted son, Winston who hardly knew his father in life wrote a complimentary biography in death.

Blenheim Palace is very close to Woodstock

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1887 (2 May) A.L.S. from her room in 10 South Street, Park Lane to Edwin Neild of the Ventnor Hospital. She thanks him for his involvement regarding a young man and asks when it will be his turn (for an operation). Signed “faithfully yours, Florence Nightingale”.

Fine. Photo

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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury 71

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1888 (18 January) mourning letter with raised address from Hatfield House, Hatfield to Baron Alfons von Pawel-Rammingen at Hampton Court Palace, “I am much obliged to you for your letter. I have made enquiries with respect to the Baroness von Malortie. Someday, when I have the honour of meeting you again, I will tell you the details that I have heard from those who knew her before her marriage: but they are not suitable for a letter ...” and is signed “Salisbury”. With the original Foreign Office envelope (the stamp has been cut off) Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC, FRS (1830-1903) was a British Conservative statesman, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total of over 13 years. He also served for short periods as Chancellor of the University of Oxford and as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. He was the last Prime Minister to head his full administration from the House of Lords.

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1888 The Favourite Poet 72 Lawrence Alma-Tadema 72

1888 (15 November) post card with raised letterhead of Grove End Road, A.L.S. written in German to Herr Werkmeister informing him that that a package will be available for examination at his (Alma-Tadema’s) home on Saturday afternoon between 3 and 3.30 p.m., signed “L Alma Tadema”. Slight traces of mounting on reverse, otherwise fresh and fine. Photo

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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema OM RA (1836-1912). Born in Dronrijp, the Netherlands, and trained at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium, he settled in England in 1870 and spent the rest of his life there. A classical-subject painter, he became famous for his depictions of the luxury and decadence of the Roman Empire, with languorous figures set in fabulous marbled interiors or against a backdrop of dazzling blue Mediterranean Sea and sky. Though admired during his lifetime for his draftsmanship and depictions of Classical antiquity, his work fell into disrepute after his death, and only since the 1960s has it been re-evaluated for its importance within nineteenth-century English art.

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1890 (6 December) autograph pay order written in pencil, “Please pay ... Henry fifty dollars currency / $50.00” and signed “Robert Louis Stevenson”. This note is probably for his friend the writer, Henry James. At this time he was based at his home in Vailima in Samoa. Photo Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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Henry Morton Stanley 74

1892 (30 January) autograph quotation on folio letter with raised letterhead (of Richmond Terrace, Whitehall), written in Oamaru, New Zealand, the verse reads: “A Man’s best things are nearest him / Lie close about his feet. / It is the distant & the dim / That we are sick to greet ...”. Signed “Henry M. Stanley”. The lower corner of the blank second leaf torn off.

Includes an ALS (London, 8 April 1892) from one collector to another: “My dear Baron.

My sister Lady Brownlow begs me to send you the enclosed signature of Stanley. Excuse short note. It is long past midnight and I have still many letters to write ...”. Unusual. Photo Henry Morton Stanley GCB (1841-1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in and development of the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of the Belgians, and commanding the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899. After the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition which concluded towards the end of 1890, Stanley went on a world tour, when this note was written.

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AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, EPHEMERA AND POSTAL HISTORY Rudyard Kipling 75

1893 (20 December) two page A.L.S. on paper with embossed address “Naulakha, Brattleboro, Vermont” to the American author William H. Rideing (1853-1918), “... I am in receipt of yours of the 18th instant suggesting a 2000-2500 w[ord] article for the Companion. Now that I have seen some of the mothers of the youths who read the paper I may perhaps be able to come nearer to its demands. It is very difficult for me to invent notions but I find in my notebooks the story of a young apprentice in the repairing shops of the E.I.R. [East Indian Railways] our Great Indian railroad. We will suppose he is 18 or 19 - sketch the life of the railway community and a railway town in India (Bengal) and make him mend and bring in, on one piston, a broken down loco. in flood time, as he is travelling to a volunteer rifle match. The tale would introduce the country-bred white of the Indian RR’s - a parsee engine driver and so on - all the difference that there is between an American + an Indian line. I should prefer 3500 w[ords] to turn in but if you find that does not meet your approval kindly let me know and we will try something else. I used to know something of our Indian railway line. It’s community apart. Very many thanks for Sir E[dwin] Arnolds Jungle Life series. I am doing a set of tales on the same subject more or less for St Nicholas, giving the Jungle people’s views of mankind ...”. The letter is signed “Rudyard Kipling”. The two pages have been previously framed and there is brown staining around the edge and the reverse sides are browned. Photo Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Kipling’s works of fiction include “The Jungle Book” (a collection of stories which includes “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”), the “Just So Stories” (1902), “Kim” (1901), and many short stories, including “The Man Who Would Be King” (1888), which he refers to in his letter. His poems include “Mandalay” (1890), “Gunga Din” (1890), “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” (1919), “The White Man’s Burden” (1899), and “If––” (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children’s books are enduring classics of children’s literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting “a versatile and luminous narrative gift”. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date.

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1897 (22 March) folio A.L.S. from Maidencombe to Edmund Meade-Waldo, English ornitholgist about buying or renting an old manor house from him in Hever, signed “Very faithfully yours, Rudyard Kipling”. Photo Edmund Gustavus Bloomfield Meade-Waldo (1855-1934) was an English ornithologist and conservationist. He is probably best known for his efforts to preserve the red kite in Wales.

He was born in Hever Castle.

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Andrew Lang 77

1897 “Higgins, the Inventor of Evolution”; autograph manuscript with 2 ALS. from St. Andrews, 6 Feb. [1897]. Bound together 8 pp. with calligraphic. title page in red and black, auburn full morocco (c. 1900, signed ‘Sangorski & Sutcliffe’) with gilt stamped title and geometrical gilt fillets to covers and spine. Gilt inner dentelles; leading edges gilt.

In his ironic letter to the editor of “The Academy and Literature”, he points out that one “Mr. Higgins” in 1798 expressed an idea so similar to Darwin’s that the former should be credited with this “epoch-making conjecture”: “Sir, - It is indeed a common error of the ‘averagely well-read man’, as you quote Mr Grant Allen, to credit Mr Darwin with having invented ‘the Theory of Evolution.’ The name of Higgins is (in this connection) forgotten by the averagiously [!] ignorant citizen, yet I claim for Higgins priority to Mr Darwin and even to Mr Spencer. In fact, unless either of these savants published his theory before April 1798, there can be no doubt about the matter ...”. The place of publication of Higgins’s supposed theory is a note to “a somewhat erotic poem, ‘The Loves of the Triangles’”, in the April 1778 issue of the conservative periodical “The Anti-Jacobin”, and the “Mr. Higgins” in question was, in fact, a favorite butt of this journal. Under this fictitious name, the “AntiJacobin” was wont to attack Coleridge, Southey, and Godwin, as well as Charles Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, whose “Loves of the Plants” was satirized in Frere’s and Canning’s “Loves of the Triangles”. Bound with are two ALS by Lang in which he refers to the present essay. Photo Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.

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1900 (October) A.L.S. on letterhead of the Golden Cross Hotel, Charing Cross to the War Office, “Could you kindly tell me to what battery my brother Captain Hay Doyle, now of 1 battery R.H.A. has been transferred upon his promotion? We are anxious to know” and signed “A Conan Doyle”. Some splitting along the central fold. Photo Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (1859-1930) was a British writer and physician, most noted for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes and writing stories about him which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. In 1900, Doyle served in the Boer War as a volunteer doctor in the Langman Field Hospital at Bloemfontein between March and June. After return home he wrote a lengthy book, The Great Boer War, which sought to justify the British cause and to emphasise the great need for army reform and modernisation.

John Francis Innes Hay Doyle rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the Royal Field Artillery.

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79 Winston Churchill 79

1900 (8 September) typewritten letter to his aunt Leonie Leslie on his first flat and a trip to Paris. It is signed “Yours affectionally Winston” with the postscript, “forgive dictation”.

Churchill rejoices in being established in his first bachelor quarters, a set of “beautiful rooms” in Mount Street which have been passed on to him by his cousin Sunny (9th Duke of Marlborough); he is now much more comfortable than when living with his mother at Cumberland Place, “but of course I no longer live for nothing”. He asks his aunt to help him improve the rooms on her return from Ireland, being himself indifferent to this sort of “material arrangement ... so long as my table is clear and there is plenty of paper, I do not worry about the rest”. He has just returned from Paris with Sunny and his other cousin, Ivor [Guest], and reports unfavourably on the Exposition Universelle, criticising the lack of “cleverness” in the arrangements, comparing large parts of the exhibition to “parts of Whiteley’s shop”, and in particular finding fault with the inefficiency of the characteristically French trio of ticket seller, ticket puncher and ticket collector at the door of each stall. Before moving into Mount Street, Churchill had continued to use his mother’s house at 35a Cumberland Place as his London home; he was to remain in Mount Street until 1905. The 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle inaugurated a number of Paris’s most celebrated buildings, including the Grand and Petit Palais, the Pont Alexandre III and the Gare (now Musée) d’Orsay, as well as the first line of the Paris Metro. On headed paper; previously mounted in album with adherences on reverse, first page missing lower right corner. Photo Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, RA (18741965) a British statesman who was the Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.

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80 Percy Illingworth M.P. 80

The collected papers of the Liberal politician, Percy Illingworth from his service in the Boer War to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury.

1900 Boer War papers are mostly his letters home, with envelopes, several from Cape Town plus others from Bradford and Kroonstad, O.R.C. and “On Active Service” letter “With General MacDonald, Golden Gate Pass” giving a graphic account of the engagement there (with transcript). There are also some personal photographs, a telegram reading “Return immediately election October ...”, his military appointment (rubber stamp of Edward) and his discharge papers and his notes for his election address.

The political letters mostly span the years 1913-15 and includes A.L.S. signed by the prime minister H.H. Asquith (4, two initialled), a booklet dedicated to him, signed by Asquith and A.L.S. from his wife Margot (3) and a photograph (with negative) of Asquith with his children.

Further Asquith items - an A.L.S. recalling parliament (an original, not the usual printed copy), draft speeches in the Prime Minister’s hand to Parliament in July 1914, “We have just heard––not from St. Petersburg, but from Germany––that Russia has proclaimed a general mobilisation of her Army and Fleet, and that in consequence of this, martial law was to be proclaimed for Germany. We understand this to mean that mobilisation will follow in Germany if the Russian mobilisation is general and is proceeded with. In the circumstances, I should prefer not to answer any questions till Monday”; August 1914 paying respect to the King of the Belgians for their “ ... heroic resistance offered by his army and people to the wanton invasion of his territory ...” 1913 (5 May) on Montenegro, “A communication has been received from the King of Montenegro to the effect that Montenegro puts the fate of the town of Scutari in the hands of the Great Powers. This is very satisfactory news, and is a decision on which the King of Montenegro is to be congratulated, both in the interests of his own country and of international peace.” and 1913 (19 June) the amended resolution for Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company agreement.

1914 (4 July) A.L.S. with envelope from David Lloyd George whilst Chancellor of the Exchequer; 1914 (11 November) letter and envelope from the War Office including an enlisting leaflet, “The Kaiser’s Insult to The British Army”.

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80 Percy Illingworth died suddenly in January 1915 due to food poisoning from a bad oyster. He had been nominated to the Privy Council but died before he could be sworn in. There is a telegram of congratulations from Robert Balfour and other congratulatory letters plus large group of letters of condolence to his wife with many from ministers as well as four from the Prime Minister, Asquith and one from his wife, Violet, Wedgwood Benn (3), messages from the King and Queen, Lloyd George’s wife.

There are also five volumes of press cuttings 1906-15 plus other printed ephemera including menus, election and campaign propaganda and invitations to Downing Street including a specially printed “Spy” caricature signed by Augustine Birrell, A.L.S. from Asquith asking him to move the address in reply from the speech from the throne - the first state opening of parliament by K.E.VII, 1913-14 cuttings include Home Rule, the Marconi scandal, Irish Bill and Churchill’s speech on Ulster, 1914 with photographs of the recruiting campaign at Shipley, pencil notes for the speech by Sir Ellis Denby, chairman of Shipley Liberal Association and the death of Illingworth, finally a volume devoted to the press tributes and obituaries. There is also a small leather bound album which is dedicated to the 1913 cabinet ‘holiday’ at Brodick Castle on Arran.

There is also a collection of medals: Pair: Lance Corporal P.H. Illingworth, 9th Company Imperial Yeomanry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, two clasps, Cape Colony, Wittenbergen (14204 Pte. P.H. Illingworth.

9th Coy. Imp: Yeo); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal for South Africa 1901-02, 3rd Battalion (Lce Corpl P.H. Illingworth), extremely fine, with the assocaited miniature Queen’s South Africa Medal, this in Spink, London case, together with four associated medallions: 57

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80 The Cobden Medal, silver, this engraved ‘Percy Holden Illingworth, Lond. Int. Coll.

1885’, in its Wyon, London, case of issue Jesus College Boat Club, ‘Trial Eights’, 1888, bronze, with the dedication plate engraved within the lid placing Illingworth in seat 2 of the coxed eight, at a weight of 10.4.

Cambridge University Boat Club, Jesus College Boat Club ‘Head of the Lent Race’, 1888, silver medallion in glazed lunette, with the dedication plate engraved within the lid placing Illingworth in seat 6 of the coxed eight for Jesus College, at a weight of 10.5 g the case damaged Cambridge University Boat Club, ‘Trial Eights, Winning Crew’, 1892, silver medallion in glazed lunette, with the dedication plate engraved within the lid placing Illingworth in the bow seat of the winning coxed eight crew, at a weight of 11.3, the D. Munsey, Cambridge, case damaged The Cobden Club was a political gentleman’s club founded in London in 1866, for believers in the Free Trade Doctrine, with Liberal Politicians the core of membership.

Bronze and Silver prize medals are encountered and associated with the early period of the club, which ceased to exist during the the 1970’s.

Illingworth was later selected as the ‘Spare Man’ for the 1893 Boat Race, however his services were not employed and Cambridge were defeated by 11⁄ 4 lengths.

An important political archive, providing an insight into the career of a significant Liberal politician. Photo Percy Holden Illingworth (1869-1915) was a British Liberal politician. In 1906 Illingworth was returned to Parliament for Shipley, and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland (James Bryce and Augustine Birrell respectively) from 1906 to 1910. From February 1910 to April 1912, he was a Junior Lord of the Treasury under H. H. Asquith. In 1912 Asquith appointed him Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury.

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83 Major General Robert Baden-Powell x81

1901 (15 October) typewritten letter to Stilwell & Sons regarding a payment to Capt.

Stewart for pack saddles, signed in ink “Robert Baden Powell”; some folding and other creases. Photo Written when Baden-Powell was briefly back in the United Kingdom. In October 1901 he was invited to visit King Edward VII at Balmoral and personally invested as Companion of the Order of the Bath.

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Claude Grahame-White 82

1903 (15 August) folio A.L.S. on printed paper of the Stansted Estate Office, written on one side to W.H. Humphrey in Chichester, “ ... Your continued procrastination is to say the least most irritating & I can but intimate that the manner in which you are treating me will not tend to increase business from this quarter, & must now now request an immediate remittance at once” and is signed “Graham White”. This letter relates to the sale of a De Dion and a Vaughan car. Photo Claude Grahame-White (1879-1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.

Before taking up flying he spent three years at the Estate Office to George Wilder of Stansted, Sussex.

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George Bernard Shaw 83

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1905 (23 October) 1d. postal stationery card from Adelphi Terrace to the Editor of the Neue Freie Presse in Vienna, “Dear Sir. Has the MS of my article on Irving been destroyed?

If not, would you be kind enough to return it to me. I did not keep a copy; and now I hear that the Review of Reviews proposes to quote it. It will be spoiled if it is retranslated from a translation; so I wish to enable them to quote the original”, signed “G Bernard Shaw”, the stamp has been cut out but this barely affects the letter. Photo George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death.

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Lord Milner x84

1906 Public Address to Lord Milner, a group of documents relating to the censure of Lord Milner in the House of Parliament. This group of papers, relating to John Packham Stilwell, who served on the committee including a postcard with thanks for collecting 100 signatures, A.L.S. from Sir Bartle Frere, a copy of a letter from Stilwell & Sons to Sir Bartle Frere. A fine and comprehensive group.

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Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner KG, GCB, GCMG, PC (1854-1925) was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played an influential leadership role in the formulation of foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s.

In March 1906, a motion censuring Lord Milner for an infraction of the Chinese labour ordinance, in not forbidding light corporal punishment of coolies for minor offences in lieu of imprisonment, was moved by a Radical member of the House of Commons. On behalf of the Liberal government an amendment was moved, stating that ‘This House, while recording its condemnation of the flogging of Chinese coolies in breach of the law, desires, in the interests of peace and conciliation in South Africa, to refrain from passing censure upon individuals’.

The amendment was carried by 355 votes to 135. As a result of this left-handed censure, a counter-demonstration was organized, led by Sir Bartle Frere, and a public address, signed by over 370,000 persons, was presented to Lord Milner expressing high appreciation of the services rendered by him in Africa to the crown and empire.

From The Spectator, 11th August 1906 Lord Milner expresses special satisfaction that the movement should have been initiated by Sir Bartle Frere, “the son of one who in his day was exposed to much undeserved but transient obloquy”; and, in conclusion, assures all his old friends and fellow-workers in South Africa that no personal annoyances have affected him to anything like the same extent as the trials and dangers to which South Africa is once more being exposed, and which make her immediate future such an anxious one. Without altogether sharing Lord Miler’s pessimistic outlook, we can cordially congratulate him on this remarkable proof of the respect in which he is held by his fellow-countrymen. The principle involved in the vote of censure was one which cuts at the root of loyal public service, inasmuch as it sought to substitute administrative for Ministerial responsibility. By this address to Lord Milner the nation has, in great measure, repaired the injustice of its Parliamentary representatives.

Houston Stewart Chamberlain 85

1907 (May) long A.L.S. written on illustrated paper of Baur au Lac, Zürich, in German, expounding his concept of race “... In speaking about ‘race’, I principally wish to say nothing more than that, as every individual Psyche corresponds to an individual Physique, so does a collective Psyche require a collective Physique. Those who reject this proposition - for example in favour of an alleged equality of all humans - are either religious zealots or antiscientific or anti-historic dreamers …. It is questionable indeed whether there is such a thing as an ‘Aryan’, meaning a special, homogeneous Aryan race that encompasses by blood relationship all branches of the so-called Indo-Europeans ...” (transl.). Signed “Houston Stewart Chamberlain”, the address cut away from the foot of the final leaf.

Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855-1927) was an English, later German author of books on political philosophy, natural science and son-in-law of the German composer Richard Wagner; he is described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as a “racialist writer”

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1909 (19 November) autograph signature “E.H. Shackleton” on a memorandum form printed for the Glasgow chemical merchant (and founder of the Glasgow Society of Musicians) Paul Rottenburg, a native of Danzig. Addressed and with Rottenburg’s notes to the Danzig botanist Konrad Lakowitz: “I shall lecture in Danzig-Shackleton konnte mir nicht den Tag angeben aber hiermit werden Sie fürs Erste zufrieden sein ...” (“Shackleton could not state the precise day but this will suffice you for the time being”). Central vertical fold. Photo Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO, OBE, FRGS (1874-1922) was a polar explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. During the second expedition 1907-1909 he and three companions established a new record only 97 geographical miles from the South Pole.

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Scott of the Antarctic 87

1910 Scott’s pocket diary, Army & Navy Thin Pocket Diary with autograph ownership inscription on title “Captain Robert F. Scott. RN &c 36-38 Victoria St. Westminster SW”.

The hitherto virtually unknown prequel to what is arguably, along with that of Samuel Pepys, the most famous diary in the English language. Scott’s pocket journal for his last months in England before his setting out on the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition contains brief entries for more than half a year of intense preparation, with addresses and lists of names added on the concluding leaves. It offers a vivid, though elliptical, insight into the frantic pace of getting ready for the expedition, with which almost all the entries are in some way concerned.

The earliest, for 4 December 1909, notes “Interview Drs Wilson & Atkinson”; other appointments as the months go by include practical meetings at the Australian and New Zealand High Commissions, the Admiralty and the R.G.S. His departure for Norway is noted on 26 February, where on 1 March he is to “Go to furs people & sledges”. Many of the entries reflect Scott’s preoccupation with the financing of the expedition, which takes him on tours to Middlesbrough, Manchester, Liverpool and elsewhere, and the necessary round of dinners, lectures and press calls.

As the date of the expedition’s departure approaches, on 27 April he notes “Medical Exam: for Officers”, on 7 May “Ship including experiments” and on 26 May “Huntley & Palmers Directors visit Ship”; on 7 June: “Leave for Cardiff”. Amongst the last entries are a series of valedictory audiences: 25 June “Audience Queen Alexandra”, 5 July “11.0 Audience H.M. The King”, etc. Among the concluding memoranda are a few notes of addresses of expedition members and suppliers, as well as scattered memoranda, including “send Wilson ‘Scurvy’” and the poignant “After the expedition a list of firms whose goods were taken and were found to be thoroughly satisfactory will be published”.

Scott left England for the last time on 16 July, rejoining the Terra Nova in Cape Town.

During the expedition to the South Pole, Scott kept a separate diary in which he recorded the hardships of the journey. He and four companions reached the pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that Amundsen’s Norwegian team had beaten them by 33 days. The entire party perished on the return journey from the pole. When Scott’s records were discovered with the bodies by a search party in November, it cemented the explorer’s role as English tragic hero. The famous diary, which helped shape the image of polar exploration, now rests in the British Library under the shelfmark Add. MS 51035. The present 1910 journal, little noted until now, a century after the event which came to be perceived in British collective consciousness as a magnificent failure of near-mythical proportions, provides an unsettling exposition to that legendary tragedy. - Includes a typed leaf “Approximate Programme of ‘Terra Nova’s’ movements” from “Leave London June 1st” to “Leave Lyttelton Novr. 15th”, with some manuscript additions.

Also includes a gentleman’s leather wallet, stamped on upper cover with initials “R.S.” with the visiting card of Viscount Knutsford loosely inserted, inscribed “This book belonged to Capt. Scott of S. Polar fame & was given to me by his son Peter”.

Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO, RN (1868-1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 19011904, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition. Following the news of his death, Scott became a celebrated British hero, a status reflected by the many permanent memorials erected across the nation.

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George Darwin 88

1911 (23 October) folio A.L.S. from Newham Grange, Cambridge to an unidentified German recipient, “My dear Sir, The best account of my father’s life and works is contained in the following books by Francis Darwin: 1. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. 3 vols. John Murray, London 1887. 2. (transl. La Vie et la correspondence de C. D. 2 vols. Reinwald, Paris, 1888). 3. An abridgement in one volume entitled: Charles Darwin, John Murray, 1892. 4. More Letters of Charles Darwin (2 vols.) John Murray 1903.-I am not sure whether these or any of them have been translated into German. The last of these contains scientific letters ...”, signed “G.H. Darwin”

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Sir George Howard Darwin KCB, FRS, FRSE (1845-1912) was an English barrister, astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin.

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1912 (3 June) folio A.L.S. from Prince Albert at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, written in French to his former French tutor, Mr Lassimonne. The translation reads: “I thank you very much for your letter and beg your pardon that I have not written before but you know that I have so little time here for writing letters and when I write, it is almost always to my father and mother. I have given all of your keepsakes to your old pupils. I hope that I will see you again at Cowes this year. I arrive, I think, the 7th August. How is your little daughter now, I hope that her leg is better? I am always in the top class here for French with Mr Arkwright. Your old pupils there also. The time has passed very quickly since I have left Osborne.” and is signed “Albert” . With the original envelope which bears the initial “A” in the lower corner. Photo For a document signed by King George VI, see lot 146

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91 Winston Churchill 90

1919 (13 July) Churchill, writing as Secretary of State for War, provides comments (in red ink) on a typed memorandum by his private secretary regarding the number of participants in the forthcoming Victory Day parade: “I agree .. Mr. Bonar Law has asked whether a few Canadians cannot be included if they want to march. Please report” and initialled “WSC”. Edge defects and portion missing from foot. Photo.

£400-500

For a 1900 letter, see lot 79 William Ramsay 91

1914 (15 March) folio A.L.S. with printed address, written in German, to an unidentified professor, declining a request for a popular lecture, as he finds such events an increasingly heavy burden and prefers to do research rather than explain the same in popular lectures, “Es tut mir Leid Ihre schmeichelnde Anfrage verneinen zu müssen. Es ist für mich immer eine schwere Last einen populären Vortrag bereiten zu müssen; und ich finde es immer noch schwieriger. Sie müssen mich also entschuldigen dass ich mit Ihrer Bitte nicht einfalle. Ich möchte mich mit Untersuchungen beschäftigen, lieber als mit deren Erklärung durch populäre Vorträge ...”. and signed “Wiliam Ramsay”. Clean and fine. Photo Sir William Ramsay KCB, FRS, FRSE (1852-1916) was a Scottish chemist who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1904 “in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air” (along with his collaborator, Lord Rayleigh, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year for their discovery of argon).

After the two men identified argon, Ramsay investigated other atmospheric gases. His work in isolating argon, helium, neon, krypton and xenon led to the development of a new section of the periodic table

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AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, EPHEMERA AND POSTAL HISTORY Albert Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth 92

1921 Grant of Arms featuring “a Cock Sable combed wattled and winged Gules gorged with a collar Or pendent therefrom an Escutcheon Gold charged with a fleur-de-lis Sable with seal in metal skippet”. Also a copy of 1918 Freedom of the City of London and a piece of metal in an envelope noting: “The enclosed piece of iron was thrown against the Miall party by the Thompsonites at the nomination ...”. In the original box; fine

£350-400

Albert Holden Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth PC (1865-1942) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He served as Postmaster General between 1916 and 1921 in David Lloyd George’s coalition government.

T. E. Lawrence 93

1923 (27 March) folio A.L.S. to his friend “Rabbit” (Robert A. M. Guy), putting off a meeting the latter had suggested and announcing the arrival of his new luxury motorcycle, “Won’t do: this is a hush-hush place, in a desert, with no houses or pubs near. You can’t come here. - Brough arrived here yesterday. Isn’t very fit yet, having only just been decarbonised. I garage him near the camp. I’m afraid you can’t have him for Easter though. - I may have next Friday - or rather Friday week, the Friday after Easter, free. (48 hours ex-duty for inoculation). If fine I’ll pop up to Farnborough + see you in dinner hour, arriving about 12.30. That do? If not I’ll run up some Wednesday afternoon + call on the C.O. + wave a hand to you as I pass. Love and mashed / R.”.

In August 1922 Lawrence had enlisted in the RAF under the name of “Ross” (hence the initial). He soon took some of the younger recruits under his wing, lending them books and helping them financially. One of these, the short and fair Rob Guy, “beautiful like a Greek God” (in Lawrence’s words) but stricken with a “vile” Birmingham accent, was popularly known as “Rabbit” in the force. Judging from Lawrence’s correspondence after he left Farnborough and the RAF in 1922, the two must have been very close at some point: indeed, Lawrence said that Guy “embodie[d] the best of the Air Force ranks as I picture them”. Yet by the end of 1923, Lawrence had largely withdrawn himself from Guy, writing that “we’re very unmatched, + it took ... the barrack-room communion to weld us comfortably together”; even in this letter penned in March he seems to be edging away cautiously. Lawrence was at the time going through training in the Tank Corps, where, in his continuing quest for anonymity, he was known as “T. E. Shaw”. The Brough here mentioned is not in fact the one on which he was famously killed, now on display at the Imperial War Museum. Altogether, Lawrence owned no fewer than eight Brough Superior motorcycles, of which this one (nicknamed “George I” and bought for a princely £150) was the second. Photo

£2,000-2,500

Thomas Edward Lawrence CB, DSO, FAS (1888-1935) was a British archaeologist, military officer, and diplomat. He was renowned for his liaison role during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and the Arab Revolt against the ruling Ottoman Empire. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia - a title used for the 1962 film based on his First World War activities.

John Logie Baird 94

1934 (1 October) typed letter on Baird Television Limited paper to The Metropole Cinema in Victoria, “... I have great pleasure in congratulating the Metropole Cinema on the approach of its fifth birthday and in wishing you continued success. - I first made the aquaintance of the Metropole in the summer of 1932, the occasion when the Derby was televised. The Metropole is to be complimented on being the first cinema to show a topical event to its audience by television” and is signed “John L. Baird”. With trimmed photograph of Baird. Photo John Logie Baird FRSE (1888-1946) was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube.

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95 Beatrix Potter 95

1935 The Peter Rabbit Music Books Book 1, Six Easy Pieces for Pianoforte, a copy of the first edition along with charming archive documenting this slim volume of music and the final stage of an extraordinary career. Beatrix Potter was 69 years old when she undertook this joint project, for which Le Fleming composed the music and she herself contributed illustrations and a brief foreword. The original manuscript of the latter, containing several autograph corrections, is preserved here, “The rippling melody of this pretty music calls back many little friends. Again the Puddle-Ducks pass: pit pat paddle pat; white kittens, squirrels, rabbits, frisk and gambol. Tiddly widdly widdly! Mrs. Tittlemouse with a mop follows the big dirty footprints of Mr. Jackson. And Lucie sips her tea, while dear Mrs. Tiggy heats her smoothing iron. Good luck to the merry company of Christopher Le Fleming’s tuneful numbers, and to those luckly little People who will learn to play them some day! ...”.

Also included is an unpublished letter by Potter to the composer. Dated 1935 (18 August) it is written from her home, Castle Cottage. In this she complains of tremors in her hand, “I too have been away for a very brief holiday and more than ever busy since coming home - I sent 2 or 3 samples to Messrs Warne as I am not sure about size and style of drawing for lithography - I have not had a reply - it is just as likely that Mr. Stephens [Arthur L., Managing Director of Warne] is away from London. I shall go on in the mean time drawing when ever I can. I am quite keen on the work and do not reject it - but my hand does shake ...”. With post script, “I had nice kittens from Elizabeth + her mother. You shall have the drawings to look at”. Signed “H B Heelis”.

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95 Some weeks later, on 13 September, Potter wrote to Le Fleming: “I have been very long over [the drawings]-doing them at odd times in a busy season of the year. Some are better or worse than others. The frog and the nut-cracking squirrel are my own favorites, and Jemima with Mr. Tod... The ducks are least satisfactory-I am having another try at Pit Pat Puddle. The tune still hums” (Linder). Curiously, Potter thought the music beyond the ability of youngsters. She wrote to a friend, “I am sending you Christopher Le Fleming’s music. It was very charming when he played it but I think it is too difficult for children.”

Holograph Potter manuscripts are of exceptional rarity. Photo Helen Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English author, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

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AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, EPHEMERA AND POSTAL HISTORY Lord and Lady Mountbatten 96

A group of framed documents with 1938 typed letter to Ainsworth signed “Louis Mountbatten”, A.L.S. from Adsdean, Chichester signed “Edwina Mountbatten” and a photograph in Naval uniform with the signature “MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA” mounted below. (3 items)

£80-100

Adsdean House was let to Mountbattens from around 1925 to 1946. He built a nine hole golf course and polo field in the park.

97 Duke and Duchess of Windsor 97

1937 (2 June) gelatin silver print wedding photograph of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor with Wallis Simpson in the Chateau de Cande, 24 x 30 cm, signed on the edge, “Soper, Park Lane, W1”, “247” in pencil on the reverse. Clean and fine. Photo Soper took this the day before the Duke’s marriage. Soper of Tilney St, Park Lane, worked for many years for the Court photographer, Vandyk. He took photographs after Cecil Beaton had finished his session at the Chateau de Cande, choosing the darkest room for the setting.

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Piece of creased notepaper signed “Edward/Duke of Windsor” and “Wallis Windsor”; folding creases at sides from insertion into frame and some light ageing. Also unused letterhead and envelope with the Duke’s crest in red on blue paper; framed. Photo

£180-200

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor 99

A collection of items with several press photographs and three from the collection of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor including a large photograph of them in a domestic setting, other related items including for George VI Coronation Gala Night menu at the Ritz and a specially printed table napkin featuring K.E.VIII. Also the Cerimonial for the Funeral of the Duke of Windsor, St. George’s Chapekl 1972. An interesting and diverse group. (15 items)

£250-300

Duchess of Windsor 100

1956 printed book, The Heart has its Reasons, The Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor with handwritten dedication, “To Lina Botsford with warm memories of earlier years”; some wear and damage to the spine

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£120-150

AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, EPHEMERA AND POSTAL HISTORY Number 3 Group, Bomber Command 101

1944 (November) to 1945 (March) navigation logs of Sgt. Barrett, each sortie includes his flying log (completed in pencil) and route map printed in red.

The first log is with 514 Squadron (R.A.F. Waterbeach) dated 1944 (30 November), flying H2 with orders to “release P on Rheims” with debriefing instructions from his c.o.

1945 (8 January) log and map for the raid on Duisberg, again with his c.o’s debriefing notes.

1945 (13 January) now with 195 Squadron at Wratting Common; a daylight raid on Saarbrucken, the c.o’s notes are now more complimentary, “You had a good trip. You made plenty of ETA checks” - 158 Lancasters of No 3 Group attacked the railway yards at Saarbrücken. The bombing appeared to be accurate, though with some overshooting.

1 Lancaster crashed in France.

1945 (4 February) night time raid on Dortmund which includes the note “Bombs gone” at 19.31. 149 Lancasters of No 3 Group attacked the Hansa benzol plant at Dortmund but the bombing fell north and north-west of the target. 4 Lancasters lost.

1945 (7 February) daylight raid on Wanne-Eickel where 74 Lancasters bombed the oil refinery in the wintry conditions which had scattered the force.

1945 (13-14 February) the night time raid on Dresden (no chart map) including the note “Bombs gone” at 01.21 1945 (14 February) night time raid on Chemnitz, at one point on the return the log records “large fires 20 miles to port” which could refer to Strasbourg. 499 Lancasters and 218 Halifaxes of Nos 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8 Groups to continue Operation Thunderclap.

8 Lancasters and 5 Halifaxes lost. This raid took place in two phases, 3 hours apart. A very elaborate diversion plan succeeded in keeping bomber casualties down but Chemnitz now called Karl-Marx-Stadt - was also spared from the worst effects of its first major RAF raid. Both parts of the bomber force found the target area covered by cloud and only skymarking could be employed. Post-raid reconnaissance showed that many parts of the city were hit but that most of the bombing was in open country.

1945 (19 February) daylight raid on Wesel. Wesel became a target of the Allies, particularly in its strategic position as a depot with bridges on the Rhine. On the 16, 17, 18 and 19 February 1945, the town was attacked by the British Royal Air Force with impact and air-burst weapons and almost entirely destroyed.

1945 (22 and 28 February) daylight raids on Gelsenkirchen oil refinery, the second without chart but where 156 Lancasters bombed Nordstern using G-H. 1945 (25 February) daylight raid on Kamen when 153 No. 3 Group RAF Lancasters carried out a G-H attack on the synthetic-oil refinery.

1945 (26 February) daylight raid on Dortmund (no chart) as part of 149 Lancasters bombed the “Hoesch-Benzin GmbH benzol-oil plant” using G-H. 1945 (9 March) daylight raid on Datteln but without chart. 159 Lancasters of No 3 Group bombed the North and South plants of the Emscher Lippe benzol plant near Datteln. The target area was cloud-covered and G-H was used. The bombing appeared to be accurate but no results were seen. 1 Lancaster lost.

Plus some other logs including either training or cancelled flights completing a remarkable record. Photo The closing months of the war saw arguably the most controversial operations, such as the raid on Dresden in February 1945.

In four huge raids by the RAF and United States Army Air Force, a firestorm destroyed the city centre and killed thousands of civilians.

The planners of the raid argued the city was a vital communications hub and needed to be targeted. The truth is that it was a time of total war, and ideas about the boundaries of conflict were very different than those we have today.

The critics said that Germany was well beaten and the bombing was needless.

G-H Gee, sometimes written GEE, was the code name given to a radio navigation system used by the Royal Air Force during World War II. It measured the time delay between two radio signals to produce a “fix”, with accuracy on the order of a few hundred meters at ranges up to about 350 miles (560 km). It was the first hyperbolic navigation system to be used operationally, entering service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942.

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£4,000-5,000

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AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, EPHEMERA AND POSTAL HISTORY Belgrade Embassy Archive 102

1946-47 an archive from the Information Department being duplicated copies of the B.B.C. 8 o’clock News Bulletin and the Belgrade Press Summary. The Majority being circulated to either Mr. Buehler or to Mr. Kenneth Syers both at Vlajkoviceva Ulica.

Much of the B.B.C. reporting relates to Palestine; the Jewish migration, terrorists and the British Army. The Paris Conference with many references to Ernest Bevin, De Gaulle, Molotov, Stalin and other national leaders of the day.

The summaries of the Belgrade Press are taken from “Borba”; “Politika” and “Glas”, again with much on the Paris Conference; events in Yugoslavia; Tito; the Balkan States; Turkey; Italy and Ethiopia; Greece, and the religious strife in India following independence.

A remarkable and unique archive covering the period 14th August to 30th September 1946 and 22nd February to 9th April 1947.

£500-600

The Paris Peace Conference 1946-47 was established to draw up the Peace Treaties between the various warring nations following the end of the 2nd World War. M. Jean Buehler was a Swiss journalist, correspondent of the “Gazette de Lausanne” and the “Tribune” of Geneva. He was expelled from Yugoslavia in January 1946 for attempting to leave Belgrade for the Provinces without the permission of the Ministry of Information.

Kenneth Syers (suspected Russian Spy) was an M16 Agent operating in Yugoslavia during the War. He came under suspicion in 1945 because of his left wing views and contacts. Kim Philby, the infamous M16 Russian Spy, intervened to protect him, suggesting that he had simply been cultivating contacts who would be useful to him in the journalistic career he hoped to pursue once he left the service. Questions were asked in Parliament in March/April 1950 concerning the Communist Party activities in Yugoslavia by Syers and others, including Peter Wright, military attaché at Belgrade in 1947. Lord Vansittart in April 1950 (Hansard) referred to Syers as “the daisy of the bunch”, who at the beginning of the War was Secretary of the Oxford Regional Committee for Education of His Majesty’s Forces.

Servicemen complained that they were only getting communist “stuff” and communist lectures. The suspicions led to his dismissal from the service in 1945. Syers became the eastern correspondent, based in Belgrade, for the liberal leaning News Chronicle.

Considering Syers’ questionable loyalty and communist sympathies and his close involvement with Kim Philby and almost certainly with Burgess & Maclean; it is most surprising that the British Embassy were continuing to supply him with their Daily News Service at this period.

103 Laurence Olivier 103

1962 (18 May) typed letter from the Chichester Festival Theatre to F. Miles, thanking him for sorting out the acoustic problems at the theatre. Signed in ink “Larry Olivier”.

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July 13, 2016 - LONDON Montgomery of Alamein 104

1967, a folder of correspondence of Derek Jewell, Deputy Editor of the Sunday Times magazine which relates to the feature edition printed in September 1967 and the anniversary trip to Egypt.

The most important letter is to the Field-Marshal from Derek Jewell explaining the errors in the first draft of the article which has been anotated in Montgomery’s hand in red ink and concluded, “What you must understand is that I as the author of the two articles. I have my own style of writing, and everybody knows it. The Sunday Times Magazine style, or Michael Rand’s [the designer] views or decisions, do not interest me. Rand is an expert on pictures; I and an expert on writing books and articles! Tell Michael to go to hell! M of A” Among the sheaf of documents includes copies of Mongomery’s speeches, a transcript of a talk with Bernard Levin, letters from Middle Eastern officials and much more indicating the problems of the logistics of taking the team overseas for this anniversary event.

A fascinating group

£300-400

105 David Niven 105

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1972 (9 February) A.L.S. on Château d’Oex letterhead to a well-wisher in Kent, “I have just completed my 85th movie, but its enchanting letters like yours that are giving me a bigger ‘kick’ out of writing a book than out of all those films put together. I’m so glad you enjoyed ‘Balloon’ ... and signed “David Niven”. With the original envelope (tear at top), some additional creasing and wrinkling. Photo

£80-100

James David Graham Niven (1910-1983) was a popular English actor and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, and Sir Charles Lytton, (“the Phantom”) in The Pink Panther. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables (1958). His memoir, The Moon’s a Balloon, was first published in January 1972.

Charles, Prince of Wales 106

1981 (29 July) the marriage of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, a small group of related ephemera with the Order of Service at St Paul’s Cathedral, the seating plan of the Wedding Breakfast at Buckingham Palace (scarce). Also 1997 (9 March) the Order for the Confirmation of Prince William of Wales at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

A good group. (3)

£120-150

Prince Charles 107

1984 a colour family portrait (from the Christmas card) with Diana, William and Harry, 53⁄ 4 x 41⁄ 2 in, with signature “Charles” and royal crest, each sunk mounted with gilt edging in a wooden frame; some discolouration from light

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108 Diana, Princess of Wales 108

1992 a large black and white photographic portrait, taken in 1991, 10 x 12 inches, signed on the mount, “Diana 1992” and framed. The picture shows her wearing an off-theshoulder dress with velvet edge, pearl ear rings and her engagement ring. Fine. Photo

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Numismatic Autographs 109

1841-1900, a delightful, miniature book of autographs compiled by Benjamin Nightingale, each page is devoted to a prominent collector with many illuminated heraldic drawings and includes J.M. Akerman (2), presidents of the Numismatic Society with John Lee (1836-39); Horace Hayman Wilson (1841-43); Albert Conyngham, later Baron Londesborough (1843-45); Henry Howarth (1908-14); Sir John Evans (1914-19); Sir Charles Oman (1919-30).

Others include Lewis Tonna; George Gwilt; Samuel Birch; Sir Henry Ellis; Sir George Chetwynd, 2nd Baronet of Haddon Hall; William Wyon and Benedetto Pistrucci of the Royal Mint; ThĂŠodore Maxime Gazan and a group of other French collectors; Samuel Sharpe; Charles Masson (explorer); Holmesdale (later Earl Amherst); Theobold Butler (later 14th Baron Dunboyne); Richard Butler; Leonard Wyon of the Royal Mint; Thomas and Mary Thornycroft; many members of the British Museum and many more.

Benjamin Nightingale was a coin collctor who died in the nineteenth century. His collection of coins, medals and books was sold at auction in 1863.

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Royal Navy: A wide and varied selection of letters and documents which includes a group of 1600 documents being an estimate of charges for H.M. ships on the coast of Ireland; 1657 letters to the Admiralty, one endorsed “hast hast post hast”, 1694 tenders by Edward Snellgrove for a third rate friggott (he built H.M.S. Orford in 1698), for a 6th rate froggott by Dalton and Gardner and for timber by John Dibble, 1735 account from the Admiralty Office signed Che Wage, S. Helton, A. Hamilton (Lord Archibald Hamilton, Lord of the Admiralty), R. Haddock (Richard Haddock. Comptroller of the Navy) and J. Standers; 1800 commission signed by Admirals James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (just before he left the Admiralty) and Sir William Young; 1805 A.L.S. and 1806 instruction signed by Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood; 1809 letter signed St. Vincent (John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent); A.L.S. signed by Admiral Sir John Colpoys; 1823 extract from Jame’s Naval History on Lord William Fitzroy and signed “William Fitzroy” plus a letter from the said William James to Admiral Sir Richard Keats asking for information; 1824 A.L.S. signed “R.G.Keats”; 1830 A.L.S. from Sir George Cockburn (Lord High Admiral); 1833 A.L.S. signed Auckland (George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland); 1844 A.L.S. signed by Admiral Sir John Napier; 1889 letter signed by Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, Admiral of the Fleet; 1901 note signed E.H.Seymour (Admiral of the Fleet); a selection of items relating to the Royal Hospital Greenwich including several letters addressed to Sir Thomas Hardy. Condition is very variable and some letters have been stuck to album pages. A very interesting group for the naval historian

£500-800

An old time autograph collection with a Latin document written in the reign of Charles II, numerous free fronts and cut-outs, signed letters and A.L.S. include some minor royalty and several relating to the Houses of Parliament; undated A.L.S. from William Pitt at Walmer Castle and another from Robert Peel, autograph signed note from Lord Amelius Beauclerk; 1828 A.L.S. from Astley Cooper (surgeon) to George Williams, surgeon and rated “8”; 1832 A.L.S. from George Eden, Lord Auckland about the fire which burnt down the House of Parliament, A.L.S. by John Rolle; 1834 A.L.S. from William Vane, 1st Duke of Cleveland, A.L.S. from William Beatty (surgeon); 1837 note signed by George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex; 1853 A.L.S. by Charles SackvilleWest, 6th Earl de la Warr; 1861 John F. South (surgeon); 1862 Sir Charles Eastlake (President of the Royal Academy); 1904 A.L.S. from Matthew Nathan, Governor of Hong Kong on special paper. Also 1804 map of London, 1815-19 concert programmes, some with additional notes. A very interesting collection with a wealth of unusual items.

Well worth close examination

£500-1,000

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112 Maximilian Ulysses Browne 112

1746 (15 January) secretarial folio letter from Heildelberg, written prior to the Italian Campaign, “Si j’ai retardé jusqu’a present derendre mes Soumis devoirs a Votre Eminence ce n’est certainement pas par oublie des Graces et politesses, dont Elle m’a Comblé pendant mon séjour en Italie en 1744. et pour les qu’elles je lui aurez une reconnaissance perpétuelle, mais uniquement pour ne la pas distraire inutilement dans les hautes occupations. Et par ce que je scavoir que Mr le Marechal Comte de Traun lui donnoit part directement de tout ce qui se passoit de remarquable à notre Armée d’empire. Mais a present Monseigneur que S. M. J. R. atpris La Resolution apres la paix conclue le Roy de Prusse d’envoyer incessament un renstrot considerable de Trouppes en Italie, et qu’elle at denommera cet effet del’armee en Empire les regimens de Schullenbourg, Bärenklau, jeune Königsegg, Mercy, Stahremberg et Forgatsch infanterie. Chaque de trois Batallions presque complettes à 7300 hommes, ceux de Portugall, Lobskowiz, Ballayra, et Holly Cavallerie …” with postscript in his own hand, “Je supplie Votre Eminence vouloir permettre que je la prie assurer des mes regrets Monsieur Le Prince de Santa Croce” and signed “Le Comtede Browne”. Photo

£250-300

Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany (1705-1757) was an Austrian military leader during the middle of the 18th century, and a scion of the Irish “Wild Geese”. In 1746 he was present in the Italian campaign and the battles of Piacenza and Rottofreddo. Von Browne himself with the advanced guard forced his way across the Apennines and entered Genoa. He was thereafter placed in command of the army intended for the invasion of France.

113 Maria Theresa 113

1780 (26 October) mourning letter to Countesse de Confalonieri, written in French signed “Marie Theresy” with additional note in her own hand, “Conservez vous pour mes enfants qui prenent tant de part et pour vous autres enfants”. With 1855 provenance from the former Governor of Milan. Framed. Photo Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (1717-1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress 79

£200-300

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Egon Schiele 114

1903 (26 April) Railway pass with portrait photograph of the artist as a twelve-year-old, written on the reverse “Egon Leo Schiele. Vienna”. Head-and shoulders portrait (65 x 97 mm, somewhat rubbed), die stamp of the “k. k. Staatseisenbahndirection Wien”; mounted on cardboard with embossed signet of the studio by L. Grillich, Vienna; in original cardboard folder. Until his retirement in 1902, Schiele’s father worked as stationmaster in Tulln on the Danube. The 12-year-old Schiele’s signature in pencil and looks faded. Photo

£1,000-1,200

Egon Schiele (1890 -1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the artist produced, including naked selfportraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele’s paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism

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1933 (20 November) four page folio letter to Freud by Alexander Stiglitz, Roûnava from Slovensko. Stiglitz describes some cases of stammering that occurred in his family and asks whether and under which circumstances a treatment of his brother might be possible: “I note that my father also began to stammer when he was 11, after falling on his head from a height of about eight feet; the impediment now concerns almost exclusively the sound K. His bother would stammer for some time, apparently without reason, but this ceased at age 19. In the case of my brother, the impediment worsened, especially in the last two years. At the moment, the spasmodically gaping mouth is highly characteristic. He stammers at every sound, most strongly probably at the labials M, P, F (but also A), somewhat less so at the gutturals. It distresses him; he becomes nervous, irritable, perspires. (Body weight 53 kgs, height 168 cm.) He works at my father’s inn (with the elder brother) ...”. Under Stiglitz’s letter, Freud noted “Zur gefälligen Beantwort[un]g / 10/XII / Ihr Freud”, leaving the reply to Paul Federn. Photo Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst

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FRANCE Catherine de’ Medici 116

1562 (16 April) a fine A.L.S. which is signed “Caterine”; long letter to Sébastien de L’Aubespine (1518-1582), bishop of Limoges, her ambassador to the Spanish court (though actually written for the benefit of her son-in-law, King Philip II, and his wife, her daughter Elisabeth de Valois), defending herself against the accusation of having converted to Protestantism. She asserts that she will stay what she has been the first 43 years of her life - a Catholic, not a liar or hypocrite.

“Monsieur de Limoge je byen voleu que tous ses signeurs aycripse au Roy despagne de la fason que je souis pour respet de la religion non pour temoignage se que je veulle ni devant dieu ni les hommes de ma fouys ni bonnes heuvres mes pour reguart de manterie que lons ha distes de moy et le calonnie que lon ma donnees. car set lons ha mande auparavent aultre chause que set que lon fayst asteure lons ha manti car je nay change ni en nefayst ni en volante ni en fason de vivre ma religion qui lya quarante et troys hans anuit que je tiens et hye aysté batisee et nourie et je ne se si tout le monde en peult dire aultent et set je an suis marrye ne san fault aybayr car set mansonge deure trop lontemps pour ne san facher a la fin et prinsipalement quant lon se sent la consiense neste y fayst byen mal que seus qui ne lon pas tent en parler et hardiment. monstre sete letre au duc dalbe et au Roy monsieur mon fils car ie ne voldres qui pansaset que jeuse mandie heun temoynage pour nestre alaye toutte ma vye le droyt chemin mes je lay fayst pour ne povoyr plus endeurer que lon me preste de cherite et que sela ferme la bouche a seus que disi ennavent san voldrest encore ayder et metre tousiour pouine de me aylongner de la bonne grase du Roy monsieur mon fils que je tien plus chere que ma propre vie. pourse aseure me sybien avent que partyes que neul naye puisanse de my demineuer et diste alla Royne ma fille que sele veult fayre chause pour me fayre vivray contente quellay mi y entertyene et lui fase tousiour bon pour moy que je ne sere jeames que set que je ayste jeuques ysi qui est cretiene catolyque et poynt manterese ni desimeuleuse et qui le truvere tous iour ynsin ...”

The notion that Catherine had supposedly rejected Catholicism may be due to the two edicts she issued for her under-age son Henry III in July 1561 and January 1562, probably under the influence of the moderate chancellor Michel de l’Hopital. The former repealed the death sentence for heresy; the latter-the Edict of Saint-Germain-granted Huguenots private worship outside of towns. Meanwhile, Francis, Duke of Guise, butchered some 80 Huguenot worshippers in the Massacre of Vassy, prompting the first of the French Wars of Religion. The politically talented and ruthless Catherine first attempted to maneuver a middle course between Protestants and Catholics in order to strengthen royal dominion. Only after the so-called “Surprise de Meaux” (1567), during which Louis de Bourbon tried to arrest Charles IX and the royal family, did she entirely abandon compromise for repression. Her pragmatic approach is underlined by the fact that she offered the Huguenot Henri de Navarre her daughter’s hand in marriage. While today some historians argue that the order for the 1572 St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre did not come from her, there is no reason to believe she was not party to the decision when on 23 August Charles IX ordered, “Then kill them all!”

Note of receipt by L’Aubespine at the bottom, “Lettre de de la Royne a Mr de lymoges du 16 davril 1562. Je la monstra au Roy et au duc dalve ...”. The left edge remargined with slight clipping but no loss to text; traces of mounting. A very important letter which illustrates her endeavours to quell religious intolerance during this highly volatile time in European history. Photo

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116 Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589) daughter of Lorenzo II de’ Medici and of Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne, was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of France from 1547 until 1559, as the wife of King Henry II. As the mother of three sons who became kings of France during her lifetime, she had extensive, if at times varying, influence in the political life of France. For a time she ruled France as its regent.

In 1533, at the age of fourteen, Caterina married Henry, second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France. Under the gallicised version of her name, Catherine de Médicis, she was Queen consort of France as the wife of King Henry II of France from 1547 to 1559.

Throughout his reign, Henry excluded Catherine from participating in state affairs and instead showered favours on his chief mistress, Diane de Poitiers, who wielded much influence over him. Henry’s death thrust Catherine into the political arena as mother of the frail fifteen-year-old King Francis II. When he died in 1560, she became regent on behalf of her ten-year-old son King Charles IX and was granted sweeping powers. After Charles died in 1574, Catherine played a key role in the reign of her third son, Henry III. He dispensed with her advice only in the last months of her life.

Catherine’s three sons reigned in an age of almost constant civil and religious war in France.

The problems facing the monarchy were complex and daunting but Catherine was able to keep the monarchy and the state institutions functioning even at a minimum level. At first, Catherine compromised and made concessions to the rebelling Protestants, or Huguenots, as they became known. She failed, however, to grasp the theological issues that drove their movement. Later she resorted, in frustration and anger, to hard-line policies against them.

In return, she came to be blamed for the excessive persecutions carried out under her sons’ rule, in particular for the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre of 1572, in which thousands of Huguenots were killed in Paris and throughout France.

PROVENANCE: J. P. Barbier-Mueller LITERATURE: Lettres de Cahterine de Médicis, Hector de la Ferrière, Paris, 1880: vol. 1, p.296

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117 King Henry IV 1584 (11 July) document on vellum, “Henry by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre”; signed “Henry” with two additional signatures on the reverse. The ink has faded a little, there are a few vertical creases as usual and some small oil stains, but fresh and in a good state of preservation. Photo

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£400-500

Henry IV (1553-1610) also known by the epithet “Good King Henry”, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 to 1610 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first French monarch of the House of Bourbon, a branch of the Capetian dynasty.

Philippe I, Duke of Orléans 118

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1660 (c.) (5 September) autograph letter (unsigned) from de Vincennes to King Charles II of England, with the address panel inscribed “Au Roy de la grande retagne Monsieur mon frère” with black wax seal and silk threads.

The message reads: “si j’attendois a fair responde a V[otre] M[ajesty] par mr l’ambassadeur elle seroit un peu longue n’estant pas venu icy pour peu de tems a ce qu’il m’a dit comme ... s’est une des choses du mon que je souette le plus que nous soions toujours bien en samble, je croi que n’ore pas de paine a le persuader a V.M. ...”., There is some wear at the top with a small fragment missing and soiling down the outside of the central fold; there is a filing endorsement below the address panel. A very good royal letter. Photo Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640-1701) was the younger son of Louis XIII of France and his wife, Anne of Austria. His older brother was Louis XIV. Philippe married his first cousin, Princess Henrietta of England, youngest child of King Charles I of England and his wife Queen Henrietta Maria, who was Philippe’s aunt and had taken refuge at the court of France after the birth of Princess Henrietta in 1644. They lived at the Palais Royal and at the Palais du Louvre. In 1660, after the restoration of the House of Stuart to the throne of England under her brother Charles II, Princess Henrietta returned to England to visit her sister, the Princess of Orange, who later caught smallpox and died. The French court officially asked for Henrietta’s hand on behalf of Philippe on 22 November 1660 while she was in England.

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119 Voltaire 119

1751 A.L.S. from Potsdam, signed “V” To the unnamed Prussian minister Samuel von Marschall (1683-1749), whom he invites to attend a comedy: “vous avez manqué la comédie ces jours passez. venez monsieur réparer cela aujourduy; apres le soupé de la reine mere. je joue malgré ma maladie je vous feray entrer assurément. il nous faut des spectateurs comme vous ...”. With autograph notes by Voltaire’s editor Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol (1775-1859). Somewhat browned and spotty; upper edge of the reverse side with a small hinge mark; small clip in the lower right corner. Photo François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.

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120 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 1799 (2 February) secretarial letter from the Foreign Ministry, signed at foot, “Ch. Mau. Talleyrand”. Overall ageing, the edges creased and stained. Photo

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838) prince de Bénévent, then prince de Talleyrand. He was Napoleon’s chief diplomat during the years when French military victories brought one European state after another under French hegemony. However, most of the time, Talleyrand worked for peace so as to consolidate France’s gains. In 1797, he became Foreign Minister. In 1815 he became the first Prime Minister of France

121 Joseph Fouché 121

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1807 (18 December) secretarial letter from the Ministry of Police to Macon. The letter begins, “Les Anglais, exclus du Continent par le Consentement général de toutes les puissances, cherchent néanmoins à y introduire des émissaires politiques ou commerciaux. Il est de la plus haute importance de faire exécuter rigoureusment le Décret de Sa Majesté qui interdit toute communication avec la France au seul Ennemi qui lui reste ...” (The English, excluded from the Continent by the general consent of all the powers, nevertheless seek to introduce political or commercial emissaries. It is of utmost importance to execute the Decree of His Majesty which prohibits communication with France from the only enemy that remains ...) and is signed at foot.

The address panel with handstruck “Police Générales/de l’Empire” in red with the accompanying seal in red, there is also a smudged strike of the scarce “AFFRANCHI/PAR ETAT” in red. Good to fine. Photo Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d’Otrante (1759-1820) was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon. After the proclamation of the First French Empire, Fouché again became head of the re-constituted ministry of police (July 1804), and later of Internal Affairs, with activities as important as those carried out under the Consulate. His police agents were ubiquitous, and the terror which Napoleon and Fouché inspired partly accounts for the absence of conspiracies after 1804 87

£250-300

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122 Napoleon Bonaparte 122

1809-14 attractive printed document headed, Napoleon French Emperor, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, etc. bearing the Grand Imperial Arms of the Emperor of the French; a trading certificate allowing import of choice, cotton, fish oils, dye woods, salted fish, and cod into French ports and other territories (including the Americas and Asia). Signed by the Minister of Manufacture, Secretary of State, Minister of the Colonies, the Director General and Napoleon, who has signed “N”. Framed and with a few age faults. Photo

£800-1,000

123 Henri-Gabriel Ibels 123

La Grande Parade Pour les Neutres. Lithographs by H. G. Ibels produced towards 19161918. An album containing a complete suite of ten boards, 570 x 380mm. Number 3 of the luxury edition of 25, each numbered and signed in pencil. In addition, each print has been enriched with a drawing in colored pencils in the lower right corner. Generally fine and a rare set with illustrated folded cover of a front and back. Photo Henri-Gabriel Ibels (1867-1936) was a French illustrator, printmaker, painter and author.

Ibels’ images were powerful and heavily graphic, in keeping with the movement that was a generous admixture of fine art, graphic design and advertising, as seen in the lithographs and posters for theatre, cabaret, and book illustration.

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£400-600

July 13, 2016 - LONDON Gaston Marechaux 124

1920 (c.) hand painted poster-style design (191⁄ 2 x 251⁄ 2 inches) featuring a monocled man in house wear holding a glass in his hand, in a very happy mood, one carpet slipper is falling off, signed in the margin. Also a similar work showing an elderly gentleman, rather garishly dressed in green frock coat and boots in an outdoor scene at night, holding a glass and with a happy expression on his face and in his movement; not signed. Apparently neither design has been commercially used as in each case, the glass has been left unpainted. (2)

£120-150

Marechaux (1872-c.1936) was a graphic artist who created work for advertising, children’s books, posters, prints, and postcards in a lively fanciful style. During the First World War he produced charity cards using children as subjects in a lighthearted yet bittersweet fashion.

GERMANY

125 George V of Hanover 125

1852 (2 November) lithograph folio completed in ink being bestowal of the Royal Guelphic Order, fourth class, on the Wuerttembergian Captain Alberti. The Guelphic Order was a Hanoverian order of chivalry instituted in 1815. Signed “George Rex”. Photo George V (1819-1878) was the last king of Hanover, the only child and successor of King Ernest Augustus I. George V’s reign was ended by the Unification of Germany.

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ITALY

126 Silvio Pellico Short, handwritten A.L.S. note on bluish paper, signed “Silvio Pellico”. Typical folding creases and a couple of light age marks. Probably written in the 1840’s, the note refers to Casa Barolo where he is arranging a meeting. Photo

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Silvio Pellico (1789-1854) was an Italian writer, poet, dramatist and patriot.

He was the able secretary to the management of the Conciliatore and was arrested on the charge of carbonarism and conveyed to the Santa Margherita prison. The sentence of death pronounced on him in February 1822 was finally commuted to fifteen years. On the death of his parents in 1838, he was received into the Casa Barolo, where he remained until his death, assisting the marchesa in her charities, and writing chiefly upon religious themes.

The Pretender of the Duke of Mantua x127

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1866-79 a group of letters from the Prince and Princess of Gonzaga when they were living in London and sent to professor Pasquale Greco of Lecce, with two letters signed

by Alessandro and the others by the Princess; all seem to be with the original envelopes (stamps removed) with most sent from 9 Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square, or 9 Park Place, Clarence Gate, Regent’s Park, London. (32 letters) Gonzaga, an ancient Italian family which ruled over Mantua from 1328 to 1707. Its founder was Ludovico I, and his successors branched off into several lines, prominent among which were those of the dukes of Nevers and of Guastalla.

A pretender to the dominion over Mantua appeared in 1841, in a person styling himself Alessandro di Gonzaga, Prince Castiglione. He was a soldier of fortune, born in Dresden in 1799, and is described by some authorities as a Pole of the name of Murzynowski, and by others as a son of a Russian officer of Italian origin, and again as a son or brother of a French officer named Gonzague; and he was successively engaged in the French, Russian, and Spanish armies, and in the Polish revolution of 1830-31. In the latter part of his life he was arrested in Paris for selling decorations, and on being released after two years by Louis Napoleon, he went to London and died in 1869. He published Odes patriotiques, and several pamphlets and novels.

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128 Giuseppe Verdi 128

1891 (10 December) A.L.S. from the Grand Hotel, Milan signed “G. Verdi”. Mounted in frame with the original envelope, mostly covered by a cabinet photograph dated 1898 and signed “G Verdi” and a locket which is claimed to contain some of his hair. The letter is folded as usual and there is some paper aging from exposure to daylight, there is an ink stain in the corner of the envelope. Photo Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was one of the few composers whose genius was recognised while he was alive. Verdi’s reputation as the greatest of all Italian opera composers is beyond dispute.

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129 Giacomo Puccini 129

1904 (21 November) sepia toned cabinet photograph (4x51⁄ 2 inch) by Oggioni & Borgia of Genoa with the bold signature in fountain pen at foot. A few light age marks. A good example of this popular musician. Photo

£400-500

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La Bohème, Tosca, Madam Butterfly, and Turandot are among the most frequently performed.

For other opera items, see lot 153 Army Generals, 1921-24 130

An album of mounted portrait photographs of senior commanders in the Italian Army, each is dedicated to Al Tenente Generale Luigi Basso with handwritten dedication and signature at foot of each.

The collection begins with members of the royal family with Vittorio Emanuele (King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946); Umberto di Savoia (the last King of Italy, reigning for slightly over a month, from 9 May to 12 June 1946); Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa with additional cabinet photograph dated 1902; Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin; Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta; Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta; Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo.

Military commanders with Armando Diaz (Marshal of Italy and 1st Duke of the Victory), with additional typewritten note signed “A. Diaz”; Pietro Badoglio (an Italian general during both World Wars and a Prime Minister of Italy, as well as the first viceroy of Italian East Africa) with an additional signed photograph; Gaetano Giardino (made Marshal of Italy in 1926); Enrico Caviglia (appointed Marshal of Italy in 1926); Giulio Cesare Tassoni; Paolo Morrone; Luca Montuori; Benito Mussolini (dated 1926 when he was prime minister); Ugo Cavallero; Rear-Admiral Lobetti Bodoni; Giuseppe Vaccari (awarded the gold medal for valor at the battle of Vittorio Veneto); Vincenzo di Benedetto; Lisi Natoli and one other. A magnificent collection. Photo Lieutenant General Busso was the senior officer of the XVIII Corps which included the 1st, 10th and 56th infantry divisions. His command here is mentioned on some of the photgraphs.

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RUSSIA Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp 131

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1753 (20 December) one folio page letter in a neat secretarial hand to Friedrich III (Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) at Friedenstein Castle, signed at foot Johanna Elisabeth. With detailed address panel and a virtually complete wax seal. In good to fine condition. Photo

£400-500

Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712-1760) was a princess of the House of Holstein-Gottorp and later the Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst. She is best known as the mother of Catherine the Great of Russia. She was born at Gottorp, the daughter of Christian August, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. She was the Regent of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1747 to 1752 for her son, Frederick Augustus.

PROVENANCE:

Skottorp Castle, Documents of Wilheln IV; Aukionhaus List & Franke, Leipzig, 1914 (number 62)

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna 132

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1939 (3 August) A.L.S. written on paper of Wilderness House, Hampton Court Palace, in Russian to her daughter in law, Elizabeth (wife of Prince Andrew of Russia). The translation reads, “Darling Elsa, Thank you very much for your letter. How quickly everything has changed. It made me feel quite giddy. I had expected to see you here tomorrow but it turns out that everyone has decided to stay by the sea for another month.

But I am very pleased for you all that weather-permitting you will at last be able to sit outside and breathe in the sea air, as it really would be too annoying to have gone all the way to the seaside and not to have been able to use one’s sunglasses. I imagine that if this happens Andriusha will get better and Baba will be able to spent the holidays with you, but the most important thing is that you are all together.

But what you write about yourself grieves me terribly - what torture to suffer in this way - how long you have already suffered and been tormented - you poor thing! One feels so helpless - knowing that there is nothing that one can do to help. I am amazed by your forbearance and the unbelievable bravery with which you endure it, and with such humility.

I very much hope that I will be able to visit you sometime this month and that the weather will improve at some point - it has been raining every day and the sun is practically invisible - one just despairs. I have at last made the acquaintance of Mrs Mollison. Fedor brought her here on the third. I liked her very much, apart from being beautiful, she is so feminine, full of charm, and elegant. They both look very happy and content in each other’s company.

I enclose £7, one in payment for ... - No need to ask for more money through Volodia if you need it then I’ll send it myself, but I very much hope that you will try to make ends meet with what you have. I embrace you all tenderly. I hope that Mysh will write to me.

Koten’ka is still in London. May God preserve you. Mama”. With the original envelope registered from East Mosley and addressed to 2 Seaway Cottages, West Beach, Whitstable. Photo Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875-1960) was the elder daughter and fourth child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (née Princess Dagmar of Denmark) and the sister of Emperor Nicholas II. She married her second cousin Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, with whom she had seven children. During her brother’s reign she recorded in her diary and letters increasing concern about his rule. After the fall of the monarchy in February 1917 she fled Russia, eventually settling in the United Kingdom.

Elizabeth, ill with cancer, died in 1940 from injuries sustained in an air raid.

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£300-350

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SPAIN

133 Henry IV of Castile 133

1466 (24 November) oblong folio from Segovia signed “Yo el Rey”. Notifying the mayor and council of Alcalá la Real (in Andalusia) of complaints brought forth by Christian, Muslim, and Jewish merchants (“mercaderes christianos, moros y judios”) who had been burdened with excessive tolls (‘portazgos’) and duties. A so-called “Real cédula”, countersigned by the Secretary Royal Alfonso de Velasco, Pedro Fernandez, Doctor Garc’a, and Diego Vazquez. With the remains of the red wax wafer seal. Some edge faults and paper splitting. Photo Henry IV (1425-1474), King of the Crown of Castile, nicknamed the Impotent (ruled 14541474), was the last of the weak late medieval kings of Castile. During Henry’s reign the nobles increased in power and the nation became less centralised.

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SWEDEN

134 Gustav IV Adolf 134

1800 (20 December) a royal document written while the new king was in St. Petersburg, signed at foot with the bold, flourishing signature with the wax wafer seal; usual folding creases being an envelope enclosure; good to fine. Photo Gustav IV Adolf (1778-1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809.

For a 1649 letter from Count of Skenninge, see lot 9 97

ÂŁ400-500

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SOUTH AFRICA 1879 Anglo-Zulu War 135

Two folding maps belonging to W.H. Johnson of the King’s Own Regiment and dated “Africa. 1897”, with Wyld’s Large Scale Military Sketch Map of Zulu Land, mounted on linen within boards and published in 1879; the second is Adamantia, The Diamond and Gold Fields of South Africa published by Wyld in 1878, also cloth backed within boards (some wear). Scarce maps

£250-300

1900-01 Boer War 136

1900-02 a selection of letters and documents relating to Colour Sergeant William Johnson of the Royal Lancasters, the majority are letter to his wife, in Sandgate, Kent with letters from Cape Town, S.S. Manila in Simons Bay, “... We are still afloat and are expecting to leave shortly for St. Helena ... and had a good supper of tripe and onions, 1/5 each”, Bloemfontein on patriotic paper, “ ... Potatoes nearly every day except down here ... they give mixed vegetables which consist of nearly every kind that is grown.”, Virginia, O.R.C., “I am now writing these few lines in the trenches ...”, No. 1 General Hospital, Cape Town where he was taken in with Enteric Fever, and Wynberg; a detailed letter to Sgt. Johnson from a captain in his regiment at Brandfort. The lot also includes some envelopes, his discharge papers and a souvenir book, Royal Naval & Military Bazaar, 1900. Some letters with paper splits; an interesting group

£200-250

Further Boer War items will be found in lot 80

137 Nelson Mandela 137

1998 (19 July) boxed presentation commemorative illustrated volume (21 pages) titled “An Incredible Journey”, given to guests attending President Mandela’s 80th birthday celebrations in Johannesburg, inscribed and dated on the outer cover “To our granddaughter, Best wishes to a dear Mzukulu, G. Machel , NM Mandela / 19.7.98” (also by Nelson Mandela’s wife Mrs Graca Machel). With Cecil Greenfield (2014) certificate of authenticity. Photo WWW.SPINK.COM

£1,000-1,200

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2001 (14 December) colour photograph with dedication written in black felt pen, “To Ambassador Priscilla Jana Best wishes to a highly competent comrade”, signed “N M Mandela” and dated. With accompanying letter from the Nelson Mandela Foundation.

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£500-600

2005-06 a group of four The Madiba Legacy Series of comics each with a manuscript dedication to his granddaughter, in black felt tip pen, “To Ndileka Best wishes N M Mandela”. Fine. (4). Photo

£900-1,000

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MIDDLE EAST

140

Koran 140

Thirteenth century folio page from an illustrated Koran; there are some personal commentaries made in another hand between the lines. The manuscript is in Arabic, of Seljuk origin, and in a fine hand. The margins are worn from use with some age staining and edge reinforcements. Traces of the original gold leaf remain and divisions of five and ten verses are marked by illuminated circular and pear-shaped devices. Some Sura headings are in illuminated panels.

This was written when great events were occuring in Islam. In 1258 the Khan Hulaga, Gengis Khan’s great grandson, sacked Baghdad but Sultan Baibars turned the tables on the Mongols by expelling them from Syria in 1277, paving the way for the great flowering of Islamic culture and influence over the next five centuries. This manuscript is written in Naskhi, one of the six Koranic scripts considered worthy of the Holy Book. The others are Thuluth, Muhaqqaq, Rayhani, Requ’a and Tawqi; all of these are in some way derivatives from Kufic, the script in which it was first recorded. Naskhi proved to be specially popular because it was more easily read and written by the people themselves.

Its form was perfected by Ibn al-Bawwah in the eleventh century. Photo

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141 Transfer of Packet Letters x141

1847 (11 September) “Original” receipt of letters for conveyance to Bombay from William Lowe of the Indian Navy on H.C. Sloop Elphinstone and commander in the Gulf of Persia to H.M. Sloop Cruizer (1828-49) at Bushire Roads. The letters were for the Superintendent Indian Navy, the Post Master General (2) and “one Native Letter for the British Agent at Muscat” and signed in blue in by Lt. Robury R.N. (?). Usual folding creases. A very unusual item of Persian Gulf postal history. Photo

£100-120

INDIA Durbars and Royal Visits 142

1911 Coronation Durbar at Delhi with a part panorama photograph including the King and Queen on their podium, two prints 111⁄ 2 x 91⁄ 2 inches joined together, mounted and framed; some areas showing ageing.

Viceroys of India with Lord Hardinge autograph letter from Poona on letterhead of the Commander in Chief, Bombay, thanking the recipient’s father for a gift and asking assiatance for restoring a silver enamalled tray. Signed “ ... Hardinge”; Lord Chelmsford (1916-21), a real photo card of Lord and Lady Chelmsford, he is in his viceroy’s uniform; signed at foot “Chelmsford” and “F. Chelmsford”; Lord Irwin (1926-31): 1926 (10 June) four page typed letter on Viceregal Lodge, Simla letterhead to Bryan Fell Public Bill Office, Houses of Parliament. The contents of the letter discuss the title of the Residing Officer of the Indian Legislature Assembley and sites the 1919 Government of India Bill.

Signed “Irwin”; The Viscount Mountbatten of Burma (1947): 1956 and 1959 typed letters from the Prime Minister’s House, New Delhi (printed letterhead) to Shri S.N. Swamy in Mysore, both letters indicating the impossibility of paying a visit to her, both signed “Edwina Mountbatten of Burma” (2); Sir Stuart Fraser with 1913 (12 October) secretarial letter from the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir on the palace letterhead. The letter notes with regret Sir Stuart’s pending transfer to Hyderabad. “My dear & Esteemed Friend” and concludes in the hand of the Maharaja and sent when Sir Stuart Fraser was the Resident in Kashmir; 1919 an illuminated tribute to Sir Stuart when he was Resident in Hyderabad, from the Sisters and pupils of St. Ann’s Convent, Secunderabad; also printed speeches given to and by Sir Stuart Fraser at the farewell dinner given by the Nizam of Hyderabad. An unusual group; 1930 (22 January) typewritten letter from the Maharaja of Mysore; the letter includes personal details and gives some details, also his thoughts on the Butler Report and the troubles in Bangalore, “the work of a few Brahmin Lawyers ...” signed “Krishnaraja Wadiyar”, on his letterhead from Fern Hill.

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143 Mahatma Gandhi 143

1946 (March) (c.) autograph notes written on the reverse side of a portion of a letter written to Gandhi from a young Western follower, George Mammen. Gandhi has penned some closely-written notes, he writes, in fountain pen ink “Our India will have need of you.

You have had your training. You will give India the benefit of that training. It would be sad only if after the trials and suffering [“of war” struck out] that our soldiers have been through, they forget the lessons of their eyes, the moment the peril is lifted. But one thing you should remember, under remunerations and national Govt, you won’t be pampered. You won’t have all those lavish privileges which a foreign Govt. bribe you with at the expense of India. India is destitute. You can serve her only by showing her destitution and poverty. Otherwise you will earn not the gratitude but the execration of your country. [Now writing at the top of the page:] You will, I know, fully share in this freedom, only to breathe the air of freedom with your countrymen”. Pin holes and crease in upper corner. Written shortly before partition and independence in 1947. Photo Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma (Sanskrit: “high-souled”, “venerable”) was applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa, - is now used worldwide. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation.

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£5,000-6,000

July 13, 2016 - LONDON

144 Indira Gandhi 144

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1979 (4 January) typewritten letter to Priscilla Jana (later South African Ambassador to the Netherlands) and discusses events after her return to parliament in November 1978 and her subsequent arrest for one week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament. “After my arrest, 500,000 people were arrested. Educational institutions ... and even a sports stadium were used as prisons ... In several places our people, who had participated in peaceful demonstrations, were brutally beaten up inside prisons. Some have had stitched put on their heads, other have had arms and legs broken.” The letter concludes, “One of the cases against my son Sanjay concerns the demolition of a small shop because, according to the Janata Party Government, it obstructed his route to my farm. The shop was allowed to be rebuilt ...This morning’s paper informs us that the police have again demolished this shop because they consider it a hazard to traffic! This is one more proof of the absurdity of the cases against us.” and is signed in blue biro “Indira Gandhi”. With the original envelope from the Prime Minister’s Office. The letter with some additional creases and some edge wear. Photo

£400-500

145 Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak x145

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1839 (c.) single sheet A.L.S. to Popham Lethbridge. “My dear Popham, I will take a boy out of the upper school if you will pick me an active intelligent fellow that can navigate well.

He shall be well cared for and I will give him a good fit out of clothes. Yours in haste J Brooke”. Hand delivered, normal folding creases, signature on verso. Photo Sir James Brooke, KCB (1803-1868), was a British adventurer whose exploits in the Malay Archipelago made him the first White Rajah of Sarawak.

Born in India and briefly educated in England, he served in the Bengal Army, was wounded, and resigned his commission. He bought a ship and sailed out to the Malay Archipelago, where by helping to crush a rebellion, he became governor of Sarawak. He then vigorously suppressed piracy in the region, and in the ensuing turmoil, restored the Sultan of Brunei to his throne, for which the Sultan made Brooke the Rajah of Sarawak. He ruled until his death.

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£120-150

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SINGAPORE

Ex 146 Edvard Strandberg, Consul for Denmark 146

1940-46 a group of letters and documents which includes his commission approval document signed in ink by King George VI, “George R.I.”, the Order of the Crown of Thailand. There is also a group of envelopes (6) and postcards (2) sent from his wife in South Africa whilst Singapore was occupied by the Japanese; each bears “Prisoner of War Post” and with South Africa Censor seals and handstamps, however, being neutral, he remained at the official residence in Tanglin Hill and the mail was not censored by the Japanese. Photo

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£300-500

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AUSTRALIA

Saharet shown on a playing card 147 Saharet 147

1901 (14 April) folio letter on blue paper with white raised monogram, written in Barmen to the photographer Josef Székely, concerning some photographs he had sent her: “ ... I was delighted with them. Many of the poses are very fine. I am sending some now to Herrn Franz Stuck … kindly send me the price of the photos by the 1000! thousand as we can sell them in theatres. If I pass through Vienna I will call at the studio to see my large pictures.” and signed “Saharet”. Fine. Photo The origins of dancer, Saharet are shrouded in mystery. Although claiming to be born in Melbourne there is no record of her in Victorian birth records. What is known of her early life was told in anecdotes and press releases. The veracity of this information is questionable.

According to a hand written note on the back of a postcard, Saharet was born in 1879. Her real name was Clarissa Campbell or Clarice Campbell, and her birthplace was Ballarat. She was one of two sisters and her mother was a circus performer whilst her father was a Scottish sailor. Very little is known of her early life in Australia.

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£250-300

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THE AMERICAS

148 Barbados 148

1842 (27 August) a Grant of Arms on vellum to William Sharp “of Claybury, Brewsters, Maxwells and Haynesfield, all in the Island of Barbados”, with the Coat of Arms including “ ... three Demi-Lions erased counterchanged ...” and headed with the the Royal Arms and those of Sir Charles George Young, Knight Garter, and Joseph Hawker Clarenceux King of Arms, with each of their seals at foot in red wax, set in brass skippet (fine impressions); in exceptionally fine condition. Housed in its original presentation box with three gold royal crests impressed into the lid; the paper hinge has torn and there is some ageing but still in a good state of preservation. Photo

£500-600

For 1827 Royal warrant to the Governor of Barbados, see lot 34

HAITI Jean Peirre Boyer, President x149

1820 (11 April) a letter to John A. Lethbridge, secretary to Admiral Sir Home Popham on his personal, illustrated pictorial notepaper (83⁄ 4 ” x 123⁄ 4 ”) and written in a secretarial hand with the flourishing signature of the President at foot. There is some usual folding and some very minor soiling. In a good state of preservation. Photo Jean-Pierre Boyer (1776-1850) was one of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, and President of Haiti from 1818 to 1843. He reunited the north and south of Haiti in 1820 and also occupied and took control of Santo Domingo, which brought all of Hispaniola under one government by 1822. Boyer managed to rule for the longest period of time of any of the revolutionary leaders of his generation.

Rear Admiral Sir Home Riggs Popham, KCB, KCH (1762-1820), was a Royal Navy commander who saw service against the French during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is remembered for his scientific accomplishments, particularly the development of a signal code that was adopted by the Royal Navy in 1803. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station from 1817 to 1820

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£150-200

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JAMAICA Sir Henry Morgan, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica x150

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1681 (14 July) entire letter “To the honoble the Comissions of his maies Navy”. The letter was written in Santiago de la Vega in Cuba gives an account of the situation with regards to H.M.S. Norwich and the “... villanous Pyrates that now infest these coasts” and includes, “ ... Wee have taken the Sloop of one Jacob Evertson a most notorious Pyrate and make use of her to accompany the Norwich ... She saves the great charge wee were att before for a Pylote, sounds places that are dangerous and is able to persue Pyrates where the Fregott by reason of the Shoalness of the water cannot goe ...”. “I have lately had some Pyrates brought in, whereof one was according to his demerits executed, and one Thoms, a most infamous villain who lately took a vessel of this Island of a considerable value is taken and now under Tryall. I have sent the Fregott to crewse and endeavr to reduce such as are abroad and have given Capt Haywood particular Charges to look out for one Lawrence, a great and mischievous Pyrate, who commands a ship of twenty eight gunns and has two hundred men on board, and that the Fregott might bee the better able to deale with him and freer from danger of being worsted or taken.”. The letter finishes with the strong and distinctive signature of Hen. Morgan.

One edge of the letter has been affected by damp and separated along the fold, however, most of the text is still legible and there is a transcript printed in 1855. Further information is given on one flap, but this is mostly duplicating what is included in the letter. A rare and highly important letter from this carismatic, rags-to-riches, character.

Photo Henry Morgan was born in Llanrumney, Wales around 1635. Not much is known about his early life, until he appears in Barbados in 1655. He had a very colourful life as a privateer with many notable successes around the Caribbean. During 1670 Henry Morgan put together a fleet of 36 ships with around 1800 men, and staged an attack on Panama. After a difficult battle, Panama fell to Morgan who left with an estimated 400,000 pieces of eight.

When news of the sacking of Panama arrived in London, it was received badly as the political climate had changed. The attack on Panama was in direct breach of the ‘Treaty of Madrid’ which was a peace treaty between England and Spain, signed in 1670. As a result of this breach Henry Morgan was summoned back to England to answer for his crime. He was able to prove that he had no knowledge of the peace treaty and was left free to travel around England as he pleased. Morgan used this time to make some powerful friends, including the 2nd Duke of Albemarle, Christopher Monck, which resulted in King Charles II looking favourably upon him once again. By 1674, relations between England and Spain had soured again. The King knighted Henry Morgan and appointed him Lieutenant General of the armed forces of Jamaica. By 1681, then-acting governor Morgan had fallen out of favour with King Charles II, who was intent on weakening the semi-autonomous Jamaican Council, and was replaced by long-time political rival Thomas Lynch.

The pirate Jacob Evertson was attacked by Henry Morgan in 1681. In a letter to the Earl of Sutherland in February 1681, Morgan wrote, “… On Saturday night I had notice of one Captain James Everson, commander of a sloop, a notorious privateer, being at anchor with a brigantine which he had lately taken. I presently secured all the wherries on the Point and manned a sloop with twenty-four soldiers and thirty-six sailors, which at midnight sailed from hence, and about noon came up with him in Bull Bay. Then letting the King’s jack fly they boarded him; they received three musket shot, slightly wounding one man, and returned a volley killing some and wounding others of the privateers. Everson and several others jumped overboard and were shot in the sea near the shore. They then brought her away with twenty-six stout men, whom they brought last night into this harbour. These are now prisoners on board H.M.S. Norwich to await trial for their lives. I have issued warrants for the apprehension of those that escaped …”

Lawrence or Laurens de Graf (1653-1704) was characterised as “a great and mischievous pirate” by Henry Morgan, de Graaf was a Dutch pirate, mercenary, and naval officer in the service of the French colony of Saint-Domingue.

HMS Norwich, a 28 gun frigate (1655) under Captain Heywood arrived in Jamaica in 1680 to catch pirates and interlopers. In June 1682, on returning from Cartagena, she ran aground on a reef. A bower anchor was laid astern, merchants’ stores and guns unloaded but a leak started, occasioning continuous labour at the pumps. After a day on the reef, she was re-floated, beached at Port Royal and condemned. Captain Heywood was cleared at the subsequent court martial but the Privy Council ordered Captain Heywood to be sent home in custody. Captain Heywood preferred to settle in Jamaica and eventually became Governor.

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£1,200-1,500

July 13, 2016 - LONDON

150 109

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151 Sir Henry Moore, Governor 151

1760 (13 October) confirmation of Thomas Hay as Secretary and Notary Publik of Jamaica. Signed at foot “H.Moore”. Horizontal creases and some age soiling. Photo Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet (1713-1769) was born in Jamaica to a prominent plantation family, and was educated toward the law. Moore was active in Jamaica’s colonial affairs, and by 1756 he had risen to the rank of Governor.

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£120-150

July 13, 2016 - LONDON

MAP

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Carte du Rhin depuis Schaffhouse Ă Rotterdam 152

Basle: Maehly-Lamy, c1850; cloth-backed vertical panoramic folding map (approximately 7.5 x 51 inches; divided into 3 x 12 panels) with bordering lands and river routes at center and smaller, sectional engraved sights on either side in two columns; uncoloured and housed in cardboard slipcase; a very good copy. Photo

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COLLECTIONS AND RANGES

Ex 153 Opera 153

A selection of signed photographs with 1890 (c.) Eleonora Duse (Italian actress) on large mounted photograph 51⁄ 4 x 111⁄ 4 inches with bold signature in purple at top; 1900 (c.)

Matilde Serao (Italian journalist and novelist) mounted photograph 6 x 8 inches by Rossi, signed on the mount; 1905 Francesco Tamagno (Italian opera tenor) signed postcard picture; 1903 Lina Cavalieri (Italian opera soprano) on signed cabinet photograph by Reuthinger; 1903 Hariclea Darclée (Romanian opera soprano) signed postcard picture; 1904 Pietro Mascagni (Italian composer most noted for his operas) cabinet photograph

by Rossi, signed at foot; 1920 (c.) Rudolph Valentino (Italian-born American actor) printed signed photograph in cossack uniform (some age spotting); 1936 Benaimino Gigli (Italian opera tenor) signed photograph by Grazioli; 1950 Jerome Hines (American operatic bass) and Lucia Evangelista (Italian soprano) on a joint signed photograph; 1952 Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (opera bass); 1961 Ferriccio Tagiavini (Italian operatic tenor); 1970 (c.) Cornell MacNeil (American operatic baritone) as Rigoletto; 1970 (c.) Luciano Pavarotti in Rigoletto; 1973 Maria Callas (American soprano); 1990 (c.) Donna Summer with printed signature. A good collection. Photo

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Telephone Bids If you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before the sale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable you to participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will we be liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.

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Currency Converter At some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on the one month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays Bank Plc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on the date of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined by us, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currency converter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond our control either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on the converter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shall not be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following the currency converter.

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Video images At some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in its operation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either the correspondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of the image as a reproduction of the original.

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Bidding Increments Bidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following order although the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of the auction. The normal bidding increments are: Up to £100 by £5 £100 to £300 by £10 £300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc. £600 to £1,000 by £50 £1,000 to £3,000 by £100 £3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc. £6,000 to £20,000 by £500 £20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion

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4.10 Bidding by Spink 4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above the low estimate printed in the auction catalogue.

4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchase Lots as principal.

4.11 The Auctioneer’s Discretion The auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bid to advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdraw or divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case of error or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again.

4.12 Successful Bid Subject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marks the acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid is higher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of a contract for sale between you and the Seller.

4.13 After Sale Arrangements If you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Seller within 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Seller reserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller a commission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement.

4.14 Return of Lot 4.14.1 Once your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to pay for that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

If there are any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days of receipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem.

We may then request that the Lot is returned to us for inspection.

Save as set out in clause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund of the corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. We will not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received by us in the same condition that it was in at the auction date.

4.14.2 No lot may be returned on account of condition if the condition was stated by a third party grading company (including, but not limited to PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, PMG, WBG).

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AFTER THE AUCTION 5.1 Buyer’s Premium and other charges In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’s Premium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a fee of 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and a fee for paying by card.

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Value Added Tax Other than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) VAT is chargeable on the Hammer price and the Buyer’s premium of daggered (†) and (Ω) lots at the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at the reduced rate (currently 5% on the Hammer price and 20% on the Buyer’s premium). VAT on Margin scheme lots (identified by the absence of any VAT symbol next to the lot number) is payable at 20% on the Buyer’s premium only.

VAT Refunds General 5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date of sale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VAT invoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, then any refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases credits will be made when proof of export is provided. If you export the Lot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from the Shipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made.

5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of export certificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail to return the proof of export certificate to us within such period and you have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will be liable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and we shall be entitled to invoice you for this sum.

5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of export certificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked ‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment will be made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50 and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed.

VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU 5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You must certify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country and that the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3 months of the date of sale.

5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT has been charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may be possible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 to HM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section, Londonderry.

VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU 5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT on Buyer’s Premium may be refunded.

5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold (g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refunded where evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer.

5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an Import VAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Where required, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specific form of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on the export of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibility in respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain such certificate.

Payment 5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprising the Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT) within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be) required.

5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.

5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the following methods: II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you.

Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer. i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltd and sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a non-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment. (iii) By Visa, Mastercard or American Express. Payments made by American Express are subject to a 4% fee. Payments by all other credit cards and debit cards issued by overseas banks are subject to a fee of 2%. For all card payments there are limits to the amounts we will accept depending on the type of card being used and whether or not the cardholder is present.

5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.

Invoices Invoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero rated Lots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme; Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†), imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammer for EU VAT registered buyers.

5.6 Collection of Purchases 5.6.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque.

5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us will be covered in accordance with our policy which is available for inspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of seven days or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lot will be entirely at your risk.

5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to accept responsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes in atmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.

5.7 Notification We are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. While Invoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not accept responsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You are requested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possible after the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoid incurring charges for late payment.

5.8 Packing and handling 5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at the back of the catalogue.

5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs.

5.8.3 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink.

5.9 Recommended packers and shippers If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned.

5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases 5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights or remedies: 5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compound interest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the full amount is due; 5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group may owe you in any other transaction the outstanding amount remaining unpaid by you; 5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or other property in the possession of the Spink Group until you have paid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if the unpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property.

Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amount outstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall have the right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. We shall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstanding to us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you; 5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the Spink Group in respect of different transactions, to apply any amount paid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particular transaction, whether or not you so direct; 5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or on your behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting any bids.

5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall in addition be entitled: 5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to you at the same or any other auction; 5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, if this results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balance from you together with all reasonable costs including a 20% seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissions and premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales or otherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to make payment;

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5.10.2.3 when reselling the Lot, place a notice in our catalogue stating that you successfully purchased the Lot at auction but have subsequently failed to pay the Hammer Price of the Lot; or 5.10.2.4 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit.

5.10.3 If you fail to collect within fourteen days after the sale, whether or not payment has been made, you will be required 5.10.3.1 to pay a storage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional handling cost that may apply.

5.10.3.2 you will not be entitled to collect the Lot until all outstanding charges are met, together with payment of all other amounts due to us.

5.11 Uses of default information If you fail to make payment for a Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions: 5.11.1 We reserve the right to refuse you the right to make bids for any future auction irrespective of whether previous defaults have been settled; and 5.11.2 You consent to us disclosing details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms, which will include your name, address, nature of the default and the date of the default.

Auctioneers or live bidding platforms who receive details of the default may rely on such information when deciding whether to enter into a transaction with you in the future.

5.12 Export Licence 5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise you in relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibility in respect of any export will lie with you and we will not be responsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences.

5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may be required to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiver document stating that a licence will be applied for.

5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is required before exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within two or three weeks but delays can occur.

5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wish to apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation to make payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest on late payment.

5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on your behalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursements and out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, together with any relevant VAT. 5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund any interest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is made by you despite the fact that an export licence is required.

5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery 5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in the catalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall not however be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) the catalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction date corresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars or experts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict of opinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgery only by means of either a scientific process not generally accepted for use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which at the date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticable or likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, you should note that this refund can be obtained only if the following conditions are met: 5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is a Forgery; 5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen days from receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at the auction date; and 5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you must produce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery and that you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any third party claims.

5.13.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you that a Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive such evidence.

5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any more than the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shall have no claim for interest.

5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of being transferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom the original invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when sold and who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot without disposing of any interest in it to any third party.

5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process to establish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such process was used or in use at the date of the auction.

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LIABILITY Nothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for: 6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or 6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

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USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION 7.1 We will use the personal information you provide to us to: 7.1.1 process the bids you make on Lots (whether successful or otherwise) and other auction related services we provide; 7.1.2 process your payment relating to a successful purchase of a Lot; 7.1.3 arrange for delivery of any Lot you purchase, which will include passing your details to shipping providers and, on overseas deliveries, to customs where they make enquiries regarding the Lot; 7.1.4 inform you about similar products or services that we provide, but you may stop receiving these at any time by contacting us.

7.2 In accordance with clause 4.2, you agree that we may pass your information to credit reference agencies and that they may keep a record of any search that they do.

7.3 In accordance with clause 5.11, you agree that where you default on making payment for a Lot in accordance with these terms and conditions we may disclose details of such default to other auctioneers and live bidding platforms.

7.4 We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, other auctioneers and live bidding platforms) and may receive information about you from them.

COPYRIGHT 8.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, video or otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an image will belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit.

8.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relating to a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall have the right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allow anyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material without our prior written consent.

VAT You shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that of the Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues.

Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseen cost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you will reimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred.

10 NOTICES All notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally, sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the other party. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on the second working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifth working day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will be deemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch.

11 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS The following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting for the purposes of your business.

11.1 Limitation of Liability Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentation or otherwise for any: 11.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss of contract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or 11.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses.

11.2 Severability If any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

11.3 Force majeure We shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayed in performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforce or the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.

11.4 Waiver 11.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstances for which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shall constitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that (or any other) right or remedy.

11.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under these Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law.

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11.5 Law and Jurisdiction 11.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales.

11.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms and Conditions or their subject matter.

Postal Charges Prices for books (items sent by this method are not covered by insurance) Weight

UK

EU

Rest of the World

Up to 1kg

£8 for any weight

£12

£15

Up to 2kg

£8 for any weight

£18

£25

Prices for all other items including postage and packaging Invoice Value

UK

EU

Rest of the World

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£10

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£20

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£40

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£20

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Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have to be sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier services are required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please contact Auctionteam@spink.com for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition to the above charges.

Value Added Tax (VAT) Charging of (VAT) at Auction The information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends to account for VAT. i.

Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme 1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of any VAT symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not be subject to VAT on the Hammer Price.

2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to UK VAT–registered businesses, the VAT on Buyers’ Premium is not recoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day, we will issue invoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered businesses to recover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the normal rules for recovering input tax.

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Zero-Rated Lots Limited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT in the United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme. In these circumstances no VAT will be added to the Buyer’s premium.

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Daggered Lots Lots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20% on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.

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Imported and Omega Lots Lots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% on the Hammer price plus 20% on the Buyer’s premium. Lots which bear the Omega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price and on the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT is payable on items imported from outside the EU. In these cases we have used a temporary importation procedure, which in effect means that the point of importation is deferred until the Lot has been sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as the importer and is liable to pay the import VAT due. We will collect the VAT from you and pay it to HM Customs and Excise on your behalf.

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Investment Gold Lots Lots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the Hammer Price and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as a collectibles dealer outside of the EU.

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GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO Olivier D. Stocker YOUR SPECIALISTS STAMPS UK - Tim Hirsch FRPSL Guy Croton David Parsons Nick Startup Neill Granger Paul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith George James Ian Shapiro (Consultant) USA - George Eveleth Richard Debney EUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez CHINA - Doris Lo George Yue (Consultant) COINS UK - Richard Bishop Tim Robson Malene Wagner Lawrence Sinclair Barbara Mears John Pett USA - Greg Cole Muriel Eymery Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) CHINA - Kin Choi Cheung Paul Pei Po Chow BANKNOTES UK - Barnaby Faull Andrew Pattison Monica Kruber Thomasina Smith USA - Greg Cole Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) CHINA - Kelvin Cheung Paul Pei Po Chow ORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA UK - Marcus Budgen BONDS & SHARES UK - Mike Veissid (Consultant) Andrew Pattison Thomasina Smith USA - Greg Cole EUROPE - Peter Christen CHINA - Kelvin Cheung BOOKS UK - Philip Skingley Gillian Watson Nik von Uexkull AUTOGRAPHS USA - Greg Cole Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) WINES CHINA - Guillaume Willk-Fabia Angie Ihlo Fung YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO) Directors Tim Hirsch Anthony Spink Auction & Client Management Team Mira Adusei-Poku Rita Ariete Grace Hawkins Dora Szigeti Nik von Uexkull Tom Hazell John Winchcombe Tatyana Boyadzhieva Maurizio Schenini Finance Alison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Veronica Morris IT & Administration Berdia Qamarauli Liz Cones Curlene Spencer Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi YOUR AMERICA TEAM (NEW YORK) Managing Director Charles Blane Auction Administration and Marketing & Design Polona Hribovsek Finance & Administration Amit Ramprashad Auctioneer Stephen Goldsmith (Special Consultant) YOUR ASIA TEAM (HONG KONG - SINGAPORE) Administration Angie Ihlo Fung Newton Tsang Sue Pui Arthur Chan Doris Lo Gary Tan

STAMPS 6 July 13 July 26 July 26/27 July 10 September 20 September 23 September 15 October 26/27 October 10 November

The Professor Derek Diamond Collection of New Zealand 2d. Chalons and the 1898-1908 Pictorial Issue Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History The “Lionheart” Collection of Great Britain and British Empire - Part VI The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Stamps and Covers of South East Asia The John Clemente Collection of Tasmania Postal History The James B. Hamlin Collection of Great Britain and British Commonwealth The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale including Important Colombia, Italian P.O.’s in China and Bulgaria The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale

16042 16043 16028 16030 16032 16044 157 CSS20 16034

Lugano New York

SW1019 158

New York New York

325 324

30 November 1 December

Ancient Coins - The Squires Collection and The Mendon Collection The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals including European Coins from the Peter Woodhead Collection The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 2, Coins of Henry II to Edward II The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 3, Gold Coins Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2) The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Academic Collection of Lord Stewartby: English Coins part 4, Coins of Edward III to Richard III Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals

BANKNOTES 22/23 June 5 July 18 August 28/29 September 19/20 October 7 December

November COINS 21 June 22/23 June 27/29 June

London

16005

London Hong Kong London London London New York

16020 CSS23 16021 16006 16041 326

London London London

16022 16007 16007

The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale World Banknotes

New York London Hong Kong London New York London

324 16009 CSS23 16015 326 16016

MEDALS 21 July 24 November

Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria

London London

16002 16003

BONDS & SHARES 22/23 June 18 August 19/20 October 18 November

The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Bonds & Share Certificates of the World

New York Hong Kong New York London

324 CSS23 326 16018

AUTOGRAPHS 22/23 June 13 July 19/20 October

The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale

New York London New York

324 16043 326

WINES 23 June 9 September 6 October

An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits An Evening of Great Whiskies and Spirits

Hong Kong Singapore Hong Kong

SFW20 SFW21 SFW22

28 June 18 August 26 September 26/27 September 27 September 19/20 October tbc

The above sale dates are subject to change Ken japan@spink.com

London London London London Singapore London New York Hong Kong London

Spink offers the following services: – VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS – – SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –

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