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Kray (Reggie)
Autograph letter signed ("Reg Kray") on personalised stationery, to a recipient called Bob, saying in part "I'm happy here", two pages, folding marks, annotations in another hand, 4to, n.d.; together with: a letter to an autograph collector called Peter from Leonard Ernest Nipper Read (responsible for the conviction of the Kray twins), reading in part "When I first joined the police force in 1947, the Station was ruled by a man with the now obsolescent rank of Station Sergeant. These were very obviously selected to form a breed of men which are now as outmoded as the rank they held. All were tyrannical in the way they controlled the Station with an iron discipline and many wore old fashioned thirty style walrus moustaches. The one thing they had in common however was the ability to write in the most beautiful fashion with nibbed pens dipped frequently into ink wells", with handwritten addition at close, two pages, large quarto, 23 North Barn, Broxbourne, 31 October 1993; and a framed signature of Cynthia Payne (3)
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Labour Leaders.-
Two black and white photographs signed by former leaders of the Labour Party, with accompanying letters from respective offices, lower right corner in Wilson photo slightly bent, v.s. (4) the largest item 21 x 15cm
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Liman von Sanders (Otto)
Autograph letter signed ("Liman von Sanders") to Enver Pasha, in German, saying that Gerold von Gleich had been appointed Chief of Staff to Feldmarschall von der Goltz and he had personally spoken to him, one page, integral blank, folding marks, two punch holes with splitting to the right margin, 4to, n.p., n.d. [but February 1916] 32.5 x 21cm
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Lister (Joseph)
Autograph letter signed ("Joseph Lister") to C.B. Lockwood, saying "I am very much obliged to you for the tickets you have sent me for the Humphrey dinner. I of course should not have thought for a moment asking permission to attend except in the understanding that I should be allowed to pay for the ticket", two pages, original integral blank missing, light mount residue, 8vo, 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place, 15 May 1889. 15.3 x 10.3cm
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Livingstone (David)
A lock of David Livingstone's Hair and a piece of the bark case in which his body was brought back from Africa, together with two autograph notes of authentification, signed by Horace Waller on Twywell Rectory note paper, the first reading "The enclosed is a portion of the hair of Dr. David Livingstone. It was removed by me when an examination of his remains was made at the rooms of the R. Geographical Society previous to the burial in Westminster Abbey. Presented to Mr. Joseph A. Williams 6.1.92 Horace Waller", the second reading "The enclosed is a piece of the bark case in which Dr. Livingstone's body was brought from the Interior of Africa to the Coast by his servants Chuma Susi and others. Horace Waller.", preserved in a later book box with morocco spine.
***After several wretched months of fever and dysentery, stoically endured in his misplaced search for the Nile's source, Livingstone, the missionary-explorer died on the night of 30 April 1873, in a village located in present-day Zambia. There his African attendants acted with a calm decisiveness by eviscerating the body, burying the heart, and allowing the rest to dry for 14 days in the sun before wrapping it in layers of calico, bark and sailcloth, sealed with a coating of tar before its 1,000-mile journey to the coast. The trip took nine months in tropical heat through difficult terrain. Horace Waller (1833-1896 anti-slavery activist, missionary and clergyman), who had known Livingstone at home and in Africa, and edited his Last Journals, took the lock of hair at the rooms of the Royal Geographical Society then in Savile Row. His body had been brought back from Africa by his faithful servants Chuma and Susi, and prior to the burial in Westminster Abbey an examination of his remains was made at the Society's headquarters. The funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on 18th April 1874. Before the ceremony a short service was performed by the Scottish Presbyterian minister Mr Hamilton. Dean Stanley conducted the funeral and Jacob Wainwright, who had escorted the body from Africa, threw a palm branch into the grave. Queen Victoria sent a wreath to be placed on the coffin and this was buried with him. The very large congregation mainly consisted of Nonconformist ministers, representatives of learned societies and the general public, with Livingstone's four children. A choirboy recalls that H.M. Stanley had to restrain Livingstone's faithful servant from throwing himself into the grave. The grave is in the center of the nave and has the following inscription - BROUGHT BY FAITHFUL HANDS OVER LAND AND SEA HERE RESTS DAVID LIVINGSTONE, MISSIONARY, TRAVELLER, PHILANTHROPIST, BORN MARCH 19. 1813 AT BLANTYRE, LANARKSHIRE, DIED MAY 1, 1873 AT CHITAMBO'S VILLAGE, ULALA. FOR 30 YEARS HIS LIFE WAS SPENT IN AN UNWEARIED EFFORT TO EVANGELIZE THE NATIVE RACES, TO EXPLORE THE UNDISCOVERED SECRETS, TO ABOLISH THE DESOLATING SLAVE TRADE, OF CENTRAL AFRICA, WHERE WITH HIS LAST WORDS HE WROTE, "ALL I CAN ADD IN MY SOLITUDE, IS, MAY HEAVEN'S RICH BLESSING COME DOWN ON EVERY ONE, AMERICAN, ENGLISH, OR TURK, WHO WILL HELP TO HEAL THIS OPEN SORE OF THE WORLD".
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Lloyd-George (David)
Typed letter signed ("D. Lloyd George") to Dr Alexander Irvine, reading "Great Britain is under a deep obligation to you for you generous and patriotic services rendered during the last eighteen months of the war in holding meetings and giving Addresses, at the request of the Government, to the Troops at the Front, in France and Belgium, for the special purpose of imparting fresh courage and cheer to our fighting warriors. You displayed unique gifts in pursuing this great work, which, with your own experience as a soldier, caused you to be received with warm appreciation by officers and men everywhere. You subsequently visited the chief industrial centres of Great Britain, where your lifelong connection and experience with Labour movements, supported by your native eloquence and earnestness secured as welcome hearing for you everywhere. It is right and fitting to say that these valuable services were rendered by you without all personal emolument and you have my cordial good wishes for continued and increasing success in your public spirited career", two pages, folding marks with some splitting to edges, light yellowing, stain due to a previous rusty paperclip, 4to, 10 Downing Street, 17 May 1921; with original mailing envelope
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Lodge (Oliver)
Autograph letter signed ("Oliver Lodge") to Ernest Marshall, reading "My recent speech to the Workers' Educational Association on the War has, so far as I know, been very briefly reported everywhere. I doubt if there is anything worth sending you in the Birmingham Papers. I wrote an article however which appears in "The North American Review" for January, and perhaps you will find that that serves your purpose", two pages, splitting across pages with tape restoration, creasing and handling wear, 8vo, Birmingham University, 1 February 1915. 20.5 x 13cm
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McDonald (Maurice 'Nick')
Cheque signed ('Maurice N. McDonald') for the amount of $37.70 payable to Colonial Penn Life Ins. Co., drawn on First National Bank, 1 December 1985, mounted for display, overall size 30 x 20.5cm. ***Maurice Neal “Nick” McDonald was a patrolman for the Dallas Police Department who achieved international renown for arresting Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the murder of John F. Kennedy.
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MacDonald (Ramsay)
Typed letter signed ("J. Ramsay MacDonald") to Alderman Theobald, thanking him "for coming to the meeting at Doncaster last Wednesday, and for seconding the Vote of Thanks. It was very good of you and I greatly appreciated what you said. It is always an encouragement to me to know that the Government commands the support of men with your progressive views", one page, folding marks, light yellowing, 4to, 10 Downing Street, 1 May 1935. 24 x 19cm
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Marconi (Guglielmo)
Fountain pen signature ("Best wishes, G. Marconi, 1933") on loose album page, 8.5 x 11cm.
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Maximos V Hakim
Christmas card from Maximos V Hakim, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, signed "Maximos V Patriarch, Beirut, Dec 19/12/86", with additional handwritten message "Thank you for your greetings for a holy Christmas and a happy New Year", light age-related discolouration and handling wear, 14.5 x 20.5cm. 14.5 x 20.5cm
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Mosley (Oswald)
Typed letter signed ("O. Mosley") to a D. Wheeler, on personalised stationery, saying "I write to send you my deepest sympathy on the cowardly attack upon you, and thank you for your courage and your service to the movement. Your letter was read at the meting last night, and the whole audience joined with me in sending you their sympathy and expressing their indignation", one page, folding marks, 4to, 8 November 1960. 23 x 17.7cm
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Nightingale (Florence)
Ink signature ("Florence Nightingale") clipped from the close of a letter, mounted for display, framed and glazed, overall size 33.5 x 32cm; with a card signed by Dame Cicely Mary Strode Saunders (2) framed and glazed, overall size 33.5 x 32cm.
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Paget (James)
Autograph letter signed ("James Paget") to Mr R.H. Collins, reading "Kindly say to the Prince that I have seen Mr Murray and he is going on perfectly well. He has injured his left kidney, but there are not any untoward symptoms and, though there must be for some few days uncertainty as to the course of events, I can see no reason to doubt that...all will end well", two pages, integral blank, folding marks, 8vo, 25 October 1874.
***Sir James Paget was an English surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for naming Paget's disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. 17.5 x 11.3cm
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Paget (James)
Two autograph letters signed ("James Paget"): the first, to Mrs Popham, makes some arrangements for meeting her the following day, one page, integral blank, 8vo, 18 April 1887; the second, to Mr Kett, says "I do not remember to have written or said what you quote...I think it must be the writer's very far deduction from what I may have said concerning some diseases not like typhoid fever or small pox", one page, n.p., n.d. (2) the largest letter 18 x 12cm approx
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Parry (William Edward, Admiral)
Two autograph letters signed ("W. Parry"). One, to Mr Heatfield, on black-bordered paper, replies to the recipient's condolences on the death of Parry's wife and reads "May it be very long before you know by experience, either the comfort derived from Christian sympathy under such a bereavement as mine, or the painful effort required in replying to it. ...The stroke under which I am suffering, is indeed a most bitter one, too bitter to understand till it is felt..It is a severing of ties, which for 13 yeas, have bound two hearts together as one, leaving a blank, a chasm, a desolation which cannot be imagined till it is experienced", four pages, folding marks, 8vo, Admiralty, 5 June 1834. The second letter, to a female recipient, confirms that Parry forwarded her message to his sister, three pages, folding marks, 8vo, Haslar Hospital, 20 August n.y. [after 1846] (2) 18.5 x 11.5cm
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Pelham (Henry)
Lower portion of a Treasury document, featuring the signatures of Pelham, Middlesex and Lyttelton, June 1746, laid down onto card, 9 x 20cm approx. 9 x 20cm approx.
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Perceval (Spencer)
Clipped lower portion of a document, signed at close by Spencer Perceval and Vicary Gibbs, oblong 8vo, 6 June 1805. 8 x 20.5cm
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Peron (Eva)
La Razon de mi Vida , signed and inscribed by Eva Peron on title page "Para todos los companeros del Consejo Pronista Femenino de ...San Juan", occasional foxing and discolouration throughout, hardcover, tenderness to hinges, dust-jacket frayed and with some losses, front flap detached, Buenos Aires, Ediciones Peuser, 1951.
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Peron (Eva)
Official typed directive on Partido Peronista Femenino headed paper, signed by Eva Peron as President and by Juana Larrauri as Treasurer, in Spanish, translation reading "The Board of the Metropolitan Women's Peronista Party issues the following directive to all dependent basic units: a) Fellow sub-delegate collaborators shall assess all the needs of their neighbourhood/area for any aid needs and channel requests directly to the Foundation; b) The Social Assistants of the Foundation will raise these requests to the Department for Solutions", one page, light yellowing, mild folding marks, 4to, Buenos Aires, 9 August 1951; together with: a typed letter signed by Attilio Renzi, Private Secretary to Eva Peron, to Domingo Gennuso, thanking him for the pamphlet "Los Derechos del Trabajador" in Arabic, one page, Buenos Aires, 27 December 1949 (2) 21 x 26cm
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Peron (Juan)
Vintage black and white photograph of Juan Peron in a head and shoulders pose, signed and inscribed in blue ink to Federico P. Fappiano, dated "Madrid, 22 Oct 1964", light discolouration and handling wear, slightly trimmed along margins, 17.5 x 11.3cm. 17.5 x 11.3cm.
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Peron (Juan)
Typed letter signed ("Juan Peron "), in Spanish, on official letterhead, translation reading "The General would like to extend his warmest regards to Mr. DOMINGO GENNUSO, Labor Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic in Syria, and would like to express his gratitude for his kind regards on the occasion of the new anniversary of Workers' Day, taking this opportunity to extend his best wishes for his personal happiness", one page, folding marks, light creasing, 4to, Buenos Aires, 12 May 1950; together with: a typed letter signed by Juan R. Duarte, Peron's Private Secretary, to Domingo Gennuso, conveying the President's thanks for the New Year wishes, one page, oblong 4to, Buenos Aires, 16 January 1951 (2)
the largest item 22 x 17cm
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Pitt The Elder (William) & William Pitt The Younger
Ink signature clipped from the close of a document most likely originally signed by George II, 7 February 1759, irregularly trimmed along margins, yellowing and age-related toning; with two clipped signatures of his son William Pitt The Younger, one being the lower portion of a warrant dated 7 May 1792 and additionally signed by Edward James Eliot and Richard Hopkins; the other a section of a financial document dated 23 August 1791 and countersigned by Hopkins and another, v.s. (3) the largest 14.5 x 25cm
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Pitt The Younger (William)
Engraved bookplate featuring an ideal classical landscape with ruins, signed "W.m Pitt" and additionally annotated "Casa Olgiati, Piazza di Spagna", affixed onto a larger album page, overall size 4.13 x 5.7". 10.5 x 14.5cm
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Poincaré (Raymond)
Calling card of former French President Raymond Poincaré, with handwritten message to Monsieur Forcaud, thanking him for his nice letter, 2.5 x 4" approx; with mailing envelope 6 x 10cm
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Profumo Affair
Three cards individually signed by John Profumo, Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice Davies (Stephen Ward's mistress), two mounted, v.s; with an autograph letter by Lord Denning (best remembered for his inquiry into the Profumo Scandal), replying to an autograph request, one page, 14 September 1988 (4) the largest card 11.5 x 16cm
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Reagan (Ronald)
Black and white photograph of Ronald Reagan at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles for the First Annual Nancy Reagan Tennis Tournament, signed in blue felt tip on a light portion of the image, typed caption and a Vinnie Zuffante/Star File Photo credit stamp to the verso, 10 x 8".
PROVENANCE: RR Auction, March 2021, Item no. 141 20.5 x 25.5cm
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Rice-Davies (Mandy)
Vintage black and white photograph of the British model in a naked pose, signed on the verso "Very best wishes from Mandy Rice-Davies", severe creasing and handling wear, silvering, some discolouration due to tape, 7 x 4.5" approx
***Rice-Davies was associated with Christine Keeler and a central figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963. 9 x 11cm
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Roberts (Frederick, 1st Earl Roberts)
Exceptionally large photograph of the British field marshal in a three-quarter length pose, signed by Roberts in ink below the image, early silver print, warm toned, some surface marks, irregularly trimmed along margins, mounted, 50 x 34cm; together with: an autograph letter signed ("Roberts") to an unidentified female recipient, reading in part "I am very pleased to think that you found my 'Forty-nine Years in India' sufficiently interesting t prompt you to write such a pretty little story founded on my reference to the fair haired drummer boy of the 93rd Highlanders", two pages, integral blank, light yellowing, 8vo, The Royal Hospital, Dublin, 10 December 1897; a clipped signature and an album page featuring Roberts ink signature, v.s. (4) the largest item 50 x 34cm
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Rockingham (Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of)
Printed document on vellum, signed ("Rockingham") in his capacity as Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of the County of York, appointing Richard Burton as a Deputy Lieutenant, one page, folding marks, red wax seal on cloth next to signature, folio, 24 June 1762 38 x 31cm
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Rosebery (Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of)
Autograph letter signed with his initials, to William Mckay in Glasgow, reading in part "What can I say to your note received this morning? It is heartbreaking. I can only hope most fervently that this sorrow may pass from you, for man is hardly made to bear such weights. I cannot now write about my plans. I have been trying to find the most convenient day, and have been wishful to ask you if it would not be well that I should pass tonight in Glasgow. But I do not think it possible that I should come to you while this shadow ...over you", two pages, integral blank, folding marks, 8vo, Dalmeny Park, Edinburgh, 10 December 1888; with original mailing envelope
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Russell (John)
Group of five autograph letters signed ("Russell"), all addressed to the Rev. Gilbert Elliott, Dean of Bristol from 1850 to his death. One reads in part "Ribblesdale is not yet arrived from Fifield, but I expect he will be here shortly. He shall be with you on the 29th. John Bolters (?) has been for some time at Fifield with him, and I have been asked to forward you, in order to find out whether you could make it convenient to add John Bolters to your party", four pages, 20 June 1846, with original mailing envelope, with Russell's signature. The other four letters are addressed to Gilbert Elliott after his appointment as Dean and discuss arrangements to meet him in Bristol, 27 August- 5 October 1954, one letter with a missing page (5)
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Sanders (Colonel Harland)
Glossy black and white photograph of the KFC founder with a fan, signed and inscribed in black ink "Hi Johnie, you are my star. I hope to be with you again soon, Sincerely Col. Harland Sanders, 6/7/73 ", some creasing across the image and to corners, 10 x 8".
***Accompanied by a full Letter of Authenticity issued by JSA (YY12530) 20.5 x 25.5cm
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Sanders (Colonel Harland)
Glossy black and white photograph of the KFC founder in his trademark white suit, signed and inscribed in black ink "To The Steckler Family with every good wish, Sincerely Col. Harland Sanders ", very light smudge, 10 x 8".
***Accompanied by a full Letter of Authenticity issued by JSA (XX59780) 20.5 x 25.5cm
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Scott (Robert Falcon)
Autograph letter signed ("Robert F. Scott") to his agent, Gerald Christy, about the fees due to him "I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your account and your cheque for £105.17.8 in discharge of the balance. I am obliged for the prompt settlement", two pages, light wear due to tape removal along the central fold, folding marks, 8vo, Ashdown Forest Hotel, Forest Row, 4 March n.d. [but 1905]
***Scott had returned from the Discovery Expedition to Antarctica in September 1904. The adventure captured public imagination and Scott became a popular hero. For more than a year he was occupied with public receptions, lectures and the writing of the expedition record, The Voyage of the Discovery. Gerald Christy (1865-1944) was the head of the Lecture Agency Ltd. based in The Strand in London. He was held in great esteem by his clients, who also included Churchill, Shackleton and Amundsen. On the occasion of his marriage in 1908, they presented him with a rose bowl and an album of signatures.
The sum received by Scott equates to about £14,000 today.
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Shovell (Cloudesley)
Official document issued by the Admiralty to Captain Robert Fairfax, Commander of Her Majesty's Ship the Barfleur and Commander in Chief in the Rivers of Thames and Medway", ordering him "to receive onbord thirthy tons of Her Majesty's Jinn and to order the Commander of the Royal Soveraigne to receive onbord her the like quantity and you are respectively to deliver the same", signed by David Mitchell, George Churchill, and Cloudesley Shovell, one page a few losses toughing the first line of the letter, age-related discolouration, folio, Admiralty Offices, 6 March 1705/06.
***Cloudesley Shovell entered the Navy in 1664. He was promoted lieutenant in 1673 and went to the Mediterranean, where he distinguished himself commanding boats that destroyed shipping in Tripoli harbour in 1675. Promoted captain in 1677, he remained in the Mediterranean until 1686. Shovel was knighted for his service at the Battle of Bantry Bay in 1689 and was significantly involved in the Battle of Barfleur in 1692. He assisted Sir George Rooke in the capture of Gibraltar in 1704 and, as commander-in-chief, captured Barcelona the following year. After the attack on Toulon in 1707 he sailed for home. His ship, the 98-gun ‘Association’ and three others were wrecked on the Scilly Isles. 30 x 18.5cm
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Smith (Ian)
The Great Betrayal , First Edition, signed by Ian Smith to title page, some foxing to page edges, pictorial dust-jacket, minor wear, 4to, Blake, 1997
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Stanley (Henry Morton)
Ink signature ('Yours truly, Henry M. Stanley') clipped from the close of a letter, mounted together with a photograph of the American explorer and journalist f amous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for David Livingstone, mounted for display, 31.5 x 22cm. 31.5 x 22cm.
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Thatcher (Margaret)
Glossy black and white photograph of Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for Education and Science, sitting next to Sir Leslie Scarman and Dr. Edith Young during a meeting of the Women's National Commission, 23 February 1972, signed by Thatcher in black marker along the lower margin, some creasing and surface marks, closed tear to right margin, caption on verso, 6.5 x 8" 16.5 x 22cm
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Thatcher (Margaret)
The Downing Street Years , First Edition, signed by Thatcher on preliminary page, price-clipped dust-jacket with folding mark to front lap, some discolouration. hardback, 4to, Harper Collins, 1993
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Thatcher (Margaret)
Colour photograph of Thatcher in the late 1970s, signed in blue felt tip near the top margin, light glue residue to the verso and handling wear to the upper margin, 6.8 x 4.7"; with a typed letter from Mrs Thatcher's secretary, 4 April 1978 (2) 17.5 x 12cm
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Thatcher (Margaret)
Glossy colour head and shoulders photograph of Margaret Thatcher, signed by the former Prime Minister in blue ink above the lower margin, 10 x 8". 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
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Thatcher (Margaret) & Others
Souvenir menu for the Conservative 1959 Club dinner in honour of Margaret & Denis Thatcher, 5 November 1975, signed by Margaret and Denis Thatcher on the front page, additionally signed on internal pages by Fergus Montgomery, Martin McLaren, Philip Holland, William Clark, John Wells, Peter Tapsell, Gordon Campbell and other Conservative politicians, some yellowing and discolouration consistent with age, 8vo. 19.6 x 12.7cm.
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Titanic Interest.- George Widener
Stock certificate for 40 shares in the Philadelphia Traction Company, signed by the Titanic passenger ('Geo. D. Widener ') in his capacity as president, one page, cancellation dockets touching the signature, light yellowing, 14 June 1907.
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Travellers & Explorers
Group of signatures by prominent travellers and explorers, comprising: Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Wally Herbert, Steve Fossett, John Fairfax and Robin Knox-Johnston, attractively mounted together for display, overall size 20 x 12.5" 50 x 32cm
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Venizelos (Eleftherios)
Autograph letter signed ("E.K. Venizelos"), in English, reading "Dear Countess, I have much pleasure in sending you my modest contribution for the endowment of a bed in perpetuation of the memory of the late Sir John Williams", one page, integral blank, £10 annotated in red pencil, folding marks, 4to, 22 Rue Beaujon, Paris, 24 March 1927 20.5 x 16cm
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Walpole (Robert)
Letter signed ("R. Walpole") to an unidentified recipient, reading "I am engaged all this day and go out of town tomorrow. If Monday or Friday at IIX in the evening be a convenient time, let me know ...and I will not fail to be ready to receive you", one page, integral blank, folding marks, 4to, n.p., Friday morning, n.d. 23 x 18cm
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Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of)
Autograph letter in third person, written when he was Constable of the Tower of London, reading "The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mrs Henbooker. He has received her note of the 12th this day at 7pm. Her application should have been made to the officer commanding in the Tower to whom the Duke has referred it...The Constable of the Tower has no jurisdiction over the officers of the Ordnance therein stationed on duty nor have his officers", two pages, integral blank, light yellowing, minor splitting along mark on the right margin, 8vo, Tower of London, 26 June 1847.
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Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of)
Autograph letter signed ("Wellington") to Lord Talbot, reading in part "Mr Peel has sent me a letter which you have written to him, expressing a wish that provisions should be made for Mr Lycett, an officer of the Navy" and asking for more details about Mr Lycett, two pages, integral blank, folding marks, 8vo, London, 2 August 1828; with another note in Wellington's hand, 19 August 1848 (2)
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Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of)
Envelope addressed to "The Lord Mahon, Bedford" in Wellington's hand, marked "Private" and signed with his initial, unbroken black wax seal, mounted for display, overall size 48 x 28cm. 48 x 28cm
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Zaghloul (Saad)
Autograph letter signed (" Saad Zaghloul") to Mr Greech, reading "I should be glad if you would let me have a sum of 3000 three thousand rupees out of my account", one page, folding marks, losses to upper margin, upper right corner and margin, a few light losses to text due to ink corrosion, creasing and closed tears to margins, 4to, [Seychelles] 7 May 1922; together with a printed portrait of Zaghloul (2)
***Saad Zaghloul was an Egyptian statesman and patriot, leader of the Wafd party and of the nationalist movement of 1918–19, which led Britain to give Egypt nominal independence in 1922. He was briefly prime minister in 1924. Letters by him are exceedingly scarce on the market. 26 x 20.5cm.
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Abd al-Ilah of Iraq
Autograph letter signed ("Ab by Prince Abd al-Ilah of Iraq to Miss Juanita Forbes, reading "I think all my excuses will have no effect on you for having not written to you since I left England. I must say I have been extremely busy with my own affairs and the Government, then came the President of the Lebanon to pay Iraq a visit. Now that Christmas is very near I said to myself, I must sit and write you a few lines. So may I wish you a very happy Christmas and a joyful New Year. I wrote to Alan a short time ago asking him to come over as my guest for some time and ask you to come with him. I wonder whether he has talked to you about it or not! I will be very happy if you could manage to accompany him if he comes or you could come alone or with some other friend. I am looking forward to hearing from you. So far I did nothing in the way of amusement. I only hunted once and went shooting a few times. I will be doing more shooting next month. How are you, what are you doing? Is the winter very hard this year? We are having a very mild one this year. Hoping to hear from you very soon", two pages, folding marks, embossed gilt crown to front page, 4to, Baghdad, 19 December 1947, with original mailing envelope. 24 x 17.5cm
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Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge
Group of letters by Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, including: two letters in the third person expressing his regret for not being able to meet the recipients, Cambridge, 29 December 1838 and 20 July 1846; one letter signed ("Adolphus") admitting Lady Ward and her party to a concert's rehearsal, 19 May 1842; one letter signed ("Adolphus"), reading in part "I have to acknowledge the receipt of your note which has just reached me and to express my regret at the trouble you have had concerning the Bible I mentioned to you. Of course, as you have a better illustrated copy of the Bible at the museum, it would be money thrown away if it were to be purchased and, had I been aware of this, I should certainly not trouble you with my first note, Cambridge, 6 March 1847; and another one; seven pages in total, al 8vo (5)
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Anne, Princess Royal
Ink signature ("Anne, 1994") attractively mounted together with a colour photograph of the Princess, framed and glazed, 21.5 x 21.6" approx 54 x 55cm approx
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Anne, Princess Royal
A unique archive of ephemera related to young Princess Anne and her time in Brownies, comprising: a Christmas card from young Anne to Miss Mary Millican ("Brown Owl"), a ticket admitting Miss Millican to Buckingham Palace, 13 December 1960, two letters to Miss Millican from members of Anne's staff, newspaper clippings and an original blanket embroidered "1st Buckingham Palace Brownie Pack", with clippings and photographs on cards affixed to the blanket, vs. (small quantity)
PROVENANCE: The collection of Miss Mary Millican
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Antin (Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Duc d')
Letter signed ("le duc d'Antin") to an unknown but clearly prominent courtier, referencing the Comtesse de Toulouse, and asking the recipient to remember him to the King (Louis XV), stating that he was angry to be leaving for his regiment without having had the opportunity of leave, one page, 4to, Paris, 24 February 1744, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 13.7 x 11.4".
***Born at Versailles, he was the only son of the Duke of Antin and through his father he was descended from the house of Pardaillan de Gondrin, His paternal great-grandmother was Madame de Montespan. 35 x 29cm
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Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
Royal Christmas card from 1977, inscribed to Mr Paul and signed by Prince Charles below printed greetings, mounted black and white photograph of the young Prince of Wales at Balmoral, gilt emblem, light handling wear, 18 x 24cm when open. 18 x 24cm
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Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
Royal Christmas card from 1980, inscribed to Colonel and Mrs Robertson and signed by Prince Charles below printed greetings, mounted colour photograph of Charles in a carriage with the Queen Mother , embossed gilt emblem, light foxing, 12 x 26.5cm when open; with original mailing envelope.
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Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
Royal Christmas card from 1993, 1994 and 1995, autopen signed by Prince Charles below printed greetings, mounted colour photograph of Charles posing with his young sons Prince William and Prince Harry, embossed gilt emblem, v.s., two cards with original mailing envelopes (3)
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Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
Royal Christmas card from 1996, inscribed "To you both" and signed by Prince Charles below printed greetings, mounted colour photograph of Charles with Prince William and Prince Harry in Scotland, embossed gilt emblem, 15 x 40cm when open, with original mailing envelope
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