MARRYAT
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (Frederick, 1792-1848, Captain & Novelist, Author of ‘Peter Simple’ & ‘Midshipman Easy’)
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saying that he will "have great pleasure in dining with you on Thursday next at 7 o'clock.", 1 side small 8vo., 8 Duke Street, St James, Tuesday, no date Captain Marryat had turned to writing in 1829, a year before he resigned his command. Based on his own exciting and gallant experiences, The Naval Officer took the public by storm. Further novels appeared in The Metropolitan, including Mr Midshipman Easy, but after living and travelling abroad, 1836-1839, Marryat longed for a commission without success. He kept on writing, turning to children's books, beginning with Masterman Ready.(1841) and including The Children of the New Forest (1847).
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Autograph Letter Signed “Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt” to “Dear Madam” (Jenny (Goldschmidt), 1820-1887, Singer, ‘The Swedish Nightingale’)
LIND saying that she has "through Mrs Schwabe, received your kind invitation for the 18th inst and in thanking you for having thus kindly thought of me and my husband, I beg to say that we shall be happy to accept your kind invitation." 2 sides 8vo., Oak Lea, Wimbledon Park, 10th February no year, postmarked Johanna Maria Lind was a Swedish opera singer, often called the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the United States beginning in 1850. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music from 1840. She became famous after her performance in Der Freischütz in Sweden in 1838. Within a few years, she had suffered vocal damage, but the singing teacher Manuel García saved her voice. She was in great demand in opera roles throughout Sweden and northern Europe during the 1840s, and was closely associated with Felix Mendelssohn. After two acclaimed seasons in London, she announced her retirement from opera at the age of 29. Her husband Otto Goldschmidt made an endowment of an infirmary for children in her honour in Norwich. It is perpetuated in its present form as the Jenny Lind Children's Hospital of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. There is a Jenny Lind Park in the same city.- $534
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Fine Letter Signed, in French with translation, as Duke of Orleans, with autograph subscription, to “His Majesty, the King of the Two Sicilies and Naples” (D’Orleans, 1773-1850, King of the French from 1830-1848, the July Monarchy)
LOUIS PHILIPPE I saying that the "Prince of Castelcicala gave me the letter that Your Majesty did me the honour of writing to me on January 5th. I can only respond by expressing my deep sorrow for the overwhelming loss we have made of the late King Your August Father. Very grateful for the kindness with which Your Majesty is willing to announce this fatal event to me and for all the affection that He deigns to show me, I beg Him to accept my respectful congratulations on his accession to the Throne, as well as the tribute of my respect, my unwavering attachment and my wishes for the prosperity of his Reign. Sire, I am the very humble and very obedient Servant and Brother-in-law of Your Majesty.", 2 sides 4to., with original autograph envelope with seal, Paris, 11th February After the abdication of Napoleon, Louis Philippe, known as Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, returned to France during the reign of his cousin Louis XVIII, at the time of the Bourbon Restoration. Louis Philippe had reconciled the Orléans family with Louis XVIII in exile, and was once more to be found in the elaborate royal court. However, his resentment at the treatment of his family, the cadet branch of the House of Bourbon under the Ancien Régime, caused friction between him and Louis XVIII, and he openly sided with the liberal opposition. FERDINAND I (1751-1825, King of the Two Sicilies) was deposed twice from the throne of Naples: once by the revolutionary Parthenopean Republic for six months in 1799, and again by a French invasion in 1806, before being restored in 1815 at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. He was succeeded by his son FRANCIS I (1777-1830). At the death of his older brother Carlo, Duke of Calabria in 1778, Francis became the heir-apparent to the thrones of Naples and Sicily with the title Duke of Calabria, the traditional title of the heir apparent to the Neapolitan throne. Transcription Sire, Le Prince de Castelcicala m'a remis la lettre que Votre Majesté m'a fait l'honneur de m'écrire le 5 janvier dernier. Je ne puis y répondre que par l'expression de ma profonde douleur pour la perte accablante que nous avons faite du feu Roi Votre Auguste Père. Bien reconnaissant de la bonté avec laquelle Votre Majesté veut bien m'annoncer ce funeste événement et de toute l'affection qu'Elle daigne me témoigner, je La supplie d'agréer mes respectueuses félicitations sur son avènement au Trône, ainsi que l'hommage de mon respect, de mon inébranlable attachement et de mes vux pour la prospérité de son Règne. Je suis, Sire, de Votre Majesté, le très humble et très obéissant Serviteur et Beau-frère, Louis Philippe D'Orléans. Paris, ce 11 février 1825 Translation Sire, The Prince of Castelcicala gave me the letter that Your Majesty did me the honour of writing to me on January 5th. I can only respond by expressing my deep sorrow for the overwhelming loss we have made of the late King Your August Father. Very grateful for the kindness with which Your Majesty is willing to announce this fatal event to me and for all the affection that He deigns to show me, I beg Him to accept my respectful congratulations on his accession to the Throne, as well as the tribute of my respect, my unwavering attachment and my wishes for the prosperity of his Reign. Sire, I am the very humble and very obedient Servant and Brother-in-law of Your Majesty, Louis Philippe D'Orléans. Paris, February 11, 1825- $1,183
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Autograph letter signed to “dear Baroness” (Teresa of Naples and Sicily, 1782-1866, 6th daughter of Ferdinand IV and I of Naples, Queen of Louis Philippe I of France)
MARIA AMALIA in Italian with translation, saying that she has "received your two letters. from which I noted with pain your current position, and this pain is even greater for me because I am unable to assist you as you wish. I didn't answer you before because it was repugnant to my heart to tell you, but the fear that you might interpret my silence differently has given me courage and I ask you to be persuaded that if I cannot fulfil your wishes, my feelings for you have not changed because of this.", 2 sides 8vo., St. Cloud, 15th September Among her grandchildren were the monarchs Leopold II of Belgium, Empress Carlota of Mexico, with whom Maria Amalia regularly corresponded while she was in Mexico, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, and Queen Mercedes of Spain. Transcription Saint Cloud li 25 settembre 1840 Ho ricevuto le vostre due lettere mia cara Baronessa dalle quali ho rilevato con pena la vostra attuale posizione, e questa pena è ancora per me maggiore perché mi vedo nell'impossibilità di assistervi come desiderate. Non vi ho risposto prima perché ripugnava al mio cuore di dirvelo, ma il timore che potreste interpretare diversamente il mio silenzio mi ha dato coraggio e vi prego di essere persuasa che se non posso adempire i vostri desideri non per questo sono cambiati i sentimenti per Voi della vostra ben affezionata Maria Amalia Translation Saint Cloud, September 25, 1840 I received your two letters, my dear Baroness, from which I noted with pain your current position, and this pain is even greater for me because I am unable to assist you as you wish. I didn't answer you before because it was repugnant to my heart to tell you, but the fear that you might interpret my silence differently has given me courage and I ask you to be persuaded that if I cannot fulfil your wishes, my feelings for you have not changed because of this. yours affectionately. Maria Amalia- $420
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Typed Letter Signed to the Frederick Staerck, (Ethel, 1900-1984, Travel Writer and Novelist)
MANNIN thanking him for his letter and saying she is "glad you like ENGLAND MY ADVENTURE - a number of people seem to have done so, and to have liked it more than the previous two England books, ENGLAND FOR A CHANGE (1968) and ENGLAND AT LARGE (1970). I think perhaps the relating of places to people, as in the third book, does make it more interesting. My publishers would like me to do yet another book of this kind, this time going north of the Border, but though I like the Border country I don't think I will, as being now old, I find all the travelling involved very tiring. And three is anyhow a nice round number, and completes a trilogy! As does the novel I had out on the day you wrote, MISSION TO BEIRUT, the third of the novels with Middle East background which began with THE MIDNIGHT STREET. based on the life and death of Gen. Qassim of Iraq and to which FREE PASS TO NOWHERE (1970) was a kind of sequel. I will write no more novels, now, with a Middle East setting. there was a novel with a mainly North West Frontier of India (now Pakistan) setting, THE CURIOUS ADVENTURE OF MAJOR FOSDICK. For the setting of the 1974 novel I am at present working on I've gone to an island off the West coast of Scotland." ending with a note about the origin of her and her correspondent's surnames, 1 side 4to., Oak Cottage, 27 Burghley Road headed paper, 3rd March- $191
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Fine Document signed by all three Commissioners, addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury (Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, 1st British Prime Minister), Thomas (‘Penny’) WINNINGTON (1696-1746, Politician, served at the Treasury from 1736) and Giles EARLE (circa 1678-1758, Lord of the Treasury, Colonel and M.P., Chairman of Committees of Elections 1727-1741, wit and boon companion of Walpole)
WALPOLE ordering that "you deliver and pay of such His Majesties Treasure as remains in your charge unto Sir Robert Walpole Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, George Dodington Esq, William Lord Sundon and Giles Earle Esq Commissioners for executing the Office of Treasurer of His Majesties Exchequer or their Assigns the sum of two thousand pounds without account for one quarter of a year due at Michaelmas 1737 on their Salary of eight thousand pounds a year and these together with their or their Assigns acquittance shall be your discharge therein.", with a note ordering Sir Charles Turner to pay the Order, with the receipt signed by all three on the verso, witnessed by John Shepherd, no place, 3rd October Although the exact dates of Walpole's dominance, dubbed the "Robinocracy", are a matter of debate, the period 17211742 is generally used. He dominated the WalpoleTownshend ministry, as well as the subsequent Walpole ministry, and holds the record as the longest-serving British prime minister. Soon after Walpole returned to the Cabinet, Britain was swept by a wave of over-enthusiastic speculation which led to the South Sea Bubble. The Government had established a plan whereby the South Sea Company would assume the national debt of Great Britain in exchange for lucrative bonds. It was widely believed that the company would eventually reap an enormous profit through international trade in cloth, agricultural goods, and slaves. Many in the country, including Walpole himself (who sold at the top of the market and made 1,000 per cent profit), frenziedly invested in the company. By the latter part of 1720, however, the company had begun to collapse as the price of its shares plunged. In 1721 a committee investigated the scandal, finding that there was corruption on the part of many in the Cabinet. Following the scandal the resignation of Sunderland and the death of Stanhope in 1721 left Walpole as the most important figure in the administration. On 3rd April 1721 he was appointed First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons.- $878
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Fine unsigned Royal Cabinet photo by T. H. Voigt, (1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, wife of Frederick III, eldest child of Queen Victoria & mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II)]
[VICTORIA showing her full length, standing holding a fan, wearing semi-mourning dress, 8½" x 5½", Homburg, no date but circa The Photographer Thomas Heinrich VOIGT w1839-1888) was a German Artist and Photographer and teh son of Johan Friedrich (1792-1871) the Court Drawing Master for the House of Hesse-Homburg. The Voigt Studio was located in Bad Homburg. The Studio was Specially Appointed as royal photographers for The Emperor and King of Prussia, The King of Spain, The Prince of Wales, The King of Serbia, The Queen of England and India, as well as others. After the death of T.H. Voigt in 1888, his second wife Louise, remarried Mr. Hatzig, and they continued to run the studio into the 1900's, even expanding to a second location in Frankfurt.- $382
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Fine unsigned cabinet photo by Angerer in Wien, Thereianumgasse 4, (1858-1889, Crown Prince of Austria who shot himself at Meyerling)]
[RUDOLF showing him head and shoulders in uniform in an oval, 6½" x 4½", no place, Vienna, circa The young Prince's excesses with women were numerous and it was decided to marry him to a suitable Catholic Princess. He married the daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and treated her appallingly. He soon slipped back into his bachelor habits and met the beautiful Baroness Marie Vetsera, whom he shot before killing himself on 30th January 1889. This enormous scandal rocked Imperial Vienna. Empress Zeita of Austria, who died in 1989 always claimed that Rudolf had in fact been murdered. Victor ANGERER (1839-1894) and his brother Ludwig Mária Mauritius ANGERER (1827-1879) were among the most important Viennese photographers of the 19th century, along with Emil Rabending and Josef Löwy. Ludwig was Franz Joseph I's court photographer, and introduced and popularised carte de visite photography in Vienna. For his work Angerer received medals in London (1862), Berlin (1865), and Paris (1867). He founded his first photo studio in 1858, together with Hugo von Strassern on Feldgasse 264, later renamed to Theresianumgasse 4, which is the address on this photo.- $420
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Fine Signature and date on a card (Sir Edwin Landseer, 1869-1944, Architect, R.A.)
LUTYENS 3¾" x 2", no place, 1st March Lutyens is known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials, most notably the Cenotaph, and public buildings. The architectural historian Gavin Stamp described him as "surely the greatest British architect of the twentieth (or of any other) century". Lutyens played an instrumental role in designing and building New Delhi which would later on serve as the seat of the Government of India. In recognition of his contribution, New Delhi is also known as "Lutyens Delhi". He also designed Viceroy's House, which is now known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In 1924 he completed the supervision of the construction of what is perhaps his most popular design: Queen Mary's Dolls' House. This four-storey Palladian villa was built in 1/12 scale and is now a permanent exhibit in the public area of Windsor Castle. It was not conceived or built as a plaything for children; its goal was to exhibit the finest British craftsmanship of the period.- $221
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Fine large Vintage photo signed and inscribed (Harold Clayton, 1893-1971, American Comedian, Actor and Stunt Performer who appeared in many Silent Films)
LLOYD "To Louis B. Frewer with best wishes" in white ink on a photo of Lloyd with his wife Mildred DAVIS (1901-1969, Actress) showing them three quarters length standing by a train, she is wearing a fur coat and a hat, 9" x 7½", London, 7th October On February 10th 1923, Davis married Lloyd. After marrying, Lloyd announced that Davis would not appear in any more motion pictures. After much persuasion by Davis (and much grief) she received Lloyd's consent for her return to the screen in Too Many Crooks, which Lloyd produced through his production company. It was the only acting role she undertook after their marriage. The Lloyd family visited Europe in 1932 and this image is from that trip and shows them arriving at Victoria Station in London.- $2,290
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Autograph Letter Signed “Montgomery of Alamein” to Mrs Grotrian, (Viscount of Alamein, Bernard Law, 1887-1976, Field Marshal)
MONTGOMERY saying that he has himself "only one copy of 'Old Age' written by my father. I would have no objection of any sort if you with to have it re-printed.", 1 side 8vp. Alton, Isington Mill, Hampshire, 6th November together with a fine copy of the booklet by Bishop Montgomery with his photo by Lafayette on the front, 8vo., the letter- $229
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Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Dixson (John, 1878-1967, Poet Laureate)
MASEFIELD thanking him for his letter and telling him that "after the 1st of June I shall be free to see you here almost any afternoon between 4 & 5 and shall be delighted if you will come up." 1 side A4, "The Hill Players" headed paper with a Woodcut Vignette at the head showing the players on the hill, Boar's Hill, no date John Masefield and Penelope Wheeler created the "Boars Hill Players" to perform Greek drama in Oxford with links to the London Stage.- $191
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Fine Document boldly signed ‘Rudolf’ in German with translation, “to the Imperial and Royal Command of the 17th Infantry Brigade Staff” (Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, 1858-1889, committed suicide at Mayerling)
RUDOLF relating to the General Command instructing them "about the thick report of the 54th Vitclar-Jnsti luth Oberleeutenat Alnten Wosseley to the higher General Command. Report on June 21, 1882.", 1 side folio, no place, 21st June Pausinger was one of Rudolf's closest friends outside family and court. Rudolf is said to have confided to Pausinger six years before at Görgény that he would not succeed to the throne and he was nearly killed by a bear there in 1885. It is not clear that the proposed expedition took place. Rudolf's alienation from his father was increasing, as were the criticisms of him in the foreign press, and he would have loved to have got away. However, the next Saturday, 3rd November, his cousin Countess Larisch made the fateful introduction with Baronesse Mary Vetsera, (1871-1889), whom he had observed at the races in April, and whom the Prince of Wales had pointed out at the opera on 14th October. They met again on the 10th. In the middle of November the doctor advised a change and Rudolf and his wife and child had a fortnight in the Adriatic from 27th December. On their return the fatal attraction grew apace and by 30th January Rudolf and Marie were dead. An exceptionally rare autograph. Transcription "Est ist über die dieckte Verlage des Berichtes res. at. 54 über den Vitclar-Jnsti luth Oberleeutenant Alnten Wosseley an dachtel General-Kommando anher zu berichten. Frag am 21. Juni 1882." "An das k.k. Kommando der 17ten Infanterie Brigade Stab." In English: It is about the thick report of the 54th Vitclar-Jnsti luth Oberleeutenat Alnten Wosseley to the higher General Command. Report on June 21, 1882. To the Imperial and Royal Command of the 17th Infantry Brigade Staff.- $1,908
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Second Page of a Typed letter signed to an unnamed correspondent, (Alfred, 1854-1925, K.G., High Commissioner for South Africa and Colonial Secretary, 1st Viscount)
MILNER saying that he does "not think its 'hanging up' for a month or two, till it can be considered on its merits and apart from the heat and false issues which are inevitably introduced when it is made the fighting ground of party, will do any harm. Let me congratulate you on the very successful reception accorded to Mr Chamberlain in Natal, which has made the most favourable impression upon him, and will, I think, exercise a good effect on our political condition generally.", 1 side A4, no place, no date, circa From 26th December 1902 to 25th February 1903, Neville Chamberlain was on a South African tour, seeking to promote Anglo-Afrikaner conciliation and integration into the British Empire. In Natal, Chamberlain was given a rapturous welcome. In the former Transvaal, he met Boer leaders who were attempting unsuccessfully to alter the peace terms. The reception given to Chamberlain in the former Orange Free State, (at the time renamed the Orange River Colony) was surprisingly friendly. During his visit, Chamberlain became convinced that the Boer territories required a period of government by the British crown before being granted self-governance within the empire.- $420
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Extraordinarily long Autograph Letter Signed ‘Margaret’ to Edwin GRANBERRY (Margaret Munnerlyn, 1900-1949, American Novelist and Journalist, Author of ‘Gone with the Wind’)
MITCHELL (1897-1988, American Writer, Novelist and Translator) on a variety of subjects starting by telling him that her husband had "gone North for an advertising convention and I decided to come home because we never like to have both of us out of town at the same time when Father's health is so precarious. Time and again I sat down to write to you but I have been so rushed and weary of spirit that I did not wish to inflict a dull letter upon you. When one member of a famiyl is seriously ill over a long period the world contracts for the rest. so my life during the last year has been spent between hospital, Red Cross and home. I went to Smith for my college reunion and for visits with friends in Boston and New York. It did me a world of good, only it 'onsettled me in my mind' and made me yearn to go on visiting and traveling. But I just can't get away. Father seems so much weaker. When we have company, we put them up at the Biltmore, which is the closest hotel to us. I wish you would think over this invitation and understand that when you stay at the Biltmore you are our guests. I wondered how you were doing. I wanted to know about the play. I never did know whether you finished it. and try it out on the Lunts. On of their good friends, a well known author, told me recently that the Lunts had a never-ending problem of finding the right kind of play. I have always felt that your play would be marvelous for them. the tone of the play was so right, as it dealt with the completely normal emotions of adults. In these days, there are not too many books or plays about middle aged men and women with almost grown children. The few I know about deal somewhat unhealthily with rather devious minds, whereas you are able to portray mature emotions, frankly passionate, if one must come out flatfootedly and frankly clean. I never like to put my oar in on someone else's business, so, if the following suggestion does not appeal to you, just say no and no harm will be done. I do not claim to know the Lunts intimately. I have seen them perhaps four times and they have had dinner with us. if you'd like me to write them about the play and ask them if they'd like to see it, I'd be happy indeed to do this. I wish it were possible for you to have a year off in which to work at the job you are really fitted for. When I was in New York, I saw my friend Lois Cole, at the Macmillan Company. She had the only news of Herschel any of us have had since he went to Columbia, South America. Several months ago she had a letter. asking her to send him a number of books which were collections of American short stories. He wishes to select from all the volumes enough short stories to make one volume and translate them into Spanish - perhaps like the O'Brien or O'Henry collections. I had dinner with the Dowdeys in New York and they asked if I had seen you and lamented that Clifford was having such a time with his eyes. Clifford is desperately trying to get into the army, bad eyes or no, but he is half through a novel and feels that he should finish it before enlisting. He told me that Kenneth Littauer had been in the air force for a number of months and was now at some field in Mississippi. He is, of course, over age for flying, so I suppose he is doing ground service. Marjorie Rawlings and Norton Baskin were here a month or so ago. Marjorie was speaking as one of a series of lectures, for the benefit of the Red Cross. Vincent Sheean was another speaker. We had the Baskins and Sheean for a quite supper in between a cocktail party and Mr Sheean's lecture. The brief meeting showed him an attractive and interesting person. He's now in the army. you'd find him entertaining. People in New York and Boston have at last gotten the idea that we are in a war. Both cities are dim and are crowded with uniforms of every service. It's queer to see Australian airmen on the streets and soldiers in Dutch and Norwegian uniforms, and I saw uniforms belonging to God know what country. I am sure entire crews of German submarines could parade on Fifth Avenue and no one would pay them any mind, and they would doubtless think them part of the Coast Guard. In connection with Civilian Defense, let me present to you Mr and Mrs John R. Marsh, respectively Sector Warden and Deputy Sector Warden. John has five blocks under his care, and it would be just my luck to have an air raid tonight when he is out of town and I am in charge. It is incredible how much time and paper work is involved in Civilian Defence, and how much confusion and worry. Just about the time you get a warden broken in, the army snatches him off.I think we will end up by having Civilian Defence completely operated by women." and ends by repeating her invitation for them to visit, 3 sides 4to., Margaret Mitchell headed paper, Atlanta, Georgia, 24th June Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind, for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937. Long after her death, a collection of Mitchell's girlhood writings and a novella she wrote as a teenager, titled Lost Laysen, were published. A collection of newspaper articles written by Mitchell for The Atlanta Journal was republished in book form. Mitchell was struck and killed by a speeding drunk driver in 1949. Granberry became an English professor at Rollins College in 1933. Granberry was a reviewer (for The New York Sun) of Gone with the Wind, which he compared favourably to War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Later, Granberry and his wife, Mabel, became friends with Mitchell. In 1932, Granberry won the O. Henry Award for Best Short Short Story. Alfred LUNT (1892-1977) was an American actor and director, best known for his long stage partnership with his wife, Lynn FONTANNE (1887-1983), from the 1920s to 1960, co-starring in Broadway and West End productions. Col. Kenneth Proctor LITTAUER (1894-1968)- $2,671
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Fine Black and White Signed Photo (Valentina Vladimirovna, born 1937, Member of the Russian State Duma and Soviet Cosmonaut, the first woman in Space)
TERESHKOVA showing her head and shoulders in her Cosmonaut's helmet, 6½" x 4½", together with an accompanying Typed letter Signed from E. Markosova, Assistant President of the Soviet Women's Committee, to Mr David Milner in Yorkshire sending him "an autographed photo of the world's first and only woman-cosmonaut.", 1 side A4, 6 Rue Nemirovitch, Dantchenko, 30th September She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16th June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. She was the youngest woman to fly in space until 2023 when Anastatia Mayers flew on Galactic 02 at the age of 18. Since Mayers flew a suborbital mission, Tereshkova remains the youngest woman to fly in Earth orbit. The Antifascist Committee of Soviet Women also known as the Committee of Soviet Women, was a state women's organisation in Soviet Russia, founded in 1941. It was renamed to Committee of Soviet Women in 1956. It was a state organisation and a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Tereshkova was the President of the Committee at the time.- $572
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Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Emaund [?] (Leopold de, 1845-1917, Banker, Race Horse Breeder and member of the Rothschild Family)
ROTHSCHILD thanking him for his "kindness in sending me the cutting. I had already recd your letter & thought it quite excellent, but what will please you far more is that Lord Rothschild entirely approved of everything you had written.", 2 sides 8vo.,New Court, 31st January New Court (also known as The Rothschild Headquarters) is a collection of proximate buildings in London having served as the global headquarters of the Rothschild investment bank since 1809. The current building is the fourth incarnation of the Rothschild offices at the same street address. Leopold de Rothschild was the third son and youngest of the five children of Lionel de Rothschild. An avid sportsman, he established Southcourt Stud in Southcote, Bedfordshire. He assembled a stable of some of the best thoroughbreds in Europe, his horses winning a number of prestigious races including The Derby, St. Leger Stakes and the 2,000 Guineas. In the Epsom Derby of 1879 and 1904, his own horses got the cup.- $229
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Fine Typed Letter Signed ‘Yehudi’ to Dr Camille Honig (Sir Yehudi, 1916-1999, American Violinist and Conductor, 1st Baron)
MENUHIN saying that "no one can possibly take exception to the founding of a Martin Buber Society, but it is quite unrealistic to organise the kind of function you have in mind for the 23rd September: these things simply cannot happen that way. Everyone is already committed. for myself I am up to my eyes and ears in the Commonwealth Arts Festival. Incidentally in the clipping from Time magazine about Buber it is not quite correct to say that he was 'Judaism's first ecumenist, who revered Jesus as much as a Jew might', for actually Constantin Brunner preceded him with his book Unser Christus.", 1 side 4to., Upper Frognal Lodge, Hampstead, 27th October Dr Camille Honig was one of the organisers of the World Jewish Congress and a member of its secretariat. He was a student of Sigmund Freud. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise invited him to America for a lecture tour. He wrote considerably on the psychology of race tensions and on the Jewish communities throughout the world. Martin Buber was an Austrian-Jewish and Israeli Philosopher.- $267
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Autograph Letter Signed to F. B. CHATTERTON (William Charles, 1793-1873, Actor)
MACREADY (Frederick Balsir, 1834-1886, Theatre Manager and Impresario) thanking him "very cordially for your obliging note and enclosed photograph, and beg to assure you that when I visit London, which I am not likely to do very soon, I shall not omit to avail myself of your invitation to call on you.", 2 sides sm. 8vo., with original autograph envelope, postmarked Cheltenham with a Penny Red, 6 Welington Square, Cheltenham, 29th October Chatterton was lessee of the Theatre Royal in London's Drury Lane from 1866 to 1879. He is credited with originating the famous quote, "Shakespeare spelt ruin and Byron bankruptcy".- $267
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Fine Bold Signature with date (David, 1813-1873, Scottish Missionary & Explorer)
LIVINGSTONE on a piece of paper, 5" x 2", no place, 2nd August Livingstone came to have a mythic status that operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags-to-riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of British commercial and colonial expansion. As a result, Livingstone became one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era.- $572
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Fine Typed Letter Signed to the Editor of the International Year Book and Statesmen’s Who’s Who, (Harry S., 1884-1972, 33rd President of the U.S.A.)
TRUMAN saying that "the attached statement on my career is correct and is in the best form I've seen it for any one of these things. Thanks a lot for giving me a chance to approve it.", 1 side A4, Federal Reserve Bank Building headed paper, Kansas City, Missouri, 5th January Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assuming the presidency after Roosevelt's death, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan in the wake of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism.- $725
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Brief Typed Letter Signed with autograph salutation to Dr Harlow (Harold, 1894-1986, Prime Minister, from 1984 1st Earl of Stockton)
MACMILLAN sending him "a cheque for a guinea, as my contribution to the cost of the gift to Professor Coupland.", 1 side 4to., Macmillan & Co. headed paper, St Martin's Street, 12th December On his return to London in 1920 he joined the family publishing firm Macmillan Publishers as a junior partner. In 1936, Harold and his brother Daniel took control of the firm, with the former focusing on the political and non-fiction side of the business. He resigned from the company on appointment to ministerial office in 1940. He resumed working with the firm from 1945 to 1951 when the party was in opposition. He is probably referring to Sir Reginald Coupland (1884-1952) who as an English historian of the British Empire. Between 1920 and 1948, he held the Beit Professorship of Colonial History at the University of Oxford.- $191
- $191
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (Frederick, 1792-1848, Captain & Novelist, Author of ‘Peter Simple’ & ‘Midshipman Easy’): https://rarebookinsider.com/rare-books/autograph-letter-signed-to-an-unnamed-correspondent-frederick-1792-1848-captain-novelist-author-of-peter-simple-midshipman-easy/