Nashville, Battery Press, 1950. A unique copy, containing signed testimonials to the 7th Infantry Division from four two-star and three one-star US generals, including the five Commanding Generals from August 1941 to September 1945. These are Major-General Charles H. White; Major-General Albert Eger Brown; Major-General Charles H. Corlett; Major-General Archibald..... More
A most felicitous pairing at every level. Herschel and Babbage 'met while undergraduates at Cambridge where they both studied mathematics. They remained lifelong friends. Herschel supported Babbage through personal encouragement, service on the Royal Society committees specially convened to advise on the utility of the engines [mechanical computing engines, or..... More
Beecham toured Australia in 1940, and this portrait was presumably produced and signed then. Sir Thomas Beecham, the son of a wealthy industrialist, 'made his debut in 1905. In 1906 he founded the New Symphony Orchestra and in 1910 initiated a series of opera seasons at Covent Garden. The following..... More
![A typed letter signed ('Saul') to Leon [Edel], biographer and editor of Henry James. Saul BELLOW,...](/pictures/thumb/115600_00.jpg?v=1576806059)
'Dear Leon, Thank you for your note. It pleased me greatly, particularly since, as I take you to be a Jamesian through and through, you have probably had to overcome a considerable initial prejudice against so many violations of the good old canons. One can never predict the quarter from..... More
After his conquest of Italy, Napoleon appointed his sister Elisa as ruler of a client state in the north-western part of the peninsula. In this official letter, stamped 'Secret' and written soon after the departure of Napoleon on his ill-fated Russian campaign, Elisa informs the French Minister of War of..... More
Offered with a George Bush 'Vice-President of the United States' tie bar (with seal and facsimile signature). [2 items]. More
Patsy Cline 'is considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century and was one of the first country music artists to successfully crossover into pop music' (Wikipedia). She died at the age of 30 in a private plane crash. More
The verso is inscribed in pencil 'To Joe | Good Luck | Jack Dempsey'. More
The program is from Ellington's first Australian tour in February 1970. He has signed the front cover with 'Good luck' above his signature. The members of his orchestra who have signed the program are Booty Wood (trombone) and Cat Anderson (trumpet), both in pencil on the front cover; Harry Carney..... More
A friendly, chatty letter from Gibbes, thanking the recipient, one Mitch Evans, for a cheque, 'but too much, so am returning $15.00'. The payment would have been for a copy of his autobiography, 'You Live But Once', self-published in 1994. He mentions some of his current health issues: 'my big..... More
The eight-line poem is written on the verso and recto of consecutive leaves in the small autograph book; it is apparently unpublished. 'They've raised the fares by ten percent. | It leaves us in consequence, short of rent. | But if we raise the legal tender, | Be off to..... More
London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1938. The front flyleaf is inscribed by Robert Graves to 'Margaret with love from "The Captain" 1938'. Higginson & Williams A47a. Provenance: Margaret Russell (née Reed), nanny to Jenny, the first child of Robert Graves and Nancy Nicholson, then lifelong friend of Robert Graves; by..... More
London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. This copy contains corrections and alterations to the text in the author's hand on 30 pages. Most of them (on 24 pages) are minor typos or changes from double to single inverted commas. However, in six instances (pages 4, 24, 26, 55, 60 and 82)..... More
Graves has written: 'With much love to dear Leonard who can always count on his friend Robert Graves Feb 3 1937'. Riding writes 'With much love to dear Leonard from Laura, who was born just twenty-five years before him. Laura Riding. February 3, 1937. London'. Following the break-up of their..... More
The illustrations, accompanying the poems 'The Intro', 'Doreen', and 'Hitched' in the book, are each drawn within a pencil border (approximately 130 × 100 mm) on larger sheets of paper. The title is written immediately below the image; at the foot of each sheet of paper the artist has written..... More
Undated, but perhaps the 'Thanks and greetings from H. Hesse' were called for after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
Humboldt remembers with gratitude the assistance rendered by le Duc to himself and his friends and collaborators, [Louis Joseph] Gay-Lussac and [Christian Leopold von] Buch. He hopes that M. Brongniart, 'l'homme célèbre', who wishes to visit Vesuvius and the lava flows of Ischia [a volcanic island near Naples], will be..... More
Three Lords Commissioners to the Admiralty have also signed this exemption 'from being impressed into His Majesty's Service': Lord Charles Spencer, Admiral Sir Francis Holburne, and a very young The Honourable Charles Fox (1749-1806). Foolscap folio, printed recto only with manuscript insertions; creased where folded; in excellent condition. More
![A typed letter signed by Amy Johnson to the Mayor of 'Narracoorte, Q'ld' [sic]. Amy JOHNSON](/pictures/thumb/116854_00.jpg?v=1576541654)
The letter was written while Amy Johnson was touring Australia after she became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. It is a more-or-less routine thank-you to the Mayor for 'your kind telegram of congratulations which I received in Longreach, and for your invitation to visit your..... More
Banksmeadow, Renniks, 2014 (second edition, revised and expanded)/ 2008. The title page is signed and inscribed by Keith Payne VC, and three (of the five) Cross of Valour recipients (Timothy Britten, Allan Sparkes and Darrell Tree). The Cross of Valour is awarded 'only for acts of the most conspicuous courage..... More
One of several portraits of Kitchener taken by Alexander Bassano. Kitchener's decorations indicate that this one was taken after the Sudan campaign but before the Boer War. Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. More
First, an autograph letter signed by Yaltah Menuhin (1921-2001): quarto, 2 pages, Los Angeles, 15 September 1948; creased where folded for posting; in excellent condition. This is a deeply-felt letter to Paul Morawetz, Hephzibah's lover at the time. 'I wish you and Hephzibah to find the peace of mind you..... More
The signed cards are professionally framed with a large-format 1950s-vintage portrait of the pair (overall dimensions 475 × 360 mm); in fine condition. More
The gelatin silver photograph (202 × 253 mm, in fine condition) dates from Messiaen's first and only visit to Australia, to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1988; he was in his 80th year. Accompanying the photograph is the advance publicity pack issued by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (press releases from the..... More
The decree confirms the appointment of Georges Frédéric Fallot as Lutheran pastor in the parish of Dampierre-les-Bois near Audincourt, Doubs. It is countersigned by Hippolyte Fortoul, Ministre de l'Instruction publique et des Cultes. The decree was apparently cancelled soon after it was issued; it is crossed out, with the word..... More
