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
In this very engaging and open letter, Brewster discusses his current travel plans with his daughter to the wedding of a relative, an impending visit to Hurstbourne Park to re-examine the papers of Sir Isaac Newton (on whom he wrote an authoritative life), and the completion of his latest book..... More
Offered with a George Bush 'Vice-President of the United States' tie bar (with seal and facsimile signature). [2 items]. More
The archive includes: (A) Five documents (foolscap folio, each one a bifolium, dated 1864, 1871, 1878, 1885 and 1897, with the florid printed introduction: 'Vi Christian den Niende, af Guds Naade Konge til Danmark ...') completed in a secretarial hand and signed 'Christian R' (Christian IX, King of Denmark from..... 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
Not having time to offer a full critique of a manuscript Vogel has sent him, Gorki writes that he will limit himself to a brief sketch of his own conception of religion, which is entirely contrary to Vogel's. 'La religion surgit de la sensation de la liaison entre l'homme et..... More
Gounod is desolate as he was hoping to be part 'du jury de Chant' on the Friday, but he has just received a dispatch obliging him to leave on Thursday. 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
London, Hogarth Press, 1942. The front flyleaf is inscribed by Robert Graves to 'Margaret with love from The Captain 1942'. Volume VI in The New Hogarth Library. 'These three small books are published under a single cover, for economy and friendship'; pages 43-64 are contributed by Robert Graves. Higginson &..... 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
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
Banksmeadow, Renniks, 2008 (first edition). Number 2 of only 50 copies signed by the author on a large card mounted on the front flyleaf. The card is printed with small colour portraits of Keith Payne VC and Cross of Valour recipient Timothy Britten; small cards with their signatures (and place..... 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
An apposite document relating to Mussolini, who was wounded on active service in the First World War. 'After the war, with the Socialist Party closed to him and Communism threatening disruption, he founded (1919) the first "Fascio di Combattimento", nominally to serve the cause of the neglected ex-servicemen. This proved..... 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
'I can ... write to the Bishop of Norwich, who has a great respect for your Father, to ask his advice about it, and I am sure he will do all he can for you, consistently with his rules of duty.' Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer, spent the..... More
