Perth, Scott Four Colour Print, [2000]. Signed and dated (2000) by the author. The memoirs of 'one of the primary discoverers of the Dutch East India ship "Batavia"'. More
London, Wild Cat Press, 2019. Both parts are signed by the author. 'Of all the early women pioneers omitted from official histories, Carl Strehlow's wife Frieda Keysser is the most glaring example, having spent over a quarter of a century on the Australian frontier when life was dangerous, difficult and..... More
'In the years between 1745 and 1749 Jean Jacques Rousseau was employed by Louise Marie Madeline Dupin as a research assistant on her ambitious project to delineate in print the history of women. After years of labor by Rousseau and Madame Dupin her "Ouvrage sur les Femmes" was shelved, unfinished..... 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
Sarah Anne Hildyard was appointed as governess to the older Royal children in January 1847. 'Nicknamed Tilla, the new governess was chosen by Baron Stockmar, and ... Vicky was fortunate in the Baron's choice. Miss Hildyard, the daughter of a clergyman, was intelligent, well-read, and a stimulating teacher' (Pakula: 'An..... More
The lower portion of the image contains a caption in Czech: 'Alexander Dubcek, První Tajemník ÚV KSC' (First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia). Dubcek became 'Slovak Communist Party leader in 1963 and was Czechoslovak party leader 1967-69. After student riots in Prague in 1968..... 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
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
Wilberforce has made a request to his friend Commander Sir George Grey on the addressee's behalf (regarding a 'young man' - presumably a reference or letter of introduction), and writes that the application has been well received. The addressee is possibly Robert Bowyer, miniature painter, publisher and fellow abolitionist. In..... 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
![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
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), and William Laud (1573-1645), archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), were influential counsellors to Charles I during his period of personal rule. The letters deal primarily with proposed television documentaries; one is signed 'yours sincerely, Hugh Trevor-Roper', while the two others are signed simply 'Hugh'..... 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
Proust writes to persuade his 'Chère amie' that his financial troubles (apparently mentioned in an earlier letter) are transitory and that he is horrified that she believed he was asking to borrow money. The following quote is just a sample; there's a lot more in the same vein! 'C'est peut-être..... More
On 7 February 1944 Jack Beresford Fowler (1893-1972, a Melbourne actor, producer and director) sent an unsolicited letter to Shaw, along with a copy of a play he had collaborated in writing 'around the life of General Sir Hector MacDonald. I am wondering if you would be very magnanimous as..... 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
Louis Philippe instructs the Ambassador to Russia to attend the opening of the new session of Parliament in Paris after the fall of the second Thiers administration. The document is countersigned by the Garde des Sceaux, Alexandre-François Vivien. Offered with a small pen-and-ink botanical drawing (200 × 125 mm) by..... More
'After six years of unusually strong public support, in which [Reagan] restored confidence in the presidency, his careless or ill-informed handling in 1986 of arm sales to Iran (Irangate) in order to finance Contra activity in Nicaragua led to vigorous attacks on his credibility, but his popularity remained high.... The..... More
In 1934, during a period of political unrest, Pétain reluctantly allowed himself to be appointed minister of war, becoming secretary of state in 1935, petitioning the government for more funding for the army, and to increase the period of compulsory conscription from two to three years. After the Nazi invasion..... More
'I intended to stay here only one week & to be able to spend the next with yourself & my excellent friends the Martins. As it is, I shall only be able to come to you' for a shorter period of time ... Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones..... 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
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
The gelatin silver photograph (135 × 86 mm) is identified and credited in the negative: 'GG Co. 5371 | Duhrkoop, Berlin - Hamburg'). Apart from mild silvering-out along the right-hand edge, in excellent condition. Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones AC. 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
'Felix Werder [Bischofswerder] was born in Berlin in 1922 but fled the increasingly difficult political situation in Nazi Germany in 1935. On arriving in Australia with his father in 1940 [on the 'Dunera'], Werder was interned for four years as a political prisoner. During this time he produced a large..... More
