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2:00 AM PT - Jun 15th, 2005

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Manuscripts, Literature, Modern Firsts

617 items

Lot Description Estimates
(GBP)
201D
Lot 201D
Roberts (David, painter, 1796-1864) Carte-de-visi

te photograph, faded, cut signature with three lines, both pasted...

60
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80
202D
Lot 202D
Salmon (Captain W.H.B.) Notes on Hindû Religious

Orders, manuscript, 40pp. excluding blanks, a few notes loosely...

100
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150
203D
Lot 203D
Soldene (Emily, singer and novelist, 1840-1912) C

ollection of letters and printed material relating to Soldene's...

100
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150
204D
Lot 204D
St. Vincent.- Caley (George, naturalist and explo

rer, 1770-1829) Exchange bill signed "George Caley", to the...

100
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150
205D
Lot 205D
Tristan da Cunha.- Donat (Le Sieur, surveyor) Cha

rt of the Islands of Tristan da Cunha, pen and ink map, tears...

200
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300
206D
Lot 206D
Whaling.- Akin (N.H.B., seaman on the whaling ves

sel Cornelia) 2 Autograph Letters signed to his sister, 3½pp...

100
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150
207D
Lot 207D
Alexandra (Queen Consort of Edward VII, 1844-1925

) Portrait photograph signed, photograph slightly faded, signed on...

80
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120
208D
Lot 208D
Edward VII (as Prince of Wales, 1841-1910) Photog

raph portrait signed, Edward Albert", blind-stamp of the...

200
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300
209D
Lot 209D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
210D
Lot 210D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
211D
Lot 211D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
212D
Lot 212D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
213D
Lot 213D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
214D
Lot 214D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
215D
Lot 215D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

60
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80
216D
Lot 216D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
217D
Lot 217D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
218D
Lot 218D
Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (Queen Consort of Kin

g George VI, youngest daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and...

100
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150
219D
Lot 219D
Gloucester (Prince Henry, Duke of, 1900-74 & Prin

cess Alice, Duchess of, 1901-2004) 2 Christmas cards signed...

60
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80
220D
Lot 220D
Hussein I (King of The Hashemite Kingdom of Jorda

n, 1935-99) 3 Christmas cards signed, v.s., n.d.; State Banquet...

60
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80
221D
Lot 221D
Raglan (Fitzroy Somerset, first Baron, Field Mars

hal, commander of the British Army in the Crimea, gave the order...

300
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400
222D
Lot 222D
clay tablet, incised with lines of Sumerian cunei


Sumerian Cuneiform Clay Tablet, clay tablet, incised with lines...

200
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300
223D
Lot 223D
Coptic Katameros.- Single leaf of a Coptic lectio

nary, manuscript in a form of Bohairic dialect, on paper, in black...

100
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150
224D
Lot 224D
manuscript in French, 404pp., written in a neat h


Abregé de l'Histoire Universelle, manuscript in French, 404pp...

60
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80
225D
Lot 225D
Calligraphaphic Manuscript.- Weiss (Andrea) Libro

manoscritto da me Andrea weiss, manuscript in Italian, German and...

2,000
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2,500
226D
Lot 226D
Book of Hours.- L'Office de la Sainte Vierge,

manuscript in French, 281pp., written in red and black, ruled in...

60
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80
227D
Lot 227D
Heraldry.- Mandrou (publisher) Recueil d'Armes,

89 col. only of 90, lacks vol. 21, manuscript in French and...

2,000
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3,000
228D
Lot 228D
West (Madeline) Cours de Géographie Mathématique,

manuscript, title and 89pp. excluding blanks, 10 full-page...

120
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180
229D
Lot 229D
World War II.- Kriezor (Lt. Wilhelm, Pioneer Batt

alion 36, German Army) Photograph album of the battalion, c...

200
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300
230D
Lot 230D
World War II.- Pirro (Rosemarie, Luftwaffe Auxili

ary) Group of 5 code and technical notebooks and 4 letters...

80
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120
231D
Lot 231D
19th Century Scientists.- Collected Letters to Pi

erre Hippolyte Boutigny, c. 350 Autograph Letters signed, c. 500pp...

2,000
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3,000
232D
Lot 232D
Anglo-Indian Correspondence.- Wood (Mr. & Mrs. Wi

lliam Martin, editor of The Times of India and The Bombay Review...

200
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300
233D
Lot 233D
Autographs.- Albums of Autograph Letters signed,

3 vol., autographs include: Sir David Wilkie, John Collier, W.P...

300
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400
234D
Lot 234D
Barton (Bernard, poet, 1784-1849) 3 Autograph Let

ters signed, 1 Autograph Verses to "Mr Rix Crown Inn", 1 to John...

100
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150
235D
Lot 235D
Bernhardt (Sarah, French actress, 1844-1923) Auto

graph Note signed, in French, 1p. with envelope, sm. 8vo, n.p., n...

150
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200
236D
Lot 236D
Bonington (Richard Parkes, painter, 1801-28).- Co

rrespondence to C.E. Hughes relating to Richard Bonington, to C.E...

120
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180
237D
Lot 237D
Churchill (Lord Randolph, politician, 1849-95) Au

tograph Letter signed to Lady Alfred Paget, 1p., 8vo, London, 10th...

60
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80
238D
Lot 238D
Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, statesman

and author, 1874-1965) Typed Letter signed to W.E. Thompson...

800
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1,000
239D
Lot 239D
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer, statesman and aut

hor, 1874-1965) Typed Letters signed to John A. MacKinnon and...

400
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600
240D
Lot 240D
Clarke (Richard, of Monmouthshire) Autograph Lett

er signed to Sir Edward Harley, one of the members of the...

100
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150
241D
Lot 241D
Cobden-Sanderson (T.J., bookbinder and printer, 1

840-1922) Autograph Letter signed to "Dear Mr Evans" [Eddie...

100
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150
242D
Lot 242D
Cockerell (Sir Sydney, museum director and biblio

phile, 1867-1962) 14 Autograph Letters signed & 3 Postcards signed...

200
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300
243D
Lot 243D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Evan Nepean, 3pp...

1,500
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2,000
244D
Lot 244D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

400
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600
245D
Lot 245D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

300
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400
246D
Lot 246D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

400
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600
247D
Lot 247D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

400
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600
248D
Lot 248D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

400
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600
249D
Lot 249D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

300
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400
250D
Lot 250D
Collingwood (Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood, Vice-Ad

miral, 1750-1810) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Hew Dalrymple...

300
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400
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