This is a list of particularly fine items or collections. The thumbnail pictures provide links to longer descriptions.
BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869). French composer. Autograph Letter Signed to his lifelong friend Humbert Ferrand, at Belley, 1 page large 8vo with facing integral address-leaf, La Côte[-Saint-André], Saturday [16] June 1832.
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 23584]
BLUCHER, Gebhard Lebrecht von (1742-1819). Prussian field-marshal. Autograph Letter Signed to Herr Schwenke (?), 2 pages 4to with integral address-leaf, B[erlin?], 19 October 1814.
£1150 / $1736 / €1368 [No: 22752]
BRADBURY, John (1768-1825). Botanist and explorer of America. Highly important Autograph Letter Signed to (Sir) James E. Smith (1759-1828, founder of the Linnean Society), 3 pages 4to with address (name only), St Louis, 22 August 1811.
£2750 / $4152 / €3272 [No: 23352]
BYNG, John (1704-1757). Admiral. Executed on the quarter-deck of the 'Monarque'. Document Signed, 1 page large folio on vellum, 297 x 330 mm (ca 11½ x 13 inches) with papered seal, 7 April 1756. With a small slip identifying the signer.
£1750 / $2642 / €2082 [No: 22447]
CHARLES I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Document Signed ('Charles P', at the head), as Prince of Wales, 1 page folio, oblong, on vellum, the text faded but (just) legible, the signature bold and clear.
£1150 / $1736 / €1368 [No: 22902]
CHARLES II (1630-1685). King of Great Britain and Ireland. Document Signed, 1 page folio (oblong) on vellum with papered seal, given at Hampton Court, 18 July 1665/6 ('in the 17th year of our Reigne' - i.e. dating from 1649).
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 23750]
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Great Mistakes of the War, by Hanson W. Baldwin, New York 1950, viii+114 pages 8vo, red cloth (spine a little knocked and covers slightly stained).
£10000 / $15100 / €11900 [No: 22387]
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Good Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 1 page 8vo (rather foxed, with some traces of mounting on the reverse), 105 Mount Street, 7 January 1904.
£2200 / $3322 / €2618 [No: 20734]
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Postcard-sized photograph showing Churchill in middle age seated at a desk, half-length, signed in ink in the lower right-hand corner (slightly faded).
£1550 / $2340 / €1844 [No: 22925]
CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). Mark Twain. Autograph Letter Signed ('S.L. Clemens / Mark Twain'), to Lady Ann[a] Chandos-Pole, 1 page 8vo, Bad-Nanheim, 30 August 1892.
£2500 / $3775 / €2975 [No: 20544]
COLLINGWOOD, Cuthbert, Lord (1750-1810). Vice-admiral. Autograph Letter Signed [to Sir Hew Dalrymple (1750-1830)], 4 pages 4to, [on board] Ocean, 12 June 1807. Contemporary docket on the fourth page next to the signature.
£1150 / $1736 / €1368 [No: 23673]
DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898). 'Lewis Carroll'. Autograph Letter Signed ('Your loving friend CLD') to a young-lady friend Ursula [Mallam], 1 page 8vo (oblong), Christ Church, Oxford, 17 March [1897].
£1350 / $2038 / €1606 [No: 23667]
DOLLMAN, John Charles (1851-1934). Painter. Archive of ca 85 letters to Dollman, between 1904 and 1907, with one of 1924, primarily from notable fellow artists of the era.
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 6662]
DVORAK, Antonin (1841-1904). Composer. Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Littleton of Novello's, in eccentric English, 2 pages (not back-to back) 8vo (small tape-stains not affecting the text), [Prague, probably May 1885].
£1750 / $2642 / €2082 [No: 21998]
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Psychoanalyst. Printed card signed ('Ihr [Yours] / freud'), 120 x 150 mm. (ca 5 x 6 inches), a little worn but in generally good clean condition, dated May 1936.
£1500 / $2265 / €1785 [No: 23104]
HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871). Astronomer. Small collection by or relating to Herschel and his family, 1 volume 4to and loose, ca 1809 to 1870.
£2250 / $3397 / €2677 [No: 22845]
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer. Three Autograph Letters Signed to Miss Sevinge in Farnham, in all 4 pages 8vo with two envelopes, Munstead Wood, Godalming, 7 and 19 April 1931 and August 29 no year.
£1350 / $2038 / €1606 [No: 23517]
LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph, Marquis de (1757-1834). French statesman and officer. Autograph Letter Signed to Monsieur [Nicolas-Jean Baptiste] Tripier, ½-page 4to with integral address-leaf and remains of red wax seal, La grange, 27 May 1817.
£1500 / $2265 / €1785 [No: 21845]
LAWRENCE, T.E. (1888-1935). 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Autograph Letter Signed ('T.E.S.'), to Wing Commander T.B. Marson, 1 page 4to with envelope (apparently in another hand), Plymouth, 19 November 1932.
£1850 / $2793 / €2201 [No: 22523]
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist. Letter Signed in English (a bold but shaky signature) to an unnamed correspondent, 3 pages 8vo (slight thinning to second leaf), Weimar, no date.
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 23662]
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist. Attractive early Autograph Letter Signed in French to 'Monsieur le Comte', 2 pages 8vo (small split professionally repaired), 30 January 1840.
£1100 / $1661 / €1309 [No: 22003]
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist. Autograph Letter Signed in German to an unnamed correspondent ('Geehrter Herr' [Honoured Sir]), 1 page 8vo, Weimar, 4 July 1879, (a note of identification in ink on the reverse).
£1100 / $1661 / €1309 [No: 23144]
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). African missionary & explorer. Autograph Letter Signed to Mr John Crookes, 1 page 8vo with integral blank and the original envelope (marked 'Dr L'), Hamilton, 6 September 1864.
£1850 / $2793 / €2201 [No: 22449]
LUCAN, George Charles Bingham, Earl of (1800-1888). Field Marshal. Correspondence between Lucan and his estate manager for Sutton Hall in Macclesfield, William Brocklehurst with additional estate papers.
£1500 / $2265 / €1785 [No: 7380]
MARIE LOUISE (1791-1847). Empress of the French. Second wife of Napoleon I. Autograph Letter Signed ('Marie Louise') in her characteristic small neat hand, evidently to a close servant or friend, 3½ pages 8vo, Amsterdam, 15 October 1811.
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 20049]
MONTGOMERY, James & MONTGOMERY, Robert (1771-1854) and (1807-1855). Poets. Collection of 15 Autograph Letters Signed, 1 Letter Signed and 2 poems (1 partial) of James, 1792-1853 and 12 Autograph Letters Signed and one partial autograph poem from Robert, 1830-1853.
£2500 / $3775 / €2975 [No: 23046]
NAPOLEON I (1769-1821). Emperor of the French. Autograph Endorsement Signed ('Accorde N') on a letter addressed to him by his cabinet secretary, 1 page folio with integral blank leaf, 10 April 1809.
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 23660]
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Vice-admiral. Autograph Letter Signed (with the left hand, 'Nelson & Bronte') to Colonel Lean, 2 pages 4to with integral second leaf bearing a contemporary docket, Victory, 16 January 1805.
£8500 / $12835 / €10115 [No: 22445]
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Vice-admiral. Document Signed, 1 page folio (written on the right hand side of the page), on board HMS Victory, ?Mezzoschisto [? Sardinia], 15 January 1804.
£3850 / $5813 / €4581 [No: 23642]
[PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Diarist.] Letter Signed from George Monck ['Your very assured freind & Servt. Albemarle') to Samuel Pepys , 1 page folio with address-leaf, Cockpitt [Whitehall], 8 June 1664.
£2500 / $3775 / €2975 [No: 23176]
PHILIP II (1527-1598). King of Spain. Letter Signed ('Yo el Rey'), as King of England, to his Chancellor, Francesco Taverna, 1 page folio with address (some browning), London, 12 February 1555.
£1850 / $2793 / €2201 [No: 21745]
RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937). French composer. Autograph Music Quotation Signed comprising the first three bars of the violin part of his Quatuor for strings, 1902-1903, [London] 27 April 1909.
£1500 / $2265 / €1785 [No: 23521]
SCHUMANN, Clara (1819-1896). Pianist. Wife of Robert Schumann. Fine Autograph Letter Signed ('Deine Clara') to her son Ferdinand (1850-1888), 4 pages 8vo, Frankfurt, 3 July 1884. With a transcript and full translation.
£1200 / $1812 / €1428 [No: 23450]
SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843). Poet. Autograph Letter Signed to John Willis at the Hare & Hounds, 1 page 8vo with address-leaf, 'Wednesday Evening', with an Autograph Poetical Manuscript , 4 pages 8vo.
£1500 / $2265 / €1785 [No: 23675]
STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Civil engineer. Founder of railways. Letter Signed ('Geo. Stephenson') to John Ellis, 2 pages 8vo (the signature running on to the third side), Tapton House, 10 July 1848.
£1500 / $2265 / €1785 [No: 22574]
STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Civil engineer. Founder of railways. Autograph Letter Signed to J.B. Simpson, a solicitor of Derby, 2 pages 8vo with address-leaf (small seal tear), Tapton House, 2 January 1843.
£1250 / $1887 / €1487 [No: 22533]
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Author. Autograph Letter Signed to Miss [Mary] Carmichael, 1 page small 4to, no date (ca 1885).
£2250 / $3397 / €2677 [No: 22441]
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Composer. Autograph Letter Signed to his publisher [E.W. Fritzsch in Leipzig], 1 page 8vo with integral blank, Bayreuth, 13 August 1872. With a translation.
£2250 / $3397 / €2677 [No: 22971]
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Composer. Autograph Letter Signed to Herr Schott (the music publisher in Mainz), 1 page 8vo with integral blank, Karlsruhe, 2 February ('62' added in another hand).
£1850 / $2793 / €2201 [No: 23135]
WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826). Composer. Autograph Doc.S, 1 page 4to (lower part a little browned), Prague, 3 June 1815.
£1350 / $2038 / €1606 [No: 23598]
WOLF, Hugo (1860-1903). Austrian composer. Good Autograph Letter Signed to his friend and staunch advocate the pianist Heinrich Potpeschnigg, on a correspondence-card, 7 October 1895.
£1350 / $2038 / €1606 [No: 23460]
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Novelist. Autograph Letter Signed ('Virginia') to Clive [Bell], 1 page 4to (small paper-clip stains), 52 Tavistock Square, 'Thursday' no date [?30 December 1937].
BLUCHER, Gebhard Lebrecht von (1742-1819). Prussian field-marshal.
BRADBURY, John (1768-1825). Botanist and explorer of America.
BYNG, John (1704-1757). Admiral. Executed on the quarter-deck of the 'Monarque'.
CHARLES I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
CHARLES II (1630-1685). King of Great Britain and Ireland.
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965).
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965).
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer (1874-1965).
CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910). Mark Twain.
COLLINGWOOD, Cuthbert, Lord (1750-1810). Vice-admiral.
DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898). 'Lewis Carroll'.
DOLLMAN, John Charles (1851-1934). Painter.
DVORAK, Antonin (1841-1904). Composer.
FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Psychoanalyst.
HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871). Astronomer.
JEKYLL, Gertrude (1843-1932). Artist and garden designer.
LAFAYETTE, Marie Joseph, Marquis de (1757-1834). French statesman and officer.
LAWRENCE, T.E. (1888-1935). 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist.
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist.
LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist.
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813-1873). African missionary & explorer.
LUCAN, George Charles Bingham, Earl of (1800-1888). Field Marshal.
MARIE LOUISE (1791-1847). Empress of the French. Second wife of Napoleon I.
MONTGOMERY, James & MONTGOMERY, Robert (1771-1854) and (1807-1855). Poets.
NAPOLEON I (1769-1821). Emperor of the French.
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Vice-admiral.
NELSON, Horatio, Viscount (1758-1805). Vice-admiral.
[PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Diarist.]
PHILIP II (1527-1598). King of Spain.
RAVEL, Maurice (1875-1937). French composer.
SCHUMANN, Clara (1819-1896). Pianist. Wife of Robert Schumann.
SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843). Poet.
STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Civil engineer. Founder of railways.
STEPHENSON, George (1781-1848). Civil engineer. Founder of railways.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis (1850-1894). Author.
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Composer.
WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Composer.
WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786-1826). Composer.
WOLF, Hugo (1860-1903). Austrian composer.
WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Novelist.