THE ROYAL BALLET GALA PERFORMANCE
[DE GAULLE
(Charles, 1890-1970, French General & President)]
Magnificent silk programme for the Gala Performance
by the Royal Ballet, directed by Ninette de Valois and Frederick Ashton, in honour of his and Madame de Gaulle's visit, including Coppelia, Act I (scenery and costumes by Osbert Lancaster), Mam'zelle Angot, (choreographed by Massine), two pas-de deux by Petipa, one danced by Svetlana Beriosova and Donald Macleary, the other by Margot Fonteyn and Michael Soames, and Ravel's La Valse, choreographed by Ashton, printed in red, white, blue and black by William Clowes on British silk with a silk tasselled border, 22¼" x 11½", Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 7th April
Item Date:
1960
Stock No:
53707
£275
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DE VALÉRA
(Eámon, 1882-1975, Irish Statesman & Patriot, President of Eire)
Magazine Photo Signed
in a slightly dark period, showing him in an overcoat, seated on a park bench, reading a book, 8” x 6”, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42398
£375
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DECAZES
(Élie, 1780-1860, French Statesman, Duc)
Autograph letter signed to 'My dear Sir' (this in English),
the rest of the letter in French with translation, asking his correspondent to oblige him "by putting the enclosed letter into the hands of the Duchesse de Sagan", (Dorothée, 1793-1862, daughter of the Duke of Courland in the Baltic, and who married Talleyrand's nephew in 1809), and to lay his homage "at Milady's feet with my wishes for her safe journey", with a biographical note signed 'V. Fox Novr. 1852' at the foot of the first three sides, Fox has also added the year to the letter, 1 side 8vo., Paris, 'Wednesday evening',no date,
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
14599
£75
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Democratic Party Ticket [for Sullivan County, New Hampshire],
headed by Grover CLEVELAND, with Thomas Hendricks for Vice-President, and Frank Jones, William A. Baily, Joseph C. Moore and James A. Weston as Electors, John M. Hill for Governor, and the Democratic candidates for Representative, Councillor, Senator, County Officers (5) and County Commissioners (4), attractively printed in many typefaces with an elaborate woodblock headpiece 'Constitution and Union' in the style of a trophy, 1 side 7¾" x 3½", no place, no date but
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
55909
£125
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DERBY
(Edward Stanley, 1826-1893, from 1851 Lord Stanley, from 1869 15th Earl of)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Stanley' to W. Synge,
saying he "will not forget what you have said", 1 side 8vo., Knowsley, 3rd January
remains of guard on verso
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
12372
£15
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