RICKENBACKER
(Edward Vernon, 1890-1973, World War I Combat Pilot, America's Ace-of-Aces & Daredevil Auto Racer)
"Seven Came Through, Rickenbacker's Full Story" with inscription signed on the front free endpaper
"To our good friend 'William A. Jeans' Captain Rickenbacker 1942/1962", 8vo., with slightly tatty dustjacket, 1st Edition, Doubleday, New York 1941, signed after their 20 year friendship in
in fair condition with the spine slightly loose
Item Date:
1962
Stock No:
40831
£175
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[RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
(Nikolai Alexandrovich, 1852-1907, Rear Admiral of the Russian Imperial Fleet, Archangel Governor in 1901-1904, Director of the Nikolaev Maritime Academy)]
Fine unsigned Japanese Cabinet Photo
showing him head and shoulders in military uniform with medals and fringed epaulettes, 6½" x 4¼", no place,
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
40527
£775
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THREE FRENCH GENERALS
RIVAUD
(Jean, 1755-1803, French General of Division), MILET (Jacques Louis François, 1763-1821, General of Brigade, Baron, 1808) and FRANCESCHI (Jean-Baptiste, 1766-1813, General of Brigade, Baron, 1810)
Discharge Certificate Signed by all three,
in French with translation, in a neat and attractive hand, for Citizen Jacques Théard, son of Louis Théard and Marie Anne Martin, of the 8th Regiment of Dragoons, native of Ibigny, département of the Meurthe, aged 28, "who has served in the said Regiment with zeal, honour and probity as Dragoon from the 12th Pluviôse Year 2 [31st January 1794] up to the 21st of the same month Year 5 [9th February 1797] when he was made Brigadier, and in that rank up to the present, when by reason of the wounds he received at the battle of Marengo", 14th June 1800, Napoleon's famous defeat of the Austrians in NW Italy, "in which he lost his sight ... he has been discharged to enjoy the benefits of the National Recompense to which he is entitled", conducting himself in "the campaigns of the Years 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, on all occasions ... perfectly", signed by the eight members of the Regiment's administrative council, including 3 Captains and a Sergeant Major, with, in the margins, the signed approvals of Rivaud as Divisional Commander, Milet as General of Brigade, and Franceschi as Deputy Chief of Staff, also by Louis La Morie as Deputy Inspector of Reviews, and Chapotot, Commissioner for Wars (from central government). The verso contains "a true copy" of his certificate from the Military Hospital at Milan that he is no longer fit for service, detailing the nature of his wounds, and dated 17 Vendémiaire Year 9 [9th October 1800]. 2 sides oblong folio, Army of Italy, Casale (Casale Monferrato, east of Turin), 4th Brumaire Year 9, 26th October
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
55532
£750
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DRAWN BY DAWSON-WATSON
[ROBERTS
(Frederick, Earl, 1832-1914, V.C., 1858, K.G., 'Roberts of Kandahar', Field Marshal)]
Original Pen and Wash Portrait, signed in pen by the artist 'Dawson-Watson'
(Dawson Dawson-Watson, 1864-1939), titled below on the mount, a striking and expressive drawing in brown and related colours heightened in white, showing him head and shoulders, three quarter face, with a thoughtful gaze, in Field Marshal's uniform, and wearing his medals and decorations including the V.C. and Garter Star, 3¼" x 2¼" in contemporary cardboard window mount 8¾" x 7", no place, no date, circa
surface portion of mount detached from blank top left corner
Item Date:
1901
Stock No:
54891
£225
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[ROBERTS
(Frederick, Earl, 1832-1914, V.C., 1858, K.G., 'Roberts of Kandahar', Field Marshal)]
Typed Letter with printed signature 'Roberts, F.M.'
to Mrs. S.A. Read, of Avalon, Grange Road, Sutton, thanking her "for your kind response to my appeal for field glasses", they will be "of the greatest possible service to our Non-Commissioned Officers in the field", adding that he has been asked "by the Commanding Officers of Units which are expected shortly to go to the Front, to convey their gratitude to the owners", 1 side folio, Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire, 14th September
Item Date:
1914
Stock No:
56129
£35
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