WOLIVER
(Chevalier, Secretary of State of Monaco)
Finely penned document signed, in French with translation,
to the Foreign Minister of Peru (Alfonso Quiroga), sending the reply [not present] of Charles III (1818-1889, from 1856 Prince of Monaco), to the letter from the President of Peru, notifying the Prince "of his accession to power", 1 side 13" x 8½" and conjugate blank, Monaco, 5th April
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
52404
£125
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WOOD
(Edward, 1st Earl of Halifax, Lord Irwin, 1881-1959, Politician, Viceroy of India)
Fine Signature ’Irwin’ and date on card
with a newspaper photo, 5½” x 3½”, no place, 18th July
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
43023
£45
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WRANGEL
(Herman, 1857-1934, Swedish Ambassador to Brussels and The Hague 1900-1904 and to Great Britain 1906-1920, Count)
Autograph Letter Signed in French and English, with translation, to Evelyn,
(first wife of the historian J.E.C. Bodley, 1853-1925, and mother of Ava, Lady Waverley, 1896-1974), thanking her for her New Year card, and saying "Alas: the Count W on the grey is not as smart-looking as that ... I hope that he and the grey will again and often have the pleasure of hunting with you ... Please remember me to the new Academician", her husband, elected corresponding member of the French Academy in 1902, "and accept ... the offering of my devoted respect", note in red by Mrs. Bodley '... Swedish Minister' at head of first side, 4 sides 8vo., Brussels, 7th January
Item Date:
1902
Stock No:
13553
£30
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PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF TIN
WYNDHAM
(Sir William, 3rd Baronet, 1688-1740 Tory Statesman, Secretary at War and Chancellor of the Exchequer for Queen Anne) and the 1st Earl of OXFORD (Robert Harley, 1661-1724, Lord Treasurer under Queen Anne)
Portion of a printed exchequer document signed by both
ordering the "Repayment of the like Sum by him lent upon the Credit of the Money arising by the said Sale of Tin, and paid into the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer the said first Day of February, 1713, as by a Talley bearing Date the same Day appears. And these, together with his of his Assigns Acquittance, shall be your Discharge herein ...", 8" x 3", no place
Item Date:
1713
Stock No:
39156
£125
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BLACKMAIL THWARTED
YATE
(Walter Honyford, b. 1779, of Bromesberrow, J.P. and D.L. for Gloucestershire, Political Writer)
Fascinating bound volume of 11 Autograph letters
or Autograph Copy letters sent to Mary, Countess of Berkeley (c. 1767-1840), her son Colonel William Berkeley (1786-1857, later 1st Earl Fitzhardinge), or to their Solicitor in London J.R. Cocker, with 5 other Autograph Letter Signed or copy letters in support of Yate to Cocker or to Edward Bloxsome, the Berkeleys' solicitor in Dursley, concerning a MS 'Romance' which Yate had bought from Captain Thomas Ashe, the Irish writer and adventurer (1770-1835), intending to publish it under his own name, but realising it libelled Lady Berkeley, had offered to Lady B. for what he had paid Ashe, leading to threats of obtaining money from the Berkeleys with menaces, the correspondence traces Yate's protestations of innocence in trying to 'protect' Lady B., his rearguard action, final apology and delivery of the MS, also present are 2 printed items bearing Yate's name, the first dated June 1812 (altered in Yate's hand to March 1814) to 'Sir', on the face of it a circular letter, inviting comments on the 'Syllabus' on the conjugate sheet (not present), but with every appearance of blackmail,the second dated 1811 (again altered to March 1814) about Yate's book on Parliamentary Reform, the letters 32 sides 4to. (56 including blanks and addresses), the printed items 4 sides 4to. (plus 2 blank), old green boards, c. November 1813 - 22nd March
one letter repaired without loss, occasional dust marks, stitching loose in places, spine defective
Item Date:
1814
Stock No:
51159
£3500
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