DALRYMPLE
(General Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1750-1830, Governor of Gibraltar 1806-1808)
Printed Note signed, with manuscript details,
allowing "Mr. Brown & Servant to pass Waterport and Ragged Staff Gates, for the purpose of embarking and disembarking, to continue Thirty Days", signed also 'J L Walsh', Town Major, 1 side oblong 8vo., Head-Quarters, Gibraltar, 25th August
laid down
Item Date:
1807
Stock No:
14588
£60
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DARU
(Pierre Antoine Noel Bruno, 1767-1829, Count, French Soldier and Statesman, historian, translator of Horace)
Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, to Monsieur Monnay,
Commissary in chief of the 8th Corps, "my dear comrade", saying that "M. Villemaury had given a Commission as inspector of victuals to M. d'Aymar and one as inspector of equipment to M. de Larmière ... but they are not included in the list of nominations made by the Minister", suggesting that "you could employ them if you have need for them", and if not, to "send them straight away to the 9th Corps of Guards", 1 side 4to., Berlin, 8th November
tiny defect in bottom left corner touching one letter
Item Date:
1806
Stock No:
51724
£375
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DE BONO
(Emilio, 1866-1944, Italian Fascist Politician & General, one of the four founders of Fascism and commander of the invasion of Abyssinia in 1935, executed after voting against Mussolini in the Fascist Supreme Council)
Brief Autograph Postcard Signed to “Soldato Gilio Rubboli”
addressed to him in the “34th Infantry, 5th Company, Cherasco, Cuneo” (Piedemonte) inscribed in Italian with translation “With our thanks and affectionate greetings in return...”, the picture side of the card shows the 2nd Field Hospital Section during the war in Eritrea, and has a printed dedication “to the glory and the fallen of the 2nd Division, Eritrea”, 1 side postcard, postmarked Rome 13th April
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
43788
£175
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[DE HIRSCH
(Baron Maurice, 1831-1896, German Jewish Financier and Philanthropist )]
Fine unsigned imperial cabinet photograph by Abdullah Frères
showing him full length seated, wearing a suit, he is looking straight at the camera and has his hands clasped in his lap holding a walking cane, 8½” x 5½”, no place, [Cairo], no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40518
£425
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DE WINTON
(Sir Francis Walter, 1835-1901, Major-General, Colonial Administrator)
2 Autograph Letter Signed and 1 LS to the painter William A. Menzies,
arranging "to take the picture of Katharine Douglas at £10. 10 - ... can you let me have it on the 2nd June as it is intended for a birthday present" (1 May 1898), "I daresay ... I could obtain the permission of the Secr. of the Royal Academy or the President to let me have it for two days ... back in its place on the 3rd" and thanking him "for the copy of the Girls own paper" (3rd May 1898), 5 sides 8vo black-edged, York House, St. James's Palace, 1st May 1898 - 7th July
Item Date:
1898
Stock No:
18946
£60
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