IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BOOKPLATES
[ALEXANDER II
(‘The Liberator’, 1818-1881, Emperor of Russia from 1855), his brother MIKHAIL NIKOLAEVICH (1832-1909, Grand Duke, Governor General of the Caucasus, 1862-1882), and his son SERGEI ALEXANDROVICH (1857-1905, Grand Duke, assassinated when Governor of Moscow)]
Fine Specimens of their Bookplates,
bearing decorative Cyrillic letters for AN, MN and SA respectively, together in neat window mounts in a glazed frame, 15¼” x 7”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
55150
£1250
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ALEXANDRA
(of Denmark, 1844-1925, Queen of Edward VII)
Superb sepia reproduction of Edward HUGHES’S (1832-1908, Portrait Painter) portrait of the Queen, signed and dated on the mount
in pencil, showing her full length, wearing a wonderful gown and standing next to a pillar, 19” x 11½” in mount 22” x 15”, no place,
Item Date:
1896
Stock No:
15827
£975
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ARMSTRONG
(Louis, 1900-1971, “Satchmo”, American Jazz Trumpeter & Bandleader) & Juliet PANNETT (1911-2005, Portrait Painter, FRSA)
Charcoal Portrait of Satchmo by Pannett signed, together with a photo of him, signed and inscribed
“To Juliet from Satchmo, Louise Armstrong”, showing him seated at a dressing table having a manicure, he is looking back over his shoulder at the camera and the woman doing his nails is laughing at the camera, 6” x 5½” in frame 8½” x 8½”, the portrait 16½” x 12” in frame 26” x 22”, no place, no date
Item Date:
1934
Stock No:
33025
£750
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BELL
(Alexander Graham, 1847-1922,Inventor of the Telephone)
Fine Typed Letter Signed to Mr Lane,
(the Honorable Franklin K. Lane, U.S. Secretary of the Interior), marked PERSONAL thanking him for his “note of August 4 enclosing copy of your admirable address relating to the ratification of the Peace Treaty by the Senate....”, saying that he has “read this with the very greatest interest and approval...” and thanking him for letting him see it, 1 side 4to., Beinn Bhreagh, nr Baddeck, Nova Scotia, 15th August
framed with a 5” x 7” Pach Bros. portrait of the inventor.
Item Date:
1915
Stock No:
28779
£2250
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BLERIOT
(Louis, 1872-1936, French Pioneer Airman, Made the first Aeroplane crossing of the English Channel in his monoplane in 1909)
Marvellous newspaper photo signed and dated,
showing him seated, presumably on his plane, wearing his flying jacket and long eared jacket, 5” x 4”, framed and glazed, total size 12” x 10”, 26th July
The picture has been professionally restored and de-acidified to ensure that it will not discolour.
Item Date:
1909
Stock No:
33199
£1750
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