ADAMS
(John Couch, 1819-1892, Cambridge Astronomer and Discoverer of Neptune)
Signature from an Autograph Letter Signed
with subscription, "yours very truly", 3" x 1", Pembroke College, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39056
£45
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[ALEXEI
(1904-1918, The Tsarevitch, Assassinated with his family after the Revolution)]
Attractive Album in Russian,
'The Childhood of the Imperial Heir Alexei Nikolaevich', lithographed title in gold and blue with two angels, one of whom is placing a wreath on a crowned 'A', second title with the Imperial Crown, followed by 23 photographs, each with the year and often the month, the first shows him in baby clothes just sitting up in an X-shaped chair (January 1906), the third on board 'Standart' in front of four sailors, all five playing the balalaika, (June 1907), others are taken at the Skerries in Lake Ladoga, Ropsha (about 12 miles south of St Petersburg), the Crimea, Friedberg in Hesse-Darmstadt, Tsarskoe Selo (winter and spring), or show him mounted as a Cossack, a Royal Escort or a Grenadier, the early photos in particular are unusual, 25 single sides 11½" x 6½", bound in leather with gilt title on upper cover, St Petersburg, for the Moscow Branch of the Association for the Care of Poor and Sick Children,
rebound and restored so now in excellent condition
Item Date:
1913
Stock No:
54039
£1500
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BENEDICT
(Sir Julius, 1804-1885, Composer, Pianist & Conductor)
Fine signature with the place and date
4" x 2", London,
Item Date:
1872
Stock No:
39060
£35
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BLACKIE
(John Stuart, 1809-1895, Scottish Scholar & Translator of Goethe's Faust)
Unsigned carte de visite photo
showing him head and shoulders in profile, 4" x 2¼", no place, no date
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0
Stock No:
39048
£35
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BROOKE
(Rupert, 1887-1915, First World War Poet)
Signature taken from a cheque
mounted with a photogravure by Emery Walker from a photo by Sherril Schell showing him head and shoulders, signature 1¼" x 3¼", no place, no date, double window mounted in museum quality mount ready for framing
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
23943
£475
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