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Lot 16: James Buchanan

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $400 - $600

Description: LS, three pages, lightly-lined on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 13.5, July 15, 1845. Letter written to Thomas Douglas, Attorney of the US for the Eastern District of Florida. In full: "In a letter addressed to this Department by the British Minister at Washington on the 7th inst. (a copy of which is enclosed) he states that reports have reached the British Government which afforded reason to believe that, in more than one instance during the last fifteen years vessels belonging to the Bahama Islands, with crews of colored persons, have been purposely wrecked on the coast of Florida, and the crews sold as slaves. Mr. Pakenham particularly refers to three cases-'The Three Sisters,' 'The Alexander,' and the Sloop 'Jane'-as vessels which are most generally believed, at the Bahama Islands, to have been feloniously destroyed, and suggests to this Government the propriety of taking such steps as may appear to be right and necessary to ascertain the particulars, and secure the ends of justice in these cases.I have accordingly to request that you will institute a most strict and careful inquiry into the facts and circumstances of these several cases, with the view of obtaining all the information necessary to a full and perfect understanding of them; and if it shall prove, on examination, that there are sufficient grounds for the reports in question,-that you will immediately adopt such measures as may in your opinion be best calculated to secure the ends of justice and vindicate the violated laws.Be pleased to report to this Department the result of your inquiries in the cases referred to in Mr. Pakenham's note: and also the subsequent proceedings, if any, which you may have occasion to adopt." In fine condition. Accompanied by two additional letters, one from William Hendricks, dated January 31, 1832, to Douglas and mentioning East Florida Judge J. L. Smith; and one from Arthur Read, dated October 25, 1840, to Douglas, his father-in-law.Although the United States and Great Britain had been cooperating in patrols to suppress the international slave trade, which had been legally abolished by both in the early 1800s, several related incidents continued to cause tension between the two nations. Beginning in 1818, when the British ruled that any slave brought to the Bahamas from outside the British West Indies would be manumitted, countless American ships were forced to dock there-both by the Royal Navy and by revolting slaves on board-and free any slaves who were on board. (By 1842, the US had lost nearly 450 slaves in this manner.) Increasingly dependent on slave labor, this caused significant concern in the States. In response, Americans were said to be intentionally wrecking ships off the coast of Florida and forcing any black crew members into slavery once on land-the precise issue at hand in this letter from recently appointed Secretary of State James Buchanan. An interesting letter dealing with one of the most contentious issues in history.

Lot 18: James Buchanan

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $400 - $600

Description: Significant LS, three pages both sides, 8 x 10, March 12, 1836. Letter to the Democratic Association of the Fourth Ward, Spring Garden. In full: "I have, this moment, received the Resolution, unanimously adopted by your Association, on the 9th Instant, expressing an opinion, that in case the Legislature of Pennsylvania should instruct their Senators to vote against Colonel Benton's expunging Resolution, we 'should not, under any circumstances, recognise this instruction.Entertaining, as I do, the highest respect both for your patriotism & your judgment, it is with unaffected regret that I feel myself constrained to dissent from this opinion.There are some political principles of a character so sacred, that we ought never even to think of sacrificing them at the shrine of expediency. You will agree with me that of these, no one deserves to occupy a higher rank than, that the public will ought to be obeyed by the public servant, or he ought to resign his trust.This is a principle which I adopted in my early youth. 'It has grown & strengthened with my Strength.' All my experience has convinced me, that the safety of the people demands that this rule should be inflexibly obeyed by all their Representatives. The sentiments which I expressed upon this subject, in my letter to the Democratic members of the Legislature, at the time of my election to the Senate, were only the repetition of opinions which I had, a hundred times expressed before.This principle, of obedience or resignation, is the very key stone of the Arch which indissolubly unites together the Democracy of all the States of this Union. However divided it may sometimes have been on other questions; on this, there has been an entire unanimity of opinion.Is this then a moment when a Pennsylvania Senator, elected by a Democratic Legislature, should do any act which, in its consequences, might shake this adamantine foundation? We have just witnessed in our State, the effect which has been produced by a disobedience of the public will. A vast monied Institution, which we all believed to be dangerous to the rights & liberties of the People of the whole Union, & which had been condemned by a large majority of the people of Pennsylvania, has just been chartered, for a period of thirty years, by our State Legislature. If the Republican party justly believed that, as a National Institution, it was fraught with dangers to the people of all the States, how much more alarming ought it to be to the people of a single State, within which, all its energies and all its influence are now concentrated? If the power of the General Government, united with the well deserved popularity of General Jackson, could scarcely make head against it, what will be our condition in Pennsylvania with a state administration devoted to its interests? At the present crisis we have nothing to rely upon, but a strict adherence to the principles and usages of the Democratic party. For the sake of any temporary advantage, no public servant would even think of betraying the great cause of liberty into the hands of power. If we all act upon this principle, we have nothing to fear. The free and manly spirit of the people, the deep conviction which is every where felt that the approaching contest will be a struggle for life or for death & that the Democracy must either triumph over the Bank, or the Bank must crush the Democracy, will ensure us a glorious victory.I believe with you that the present Legislature of Pennsylvania will not speak the voice of the people of the State, should they instruct me to vote against the expunging resolution. You will readily perceive, however, that if the Senator himself is to be made the Judge, if his opinion, as to what may be the people's will, is to determine his obedience or disobedience to Legislative instructions, the right itself rests upon his own discretion & might as well at once be abandoned. The conduct of the Senators, who have been so loudly condemned by the Democratic party throughout the Union, for acting upon this principle, is at once justified; and we must retract all we have said against the course which they have pursued. We must do more. We must virtually determine that no Senator from Pennsylvania can ever be instructed; because our Territory is so extensive & our population so numerous, that it is almost impossible for a majority of the whole people ever, in this form to communicate their will to their Senators.There may possibly be extreme cases, as I have intimated in my letter to the Democratic members of the Legislature, in which the Senator, in order to avert a great public evil, might be justified in deciding, that the Legislature had violated the will of the people in voting him instructions. I do not now say that such cases might or might not exist; but certainly the present is not one of them. My vote can neither pass nor defeat the expunging resolution at the present Session. Besides, the voice of the American people has doomed that the Resolution of the Senate, condemning President Jackson, shall be expunged; and whether the actual process shall be Performed, during the present or the next year, is not a matter of any great importance.Again, I am proud to say, that I have acquired some little Character, with the Democracy of the other twenty three states of this Union. However small this may be, yet it is still dear to me; & I wish to preserve it. They are not familiarly acquainted, as we are, with the local politics of Pennsylvania. They have already seen that our House of Representatives have passed the Instructions by a vote of 64 to 25; and they will probably pass the Senate by a large majority. If I shall neither yield obedience to these instructions, nor resign, I will be placed upon the same list, in their estimation, with those Senators who have felt it to be their duty to disregard instructions altogether. It will be said of me, that I have professed the duty of obedience or resignation when it affected political opponents, but have shrunk from its application to myself.I shall never consent to consider the present as a question of mere expediencey; but if I were, I should unhesitatingly declare it to be my conviction, that the party to which I am proud to belong, would lose more-much more-by my abandonment of one of its essential principles, than they would gain by my vote in favor of the expunging resolutions, or by all the votes I should be able to give, during the residue of my term in the Senate.Every friend with whom I have conversed upon the subject, in this City, and these include many of the most distinguished Republicans throughout the Union, are all clearly & decidedly of opinion that I ought either to obey or to resign. Either alternative will bring the question distinctly before the people of the State, at their next General Election, whether, what I believe to be, the unconstitutional & unjust resolution of condemnation, against the President, for one of the most meritorious acts of his long & useful life, shall or shall not be expunged from the Journals of the Senate.To obey or resign is, then, my fixed determination. Should I adopt the former course, I shall declare at the time I give my vote, that I do it merely as an agent in obedience to Legislative instructions, and against my own opinion.If I consult my own feelings, I shall resign. A public man, in his public conduct, ought not only to be chaste but unsuspected.I should be sorry to have it even suspected by any citizen of my native state, that I was capable of clinging to an office, however high and honorable, for a moment longer than I could retain it, without the sacrifice of any principle. Which of the two alternatives I shall finally adopt, I have not yet fully determined. When the proper time arrives, I shall be prepared to act promptly and decidedly.I herewith transmit to you an extract from my letter to the Democratic members of our Legislature, dated on the 22 day of December, 1834, containing that part of it which relates to the subject of Instructions." The extract mentioned by Buchanan is included, two pages, both sides, written in an unknown hand, and headed at the top, "Extract of a letter addressed by Mr. Buchanan to Jacob Kerr Esquire & others, Democratic members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania on the 22 December 1834." Letter is housed in a custom-made hardcover case. In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, a few scattered ink brushes and spots of soiling, and two paperclip marks to first page.Ever torn between following his own beliefs or those of his constituents, Pennsylvania Senator James Buchanan again found himself trapped on the issue of expunging Jackson's censure from the Senate Journal. After withdrawing federal deposits from the Bank of the United States at the start of his second term, President Jackson was officially censured by the Senate for assuming power not conferred by the Constitution-the only time in American history that this formal reprimand has been placed upon a president. For the next three years, Missouri Democrat Thomas Hart Benton campaigned to have it expunged, bringing the resolution to back the Senate in 1836 (now with a Democratic majority), where we find Buchanan at the time of this letter. If instructed by the State Legislature, expressing the will of the people, to vote against the resolution, Buchanan would find two of his strongest beliefs in opposition: one, that his role was to obey the people he represented, and two, that the censure should absolutely be expunged. Agonizing over how to reconcile the two, he declares, "To obey or resign is, then, my fixed determination. Should I adopt the former course, I shall declare at the time I give my vote, that I do it merely as an agent in obedience to Legislative instructions, and against my own opinion." During the last session of Congress under Jackson, the vote was taken after thirteen hours of debate; with a five-vote majority, the resolution passed and the censure was expunged from the record of the aging president, just weeks from retirement. A remarkable letter giving voice to the constant inner turmoil that Buchanan carried all the way to the White House twenty years later, helping lead the country towards Civil War.

Lot 37: COOK (JAMES)

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: GIANETTI (MICHELANGIOLO) Elogy of Captain James Cook Composed and Publicly Recited before the Royal Academy of Florence... Translated into English by a Member of the Royal Academy of Florence, parallel text in English and Italian, both titles with engraved vignette of the Royal Society Cook Medal, light arc of dampstaining at upper inner margin, light spotting (mostly to final page), untrimmed in original paper wrappers, rebacked, preserved in morocco-backed book box [Beddie 1957; Forbes 99; Holmes 51; Kroepelien 486; Sabin 27267], 4to, Florence, Gaetano Cambiagi, Printer to His Royal Highness, 1785

Lot 39: COOK (JAMES)

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: The Death of Captain Cook; A Grand Serious-Pantomimic-Ballet, in Three Parts. As Now Exhibiting in Paris with Uncommon Applause with the Original French Music, New Scenery, Machinery, and Other Decorations. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, stitched in publisher's printed wrappers, preserved in purpose-made solander box with gilt lettered morocco label on upper cover [Beddie 2452], 8vo, T. Cadell, 1789

Lot 40: ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES DUFFIELD HARDING

by Brightwells

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES DUFFIELD HARDING (1798-1863)¦An extensive Landscape with¦a figure on a path at dusk,¦a lake in the distance¦with traces of indistinct initials( lower right )¦watercolour¦8 1/2 x 12 3/4in (21.7 x 32.4cm)¦¦The subject appears to be an allegorical one,¦possibly based on Miltons Poem Il Pensero.¦¦

Lot 40: COOK (JAMES)

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: HAWKESWORTH (JOHN) A New Voyage, Round the World, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, Performed by Captain James Cooke, in the Ship Endeavour, 2 vol., 2 folding plates (engraved by Paul Revere), one folding engraved map (one margin, and one text leaf margin neatly strengthened with archival tissue), browning, early bookplate of James Giles, modern calf gilt [Beddie 656; Holmes 9; Sabin 30936], 8vo, New York, James Rivington, 1774

Lot 41: CHARLES HORWELL WOODMAN (1823-1888)¦A Family Group

by Brightwells

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: CHARLES HORWELL WOODMAN (1823-1888)¦A Family Group by a Field Gate¦inscribed verso (under mount)¦watercolour¦8 1/2 x 6in (21.6 x 15.3 cm)

Lot 45: JAMES STINTON

by Hartleys Auctioneers and Valuers

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: JAMES STINTON, a pair of pheasants in landscape, signed, watercolour, 9 3/4" x 7 3/4", framed and glazed

Lot 57: Miniature Satsuma box featuring stylized flowers and textile patterns,Meiji Period;

by Ripley Auctions

June 19, 2013, 2:00 PM CST

Indianapolis, IN, USA

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Description: Miniature Satsuma box featuring stylized flowers and textile patterns,Meiji Period; un-translated signature with Shimazu family crest. 1.25"h, 3.25" w, 2.5" d.

Lot 58: ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM JAMES MULLER

by Brightwells

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM JAMES MULLER (1812-1845)¦Landscape with house amongst Trees¦inscribed Conham (lower left)¦watercolour¦18 ½ x 15in (46.9 x 38.2cm)¦¦ A View of a Mill at Conham ,(dateable to 1841) is in The British Museum , London

Lot 62: James PichetteFrench, 1920-1996Abstract Composition

by Doyle New York

June 19, 2013, 10:00 AM EST

New York, NY, USA

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Description: James Pichette French, 1920-1996 Abstract Composition, 1956 Signed J. Pichette and dated 56 (lr) Gouache on paper 9 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches C Estate of Shirley Baerwald

Condition Report: Hinged with tape verso in the upper right and upper left corners and there is an old hinge of tape in the upper center. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Lot 70: Family group: Pair: Private W. Adams,

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Pair: Private W. Adams, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6361 Pte., Notts. & Derby. Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6361 Pte., Notts. & Derby. Regt.) suspension refitted, edge bruising, contact marks, fine Three: Serjeant A. A. Adams, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment 1914 Star, with clasp (10954 L. Cpl., 2/Notts. & Derby. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10954 Sjt., Notts. & Derby. R.); together with a Silver War Badge (11609) medals heavily worn through polishing (6)

Lot 98: A tragic Great War family group: Medals to Private

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

Description: A tragic Great War family group: Medals to Private Gersham Wildsmith, M.M., 1/8th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, killed in action, France/Flanders, 17 October 1918 Victory Medal 1914-19 (4444 Pte. G. Wildsmith, Notts. & Derby. R.); Memorial Plaque (Gersham Wildsmith) Medals to Private William Wildsmith 17th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in action, France/Flanders, 30 September 1917 British War and Victory Medals (R-10835 Pte. W. Wildsmith, K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (William Wildsmith) Medals awarded to Private Wilfred Wildsmith, 15th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment...

Lot 162: James Rosenquist (American, B.1933)

by Nico Auctions

June 19, 2013, 3:00 PM PST

Greenville, DE, USA

Estimated Price: $300 - $600

Description: Medium: Offset Lithograph Titled: Slush Trust Measures: 16 x 23 inches Pencil signed & dated 1970 lower right Original poster created by James Rosenquist for a show held at the Galerie Ricke in Koln, Germany. Only a few copies were signed at the show opening in 1970.

Condition Report: unframed, overall in excellent condition

Lot 164: Pepys family.- Collection of deeds, legal

by Bloomsbury Auctions

June 19, 2013, 10:30 AM GMT

Godalming, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £200 - £300

Description: Pepys family.- Collection of deeds, legal agreements etc. all relating to members of the Pepys family (earls of Cottenham), Ds.s., most manuscripts on vellum, folds, some soiling and creasing, v.s., v.d. [18th & 19th centuries] (30).

Lot 172: World War II - Family grouping with WW2 BWM and

by Warwick & Warwick Limited [Collectables]

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: World War II - Family grouping with WW2 BWM and 1923 GSM 2 clasps Palestine 1945-48, Canal Zone to 14939566 Pte W. Burbridge Warwick very fine, court mounted as worn, also with boxed named unofficial General ....

Lot 184: JENKINS (JAMES)

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies, 54 hand-coloured aquatint plates (including frontispiece, pictorial title and dedication), text watermarked "J. Whatman, 1812", dedication "J. Whatman, 1829", modern red crushed half morocco gilt, g.e., skilfully rebacked preserving original spine [Abbey, Life 365; Tooley 281], large 4to (332 x 262mm.), James Jenkins, [1815]

Lot 196: NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - THE BOYS DEATH MASK

by Bonhams

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Death mask of Napoleon, taken on the Island of St Helena on 7 May 1821, two days after his death, cast in plaster and presented to the Rev Richard Boys, Senior Chaplain of St Helena, with an autograph note of authentication by him, written prior to his departure from the island in 1829: "This Cast was taken from the Face of Napoleon Buonaparte as he lay dead at Longwood St. Helena 7th May 1821 which I do hereby certify/ R. Boys M.A. Sen.r Chaplain/ By Rubidge"; the inside of the cast inscribed in pencil "Rev Mr Boys"; on a mahogany stand of circa 1830, to which the note is affixed, in white plaster of Paris, incorporating an internal plaited rope for suspension, exterior with a fine and varied aged patina, including normal minor wear, glass dome and one foot of the stand lacking, 317 x 155 mm., [cast for the Rev Richard Boys by Joseph William Rubidge on St Helena in May or June 1821]

Lot 198: James Mc Garrell (Indianapolis 1930) Senza titolo,

by Minerva Auctions

2013

Italy

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Description: James Mc Garrell (Indianapolis 1930) Senza titolo, (1975) matita su carta, cm 16,5 x 25,5 Firmato in basso a destra: James Mc Garrell ESPOSIZIONI: Roma, James Mc Garrell 105 opere in bianco e nero, galleria Il Fante di Spade, 1975

Lot 235: Family group: Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class G. R.

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Pair: Air Mechanic 2nd Class G. R. Noble, South African Royal Flying Corps British War and Victory Medals (Z-458 2-A.M. G. R. Noble, S.A.R.F.C.), very fine or better and rare Board of Trade Rocket Life Saving Apparatus Long Service, G.V.R. (Andrew Noble), good very fine (3)

Lot 249: James Brown

by Dorotheum

2013

Austria

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Description: James Brown (born Los Angeles 1951; lives in Oaxaca, Mexico) Eleven portraits of Buddha, bronze, mixed media, height 129,5 x 81 x 68 cm, (PP) provenance:private collection, Austria

Lot 328: [Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2

by Bloomsbury Auctions

June 19, 2013, 10:30 AM GMT

Godalming, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £300 - £400

Description: [Combe (William)] The English Dance of Death, 2 vol., first edition in book form, additional hand-coloured aquatint vignette title, frontispiece and 72 plates by Rowlandson, some slight offsetting, bookplates to rear pastedowns, handsomely bound in later red straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1815-16.

Lot 329: Holbein (Hans) The Dance of Death, 2 engraved

by Bloomsbury Auctions

June 19, 2013, 10:30 AM GMT

Godalming, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £200 - £300

Description: Holbein (Hans) The Dance of Death, 2 engraved portraits and 31 hand-coloured plates by Wenceslaus Hollar, light offsetting, contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers with gilt foliate border, g.e., extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, 1816.

Lot 363: James Feriola, American Farm Watercolor Painting

by RoGallery.com Auctions

June 19, 2013, 12:00 PM EST

Long Island City , NY, USA

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Description: Artist: James Feriola, American (1925 - ) - Title: Untitled 5 - Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Signed in Black Ink - Size: 17.5 x 28 in. (44.45 x 71.12 cm)

Lot 366: Heraldic Manuscript. Armorial of English Families,

by Dominic Winter Auctions

June 19, 2013, 11:00 AM GMT

Near Cirencester, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £400 - £600

Description: Heraldic Manuscript. Armorial of English Families, early 17th c., nine leaves with numerous hand-col. coats-of-arms arranged in alphabetical order (D-R only), mostly to rectos only, but three leaves with shields to recto and verso, featuring cockatrice, mermaids, rampant lions, griffins, sea creatures, etc., interleaved with contemp. blanks, all affected by damp to head of pages with bleeding of colour, leaves 2, 6 and 9 with some coats-of-arms excised and losses repaired, prelim. blank with ink stamp 'Sir T. Phillips, Middle-hill 184(?)3', old glazed paper wrappers bound in (with Thomas Phillips's printed catalogue number mounted on front wrapper, and Sotheby's ms. '99' lot number below), bookplate of Caietan Marno, 19th c. boards with cloth tape spine, rubbed and marked, label removed from upper cover, small slim folio. Phillipps ms.11262. Including such family names as: Dacre, Dorrell, Iurlande de Hutt, Knachbull, Kitchin de Meals, Langley de Agercrofte, Latham de Knowlsley, Leylande de Morleys, Norreys de Speke, Nowell de Reade, Orwell and Radcliffe. Provenance: sold at the library sale of Lord Berwick, Sotheby's, 26th April 1843, lot 99, (p.7), where it was purchased for a guinea by Payne (presumably John Payne of the famous firm of London booksellers). The sale of Lord Berwick's books was held over the course of two months, and made a total of £6,726. It is likely that Sir Thomas Phillips purchased the volume directly from Payne. (1)

Lot 455: Flagg (James Montgomery) Man Contemplating

by Bloomsbury Auctions

June 19, 2013, 10:30 AM GMT

Godalming, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £200 - £300

Description: Flagg (James Montgomery) Man Contemplating Portrait original pen and ink drawing, signed and dated lower left, approx. 628 x 467mm. n.p., 1907.

Lot 490: James Lovell

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $100 - $200

Description: Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Apollo 8 mission insignia, signed in black felt tip, "The first crew to fly to the Moon! James Lovell, Dec. 1968, Apollo 8." In fine condition.

Lot 632: Family group: Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1443 Sgt. J. Hart, 2nd Wilts. Regt.), contact marks, nearly very fine Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5562196 Sgt. J. A. Hart, Wilts. R.), this heavily polished, thus fine

Lot 634: Family group: Pair: Private J. H. Hazzard,

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

Description: Family group: Pair: Private J. H. Hazzard, Wiltshire Regiment, who was taken prisoner in the disastrous action at Rensburg in February 1900 Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5231 Pte. J. H. Hazard, 2nd Wilts. Regt.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5321 Pte. T. Hazzard, Wiltshire Regt.), note erroneous initial, together with Army Temperance Association Medals (2), and a rarely seen Wiltshire Regiment Temperance Medal in the form of a regimental badge, all in silver, minor official correction to surname on the second, contact marks, n...

Lot 654: Family group: Three: Bombardier R. Robson, Royal

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Three: Bombardier R. Robson, Royal Field Artillery, who died of wounds, France/Flanders, 24 November 1917 1914 Star (65458 Gnr., R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (65458 Bmbr., R.A.) B.W.M. with edge bruise General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (23030439 Pte. R. Robson, E. Yorks) very fine and better (4)

Lot 668: James Van Der Zee

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $100 - $200

Description: Influential African-American photographer (1886-1983) who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Rare gallery announcement for an exhibition entitled 'Photography by James Van Der Zee,' 6.25 x 8.75, signed on the front in black ballpoint, "J. Van Der Zee, 1981." Some inside pages affixed to each other, otherwise fine condition.

Lot 673: Family group: Four: Seaman W. H. Luck, Royal Naval

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Four: Seaman W. H. Luck, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (A.5612 Smn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (5612A 2 Hd. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension, with Second Award Bar (5103 D, Smn., R.NR.(sic)); together with a Turkish Campaign Star 1915, enamelled, reverse stamped, 'B.B. & C.' Pair: Chief Officer S. Luck, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard British War Medal 1914-20 (Ch. Offr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Samuel Luck, Boatman, H.M. Coastguard) good very fine and better (7)

Lot 679: Family group: Three: Sapper R. Powell, Royal

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Three: Sapper R. Powell, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (62059 Spr., R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (62059 Spr., R.E.) Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (839645 Cpl. R. H. Powell, A.C.C.) good very fine (4)

Lot 680: Family group: Three: Second Lieutenant P. B.

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Three: Second Lieutenant P. B. Bishop, 20th Battalion London Regiment 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., 20/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.) mounted as worn; with 20th London Regiment cap badge Pair: Lieutenant E. F. Bishop, Canadian Infantry 1914-15 Star (81072 Pte., 8/Can. Inf.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Lieut.); together with 12 'Canada' and other badges, medals good very fine and better (18)

Lot 686: A 19thC re-issue of the death warrant of Charles

by Golding Young & Mawer

June 19, 2013, 10:00 AM GMT

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £35 - £50

Description: A 19thC re-issue of the death warrant of Charles I, possibly published in 1834 after the fire at parliament or for the bi-centenary in 1849, pencil signature of Henry Mildmay added at a later date

Lot 688: A poignant family group to brothers: Three:

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

Description: A poignant family group to brothers: Three: Private E. W. Thorpe, Suffolk Regiment, who was killed in action in March 1916 1914-15 Star (18304 Pte. E. W. Thorpe, Suff. R.); British War and Victory Medals (18304 Pte. E. W. Thorpe, Suff. R.), together with related Memorial Plaque (Ernest William Thorpe) and scroll, and period portrait photograph in uniform, the plaque with glue stains to reverse, otherwise extremely fine Three: Private W. J. Thorpe, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was killed in action in November 1917 1914-15 Star (17482 Pte. W. J. Thorpe, North'n. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17482 Pte. W. J. Thorpe, North...

Lot 694: A poignant family group to brothers James and Luke

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: A poignant family group to brothers James and Luke Wightman, Privates in the 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale) Border Regiment - both killed in action on the first day of the battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 Three: Private J. Wightman, Border Regiment 1914-15 Star (17365 Pte., Bord. R.); British War and Victory Medals (17365 Pte., Bord. R.); Memorial Plaque (James Wightman) Three: Private L. Wightman, Border Regiment 1914-15 Star (19522 Pte., Bord. R.) some digs to back of star; British War and Victory Medals (19522 Pte., Bord. R.) nearly extremely fine except where stated (7)

Lot 702: A copy of Armorial Families, by Arthur Charles

by Golding Young & Mawer

June 19, 2013, 10:00 AM GMT

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £30 - £40

Description: A copy of Armorial Families, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, 5th edition

Lot 726: Coulson family medals: Five: William Thomas

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

Description: Coulson family medals: Five: William Thomas Coulson, Mercantile Marine - a Carpenter aboard the S.S. Brussels when she was captured by the Germans in June 1916 - her captain Charles Fryatt was subsequently executed as a franc-tireur British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William T. Coulson); Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (William T. Coulson, 12 August, 1870); Belgium, Civic Medal, bronze, on 'distinguished service' ribbon; 'Freedom of Antwerp' Cross, bronze-gilt and enamel, this lacking reverse centre Pair: William Henry Coulson, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals ...

Lot 761: James Mason. Figure on a bridge, watercolour,

by Golding Young & Mawer

June 19, 2013, 10:00 AM GMT

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Description: James Mason. Figure on a bridge, watercolour, signed and dated 1933, 24cm x 31cm and a harvesting scene (2).

Lot 774: Sold by Order of the Family 'The attention of the

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

Description: Sold by Order of the Family 'The attention of the reader is directed to the endurance of this officer. After a long day's marching and fighting in the dark, without food and with small numbers, the man who will go on, unshaken and unflinching after he has received a severe and painful wound, has in respect of personal courage few equals and no superior in the world. It is perhaps as high a form of valour to endure as it is to fight. The combination of both is sublime.' Winston Churchill, The Malakand Field Force, refers. A rare and truly Churchillian Punjab Frontier operations V.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel...

Lot 814: Family group: A fine Great War Adriatic "V.C.

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

Description: Family group: A fine Great War Adriatic "V.C. action" D.S.M. group of four awarded to Engineman J. Dowie, Royal Naval Reserve, who was decorated for his part in defending the Otranto Barrage during the famous attack launched by Austrian cruisers and destroyers in May 1917 - he remained at his post in the drifter Coral Haven until she slipped beneath the waves a blazing wreck, a classic example of what the Austrians described as a 'united mad resistance' Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (T.S. 2113 J. Dowie, Engn., R.N.R., H.M. Dr. Coral Haven, Straits of Otranto, 15 May 1917); 1914-15 Star (T.S. 2113 J. Dowie, Tr., R.N.R....

Lot 838: James Brown

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $100 - $200

Description: Color 8.5 x 11 print on canvas of an artist's depiction of Brown's face, signed and inscribed in the lower border in blue felt tip, "My thanks to Eddie & Family, James Brown." In fine condition.

Lot 839: James Brown

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $100 - $200

Description: TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The James Brown Enterprises letterhead, April 27, 1981. Letter of thanks to an admirer. In full: "Thank you for your interest. It's always good to here [sic] from some one who enjoys music. I am enclosing the picture you requested. Best of luck in the future." In very good condition, with torn punch holes to right edge and toning to two edges.

Lot 906: Family group: Pair: Private W. Reed, 15th

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Pair: Private W. Reed, 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who died of wounds, France/Flanders, 21 June 1917 British War and Victory Medals (20223 Pte., Hamps. R.) Victory Medal 1914-19 (22817 Pte. T. L. Reed, Hamps. R.) nearly extremely fine (3)

Lot 910: Family group: Three: Acting Colour Serjeant F. C.

by Dix Noonan & Webb

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Family group: Three: Acting Colour Serjeant F. C. R. Noyce, 1/5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who died in Burma, 3 September 1918 British War Medal 1914-20 (278 A-C. Sjt. F. Noyce, Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (278 Sjt. F. Noyce, Hamps. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (278 Sjt. F. C. R. Noyce, 5/Hants. R.) note variation in initials; Memorial Plaque (Francis Noyce) Three: Temporary Corporal B. F. S. Noyce, Hampshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (240832 T. Cpl., Hamps. R.); Defence Medal, unnamed, slight edge bruising, very fine and better (6)

Lot 994: Late eighteenth century Grand Imperial Family

by Reeman Dansie

June 19, 2013, 10:00 AM GMT

Colchester, United Kingdom

Estimated Price: £60 - £100

Description: Late eighteenth century Grand Imperial Family Bible, illustrated with notes and observations and containing many engravings, in a tooled leather binding, 44cm high x 28cm wide

Lot 1026: James Dean

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $2,000 - $3,000

Description: DS, one page, 8 x 6, April 7, 1954. Promissory note between Dean and Warner Bros. In part: "On May 26, 1954, I, James Dean, promise to pay to the order of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. One Hundred and 00/100 Dollars." In fine condition, with a barely noticeable tack hole to the upper portion repaired with tape to the reverse (far from any text). Accompanied by an unsigned glossy photo of Dean in East of Eden.When signing this document, Dean had just been chosen to play Cal Trask in Elia Kazan's East of Eden-his first major role. On the very next day, April 8, Dean left New York and headed for Los Angeles to begin shooting. Warner Bros. issued Dean a $700 advance for the film, which he agreed to pay back $100 at a time on a weekly basis via a deduction from his paycheck. This agreement was also made on April 7, and Dean provided the studio with promissory notes dated for each week, of which this is one-as such, there are at most seven of these extant. An incredible document from a monumental occasion in film history.

Lot 1063: Addams Family: Vic Mizzy

by RR Auction

June 19, 2013, 6:00 PM EST

Amherst, NH, USA

Estimated Price: $100 - $200

Description: AMQS on an off-white 5 x 2 card, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Jim Keenan-Vic Mizzy." Mizzy pens the first three bars of the Addams Family theme, snaps included. In fine condition.

Lot 1213: Royal Family interest, christmas card signed by

by Lockdale Coins Ltd

2013

United Kingdom

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Description: Royal Family interest, christmas card signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the card also with a printed scene of The Holy Family, after Sebastiano Ricci, both signatures signed in ink, 23cm wide