George Second, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vi, 329p. Quarter light brown morocco over marbled boards with marbled end papers. WITH SIGNED INSCRIPTION TO HER HUSBAND GEORGE C. RIGGS on the inside front blank dated 1901. Almost entirely unopened. Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923) was an American educator, author and composer. Her most famous work Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Light rubbing to the front hinge and a tiny chip in the headband otherwise internally clean. An important novel with a personal inscription by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Second Paper, Read Before The Bostonian Society, February 9, 1886. (illustrator). Very Good (light chipping to edges with about a one-inch loss at head of spine, contents clean & tight; Russell's small ink name stamp top of title page). 8vo., printed light-blue wraps; 80 pages First Edition. signed presentation from Moore inside the front cover: "Samuel H. Russell, Esq., With the kind regards of Geo. H. Moore. New York: July 31, 1886.". Signed.

Condition: Fine. 8½'' x 5''. Certified Copy No. 103 of 150 first day Royal Navy cover stamped envelope. SIGNED 'Sam Salter'. One cachet insert. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Cloth. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Inscribed by the author to George Simpson, head gardener at Windsor Castle, the second edition of Carnations and All Dianthus by Montagu C. Allwood. (illustrator). Second Edition. Octavo, xvi, 214pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge dyed green. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, foxed edges, a near fine example. In a near fine dust jacket, faint sunning to spine, light wear to corners. Vibrant colored plate of carnations on front panel. Inscribed with "best wishes to Mr. Simpson, the Royal Gardener. Montagu C. Allwood 16/2/37" on the front free endpaper. George Simpson worked as the King's head gardener at Windsor Castle throughout the 1940s and 50s. Simpson was well respected in the field of gardening, serving as a judge in the Olympia Flower Show in 1950. Signed.

Condition: Very Good. Sixth edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains portrait frontispiece, 334 + ii pp with 16 monochrome archive photographic plates on 15. Ink name to the front free end paper 'John Sargent 1st January 1951'. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the corners, not price clipped, 16s. Loosely inserted Special Forces Club, London commemorative envelope dedicated to the 'Call to Rise' of the French Resistance by the SOE 'Operation Overlord' Number 150 of 800 flown cover SIGNED 'Odette Hallowes' to the front cover, Biggin Hill and Aeroport, Le Touquet stamps dated 22 and 24 May 1994 to the reverse, signed by Group Captain W. S. O. Randle, two cachet inserts. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPECIAL OPERATIONS [S.O.E.].

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. The second edition of Captain George Ash: His Adventures and Life Story as Cowboy, Ranger and Soldier, signed by Captain George Ash. (illustrator). Second Edition. Octavo, [8]-180pp. Illustrated blue hardcover. Solid text block. Light foxing throughout. Frontispiece portrait and nine photographic plates. (Howes A348) (Six-Guns, 42) Signed opposite the title page: "Yours sincerely, George Ash (Captain) / 1937." This work was a reissue of the scarce 1923 printing from Drane's of London. It follows the life of Captain Ash, cattle rustling and "outlawry" along the Mexican border country of the United States. Signed.

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 6''. tells the story of Flight Lieutenant Ken Trent DFC*, who flew more than forty missions over Nazi Europe in Lancaster bombers. Contains 288 pp with monochrome archive and colour photographs to the centre pages. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Number 24 of 158 flown cover SIGNED 'Kenneth Trent' to the front cover, 12 October 2004 Hyde Park, London stamp, reverse signed by Stephen J. Hill, one cachet insert, 2018 newspaper obituary. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. BATTLE OF BRITAIN.

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Magennis was part of several operations involving X-Craft midget submarines in attacks on Axis ships. In July 1945, Magennis was serving on HMS XE3 during Operation Struggle. During an attack on the Japanese cruiser Takao in Singapore, Magennis showed extraordinary valour and bravery by leaving the submarine for a second time in order to free some explosive charges that had got caught, he is only person in naval history to exit a submarine in a diving suit, perform a military operation and return to the same submarine. His commanding officer, Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser, was also awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the operation. Contains 224 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, supplied in archive acetate film protection. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'To Chris Maccabe C.B. (Associate Political Director) with compliments from George Fleming' + souvenir 130th Anniversary of the Institution of the Victoria Cross cover DOUBLE SIGNED 'Ian Fraser V.C.' and James J. Magennis V.C.' to the front cover, 29th January 1986 post marked stamp. Housed in Fine condition paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS.

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. Each of the two letters is 1p, 4to, with the Prince's letter on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium, and the Earl's signed autograph copy of his reply on the recto of the second leaf of the same bifolium. Both leaves are discoloured and damaged, with wear and loss from infestation, but the two signatures and the area around them are good and clear. The document has been folded twice for postage. Strip of white tape along gutter of blank reverse of second leaf from mount. ONE (Frederick's ALS): Fifteen lines. Reads: 'My Dear Lord / I trust that You will excuse my troubling You with this Letter in favor of a young man to whose Father I am under very particular Obligations, He is Son to my fri[end] [.] Adam, and having been as I understand irregularly promoted in the East Indies to the Command of the Carysfort Frigate, has been of course Superceded by the Admiralty and obliged to return home. Were it possible for You my dear Lord to promote Him to the Rank of Master and Commander I should feel myself highly gratified, and am [convinced?] that the Young Man will not disgrace my recommendation as He has always given great Satisfaction to the Officers under whom He has served, and particularly distinguished Himself [a]s a Volunteer in assisting to quell the Mutiny at the Cape / Believe me ever My Dear Lord / Yours most sincerely / Frederick'. TWO (Spencer's Signed Autograph Copy of his reply): Twelve lines. Addressed to 'H. A. Hs. The Duke of York.' and 'sgd. / Spencer'. Reads: 'Sir / I am very much concerned that it is not in my power in this Instance to obey your Royal Highness's Commands by giving a Commission of Master & [Commander] [.] Adam; that Gentleman not being at present by the Rules of the Navy qualified even to receive a Lieutenant's Commission, previous to which it is an invariable Custom that he should pass an Examination before the Navy Board, which, as I am informed, he has not yet had an opportunity of doing. / When he shall have gone through that necessary Ceremony, I shall be very happy to give him a Commission of Lieutenant on an early opportunity, but before he can with propriety obtain the Rank of Commander he must serve at least for a time in the Capacity of a Lieutenant. / I have the Honour to be / Sir / your Royal Highness's / most dutiful / & obedient Servant / sgd. / Spencer'.