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Distributions Agreement dated 12/29/1959 with Drake Investment Corporation, covering the Motion Pictures entitled Story Of G. I. Joe, Tomorrow The World, and Street Scene, typed document, signed by Cowan, Wohl & Grainger; plus related legal correspondence.
Drake Investment Co., Inc.; Lester Cowan; Edmund C. Grainger; A. Martin Braverman; Charles E. Oberle; Joseph Wohl of International Film Distributors.
Published by New York & Washington: Lester Cowan-60. 1959
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Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 8vo., 24 pp., Very Good, with some creasing. Other documents include: TLS Braverman to Grainger 11/1/60; TLS Oberle to Grainger 10/14/60; TLS Braverman to Grainger 9/26/60; TLS Braverman to Grainger 9/20/60; TLS Oberle to Grainger 9/9/60; TLS Braverman to Grainger 8/19/60; TLS Wohl to Cowan 8/11/60; TLS Braverma…n to Grainger 8/10/60; TLS Braverman to Grainger 6/30/60.
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Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Signed, "Howick." Original document with printed text and handwriting in black ink on beige paper. Paper has a "J. & M. Mills, 1830" watermark. Dated August 15, 1836 at the "War Office." 7 3/4" x 12 3/4." One page. Document is very clean and intact overall except for fold lines (perh…aps original), light age toning, and a few wrinkles. Signature and the rest of the handwriting are still very clean and legible. A Very Good copy. An original document issued by the War Office and signed by Charles Grey as "Howick." In the document, Grey signs that the Paymaster General is to return a portion of treasury funds used by the "53rd Foot," also known as the 53rd Regiment of Foot. General Charles Grey (1804-1870) was a British army officer, politician, and secretary. He was one of the sons of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), the latter of whom was also known as Viscount Howick from 1806-1807, and Mary Ponsonby. Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey (1802-1894) was the younger Charles's brother. In 1820, Grey joined the British Army as a sub-lieutenant. He later commanded the 73rd Regiment of Foot from 1833-1842. As a politician, Charles served as a member of the British House of Commons and the Executive Council and Special Council of Lower Canada. Notably, Charles also served as a private secretary to his father, to Prince Albert from 1849-1861, and to Queen Victoria from 1861 until his passing in 1870. Signed by Author(s).
Published by 'Address - / c/o Mrs. Gámá / Glencairn / Colpetty. / 23rd Nov: / Colombo / Ceylon' 1911
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Add to basketJames Samuel Walter de Soysa (b.1880) was one of the children of the vastly wealthy Ceylonese tea planter and philanthropist Charles Henry de Soysa (1836-1890) of Moratuwa and Alfred House, Colombo. An Anglican, he was educated at Cambridge, and was a bencher of the Inner Temple. In 1904 he married Maria Micada Piedra Albo, of a… distinguished Spanish family. They lived in London in Kensington, and in Ceylon, where he had his own plantations. The present documents relate to the couple's separation and divorce proceedings, which were filed in London, which resulted in him keeping the Kensington property and paying his wife and then her sister alimony for life. In 1918 he remarried, and he and his second wife Francis Dora Sirimanna lived at 'Sunnyside' in Moratuwa, and then at properties at Angulana and Gurudeniya. Both items in good condition, lightly aged and worn, each with a few pinholes from previous attachment to one corner of the leaves. ONE: Letter, in English, from J. S. W. de Sousa's wife to 'Mr. Powell'. Either a transcript or the Autograph Original signed 'Maria Albo de Soysa'. Fully filling 8pp, 8vo, with the conclusing written written lengthwise up a margin. On four loose bifoliums, previously pinned together. Headed: 'Address - / c/o Mrs. Gámá / Glencairn / Colpetty. / 23rd Nov: 1911 / Colombo / Ceylon'. At head of first page is a memorandum dated 18 April 1918, setting out the documents involved in the divorce settlement, with the autograph signature: 'Before me / J. W. Lawrence / A Commissioner for Oaths', headed 'W. P. 4 / In the High Court of Justice / Chancery Division / Mr Justice Astbury'. Maria de Soysa's letter begins in histrionic style: 'Dear Mr. Powell / As you are perhaps already aware by this time that Mr. Walter de Soysa after being once more influenced by his own people as soon as he reached Colombo he deserted me & is trying to make the Trust null & void after looking so genuine & in earnest about all what he did of his own wish & will in order to recompense for all the wrongs he has done to me. / Now stranded & deserted as I am in a foreign country away from my home & my own people my only chance of getting any justice in this world lies in trusting you, Mr. Lambert & Dr. Gámá.' After a degree of repetition she explains 'the exact position': 'I am sent out of his house at the most unearthly hour of night bag & baggage & had to shelter with my friends as there was great danger of my being ill treated & even poisoned & murdered by his own people helping'. She explains how she has had recourse to law and 'a separation through the court for this desertion on his part'. She complains that she may 'lose everything after him & all will go either to his people or one of his mistresses which he picks up a new one every day & which habit is sure to go from bad to worse being left to himself'. She repeats her assertion of confidence in the advice she is being given, and states that de Soysa 'has already sent a notice to Dr. Gámá informing him of anulling of the Trust & has made another will & instead of having the deeds registered for the Trust & handed over to Messrs Julius & Creasy has them registered back in his name'. She asks Powell to 'kindly act in this matter as is needful instead of being out done & cheated by him & his fraudulent lawyers'. She spends the second half of the letter attempting to influence him, while stating that 'it is not for a moment when I write to you this that I have any object in influencing you on my behalf'. Implying that de Soysa may contract syphilis, she states that there is something 'wrong in putting the properties in Trust of a man who has every chance of being one of these days totally blind, & get struck with paralysis & squander all his fortune if left to himself in company of bad women & gambling thereby reducing himself to the condition of a beggar & then be a bruden to me in near future when he will be 'shuned' [sic] & out-cast by his own people as soon as he goes through his whole fortune which he is sure to do as you are already aware of his vicious habits'. Raising the suggestion that she may have contracted his syphilis, she continues with understandable histrionics: 'Stranded, forsaken & robbed, ruined, health with a most gloomy future facing me as to the exact state of my health & suffering therefore being taunted by the most horrible of diseases by the wicked conduct of this man whom I had the misfortune to marry with nothing to be blamed for any of my actions & after leading a straight life even under such trying circumstances'. With a hint of racism she suggests that Powell will do his 'utmost to save me from the great wrong that this foreigner is trying to do by depriving his rightful wife, of all those rights to which she has every claim'. She concludes with more complaints of 'all these wrongs that I have suffered at the hands of this heartless man', and asking to be saved 'from utter ruin at this man's hand'. TWO: Document in Sinhalese, presumably related to Item One. 6pp, 4to, on six leaves, with around twenty-two lines to a page apart from the last page of five lines. In ink, with a few emendations in pencil and ink.
More imagesPublished by Paris 1654
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, U.S.A.The Old Mill Bookshop
Contact seller3-star seller1 vols. 7 1/4 x 5 inches. In French. In French. 1 vols. 7 1/4 x 5 inches. A quittance. Saveuses was a Counselor of the King. Vellum. Creases, some light soiling and browning, small holes, else very good.
More imagesDocument dated 1773 signed by Lord North Frederick, Charles James Fox, Charles Townsend and the Duke of Newcastle.
Frederick, Lord North; Charles James Fox; Charles Townsend; Duke of Newcastle
Published by Manuscript, Bushy Park 1780
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Add to basketUnbound. Condition: Very good condition. First Edition. One folio page 18-line handwritten document dated July 17, 1773. Signed by: North as Prime Minister; C. Townsend; C.J. Fox, Newcastle; Hardwicke; Thomas Coutts (attorney). It concerns payment to James Lord Forbes. American Revoluton; Revolutionary War; Frederick, Lord North… (1732-1792). Signed by Author(s). Book.
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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerThis U.S. army physician served on the U.S. Army Board for Study of Tropical Diseases in Manila; malaria was a serious concern at the time, ravaging U.S. troops during the Spanish-American War; Craig's advancements in the field include writings such as The Aestivo-Autumnal Malarial Fevers (1901) and The Malarial Fevers (1909). P…artly-printed ADS, 1p, 6½" X 2 3/4", Washington, DC, 1922 July 22. Very good. Check drawn on The Riggs National Bank, written out entirely in Craig's hand to "Cash" in the amount of $25, boldly signed. Cancellation perforations and stamps do not touch upon signature. Nice engraving of bank entrance at left.
Published by Paris 1700
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Contact seller3-star sellerIn French. In French. Single leaf. 1 vols. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Certificate of service for Jean Jourdain dit St. Amand for having served in the military service. Signed by La Mothe Houdancourt as Marêchal de Camp des Armées du Roy and Governor de Bergues. He was made Lieutenant Géneral in 1702. Paper. Some light spotting and so…iling, short marginal tears, remains of stub on left edge, else very good Single leaf. 1 vols. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Signed.
[Adam Black, Scottish bookseller, publisher and Whig politician.] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Maurice', i.e. his brother-in-law Maurice Lothian, regarding a document, 'proprietors', 'Mr Bruce' and 'Dymock'.
Adam Black (1784-1824), Scottish bookseller, publisher and Whig politician, partner with his nephew Charles in the Edinburgh firm A. & C. Black
Published by 'Monday' no date or place
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Add to basketSee his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 16mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and ruckled. Addressed to 'Dear Maurice' and signed 'A Black'. For Lothian see 'Memoirs of Adam Black' (1885). He asks him to 'glance at the inclosed': 'The description appears to me abundantly broad. And I hope to get the legion of proprietors in a trim…to sign.' He concludes by stating that he will 'send for it' that evening, 'as Mr Bruce wishes to have it to send to Dymock tomorrow morning'. 'Mr Bruce' may be the future Sir James Knight Bruce (1791-1866); 'Dymock' is William Dymock, the Edinburgh advocate. "Maurice" might well be Maurice Lothian, a procurator fiscal.
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. Document from the Province of Auckland, signed by Charles Heaphy, dated August 18 1862, to Mr A. K. Churton, charging for a survey of the Pakiri Block, near Warkworth, Auckland, on August 13. This was carried out by Charles Heaphy. The amount charged is for £47.7.0. A. K. Churton was Heaphy's fa…ther-in-law, and Heaphy at this time was the Auckland Provincial Surveyor and later New Zealand's first VC winner. 32.5 x 20 cm.
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Charles M. Schulz"; rare use of middle initial), boldly penned in blue ink across the lower margin of a sheet containing a typed biographical entry (probably for Who's Who listing). Oblong octavo. 1 page. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, U.S.A.Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerEisenhower's secretary of defense (1953-57) had unusual qualifications: he served as president of General Motors (1941-53). Partly-printed DS (pencilled initials), 1p, 7¼" X 10½", n.p., n.d. [1939 June 12]. Near fine. Updating form sent out by "Who's Who in America" for their 1940-41 edition, printed on light orange stock, with…Wilson's clipped entry from the previous edition tipped to the central blank portion. Wilson approves this mini-biography with a bold "OK / C.E.W." This item comes with a fine 7" X 9" glossy news agency photograph of 1953 depicting Wilson addressing newsreel cameras outside the Senate Office Building. His nomination to the cabinet was recommended -- after he agreed to sell off all of his GM stock.
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Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerTrenton Sept 9, 1941. 14 x 8.5", printed & typed document, framed, not examined out of frame but appears vg other than fairly uniform toning, with state seal vignette at top & large embossed blue paper seal at bottom. SIGNED BY CHARLES EDISON AS GOVERNOR. Charles was the son of Thomas Alva Edison, and his signature mimics his fa…ther's (except for the TAE umbrella). Appoints Harry B. Bell as a member of the Good Will Commission.
Published by 5 November 1806
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Add to basketOne page, folio, left edge trimmed with small loss of text (first letters of 'Aaron' in name 'Aaron Graham' and three other words), some small closed tears, fold mark, good condition. "Order is taken this 5th Day of November 1806 [.] that you deliver & pay of such His Majesty's Treasure as remains in your charge unto Aaron Graha…m Esq. Inspector of Convicts or to his Assigns the sum of Eighty seven Poaunds and ten Shillings [.]" Signed "CW Williams Wynn", counter-signed "H.Petty | Althorp | {Copeland?]". Concluding statement (loss of a few letters at start) "Camden pray pay this order out of Stamps [Consol?] Fund.".
Document Signed "Cha: Wager"
Charles Wager (1646-1743), Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty between 1733 and 1742
Published by 26 Nov 1725
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Add to basketOne page, 15 x 19cm, corners missing at base with loss of part of first letter of witness signature, "John Eden". Payment of "six months Annuity" payable under a certain Act (duty on Wrought Plate, money arising from sale of forfeited estates, etc.
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Charles Scheib" & "Billy Bernard") in black ink on Assignment of Canadian Copyright, New York, New York, August 6, 1924. 8 1/4" x 13 1/2", 2 pages (1 leaf recto and verso). Very good. Agreement between Charles Scheib, Billy Bernard and Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co. for the song "Missou…ri Moon". Signed by Author(s).
Published by Vienna, 31 May 1870. 1870
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Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
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Add to basketFolio. 1 page. Confirms the receipt of 1500 guilders from the Royal State Opera.
[ Henry Pelham et al ] Part of Treasury Document Signed by the above and others, payment to "Ld Parker". See image.
George Baillie, Scottish politician; Charles Turner, politician; Henry Pelham, Prime Minister 1743-54. All Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
Published by 9 Oct 1725
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Add to basketTwo thirds (?), 22cm x 23, of an Exchequer document, part printed, part-manuscript, top half rather roughyly torn away but leaving the significant MS text and signature. See image for content (though the scan doesn't quite give all detail eg the "x" of "Halifax").
Published by The two transcribed documents are dated 2 May and 10 May 1736. The transcription is undated 1736
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Add to basketOn one side of a 22 x 33 cm piece of vellum. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with some pin-holes to margin. Stamp in black ink at head of the 'REV. CAS DU ROY [.] GEN. DE PARIS'. Signed at end: 'Collationné aux originaux par moi Ecer. Coner. Secretaire du Roy maison Couronne de france et de Ses finances/. | Sainson'. E…ach transcript is eight lines long, the first having been signed by 'Orry' and the second by 'Carreler' (both signatures also transcriptions). The recorded payments were made by Dorel in connection with his office as 'Coner. du Roy Banquier Expeditionnaire en Court de Rome et de La Legation pour la Ville de Paris'. There were twelve 'banquiers expéditionnaire en Cour de Rome' at Paris. The office had begun among Guelph bankers fleeing Italy for France in the fourteenth century, but by the eighteenth century was held by French tax officers dealing with Italian revenues. The 'Mercure de France', November 1753, carries the following report of Sainson's death: 'Edme Sainson, Ecuyer Conseiller Secrétaire du Roi, Maison Couronne de France & de ses Finances, mourut le premier Septembre 1753, âgé de 27 ans. Un esprit net, une mémoire prodigieuse & un grand amour pour le travail, lui faisoient remplir les fonctions de sa Charge avec une grande distinction.' See Image (scanner not quite long enough).
More imagesEXTRAIT DU REGISTRE DES ARRETES DU COMITE DES FINANCES DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE": ORIGINAL HOLOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by members of France's National Assembly JACQUES FRANCOIS CHARLES MONNOT & JEAN DYZES, regarding the restructuring of public education and health as proposed by Fourcroy and others in the 1794 Law.
Monnot, Jacques Francois Charles (1743-1825); and Dyzes, Jean (1742-1830).
Published by Paris, January 1, 1795. 1795
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. Paris, January 1, 1795., 1795. Very good. - Over 90 words penned on 12-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide "Extrait du registre des Arretes du Comite des Finances de la Convention Nationale" watermarked stationery with the committee's heading and pictorial device engraved across the top third of the sheet. The doc…ument is an order of the Committee of Finances of the National Convention for the enforcement of the law of December 2, 1794. Roughly translated, this document regarding the restructuring of public health and medical education in France reads: ["Relative to the different propositions of the Section of Paris for the execution of the law of Dec. 2 [or 3] the Committee on Finance has decreed. / 1. That each section can appoint but three commissioners for putting the law into effect, and that these services are not to be paid for this function is to be considered as under their municipal superintendence. / 2. That after each commissioner has verified that which is prescribed by the law, no opposition can be raised: that each commissioner is to report his work to the national agent of the district near the Dept. of Paris. / 3. That the present decree be sent to every section."] Signed "Monnot" and "Dyzes". The bottom corners are darkened. Folded vertically & horizontally, else near fine. The National Convention in Revolutionary France sought to actively restructure public education and health, which led to reports to shape medical education. Reforms were partially based on reports by Fournoy, and they promoted a shift from the traditional theoretical education in favor of a model which would incorporate hospital practice. The French chemist and politician Antoine-Francois de Fournoy influenced the reorganization of medical education towards practical training which led to the creation of three "Ecoles de Sante". He pushed to integrate the fields of medicine with that of surgery. The French politician Jacques Francois Charles Monnot (1743-1825) served as a member to the August 29, 1791 legislative assembly. He was re-elected to that position and voted for the death of Louis XVI. Re-elected 1795 to the "Conseil des Cing-Cents", he specialized in financial matters. The French politician Jean Dyzes (1742-1830) served as a deputy on the National Assembly. He served as "procureur general".
[Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, distinguished Royal Navy officer.] Navy Office document, signed by Gambier, John Henslow and Charles Hope, querying an account submitted by 'Captain Stanhope / late of L'Achille'.
James Gambier [Lord Gambier] (1756-1833), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and First Naval Lord; John Henslow (1730-1815); Captain Charles Hope
Published by 'Navy Office 20th March' 1799
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Add to basketSee Gambier's entry in the Oxford DNB. He served during capture of Charleston during American Revolutionary War, at the Glorious First of June, and commanded at Battle of Copenhagen and Battle of the Basque Roads. He was First Naval Lord, three times: 1795-1801, 1804-6 and 1807-8. Henslow was Surveyor to the Navy, 1784-1806, and… Hope was Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, 1795-1801. According to one source, HMS Achille was 'commissioned under Captain Sir Henry Stanhope [later Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope (1754-1814)] in June 1798 while fitting out was ongoing [.] In April 1799, Captain Stanhope was replaced in command by Captain George Murray'. 1p, folio. On brittle and lightly-browned laid paper. The document is in fair condition, apart from at the head, which is worn and heavily chipped, with closed tears, repaired with archival tape. Addressed at head from 'Navy Office 20th March 1799.' Folded five times into package. Written in a secretary's hand and signed at bottom right 'C Hope. / J Hemslow / J: Gambier', and addressed at bottom left to 'Captain Stanhope / late of L'Achille'. The document (rather a stern letter for 'affectionate friends' to write) reads: 'The Officers of Portsmouth Yard having transmitted us an Account of the Articles in the Boatswain's Expence Book of His Majesty's Ship [added here: 'Achille late'] under your command, which were thought to be an extraordinary demand in so short a time after having said to have been recently completed. We herewith transmit you a reply of the same, and acquaint you it will be an objection to the passing your Accounts, unless you can give us satisfactory reasons for so extraordinary an expenditure. / We are, / Sir, / Your affectionate friends / C Hope. / J Henslow / J: Gambier'.
More imagesPublished by France, 1632. 1632
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. - Over 130 words penned in a secretarial hand on an 11-3/4 inch high by 7-5/8 inch wide buff paper with an attached leaf. The document grants an individual permission to leave and return with his entourage. "Nous luy avons donne 'conge' de permission d'y aller a condition de retourner a sa [___] au premier…Maudemt." and more specifically "permission de les laissee [____] passer et repasser avec son Equipage et ses Valets." Signed "Louis de Valois" with his seal stamped in blind at bottom left. The letter is annotated in a different hand along the top "Conge du 16-9[-]ve 1632". The document is docketed on the attached leaf. Folded vertically and horizontally. Very good. The son of Charles d'Angouleme and grandson of the King of France Charles IX, Louis-Emmanuel de Valois d'Angouleme (1596-1653) was Count of Auvergne and Governor of Provence, holding the office of Colonel-General of the Cavalry from 1624 and on April 17 1635 Marechal de camp. He was appointed Governor of the Provence beginning January 1638. Refusing orders from Cardinal Mazarin during "la Fronde", a series of French civil wars occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish war, Louis de Valois was recalled to court in 1650 and in 1653 was stripped of his governorship.
[Charles Pratt; America; Plantations] Section only of MS. Document (Secretarial text) Signed "C. Pratt", "memorialist" as Attorney-General, concerning the "Commissioners of Prizes" and "Plantations in America"
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1714-1794) judge and politician.
Published by Lincolns Inn Fields 3 Dec 1759
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Add to basketSurviving section 20 x 10cm, closed tears 2.5cm, edges sl. ragged, foxing but text fully legible. See images. Surviving text (secretarial): (Verso) "in succession with the Office to the Memorialist he [presents?] himself well warranted to Charge the Accounts of Prizes - now under examination with the said ancient and usual fee o…f £5 pCent on all monies received by the Commissioners of Prizes taken and condemned in the Plantations in America And the memorialist accordingly moves your Lordships to issue an Order to the Commissioners for paying the same accordingly to the memorialist."; Verso, "Which is Submitted to your Lordships Consideration | By your Lordships most Obed[ien]t Ser[van]t | C Pratt [signature] | Lincolns Inn Fields 3d Decr 1759". His interest in America was also revealed later when he opposed taxation without representation.
Published by 'Dublin Castle 9th December ' 1817
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Add to basket2pp, folio. In fair condition, aged, worn and with chipping to extremities. Several folds. Begins: 'My Lord, | I hae the honor of transmitting the following Addresses of Condolence to Her Majesty the Queen, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and His Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Sax Cobourgh'. A list of six addresses…follows, variously sent to different members of the royal family from noblemen, gentlemen, clergy, freeholders, burgesses, inhabitants. sheriffs, aldermen, of the county of Wexford, and cities of Armagh and Limerick. Concludes: 'And I request your Lordship will lay the said Addresses, before Her Majesty, His Royal Highness, and His Serene Highness, accordingly.' Endorsed: 'forward the Addresses to Ld Moton & Sr R Gardiner - | Tuesday | write to Held. & And [sic] to Gazette'.
More imagesPublished by (Vienna, November 17), 1850. 1850
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. (Vienna, November 17), 1850., 1850. Very good. - Over 70 words penned in Italian in a secretarial hand on 11-3/4 inch high by 7-3/4 inch wide creamy vellum paper. "Noi Carlo III di Borbone Infante di Spagna per la grazia di dio, Duca di Parma, Piacenza, e Stati annessi" [We Charles III of Bourbon infante of… Spain, by the grace of God, Duke of Parma, Piacenza, and annexed States], is attractively penned as a heading at the top of the page. The body of the text follows below a line of three decorative bullets "Volendo dare a Cavaliere Montenegro una dimostrazione della nostra stima ad affezione Ordiniamo Il Cavaliere Gioacchino Maria Montenegro Cavaliere di compagnia onorario dell'Augusto Nostro Genitore, e nominato Ciambellano della Nostra Casa e Corte Reale." [Wishing to give the Knight Montenegro a demonstration of our esteem and affection, we ordain Knight Gioacchino Maria Montenegro as an honorary Knight of the company of our August Father and noble Chamberlain of Our House and Royal Court." Signed "Carlo" by Charles III, Duke of Parma, followed by 3 lines of validations. The document number is penned at the top left corner of the page. Folded horizontally and vertically with a small piece out from the bottom left corner and a minor chip to the bottom right. A handsomely penned signed document. The Italian noble Charles III, Carlo III in Italian (1823-1854) was Duke of Parma from 1849 to 1854. The son of Charles II and Princess Maria-Theresa of Savoy. He was baptised Ferdinando Carlo Vittorio Giuseppe Maria Baldassarre. The Hereditary Prince of Lucca until his accession as Duke of Parma, his family called him Danduccio. He was assassinated on March 26, 1854 and lived but a short 31 years.
Autograph document signed ("Chas. Townshend").
Townshend, Charles, 1st Baron Bayning, British politician (1728-1810).
Published by Madrid, 17. IX. 1753. 1753
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Add to basket4to. 1 p. A claim for reimbursement of no less than 100 pounds sterling (today more than £15,000) for "Intelligence" and other services provided, addressed to Whitehall in 1753 by the Secretary to the British Embassy in Madrid, Charles Townshend. - Townshend was in service in Spain from 1751 to 1756 and became known as 'Spanish…Charles' to distinguish him from the politician Charles Townshend, his cousin. The reimbursement was granted and signed by Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, Secretary of State for the Southern Department under George II, on 3 October 1753 at Whitehall: "I allow this Bill". - On his return to England in 1756, Townshend was elected as a Whig Member of Parliament. He would go on to serve in a number of senior political posts including Lord of the Admiralty, Lord of the Treasury, and joint Vice-Treasurer for Ireland. In 1777, Townshend was admitted to the Privy Council. He was raised to the peerage in 1796 as Baron Bayning, of Foxley in the County of Berkshire. - The bill preserves the remnants of a red seal in its upper-left corner. It has one small tear and minimal roughing to the edges. On the verso three pieces of tape are the remains of the bill's earlier inclusion in a collection. Alongside Townshend's claim and signature, and Holderness' confirmation and signature, there is one additional pencil note.
Published by London 2 separate pages, 7 inches by 8.75 inches June 1, 1869 1869
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerThe contract is written in the hand of publisher James T. Fields. It is signed in full by Charles Reade and James T. Fields has signed it as ÒFields, Osgood & Co.Ó The document details a collected edition of Charles ReadeÕs novels to be published in America. ÒIt is understood between Charles Reade on the one hand and Messrs Fiel…ds, Osgood & Co on the other that Messrs Fields & Co. will pay Mr Reade five cents on every copy sold of each work they publish in their complete edition of his works.Ó The edition was eventually called the Household Edition. Reade agrees to revise and correct the text of the novels and Òthat Mr. Reade shall publicly authorize this editionÓ. Charles Reade (1814-1884) his works.Ó English author Charles Reade's novels attack, with passionate indignation and laborious research, the social injustices of his times. He is also remembered for his historical novel The Cloister and the HearthÊ(1861), which relates the adventures of the father of Desiderius Erasmus as he wavers between religious celibacy and human love.Reade became a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1835 but treated the position as a sinecure. In 1843 he was called to the bar but never practiced law, and several years later he became a dealer in violins. Finally, in 1849 he embarked on a long career as a dramatist, theatre manager, and novelist. Laura Seymour, an actress, lived with him from 1856 until her death in 1879.His novels reveal his concern with social issues.ÊIt Is Never Too Late to MendÊ(1856) attacked conditions in prisons, andÊHard CashÊ(1863) exposed the ill-treatment of mental patients, especially in private asylums;ÊPut Yourself in His PlaceÊ(1870) dealt with the coercive activities of trade unionists.ÊFoul PlayÊ(1868), written withÊDion Boucicault, revealed the frauds of Òcoffin shipsÓ (unseaworthy and overloaded ships, often heavily insured by unscrupulous owners) and helped to swayÊpublic opinionÊin favor of the safety measures proposed later by Samuel Plimsoll; like many of ReadeÕs fictions, it had a dual identity as a novelÊand play. The historical novelÊGriffith GauntÊ(1866) was widely attacked for its sexual frankness. In an effort to increase the realism in his novels, Reade loaded - or, as his critics complained, overloaded - them with carefully researched detail.
Envelope: COMMISSION POUR TENIR RANG DE LIEUTENANT COLONEL DANS LA CAVALERIE AU SR. CHARLES FRANCOIS DE MAILLIART, MAJOR DU REGT. ROYAL [NO. 11], LE 13 JUILLET 1765. / Document: COMMISSION AU SR. CHARLES FRANCOIS MAILLARD MAJOR DU REGIMENT ROYAL DE CAVALERIE POUR TENIR RANG DE LIEUTENANT COLONEL: ''Louis par la grace Dieu, Roy de France et de Navarre à notre cher à bien amé . . ., Donné à Compiègne le Treizième Jourd en Juillen L'an der grace Mil sept cent soixante-cinq à de Notre Règne le Cinquantième. Louis . . .''. - DOCUMENT ON VELLUM, SIGNED BY THE KING, AND WITH ATTACHED HEAVY BROWN WAX-SEAL.
MAILLARD, Charles Francois (also 'MAILLART DE LA MALMAISON', from Nancy, Bayon; Lorraine, France) / LOUIS XV (1710-1774, King of France from 1715): [Mailliart]
Published by Compiègne, 1765. 1765
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Seller: C O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany ., Berlin, GermanyC O - L I B R I , Bremen - Berlin ; Deutschland / Germany .
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Add to basketSingleside partly pre- partly handwritten folded vellum-sheet, with large brown wax-seal attached; oblong-folio (unfolded ca. 24 x 27 cm). *** [FRÜHLINGSVERKAUF-Endspurt, noch bis Montag den 25.05.2026 / Ultimate SPRING-SALE, only until Monday May 25th 2026: um 40% REDUZIERTER PREIS / PRICE-REDUCTION of 40%; ehemaliger Preis / p…reviously EUR 1.200,-] --- ORIGINAL MILITARY PROMOTION DOCUMENT FOR CHARLES FRANCOIS MAILLARD, SIGNED BY ''LOUIS'' and apparently countersigned by a Secretary, with a large original wax-seal attached; folded into the originally adressed paper-envelope. - The outlines of the seal are not too clear anymore but the silhouette of the sitting king is still clearly-, the coat-or-arms on the otherside more-or-less clearly cognizable; VERY GOOD CONDITION. --- MANY MORE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE MAILLARD-FAMILY, also in connection with the families 'Delaborde', 'Dessey' and others, between ca. 1500 and 1800 IN STOCK. . .
Published by (Grainger County, Tennessee 1814
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketUnbound. Condition: Very Good. Folio (7 ½" x 11 ¾"). One manuscript page of 13 lines written in a cursive hand, docketed on verso: "Charles Matlock, Bill of Sale". Creased along two horizontal folds, two faint dampstains at one edge and moderate foxing, very good and entirely legible. The document sets forth the terms of sale of… "a certain negro boy named Cage about two years of age" purchased from Charles Matlock for $150 by John Matlock, both of Grainger County, Tennessee. The document is signed by Charles and two witnesses: Larkin Baker and Martin Cleveland. The low price recorded here suggests that Charles and John Matlock were likely blood relatives. An interesting primary source document.
More imagesPublished by Château de La Brède, 13. VI. 1717. 1717
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Add to basket4to. 3 lines on vellum. Beautiful autograph on the last page of a copy of a contract with the tax stamp of the generality of Bordeaux (fol. 1r). Montesquieu probably annotated and signed this document, originally drawn up on 5 May 1712 in Castiers, in his role as président à mortier of Bordeaux, confirming that he had "received…the sous and taxes of the present contract" and "cancelled the third": "J'ai reçu les sols et rentes du present contrat et ai quitté le tiers". - Montesquieu had inherited his title, a large fortune and his office in Bordeaux from his uncle Jean-Baptiste de Secondat in 1716. He would remain président à mortier for 10 years until 1726, when he was forced to sell his venal office in order to settle debts. - Minimally smudged.
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Chaplin, Charles and Chaplin, Sydney, iconic silent film actor and comedian (1889-1977).
Published by Los Angeles, California., April 28, 1916. 1916
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Seller: Kotte Autographs GmbH, Roßhaupten, GermanyKotte Autographs GmbH
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Add to basket4to. 28 pp. A lengthy legal document signed "Charles Chaplin". It pertains to a lawsuit Chaplin filed against Vitagraph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay, Inc. and the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company concerning his movie A Burlesque of Carmen, which Chaplin had written, directed, and starred in for Essanay. Chaplin seems to have been unhap…py with changes that Essanay made for a second version released after Chaplin had moved on to another film company, and he was suing to have it pulled from the market due to concern for how it could harm his reputation. He ultimately lost the suit. Chaplin signed on the second page, following a short affidavit concerning his contract with the movie makers and his idea of the film. His affidavit mentions Geraldine Farrar and Theda Bara, though neither was involved in the suit. A notary also signed. The remaining eight pages contain the unsigned statement of Essanay General Manager Walter W. Irwin. The document is in fine condition with filing holes and occasional losses to the edges. There is a similar, accompanying document signed by Sydney Chaplin, the elder half-brother of Charlie. The second document also has news clippings and programs attached to the legal sized sheets.
