Kings General, Signed (7 results)

Condition: flawless copy. 1. Gilt stamped blue orig. cloth. First edition. With a signed dedication from the author.; Jahr: 1987; Format: Oktav; Anzahl der Seiten: IX, 215; Auflage: 1.; Zustand: 2 (flawless copy)Shipping costs displayed on some platforms (mainly AbeBooks/ZVAB) may differ from the actual costs for items over 500 grams or in larger formats. If you are affected by this, we will ask you for your consent. PLEASE NOTE US CUSTOMERS: Due to the US government's customs regulations, goods can currently only be shipped to the US as parcels, which costs at least 30,00 USD. 560 gr. IX, 215 pages.

2pp., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. The letter is written in pencil, and begins: 'Sir, | I am awfully sorry to say that I have just been ordered to report tomorrow to G. H. Q. where I shall very probably receive the order to go to the Yankee Army. | I am really very sorry to leave you without having even been able to present to you my respects and my thanks for the kindness you have always shown to me during the time I have been attached to this brigade which is now exactly a year ago. | I shall no more have now any lecture to do as I do not feel inclined to lecture the Yankees!!!' He concludes by expressing the hope that 'little you-you and her young brother [Potter's children] will sometimes think of the french [sic] interpreter who liked to hear of their doings'. Docketed at head by Potter: 'Please destroy. | [signed] H.C.P.', and at the end: 'Such a nice chap. The one who sent sweets & the flowers to June. | [signed] H.C.P.' After a distinguished military career in India, Potter's saw active service in the Great War (Battle of the Somme; Battle of Arras; 3rd Battle of Ypres, and others; wounded four times) with the King's (Liverpool Regiment), on the Western Front throughout the entire First World War.

See the two men's entries in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. On gilt-edged wove paper. Aged and discoloured, with some nicking and creasing along edges and traces of previous mount on blank reverse. A copy by Wellesley himself. Addressed at bottom left to 'Right Honble / Henry Goulburn / &c'. Reads: 'My Dear Sir / Some time before I left Ireland I transmitted to Lord Duncannon, then holding the Seals of the Home Department, an official recommendation of the appointment of Mr. Duffy to the Office of F[?] of the Court of Kings Bench. / Lord Duncannon informs me, that he left the recommendation the office of the Home Department, & I request, that you will be pleased to expedite the appointment in the usual form. / I have the honor to be My Dear Sir / Yours ever most Faithfully / (signed) Wellesley'.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart set of ten signed works by Pamela Street, all presented by the author to Christina Foyle. Ten signed works by Pamela Street.Pamela Street was a prolific author, who was the secretary and lover of the historian Arthur Bryant, who is referred to in these letters. She was the daughter of fellow author A. G. Street.The dedications in these volumes are to Christina Foyle and her husband, Ronald Batty.Christina Foyle was the owner of Foyles bookshop, taking over the company in 1945. In 1930, she created the world's first public literary luncheon, which she considered to preside over for almost seventy years, inviting guest speakers to speak in praise of various books, guests including Margaret Thatcher and Bertrand Russell.'Light of Evening', the first edition, first impression, published in 1981. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page. Three hand written letters from the author loosely inserted, all dated 1981.'Morning Glory', the first edition, first impression, published in 1981. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page. One typed letter from the author loosely inserted, dated 27th August 1982.'Unto the Fourth Generation', the first edition, first impression, published in 1985. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page.'The Illustrated Portrait of Wiltshire', a new edition, published in 1986. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the front endpaper, and to the half-title. Illustrated throughout.'The Timeless Moment', the first edition, first impression, published in 1988. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page.'Late Harvest', the first edition, first impression, published in 1991. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page. One handwritten letter from the author loosely inserted, dated 29th November 1991.'The Colonel's Son', the first edition, first impression, published in 1992. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page. One handwritten note from the author loosely inserted, dated 3rd October 1992.'Keeping it Dark', the first edition, first impression, published in 1994. In the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page.'King's Folly', the first edition, first impression, published in 1995. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Inscribed to the verso of the half-title, and to the title page.'The General's Wife', the first edition, first impression, published in 1996. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed 'with compliments' slip loosely inserted. In the original publisher's cloth bindings. 'Light of Evening', 'Morning Glory', 'Unto the Fourth Generation', 'The Illustrated Portrait of Wiltshire', 'King's Folly', and 'The General's Wife' are in the original unclipped dust wrappers, 'The Timeless Moment', 'Late Harvest', 'The Colonel's Son', and 'Keeping it Dark' are in the original price-clipped dust wrappers. Externally, fine. Small bump to the head of the front board of 'Unto the Fourth Generation'. Dust wrappers are smart with only a couple of very small marks. 'Light of Evening' dust wrapper is sunned. Price label to the rear wrap of 'Wiltshire'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. signed by author. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed to J. [B?]. Taylor and signed by Clinton. [4], 115, [1] pp. + errata. Softcover in original sewn binding. Well preserved copy with contemporary ink stains on the rear blank. A defense of Clinton's command of British forces in the Revolutionary War. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. "Reputedly, William IV proposed that a series of regimental histories should be compiled, whereby the general public could be apprised of the distinguished services rendered by the regiments of the British army. the work of compilation was entrusted by royal warrant to Cannon. He started immediately and the first volume to be published was a history of the Life Guards in 1837. Cannon's warrant expired on the death of William IV but was renewed on Victoria's accession to the throne. Unfortunately the official funding was not maintained and Cannon endeavoured to finance the project from his own pocket, consequently running into serious pecuniary difficulties. Cannon's volumes were authoritative and readable, well produced and often well illustrated. If somewhat lacking in the human interest expected of modern historians, Cannon nevertheless set a standard for succeeding regimental historians to emulate" (ODNB). Subsequent printings were published with 'much inferior' unsigned wood-engraved variants of the original plates. The exact process by which copies of Cannon's histories came to be bound in this style, generally termed "presentation" - very occasionally signed by Smith of Long Acre - is not known. This copy with a Fifteenth Hussars gift inscription, "J.E.L. XV KH from K.H.L." and loosely inserted autograph note signed from Aimée Lowther (dated 24 July 1896), inviting Lord Greenock to dine; the actress Aimée Lowther was the sister of tennis champion Toupie Lowther and the daughter of Francis Lowther, at one time flag-lieutenant to vice-admiral Sir Baldwin Walker; she was a friend of Ellen Terry and Oscar Wilde (see Val Brown, Toupie Lowther: Her Life, 2017). This is a particularly attractive copy. Ogilby 157 (23). Octavo (211 x 136 mm) Contemporary red straight-grain morocco "presentation binding", title gilt direct to the spine, flat bands, crowned lion statant surmounting Imperial crown gilt to the first compartment; title across the second and third, lower two with single fillet panel enclosing design of foliate devices, both boards with panel of thick and thin gilt fillets enclosing a panel of gilt strapwork linking a series of roundels containing stylised foliate tools, centre tool of the Royal arms, title above and below foliate edge-roll, all edges gilt, moderate blue surface-paper endpapers, foliate roll to the turn-ins. Engraved series title and a single hand-coloured lithographic plate (by Madeley), heightened with gum arabic, showing a mounted officer. Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, retail chemist and bibliophile, who, alongside his impressive naval library, collected books of the 18th and 19th centuries in well-preserved contemporary bindings. Very light rubbing at the extremities, pale toning to the text, a very good copy.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. This original 15 June 1716 document signed by Britain s King George I authorizes reimbursement for care given to prisoners in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1715, which asserted the right of the Stuarts to the throne over the Hanoverians, of which King George I was the first.The document is a single sheet of laid, watermarked paper measuring 15.75 x 12.75 inches, folded to form four 7.875 x 12.75 inches panels. The first panel features the King s order prominently signed by him "George R" at the head of the document. The document is further signed at the foot "By His Majesty s Command" by "Wm Pulteney" the future 1st Earl of Bath who was then serving as Secretary of War. The document is addressed at the lower left to "Henry Earl of Lincoln, Pay Master Generall of Our Guards, Garrisons & Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad." The document orders the Earl of Lincoln to "Pay unto John Mulcaster Agent and Sollicitor for transacting the Affairs of the Rebell Prisons the sum of Six hundred Ninety Two Pounds Three Shillings and Five Pence to be paid over to Lt. Col. Solomon Rapin in satisfaction of the like Summ disburs d by him in Nurses, Medicines and other necessary Contingencys for the use of the Rebell Prisoners at the several Places they are kept from the 14th of Nov. 1715 to the 30th of Aprill 1716." The inconclusive Battle of Sheriffmuir had taken place on 13 November 1715. The document was executed "at Our Court at St. James s this 15. Day of June 1716. In the Second Year of Our Reign."The document bears three horizontal folds, ostensibly where it was folded and sealed for original transmittal to Henry Earl of Lincoln. On the second panel is written the name "John Mulcaster". The first and second sections of the upper fourth panel were obviously, from the soiling and writing thereon, the outer folded portions of the document when it was transmitted. Horizontally on the second section of the upper fourth panel, is written: "Warrant for. 692.3.5. to Mr. John Mulcaster in satisfaction of the like Summ Disburs d by Lt. Col. Sol. Rapin, in Nurses Medicines sec. for the Rebell Prisoners from 14th. Nov. 1715. To 30th. Aprill 1716." all above the date "June 16th. 1716". Condition is very good overall. The document is all but complete, with only fractional loss to the lower right corner, two tiny holes at the intersection of vertical and horizontal folds, and a short closed tear and minor associated loss at the upper right corner of the rear panel. The document shows light overall soiling and spotting, the soiling heavy only on the upper rear panel which served as the outer faces when the document was originally folded for transmittal.The future King George I was born Georg Ludwig in Hanover, perhaps not an obvious route to the British throne. However, "the death in July 1700 of theduke of Gloucesterreopened the question of the English succession That successor had to be a Protestant no Roman Catholic would have been considered and ofStuartdescent, a combination which automatically excluded over fifty claimants with a closer hereditary claim." The person who united these qualifications wasGeorg s mother, Sophia (1630-1714), youngest daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate, Winter King of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England.When he signed this document, King George I (1660 1727) had only recently assumed the throne of Great Britain and Ireland ten months earlier, in August 1715. The Jacobite cause, pressed unsuccessfully upon his enthronement, would be pressed with rebellious force of arms again in 1745, also to no avail. The Hanoverian period was remarkably stable, not least because of the longevity of its monarchs. "From 1714 through to 1901, there were only sixmonarchs, one of whom, George III, remains the longest reigning king in British History. Queen Victoria then surpassed her grandfather in both age and length of reign. The period was also one of political stability, and the development. Signed by Author(s).