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Historical Documents — Printed & Written Material - Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
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Historical Documents
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| *** | The Jamaica Kalendar for 1795, a most remarkable little kalendar, a leather bound printed and hand written account of an around the world voyage on the ship Rosalee, which left Halifax Jan.1775 and touched ports in Philadelphia, New York and many others,… | *** |  |
| *** | A chart of the British Empire showing the growth of the Empire during the Queen's Reign and also the relative prosperity of its various divisions at the present time. Circa 1900 supplement to, the Graphic, 84 x 125 cm. A remarkable document, listing,… | *** |  |
| *** | Labillardiere, J.J.H de 'Voyage in search of La Perouse : performed by order of the Constituent Assembly, during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794' (Debrett, London, 1800); 34 copper engraved plates including one folding, of landscape, native portraits… | *** |  |
| *** | Handwritten Manuscript, c1430-60, from 'Vie de Sainte Marguerite' (Book of Hours), illuminated leaf (written both sides) on vellum, with beautiful marginal pattern in red, blue, green & black, highlighted in gold leaf, window mounted, overall 28 x 36 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | David Davies (Dai'r Cantwr) - Welsh poet and lay-preacher transported to Van Diemen's Land, 1844, A leather-bound choirmaster's notebook, each page with 4 lines of printed staves on which Davies (and perhaps another hand) have written the 3 and 4-part… | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas Delany Stole Michael Fenton's Trousers, at the court of quarter Sessions at new Norfolk, van Diemen's land on 12th January 1852, Delany was found guilty of stealing his employer's trousers, other clothing items and some tobacco. He was sentenced to… | *** |  |
| *** | Victoria: pastoral license issued January 1870 in favour of Edwin Brett and John Russell Ross of Melbourne for land in the District of Benalla; signed by the Governor of Victoria, Viscount canterbury. Also, another example dated December 1869 for another… | *** |  |
| *** | Captain H. Butler Stoney, 'Victoria with a description of its principal cities, Melbourne and Geelong: and remarks on the present state of the colony; including an account of the Ballaarat disturbances, and of the death of Captain wise, 40th Regiment.',… | *** |  |
| *** | Arthur Phillip, 'The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany bay with an account of the Establishment of the Colonies of port Jackson & Norfolk Island......', [London : John Stockdale, 1789], half calf and marbled paper covers and endpapers; gilt title with… | *** |  |
| *** | La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1801-1875) signature and seal on vellum Town Lot purchase document dated 2nd December, 1853. The land, 2 roods in the County of Bourke, Parish of Oakleigh was sold for £5 to Christina Atkinson.… | *** |  |
| *** | La Trobe, Charles Joseph, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1801-1875) signature and seal on vellum Land Grant by Purchase dated 9th February 1854. The land, 156 acres in the County of Bourke, Parish of Tarrneit was sold for £273 to James Watson and Walter… | *** |  |
| *** | The Woeful Tale of George Neal, Convict: Part-printed Convict Record document on vellum providing extensive details of the trials and tribulations of one George Neal, a chimney sweep from Coventry who was sentenced to be Transported for 10 years at the… | *** |  |
| *** | Thomas McCOMBIE, the history of the Colony of Victoria from its settlement to the death of Sir Charles Hotham, (Melbourne: Sandy and Kenny, 1858) 1st ed., 8vo, IV, 336pp; original cloth binding, gilt titles to spine, Detmold binding label. Extensive… | *** |  |
| *** | News Letter of Australasia. A Narrative to send to Friends. No.42 - Feb.1860' cover sheet, printed and published at 'The Herald' Office, Melbourne, depicting 'A day on the sands: Queenscliffe', a cricket match, swimming in the Yarra, a horse race, a… | *** |  |
| *** | The Convict Record of John Taylor, transported for 10 years for burglary: The official record providing the sorry tale and details of the years 1842 to 1863 during which period Taylor remained in the 'system'. Following his trial at York, where he was… | *** |  |
| *** | Daniel White Esq. hand-painted illuminated presentation, To Daniel White Esq. Dear Sir, In The Presence Of A Gathering Representing All Branches Of The Carriage Trade Of Victoria And On The Eve Of Your 81st Birthday, We Desire To Offer Our Congratulations… | *** |  |
| *** | A Free Pardon For William Lackey: November 1844 Free Pardon on vellum, issued in favour of William Lackey, an Irish convict who had arrived at Sydney Cove aboard 'Sir Godfrey Webster' in 1826, aged 22. He had been sentenced to Transportation for Life at… | *** |  |
| *** | 1824 - An Agreement Between Two Ticket-of-Leavers For the Rental of Farmland, James Dorr [or Dore], one of 200 convicts transported on the Surrey in January 1814 had been granted a ticket-of-leave by 1820 and had married in 1817 (a fellow convict, Mary… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Garryowen', the Chronicles of early Melbourne 1835 to 1852. Historical, Anecdotal and personal. Centennial edition, with portraits and illustrations. (Ferguson and Mitchell, Melbourne, 1888), Vols. 1 & 2 in original gilt decorated boards in dilapidated… | *** |  |
| *** | A Hand-Written letter from Monash to his Daughter, Bertha: dated June (in error) 22, 1930 and on 'Iona' letterhead; Monash writes to wish her happy birthday and he signs off 'With much love, Dad'. | *** |  |
| *** | NSW Conditional Pardon, dated 1st May 1851 (on vellum) for John Dare, tried and convicted at Somerset in August 1838 (assault and robbery) and sentenced to transportation for life, the pardon is signed at Government house, Sydney, by Governor Sir Charles… | *** |  |
| *** | Shipwrecks: collection ex Kelly Tarlton's Museum of Shipwrecks in NZ, with books (10); maps and charts (34) with locations of New Zealand shipwrecks marked; diary and files re exploration of HM Lutine (wrecked off coast of Netherlands 1799); c110 manila… | *** |  |
| *** | A folio containing numerous documents, letters and receipts associated with mining activities in and around the Victorian Goldfields, 1850s to 1890s. MAinly to do with the Coliban Mining Co., but some of the companies noted include Eureka Mining Company,… | *** |  |
| *** | John Oxley [1784 - 1828], Manuscript copy letter from Sydney, in Oxley's hand, dated 19th Jan'y 1826, regarding a disputed claim over 'land situated at Bylong, or Pylong, near the Goulburn River.' The letter is signed off by Oxley in his capacity as… | *** |  |
| *** | Daniel Bunce [1813-72], Language of the Aborigines of the Colony of Victoria and other Australian Districts, with parallel Translations and familiar specimens in Dialogue, as a guide to Aboriginal Protectors and others engaged in ameliorating their… | *** |  |
| *** | 1841 Travel Pass for Joseph Toogood, 21st August 1841 permission issued and signed by Henry Dalway (in the absence of the A.P.M.) for Joseph Toogood, a Prisoner holding a Ticket of Leave, to travel from George Town to Whirlpool Reach where he was assigned… | *** |  |
| *** | 1854 Victorian Land Grant During The Gold Rush: July 1854 land grant by purchase to Allan McDougall and Theodore Clodins, signed and sealed by Sir Charles Hotham, whilst serving as 2nd Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria, (Appointed 1st Governor of Victoria… | *** |  |
| *** | Maximillian III (Archduke of Austria), hand written letter with attached seal, dated 24th July, 1604, Maximillian III (1558-1618) born in Vienna, was Archduke of further Austria from 1612 to 1618. Fourth Son to Maximillian II and Maria of Spain. In 1585… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington: A distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845', by Dr.Ludwig Leichhardt [London, 1847]. Fair/Good condition | *** |  |
| *** | International Mining & Industrial Exhibition, Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1899. Silk commemorative Opening Ceremony program with an image of the Exhibition building and the opening date (March 21, 1899) on the front, the internal pages providing… | *** |  |
| *** | Convicts: 18th Feb. 1834 Memorandum from the Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office in Sydney to The Police Magistrate, Campbell Town, noting that the mentioned Convicts are to be disposed of as follows - Mary Connelly - Three months in George Town… | *** |  |
| *** | Miner’S Right: Colony of Victoria, £1 Miner’s Right, issued to John McEwan at Buninyong, dated 24 Nov.1863 | *** |  |
| *** | Queen Elizabeth II, nice signature 'Elizabeth R' on document from 1952 (year of Accession), approving the appointment by the President of Costa Rica of a Vice-Consul in London. Countersigned by Sir Anthony Eden, then Foreign Secretary, later to become… | *** |  |
| *** | 1913 (Sept.13) autographed letter (2 sides) on 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910' letterhead to 'Silas' Wright, from Edward Evans, the follow-up letter regarding the 'Chronometer Journal' [see previous lot]. On this occasion he is asking Wright for the… | *** |  |
| *** | Diploma: Printer's Proof, with dark grey, light grey and olive colours printed; no black, blue or silver colours, size 58 x 45 cm. Some paper ageing on right quarter, otherwise fine & scarce. | *** |  |
| *** | 1909 - 1915 Fort Gellibrand Squadron Order book kept by the Officer-in-Charge, Garrison Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps / 13th A.M.C. Field Ambulance, with many pages of manuscript entries. Some examples: 7.2.14 (page 90) 'Divine Service will be… | *** |  |
| *** | Mary Leigh or Lee or Gangell or Murphy - Free Settler or Convict: 9 May 1842 mss transcript of evidence in the case of John Thornley, who has been charged with harbouring 'Mary Leigh, an absconded offender.' Leigh goes to great lengths, apparently… | *** |  |
| *** | 1899 Australian Federal Referendum Certificate: lithographed coloured certificate, decorated with Parliament House and State Premiers, framed & glazed, overall 45 x 60 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An Early Land Transaction At Queenscliffe, 5th April 1859 eight-page vellum document formalizing the 'Lease of an Allotment of Land at Queenscliffe' by James Dawson of Kangalong, Point Fairy 'in the Portland Bay District' and John Lang Currie of Larra… | *** |  |
| *** | James Backhouse (1794 - 1869), a narrative of a visit to the Australian Colonies, [London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co.; 1843, 1st ed.] XVIII, 560pp, cxliv + 3 folding maps; frontispiece illustration of Hobart town; rebound with replaced blank end papers,… | *** |  |
| *** | Prince Albert, (1819-61, husband and consort of Queen Victoria), signature 'Albert' on 1852 fine and attractive vellum document, bearing a large wafer seal showing the coat-of-arms of the Duchy of Cornwall and Devon, for pending appointment as special… | *** |  |
| *** | 1887 (Oct.6) A Bushranger document. Confidential letter from the Manager of Union Bank of Australia Ltd, to James Kidd Esq, Collingwood branch, warning of an impending robbery. It reads in part '...I believe you have a revolver, if not, i will at once… | *** |  |
| *** | An Original Director & Early Chairman of B.H.P. - Duncan E. McBryde, Illuminated presentation manuscript to McBryde dated March 1878 from his 'numerous friends in Bulla and the surrounding District...' expressing their 'extreme regret' on the occasion of… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Plan of the Shire of Boroondara County-Bourke. Electoral District - Boroondara A, South Bourke.' lithgraphed map covering the area from Koonung Creek in the north to Gardiners Creek in the south. Shows individual land holdings and the revenue derived… | *** |  |
| *** | Joseph Cook was appointed to the Privy Council on 16 July 1914. The Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a formal body of advisers to the King or Queen. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians who are current or former members of either the… | *** |  |
| *** | John Pascoe Fawkner signature on the title page of 'Last day of Dibden' (Lon. 1833) | *** |  |
| *** | George William Evans (1780 - 1852), a geographical, historical, and topographical description of van Diemen's land, with important hints to emigrants....., [London : John Souter, 1822 1st ed.], 140pp; lacks frontispiece and without the separately issued… | *** |  |
| *** | 1913 (April 19) autographed letter, headed 'University of Sydney' (3 sides) from J.W. Edgeworth-David to 'Silas' Wright regarding their on-going discussions regarding 'the Barrier', 'Salinity & the open pools of water in Ross Sea..', etc. In mid-1907… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Sandridge Police station - Diary of Duty and Occurrences at the Sandridge Police station', manuscript register from 27th October 1859 to 2nd January 1864, providing a daily diary of occurrences, the last day (2nd Jan.1864) mentions three Constables… | *** |  |
| *** | 1920 (March 15) autographed letter on 'the British Imperial Antarctic Expedition' letterhead, from Hubert Wilkins, Chief of Scientific Staff, to 'Silas' Wright regarding an application from a scientist for a position with the Expedition. Wilkins was… | *** |  |
| *** | Federation: Sir James William Barrett (1862-1945) KBE CB cmG, LLD MD MS FRCS FRACS: four certificates inviting Dr. & Mrs. Barrett to the following ceremonies, 'The opening of Parliament and to Meet Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall &… | *** |  |
| *** | The Kelly Gang in 'the Australian Town and Country Journal' July to November 1880: The extensive coverage of everything to do with the pursuit, the gang, the fight, the deaths, the trials and the hanging, featured on the following pages of the T&C: July… | *** |  |
| *** | Government Appointment of the Honorable Graham Berry to become Premier & Treasurer of the Colony of Victoria in 1875, signed by Graham Berry & Sir William Foster Stawell, Chief Justice of the Colony of Victoria. Blind embossed seal, mounted & framed. 35 x… | *** |  |
| *** | The convict record of John Wilkinson, a boy of 15 transported for 7 years for stealing a pair of shoes., The official record providing the sorry tale and details of the years 1836 to 1842 during which period Wilkinson remained in the 'system'. Following… | *** |  |
| *** | Women On the Goldfields: Miners' Right, 'Colony of Victoria, Ballarat, date 7th September 1897 issued to Catherine O'Loughlin, Ballarat', with address at Brown Hill on the back of her claim, with sizes in feet | *** |  |
| *** | Handwritten Manuscript, c1470-90, from 'Book of Hours', illuminated leaf (written both sides) on vellum, with ornamentation in red, blue, green & gold leaf, window mounted, overall 23 x 30 cm. Origin-France. Vg condition | *** |  |
| *** | S.J. Neele, 'A Sketch of Two Boats & a Cutter with Sliding Keels, agreeable to a Scheme suggested by Captain Schank, of the Royal Navy', copper engraving, circa 1790, 61 x 51.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Private D.J. Griffen 4th Field Artillery Battery A.I.F. (11845, Dvr), framed certificate from the City Of Brunswick; together with three of Private Griffen's World War I service medals. Attractive period frame and mounting, 61 x 66 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | 1839 (Oct.26) Servant's Return Pass for Abraham Plummer: issued by Police Office George Town, allowing Plummer to travel to Kelso Bay (opposite side of Tamar Estuary), and return by the end of the following day, countersigned on October 27th 1839. A… | *** |  |
| *** | Linoleum Salesman's sample catalogue, circa 1885 loosely bound folio of sample 'Sections' (approx. 31 x 23 cm) of designs by M.Nairn, Co. Of Kirkcaldy, Scotland. The folio was carried by 'C.P. Schneider' of Albury, who has signed in manuscript in two… | *** |  |
| *** | A Disgraceful Miscarriage of Justice Barber, William Henry The Case of W.H. Barber: containing, Copies of all the Documents recently submitted to the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department; A Letter from Norfolk… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XIV, also known as the sun King, King of France from 1643–1715. Louis XIV ruled for 72 years, making his reign the longest of any European monarch. Signature on official document, dated December 1653. 29 x 23.5 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Oxford Gazette - England - Dec.28 to Jan.1 1665, Numb.14: Precursor to the 'London Gazette', with all issues from #1 to #23 being printed in Oxford, due to The Plague contagion rampant in London, the journal not returning to the capital until issue #24,… | *** |  |
| *** | March 1953: 'Catalogue of the Keith Murdoch Collection of Antiques at 39 Albany Road, Toorak' complete and with some pencil annotations. The auction was a joint-venture by Joshua McClelland and Yeo Crosthwaite & Co. | *** |  |
| *** | Australiana Society Journal. Starting with vol.2, 1979-1993, 54 editions. Note 4 missing from 1992 plus one missing 1982 | *** |  |
| *** | An illuminated manuscript presentation. A most attractive leather-bound illuminated manuscript 'Presented to Robert E. Wallen. J.P. F.I.B., F.S.S. By the bankers of Australasia on the Occasion of his Retirement From the Editorship of the Australasian… | *** |  |
| *** | Jewish Legion: 1916 (24 July) letter on 'War Office' letterhead from Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of derby (Secretary of state for war) to J. King Mp, 'With Reference to the Zionist Battalion, I Should Be Glad If You Would Let Me Have Your Reasons For… | *** |  |
| *** | An Australian Medical Pioneer - Edward Luttrell 'Sells' Some of His Land, July 1810, An indenture, signed and dated at Parramatta, 24 July 1810, by which Luttrell transfers ownership of 2 acres of his land at Richmond Hill to David Bele, provided he… | *** |  |
| *** | The New Colony On the Swan River, Three newspapers (The Hobart Town Courier of August 8 & November 14, 1829 and Trewman's Exeter Flying Post of May 3, 1832) all of which include significant items on the newly established settlement on the Swan River in… | *** |  |
| *** | New York Herald - Civil War Era - Gettysburg Address: 1863 (Nov.20) edition with 'Our Special Despatch From Gettysburg' coverage of the ceremony held on Nov.19, with details of speeches by Lincoln, Secretary of State William H. Seward, Governor Horatio… | *** |  |
| *** | Convict Pardon/Ticket-of-Leave: 1843 & 1845 (2) lower sections of pardon forms serviced at Hobart Town, each signed by Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot (Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1843-46) and James Ebenezer Bicheno (Colonial Secretary… | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian Gold Fields of Victoria. Reports of the Mining Registrars for the quarter ended 31st March, 1887, ditto, for the quarter ended 30th June, 1887 and for the quarter ended 30th September, 1887., [The Secretary for Mines, Compiler., Melbourne, John… | *** |  |
| *** | The plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Vol. I: Thalamiflorae . Mueller Ferdinand. Published by 1860-1862, 1860 Mueller, Ferdinand von, 'The plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Vol. I: Thalamiflorae', (John Ferres, Melbourne, 1860-1862),… | *** |  |
| *** | 'A Queenly Colony - pen Sketches and camera Glimpses' by William Henry Traill (Brisbane, 1901), 142pp hardbound with black & white illustrations and two maps, blue boards with gilt decoration, in good condition with intact bindings. | *** |  |
| *** | Jane Roberts, two Years at sea: being the narrative of a voyage to the swan river and van Dieman's land, thence, through the Torres' Straits, to the Burman Empire. [London : John W. Parker, 1837, 2nd ed.], XVI, 240pp, 8 pp advertisements; title vignette,… | *** |  |
| *** | [Australian Federation Invitation] Australian Commonwealth Celebrations. The Government of Victoria requests the honour of the presence of [Mr & Mrs a. Leane (manuscript insertion in ink)] at the Royal Review at Flemington on Friday the 10th of May | *** |  |
| *** | 1913 (Sept.6) autographed letter on 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910' letterhead to 'Silas' Wright, from Edward Evans, writing to ask Wright for 'the Chronometer journal that was used in the hut.' Scott had offered Evans a position with his second… | *** |  |
| *** | King William IV (1765-1837, King of Great Britain from 1830 until his death), fine signature 'William R' (King) on 1st November 1830 vellum document appointing David Ewing to be Assistant Surgeon to Our Forces. | *** |  |
| *** | Richard Hayman - Stole A Watch, Beat His Wife and May Have Murdered His Mother-in-Law, An indenture on vellum, formalizing the sale to Thomas Johnson for £45, of 'forty-three acres of Land lying and situate in the District of Mulgrave Place, on the Banks… | *** |  |
| *** | Fawkner, John Pascoe., The Melbourne Advertiser Port Phillip Australia, No.1, Written for, and Published by, John P Fawkner, and dated January 1st 1838, Lithographed., The first number of the first Melbourne newspaper, here reproduced in a scarce… | *** |  |
| *** | A Ticket-of-Leave For Myles Keenan: December 1844 ticket-of-leave issued to Miles [Myles] Keenan, permitting him to travel from Fingal Police Station to Campbell Town Police Station, a distance of approximately 60kms. Keenan's physical description is… | *** |  |
| *** | Band Of Hope Gold Mining Company share certificate for £5 being one of 500 issued in 1865 | *** |  |
| *** | William Henry Breton, R.N., Excursions in New South Wales, Western Australia, and van Dieman's Land, during the years 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833. [London : Richard Bentley, 1834, second Revised edition, with additions.], IV, XII, 420, with an aquatint… | *** |  |
| *** | Young, Sir Henry Edward Fox (1803-1870), Governor of Tasmania signature and seal on February 1856 vellum Land Grant by Purchase in favour of William Henty for one acre and one rood in the Parish of Seaford, County of Dorset, Island of Tasmania,… | *** |  |
| *** | Jean Moffatt - Transported for 14 years: Between 1824 and 1837 the convict ship, Sir Charles Forbes, made 4 voyages to Australia to deliver convicts to Van Diemen's Land (3 voyages) and Botany Bay. Her second voyage, departing in August 1826 arrived at… | *** |  |
| *** | A Deed For Land Bought in the New Hebrides (Now Vanuatu), August 1879, A signed and sealed indenture recording the fact that one Victor Nissen of Sydney, New South Wales has acquired some land at Black Beach on the west coast of Tanna Island, New Hebrides… | *** |  |
| *** | Awaiting Departure: 'Expecting to go away every day?' 20 April 1833 mss letter from Robert Erskine at 'Newgate Northside' [Prison] to his correspondent in Clerkenwell. Evidently well educated, Erskine is writing to ask for the return of his Savings Bank… | *** |  |
| *** | William & Alice Get Married - Van Diemen's Land 1842: William Smith arrived in Van Diemen's Land aboard 'Gilmore' in January 1839 having been found guilty of robbery and Transported for 15 years. Alice Reevey arrived in September 1839 aboard 'Hindostan',… | *** |  |
| *** | Frederick Kalmus (Kalmers) - Transported For 15 Years For 'Cutting and Wounding': Kalmus arrived in Van Diemen's Land in February 1842, one of 401 convicts aboard the 'Tortoise'. His 15 year sentence arose out of his violent refusal to pay for a cup of… | *** |  |
| *** | Van Diemen's Land 1852 Clearance Permit May 1852 printed form (No.74 - Clearance Permit) issued at Launceston Police Station in favour of William Bambury, who is described as having arrived in the Colony as a convict aboard 'Emily'. This very rare form… | *** |  |
| *** | The Convict Record of George Young Only 15 years old at the time he was found guilty of house-breaking and larceny at the Central Criminal Court (The Old Bailey) in May 1839, Young was sentenced to 10 years transportation, arriving at Van Diemen's Land… | *** |  |
| *** | William Smith - Arrived Aboard 'William Jardine' in November 1844; sentenced to 7 years Transportation. In the present 3-sided official record or 'copy' document (circa 1855) Smith is charged with 'misconduct in making a false statement of and insolence… | *** |  |
| *** | Monthly Muster Roll-Book: March 1878 to August 1882 A Waterlow & Sons accounts book, completely filled-in in neat manuscript listing all those Police Officers, Court Officials and Prisoners entitled to receive Government Rations. A wealth of information… | *** |  |
| *** | A Letter From the Goldfields: 25 February 1855 mss letter (4 sides) written by a gold-miner at Bendigo to his long-suffering wife and children. He refers to letters from her that he has just received - dated October 1853 and April 1854. '....I thought my… | *** |  |
| *** | Gazette du bon ton: a Journal of good taste (Paris, 1912 - 25), a collection of colour lithographs from various editions of 1920;, all framed & glazed, (6 items). | *** |  |
| *** | Queen Victoria, (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain from 1837 until her death), fine signature on original 1890 document appointing Arthur Cyril Marmaduke Alington a 2nd Lieutenant in the Militia Forces - the Lancashire artillery. Countersigned by Edward… | *** |  |