Verlag: Without date or place
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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On the lower part of a letter, cut to form a rectangle, 11.5 x 18 cm. In good condition, with traces of stub from mounting along one edge, and a thin strip of paper, with Burgoyne's name in manuscript neatly laid down beneath the signature. Reads 'I have the honor to be | Your Excellency's | Most Obedient | Humble Servant | [signed] J. F. Burgoyne | Lt Genl.' Reverse reads ' Order of Nistan Medjidge, which His Majesty the Sultan has been graciously pleased to confer upon me, & I take the liberty of requesting your Excellency to be ', Addressed at foot of page to 'His Exy | The Lord Stratford de Redcliffe GCB | &c &c &c'.
Verlag: No place or date
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. A 10 x 3 cm slip of paper, cut from the end of a letter in response to a request for an autograph. In good condition, lightly aged. Reads: 'Yours Sincerely / Percy Scott'. Beneath this, in contemporary hand, in pencil: 'Admiral Sir Percy Scott (Terrible)'.
Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. (World War 2, US Marine Corps, Yearbooks) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Verlag: Headed Maison Ali Pacha Fehmy Cairo 12 Feb. no year; c. See image, 1888
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
One page, 12mo, minor foxing, mainly good condition. "Pray [? something like tell] Mr Powlett I am most anxious to make his acquaintance truly yrs [.]".Note: "Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, 1841-1925 was a British Army officer. After serving as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, he fought in the 9th Xhosa War, the Anglo-Zulu War and then the Anglo-Egyptian War. He went on to become Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army and commanded the forces at the Battle of Suakin in December 1888 and at the Battle of Toski in August 1889 during the Mahdist War. After that he became Governor of Malta and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland before retiring in 1908."; Grenfell Tower was named after him.
Verlag: St. Leonard's. 10 June, 1818
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
1p., 4to. Bifolium. Addressed with postmarks, on reverse of second leaf, to 'Mr. Simpson, | Clothiere, | St. Martin's Lane | London.' In fair condition, on aged paper. Docketted with Harcourt's dates. The letter reads: 'Sir, | Captain Sir Murray Maxwell having signified his intention of offering himself as a Candidate for Westminster at the ensuing Election; I shall be much obliged to you if you will give him Your Vote upon that occasion.' In the 1818 general election Maxwell (1775-1831) was defeated by less than 400 votes, losing to Sir Samuel Romilly and Sir Francis Burdett. The campaign ruined him financially, and his health was permanently undermined after he was struck in the back in Covent Garden by a paving stone thrown from a mob opposed to his candidacy.
Verlag: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker, London, 1855
Anbieter: Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB, East Jewett, NY, USA
Second printing. 106 pp., adv [2] + plate. Illus. with b/w diagrams with one folding cloth plate. 12mo. A gift from D. Van Nostrand to the Commandery with his blind emboss on free front end paper . Rear pocket with 25 x 12.5 inch cloth plan/map. Contents: I. Discipline; II. Route-marching; II. Camps; V. Advanced posts, entrenchments, &c; V. Field sketching, with and without instruments; VI. Tactics. First published in 1855. Front hinge partly split else a very good copy, the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, shelf sticker on foot of backstrip, their stamp on title, small tear to rear endpaper. Folding cloth plate near fine. Limp red cloth stamped in gilt and blind.
Verlag: Headquarters Grand Hotel 1st April, 1872
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
One page, fold marks, good condition. Page headed "Memo", continues: "In case of any disputed point requires the decision of the Umpires the Major General commanding will sound the 'cease fire' and the troops will halt until again ordered to advance. When the 'cease fire' followed by the 'assembly' is sounded, the corps will fall in, the Brigades be masses, and the Bands resume their places for the march past.".
Verlag: No place or date
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paper, 11.5 x 8cm, fold mark and sl.foxed, text clear, as follows: "Lord Napier of Magdala hopes to meet the schoolboy some day." See image.