forthcoming sales - Dominic Winter Book Auctions

333* Barbados. Remonstrance of Mr. Sharpe &c. Against
Proceedings of Mr. Crow and Governors of Barbados, 1708,
contemp. official manuscript copy, 6 pp. with one page postscript,
docketed, folio, together with a King George IV signed warrant dated
6th March 1826, some dampstaining and paper damage with loss,
also a slightly damaged military commission for the same person
(Frederick William Hamilton KCB), dated 13th November 1876, a
printed passport completed in manuscript, dated 11th April 1860, for
Louisa Anstruther and her niece plus two maid servants, and a
somewhat browned printed document regarding timber
administration from Hannover, 1723, all folio
The signatories of the Barbados petition to Governor Mitford Crow were
William Sharpe, Alexander Walker and Samuel Beresford. Crow (1669-1719),
who was appointed Governor of Barbados in 1706, suspended these
members from the Council of the Board of Trade and Plantations. Crow’s high
handed treatment of his councillors and militia officers led to a letter from
Queen Anne in July 1709 in which she stated her resentment of Crow’s
disrespect in disobeying her order to restore the councillors. He left Barbados
in May 1710.
(5) £200-300
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334* Buckinghamshire. A group of five papers relating to property
at Crafton in Wing, Buckinghamshire, and the Rothschild family,
1798-1847, including an extract from the Enclosure Commissioners’
Award re: the Estate of Williams and Tompson, 1799, an extract from
the award re: Property of William Smart, 1812, an extract from the
award plan, 1798, for properties of the Earl of Chesterfield and
Robert Nichol, a release of property in Wing to Mayer Amschel de
Rothschild, 1844, with detailed plan by George Low, and a statutory
declaration of William Hedges Woodman, farmer of Crafton, re: his
father’s tenancy of lands, 1847, with a detailed plan by George Low,
plus four letters from Rothschild to Lord Chandos concerning rail
services, etc., c. 1860, 10 pp., 8vo
(9) £200-300
335* Haile Selassie I (1892-1975, Emperor of Ethiopia).
Christmas and New Year greetings card, signed, 1968-69, folded
white card with gilt embossed crest to upper cover, colour insert of
Birds of Ethiopia with conjugate printed greetings sheet, boldly
signed above in blue ink, a few minor marks, 17.5 x 23 cm, together
with two smaller undated Christmas cards from their Imperial
Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Ethiopia at the Palace,
Addis-Ababa, one signed in blue ink (?) Amha Selassie, 1916-1997,
Crown Prince and last Emperor of Ethiopia, each folded card with
embossed crown to upper cover, spine tie in Ethiopian colours and
greetings sheet insert, plus a fourth undated greetings card with a
reproduction of an engraving showing the residence of the Emperor
at Gondar to upper cover, printed greeting to paper insert including
the printed name Mereud Azmatch Asfawosene, a few minor marks
(4) £200-300
336* Haile Selassie I (1892-1975, Emperor of Ethiopia). A
Christmas and New Year greetings card, signed and dated 1952,
plus three further unsigned Christmas cards from Emperor Haile
Selassie, 1953, 1958 & 1959, all folded card with crest to upper
cover and spine ties in Ethiopian flag colours of red, yellow and
green, each with printed message in English and illustration in
centrefold, approx. 13 x 19 cm and similar, all VG, plus one unfranked
typed envelope to accompany 1959 card, addressed to the Right
Honorable Lord Amulree, House of Commons, London
(4) £200-300