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“I AM SO PROUDTO BETHE CHIEF”
OF A HUSSAR REGIMENT AT KÖNIGSBERG
68
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EDWARD VII; KING OF ENGLAND. Autograph Telegram Signed, “Albert
Edward,” as Prince of Wales, to Emperor Wilhelm II, in German, in pencil, declining to
allow him to lead Edward’s Hussar Regiment at Königsberg. 1 page, oblong 8vo,
“Telegraphie des Deutschen Reiches” telegram form; few ink spots at left margin, folds.
Np, [8 September 1894]
[400/600]
“
. . . Had it been possible, nothing would have given me greater pleasure than to have you lead
my fine Hussar Regiment at Königsberg . . . .”
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DEWEY, GEORGE. Photograph
Signed and Inscribed, “To Col. [John]
Schuyler Crosby from his friend / and
comrade George Dewey,”
3
/
4
-length por-
trait, showing him standing in admiral’s
ceremonial dress with hands resting on the
hilt of his sword. Inscribed on the mount,
below the image. 8
1
/
2
x5
1
/
2
inches (image),
9
1
/
4
x7 inches overall; marked mirroring
and staining to edges and dark areas of
portrait, some scattered cracking to emul-
sion, closed short tear in left margin of
mount, remnants of prior mounting to
mount overall verso.
Np, circa 1903
[80/120]
UMBRELLA SIGNATURE
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EDISON, THOMAS A. William
H. Meadowcroft.
The Boy’s Life of Edison.
Signed on the front free endpaper,
“ThosAEdison.” Additionally signed and
inscribed by the author to Edwin
Woodward Allen, Jr., on July 10, 1928,
below Edison’s signature. 8vo, publisher’s
cloth, moderate wear, spine faded.
NewYork and London, (1921);
inscription: Np, nd
[500/750]