Unseen Manuscript from Battle of Waterloo
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hand-written manuscript of the Battle of Waterloo that describes the Duke of
Wellington as a “genius of the storm” is to be sold for £35,000. The manuscript
is written in three letters only three days after the battle took place on 18
June 1815. It was written by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Batty of the 1st
Regiment of Life Guards. This gentleman later went on to be an acclaimed
artist.
One part of the manuscript says: “I constantly saw the noble Duke of Wellington riding backwards and forwards like the Genius of the storm, who borne upon its wings, directed its thunders where to burst. He was everywhere to be found encouraging, directing, animating.”
Lt Col Batty was the son of a doctor in Hastings, East Sussex, and had started to study medicine at Cambridge University before joining the army. Having been injured in the battle he would later go on to become an accomplished artist.
One part of the manuscript says: “I constantly saw the noble Duke of Wellington riding backwards and forwards like the Genius of the storm, who borne upon its wings, directed its thunders where to burst. He was everywhere to be found encouraging, directing, animating.”
Lt Col Batty was the son of a doctor in Hastings, East Sussex, and had started to study medicine at Cambridge University before joining the army. Having been injured in the battle he would later go on to become an accomplished artist.
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Michael Treloar
Modern
Literature
Online-only auction: 20 August 2015
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Key items include the original program for the London premiere of Fritz Lang's masterpiece Metropolis (1927); Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932); George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949); Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (1963, published pseudonymously); Cormac McCarthy's first four novels; Loujon Press special editions of works by Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller; Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude (1970); and Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (1983, the first Discworld novel), along with other rarities too numerous to mention!
Well-represented genres are science fiction and crime, and there are numerous signed copies scattered throughout the sale. The majority of the 255 single-item lots are true first editions with dust wrappers!
This is an online-only auction. Lot 1 will close at 8pm AEST (10am GMT) on 20 August 2015, with subsequent lots closing at intervals of one minute. Bidding is now open, and we suggest you get your bids in early.
Our online bidding service is provided by Invaluable, the world's premier online auction platform. If you need any assistance viewing the lots or registering to bid, please contact us direct at treloars@treloars.com or on +61 8 8223 1111.
Online-only auction: 20 August 2015Click here to view and bid
Key items include the original program for the London premiere of Fritz Lang's masterpiece Metropolis (1927); Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (1932); George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949); Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (1963, published pseudonymously); Cormac McCarthy's first four novels; Loujon Press special editions of works by Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller; Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude (1970); and Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (1983, the first Discworld novel), along with other rarities too numerous to mention!
Well-represented genres are science fiction and crime, and there are numerous signed copies scattered throughout the sale. The majority of the 255 single-item lots are true first editions with dust wrappers!
This is an online-only auction. Lot 1 will close at 8pm AEST (10am GMT) on 20 August 2015, with subsequent lots closing at intervals of one minute. Bidding is now open, and we suggest you get your bids in early.
Our online bidding service is provided by Invaluable, the world's premier online auction platform. If you need any assistance viewing the lots or registering to bid, please contact us direct at treloars@treloars.com or on +61 8 8223 1111.
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Rare 145-year-old history of Wallingford found at Meriden Store
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rare 145 year-old book about the history of Wallingford has been found at a
store in Meridan, Connecticut, USA. The book is an 1870 copy of Charles Davis’s
History of Wallingford, Conn.
Historians in the town have said that the book is the most comprehensive
history of Wallingford from the first settlers to the mid-1800s.
A spokesperson at the Wallingford Public Library has admitted that although the library has five copies of the book none are in very good condition with the pages being torn which will lead to them eventually falling apart.
This newly found copy appears to be in reasonable condition. He is keeping the book in a dark, dry place to preserve it.
A spokesperson at the Wallingford Public Library has admitted that although the library has five copies of the book none are in very good condition with the pages being torn which will lead to them eventually falling apart.
This newly found copy appears to be in reasonable condition. He is keeping the book in a dark, dry place to preserve it.
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Bookshop will Float on
Bookshop will Float on
A
book shop which has been floating on London’s canals has been able to raise the
£4,000 to allow it to take up permanent residence in King’s Cross.
The bookshop ‘Word on the Water’ has been meandering along the capital’s canals on a 1920s Dutch barge for the past four years, gaining a loyal army of fans. The shop sells cheap books, and organises live jazz and poetry readings. The ‘shop’ was offered permanent residence in Granary Square, King’s Cross but the planning and engineering costs as well as repairs required necessitated a sum of £4,000. The owners turned to the community for support and are now able to arrange to take up their permanent residence.
The bookshop ‘Word on the Water’ has been meandering along the capital’s canals on a 1920s Dutch barge for the past four years, gaining a loyal army of fans. The shop sells cheap books, and organises live jazz and poetry readings. The ‘shop’ was offered permanent residence in Granary Square, King’s Cross but the planning and engineering costs as well as repairs required necessitated a sum of £4,000. The owners turned to the community for support and are now able to arrange to take up their permanent residence.
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