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1916ref. 004186original artifacts. KITCHENER Lord Horatio Herbert. Contemporary Telegraph Tape Announcing His Death in the Sinking of HMS Hampshire with HMS Hampshire Silver and Tortoiseshell Presentation Box. 1915-1916. Two interesting First World War survivals comprising a contemporary telegraph receiver tape reporting the sinking of HMS Hampshire and the death of Lord Kitchener together with a silver and tortoiseshell HMS Hampshire presentation box dated 1915. The paper tape measures approximately 2400 mm when extended. Lacking the opening few letters with several old repairs and creasing from having been rolled but substantially complete and legible considering its fragile format. Good condition. The transmitted report reads with minor losses and imperfections: "His Majesty's ship Hampshire with Lord Kitchener and his staff on board was sunk last night about 8 o'clock to the west of the Orkney Islands either by a mine or torpedo. Four boats were seen by observers on shore to leave the ship. The weather was . and heavy seas were running. Vessels and destroyers at once proceeded to the spot and a party was sent along the coast to search but only some bodies and a capsized boat have been found . As the whole shore has been searched there is no hope of there being any survivors. No . had yet been received from the search party on shore. HMS Hampshire was on her way to Russia." Accompanying the tape is a circular silver-mounted tortoiseshell presentation box approximately 80 mm in diameter and 30 mm deep raised on four feet with hinged lid and cushioned interior. The lid is applied with a crowned Hampshire rose above a ribbon inscribed "H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE" and the date "1915". Hallmarked silver and bearing the retailer's mark of The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd. The firm established in 1880 by William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman was one of London's leading jewellers and silversmiths and was particularly associated with high-quality presentation silver and specially commissioned pieces. The naval insignia and 1915 date indicate that the box was produced as an HMS Hampshire presentation or commemorative piece during the ship's service and significantly before her loss the following year. HMS Hampshire was lost off Orkney on 5 June 1916 while carrying Field Marshal Lord Kitchener and his staff on a diplomatic mission to Russia. Kitchener Secretary of State for War and one of the most recognisable British figures of the First World War was among the members of his party lost with the ship. The tape is particularly striking for the immediacy of its report: the cause is still given as "either by a mine or torpedo" rescue operations remain underway and the message records the rapidly disappearing hope of finding survivors. An uncommon pairing of two contemporary HMS Hampshire survivals. . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1916. original artifacts paperback
1827ref. GT395London: Henry Colburn 1827. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. small 8vo. 2 volumes bound in one. viii 264pp; viii 336pp. 7 printed song scores bound-in mainly foldng all fine. 17cms. Interesting early nineteenth century advise on the benefits of travel on the health. A fine copy. Please email for photos. Henry Colburn hardcover
1914ref. 1808411914. First edition printing the speeches of the three men in parliament on 26 and 27 November 1914 addressing the nation's ability to fight a longer war of attrition as it became increasingly evident there would be no quick victory by Christmas. Churchill's speech as First Lord of the Admiralty assessed the nation's naval capabilities and its ability to protect merchant shipping. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes chairman of Forbes Magazine and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. Tape reinforcement at foot of spine some creasing and tiny chips at extremities a little browned. A very good copy. unknown
1916ref. 003667R.E. Thomas & Co printers to the Dean and Chapter of St Pauls. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum - A Memorial Group 1916. Comprising: 1 printed order of service for the memorial at St Paul's Cathedral 13 June 1916; 2 bronze commemorative medallion; 3 enamel lapel badge "K. of K. Defender of Liberty - Killed 5-6-16"; 4 complete set of six Bamforth & Co. photographic memorial postcards "They Rest from Their Labours" etc. Series 5841/4. Printed service programme 10 pp. R. E. Thomas & Co. printers to the Dean & Chapter of St Paul's; light creasing and foxing very good. with Bronze medallion 50 mm bust of Kitchener by J. P. Legastelois reverse with Britannia and the motto Thorough; attractive patina. with Enamel lapel badge 25 mm with portrait and legend K. of K. Defender of Liberty - Killed 5-6-16 excellent condition with Six photographic memorial postcards approx. 140 × 90 mm printed versos comprising the complete numbered set 5841/4 all near ne. A grouping commemorating Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum 1850-1916 who perished when HMS Hampshire struck a mine off Orkney en route to Russia. News of his death prompted a wave of grief across the nation; the printed order of service for the memorial at St Paul's Cathedral on 13 June 1916 was produced in limited numbers for the congregation and is of exceptional rarity. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1916. R.E. Thomas & Co printers to the Dean and Chapter of St Pauls paperback
ref. 43576Sir Charles Moore 1844-1916 Army Officer Engineer and Administrator saying that he has "probably heard that I am to replace you at Souakin. I am very sorry you should leave & would never have accepted the billet had my not doing so been of the least service to you. The way it came about was on my arrival at Suez old West came on board with a telegram stating H.M. Govt wanted to know if I would accept Souakin & if so to wire to Wolff. I asked about you but could find out nothing and I felt sure you had resigned so I wired yes and wet to Alexandria & saw Wolff he then told me and I said that changed the matter but he said if I now refused there was another waiting for the post. I went up to Cairo and saw Gen Stephenson and he told me the same & that I could do you no good and would do myself much harm by refusing. He also said what I hope was the case that he was sure you would see it in the same light. I came home & saw DAG on the subject & Sir R. Thomson and found out an R.A. officer had accepted if I refused the billet and would be appted at once. I hope you think I have done right and I know you will never doubt how much rather I would like it if you could remain supposing you wish to do so." 4 sides 8vo. Junior United Service Club London 18th August In 1874 aged 24 Kitchener was assigned by the Palestine Exploration Fund to a mapping-survey of the Holy Land. By then an officer in the Royal Engineers Kitchener joined fellow officer Claude R. Conder; between 1874 and 1877 they surveyed Palestine returning to England only briefly in 1875 after an attack by locals at Safed in Galilee. Conder and Kitchener's expedition became known as the Survey of Western Palestine because it was largely confined to the area west of the Jordan River. In 1878 having completed the survey of western Palestine Kitchener was sent to Cyprus to undertake a survey of that newly acquired British protectorate. He became vice-consul in Anatolia in 1879. Sutherland was also in the Royal Engineers and worked under Kitchener in Cyprus for 6 years ending in 1886. Kitchener became Governor of the Egyptian Provinces of Eastern Sudan and Red Sea Littoral which in practice consisted of little more than the Port of Suakin in September 1886 He was created Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent on June 29th 1914. Unusually provision was made for the title to be passed on to his brother and nephew since Kitchener was not married and had no children. unknown
1899ref. 3288j1899. Good. Signed. 11cm x 17.5cm. A double-sided card on 17 Belgrave Square stationery. Handwritten and signed in full by Lord Kitchener of Khartoum. The card is tanned foxed and slightly edge worn with a small closed tear and crease through the middle where the card was folded. Otherwise legible and intact. A fascinating piece of history! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. unknown
1916ref. 003868original letters. KITCHENER Lord Herbert 1st Earl Kitchener GREY Eric Verner Lieutenant Royal Navy. A small group of related correspondence photographs and official telegram relating to Lieutenant Grey's service and death in the loss of H.M.S. Hampshire. H.M.S Newcastle and H.M.S Hampshire 5th August 1914 - 3 June 1916. A group of 5 autograph letters signed various dates from 1 August 1914 to 3 June 1916 written in ink on naval stationery most with crowned "HMS Hampshire" device together with an official Post Office telegram announcing the loss of the vessel and two portrait photographs of Grey in uniform by J Russell and Sons; the whole housed loose the telegram glazed and framed; usual folds light handling wear overall well preserved a very good grouping. The loss of H.M.S. Hampshire on 5 June 1916 was one of the most widely reported maritime disasters of the First World War in which Herbert Kitchener was among those killed. The group centres on Lieutenant E. V. Grey Royal Navy and comprises letters written to his sister "Cis" during his service including material from the outbreak of war through to the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Jutland. The final letter dated 3 June 1916 is of particular significance. Written immediately following the Battle of Jutland 31 May-1 June 1916 it records a brief but direct contemporary reaction: "we came out of it jolly well. the ancient cruisers were rather strafed as you will see in the papers" before closing with the remark that he is "absolutely dog tired". This letter was written just two days after the battle and two days before his death. The official Admiralty telegram sent to his sister reported that H.M.S. Hampshire had been sunk with all on board. The vessel was lost off Orkney on 5 June 1916 shortly after departing on a mission carrying Lord Kitchener to Russia. There is a note written recently from a family member of Lieutenant Grey and his sister. It reads "letters from Great Granny's brother to her from HMS Hampshire he served with Lord Kitchener on it and enclosed is the telegram to say all had been sunk including Lord Kitchener and Granny's brother." A rare grouping relating Lieutenant Grey who was at the Battle of Jutland and sadly the subsequent sinking of H.M.S. Hampshire with the uncommon official telegram confirming his loss. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1916. original letters paperback
1896ref. 004020original letter. KITCHENER Lord Herbert 1850-1916. Autograph letter signed to William Staveley Gordon concerning the Dongola Expedition and the Nile gunboats. Dongola 24 September 1896. Single sheet folded to form four pages written on all four sides and signed. Old horizontal and vertical mailing folds otherwise very good with bold dark ink throughout. Written from Dongola immediately following the successful conclusion of the Dongola Expedition this important campaign letter sees Kitchener personally credit William Staveley Gordon with the success of one of the defining British military operations in the Sudan. Addressing Gordon a Royal Engineers officer and nephew of General Charles Gordon of Khartoum Kitchener writes: "A great measure of the success of this expedition has been due to you and I wish to let you know how highly I appreciate the work you have done." The letter was written on 24 September 1896 one day after the occupation of Dongola and only days after the Battle of Hafir where Anglo-Egyptian gunboats forced the Mahdist river defences and secured the final advance south. Kitchener discusses the performance of the newly constructed gunboat Zafir noting that she reached the force "only 2 hours before the final advance" before providing a detailed assessment of her capabilities. Although critical of her speed against the current coal consumption and draught he concludes that "the design and arrangement of the steamer is very nearly perfect" and that had she arrived on schedule "she would be a splendid boat." He leaves Gordon to deal with the remaining practical difficulties before adding the telling observation that "The troops are pretty ragged & boots worn out as you may imagine." Kitchener's acknowledgement that "a great measure of the success of this expedition" was due to Gordon represents an exceptionally generous private tribute and demonstrates the importance of Gordon's work in enabling the advance upon Dongola. William Staveley Gordon 1859-1934 served with the Royal Engineers in Egypt and the Sudan and became one of Kitchener's principal officers responsible for the Nile flotilla. As the nephew of General Charles Gordon killed at Khartoum in 1885 his role in the reconquest carried an additional symbolic significance the campaign being widely viewed in Britain as the recovery of the Sudan following the Mahdist victories of the previous decade. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1896. original letter paperback
1870ref. 313390Woolwich 1870. 10 ink and watercolor drawings of elevations and plans of fortifications signed in a lettering hand; with 9 lithographs of classical fortifications &c. some signed or initialled by Kitchener with additions. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Leather and cloth over boards upper cover stamped in gilt. Upper corners perished. Internally clean and fresh. 10 ink and watercolor drawings of elevations and plans of fortifications signed in a lettering hand; with 9 lithographs of classical fortifications &c. some signed or initialled by Kitchener with additions. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Highly competent album of drawings of fortifications mines and elevations by the young Kitchener while a student at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. Kitchener 1850-1916 born in Ireland to English parents and raised in Switzerland spent "an undistinguished two years" at the Royal Military Academy. When he progressed to the School of Military Engineering Chatham he began to distinguish himself. He worked with the Palestine Exploration Fund and on the survey of Cyprus and gained a reputation as a man who knew the Near East. "In 1884 he acted as an intelligence officer for the relief expedition sent to the Sudan to rescue Charles George Gordon; he continually pressed Wolseley the commander of the expedition to push forward more rapidly. Despite the expedition's failure to save Gordon Kitchener emerged with credit and some fame." He was named sirdar or commander of the Egyptian army in 1892 and instituted needed reforms. Under his leadership Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated the Mahdist armies in the Sudan in 1898 avenging Gordon's death and reconquering the country. Kitchener's administrative talents came to the fore in the South African War where superior transportation and the policy of destroying farms and interning Boer civilians in concentration camps prevailed against the guerrilla tactics of the Boer forces. In his role as secretary of state for war in 1914 his advocacy of preparations for a long and global conflict defined British policy. A choice item from early in the career of this larger than life and still controversial figure. unknown books
1870ref. 313390Woolwich 1870. 10 ink and watercolor drawings of elevations and plans of fortifications signed in a lettering hand; with 9 lithographs of classical fortifications &c. some signed or initialled by Kitchener with additions. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Leather and cloth over boards upper cover stamped in gilt. Upper corners perished. Internally clean and fresh. 10 ink and watercolor drawings of elevations and plans of fortifications signed in a lettering hand; with 9 lithographs of classical fortifications &c. some signed or initialled by Kitchener with additions. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Highly competent album of drawings of fortifications mines and elevations by the young Kitchener while a student at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich. Kitchener 1850-1916 born in Ireland to English parents and raised in Switzerland spent "an undistinguished two years" at the Royal Military Academy. When he progressed to the School of Military Engineering Chatham he began to distinguish himself. He worked with the Palestine Exploration Fund and on the survey of Cyprus and gained a reputation as a man who knew the Near East. "In 1884 he acted as an intelligence officer for the relief expedition sent to the Sudan to rescue Charles George Gordon; he continually pressed Wolseley the commander of the expedition to push forward more rapidly. Despite the expedition's failure to save Gordon Kitchener emerged with credit and some fame." He was named sirdar or commander of the Egyptian army in 1892 and instituted needed reforms. Under his leadership Anglo-Egyptian forces defeated the Mahdist armies in the Sudan in 1898 avenging Gordon's death and reconquering the country. Kitchener's administrative talents came to the fore in the South African War where superior transportation and the policy of destroying farms and interning Boer civilians in concentration camps prevailed against the guerrilla tactics of the Boer forces. In his role as secretary of state for war in 1914 his advocacy of preparations for a long and global conflict defined British policy. A choice item from early in the career of this larger than life and still controversial figure. unknown
1884ref. 54399London: The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Large Quarto. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and Exploration Fund emblems on cover and spine blind-stamped ruling on covers gilt on spine. Black endpapers. Frontispiece engravings with tissue guards in color in vol. three and seven. No frontispieces in vols. 4 and 6. Elaborate historiated initials. Decorative endpieces. Profusely illustrated with full page scenic gravures and woodcuts maps and numerous plans and an abundance of in-text drawings. Without General Index and Geological Memoir published later. The main contributors to this important survey were Conder and Kitchener. For his work Lieut. Conder received the thanks of the committee and the commendation of the Secretary of State for war. "It may fairly be claimed" wrote Sir Walter Besant "That nothing has ever been done for the illustration and right understanding of the historical portions of the Old and New Testaments since the translation into the vulgar tongue which can be compare with this great work." Kitchener later Field Marshal joined the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1874 beginning his involvement with the East which was to last almost for the remainder of his life. "These 'Memoirs' were drawn up from notes in the field by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener. They are divided into 'Sheets' corresponding with the divisions of the Great Map of Western Palestine in twenty-six sheets on the scale of one inch a mile. The method pursued in the division and sub-division of the Memoirs was adopted in accordance with the recommendations of a sub-committee appointed for the purpose of considering the best mode of presenting the information in their hands." Preface Vol. I: Sheets I-VI. Galilee 1881. x 420pp. frontispiece 1 folding map Method of Survey 8 plans 20 plates. Vol. II: Sheets VII-XVI. Samaria 1882. vii 445pp. frontispiece 10 plans plan Kurn Surtubeh facing 397 not 387 as indicated 10 plates. Vol. III: Sheets XVII-XXVI. Judea 1883. vii 450pp. color frontispiece 5 plans 15 plates. Vol. IV: Arabic and English Name Lists Transl. and explained by E. H. Palmer 1881. v 438pp. Vol. V: Special Papers on Topography Archaeology Manners and Customs etc. by Sir Charles Wilson et al. 1881. Frontispiece map. viii 1 362pp. Vol. VI: Jerusalem by Sir Charles Warren and Claude Reignier Conder 1884. ix with pages v and vi paginated twice 6 plans 1 chart 1 Sloam Inscription 2 plates. Vol. VII: The Fauna and Flora of Palestine by H. B. Tristram 1884. xxii 455pp. Color frontispiece 20 plates 13 in color with plates 16 and 17 present but bound in at different pages compared to list of plates at front. Bindings with some light wear along edges more pronounced at heads and tails of spine. Library plates on inside front covers. Lightly starting at inside covers of vols. 1 2 4 5 starting in vol. 6. Light foxing of endpapers and blocks lightly and sporadic in blocks at times more pronounced. Frontispiece loose but present in vol. 1. Small bookbinder's plates A. W. Bain on inside back covers of three vols. Frontispiece loose but present in vols. 1 and 5. The Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund hardcover
ref. 937371899. . 2 volumes Folio 44 x 35 cm each consisting of 2 leaves printed entirely on vellum within elaborate gilt borders each with respective coat-of-arms to head original red and green straight-grained morocco gilt both volumes signed by the respective Clerks to the House with a hand-written letter from Lord Kitchener to Colonel Long. Printed entirely on vellum and bound in the finest morocco a magnificent tribute to the participants in the capture of Khartoum. The officially printed resolutions by both Houses of Parliament thanking Major General Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and other leading participants in the Nile Campaign of 1896-7-8. The present example is that presented to Colonel Long and includes a hand-written letter form Kitchener to Colonel Long dated 17th July 1899 notifying Long of the vote of thanks and also personally thanking Long for his "indefatigable work". Also with a handwritten letter from Henry Graham Clerk to the House of Lords dated 10th August 1899 sending the "authenticated transcript on vellum of the Resolutions of the House of Lords on the 8th June last placed in an appropriate cover". Also with a printed document from the War Office concerning Colonel Long's pension £150 per annum. In 1898 at Omdurman an army commanded by the British General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad. This was the culmination of the Egyptian Campaign undertaken by Kitchener to reclaim the Sudan and to gain revenge for the death of General Gordon in 1884. Colonel Long was later responsible for the most Victoria Crosses seven won during a single action in the Boer War at Colenso in 1899. 1899. hardcover
