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Published by Illustrated London News, London, 1899
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Unbound. Condition: Very Good. S/ Begg (illustrator). 1st. 1 1/4 pages w/story & two photos. Story about Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts commander of the Imperial Forces in South Africa (Second Boer War) 9only 1st page of item is shown) Size: 11'' x 16''.
Published by 28 April ; on letterhead of Englemere Ascot Berks, 1908
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On rectangle of paper roughly 8 x 11 cm, with small triangles neatly cut away from corners. Aged and with traces of glue and paper from previous mounting. The letterhead has Roberts's Garter crest in the top left-hand corner and his address at top right. Firmly written: '[signed] Roberts, F.M. | 28. April 1908.' Slight smudging to the 'rt' of 'Roberts'.
Published by UK
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition Signed
Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Base Signed by Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Robert. Undated. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. A man of small stature, Roberts was affectionately known to his troops and the wider British public as "Bobs" and revered as one of Britain's leading military figures at a time when the British Empire reached the height of its power. He became a symbol for the British Army and in later life became an influential proponent of stronger defence in response to the increasing threat that the German Empire posed to Britain in the lead up to the First World War. From a autograph book kept by A. P. Watt (1834-1914), founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, the world's first literary agents. Size is 1108m x 70mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18423. Signed by Author(s).
Published by UK, 1888
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition Signed
Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Letter Headed Snowdon, Simla Paper Written and Signed by Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts. Autograph letter Snowden, Simla, India (the summer residence of Roberts) signed by Roberts, 21 October 1888, to Keir, concerning plated tumblers received and saying what he need is ?10 tumblers, 10 wine glasses, 10 finger bowls, 4 peg tumblers to put one inside the other ?, Include information about the tumblers. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, 1832-1914, was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War. He also became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces before the post was abolished in 1904. A man of small stature, Roberts was affectionately known to his troops and the wider British public as "Bobs" and revered as one of Britain's leading military figures at a time when the British Empire reached the height of its power. He became a symbol for the British Army and in later life became an influential proponent of stronger defence in response to the increasing threat that the German Empire posed to Britain in the lead up to the First World War. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 178m x 115mm. Condition is good. Folding crease. Light repair to fold edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17164. Signed by Author(s).
Manuscript. Condition: Good. One page TLs, Englemere, Ascot, Sept. 18th, 1914 to Miss Hill, who has responded to his appeal for field glasses for his NCOs. He was colonel-in-chief of the Indian Expeditionary Force in France in 1914 and died 8 weeks after this letter was written, on November 14th, of Pneumonia.