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Kilravock Castle Archive: A Chronicle of Highland Heritage

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LOT 1

Rose, Hew / Hugh

A Genealogical Manuscript of the Family of Rose of Kilravock

£1,512

LOT 2

Rose, Hew / Hugh [either by or after him]

A Genealogical Manuscript of the Family of Rose of Kilravock

£1,008

LOT 3

de Bosco, Elizabeth (née de Bisset), Lady Kilravock

Two 13th century charters from the reigns of King Alexander III and John Balliol, Kings of Scotland

£2,016

LOT 4

Rose, Hugh, of Geddes [First Laird of Kilravock] SALEROOM NOTICE: The seal attached is that of de Graham

Agreement between Hugh Rose and Sir David de Graham, c.1294

£1,890

LOT 5

14th century documents c.1320-1350

In Latin, relating to the 2nd and 3rd Lairds of Kilravock

£2,016

LOT 6

Supplication to the Pope for a general indulgence, c.1360

From William Makinthos, clerk in the Diocese of Moray

£5,040

LOT 7

Abbreviate of a Crown Charter, with the Great Seal of James I of Scotland (1406-1437)

Re-affirming the ownership of the Kilravock Estates, in Latin

£1,512

LOT 8

Confirmation of land granted to Hugh Rose of Kilravock, with the Great Seal of James III of Scotland (1451-1488)

Dated 2nd March 1475

£3,024

LOT 9

Group of 15th century documents

c.1420-1496, relating to the 6th-8th Lairds of Kilravock

£2,772

LOT 10

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, 1541 or 1542

£1,890

LOT 11

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, dated 1542

£4,032

LOT 12

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, dated 13th October 1542

£3,528

LOT 13

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, 1542

£2,394

LOT 14

Hamilton, James, 1st Duke of Châtellerault, 2nd Earl of Arran, 1519-1575 (Regent of Scotland 1543-1554)

Letter signed, 1550

£1,008

LOT 15

Mary of Guise (1515-1560), Queen of James V Scotland, Regent of Scotland for Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1560)

Five letters, signed, 1555-1559

£6,930

LOT 16

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1562

£10,080

LOT 17

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

£10,080

LOT 18

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

£10,710

LOT 19

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

£15,120

LOT 20

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

£11,340

LOT 21

Stewart, James, Earl of Moray (1531-1570), Regent of Scotland 1567-1570 and son of James V

Three letters, signed

£2,394

LOT 22

Regents of James VI of Scotland

John Erskine, Earl of Mar (d.1572) and James Douglas, Earl of Morton (1516-1581)

£882

LOT 23

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Letter signed by the 13 year old King, dated 20th May 1580

£2,268

LOT 24

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Documents signed, dated 1583 and 1588

£3,780

LOT 25

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, 1593

£1,638

LOT 26

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, dated 1603

£1,512

LOT 27

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, dated 1603

£2,016

LOT 28

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, dated 1603

£2,142

LOT 29

Barons of Kilravock: the 7th-11th Barons of Kilravock

Documents dating 1459-1612, mainly legal and estate interest

£2,520

LOT 30

Barons of Kilravock: the 12th & 14th Barons of Kilravock

Documents dating 1611-1687 including Covenanting interest

£1,260

LOT 31

Legal and financial documents

Mostly relating to Hay of Lochloy and Park, 1503-1753

£1,890

LOT 32

Kilravock and Rose Family Documents

A small collection of catalogues and inventories of title progression

£6,300

LOT 33

Clan Blair: a small archive

Including Simon Fraser of Lovat, Royal signatures and War of the Austrian Succession correspondence

£1,512

LOT 34

"The Douglas Cause" - a collection of legal case notes attributed to Lord Eliock

Beginning 16th July 1766

£630

LOT 35

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Scotland - South Africa - Argentina

Papers of Lieutenant-General Robert Campbell of Kintarbert, Argyll, 1790s-1810s

£2,142

LOT 36

Scotland

Large collection of deeds and documents on vellum, 17th-19th century

£378

LOT 37

Armstrong, Robert Bruce (1838-1913)

Drawings of Clackmannan, Airth and Earlshall in 1897 and 1898

£504

LOT 38

John Callcott Horsley RA (British 1817-1903)

Mary Queen of Scots in Captivity

£13,230

LOT 39

Elizabeth (1900-2002), Queen of Great Britain, Ireland, and the British dominions, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Collection of signed portrait photographs

£1,197

LOT 40

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002) and Antony Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017)

Signed family photograph

£467

LOT 41

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II, (1921-2021)

Presidential Address by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to the British Association for the Advancement of Science

£164

LOT 42

[James Hogg interest] - Commonplace book relating to the Yarrow Valley

Mid-19th century album possibly kept by Katharine or Margaret Ballantyne

£252

LOT 43

Manuscripts

Large and diverse collection of historical letters and documents, 17th-early 20th century

£378

LOT 44

Napoleon I, Emperor - Napoleon Bonaparte

Autograph letter signed

£13,860

LOT 45

[Battle of Waterloo Interest] - Lieutenant George Woodberry

Journals, 1813-1815

£3,024

LOT 46

Horse racing

Manuscript A-Z of race horses and their owners, 1830s

£126

LOT 47

Manuscripts

Collection of manuscripts and documents, 17th century and later

£630

LOT 48

Stanhope, Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope (1714-1786)

Autograph letter, signed, referring to his son's, Charles Stanhope, experiments with electricity

£189

LOT 49

Rutherford, Daniel (1749-1819)

Manuscript notebook containing clinical reports on patients at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, 1796

£2,268

LOT 50

Platt, S[amuel], [Barrister]

'Western Circuit' courtroom character studies

£1,764

LOT 51

Civil engineering

Collection of plans for the construction of Stobcross (Queen's) Dock, Glasgow, 1870s

£252

LOT 52

Letters from famous personalities

1920s-1970s

£555

LOT 53

Manuscripts

Extensive collection of manuscripts and printed documents on paper and vellum, 16th-19th century

£2,016

LOT 54

Lotteries

Collection of printed and manuscript ephemera, mainly 19th century

£303

LOT 55

Literary notes

19th century study notes or thesis

Estimate: £400 - £600

LOT 56

Christmas cards, photographs and manuscripts

A collection, 19th and early 20th century

Estimate: £250 - £350

LOT 57

Political, literary and historical correspondence

A collection

£353

LOT 58

[Robert Louis Stevenson interest] - Sir Graham Balfour

A.L.S. from Sir Graham Balfour to Sidney Colvin, and a collection of other letters

Estimate: £200 - £300

LOT 59

[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle interest] - Conan Doyle, Jean

Autograph poem signed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's wife

Estimate: £800 - £1,000

LOT 60

Kelly, Grace Patricia, Princess Grace of Monaco (1929-1982)

Three autograph letters, signed

£1,197

LOT 61

Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)

Typed letter signed regarding his anti-vaccination views

£693

LOT 62

Schumann, Clara (1819-1896)

Autograph musical quotation and signed cabinet card

£1,764

LOT 63

de Valois, Dame Ninette

Signed poster

£378

LOT 64

Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006)

10 letters and a signed postcard, 1973-1974

£1,764

LOT 65

Brown, George Mackay (1921-1996)

Collection of autograph letters signed to author Catherine Czerkawska, 1973-4

£2,772

LOT 66

Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006)

Collection of autograph letters signed and printed ephemera

£756

LOT 67

Hardie, Keir - Ramsay MacDonald - Marjory Kennedy-Fraser

Three letters, one relating to William Morris's Red House

£303

LOT 68

Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965)

Typed letter signed as Prime Minister to Major A. A. Stuart Black, 17th October 1941

£3,276

LOT 69

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)

Autograph letter signed, 81 East Road, Cambridge, 21st September 1938

£3,780

LOT 70

Dahl, Roald (1916-1990)

Collection of letters and ephemera ex libris Jonathan Cape art director Ian Craig

£2,772

LOT 71

Literary correspondence

A small collection including Alfred Richard Orage, Rosita Forbes and J.M. Barrie

£378

LOT 72

Quakers

Scrap album containing an early manuscript squib on Quakers

£378

LOT 73

Journals, ledgers and albums, 19th and 20th century

including travel in Japan and China, and crests and monograms

Estimate: £300 - £500

LOT 74

Stanton, William and Polly

Victorian letter book

£189

LOT 75

Eminent Georgians and Victorians

Autograph and scrap album of Mary Webster (1794-1883)

£4,536

LOT 76

Webster, Mary (1794-1883)

Three albums of watercolour views of British scenery, 1830s-50s

£6,300

LOT 77

Topographical watercolour album, including New Zealand, the West Indies and Brazil

c.1870s-1890s

£5,040

LOT 78

[Indian Interest] Burra, Henry and Elizabeth Dent

Scrapbook with watercolours covering India, Scotland, Egypt and Rye, East Sussex

£819

LOT 79

India - heraldry

Collection of original designs for princely coats of arms, with associated correspondence

£504

LOT 80

D'Oyly, Sir Charles, 7th Baronet (1781-1845)

Album containing two original watercolours by D'Oyly

£882

LOT 81

India - Chamber of Princes (Narendra Mandal)

Large collection of documents signed by Indian princes, 1932

£2,646

LOT 82

India - Chamber of Princes (Narendra Mandal)

Group of official letters from maharajas to the chancellor of the Council of Princes, with related documents, 1920s-40s

£1,134

LOT 83

India - Thailand - Malaysia - Zanzibar - Kenya

Manuscript hunting journals of Henry C. V. Hunter, 1885-1887

Estimate: £500 - £700

LOT 84

India

Collection of letters and documents, 20th century

£504

LOT 85

Italy

Travel diary of Howel Scratton, 1880s

£353

LOT 86

Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East

Collection of photographs

Estimate: £400 - £600

LOT 87

India

Indian rulers, a collection of photographs c.1875-80

£303

LOT 88

Near East and Egypt

Collection of 42 large albumen-print photographs, c.1875-1900

£278

LOT 89

Scottish Views: George Washington Wilson, James Valentine and James Patrick, in embossed album

98 views of Scotland, c.1887

Estimate: £200 - £300

LOT 90

Mennie, Donald

China North and South

£315

LOT 91

North-West Frontier Province - India - Pakistan - Afghanistan

Album of photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes (1888-1973), c.1920

£404

LOT 92

China

Photograph album, 1919

£189

LOT 93

Postcards

Large collection, mainly of Scotland and England, early 20th century

Estimate: £300 - £500

LOT 94

Annan, Thomas - The Glasgow City Improvement Trust

Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow

£756

LOT 95

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) and Charles Job (1853-1930)

2 photogravures, early 20th century

Estimate: £400 - £600

LOT 96

Edward Bawden (1903-1989)

P.B.F.A. Cat, [1983]

£1,134

LOT 97

William McCance (1894-1970) and Agnes Miller Parker (1895-1980)

Woodblock, lithograph and linocut Christmas cards, designed/sent by artist friends, 1930s-1950s

£2,520

LOT 98

Ralph Steadman (1936-), illustrator; Dahl, Roald

The Mildenhall Treasure

£530

LOT 99

Patrick Benson (1956-), illustrator; Dahl, Roald

Publisher's paste-up for The Minpins, with original drawings by Benson

£5,040

LOT 100

Dahl, Roald (1916-1990)

Production archive for the publication of Boy, including original sketches by Dahl

£23,940

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