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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 14th December 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Midland Viewing: Only in the week prior at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre Day of Auction from 9am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 8 | |||
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| AYCKBOURN ALAN: (1939- ) English Playwright. Collection of ten A.Ls.S. and seven T.Ls.S. (one unsigned), Alan and Alan Ayckbourn, twenty seven pages (total), mainly 8vo and 4to, Edinburgh, Scarborough, London, 1975-2007 where dated, all to Jack Thomas, a former schoolmaster of Ayckbourn's while attending Haileybury. The collection includes two scarce, early A.Ls.S., the first thanking his correspondent for their inspiring telegram and continuing 'I walked on and off the set with new vigour, fired of blank cartridges with unknown zest, and repainted the stage-cloth with unrivalled brilliancy. Joking apart though, I am having a wonderful time. D[onald] W[olfit] is really a first class person to get in with. He takes a personal interest in his whole cast and is going to audition me sometime next week and give me his considered verdict. I've been searching frantically for audition speeches ever since…' (Edinburgh, n.d. 'Wednesday', although 1956) and the second congratulating his correspondent on their engagement and continuing 'Edinburgh to put it briefly was darned hard work. The last night the stage management were up till six-thirty in the morning loading the scenery that we had just dismantled into the train for London; and that had been done at the end of a matinee day. However rather than face a British Railways meal I slept all the way back later that morning. Robert Flemyng is trying to get me into either the Liverpool Rep, or, alternatively into the Tennents group somewhere' (Uckfield, Sussex, n.d., 'Wednesday', although 1956). Ayckbourn's later letters keep his correspondent informed of his activities, referring to rehearsals for the musical Jeeeves and several of his plays including Absent Friends, A Small Family Business apologising for the staff of a theatre not giving Thomas his home address ('…they're under fierce instructions as otherwise I do get a lot of hopeful actors crying on the doorstep and drinking my milk.'), recounting memories of tours and reflecting on growing old, 'When I direct young actors and actresses these days I'm aware of them regarding me with amazement that they're meeting someone who (dimly admittedly) remembers Ration Books and Doodlebugs. Rather like meeting a man who'd shaken hands with Napoleon' (11th January 1987), commenting on a production of Arthur Miller's A View from The Bridge, 'Miller is over to see it next week and we await his verdict with trepidation. Anyway, he can't complain about the audiences we're getting. Seats are liked gold dust.' (10th April 1987), and on the opening of a theatre in his name, 'I was, of course, thrilled and delighted….As you say, to be so honoured in one own's lifetime, is especially flattering. Mind you….such honours can misfire. The Flora Robson Playhouse in Newcastle has just been renamed. In those sort of cases perhaps it's better to be dead and unaware!' (26th August 1987) and also commenting on one of his correspondent's own scripts, 'Your script is great fun but a big cast….it's appallingly difficult establishing believable motives for everyone to commit a murder. It takes forever and it's easy to lose an audience en route. The village gossips are a nice device and the overall slightly old-fashioned Midsomer Murders feel of the piece has charm….I discovered, somewhat to my surprise, that comedy thrillers are not the crowd pleasers I'd imagined.' (19th August 2007). Also including a T.L.S. by Ayckbourn's mother, Mary Pye, two pages, 8vo (closely trimmed), n.p., 13th July 1955, regarding her sons participation in a tour to America and Canada. An interesting series of letters. Some light age wear, generally VG, 18 £100 - 120 Ayckbourn left Haileybury in 1956 and immediately pursued a career in the theatre, joining Donald Wolfit's company at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as an acting assistant stage manager. He then joined the Connaught Theatre in Worthing, Sussex. |
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| LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, a few A.Ls.S. and signed photographs etc., by various writers and novelists including Alan Sillitoe, Zane Grey, Isaac Asimov, Colin Dexter, Annie Swan, Tom Keneally, Jeffrey Archer, Arnold Wesker, Sidney Sheldon, Joseph Heller, Barbara Cartland, Iris Murdoch, Mary Higgins Clark, Norman Mailer etc. G to generally VG, 18 £80 - 120 |
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| BUCHAN JOHN: (1875-1940) Scottish Novelist of The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915). Governor General of Canada 1935-40. Book signed, a hardback edition of The King's Grace 1910-1935, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London, 1935. The large paper edition is bound in cream white buckram with gilt titles to the cover and spine, top edge gilt and the fore-edge untrimmed and uncut, and with a number of black and white illustrations at the rear. Limited Edition number 357 of 500, signed and numbered by Buchan to the limitations page. Contained in the original pale blue presentation box with a hinged lid and original limited edition label, also numbered 357 in ink. Some age wear to the box, the book with a few minor spots of foxing. Together with John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English Novelist and Playwright of The Forsyte Saga (1906-21). Nobel Prize winner for Literature 1932. Book signed, a hardback edition of Loyalties, First Illustrated Edition published by Duckworth, London, 1930, with plates by S. Van Abbe. Bound in the original pale brown cloth with gilt title to spine. Limited Edition number 22 of 315, signed and numbered by Galsworthy to the limitations page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Some light age wear, G to generally VG, 2 £80 - 120 |
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| GREENE GRAHAM: (1904-1991) English Novelist. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Third Man published by Eurographica, Helsinki, March 1988. One of 500 copies edited by Rolando Pieraccini and printed on special Italian Michelangelo paper, with original blue-grey cloth and title blocked in blue to front. Signed by Greene in bold black ink to the title page and dated Antibes, 1987 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG £100 - 150 |
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| SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (5) editions by various writers and novelists including Exposure by Evelyn Anthony, Going Solo by Roald Dahl, Lady Boss by Jackie Collins (2), A Twist in the Tale and Twelve Red Herrings by Jeffrey Archer, The Eagle Has Flown and The President's Daughter by Jack Higgins, The Phantom of Manhattan and Icon by Frederick Forsyth, Enigma, Fatherland, Pompeii, Archangel (2) and Imperium (2; one a limited edition contained in a slipcase) by Robert Harris etc. The majority of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. Generally VG, 26 £100 - 120 |
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| SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (1) editions by various novelists and playwrights etc., including Under My Skin by Doris Lessing, A Better Class of Person - An Autobiography 1929-1956 by John Osborne, Timebends - A Life by Arthur Miller, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Selected Stories by V. S. Pritchett, Mantissa by John Fowles, Bernard Shaw - The Search for Love and The Pursuit of Power by Michael Holroyd etc. Each of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 9 £80 - 100 |
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| LITERATURE: A good, interesting selection of T.Ls.S., Ds.S., a few A.Ls.S. etc., by various writers, screenwriters etc., some of them Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize and Oscar winners, including A. J. Cronin (3; in one stating 'I must tell you that I am interested in only one thing: cash money on the spot!'), Mika Waltari (2, referring to The Egyptian), Sidney Kingsley (3; some referring to Detective Story), Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse (referring to Life With Father), Ronald Duncan, Garson Kanin & Ruth Gordon, Norman Krasna, Robert Anderson (referring to Tea and Sympathy), Nicholas Monsarrat (3), Jay Dratler, Edward Bond (3), George Bankoff (7), Rudolf Allers (4), Gerald Anstruther, Morris West (2), Pearl S. Buck, Raymond Postgate etc. All are associated with Lawrence Smith and the Spanish language rights of their works and many have good content. Overall age wear (file holes, creasing to edges etc.), FR to G, 60 £150 - 200 |
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| 357 | |||
| LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various writers, novelists, journalists etc., including Ngaio Marsh, Hammond Innes, Cecil Woodham-Smith, Robert Gittings, Louis de Bernieres, Marghanita Laski, Eric Partridge, Barbara Cartland, Zlata Filipovic (3), Peter Porter, Janet Street-Porter, Quentin Letts, Bernard Levin, Duff Hart-Davis etc. Generally G to about VG, 36 £100 - 120 |
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| 358 | |||
| LITERATURE: Selection of signed cards by various writers, novelists and poets etc., including Ted Hughes, Malcolm Bradbury, Antonia Fraser, John Wain, A. J. Cronin, James Herriot, Doris Lessing, Jackie Collins, P. D. James, Jack Higgins, Anne Rice, Elizabeth Longford, Arthur Hailey, Ogden Nash, Naomi Mitchison, Neil Simon, James A. Michener, Len Deighton, Eudora Welty, Kurt Vonnegut, J. G. Ballard, Ray Bradbury, Winston Graham, Robert Penn Warren etc. VG to EX, 28 £80 - 100 |
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| LITERATURE: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and some smaller by various writers, novelists and poets including Germaine Greer, Fleur Adcock, Adrian Mitchell, George Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Alan Ayckbourn, Brian Aldiss etc. Many are boldly signed in fountain pen inks. VG to EX, 8 £80 - 100 |
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| LITERATURE: Selection of autograph statements signed by various French writers, novelists and poets etc., each one page, folio, 1927-30, comprising Andre Maurois (in part 'A writer who speaks of a foreign country should have a deep sense of responsibility. Hate among nations, like hate among individuals, is often based on false, and even intentionally unfavourable imagery...Writers can help preserve peace by being accurate.'), Henri Barbusse (in part, 'War is not, as a few Force Theory crackpots would have us believe, a natural and inevitable phenomenon. It is an artificial cataclysm; it is an organised calamity. But neither should we say that war among nations is a sign of madness, because great scuffles between nations are, to the contrary, the result of very well thought out calculations: everyone now acknowledges this, since everyone allows that all war has economic causes...'), Georges Duhamel (in full 'Man's greatness lies in doing certain things which are not in the natural order. And peace is not part of the natural order.'), Paul Claudel, Jean Giraudoux (in full 'It is to the credit of our age that we have made of Peace sustenance for men, on the same footing as bread or wine'), Paul Fort (quoting his French ballad The Ring Around the World), Andre Salmon (in part 'War must be combatted with the patience and knowledge used in combatting all physical scourges. But it is a difficult undertaking and requires a lot of love....), Henri de Regnier (in full 'If you want peace, prepare for peace'), Jules Romains (in part 'I am not too sure that another thought in favour of peace is absolutely necessary. But perhaps many thoughts in favour of peace will help get something done. That must be the goal which the man who initiated this collection set for himself - because I do not want to believe that he dreamed of offering to the new and anxious Europe, as to a young girl, an album of autographs....') and Sibylle, Comtesse de Martel de Janville ('Gyp'; in full 'Peace? I don't believe in it!'). Some light age wear, G to VG, 10 £100 - 150 The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others. |
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ART & LITERATURE: Selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S. etc., by various artists and writers including Octave Feuillet, William Sharp, Alfred Tennyson, Lionel Tennyson (agreeing to lend two portraits of his father, but not any manuscripts), Countess of Blessington, Florence Marryat, Leslie Stephen, Walter Besant, Wilkie Collins, Francois Chateaubriand, George Frampton, Copley Fielding, John Gibson, Richard Ansdell, Edwin Landseer (2), Seymour Lucas, Edward Godwin, David Murray, W. P. Frith, Frederick Goodall, Hubert von Herkomer, Wyatt Eaton, Washington Irving, Clifford Bax, Eden Phillpotts, Philip Gibbs, C. P. Snow, Stanley Unwin, Hugh Walpole, John Creasey, Edgar Lustgarten, Edmund Yates, Giles Gilbert Scott, Walter Crane, Frank Dicksee, Alfred Gilbert etc. A few duplicates. FR to G, 107 £150 - 200EMINENT & INFAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN |
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| TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. A printed small 4to British Airways Super Club menu for flights between London, Doha, Calcutta and Dhaka, signed and inscribed ('Dear Ray, God bless you, M Teresa MC') by Mother Teresa in bold blue ink to the inside front cover. VG £100 - 150 |
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| DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph of the Dalai Lama seated in a three quarter length pose wearing his red Buddhist robes. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. VG £80 - 100 |
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| DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 11.5 x 8 photograph of the Dalai Lama seated in a full length pose opposite American President Barack Obama as the two Nobel Peace Prize winners engage in conversation. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG £100 - 120 |
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| FRANCE: Selection of autograph statements signed by various famous French men and women, each one page, folio, 1927-30, comprising Raymond Poincare (in full, 'Cruelly injured by war, the nations all have the same need for peace. More than ever, one must also hope they understand the need to preserve it and appreciate the blessings it brings them.'), Jean Jules Jusserand (in part, 'Men have always aspired to peace and have always made war....May wisdom guide our efforts: peace will come to reign'), Yvette Guilbert, Sacha Guitry (in full, 'I believe the time has come when we must change the way we teach the History of our countries to everyone - and that in France henceforth we should accord Pasteur a place at least equal to that of Turenne'), Viktor Basch (in full, 'Peace will not fall into men's laps like a ripe fruit: it must be conquered in a well fought battle. And the qualities required of the soldiers of Peace are the very ones required of soldiers of war: courage, energy and tenacity.'), Aristide Briand, Maurice Rostand (quotation from Le Cercueil de Cristal) and Gabrielle Colonna-Romano (in part, 'There are no wicked hearts; there are only hearts too distant from one another.'). Some light age wear, G to VG, 8 £100 - 150 The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others. |
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| DE LESSEPS FERDINAND: (1805-1894) French Diplomat, developed the Suez Canal. L.S., Ferd. de Lesseps, one page, 8vo, Paris, 6th May 1885, to Monsieur Lebeque, on the printed stationery of the Universal Company of the Suez Shipping Canal, in French. De Lesseps thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues 'It's with pleasure that I'll give you some powers for the next assembly: a new admission card, cancelling the one you got, will be addressed to you at this effect several days before the meeting.' Signed by De Lesseps in his capacity as President. With blank integral leaf. About EX £150 - 200 |
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| HOUDINI HARRY: (1874-1926) Hungarian-American Magician & Escapologist. An excellent vintage signed sepia postcard photograph depicting Houdini standing in a full length pose with a heavy set of chains and several large padlocks wrapped securely around both his ankles and wrists. A printed caption to the lower border states Houdini - The Handcuff King. Signed by Houdini in bold black fountain pen ink with a desirable form of his signature ('Harry Handcuff Houdini') largely across a clear area of the image and perfectly legible. Additionally dated 9th July 1909 and annotated 'Photo taken 1904' in his hand. Very slightly neatly trimmed to the edges, otherwise VG £1000 - 1500 At the time the present photograph was signed by Houdini he was in the midst of a series of performances at the Brighton Hippodrome and just over a week earlier, on 1st July, the escapologist had performed one of his most daring stunts when he was thrown, chained and handcuffed, into the sea at Aberdeen harbour during a prevailing storm, only to emerge unscathed moments later before thousands of spectators. |
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| GREY OWL: (1888-1938) Archibald Belaney. British-born Canadian Conservationist, Author & Lecturer, an 'apostle of the wilderness'. Scarce vintage signed 9.5 x 7.5 photograph of Grey Owl in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Grey Owl') in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with a printed 8vo souvenir brochure entitled Grey Owl - A Biographical Note, published by Lovat Dickson Ltd., London, 1937, signed by Grey Owl with his name alone in fountain pen ink to the title page. Also including an unsigned printed 8vo souvenir brochure entitled Grey Owl - The Man and His Story and two unsigned hardback editions of Grey Owl and The Beaver by Harper Cory and The Green Leaf - A Memorial to Grey Owl, edited and arranged by Lovat Dickson. Some overall age wear, FR to generally G, 5 £80 - 100 |
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| [TITANIC]: SMITH EDWARD: (1850-1912) English Naval officer, Captain of the RMS Titanic who died when the ship sank in 1912. D.S., E J Smith, one page, oblong 8vo, Liverpool, 11th February 1893. The partially printed document is a Certificate of Discharge issued for Seaman F. G. Raddish, a second mate on board the Britannic. Signed by Smith at the foot in his capacity as Master of the vessel and bearing various official stamps (V[ery] G[ood] for Character of Conduct and Ability). Rare. Some light age wear to the left edge, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG £1000 - 1200 |
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| [TITANIC]: STEAD WILLIAM T. (1849-1912) English Newspaper Editor, a pioneer of investigative journalism. Stead died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Stead in a half length pose with his arms folded before him. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic Co. of London. Signed to the lower photographer's mount in bold, dark fountain pen ink and dated 1903 in his hand. Additionally annotated in his hand 'W. T. Stead as he was in 1891'.VG £100 - 120 |
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| CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English Archaeologist, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun (1922-23). Draft A.L.S., with his initials HC (somewhat hurried), two pages, 8vo, Prince's Gate Court, London, 12th July 1934, to Isperian. Written in bold pencil, Carter informs his correspondent that his London bankers have confirmed that the money has been received, and therefore encloses a cheque (no longer present) for £2025, being his correspondent's share. Carter continues 'Later, if I can get away from this very stuffy London, I will come & see you but naturally I will write before hand. For the moment I am occupied in endeavouring to get into another flat with more air than this one.' Rare. A small rust stain from a pin appears in the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. Otherwise VG £600 - 800 |
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| OLIVETTI ADRIANO: (1901-1960) Italian Engineer and Industrialist, manufacturer of Olivetti typewriters, calculators and computers. T.L.S., Adriano Olivetti, one page, 4to, Ivrea, 25th March 1939, to the President of Remington Rand Inc. Olivetti writes a testimonial letter for Mrs. Dr. Trude Borchardt, emigrating to the United States, and comments, in part, 'During more than two years, Mrs. Borchardt had been employed in our Export Department as foreign correspondent with our high satisfaction. During this time her services proved of great value for our Company, as she showed unusual intelligence, working energy and capacity for independent responsible work.' VG £100 - 120 |
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| PHILBY KIM: (1912-1988) British Intelligence Officer, a Double Agent and member of the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five. Philby defected to the Soviet Union in 1963. T.L.S., H. A. R. Philby, one page, 8vo, Moscow, 24th April n.y., to Mr. Braybrooke. Philby apologises for the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter about Ackerley and remarks that he 'can be of virtually no help to you' explaining 'My only correspondence with him was of a purely formal nature in the 50's, when I was an occasional book reviewer for The Listener. It all went into the waste paper basket as soon as I had banked my cheque.' Philby further writes 'I have no objection to your quoting from any letters I sent your son-in-law, although I cannot remember what I said and cannot feel that what I said would be worth quotation anyway. Perhaps, if you did quote me, you would make it clear that the remarks were off-the-cuff' and in concluding states 'Your news of John's tonguing-and-grooving was the first I had heard from him for about two years. He is an idle young rascal when it comes to letter writing, but I am not much better myself. If you run into him again, perhaps you would give him my love and recriminations, and tell him to propose himself for a visit to Moscow some day — giving two or three months notice, as I am travelling an awful lot.' Rare. The text is a little light, although perfectly legible, and there are some heavy surface creases, largely to the edges. G £200 - 300 |
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| PHILBY KIM: (1912-1988) British Intelligence Officer, a Double Agent and member of the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five. Philby defected to the Soviet Union in 1963. T.L.S., Kim Philby, two pages, 8vo, Moscow, 4th October n.y. (1961?), to Brian Rooney ('My dear Rooney') of G. Bell & Sons. Philby states that he remembers his correspondent from previous letters, 'especially for occasional news items about John at a time when he never wrote at all. There has been a slight (very slight) improvement since then; perhaps an average of 1½ letters per year.' He writes regarding the death of his sister, 'I am grateful for your kind words about Pat. I was very fond of her, and there was some discussion of her coming out here for a visit. Actually, the first report I heard was that she had been murdered, so the news that her death was natural was almost a relief. My eldest daughter, who was here in the summer, told me that she was looking very weak and thin, so I was half prepared for the news.' and further states 'As for your request about the Myth of QS, I doubt whether I have any legal standing in the matter. But, in case I have, I readily give my consent to your doing anything you like with it - - except of course destroying it. If the Saudi deal falls through, and you want to get rid of the MS, perhaps you would send it to me' before continuing 'By all means let John have anything that may be forthcoming from the Saudi, or any other, deal. As you say, I do not suppose that there will be much in it, but perhaps he could buy you a meal at some bomb-free eating place. Incidentally, you can take this consent as a blanket one to cover any other dealings you may have with my father's Nachlass. Somewhere there should be a vast tome (some half-million words) on Transjordan, written originally, I think, for Hale. Somewhat naturally, the latter wouldn't touch a book that size, and, as my father refused to cut out a single word, the matter rested in abeyance. Where the typescript is now, I have no idea.' Accompanied by the original envelope. Rare. VG £200 - 300 Hillary 'Harry' St-John Bridger Philby (1885-1960), British Colonial office Intelligence officer, Explorer and Arabist, also known as Jack Philby or by his Arabic name Sheikh Abdullah. Father of Kim Philby. |
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| PHILBY KIM: (1912-1988) British Intelligence Officer, a Double Agent and member of the spy ring known as the Cambridge Five. Philby defected to the Soviet Union in 1963. T.L.S., H. A. R. Philby, one page, 8vo, Moscow, 26th February n.y. (annotated 1969 in pencil in another hand), to [Brian] Rooney ('My dear Rooney'). Philby announces 'Here I am bothering you again!' and continues 'This time, it is at John's specific request. He wrote me a short and uninformative note from Spain, suggesting that I should reply through you, as he thought that a Moscow postmark might provoke the curiosity of the Spaniards. You seem to have been very kind to John in many ways; so, if you get fed up with acting as a go-between, don't hesitate to let me know. Meanwhile, I wonder whether you would pass him the enclosed?' (no longer present). Philby further states 'I was intrigued by EMF's comment on JRA's book. Was he outraged by the author's rather acidly anti-parental attitude? Or was he, as a member of the same club, provoked by the revelation of its practices? Actually, I thought it was the weakest chapter in the book - - and very much too long.' In concluding he writes 'I am sorry to hear about Davis-Poynter's row with the Litsupp. I hope it wasn't anything to do with me. Perhaps John will let me know about the snide remarks in the Londoner's Diary; I don't get the Standard here. So many thanks for your kindness.' Rare. Some light overall surface creasing, otherwise VG £200 - 300 |
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| KRAY REG: (1933-2000) English Gangster who, with his brother Ron, was one of the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London during the 1950s & 60s. Small collection of A.Ls.S., Dad, and one signed greetings card, thirteen pages (one letter apparently incomplete and missing the final signed page), 4to, n.p. (HMP Nottingham etc.), August - December 1991, to Brad Kray, (Brad Lane, his 'adopted' son). Kray's letters refer to various matters, including telephone calls and expected visits from his son, asking him to distribute money, 'Keep £700 for yourself. Send Barry Scott £500. Send £200 to this address saying it is for Mark….and send £100 to me. You should receive £1500.…You should be able to do this so put your organisational ability to the test', mentioning that he should receive a packet of Kray's paintings, asking if Brad has 'the video of my friend Charlie Bronson fighting?! If so, would you send it to me', stating that Brad is in his thoughts on the occasion of his birthday ('You are now a teenager….I am very proud of you….Hope you enjoyed yourself last night and that you will today. I wish I could be with you on this special day…') and telling him that he 'sounds very confident lately on the phone glad to say' and that he is looking forward to Christmas and that he has a 'special gift for you which you will like, it's not expensive but valuable to me.' Together with an additional A.L.S., Reg, two pages, 4to, n.p. (HMP Nottingham), n.d. (December 1991?) to Kim Lane, Brad's mother, thanking her for bring Brad to see him and for some chocolates and adding that it would have been good to have seen her too and also referring to a message which he does not fully understand. Most of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. Generally VG, 8 £100 - 150 |
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| BEST OF BRITISH: A colour 16.5 x 12 print entitled Perfect Timing by artist David Kearney, depicting the Queen Elizabeth II at sea, with Concorde and the Red Arrows flying above, signed in bold pencil to the lower white border by David Leney (Captain of Concorde), Richard Thomas (Leader of the Red Arrows), Lawrence Portet (Captain of Queen Elizabeth II) and artist David Kearney individually. Limited Edition 1581 of 1950. Matted in cream and framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 23.5 x 18.5. EX £60 - 80 |
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| FAMOUS MEN: Small selection of T.Ls.S., A.L.S. (1) etc., by various famous men including Michael Powell (to Lt. Col. R. A. Chell, thanking him for a copy of his Troopship and commenting '….congratulations on writing it, while lesser men are only thinking over their secret war services instead of sharing them', 6th December 1948), John Arlott, E. Patsy Hendren (vintage signed postcard photograph), Henry Irving, Francis Chichester (signed First Day Cover), William E. B. Du Bois etc. Generally G, a few VG, 7 £100 - 150 |
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| FAMOUS MEN: A good selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s (2) etc., by a variety of famous men, many associated with the sciences, including Edmund Hillary, James Van Allen, Cesar Milstein, Godfrey Hounsfield, Bernard Lovell, Patrick Moore, Christopher Cockerell, Christiaan Barnard, Billy Graham, Basil Hume, Doug Scott, Jacques Cousteau, Wally Herbert, Francis Chichester, Reinhold Messner, Ben Spock, Edward Teller, Milton Friedman, Chapman Pincher, Linus Pauling etc. A few G, generally VG to EX, 21 £100 - 150 |
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| WEBB SIDNEY: (1859-1947) & BEATRICE (1858-1943) British Socialists & Economists, co-founders of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sidney Webb vintage signed 7.5 x 11 photograph, the image depicting him in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by J. Russell & Sons of London. Signed ('Sidney Webb (Lord Passfield)') in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount; Beatrice Webb vintage signed sepia 6 x 8.5 photograph of Webb seated in a three quarter length pose. Photograph by Swaine. Signed with her name alone in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 120 |
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| BYRON ANNE ISABELLA NOEL: (1792-1860) Baroness Byron. Wife of the poet Lord Byron. A.L.S., Lady Noel Byron, in the third person, one page, 4to, Weymouth, 23rd August 1825, to Messrs. Latham & Co. Byron informs her correspondents that 'she has finally determined against the purchase of the Prince Leopold' and hopes that the delay in her decision 'has not interfered with any other arrangement which they may have in view.' Some heavy, largely uniform age toning, G £150 - 200 |
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| KSCHESSINSKA MATHILDE: (1872-1971) Russian Ballerina, a prima ballerina assoluta. Mistress of the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. A.L.S., Aunt Mala, on one side of a correspondence card, n.p. (Paris), 1st February 1938, to her nephew Slava Astafiev ('My dear Slavushka') in Russian. Kschessinska announces 'I do not know how to thank you for your marvellous present, perhaps it will please you to know, that for a long time, I cannot remember a present that has brought me such pleasure as yours' and continues 'What you have made is astonishingly beautiful and I savour it enormously.' One corner crease, otherwise VG £200 - 300 The present referred to was a little table with a view of Strelna, on the coast near St. Petersburg, where Kschessinska had had a dacha built for her by Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich (1869-1918), Slava's godfather. |
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| ZEDDELER JULIA: (1866-1969) Russian Ballerina, sister of Mathilde Kschessinska. A.L.S., Aunt Julia, four pages, 8vo, n.p., 10th/23rd December 1914, to her nephew Slava Astafiev, in Russian. Zeddeler thanks her nephew for his letter and sympathises with him for being alone in a foreign country, continuing 'What a ghastly war, but God is with us and is granting us to bring it to an end, he is punishing our enemy, who has caused so much grief, tears and disaster! We are all occupied and concerned about the war, about our glorious heroes and with the thought and desire of bringing them help' She continues to send news of the family, including her sister Mathilde, 'Aunt Mala has opened her own field-hospital with 20 beds, exclusively for seriously wounded soldiers. It has an operating theatre and dressing room, two permanent doctors and a surgeon, and four nursing sisters, four medical orderlies and two nurses, in sum the hospital is very good. She has received the thanks of the Empress' and also refers to some money sent to Astafiev by his Godfather and Sergei Mikhailovich (Tsar Nicholas II's cousin), 'the money was sent you by your Godfather. But now the second amount that has arrived, this is from Ser[gei] Mikh[ailovich] and in the total is 100 francs from me for you for Christmas to use as you like. Godfather sends you just a few things, as he is afraid they might get stolen.' Zeddeler further writes of the Tsar's cousin, 'Ser Mikh was very, very seriously ill, he is still very weak, he spent five months in bed, he suffered from rheumatic fever, it is terribly painful, there was not a single place in his body where he did not feel pain.' Some extremely minor, light age wear and two circular purple date stamps to the first page, only very slightly affecting the text, which remains perfectly legible. VG £200 - 300 |
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| FAMOUS WOMEN: Small selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., signed pieces etc., by various famous women, some of them associated with the Suffragette movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Laura Ormiston Chant, Dorothea Beale, Helen Gladstone, Frances Allitsen, Lucy Clifford etc. Generally VG, 9 £100 - 150 |
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| VREELAND DIANA: (1903-1989) American Fashion Editor & Columnist, associated with Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. T.L.S., Diana, one page, 4to, (New York), 18th April 1974, to Rosamond Bernier ('Peggy darling'), on the printed stationery of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vreeland encloses some charming letters (no longer present) which she remarks should never have come to her, and continues 'The wonderful Mrs. Douglas, of Brunschwig & Fils - wonderful French cottons, etc. - has a new cotton taken from a dress in the Costume Institute. She is christening it 'Rosamond', because of her ecstatic enthusiasm for the lecture.' Together with an A.L.S., Diana, two pages, 8vo, Park Avenue, New York, n.d. ('Tuesday eve.'), to Peggy (Rosamond Bernier), in full, 'You are a superstar & well on your way to the "tippy tops" - I do so admire your achievement & looking so delicious as you do "it". So much love & congratulations.' Also including a further T.L.S. by a secretary on behalf of Vreeland, one page, 4to, (New York), 19th February 1987, to Rosamond Bernier, on the printed stationery of The Museum of Metropolitan Art, praising her correspondent for a piece that she has just finished reading. VG, 3 £80 - 100 |
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| PAGE BETTIE: (1923-2008) American Pin-up Model of the 1950s. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Page seated outdoors in a full length pose wearing a skimpy bikini. Signed in bold black ink with her name alone, largely across a clear area at the centre of the image. Also signed to the lower border by the photographer Bunny Yeager (1930- ) herself a former pin-up model who was instrumental in helping to make Page famous. EX £80 - 100 |
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| GLAMOUR: Selection of 8 x 10 photographs and a few slightly smaller, most colour, by various models and adult film actresses including Jordan, Nell McAndrew, Linda Lusardi, Carmen Electra, Eva Herzigova, Aria Giovanni (2), Kitten Natividad etc. Each of the images depict the subjects in glamorous poses and all are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 11 £80 - 100 |
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| GLAMOUR: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs, most colour, by various models and actresses etc., including Bar Refaeli, Jodie Kidd (5.5 x 8), Christine Richters, Carol Alt, Alessandra Ambrosio, Tawny Roberts, Selita Ebanks, Vendela Kirsebom, Christy Turlington etc. Each of the images depict the subjects in glamorous poses and most are boldly signed to largely clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 10 £80 - 100 |
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| GLAMOUR: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs and a few smaller by various models, adult film actresses etc., including Heidi Klum (2; one also signed by Tyra Banks), Jordan, Jodie Moore, Jakki Degg, Victoria Zdrok, Carmen Electra, Adriana Lima, Elle Macpherson, Christie Brinkley, Claudia Schiffer etc. Black & white (1). Each of the images depict the subjects in glamorous poses, a few topless, and all are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 13 £100 - 120 |
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| GLAMOUR: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various models, adult film actresses etc., including Brinke Stevens (2), Monique Gabrielle (2), Jordan, Gina Lynn & Tawny Roberts, Brande Roderick, Virginia Madsen, Jenna Haze etc. Each of the images depict the subjects in glamorous poses, some topless, and all are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 12 £80 - 100 |
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| GLAMOUR: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs, some promotional images etc., by various models and adult film actresses including Adriana Lima, Farrah Fawcett, Brooke Shields, Carmen Electra, Jenna Elfman, Linzi Drew, Alex Jordan, Porsche Lynn, Shyla Stylez, Monique Gabrielle, Nikki Dial (2) etc. Each of the images depict the subjects in glamorous poses, some topless, and all are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 15 £100 - 120 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed pieces, album pages, a few letters and signed photographs etc., by a wide variety of famous men and women including James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, John J. Pershing (T.L.S.), Dean Young, Fred Trueman, Larry Holmes, Gene Tunney, Jan Ullrich, Reg Harris, Henry Cooper, Irving Berlin, Eleanor Roosevelt etc. Some are individually matted beneath photographs. G to VG, 14 £100 - 150 |
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| AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of signed clipped pieces, a few letters and vintage signed postcard photographs etc., by various famous individuals (largely associated with the theatre) including J. M. Barrie (several lines of text and his initials J M B, on a piece clipped from a letter, pinned to a printed programme for a performance of Peter Pan), Gladys Cooper, George Robey, Ellen Terry, Arthur Bourchier, Charles Wyndham, Wilson Barrett, Madge Kendal, Cyril Maude, A. E. Matthews, Nelson Keys, Harry Kemble, Martin Harvey, Edna May, Ian Hamilton, John French, Austen Chamberlain, Norman Angell etc. FR to G, 36 £100 - 120 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous men and women including Ninette de Valois, Beryl Grey, Emanuel Shinwell, Donald Coggan, Alan Bennett, Alan Ayckbourn, Marjorie Proops, Ellen MacArthur, Beryl Bainbridge, Uri Geller, Denis Healey, John Prescott, Tonia Bern-Campbell, Cherie Blair, Lord Lichfield, Peter Hall, Peter Townsend, Tom Gleave etc. Generally VG, 34 £100 - 120 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, signed programmes etc., by a variety of famous men and women including Harold Macmillan, Marcel Marceau, Margot Fonteyn, Yehudi Menuhin, Malcolm Williamson Jim Irwin etc. G to generally VG, 11 £100 - 150 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A good selection of signed pieces, cards, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by a wide variety of famous men and women including J. Edgar Hoover, William Russell Flint, John Bratby, Steven Weed, John Profumo, Mandy Rice Davies, Charles Dilke, Andrew Parker Bowles, Henry Thompson (pioneer of cremation), Francis Chichester, Eileen Sheridan, William Hague (early example), Rene Massigli (2), William Platt, Jeremy Thorpe, Betty Boothroyd, Betty Ford, Milton Friedman, Frank Loesser, Jo Grimond, Alfred Robens, Lord Snowdon, Oliver Lodge, George Eyston, Linus Pauling, Dennis Weaver, Jon Voight etc. A few duplicates. G to generally VG, 57 £150 - 200 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few documents etc., by a wide variety of famous men and women including academics, historians, Archbishops of Canterbury and others ecclesiastics etc., including Queen Mary, Dilys Powell, Bamber Gascoigne, Mary Wilson, Michael Howard (2; one referring to Arthur Harris and World War II), Nevill Coghill, Arthur Scargill, Montagu Norman, D. H. F. Somerset, Richard Branson, Robert Runcie, Michael Ramsay, Geoffrey Fisher, William Temple, Randall Davidson, Lord Hailsham, Lord Goodman, Lord Oaksey, Chris Bonington, Magnus Magnusson, John McCarthy, Brian Keenan, Terry Waite, Captain Mark Phillips, Georges Vanier etc. A few duplicates. Generally G to about VG, 108 £100 - 150 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Miscellaneous selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller etc., by a variety of famous men and women including Bob Kane (signed oval Batman gold foil sticker), David James, Bobby & Jackie Charlton, Roger Bannister, Niki Lauda, Mavis Batey (A.L.S. referring to the Enigma code and D-Day landings), John Ryan (original ink drawing of Harris Tweed) etc. VG to EX, 10 £100 - 150 |
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| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Small selection of signed photographs (5 x 7 and slightly smaller), signed hardback books etc., by various famous men and women including Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Anthony Eden (signed hardback edition of Another World 1897-1917), Sarah, Duchess of York (two signed and inscribed hardback editions of her children's books featuring Budgie), Barbara Cartland etc. Generally G to VG, 7 £100 - 120 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 14th December 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Midland Viewing: Only in the week prior at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre Day of Auction from 9am |
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