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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: | 26th April 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: On the day of the auction from 9am and throughout the duration of the auction |
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| Auction Lots - Page 10 | |||
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A lengthy A.L.S., Daphne, twelve pages, 8vo, Rue Jessop, 21st November n.y., to 'My dear Foy' (Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier states that a wire, followed by a long letter from her correspondent which she received yesterday, has re-assured her, although she had been 'in quite a fuss' over a scribbled note on the back of the previous week's Guardian stating 'Miss Foy has just gone into the Cottage Hospital for an operation for appendicitis', continuing 'There was I picturing a rush job in the middle of the night - Father sent for - Mother with smelling salts….I'm so glad all is well, but I think you should sue your surgeon for "removal of the vitals without permission"!' Du Maurier also refers to returning home, 'I can't tell you how I'm looking forward to coming. The only misery is leaving the poor Guardsmen (her husband, Frederick Browning) which will be very sore' and continues to discuss at some length a problem which has arisen over renting a holiday property the following summer, referring to an alternative and asking her friend if she could find out if it is available, or knows anything of any alternatives, commenting, 'You see, with a new baby I can't let poor Nanny cope alone in lodgings plus an energetic Tessa, and I do feel we all ought to be together. Of course the servant question may be a difficulty. At the School House that nice Mrs. Ward would cook for one, but I don't know who would take it on at the Rosevere's. The Rosevere's situation would be ideal, with the Hunlin's boat store below etc., for the Guardsman, and it wouldn't be such a pull up the hill for all of us….I wish you'd be an angel and discuss it with Mother, and if you think the house would be suitable, go over and see the Roseveres for me….I believe there's a garden too, for Tessa to let her energy off in, and the baby could be parked in it in a pram…..The Guardsman is looking forward so terribly to his 3 months that I can't bear to disappoint him. As it is, the news about Ferryside will be a crashing blow.' Some very light, minor age wear, VG £150 - 200 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 24th February 1964, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes upon hearing news of the death of Mrs. Hanson, remarking 'I simply cant think how I missed it in The Times, which I read fully every day….I'm dreadfully sorry, and yet, despite the many peaceful and I'm sure happy years living with you, I always thought of her somehow as a little lost soul, somehow cut off from the world because of that deafness and also stunned into a permanent state of shock deep down because of those tragic family deaths. I always hope one day the reason for these things will be revealed. Why a little person like her should so inwardly suffer for years and years by bereavement, - is it some shaping of her, as though a clay vase, by the potter's hand? Outwardly it doesn't make sense. One would prefer that a more stalwart figure, like Dr. Hanson, should have been the one left, but possibly he was inwardly the weaker vessel. Oh, dear, its such a "Now we see through a glass darkly" but I must confess I ponder so often over these questions, which have been asked since the beginning of time.' Du Maurier further refers to her husband, who is in good form and busy with Civil Defence meetings, as well as her own work, 'I am struggling to get down to a new book, set in Italy, and am surrounded by maps and picture postcards of my city Urbino, but its not like having a real glimpse. Rather as though an Italian woman sat down to write a novel about Fowey, with only the local guide-book and some postcards for reference! One can imagine the nonsense that would be written! So I have to go carefully'. In concluding she makes reference to mutual friends as well as her son, Kits, 'induced to enter the warm waters of the Pacific, apparently emerged a swimmer at last, and…..has never looked so well.' VG £100 - 150 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 18th April 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes to her friend immediately following her return from Greece with news of her travels, 'my life was saved at Knossos where I found a shepherd's short white cloak with a hood, and this I wore, day in day out, much to the surprise of the fellow-travellers! Greece we really adored, I would return any day, Delos - uninhabited - my highlight, quite superb, though a larger island to the far north, Thasos, also glorious. In the Peloponnese, Mycenea, Epidauros, Olympia, all quite wonderful. I was rather put off by Turkey, possibly because of the weather. But it was not so inviting, and the people all looked rather grim and hostile, only men in the streets, and the women shut away. Though one day, at one of the ports, the inhabitants came to dance to us on the quayside in national costume, and this was fun….Tessa was wonderful, so friendly with everyone, and had I been alone I know I should have hidden in our cabin, but she dragged me from my shell, and it was really the right thing to do….We vied for the favours of Sir John Wolfenden, and I fear Tessa won - no doubt middle-aged ex University Vice Chancellors have an eye to the young (!) but both he and his wife were extremely kind to us, and - you will have known it in the past - I did find what I call the scholarly intellect stimulating, such rapier-like talk and exchanges between Sir John and Sir Maurice Bowra. Both superb as lecturers, and an Irishman from Trinity College equally good, Professor Luce. In a way it was awfully like being at a University, we were all the pupils, and the dining room might have been a huge Common Room.' In concluding Du Maurier writes of mutual friends and also remarks 'No news on the Menabilly front, except that I asked an architect friend to look around Kilmarth and he was appalled, saying thousands would be needed to make it even habitable today. Oh, dear, Oh, dear, I wonder where I stand.' A couple of light, small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, only slightly affecting one word of text, and not the signature, otherwise VG £100 - 150 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 2nd September 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier sends her friend a carbon copy (no longer present) of Vanishing Cornwall, commenting 'The top copies have gone to the publishers, and this looks very blurred to me, I hope you can manage to read it'. She continues to explain 'I have not skimmed it through for errors, there are sure to be many misprints (from the typist) who had to typed from my own far from clean manuscript' and also adds 'Take your time over it, because I do not have to consult with the publisher's reader for cuts and corrections and alterations until after mid-September, when she has finished her holiday'. Du Maurier concludes 'It is the Cornish angle I need from you, as a sort of watching brief, with your father's memory hovering in the background'. VG £100 - 150 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 22nd October 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'Forgive me for not thanking you before for the return of the M.S. and for the comments on it. You are very generous to me not to have made more corrections. I have been hard at it all this week on the telephone going over the small cuts and the corrections brought up by the publisher's "corrector" (yours have been included) and thank goodness they did not want any big changes either - just a bit of pruning here and there. Their one criticism - and I guessed they would have it - was that I harped too much against "tourists" (!) so I have had to cut a few passages where perhaps I was a bit rude! I realise I was rather hard on Mevagissey, and certain lines in the last "Where and When" chapter, but I think I have succeeded in keeping the title of "Vanishing Cornwall". After all, I imply a nostalgic rather than a "This is Finished" attitude.' She further thanks her friend for the loan of some books, commenting 'Perhaps it is best I keep them until after I have read the final printed proofs, which won't be ready for some time…..I could not have written the book without their aid, for I gleaned an enormous amount from them, and feel I am now an expert!' Du Maurier also writes of a visit to Dartmoor and of some repairs which need to be carried out at her home at Kilmarth, as well as a further house in France of which she has not received much news, 'the only indirect news I have is through an acquaintance, who visited the village to make discreet enquiries via the Mayor, and was told that the Will had not yet been proved or agreed, but that "Lady Browning had not been forgotten, far from it". This is rather ominous. I have visions of furious relatives of poor Fernande counting spoons. All I would like is a book or two.' A couple of light, small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, only very slightly affecting one word of text, and not the signature, and a few stray ink marks in the borders, otherwise VG £100 - 150 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 25th November 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes of some repairs being carried out at her home, Kilmarth, commenting 'there is scaffolding all around it, and men hurrying about like ants all over the property - at my expense, of course! My lawyer said we must start on repairs, whether I end up there or not, so a Mr. Pascoe from St. Austell has been engaged to do the work with a team of minions. He is semi-royal, what I mean is I shake hands with him, but he seems to be shy, for whenever I drive up there to see what is going on he backs into the bushes, and two weeks ago nearly fell to his doom down a well in the garden that nobody knew was there' and further writes of the garden and the help of a gentleman from the National Trust, 'I call him U Thant - for he is a sort of mediator between me and the Estate, and wants to save my purse at every step. I wish a leaseholder, as I am, could enter some agreement or covenant with them, but I doubt if I can.' Du Maurier also refers to her work, 'Kits and I are trying to make a film script out of Vanishing Cornwall, so that he could make a documentary film, in colour, out of the book, and if we can get some assurance from a film company or a television company, to back us, he will come down in January and we shall proceed to film it….I imagine the filming would take about a month, or even more, depending a lot on the weather…' A couple of light, small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, only slightly affecting two words of text, and not the signature, otherwise VG £100 - 150 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 27th December 1971, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'Imagine my amazement when two young men, mounted on a motor-bicycle, rode up to the side door of Kilmarth a few days prior to Christmas, wait, I think it was Christmas Eve, and with a flourish and a certain amount of ceremony, handed in "A Package from Miss Quiller-Couch". They were off and away before I could even say thank you. But who were they, I ask myself?…..It is rather unfair that you have stolen a march on me, and can have your gifts delivered in this fashion. It shows a desire to impress, and this can not be allowed.' She continues to write of her plans to visit her friend ('What I intend doing is to get Miss Halliday to "dog-sit" here, and I will bring a pastie and lunch….I don't drive after dark, that is why I will come early rather than late' and further thanks her for her gifts of a face flannel and cup and saucer, which Du Maurier 'will only use for my actual tea when necessity arises, because I think it is far too pretty to risk breakage' and concludes by writing of relatives, 'only the sisters came, and the aged aunt and cousin. Aged aunt in good health if a little confused in mind, and aged cousin rather frail, I think, physically, but still agile if repetitive in mind, tales of Austrian princes forever. She has a new theory that she is descended from Meterlinck, that Austrian statesman. Absolutely without foundation!' One minor stain to the second page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signature, otherwise VG £100 - 150 Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. |
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| BURGESS ANTHONY: (1917-1993) British Novelist of A Clockwork Orange (1962). A.L.S., Anthony B., on one side of a correspondence card, Etchingham, Sussex, n.d. (24th December 1966), to Patrick Taylor at Collins. Burgess thanks his correspondent for their kindness and continues 'I think "Extra Verse" a very exciting idea, & it encourages me to think that I might consider considering thinking of writing poems again'. Hand addressed by Burgess to the verso. Together with a T.L.S., Anthony B, on one side of a correspondence card, Etchingham, East Sussex, 13th January (1967), also to Patrick Taylor. The letter features no punctuation or capital letters and Burgess writes, in part, 'we shant be back in london till candlemas james joyces birthday that is february the second to be precise as im still slaving away at the enderby book and other things to make tax money....id like very much to write verse again but its so difficult unless you can give it to a fictional character but thanks again for your invitation i saw the pink curry item why should this happen when turmerics yellow or is that my daltonianism coming out again'. Hand addressed by Burgess to the verso. Also including H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) English Writer of Adventure Novels. Fountain pen ink signature ('H Rider Haggard') and date, 17th April 1919, in his hand on a page removed from an autograph album and further including William Gladstone (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94. Autograph envelope signed, W E Gladstone, addressed in his hand to the Mayor of Chester. Bearing a Penny Red postage stamp and post marked at Hawarden and Chester, 3rd November 1867. Some light age wear and minor staining to the latter two items, G to VG, 4 £100 - 150 |
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| MILNE CHRISTOPHER: (1920-1996) Son of author A. A. Milne, the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the centenary of Ernest H. Shepard, 'The Man Who Drew Pooh', and featuring a reproduction of one of the illustrator's drawings of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. Post marked at Hartfield, East Sussex, 11th July 1979. Signed by Christopher Milne in black ink with his name alone to a clear area. VG £80 - 100 |
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| ROWLING J. K.: (1965- ) British Author of the Harry Potter books. Book signed, a hardback edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, First Edition published by Bloomsbury, London, 2007. Signed by Rowling in bold black ink with her name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. About EX £200 - 300 |
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| ROWLING J. K.: (1965- ) British Author of the Harry Potter books. A highly unusual (and quite possibly unique) plain white Beechfield baseball cap customised and signed by J. K. Rowling, the front of the cap with a Golden Snitch affixed, evidently created from a table tennis ball, painted gold and with two silver painted card wings inserted, the peak of the cap signed by Rowling in bold black ink, '(poorly) DESIGNED + DECORATED by J K Rowling'. Some very slight, minor ink bleeding. VG £600 - 800 Provenance: Accompanied by an A.L.S. by Susan Hill (1942- ) English Author of The Woman in Black, on one side of her personal printed correspondence card, n.p., n.d., stating, in full, 'I personally guarantee that this cap was sent by me to J. K. Rowling who decorated it by hand with the Golden Snitch and signed it. She returned it to me to be auctioned in aid of the Prince of Wales Hospice'. The Golden Snitch is used in the game of Quidditch, an important competitive sporting event which takes place in the Harry Potter series of books. |
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| LEE HARPER: (1926- ) American Author of To Kill a Mockingbird (1961). Pulitzer Prize winner. Black ink signature ('Harper Lee') on a piece, double matted in black and grey beneath a colour 8.5 x 6.5 image of actor Gregory Peck in a scene from the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. 16 x 12 overall. VG £80 - 100 |
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| COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Poet, Novelist & Director. Autograph Statement signed, Jean Cocteau, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. Cocteau writes, in full, 'Delluc a su, le premier, que le cinematographie etait un art' (Translation: 'Delluc knew, first and foremost, that cinematography was an art'). Cocteau has drawn a simple square box around his statement. Lightly mounted at the head to a slightly larger card and with one corner folded and a small area of paper loss to the lower edge, not affecting the text or signature. G £100 - 150 Louis Delluc (1890-1924) French Impressionist Film Director, Screen Writer and Film Critic. Delluc wrote one of the first books about Charles Chaplin (1921). The Louis Delluc Prize, created in 1937, is named in his honour. Cocteau's own Romantic fantasy film Beauty and the Beast (1946) was awarded the prize in 1946. |
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| TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) American Writer. Bold black ink signature ('Yrs Truly, Mark Twain') on a 12mo white card, lightly laid down to a page within a scrapbook beneath an engraving of Twain etc. The 4to scrapbook contains many other unsigned vintage magazine images, newspaper clippings etc., most relating to English and American literature, subjects include William Shakespeare, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy, Arthur Conan Doyle etc. Many are laid down in multiples to the pages which also bear some ink annotations in the hand of the compiler. With the ownership signature and address of Rosa Louise Barrows of Hartford, Connecticut, dated August 1906, to the first page. Some light overall age wear, G £250 - 350 |
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| LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few signed photographs etc., by various writers, novelists, poets etc., including John Betjeman, G. K. Chesterton, Julian Symons, Alan Sillitoe, Frederick Forsyth, Roy Fuller, Michael Bond, Edward Bond, Nigel Dempster, Randolph Churchill, Clifford Bax (2), Colin Dexter, George Fraser, Ursula Bloom, Christopher Fry, Helen Fielding, P. D. James, Melvyn Bragg, Jeffrey Archer, Harold Acton etc. G to generally VG, 60 £100 - 150 |
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SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (1) editions by various thriller, mystery and action adventure writers comprising Portrait of a Killer - Jack the Ripper - Case Closed, Point of Origin, Isle of Dogs and Trace by Patricia Cornwell, The Bridesmaid, Harm Done, Adam and Eve and Pinch Me and Going Wrong by Ruth Rendell, Avenger (2, one paperback) and one other by Frederick Forsyth, Immediate Action and Crisis Four by Andy McNabb, and Four Blind Mice and 2nd Chance by James Patterson. Some are First Editions and many bear signed pieces neatly affixed to the title pages. Most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dustjackets. Generally VG, 15 £80 - 100EMINENT & INFAMOUS MEN & WOMEN |
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| JUXON WILLIAM: (1582-1663) Archbishop of Canterbury 1660-63, previously Lord High Treasurer 1636-41. Juxon was present on the scaffold when King Charles I was executed and offered the King his last rites. Bold ink signature, as Bishop of London, on a slim oblong 12mo piece removed from an official document relating to Sir Charles Harbord and a payment of £200 for reparations. Some light age wear and minor foxing and with a tiny area of paper loss to the upper edge, G £80 - 100 |
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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 half length pose wearing his familiar Buddhist robes. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A couple of very light, minor stains, otherwise VG £80 - 100 |
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| DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph depicting the Dalai Lama seated in a full length pose, wearing his familiar Buddhist robes, in a large vibrantly colourful and decorative throne as he delivers a speech. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone across a light area at the centre of the image. Together with Jimmy Carter (1924- ) American President 1977-81. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 2002. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Carter in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('J Carter') in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the background of the image. VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| HOYLE EDMOND: (1672-1769) English Authority on the rules and play of Card Games. Rare book signed, a hardback edition of Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon, Complete Fourteenth Edition, including the laws of the several games and 'To which is now first added, Two new Cases at Whist, never before printed; also The New Laws of the Game at Whist, As played at White's and Saunders's Chocolate-Houses', printed for Thomas Osborne in Gray's Inn and Henry Woodfall and Richard Baldwin of Pater-noster-Row, London (1765). Signed ('Edmond Hoyle') in bold ink with his name alone to the lower margin beneath an advertisement declaring, in part, 'No Copies of this Book are genuine, but what are signed by the Author'. The small 8vo edition has the original tan calf boards although with a rebound spine, with raised bands and gilt lettering ('Hoyle's Games'). Some light age wear and staining, G £300 - 400 |
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| BARNUM P. T.: (1810-1891) American Showman. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, published by Warren, Johnson & Co., New York, 1873. Author's Edition, revised, enlarged, newly illustrated and written up to February 1873. Signed by Barnum in fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper and dated 4th August 1874 in his hand. Some light overall staining and foxing, only just touching a few letters of the inscription, and some ink bleeding. Binding a little loose and with some wear and small tears to the boards and spine. FR £200 - 300 |
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| BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement. Fountain pen ink signature ('Robert Baden Powell') on Baden-Powell's personal printed oblong 12mo visiting card bearing his addresses at Bentley, Hampshire and the Cavalry Club. Together with a vintage Stevengraph of Baden-Powell, woven in silk and depicting the Hero of Mafeking in a head and shoulders pose in uniform (the original mount extensively neatly trimmed). G to VG, 2 £100 - 120 |
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| BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General, founder of the Scout movement. Brief T.L.S., Baden Powell, one page, 4to, Pax Hill, Bentley, Hampshire, 16th June 1938, to [Sydney] Nicholson. Baden-Powell writes, in full, 'Just a line, which needs no reply, to congratulate you on the honour which the King has bestowed on you. I was so glad to hear of it.' Some very light overall creasing and minor age wear, about VG £100 - 150 Sir Sydney Nicholson (1875-1947) English Choir Director, Organist & Composer, founder of the Royal School of Church Music. Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey 1919-28. In 1938, as the present letter indicates, Nicholson was knighted for his services to church music. |
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| DURRELL GERALD: (1925-1995) English Naturalist, Zookeeper & Author, brother of Lawrence Durrell. An unusual, vintage original blue ink sketch drawn and signed by Durrell on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Trade Winds Motel and Restaurant in Cairns, Australia. Durrell's sketch depicts a somewhat puzzled looking Aboriginal Australian standing opposite a kangaroo with a joey in her pouch. Signed by Durrell beneath the drawing. Some very light foxing and age wear and one minor, neat split to the left edge of a fold, about VG £80 - 100 |
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| FIRST LADIES: Grace Coolidge (1879-1957) First Lady of the United States 1923-29, wife of Calvin Coolidge. Fountain pen ink signature ('Grace Coolidge') on a White House card; Helen H. Taft (1861-1943) First Lady of the United States 1909-13, wife of William H. Taft. Fountain pen ink signature ('Helen H. Taft') and date, 9th March 1909, in her hand on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from The White House, Washington. With blank integral leaf. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| KENNEDY JACQUELINE: (1929-1994) First Lady of the United States 1961-63. Wife of American President John F. Kennedy. Book signed, a hardback edition of The John F. Kennedys - A Family Album by Mark Shaw, published by Macmillan and Co. Ltd, London, 1964. Signed ('with best wishes, Jacqueline Kennedy') in bold black ink to a clear area at the head of the half title page. One very slight smudge to a few letters of the sentiment, but not the signature. Lacking the dustjacket. Some light age wear and a very light, minor stain to the half title page, not affecting the signature. Some wear and staining to the blue cloth boards, G £200 - 300 |
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| NIXON PAT: (1912-1993) First Lady of the United States 1969-74, wife of Richard Nixon. A good A.L.S., Patricia Nixon, to four sides of a folding 12mo correspondence card bearing the printed name of Mrs Richard Nixon, n.p. (Turkey), n.d. (1969) to Wallis, Duchess of Windsor ('Dear Duchess of Windsor'). Nixon writes, in full, 'We shall treasure always the happy memories of your gay dinner party in Paris. It was a great joy for our family to see your exquisitely decorated home, to view your interesting treasures, and to revel in the gracious hospitality for which you are famous. Since our memorable evening, we have been travelling constantly - Italy, the Middle East, and now Istanbul, "Queen of the Cities" according to local legend. We look forward to the pleasure of entertaining for you on your next New York trip. With deep gratitude and affection.' A letter of good association. VG £100 - 120 Wallis Windsor (1895-1986) American Socialite, wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor. Pat Nixon travelled widely as First Lady and, prior to Hillary Clinton, held the record as the most-travelled First Lady. |
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| 478 | |||
| GUGGENHEIM PEGGY: (1898-1979) American Art Collector, Bohemian & Socialite. A small 8vo printed illustrated exhibition brochure for La Collezione Peggy Guggenheim in Venice, 1958, signed and inscribed by Guggenheim to the title page, 'To Philip Lastu from Peggy Guggenheim, The kindest man who came to Venice in 1958'. Front cover detached and with some tears, age wear and creasing to the covers, otherwise about G £80 - 120 |
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| 479 | |||
| MUSSOLINI RACHELE: (1890-1979) Italian Mistress, wife and widow of Benito Mussolini. L.S., Rachele Mussolini, one page, 8vo, Carpena, Forli, 27th November 1966, to Otto Mahnche, in Italian. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG £100 - 150 |
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| 480 | |||
| CHRISTIE ETHEL: (1898-1952) English Wife of Murderer John Reginald Halliday Christie, herself one of his victims who was later discovered strangled under the floor boards of their house at 10 Rillington Place. Extremely rare A.L.S., Ethel, three pages, 8vo, n.p. (10 Rillington Place, St. Marks Road, London?) 6th January n.y. (1952?), to 'Dear Lily' [Bartle, her sister]. Christie enquires about her sister's health, stating 'I wrote to you yesterday, somehow I "felt" that you were not so well, because you have not written to me. Are you being looked after alright? Would you like me to come up?' and continuing 'If it was not such a long way I should have come to see you right away but it is rather difficult leaving Reg to manage on his own.' She further adds that she hopes her sister will soon feel better, 'you must rest more. You have been doing too much with having the shop on your own. Is it your back? You must have been feeling bad for a long time.' VG £200 - 300 |
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| 481 | |||
| TWIGGY: (1949- ) English Fashion Model of the 1960s. Small selection of four signed 8 x 12 photographs, each different poses of Twiggy captured during various modelling and fashion shoots. All are signed in bold blue or black inks with her name alone to light areas of the images. Together with Leslie Caron (1931- ) French Actress and Dancer. Small selection of three signed 8 x 12 photographs of the actress in different poses, two in scenes from one of her films. Colour (1). All are signed in bold blue or black inks with her name alone to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 7 £100 - 120 |
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| 482 | |||
| FOX SAMANTHA: (1966- ) English Glamour Model, one of the most popular pin-up girls of the 1980s. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Fox kneeling in a full length pose wearing a bikini. Signed in bold black ink across a light area of the image. EX £80 - 100 |
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| 483 | |||
| McANDREW NELL: (1973- ) English Glamour Model. A small selection of autographs and memorabilia relating to McAndrew, comprising a black sheer Versace sleeveless top apparently previously belonging to McAndrew and signed by her to the inside label; a tan leather handbag made by Gina, also apparently previously belonging to McAndrew (unsigned); McAndrew's personal Artist pass to the MOBO Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, 25th September 2003, signed and inscribed in silver ink by McAndrew; a black short sleeve t-shirt featuring a British Army logo, signed and inscribed by McAndrew in silver ink; and three signed colour 11.5 x 8.5 photographs, each featuring composite images of the model in glamorous full length naked poses, each signed in bold black ink to clear areas. Generally VG, 7 £200 - 300 |
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| 484 | |||
| CALCRAFT WILLIAM: (1800-1879) British Executioner, the most famous hangman of the 19th century. A.L.S., W. Calcraft, one page, 8vo, London, 28th December 1866, to a gentleman, most likely a doctor. Calcraft writes, a little illiterately, in full, 'I have rote with respect to my wifes mouth idoo not see thares is any alteration in her face one side of the sweling is quite goon away and the other is no worse.' Rare. Laid down and with two small areas of paper loss, not affecting the text or signature, about G £100 - 150 |
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| 485 | |||
| KRAY REG: (1933-2000) English Gangster who, with his brother Ron, were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London during the 1950s & 60s. A.L.S., Reg, three pages, 8vo, HM Prison Long Lartin, Evesham, Worcestershire, 21st March (1981), to Evan, on prison stationery. Kray thanks his correspondent for their welcome letter and a magazine and adds that he hopes his correspondent has received the forms required for a visit. He continues 'Soon I shall be going to see Ron at Broadmoor. I have settled in here OK & its a lot better than my previous years I have spent inside. I too did not like the publicity about a film. It is still negative at the moment. There's a lot more to do in this prison to keep occupied. In May we start our 14th year away' and concludes by remarking that he hopes to see his correspondent in the near future. Together with a 10 x 8 photograph of the Kray Twins signed in blue ink by Detective Superintendent Leonard 'Nipper' Read, who arrested the Krays in May 1968. VG to EX, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| 486 | |||
| 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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| 487 | |||
| CRIME: Small selection of signed cards, pieces, 8 x 10 photograph etc., by various infamous criminals comprising Ronnie Biggs (signed colour 8 x 10 photograph), Bruce Reynolds, Howard Marks, Reg Kray and Frankie Fraser (2). VG to EX, 6 £100 - 150 |
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| 488 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Small selection of individually signed oblong 12mo stiff cream and white cards by various famous men and women comprising Althea Gibson ('Best wishes to a true tennis fan, Althea Gibson', dated 19th March 1959 in her hand), Claude Grahame-White (dated 1910 in his hand), Compton Mackenzie (dated 11th December 1955 in his hand) and Emmuska Orczy. VG to EX, 4 £100 - 120 |
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| 489 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed album pages by a variety of famous men and women including Margaret Thatcher (signed Margaret H. Thatcher and adding M.P. for Finchley and the date, 4th November 1960, in her hand beneath her signature), Edward Heath, Patrick Moore, Gertrude Shilling, Christopher Chataway, Sally Oppenheimer, Norma Major, Eddie Edwards, John Cunliffe, Jill Balcon, Jimmy Hill, Basil Hume, Geoffrey Fisher and other religious leaders, Ralph Wightman, Prince Carol and Princess Jeanne of Romania, Peter Fleming etc. Most of the pages have neatly affixed newspaper and magazine photographs. G to VG, 33 £100 - 120 |
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| 490 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed pieces, album pages, signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller etc., by various famous men and women, mainly political, including Leni Riefenstahl, Jimmy Carter, Barry Goldwater, Colin Powell, Cherie Blair, Eduard Benes, Henry Kissinger, James Callaghan, Hugh Dalton etc. Generally VG, 12 £100 - 150 |
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| 491 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed pieces, cards, multiple signed 8vo sheets, a few letters etc., by various famous men and women (many Sportsmen) including Desmond Tutu, F. W. De Klerk, Lord Snowdon, Joan Sutherland, Edna O'Brien, J. Enoch Powell (signed edition of First Poems - Fifty Short Lyrics, 1937), Steve Perryman, Lou Macari, David Pleat, Adrian Moorhouse, Howard Wilkinson, Ian Rush, Mark Lawrenson, Trevor Brooking, Terry Butcher, Charlie Nicholas, Tony Woodcock, Paul Gascoigne, Dennis Wise, Lester Piggott, Richard Dunwoody, Bill Beaumont etc. Some slightly irregularly clipped. G to VG, 39 £80 - 100 |
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| 492 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various famous men including Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Gordon Ramsay, Vidal Sassoon, Ranulph Fiennes, Richard Branson, Sidney Sheldon, John Mortimer, Alan Bennett, Roman Polanski etc. Generally VG, 14 £100 - 120 |
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| 493 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10's, a few letters, pieces etc, by a variety of famous men and women, including Danny Boyle, Michael Winner, Ann Widdecombe, Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Emma Freud, Uri Gellar, Twiggy, Glenda Jackson, Nick Park, etc. Some duplication. Secretarial (1). VG to EX, 38 £80 - 100 |
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| 494 | |||
| FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller by various famous men and women including Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta Jones, Chris Cooper & Adrien Brody (multiple signed 10 x 8 photograph by the Oscar winners), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Alan Curbishley, Patrick Vieira, Rod McKuen, James Prior, Jennie Lee, Leslie Thomas, Lord Carrington, Desmond Morris, Suzanne Dando, Clare Francis, Ellen MacArthur etc. G to generally VG, 22 £80 - 100 |
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| 495 | |||
SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback and paperback (1) books by various famous men and women, most associated with sports, including ...And June Whitfield - The Autobiography by June Whitfield, Darling Judi by Judi Dench, What's It All About by Cilla Black, At My Mother's Knee and other Low Joints - The Autobiography by Paul O'Grady, Don't Tell Kath... - My Autobiography by Ian Botham, Coming into Play - My Life in Test Cricket by Andrew Strauss, Calling the Shots - My Story as England Captain by Michael Vaughan, Frankie - The Autobiography by Frankie Dettori, My Story So Far by Paula Radcliffe etc. Unsigned (1). Most are First Editions and each of the hardbacks are accompanied by the dust jackets. Generally VG, 11 £80 - 100SCIENCE & EXPLORATION |
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| 496 | |||
| HAECKEL ERNST: (1834-1919) German Biologist, Naturalist, Philosopher & Physician who promoted and popularised Charles Darwin's work in Germany. A.L.S., Ernst Haeckel, one page, 8vo, Jena, 20th June 1913, to a lady, in German. Haeckel states that 'Your visit with the two grandchildren of Charles Darwin would be most welcome on Sunday' and confirms the time, further remarking that if she prefers another day he would appreciate knowing in advance. In a postscript Haeckel informs his correspondent that 'On Sunday morning, from 9 - 2pm, the Museum of Evolution is open to the public free of charge.' With blank integral leaf. VG. £100 - 150 |
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| OSLER WILLIAM: (1849-1919) Canadian Physician. Fountain pen ink signature ('Wm. Osler') on a small piece, neatly laid down to a larger piece with a typed caption beneath. Together with Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Rudyard Kipling') on a small piece, neatly laid down to a 4to page removed from an album and with a typed caption. G to VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| HEART TRANSPLANTATION: An unusual small 4to printed programme for a symposium entitled Experience with Human Heart Transplantation, held at the Beattie Theatre, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 13th - 16th July 1968, individually signed to a blank inside page by fifteen doctors who attended the conference including Christiaan Barnard (performed the first human heart transplant), Denton Cooley (performed the first implantation of a total artificial heart), Adrian Kantrowitz (performed the first pediatric heart transplant), Donald Ross (led the team who performed the first heart transplantation in the United Kingdom), C. Walton Lillehei (participated in the world's first successful open-heart operation using hypothermia), Pierre Grondin (performed the first heart transplantation in Canada) as well as other representatives from Brazil, India and France etc. All have signed with their names alone in various coloured inks. Some light staining just affecting four of the signatures. G £100 - 150 |
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| 499 | |||
| SCHWEITZER ALBERT: (1875-1965) Alsatian Theologian, Musician, Philosopher & Physician, Nobel Peace Prize winner 1952. D.S., Albert Schweitzer, one page, 8vo, Gunsbach, 13th September 1952. The typed document, in German, acknowledges the receipt of a payment of 1000 Swiss Francs from William Matheson, President of the Oltner Association of Book lovers, following the publication of Schweitzer's work Kindheit und Jugendzeit the previous Easter. With blank integral leaf. About EX £200 - 300 |
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EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A hardback edition of The Ascent of Everest by John Hunt, First Edition published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1953, featuring two 12mo signed pieces neatly laid down to the front free endpaper and bearing the signatures of eleven members of the Mount Everest Expedition of 1953 including Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, Alfred Gregory, Michael Ward, Tom Stobart, Michael Westmacott, George Lowe, Griffith Pugh, Charles Wylie, George Band and one other. All have signed in fountain pen inks with their names alone. With an ownership signature, address and inscription opposite dated 28th December 1953. Lacking the dust jacket and with some wear and staining to the blue cloth boards. Together with three pieces of related printed ephemera including two invitations, one to a ceremony for the presentation of a special medal by the President of India to Hunt, Hillary and Norgay, 29th June 1953, and an English translation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's speech made on the same occasion. Some light overall age wear, minor stains and small tears etc., G, 4 £200 - 300HISTORY |
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| 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: | 26th April 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: On the day of the auction from 9am and throughout the duration of the auction |
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