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ENTERTAINMENT: A collection of over 100 signed clipped pieces (some featuring printed biographies and small portraits), signed cards, album pages, a few signed postcard photographs etc., by various radio and television entertainers and personalities, including Arthur Askey, Eamonn Andrews, Webster Booth, Charlie Chester, David Coleman, Keith Chegwin, Harry Carpenter, Roy Castle, Maurice Denham, Johnny Dankworth, Gracie Fields, Eddie Gray, Tommy Handley, Sam Costa, Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Jack Hylton, Leslie Henson, Thora Hird, Joe Loss, Charlie Kunz, Vera Lynn, Evelyn Laye, Ben Lyon & Bebe Daniels, Norris McWhirter, Johnny Morris, Bob Monkhouse, Spike Milligan, Alfred Marks, Ivor Novello, Vic Oliver, Nicholas Parsons, Pat Phoenix, Sandy Powell, George Robey, Beryl Reid, Kathy Staff, Eric Sykes, Harry Secombe, Tommy Trinder, Percy Thrower, June Whitfield, Elsie & Doris Waters, Terry Wogan, Georgie Wood, Anne Ziegler etc. All are neatly mounted, largely in multiples, to 4to cards alongside biographies, unsigned photographs, printed ephemera etc., and contained in a modern ring binder. G to about VG £80 - 100
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed 4to sheets of paper by various actors, actresses and entertainers, including Philip Madoc, Michael French, Suranne Jones, Gorden Kaye, Louise Jameson, Sue Jenkins, Tonicha Jeronimo, Jane Horrocks, Anne Kirkbride, Jason Priestley, Patrick Duffy, Robert Fyfe, Stephen Fry, Elizabeth Bradley, Hank Marvin, Elvis Costello, Stefanie Powers, Barbara Knox, Jill Halfpenny, Emilia Fox, Michael Crawford, Jack Douglas, Ken Dodd, Stefan Dennis, Barry Foster, James Fleet, Colin Firth, Peter Egan, Christopher Cazenove, John Savident, Adele Silva, Ted Rogers, Verity Rushworth etc. All have the names of the signatories neatly printed at the head of the pages. A few G, generally VG, 200 £80 - 100
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed 4to sheets of paper by various actors, actresses and entertainers, including Jeremy Beadle, Johnny Briggs, Elkie Brooks, Faith Brown, Amanda Barrie, Gareth Hale, David Griffin, Sheila Gish, Michael Greco, Michael Aspel, Michael Gambon, Tony Adams, Jean Fergusson, Clinton Ford, Vince Earl, Christopher Eccleston, Antonio Fargas, Perry Fenwick, Diana Coupland, Charlotte Church, Julian Clary, Kenneth Cope, Natalie Cassidy etc. All have the names of the signatories neatly printed at the head of the pages. A few G, generally VG, 185 £80 - 100
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed 4to sheets of paper by various actors, actresses and entertainers, including Roger Lloyd Pack, Robert Lindsay, Stephen Lewis, Ian Lavender, Sean Maguire, Kenny Lynch, Matt Lucas, Kevin McNally, Ewan McGregor, Sylvester McCoy, David Morrissey, Michael Medwin, Leslie Nielsen, Paul Nicholas, Bob Newhart, John Nettles, Alan Rickman, Ian Richardson, Robert Powell, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Grantham, John Gordon-Sinclair, Harry Hill, Charlton Heston, Nigel Havers, John Hurt, Gareth Hunt, Karl Howman, Barry Howard, Sam Kane, Tom Jones, Samantha Bond, Jean Boht, Honor Blackman, Stephanie Cole, Lorraine Chase, Anne Charleston, Anna Carteret, Judi Dench, Frances de la Tour, Pamela Cundell, Gemma Craven, Sheila Ferguson, Edie Falco, Jennifer Ehle, Lindsay Duncan, Anita Dobson, Dawn French, Liza Goddard, Thelma Barlow, Leslie Ash, Patricia Hodge, Gemma Bissix, Stephanie Beacham, Alexandra Bastedo etc. All have the names of the signatories neatly printed at the head of the pages. A few G, generally VG, 200 £80 - 100
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed 4to sheets of paper by various actors, actresses and entertainers, including Elizabeth McGovern, Denise Welch, Sid Owen, Norman Pace, Bernie Nolan, Oliver Tobias, Bill Tarmey, Adam Woodyatt, Susan Maughan, Bernie Clifton, Keith Chegwin, John Challis, Joss Ackland, Phil Cool, Steve Coogan, Jess Conrad, Brian Conley, Peter Barkworth, Paul Barber, Colin Baker, Robin Askwith, Brian Blessed, Rodney Bewes, Alan Bates, Michael Brandon, Billy Boyd, Peter Bowles, Frank Skinner, Donald Sinden, Errol Brown, Tim Brooke-Taylor, David Suchet, Shakin' Stevens, Neil Stacy, David Soul, Moray Watson, Johnny Vegas, Richard Todd, John Woodvine, Shaun Williamson, Michael Williams, Frank Williams, Jack Wild, Larry Lamb etc. All have the names of the signatories neatly printed at the head of the pages. A few G, generally VG, 200 £80 - 100
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s etc., by various film and television actors and actresses, including Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Hurley, Ann Miller, Jane Seymour, George Cole, Ronnie Corbett, Jeremy Bulloch, Michael Palin, Liz Fraser, Penelope Keith, John Cleese, Jean Shrimpton, Lionel Jeffries, Richard E. Grant, Ricky Tomlinson, Valerie Leon, Victoria Wood, Tony Robinson, Britt Ekland, Wendy Craig, Alexandra Bastedo, Felicity Kendal, Bernard Cribbins, Warren Mitchell, Leslie Nielsen etc., also including a large 40 x 30 colour film poster for Confetti (2006) individually signed by Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Felicity Montagu, Stephen Mangan, Vincent Franklin and Jason Watkins. Framed and glazed (1). A few FR, generally VG, 41 £100 - 120
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed cards and album pages, signed 8 X 10 photographs and smaller etc., by various television and film actors, actresses, comedians, pop singers and musicians, a few sportsmen and women etc., mainly British, including Joanna Lumley, Miranda Richardson, Caroline Aherne, Steve Allen, Dave Allen, Jonathan Miller, Roy Hudd, Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch, Millicent Martin, Mike McShane, Victoria Wood, Ricky Gervais, Lucy Davis, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Freeman, Prunella Scales, Dawn French, Kevin Kline, Rick Yune, John Rhys Davies, Judi Dench, Laura Linney, Johnny Lee Miller, Seth Green, Charles Dance, Matthew Modine, Carol Lynley, Michael Ball, Daniel Powter, Shayne Ward, Lisa Stansfield, Quincy Jones, Rachel Stevens, Shirley Bassey, Cleo Laine, Raymond Myers, Pat Boone, Will Young, Shaznay Lewis, Melanie Brown, Gary Lineker, David Seaman, David James, Tony Adams, Annabel Croft, Tessa Sanderson, Virginia Wade etc. A little duplication. Matted (23). Unsigned photographs etc (4). G to Generally VG, 99 £100 - 150
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of unsigned 5.5 x 8.5 and 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (press images etc.) of various film stars, entertainers, pop stars, singers, musicians, fashion models etc., subjects include Ronnie Barker, Ringo Starr, Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Doris Day, Daniel Radcliffe, Pierce Brosnan, Kylie Minogue, Kate Winslet, Brad Pitt, Dita Von Teese, Rachel Weisz, Sean Connery, Naomi Campbell, George Clooney, Sharon Stone, Goldie Hawn, Elizabeth Hurley, Kate Moss, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Danielle Lloyd, Sienna Miller, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Hugh Grant, Rihanna, Mick Jagger, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce Knowles, Sean Lennon, Madonna, Joss Stone, Luther Vandross, Victoria Beckham, Celine Dion, Liam Gallagher, Sheryl Crow, Keith Richards, Geri Halliwell, Jon Bon Jovi, Charlotte Church, Cher, Bono and many others. Many of the images are colour and most have printed captions to the borders. Some duplication. VG to EX, 450 £100 - 150
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SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback (6) and paperback (8) books by various actors, actresses and entertainers, and a few other famous individuals, including Laughter in the Second Act by Donald Sinden, Black Beauty by Spike Milligan, Past Imperfect and one other title by Joan Collins, Shake the Stars Down by Yolande Donlan, Wildest Shows Ever! by Jerry Springer, The Filth Amendment by Willie Rushton, Great Lovers by George Melly, Ginger - My Story by Ginger Rogers, Tutu - Voice of The Voiceless by Desmond Tutu, The Book of Ages by Desmond Morris etc. Two of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. All with some signs of age wear, many of the paperbacks with creasing etc., to the covers, generally G, 14 £80 - 100
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SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback editions by various film stars including Now by Lauren Bacall, Lord of Misrule by Christopher Lee, My Life So Far by Jane Fonda, 'Tis Herself - A Memoir by Maureen O'Hara, One Man Tango by Anthony Quinn, Behind the Scenes of Psycho - The Classic Thriller by Janet Leigh etc. All but one are First Editions and all are accompanied by the dust jackets. Generally VG, 8 £80 - 100
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ADAM ADOLPHE: (1803-1856) French Composer of operas and ballets including Giselle (1841). A.L.S., Ad. Adam, one page, 12mo, n.p., 27th October 1841, to Monsieur Urhan (?), in French. Adam states that he has just been given a score for Giselle, which he sends to his correspondent, remarking 'I do not need to ask you to take the greatest care of it as I do not have a copy. It remains for me to thank you for the honour you wish to give my music by interpreting it.' With integral address leaf. A scarce letter with good content making reference to Adam's most famous work. VG £400 - 600
Giselle had been performed for the first time just four months earlier in Paris on 28th June 1841.
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MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A.L.S., Massenet, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 10th March 1900, to a lady, in French. The composer states that he has been deeply honoured by his correspondent's attention and sends her a signed photograph (no longer present) with his grateful and respectful regards. To a third page of the letter Massenet has added a musical quotation in his hand, comprising two bars, with words, which he identifies as being from his oratorio La Terre Promise, further adding Jeudi soir, St. Eustache in his hand, evidently a reference to the first performance of La Terre Promise which took place at L'eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris on 15th March 1900. One slight, neat split to the edge of the central fold of the first page, otherwise VG £80 - 100
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ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A printed 8vo edition of Payne's Miniature Scores, published by Ernst Eulenburg, Leipzig, being Volume number 281, Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto No. 4, with an introduction in German by Arthur Smolian. Signed by Elgar in bold pencil to the blank inside front cover and dated Leeds, 1912 in his hand. With an ownership signature to the front cover and several pencil and ink annotations throughout (one to the inside back cover indicating that Elgar signed the score at a performance with the Leeds Philharmonic on 2nd July 1912). Some age wear, G £200 - 300
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COATES ERIC: (1886-1957) English Composer, composed the famous main title march of the film score to The Dam Busters (1954). A.L.S., Eric Coates, two pages, 8vo, Chiltern Court, Baker Street, 16th December 1927 (?), to Goldilocks. Coates sends his correspondent a Christmas card (no longer present) and continues 'The photographic reproduction of my original full score of "The Three Bears" I did myself last night. The card, if not particularly beautiful, is at any rate unusual'. In concluding the composer wishes his correspondent a happy Christmas and a New Year which will bring good luck. Some light overall age wear, a few small, minor tears at the edges of the folds and minor creasing, G £100 - 150
The orchestral work The Three Bears was composed by Coates in 1926
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COATES ERIC: (1886-1957) English Composer, composed the famous main title march of the film score to The Dam Busters (1954). T.L.S., Eric Coates, one page, 4to, Chiltern Court, Baker Street, 28th October 1938, to Goldilocks. Coates thanks his correspondent for their letter which he has received on his return from Paris and continues 'The new work is having it's first performance next Thursday evening, as you will see in the Radio Times, conducted by myself - you will find all about it on the actual broadcast page' and further remarks 'You may be interested to know that I leave the following morning (at the most unearthly hour) to fly to Copenhagen, where I am broadcasting on the Sunday - from here I go to Oslo to broadcast and then on the Stockholm, where I am doing the first performance in Scandinavia of the new work….from here I return once more to London and then am off again shortly to broadcast at Amsterdam….I am praying for a calm day on Friday next as I do not like going by air - it always makes me ill!'. Some light age wear, otherwise VG £100 - 150
Coates composed three works in 1938 comprising the vocal works You Are My Rose, Your Name and the orchestral march Seven Seas
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COATES ERIC: (1886-1957) English Composer, composed the famous main title march of the film score to The Dam Busters (1954). T.L.S., Eric Coates, one page, oblong 8vo, London, 21st February 1954, to Goldilocks. Coates states that he is sorry to hear that his correspondent has been ill and wishes them a speedy recovery, adding 'The weather really has been terrible but I managed to get through the cold spell without anything untoward happening, fortunately'. Together with a dark fountain pen ink signature and several additional words by Coates on a page removed from an autograph album, dated September 1936 in his hand. Also including an unsigned printed folio copy of the sheet music for The Three Bears, a phantasy for the pianoforte, published by Chappell & Co. Ltd., London, 1926. G to VG, 3 £100 - 120
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BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. Signed Christmas greetings card, the oblong 8vo folding card featuring a colour reproduction to the front of a painting by Orest Vereisky entitled Fairy Tale, signed ('to you all, Ben') by Britten in black ink beneath a printed greeting to the inside and also signed by Peter Pears (1910-1986) English Tenor, with his first name only in blue ink. Together with a colour picture postcard featuring a reproduction of a painting by Thomas Girtin, entitled View of Hills and River, signed to the verso in bold black ink by Imogen Holst (1907-1984) British Composer & Conductor, daughter of Gustav Holst, with her first name only, also adding a brief Christmas greeting in her hand. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150
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CANTELLI GUIDO: (1920-1956) Italian Conductor. A rare, bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Guido Cantelli') and date, 1954, in his hand on a card. EX £100 - 120
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DU PRE JACQUELINE: (1945-1987) English Cellist. A printed 8vo programme for a Birthday Celebration Concert in honour of Frederick Delius at the Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford, on 29th January 1962, signed by Du Pre in blue ink with her name alone to an inside page, and also signed by the composer and organist Eric Fenby (in bold pencil) and the violinist Ralph Holmes, also with their names alone to inside pages. Rare. Some light staining and age wear to the outer covers, otherwise VG £100 - 150
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PIANISTS: Selection of signed cards etc., by various classical pianists, 1950s onwards, including Stanislas Niedzielski, Nikolai Demidenko, Mitsuko Uchida, Nina Milkina, Myrtha Perez, Cecile Ousset, Nicole Henriot, Gina Bachauer, Louis Kentner, Barry Douglas, Alfredo Perl, Natalie Ryshna, Geza Anda, Alexander Brailowsky, Claudio Arrau, Paul Badura-Skoda, Robert Casadesus, Shura Cherkassky, Clifford Curzon, Emil Gilels, Myra Hess, Katia & Marielle Labeque, Elly Ney, Solomon, Rosalyn Tureck etc. Some duplication. The majority of the cards are annotated in ink the calligraphic hand of a collector to the upper and lower edges. Generally VG, 54 £100 - 120
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PIANISTS: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s etc., by various classical pianists including Stanislas Niedzielski, Paul Badura-Skoda, Elly Ney, Rudolf Serkin, Claudio Arrau, Mitsuko Uchida, Lars Vogt, Alfredo Perl, Nikolai Demidenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Shura Cherkassky, Christoph Eschenbach, Ivo Pogorelich, Cecile Ousset, Radu Lupu, Lang Lang, Marguerite Wolff, Leif Ove Andsnes etc. Generally VG, 24 £100 - 120
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CLASSICAL MUSIC: A slim 4to hardbound edition of the score to Handel's The Messiah - A Sacred Oratorio, edited by Ebenezer Prout and published by Novello and Company Ltd., London, 1902, individually signed to the front free endpaper and front pastedown by over fifty classical musicians and singers including Kathleen Ferrier, Eva Turner, Irene Scharrer, Alfredo Campoli, Louis Kentner, Gerald Moore, Benno Moiseiwitsch, Isobel Baillie, Heddle Nash, Arthur Casson, Joan Cross and many others. Most have signed with their names alone in fountain pen inks and a few in pencil. Some age wear to the cloth boards, otherwise about VG £100 - 150
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LIND JENNY: (1820-1887) Swedish Opera Singer, known as the Swedish Nightingale. A lengthy A.L.S., Jenny L. Goldschmidt, eight pages, 8vo, Florence, 10th January 1872, to Mrs. Hall. Lind politely apologises for not having written to her correspondent earlier and continues to remark 'I envied you the sight of my beloved, sweet faced Archbishop of C. what a wonder that his health has been so far restored'. Lind further writes of being in Florence ('beautiful for its treasures of art') although confesses that her heart remains in Cannes, 'for as for climate and beauty of scenery the two places cannot for a moment be compared', however further writing 'I felt that with our German name we were perhaps better out of France this winter' and also commenting on seeing the Passion Play ('much is to be said in connection with this play….it would be unbearable to see the most holy scenes performed as on a stage') and writing of mutual acquaintances. Written on thin paper causing some show through of ink. VG £150 - 200
Archibald Tait (1811-1882) Archbishop of Canterbury 1868-82.
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OPERA: Small selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (2) by various opera singers comprising Sandor Konya, Frank Guarrera (in costume as Scarpia from Tosca), Jerome Hines (in costume as Don Giovanni), Leonie Rysanek and Giulietta Simionato (in costume as Ulrica from Un ballo in maschera; photograph by Fayer of Vienna). Most are boldly signed, some in fountain pen inks, to clear areas of the images. VG, 5 £80 - 120
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OPERA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few 8 x 10 photographs and smaller etc., by various opera singers including Grace Bumbry, Eva Turner, Nellie Melba, Amelita Galli-Curci, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Joan Hammond, Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Tito Gobbi etc. A few FR, generally G to VG, 13 £80 - 100
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OPERA: Small selection of signed colour 5 x 7 photographs by various opera singers including Luciano Pavarotti, Dimitri Hvorovstrofsky, Ian Bostridge, Yosep Kang and Jose Cura. Most are boldly signed to clear areas of the images. EX, 5 £80 - 100
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OPERA: Selection of signed colour 5 x 7 photographs by various opera singers including Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni & Nicolai Ghiaurov, Ilena Cotrubas, Julia Novikova, Markus Werba, Anja Harteros, Nadia Kastreva, Michelle Crider etc. Some of the images depict the singers in costume poses and all are boldly signed to clear areas of the images. EX, 9 £80 - 100
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OPERA: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various opera singers comprising Edita Gruberova, Andreas Homoki, Angelika Kirchschlager, Felicity Palmer, Emma Kirkby, Maija Kovalevska and Anna Netrebko. Most of the images depict the singers in costume poses and all are boldly signed to clear areas. EX, 7 £80 - 100
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PAVLOVA ANNA (1881-1931) Russian Ballet Dancer & VOLININE ALEXANDRE (1882-1955) Russian Ballet Dancer. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph by both Pavlova and Volinine individually, the image depicting the duo in a full length dance pose together. Signed by each in fountain pen inks to a clear area at the base of the image and dated 1921 in Volinine's hand. Some light surface and corner creasing, G £200 - 300
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FONTEYN MARGOT: (1919-1991) English Ballerina. Small collection of three A.Ls.S. and two T.Ls.S., Margot de Arias and Margot Arias, eight pages (total), 8vo, London and Milan (one on the printed stationery of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), 1955-73, each to Miss. Patricia Jeffcoat. Fonteyn thanks her correspondent for the flowers she has kindly sent before various performances of Giselle, Paradise Lost and Marguerite and Armand, also thanking her for a Christmas present and a photograph frame sent as a wedding gift, commenting 'It is in lovely taste and I am only looking for a nice enough wedding picture to keep in it. My brother took some here a few days ago so I am hoping one of them will be suitable. I am so pleased to have something I can always keep.' Two of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes hand addressed by Fonteyn. VG, 5 £100 - 120
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NUREYEV RUDOLF: (1938-1993) Russian Ballet Dancer. Signed 4 x 5 photograph, a close up portrait of Nureyev. Signed ('Rudolf Nureyev') in bold black ink with his name alone to the lower white border. Professionally triple matted to an overall size of 10.5 x 12.5. A few slight marks to the matt, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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NUREYEV RUDOLF: (1938-1993) Russian Ballet Dancer. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, an appealing image of the dancer in a pensive head and shoulders pose in costume. Signed ('R Nureyev') in bold blue ink with his name alone to the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor scuffs to the image and a few very minor corner creases, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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NUREYEV RUDOLF (1938-1993) Russian Ballet Dancer & FONTEYN MARGOT (1919-1991) English Ballerina. Signed 10 x 8 photograph by both Nureyev and Fonteyn individually, the image depicting the dancers in a full length pose together in a scene from Romeo and Juliet (1966). Signed by Nureyev in bold blue ink and by Fonteyn in bold red ink, each with their names alone, partially across darker areas although still legible. VG £100 - 150
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BARYSHNIKOV MIKHAIL: (1948 - ) Russian Ballet Dancer & Actor. Signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the dancer in a full length costume pose. Photograph by Rosemary Winckley. Signed ('M Baryshnikov') in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG £80 - 100
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BALLET: Small selection of printed 8vo programmes for various performances by the New York City ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1950-52, each signed (most multiple signed) to the covers and inside pages by various ballet dancers etc., including George Balanchine (3), Benjamin Britten, Melissa Hayden, Maria Tallchief, Nichola Magallanes, Janet Reed etc. Most neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector beneath the signatures. Some light age wear, G to about VG, 4 £100 - 120
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BALLET: Small selection of vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller by various ballet dancers comprising Alexandra Danilova (2), Lubov Tchernicheva (2), Irina Baronova and David Lichine. Each of the images depict the dancers in costume poses and most are boldly signed to clear areas. Some slight surface and corner creasing, G to VG, 6 £80 - 100
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BALLET: Small selection of signed postcard photographs (2) and signed Covent Garden programmes (2) by various ballet dancers comprising Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn and Svetlana Beriosova (2). Together with two unsigned vintage postcard photographs of Margot Fonteyn and Violetta Elvin and an unsigned copy of Ballet Today, March 1956. Generally VG, 7 £100 - 120
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BALLET: Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) English Ballerina. Book signed, a hardback edition of Fonteyn - Impressions of a Ballerina, written and decorated by William Chappell, First Edition published by Rockliff Corporation Ltd., 1951. With 40 black and white plates by Cecil Beaton. Bound in blue leather, by Messrs. Nevett Ltd. of Colindale, with gilt stamped decoration to cover and title to spine. Limited Edition number 202 of 250. Signed by both Fonteyn and Chappell individually with their names alone in fountain pen inks to the limitations page. Together with a selection of unsigned ballet programmes for various performances featuring Alicia Markova, Anton Dolin, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Natalie Krassovska, John Gilpin, Rudolf Nureyev, Christopher Gable etc. Also including an edition of Anna Pavlova in Art & Life by Victor Dandre, published by Cassell, 1932, signed and inscribed by Dandre (Pavlova's manager and companion who asserted that he was her husband in the book) to the title page and dated 14th June 1935 in his hand, and further including a vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph of soprano Oda Slobodskaya in a full length costume pose at La Scala and a vintage signed 4to page by conductor John Barbirolli with a postcard photograph neatly affixed above the signature. Some light overall age wear, G to about VG, 86 £100 - 150
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REYNOLDS JOSHUA: (1723-1792) English Painter. Ink signature ('J Reynolds') and three additional lines of text in his hand, on a piece irregularly clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Five further partial lines of text appear to the verso, seemingly referring to a picture which cannot be sent away immediately. Rare. Some light, minor staining and age wear, about VG £200 - 300
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WHISTLER JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL: (1834-1903) American-born Artist. A.N.S., with an attractive example of his butterfly signature, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (August/December 1888?), to [Mary 'May' Morris]. Whistler writes, in full, 'Another reason for the pink on Mr. Menpe's house - with compliments, and without reproach to the charming "Flower o'May"'. Some light age toning to the edges of the paper, evidently caused by previous framing, G £400 - 500
Mary 'May' Morris (1862-1938) English Designer & Embroiderer, the daughter of William Morris.
Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938) Australian Painter & Etcher, a pupil and studio assistant to Whistler.
The present note most likely refers to Whistler's spat with Menpes over the decoration of Menpes' house in Fulham, which also formed the subject of Whistler's essay The Ideas of Mr. Blankety Blank on Household Decoration which was published in the Pall Mall Gazette in December 1888.
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WILLIAMS KYFFIN: (1918-2006) Welsh Painter. An interesting A.L.S., Kyffin, four pages, 4to, Anglesey, 11th September 2000, to Denis, on his illustrated printed stationery. Williams states that he was pleased to know that his correspondent is 'painting as a proper artist should; not like the improper ones that take all the artistic limelight today' and continues to remark 'I call them Flashers as their actions are never based on love of anything and are merely done to achieve gratification from shocking people. It is all very depressing that the art world has been taken by the deadly Serota Saachi duet'. Williams also writes of his own activities, 'I have always wanted to teach mature students but have always been thwarted in this; so I am restricted to teaching in Primary schools in N. Wales. In many ways this is very rewarding as, unlike the art schools, they are honest institutions. The Welsh Arts council officers have stated that I am the single most dangerous influence on Welsh art alive today - presumably because the Welsh public seem to react favourably to my efforts. They have got one thing right & that is that I am alive, a state in which they would prefer I was not.' The artist also refers to upcoming shows in London and Cardiff and in concluding writes 'Wales is now a divided nation ruled by those who speak Welsh & it seems that you can only be accepted as a great artist if you can speak the language. This is as illogical as the Welsh believing they are a separate anthropological nation which is nonsense. So I keep going fighting artistic battles as well as ethnical ones.' Two slight water stains just affect a few words of text, but not the signature, and all remain perfectly legible. VG £80 - 100
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FRINK ELISABETH: (1930-1993) English Sculptor. A.L.S., Lis, one page, 4to, Blandford Forum, Dorset, n.d. (18th November 1980) to Pat and Peter Maddocks. Frink thanks her correspondents for a scarf 'which I found when I finally got to bed about 5am' and further adds 'I got up at 7.30 and found one of our guests and her baby abandoned by a forgetful husband. All in all it seemed quite a mouvementé evening'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Frink. Together with a second, brief A.L.S., Lis, to the verso of a picture postcard of Frink's Horse and Rider, n.p., n.d. ('Monday'), thanking her correspondents for a lovely evening; a folding 8vo Christmas greetings card signed by Frink ('Alex and Lis'), featuring a colour image of Leonardo's Dog to the cover and with a brief holograph note by Frink to the inside; and a printed invitation card to an exhibition of Frink's works entitled Sculpture in Winchester, 17th July 1981. Generally VG, 4 £100 - 120
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GILBERT & GEORGE: Gilbert Proesch (1943- ) & George Passmore (1942- ) Italian & English Artists, a collaborative duo known as Gilbert & George. Small selection comprising a signed hardback edition of Gilbert & George - A Portrait by Daniel Farson, First Edition, 1999; signed hardback editions of Gilbert & George 1986-1997, two volumes (each signed) contained in a slipcase; signed Exhibition brochure for The Naked Shit Pictures at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, February - March 1996; a signed colour 6 x 8 photograph showing the artists standing together in three quarter length poses before one of their works, and three different signed colour 6 x 4 postcards, one depicting their work Christian (1982) and another depicting the two artists in Sao Paulo in 2012 entitled Gilbert & George At Home with Lina Bo Bardi. All are signed by Gilbert and George individually with their first names. Generally VG, 7 £100 - 120
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THORVALDSEN BERTEL: (c.1770-1844) Danish Sculptor. D.S., Albert Thorvaldsen, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 17th August 1828, in Italian. The manuscript document is a receipt issued to Sir Michael Shaw Stewart for his payment for a sculpture entitled Amorino. Rare. One very small, neat tear and traces of previous mounting to the left edge. Together with an A.L.S., E M Shaw Stewart, by Lady Stewart, two pages, small 8vo, Belgrave Square, 28th March n.y., to Mr. Hamilton, stating that she has remembered his desire to possess an autograph of Thorvaldsen and remarking 'If you should shortly receive one from Norway or Denmark I shd. be very glad indeed to have the enclosed back for it is rather an effort to me to part with it….we stood by him in his studio while he wrote it' and further referring to the statue Amorino and its whereabouts. VG, 2 £150 - 200
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RODIN AUGUSTE: (1840-1917) French Sculptor. Brief A.L.S., Rodin, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Guerand, in French. Rodin writes, in full, 'You can name it instead of me, dear friend. I will not be precise or useful enough' and in a postscript sends his best wishes to Madame Guerand. With blank integral leaf. VG £200 - 300
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RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. A good vintage signed 6.5 x 10.5 photograph, being a reproduction of one of the artist's studies of a nude female, standing in a full length profile pose. Signed ('Renoir') in ink with his name alone to the lower border. Also signed by the Mayor of Cagnes beneath a short statement confirming the authenticity of Renoir's signature, dated 10th January 1911. The lower border also features the Mayor's official purple rubber stamp. Neatly mounted to a page removed from a contemporary album. Some extremely minor, light age wear, VG £1000 - 1500
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PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. An attractive vintage signed colour 10 x 8 reproduction of the artist's work entitled Bathers with Beach Ball (1928), signed ('Picasso') in bold purple crayon to the lower white margin. Stamped Galerie Beyeler Paris in red to the upper margin alongside a small typed sticker indicating that the signature dates from 1946. VG £600 - 800
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DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. Blue ink signature ('Dali'; a slightly hurried example) and date, 1971 (?), in his hand to the verso of an oblong slim 8vo attractively printed entrance ticket for the Teatro-Museo Dali at Figueras. Some light folds and creasing, only very slightly affecting the signature, G £100 - 150
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KOKOSCHKA OSKAR: (1886-1980) Austrian Artist. Signed Christmas greetings card, the folding oblong 8vo card featuring a colour illustration of one of Kokoschka's paintings to the front cover. Signed ('O Kokoschka') in bold black ink with his name alone beneath a printed greeting, and also signed by his wife, Oldriska-Aloisie ('Olda') who has added a few additional words in her hand. Together with a second signed Christmas greetings card, the folding 8vo card featuring a reproduction of a drawing by Kokoschka to the cover, signed by Kokoschka with his initials in black ink to the inside beneath a printed greeting, also adding three additional words in his hand. Also signed ('Olda') by his wife with her name alone. VG, 2 £100 - 150
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WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. A good, large 20 x 30 colour poster for a Warhol exhibition at The Tate Gallery, 17th February - 28th March 1971, featuring a colour image of Warhol's Marilyn Monroe (1964), signed by Warhol in bold black ink with his name alone to the lower white border. Framed and glazed in a gold coloured frame to an overall size of 21.5 x 31.5. VG £400 - 600
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