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BARING-GOULD SABINE: (1834-1924) English Anglican Priest, Antiquarian & Novelist, famous as the author of the hymn Onward, Christian Soldiers (1865). Rare A.Q.S., S. Baring Gould, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. The Priest has neatly penned the opening four lines of his most famous hymn, 'Onward X'ian Soldiers, Marching as to war, With the X of Jesus, going on before'. With blank integral leaf. VG £200 - 300
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SMITH RODNEY 'GIPSY': (1860-1947) British Evangelist, and early member of The Salvation Army. Two vintage signed postcard photographs, one of the images depicting Smith seated in a three quarter length pose writing at his desk and the other showing him in a head and shoulders pose. Both are signed ('Gipsy Smith') in dark fountain pen inks to the images. Both are post marked at Aldershot, 1st May 1905 to the versos. Together with Grey Owl (1888-1938) English-born Canadian Writer & Environmentalist. Fountain pen ink signature ('Grey Owl') on a page removed from an autograph album. With an irregularly clipped magazine photograph neatly affixed. Some very slight, minor corner creasing, otherwise VG, 3 £80 - 120
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TERESA MOTHER: (1910-1997) Albanian Roman Catholic Nun, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1979. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, a good image of the nun standing in a half length pose with her hands grasped together in prayer. Signed ('God bless you, M Teresa MC') in bold blue ink to a clear area at the base of the image. EX £200 - 300
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DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 6 x 9 photograph of the Dalai Lama in a head and shoulders pose wearing his familiar Buddhist robes. Signed in bold ink with his name alone to the image. EX £100 - 120
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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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DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Two large signed colour 16.5 x 11.5 photographs, each of the different images depicting the Dalai Lama seated in full length poses engaged in conversation at The White House with American President Barack Obama, himself also a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Both are signed by the Dalai Lama in bold blue ink with his name alone to clear areas of the images. Rolled. VG, 2 £150 - 200
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NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) British Pioneer of Nursing. Autograph Envelope panel signed, Florence Nightingale, in ink, addressed in her hand to the Committee of the Charity Organization Society at Buckingham Palace Road. Signed in the lower left corner and dated 28th January 1880 in her hand. To the head of the envelope panel Nightingale has identified the bearer of her letter as Henry Dunn. Some foxing, only very slightly affecting the signature and text, G £150 - 200
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NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) British Pioneer of Nursing. Book signed and inscribed, an 8vo hardback edition of Jackanapes by Juliana Horatia Ewing, with illustrations by Randolph Caldecott, published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, n.d. (c.1884, apparently a First edition with uncorrected page number on frontispiece), signed in bold pencil by Nightingale to the front free endpaper, 'Herbert Grillage with Florence Nightingale's very best wishes & hopes that he will grow up a brave Christian & upright man doing his duty like "Jackanapes"' and dated London, July 1886 in her hand. Bound in the original illustrated boards (extensive overall age wear and foxing). Rare in this form, G £300 - 400
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NELSON WILLIAM: (1757-1835) 1st Earl Nelson, 2nd Duke of Bronte. Elder brother of Horatio Nelson. Rare A.L.S., Wm Nelson, four pages, 4to, n.p., n.d. (between October 1801 and April 1803), to Emma Hamilton ('Dear Lady Hamilton'). Nelson announces 'The Doctor says that He is very angry with you for not calling him Doctor, & for degrading the name & dignity; - For a Doctor in Divinity of the ancient & learned University of Cambridge is as much superior to a Dr. of Physic in any of your Scotch Universities (where they confer a Diploma for Two Guineas on every Quack who applies) as an Arch-Angel is to the Archfiend' and continues 'If the Old Earl should slip his Cable & be forced to resign, I hope our Great Defender will be able to get into his anchorage. He must try hard to get to Windward of the Minister (in spite of the R_ C_ Duke), speak often, & lay his plans accordingly, it will be a nice Town House'. Nelson further states that he has sent half a dozen apple trees to Merton, explaining 'some have been grafted Two, some Three years, & some only last spring - I would recommend them to be Trained as Standards, & of course not headed down; they don't do so well to be trained as Espaliers, - your Gardiner will understand me - They are the True Norfolk Beefen - such as we have sent in the Large Hamper - I call them "Lord Nelson's Norfolk Beefen"', also writing 'If the Earl is only going to the South of France for his health, I am afraid He will not resign. He will have leave of absence for the Winter, & the other Lords of the Admiralty will do the business; any Three I think, are sufficient - let us hear everything that goes on, your letters are better than the Newspapers, & we look for them with greater anxiety & receive them with greater pleasure'. Nelson concludes his letter by making reference to a vacancy at Durham ('I remember some years ago when the Duke of Portland was Prime Minister, He secured one for Dr. Poyntz at Durham') and another at York and ends 'I beg my Complts. To Sir Wm. & Mr Greville when you see him & love to my Brother'. A letter of intriguing content and excellent association. Some very slight traces of former mounting to the right edge of the final page, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £400 - 600
Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) Mistress of Horatio Nelson and wife of Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803) Scottish Diplomat.
Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809) British Antiquarian, Collector & Politician. Hamilton was Greville's mistress from 1782-86.
The present letter can be dated from between the autumn of 1802, when Nelson purchased Merton Place in Surrey, and April 1803 when Sir William Hamilton passed away.
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HAMILTON EMMA: (1765-1815) Mistress of Lord Nelson. Two printed folio pages of sheet music from Hannam's Collection of Dances, the first page bearing the ownership signature ('Lady Hamilton') of Hamilton in bold ink to the upper right corner, and also dated 19th July 1809 (?) in her hand. Some very light, minor age wear, about VG £400 - 600
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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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[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English Archaeologist, discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun (1922-23). An unusual A.L.S., Margit Labouchere, by the eccentric and wealthy Margit Labouchere (1893-1951), two pages, 8vo, Prague, 12th March 1926, to Howard Carter. Labouchere announces 'I am angry' and continues 'Tot-ench-aton was much older when he was murdered. His son Tot died before him, 14 years old. Your poor mummy was never the king. I know the truth. One day I have to speak'. Two file holes to the upper edge and some light, minor staining and age wear to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, G £200 - 300
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CODY W. F.: (1846-1917) American Showman. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Cody standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('W. F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" ') in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area at the head of the image. Post marked at Sunderland, 19th July 1904 to the verso. Some surface and corner creasing and some light age wear, only slightly affecting one letter of the signature, G £300 - 400
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HOUDINI HARRY: (1874-1926) Hungarian-American Magician & Escapologist. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Houdini standing in a full length pose wearing multiple handcuffs and other chains around his wrists and ankles. Signed ('Harry Houdini') in bold fountain pen ink to a light area of the background and dated 18th April 1913 in his hand. Some light overall silvering and age wear and a small area of paper loss to the upper left corner. Together with a selection of vintage postcard photographs (most unsigned) by various Music Hall entertainers and family members etc., of a previous collector, subjects include Florrie Forde, Wee Georgie Wood, Charles Austin, Effie Mann, Harry Weldon, Marie Roslyn etc. Generally G, 35 £600 - 800
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KELLER HELEN: (1880-1968) American Author, Activist & Lecturer. Curious T.L.S., Helen Keller, in bold pencil, one page, 8vo, San Francisco, California, 13th November n.y., to 'Dear Friends', on the printed stationery of The Palace hotel. Keller writes a letter of testimonial, in full, 'It is with great pleasure that I recommend to you the "Perl Temperamental Chutney". It is a delicious meat relish. It smells good, tastes good, and is good. Each jar contains the vegetables and fruits which make California the Eden of the world. The "Perl Temperamental Chutney" is a new ambrosia of sunshine and fragrance blended by a perfect gem of a man. Taste it, and you will never be without it.' Some minor age toning to the extreme edges, not affecting the text or signature, about VG £150 - 200
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MCCARTNEY LINDA: (1941-1998) American Musician & Photographer, wife of Paul McCartney. Black ink signature ('Linda McCartney') on a white card, attractively double matted in dark blue and grey beneath a photograph of McCartney in a head and shoulders pose. 10 x 16 overall. VG £80 - 100
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KEELER CHRISTINE: (1942- ) English Model and Showgirl, a central figure in the Profumo Affair of 1963. Signed and inscribed 7.5 x 11 photograph of Keeler wearing a swimsuit in a full length pose outdoors, apparently at the poolside of Cliveden, the Buckinghamshire mansion where the model was first introduced to John Profumo. Signed in bold blue ink to a light area at the base of the image. Rare. A couple of very light, minor corner creases, VG £100 - 120
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TWIGGY: (1949- ) English Fashion Model of the 1960s. Vintage signed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Twiggy standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed in purple ink to a light area of the background. Together with a second signed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of the model standing in a full length pose. Signed in red ink to a clear area at the centre of the image. Vintage signed photographs of Twiggy, at the height of her fame in the 1960s, are surprisingly scarce. A couple of very slight, minor surface creases, VG, 2 £80 - 100
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TWIGGY: (1949- ) English Fashion Model of the 1960s. Small selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger (2), all different images of the model in various fashion poses at the height of her career. Colour (4). All are boldly signed by Twiggy with her name alone to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 5 £80 - 100
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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 £100 - 120
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GLAMOUR: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various fashion models, adult film actresses etc., including Porsche Lynn, Barbara Dare, Kim Alexis, Ashley Richardson (2), Nicollette Sheridan, Tanya Roberts, Marilyn Chambers, Vanna White, Julie McCullough, Victoria Silvstedt etc. Many of the images are colour and most depict the subjects in glamorous poses, some topless. Most are boldly signed to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 16 £100 - 120
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GLAMOUR: Selection of vintage unsigned printed ephemera, mainly 4to and folio printed American magazines, including various 1950s issues of Titter, Flirt and Whisper, each heavily illustrated with images of glamorous women, six 1920s editions of The National Police Gazette, most featuring images of glamorous women and actresses to the front covers, including Louise Brooks, etc. Some light overall age wear, generally G, 15 £80 - 100
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WARREN CHARLES: (1840-1927) British General, head of the London Metropolitan Police 1886-88 during the period of the Jack the Ripper murders. Two A.Ls.S., Charles Warren, three pages (total), 8vo, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, 3rd & 5th November 1928, both to Mr. English. Warren writes in a somewhat illegible hand, apparently referring to some Scouting matters, enquiring if his correspondent has the words which the boys are to repeat, and also referring to some items which had been sold. Some light creasing and age wear, otherwise about VG, 2 £100 - 150
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[BONNIE & CLYDE]: PARKER BONNIE (1910-1934) & BARROW CLYDE (1909-1934) American Outlaws and Criminals. An original printed small 4to Wanted poster (in the form of a folding mailshot) issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 21st May 1934, under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act. The poster features individual portraits of Bonnie and Clyde as well as descriptions of each (including scars, peculiarities, marks etc.) and a list of their relatives and details of their criminal records. The printed text also states 'Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker constantly travel together and extreme caution must be exercised by arresting officers...' A list of telephone numbers of the various state Department of Justice offices is printed to the verso. Some very light staining to the edges, about VG £100 - 120
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[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed small 4to Wanted poster (in the form of a folding mailshot) issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the Division of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 12th March 1934, under the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act. The poster features two portraits of Dillinger, details of his fingerprints, appearance and his criminal record. A list of telephone numbers of the various state Department of Justice offices is printed to the verso. Some light age wear, about VG £100 - 120
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[DILLINGER JOHN]: (1903-1934) American Bank Robber. An original printed folio Wanted poster issued by J. Edgar Hoover and the United States Department of Justice, Washington D.C., 23rd June 1934. The poster features a portrait of Dillinger and offers a reward of $10,000 for his capture or $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. A description of the criminal is provided including details of his scars. Some light overall staining and age wear, about G £100 - 150
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BURGESS GUY: (1911-1963) British-born Intelligence Officer and Double Agent who worked for the Soviet Union. One of the Cambridge Five. Scarce A.L.S., Guy, on the verso of a Russian postcard featuring a colour illustration of the Ukraine hotel to the recto, n.p. (Moscow), n.d. (February 1959), to George H[utchinson]. Burgess writes to British journalist Hutchinson, in Room 1608 of the Hotel Ukraine, stating, '6.30 punct was the time. Your absence was marked & total. I have left parcels with W. N. EWER (1617) in case you continue to let me down. Ugh!' and in a postscript remarks 'I know probably not your fault'. Accompanied by a carbon copy of a typed letter from Hutchinson to Harold Evans, one page, 8vo, Hotel Ukraine, Moscow, 23rd February 1959, providing some background to Burgess's note. The letter states, in part, 'I saw Guy Burgess last night, and he asked me to convey a message to the Prime Minister. I told him that I would pass it today to a member of the Prime Minister's staff, and I do so now. Burgess's mother is ill and he would like to visit her for a month. The Soviet Government would not object, he tells me. But he is afraid that the British authorities might seize his passport once he landed in England and prevent him from coming back to Russia...' Some light folds and creasing to the postcard, G to VG, 2 £300 - 400
Harold Evans (1928- ) British Journalist and Writer, Editor of The Sunday Times 1967-81 during which time an investigative report exposed Kim Philby as a Soviet Spy.
In 1959, when a British delegation led by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was visiting Moscow, Burgess contacted members of the group asking permission to return to Britain and visit his dying mother. Informed by telegram, the then Attorney General for England and Wales, Sir Reginald Mallingham-Buller, admitted that there was insufficient evidence to arrest and prosecute Burgess for treason. The British delegates withheld this from Burgess and his mother died without seeing her son again.
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ALAN A. J.: (1883-1941) Leslie Harrison Lambert. English Magician, Short Story Writer, Radio Broadcaster and Intelligence Officer who worked at Bletchley Park at the beginning of World War II. T.L.S., A. J. Alan, one page, 4to, Savoy Hill, London, 8th December 1931, to Miss. Ethel M. Painter, on the printed stationery of the BBC. Alan thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks 'Yes, I did duly appreciate my latest nom de plume in the Radio Times, it is a welcome change after some of the things I occasionally get called'. Some light overall creasing and minor age wear, about VG £80 - 100
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KRAY REG: (1933-2000) English Gangster who, with his brother Ron, were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London during the 1950s & 60s. Selection of five A.Ls.S., Reg xxxxx, fourteen pages (total), 4to, n.p. (Nottingham), 24th June - 14th July n.y. (1991), all to Kim [Lane; mother of Kray's adopted son Brad]. Kray writes on a variety of subjects, asking for clothing ('Don't forget a beige or cream Grandad type of vest'), stating that he has been receiving complaints that his book Born Fighter is not available in the shops and adding that he is compiling a list of possible agents to help sell the book, further requesting three papers (?) so that he can send them to his brother Ron and others, briefly referring to his prison life at Nottingham ('I'm really happy here so imagine how happy we will all be outside. I'm on field today.') and visits that Kim and Brad have made to him. Two of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. Together with a further two A.Ls.S., Dad xxxxx, five pages (total), 4to, n.p., (Sussex), 26th October & 28th November n.y. (1990), each to his adopted son Brad Lane Kray. Kray writes on a variety of matters, in part, 'It is a feat that you did to write so many letters 930! Brilliant! We will soon have a lot of money...', asking him to telephone an acquaintance 'and say I asked you to do so as I want him to write to me & let me know when money is due'. Both letters are accompanied by the original envelopes, one hand addressed by Kray. Generally VG, 7 £100 - 150
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A vintage printed 4to programme for the Grand Order of Water Rats Annual Ball at Grosvenor House, London, 27th November 1966, individually signed to the front and back covers by a variety of famous men and women including George Raft, Wilfrid Brambell, Alf Ramsey, Brian Close, Frankie Howerd, Millicent Martin, Rosemary Leach, Joe Henderson, Lesley Langley (Miss United Kingdom & Miss World 1965) and one other, most of whom were Guests of Honour at the Ball. All have signed in bold blue or black inks to clear areas. Some very light, minor age wear, VG £100 - 120
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Miscellaneous selection of signed pieces, cards, a few letters and signed photographs (some vintage) etc., by a wide variety of famous men and women including Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier (printed slim 8vo menu for a dinner held for the London Film Production of First and the Last signed by Leigh and Olivier and also signed by Leslie Banks, Basil Dean and three others, most in bold pencil), Emlyn Williams, Tom Stoppard, Frederick Forsyth, A. P. Herbert, Billy Butlin, Patrick Moore, Richard Branson, Philip Burne-Jones, Wayne Sleep, Heidi Klum, Tom Stafford, Heddle Nash, Anton Karas, Richard Tauber, Ernst Arndt, Alfred Piccaver etc. Generally G to VG, 44 £100 - 150
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger (1) by various famous men and women including Tommy Hilfiger, Yolanda King, Robert Swan & Roger Mear, Willy Russell, Neil Simon, Barry McGuigan, Kiri te Kanawa, Tim Rice, Fred Ebb, Jerry Herman, John Ogdon (also signed by his wife Brenda Lucas), David Fuhrer, David Cronenberg, Fred Schepisi etc. A few G, generally VG, 19 £100 - 150
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s, a few letters etc., by a variety of famous men and women including Ronald Ferguson (signed FDC commemorating the wedding of his daughter to Prince Andrew), Prince Rainier III of Monaco, John Major, Edward Heath, John Smith, Harold Wilson, Hanif Kureishi, Hermann Prey, Richard Van Allan, Jackie Collins, Olive Booth, Jeffrey Archer, Michael Heseltine, David Owen, Michael Dukakis etc. Generally VG, 32 £80 - 120
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed postcard and 6 x 9 photographs by a variety of famous men and women including Clive Owen, Chris Bonington, Janie Dee, David Attenborough, Katie Taylor, Kevin Spacey, Bill Nighy, Geri Halliwell, Amir Khan, Guy Ritchie, Ricky Hatton, Phil Daniels etc. Many of the images are colour and most are boldly signed to clear areas. VG to EX, 14 £80 - 100
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: An unusual selection of Bank of England One Pound and Ten Shilling bank notes etc., individually signed by a wide variety of famous men and women including Samantha Fox, Claudia Schiffer (2), Tony Bullimore, Helen Sharman (2), Gerald R. Ford (2), Captain Mark Phillips, Ranulph Fiennes, Eugene Kranz (2), Kiri Te Kanawa, Mary Whitehouse, Norman Thelwell, Arthur C. Clarke, Basil Hume, Edward Heath (2), John Major, Chuck Yeager, Barbara Cartland, John Glenn (2), Simon Wiesenthal, Joan Sutherland, Nick Park (2), Gerry Adams (signed by Martin McGuinness to the verso), David Copperfield, Jean Michel Jarre, Edmund Hillary, Terry Waite, Richard Noble, Rebecca Stephens, Graham & Janet Walton and their sextuplets etc. VG to EX, 47 £150 - 200
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AUTOGRAPHS: Miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S. etc., by a variety of famous men and women, most associated with the arts, including Ernst Haeckel (A.L.S., referring to a visit by two of Charles Darwin's grandchildren and the Museum of Evolution, 20th June 1913), William Sterndale Bennett, Frances Power Cobbe, Frances Allitsen, Martin Conway (briefly referring to an expedition to South America) etc. G to generally VG, 12 £80 - 100
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FIRST DAY COVERS: Selection of individually signed First Day Covers by a variety of famous men and women including Joanna Lumley, Bernard Weatherill, Chris Bonington, Desmond Lynam, Barbara Windsor, Colin Welland, Ben Cross, Percy Thrower, David Bellamy, Peter Parker, Richard Hadlee, Terence Cuneo, David Puttnam, Ronald Ferguson, Peter Scott, Beryl Reid, David Attenborough, Stirling Moss, Patrick Moore etc. Each of the covers feature attractive colour designs and images. VG to EX, 23 £100 - 150
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SIGNED BOOKS: Miscellaneous selection of signed hardback books by a variety of famous men and women including My Life and Fortunes by J. Paul Getty, Time and Chance by Peter Townsend, Mountbatten - The Official Biography by Philip Ziegler, Music - A Joy for Life by Edward Heath, Against Goliath by David Steel, Victoria and Albert - Life at Osborne House and My Story by Sarah, Duchess of York, Cupid and The King by Princess Michael of Kent etc. Most are First Editions and all are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 10 £100 - 120
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LISTER JOSEPH: (1827-1912) English Surgeon. A.L.S., Joseph Lister, one page, 8vo, Park Crescent, Portland Place, 30th June 1887, to Mrs. Davies. Lister thanks his correspondent for a handsome bouquet 'which is to me a pleasant indication of your grateful feeling for the relief I was glad to be able to afford you'. Some extremely light, minor age wear, otherwise VG £150 - 200
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MEDICINE: A maroon hardbound oblong 4to album containing over 100 signed clipped pieces, featuring many of physicians, surgeons and doctors (many of whom attended the British Royal family and other prominent figures of the period including Benjamin Disraeli and Virginia Woolf), each neatly laid down in multiples to pages with neat ink annotations in the hand of a collector beneath, including Francis Laking, Viscount Dawson, Anderson Critchett, William Willcox, Bernard Spilsbury, Hermann Weber, R. Douglas Powell, Lord Horder, William Broadbent, Thomas Barlow, Arthur Mayo Robson, Bernard Bracken, Arthur Conan Doyle (very slight smudging), Robert Armstrong-Jones, John Rose Bradford, Andrew Clark, Dyce Duckworth, Leslie Hore-Belisha, William Osler, Lauder Brunton, William Gowers, John Bland Sutton, Earl of Athlone, John Mitchell Bruce, Maurice Craig, Crisp English, Charles Balance, James Reid, George Savage, Samuel Wilks, Leonard Rogers, Bertram Windle, Arthur Mayo Robson, George Beatson, John Tweedy etc. An unusual collection. Some of the pieces are irregularly clipped, most from the conclusions of letters. G to VG £250 - 350
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BABBAGE CHARLES: (1791-1871) English Mathematician & Inventor. Ink signature ('C Babbage') and several additional lines of holograph text ('….intention whatever of taking any part in their affairs.') on a piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter to Sir Anthony Carlisle, written from Dorset Street and dated 8th September 1832. Neatly mounted and with some light creasing, about VG £100 - 150
Sir Anthony Carlisle (1768-1840) English Surgeon.
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BABBAGE CHARLES: (1791-1871) English Mathematician & Inventor. A.L.S., Mr Babbage, in the third person, one page, small 8vo, Dorset Street, 11th April n.y., to Mr & Mrs James Yates. Babbage states that a previous engagement prevents him from having the pleasure of dining with his correspondents on the 19th April. With blank integral leaf. VG £200 - 300
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EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. Bold pencil signature ('Thos A Edison', an example of his umbrella signature) on an oblong 12mo card. Some very slight scuffing and age wear, about VG £150 - 200
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EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. D.S., Thos A Edison, being a signed cheque, West Orange, New Jersey, 30th November 1928. The partially printed cheque is drawn on the account of the Edison Botanic Research Corporation at the Savings Investment & Trust Co., and is made payable to Otto R. Greiner Co. Inc. for the sum of $20.29. Signed by Edison in bold black fountain pen ink and countersigned by J. Miller in his capacity as Treasurer. Some perforated bank cancellations only very slightly affect the signatures. VG £200 - 300
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MARCONI GUGLIELMO: (1874-1937) Italian Inventor, developed a radio telegraph system. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1909. Autograph Telegram Signed, Senatore Marconi, one page, 8vo, Port Commandant, Civitavecchia, written in Italian on light graph paper and neatly affixed to a partially printed form of the Italian Society of Maritime Radio, one page, oblong folio, 15th October 1934. Marconi writes, in full, 'I arrived aboard Elettra today around 6pm. Stop. I request to make ready for tie-up.' The printed form bears various annotations etc., relating to the delivery of Marconi's radio telegram. Some light age wear, otherwise VG £250 - 350
Marconi purchased the yacht Elettra in 1916 and turned it into his personal laboratory. He spent the last few years of his life travelling and experimenting on the yacht. On 26th July 1934, just a few months before the present telegram, Marconi established a radio telegraphic connection between the Elettra and the radio beacon in Sestri Levante with a wavelength of 63cm, thereby demonstrating how a ship could, in fog and complete darkness, be safely guided into a harbour. This technology later led to the invention of radar.
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WATSON-WATT ROBERT: (1892-1973) Scottish Scientist, an important contributor to the development of Radar. A.L.S., Sir Robert Watson-Watt, in the third person, one page, 4to, Curzon Street, London, 3rd October 1955, to the Mess Secretary of 3700 (County of London) Radar Reporting Unit. Watson-Watt accepts and invitation for the 6th October 'with which the Commanding Officer, Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Airmen and Airwomen have honoured him' and regrets the delay in his acceptance owing to the invitation having been re-posted to Canada. One file hole to the upper left corner and some light, minor age wear, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Albert Einstein') on a page removed from an autograph album. VG £200 - 300
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STANLEY HENRY M.: (1841-1904) British Explorer & Journalist. Fountain pen ink signature ('Henry M Stanley') and date, 19th June 1890, in his hand on an oblong 12mo card. Together with an identical card signed in fountain pen ink by Dorothy Tennant (1855-1926, British Painter, wife of Stanley) and dated 8th July 1890 in her hand. Some very light discoloration and age wear, otherwise VG, 2 £100 - 120
Tennant's signature is dated just days before she married Stanley at Westminster Abbey on 12th July 1890.
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HILLARY EDMUND: (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed colour 12 x 8 photograph depicting part of the Mahalangur Himal range including Mount Everest. Signed ('Ed Hillary') in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG £80 - 100
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CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1660-85. D.S., Charles R, (a good, bold example), as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Whitehall, 4th June 1670. The manuscript warrant is addressed to the Attorney General, ordering him to prepare 'a Bill fit for our Royall Signature to pass Our great Seale', and states, in part, 'Whereas the Deane of the Cathedrall Church of St. Paulls London…did…lett unto Thomas Neale….the ground and soyle of a late Mill…with severall other…buildings…And whereas William Sancroft Doctor in Divinity Deane of the Cathedrall Church of St Paulls London and the said Thomas Neale, have by their humble Petition desired us to grant to the said Thomas Neale during the said Lease…liberty to hold a Markett in Shadwell in the County of Middlx on every Wednesday weekly for the ease and relief of the Inhabitants…And whereas by Inquisition taken at the house of Thomas Kinsey in Bloomesbury in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlx…it is found that it will not be any damage to…neighbouring marketts if wee should grant to the said Thomas Neale…that they…should have and hold one Market in a certaine place called Shadwell in or near the Parish of Stepney…on Wednesday in every week yearly….' Countersigned at the foot by Trevor. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and toning at the folds, otherwise VG £800 - 1000
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