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BRITISH COMEDY: A good selection of signed cards, postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few signed 8 x 10s etc., by various British television and film comedy actors including David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Gwyneth Strong, Fenella Fielding, Joanna Lumley, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, Peter Sallis, Andrew Sachs, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Bernard Cribbins, Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Norman Wisdom, Trevor Peacock, Eric Sykes, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle, Penelope Keith, Lenny Henry, Rod Hull, Gorden Kaye, Leslie Phillips, Adrian Edmondson, Dudley Moore, Harry Secombe, Vic Reeves, Frank Skinner, Angela Douglas etc. Generally VG, 70 £100 - 150
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BRITISH TELEVISION: Selection of signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger, some signed cards etc., by various British television presenters, personalities, soap stars and other actors and actresses including Jill Dando, Valerie Singleton, Konnie Huq, Diane-Louise Jordan, Yvette Fielding, John Leslie, Jenny Powell, Bruce Forsyth, Cat Deeeley, Penny Smith, Lorraine Kelly, John Stapleton, Andrew Castle, Kate Garraway, Jenni Falconer, Anthea Turner, David Attenborough, Barry Norman, Carol Smillie, Chris Tarrant, Zoe Ball, Ulrika Jonsson, Mark Lamarr, Annabel Croft, Tamzin Outhwaite, Patsy Palmer, Wendy Richard, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Jessie Wallace, Claire Goose, Nikki Sanderson etc. The majority of images are colour. Generally VG, 67 £80 - 120
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BLOCKER DAN: (1928-1972) American Actor. Signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9 photograph of Blocker in a half length pose in costume in his most famous role as Hoss Cartwright from the American western television series Bonanza. Signed by Blocker, largely to a clear area of the image. Rare. Neatly mounted, otherwise VG £100 - 150
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GREASE: Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by both John Travolta (Danny Zuko) and Olivia Newton-John (Sandy Olsson) individually, the image depicting the actors in head and shoulders poses embracing in a scene from the American musical romantic comedy film Grease (1978). Signed by Travolta with his name alone and signed ('Love Olivia') by Newton-John, each in bold silver inks at the base of the image. VG £100 - 120
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HARRY POTTER: Daniel Radcliffe signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actor standing in a full length pose in costume as Harry Potter. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone (a slightly hurried example) to a clear area of the image; Rupert Grint signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actor standing in a full length pose in costume as Ron Weasley. Signed in bold black ink with his first name only to a clear area of the image. EX, 2 £100 - 120
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ACTORS: Selection of signed cards, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some signed 8 x 10 photographs etc., by various actors including Bob Hoskins, Ian Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm, Alec Guinness, Robert Powell, Timothy Spall, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Bates, Sean Bean, John Hurt, Albert Finney, Tim Roth, James Earl Jones, Dick Van Dyke, Stanislav Ianevski etc. Generally VG to about EX, 27 £100 - 120
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ACTORS: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs and a few slightly larger by various film actors including Danny De Vito, Robert Duvall, Aaron Eckhart, Sung Kang (also signed by Gal Gadot, in a scene from Fast & Furious 6), Ed Harris, Taylor Kitsch, John Lithgow, Christian Slater, Robert Vaughn, Zach Braff, Antonio Fargas, Matthew Fox etc. Most are boldly signed to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 15 £100 - 120
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ACTRESSES: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller, signed postcard photographs etc., by various actresses including Jane Horrocks, Jenny Agutter, Elizabeth Hurley, Honor Blackman, Miranda Richardson, Samantha Janus, Rachel Weisz, Amy Adams, Kristen Bell, Claire Danes, Zooey Deschanel, Eva Green, Keira Knightley, Eva Longoria, Martine McCutcheon, Hayden Panettiere, Clemence Poesy, Rosamund Pike, Dakota Blue Richards, Christina Ricci, Jane Seymour etc. Many of the images are colour. VG to EX, 31 £100 - 150
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ACTRESSES: Selection of signed colour 8 x 12 photographs by various film and television actresses including Joanna Lumley, Joan Collins, Olivia Colman, Anne-Marie Duff, Sally Hawkins, Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Daniela Nardini, Jemima Rooper, Verity Rushworth, Michelle Ryan, Fiona Shaw, Imelda Staunton, Sheridan Smith etc. All are boldly signed to clear areas of the images and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 15 £100 - 120
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ACTRESSES: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and a few slightly larger by various film and television actresses including Zoe Lucker, Jacqueline Bisset, Samantha Bond, MyAnna Buring, Suzanne Collins, Fearne Cotton, Angel Coulby, Tamsin Egerton, Emilia Fox, Holliday Grainger, Samantha Janus, Felicity Kendal, Anna Madeley, Catherine McCormack, Gina McKee, Rachael Stirling, Kara Tointon etc. Most of the images are colour and all are boldly signed, largely to clear areas. None are inscribed. VG to EX, 22 £80 - 100
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 50 signatures by various film stars, actors, actresses and entertainers including Boris Karloff (some light water staining very slightly affecting the signature), Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Beatty, Marie Lohr, Ramon Novarro, Ivor Novello, Flora Robson, Robert Donat, Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, Ben Lyon & Bebe Daniels, June Clyde, Sybil Thorndike, Lilian Braithwaite etc. Some pages are multiple signed and a few signatures are in pencil. Some pages loose and a few signatures on smaller pages loosely inserted into the album. Binding loose and with some age wear, G £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing 20 signatures by various actors, actresses and entertainers including Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier (bold pencil signatures by both individually to the 4to printed front cover removed from a programme for a performance of Twelfth Night at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1955, folded and loosely inserted into the album), Doris Hare, Dora Bryan, Peter Graves, Kenneth Horne, Richard Murdoch, Johnny Morris, Ralph Richardson, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden etc. Most of the pages are multiple signed. Generally G £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 120 signatures by various actors, actresses, some popular musicians and entertainers etc., including Tony Hancock, Margaret Rutherford, Richard Attenborough, Tommy Cooper, Petula Clark, Lita Roza, Robertson Hare, Julie Andrews, Hattie Jacques, Charlton Heston, Luigi Infantino, Violet Pretty, Winifred Attwell, Betty Driver, Joe Loss, Rosamund John, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Flora Robson, Jeremy Spenser, Christine Norden etc. Some of the pages are multiple signed and many are neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector. G £100 - 150
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 20 signatures by various actors, actresses and entertainers including Diana Dors, Guy Middleton, Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, John McCallum, Paul Lukas, Joan Greenwood, John Mills, Betty Driver, Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Margaret Leighton, Billy Eckstine etc. A few of the pages are multiple signed and many are neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector. About VG £80 - 100
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Two autograph albums containing over 100 signatures by various ballet dancers, actors, actresses, entertainers and a few other famous individuals etc., including Moira Shearer, Margot Fonteyn, Alexander Grant, Michael Somes, Nadia Nerina, Margaret Lockwood, Christine Norden, Michael Medwin, David Farrar, John Clements, Lana Morris, Arthur Lucan & Kitty McShane, Arthur English, boxer Randolph Turpin etc. Some of the signatures are on irregularly clipped pieces laid down to pages and some pages are multiple signed. Many are neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector. G, 2 £100 - 120
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing 18 signatures by various actors, actresses, popular musicians and entertainers including Arthur Lowe (adding his Coronation Street character name Mr Swindley in his hand beneath his signature), Tommy Steele, Roy Castle, Phil Brown, Shane Fenton, Susan Maughan, George Formby, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard, Bruce Forsyth etc. Most of the signatures are on pages removed from a different album and neatly laid down. Together with a small selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various other actors, actresses, popular musicians and a few other famous individuals including Flora Robson, Michael Crawford, Blue (3), David Cameron etc. G to generally VG, 8 + album £100 - 150
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THEATRE: Two autograph albums containing over 250 signatures by various stage actors and actresses, Music Hall artists and entertainers etc., all collected by Ethel Newell and Lillian Peace of the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, c.1915-19, including Gertie Gitana, George Robey (3; each signed self caricatures), Clarice Mayne, Gladys Cooper, Alice Delyssia, Fred Emney, Lena Ashwell, John Martin Harvey, Jose Collins, G. H. Elliott, Matheson Lang, H. B. Irving, Isobel Elsom, Rejane, Jack Buchanan, Eva Moore, Ellaline Terriss, Seymour Hicks, Gordon Harker, Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton, Henry Ainley, Ada Reeve, Tallulah Bankhead, Fred Terry, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Lily Elsie, Ivor Novello, Lilian Braithwaite, Julia Neilson, Rutland Barrington, Pauline Chase, Fay Compton, Cyril Maude, Landon Ronald (A.M.Q.S.), Frank R. Benson, Arthur Prince, Lewis Waller, Laurence Irving, Charles Wyndham, Herbert Marshall, Bransby Williams, Maud Tree, Ella Retford etc. A little duplication. The majority of pages are multiple signed and many have additional quotations. Front cover and some inside pages of one album loose, otherwise G, 2 £100 - 150
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ENTERTAINMENT: An oblong 8vo photograph album containing over 20 vintage signed postcard photographs (and a few smaller and larger) by various actors, actresses, popular musicians, entertainers and a few other famous individuals, including Margot Fonteyn, Betty Driver, Tommy Cooper (signed to the verso), Patricia Roc, Margaret Lockwood, Billy Eckstine, boxer Randolph Turpin (signed card) etc., also including over 40 other photographs, all unsigned or bearing facsimile signatures, subjects include Ray Milland, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn, Maria Montez, Jane Russell etc. Some are neatly cornermounted to pages and others are loose. Generally G £100 - 150
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of 29 vintage signed pieces and cards, a few postcard photographs etc., by various stage and film actors and actresses, some entertainers etc., each laid down (most in multiples) to pages of various sizes removed from an album, including Robert Donat, Charles Laughton, Ruth Draper, John Gielgud, Lilian Braithwaite, Emlyn Williams, Sybil Thorndike, Marie Tempest, Greta Nissen, Gladys Cooper, Matheson Lang, Diana Wynyard, Cedric Hardwicke etc. Generally G, 14 £100 - 120
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ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of unsigned printed 8vo programmes and some larger for various theatrical performances, musicals, a few concerts and ballets, mainly in London and a few in New York, 1950s onwards, including Marilyn! The Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, Another Country, What the Butler Saw, The Little Foxes, Cabaret, Hello, Dolly!, The Producers, Mame, West Side Story, The King and I, Hair, Gone with the Wind, Evita, My Fair Lady, The Ghost Train etc., performers include Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett, Angela Lansbury, Barbra Streisand, Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Mary Martin, Elizabeth Taylor, The Crazy Gang etc., also including a few programmes for individual performances and recitals by Maria Callas & Giuseppe Di Stefano, Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli, Julie Andrews, Elaine Paige, Marlene Dietrich etc. Some with tickets loosely inserted and some with ink annotations and dates to the covers etc. Generally G, 75 £20 - 30
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MILLER GLENN: (1904-1944) American Musician and Bandleader of the Swing Era, especially popular during World War II. Vintage signed 6.5 x 4.5 photograph, the image depicting Miller in a half length pose, wearing his uniform, signing autographs for a group of servicemen and women who are gathered before him. On the stage in the background various members of the American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force band can be seen. Signed ('Glenn Miller') in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. Various ink annotations in an unidentified hand to the verso indicate that the photograph was taken at the Odeon cinema in Plymouth on 28th August 1944. VG £150 - 200
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ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American Jazz Trumpeter. A vintage printed large 4to concert programme for a performance by Louis Armstrong and his Concert Group, c.1952, signed by Armstrong with his name alone in blue ink to a clear area of an inside page alongside his printed portrait. Also signed by Arvell Shaw (1923-2002, American Jazz Double-Bassist) in pencil with his name alone to an inside page alongside his printed portrait and brief biography. Some overall creasing and slight folds, largely affecting the covers, G £100 - 150
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ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American Jazz Trumpeter. A vintage signed printed 4to programme for a concert by Armstrong and his All Star band at the Navikubo Stadium in Kampala, Uganda, 2nd November 1960. Signed ('Louis Armstrong') in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the front cover image which depicts Satchmo in a half length pose playing his trumpet. Some overall age wear, a few folds and small tears to the edges of some pages, not affecting the signature. G £100 - 150
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BAKER CHET: (1922-1988) American Jazz Trumpeter. A printed oblong 12mo promotional card for the Blue Note modern jazz club in Berlin, signed ('Many thanks - Chet Baker') in bold red ink by Baker to a clear area and dated Berlin, 1964, in his hand. Accompanied by a small selection of German newspaper clippings relating to Baker. Scarce. VG £100 - 150
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SIGMAN CARL: (1909-2000) American Songwriter, remembered for writing the lyrics to Where Do I Begin, the theme song for the film Love Story (1970). Sigman was also responsible for the music and words of the theme song of the British television series The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-59). A.M.Q.S., Carl Sigman, one page (manuscript paper), oblong 12mo, n.p., n.d. Sigman has penned two bars of music, with lyrics, 'Dance Ballerina Dance', in his hand. VG £80 - 100
The song Dance Ballerina Dance was written in collaboration with Bob Russell and famously sung by Nat King Cole.
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PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American Rock 'n' Roll Singer. A printed 2.5 x 3.5 card featuring an image of Presley in a head and shoulders pose wearing a United States military uniform, issued to promote his appearance in the musical drama film King Creole (1958), signed ('Elvis Presley') in bold blue ink to the verso with his name alone. To the recto of the card appears a lock of Presley's hair, comprising a considerable number of short (c. 0.5 inches in length) cut strands. The lock is secured under a laminate which covers the entire of the recto (but not the verso, and therefore not affecting the signature). Some slight age wear and light staining to the laminate and image, otherwise VG £600 - 800
Provenance: The present lot was originally sold as lot 377 in a Julien's Auction and is accompanied by the original lot tag and the catalogue card which states, in part, 'The hair was obtained by a child in Germany whose father oversaw Presley in the army. On the day the troops got their hair cut, the young man snagged a lock of hair from the sheet covering Presley's uniform, drawing a laugh from both Presley and the barber. The card was laminated with help from the boy's mother and the next day in the mess hall the boy had Presley sign the card'.
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ROLLING STONES THE: A good vintage signed album page by all five original members of The Rolling Stones individually, comprising Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. All have signed in bold blue fountain pen inks with one member, most likely Jones, adding the name of the band in their hand at the head of the page. A few minor smudges to some of the signatures and a slight tape stain to the lower right corner, not affecting the signatures, otherwise VG £300 - 400
Provenance: According to information supplied by the vendor the signatures were obtained in person by his wife, whose father owned a petrol station, when The Rolling Stones stopped to fill their vehicle with petrol en route to their last concert at the Wooden Bridge Hotel at Guildford on 2nd August 1963.
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[BEATLES THE]: SHANKAR RAVI (1920-2012) Indian Musician, an exponent of the sitar who influenced and taught George Harrison of The Beatles. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Shankar in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose, his instrument visible at his side. Signed by the musician in black ink to a clear area at the head of the image. Some very light, minor smudging to a few letters of the signature. Neatly mounted, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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HENDRIX JIMI: (1942-1970) American Rock Guitarist & Singer. Ink signature ('Love always, Jimi Hendrix') on a slightly irregularly clipped oblong 12mo piece. Neatly laid down and mounted on a blue cloth background to a black plinth and mount to an overall size of 6 x 4.5. The signature is slightly faded, although legible, and there is very slight show through of small printed text from the verso. G £300 - 400
'Art is my #1 love - even before singing'
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MERCURY FREDDIE: (1946-1991) British Singer & Songwriter, lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. An extremely rare A.L.S., Freddie xxxx, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., to 'Dearest Coral', evidently a female fan of the singer. Mercury informs his correspondent that this is the first opportunity he has had to write owing to a busy schedule and also confesses 'To be 100% honest I never write back to fans but you seem more', continuing 'Well dear you want to know how I grew up - I was born in Africa, went to a private school in Switzerland for 7 yrs - when I was 16 my mother and father and sister moved to London. Well dear that's the height of my growing up'. Mercury further reveals 'Now I make my home in London and New York - sometime L.A. As for my family I have a younger sister who I unfortunately rarely see. My parents live in London and complain I don't visit enough. But honestly dear, I do try'. The singer also writes of his early passions, '….mostly sports, I loved Hockey & ping pong - I still adore these 2 sports and of course soccer. As a child I also loved art. I use to draw on everything - Mom use to go mad. Art is my #1 love - even before singing'. Mercury also asks some questions of his correspondent, enquiring how old her children are, and philosophically writes 'I know moving away is troubling you now but you must remember - one has to do what one has to do in order to survive. Take it from me dear, I leave loads of people behind all the time and it always hurts but one must never let emotion get in the way of common sense' concluding his letter 'Please don't send any more letters to Pembridge Road, because I will rarely see them. Send all future letters to (148 Sulgrave Rd. London W.6) At this address I will surely see them….I will be looking forward to your next letter - keep praying'. In a postscript Mercury remarks 'I am not a Brat. I wish I could see your face when you open this letter - Since I can't do write to tell me'. A letter of highly interesting biographical content. A small area of paper loss and a few small tears to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise about VG £2000 - 3000
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JACKSON MICHAEL: (1958-2009) American Pop Singer. Signed album record sleeve (front panel only) for Thriller (1982). Signed by Jackson in bold silver ink with his name alone to a clear area of the cover which features his image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise EX £200 - 300
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OASIS: Noel Gallagher (1967- ) English Musician. Signed colour 8 x 12 photograph of Gallagher standing in a three quarter length pose playing his guitar and singing into a microphone. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a largely clear area
at the base of the image; Liam Gallagher (1972- ) English Musician. Signed colour 8 x 12 photograph of Gallagher in a half length pose singing into a microphone. Signed ('Liam G') in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. VG, 2 £100 - 120
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ONE DIRECTION: Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by all five original members of the English-Irish pop boy band individually, comprising Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik. The composite image depicts the band standing together in three quarter length poses in a row, each with microphones before them, and with the band name and their individual names incorporated into the image. Signed by each in bold silver inks with the exception of Payne who has signed in blue ink, all with their first names with the exception of Horan. EX £80 - 120
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POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various male vocalists and popular musicians including Al Jarreau, Aswad (Brinsley Forde, Tony 'Gad' Robinson & Angus 'Drummie Zeb' Gaye), Hank Wangford, RuPaul, Bobby Vee, Herb Alpert, Don Cornell, C J Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Perry Como, Edmundo Ros etc. All are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images, and most are inscribed. Generally VG, 17 £80 - 100
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POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed cards, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s, a few signed magazine photographs etc., by various popular singers and musicians including The Pussycat Dolls (individually signed cards by Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt, Jessica Sutta, Ashley Roberts and Melody Thornton), Dannii Minogue, Barbara Dickson, Toyah Willcox, Christina Aguilera, Rachel Stevens, Rick Wakeman, Katie Melua, Jools Holland etc. Generally VG, 25 £100 - 120
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Autograph Musical Quotations Signed
A fine selection of musical quotations and manuscripts by various 19th & 20th century composers
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SULLIVAN ARTHUR: (1842-1900) English Composer. A fine A.M.Q.S., Arthur S. Sullivan, on a 4to page removed from an autograph album, Birmingham, 28th August 1867. On a holograph stave Sullivan has penned four bars of music, with words ('Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright') in his hand, being the opening of Sullivan's song Sweet Day, So Cool (1864, adapted from words by George Herbert). Signed, inscribed and dated by Sullivan beneath the quotation. Rare in this form. Some light overall foxing and a few extremely minor creases, about VG £1000 - 1200
The present quotation is from an early song by Sullivan which he dedicated to Jenny Lind, who actively supported the composer at the outset of his career. Indeed, when Sullivan mounted a grand orchestral concert to promote his work at St. James' Hall on 11th July 1866 Lind appeared at the concert and sang Sweet Day, So Cool. Sullivan is known to have thought that Lind was the greatest singer he ever heard.
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BANTOCK GRANVILLE: (1868-1946) British Composer. A.M.Q.S., Granville Bantock, one page, 4to, London, 28th October 1936. On the printed stationery of the Trinity College of Music Bantock has boldly penned six bars of music on a holograph stave, from an unidentified (and apparently unrecorded) composition in B minor, marked Con anima in his hand. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the composer to Otto de Greiff in Colombia. Some slight foxing and minor creasing, not affecting the quotation or signature, otherwise VG £120 - 160
Otto de Greiff (1903-1995) Colombian Musicologist.
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH: (1872-1958) English Composer. A rare autograph manuscript fragment, one page (manuscript paper), slim oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1901-04). The manuscript fragment (as opposed to a musical quotation) is marked by Vaughan Williams Allegro alla marcia, and would appear to be associated with the composer's composition The Vagabond from his song cycle Songs of Travel, inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's poems of the same name, the manuscript being the opening three bars of the piano accompaniment. Penned over two staves and marked in the original key of C minor. With two slightly irregularly clipped pieces, the first bearing the title '('The Vagabond')' in the composer's hand and the second bearing his signature ('R. Vaughan Williams'), both neatly laid down to the upper and lower margins of the fragment. The two clipped pieces may have been excised from a letter which originally accompanied the manuscript. Neatly inlaid. About VG £400 - 500
Songs of Travel represented Vaughan Williams's first major foray into song-writing, The Vagabond introducing the traveller, with heavy marching chords in the piano that depict a rough journey through the English countryside.
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QUILTER ROGER: (1877-1953) English Composer. A good A.M.Q.S., Roger Quilter, one page, oblong 12mo, n.p., 1935. The composer has neatly penned three bars of music, with words ('Shut not so soon, the dull-eyed night, Has not yet begun') in his hand, being the opening vocal line (marked in the high key of D-flat major in the present example) from the song cycle To Julia (Op. 8, 1905, words by Robert Herrick) and identified To Daisies by Quilter at the head of the page. The four corners are very slightly neatly clipped, not affecting the quotation or signature, VG £300 - 400
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BLISS ARTHUR: (1891-1975) English Composer & Conductor. An amusing A.M.Q.S., with his initials A. B., one page (manuscript paper), small oblong 8vo, n.p., 27th March 1955. The extensive quotation (or possibly a manuscript?) is penned over seven staves and titled The Fairfield Motet by Bliss at the head. The music, marked Somewhat excitedly, is for mixed voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass etc) and would appear to be scored for dogs and humans, the music and accompanying words imitating the barks and growls of a Poodle (in D), a Spaniel (in F) and a Dane (in G) as well as two humans, the female with words ('cajolingly') 'Sesame Fifi' and the male ('angrily') 'Stop those dogs….'. Rare in this form. VG £300 - 400
The present piece of music would appear to be unpublished.
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BRITTEN BENJAMIN: (1913-1976) English Composer. A rare vintage A.M.Q.S., Benjamin Britten, one page, 4to, Brighton, 1947. In bold blue fountain pen ink (to the verso of a sheet of printed stationery from the Antiquarian booksellers Holleyman & Treacher Ltd of Brighton) the composer has neatly penned a holograph stave with two bars of repetitive triplets which he identifies as being from his chamber opera Albert Herring (Op.39, 1946/47). Signed and dated by Britten above the quotation. To the upper half of the page Britten has evidently attempted an earlier signature ('with best wishes Benjamin B') in black fountain pen ink before experiencing some pen trouble (some slight ink blots at the conclusion). One extremely light, minor stain to the left edge, not affecting the quotation or signature, VG £600 - 800
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JACOB GORDON: (1895-1984) English Composer. A.M.Q.S., Gordon Jacob, in the third person, one page (manuscript paper), small oblong 12mo, n.p., n.d. In bold black fountain pen ink Jacob has penned four bars of music, marked Allegro, and which he identifies at the head 'From Viola Concerto No. 2 by Gordon Jacob (1979)'. One very slight crease and some minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG £100 - 120
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TAVENER JOHN: (1944-2013) British Composer. A.M.Q.S., John Tavener, on a card, n.p., n.d. In bold black fountain pen ink the composer has penned two bars of music on holograph staves, with the words Spem spem spem spem spem spem beneath, identified at the base as being from his composition In Alium (1968), an early piece commissioned for The Proms. Neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector at the head. One slight smudge to one letter of the signature. Some slight traces of former mounting to the verso, VG £200 - 300
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RUTTER JOHN: (1945- ) British Composer. A.M.Q.S., John Rutter, one page (manuscript paper), slim oblong 4to, Cambridge, 1987. In a typically neat hand, in bold black fountain pen ink, Rutter has penned five bars from the opening vocal section of Gloria, the soprano's words ('Gloria in excelsis Deo') in his hand beneath. Some extremely minor, very light creasing and one small tear to the upper left corner, not affecting the quotation or signature, otherwise VG £200 - 300
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SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A good A.M.Q.S., C. Saint-Saens, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, n.p., 1913. On a holograph stave the composer has neatly penned the opening four bars from Act One of his grand opera Ascanio (1890), representing King Francois I's address before Benvenuto Cellini's statue of Jupiter, adding the words ('Voici le pur chef-d'oeuvre, ami! Ce Jupiter') in his hand beneath. Identified by the composer at the head of the page. VG £400 - 500
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MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. A.M.Q.S., J. Massenet, one page (manuscript paper), slim oblong 8vo, Paris, 1893. In bold fountain pen ink the composer has penned four bars of music which he identifies as being from Salome's opening aria of Act I from his opera Herodiade (1881). Massenet has marked the quotation Lento and added the words ('Il est doux, il est bon, sa parole est sereine') in his hand beneath the quotation, also adding the title in his hand alongside his signature and date. Some light age wear and folds, otherwise VG £400 - 500
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CHAMINADE CECILE: (1857-1944) French Composer and Pianist. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Chaminade seated in a half length pose. Signed ('C. Chaminade') in fountain pen ink to the image, partially across a darker area, and dated March 1911 in her hand. Chaminade has also added an A.M.Q.S. to the verso, being five bars of music neatly penned on a holograph stave, marked Allegretto (in C) and identified as Pastorale in her hand. Signed and dated Tamaris sur mer, Var, 21st March 1911 in her hand alongside the quotation. Some traces of former mounting to the left edge of the verso affect the opening bar and notations, partially obscuring the text. Some light age wear to the image, G £100 - 150
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MILHAUD DARIUS: (1892-1974) French Composer, a member of Les Six. A.M.Q.S., Milhaud, to the verso of a 4 x 4.5 photograph of the composer, the image depicting him in a close-up semi-profile head and shoulders pose, n.p., n.d. The composer has penned a holograph stave with seven bars of music, being the opening theme for alto saxophone from his ballet composition La creation du monde (Op. 81a, 1922-23). Milhaud has added the title of the work in his hand immediately beneath the quotation. Some traces of former mounting to the recto, affecting the edges of the image, otherwise VG £300 - 400
La creation du monde, a ballet in six continuous parts, was inspired by Milhaud's encounters with 'authentic' jazz on the streets of Harlem during his visit to the United States in 1922. His work was written a year prior to George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (1924) which also combined elements of classical music with jazz influenced effects.
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HONEGGER ARTHUR: (1892-1955) Swiss Composer, a member of Les Six. A.M.Q.S., A Honegger, in bold pencil, on an oblong 4to page removed from an autograph album, n.p., 1929. On a holograph stave Honegger has, a little hurriedly, penned two bars of music which he identifies as being from his composition Pacific [231] (1923). Also signed to the verso by Paul Wegener (1874-1948, German Actor, with a sentiment in German in his hand, referring to South America and signed on board a liner, August 1929). Some light staining and minor age wear, about VG £400 - 600
A scarce quotation from Honegger's most frequently performed work, Pacific 231, inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive and originally entitled Mouvement Symphonique. The composer was widely recognised as a train enthusiast, once remarking 'I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses'.
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MARTIN FRANK: (1890-1974) Swiss Composer. A fine A.M.Q.S., Frank Martin, on an oblong 12mo card, n.p., 1956. In dark fountain pen ink and on a holograph stave the composer has attractively penned several bars of music, marked Allegro giocoso and identified as being from Ouverture en hommage a Mozart in his hand. Signed and inscribed by Martin beneath the quotation. Neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector to one corner. Traces of former mounting to the verso, VG £300 - 400
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