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17 Jan 2025 17:00 GMT
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Autograph Albums - Artists, Authors, Designers and Architects
A collection of 17 autograph albums featuring signatures by prominent artists, authors and musicians, including: Agatha Christie, Henry Moore, Arthur Bliss, Owen Brannigan, Uffa Fox, Herbert Howells, Julian Huxley, Vivian Fuchs, , Harry Mortimer, William Glock, Ninette de Valois, Harry Gabb, Edmund Rubbra; John Leigh-Pemberton, Peter Scott (with original sketch of a swan), Lennox Berkeley, Jacob Bronowski; Joan Cross, Muir Mathieson, Beverley Nichols, Alfredo Campoli, Ben Travers, Daphne Du Maurier, WH. Auden, Eduardo Paolozzi, Uli Nimptsch, James Lees-Milne, John Betjman, Edward Maufe, William Darlington, Adrian Hill, Frank Swinnerton, Leonard Cottrell, Anna Zinkeisen, John Nash, Richard Carline, Roland A. Penrose; EH Shepard; Barbara Hepworth; Nikolaus Pevsner; Rev WH Awdry; Noël Coward; Graham Sutherland; John Piper; Penelope Chetwode & John Betjeman; Osbert Lancaster (with sketch); Mary Quant; Norman Hartnell; Cecil Beaton; Alec Issigonis; Berthold Lubetkin; Frederick Gibberd; Frances Partridge; Einar Forseth; Basil Blackwell; LS Lowry (x2); Kenneth Clark; Lord Killanin; Sachaverell Sitwell; Clough Williams-Ellis; Edward Ardizzone; John Snagge; Edward Seago; David Kossoff; Christophger Fry; VS Pritchett. Lord Thomson of Fleet; Mortimer Wheeler; Edgar Lustgarten; Marie Rambert; Duncan Grant; Edward Maufe; Dick Francis; Ralph Reader; Hugh MacDairmid; Lillian Compton Mackenzie; Hugh Casson (w. original sketch); Frederick Gibberd (w. original sketch); Paul Hogarth (w. original sketch); Arnold Machin; Leonard Manasseh (w. original sketch); Robert Clatworthy (w. original sketch); David Gentleman; Gordon Benningfield; Adrian George; Rosalind Deane plus John Nash; Jacqetta Hawkes; JB Priestley and others, occasional evidence of damp and water staining, modern bindings, oblong 8vo, from the 1960s to the 1980 (17)
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Autograph Albums - Composers, Musicians and Writers
A collection of 19 autograph albums featuring signatures by prominent composers, musicians, writers and others, including: Marlene Dietrich; Laurence Olivier; Benjamin Britten; Robert Helpmann; Rudolf Nureyev; Margot Fonteyn; Roberto Arias; William Walton (x2) ; Robert Graves; Francis Durbridge; Patience Strong; Fred Hoyle; Alfred Wainwright; Berta Ruck (Mrs Oliver Onions); Harry Rabinowitz; AJP Taylor; James Laver; Lord Longford; Elizabeth Longford; David Gentleman; John Pope-Hennessy; Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte; Peter Hall; Eric Newby; Gracie Fields; Hugh Trevor-Roper; Edward Ripley; James Wight (James Heriot); Antonia Fraser; Thor Heyerdahl; Harold Pinter; AL Rowse; Elisabeth Lutyens; Geraint Evans; Geraint Jones; Winifred Roberts; Dodie Smith; Wynford Vaughan-Thomas; Henry Hall; Natalia Makarova; Emile Littler; HE Bates; Feliks Topolski; Rebecca West; David Attenborough; Arthur Negus; Frederick Ashton; Edward Bawden; Andrej Panufnik; Diana Cooper; Michael Bond; John Mortimer; Roald Dahl; Patricia Neal; Molly Keane; Eric Linklater; Dennis Wheatley; P.G. Wodehouse; Henry Williamson; Bernard Leach; John Paul Getty; Laurence Whistler; Joan Sutherland; Larry Adler; Adrian Bell; Arnold Tonbee; Fitzroy Maclean; Leopold Stokowski; Lord Harewood; Alun Hoddinott; Michael Tippett; Herbert Howells; Ernest Lough; Geoffrey Burgon; Gennadi Rozhdestvensky; Clifford Curzon; Moura Lymany; Peter Pears; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Carl Dolmetsch and the Dolmetsch Ensemble; Alexander Schouvaloff and others, occasional evidence of damp and water staining, modern bindings, oblong 8vo, from the 1960s to the 1980 (19)
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Autograph Albums.- Incl. Cheshire / North West England Interest, Scouting Interest & Others
A collection of 14 autograph albums featuring signatures by Sir William Gladstone (Chief Scout); Agnes Baden-Powell; Paul Tortellier (Cellist); Valentine Dyall; Richard Todd; (theatre); Bishop Eric Treacy; Chief Constable James Anderton; John Junkin; John Gielgud (Theatre); Grp Capt Peter Townsend (associated with Princess Margaret); Pietro Annigoni, Dr Christian Barnard; Patrick Steptoe (Medicine); Sir Alfred Lovell (RadioAStronomy); Natalia, Duchess of Westminster; Torville & Dean; Harold Larwood; Gubbi Allen (Cricket); Peter Barrett, Peter Newcombe; Edward Hughes; Eric Stemp; Brian Saunders; Fritz Wegner; Terry Waite; Sir William Dobbie; Lt Col Vladimir Peniakoff; William Speakman VC; Douglas Fairbanks jr; Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher; ir William Dobbie; Lt Col Vladimir Peniakoff; William Speakman VC; Douglas Fairbanks jr; Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher and others; modern bindings, occasional evidence of damp and water staining, oblong 8vo, from the 1960s to the 1980 (14)
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Autograph Albums - Military & Police and Church Figures
A large collection of 42 autograph albums of mainly post-war military and police figures plus religious / faith figures from the UK and other countries, including: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw (India); Major John Blashford-Snell (both in a book damaged in a police anit-terrorist action - see notes therein); AVM Johnnie Johnson; Wing Cmdr Bob Stanford-Tuck; Grp Capt Douglas Bader (x2); Marshal Tito (Yugoslavia); Major Henry Kitchener (3rd Earl); Moshe Dayan (Israel) (x2); Barnes Wallis; Brian Trubshaw; Frank Whittle (inventor of the jet engine); Gen Sir John Hackett; Admiral Sir Reginald Portal; Rear Adml Hubert Dannreuther; Field Marshal Mohammed Ayub Khan (Pakistan); Lt Col Martin Gilliat; Maj Gen The O'Morchoe; Enoch Powell MP; Lt Gen Sir John Glubb; Captain Mark Phillips (husband of Princess Anne); Gen Sir Edwin Bramall; prof. R V Jones; Sir Rex Hunt; Vice Adml Friedrich Ruge (Germany); Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz (Germany); Viscount de L'isle; Maj Gen HRB Foote; Odette Halloews (Odette Brailly); R-Admiral Anthony Miers; Gp Capt Leonard Cheshire; Brig. Herbert Le Paturel; Col. Patrick Porteous; Montgomery of Alamein; Mountbattern of Burma; Sir Claude Auchinleck; Lord Fraser of North Cape; Sir Dermot Boyle; Marshal Sir Arthur Harris; Sir Neil Camerson, Sir Terence Lewin; Sir Edwin Bramall; Sir Henry Leach; David McNee; Kenneth Newman; Trevor Lock; John Alderson; Rev.Chad Varah; Archbishop Makarios (Cyprus); Rev. Trevor Huddleston (x2); Canon John Collins; Archbisops of Canterbury Michael Ramsay, Donald Coggan and Robert Runcie; Bishop Mervyn Stockwood; Hans Kung (Germany); Pimen, Patriarch of Moscow (Russia); Bishop Robert Eames; Cardinal Basil Hume; Lt Col Olive Booth; Major Dora Bramwell-Booth; Cardinal Tomas O'Fiaich; Bishop David Sheppard; Bishop John Bickersteth; Bishop Hugh Monefiore and many others, occasional evidence of damp and water staining, modern bindings, oblong 8vo, from the 1950s to the 1980s (42)
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Autograph Albums - Statesmen and Politicians
A collection of 17 autograph albums featuring signatures by mainly post-war political figures from the UK and other countries, including: Richard Nixon (USA); Indira Ghandi (India); Pierre Trudeau (Canada): Gough Whitlam (Australia); Ian Smith (Rhodesia / Zimbabwe) Ian Paisley (N. Ireland) Lord Brookborough (N. Ireland) Eamon de Valera (Rep. Ireland) Erskine Childers (Rep. Ireland); Clementine Churchill; British Prime Ministeers to include Anthony Eden; Harold MacMillan; Alec Douglas Hume (plus als letter); Edward Heath; Margaret Thatcher (x2); Harold Wilson; James Callaghan; as well as many others such as Tony Benn, Neil Kinnock; Roy Jenkins; Jeremy Thorpe; David Owen and others, modern bindings, occasional evidence of damp and water staining, oblong 8vo, from the 1960s to the 1980s (17)
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Autograph Collection.- Actors & Entertainers
Large collection of loose index cards and album pages signed by various prominent Cinema, Television and Sport celebrities, including: Patricia Arquette, Joan Fontaine, Shirley MacLaine, Jerry Hall, Jon Voight, Billie Jean King, Ben Kingsley, Doug Bradley, Tyne Daly, Martin Peters, Bonnie Tyler, Spike Milligan, Robert Vaughn, David Suchet, Cilla Black, Jill Ireland, Dermot Crowley, Garrick Hagon, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Scott Lee, Michael Caine, Ronnie Corbett, Virginia McKenna, Julie Walters, Omar Sharif, Tom Selleck, Roger Bannister, Vera Miles, Reg Varney, Melody Anderson, Tom Kane, Eric Cantona, Carol Burnett, Peter Blake, Caroline Blakiston, Vint Cerf, Sandra Locke, Michael Owen, and others, a few duplicates, v.s. (82)
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Autograph Collection.- Actors & Entertainers
A large collection of cards, photographs, souvenir menus and ephemera signed by prominent vintage actors and entertainers, mostly inscribed to Renata, including: Elizabeth Welch, Van Johnson, Franchot Tone, Valerie Hobson, Peggy Cummins, Sonny Tufts, Isabel Bigley, George Raft, Cesar Romero, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Jackie Cooper, Diane Adrian, Susan Shaw, David Tomlinson, Terence Morgan, Dolores Gray, Ben Johnson, John Ireland, Henry Kendall, Sheila Sim, Richard Attenborough, Charlie Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winter, Cecil Parker, Margaret Leighton, Ralph Bellamy, Tex Ritter, Greer Garson, Yvonne de Carlo, Anthony Steel, Richard Todd, Noel Coward, Maurice Chevalier, Emlyn Williams, Janet Leigh, Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis and Eddie Fisher (the last four on the same page), Elspeth Gray, John Slater, Wallace Douglas, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Ronald Shiner, John Loder, Robert Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Sam Spiegel, Jennifer Jones (the last five on the same page), Charlie McCarthy, Simon Signoret, Phil Silvers, Eddie Constantine, Alice Faye Silvers, Ann Miller, Anna Magnani, Michael Redgrave, Eve Bartock, Janette Scott, Vernon Gray, Frank Sinatra, Ann Todd, Wilfred Pickles, Vittorio Gassman, Broderick Crawford, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Clifton Webb, Ray Milland, Jack Benny, Kenneth More, Allen Jones, Marius Goring, John Clements, Kay Hammond, Jimmy Edwards, Cedric Hardwicke, Trevor Howard, Nadia Gray, Jinx Falkenburg, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner (the last two on the same page), William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Danny Kaye, Liberace, Vera Lynn, Petula Clark, Joan Greenwood, Norman Wisdom, Roger Livesey, Edward Woodward, Johnny Weissmuller, Irene Manning, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, George Robey, Irving Berlin, Jack La Rue, Patrick Holt, Craig Stevens, Errol Flynn, Gloria Nord, Beniamino Gigli, Sophie Tucker, Marlene Dietrich, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding, Sally Ann Howes, Herbert Lom, Douglas Montgomery, David Niven, Lisbeth Webb, Guy Middleton, Bob Hope, Jack Buchanan and a few others, also including photographs with printed signatures, v.s. c. 1940s-1950s (in three albums)
PROVENANCE: signatures were obtained by the vendor's father, who worked as a waiter at various well-known restaurants including the Bagatelle, The Pigalle and the Cafe de Paris in London. Many signatures are inscribed to Renata, the vendor's sister.
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Autograph Collection.- Actors, Entertainers & Musicians Collection of photographs and index cards and album pages signed by various actors and entertainers, comprising: Hugh O'Brien, Jay North, Joan Sutherland, Deborah Kerr, Celeste Holm, Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage, Peggy Lee, Jack Lemmon, Randolph Scott, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach (signed note, reading in part "McQueen and I did 2 movies - 20 years apart- "Mag 7" and "The Hunter", he was a wonderful film actor"), Joanna Lumley, Una Stubbs, Judi Dench, Blenda Blethyn, Brian Murphy, Felicity Kendal, James Bolan, Colin Baker and Tom Owen, all signatures mounted for display; together with: an autograph pencil sketch signed by Glenn Ford, promotional colour photograph signed by B.B. King, promotional leaflet signed by Tony Bennett, souvenir programme signed by Peter Allen, a clipped signature by Oliver Stone; a cd sleeve signed by Meat Loaf; a 7" copy of the single 'Si Si. Je Suis un Rock Star' signed by Bill Wyman, an autograph note from Anthony Quayle (thanking the recipient for his interest), v.s. (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Antiquarians, Historians and Scientists
A large collection of manuscript letters, clipped autographs, documents etc, including: a collection of clipped signatures of c19th botanists, naturalists and physicists; a dried specimen from Uppsala, Sweden (Linnaeus’s University, 1840) annotated in Swedish; Thomas Webster (geologist); Sir Oliver Lodge (scientist); William Whewell; Sir Michael Foster; Sir William Fergusson (surgeon); Sir Henry Marsh (physician); Olinthus Gregory (mathematician); Henri Saint-Clair DeVille (chemist); Sir George Smyth Baden-Powell; Francis Trevelyan Buckland (naturalist); Henry de la Spee (anthropologist); letters to the British Association and the Royal Society; Lord Northampton; Sir Isaac Lowther Bell (industrialist); Prof. Solly Zuckerman (zoologist); 1 st Lord Avebury (scientist and archaeologist); a group of items relating to Thomas ‘Mummy’ Pettigrew (Egyptologist); Henry Prinsep (historian); Joseph Gwilt (archaeologist); John Bruce, Sir Nicholas Carlisle, Edward Bigge, John Anstis the Elder, Edward John Rudge, William Henry Black, J P Boileau, W.C. Borlase; George Richard Corner (antiquarian); also including: two small assortments of letters, notes, manuscripts etc from the c17th, c18th and c19th relating to Oxford and Cambridge Universities; a selection of cut guest book pages with signatures including Alice Vanderbilt, Gladys Vanderbilt, Courtlandt Palmer (composer) etc; a c19th letter regarding Canadian political issues; an early c19th letter to New York; letter referring to Harriet Beecher Stowe; letter from the Bishop of Maryland to the Bishop of Llandaff (1851); c19th letter to Rev Theodore Parker, West Roxbury; manuscript (1 page) transcript entitled ‘Remarkable account of the family of Joseph and Huldah Houg” (Charlotte, Vermont, 1831); manuscript list of electoral results from New Providence in 1857; a 1724 manuscript deed for a debt paid by a John Disney; an undated French vellum deed regarding church matters; a Scottish deed dated 1766; an English deed dated 1727; an early c19th manuscript “the First Book of Bunissi and Haesithor (?)”; a lease dated 1881 regarding property near Regent’s Park London, etc (large qty)
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Autograph Collection.- Archbishops of Canterbury and York
A selection of letters and cards by Archbishops of Canterbury and Archbishops of York, comprising: the Lord Carey of Clifton (typed letter signed as "George Carey" mentioning excerpts of his autobiography and reading "Indeed I went to great lengths to ensure that wholly positive remarks were made of each member of the Royal Family and that no one could accuse me of breaking confidences", 14 June 2004); the Lord Runcie (typed letter with printed signature, a typed letter signed as Bishop of St Abans saying "I took the decision after much heart-searching and with some trepidation, but very clear that I will be able to contribute little without the prayers of my friends", September 1979, and typed thank-you card signed "Robert Cantuar", 24 January 1983); Donald Cogga n (two typed letters, one reading "I visited the United States of America when the Vietnam War was on and again recently now that the unhappy Watergate affair is dragging on its course. It is sad to see so great a nation so severely handicapped", 29 April 1974); Michael Ramsey (eleven letters, signed either "Michael Cantuar" and "Michael Ramsey", mostly thanking Mr Richardson for his letters and wishes); Geoffrey Fisher (two autograph thank-you letters signed as "Fisher of Lambeth"); the Lod Blanch (three typed letters signed as "Stuart Liverpool" and "Stuart Ebor", the first reading "My wife and I will be very sad to leave the Liverpool diocese, where we have been made so much at home, but we look forward to making many new friends in York", September 1974); the Lord Habgood (one handwritten thank-you card and one typed letter thanking Mr Richardson for writing about his "retirement and appointment to a Life Peerage", August 1995), v.s. (24)
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Autograph Collection.- Artists
Collection of letters, notes and cards from various prominent 20th century artists, all addressed to Mr Richardson, comprising: Pietro Annigoni (fifteen autograph thank-you notes, all sent from Annigoni's studio in Florence, one reading "I can rather say that I am pleased with the fresco in Ponte Buggianese. In any case, I was nicely impressed with the unveiling last Sunday. Such a crowd!"; another card reads "You say that my second portrait of The Queen is not anymore in the National Portrait Gallery, which sounds odd because it was requested by the Gallery and painted for the Gallery, and because I haven't been told about it"; with seven colour postcards featuring works by Annigoni, all with handwritten messages from the artist; 1970-1978); Edward Ardizzone (two autograph letters, one thanking Mr Richardson for "the nice things you said about my work. It always gives great pleasure to an artist that some people really like and appreciate his work", one page, 11 August 1979); Edward Bawden (autograph letter, reading "Thank you for writing about my work in the R.A. Summer Exhibition. I am now an old man and any encouragement received from those who may be younger than myself is most welcome. I am very grateful to you", one page, 26 August 1979); Elizabeth Blackadder (thank-you letter, 6 July 2003); George John Done Bruce (autograph card thanking Mr Richardson for his letter of condolences, 23 February 1977); Ninian Buchan-Hepburn (thank you letter, 14 November 1974); Niall Macarthur Campbell of Strachur (thank you card, 15 April 1978); Hugh Fleetwodd (brief card "I am very happy you enjoyed the Godmother", 28 June 1979);Ivor Hele (autograph letter replying to Richardson's congratulations and adding "I'm afraid it is all a little bit oo much for us and our quiet way of life at the moment", 21 January 1983); Norman Edward Hoad (typed letter on the Air League headed paper, reading in part "It was good of you to take the trouble to write and reassuring to me that at least someone had read what I had to say! I am not sure to what extent letters to newspapers do any good but as one cannot be certain it is better than doing nothing", 31 May 1979); June Mendoza (two postcards, one thanking Mr Richardson for his warm words "on my receiving an O.B.E.", 9 January 2004); Bridget Reiley (typed thank-you note, 1 April 1976); Graham Sutherland (typed note regarding his letter published in the Sunday telegraph, 4 December 1975); John Piper (one postcard and one autograph letter thanking Mr Richardson for his letter "about the Ridgeway letter in The Times. It was very kind of you to write. I have had a number of sympathetic reactions, I am glad to say", 1 November 1977); Feliks Topolski (three thank-you letters, one dated 1977); and John Skeaping (one typed letter mentioning the death of Barbara Hepworth (That she should have ended her very distinguished career in this terrible way in unthinkable, and it is only to be hoped that she was not too conscious of what was happening to her ", 26 May 1975; and an autograph letter regarding the publication of his autobiography "Autobiographies are very dangerous things, for if they are true they are bound to give offence to some people", 17 February 1977); most letters accompanied by original mailing envelopes, v.s. (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Artists
Selection of letters, photographs and ephemera signed by prominent artists, comprising: cards and clipped signatures by Alfred Munnings, Frederick Leighton (brief thank you note and autograph letter 28 January 1890), Pietro Annigoni, Augustus John, Peter Howson, Graham Sutherland, John Ryan (pen ink sketch of Captain Pugwash); photographs and prints signed by Antony Gormley, Peter Blake, Hugh Casson, Gilbert & George, Norman Thelwell and Grayson Perry, v.s. (15)
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Autograph Collection.- Artists, Musicians and Writers
A collection of manuscript letters, clipped autographs, documents etc from various musicians, authors, artists and theatre personalities, including: Sir Edward German: Jonathan Blewett, August van Bine: Victor Vreuls, Alan Bush, C Armstrong Gibbs, Peter Racine Fricker, Joseph Holbrooke: Walter Susskind, Gilbert Vinter, Felix Weingartner, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Theodore Flint, Ivor Newton, Leon Woizikovsky: Arturo Pessina: Gervase Elwes: signed photographs including Ania Dorfmann, Tito Gobbi, Elizabeth Maconchy, Peter Katin: signed programmes by Clara Butt, Philip Hattey, John Joubert, Carl Dolmetsch, Joseph Weingarten: signed printed score of three organ pieces by Samuel Sebastian Wesley: autographed copy of ‘Concinamus’ (selected Winchester College songs) plus printed score of Dulce Domum by J Hoskyns-Abrahall and laid in Lord Ronald Gower; Daniel Maclise; Mary Thorneycroft; George Studdy (signed sketch of ‘Bonzo’); Augustus Pugin; Sir John Watson Gordon; William Williams; Robert Frankland; Samuel Redgrave; Frank Salisbury; G H Boughton; Bernard Partridge; Mary Linwood; Joseph Unwin, manuscript text extract from Arthur Murphy’s ‘Life of David Garrick’(published 1801); Sir Bernard Miles; Sybil Thorndike; Ivor Novello; David Warner; Clifford Harrison; Mrs Patrick Campbell; Fanny Kemble; Gordon Jackson; Ellaline Terris; Florence Desmond; Lionel Brough; Henry Irving (son of…); C Hayden Coffin; H.G. Pelissier; Alastair Sim; printed leaflet for Sir Ralph Richardson’s last theatre role (‘Inner Voices’) – he died just before the first night; 1952 programme for the Arts Theatre (London) production of ‘Maria Marten’ directed by Alec Clunes; pre-1880 programme for Evans Music-and-Supper Rooms; signed photographs of Sir Henry Irving and Arthur Wimperis; also including: bookplate of Arnold Bennett (v. good, unused, with original gum); Thomas Bowdler; Thomas Hughes; Margot Asquith; F.C. Burnand; Louis Zangwill; Samuel Butler; John Middleton Murry; Mrs Humphrey Ward; Phyllis Bentley; Pat Lawlor; Aubert Herbert; James Bridie; Theodora Benson; Gilbert Cannan; Theodore Martin; Archibald Richard Hyslop; Ivor Brown; Agnes & Egerton Castle; Maurice Baring; Robert Blatchford and many others; a collection of manuscript notes and writings by various hands; a collection of cuttings, prints, photographic portraits etc, (large qty)
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Autograph Collection.- Authors
Selection of cards signed by prominent authors, comprising: P.G. Wodehouse, Daphne Du Maurier ( With good wishes, yours sincerely Daphne du Maurier), Kate Douglas Wiggin (autograph quotation signed "God bless the brick house that was! God bless the brick house that is to be!"), Laurier Lee (autograph note signed to Mr Braybrooke, reading "I'm afraid I knew T.R. Ackerley only slightly- well enough to salute in the street and perhaps exchange a few words with; but the only correspondence I had with him would have been in the late 40s/early 50s, in his capacity as literary editor of The Listener - when he would perhaps accept a poem of mine or reject one. I still have some somewhere, but it would take some time to unearth them, and being wartime letters I doubt they would interest you. I regret not having known him better", 24 September 1971), Kinglsey Amis (autograph note signed to Mr Braybrooke, saying "Sorry, no letters from poor J.R.A. You should have had them and welcome if they had existed", 11 October 1971), Thomas Hughes (autograph letter signed to Mr Bancroft, reading "I hope your kind present of your lately published vol has not being lying here without acknowledgement for many days. The fact is that I only found it here on my return home last night. I shall read it with much intent and am much obliged by your kind thought of me", 28 November 1893) and R.D. Blackmore (autograph note signed, refusing to "sign an engagement for a work so far in front, especially as I have a tale now in hand which has been pledged and will take all my writing time", 3 February 1892), v.s. (6)
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Autograph Collection.- British Comedians
Collection of photographs signed by various British comedians and entertainers, comprising: Eric Sykes, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise (postcard signed by both), Kenneth Williams (clipped signature), Hattie Jacques (clipped signature), Barbara Windsor (signed index card), Leslie Phillips, Jim Dale and Bernard Bresslaw (typed letter to a fan, reading in part "I am pleased you enjoyed my 'Quince'. Certainly I enjoyed playing it. I understand that the possibility exists of the production going on a short tour of the provinces [...] Certainly the company would be glad of the chance to play it again", two pages, 20 October 1967), v.s. (9) the largest items 20.5 x 25.5.cm
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Autograph Collection.- British Politicians
Large collection of letters and cards by Lord High Chancellors and Speakers of the House of Commons, all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: Lord Elwyn - Jones (three thank-you letters, one about his election to an Honorary Fellowship of Gonville and Caius, 1976-1980); Lord Gardiner (nineteen letters, mostly about sessions in the House of Lords: "I am afraid that we have not had much a holiday because, for the first time in history, the Lords not only sat until the middle of August but are sitting again now, today on the European Communities' Bill and tomorrow on the Report Stage of the Criminal Justice Bill", 20 September 1972; "It was too late this session to start a Bill on the problem of old convictions but I am hoping to introduce such a Bill at the beginning of next Session", 6 June1972; "We got the Rehabilitation Bill through Second Reading last night but whether we shall have time to complete its passage before the end of this month remains, I am afraid, very doubtful", 16 July 1974, etc; also including ten Christmas cards, two signed, the others unsigned); Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone (nineteen letters, mostly thanking Mr Richardson for his letters, his support and birthday wishes, one also saying "Judges are very knowledgeable people and very human men and women. As you say, they cannot answer for themselves but it seems to be fashionable nowadays to throw brick-bats at people who cannot defend themselves", 20 September 1973; five thank-you cards and four signed Christmas cards); Lord Havers (one signed Christmas card and seven typed letters, mostly thanking Mr Richardson, one also saying "We have made a very good start here in the Constituency and have every hope of a successful campaign", 12 February 1974); Lord Mackay of Clashfern (four letters, one reading "I greatly appreciate your good wishes and your expression of interest in the Scottish Courts. I hope that the article will indeed help to give the public a fairer impression than they presently have of the importance of the law and of the general fairness of its method of operation", 21 November 1974); John Simon Bercow (autograph thank-you letter); the Baroness Boothroyd (thank-you postcard, 5 May 2008); Lord Selwyn-Lloyd (fifteen letters, mostly replying to Richardson's birthday wishes, one sent after his election as Speaker of the House of Commons, 25 January 1971); Lord Maybray-King (black and white signed photograph of Horace King as Speaker of the House of Commons, two Christmas cards (one signed) and eleven autograph thank-you notes, 1970-1982); George Thomas, the Viscount Tonypandy (fourteen typed letters and one signed Christmas card, the letters thanking Mr Richardson for his birthday wishes, his congratulations on Degrees conferred upon Thomas by various Universities, one letter saying "It is a tremendous encouragement for me to know that you find such pleasure in my re-appointment. It is a great privilege to preside over the Mother of Parliaments, and I earnestly hope that I will be able to keep faith with all of you who have put such trust in me"; another letter says "I am absolutely thrilled that I have been invited to participate in the Marriage Ceremony of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. We live in a wonderful country when a miner's son can be invited to such a splendid occasion", 7 July 1981); and Lord Weatherill (ten letters, one reading "Let us hope that our new Leader will go from strength to strength and that it will not be long before the Conservatives are returned to Government", 4 March 1975; another one reading "My campaign in Croydon North East is proceeding splendidly , and I am hoping that I shall increase my present majority of just over 2000, and on our return to Westminster we may indeed be sitting on the Government side of the House" 30 April 1979; and fifteen Christmas cards), v.s. (large quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Cinema Interest
Collection of letters and photographs signed by various actors and entertainers, including: Billy Wilder (signed photograph); Robert Newton 9clipped signature); Gloria Swanson (clipped signature); Robert Mitchum (signed photograph); Richard Burton (signed card); George Formby (two signed album pages); Rod Steiger (signed index card); Charles Durning (signed album page); Laurence Olivier (signed album page and clipped signature); Charlotte Rampling (signed magazine photograph); Kenneth Branagh (signed screen programme for 'Henry V'); Victor Silvester (signed album page); Walter Matthau (signed album page); Katharine Hepburn (signed card); Richard Attenborough (VHS cover for "Oh! What a Lovely War!" film); Kevin Brownlow (typed letter signed); Robert Newton (signed photograph and clipped signature); Burt Lancaster (signed album page); Olivia de Havilland (signed menu card for a dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the de Havilland Comet, also signed by John Cat's Eyes Cunningham and Pat Fillingham); Woody Strode (signed black and white photograph); Adrienne Corri (signed album page); Robert Fosse (typed letter, saying "I'm afraid that you have me confused with someone else. While I was an actor at one time I am a director and choreographer, and have not appeared as an actor for many years", 13 November 1968); Fred Barnes (signed album page with self-caricature); Leslie Henson (signed album page); Sidney Poitier (signed card); C. Aubrey Smith (signed vintage photograph); Coral Browne (autograph letter signed); a group of signatures from the film 'Zulu' (Michael Caine, Denys Graham, Ivor Emmanuel, Stanley Baker and James Booth); Lilian Gish (signed card); Richard Dimbleby (signed photograph); Lowell Thomas (signed card); Matt Pritchett 9signed card with sketch); Ludovic Kennedy (signed card); Philip Madoc (signed photograph); Clive Dunn (signed album page and photograph); Chrystabel Leighton-Porter (signed photograph); Benedict Cumberbatch (signed photograph) and Tom Hiddleston (signed photograph), also including some unsigned ephemera (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Comedians & Entertainers
Group of loose album pages signed by Norman Wisdom, Bruce Forsyth, Dusty Springfield, Dickie Valentine, Cilla Black, Michael Bentine, Kevin Ross, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Joan Regan, and others, v.s. (10) the largest items 12.5 x 15cm
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Autograph Collection.- Companions of Literature
A collection of letters and cards by prominent literary figures, all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: John Betjeman (six letters and four cards, one letter reading “Highgate Old Cemetery (and its double chapel) are well-known to me, its present state is deplorable though romantic. I think it has enough distinguished tombs as well as tombs of distinguished people to justify its preservation on architectural and landscape grounds”, 20 May 1973); David Gascoyne Cecil (thirteen thank-you letters, mostly handwritten, 1972-1975); Kenneth Clark (seven typed letters, one reading “Thank you for your kindness to me about my burglary. The distressing thing was not the material loss but the fact that everything taken was either a present from my wife or something that we had collected together, or part of my mother’s jewellery or of my father’s collection of boxes and seals”, 12 March 1977; another letter is about his resignation from the Chancellorship of York University “I have greatly enjoyed my connection with York, and am very sorry to go, but I have come to realise that I can give less time to it than I should like”, 9 March 1979); Cecil Day-Lewis (one typed letter saying “I am so glad you were interested in the Observer poems. That ten year old was good, wasn’t he?”, 8 December 1970; and a thank-you card); Michael Frayn (thank-you letter, 3 February 2003); Kazuo Ishiguro (typed letter replying to Richardson’s congratulations on Ishiguro’s OBE, 2 July 1995); Michael Holroyd (three postcards, one reading “I’m delighted you enjoyed my Times article and it was very kind of you to write. You might like my Penguin, Unreceived Opinion, which is partly made up of such pieces”, 20 November 1976); Peter Larkin (typed letter thanking Richardson “for your good wishes on my recent award of Companion of Literature”, 27 July 1978); Compton Mackenzie (five typed letters, mostly discussing his health, one saying “I am hoping very much will enable me to read at least some of the Coda to My Life and Times which I hope to start next autumn…I find the board very helpful for signing letters. I am still smoking with enjoyment!”, 18 April 1972); Iris Murdoch (sixteen handwritten cards, thanking Mr Richardson for his birthday and season greetings); Harold Pinter (four autograph thank-you letters and one thank-you card, 1974-2001); Victor Sawdon Pritchett (eleven postcards and Christmas cards and one autograph thank-you note, 3 July 1975); Steven Runciman (three thank-you cards and two letters, one reading “Not possessing a television set and disliking the sound of my voice-and I am not over-keen about my appearance- I did not see the Cecil Beaton programme. I hope it was all right”, 26 September 1984); and Tom Stoppard (four thank-you cards, one saying “It was kind of you to take the trouble to write to me about Three Men in A Boat. I am pleased you enjoyed the production”, 14 September 1977); v.s. (quantity)
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Autograph Collection - Coutts & Burdett Families
An archive of envelopes, letters, papers and ephemera relating to the Coutts banking family (including the Burdetts) and in particular Baroness Angela Burdett Coutts, including: four envelopes addressed to Thomas Coutts and Mrs Coutts from the Duke of York & Albany and the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV) in 1834; eight envelopes addressed to or from Sir Francis Burdett dated 1831-1838 including from Lord McDonald, Lord Hill and Lord Althorp (later Earl Spencer); a passport for Baroness Burdett-Coutts dated 1888, stamped entry for Portugal; a group of envelopes (8) from 1837-9 including from the Duke of Clarence, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, some to the Duchess of St Albans and one from Prince Leopold to Thomas Coutts; various envelopes not to Burdett-Coutts family members but possibly Coutts employees; part printed invitation to the Burdett-Coutts family to a reception at Apsley House, and others, v.s. (quantity
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Autograph Collection.- Garter Principal Kings of Arms
A selection of letters by four Garter Principal Kings of Arms, all addressed to Mr Richardson, comprising: Sir Alexander Colin Cole (seven letters, one about his election "as Master of the Scriveners Company" and adding "It is a nice Chair to hold, albeit for a year only and having been a Liveryman of the Company for over twenty years I feel at last I have arrived, at least in a Scrivener sense!", 31 July 1978); Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones (thank-you letter about his C.V.O., 16 June 1998); Anthony Richard Wagner (thirty nine typed letters, mostly thanking Mr Richardson for birthday wishes, season greetings, congratulations on various appointments, etc, a few discussing the conditions of Highgate Cemetery. One letter says "I took an opportunity to go there with my old friend S.J. Garton...to look at the situation and now have a fairly clear picture...My view is that certain places of this kind ought either to be scheduled as ancient monuments or Listed as wholes or groups, since their great historical interest consist much more in the total effect that in the individual monuments", 10 April 1973; a later letter says "I have started putting our feelers on the general question of listing for pure historical as against architectural value, which seems to me to be the key to this sort case", 8 May 1973); Sir Conard Swan (five letters and one card, one letter thanking Mr Richardson for his wishes "upon my departing for Australia in order to carry out duties in Tabard - the first time that such has been so executed in the Southern Hemisphere. I am pleased to be able to report that everything passed off well even if our Official regalia was not exactly designed for use within several miles of the Tropic of Capricorn as is Brisbane, Queensland, where the ceremony took place!", 30 March 1977); v.s. (53)
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Autograph Collection.- Incl. Albert Einstein
An extraordinary autograph collection featuring several prominent figures of the 20th century:
Authors and artists : Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton (brief autograph letter), T.S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Augustus John, Compton Mackenzie, Daphne du Maurier, A.A. Milne, Gilbert Murray, Marcel Achard, Sholem Asch, Ivor (‘Bunny’) Bannet, Clifford Bax, J.F. Horrabin (cartoonist), Laurence Housman, David Langdon, James Laver, G.M. Trevelyan, Hugo Tyerman (editor: The Children’s Newspaper), Bernard Berenson, Anna Freud, Ivor Brown, George Bernard Shaw, Roland Searle, J.B. Priestley, (Judge) Roland L. Vaughan Williams, ‘VICKY’ (with cartoon and personal dedication), Glanville Williams, Victor Gollancz, A.P. Herbert and Eden Phillpotts;
Political Leaders: Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, David Lloyd George, Vincent Auriol, Lord Bearsted, Henry Brooke, A. Butler, Anthony Eden, Hugh Gaitskell, Herbert Morrison, Leslie Hore-Belisha, George Lansbury, Krishna Menon, Lord Nuffield, Richard R. Stokes, Gordon Touche, Sydney Silverman, and Ian Orr-Ewing, Douglas Bader and Montgomery of Alamein;
Scientists and Explorer s: Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, George Cansdale, James Hemming, John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl and Knut Haugland (1947 Kon-Tiki Expedition), Admiral R.G.R. Evans, Piccard, Albert Schweitzer, Tenzing Norgay, and Frank Whittle;
Classical Dancers and Choreographers : Galina Ulanova, Anton Dolin, Ninette de Valois, Alicia Markova, Margot Fonteyn and Rina Nikova;
Actors and Entertainers : Alec Guinness, Charles Laughton, Orson Welles, Gabriel Woolf, Syd Seymour, Joan Rice, Patrick McGoohan, Herbert Lom, Valerie Hobson, Yvonne Arnaud, Ursula Howells, Pat Kirkwood, Bernard Miles, Philip Slessor (early BBC announcer), Robert Wagner, Diana Dors, Gregory Peck, Vic Oliver, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Ramon Navarro, David Niven, John Mills, Jane Russell, Anna Neagle, Greer Garson, Stewart Granger, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Janet Leigh, Eric Portman, Moira Lister, Gina Lollobrigida, Paul Scofield, Mary Martin, Eric Portman, Michael Redgrave, Arthur Askey (signed photo), Gene Autry (signed photo), Noel Coward, Ingrid Bergman, Vera Lynn (signed photo), Claire Bloom (signed photo), Max Bygraves (signed photo), Jimmy Edwards (signed photo), Deborah Kerr (signed photo); Gina Lollobrigida (signed photo), Sophia Loren (signed photo), Edith Evans, Wendy Hiller, Joyce Grenfell, John Gielgud, Gracie Fields, Donald Hewlett, McDonald (‘Mac) Hobley, Kenneth Horne, Dave King, Margaret Leighton, Steward MacPherson, Albert Modley, Peter Haigh, Jeannette Batti, Danièle Delorme, McDonald Hobley (tv announcer), Leo Genn, Charles Trenet (French singer), Ted Ray (signed photo), Eamonn Andrews, Stanley Black, Jacqueline Boyer, Peter Broughand Archie Andrews, Fernandel, Michael Finlayson, George Robey (signed cartoon), Margaret Rutherford (signed photo), Jean Simmons (signed photo) Sybil Thorndike, Donald Wolfit (signed photo), Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Ayres, Joyce Barbour, Charlie Chester, Tommy Cooper, Janette Scott, Joy Shelton, Dinah Sheridan, Sydney Tafler, Ann Todd, Pearl Newman, Edmundo Ros, Derek Roy, Sheila Sweet, Charles Trenet, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Elsie and Doris Waters, Bransby Williams, Doanld Peers and Mai Zetterling;
Composers, Conductors, Opera Singers and Musicians : Igor Stravinsky, Cyril Scott, William Walton, Jan Sibelius, Benjamin Britten (signed music score for 'Cantata Academica' and signed letter), Eric Coates, Arnold Bax, Arthur Benjamin, Lennox Berkeley (letter), Rutland Boughton, John Ireland, Edward Krish, Darius Milhaud (signed photo), Roger Quilter (letter), Mark Hambourg, John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham, Vittorio Gui, Adrian C. Boult, Charles Groves, Otto Klemperer, Walter Susskind, Charles Mackerras, Carlo Maria Giulini, Basil Cameron, Guido Cantelli, Anatole Fistoulari, Josef Krips, Serge Krish, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eugene Ormandy, Rudolf Schwarz, Fritz Stiedry, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Gobbi, Plácido Domingo (on a copy of vocal score of Othello), Maria Callas, Victoria de los Angeles (signed photo), Giovanni Martinelli (signed photograph), Lauritz Melchior (signed photograph), Georges Noré, Paul Robeson, Jan Peerce, Tito Schipa, Margherita Carosio, Lisa Della Casa, Boris Christoff, Edith Coates, Joan Cross, Frederick Dalberg (signed photo), Mattiwilda Dobbs, Marta Eggerth (signed photo), Edgar Evans, Geraldine Farrar (signed photo), Kirsten Flagstad, Amelita Galli-Curci, Joan Hammond, Luigi Infantino, Sena Jurinac (signed photo), Gino Mattera, Richard Lewis, Lotte Lehman (signed photo), Martin Lawrence, Jan Kiepura, Oreste Kirkop, Arnold Matters, Walter Midgley, Martha Mödl (signed photo), Georges Noré (signed photo), Juan Oncina (signed photo), Lily Pons, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (signed photo), Erna Schlüter, Irmgard Seefried (signed photo), Constance Shacklock (signed photo), Amy Shuard, Paolo Silveri, Muriel Smith, Ebe Stignani (signed photo), Renata Tebaldi (signed photo), Jennie Tourel, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ramon Vinay (signed on back of photo as Samson), Norman Walker, thecCast of D’Oyly Carte company (for The Mikado 1952); Claudio Arrau, Yehudi Menuhin, Billy Cotton, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Larry Adler, J Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Gerald Moore (signed photo), Burl Ives, Yvonne Catterall, Harriet Cohen, Raymond Cohen, Iso Elinson, Tennessee Ernie, Louis Godowsky, Leon Goossens, Johnny Hess, Myra Hess;
Cricketers : Don Bradman (signed photo, 1948 and signed letter, 1987), Essex cricket club, Denis Compton, Leslie Compton, J.G. Dewes, W.J. Edrich, J.W. Hearne, E. Patsy Hendren, Brian Statham, R. Tattersall), Leicestershire cricket club (incl. J. Goodwin, Vic Jackson, Jim Sperry, J. Smith, G.A. Smithson, F.M. Turner, Jack Walsh, C,R,D, Wooler), Northamptonshire cricket club (incl. Mick Allen, Keith Andrew, Des Barrick, W, Barron, L.G. Berry, V(ince) Broderick, D(ennis) Brookes, F(reddy) R. Brown, E. Davis, G.W. Clarke, Ken Fidling, Ray Hogan, L. Livingston, A.E. Nutter, N. Oldield, Brian Reynolds, S. Starkie, George Tribe, Frank Tyson), Somerset cricket club (incl. H.T. Buse, H. Gimblett, H.L. Hazell, J. Lawrence, J. Redman, Roy Smith, H.W. Stephenson, M.F. Tremlett), West Indian cricket team in England, 1950 (incl. ohn Goddard(captain), Robert Christiani, Gerry Gomez, Hines Johnson, Prior Jones, Roy Marshall, Lance Pierre, Allan Rae, Sonny Ramadhin, Jeff Stollmeyer, Kenneth Trestrail, Alf Valentine, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Cecil Williams, Frank Worrell), Indian cricket team to England, 1952, Australian cricket team to England, 1953 (incl. Lindsay Hassett (captain), Arthur Morris, Ron Archer, Ritchie Benaud, Ian Craig, Alan Davidson, Jim de Courcy, Neil Harvey, Jack Hill, Graeme Hole, Bill Jounston, Gil Langley, Ray Lindwall, Colin McDonald, Keith Miller, Doug Ring, Don Tallon);
Football : Sam Bartram (Charlton Athletic F.C.), Bolton Wanderers team, 1953, Jimmy Dickinson, Tom Finney, England (vs. Scotland) team, 1953, Alex Forbes, Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth, Leicester City), Redfern Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday F.C.), Leon Joseph (Leytonstone F.C.), Fred Harris (Birmingham F.C.), Wilf Mannion, Gil Merrick (Birmingham), Bert Mozley (Derby County F.C.), Alf Ramsey, George Robb, Ronnie Rooke, Laurie Scott (Arsenal and England), Len Shackleton (Sunderland F.C.), Albert Stubbins (Liverpool F.C.), Rolando Ugolini (Middlesborough goalkeeper), Charlie Wayman (Southampton F.C.), Winterbottom (Manager, England football team) and others;
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Autograph Collection.- Incl. Cliff Richard
Large blue ballpoint ink signature "Best wishes ! Cliff Richard" on the front endpaper of a BBC Diary 1990; black ink signatures by Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul; clipped signature by Ronnie Baker, and another one, v.s. (4)
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Autograph Collection.- Legal World and Politics & Politicians
A large collection of autographs, manuscript letters, clipped autographs, etc, including: Lord Salisbury (letters regarding the police Strikes of 1918-1919 "The Police strike ought not to go by without the gravest notice in Parliament. I do not desire to pronounce any opinion as to how far the Government were to blame"; and another small collection of letters); Sidney Webb (small collection); William Gladstone (manuscript poems amended plus early clipped signature); Robert Peel (note to the Speaker); a manuscript note (in pencil, marked ‘secret’, and '10 Downing Street') dated 18th December 1915 to Sir Douglas (Haig?) regarding military matters plus a transcribed note from Marshal Foch of 1918; letter from Downing Street dated 1857 from Maurice Drummond (Lord Strathallan); Christmas card from Harold Wilson at Downing Street; letter from George Lansbury; envelope to Hugh Childers MP from John Bright; Daniel O’Connell: laudatory handwritten note about O’Connell plus sealed envelope closure marked ‘Cahirciveen’ possibly in O’Connell’s hand; letter from William George, brother of Lloyd George; letter from Lord Colin Campbell; Sir Henry Neville Dering; Lord Rowton; Augustine Birrell (small collection); Sir Thomas Dyke Acland (letter expressing his intention to subscribe to the Culm Vol Rifle Corps, 1859); Edwin Chadwick (brief autograph note); Charles Bowyer Adderley (three autograph letters); Attorneys and Solicitors General including: 1st Earl Cains; Sir William Atherton, Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn, Sir John Burgess Karslake, Sir Frank Lockwood; Sir James Scarlett; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (collection of letters), Sir William Follett (collection); Lord Chief Justices including: Lord Coleridge (collection), Sir Richard Webster; Sir Randall Palmer, 1st Earl Selbourne; Sir Nicholas Conygham Tindal; Sir Richard Webster, plus others; Lord Chancellors including: 1st Earl Eldon (collection of letters); Lord Brougham & Vaux; Lord Hewart (collection), Lord Lyndhurst (collection), plus others; and many other letters, notes, cuttings, documents and portrait prints (large qty)
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Autograph Collection.- Letters to David Gest
Selection of letters and cards addressed to producer David Gest, including: Paul Anka (autograph letter signed "Paul", reading "I hope this finds the new you in high spirits and good thoughts! All is well here, and I have been very up from our talks recently", n.d.); Paula Prentiss (autograph card reading "It was very moving to see those video tapes of our movies. I didn’t realise how proud I would feel"); Vanessa Redgrave (autograph letter signed "Vanessa", saying "HBO have agreed to put up $350.000 which is a great step forward for us", 2 July 2002); Anne Francis; Ann Blyth (signed wedding card and autograph letter "what a party! I'll be smiling for some time remembering where and with whom I spent my birthday. Jimi and I enjoyed every moment of our 'home town' visit", n.d.); Rhonda Fleming (typed letter expressing her happiness for being invited to David's wedding, 21 January 2001); Annabella Power (autograph letter "It was like a dream our stay in California. Too short a dream but a wonderful one"); Elyse Harmon (card declining gest's invitation to attend the International Achievement in Arts Award Party); Mary Ann Mobley Collins (typed letter congratulating Gest "on a herculean job!" and adding "I don; t know how you did it, but somehow it all managed to become a wonderful week end, and I think that everyone enjoyed it", 7 December 1995); Betty Lynn (signed card, "I can't begin to express how much it meant to me to attend the American Cinema Awards. Congratulations to you on another exciting and beautiful evening"), Lizabeth Scott (2card saying 2The American Cinema Awards presentation was sensational. What a producer you are!); Alec McCowen; Donald Sinder (autograph card declining an invitation), v.s. (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Military Interest
Collection of letters and signatures by various officers, comprising: Lord Kitchener (signed album page); Colonel William Cornwallis-West (clipped signature); Sir George Stuart White (clipped signature); Sir George Tryon (autograph letter inviting General Knowles when Governor of Malta, to join a daily’s cruise when some Whitehead torpedoes would be run", 15 May 1893); Sir Bindon Blood (vintage signed photograph); Major-General Henry Pipon (partially printed ticket allowing Captain H.I. Rice of the Welsh Guards to take photographs within the precinct of the Tower of London, 20 August 1921); Sir Harry Broadhurst (signed First Day Cover and typed letter arranging an appointment, 29 October 1962); Air Vice-Marshal Ramsay Rae (thank you note to a Mr Lever, 12 October 1988); Eric 'Winkle' Brown (signed First Day Cover); Derek Godfrey Kinne (holder of the George Cross for the value showed while prisoner of the Chinese troops in the Korean war); Johnny Longstaff (signed booklet about the International Brigade Memorial); Maurice Buckmaster (clipped signature); Arthur E. Percival (signed card); Lieutenant-Colonel Terrance Otway (signed photograph); Lord Fraser of North Cape (signed album page also featuring other signatures); Flight-Lieutenant John A. Cruickshank (signed card); Odette Hallowes (typed brief note); Traudl Junge (signed photograph); R.W. Leon, the first man to enter Hitler's bunker (brief typed letter); General James Dolittle (two signed photographs); Montgomery of Alamein (signed card), Sir Charles Townsend (clipped signature and autograph letter arranging a meeting); Sir Ian Hamilton (signed card); Sir Henry Hughes Wilson (signed letter receipt); Jacob Baser (signed card); Chase Wilson (signed envelope); Louis Kayo Erwin (signed card); also including signed First day Covers, a few items framed and glazed, v.s. (39)
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Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous
Large collection of letters and photographs signed by various celebrities, including: Christopher Lee, Julie Walters, Diana Rigg, Bernard Cribbins, Sarah Duchess of York (signed photograph and letter saying in part "We are all in a similar place because how on earth can we express the pain in our hearts?", 25 September 1997), Spike Milligan (signed photograph and two signed typed notes), Richard Attenborough, Ken Dodd, Phil Collins, Eric Sykes, Michael Bentine, Norman Wisdom, Cliff Richard, Bill Pertwee, Prunella Scales, George Cole, Roy Hudd, Dick Emery, Jimmy Young, Terry Wogan, Gracie Fields, Michael Parkinson, Henry Secombe, Michael Crawford, Tom Courtenay, Peter Sellers, Russ Conway, Edward Fox, Ian Carmichael, Wilfred Pickles, John Gielgud (signed theatre flyleaf), Honor Blackman, James Bolam, Brian May, Pat Coombs, Des O'Connor, David Jason, Johnny Briggs, Elizabeth Dawn and others, also including a few photographs bearing secretarial signatures, v.s. (quantity) 3 folders, each 31 x 24 x 2cm
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Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous
Large collection of autographs by various actors, entertainers and sport celebrities, including: Wendy Richard, Emma Thompson, Juliette Binoche, Lyn Redgrave, Virginia McKenna, Susan Hampshire, Juliet Stevenson, Vanessa Kirby, Susannah York, Anne-Marie Duff, Des O'Connor, Honor Blackman, Heather Mills, Lesley Joseph, Emilia Fox, Timothy West, Jerry Hall, Michelle Ryan, Jesse Eisenberg, Brenda Blethyn, Anita Dobson, James Dreyfus, Greta Scacchi, Richard E. Grant, Samantha Bond, Penelope Wilton, Anthony Minghella, Joanna Lumley, Donald Sinden, Hugh Grant, Michael Heseltine, Gemma Jones, Bradley Walsh, Michael McIntyre, Vicki Michelle, Christopher Ryan, Richard Briers, Ricky Gervais, Alan Dale, Bill Bailey, Sean Lock, Rob Brydon, Freddie Starr, Ken Dodd, Bobby Davro and others, v.s. (large quanity)
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Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous
An unusual collection of letters and notes by various politicians, journalists, clergymen and entertainers, mostly 19th century, highlights including: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (autograph letter to Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies, reading in part "I have been trying to hunt up the papers showing the precise nature of the apprehension Canada entertains with regards to isolated negotiations by Newfoundland. I have not, however, been able to find a very clear statement of the point of their objection...The fact that Newfoundland is an independent Colony does not relieve it of all necessity for considering the interests of the Dominions in negotiating with a Foreign Power... Newfoundland ought to have been found to belong to the Dominions but having been allowed her independence, she must not be allowed to make it a nuisance", six pages, Foreign Office, 3 January 189); John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley (autograph letter to Lord Ribblesdale, saying "If you should be disposed to help us in the debate on the Irish Bill, I should be very glad, we shall want all our speakers", one page, 35 Lowndes Square, 12 August 1893); William Ewart Gladstone (autograph note enclosing a list of population numbers, two pages, 5 November 1877); James Toovey, publisher and bookseller of Piccadilly (autograph letter to an unknown recipient, reading in part "I was so very sorry to see the account of the disastrous fire in your house and trust you did not lose anything that you may not be able to replace" and advising on the costs paid for "Foreign Field Sports", two pages, 177 Piccadilly, 14 January 1894); George Levenson Gower, Earl Granville (autograph letter to Montague Bernard, asking "Have you time and inclination to join with Tenterden in drawing up the case on the Alabama claims?", two pages, Foreign Office, 21 June 1871); Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (autograph letter concerning the Sugar Convention and saying "The most important provision in the Convention is that England, a consuming nation, is bound to boycott certainly France and the United States -most probably Belgium, Austria and Brazil prohibit all import from them", four pages, House of Commons, 16 April 1889); Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl Rosebery (autograph letter to an unknown recipient, saying "I wished for your presence even more today, because today I saw an article in 'Truth'...in which Huntington and I are reputed to raw in a dirty trading spirit, and I cannot be sure if notice should not be taken of it. Labouchere and I have always been friendly, and I do not believe he would knowingly allow me to have dirt thrown at me by the wretched scribbles he employs to write his sporting articles...The acquisition of Cyprus makes us particeps enemies in the partition of Turkey - the position in which our bitterest enemies hardly hoped to place us", three pages, Mentmore, 12 July 1878); Leopold de Rothschild (autograph letter to an unknown recipient, asking him to attend as a Stewart at a Royal Theatrical Fund event, two pages, New Court, 6 May 1890); George Augustus Sala (autograph letter to F.L. , saying in part "The Antipodean Expedition...involves a grand peut-être. I have been so accustomed, in the course of thirty five years grinding in the Philistines' mills of journalism, to bitter disappointment that I shall be quite content If I get home again with a whole skin", one page, 46 Mecklenburg Square, 22 December 1884); John Lawrence Toole (autograph note answering to an autograph request, one page. Folly Theatre, 21 December 1880); Thomas Babington, Baron Macaulay (autograph note apologising with the recipient for not meeting him, one page, Holly Lodge, 5 July 1856); Field Marshal Frederick Roberts (typed letter to W.A. Williams, declining an invitation to open the range for the Hackney Municipal Officers' Club, one page, Englemere, 22 November 1907); Elizabeth Schumann (signed souvenir programme for a concert on February 27th, 1935); Hugh Foot, The Lord Caradon (typed letter to Dr Christopher Woodard, regarding funds raised for the Vietnam Hospital, two pages, House of Lords, 10 September 1975), and others, also including signatures of George IV as Prince Regent and Queen Victoria clipped from Royal Warrants; v.s. (qty)
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Autograph Collection.- Miscellaneous
A varied collection of largely 19th and early 20th century autographs, manuscript letters, clipped autographs, etc, including: 30 clipped signatures of William Gladstone; a large assortment of clipped signatures including Lord Salisbury, Arthur Balfour, Lord Lansdowne, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Northbrook, Lord Kimberley, Lord Palmerston, Lord Dufferin & Ava, Lord Randolph Churchill; a letter from Justin Mcarthy MP, Irish Nationalist MP; two censored World War I-era letters during the 1916 Easter Rebellion plus items related to the Burke family including Royal invitations; clipped signatures of Field Marshals (Lord Wolseley, Lord Roberts, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Sir Baldwin Wake Walker); unusual January 1901 letter of appointment for an army officer, issued in Queen Victoria’s name but signed (possibly with a stamp) by King Edward VII as the king had just acceded to the throne; Imperial Japanese invitation to a ball at the Akasaka Palace in November 1908 plus others; letter of accreditation for Sir Robert Adair to the Royal Court of Belgium; permit to attend a gallery for the 1953 Coronation; letter from Windsor Castle signed by Lord Stamfordham; letter of 1859 signed from St James’s Palace by Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland; letter signed by Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge; a small collection of items relating to Admiral Sir William Kennedy, including letters from Lord Stamfordham and others, invitations to royal events including the funeral of Edward VII, an order of service; etc, etc; autographs of: Lady Minto, Vicereine of India (1905-1910) signed at Simla, Lord Abercromby, Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts; notes of a speech by Lord Charles Beresford ; a quantity of items relating to the Stopford family, Earls of Courtown, including a watercolour sketch of an Irish property; Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton (funeral service, 1873 signed by the Earl of Lytton); letter from the Duke of Buckingham (n.d.); Lord Edward Cavendish; a letter from Frank Buckland (Francis Trevelyan Buckland), zoologist & natural historian; a note from Sir Ray Lankester, zoologist; notes by Howard Fox, Cornish scientist, consul and businessman, Max Mueller, philologist ando orientalist and Frederick Hamilton Davey, Cornish botanist; letters, notes and clipped autographs by clergymen and religious figures including: William Selwyn, Mandell Creighton as Bishop of London; Bishop of Truro; Samuel Horsley, Bishop of Rochester; Dean Frederick Farrar, John Williams, missionary, murdered and eaten in the Pacific islands; a small collection of cut pages of signatures of musicians at events held in Leeds including: Adelina Patti, Alfredo Piatti, Joseph Joachim, violinist (1831-1907 ); Thérèse Tietjens, Fanny Stirling, and others; album pages signed by: Bruce Forsyth, Eleanor Powell, Feodor Chaliapin, Gabriel Pierne, Dolores del Rio, Marlene Dietrich, Noël Coward, Pablo de Sarasate, Albert Chevalier, Squire Bancroft, Ellen Terry, Grace Jones, Chubby Checker; a small assortment of letters, notes and clipped autographs including Reginald Barrett, George Romney, Luke Fildes, Constance Phillott, Pietro Annigoni, David Low, Hubert Herkomer, portrait sketch by Charles Landseer, signed engraving by Anne Seymour Conway; an assortment of letters, clipped autographs etc including: A.C. Benson, Maxwell Grey, Mary Maxwell, Sir Walter Besant, Wilhemina Starling, Joseph Henry Shorthouse, Sir Henry Acland, Louisa Molesworth, Enys Tregarthen, John Stuart Blackie, John Holland Rose, Amelia Opie, Andrew Lang, Robert Benchley, Edward Dowden (1843-1913); two engraved prints of the satirical coat of arms for White’s Club in London designed by Horace Walpole, and other ephemera (large quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Music Interest
Collection of photographs and cards signed by various female musicians, songwriters and singers, comprising: Alexandra Burke, Eliza Carthy, Alesha Dixon, Myleene Klass, La Roux, Pixie Lott, Little Boots, Lianne La Hava, Rumer, Emeli Sande, Laura Bettinson ('Femme'), Ekatherina Lekhina, Dannii Minogue, Lesley Garrett, a few duplicates, v.s. (30)
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Autograph Collection.- Opera Singers
A collection of letters by prominent Opera singers, all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: Janet Baker (two handwritten thank-you cards); Ian Bostridge (postcard thanking Mr Richardson for his congratulations and wishing him a happy 2004); Anne Evans (handwritten card saying "I was amazed when I got the letter from Downing Street, but thrilled too. It was a very difficult secret to keep, but I just managed it!", 5 July 2000); John Shirley-Quirk (two handwritten thank-you cards, 1976); Eva Turner (eight typed letters, one reading "It was indeed kind of you to have thought of me on learning of the sad and sudden death of dear Amy Shuard...She was my oldest student, from way back in 1948 and through the yeas we had become very close. I shall miss her sorely", 25 April 1975; another card reads "I am glad you were able to see the Semprini 'Life' Programme and that it gave you pleasure as I am sure it did it to all those who took part. It was a lovely re-union for many of us", 9 May 1977; and a Christmas card); Joan Hammond (twelve signed Christmas cards, eight letters and three postcards, the letters mostly thanking Mr Richardson for his birthday wishes, one also reading "I heartily concur with you about living out of London. It is my favourite city, but I always loved getting back to Burnham Beeches...Life is busier than ever for me. The days are still not long enough for me to do all that I have, and wish, to do", 4 June 1976; with three letters and a Christmas card from Lolita Marriott, Hammond's partner); v.s. (38)
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Autograph Collection.- Politicians
A collection of signatures by various International political figures, including: Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (autograph letter to Mr Whitmore, informing him that "the Queen has been pleased to approve your appointment as second Church Estate Commissioner, and I hope that you may be able to accept the post", 13 June 1892); Sir Horace Edmund Avory, one of the Prosecutors in the Oscar Wilde trial (autograph letter to Henry Gurner in response to congratulations on his appointment as Senior Judge, King's Bench, 7 August 1910); Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (letter signed, apologising for not having been able to attend "the meeting with regard to the Submarine Cable Conference", 2 June, n.y.); Leo Avery (autograph letter to Mr Ogilvie, reading in part "I thought the meeting a splendid one and the only thing I could wish is that you were the candidate, not that rather sticky wild man of the woods whom you have got", 30 November 1912); Laurence Collier, British ambassador to Norway between 1939 and 1950 (autograph letter to Captain Pipon, saying in part "I agree with you that our weakness in armaments was a serious factor in 1938, but I cannot agree that it was the sole, or even the main cause of Chamberlain's policy, or that the Foreign Office had any responsibility for it...Chamberlain[...] notoriously would not take rearmament seriously; and when he was finally forced to appoint a Minister of Defence, he appointed Sir Thomas Inskip of all people - an appointment which, as Churchill remarked at the time, could only be compared with that of Caligula's horse to the consulship!", 9 November 1961); Hugh Dalton; Arthur Greenwood; David Lloyd George (signature on a souvenir menu for a Ministry of Munitios dinner at the Savoy, 5 July 1916, additionally signed by others); Horatio Bottomley (clipped signature affixed to a complimentary slip); Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (signed card with accompanying typed letter by his Private Secretary); Robert Boothby (signature on House of Commons stationery, 1958); Lord Randolph Spencer Churchill (father of Winston Churchill); Airey Neave ( typed letter on House of Commons headed paper, 4 June 1973); Sir Neville Henderson, British ambassador to Berlin (signature on loose album page); John Connally, former US Secretary of the Treasury (signed index card); Aneurin Bevan (typed letter to Henry Darlow, saying "I was very pleased to see your name is the Honours List this morning. I know enough about your services as Town Clerk of Bedford to realise that this recognition by The King is truly well deserved", 1 January 1948); George, Viscount Tonypandy (autograph letter to Mr Stratford, reading in part "I do not know the reaction of Yotvat people to the proposed wind power project. If you have friends in the Valley, you should seek their views", 28 October 1991); Michael Ashcroft (signature on page removed from a programme); Hartley Shawcross (typed note sending the recipient "all good wishes in your project", 23 April 1979); Geoffrey Lane (autograph note, 21 September 1992); v.s. (19)
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Autograph Collection.- Presidents of the British Academy
Group of letters signed by Presidents of the British Academy, all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: Isaiah Berlin (thirteen typed thank-you letters, one saying "Thank you also for your words about 'Men of Ideas': I agree with you that the hour is strange, but it is clear that programmes with a definite intellectual content are not regarded as suitable for 'high-peak' viewing time by the British. Sad", 7 June 1978); Owen Chadwick (two thank-you notes); Kenneth Dover (two letters, one thanking Mr Richardson for his congratulations on Dover's appointment as President of the British Academy, 17 July 1978; the other thanking him for writing about Dover's honorary degree at Bristol University, 26 April 1980); Randolph Quirk (six typed thank-you letters and three typed Survey of English Usage Annual Reports, 1978-79, 1979-1980, 1980-81) and the 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford (letter thanking Richardson for writing about the death of his uncle Steven "He will be much missed", 3 January 2001); v.s. (27)
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Autograph Collection.- Royalty, Aristocracy & Military
A large collection of manuscript letters, clipped autographs, documents etc, including: a small collection of letters etc relating to members of the Selwyn family (and others) from Princess Charlotte, the Duke of Cambridge etc; envelope addressed by Queen Anne; letter by Sir Lewis Anselm, captain of the Royal yacht; manuscript minutes of a meeting of the King Edward VII Memorial Fund; an assortment of letters, notes, manuscripts, portrait and other engravings and autographs etc including: Duke of Wellington (2 nd ) - brisk letter of complaint to a locksmith; the Lords Shaftesbury (a small collection); Lady Dallas (colln.); Lord Northampton (colln.); Lord Edward Bentinck; Anne, Lady Islington; Viscount Morley; Lord Farnborough; Lord Napier & Ettrick; Lord Arran; Lord Abingdon; Lady Eastlake; Earl of Dartmouth; Lord Panmure; letters, notes, manuscripts, portrait engravings and autographs etc from the c18th, c19th and c20th including: the archbishops of York and Canterbury; Bishops of Peterborough, Salisbury, London, Llandaff, Birmingham, Bristol, Norwich; small collection of items from and relating to Bishop Samuel Wilberforce. Also William Hanna; William Whewell; John William Burgon; Joseph Baylee; Dr Thomas Guthrie, Rev Norman Macleod; Henry Alford; Captain William Glasscock; letters to Lt General Charles Grey; letter from the brother of General Gordon, and others (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Scientists
Collection of photographs and accompanying letters signed by prominent 20th century scientists, including: Pierre Mercier, Director of the Institut Pasteur from 1966 to 1971 (attractive black and white studio portrait, signed and inscribed in French to the Romanian scholars and scientists); Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1986 for his work in electron optics (typed letter accompanying some extracts -not included- from his early works, 18 June 1973); Auguste-Louis Loubatières, who participated in the development of sulfonamide -type antidiabetic drugs (typed letter, 11 February 1969); Norman Borlaug, Nobel Prize winner for his contributions to the 'green revolution' (two signed black and white photographs); Wolfgang Bargamnn, Director of the Anatomisches Institut deu Universitat Kiel (signature on official stationery); Edmond Fisher, Nobel Prize winner in 1992 (signed photograph); Joseph Melnick, American epidemiologist who performed breakthrough research on the spread of polio (signed photograph and accompanying typed letter); Rosalyn Yalow, co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology (signed photograph); Michael Heidelberger, the father of modern immunology (signed photograph); Ottorino Monaco (signed typed letter and photograph); Shiv Raj Kumar Chopra, Founder Head of the Department of Anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh (signed photograph and accompanying typed letter); Piero Leonardi, Italian geologist (signed photograph and business card); Elwyn L. Simons, American palaeontologist (signed photograph); Wallace O. Fenn, physiologist (two signed photographs); Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (signed photograph); Harold Ellis, English surgeon (signed photograph); Erich Schmidt, physicist (typed letter enclosing a photograph bearing a printed signature); Kenneth Thimann, Professor of Biology at the University of California (typed letter accompanying an unsigned photograph, 12 July 1969); Amedeo Venturini, Italian heart surgeon (photograph signed on the verso and accompanying handwritten note, 8 May 1969); Richard J. Bing, Professor of Medicine (signed photograph and accompanying typed note, 11 August, 1981); Michael DeBakey, American cardiovascular surgeon (two signed photographs); Gerard 't Hooft, who shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics with his thesis advisor Martinus J. G. Veltman for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions (signed photograph); Paul Lauterbur, American chemist (typed letter saying he doesn’t have "a supply of photographs to send in response to requests such as yours", 20 July 1994); Max-Paul Engelmeier (typed letter declining an invitation, 22 October 1968); also including cards signed by various Nobel Prize winners: Martinus J.G. Veltman, Robert Betts Laughlin, Richard E. Smalley, Robert Francis Furchgott, Heinrich Rohrer and Derek Barton; v.s. (qty)
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Autograph Collection.- Signed Books
Selection of signed first editions, comprising: Thatcher (Margaret) Statecraft , 2002; Major (John) John Major: The Autobiography , 1999; Heseltine (Michael) Life in the Jungle , 2000; Wilson (Harold) The Governance of Britain , 1976; Forsyth (Bruce) Bruce. The Autobiography of Bruce Forsyth , 2001; Oddie (Billie) One Flew Into the Cuckoo's Egg , 2008; Moore (Roger) Bond on Bond , 2012; Caine (Michael) The Elephant to Hollywood , 2010; Mills (John) Still Memories , 2000; Kiel (Richard) Making It Big In The Movies , 2002; Brown (Joe) Brown Sauc e, 1986; O'Toole (Peter) Loitering with Intent , 1992; Waterman (Denis) Reminder , 2000; Davies (Ray) Americana, 2013, and McCutcheon (Martine) Who Does She Think She Is? , 2011; dust-jackets, 4to. (15)
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Autograph Collection.- Signed Books
A collection of volumes, mostly signed by t he authors, comprising: Ross (Charles) Richard III ; Ball (Alan W.) The Countryside Lies Sleeping 1685-1950 ; Kendall (Harry) A New York Actor on the Western Front ; Bogarde (Dirk) Cleared for Take-Off, A Short Walk from Harrods and Great Meadow: An Evocation ; Oppenheimer (Paul) From Belsen to Buckingham Palace , 2005; McDonald (Trevor) Viv Richards: The Authorised Biography , signed by Richards, 1985; Williamson (Howard) The Great War Collectors Companion , limited edition of 3500; Biggins (David J) Talana: Account & Medal Roll , 2012; Perry (George) Sunset Boulevard: From Movie to Musical , with signature by Christopher Hampton, 1995; Brownlow (Kevin) Hollywood: The Pioneers and The Parades Gone By ; Robinson (David) Richard Attenborough , signed by Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim, 1992; Poliakoff (Stephen) Glorious 39 ; Montgomery (Bernard Law, Field Marshal) Normandy to The Balti c; Peacock (Basil) Prisoner on the Kwai , 1966 and McKellen (Ian) Richard III , 1996; hardback and softback, 8vo and 4to (18)
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Autograph Collection.- Signed Books
A large collection of signed volumes, some inscribed, including: Lucas (Laddie) Flying Colours, The Epic Story of Douglas Bader , signed by the author and Bader, 1981; Steadman (Ralph) I Leonardo , 1983; John Duke of Bedford, A Silver Plated Spoon, 1959; Knox-Johnston (Robin) A World of My Own , 1971; Brown (Janet) Prime Mimicker , 1985; Malcolm (John) A Back Room in Somers Town , 1989; Cooper (A.R.) March or Bust , 1972; Hudson (Harriet) Look For Me By Moonlight , 1989; Lambert (Derek) The Sheltered Days , 1965; Norman (Barry) Have a Nice Day , 1982; Lampitt (Dinah) To Sleep No More , 1988; Ballard (J.G.) The Day of Creation , 1987; Sibley (Patricia) Discovering The Isle of Wight , 1977; Spikin (Valerie) Adventures of Mike and Kim in the Enchanted Forest , 1983; Herne (Richard) Mr Pastry’s Pantomime , 1964; Smythe (Pat) One Jump Ahead , 1956; Pitman (Jenny) Glorious Uncertainty , 1984; Grainger (Stuart E.) Creative Papercraft , 1980; Reesman (Douglas) Torpedo Run, 1982; Allen (Margaret) Selling Dreams , 1981; Bonington (Chris) The Everest Years , 1987; Bogart (Dirk) West of Sunset, 1985; Coe (Sebastian) Running Free , 1981; Windsor (Barbara) Barbara , 1990; Steven (Campbell) Enjoying Scotland , 1971; Heslop (Richard) Xavier , 2014; Kent (Alexander) A Tradition of Victory , 1982; Simpson (Dorothy) Close Her Eyes , 1988; Kelly (Robert) For Those in Peril , 1979; Slater (Jim) Grasshopper and the Unwise Owl, 1979; Henderson (Stewart) Homeland , 1993; Clarke (Graham) Grand Tour , 1989; Stubbs (Una) A Stitch In Time, 1985; Thelwell (Norman) Some Damn Fool's Signed the Rubens Again , 1982; Wilson (Mary) Selected Poems ; Cooper (Henry) Henry Cooper: An Autobiography , 1974; Rippon (Angela) Mark Phillips The Man and His Horses , 1982; Thomas (Leslie) Orders for New York , 1989; Macksey (Kenneth) Invasion , 1980; Brandt (Willy) Porträt und Selbstporträt, 1971; and others, mostly hardbacks, v.s. (90)
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Autograph Collection.- Theatre Interest
Selection of signatures by various theatre celebrities, including: George Robey (clipped signature dated 15/05/50); Nigel Hawthorne (signed postcard); Sir Charles Wyndham (signed photograph); Robert Stephens (signed photograph and souvenir programme); Laurence Olivier (black and white signed photograph); Anna Chancellor (signed programme for "In Conversation with Anna Chancellor" at the National Theatre); Laurence Irving, son of Sir Henry (ink signature on card); Harry Lauder (signed caricature); Toby Stephens (signed programme for a RSC production of 'Hamlet'); Iain Glen (signed programme for RSC productions of 'The Crucible' and 'henry V'); Desmond Barrit (signed clipped The Times review of a RSC production of 'Henry IV'); Essie Davis (signed magazine page); Brian Cox (signed letter); also including: a National Theatre programme for Hamlet signed by Rory Kinnear, Patrick Malahide and James Laurenson; a National Theatre programme program for "Jumpers" signed by Essie Davis and Simon Russell Beale; a National Theatre programme for "A Street Car Named Desire" signed by Glen Close, Iain Glen, Essie Davis and Trevor Nunn; a National Theatre programme for 'Richard III' signed by Ian McKellen and Clare Higgins; a National Theatre programme for Vincent in Brisson" signed by Claire Higgins, together with program foe paper signed by Euripides "Hecuba" also signed by Claire Higgins. Plain sheet of by Claire Higgins; a National Theatre programme for "The Children's Hour" signed by Claire Higgins and Alliston Flake; a National Theatre programme for "Henry IV Parts 1 and 2" signed by David Harewood and others; a programme for "Evita" at the Adelphi Theatre, signed by Elena Roger, Philip Quest and Matt Rawle; a leaflet for "In Conversation: David Harewood" signed by Harewood; a leaflet for "In Conversation: Claire Higgins" signed by Claire Higgins; a leaflet for "In Conversation: David Bradley" signed by Bradley; a programme for "Piaf" at the Donmar Theatre, signed by Elena Roger; a programme for "A Voyage Round my Father" at the Donmar Theatre, signed by Derek Jacobi, Joanna David, Natasha Little and others; a programme "The Way Back" at the Westminster Theatre, signed by Richard Attenborough; a programme for "Rain on the Just" at the Aldwych Theatre, signed by Dulcie Gray and Michael Denison; a programme for "Waters of the Moon" at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, signed by cast members including Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Owen Holder and Wendy Hiller; a programme for "Who Goes There!" at the Vaudeville Theatre, signed by Victor Adams, Geraldine McEwan and Frances Rowe; a programme for program for "Alice's Adventures Under Ground" at the National Theatre, signed by John Carlisle and Michael Maloney; an order of Service for Robert Stephens's Memorial Service at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. Signed by Adrian Noble, Toby Stephens, John Glen and Patricia Quinn; a leaflet signed by Patti LuPone; a photograph signed on the verso by Miss Bluebell-Margaret Kelly, founder of the Parisian dancing troupe "The Bluebell Girls"; and others, v.s. (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Theatre Interest
Collection of theatre and concert flyers signed by prominent stage actors, playwrights and musicians, including: Damian Lewis, Susannah York, Bryan Terfel, Derek Jacobi, Donald Sinden, Brendan Cole, Barry Foster, Frank Barrie, Steven Houghton, Ben Elton, David Benson, Peter Eyre, Lesley Vickerage, Gillian Bevan, Alex Kingston, Daniel O'Donnell, Paul Harris, Norman Collier, Miriam Margolyes, Ellen Burstyn, Harry Lloyd, Jeffrey Holland, Jonathan Pryce, Virginia Mckenna, Tony Britton, Stefanie Powers, Edward Hardwicke, Harriet Walter,, Samantha Robson, Derek Griffiths, Neil LaBute, Mercedes Ruehl, Roger Allam, Susan Penhaligon, Roy Hudd, Felicity Jones, and others, signatures are on white stickers then affixed to the flyers, some duplicates, v.s. (c. 140)
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Autograph Collection.- Theatre Interest
Selection of clipped autographs and photographs signed by prominent stage actors and actresses, comprising: Sarah Siddons (clipped signature); Charles Kean (clipped signature, dated 5 March 1857); Sarah Bernhardt (clipped signature, dated 1897); Ellen Terry (attractive signed mezzotint portrait); Sybil Thorndike (signed black and white photograph) and John Gielgud (two signed photograph, one of him as Hamlet and dated 1940, the other being a portrait in profile, dated 1987); together with a rare silk playbill for the 100th performance of Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 29 February 1884; all framed and glazed, v.s. (8)
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Autograph Collection.- Theatre Programmes
Group of signed souvenir theatre programmes, comprising: Jonathan Pryce, Dennis Waterman and Martine McCutcheon (My Fair Lady, 2001, two programmes); Judi Dench and Maggie Smith (The Breath of Life, 2001); Peter O' Toole (Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, 1999); Richard Briers and June Whitfield (Bedroom Farce, 2002); Derek Jacobi (The Tempest, 2003); also including a souvenir cardboard fan signed by Jonathan Pryce, v.s. (6)
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Autograph Collection.- Theatrical Knights
A collection of letters by prominent 20 th century stage actors and playwrights, all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: Richard Attenborough (eight typed letters, mostly thanking Mr Richardson for his congratulations on Attenborough’s various appointment and his birthday wishes, one also saying “You may have heard that the Pakistan Appeal has, in fact, now exceeded the million mark and it still seems to be coming in thick and fast. I am most touched by your very generous remarks about “Oh! What a Lovely War”, 7 December 1970); Alan Bates (one letter about his television plays “I enjoyed making them both immensely, and am happy to know that people such as yourself enjoyed watching them”, 2 December 1975; and a thank-you card); Tom Courtneay (typed letter reading “I was delighted to know that you enjoyed ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ so much, and do appreciate your having taken the trouble to write”, 7 October 1969); Julian Fellows (two autograph thank-you cards, one saying “As a people, we’re obsessed with celebrity and we hat success. How does that work?”, 8 May 2003); Bruce Forsyth (four letters, mostly discussing his programmes, one saying “I am so glad that you enjoyed the programme about Fanny Craddock. I agree she was a character, to say the least, but I am sorry to say that I did no see this programme. If I was in it, I don’t think the producers had my permission unless it was something they can use without authority being granted”, 11 September 2002; a later letters reads “Thank you so much for your letter in response to ‘Have I Got News for You’…Apart from my autobiography, this show was one of the hardest things I have ever done”, 24 July 2003); Ian Holm (autograph thank-you note and printed card acknowledging the receipt of a previous letter); Michael Horden (autograph thank-you note, 15 February 1983); Derek Jacobi (nine letters, mostly saying how glad he is Mr Richardson enjoyed his films and plays, and three cards, 1973-1980); Ben Kinglsey (letter saying “I am extremely proud to have received the honour of a Knighthood”, 1 February 2002); Ian McKellen (two thank-you cards and one letter, 1978-1991); John Mills (six typed letters, mostly thanking Mr Richardson for his birthday wishes, one also saying “How very charming of you to take the trouble to write to me about ‘The Wring Box’. I too wish we received fees when the films appear on the box! Especially when I have made something like 87 of them”, 11 July 1977); Laurence Olivier (typed letter thanking Mr Richardson for his birthday wishes, and adding “I much hope you have now settled in to your new home. I know only too well that ‘moving house’ needs nerves of steel, the eye of a hawk and the patience of Job!”, 27 May 1982); Anthony Quayle (autograph thank-you note, 16 October 1976); Michael Redgrave (typed note saying “Yes, by all means use my name in the appeal for the Coronet provided it carries no particular responsibility”, 20 June 1973); Harry Secombe (two thank-you letters, one about his Knighthood and saying “With the Royal Wedding to come, it’s a very exciting year for both my family and me”, 8 July 1981); Tommy Steele (typed thank-you letter, 9 December 1975); David Suchet (typed thank-you letter, 24 July 2002); Donald Sinden (two autograph cards, one saying “Regretfully nothing can be done. Sir John Gielgud’s executors insist that they must abide by the terms of his wills and his ashes are to be scattered in the garden of his home”, 6 June 2000); and Ralph Richardson (four letters, one saying he is glad Mr Richardson liked ‘The Wrong Box’, 6 July 1977; another letter reads in part “Ia ma just opening in a new play at the Royal Court- West of Suez- and may, perhaps have to wait a while before I have a holiday”, 12 August 1971); v.s. (quantity)
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Autograph Collection.- Ushers of the Black Rod
Selection of letters by Ushers of the Black Rod, all addressed to Mr Norman Richardson, comprising: Sir Brian Gwynne Harrocks (three typed letters, one saying "It was nice of you to take the trouble to write and I hope that, if anyone else was listening to my programme, their reaction might be the same as yours", 27 January 1974; a later letter says "I expect...that the rats will now emerge from their lairs and proceed to tears the Field Marshal's reputation to bits. This, unfortunately, happens more to soldiers than to most other people, because, unless they have experienced it, people cannot possibly realise the appalling strain that high command in war-when decisions have to be taken-nearly always affecting the lives of many hundreds of people- imposes a terrific responsibility on their shoulders", 11 April 1976); Sir David George House (one thank-you card and one letter thanking Mr Richardson for writing "to wish me well on my arrival in Ulster...Ulster needs all the good wishes and hopes during this uncertain time and in the months ahead, 4 August 1975); and Sir Frank Roddam Twiss (typed letter saying "I am so glad you liked the two silhouettes of Garter King at Arms and Black rod. So far as I know, the National Portrait Gallery has not reproduced either of these, although an uncoloured one of Garter King at Arms was in the booklet on silhouettes which was available in the Gallery. Both silhouettes were done by Miss Honoria Marsh", 4 August 1972); v.s. (6)
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Autograph Collection.- Vintage Actors & Entertainers
Selection of album pages, magazine clippings and photographs signed by vintage actors, entertainers and music hall stars, including: Reginald Dixon, Hermione Baddeley, Marion Ryan, Sally Ann Howes, Jessie Matthews, Vic Oliver, Sandy Powell, Norman Evans, George Robey, Arthur Askey, Gracie Fields,, Doris Waters, Eric Porter, Jane Russell, Anna Neagle, Anne Ziegler, Dickie Valentine, Sophie Tucker, Jessie Matthews, Bill Simpson, Jack Warner, Lita Roza, Jimmy Clitheroe, Reg Varney, Eartha Kitt, Flora Robson, Tommy Cooper, Max Bygraves, Stan Stennett, Joan Regan, Toni Dalli, Edmund Hockridge, David Nixon, Freddie Frinton, Charlie Cairoli, Danny Ross, Glenn Melvyn, Al Read and others, all signatures housed in a photo album, c. 1940s-1960s. the album 28 x 24 x 3cm
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Autograph Collection.- World Politicians
Selection of signatures by International politicians and heads of state, comprising: Ricardo Rivera Schreiber, Mohammadali Carim Chagla, Ayub Khan, Lord Casey, Carlos Alberto Hogan, Sheikh Hafix Wahba, Ibrahim Abbous, Ahmadu Bello, María del Carmen Gutiérrez Chamberlain de Chittenden and Zentarō Kosaka, v.s. (10)
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Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actors, comprising: Richard Armitage, Edward Bluemel, Ciaran Hinds, Mark Strong, Toby Stephens, Nathaniel Parker, Daniel Mays, Paddy Considine, Stephen Graham, Philip Glenister, Adrian Lester, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tom Burke, Jamie Campbell Bower and Luke Treadaway, all 10 x 8" (15)
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Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actors, comprising: Richard Armitage, Andrew Scott, Jack O'Connell, Matthew MacFayden, Ian Hart, Mark Gattis, Nathaniel Parker, Ben Chaplin, Paddy Considine, Philip Glenister, Tom Burke, Luke Treadaway, Adrian Dunbar, Ben Mansfield and Rory Keenan, all 10 x 8" (15)
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Photograph Collection.- Actors & Actresses
Collection of photographs signed by prominent Cinema and Tv celebrities, including: Honor Blackman, Patricia Arquette, Ernest Borgnine, Brigitte Bardot, Carol Burnet, Caroline Munro, Tippi Hedren, Stephen Fry, Richard Todd, Michael Caine, Cynthia Rothrock, Joan Collins, Britt Ekland, Jane Russell, Laurence Olivier, Jill Ireland and Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach, Mickey Rooney, Jeremy Clarkson, Patti Lupone, Joanna Lumley, Patrick Macnee and Gareth Hunt (two photographs from The New Avengers ), Julie Andrews, Hayley Mills, Richard Dreyfus, Anouk Aimee, Anne Bancroft, Ricardo Montalban, Priscilla Presley, Albert Finney, Neve Campbell, Clint Walker, Maggie Smith, Kate Winslet and Sidney Poitier and others, also including a few secretarial signatures, mostly 10 x 8" (quantity)
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Photograph Collection.- Actors & Directors
Selection of photographs and ephemera signed by various actors, directors and Tv personalities, comprising: David Attenborough, Danny Boyle, Jonathan Pryce, John Rhys-Davies, Paul Freeman, David Hasselhoff, Tom Courtenay, John Hurt, Michael Nyman, Brian Blessed, Tom Burke, Mark Strong, David Suchet, Edward Fox, James Fox, Robert Vaughan, Ron Moody, Matt Milne, Damian Lewis, Simon Callow, John Gielgud, Kenenth Branagh, Kyle MacLachlan, John Landis, Terry Gilliam, Mark Lester, David Morrissey and others, v.s. (35)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Louise Brealey, MyAnna Buring, Laura Carmichael, Bessie Carter, Laura Donnelly, Kate Fleetwood, Emilia Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Romola Garai, Bryony Hannah, Ruta Gedmintas, Clare Hope, Glenda Jackson, Natasha Little, Aisling Loftus, Catherine McCormack, Rebecca Night, Jemima Rooper, Lydia Wilson, Maxine Peake, Angel Coulby and Suzanne Jones, all 10 x 8" (22)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Stephanie Beacham, Britt Ekland, Joanna Lumley, Sarah Miles, Sophie Ward, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Joan Collins, Catherine Deneuve, Glenda Jackson, Virginia McKenna, and Susannah York, 10 x 8" and 12 x 8" (12)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Joanna Lumley, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Barbara Windsor, Joan Collins, Catherine Deneuve, Sophie Ward, Glenda Jackson, Virginia McKenna, Hayley Mills, Sarah Miles, Jenny Agutter and Susannah York, 10 x 8" and 12 x 8" (12)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Sammy Winward, Jaime Winstone, Olivia Williams, Kim Thomson, Emma Thompson, Sheridan Smith, Jemima Rooper, Yasmin Paige, Gemma Atkinson (2 photographs) , Natalie Anderson, Catherine Stedman, Genevieve O'Reilly, Rebecca Night and Thandie Newton, all 10 x 8" (15)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Gina Bellman, Jessica Brown Findlay, MyAnna Burring, Fiona Button, Bessie Carter, Laura Carmichael, Anna Chancellor, Fearne Cotton, Angel Coulby, Claire Foy, Emilia Fox, Joanna Lumley, Laura Donnelly, Romola Garai and Bryoni Hannah, all 10 x 8" (15)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Honor Blackman, Joan Bakewell, Judi Dench, Gemma Jones, Greta Scacchi, Hayley Atwell, Catherine Deneuve, Laura Linney, Elizabeth Moss, Rosamund Pike, Ruth Wilson (2 signed photographs), June Brown, Tara Fitzgerald and Sharon Gless, 10 x 8" and 12 x 8" (15)
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Photograph Collection.- Actresses
Selection of photographs signed by TV and Cinema actresses, comprising: Hayley Atwell, Anna Friel, Jerry Hall, Sienna Miller, Ruth Negga, Sophie Okonedo, Jemima Rooper, Nikki Sanderson, Fiona Shaw, Rachael Stirling, Cathy Tyson and Ruth Wilson, 12 x 8" (12)
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Photograph Collection.- American Actors
Selection of photographs signed by American actors, comprising: Charlton Heston (2 photographs as Ben Hur), Samuel L. Jackson, Charles Bronson, Johnny Depp and Howard Keel, all 10 x 8" (6) all 20.5 x 25.5cm
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Photograph Collection.- British Actors
Group of photographs signed by British actors and actresses, comprising: George Cole, Alan Rickman, Denis Waterman, Maggie Smith (2 photograph), Michael Caine, Roger Moore, George Lazenby, Judi Dench (2 photographs) , Hugh Grant, Derek Jacobi, and John Hurt, all 10 x 8" (13) each 20.5 x 25.5cm
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