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Queen.- Brian May & Roger Taylor
Drum skin signed in black marker by Brian May and Roger Taylor, diameter 38cm; with a colour promotional photograph of May playing at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, 12 August 2012, signed by May, 4 x 6". the largest item 38 cm
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Randegger (Alberto)
Autograph letter signed ("Ranny") To Mr Donnelly, thanking him for the cigar box ("It is the exact thing I wanted and you're a brick- a regular brick! It will make me think of you every day when I open it") and then complaining about an illegible scribble in Donnelly's letter he can't work out, three pages, remnants of previous mount, some discolouration, folding mark, 8vo, n.d.; with a printed New Year's card from Mr and Mrs Alberto Randegger, remnants of mount to the verso (2) 18.2 x 11.5cm
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Richard (Cliff) & The Shadows
Group of loose album pages signed by Cliff Richard, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and John Rostill, v.s. (3)
***The signatures have been pre-verified by Roger Epperson . Please note that placing a bid on this lot means you accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion from a different authenticator, you must do so before you place your bid.
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Richard (Cliff) & The Shadows
Two loose album pages, one signed by Cliff Richard, the other by Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch and John Rostill, v.s. (2)
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The Rolling Stones
A 12" vinyl copy of the self-titled debut album (Decca L K 4605), signed on the back cover in ballpoint by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman, some handling wear and toning, occasional delamination to the front, record is included.
***The Rolling Stones was the debut studio album by the Rolling Stones and was released by Decca Records in the UK on 17 April 1964.
****The signatures have been pre-verified by Roger Epperson and AFTAL Authentication. Please note that placing a bid on this lot means you accept the opinion of these authentication services. If you wish to have an opinion from a different authenticator, you must do so before you place your bid. 31.5 x 31.5cm approx
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Rock Music.-
Group of signatures by rock musicians, comprising: Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly Osbourne, Jack Bruce, Pete Townshend and John Entwistle, v.s. the largest one 10 x 8" (5) the largest one 20.5 x 25.5cm
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Ross (Diana)
Loose album page signed by Diana Ross and Florence Ballard, 4 April 1965, 4.7" x 6"; together with two typed pages from a legal agreement, signed "Diana Ross Naess", 15 January 1988 (2)
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Royal Albert Hall Interest.-
Set of signatures including: Prince Albert, Henry J. Wood (Resident Proms Conductor, 1895-1944), Sir Malcolm Sargent (Chief Proms Conductor 1948-1967) and Sir C. Hubert H. Parry (composer of 'Jerusalem'), mounted together for display, overall size 19.5 x 13" 49 x 33cm
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The Seekers
Vintage promotional image featuring four photographs of the band members, signed in blue ballpoint ink by Judith Durham, Athol Guy, Bruce Woodley, and Keith Potger, mid-horizontal crease and folding mark, tape residue to the right margin, 15 x 9cm; with a set of signatures by Guy, Woodley, and Potger affixed onto a larger card, 8 x 14cm. (2) the largest item 15 x 9cm
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The Sex Pistols
UK quad poster for the Malcom McClaren/Julien Temple Sex Pistols film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, colour lithograph, one sheet, Virgin Films, 1980, 30 x 40".
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The Small Faces
Vintage promotional postcard of the Small Faces , signed in ballpoint ink by Ian Maclagan, Ronnie Lane (Plonk), Steve Marriott and Kenney Jones, some handling wear and creasing consistent with age, 9 x 14.5cm. 9 x 14.5cm
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Slade
Powell (Don) Look Wot I Don. My Life In Slade , First Edition, signed by Powell on half-title, dust-jacket, hardback, 4to, Omnibus Press, 2013 (3 copies); Hill (Dave) So Here It Is. The Autobiography, First Edition, signed and inscribed "To Andrew, Dave Hill" (and another one) on half-title, dust-jacket, hardback, 4to, Unbound, 2017 (4)
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Slade
Selection of 12" vinyl copies of albums signed by members of Slade, including: Slade Alive! (1972), signed by Don Powell, Dave Hill, Noddy Holder and Jim Lea; Sladest (1973), signed by Don Powell, Dave Hill, Noddy Holder and Jim Lea; Old New Borrowed and Blue (1974), signed by Don Powell; Six of the Best, signed by Don Powell, Dave Hill, Noddy Holder and Jim Lea; Crackers. The Christmas Party Album (1985), signed by Don Powell, Dave Hill, Noddy Holder and Jim Lea; with: 7" vinyl copies of Slade singles, photographs, CDs and DVD sets variously signed by band members, v.s. (20)
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Songwriters.- Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse
Pair of photographs individually signed by composers and lyricists Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (this one also inscribed "To Sue and Roger, best wishes"), in excellent condition, 10 x 8" (2) each 10 x 8"
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Spice Girls
Satin-finish Virgin Records publicity photo of the Spice Girls, signed in various inks by Victoria Beckham, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, and Emma Bunton, all signing with first names only, 10 x 8", mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 13 x 17". 32.5 x 43cm
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Starr (Ringo)
Glossy black and white promotional photograph for the album Stop and Smell the Roses, signed by Ringo in black ballpoint ink on the left-hand side of the image, small light discolouration to upper margin, otherwise in very good condition, 10 x 8".
***The signature has been pre-verified by Roger Epperson . Please note that placing a bid on this lot means you accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion from a different authenticator, you must do so before you place your bid. 20.5 x 25.5.cm
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Status Quo
Colour promotional card for the 'Never Say Never' Tour, signed by Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi, Andy Bown, Matt Letley and John Rhino Edwards, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 11 x 9" approx; with another one. 11 x 9.
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Taylor (Roger)
A Roger Taylor signed Queen #94 Funko! Pop Figure, signed by Taylor in red ink on the packaging.
***Accompanied by AutographCOA Certificate of Authenticity no. SC55212 16 x 12 x 9cm approx
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Voorman (Klaus)
Black and white matte-finish photograph of Voorman in his studio, signed by him in silver ink, 10 x 8". 20.5 x 25.5cm
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The Who
Four index cards individually signed by Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle and Keith Moon, minor fading to ink, each card 7.5 x 12.7cm.
PROVENANCE: RR Auction, Catalog 329, December 2007, lot no. 745
***Accompanied by Certificates of Authenticity issued by RR Auction and Roger Epperson Authentication Ltd each card 7.5 x 12.7cm.
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Wilson (Brian)
A 12" vinyl copy of the Beach Boys album "Endless Summer", signed and inscribed in black ballpoint ink by Brian Wilson, light handling wear, records included. 31.5 x 31.5cm
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Wood (Ronnie)
A limited edition serigraph featuring Slash of Guns N' Roses, titled, numbered 2/50 and signed in pencil by Ronnie Wood, 57 x 74cm.
***Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Roger Epperson Authentication Ltd. 57 x 74cm.
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![Yusuf Islam [Cat Stevens]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2025/chiswi10049/images/b52019b7-c5ec-4b80-b671-b268010cf49a.jpg?h=175)
Yusuf Islam [Cat Stevens]
Black signature ("Peace, Yusuf") on a charity card, light creasing, 4.7 x 4.7".
*** The signature has been pre-verified by Roger Epperson . Please note that placing a bid on this lot means you accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion from a different authenticator, you must do so before you place your bid. 12 x 12cm
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ZZ Top
Colour glossy photograph signed in gold ink by the members of the original line-up: Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, 10 x 8".
*** The signatures have been pre-verified by Roger Epperson . Please note that placing a bid on this lot means you accept the opinion of this authentication service. If you wish to have an opinion from a different authenticator, you must do so before you place your bid. 20.5 x 25.5cm
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1953 British Mount Everest Expedition
First Day Cover celebrating great British explorers, signed by Edmund Hillary and John Hunt in different inks, postmarked "Chippenham,18 April 1973", 11 .5 x 19cm. 11 .5 x 19cm.
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19th Century British Politicians
A selection of letters and signatures by British politicians, comprising: clipped signatures of Palmerston and Salisbury; autograph note by Robert Peel, reading "Pray read and speak to me upon this", one page, March 1846; an autograph letter by the Duke of Wellington, to General Wheatley, arranging to meet the following day, one page, London, 22 February 1851; and an autograph letter by the 7th Earl of Salisbury, referring to cruelties and mis-usage in both private and public institutions and to the Work of a House of Commons Committee, four pages, 10 January 1882; v.s. (5)
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Amundsen (Roald)
Bookplate for the collection of John Sloan Tough featuring an image of the Sphynx, signed in fountain pen ink by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, slightly trimmed along margins, 10 x 7.5cm. 10 x 7.5cm
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Arctic Explorers.- Group of cards individually signed “R. E. Byrd,” “R. E. Peary,” “Frederick A. Cook,” and “Donald B. MacMillan,” some yellowing, creasing and handling wear to Peary card, v.s. (4) PROVENANCE: RR Auction, Catalog 395, November 2012, lot no. 300. With RR Auction Certificate of Authenticity
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Asquith (Herbert)
Vintage postcard photograph featuring the former Prime Minister in a seated pose, signed in the lower border in black ink “H. H. Asquith”, 5.5 x 3.5cm 14 x 9cm
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Astor (Nancy)
Vintage black and white photograph of Astor standing next to a policeman, with Westminster in the background, signed in fountain pen ink "Nancy Astor, 1919-1945" on the lower right corner, mounted, right side of the mount has been neatly trimmed, 27 x 20cm. 27 x 20cm.
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Attlee (Clement)
Autograph letter signed ("C.R. Attlee") to Mrs Caerin conveying his condolences on the death of her sister, one page, mid-horizontal folding mark, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, 30 October 1946, with original mailing envelope; together with Attlee clipped signature pasted onto a loose album page (3) the largest item 19 x 12.5cm
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Baden-Powell (Robert)
Fountain pen ink signature of the founder of the world scouting movement , dated "29.11.07", light age-related yellowing, 9 x 11.4cm. 9 x 11.4cm.
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Baden-Powell (Robert)
Partially printed invitation card to a reception held by the University of Liverpool Societies, filled out and signed by Robert Baden-Powell who declines the invitation, 3.5 x 4.5", 1938 8.2 x 11.5cm
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British Prime Ministers.- Newcastle & North
Ink signatures by both the Duke of Newcastle ("Holles Newcastle") and Frederick North ("North"), with the additional signature of William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, the slip of paper most likely clipped from a Treasury document, affixed onto a larger card.
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British Prime Ministers.- Sidmouth & Grenville
Two front envelope panels signed by Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, former British Prime Ministers, both hand-addressed in their hand, the first stamped 30 October 1819, the second 23 August 1827, remnants of black seal to the Grenville envelope (2)
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British Prime Ministers.- Portland, Goderich, Wellington and Palmerston
Group of letters and notes by four former British Prime Ministers, comprising: the 3rd Duke of Portland (autograph envelope panel signed, addressed to Tom Sheriff Page, Bristol", 30 August 1794); the first Viscount Goderich (autograph note in the third person, as Lord Ripon, confirming he will be glad to dine at the Royal Academy the following Saturday, 15 April 1816); the 1st Duke of Wellington (autograph letter, in the third person, to Mr Ellison, reading in part "I came down this day. The House will be full tomorrow for the Feast, but by Saturday or Monday next I shall be delighted to see you", 28 August 1839), and the 3rd Viscount Palmerston (partially printed document signed, acknowledging "the receipt of a Return of the General and Staff Officers, and Officers of the Hospitals attached to the Forces in Malta...for the two months commencing 25th August and ending 24th October 1816 inclusive", 14 December 1816), v.s. (4)
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British Prime Ministers.- Gladstone, Balfour, Campbell-Bannerman & Baldwin
Four letters signed by former British Prime Ministers, comprising: William Gladstone (autograph letter, reading in part "I thank you very much for your brother's paper which I shall read with great interest. I am sorry to speak of it still in the future but I have been too busy. Your sentence on my speech gratifies me much" Brighton, 19 May 1864); Arthur James Balfour (autograph letter to Mr York, saying in part "I will most gladly forward your letter to the Lord Clarendon which is the best way of bringing Surgeon Colonel Travis's claim to his notice", 15 January 1918); Henry Campbell-Bannerman (autograph letter to Mr B. Field, saying "I have much pleasure in complying with your request", 28 February 1885); and Stanley Baldwin (autograph letter to "Dear Arkwright", reading "My agent is anxious to circulate some copies of that excellent letter on the Hop Bill which you composed for the Hop Member's signatures. Can you tell me where I can get a copy? I could soon have as many printed as I required. I hope you will have a good holiday and come back like a giant refreshed...I have just finished Lowe Dickinson's new book 'Justice & Liberty': it is worth reading", 20 December 1908), all 8vo, v.s. (4)
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British Prime Ministers.- Colour newspaper photograph featuring Queen Elizabeth II with Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, James Callaghan and John Major, mounted onto larger page, with signatures by all the former British Prime Ministers along the lower margin, light creasing, 21 x 29.5cm.
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British prime Ministers.-
Three colour photographs signed by modern British Prime Ministers, comprising: Tony Blair (the image depicting him with Bill Clinton), David Cameron and Liz Truss (some smudging to the signature), v.s.; with a Christmas card bearing printed signatures of Mary and Harold Wilson (4)
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British Prime Ministers
Selection of 11 signatures by various British Prime Ministers, comprising: Lord North (clipped signature, 23 January 1770), Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (signature clipped from a Royal warrant), Spencer Perceval (clipped signature), Lord Melbourne (signature clipped from a Royal warrant), Robert Peel (signed envelope panel), John Russell (signed envelope panel), Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery (autograph note signed making arrangements for a visit), Arthur Bonar-Law (typed letter to W.C. Bridgeman ("The Royalty Owners have not approached me again and unless it is absolutely necessary I do not want to see them before the Adjournment", 13 December 1920), Alec Douglas-Home (signed Downing Street headed thank-you card) and Harold Wilson (signed First Day Cover and typed letter to Congressman Seymour Halpern), v.s. (11)
PROVENANCE: RR Auction, Catalog 361, September 2010, Item no. 319
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Buckmaster (Maurice)
Scarce autograph letter signed ("Maurice Buckmaster") to Sir John Pollock, thanking him "for the Ms you kindly sent me" and adding "If a criticism may be permitted, I feel that, in your praise of de Gaulle, you perhaps rather underestimate the value of the work of men like Felix Gouin, Pierre Bloch. Jules Moch. Cusin and André Maliaux who were, I think, the real architects of French resistance, but who, because they were working with the British, are minimised by the de Gaulle clique [...] The real resisters in France recognised de Gaulle as the symbol & the flag, but they resented his detached superiority, and his assumption that any resister who was not in his recognised (and between ourselves relatively inefficient) groups was "working in the interests of a foreign power". In point of fact, the first resistance group formed in France was headed by General Cochet who was kicked out of his command later by the influence of Col. "Passy" (de Wavain) for being too British. The second group was that formed by a British officer in May 1941. The groups with British officers at their heads (there were over 200 such groups with picked men numbering tens of thousands) were ignored by de Gaulle, although they in fact accounted for more than 2/3rds of the sabotage effected and 4/5 of the effective work at and after D-day. On no less than 3 occasions the entire French de Gaulle underground organisation was "blown". The reason why the British on one occasion withdrew the facility for sending messages in one of our codes was that the French had allowed the enemy to capture two previous codes and were also using coded messages to further personal political ambitions. What I am trying to say is that by and large the French underground movement was undisciplined and ineffective, except when it worked under the guidance of a trained British (or a British-trained French) officer. De Gaulle was extremely intolerant of our methods and refused to recognise our work, although constantly receiving proof that the British were 100% honest in their work on behalf of France. He ended up by ordering 2 of their best British officers ignominiously out of France. On the other hand, the French in France loved, admired even worshipped the British officers who shared their dangers -not as de Gaulle's staff did, give advice from a "safe"? capital. Whilst I have every regard for a man like Médéric, who died nobly, or for Mme Aubrac, whom I knew well, I can't help feeling that the best of the French resisters were those who were recruited by our British officers & whose professed ambition was to have contact with Britain, who alone in July 1940 etc. etc. Entre parethèses, we recruited d'Asties de la Vigerie, but found him too hot-headed to be a reliable member of our organisation", four pages, mid-horizontal folding mark, light creasing, 8vo, 72 Pelham Court, London, 12 May 1946.
***Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster OBE was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Buckmaster was transferred to the French Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in March 1941. Placed in charge of the SOE in September, he was given the task of building an organization that would carry out acts of sabotage, gather information on the enemy and providing money and equipment to the French Resistance. 20.5 x 12.5cm
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Canning (George)
Letter signed ("Geo. Canning") in his capacity as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, addressed to David Richard Morier and James Drummond, Commissioners of Deposit in Paris, authorising them "to sell and dispose of a Rente Perpetuelle of one hundred and seventy two francs...awarded to be due to William Harty, William Charles Wentworth, William Cook and Louisa Matilda, widow of William Jonathan Kent, countersigned by three Commissioners of the Treasury, two pages, folding marks, archivally mounted, folio, London, 25 February 1823.
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Churchill (Clementine)
Large ink signature and dated ("Clementine S. Churchill, March 1946") on loose album page, light browning to margins, 16 x 21cm 16 x 21cm
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Churchill (Winston Spencer)
Ink signature ("Yours sincerely Winston S. Churchill") clipped from the close of a letter, affixed to a slightly larger off-white card, very light soiling, 5 x 9cm approx.
PROVENANCE: RR Auction, Catalog 349, September 2009, Item 134 5 x 9cm approx.
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Churchill (Winston Spencer)
Fountain ink (' Winston S. Churchill') on loose album page, clipped magazine photograph affixed underneath, minor foxing to paper, 19.7 x 15.3cm.
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Churchill (Winston Spencer)
Typed letter signed ("Winston S. Churchill") to The Right Honourable Ernest Marples, thanking him "for sending me the Scout Jamboree stamps, which I think are very well designed", one page, mild folding mark, punch hole to top left corner, 8vo, Chartwell, 14 August 1957
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Churchill (Winston Spencer)
Extremely scarce early bromide silver print photograph by J. Russell & Sons in Baker Street of a young Winston Churchill at his desk, on original photographer's mount, signed in fountain pen ink "Winston S. Churchill" below the image, some age-related toning and discolouration, off-setting, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 19.2 x 16" (the image 11.5 x 9") 49 x 41cm including the frame
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Civil Rights.-
A collection of signatures by some prominent American civil rights activists, comprising: Martin Luther King Sr (programme for a ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change Complex, 18 October 1979, signed and inscribed to Jack Salomon); Mahalia Jackson (signed album page, with James Spence Authentication sticker); Ralph Abernathy (signed First Day Cover); Coretta Scott King (typed letter signed on personalised stationery, reading "I am indeed heartened by the increasing numbers of people who recognize the seriousness and magnitude of the grave problems facing the country and all mankind", some foxing, 26 August 1968); Yolanda King (official souvenir programme for the inaugural dinner for charter members at the Martin Luther King Jr New York support group, 22 June 1979, signed and inscribed to Jack Solomon); James Meredith (signed First Day Cover); A. Philip Randolph (typed note signed, 21 November 1973); Roy Wilkins (typed letter on National Association for the Advancement of Colored People headed paper, declining an invitation, 20 June 1966); Roy Innis (signed First day Cover); Julian Bond (signed First Day Cover); Pete Seeger (signed card); Charles Evers (typed letter on National Association for the Advancement of Colored People headed paper, making arrangements to appear as speaker for the Young Democrats of Madison, Wisconsin, 18 July 1966); Dick Gregory (signed photograph); Jesse Jackson (signed photograph); Hubert H. Humphrey (typed letter on United States Senate headed paper, regarding his participation in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, saying "This was a historic and moving occasion. It demonstrated to me the faith that Americans have in the achievement of social justice through the democratic process", 9 September 1963); Ralph Bunche (signed First Day Cover); Lyndon Johnson (typed letter on Office of the Vice President headed paper, inviting Mrs Andrea Simon to attend "a conference sponsored by the Committee [on Equal Employment]...The purpose of the President's Committee is to promote and insure for all Americans equal opportunity in employment", 27 April 1962); Dr Reginald Hawkins (signed photograph); Bayard Rustin (typed letter declining an invitation, 5 July 1967); Vernon Jordan (signed First Day Cover); Harry Belafonte (signed postcard photograph); James Farmer (signed photograph); Stokely Carmichael (signed card reading "To my comrade Frank, We must struggle unceasingly to destroy capitalism and build socialism"); Ernest Green (signed card); Hosea Williams (signed card); Robert L. Lucas (typed letter listing his expenses to attend a Young Democrats event, 20 September 1967); Shirley Chisolm (typed letter on Congress of the United States headed paper, reading in part "I strongly support the nomination of Nelson Rockefeller with a clear conscience, because he is one of the best qualified men in the nation to assume to Vice Presidency", 16 December 1974); Hugh Scott (typed letter saying that "In November 1967...I received a call from the White House telling me that President Johnson was diverting a freight plane from Madrid to Mildenhall Air Base and that I would be expected to be on it early the next morning. The reason: a series of votes were pending in the Judiciary Committee on the Civil Rights Bill. Sam Ervin was fighting to keep the bill in Committee, and the Committee was tied 7 to 7. I had the swing, or as the British call it, the 'casting vote'", 14 April 1977); Benjamin Hooks (signed slip of paper); Marian Anderson (signed First Day Cover); James Baldwin (signed softback copy of Go Tell It on the Mountain, later edition, 1963); Gerald Ford (typed letter signed ('Gerry') as Representative, to attorney Wencel A. Milanowski , replying to his request of "some material on punishment of persons involved in crimes against civil rights workers", explaining that he had asked associate counsel on the House Judiciary Committee staff "to prepare a memorandum on the subject" which was also sent to students who made a similar request, and stating that he is looking into the matter regarding stocks, 6 February 1966) and Odetta (signed 12" vinyl copy of her album Odetta sings, inscribed to Joe), v.s. (33)
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Courier's Passports
Three partially printed Courier's Passports issued by the British Government to Lt.- Col. Michael McNabb, two valid for a return journey from London to Ankara and dated Ankara, 24 March and 20 April 1968, one valid for a return journey from Washington to Ankara and dated Ankara, 20 March 1969, British Embassy stamps, light folding marks, folio; with a Royal Warrant granting McNabb "Dignity of an Ordinary Officer of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire, bearing printed signatures of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, 1 January 1974 (4) 39 x 29.5cm each
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Doolittle Raiders
Selection of First Day Covers and index cards signed by various military pilots and crew members of the Doolittle Raid on the Japanese capital in 1942, comprising: Jimmy Doolittle, Nolan A. Herndon, Edward Saylor, Robert Bourgeois, Frank Kappeler, David Jones, William Birch, Bill Bower, Edgar McElroy, Clayton Campbell, Jacob DeShazer, Robert Hite, R.E. Cole, Charles Ozuk, Chase Nielson, David Thatcher, Tom Griffin, Horace Crouch and J.P. Stork, the covers loose, the index cards mounted together in groups of 4, v.s. (10) the largest items 36 x 28cm
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Fleming (Alexander)
Magazine image of a crayon drawing of Fleming at his desk, signed and dated in blue ink "Alexander Fleming 1945" above his printed signature, trimmed along the margins, affixed onto cardboard, 21.6 x 18.6cm. 21.6 x 18.6cm.
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Gandhi (Indira)
Clear blue ink signature on official stationery, mounted for display, overall size 42 x 28cm. 42 x 28cm
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The Great Train Robbery
First Day Cover signed by 10 of the major criminals in the gang behind the Great Train Robbery in 1963, including: Bruce Reynolds, Gordon Goody, Bob Welch, Jimmy White, Roy James, Jimmy Hussey, Tommy Wisbey, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson and Roger Cordrey, postmarked "New Scotland Yard, London, 26 September 1979"; with another First Day Cover signed by Peter Scott (2)
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Gull (William)
Autograph letter signed ("William W. Gull") to Mrs Grant Morris, saying "I shall be happy to see Dr Frank with your son tomorrow morning at any hour convenient for Dr Frank", one page, integral blank, folding marks, 8vo, 74 Brook Street, London, 10 June 1877, with original mailing envelope signed "WW Gull" (2)
***A masonic/royal conspiracy theory created in the 1970s alleged that Gull knew the identity of Jack the Ripper, or even that he himself was the murderer. 18 x 11.3cm
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Hillary (Edmund)
Facsimile of The New York Times first page from July 21st, 1969 covering the first moonlanding, with a "first man on the moon" stamp, stamped "Moonlanding Jul 20 1969" and "Washington DC, 9 September 1969", additionally signed by Edmund Hillary in ballpoint ink, light yellowing to margins, 27.7 x 18cm. 27.7 x 18cm.
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Hoover (John Edgar)
Typed letter signed ("J. Edgar Hoover") to Mr L. J. Fallon, marked "Personal and Confidential", saying "The Bureau is in receipt of the report of the physical examination [...] This report reflects that you have deviated septum with granular pharyngitis. The Board of Examining Physicians of the United States Naval Hospital recommends dental prophylaxis. Ear, nose, and throat consultation is also advised. It reports that you are capable of performing strenuous physical exertion and have no physical defects that would interfere with your participation in raids or other work involving the practical use of firearms", one page, light creasing, two punch holes to upper margin, 4to, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 11 July 1946. 27 x 20.5cm
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Irish Interest.- Richard Pigott
Group of letters regarding Richard Pigott's involvement in forging the evidence that Charles Stewart Parnell of the Irish National Land League had been sympathetic to the perpetrators of the Phoenix Park Murders. Including: a letter from Pigott to Dr. William Joseph Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, reading in part "I am now informed , however, that your Grace has consented to come forward as a witness before the Parnell Commission and give evidence as to the Contents of these letters. ...I need hardly assure your Grace that unless I had the strongest and most satisfying proof that this assertion is well grounded, I would not given it the utmost strength...But when I tell your Grace - as I do now in Confidence- that my informant is Mr Labouchère himself who assured me he had two statements from Mr Parnell himself, you could see that I have some weight of authority. This gentleman...is working for Mr P. and for the accused persons, and is daily in communication with the solicitors and Council employed for his defence. Moreover, Mr. Labouchère used this monstrous allegation - that your Grace intended to reveal secrets sacred as these sealed in the Confessional, as a thread to induce me to give certain evidence before the Commission that would in fact be false", three pages, 9 December 1888; a letter sent from the Archbishop of Dublin saying "You may remember that when writing to me immediately before the appearance of the first of the Times abstracts you stated that you were in possession of information the possession of which by Mr Parnell would enable him to meet the attacks that were about to be made upon him. This being so, I cannot but feel that you are responsible in a very large measure for all the trouble and confusion...and for the enormous cost which it has now become necessary to undergo in the interest of truth and justice" and requests "that no further correspondence should take place between us until you have done something substantial to set yourself right in this most unpleasant matter", three pages, marked 'Copy', 12 December 1888; Pigott's reply "Now I learn, on the authorities of the gentlemen whose names I have already given you, that your Grace has consented to testify before the Commission that I confessed to you that I forged the letters, that are alleged to be spurious, as well as supplied other material for the Times attacks on Mr Parnell and his followers. Your Grace is aware that I made no such confession to you...and I know that it must be false to assert that your Grace has consented to give such evidence, but am I too presumptuous in expecting that your Grace will favour me with an authoritative contradiction of this falsehood?", three pages, 13 December 1888; also including: a letter to Sir Charles Russell from a Jane Diaz, asking to attend the Special Commission (set up by the British Government to investigate the claims accusing Parnell to condone the Phoenix Park murders), 24 February 1889; a letter to Sir Charles Russell from Ernest Franklin, reading in part "I venture to suggest that very probably Piggott, instead of writing himself the forged letters merely took out portions of them with acid and filled up the blanks with other words written to imitate the original hand writing", two pages, 24 February 1889; and a letter to Russell from the Archbishop of Dublin, reading "Enclosed are the last letters. I cannot find my copy (or rather draft) of my reply to the last. It was an assurance to him that he had not 'in any of his numerous communications to me' stated that he was the author of the forged or as I said, the fabricated letter", three pages, 23 February 1885. (6)
***In 1886 Richard Piggott sold fake information in the form of letters to the Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, an anti-Home Rule organisation, which implicated Charles Stewart Parnell and his associates with involvement in two appalling murders in Dublin’s Phoenix Park which had generated so much publicity at that time. Pigott’s intention was to destroy Parnell’s political career, but his efforts were to backfire to such an extraordinary extent that he ended up taking his own life rather than face the consequences of his actions.
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Johnson (Lyndon) Black and white photograph of US President Lyndon Johnson, mounted, signed on the mount below the image "with best wishes, Lyndon B. Johnson", mount has been possibly slightly trimmed along margins, closed tear slightly touching the signature, creasing and surface marks to the image, annotation to the verso of the mount reads "This picture is the property of Walter A. Vasilion and is loaned to the Club for display, Commander Walter A. Vasilion", 30 x 20.5cm.
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Kenyatta (Jomo)
Ink signature ("Jomo Kenyatta, 11/11/61") on cream card, 4 x 5" 10 x 12.5cm
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Korean War Interest.-
Scarce typewritten copy of the Armistice Agreement for the restoration of the South Korean State (1953), Volume I, also including an Annex with Terms of Reference for Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission, 30 pages in total stapled together, occasional staining due to rusty staples, original light blue wrappers, some water staining, ownership annotations to front, folio, Panmunjom, 27 July 1953
PROVENANCE: the estate of Major M.B. McNabb
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