Autograph Auction

GOLF: Selection of signed postcard photographs, some 8 x 10s etc., by various golfers including Tony Jacklin (2), Nancy Lopez, Shirley Spork, Pat ...

SPORT: Selection of signed hardback (12) and paperback (4) books by various sportsmen etc., including The Tempestuous Years 1979-83 by Ray Illingw...

SIDDONS SARAH: (1755-1831) British Actress. Ink signature ('S. Siddons') and a few additional words in her hand on a slim oblong 8vo piece, eviden...

REAGAN NANCY: (1921- ) American Actress and First Lady of the United States 1981-89. Widow of former Actor and American President Ronald Reaga...

SULLIVAN ARTHUR: (1842-1900) English Composer. Ink signature ('Arthur Sullivan') on a small, slightly irregularly clipped piece bearing the printe...

[MAHLER GUSTAV]: (1860-1911) Austrian Composer. MAHLER ALMA (1879-1964) Austrian Socialite, wife of Gustav Mahler from 1902-11 and later the wife ...

NABOKOV NICOLAS: (1903-1978) Russian-born American Composer and Writer, a cousin of Vladimir Nabokov. T.L.S., Nicolas Nabokov, one page, 4to, Balt...

PORTER COLE: (1891-1964) American Composer. D.S., Cole Porter, being a promissory note, one page, slim oblong 8vo, Peru, Indiana, 12th December 19...

BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Conductor & Composer of Westside Story. Small series of three brief A.Ls.S., each with his initial L, all ...

PAVAROTTI LUCIANO: (1935-2007) Italian Tenor. Book signed, a hardback edition of My Own Story, First Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, Lond...

MELBA NELLIE: (1861-1931) Australian Soprano. A.L.S., Nellie Melba, one page, 8vo, Paris, n.d. (15th April 1920), to Eric Alldenbry (?), on the pr...

FARRAR GERALDINE: (1882-1967) American Soprano. Small selection of four A.Ls.S., Geraldine and Geraldine Farrar (1), thirteen pages (total), 8vo, ...

FERRIER KATHLEEN: (1912-1953) English Singer. A printed 8vo programme for a performance by Kathleen Ferrier, supported by the Wakefield Choral Soc...

LEAR EDWARD: (1812-1888) English Artist, Illustrator and Poet. A set of 8vo hardback editions of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Consisting of...

MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. A good D.S., A. A. Milne, three pages, folio, n.p. (London), 31st December 19...

PRUDHOMME SULLY: (1839-1907) French Poet, the first ever winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901. A.L.S., Sully Prudhomme, one page (written...

STEINBECK JOHN: (1902-1968) American Writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1962. T.L.S., John, one page, 4to, n.p. (Sag Harbor), n.d. (18th S...

SPENDER STEPHEN: (1909-1995) English Poet & Novelist. Interesting A.L.S., Stephen, two pages, 4to, largely written from Frieda Lawrence's home, Ta...

LARKIN PHILIP: (1922-1985) English Poet. T.L.S., P. A. Larkin, one page, 4to, Hull, 25th August 1976, to P. W. Plumb, Librarian at the North East ...

LARKIN PHILIP: (1922-1985) English Poet. T.L.S., P A Larkin, one page, small 4to, Hull, 15th March 1978, to P. W. Plumb, Librarian at the North Ea...

AUDEN W. H.: (1907-1973) Anglo-American Poet. Blue ink signature ('W. H. Auden') on a card, with a two line typed annotation beneath. Together wit...

MAUGHAM W. SOMERSET: (1874-1965) English Playwright & Novelist. Ink signature and inscription ('For Lillian W. Somerset Maugham') with a lengthy s...

READE CHARLES: (1814-1884) English Novelist. D.S., Charles Reade, two pages, 4to, London, 1st June 1869. The manuscript document is an agreement b...

SAYERS DOROTHY L.: (1893-1957) British Author , Creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. Brief A.L.S., Dorothy L. Sayers, on a postcard, Newland Street, With...

MONSARRAT NICHOLAS: (1910-1979) British Novelist of The Cruel Sea (1951). T.L.S., Nicholas Monsarrat, one page, small 4to, Johannesburg, 6th Decem...

BURGESS ANTHONY: (1917-1993) British Novelist of A Clockwork Orange (1962). T.L.S., John Burgess Wilson, (his real name, and a scarce form of his ...

JOHNSTON DENIS: (1901-1984) Irish Writer, a protégé of W. B. Yeats and George Bernard Shaw. A.L.S., Denis Johnston, three pages, 8vo, South Hadley...

PIUS VIII: (1761-1830) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1829-30. A.L.S., F. S. Card. Castiglioni, as Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Traspontin...

HOOVER J. EDGAR: (1895-1972) First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). T.L.S., J. E. Hoover, one page, small 4to, Washington D....

KELVIN LORD: (1824-1907) British Mathematical Physicist. Bold, dark ink signature ('Kelvin') and date, 1st June 1905, in his hand on an attractive...

ELLIS HAVELOCK: (1859-1939) British Sexologist. A.L.S., Havelock Ellis, two pages, 4to, Herne Hill, London, 9th February 1930, to 'D. M.' (apparen...

DERBY EARL OF: (1799-1869) British Prime Minister 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68. D.S., Derby, one page, folio, n.p., 20th January 1863. The partially pri...

GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94. Autograph Draft Signed, W E Gladstone, one page, 8vo, Thorn...

LLOYD GEORGE DAVID: (1863-1945) British Prime Minister 1916-22. T.L.S., D Lloyd George, one page, oblong 8vo, Churt, Surrey, 25th August 1943, to ...

BALDWIN STANLEY: (1867-1947) British Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924- 29 & 1935-37. A.L.S., Stanley Baldwin, two pages, 8vo, 11 Downing Street, White...

[ROOSEVELT THEODORE]: (1858-1919) American President 1901-09. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1906. ROOSEVELT III THEODORE (1887-1944) American Politica...

[AMERICAN PRESIDENTS]: Small selection of three original unsigned and un-used books of matches issued for use 'aboard the Presidential Aircraft' (...

[NEW YORK]: D.S. by G. Tomlinson, an Attorney, one page (vellum), oblong 8vo, Albany, New York, 13th August 1803. The manuscript document is a Sup...

GANDHI MANILAL: (1892-1956) Son of Mahatma K. Gandhi, editor of the Indian Opinion, a Gujarati-English weekly publication in Durban, South Africa....

LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator who made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 20th - 21st May 1927. T.L.S., C...

PULTENEY JAMES: (c.1755-1811) Scottish General, served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. Aide-de-Camp to King Geo...

CRUICKSHANK JOHN: (1920- ) Scottish Flight Lieutenant of World War II, Victoria Cross winner for his actions in sinking a German U-boat at the...

FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of T.Ls.S., a few A.Ls.S. and signed album pages etc., by a variety of famous men and women, mainly entertainers, in...

CARNERA PRIMO: (1906-1967) Italian Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34. An unusual D.S., Primo Carnera, one page, folio, Los Angeles, Califo...

ACTORS: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various film and television actors including Michael Clarke Duncan (scarce; in a scene fr...

ACTORS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actors including Beau Bridges, Robert Culp, Don Cheadle, Emilio Estevez, Tony Roberts, R...

ACTORS: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various film actors including Leslie Nielsen, Joey Bishop, Jack Klugman, Roddy McDowall, ...

ZUKOR ADOLPH: (1873-1976) Hungarian Film Mogul and Founder of Paramount Pictures. Signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Zukor in a head and...

WESTERNS: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actors and actresses, all of whom have starred in Western films, including Harry Carey...

JAZZ: A printed 4to souvenir brochure for Kansas City Jazz individually signed to the inside pages by various Jazz musicians comprising Count Basi...

ROBINSON W. HEATH: (1872-1944) English Cartoonist & Illustrator. A.L.S., W. Heath Robinson, one page, 8vo, Cranleigh, Surrey, 10th February 1929, ...

GREENE GRAHAM: (1904-1991) English Novelist. Brief T.L.S., Graham Greene, one page, 8vo, Avenue Pasteur, Antibes, n.d., to Jill. Greene thanks his...

TREVES FREDERICK: (1853-1923) British Surgeon, famous for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, 'The Elephant Man'. A.L.S., Frederick Treves, one pa...

BLUNT ANTHONY: (1907-1983) British Art Historian & Soviet Spy, a member of the Cambridge Five. Scarce T.L.S., A F Blunt, two pages, 4to, London, 7...

FAMOUS MEN: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and a few smaller etc., by a variety of famous men including Edmund Hillary, Dean Rusk, ...

CRIME: Small selection of A.Ls.S. by various notorious British criminals including Reg Kray, Winston Silcott, Charles Richardson, Dennis Nilsen et...

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at ...

PRINCESS MARGARET: (1930-2002) Countess of Snowdon, younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II. A.L.S., Margaret, two pages, 8vo, London, 8th June 1949,...

CHARLES: (1948- ) Prince of Wales. A.N.S., Charles, on one side of a printed correspondence card, Windsor Castle, n.d., to [Prince] Michael [of Ke...

VILLIERS GEORGE: (1628-1687) 2nd Duke of Buckingham. English Statesman & Poet. L.S., Buckingham, with a holograph subscription, one page, folio, L...