MILLER ARTHUR: (1915-2005) American playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, 1949. An unusual signed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage United Artists publicity portrait dating from 1960 and depicting Miller in a full-length pose during a break in the filming of The Misfits, the printed caption affixed to the verso explaining ´Playing as hard as he works, Arthur Miller risks heat exhaustion and sunstroke in temperatures that rose as high as 110 degrees.....to play "desert bocci", an improvised form of the Italian bowling game played with Coke bottles and a wheel from a camera dolly´. Signed by Miller in bold, dark blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor light stains to the lower part of the image, otherwise VGArthur Miller wrote the screenplay for the American contemporary Western film The Misfits (1961) which was directed by John Huston and starred Clark Gable and Miller´s wife at the time, Marilyn Monroe. The movie would be both Gable and Monroe´s final completed film.
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STONE SHARON: (1958- ) American actress, a sex symbol of the 1990s. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Stone standing in a full-length topless pose, wearing a black high-waisted bondage corset, black underwear and stilettos, being the image that was used on the front cover of an edition of Paris Match in 2009. Signed by Stone in black ink with her name alone, and with a hurried example of her signature, to a light area of the image. EX
JOHNSON BEN: (1918-1996) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1971 for his role as Sam the Lion in The Last Picture Show. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Johnson in a half-length pose in costume from one of his Western films. Signed in black ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 2nd November 1995 in his hand. Together with three signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1) by several of the other Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 1971 comprising Leonard Frey (for his performance as Motel Kamzoil in Fiddler on the Roof), Richard Jaeckel (for his performance as Joe Ben Stamper in Sometimes a Great Notion), and Roy Scheider (for his performance as Buddy ´Cloudy´ Russo in The French Connection). All are boldly signed (Jaeckel in fountain pen ink) to light areas of the images and none are inscribed. Colour (1). VG to EX, 4
DONAT ROBERT: (1905-1958) British actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1939 for his role as Charles 'Mr. Chips' Chipping in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Donat standing in a half-length pose, in costume from his Oscar winning performance as the elderly schoolteacher Mr. Chipping in a scene from Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Signed by Donat in dark blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated 1940 in his hand. Signed photographs of Donat in costume from Goodbye, Mr, Chips are extremely rare and highly desirable. One tear to the left edge and some very minor, light corner creases, otherwise VG
ANTOMMARCHI FRANCOIS CARLO: (1780-1838) Italian surgeon, the physician to Napoleon Bonaparte at Saint Helena from 1819-21 who cast the former Emperor´s death mask. A.L.S.. F. Antommarchi, one page, 8vo, Paris, 10th September 1818, to Monsieur Arnault, in French. Antommarchi states that he has received his correspondent´s letter and that ´ j´aurai le plaisir de vous recevoir demain jeudi entre trois heures et cinq de l´apres midi ou vendredi matin entre 8 et 10 heures le matin´ (Translation: ´ I will have the pleasure of receiving you tomorrow Thursday between three and five in the afternoon or Friday morning between 8 and 10 in the morning´). With integral address leaf in Antommarchi´s hand (small tear and area of paper loss caused by the original breaking of the seal). Scarce. Some light age wear, VGThe present letter was written just a few months before Antommarchi was appointed as Napoleon´s physician, on 19th December 1818. The surgeon arrived on Saint Helena on 10th September 1819, one year to the day after the present letter was composed.
WINTER VINCENT: (1947-1998) Scottish child film actor, the joint recipient of an Academy Juvenile Award in 1954. A scarce signed 7 x 9.5 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait issued by the J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd and showing (as stated in the printed caption lightly affixed to the verso) ´Laughing happily, Vincent Winter five years old Scots boy, sits on a rock amongst the heather and waits for shooting to begin on the new Pinewood production "The Kidnappers", in which he is playing the part of a bewildered, lovable young boy who is thrust into the bleak hard life led by settlers in Nova Scotia at the beginning of the century´. Signed by Winter in dark ink to a light area at the head of the image. Together with Jon Whiteley (1945-2020) Scottish child film actor, the joint recipient of an Academy Juvenile Award in 1954. A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph of the young actor in a head and shoulders pose in costume as the orphan John Mohune from the swashbuckler film Moonfleet (1955) directed by Fritz Lang. Signed by Whiteley in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. VG, 2Winter and Whiteley received their Juvenile Academy Awards in recognition of their performances as two young orphaned brothers in The Kidnappers (1953; released in the United States as The Young Kidnappers).
TRACY LEE: (1898-1968) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1964 for his performance as President Art Hockstader in The Best Man. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Tracy in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Los Angeles news reporter Toby Prentiss from the American comedy drama film Advice to the Lovelorn (1933). Signed by Tracy in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image. A few very light, minor surface and corner creases, largely to the white borders, otherwise VG
MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. An early A.L.S., Benito, to the recto of a plain postcard, n.p. (Tolmezzo, Udine), 2nd August 1907, to Alberto Calderara, in Italian. Mussolini states that he is feeling slightly better and hopes to be back on his feet by the end of the month, also confirms that he has received Il Konig , and further writes ´You are right: summer is good and we dream better, especially when the weather is threatening. I'd like to be able to sleep too. I hope to give you better news very soon´. Some light age wear, about VGAlberto Calderara (1882-1938) Italian teacher who resided in Bologna, a friend of Mussolini who assisted the future dictator in his Latin studies.
IVES BURL: (1909-1995) American folk music singer and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1958 for his role as Rufus Hannassey in The Big Country. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Ives seated in a three-quarter length pose, smoking a cigar, in costume as the caretaker Osh Popham from the American musical film Summer Magic (1963). Signed by Ives in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. VG
FERRER JOSE: (1909-1992) Puerto Rican actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1950 for his role as Cyrano de Bergerac in Cyrano de Bergerac. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original United Artists publicity portrait dating from 1952 and showing Ferrer in a smiling head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as the poet and supreme swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac from the adventure comedy film of the same name, based on Edmond Rostand’s drama. Signed by Ferrer in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG
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[CARTER HOWARD]: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. T.L.S. by a Minister Plemipotentiary on behalf of the Foreign Minister of Belgium (Paul Hymans), one page, 4to, Brussels, 12th May 1932, to Howard Carter, in French. The partially printed form letter, completed in typescript, confirms that Albert I, King of the Belgians, ´a bien voulu vous conferer.....la décoration de Commandeur de l´ordre de Léopold II´ (Translation: ´has been kind enough to confer on you......the decoration of Commander of the Order of Leopold II´) and continues to state ´J´ai l´honneur de vous faire parvenir..... les insignes de l´Ordre, une copie authentique de l´arreté en date du 6 mai 1932, qui vous accorde cette distinction, ainsi qu´un récépissé que je vous prie de vouloir bien me restituter, complété et signé´ (Translation: ´I have the honour of sending you... the insignia of the Order, an authentic copy of the decree dated 6 May 1932, which grants you this distinction, as well as a receipt which I kindly ask you to return to me, completed and signed´). None of the original enclosures are present. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG
PHILIPPE OF ORLEANS: (1838-1894) Count of Paris, disputedly King of the French from 24th - 26th February 1848 as Louis Philippe II (although never proclaimed as such) and the Orléanist claimant to the French throne from 1848-94. A.L.S., Philippe, Comte de Paris, three pages, small 8vo, East Sheen, Surrey, 11th June 1887, to a gentleman. The Count thanks his correspondent for their letter and states that he will be happy to visit an exhibition if he can get there on time, further referring to some plants and flowers and asking if he could exhibit some cut orchids from the chateau. Together with a second A.L.S., Philippe, Comte de Paris, one page, 8vo, Stowe House, Buckingham, 5th November 1892, to a gentleman. The Count apologises for having delayed so long in providing his address after his return to England six years previously. With blank integral leaf. Some light staining and minor age wear, G, 2
GUTTINGUER ULRIC: (1787-1866) French poet and novelist. A.L., unsigned, four pages, 8vo, Saint-Germain, 9th March 1839, to Adèle Hugo (´Ma chere Madame Hugo´), on Guttinguer´s blind embossed monogrammed stationery, in French. Guttinguer writes an amusing letter in reference to Louis Boulanger´s portait painting of Adèle Hugo, in part, ´Que j´ai donc eu envie de vous donner hier un coup de couteau, n´importe où en passant à coté de ce prétendu portrait du Salon! Quoi, c´est vous cela! Qu´est-ce qui s´est donc mis entre vous et le peintre! Il vous a fait morte! Où est ce regard exquis, cette vie charmante, cette animation de toute votre personne.....J´ai un double désir de vous voir depuis cet affreux moment pour vérifier votre métamorphose, il me semble si difficile que B. se soit trompé à ce point, ,ais bien impossible que vous soyez changée, vous, à ce degré´ (Translation: How I wanted to stab you yesterday, anywhere when passing by this so-called portrait from the Salon! What, that's you! What has come between you and the painter! He has killed you! Where is that exquisite gaze, that charming life, that animation of your whole person?.....I have a double desire to see you since that awful moment to verify your metamorphosis, it seems so difficult to me that B. was so wrong, but it is impossible that you have changed to this degree´) and also writing of other matters, ´Les élections ont, ce me semble, suspendu le cours de la justice, car notre assise ne vient pas. On dit que cela ne peu tarder. Nous nous sommes blasés de cette situation comme on fait de tout aujourd´hui. Notre amitié est restée fleurie et j´en bénis le ciel, ne voulant pas croire à cette vilaine raison que vous en donnez, c´est-à-dire que nous nous voyons autant dire jamais...non, non! Ce n´est point cela. Amitiés à Victor et à vous toutes sortes de bons souvenirs de la famille, femme et fils et fille. Comme on vous aime ici!´ (Translation: ´The elections have, it seems to me, suspended the course of justice, because our trial is not coming. They say it won't be long. We have become blasé about this situation, as we do about everything today. Our friendship is still flourishing and I thank heaven for it, not wanting to believe the ugly reason you give, which is that we see each other so much that we never... no, no! That's not it. Best wishes to Victor and all kinds of happy memories of the family, wife and son and daughter. How we love you here!´). A letter of good content and association. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGAdèle Foucher (1803-1868) wife of French writer Victor Hugo, with whom she was acquainted from childhood. Louis Boulanger (1806-1867) French Romantic painter, a life-long friend of Victor Hugo.Boulanger´s oil on canvas portrait of Adèle Hugo was exhibited at the Salon of 1839 and depicts the subject standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing a white dress which exposes her bare shoulders. She poses before a large stone column and, whilst appearing pensive, Hugo does indeed appear to be lacking the life and animation Guttinguer mentions in his letter.
HOPKINS MIRIAM: (1902-1972) American actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1935 for her performance as Becky Sharp in Becky Sharp. A rare vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Hopkins, the original Paramount Pictures publicity portrait dating from 1933 and depicting the actress seated in a three-quarter length pose. Signed by Hopkins in fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. A few very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
BEERY WALLACE: (1885-1949) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1931/32 for his role as Andy ‘Champ’ Purcell in The Champ. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Beery in a half-length pose in costume as the veterinarian Doc Tom Terry, engaged in conversation with the racehorse Ladybird (Maiden Bravo), from the American sports drama film Stablemates (1938). Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed (´Best wishes, Wally Beery´) by the actor in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. One very small, minor corner crease, otherwise about EX
WERNER OSKAR: (1922-1984) Austrian actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1965 for his performance as Willie Schumann in Ship of Fools. A scarce vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Werner in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the background. Some light overall surface creasing, G
BERGNER ELISABETH: (1897-1986) Austrian-born British actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1935 for her performance as Gemma Jones in Escape Me Never. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph, the original vintage Paramount Pictures pubicity portrait depciting the young actress in a head and shoulders pose, in costume as Sylvina/Martina Lawrence, sat up in a bed, from the British drama film Stolen Life (1939). Signed by Bergner in bold blue ink across a light area at the base of the image, ´Jack be good, please! then I stay your friend, Elisabeth Bergner´. A few very minor, light corner creases, VG
SARANDON SUSAN: (1946- ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1995 for her role as Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Sarandon in a head and shoulders pose in costume as the prostitute Hattie from the American historical drama film Pretty Baby (1978) which also starred Brooke Shields. Signed by Sarandon in blue ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. About EX
PALANCE JACK: (1919-2006) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for his role as Curly Washburn in City Slickers. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actor seated in a half-length pose. Signed by Palance in bold black ink with his name alone across a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
GARFIELD JOHN: (1913-1952) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1947 for his role as Charlie Davis in Body and Soul. An unusual vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image being a reproduction of an artist´s portrait study of the actor as ´Wolf´from the American submarine war film Destination Tokyo (1943). Signed by Garfield in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Signed photographs of Garfield are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the young age of 39. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
SPENCER OCTAVIA: (1970- ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 2011 for her role as Minerva ´Minny´ Jackson in The Help. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Spencer standing in a three-quarter length pose and holding her Oscar statuette in one raised hand. Signed in bold black ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A printed label neatly affixed to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the premiere of Gifted at the New York Institute of Technology on 6th April 2017. Together with three signed 8 x 10 photographs (two colour) by several of the other Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominees of 2011 comprising Bérénice Bejo (for her performance as Peppy Miller in The Artist; the image depicting her standing in a half-length pose in an elegant costume from the film), Melissa McCarthy (for her performance as Megan Price in Bridesmaids), and Janet McTeer (for her performance as Hubert Page in Albert Nobbs). All are boldly signed with their names alone to the images. VG to EX, 4
CLIFT MONTGOMERY: (1920-1966) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor on three occasions, in 1948, 1951 & 1953. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Clift in a head and shoulders pose. Signed (´Monty Clift´) in blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Scarce. Some light uniform overall mottling to the image, otherwise VG
FONTANNE LYNN: (1887-1983) English actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1931/32 for her performance as The Actress in The Guardsman. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress seated in a three-quarter length pose, gently resting her hands in her lap. The original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait is dated December 1935 to the verso. Signed by Fontanne in dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A couple of minor creases to the corners of the borders, otherwise VG
TYSON CICELY: (1924-2021) American actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1972 for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder. Tyson was also the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award in 2018. A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph by Tyson, the original United Press International photograph dating from March 1973 depicting the actress in a relaxed half-length pose. With the original printed caption affixed to the verso. Signed by Tyson with her name alone to a clear area of the background of the image. Some light surface and corner creasing, otherwise about VG
SCOTT GEORGE C.: (1927-1999) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1970 for his role as General George S. Patton in Patton. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a half-length pose, with his arms folded, in military uniform as Patton from his Oscar-winning performance in the American epic biographical war film Patton (1970). Signed by Scott in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. EX
WRIGHT ORVILLE: (1871-1948) American aviator who, with his brother Wilbur, invented and built the world's first successful airplane and made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on 17th December 1903. T.L.S., Orville Wright, one page, slim 4to, Dayton, Ohio, 15th January 1929, to Commander Silvio Scaroni. Wright sends thanks to his correspondent ´for the group photograph of the guests at your luncheon at the Mayflower Hotel´ and adds that he is very pleased to have it. One light, minor paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner. Together with a T.L., unsigned, one page, 8vo, Oakwood, Dayton, Ohio, n.d. (December 1928), to the Italian Air Attaché, in the third person, ´Mr. Orville Wright accepts with pleasure the invitation....to luncheon in honor of the Italian Delegation to the International Civil Aeronautics Conference, Saturday December fifteenth, at one o´clock at the Hotel Mayflower´. With a few pencil annotations in Italian to the foot of the page. VG, 2Silvio Scaroni (1893-1977) Italian fighter pilot of World War I, credited with 26 victories and the second highest ranking Italian ace of the war. Scaroni later served as Italy´s Air Attaché to the United States in the 1920s.
WALCOTT JERSEY JOE: (1914-1994) American boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1951-52. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Walcott standing in a three-quarter length boxing pose wearing his championship belt. Signed in blue ink, in later years, with his name alone to a light area of the image. A few extremely minor, light ink smudges. VG
CAGNEY JAMES: (1899-1986) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1942 for his role as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the Warner Bros. & Vitaphone Pictures publicity portrait depicting the young actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, ´For Milton, James Cagney´. A few very light, minor corner creases, otherwise VG
WILDE CORNEL: (1912-1989) Hungarian-born American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1945 for his performance as Frederic Chopin in A Song to Remember. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Wilde in a head and shoulders pose resting the side of his face on one raised hand. Signed by the actor in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases to the white borders, VG
BRENNAN WALTER: (1894-1974) American actor, the first Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his role as Swan Bostrom in Come and Get It, winning the award on a further two occasions, in 1938 for his role as Peter Goodwin in Kentucky and again in 1940 for his role as Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner. Signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Brennan in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink to a lighter area at the base of the image. Together with two vintage signed photographs (5 x 7 and 8 x 10) by two other Academy Award nominees for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 comprising Mischa Auer (for his performance as Carlo in My Man Godfrey) and Stuart Erwin (for his performance as Amos Dodd in Pigskin Parade). Both are signed in blue fountain pen inks to light areas of the backgrounds and one is inscribed. G to VG, 3
CARTER HOWARD: (1874-1939) English archaeologist and Egyptologist who discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. An interesting Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, eighteen pages (mostly written to the rectos of the feint ruled sheets of paper, neatly removed from a notebook), small 8vo, n.p., n.d., in pencil. Carter´s working manuscript, with many deletions and alterations, largely reads in chronological order (the first pages are paginated 1-10) although the later pages contain sentences and paragraphs (some repeated from earlier pages in the manuscript) which are disjointed and were evidently extracted from a larger work, Carter re-writing passages in order to polish his narrative. The manuscript reads, in part,´Perhaps the reader may not be displeased if I here attempt to acquaint him with something of the life during summer residence in Upper Egypt. During the very hot spells [when the thermometer runs between a minimum of 95 F and a maximum of 115 F] and it is sufficiently oppresive (sic) to occasion considerable lassitude, the tedium of each day may be described in a few words. At half-past four in the morning one is awakened by the first glimmer of light perceptible.....Then at 5 pm (sic; am) suddenly the sun´s rise appears above the horizon decking everything with its golden light. The first hour or so of morning possess a charm; but long before midday has arrived this apparent freshness is succeeded by intense sunshine. Everything is turned into heat, and at noon you are obliged to creep under cover.....In the evening you sally forth, but by seven o´clock darkness is complete. The moon, if there be one, then becomes a great luxury.....Generally speaking the heat of the summer months at Western Thebes....is not so oppresive (sic) as one might expect. There is, however, one great drawback, and a source of much discomfort, this arises from sunset winds......Thus, after sundown, when the atmosphere within the house becomes oppressive, at times almost unberable, these winds detract from the comfort of enjoying the evening air.....When young and fit the body easily withstands these physical trials, in fact, the process of perspiring resulting from the heat dissipates most bodily ailments and generally speaking one is fitter in the warmer weather than during the winter. A far greater trial lies in the monotonous life during those summer months in Upper Egypt. The passing of months on end without companionship. The loneliness can at times become intolerable and without some mental interest or occupation it would, I believe, be suicidal. Fortunately for me....I had plenty of interests.....more than enough to keep me occupied......The rising of the Nile, which begins about the period of the summer solstice in June, and attains its greatest height about the autumnal equinox in September. This annual flood breeds thousands - one may say millions without exaggerating - of gnats amd midges, which are attracted at dark by your lamp and make any recreation like reading impossible. Added to these pests at night are the mosquitoes and the terrible sand-fly (of the dipterous family, Psychodidae......During the moonlight nights, which are so glorious in Egypt, I used to sail.....in a small sailing boat......a somewhat crazy craft from which I watched the flocks of pelican fishing......By lying on the bottom of the boat, under the cover of some straw, one could at times bump into these enormous gregarious fish-eating birds......Prior to my post as Inspector-General of the Department of Antiquities for Upper Egypt I was free to spend the hot summer months in Europe or England. But the prosecution of my new duties would not allow of such a luxury......I devoted much of my attention to studying the methods and customs of illicit diggers.....who were inveterate tomb-robbing- In.....this particular section of my work, I soon began to recognise the importance and urgency of a far greater source of trouble than illicit diggers that had to be dealt with, and that was a means of preventing the ever increasing conservation against the destruction of ancient monuments, especially the cutting out of sculptured reliefs and fresco paintings from the walls of tomb-chapels.....to sell to the unsuspecting collector whose primary object was the acquisition of antiquities.....A perfect chapel would be hacked and disfigured in one night.....But though hundreds - nay, thousands - of tombs have been opened, what remains of them today is a few hundred. The rest have been destroyed.....by the modern marauders......The natural inclination was to put steel gates upon all the more important and interesting chapels, which I commenced by doing wherever my funds made it possible. But in most cases this form of protection was of very little avail for the rock in which the chapels were excavated were of a much softer nature than the steel gate, thus to force an entrance was quite easy. As an instance when the actual chapel was built of mud brick our iron or steel gate was as useless as a wooden door. The trouble was the national feeling, or lack of feeling, towards antiquities......Until one could get an adequate law created imposing a heavy punishment in the case of such outrages, these monuments were at the mercy of these inveterate tomb destroyers - there was no adequate means of fighting them........I believe, I acquired to a certain extent their good opinion, and some of their confidence; though not to such an extent as to prevent my having to contend with many official difficulties......except with subjects they thought you were acquainted with.....Clearing that shaft took the greater part of another two months. My description can give you no idea of the tediousness of the work: the fact, for instance, there was no means of arriving at any conclusion as to how deep we should have to go, nor the amount of extra material that would be required, made it all the more wearisome. However, at the end of November, the good news at last came. At the depth of rather more than 100 feet, the workmen reached the bottom and revealed a doorway carefully sealed up with slabs of limestone. I examined it & found that the masonry by which it was closed had been built with due care. I said to the foreman "this, without doubt, is the entrance to the tomb-chamber". He nodded his assent and muttered a prayer. My desire to remove a stone and peep through was almost irresistible. The foreman gave me a look of keen curiosity with which......By that time I was able to converse with the people among whom I was residing with tolerable ease......the diversions of the village.....where at times one can listen to reciters of romances, commit the subjects to memory, they afford attractive entertainment and are often lightly amusing.....I devoted much of my attention to the customs of the illicit digger among the inhabitants, and in an intercourse of two years with these people, I soon found that all the information I received amounted to very little.....´ A manuscript of fascinating content, parts of which are almost certainly unpublished, relating to Carter´s time in Egypt, the challenges he faced, and the discoveries he made. Some light age wear and a few minor faults, generally VGCarter published a number of books during his lifetime, including The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen (1923)
BRAGG LAWRENCE: (1890-1971) British physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1915 (shared with his father, William Henry Bragg). Fountain pen ink signature (´W Lawrence Bragg´) to the centre of an oblong 12mo card. With the small printed letterhead of The Physical Laboratories, The University, Manchester, laid down to the upper right corner. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
DANTON GEORGES: (1759-1794) French lawyer, a leading figure in the French Revolution who served as Minister of Justice (1792) and as the first President of the Committee of Public Safety (1793). Danton, who has been described as ´the chief force in the overthrow of the French monarchy and the establishment of the First French Republic´, was executed by guillotine at the age of 34. A rare D.S., Danton (a fine example), one page, folio, Paris, 3rd September 1792, in French. The manuscript document is headed ´Loi du trois Septembre 1792 l´an Quatrieme de la liberte´ (Translation: ´Law of the third of September 1792 in the fourth year of liberty´) and states, in part, ´L´Assemblee Nationale voulant accelerer pour tous les moyens qui sont en son pouvoir, l´arrivee des deux cents pieces de canons que le Ministre de la Guerre se propose de retirer des Cidevant Provinces de Standres et d´Artois et de la fonderie d´Indres, ainsi que de celles qu´il voudrait faire venir de toutes autres parts pour les porter dans le camp qui si forme sous les murs de Paris.......L´Assemblee Nationale apres avoir Decrete l´urgence, decrete que le Ministre de la guerre est autorise a se servir des chevaux de Poste pour la conduite de ces differentes pieces et les faire ainsi arriver a leur destination donner le delai le plus court. Au nom de la Nation, le conseil executif Provisoire mande et ordonne a tous les Corps administratifs et tribunaux que les presentes ils fassent consigner dans leurs registres, lire, publier et assister dans leurs departements et ressorts respectifs, et executer comme loi´ (Translation: ´The National Assembly wanting to accelerate by all the means which are in its power, the arrival of the two hundred pieces of cannon which the Minister for the War proposes to withdraw from the Cidevant Provinces of Standres and Artois and from the foundry of Indres, as well as those which it would like to make come from all other parts to carry them in the camp which is formed under the walls of Paris.....The National Assembly, having decreed the urgency, decrees that the Minister of War is authorized to make use of the horses of the Post Office for the driving of these various pieces and thus to make them arrive at their destination in the shortest possible time. In the name of the Nation, the Provisional Executive Council instructs and orders all the administrative bodies and courts that the present provisions be recorded in their registers, read, published and witnessed in their respective departments and jurisdictions, and executed as law´). Boldly signed by Danton at the foot alongside an official red circular stamp, certifying that the text conforms with the original. Some very light creasing and minimal age wear, VG
CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. A brief T.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, one page, 8vo, Chartwell, Westerham, Kent, 9th December 1958, to Desmond Flower. Churchill thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues ´On the whole I think that I would prefer not to pursue your proposal at the present time´. A light pencil annotation to the upper edge indicates that Flower sent a copy of the letter to John Rothenstein and two others (identified by initials). One small file hole to the upper left corner, otherwise EX.Desmond Flower (1901-1997) British publisher, book collector, scholar & writer.John Rothenstein (1901-1992) British arts administrator and art historian.
ROBERTS RACHEL: (1927-1980) Welsh actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 1963 for her performance as Margaret Hammon in This Sporting Life. A scarce signed 8 x 10 photograph of Roberts in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Della Randolph from the American drama film Doctors´ Wives (1971). Signed by the actress in bold black ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A pencil annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following a performance of The Visit at the Barrymore Theatre on 12th February 1974. About EX
DE GAULLE CHARLES: (1890-1970) French General and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. President of the French Republic 1959-69. T.L.S., C. de Gaulle, one page, 4to, n.p., 25th January 1951, to Raymond Brugere (´Mon cher Ambassadeur´), in French. De Gaulle states that he and his wife were very touched by Brugere´s New Year greetings, ´Nous vous en remercions et vous adressons a notre tour les souhaits bien sinceres que nous formons pour Madame Brugere et pour vous-meme´ (Translation: ´We would like to thank you for your kind words and send you our very best wishes for Madame Brugere and for yourself´), further adding ´Sachez aussi que j´ai lu avec interet l´article que vous m´avez communique. Quant au reste, je vous en reparlerai au cours de notre prochain entretien´ (Translation: ´I would also like you to know that I read with interest the article you sent me. As for the rest, I will talk to you about it during our next meeting´). Together with Gaston de Bonneval (1911-1998) French Colonel and Resistance fighter who served as aide-de-camp to De Gaulle and was one of his closest confidants. T.L.S., G de Bonneval, one page, 4to, n.p., 31st August 1951, to [Raymond] Brugere, in French. Bonneval states that, contrary to what he had told Brugere that morning, De Gaulle will not be in Paris until 6th September, adding ´Il me demande de vous prier a dejeuner, avec Madame Brugere, pour ce jour a 13h.15 a l´Hotel Laperouse´ (Translation: ´He has asked me to ask you and Madame Brugere to lunch that day at 1.15 p.m. at the Hotel Laperouse´) and further remarking ´Je ne serai pas moi-meme a ce dejeuner et je le regrette bien vivement car je pense prendre quelques jours de repos a ce moment´ (Translation: ´I myself will not be at this luncheon and I regret it very much as I am thinking of taking a few days off at that time´). Also including Jacques Kosciuszko-Morizet (1913-1994) French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States 1972-77. T.L.S., J Kosciuszko-Morizet, one page, 4to, Paris, 10th May 1948, to [Raymond] Brugere, in French. Kosciuszko-Morizet thanks his correspondent for their letter and article La libre Belgique, which he also mentioned to the President of the Republic [Vincent Auriol], further stating ´Je suis, bien entendu, tout dispose a recevoir M. Jaeger. Qu´il me telephone pour que nous prenions rendez-vous´ (Translation: ´I am, of course, ready to receive Mr Jaeger. He can telephone me to make an appointment´) and asking for his respectful regards to be conveyed to Madame Brugere. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 3Raymond Brugere (1885-1966) French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to Canada, Belgium and Yugoslavia.
MAGNANI ANNA: (1908-1973) Italian actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1955 for her role as Serafina Delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo. An excellent vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph by Magnani, the original Paramount Pictures publicity portrait depicting the actress seated in a half-length pose in costume as the Sicilian seamstress Serafina from The Rose Tattoo, the film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's play of the same name. Signed by Magnani in blue fountain pen ink with her name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. Rare in this form. A few very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1) by various actors, each of them Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of the 1960s comprising Peter Falk (for his performance as Abe ´Kid Twist´ Reles in Murder, Inc., 1960, and again for his performance as Joy Boy in Pocketful of Miracles, 1961), Jack Kruschen (for his performance as Dr. David Dreyfuss in The Apartment, 1960), Omar Sharif (for his performance as Sherif Ali ibn el Kharish in Lawrence of Arabia, 1962), Stanley Holloway (for his performance as Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady, 1964; the image depicting him in a portrait study in costume from the fim), Makoto Iwamatsu (Mako; for his performance as Po-han in The Sand Pebbles, 1966; the image depicting him in a close-up head and shoulders pose from the film), James Mason (for his performance as James Leamington in Georgy Girl, 1966), Elliott Gould (for his performance as Ted Henderson in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, 1969), and Anthony Quayle (for his performance as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days, 1969). All are boldly signed (three in fountain pen inks) to largely light areas of the images and only one is inscribed. G to generally VG, 8
LANGE JESSICA: (1949- ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1982 for her role as Julie Nichols in Tootsie. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed by Lange in black ink with her name alone across a light area at the base of the image. EX
CAINE MICHAEL: (1933- ) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for his role as Elliot in Hannah and Her Sisters and again in 1999 for his role as Dr. Wilbur Larch in The Cider House Rules. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Caine in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG
KOTSUR TROY: (1968- ) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 2021 for his role as Frank Rossi in CODA. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Kotsur standing in a three-quarter length pose and holding his Oscar statuette in one hand. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to the image. Together with three signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by several of the other Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 2021 comprising Ciarán Hinds (for his performance as Pop in Belfast), Jesse Plemons (for his performance as George Burbank in The Power of the Dog), and Kodi Smit-McPhee (for his performance as Peter Gordon in The Power of the Dog). All are boldly signed with their names alone to light areas of the images and the latter two have printed labels neatly affixed to the versos indicating where and when the signatures were obtained in person. VG to EX, 4
LYNCH DAVID: (1946-2025) American film Director, the recipient of an Academy Honorary Award. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Lynch, the image depicting the American Director in a thoughtful pose, seated in a half-length pose, during a filming session. Signed by Lynch in bold blue ink to a light area of the image, adding several small signs beneath in his hand. About EX
STRAUSS ROBERT: (1913-1975) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role as Sgt. Stanislas ´Animal´ Kasava in Stalag 17. A scarce vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a happy head and shoulders pose. Signed in red ink to a light area of the image. A couple of heavy creases to the upper left corner, otherwise about VG
CHARLES IX: (1550-1574) King of France 1560-74. A rare L.S., Charles, one page, folio, Blois, 29th March 1572, to Monsieur de Fourquevaux, in Middle French. The King acknowledges receipt of Fourquevaux´s letter of the 14th March, along with an earlier one ´où vous me donniez avis de l'arrivée par-delà du sieur de Saint-Gouard´ (Translation: ´where you advised me of the arrival beyond the Baron de Saint-Gouard´), and explaining that he had not replied earlier, ´estimant toujours que de jour à autre ainsi que vous m'avez mandé, vous dussiez partir pour vous en venir ici me trouver, comme je m'assure de vous y voir bientôt et y serez le très bien venu, remettant à cette heure-là de vous faire entendre plus particulièrement mon vouloir et intentions´ (Translation: ´still believing that from time to time, as you have instructed me, you should leave to come here to find me, as I am sure to see you here soon and you will be very welcome, postponing until that time to make you hear more specifically my will and intentions´). With the address panel to the verso and just a few very small remnants of the original seal. Autographs of King Charles IX are rare and desirable as a result of his untimely death from tuberculosis at the age of 23. A few neat splits and tears to the edges (two strengthened with old tape) and with some light fraying, not affecting the signature. GRaymond de Rouer de Pavie de Beccarie (1505/08-1574) Baron de Fourquevaux. French nobleman, governor, military commander and diplomat during the latter Italian Wars and the first French Wars of Religion. Fourquevaux served as the French Ambassador to Spain 1565-72. Jean de Vivonne (c.1530-1599) Seigneur de Saint-Gouard and Marquis de Pisani. French soldier, governor, courtier and diplomat during the final years of the Italian Wars and throughout the French Wars of Religion. Saint-Gouard succeeded Fourquevaux as the French Ambassador to Spain in 1572, remaining in the post until 1582 and later briefly becoming French Ambassador to the Papal States, March - July 1585.
ASHCROFT PEGGY: (1907-1991) English actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1984 for her role as Mrs. Moore in A Passage to India. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Ashcroft in a head and shoulders pose in costume from her Oscar winning performance in the epic historical drama film A Passage to India. Signed by the actress in blue ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. Together with three signed 8 x 10 photographs by other Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominees of 1984 comprising Glenn Close (for her performance as Iris Gaines in The Natural), Lindsay Crouse (for her performance as Margaret Lomax in Places in the Heart; the image depicting her in costume from the film), and Christine Lahti (for her performance as Hazel Zanussi from Swing Shift; the image depicting her in a head and shoulders pose from the film). All are boldly signed, largely to clear areas of the images, and none are inscribed. VG to EX, 4
WILLIAMS ROBIN: (1951-2014) American actor and comedian, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 for his role as Dr. Sean Maguire in Good Will Hunting. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Williams in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Jack Dundee from the American sports comedy-drama film The Best of Times (1986). Signed by the actor in blue ink with his name alone across a light area at the base of the image. EX
FONDA HENRY: (1905-1982) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1981 for his role as Norman Thayer Jr. in On Golden Pond. Signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting Fonda in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG
PESCI JOE: (1943- ) Italian-American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1990 for his role as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose. Signed by Pesci in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
PRASAD RAJENDRA: (1884-1963) Indian politician and lawyer who served as the first President of India 1952-62. A good vintage signed 4 x 6.5 photograph of Prasad in a head and shoulders pose wearing a white Gandhi cap. Signed twice by Prasad, in both Hindi and English, in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 21st February 1961 in his hand. VG
SINATRA FRANK: (1915-1998) American singer and actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 for his role as Private Angelo Maggio in From Here to Eternity. An excellent signed 8 x 10 photograph of Sinatra in a head and shoulders pose in costume from his Oscar winning performance as Maggio in the American romantic war drama film From Here to Eternity. Signed by Sinatra in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. An autograph letter loosely affixed to the verso and signed by Olivier Rambout, in French, explains the circumstances under which Rambout obtained the signature in person at the Hemingway Bar in the Hotel Ritz, Paris, in 1992. About EX
CAROLINE OF BRUNSWICK: (1768-1821) Queen of the United Kingdom 1820-21, wife of King George IV. Autograph Note, unsigned, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., in French. The Queen pens a note regarding her finances, in full, ´pour la depense de la maison 500 livres sterling - Somme totale 2377 livres sterling´ (Translation: ´for house expenses £500 - Total sum £2377´). To the verso appears a statement of provenance signed by Edwin Lovell (?) dated December 1829 and stating, in full, ´I tore this autograph from a private Memorandum Book of Queen Caroline´s which she kept for the purpose of checking her Banker´s Book´. With a similar, shorter annotation to the recto immediately beneath Caroline´s text. Some light staining and minor age wear, slightly irregularly trimmed edges, and with a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso. G
CURIE PIERRE: (1859-1906) French Physicist. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, with his wife Marie and Henri Becquerel, 1903. A pioneer in radioactivity. An excellent A.L.S., `P. Curie´, to one side of a printed small oblong 8vo correspondence card from the Faculté des Sciences de Paris, 12 Rue Cuvier, Paris, 9th August 1904, to a gentleman, in French. An interesting scientific content letter related to Curie´s investigations on radioactivity. Pierre Curie thanks his correspondent for the samples received, stating `Monsieur, J´ai reçu en très bon état la caisse de bouteilles d´eaux de diverses sources que vous avez bien voulu m´envoyer...´ (Translation: "Sir, I received in very good condition the case of bottles of water from various sources that you were kind enough to send me...") Some light water staining (perhaps caused by the water from the bottles referred to), only very slightly affecting the conclusion of the signature, and with a few minor creases, about GFrom 1904, Pierre Curie and Albert Laborde, his collaborator in the laboratory of the rue Cuvier, were interested in thermal waters. Indeed, their therapeutic properties, some of which have been known since ancient times, continued to intrigue. The radioactivity rate of many of them turned out to be higher than normal. From there to deducting that their therapeutic qualities came from radioactivity, there was only a step which thermal spas and companies of spring water did not hesitate to cross: the radioactivity became a selling point for convincing their customers and attracting new spa guests.
HOLM CELESTE: (1917-2012) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1947 for her role as Anne Dettrey in Gentleman’s Agreement. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage 20th Century-Fox publicity portrait depicting Holm in a half-length pose in costume from her Oscar-winning performance as fashion editor Anne Dettrey in the American drama film Gentleman´s Agreement (1947). Signed by the actress in black ink with her name alone to a clear area at the head of the image. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person following a performance of Habeas Corpus at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway on 28th November 1975. A few minor, light creases to the corners and white borders, otherwise VG
WEBB CLIFTON: (1889-1966) American actor, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actor in 1948 for his performance as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere in Sitting Pretty. A good vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Webb in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull and bearing his blindstamp to the lowerright corner and credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Webb in bold dark fountain pen ink to a lighter area at the base of the image and dated 1936 in his hand. Some very light, extremely minor silvering to the image and with some light traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
KNIGHTLEY KEIRA: (1985- ) English actress, an Academy Award nominee for Best Actress in 2005 for her performance as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Elizabeth Swann from the American fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Signed by Knightley in blue ink with her name alone, and with a slightly hurried signature (although somewhat more complete then many that are encountered) to a light area at the cemtre of the image. EX
LAURI-VOLPI GIACOMO: (1892-1979) Italian tenor. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of the singer in a half-length pose in costume as Canio, a Pierrot, from Ruggero Leoncavallo´s opera Pagliacci (1892). Signed by Lauri-Volpi in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image and dated 1932 in his hand. A few very light, minor surface marks, otherwise VG
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