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NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805.Ink signature ('Nelson & Bronte') and two additional lines of holograph text, in full, 'I beg you to Believe that I feel myself as ever your most obliged servant', on a slim oblong 8vo piece, evidently removed from the conclusion of a letter. Dated 1800 in ink in an unidentified hand to the lower right corner. Some light overall staining and neatly and lightly mounted to a black bordered card. G

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 BRAUN FRITZ: (1879-1964) German School Teacher, the father of Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's partner and eventual wife. An extremely rare original vintage signed sepia 2.5 x 3.5 photograph by Fritz Braun, to the verso, the candid image depicting his daughter, Eva Braun, standing in a full length pose outdoors, wearing an overcoat and hat and posing alongside a motor car. Signed ('F Braun') by Braun in bold indelible pencil and further annotated in his hand, in German, in full, 'My daughter Eva in front of her home in Munich in the year 1939'. Above the annotation appears Fritz Braun's personal ink stamp with his name, profession ('Senior Vocational-School Teacher, retired') and his address in Ruhpolding, Upper Bavaria. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and with some light fading to the image, otherwise about VG   Provenance: The present photograph, removed from the Braun's private family album, was given by Fritz Braun to his friend Julius Weder as a memento in 1951. The image is most likely unpublished.   In 1939, the date of the present photograph, Eva Braun was residing in the fashionable Bogenhausen district of Munich and it is her home at Wasserburgerstrasse 12 (now Delpstrasse 12) that can be seen in the photograph. Braun lived there with her younger sister Gretl and the house was not far from Hitler's Prinzregentenplatz apartment. The Braun sisters used the property as their main residence when Hitler was at the front during World War II. The motor car in the photograph is most likely one made by the Maybach Motorenbau. 

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BALLET: Selection of vintage signed printed 8vo programmes and 4to magazines (2) by various ballet dancers including Margot Fonteyn (3), Robert Helpmann, Alexander Grant, Violetta Elvin, Gillian Lynne, Beryl Grey, Nadia Nerina, Brian Shaw, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth Melville, Michael Somes, Pamela May, Harold Turner etc. The programmes are all for performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden during the 1950s and most are multiple signed to inside pages and a few of the signatures are a little light or penned across darker areas of images. Some overall age wear (creasing, small tears etc.) and a few with loose pages, generally G, 12

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 SACHSENHAUSEN: A mimeographed copy of the written testimony of 'Blockältester' Karl Schwerbel, former SS member, sent to Sachsenhausen for the crime of homosexuality under §175 StGB of the German Criminal Code, nine pages, folio, Sandbostel, 18th December 1945. The testimony being a first-hand report on the evacuation of the Sachenhausen concentration camp in April 1945, describing the conditions of fellow prisoners, their food rations, guards, encounters and the environment they experienced during the forced march, in part, 'All prisoners who were fit to march were to leave the camp on foot, in marching units of 500… The Children, the sick and those not fit to march, were to stay behind in the camp… When the order to evacuate became known, disturbances, surprise raids, and plundering started… It was impossible, however, to prevent the theft from the camp post office of what were said to be some 2000 Red Cross parcels… Some Russian and Ukrainian prisoners had apparently attacked a truck loaded with provisions, and they had been driven off by shots from an SS NCO…every prisoner had issued to him as a 3 day march ration, 1 army loaf, together with 350 or 500 grams of tinned meat, (¼ of a tin)… To each marching group were allotted, in addition, armed prisoners, who had been picked for the Dirlewanger unit… The group commander, from the side of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, was the former SS Sturmscharfuhrer Breitling… After a march of about 15kms., we rested… During this time I witnessed the following incident… a prisoner who lingered behind a column which was passing by us was shot by a member of the SS on the open road… the incident was, however, also observed from a car of the International Red Cross… In the evening, we found shelter in barns… Here again we all had cooked potatoes, and some of us buttermilk as well… On 22. and 23.4.1945… we saw also in the ditches on both sides of the road many bodies of male prisoners with shot wounds. There must have been over 20 of them… on 24.4.45… an SS officer - not known to me - who was passing our column on a motor-cycle, shouted out an order from Keindl, the commandant, not to shoot any prisoners, since the sick and the feeble would be taken on in lorries… In Below, there began for the prisoners the most dreadful suffering… no further food for 5 days… Every morning, for this reason, some 50-60 corpses lay close to the edge of the camp. Cases of cannibalism are also believed to have taken place… On account of the ever-worsening situation, Keindl, the commandant, decided to allow a proportion of the prisoners to return home… In addition, the escort was most strictly forbidden to use their firearms against the prisoners… The last three nights of the march were spent under the open sky by prisoners and escort… It frequently occurred that bands of famished prisoners fell upon turnip and potato stockpiles… SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Petri also tried, in one village, to stop a peasant woman from giving milk to prisoners and SS men. On the other hand, I also noticed that the escort personnel secretly gave the prisoners… potatoes, turnips, cigarettes and water… In the afternoon of 2.5.1945, the terrible march of my column came to an end… through its disintegration and flight to safety with the American troops.' With various pertinent words and paragraphs highlighted in red indelible pencil. With two files holes to the left edge and very light age wear, otherwise VG The Blockältester (block or barracks leader) had to ensure that rules were followed in the individual barracks and also responsible for the prisoners in the barracks. 

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ASTAIRE FRED: (1899-1987) American Actor & Dancer, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Astaire in a full length dance pose in costume as John 'Lucky' Garnett alongside Ginger Rogers, in costume as Penelope Carroll, in a scene from the musical comedy film Swing Time (1936). Signed ('F Astaire') by Astaire in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. About EX

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 BIRTHDAY BOOK: A good small 8vo leatherbound edition of The Tennyson Birthday Book edited by Emily Shakespear, published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1887, previously owned by Ella Prendergast (her ownership signature appears to the front free endpaper) and containing over 250 signatures by various members or Royal families, English aristocrats and politicians, military officers as well as other famous individuals (writers, artists, stage actors etc.) including Prince Albert Victor (1864-1892, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the eldest son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, considered to be a suspect in the Jack the Ripper serial killings), Colonel Wyndham Hughes-Hallett, Sir Berkeley Pigott, Sabine Baring Gould (1834-1924, Anglican Priest, author of the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers), George Harris (1851-1932, 4th Baron Harris, known as Lord Harris, English Cricketer, Captain of England 1878/79-80, 1884), Edmund Fremantle (1836-1929, British Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1896-99) and his wife Barbarina, Henry Horne (1861-1929, 1st Baron Horne, British General of World War I), Eardley Norton (1852-1931, Indian-born British Barrister & Politician, one of the earliest members of the Indian National Congress), George Cave (1856-1928, 1st Viscount Cave, British Lawyer & Politician, Home Secretary 1916-19, Lord Chancellor 1922-24, 1924-28) and his wife Estella, John Lavery (1856-1941, Irish Portrait Painter) and his wife Hazel, Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad III (1863-1939, Maharaja of Baroda State 1875-1939), John Dalrymple (1819-1903, 10th Earl of Stair, Scottish Peer & Politician, Governor of the Bank of Scotland 1870-1903), Frank Rhodes (1850-1905, British Colonel, brother of Cecil Rhodes), Berkeley Cole Wilmot Williams (1865-1938, English Captain in the British Army), Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918, Emperor of Russia 1894-1917, signed as Tsarevich), Julia Neilson (1868-1957, English Stage Actress) and her husband Fred Terry (1863-1933, English Stage Actor, brother of Ellen Terry), Hugh Childers (1827-1896, British Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1882-85, Home Secretary 1886), Gebhard Blucher von Wahlstatt (1865-1931, Husband of Evelyn, Princess Blucher (1876-1960) English Diarist & Memoirist), Turner van Straubenzee (British Army Lieutenant, a relative of the English businessman Thomas van Sraubenzee, godfather of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge), Arthur Hayter (1835-1917, 1st Baron Haversham, British Politician, Financial Secretary to the War Office 1882-85), Prince Esper Ukhtomsky (1861-1921, Russian Poet, Publisher & Oriental enthusiast, a close confidant of Tsar Nicholas II who accompanied the Tsarevich on his Grand Tour to the East 1890-91), William Napier (1846-1913, 11th Lord Napier, 2nd Baron Ettrick, British Peer), Emmuska Orczy  (1865-1947, British Novelist, creator of The Scarlet Pimpernel), Frederick Beauchamp Lecky (1859-1928, Irish Colonel), Harry Prendergast (1834-1913, English General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Indian Rebellion, 21st November 1857), Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923 French Actress), Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie (1867-1906, Anglo-American Novelist & Dramatist who wrote under the pen name of John Oliver Hobbes and whose Bohemian works included Some Emotions and a Moral), Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919, Scottish Public Servant & Writer, Foreign Correspondent of The Times, served as political officer to Tsar Nicholas II during the Tsarevich’s Grand Tour to the East 1890-91), Prince Dimitri Alexandrovich Obolensky (1882-1964, Russian Nobleman), William Forbes Gatacre (1843-1906, British Lieutenant General who served in the Second Boer War), Herbert Russell Wakefield (1888-1964, English Short-Story Writer & Novelist, remembered for his ghost stories), Ronald Dockray Waterhouse (British Lieutenant-Colonel, Private Secretary to Andrew Bonar Law) and many others. All edges gilt and with a gilt stamped title to the front cover and spine. Some minor staining, light age wear and rubbing to the covers and spine, otherwise about VG   Provenance: The Birthday Book was previously the property of Ella Prendergast, daughter of General Sir Harry Prendergast VC, whose signature appears in the present volume along with other members of her family. It would appear that she acquired a number of the signatures during the Tsarevich Nicholas’s Grand Tour of the East 1890-91 during which he visited India from 23rd December 1890 – 12th January 1891. It was during this tour that the future Tsar Nicholas II was the subject of a failed assassination attempt (known as the Otsu incident) on 11th May 1891 during his visit to Japan.   

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EVERTON FC: A page contained within an autograph album individually signed by 28 members of Everton Football Club 1933-34 including Dixie Dean, Ted Sagar, Billy Cook, Warney Cresswell, Tommy White, Jock Thomson, Albert Geldard, James Dunn, Tommy Johnson, Jimmy Stein (all of the former being members of the FA Cup winning team of 1933), Edward Critchley, Charlie Gee, Joe Mercer, Jimmy Cunliffe, Charlie Leyfield, Billy Coggins, George Stevens etc. All have signed in dark fountain pen inks with their names alone. The album also features a few other signatures of other footballers including Norman Bullock, various members of Wigan Rugby Football Club (sixteen pencil signatures to a single page including Reg Hathway, Jim Sullivan, Ossie Griffiths, Gwyn Davies etc.) as well as various verses and drawings etc. signed by family and friends of the collector. Some light overall age wear, about VG

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SOUSA JOHN PHILIP: (1854-1932) American Composer. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Sousa standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed ('John Philip Sousa') in dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background and dated 1911 in his hand. Some very light, minor surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG

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 HOPKINS ANTHONY: (1937-     ) Welsh Actor, Academy Award winner. Small series of four T.Ls.S., Anthony Hopkins, including one signed by a secretary on his behalf, each one page, 8vo, London, January 1986 - December 1987, all to Miss. Kathleen Kennedy, a piano teacher. Hopkins largely writes concerning music and his piano, stating, in part, 'I am, at the moment, fixed up with a piano teacher but I am not quite sure how it is going to work out, so may I keep hold of your letter and if needs be get in contact with you' (21st January 1986), 'Thank you very much indeed for thinking to send me a copy of your booklet; I have looked through it, but as yet haven't got round to 'doing' it.....at the moment I don't seem to have much time for anything other than the National Theatre! The piano has had to take very much of a back seat...' (8th June 1987), 'Thank you so much for the Exercises.....I am very pleased to have them and they are more than useful.' (30th September 1987), and in the final letter (signed by his secretary) Hopkins confirms having booked a seat for Kennedy at a theatre and provides instructions for collecting the ticket. Together with Albert Finney (1936-2019) English Actor. T.L.S., Albert Finney, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Sussex), 1st November 1989, to Miss. Kathleen Kennedy. Finney thanks his correspondent for her letter and adds that he is delighted she enjoyed a performance, further remarking 'I found the difficulty for a non-pianist like myself, in studying the piece, was the different and separate movements with either hand, but it is strangely satisfying to imagine, as I sit there, that it could be me (fantasy, fantasy)!'. Each of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, generally VG, 5   Anthony Hopkins is a keen musician who has played the piano since his school days.  

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GRANT CARY: (1904-1986) British-born American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Grant in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the background. Some very light, extremely minor surface creasing and the white borders very slightly, neatly trimmed, VG

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LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. A good pair of blue ink signatures by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from The Plough Hotel in Northampton. A colour vignette of the duo is neatly affixed above the signatures and Laurel has added an inscription ('Hello Geoff!') in his hand. The head of the page is also annotated Geoff in ink in an unidentified hand. A few extremely light, very minor creases, VG

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ASQUITH H. H.: (1852-1928) British Prime Minister 1908-16. A.L.S., H. H. Asquith, one page, 8vo, Whitehall, London, 14th May 1914, to Mr. Bailey, on the blind embossed stationery of the Secretary of State for War, marked Private. Asquith writes, in full, 'I am greatly obliged to you for your letter of the 12th, & will give careful consideration to your suggestions'. Together with a fountain pen ink signature ('H. H. Asquith') on a 12mo piece, neatly laid down. Also including Margot Asquith (1864-1945) British Socialite, Author and Wit, wife of H. H. Asquith from 1894-1928. A.L.S., M Asquith, two pages, 8vo, Bedford Square, London, 13th March 1924, to a gentleman. Asquith writes in pencil and announces, 'I'm afraid I can't write anything for £100', continuing to explain 'Yesterday a journalist offered me £300 for an article on Rome & promised me more if I cd. make it long enough for two parts. I've been offered thousands of pounds by American publishers if I wd. write 2 articles on our Royal family (King Edward & K. George) whom I've known very intimately but no money wd. make me do it' and concluding 'I hate writing & had it not been for Lord Morley wd. never have published anything'. Some light overall age wear and dust staining and with some splitting to the edges of the central fold, a little crudely repaired with clear tape. FR to VG, 3

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 MORSE SAMUEL F. B.: (1791-1872) American Inventor associated with the single-wire telegraph system and the development of the Morse Code. A good A.L.S., Saml. F. B. Morse, three pages, 8vo, New York, 30th April 1862, to Rev. J. Treadwell Walden. Morse acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's courteous letter and a copy of the Atlantic Monthly, remarking 'I have read with deep interest your admirably written article to which you refer, and were I to designate its character, and the impressions it has made upon me, of its high intellectual power, in fitting terms, I might perhaps, be accused of being unduly influenced by its panegyric and the flattering terms in which you are pleased to speak of my humble instrumentality in introducing to the world the invention which has modified so greatly, and is still further to modify the intercourse of the nations' and further adding 'While conscious of the position which humanly speaking has justly been assigned to me by the almost unanimous voice of the civilized world (Great Britain as a Government is an exception) I can say to you that I yet am fully sensible that I am a wea[k] if an honored instrument in the ha[nd] of the giver of every good and perfec[t] gift, by whom it has pleased Him to grant this boon to his children, and to Him be all the glory'. In concluding Morse invites his correspondent to call upon him either at his residence in New York during the winter or in Po'keepsie during the summer and in a postscript adds 'I send you a copy of a pamphlet (no longer present) which embodies my views on the troubles that distract our country'. A letter of interesting content relating to Morse's contribution to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system. Some light overall age wear and light staining and a few small areas of paper loss, neatly and professionally repaired, only very slightly affecting a few words of text and not the signature, G   Jacob Treadwell Walden (1830-1918) American Episcopal Clergyman and Author who was appointed on two special commissions by the United States Sanitary Commission in 1864 to investigate the treatment of prisoners of war. He later lived in England from 1886-89 during which time he preached in Westminster Abbey and wrote The Story of England in Westminster Hall. Father of Arthur Treadwell Walden (1871-1947) American Klondike Gold Rush Adventurer and a member of Byrd's first Antarctic Expedition.   Morse's declaration that the Government of Great Britain were an exception to the 'unanimous voice of the civilized world' was made as a result of the English scientist and inventors Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) and William Cooke (1806-1879) launching a commercial telegraph prior to the American inventor. Wheatstone and Cooke patented the electrical telegraph in 1837 however, within a few years their multiple wired signalling method was overtaken by Morse's cheaper method and the American fought vigorously to be called the sole inventor of the electromagnetic telegraph despite the previous inventions. The Morse telegraphic apparatus was officially adopted as the standard for European telegraphy in 1851 and only the United Kingdom (with its extensive overseas empire) kept the needle telegraph of Wheatstone and Cooke.  

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UTRILLO MAURICE: (1883-1955) French Painter. Signed exhibition brochure for an exposition of Utrillo's works 1905-43 at the Galerie O. Petrides in Paris, 31st March - 30th April 1944, featuring an essay in French entitled En marge d'une Rétrospective by the critic Adolphe Tabarant, a list of the exhibited works and several black and white plate illustrations. Signed ('Maurice Utrillo V') in bold pencil by the artist to an inside page beneath an image of him standing outdoors painting the Montmartre cabaret Lapin Agile in January 1944. Some light overall age wear and minor age toning to the paper covers, G

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SINATRA FRANK: (1915-1998) American Singer and Actor, Academy Award winner. A good, early vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the youthful Sinatra in a handsome head and shoulders pose. Photograph by James J. Kriegsmann of New York. Signed by Sinatra in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the background. Some light overall surface and corner creasing and a few very minor traces of former mounting to the verso, G

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SOONG MAY-LING: (1898-2003) Madame Chaing Kai-shek. First Lady of the Republic of China 1948-75. Vintage World War II date signed and inscribed sepia 13 x 10.5 photograph of Madame Chaing Kai-shek in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Mayling Soong Chiang') to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1940 in her hand. Inscribed to the upper photographer's mount to Major McHugh and also featuring the pencil signature of the photographer immediately beneath the image. The signature and inscription are faded, although legible, and with some scuffing to the image and some creasing, tears and light age wear and staining to the photographer's mount, FR

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 MONROE MARILYN: (1926-1962) American Actress and Sex Symbol. D.S., Marilyn Monroe, being a signed cheque, Hollywood, California, 18th October 1950. The partially printed cheque, completed entirely in Monroe's hand, is drawn on the Bank of America and made payable to Sparkletts Drinking Water for the sum of $8.65. A light red ink bank cancellation slightly affects the date and three other small red stains affect a few letters at the beginning of Monroe's signature. About VG 

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BYRON LORD: (1788-1824) British Poet, a leading figure in the Romantic Movement. Signed Free Front envelope panel, addressed in his hand to a Reverend on the Isle of Man and dated London, 26th February 1823. Signed ('Byron') to the lower left corner and bearing a red circular Free frank. Curiously, the name of Byron's correspondent has been crossed through making it illegible, although the first initial may be C. A further contemporary ink annotation immediately above the signature has been lightly erased. Very slightly irregularly trimmed, some very light dust staining and slight traces of former mounting to the verso, G

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ERNST KARL: (1904-1934) German SA-Gruppenfuhrer, one of the suspects thought to be involved in the Reichstag fire in February 1933, just one month after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany and regarded as a pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany. Ernst is believed to have entered into a homosexual relationship with Ernst Rohm, who had participated in the Beer Hall Putsch, however Karl Ernst married in June 1934 (Adolf Hitler served as best man at his wedding). Just six weeks later Hitler ordered a purge of the SA, known as the Night of the Long Knives, and both Rohm and Ernst were executed, the latter shot by a firing squad. An extremely rare D.S., Ernst, one page, small oblong 12mo, Berlin, 5th October 1933, in German. The partially printed document, completed in another hand, appears to be a form of identity card issued to Ernst by the SA of the NSDAP and provides details of his rank within the Berlin - Brandenburg group of the Sturmabteilung (SA). Boldly signed by Ernst in black fountain pen ink. With a light official oval ink stamp. Autographs of Ernst are extremely rare in any form as a result of his execution at the age of 29. VG

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THEATRE: Selection of vintage signed sepia postcard photographs by various Edwardian stage actors including Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Charles Wyndham, Harry Tich, George Robey, Lionel Brough, Arthur Bourchier, Stanley Brett, Weedon Grossmith, George Grossmith Jr., Johnny Danvers, Leonard Boyne, Basil Gill, Cyril Maude, Fred Terry, Harley Granville-Barker, William Haviland, Johnston Forbes-Robertson, George Alexander, Frank Lawton, Edmund Payne, Charles Rock, Herbert Waring, Ben Webster, Brandon Thomas, Henry Lytton, Bransby Wiliams etc. Some very light age wear and minor corner and surface creasing, generally VG, 37

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CREAM: A good vintage set of blue ink signatures by all three members of the British rock supergroup of the 1960s individually, comprising Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton, on a small oblong 8vo piece. All have signed with their full signatures. Some light creasing and age wear, only very slightly affecting the signatures, G

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 HEPBURN AUDREY: (1929-1993) Belgian-born Actress, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Hepburn seated in an Autobianchi 'Eden Roc' cabriolet motor car, waving one white gloved hand and wearing a matching white hat and coat, designed by Givenchy, in costume as Nicole Bonnet from the heist comedy film How to Steal a Million (1966). Signed by Hepburn in bold black ink across a light area at the base of the image. A few very light, extremely minor creases to the edges and corners, VG 

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WORDSWORTH WILLIAM: (1770-1850) English Romantic Poet. Poet Laureate 1843-50. A fine, dark ink signature ('Wm Wordsworth') and one additional holograph line of text and date, 'Written at Calgarth Octbr 23rd 1815', on a slim oblong 8vo piece. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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 BUTE EARL OF: (1713-1792) British Prime Minister 1762-63. A rare A.L.S., Bute, one page, 4to, London, 14th April 1781, to the Earl of Buchan ('My Lord').  Bute states that when his correspondent had sent 'an account of the improper choice you had made of a President' he recollects having informed Buchan that 'I was retired from all business' and that 'your Lordship would of course execute the trust you had declared on me…..to the completion of your plan', further adding 'I am obliged to repeat this declaration on receiving your Lordship's letter' and commenting that 'the character proposed can be of no use' in so much as he is acquainted with such matters 'of which your Lordship is in truth the proper judge'. Bute's letter is written in a somewhat infirm hand, thereby making a few words challenging to transcribe. Docketed in ink to the verso, 'Earl of Bute to the Earl of Buchan. I chose Lord Bute for President of the Soct…..but the unhappy man was in himself quite incapable of doing any good'. Some very light, minor age toning to the right and lower edges and very slightly irregularly torn to the left edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of text but not the signature. Some light traces of former mounting to the right edge of the verso. About VG   David Erskine (1742-1829) 11th Earl of Buchan. Scottish Antiquarian and patron of the Arts and Sciences. Buchan founded the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780.    John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was the first British Prime Minister from Scotland following the Acts of Union in 1707. He was elected the first President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780.   Provenance: A pencil annotation to the verso of the present letter indicates that it was previously part of the famous collection of books and manuscripts formed by the English antiquary Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872). 

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 GEORGE IV: (1762-1830) King of the United Kingdom 1820-30. A.L.S., George P, as Prince of Wales, one page, 4to, Carlton House, 15th November 1790, to Messrs. Hammersley & Co. The Prince writes, in full, 'You have my authority to cancel the power of attorney given to Mr. Bawn (?) in my Brothers names as were as my own'. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age wear and a few small pinholes to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, about VG 

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 TURGENEV IVAN: (1818-1883) Russian Novelist and Playwright. A.L.S., Iwan Turgenjew, two pages, 8vo, Rue de Douai, Paris, 2nd February 1878, to Mrs. Paoli, on Turgenev's personal monogrammed stationery, in German. Turgenev replies to his correspondent's kind letter and informs her 'In fact, from the very beginning of my career as an author I wrote plays (the last one in 1851) but I very soon became convinced that I didn't possess the stuff of the dramatic poet, for only the evolution of the characters interested me, not their conflicts', further remarking 'Moreover my pieces have met with no success'. The author continues to remark that, as his correspondent has shown a friendly interest in his affairs, he will send her a copy of his Scenes of Russian Life, explaining that it comprises two plays, 'a comedy in two acts and one in one act' and that 'The last one is not even planned for the stage', also suggesting that 'You will most likely share my opinion about my dramatic skills'. A letter of fine literary content. With blank integral leaf. A thin vertical strip of extremely light discoloration appears to the left edge of the letter, evidently caused by previous mounting, and only very minimally touches the conclusion of Turgenev's signature and a few words of text, otherwise VG 

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WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. D.S., R Walpole, one page, folio, n.p. (London), May 1725. The manuscript document is a treasury warrant relating to John Spicer, a messenger in the Court of Exchequer, granting an allowance to him for his travel and charges in January and February 1724 for the delivery of 'severall blank parchment Books issued out of the King's Remembrances office…..directed to the Custoners, Comptrollers & Searchers of the Ports underwritten for Entring all Goods and Merchandizes as well coming into as going out of the said Ports for one whole year……And also for Entring all Goods and Merchandizes carried betwixt Port & Port…..', the ports listed including those at Sandwich, Yarmouth, Ipswich and Boston. A note at the foot states 'This service has been carefully perform'd as appears by the Rects. of the respective officers' and several additional notes request that the Bill be paid. Signed by Walpole at the foot and with several countersignatures. With blank integral leaf. Some slight splitting at the folds, a small area of paper loss to the upper edge, just affecting a few words of text, and with some light overall age wear, G

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 WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the Victor of Waterloo, 1815. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., Wellington, three pages, 4to, Drayton Manor, 25th September 1830, to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Wellington states that he is very happy to learn that Lord Londonderry has again announced 'his intention or rather inclination to support the Govt. by his countenance and influence' although continues 'As I heretofore informed you however, I had reason to believe (from what he said to me no less than three times upon three different occasions, the last of which occurred when I offered him the Office of Lord of the Admiralty for his son by Command of the late King) that I was to have the benefit of his countenance and support' and remarks 'I cannot but think therefore that I must still consider his support of the Govt. as doubtful'. Wellington further states 'Lord Londonderry and his friends know that I have invariably done everything in my power to promote his views, and to maintain his influence in the country. I wish that I could appeal to any body for a testimony that upon any one occasion since I have been in office he has given the Govt. any assistance that it was in his power to withhold from it'. A letter of interesting political content. Some very light age wear and a lengthy, neat split to the right edge of the central horizontal fold, only very slightly affecting the text but not the signature, G   Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville (1776-1839) 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. British Landowner and Politician, Lord Steward of the Household 1830.    Charles William Vane (1778-1854) 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Irish Soldier, Nobleman and Politician. Londonderry fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Excelling as a cavalry commander under the Duke of Wellington, Londonderry served as Wellington's Adjutant General from 1809-12, leaving his post in controversial circumstances with the Duke apparently labelling him a 'sad brouillon and mischief-maker' despite appreciating his skills as a soldier.    The present letter is written less than two months before Wellington was to leave the office of Prime Minister, on 16th November 1830. During the summer and autumn of 1830, a wave of riots swept the country and Wellington's government fell. In maintaining the Tory policy of no reform and no expansion of suffrage, Wellington lost ground to the Whigs, who had not been in favour for most years since the 1770s, and as a result the Duke lost a vote of no confidence on 15th November 1830.  

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 RACHMANINOFF SERGEI: (1873-1943) Russian Composer and Pianist. Vintage signed sepia 6.5 x 9.5 photograph of Rachmaninoff in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Mishkin of New York. Signed ('Sergei Rachmaninoff') in fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated 1923 in his hand. Attractively matted in gold and light burgundy and framed and glazed in a plain dark wooden frame to an overall size of 11.5 x 14.5. A couple of heavy surface and corner creases and some light silvering to the image, G 

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 GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader during the Indian Independence Movement. A.L.S., M K Gandhi, on one side of a plain postcard, Sevagram, 4th August 1941, to A. G. Blake at the Carlton Club in London. Gandhi writes, in full, 'Shri Narayanan has sent me a copy of your letter to him. I shall gladly conform to your wish'. Hand addressed by Gandhi to the verso and with a forwarding address added in an unidentified hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG   Alexander Grenville Blake - British civil servant who served as a district magistrate in India during the 1920s and 1930s.  

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CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. T.L.S., W S Churchill, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 8vo, London, 17th May 1939, to Herbert F. Cowley, on the blind embossed stationery of the House of Commons. Churchill thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues 'I greatly appreciate your kindness in writing as you did to the “Daily Sketch”'. Together with the original newspaper article published on the letters page of the Daily Sketch with the headline In Defence [of] Churchill, being a letter written by Cowley, a survivor of the Gallipoli Campaign, disagreeing with a previously published letter by a Margot Keane regarding Churchill, pointing out that she was wrong to state that Churchill was Secretary of State for War at the time of the attack on the Dardanelles and further remarking 'I fancy “Margot Keane” must have ceased reading her daily newspaper, or she would have noticed that Mr. Churchill has been warning Messrs Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Chamberlain that the Germans were arming as quickly as possible, and their airplanes were overhauling ours, and have now exceeded ours! If due notice had been taken of Mr. Churchill's warnings for the past few years we should not be in this awful mess now!'. Some light creasing to Churchill's letter and two small rust stains to the upper and lower left corners, not affecting the text or signature, and some age wear, light staining and small areas of paper loss to the newspaper article, G. 2

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 GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60 & PELHAM HENRY (1694-1754) British Prime Minister 1743-54 & GRENVILLE GEORGE (1712-1770) British Prime Minister 1763-5. A fine D.S. George R, as King, at the head, and H: Pelham and George Grenville, as Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, at the conclusion, two pages, large folio, Court at Kensington, 19th August 1751. The elegantly penned manuscript document is a warrant addressed to William Pitt, Paymaster of the Forces, and states, in part, 'Whereas, it has been usual to allow a Number of fictious Names upon the Muster Rolls of each of Our Troops of Horse Guards and two Troops of Horse Grenadier Guards, instead of effective men, in order to increase the Allowance of Pay to the several officers of the said Troops, the better to enable them to maintain their Ranks in the Army, and for other purposes…..and also to pass & allow, One Man per Company upon the Muster Rolls of Our Regiment and Twenty five Independt. Companys of Invalids over & above the Allowance born upon this Establishment for the Service of the Agent & Sollicitor to Our said Regiment…..in consideration of his great Pains & Trouble in the Performance of his Duty…..pursuant to two several warrants from us, and from Our late Royal Father….Our Will & Pleasure now is, that the said fictious Names shall be no longer allowed upon the Muster of Rolls…..but instead thereof, We do hereby Authorize and Direct, that in the Debentures to be made out by you from time to time for the Pay of Our Two Troops of Horse Guards…..You take care to allow the Full Pay of six private Gentlemen…..& also the Full Pay of one Man for each Company…..over & above the Allowance to the Agent & Sollicitor….Yet the Amount of the Full Pay of the said Private Gentlemen, & Private Men as well…..is to be Computed and included in the Debenture, or Debentures…..and as often as the same shall be paid & cleared; It being Our Intention that the Officers……and the Agent & Sollicitor….now and for the time being shall all and every of them continue to have & receive the aforesaid Allowance…..'  Also countersigned at the conclusion by John Campbell (1695-1777) British Politician, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1746-54. A few very minor ink marks slightly affect the King's signature. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges and one small hole to the centre of the document, VG   William Pitt (1708-1778) The Elder. 1st Earl of Chatham. British Prime Minister 1766-68 and, at the time of the present document, Paymaster of the Forces (1746-55). 

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 TROOST GERDY: (1904-2003) German Architect, wife of Paul Ludwig Troost. A member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and acquaintance of Adolf Hitler, Gerdy Troost was an architectural adviser to the Fuhrer's circle during World War II. She supervised the construction of the Ehrentempels ('The Honor Temples') which were erected in Munich in 1935 and housed the sacrophagi of the sixteen members of the NSDAP who had been killed in the failed Beer Hall Putsch. T.L.S., Gerdy Troost, one page, 4to, Munich, 11th January 1938, to [Trude] Burkner, on the printed stationery of Atelier Troost, in German. Troost states that some days of rest and snow have prevented her from writing earlier and continues to express her happiness at the lovely Christmas and lullaby book which her correspondent had sent as a gift.  Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG   Trude Burkner (1902-1989) nee Mohr. German Member of the NSDAP, the first Reichsreferentin of the Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM - The League of German Girls), appointed in June 1934 after her female arm of the Hitler Youth, based in the Brandenburg district of Germany, had grown to become the second largest group in the country under her leadership. At the end of World War II Burkner was captured and imprisoned by the British.  

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 GODERICH VISCOUNT: (1782-1859) British Prime Minister August 1827 - January 1828. A rare A.L.S., Goderich, one page, 4to, Downing Street, 9th November 1831, to His Majesty's Attorney General (Thomas Denman). Goderich apologises for the trouble Denman has had in relation to Mr. Jeremie's case 'as the business upon which your opinion seems to have been required has been long since concluded' and continues to state 'I find upon enquiry that the reference was not made to you by this Department, but by that of the Privy Council without the knowledge of this Office; and as Mr. Jeremie has resigned the judgeship of St Lucia I apprehend that there is no need of your giving yourself any further trouble about it'. With autograph address panel to the verso signed ('T Denman') by Thomas Denman, addressed to Lady Denman at Bakewell and dated London, 19th November 1831 in his hand, with a holograph note to the right border, in full, 'So now goodbye - I have just time to send a few lines to Dick. Believe me ever, my dear wife, your most affectionate & faithful husband'. With remnants of a black wax seal. Some light staining, minor creasing and age wear, only very slightly touching the last letter of Goderich's signature. G   Thomas Denman (1779-1854) 1st Baron Denman. British Lawyer, Judge & Politician. Attorney General for England and Wales 1830-32 and Lord Chief Justice 1832-50. Denman was energetic in his pursuit, both as a judge and writer, to effect the abolition of the slave trade.    John Jeremie (1795-1841) British Judge and Diplomat who served as Chief Justice of Saint Lucia 1824-31 and Governor of Sierra Leone 1840-41. Jeremie was associated with the issue of slavery throughout his lifetime and the publications he made during his time in Saint Lucia are thought to have contributed to the abolition of slavery. Jeremie was also praised for advancing 'negro freedom' and recognised that colour prejudice and slavery were two different problems.    At the time of writing the present letter Goderich was serving as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1830-33).  

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 GREY EARL: (1764-1845) British Prime Minister 1830-34. A.L.S., Grey, two pages, 8vo, Downing Street, 9th March 1833, to Viscount Melbourne, marked Private. Grey states 'The enclosed memorial (no longer present) was sent to me whilst I was at Howarth & has since escaped my memory' and asks his correspondent 'Will you enquire in your office what has been done on similar occasions & whether there are any & what objections to a compliance with Mr. Buller's application'. A letter of good association between two British Prime Ministers. Some light overall age wear and dust staining, G   Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) British Prime Minister 1834, 1835-41. At the time of the present letter Melbourne was serving as Home Secretary (1830-34) in Grey's cabinet.  

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FLYNN ERROL: (1909-1959) Australian Film Actor. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 magazine photograph, evidently removed from an edition of Picture Show, the image depicting Flynn in a half length pose accompanied by a small black dog. Signed ('Errol Flynn') with his name alone in fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image, which also features a facsimile signature and greeting. Neatly laid down, otherwise VG

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TEMPLE SHIRLEY: (1928-2014) American Child Actress, Academy Award winner. An excellent vintage signed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the young Temple standing in a full length pose wearing a rain coat, hat and a pair of wellington boots in costume as Helen 'Star' Mason from the American musical comedy-drama film Captain January (1936). Signed ('Love, Shirley Temple') in her juvenile hand in bold fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. Some minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise about EX

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 FONDA HENRY: (1905-1982) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Small collection of A.Ls.S., Hank, (and one with his initial H), six pages (4to) and two written on picture postcards, various places (mainly California), 1940-51 and some undated, all to Meta Sterne. Fonda writes a series of social letters to his friend, stating, in part, ‘He hasn’t killed me yet – but he hasn’t given up – Neither have I – ‘ (7th May 1940), ‘I forgot, of course, that I can’t write a letter to an officer…..It was fun seeing you last week – wish I could have sat down and really shot the breeze without having to run……the weather has been like summer and the sinus condition has disappeared and taps just sounded and I’ve got to get this light the hell out’ (‘Monday nite’, accompanied by the original envelope post marked by the US Navy 17th February 1943 and signed by Fonda in the return address), ‘This won’t stand up for a letter – but will let you know I survived – and thanks for the good thoughts’ (16th December 1951), ‘It’s much too late for excuses – let’s just face it – I don’t write many letters. Now that I’ve started this one – I don’t know what to write about – I don’t want to talk about “Point” which of course is closest to me at the moment, because I want you to see it first and then we’ll talk. I don’t want to talk about politics – because even now I am still too emotionally involved – though we’ll have to talk about it sometime – there are many things I don’t understand about some people I used to know. That leaves the weather and our healths – the first is fine here – and the second improving……Our summer is still unplanned – there is talk about a movie of “Mister Roberts” but nothing very definite – Unless there is an exciting movie to do – we’ll come back to Long Island for the summer…..’ (Chicago, 2nd February, annotated ’53?’ in pencil in an unidentified hand), ‘There is little I can tell you of my work other than that the hours are long – often exciting – and sometimes interesting – never dull because you’re too damn busy…..We’ve moved forward three times since I’ve been with the command – and new operations follow each other so fast that we find ourselves working on two at the same time. The war seems to have taken an amazing turn out here – but I’m no more optimistic than I was last spring that we’ll have finished it sooner than two or three more years – However that is a minority opinion’ (n.d.). Together with two unsigned photographs, a Christmas greetings card bearing a secretarial signature and inscription and a small mimeographed sheet of text featuring a Hollywood news story regarding the rape and murder of a Hollywood Canteen hostess, annotated in ink by Fonda, ‘…..say what you want about Hollywood’. Some light overall age wear, minor creasing and small tears etc., generally G to about VG, 10   Meta Stern (1899-1975) American Researcher & Script Supervisor who worked on various films, mainly during the 1940s and 1950s, including Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and Fort Apache (1948) all of which starred Henry Fonda and were directed by John Ford.   Henry Fonda enlisted in the US Navy in November 1942, serving for three years initially as a Quartermaster 3rd Class on the destroyer USS Satterlee and was later commissioned as a Lieutenant Junior Grade in Air Combat Intelligence in the Central Pacific. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Navy Presidential Unit Citation.  

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THEATRE: Selection of vintage signed sepia postcard photographs by various Edwardian stage actresses including Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Ellen Terry, Mary Anderson de Navarro, Marie Studholme, Dorothea Baird, Coralie Blythe, Lilyan Graham, Ethel Matthews, Camille Clifford, Maxine Elliott, Janet Alexander, Agnes Fraser, Stella Gastelle, Pauline Chase, Adrienne Augarde, Carrie Moore, Hazel Thompson, Edith Fink, Ellaline Terriss, Viola Tree, Julia Neilson, Olive Morrell, Winifred Hare, Maud Tree, Eva Moore, Ruby Ray, Vesta Tilley, Nina Sevening etc. Some light age wear and minor corner and surface creasing, G to generally VG, 42

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 RUST BERNHARD: (1883-1945) German Reich Minister of Science, Education and National Culture 1934-45. T.L.S., Rust, one page, 4to, Berlin, 14th March 1938, to [Trude Burkner] ('Sehr verehrte gnadige Frau!'), on the printed stationery of Der Reichs und Preussische Minister fur Wissenschaft, Erziehung und Volksbildung featuring a blind embossed Nazi eagle and swastika, in German. Rust writes a brief letter sending his and his wife's sincerest congratulations on the birth of Burkner's son. With blank integral leaf. Two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, and a couple of very light, extremely minor creases, otherwise VG   Provenance: The present letter was previously part of the official papers retained by Trude Burkner nee Mohr (1902-1989) German Member of the NSDAP, the first Reichsreferentin of the Bund Deutscher Madel (BDM - The League of German Girls), appointed in June 1934 after her female arm of the Hitler Youth, based in the Brandenburg district of Germany, had grown to become the second largest group in the country under her leadership. At the end of World War II Burkner was captured and imprisoned by the British. 

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 CARUSO ENRICO: (1873-1921) Italian Tenor. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Caruso standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across the image and dated Dublin, 1900 in his hand. The signature largely runs across a darker area of the image although is reasonably legible. Some very light, extremely minor surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG 

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 DINTER ARTUR: (1876-1948) German Writer and Nazi Politician, an early, close associate of Adolf Hitler. In recognition of his loyalty to the Nazi Party (NSDAP) Dinter was rewarded with the single digit membership number of 5. A rare D.S., Artur Dinter, being his personal Third Reich identity card, Wolfach, 8th July 1942. The partially printed folding small 8vo document is completed in ink and was issued by the District Administrator of Wolfach and provides details of Dinter's identification number (A02717), full name, place and date of birth, occupation as well as distinguishing marks ('cut marks on both index fingers'). The identity card, dated as being valid until 7th July 1947, features an original passport size photograph of Dinter in a head and shoulders pose, alongside which appear fingerprints taken from his right and left index fingers. Signed by Dinter beneath his portrait and fingerprints and countersigned by the issuing officer. With various official circular stamps featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. Two file holes to the left edge, only very slightly affecting two words of printed text. Some very light, extremely minor creasing and age wear, otherwise VG   In 1942, the year in which the present identity card was issued to Dinter, he was brought before a Special Court in Freiburg im Breisgau to be tried for an offence and several years earlier he had been expelled from the Reichsschrifttumskammer, Nazi Germany's official writers' association, effectively banning him from publishing any of his works. 

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RIEFENSTAHL LENI: (1902-2003) German Film Director, remembered for her Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Riefenstahl standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed in fountain pen ink with her name alone, largely to the lower white border. Her surname is a touch light although perfectly legible. VG

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 EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A rare, large D.S., Edward R I, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court at Saint James's, 30th March 1936. The attractive red and black partially printed document confirms the appointment of James Heffernan as an officer in the Royal Air Force from 30th September 1935 with the rank of Flying Officer and states, in part, that Heffernan is to 'at all times….exercise and well discipline in their Duties both the inferior Officers and Airmen serving under you and use your best endeavours to keep them in good Order and Discipline….'. Countersigned at the foot by Frederick Bowhill and Christopher Bullock alongside a blind embossed circular seal. Documents signed by King Edward VIII during his short reign are rare and desirable. Some light overall age wear and some light dust staining to the left edge, only very slightly affecting the King's signature. G   Frederick Bowhill (1880-1960) British Air Chief Marshal of World War II, Air Member for Personnel 1933-37.   Christopher Bullock (1891-1972) British Civil Servant, Permanent Under-Secretary at the British Air Ministry 1931-36.  

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GERTLER MARK: (1891-1939) British Painter. A scarce, brief A.L.S., Mark, to one side of a postcard, Kemplay Road, London, n.d. ('Wednesday', May 1931), to his aunt, Annie Gertler. The artist informs his aunt that he shall come on Friday 'as usual' and hopes that they are all well. Hand addressed by Gertler to the verso. Together with a small oblong 8vo printed invitation card issued by Messrs. Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd. to the private view of an exhibition of Recent Paintings by Mark Gertler at The Leicester Galleries in Leicester Square, London, on 8th October 1932, annotated by Gertler with the name of the recipients (also members of his family). Autographs of Gertler are scarce as a result of his suicide at the age of 47. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG, 2

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MOON KEITH: (1946-1978) English Rock Musician, drummer with The Who. A rare blue ink signature ('Keith Moon') on a page removed from an autograph album. The drummer has drawn a blue ink circle around his signature. Neatly annotated in blue fountain pen ink in the hand of a collector at the head of the page. Autographs of Moon are rare in any form as a result of his tragic death at the age of 32. Some light discoloration around the signature, one corner of the page neatly clipped and with a tape stain to another corner, not affecting the signature, G

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 BRAUN EVA: (1912-1945) Longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and, briefly, his wife. Hitler and Braun committed suicide together, less than 40 hours after marrying, in the Fuhrerbunker beneath the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, 30th April 1945. A very fine, extremely rare vintage signed 7 x 5 photograph, the image depicting Braun seated outdoors in a full length pose on a sun lounger on the terrace of the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's home near Berchtesgaden. Braun is accompanied by her two Scottish Terrier dogs, Negus and Stasi. Signed ('Herzlicht, Eva') by Braun in fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated Easter 1941 in her hand. With a further, brief A.L.S., Eva, to the verso, n.p. (Berchtesgaden), 3rd April 1941, to Traudl, in German. Braun sends her correspondent and their parents heartfelt greetings for Easter. One very slight, extremely minor corner crease, otherwise VG   The present photograph was most likely inscribed to Gertrude Weisker, a cousin of Eva Braun and the subject of the biographical book Eva's Cousin (2002). Weisker, a physics student who was twenty years younger than Braun, joined her cousin at the Berghof in the summer of 1944 and spent some nine months in her company whilst Hitler was away from his mountain retreat. Weisker's father, referenced in Braun's note, was an engineer who died in a Russian prisoner of war camp in 1946 as a result of having collaborated with the Americans. In 1944 he had tried to prevent his daughter travelling to meet Braun.  

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LANGTRY LILLIE: (1853-1929) British Actress, mistress of King Edward VII. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Langtry in a half length pose. Signed ('Lillie Langtry') in bold, dark fountain pen ink across the base of the image. A brief ink note in another hand appears to the lower white border. Some very light, extremely minor corner creasing, otherwise about VG

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WEISSMULLER JOHNNY: (1904-1984) American Actor, famous for his role as Tarzan in various movies. Weissmuller was also an accomplished swimmer, winning five Olympic Gold medals. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the vintage image depicting Weissmuller in a bare chested head and shoulders profile pose. A typed caption lightly affixed to the verso states, in full, 'Johnny Weissmuller..Champion swimmer who recently completed the title role in Metro Goldwyn Mayer's “Tarzan, The Ape Man”. His next appearance will be in “Tarzan And His Mate” as the second picture in a series to be made by Metro Goldwyn Mayer'. Signed by Weissmuller in blue ink, in later years, to a light area at the base of the image. A small tear appears at the centre of the top edge (repaired with tape to the verso) and with some slight corner creasing, G

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SABU: (1924-1963) Indian-born American Actor. A good vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of the young Sabu riding on a large elephant who attempts to lift a large piece of wood from the ground between his trunk and tusks. The image is most likely from the film Elephant Boy (1937) in which Sabu made his screen debut in the role of Toomai, a young elephant driver. Signed by Sabu in a juvenile hand in bold dark fountain pen ink across a clear area at the head of the image. Scarce in this form. Some light surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG

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 GANDHI MAHATMA: (1869-1948) Indian Political and Spiritual Leader during the Indian Independence Movement. A.L.S., Bapu, two pages, on a small 12mo (2 x 4) feint ruled sheet of notepaper, n.p., n.d., to Chi Jamna Bahen, in Gujarati (accompanied by a full English translation). Gandhi acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter and remarks 'Don't be too lazy to write letters', continuing 'The knitted cotton clothes that were sent by you are still in stock. Hence, they are not required at all. In the meantime, a sister from Punjab sent woven Sutar and one big Khadi fabric roll. Hence, there is sufficient stock. A brother tries to take steps carefully, so please keep it up and don't give up due to boredom.' Gandhi concludes the letter 'Blessings of Bapu to all of you'. Some light uniform age toning and two very small holes, caused by ink erosion, only very minimally affecting two words of text. About VG     Gandhi expanded his nonviolent non-co-operation platform to include the 'swadeshi' policy - the boycott of foreign-made, and especially British, goods. Linked to this was his advocacy that Khadi (a homespun cloth which he refers to in the present letter) be worn by all Indians instead of British-made textiles. Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement, as illustrated in the present letter by Gandhi's plea for his correspondent to 'keep it up'.  

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GAGARIN YURI: (1934-1968) Russian Cosmonaut, Pilot of Vostok 1, becoming the first man to journey into space, 1961. Vintage signed 3 x 4 newspaper photograph of Gagarin in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and medals. Signed with his name alone in ink to a light area of the background. Neatly mounted to a plain postcard bearing extensive ink annotations to the lower border and verso in the hand of a South American collector. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG

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 BODIE WALFORD: (1869-1939) Scottish Showman, Hypnotist, Ventriloquist and Stage Magician, famous for his mock electrocutions involving a replica of 'the electric chair'. Bodie inspired both Harry Houdini and Charles Chaplin. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Bodie in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Yours aye Bodie') in dark fountain pen ink to the image, across a darker area although reasonably legible. Again signed ('kindest thoughts….Walford Bodie M.D.') to the verso in dark fountain pen ink. Post marked at Bradford, 15th July 1906, and addressed in another hand to Miss. S. Nairn in Dublin. Together with a small selection of vintage signed postcard photographs by a variety of other famous men and women comprising Anita ('The smallest adult lady in the world'), John Burns, Walter Long (First Lord of the Admiralty 1919-21), William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley (Governor-General of Australia 1908-11) and his first wife Rachel Gurney, Lady Dudley. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and slight silvering to a couple of images, generally VG, 6 

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 ENTERTAINMENT: A large 4to vintage My Film Favourites postcard album containing over 160 unsigned vintage postcard photographs (a few with facsimile signatures) of various stage actors and actresses, Music Hall and Variety performers, silent screen film stars etc., each neatly corner mounted to pages, subjects include Pearl White, Stewart Rome, Fred Roper's 'Wonderful Midgets', Marie Studholme, Ellaline Terriss, Billie Burke, Constance Talmadge, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Clara Kimball Young, Sarah Bernhardt, Marion Davies, Geraldine Farrar, William S. Hart, Elmo Lincoln, Bryant Washburn, Rudolph Valentino, Barbara La Marr, John Barrymore, George Robey, Ernest Torrence, Florence Vidor, Rex Ingram, Greta Garbo, Ellen Terry, Conrad Veidt, Celia Johnson, Ramon Novarro (in costume as Ben Hur), the Mahatma Circle of Magicians, Rejane etc. A few of the postcards are issued by Picturegoer. Some light age wear, G to generally VG 

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TENNYSON ALFRED: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate1850-92. A.L.S., A Tennyson, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to 'My dear Principepa'. Tennyson informs his correspondent, in full, 'If you call tomorrow or any one from L. H. H. don't call till 3 oc. as I have to go up to the city at 1 ocl. & most probably shall not be back to 3' and in a postscript remarks 'I asked my brother Charles & his wife to dine tomorrow at L.H.H. & hope I was not presuming'. With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. Vintage signed postcard photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, the image depicting the duo in a characteristic half length pose together wearing their bowler hats. Signed by Laurel in bold blue fountain pen ink and by Hardy in blue ink, both with their names alone to clear areas of the background. Hardy's signature is a little light in places. VG

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GARIBALDI GIUSEPPE: (1807-1882) Italian General and Politician, one of Italy's 'fathers of the fatherland'. Fountain pen ink signature ('G. Garibaldi') on a 12mo piece. Neatly mounted and with a couple of very minor, extremely light stains, G

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SMITH C. AUBREY: (1863-1948) English Actor, who also Captained the England cricket team in 1889. A good, early vintage signed postcard photograph of Smith in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone across a light area of the image. Some very slight surface and corner creasing, otherwise VG

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DIETL EDUARD: (1890-1944) German General of World War II, Commander of the 20th Mountain Army. Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves and Swords and one of Adolf Hitler's favourite generals. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Dietl in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and Knight's Cross medal. Photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann of Munich. Signed ('Dietl') in bold fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG

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 DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. D.S., Charles Dickens, being a signed cheque, London, 9th November 1863. The partially printed cheque is completed entirely in Dickens's hand in his characteristic pale blue ink and is drawn on Messrs. Coutts & Company and made payable to George Routledge for the sum of £3.3.0. Numbered 01184, the cheque is crossed by Dickens (one line slightly running across his signature) and the cheque bears an ink and stamped cancellation, neither of which touch the signature. Some light overall age wear and a few minor nicks to the edges, otherwise about VG   George Routledge (1812-1888) British Publisher, the founder of the publishing house Routledge.  

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