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Preisdatenbank abonnierenCODY W. F.: (1846-1917) American Showman, known as Buffalo Bill. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph, the image depicting Cody in a half length pose. Photograph by Gessford of New York. Signed ('W.F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill'') in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1908 in his hand. With light age wear to the corners, otherwise G
GREY OWL: (1888-1938) Archibald Belaney. British-born Canadian Conservationist, Author & Lecturer, an 'apostle of the wilderness'. Scarce vintage signed 9.5 x 7.5 photograph of Grey Owl in a head and shoulders pose. Signed ('Grey Owl') in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with a printed 8vo souvenir brochure entitled Grey Owl - A Biographical Note, published by Lovat Dickson Ltd., London, 1937, signed by Grey Owl with his name alone in fountain pen ink to the title page. Also including an unsigned printed 8vo souvenir brochure entitled Grey Owl - The Man and His Story and an unsigned hardback edition of The Green Leaf - A Memorial to Grey Owl, edited and arranged by Lovat Dickson. Some overall age wear, FR to generally G, 4
BOW CLARA: (1905-1965) American Actress who starred in Wings (1927), the first film to be awarded an Academy Award for Best Picture. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of The It Girl in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
AUTOGRAPHS: A fine plain white handheld fan with ivory sticks, plain ivory guards and a brass loop attached to the pivot pin, individually signed by 21 famous men and women, most associated with art and literature, comprising Blanche Lindsay, Dorothy Tennant (signed Dorothy Stanley following her marriage to Henry Morton Stanley), Frances Hodgson Burnett, John Hare, Alfred C. Lyall, Henry Thompson, William E. H. Lecky, Garnet Wolseley FM, Princess Helena, Henry James, Lewis Morris, George H. Boughton, Lawrence Alma-Tadema and his wife Laura Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter, Arthur Sullivan, Edward Burne-Jones, Bret Harte, E. F. Benson (signed in full, Edward Frederic Benson), Sarah Grand and Annie S. Swan. All have signed with their names alone in dark fountain pen inks, most to individual leaves of the fan. An attractive and unusual presentation. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG
PANKHUSRT EMMELINE: (1858-1928) English Leader of the Suffragette Movement. An excellent vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Pankhurst in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood of New York. Signed ('E. Pankhurst') with her name alone in fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Signed photographs of Pankhurst of this size and quality are rare and desirable. A couple of light, minor corner creases and a few small pinholes to the upper and lower borders, none of which affect the image or signature, otherwise VGIn 1913 Pankhurst had initially been prevented from entering the United States when she landed at Ellis Island. The activist had travelled to America to undertake a lecture tour, but officials were initially concerned that her presence in the country, and 'moral turpitude', would prove inflammatory. The original decision of the Immigration Commissioners was reversed after President Woodrow Wilson sought assurances that she would not preach militancy during her stay in the country. Consequently, Pankhurst stated, 'This is a great victory… and good advertisement'. Despite the assurances the suffragette provided it is interesting to note that in the present image the defiant Pankhurst proudly displays a suffragette memorial ribbon around her neck.
BADEN-POWELL ROBERT: (1857-1941) British Lieutenant General who, in 1899 during the Second Boer War in South Africa, successfully defended the city in the Siege of Mafeking. Later Baden-Powell founded the Scout Movement. Autograph Manuscript signed, with his initials BP, three pages, 8vo, Waiho Gorge, Westland, New Zealand, n.d. (1934), in pencil, on the printed stationery of the Glacier Hotel at the Franz Josef Glacier. Baden-Powell’s manuscript, with several corrections throughout, is entitled On a Glacier and states, in part, ‘As I write this I am sitting on a bluff on the shoulder of one of the great mountains which rear their snowclad heads high above me on every side. In front and below me runs a wide valley which is filled from side to side with a vast white sheet of ice; not the sort of ice you know at home but a jumbled mess of blocks and waves and walls of ice. It is a glacier, or frozen stream, a mile wide and twelve miles long from where it starts…..I can see three tiny moving specks some two miles away on the glacier. These are my two daughters mountain climbing with their guide. Dressed in breeches and puttees and heavy iron-shod climbing boots and armed with ice axes for cutting steps in the ice and with goggles to escape the glare of the snow, they love the excitement of clambering over those great slippery crags…..As for me I am taking it easy, sitting on my bluff and gazing over this mighty frozen torrent. There is a steady rumbling hum in the air, just like the roar of the traffic in London as you hear it sitting in Hyde Park. This rumbling is the sound made by that vast mass of ice slowly, slowly grinding its way over the rocks and stones beneath it. Watching it and standing on it you can perceive no movement, but moving it is all the same…..It behaves just as a stream of water does in running down a steep water course, the difference being that it is all a solid block of ice….’ The final page is lightly and neatly laid down to a page most likely removed from a scrapbook and the first two pages are neatly laid down to the left edges alongside. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG The present manuscript was most likely written in preparation for Baden-Powell’s book Scouting Round the World (1935) which records the Chief Scout’s round-the-world voyage undertaken in 1934 in the company of his wife, Olave Baden-Powell, and their two daughters. The book features a description of his observations as his daughters climb the Franz Josef Glacier.
MCLUHAN MARSHALL: (1911-1980) Canadian Philosopher & Intellectual who coined the terms 'global village' and 'surfing' and also predicted the World Wide Web almost thirty years before it was invented. A.L.S., Marshall McLuhan, one page, 4to (onion skin notepaper), Toronto, 24th February 1963, to [Neville] Braybrooke. McLuhan announces 'It was a happy inspiration that made you send me The Idler!' and continues 'I have read it with much enjoyment and shall now seek out your other writings. As a devoted student of T. S. Eliot I had of course read your volume for his 70th birthday'. The philosopher further informs Braybrooke that 'Frank Kermode has written me to say that he has suggested to the editors of Encounter that they start a debate in a series of articles concerning the themes of the Galaxy' and asks if he would like to participate, adding 'Roland Penrose of the Institute of Contemporary Arts has written to say that the Galaxy has given them the idea for a 1965 show on the Extensions of Man: Technologies seen as extensions of our organic being, having immediate as well as persistent psychic and social effects. Thus electromagnetic technologies are extensions of our central nervous systems as much as others of our bodies. i.e. E.S.P.' McLuhan concludes by stating that he hopes to come to England in the summer to discuss the matter with Penrose, 'and it would be a great disappointment if you were not there at the same time'. A letter of good content, not least for its references to two of McLuhan's most famous works. Some light overall creasing, about VG Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) English Poet, Writer, Editor, Literary Critic and Publisher. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) is a pioneering study in the fields of oral culture, print culture, cultural studies and media ecology in which McLuhan prophesised the web technology experienced today when he stated 'The next medium, whatever it is-it may be the extension of consciousness-will include television as its content, not as its environment, and will transform television into an art form. A computer as a research and communication instrument could enhance retrieval, obsolesce mass library organization, retrieve the individual's encyclopaedic function and flip into a private line to speedily tailored data of a saleable kind'. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964) is a more widely known work by McLuhan and is regarded as a pioneering study in media theory. Dismayed by the way people approached and used new media such as television, McLuhan famously argued that in the modern world 'we live mythically and integrally ... but continue to think in the old, fragmented space and time patterns of the pre-electric age'.
FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Selection of signed pieces, letterheads, a few signed album pages etc., by various famous men and women, mainly entertainers, including Eugen Sandow, Charles Beresford, Mark Hambourg & family members, John Hare, Gipsy Smith, Wilson Barrett (A.Q.S.), Charles Santley, Emma Albani, Dan Leno, Julia Neilson, Cyril Maude, Hayashi Tadasu (2), Ellis Jeffreys, Lewis Waller, Wilhelm Backhaus, Ralph Lynn etc., together with fifteen vintage unsigned postcard photographs of some of the signatories. Some light overall age wear and slight traces of former mounting to the corners, G to about VG, 50
NEWTON ISAAC: (1642-1727) English Physicist, Mathematician & Astronomer. Rare, dark ink signature ('Is. Newton') on a slim oblong 4to (10.5 x 2.5) piece removed from the head of a document, n.p., n.d. (annotated 1718 in pencil in an unidentified hand to one corner, and the verso bearing the date 3rd May 1718). The fragment has evidently been taken from a page of a financial ledger and is headed with the letters N.O.P. at the head. Newton's signature appears in the left margin, with his name written alongside in another hand, along with various figures, including the sum of £500 which is assigned to Newton. Above Newton's signature appears that of Sir John Norris and to the verso there are three further signatures, identified as Francis de Lizsew (?), Elizabeth Lee and William Lamb. With some light age toning and a few minor tears and very small areas of paper loss to the edges, none of which significantly affect Newton's signature. G In describing the present lot for this catalogue, the fragment was removed from the matt in which it has been previously presented by a collector. The signature could easily be replaced to be displayed this way, in a cream matt beneath an engraving of Newton to an overall size of 7.5 x 11.5. Our research, in the limited time available, has found no immediate connection between Newton and the other individuals named alongside him in the present lot. It is likely that Norris was the British Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Norris (1670/71-1749) who had joined the Board of Admiralty in March 1718. Both Newton and Norris were also involved in the Longitude Act of 1714.
EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. A highly unusual hardback edition of The Boy’s Life of Edison by William H. Meadowcroft, with autobiographical notes by Edison, First Edition published by Harper and Brothers, New York, November 1911, signed by Edison and over 100 other individuals, many of them employees of the Edison Storage Battery Company in New Jersey as well as other famous individuals who visited the company, including Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924, American President 1913-21. Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1919; ink signature on a slightly irregularly clipped card bearing the printed address of The White House, Washington, laid down to the head of the front free endpaper above Edison’s signature), William Meadowcroft (1853-1937, Anglo-American Secretary of Edison), E.S. Charlier (1826-1896, French Educationalist, founder of the Charlier Institute), Charles Steinmetz (1865-1923, German-born American Mathematician and Electrical Engineer), George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950, American Publisher, Author and Explorer, husband of Amelia Earhart), David Binney Putnam (1913-1992, American Aviator, son of George Putnam), Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (1876–1935, American Businessman, first son of Thomas Edison), Charles Edison (1890-1969, American Businessman and Inventor, the third son of Thomas Edison; three ink signatures, one dated 1940 in his capacity as Secretary of the Navy and another on a piece neatly laid down), Theodore Edison (1898-1992, American Businessman, Inventor, and Environmentalist, the fourth son of Thomas Edison), Arthur Walsh (1896-1947, American Politician, whose early career began as a recording violinist for Edison in 1915, and later holding executive positions with the Edison Enterprises), William F. Cody (1846-1917, American Showman, known as Buffalo Bill; A.Q.S., ‘True to friend & foe, W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill’ and dated 18th December 1911 in his hand), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945, American President 1933-45; dated 14th June 1940 in his hand), Miller Reese Hutchison (1876-1944, American Electrical Engineer and Inventor, associated with Edison from 1909, and chief engineer of Edison's laboratory in West Orange from August 1912 until July 1918), Charles A. Boston (1863-1935, American Lawyer, President of the American Bar Association, 1930-1931), Robert Walsh (1861-1928, American Army Brigadier General), John J. Pershing (1860-1948, American Army General, most famous as the commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917-18), Harry Bates Thayer (1858–1936, American Businessman, President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) 1919-25), George S. Fleming (American Actor and Film Director, hired by the Edison Manufacturing Company in January 1901, just as the new Edison Studios in New York City were opening), George A. Campbell (1870-1954, American Engineer), Laurence Eyre (1881-1959, American Stage Director and Writer), E.E Hudson (Sales Manager, Primary Battery Department), Walter E. Holland (Chief Electrical Engineer), Horace Wilson (Edison Storage Battery Co., Mining Scout and Manager of Darby Mine), H. R. Leist (Edison Storage Battery Co.), A. E. Pratt (Chief Clerk, Edison Storage Battery Co.), F.B. Neely (The Electric Storage Battery Co.), C. J. Welcke (Electric Storage Battery Co.), R.E. Darling (Anderson Electric Car Co.), E.M. Cutting (Manager Edison Storage Battery Supply Co. San Francisco), John A. Trumble (Edison Co. New York), Harry Robinson (Edison Co. New York), Norman R. Speidan (Curator of Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison), J.D. Maxwell (Detroit Electric Car Co.), Bruce Emerson, James Orme and Edgar Orme (Emerson & Orme, Buick dealers), Harvey Robinson (The New York Edison Co.) and many others, some of them American military personnel who served in World War I. The signatures appear on various pages throughout the entire book, some of the pages are multiple signed, and many have added their positions within Edison’s company, or their military ranks, beneath their signatures. The book is signed and inscribed to a fly leaf by Henry Lawrence Davisson, a sales and service manager with the Edison Company, on the occasion of the birth of his first child, ‘The first present to Henry Lawrence Davisson Jr., from his Dad, Dec. 14 – 1911, Thursday, 210 West 4 St., New York, “Dave”’. Together with a second unsigned hardback edition of The Boy’s Life of Edison by Meadowcroft, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1921. The binding of the First Edition is loose, the spine largely detached and with extensive sellotape repairs, and the inside pages with light age wear, occasional sellotape stains and small tears to the edges etc. FR to about G, 2 Provenance: To celebrate the occasion of the birth of his first son, Henry Lawrence Davisson (affectionately known as ‘Harry’) obtained the present copy of the recently published book and duly circulated it amongst his colleagues at the Edison Storage Battery Company for their signatures. Davisson was also fortunate enough to obtain the signatures of the company’s hierarchy, including Thomas Edison himself, as well as some of the more distinguished visitors to the company over the next three years. Harry joined the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I and, as a Captain in the Engineer Corps and in command of troops, he sailed for France on the USS Tenadores a day after the armistice. It is evident that the book accompanied Harry to France as the signatures of various officers and senior NCOs are also included. Some other signatures were further added to the book over the coming years and an interesting, more detailed history of the book, its previous owners and some of the signatories, as written and researched by the vendor, is included in the lot. A copy of the document is available upon request.
LIVINGSTONE DAVID: (1813-1873) Scottish Missionary & Explorer. A.L.S., David Livingstone, three pages, 8vo, Newstead Abbey, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, 18th February 1865, to 'My dear W'. Livingstone asks 'Are you intending to go on in MacMillan Mrs. Webb enquires' and continues 'If so she will order the Mag. but not if you are not on the staff - there's a compliment'. Livingstone also states that he doesn't know if Tom has arrived ('he ought to have left on Wednesday morning') and asks his correspondent to tell a mutual friend that 'I wish he may be protected from all ill both of body & soul', and further makes reference to several ladies (some of the surnames struck through in ink), asking which school one is collecting for and remarking 'If we can do Mrs [name illegible] a good turn we will of course'. Livingstone concludes his letter 'Snowing as if it would never tire'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Livingstone stayed at Newstead Abbey, the former home of Lord Byron, as the guest of William Frederick Webb (1829-1899) a big game hunter who had spent much time in Africa, and his wife, for eight months between 1864-65. Livingstone left Newstead Abbey in April 1865 and returned to Africa in January 1866, spending the last years of his life there without ever returning to Great Britain.
WOOD EVELYN: (1838-1919) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Indian Mutiny, 19th October 1858. Vintage signed 8 x 6 photograph, the image depicting Wood standing in a full-length pose beside the porch of a large house. Signed ('Evelyn Wood FM') in bold black ink to the base of the image and dated 1919 in his hand. With minor creasing to two corners and light age wear, otherwise G
FISHER JOHN: (1841-1920) British Admiral, often considered the second most important figure in British naval history, after Lord Nelson. Three A.Ls.S., J.A. Fisher, three pages (total), large 8vo, n.p., 1903, all to Robert Chalmers. Fisher informs his correspondent of the nomination of Ralph Chalmers Navy Cadetship, 'With great pleasure I forward enclosed (no longer present) and I shall make it my duty to look after him' adding, 'Please return when filled up then give to me' (8th January 1903), 'I am so truly grieved to find on my return here from Marienbad that your boy has not qualified. May I offer you my nomination under the old scheme? (17th August 1903), '…I've sent in Ralphs name as my nomination & you need not trouble further as I hold receipt from Private Office until you will receive it in due course' adding, 'I shall never forget your kind help!' (18th August 1903). Together with an A.L.S., Lord Fisher, in the third person, one page, 8vo, London, 23rd October 1910, to Vezey Strong, Lord Mayor of London. Fisher states, in full, 'Lord Fisher requests being unable to accept the kind invitation of the Lord Mayor for Nov. 1st owing to unavoidable absence from London'. Also including an A.L.S., J.A. Fisher, being the last two pages of a longer letter, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to an unknown correspondent. Fisher informs his correspondent, in part, '…us in London provided you don't mind a small room. I see that Evelyn is engaged to be married. I hope Mr. Evelyn is very very nice (as you know I am in love with all your Aunts). We are very happy up here and to remain till Oct. 1st unless the Admiralty get impatient at my long absence.' Further including a signed colour postcard, the image depicting a full length portrait of Fisher in full naval uniform. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Signed ('Fisher') in bold black ink to a clear of the image. With minor discolouration to the letters, light creasing and age wear. G, 6 Robert Chalmers (1858-1938) British Civil Servant.
GILBERT JOHN: (1899-1936) American Silent Film Actor. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Gilbert in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland 1830-37. A.L.S., William R, as King, two pages, 4to, Admiralty, 31st December 1827, to [Augustus] Clifford. William informs his correspondents, in part, '…Mrs Clifford will order the plate at Rendell and Bridges which will be ready for your return. Under the present state of affairs I am sure you will return to Europe the moment you can' further adding, 'I have been informed that Lord and Lady William Bentinck left town yesterday…' and concluding, 'I shall be very sorry if Lady Charlotte is detained by ill health.' With blank integral leaf. With minor age wear and light creases, otherwise G Augustus Clifford (1788-1877) British Royal Navy Officer, Court Official, and Usher of the Black Rod. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1774-1839) British Soldier and Statesman, Governor-General of India, 1828-35.
MARY: (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V. Vintage signed 5½ x 8 photograph of the young Duchess of York seated in a three-quarter length pose holding the infant Prince Edward, the future King Edward VIII, in her lap. Signed ('Victoria Mary') by the Duchess in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, also adding '& Edward' and the date 1894 in her hand. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the edges, not affecting the image or signature. G
GEORGE V: (1865-1936) King of the United Kingdom 1910-1936. D.S., George R. I., as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court of St. James, 14th September 1935. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Mr. G.C. Forster to be Consul at Calcutta following a commission issued by 'Our Good Friend the President of the Republic of Ecuador'. Countersigned at the foot by Samuel Hoare (1880-1959, Foreign Secretary). With blind embossed seal. With light age wear, otherwise G
ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Bold black fountain ink signature ('Elizabeth R') and date, 10th July 1975, in her hand on an oblong 4to page removed from a visitor's book. A very light smudge only affects a few letters of the signature. Neatly laid down, otherwise VG
CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Vintage signed 4 x 6 photograph, the image depicting Churchill seated in a half-length pose at his desk within the Cabinet Room of 10 Downing Street. Photograph by Walter Stoneman and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed ('Winston S. Churchill') to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1950 in his hand. The signature and date are faded although still legible. Irregularly trimmed to all four edges and with two small water stains to the edges of the photographer's mount, neither of which affect the signature or date. Together with a T.L.S., Elizabeth Gilliatt, Churchill's Private Secretary, one page, 8vo, London, 14th June 1950, to Mrs. Glanville, being the original letter that accompanied Churchill's photograph, and stating, in full, 'Mr. Churchill has heard from Mr. McCorquodale that you are celebrating your 100th birthday tomorrow, and he has asked me to send you the enclosed signed photograph of himself, with his best wishes. He learns also that you are a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party, which pleases him very much. Mr. Churchill hopes you will have many more years of good health and happiness, and he thanks you for your support of the Party he has the honour to lead.' With two splits to the edges of the central fold and some light age toning. FR to about G, 2
BOLIVAR SIMON: 1783-1830) Venezuelan-born Military and political leader. President of Gran Colombia 1819-30, President of Bolivia 1825 & President of Peru 1824-27. Bolivar played an important role in Latin America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians in the history of the Americas. D.S., Simon Bolivar, one page, folio, Lima, 2nd October 1823, in Spanish. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Lieutenant Leon Galindo to be a Colonel of Infantry. Signed by Bolivar in his capacity as 'Liberator President of the Republic of Colombia'. With a good red wax seal affixed, protected by seven flower paper petals. With blank integral leaf. The edges are very slightly irregularly trimmed, and with light some overall water staining, not affecting the legibility of the text, G Leon Galindo (1795-1865) Commander of the Bogota Battalion, 2nd Division, who was victorious in the decisive battle of Ayacucho on December 1824, under Commander-in-Chief Antonio Jose Sucre.
ZINOVIEV GRIGORY: (1883-1936) Bolshevik Revolutionary and Soviet Communist Politician, one of the seven members (alongside Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin and others) of the first Politburo founded in 1917 to organise the Bolshevik Revolution. Convicted and executed as part of the Great Terror in the USSR, August 1936. An extremely rare, large vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8.5 x 13.5 photograph of Zinoviev seated in a half length pose with his arm resting on a desk at his side. Photograph by Moses Nappelbaum. Signed by Zinoviev to the lower photographer's mount and inscribed in German to Otto Grimlund, with a reference to Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) and dated 13th March 1919 in his hand. Contained in the original beige matt to an overall size of 12 x 16. A signed photograph with an interesting association. Some light overall age wear and various scuffs to the image and mount, none of which significantly affect the signature, G Otto Grimlund (1893-1969) Swedish Communist Politician who was one of the main organisers of Lenin's historic 1917 trip from exile in Switzerland, through Germany and Sweden and back to Petrograd in Russia. Grimlund is known to have kept a signed photograph of Lenin (now part of an important private collection of autograph letters, manuscripts, historical documents and signed photographs) and it is more than likely that the present portrait of Zinoviev hung alongside it.
PEARSE PATRICK: (1879-1916) Irish Nationalist & Political Activist, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916. Following his court martial and subsequent execution Pearse came to be seen by many to be the embodiment of the rebellion. Rare D.S., Padraic Mac Piarais, in Gaelic, being a signed cheque, Terenure, Co. Dublin, 29th August 1913. The partially printed cheque, completed in Pearse's hand, is drawn on the The Royal Bank of Ireland Limited and is made payable to William Magee for the sum of £9-12-1. With several bank cancellations in various forms including a fine single ink stroke which only very slightly affects Pearse's signature. Endorsed to the verso with signatures of William Magee and Thomas O'Connor. Autographs of Pearse are rare in any form as a result of his execution by firing squad at the age of 36. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG William Magee & Co supplied food to St. Enda's School in Dublin, a secondary school for boys that had been set up by Pearse in 1908.
OWENS JESSE: (1913-1980) American Athlete, famous for his participation at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 where he became the first American to win four Olympic Gold medals in track and field events. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Owens in a full-length action pose. Signed ('Jesse Owens') in bold ink to a light area of the image. VG
DENNY REGINALD: (1891-1967) English Actor. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Denny in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to the image, largely across a darker area. Some light staining to the background of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, G The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
TALMADGE NORMA: (1894-1957) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. One very light, minor stain to the background of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
DANIELS BEBE: (1901-1971) American Actress. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Daniels in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album, VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
DOVE BILLIE: (1903-1997) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Dove in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
COSTELLO DOLORES: (1903-1979) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Costello in a close-up head and shoulders study. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 1928 in her hand. Some very minor, light mottling to the image and some equally minor silvering to the extreme edges. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
MOORE COLLEEN: (1899-1988) American Actress. A good vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Moore in a head and shoulders pose sporting the bobbed haircut which she helped popularise in the 1920s. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Neatly and lightly mounted to a folio page removed from an album. VG The present photograph was originally included (along with thirty-six others) in a folio calf leather bound presentation album which was one of just fourteen (as far as our research indicates) that were presented to the individual members of a delegation of British journalists who visited America for a two month tour in 1928. Funded by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the objective of the tour was to improve Anglo-American relations and the presentation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Roosevelt Hotel on 7th November 1928 (just over six months before the first Oscar was presented at the very same venue) was a major highlight of the tour. The album from which the present photograph was extracted had been presented to F. Lawrence Johnson, a journalist associated with the Northeastern Daily Gazette, and the photograph bears an inscription to him.
HEPBURN AUDREY: (1929-1993) Belgian-born Actress, Academy Award winner. A good, early A.L.S., Audrey Hepburn, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 18th August 1951, to [William] Templeton. Hepburn thanks her correspondent for having sent her some beautiful flowers, but above all for the kind thought, and continues 'I enjoyed being in your play emmensely (sic) and am very happy for you that it was such a success, may it be followed by many more'. A letter of good association. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, VG William Templeton (1913-1973) Scottish Playwright and Screenwriter, a major contributor to the 'Golden Age of Television' in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1951 Hepburn starred in the role of Celia in a live British teleplay entitled The Silent Village for which Templeton had provided the screenplay.
LEIGH & OLIVIER: LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English Actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE (1907-1989) English Actor, both Academy Award winners. A vintage printed 8vo theatre programme for a performance of Caesar and Cleopatra at the St. James's Theatre, London, individually signed by both Leigh and Olivier in blue fountain pen inks with their names alone to clear areas of the front cover. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG
ASTAIRE & ROGERS: ASTAIRE FRED (1899-1987) & ROGERS GINGER (1911-1995) American Actor & Actress and Dancers, both Academy Award winners. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph by both Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the image depicting the duo in head and shoulders poses together in costume as Josh and Dinah Barkley from the musical film The Barkleys of Broadway (1949). Signed by Astaire in bold black ink with his name alone and signed and inscribed by Rogers in bold black ink, both to clear areas of the image. A couple of light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise about EX
WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Wayne in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black with his name alone ink to the image. A pencil date in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the picture was signed in 1978. A couple of light, very minor corner creases, otherwise VG
SINATRA FRANK: (1915-1998) American Singer and Actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage blue ink signature ('Frank Sinatra') on a pale blue card bearing a printed vignette and evidently cut from a restaurant menu or similar. Some light staining to the left and right edges, the latter only very slightly touching the conclusion of Sinatra's signature. G
NEWMAN PAUL: (1925-2008) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 7½ x 9½ photograph of Newman in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink to a light area at the base of the image. Together with Joanne Woodward (1930- ) American Actress, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image. VG to EX, 2
HITCHCOCK ALFRED: (1899-1980) British Film Director. An original pen and ink self caricature signed and inscribed by Hitchcock, one page, slim 8vo, on a telegram which makes reference to Alfred Hitchcock and Mr. [Giulio] Ascarell. In bold black fountain pen ink Hitchcock has drawn his familiar self caricature, signing his name immediately beneath. Some very light creasing at the edges, about VGGiulio Ascarell, Publicity Chief of 20th Century Fox
FLYNN ERROL: (1909-1959) Australian Film Actor. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Flynn in a head and shoulders pose in a publicity shot for Warner Brothers Pictures. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Some light overall surface and corner creasing and a small area of paper loss in the lower left corner, not affecting the image. G
KARLOFF BORIS (1887-1969) English Actor, famous for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931). Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Karloff seated in a three quarter length pose smoking a pipe. Signed in dark fountain pen ink to the base of the image, largely to a lighter area. Some light silvering and age wear to the image, otherwise about VG
TROUGHTON PATRICK: (1920-1987) English Actor, famous for his portrayal of the Doctor in Doctor Who. Signed and inscribed sepia postcard photograph, the image depicting the actor standing in a half-length pose, in costume as the Doctor behind a small rock in which is placed a book entitled 500 Year Diary. Signed in blue ink to the lower white border, adding Dr Who in his hand beneath his signature. With an A.N.S., Patrick T, to the verso, stating, in part, 'The only films around I'm in are 'The Argonauts' and 'The Viking Queen'. I'm afraid I'm busy married with six kids!'. With a minor crease to the upper right corner and light age wear, otherwise about VG
CARPENTIER GEORGES: (1894-1975) French Boxer, World Light Heavyweight Champion 1920-22. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, the image depicting Carpentier in a full-length pose walking outdoors beside another gentleman. Signed ('G. Carpentier') in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. With minor age wear, otherwise G
BRUCE NIGEL: (1895-1953) British Character Actor, famous for his portrayal of Dr. Watson alongside Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in a number of films. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Bruce in a head and shoulders pose smoking a pipe. Signed in bold, dark blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the background and dated 1936 in his hand. A few light surface and corner creases and with the corners of the white borders neatly clipped and some minor traces of former mounting to the verso, G
PALLETTE EUGENE: (1889-1954) American Actor, starred in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) in the role of Friar Tuck opposite Errol Flynn. Vintage signed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Pallette seated in a three quarter length pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to the image, partially across a darker area although reasonably legible. Together with Patric Knowles (1911-1995) English Actor, starred in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) in the role of Will Scarlet opposite his friend Errol Flynn. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Knowles in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Some heavy mottling to the image and with the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Also including a second signed and inscribed 7 x 9.5 photograph of Knowles in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in black fountain pen ink to the image, 'To Eric - Sorry I haven't a picture “without moustache”! Sincere best wishes - Pat Knowles' and dated February 1940 in his hand. Some light age wear and minor faults and all with slight traces of former mounting to the versos. G to about VG, 3
RAINS CLAUDE: (1889-1967) English Actor, famous for his role as Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942). Vintage signed 6.5 x 4.5 photograph of Rains in a head and shoulders pose resting his chin on one hand. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the image. A few light surface and corner creases and some slight traces of former mounting to the verso, about VG
RAINS CLAUDE: (1889-1967) English Actor, famous for his role as Captain Renault in Casablanca (1942). Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 5 x 7 photograph of Rains in a head and shoulders pose with one hand raised to his chin. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Some heavy traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
LORRE PETER: (1904-1964) Hungarian-born American Actor, remembered for his screen roles alongside Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Lorre in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Some light discoloration and minor age wear to the image, largely evident at the edges and only very slightly affecting the signature, and with some slight traces of former mounting to the verso, G
QUALEN JOHN: (1899-1987) Canadian-American Character Actor who starred in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and Casablanca (1942). Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 5 x 7 photograph of Qualen seated in a three quarter length pose. Signed in green fountain pen ink across a light area of the image with a lengthy inscription, 'To Eric Moorhouse, a grand soldier and a loyal friend, with many thanks for your letter of encouragement. Your sincere friend, John Qualen' and dated 2nd September 1941 in his hand. Scarce. Some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
CURTIS DICK: (1902-1952) American Actor who starred alongside The Three Stooges in several films and is remembered for his roles as villains or heavies. Vintage signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Curtis in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold white fountain pen ink to the image with a lengthy inscription, 'To Eric, with sincere and heartfelt wishes for you and England's complete happiness and success, Dick Curtis', and dated 1941 in his hand. Scarce. A couple of very light surface creases and some extremely minor, very slight traces of former mounting to the verso, VG
BRADMAN DON: (1908-2001) Australian Cricketer. T.L.S., Don Bradman, one page, 4to, Kensington Park, South Australia, 26th July 1979, to John Simmons. Bradman sends his correspondent a signed photograph (still present) and explains, 'This was taken going out to practice at Lords during my last tour.' He continues 'You have asked me the question ''what was my greatest moment'', and naturally I take this to mean in relation to my cricketing career...The making of the world's record test score (at that time) during my 1930 trip was of course a great moment, although I have constantly stated that my innings of 254 at Lords was, technically, better. However, in retrospect, in terms of personal satisfaction on behalf of my team and the game, as well as my own part in it, I think the best moment was at Leeds in 1948 when our team won the test on the last day with a score of over 400 which had never been achieved by any other side in history. That was a performance which nobody predicted and confounded all the critics. My own part in it was substantial and this, naturally, contributed to my satisfaction.' Together with the signed 4 x 6 photograph referred to, the image depicting Bradman walking in a full length pose with his cricket bat and pads. Signed with his name alone in blue ink to a light area of the image. VG, 2
GRAPEWIN CHARLEY: (1869-1956) American Actor, remembered for his role as Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz (1939). An extremely rare vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7.5 x 9 photograph of Grapewin in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black crayon to a clear area of the background. Some very light, extremely minor silvering and age wear to the base of the image and a couple of very light stains and surface creases to the upper corners and some minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
RAMBEAU MARJORIE: (1889-1970) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the actress in a close-up head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Some very light, extremely minor silvering to the edges of the image and some light traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
BRITISH ACTRESSES: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs (4) and 8 x 10's (3) by various British film actresses comprising Flora Robson (dated Hollywood, 1941 in her hand), Anna Neagle (2), Margaret Lockwood (2), Athene Seyler and Phyllis Calvert. All are signed in fountain pen inks, mostly to clear areas of the images. Some traces of former mounting to the versos and a few images with light discoloration. G to VG, 7
CINEMA: A large 4to photograph album containing over 30 vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages and some irregularly trimmed, including Fay Wray, Fredric March, Madge Evans, Arthur Treacher, Robert Middlemass, John Loder (4), Allan Jones, Victor Jory, Lyle Talbot, Virginia Bruce etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear, G
CINEMA: A large 4to photograph album containing over 30 vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages, including Noel Madison, Otto Kruger, Preston Foster, Luis Alberni, Madge Evans, Joseph Calleia, Barton MacLane, Gordon Harker, Robert Donat etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear, G
CINEMA: A large 4to photograph album containing over 40 vintage signed 5 x 7 photographs and some slightly smaller by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages, including Nat Pendleton, Otto Kruger, Madge Evans, Jane Bryan, Joyce Kirby, Osgood Perkins, Joseph Calleia, John Turnbull, Griffith Jones, Wally Patch, Lilyan Tashman, Lee Patrick, James Stephenson, Jean Harlow (signed by her mother), Maureen O'Sullivan, May Whitty, John Lodge, Henry Wilcoxon, Henry Hull etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear and the album lacking the front cover and with some loose pages, G
CINEMA: A large 4to photograph album containing over 30 vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages, including George Curzon, Grant Williams, Desmond Tester, Robert Barrat, Annabella, Edward Ellis, Henry O'Neill, Addison Randall, Herbert Marshall, Wally patch, Grace Bradley, Robert Greig, Madge Evans, Wally Ford, Noel Madison etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear, G
CINEMA: A large 4to photograph album containing over 25 vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages, including Leslie Perrins, Hobart Cavanaugh, Nelson Eddy, Walter Huston, Preston Foster, Madeleine Carroll, Victor Kilian, Anna Neagle (3), Phillips Holmes etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear, G
CINEMA: Two photograph albums (oblong 4to and large 4to) containing over 60 vintage signed 5 x 7 photographs and slightly larger etc. by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages, including Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Alice Faye, Otto Kruger, Jon Hall, John Loder, Phyllis Calvert, Bing Crosby, Jane Baxter, Esmond Knight, Preston Foster, Helen Vinson, Robert Young, Lyle Talbot etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear, G, 2
CINEMA: Two photograph albums (4to and large 4to) containing over 60 vintage signed 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 photographs etc. by various film actors and actresses of the 1940s, all neatly laid down to the pages, including Shirley Temple, John Loder, Raymond Massey, Ronald Colman, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, Anton Walbrook, Herman Bing, Charles Coburn, Warren William, Tom Neal, Burgess Meredith, Brian Donlevy, Moroni Olsen, Ralph Bellamy, Rand Brooks, Leo Carillo, Joseph Cotten, Jean Hersholt etc., some of other subjects bearing facsimile or secretarial signatures. A few are neatly trimmed or have the corners of the borders neatly clipped. Some light overall age wear and the back cover of one album missing, G, 2
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