An unusual collection of ephemera and props relating to Prof. Ernie Leech, humorist, ventriloquist and descriptive vocalist. Included in the lot is a full ventriloquist dummy with body and moving parts to the head, four further heads, the original travelling trunk with label inscribed "Prof. Ernie with his Lilliputian Pierrots", two framed and glazed posters for Collins' Hippodrome, Stoke on Trent and The Lyseum Theatre, Heywood dated 1905, and ephemera including a photograph of Ernie Leech with one of the dummies seated upon his knee, related music scores, etc. Ernie Leech was the grandfather of the vendor and was a well know character from Crewe. In later life he became the licensee of The Angel Hotel in Victoria Street, Crewe and continued to work as a ventriloquist and speaker throughout the area. CONDITION REPORT: Mechanisms need attention, but mostly working. Cracking to the faces and hair loss throughout.
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BWM & Victory to French & Serbian Red Cross Nurse group, M.E.Walker on pair, Serbian Cross of Mercy, France SBM Society Nursing Cross 1914-18, France War medal 1914-18, Mary Emmeline Walker was a Nursing Orderly, served in "2a" Balkans from Sept.1915 with French Red Cross, (FRC personnel did not get a 1915 star). A collectors note also records her serving with the Serbian Refuge on Isle of Corsica, noted as a Serbian speaker. NEF
A 12-BOLT DIVING HELMET AND SUIT BY SIEBE, GORMAN & CO LTD, tinned overall, the bonnet numbered ‘18178’ and fitted with spit-cock, air inlet with sprung non-return valve and internal vents, telephone port with wiring and speaker, exhaust valve and front-fitted hinged safety catch; the corselet numbered ‘18530’ with front-mounted weight hooks, numbered brasses with bolts and maker’s plate -- 19in. (48cm.) high; together with a canvas and rubber 12-bolt suit; and a pair of front/back lead weights, each stamped for SG & Co. Ltd.; and a pair of unsigned leather diving boots with brass caps and lead soles, (4)
A SELECTION OF SEVEN VINTAGE VALVE RADIOS ETC., to include an Invicta 32, an Invicta model 15, a Kolster-Brandes ER30, a Pilot radio, a Baird walnut Bakelite model 210, an Ultra valve radio and a RGD model 110 together with a Stentorian cadet cabinet speaker (8) Buyers - for shipping pricing on this lot, visit www.cuttlestones.co.uk/shipping
De Quincey (Thomas) - Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, revised and enlarged by De Quincey, Edinburgh, 1856; The Collected Writings , edited by David Masson, 14 vol., Edinburgh, 1889 § Hazlitt (William) Characters of Shakespear's Plays, 1817; Lectures on the English Poets, half-title, 4pp. advertisements at end, 1818; A View of the English Stage, half-title, modern half morocco, 1818; The Plain Speaker, 2 vol., 1826 § [Lamb (Charles)] Elia, second issue with "Waterloo Place" in imprint on title, 6pp.advertisements at end, 1823 § Hunt (Leigh) Men, Women, and Books, 2 vol., inscribed "To Sir Percy Shelley Bart. from his affectionate friend the Author" on front free endpaper, original blind-stamped pink cloth, rubbed and soiled, spines faded, 1847, first editions , some plates, some spotting, all but the fifth and last contemporary or nineteenth century full or half calf, spines gilt, some a little rubbed or faded, the fourth rebacked preserving old gilt spine ; and 15 others by or about De Quincey, Hazlitt, Lamb and Leigh Hunt, 8vo et infra (38)
Acoustic Control Corporation stack amplifier, made in California, with head unit, model 468 straight cabinets and model 469 angled cabinet, in need of restoration/attention, speakers and amplifier parts missing, untested; together with a large custom-built four speaker combo amplifier (lacking speakers), untested
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