Children's Books & Illustrations, Playing Cards, Modern First Editions & Autographs

* Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). English writer and social critic. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Charles Dickens', Office of All the Year Round letterh...

* Drinkwater (John, 1882-1937). English poet, playwright and critic. Autograph Manuscript Signed of John Drinkwater’s play Laying the Devil, A Pla...

* Durrell (Gerald, 1925-1995). English writer and naturalist. A sheet of original drawings, 1976, with approximately forty vignette illustrations ...

* Edward VIII (1894-1972). King of the United Kingdom, January to December 1936. Autograph Letter Signed, ’Edward P.’, as Prince of Wales, Craigmy...

* Edward VIII (1894-1972). King of the United Kingdom, January to December 1936. Autograph letter signed, 'David', H.M.S. Renown, Portsmouth, 5 Au...

Elgar (Edward & others). The Music Of Poets: A Musicians’ Birthday Book, by Eleonore D’Esterre-Keeling, 2nd revised edition, Walter Scott Ltd, 189...

* Eliot (Thomas Stearns, 1888-1967). Poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Typewritten Letter Signed, ’T S Eliot’, on...

* Ellis ([Henry] Havelock, 1859-1939). English physician, eugenicist, writer and social reformer who studied human sexuality. Autograph Literary M...

* Ferrier (Kathleen, 1912-1953). English contralto singer. Autograph Letter Signed, ’Kathleen Ferrier’, 2 Frognal Mansions, Hampstead, 17 December...

* Flagstad (Kirsten, 1895-1962). Norwegian opera singer. Photograph Signed, ‘Kirsten Flagstad’, circa 1930s, sepia photograph showing her full len...

* Fleming (Alexander, 1881-1955). Scottish physician and microbiologist, discoverer of penicillin. A signed half-length portrait vintage gelatin s...

* Forester (Cecil Scott, 1899-1966). Pseudonym of Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith, author of the ‘Horatio Hornblower’ novels. Autograph Letter Signed ...

* Francis (Clive, born 1946). Caricature of Laurence Olivier as Richard III, lithograph printed in colours, signed by Olivier in pencil to lower l...

* Daudet (Alphonse, 1840-1907). French novelist. Brief autograph note signed, 'Alphonse Daudet', no date, four lines in a small hand to an unident...

* Garibaldi (Giuseppe Maria, 1807-1882). Italian general, revolutionary and republican. Signed cabinet card photograph, circa 1866, oval albumen p...

* Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865). Author and the first biographer of Charlotte Brontë. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘E. C. Gaskell’, 46 Plymo...

* Gielgud (John, 1904-2000). English actor and theatre director. Autograph Letter Signed, ’John Gielgud’, Wotton-Underwood, Buckinghamshire, 11 Oc...

* Great Lafayette (stage name of Sigmund Neuberger, 1871-1911). German magician and illusionist. A fine florid autograph signature, ‘Lafayette’, n...

* Greene (Graham, 1904-1991). English writer and journalist. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Graham Greene', Palace Hotel, Brussels, no date, circa 1960...

* Hair Jewellery: John F. Kennedy (1917-1963). Six small strands of hair from President Kennedy presented in a small perspex and gilt decorated fr...

* Honegger (Arthur, 1892-1955). Swiss composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, 'A. Honneger, 1950', being 2 bars from the opening of the seco...

* Hugo (Victor, 1802-1885). French novelist, poet and playwright. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Victor Hugo’, Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris,...

* Kelly (Grace, 1929-1982). American actress and later Princess of Monaco. Signed personal correspondence card, ‘Grace de Monaco’, circa 1960s, bo...

* Kipling (Joseph Rudyard, 1865-1936). A typed note signed, 10 October 1913, on Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex headed paper: "Dear Miss Stevens, Thank...

* Korngold (Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957). Austrian composer. Fine Autograph Musical Quotation Signed in pencil, ‘Erich Wolfgang Korngold’, on a whit...

* Larkin (Philip, 1922-1985). Poet, librarian and jazz critic. The Less Deceived, Hessle: The Marvell Press, 1958, 12-inch LP record of Larkin rea...

Le Breton (John, pseudonym). A collection of 5 apparently unpublished manuscript stories and one typescript story of the North West Frontier, c. 1...

* Leigh (Vivien, 1913-1967). Double Academy Award-winning film and stage actress. A fine vintage black and white photographic postcard signed, 194...

* Lindbergh (Charles Augustus, 1902-1974). American aviator. Fine autograph signature, ‘Charles A Lindbergh / 1941’, seemingly cut from a letter a...

* Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882). American poet. Autograph Quotation Signed, ‘Henry W. Longfellow’, no place, no date, being the seventh ...

* Lucas (Leighton, 1903-1982). English composer and conductor. Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, 'Leighton Lucas', no place, no date, being the...

* McCartney (Paul, born 1942 & McCartney, Linda, 1941-1998). Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, circa 1990s, a CD signed on the in...

* Milstein (Nathan, 1903-1992). Russian-American violinist. Important collection of autograph manuscripts, autograph letters, typed letters and an...

* Mount Everest, 1953. A scarce printed dinner menu for an event given by Smiths English Clocks Ltd, in honour of members of the British Mount Eve...

Musicians’ Autographs. A fine collection of 35 classical music programmes, all signed by various musicians, 1970s, with a total of 62 autograph si...

* Mussolini (Benito, 1883-1945). Italian prime minister and founder of the National Fascist Party. Photograph Signed, ‘Mussolini, Roma, 2 Luglio, ...

* Napoleon I (1769-1821). Emperor of France. Military Order Signed of Napoleon for the Formation of a Special Security Force, Fontainebleau, [Sund...

* Neruda (Pablo, 1904-1973). Chilean poet, diplomat and politician, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. A fine Autograph Letter Sign...

* Nixon (Richard, 1913-1994). 37th president of the United States, 1969 to 1974. Signed card, ‘Richard Nixon’, circa 1973, white card with a wood ...

* Parry (Charles Hubert Hastings, 1848-1918). English composer. Autograph Letter Signed, 17 Kensington Square, London, 22 February 1889, to Dr [F....

* Pavlova (Anna, 1881-1931). Ballerina. Signed Postcard, circa 1910, full-length photograph of the young ballerina in Autumn Bacchanal, ‘Mishkin S...

* Popular Culture. A series of approximately 80 signed photographs (some on thin card), signed programmes, letters, signatures and typewritten quo...

* Prime Ministers & Politicians. A collection of Autograph & Typed Letters, free franks, etc., mostly 19th & 20th century, including Autograph Let...

* Prince Philip (1921-2021). Duke of Edinburgh, husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Typed Letter Signed, 'Philip', R.N. Petty Officers' Sch...

* Redgrave (Roy, 1873–1922). Actor, playwright and short story writer. A rare Autograph Manuscript Signed (three times), ‘Roy Redgrave’, early 20t...

* Richardson (Ralph, 1902-1983). Film and theatre actor. A fine series of 10 Autograph Letters Signed, 'Ralph', London and Birmingham, mostly unda...

* Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Irish playwright. Typewritten article, annotated, signed and dated, [Welwyn, Hertfordshire], ‘G. Bernard Shaw,...

Signed Concert Programmes. A collection of 11 vintage concert programmes, each signed by important performers or composers, circa 1930s/1950s, com...

* Singh (Duleep, 1838-1893). Maharajah of Lahore. Autograph Note Signed, c.1855-85, 'Do not forward any letters, as I may return to town any day t...

Strauss (Richard, 1864-1949). German composer. Programme Signed, [1947], being a printed Souvenir Programme for a Philharmonia Concert conducted b...

* Tennyson (Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, 1809-1892). English poet and Poet Laureate. Autograph Signature, 'yours A. Tennyson', inscribed in brown i...

* Terry (Ellen, 1847-1928). Stage actress. Photographic publicity postcard signed, ’Ellen Terry in 1882', with an Autograph Letter Signed, 'Ellen ...

* Valencia ([Carmen] Tórtola, 1882-1955). Spanish early modern dancer, choreographer, costume designer and painter. Rare vintage sepia-toned photo...

* Van Buren (Martin, 1782-1862). 8th President of the United States, 1837-1841. Signed military commission, 'M.V. Buren', Albany, 2 February 1829,...

* Vaughan Williams (Ralph, 1872-1958). English composer. Vocal score of Sancta Civitas, circa 1929, 55 pages, signed with an unusually legible sig...

* Verdi (Giuseppe, 1813-1901). Italian composer. Signed cabinet card photograph, G. Ricordi & Co., 1889, vignetted albumen print bust portrait, sh...

* Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, 1819-1901). Document signed, St James's, 26 January 1858, a pre-printed commission on linenised pape...

* Victorian Autographs. An assorted collection of approximately 100 autograph letters and signatures of notables of the day, mostly 19th century, ...

* Wagner (Richard, 1813-1883). German composer. Fine Autograph Envelope addressed in Wagner's hand, February 1897, in characteristic purple ink in...

* Walsingham (Thomas, 1561- 1630). Courtier to Queen Elizabeth I and literary patron to Christopher Marlowe. An extremely rare autograph signature...