Autograph Auction featuring Space - The Collection of a Leicestershire Gentleman

CANTELLI GUIDO: (1920-1956) Italian Conductor. A rare, bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Guido Cantelli') and date, 1954, in his hand on a c...

CANTELLI GUIDO: (1920-1956) Italian Conductor. A good, rare vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 13 photograph, the sepia image depicting the conduct...

BOULT ADRIAN: (1889-1983) English Conductor. Series of two A.Ls.S. and seven T.Ls.S., Adrian and Adrian B, ten pages (total), 8vo, London, 22nd De...

KARAJAN HERBERT VON: (1908-1989) Austrian Conductor. Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph, the image depicting Karajan in a half length profile pose wit...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Small selection of vintage signed concert programmes (most for International Celebrity Subscription Concerts of the mid-1930s), a...

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., some signed postcard photographs and slightly larger (a few vintage) etc., by various classical mu...

CALLAS MARIA: (1923-1977) American-born Greek Soprano. A good vintage fountain pen ink signature ('Cordially, Maria Callas') and date, 1964, in he...

OPERA: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger by various opera singers including Renata Tebaldi, Tito Gobbi, G...

OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger (some vintage) a few A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S. by various opera singers including Ev...

OPERA: Selection of printed 8vo and 4to programmes for various performances at the Royal Festival Hall, London, during the 1950s, individually sig...

PAVLOVA ANNA: (1881-1931) Russian Ballet Dancer. A fine vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, the image depicting Pavlova standing en pointe i...

FONTEYN MARGOT: (1919-1991) English Ballerina. Book signed, a hardback edition of her Autobiography, published by W. H. Allen, London, December 19...

TURNER J. M. W.: (1775-1851) English Painter. A.L.S., J M W Turner, one page, 8vo, Athenaeum, n.d. ('Monday Evg', annotated 16th March 1835 in ano...

MILLAIS JOHN EVERETT: (1829-1896) English Painter, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. A.L.S., J E Millais, one page, 8vo, n.p....

ARTISTS: Small selection of A.Ls.S. by various 19th century artists comprising Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (to [William] Etty confirming an appoi...

MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist Painter. A.L.S., Claude Monet, one page, 8vo, Giverny par Vernon, 18th February 1914, to a friend, ...

DUFY RAOUL: (1877-1953) French Fauvist Painter. T.L.S., Raoul Dufy, one page, 4to, Perpignan, 1st March 1947, to Madame [Jean-Emile] Laboureur ('C...

GIACOMETTI ALBERTO: (1901-1966) Swiss Sculptor. Bold blue ink signature ('Alberto Giacometti') and date, Stampa, 7th August 1963, in his hand to t...

DE CHIRICO GIORGIO: (1888-1978) Italian Artist, a strong influence on the Surrealist movement. Signed and inscribed 6 x 4 photograph, the image de...

MAN RAY: (1890-1976) American Photographer and Artist. T.L.S., Man Ray, one page, 4to, Paris, 31st January 1962, to Jean, evidently a business ass...

CHAGALL MARC: (1887-1985) Russian-French Artist. L.S., Marc Chagall, in Yiddish, to the verso of a colour postcard featuring an image of Chagall's...

VIEIRA DA SILVA MARIA HELENA: (1908-1992) Portuguese-French Abstractionist Painter. A.N.S., Vieira da Silva, to the verso of a colour postcard fea...

AMERICAN ARTISTS: An American First Day Cover postmarked at Washington D.C., 4th November 1968, individually signed by five American Artists of th...

ARTISTS: Selection of signed cards and album pages by various artists and sculptors of the 20th century comprising Andre Lhote, Alexander Calder, ...

SEARLE RONALD: (1920-2011) British Artist and Satirical Cartoonist. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Searle seated in a half length pose wearing...

RUPERT BEAR: An original four panel drawing by artist John Harrold, being the original artwork for a Rupert Bear story entitled Rupert Bear and th...

BLAKE QUENTIN: (1932- ) English Illustrator & Cartoonist. A good, original black pen and ink drawing signed by Blake, on an 8vo white card, n.p...

SCHULZ CHARLES M.: (1922-2000) American Cartoonist, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. An excellent original signed 8.5 x 11 sketch by Schulz, th...

KANE BOB: (1915-1998) American Comic Book Artist, co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Batman. A black and gold foil oblong oval (8 x 4.5) sticke...

MOONEY JIM: (1919-2008) American Comic Book Artist, famous for his work with DC Comics during the Silver Age of Comic Books. A good original signe...

BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN: An excellent original colour 18 x 12 pen and ink drawing of the American super heroes Batman and Superman, drawn by an uniden...

JOHNSON SAMUEL: (1709-1784) English Writer, Poet, Biographer and Lexicographer whose work A Dictionary of the English Language was published in 17...

GRAY THOMAS: (1716-1771) English Poet & Classical Scholar. Book signed, being a small 8vo edition of Oeuvres Diverses de J. J. Rousseau, Tome Troi...

BYRON LORD: (1788-1824) British Poet, a leading figure in the Romantic Movement. Book signed, a hardback edition of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - ...

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish Novelist. D.S., Walter Scott, in the form of an endorsement, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p. (Edinburgh?), n.d....

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. Autograph envelope signed, addressed by Dickens to Henry Austin Esquire at 87 Hatton Gardens. With ...

HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. A hardback edition of Moments of Love - Poems to Emma by Thomas Hardy, published by The Dorset Natural...

'The virulent attacks on General Franco in the Left Wing press are inexplicable' DOUGLAS ALFRED: (1870-1945) English Author & Poet, the intimate ...

HUXLEY ALDOUS: (1894-1963) English Writer. A.L.S., Aldous Huxley, two pages, 8vo, Sanary-sur-Mer, 24th December 1930, to Mr. [G. H.] Grubb. Huxley...

ORTON JOE: (1933-1967) English Playwright. Brief T.L.S., Joe, one page, 4to, London, 30th August 1966, to Mark. Orton writes, in full, 'Here is th...

A quotation from one of the poet's most famous lyrics WORDSWORTH WILLIAM: (1770-1850) English Poet Laureate 1843-50. A good A.Q.S., William Words...

POET LAUREATES: Alfred Austin (1835-1913) English Poet Laureate 1892-1913. A.L.S., Alfred Austin, two pages, 8vo, Ashford, Kent, 24th January 1900...

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., Iain MacBetjeman, one page, 8vo, Cloth Fair, London, 5th November 1958, to John ...

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. T.L.S., John Betjeman, one page, 4to, Cloth Fair, London, 5th January 1973, to 'Dear Vic...

KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. A.L.S., Rudyard Kipling, one page, 8vo, Bateman's, Burwash, ...

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, on one side of a printed post...

BUCK PEARL S.: (1892-1973) American Writer and Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1938. T.L.S., Pearl S. Buck, one page, 4to, Perkasie, ...

BECKETT SAMUEL: (1906-1989) Irish Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1969. Brief A.L.S., Samuel Beckett, on one side of his personal pr...

GOLDING WILLIAM: (1911-1993) British Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1983. Signed 5 x 8 photograph of Golding in a semi-profile head ...

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: Selection of signed pieces and cards by various Nobel Prize winners for Literature comprising John Galsworthy (1932), Eugene ...

'go and see a librarian….who sells good and bad books by the Comedie Francaise' VOLTAIRE: (1694-1778) nom de plume of Francois-Marie Arouet. Fren...

[HUGO VICTOR]: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A 19th century manuscript copy of the Birth Certificate of Victor Hugo...

WALLACE LEW: (1827-1905) American Author of the historical adventure story Ben-Hur (1880) and a Union General in the American Civil War. Dark foun...

AMERICAN LITERATURE: A good selection of signed pieces and cards by various American poets, writers and novelists of the 19th century comprising W...

HERLIHY JAMES LEO: (1927-1993) American Novelist & Playwright whose works include Midnight Cowboy. T.L.S., James Leo Herlihy, one page, 8vo, n.p. ...

FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of the secret agent James Bond. A.N.S., Ian F., one page, oblong 8vo, Kemsley House, London, n.d....

FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of the secret agent James Bond. T.L.S., Ian Fleming, with holograph salutation and subscription, ...

FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of the secret agent James Bond. D.S., I L Fleming, one page, 4to, London, 14th November 1951, mar...

LE CARRE JOHN: (1931- ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service. A.L.S., David Cornwell, (hi...

LE CARRE JOHN: (1931- ) British Author of espionage novels, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service. Souvenir T.Q.S., John le Ca...