FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: Collection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., many accompanied by typed and holograph statements (most unsigned) by a variety of famous individuals (entertainers, television, sports personalities, etc.), all written to Henry Buckton in association with his BBC Children in Need fund raising book entitled Celebrity Child's Play, providing various anecdotes from their school lives, comprising Martin Bell (in part, 'I shall always remember the summer of 1946, when I was nearly eight, for a single Great Event - my first ice-cream.'), Craig Brown, Brian Cant, Harry Carpenter, Stephanie Cole, Bernard Cornwell, Wendy Craig (in part, 'I had several beautiful dolls, but the one I loved best and played with most was the one my daddy made for me. It was my favourite for years. I wonder what became of it.'), Niall Dickson, Anne Fine, Bryan Forbes, Anna Ford, Clare Francis, Dick Francis (in part, 'It will come as no surprise that riding plays a major part in my childhood memories. I spent much of my early years at my maternal grandparent's farm in Pembrokeshire and it was here that I consider I first became a professional horseman.'), Lucinda Green, Richard Griffiths, Sophie Grigson, David Hemery (in part, 'Between years five and ten I lived in Frinton-on-Sea. Early athletic endeavours included building a sufficiently long and high sand castle to pursue hours of self-challenging standing long jumps off the high sea wall.'), Barry Hines, Douglas Hurd, Lionel Jefferies (in part, '1926. Deptford. South London. A small semi detached Victorian house on the docks. The inside of my first pram. The sweet and sour smell of spilt milk, and the exquisite comfort of lying in my very own pee.'), Dinsdale Landen, John Kavanagh, Mark Lawrenson, Andrew Marr, Andrea Mclean, George Melly (in part, 'I remember when my Great Uncle Bill took me to the Liverpool Zoo. Only a year later he was to have a fit and become a taciturn figure who did nothing but sit in front of the fire drinking brandy and soda and smoking Turkish cigarettes.'), Desmond Morris, Peter Nichols, Matthew Parris, Tessa Peake-Jones, Julian Pettifer, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Plater, Philip Pullman, Steve Race, Bonny Sartin, Prunella Scales (in part, 'One of my most vivid childhood memories is the morning my father failed (just) to shoot my mother through the ceiling…'), David Steel, Tommy Steele (in part, 'On a dark night in the midst of yet another German bombing raid during the blitz my dad and I were racing through the smoke ridden alleys of Bermondsey Dock dodging flying debris and shrapnel…'), Ed Stewart, Ray Stubbs, Janet Suzman, Joanna Trollope and John Waite. Together with June Whitfield (1925- ) English Actress. Book signed, being a softcover edition of the Celebrity Child's Play by Henry Buckton, First Edition, published in aid of BBC Children in Need Appeal by Henry Buckton, Glastonbury, 2002. Signed by June Whitfield in bold black ink to a clear area of the inside cover. VG to EX, 45
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FAMOUS MEN: An excellent colour 21 x 17.5 print entitled Victory by artist Lorne Winters, 1994, the image depicting an athlete victoriously crossing a finishing line against a background of a vast mountain vista, individually signed by a variety of famous men comprising Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969) and the first man to walk on the moon, Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion, Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953, Hank Aaron (1934- ) American Baseball Player, Gordie Howe (1928-2016) American Ice Hockey Player, Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) American Broadcaster and Lee Iacocca (1924- ) American Automobile Executive. Most have signed in bold pencil (Cronkite and Iacocca in blue inks) with their names alone to the lower white border, which is also signed in pencil by the artist. Limited Edition number 32/100. Matted in red and framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 25½ x 22. EX
MUCKE HELLMUTH VON: (1881-1957) German Naval Officer of World War I. Book signed, being a softcover edition of Emden, First Edition, published by August Scherl, Berlin, 1915. Signed by Mucke in pencil, with his name alone, to the free end paper. Together with another book signed by Mucke, being a softcover edition of Ayesha, First Edition, published by August Scherl, Berlin, 1926. Signed by Mucke in pencil, with his name alone, to the free end paper. With slight paper loss to the spines on both books, and with light water staining to the cover and seven subsequent pages of Ayesha, though not affecting the signature. With light age wear and dust toning. FR, 2Mucke was the Executive Officer and First Lieutenant of the German Light Cruiser SMS Emden during her successful career as a commerce raider in the early years of World War I. On 9th November 1914, she encountered and was severely damaged by the Australian light cruiser, HMAS Sydney. Mucke and fellow survivors subsequently seized a derelict, 97-ton, three-masted schooner, the Ayesha, and quickly made her seaworthy. Over the next six months, Mucke led his small command on one of the longest escapes recorded - over 11,000 km by sea and land - losing only one man to disease and three to enemy action, a remarkable achievement for the times.
DONITZ KARL: (1891-1980) German Naval Commander of World War II. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Donitz The Last Fuhrer by Peter Padfield, First Edition, published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1984. Signed by Donitz in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a postcard photograph neatly laid down to the free end paper, the image depicting Donitz standing in a half length pose, together with fellow officers and in conversation with a soldier. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to set foot on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Magnificent Desolation - The Long Journey Home from the Moon, First Edition, published by Harmony Books, New York, 2009. Signed by Aldrin in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the half title page. Accompanied by the dustjacket. VG
SHEPARD ALAN: (1923-1998) American Astronaut, the second person, and the first American, to travel in space. Commander of the Apollo XIV mission, becoming the fifth man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Moon Shot, The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon, First Edition, published by Turner Publishing, Inc., Atlanta, 1994. Signed by Shepard in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
SCOTT DAVE: (1932- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XV (1971) and the seventh man to walk on the moon. Scott was also the first person to drive on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Two Sides of the Moon - Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott & Alexei Leonov, First Edition, published by Simon & Schuster, London, 2004. Signed by Scott in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with Alexei Leonov (1934- ) Russian cosmonaut, the first human to conduct extravehicular activity, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for a 12-minute spacewalk, 1965. Book signed, a softcover edition of Two Sides of the Moon - Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott & Alexei Leonov, published by Simon & Schuster, London, 2005. Signed to a piece in bold black ink with his name alone, neatly laid down to a clear area of the half title page. VG, 2
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The "District [Railway] MAP of Greater London & Environs', first edition, dated 1902. From the series which ran from 1902 to c1908. A large-scale, fold-out map, paper on linen inside hard covers, it opens out to 42" x 26" (107cm x 66cm). The map is in very good condition, the covers a little worn. [1]
1874 District Railway MAP of London. This is the 2nd edition of the first-ever map of the London Underground, the 1st edition was the previous year. A paper map inside cloth covers, opens out to 36.5" x 25" (93cm x 64cm). Shows the DR in red, including its running rights over the Metropolitan Railway, and other railways in black. The map is in good condition (appears to have been backed with another layer of paper), the covers are very worn. A scarce survivor. [1]
1933 first-year edition of the Beck card DIAGRAMMATIC UNDERGROUND MAP, this being a special version of the issue with print-code 33-3636 carrying additional wording on the cover for Black & White and Red & White Coaches and with their booking offices and departure points shown on the map. A most unusual version. A short parting at the foot of one fold, otherwise in excellent condition, crisp and firm. [1]
1934 London Underground diagrammatic, card POCKET MAP, designed by H C Beck. This is edition No 2, 1934 and the first to show the Central Line (red) and the Bakerloo (brown) in the colours still used today and the Piccadilly service running to Uxbridge. This is the version with the Liverpool Street name very close to its circle. Just very lightly used and an excellent copy. [1]
A modern Moorcroft pottery limited edition vase of tapering formDecorated with the 'Ashwood Hepatica' pattern, designed by Emma Bossons, numbered 54/300 and initialled in gilt to base, height 16cm, complete with original box CONDITION REPORT: Good condition with no chips, cracks or restoration and first quality
ELVIS ORANGE LABELS/ SPARE SLEEVES - Smart collection of 70s albums, orange label releases and a very handy pack of spare sleeves for some of the earlier and more sought after titles. 20x album included and 16x sleeves, which include first edition "Best Of" (DLP 1159) and Elvis Presley Number 2 (CLP1105). Albums are well cared for, with most at VG+ to Ex+.
OLDHAM. JOHN. - THE WORKS OF MR JOHN OLDHAM, together with his remains. London: for Jo Hindmarsh 16868vo. Dark brown calf, rebound. t.p. a little browned with marginal repairs. Seperate title pages to each part (wing 0226).A third issue of the sheets of the first edition of 1684 with the second edition of The Remains 1687
•CLAUDE FLIGHT (1881-1955) SPEED (C. CF7) signed in pencil u.l.: CLAUDE FLIGHT. Inscribed in pencil with edition number l.l.:11/50.linocut printed in cobalt blue, yellow ochre, vermilion and Prussian blue, 1922, on buff oriental laid paper, with margins 22.6 cm by 28.8cm; 9 in by 11 1/4 in Literature Stephen Coppel, Linocuts of the Machine Age, Scholar Press, London, 1995, p74. The present work was used as the frontispiece to Flight's first linocut textbook, Lino-cuts: A Hand-book of Linoleum-cut Colour Printing (1927). This print was impressed on the reverse of the sheet, the colours showing through the fine translucent paper. It is possibly one of the most significant British prints of the early 20th century.
LINDA JANE SMITH, eleven limited edition cat prints, to include 'Summer Soiree' 170/495, 'It's For You' 72/295, 'Larder Louts' 117/495, 'Le Petit Cafe' 303/395, 'Last Post' 296/495, 'Catastrophe' 293/850, 'First Class Cats' 220/395, 'Balancing Act' 62/850, 'Tiger Feet' 397/650, 'Room For Improvement' 357/395 and 'Feline Frippery' 238/495, all framed and glazed (11)
DUGDALE AND JOHN STEVENS, this is the first of Stevens additional two volumes (this is 722) which followed Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, 18 engravings, four folding (upper hinge cracked but internally the leaves are crisp), an 1791 leather bound edition of BIRCHS VIEWS (W.Birch, enamel painter, Hampstead Heath) fixed, upper board detached and sundry British topographical volumes. £60-£100
SAMUEL RUSH MEYRICK - 'THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF CARDIGAN', published by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme,1808, PATRICIA HIGHSMITH - 'THIS SWEET SICKNESS', Heinemann, 1961, first UK edition with dustjacket, and ANTHONY FOWLES - 'DOUBLE FEATURE', Simon & Schuster, 1972, first edition in dustjacket, signed by the authorCondition Report:Please note: every page of every book is not checked, if you are unable to view yourself please ask for detailed information
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