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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 188

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed album pages by various actors and entertainers including Fred Allen, Gloria De Haven, Marie McDonald (scarce, `First autograph in England`), Lizbeth Webb, Elizabeth Sellars, Danny Thomas, Farley Granger, David Farrar, Lois Nettleton, Samuel Goldwyn, Errol Garner, Rudolf Nureyev (in cyrillic), Tom Neal, Hazel Scott, Dorothy Kirsten, Burl Ives, Gerard Philipe, Adolphe Menjou, Barbara Payton etc., also including tennis player Gussy Moran. The majority of signatures are in fountain pen ink and are inscribed To Peter. Generally VG, 120

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 219

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some First Day Covers, a few letters, signed newspaper photographs etc., by various actors and actresses, film directors and producers etc., including Gabby Hayes, Anthony Quinn, Ed Asner, Walter Koenig, Robert Duvall, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Chevy Chase, George Brent, Joel McCrea, Donald Sinden, Burl Ives, Maurice Evans, Fred Allen, Richard Attenborough, Elia Kazan, Stanley Kramer, Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian, Norman Jewison etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 54

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 257

SCHWARZENEGGER ARNOLD: (1947- ) Austrian-American Bodybuilder, Actor and Politician. A scarce, early signed souvenir programme, the printed 8vo programme for the Mr. & Miss Wales physique figure and variety show at the Town Hall, Maesteg, 16th September 1967. Signed by Schwarzenegger with his name alone to a clear area of the front cover and also signed by bobybuilder John Citrone. Together with an unsigned hardback edition of Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Achwarzenegger, First Edition published by Pelham Books, London, 1977 and a related newspaper article. Some light staining and creasing and minor overall age wear, G, 3. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a name for himself in 1967, the year that he signed this programme, by being crowned amateur Mr. Universe. He went on to become professional Mr. Universe champion in 1968, 1969 & 1970.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 263

FAWCETT FARRAH: (1947-2009) American Actress. Two signed colour 8 x 10 photographs, the first showing the pretty actress in an iconic three quarter length pose and the second showing her seated in a full length leg revealing pose. Signed in black ink to clear areas of the image, one with her first name and date 2007, and the other with her full signature. EX, 2

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 279

JAMES BOND: Small collection of three signed hardback books comprising Being a Scot by Sean Connery, First Edition published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008, bearing a custom bookplate signed by Connery in bold black ink with his name alone and neatly affixed to the title page; My Word is My Bond by Roger Moore, First Edition published by Michael O`Mara 2008, signed by Moore with his name alone to the title page; Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Fleming, First Edition published by Penguin, 2008, signed by Faulks with his name alone to the title page. Each of the books are accompanied by the dust jackets. VG, 3

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 310

BEE GEES: Signed double album record sleeve by all three members of the pop band individually, Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. The sleeve is from the double album Bee Gees Greatest and has been signed by each of the brothers to their full colour portraits on the inside gatefold. Robin has signed his name in full and Barry and Maurice have signed with their first names only, all to clear areas. Records no longer present. Some light age wear and minor corner creasing, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 322

POPULAR MUSIC: Small selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various pop singers comprising Robbie Williams (signed with first name only), Barry White and Annie Lennox. Two of the images are colour, and all are boldly signed to clear areas. None are inscribed. VG to EX, 3

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 341

NOBEL PRIZE: Selection of signed cards, First Day Covers etc., by various Nobel Prize winners for Physics and Chemistry including Glenn Seaborg, Bertram Brockhouse, Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Walter Brattain, John Bardeen, Tsung Dao-Lee & Chen Ning Yang, Friedrich Bergius, Gerhard Herzberg etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 20

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 342

NOBEL PRIZE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, First Day Covers, a few newspaper and magazine photographs etc., by various Nobel Prize winners for Physiology or Medicine including Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch, Robert Holley, Barbara McClintock, Andre Lwoff, Julius Axelrod, Francis Crick, Thomas Weller, Edward Tatum, Godfrey Hounsfield etc., also including some non-Nobel Prize winning researchers and doctors etc., including Wilder Penfield, Elizabeth Kenny, Albert Sabin, Christiaan Barnard, Charles Best etc. Some light age wear, generally G to about VG, 30

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 369

WHYMPER EDWARD: (1840-1911) British Mountaineer and Explorer, made the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Illustrated A.L.S., Edward Whymper, two pages, oblong 8vo, Ludgate Hill, London, 2nd February 1894, to E. Jones, on his personal printed memorandum stationery. Whymper confirms that he will give a lecture for his correspondent at Sale Public Hall on 9th February and continues to discuss his requirements, `I shall want....a table 7 to 8 feet long, with a desk slope or slope of some sort upon it, arranged so that the bottom of the slope is 3ft.4in. to 3ft.5in. from the floor` and draws a sketch of the table, slope and lamp necessary to deliver his lecture. In concluding he remarks `The preparation of this, if done after my arrival, generally occupies so much time that there is not sufficient left for rest and eating.` Together with Frederick Whymper (1838-1901, British Artist & Explorer, elder brother of Edward) A.L.S., Fredk. Whymper, two pages, 8vo, Haslemere, 29th February 1868, to the Editor of the Athenaeum (lightly crossed through in pencil). Whymper states that he has recently returned from Northern Russian America (`or "Alaska" as its new owners call it`) where he was assigned to an expedition under Colonel Bulkley, further giving brief details of his travels down a river of 1200 miles and explaining that his maps and sketches are with the Geographical Society. In concluding Whymper adds that, if they deem the journey worthy of notice, he shall be pleased to send them a brief sketch. G to VG, 2

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 371

MALLORY GEORGE: (1886-1924) English Mountaineer who participated in the first three British Expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s. Mallory tragically died close to the summit of Everest on the third expedition in June 1924. Extremely rare autograph envelope signed (`G. Mallory`) addressed in his hand to Mrs. H. M. Longridge at Rathlin, Mobberley, Cheshire. The envelope is postally cancelled 20th December 1918 and also bears a Passed by Censor cancellation. Mallory`s signature appears in the lower left corner, unaffected by any cancellations. A few small tears to the edges caused by the envelope being opened by the recipient. About VG. Mallory was born at Mobberley, Cheshire, and there is a memorial to him in the parish church. During the First World War, between 1916 and 1918, Mallory served on the Western Front as an artillery officer. Raithlin, a large house on Church Lane in Mobberley, still exists today.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 373

TENZING NORGAY: (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953. Rare signed First Day Cover featuring an image of Tenzing standing on the summit of Mount Everest. The cover bears three Indian postage stamps commemorating the Conquest of Everest and is postally cancelled at Darjeeling, 2nd October 1953. Signed by Tenzing with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with a signed card by Edmund Hillary (some light staining) and a signed piece by Lord John Hunt (neatly laid down to a card). Some light age wear, generally G, 3

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 374

TENZING NORGAY: (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953. Rare T.L.S., Tenzing, one page, 8vo, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, 2nd October 1953, to Captain Rawlins, on his personal printed stationery. Tenzing states that he is mailing, under separate cover, `a special first-day cover with special postage stamp affixed thereon which have been issued here just today, the 2nd October (the birth anniversary day of Mahatma Gandhi-the Saint of Modern India) to commemorate the Conquest of EVEREST`. Some very light foxing, otherwise VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 375

EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A good set of three pages removed from an autograph album individually signed by Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953, Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) Nepalese Sherpa Mountaineer, one of the first two individuals, alongside Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 29th May 1953 and Lord John Hunt (1910-1998) British Military officer, Leader of the 1953 Everest Expedition. Each have signed the pages with their names alone. VG, 3

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 415

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens, (a good signature with paraph), two pages, 8vo, Devonshire Terrace, 4th May 1846, to Thomas J. Serle. Dickens states that he never ventures into the city, `for it is long and long since I cut the Daily News, and never came again`, although adds that he will be happy to see Serle at Devonshire Terrace at any time, also remarking `Mind, I can come to you with perfect ease, for I walk into all sorts of suburbs every day.` In concluding he informs Serle that he will go to Switzerland on 1st June. With blank integral leaf. VG. Thomas James Serle (1798-1889) Actor and Dramatist; Dickens` Acting Manager. Charles Dickens was placed at the head of the literary department of The Daily News, a newspaper he funded with some of his royalties and whose first issue appeared on 21st January 1846. Not a commercial success, the newspaper ran to seventeen issues before Dickens handed it over to his friend John Forster who managed to increase the readership.Dickens and his family left England for the continent on 1st June 1846 and between 11th and 16th June they stayed at the Villa Rosemount near Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It was here that the novelist began writing Dombey and Son, and returned to England in March 1847. The following year he started work on David Copperfield, the title character making a reference to being in Switzerland during the course of the novel.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 420

TAGORE RABINDRANATH: (1861-1941) Indian Poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1913. Series of five A.Ls.S. and one T.L.S., Rabindranath Tagore, eight pages (total), 8vo and 4to, various places (Yokohama, Calcutta, Kalimpong etc.), 14th July 1916-25th June 1938, to [Ernest Edwin] Speight. In the first letter Tagore states that he feels an impulse to meet Speight and have an intimate talk, `You have loved these people among whom you are living and that draws my heart towards you. You have the vision to see truth and the heart to love it….Your poems have come to me carrying the rich simplicity and truth of your soul.` and in other letters Tagore makes further observations on Speight`s poems, `Your poems have given me a glance of a heart which has the true power of wonder and love` and also thanks him for some pictures made by his students (`They are most interesting, some of them remarkable for their suggestiveness`), some books which will be of use for the study of English Literature, and in the final letter Tagore states that he must be released from the responsibility of correspondence which is causing a constant strain on his body and mind and commenting `As for the selection of my prose writings I completely depend upon your own choice. I have not the slightest confidence upon my own judgement about my literary efforts in English.` VG, 6. Ernest Edwin Speight (1871-1949) British Author and Professor of English in India.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 425

LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few signed First Day Covers etc., by various Nobel Prize winners for Literature, including Selma Lagerlof, George Bernard Shaw, Nadine Gordimer, Nelly Sachs, Heinrich Boll, Gunter Grass, Sinclair Lewis, Salvatore Quasimodo, Shmuel Agnon, Isaac Bashevis Singer, William Golding, Camilo Jose Cela, Jaroslav Seifert, Harold Pinter etc. Some light age wear, generally G to about VG, 18

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 431

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page (folding letter card), 8vo, Paris, 22nd April 1887, to Madame Georges Charpentier, in French. Zola informs his correspondent to ask for the first box, number 26, and explains `It`s on the side and not very good. All those facing the stage were booked.` VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 445

KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. A good A.L.S., Rudyard Kipling, two pages, 8vo, Brattleboro, Vermont, 20th December 1893, to Mr. Rideing. Kipling states that he has received his correspondent`s letter suggesting an article for the Companion and adding `Now that I have seen some of the mothers of the youths who read the paper I may perhaps be able to come nearer to its demands.` The author continues `I find in my notebooks the story of a young apprentice in the repairing shops of the….great Indian railroad. We will suppose he is 18 or 19-sketch the life of the railway community and a railway town in India (Bengal)` further explaining that it will illustrate the differences between American and Indian life, and that he would prefer to write 3500 words. In concluding Kipling thanks his correspondent for a Jungle life series and remarks `I am doing a set of tales on the same subject more or less for St. Nicholas : giving the jungle people`s views of man kind.` Together with a small 4to printed caricature of Kipling by Thomas Nast, neatly mounted to a 4to card to which there are various black ink additions and an inscription at the base, `To Wm. H. Rideing, with compliments of the season`. A letter of fine literary content, not least for its reference to The Jungle Book. Some heavy discoloration to the edges of the letter and caricature caused by previous framing, only just affecting the text but not signature. G. . . . The Jungle Book, perhaps Kipling`s most famous work, is a collection of stories that were first published in magazines between 1893-94. The tales in the book, featuring the characters Mowgli, a young jungle boy, Baloo, Shere Khan and Rikki-Tikki-Tava among others, are fables using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 451

TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English Writer, author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A.L.S., J R R Tolkien, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Oxford), 10th April 1969, to Mrs. Mroczkowski (wife of Professor Przemysalw Mroczkowski), on the blue printed stationery of George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Tolkien states that he now lives in retirement and has endeavoured to keep his address secret from the Press `and all other intruders who have made it impossible for me to do any more writing`, further adding that he is now feeling his age, largely because of an accident which crippled him. He adds that he remembers his correspondent`s husband, and also regrets that he cannot help her daughter with a thesis although he would have been happy to do so given more time, `She writes a very good intelligent and perceptive letter. Indeed I think she displays more understanding than the "high authorities" who altered her title.` In concluding Tolkien comments on the difficulties of writing letters to and from Poland, hoping that he has time to write a letter that will reach Mroczkowski before the 20th April and remarking `It is unfortunate that the next few days are already much occupied. My three sons, my lawyer, and my publisher, are all descending upon me to settle urgent affairs.` In a footnote to the first page Tolkien explains that his publishers office in London is now his official address, where he has a secretary who immediately forwards any letters marked Personal to him, and such letters generally get answered quicker as `they do not get lost among notes, manuscripts and other papers`. VG. Przemyslaw Mroczkowski-Polish Historian of English Literature and author of a History of English Literature.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 464

LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, letterheads, programmes, First Day Covers etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights including Arnold Toynbee, Tom Wolfe, Ken Kesey, Alec Waugh, Robert Penn Warren, Howard Spring, Peter Shaffer, John Masefield, Jack Higgins, Ken Follett, Joseph Heller, Alan Ayckbourn, Margaret Atwood, Emlyn Williams, Garson Kanin, Eugene Ionesco, Frederick Forsyth etc. Some age wear and minor faults, generally G, 51

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 468

LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Rare Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, F. Liszt, one page, oblong 8vo manuscript paper, n.p., n.d. (probably post 1850). Liszt has boldly and neatly penned three different musical quotations with elaborate annotations, identifying them individually as from three different sections, each with a different system number, measure number and page number. In an autograph note the composer requests that the markings of `f.p., >, `, -, and pedal` be shown in the Polonaise manuscript. Some very light age toning, otherwise VG. Liszt states that the corrections pertain to a Polonaise manuscript, although the passages he pens do not appear in the published scores of either of his famous Polonaises. However, one of the musical passages is similar to the first transition in Chopin`s Op.53 Polonaise (just before the principal theme rises an octave) and it is well known that Liszt ventured into Chopin`s genres only after the latter had died, in 1849, although whether this was out of respect or rivalry remains unclear.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 472

WEBERN ANTON: (1883-1945) Austrian Composer & Conductor. Rare A.L.S., Anton Webern, two pages, 8vo, Modling, 28th December 1929, to a lady, in German, marked Abschrift, and presumably Webern`s own retained copy. Webern apologises for not having answered his correspondent`s letter following his performance of Mahler`s first, explaining that he has been busy with engagements and concert tours, `I`ve been conducting in Munich, Frankfurt, London, and Berlin-and had a concert in Vienna.` The composer continues `So I thank you with all my heart for your kind words, which were all the more welcome as one is generally used to hearing only criticism in this sad city. Your guess as to my thoughts about Eisler`s choruses was, of course, right on the mark.` One small tear and some slight creasing to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 474

WAGNER COSIMA: (1844-1930) Director of the Bayreuth Festival 1883-1906. Wagner, the daughter of Franz Liszt, was the second wife of Richard Wagner. A.L.S., C. Wagner, three pages, 8vo, Bayreuth, 7th August 1887, to an unidentified Belgian musician, in French. Wagner discusses the production of Die Walkure in Brussels, commenting `The matter of Walkure in French seems to me of great importance. What I have been told of the execution of the mise en scene has proven how much zeal has been put into the work. The photograph from Act II is absolutely consistent with the directions of the libretto….I regret in the first act in Brussels they were influenced by liberties taken on German opera stages. Hunding`s abode is entirely shut and only the double door is open….Siegmund does not perch himself….` A letter of good musical content. VG. Die Walkure is the second of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner. It is the source of the famous piece Ride of the Valkyries.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 488

CHARPENTIER GUSTAVE: (1860-1956) French Composer. Piano and Vocal Score signed, a hardback bound first edition copy of Louise, printed by Heugel & Co., Paris, 1900. The publisher`s presentation copy has been boldly signed and inscribed by Charpentier to the blank leaf facing the title page, `To Mademoiselle Blanche Marot, My first Louise in concert, in grateful recognition, Gustave Charpentier` Bound in three quarter violet leather with marbelised leaves and inner boards, top edge gilt. A good association copy. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 489

MASSENET JULES: (1842-1912) French Composer. Full printed score signed, a hardback bound copy of Herodiade, printed by G. Hartmann of Paris. Massenet has boldly signed the half title page in dark fountain pen ink, further adding a musical quotation in his hand, comprising four bars, with lyrics, which he identifies as being from Act I of Salome. Dated Paris, 4th April 1889 in his hand. Also signed and inscribed by the librettist Paul Milliet (1848-1924) and dated 4th April 1889 in his hand. The printed 4to score, including the original, attractive printed covers, is bound in half red leather, with marbled end papers, and five raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. An attractive signed score, enhanced by Massenet`s musical quotation. About VG. Herodiade, an opera in four acts by Massenet to a French libretto by Milliet, is based on the novel Herodias (1877) by Gustave Flaubert. It was first performed at the Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels on 19th December 1881.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 490

GIORDANO UMBERTO: (1867-1948) Italian Composer. A manuscript of Giordano`s version of Bone Pastor (Good Shepherd), in a neat, unidentified hand, three pages, folio, n.p., September 1944. Giordano has signed his name in blue fountain pen ink at the head of the first page and again signed his name, along with the date in his hand, at the conclusion of the third page. Accompanied by a 4to page of transcription in Giordano`s hand, being a translation of the Latin text into Italian. Some very light age wear at the edges, otherwise VG.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 502

LIND JENNY: (1820-1887) Swedish Opera Singer, known as the Swedish Nightingale. A.L.S., Jenny Goldschmidt, four pages, 8vo, Hamburg, 6th February 1855, to Madame Gonne, in German (untranslated). Together with a second A.L.S., Jenny Lind, four pages, 8vo, Stuttgart, 13th November 1846, to an unidentified correspondent, in German (untranslated). Also including Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907) German Composer, Conductor and Pianist, husband of Jenny Lind. Three A.Ls.S., Otto Goldschmidt, eleven pages (total), 8vo, Wimbledon Park & South Kensington, 1868-98, one to the English Composer and Pianist William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875) and two to Bennett`s son. In the first, lengthy letter Goldschmidt discusses the Royal Academy of Music, the professors, students and class structures and in the other letters Goldschmidt refers to a manuscript for a Concerto for Pianoforte by William Sterndale Bennett and also briefly mentions a conversation with Arthur Sullivan. One of Lind`s letters is completely, although neatly, split in two across the central horizontal fold, and both have light overall age wear. Goldschmidt`s letters are in fine condition. FR to VG, 5

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 525

NOBEL PRIZE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed First Day Covers etc., by various Nobel Prize winners for Peace and Economics, including Austen Chamberlain, Norman Angell, Philip Noel Baker, Sean MacBride, Desmond Tutu, Lester Pearson, Paul Samuelson, Milton Friedman, J. K. Galbraith, Norman Borlaug, Rene Cassin etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 17

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 536

ROOSEVELT ELEANOR: (1884-1962) American Political Leader, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States 1933-45. Vintage signed sepia 8 x 10 photograph, an enchanting study of Roosevelt standing in a full length pose in profile. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 537

KENNEDY JACQUELINE: (1929-1994) Wife of American President John F. Kennedy, First Lady 1961-63. Signed First Day Cover featuring two San Marino postage stamps, each with different colour illustrations of American President John F. Kennedy, postally cancelled 22nd November 1964. The registered air mail envelope has been signed by Kennedy (`Jacqueline Kennedy`) in black ink with her name alone across a clear area at the centre of the envelope. VG

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Lot 538

KENNEDY JACQUELINE: (1929-1994) Wife of American President John F. Kennedy, First Lady 1961-63. A.L.S., Jackie, on two sides of a blind embossed crested black bordered correspondence card, n.p., n.d., to `Dearest Kathy & Michel` (Bouvier), her relations in Paris. Kennedy announces that her correspondent`s `French & South American fairy tale books for the children could not have been more perfect-the pictures are so beautiful.` and continues `They are inspiring them to learn French. Those are books they will always treasure & I thank you for thinking of them at Christmas.` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Kennedy. VG

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Lot 540

OSWALD LEE HARVEY: (1939-1963) American Marine, Assassin of President John F. Kennedy, 22nd November 1963. Extremely rare A.L.S., Lee, two pages, 8vo, n.p. (Minsk, Russia), 28th June (1961), to his mother in Texas. Oswald informs his mother that it is not necessary for her to pay him back some money although adds that, if she decides to send him a package, he would like a can of shaving foam, a razor and `pocket novels westerns and scicenace [sic] fiction-Time or Newsweek magazine, chewing gum and chocolate bars….I very much miss sometime to read you should try and get me the pocket novel "1984" by Wells` [sic; George Orwell]. Oswald further states that he is employed as a metal worker at the local Radio plant which is close to him. In a postscript he remarks `Marina sends a big hello to you also!`. Neatly preserved in light, flexible acetate. VG. Oswald emigrated to the Soviet Union in October 1959 and was given a job as a metal lathe operator at the Gorizont Electronics Factory in Minsk. While in Minsk he met Marina Prusakova and they married less than six weeks later on 30th April 1961. During his thirty month stay Oswald was under constant surveillance by the KGB. The letter is accompanied by photocopies of the original Charles Hamilton auction catalogue where the letter was first offered for sale on 28th September 1967. (Lot 371, hammer price $775)

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Lot 548

KRAY REG: (1933-2000) English organised crime leader, with his twin brother Ron, in London in the 1950s and 1960s. Series of seventeen A.Ls.S., most with his first name only and a few in full, forty nine pages (total), 4to, n.p. and Lowestoft, Suffolk & Maidstone, Kent, mainly June-August n.y. (1993), all to the writer and biographer Peter Gerrard. Kray writes to Gerrard on a variety of subjects, although most letters concern a manuscript, in part, `Ron and I are not in contact with Charlie. Any business ideas you can suggest to me-I have some in mind for you.`; `Will you phone Ron`s wife so you can...interview...her...I will soon give you all contacts`; `Please use discretion on manuscript but as you say don`t alter the context. I suggest we leave out pages 61 to 64 altogether...I don`t want Ron`s poems in it`; `Would you sound Harper and Collins out, what they would pay up front and in royalties on the two separate books, one on Ron and one on famous people.`; `I`ve had a lot of bad problems here lately. Prison life is very complex.`; `Would you bring half bottle of vodka for John. He will give you a lot to work on. Use plastic top on bottle because sometimes they use a metal detector.`; `This letter is to let you know my thoughts on my friend Lennie McLean. Though he is not of the age he is one of the old school in principle. Also he is definitely a positive thinker yet without it becoming a task in life. He always keeps his word and values his friends. He chooses his company carefully so that he only has good people round him.`; `This is phone number of my cousin Joe Lee...Joe will put you in touch with all the family still living.`; `Steph will tell you of repose I want inserted in the book but at this stage put it on ice and tell no one but your family. It will cause sensation.` Together with a signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card from Reg Kray and three original signed pen and ink drawings by Reg Kray depicting a cowboy, sailor and boxer; an A.L.S. by Ron Kray, one page, 4to, n.p., 28th October 1993, to Peter Gerrard, concerning Lenny McLean, `Lennie is one of the best people I have ever met. He is a gentleman-one of the best fighters I have ever seen`, and several other signed Christmas greetings cards from unidentified individuals, photocopies of various papers concerning Reg Kray (opticians records etc), three autograph albums each signed and inscribed by Ronnie Knight, etc. Generally G to about VG, 37. Peter Gerrard is famous for his true crime biographies including the best selling work The Guv`nor (1998) with Lenny McLean. Gerrard is also the author of Inside the Kray Family (2001).

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 555

JAMES II: (1633-1701) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1685-88. D.S., James R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Whitehall, 9th February 1684/5. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing David Eyton to be an ensign `of that Company in Our First Regiment of Our Foot Guards commanded by....Henry Duke of Grafton`. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland (1641-1702, English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Northern Department 1683-84) and in the left margin by William Blathwayt (1649-1717, English Civil Servant). Lacking the seal and with extensive overall light staining, only slightly affecting the text which remains legible. About G. The document is signed by King James II just three days into his reign in England.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 557

WILLIAM IV: (1765-1837) King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland 1830-37. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James`s, 1st November 1830 (the first year of his reign). The partially printed document is a military commission appointing John Gray to be a Captain in the 33rd (or the 1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot commanded by Lord Somerset. Countersigned at the foot by Robert Peel (1788-1850, British Prime Minister 1834-35, 1841-46, Home Secretary 1822-27, 1828-30). With blind embossed paper seal. A clean example. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 585

DIANA: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Diana-H.R.H. The Princess of Wales by Tim Graham, First Edition published by Michael O`Mara Books Ltd., 1988. Signed by Diana in black ink to the front free endpaper, `To Mandy with love from Diana` and dated 30th May 1989 in her hand. The same page bears an ownership signature and two addresses. Accompanied by the dust jacket (small tears), about VG. Presented to Mandy Brooks (1961-1995) who was tragically born with spina bifada and confined to a wheelchair for her whole life. Accompanying the book is a typed statement giving brief details of Mandy`s admiration for Diana, whom she met on two occasions. Also included is an unsigned photograph of Mandy presenting Diana with a small bouquet of flowers.

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Lot 597

GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94. A.L.S., W E Gladstone, four pages, 8vo, Downing Street, 21st February 1855, to Rev. J. W. Waites (?). Gladstone states that he has received his correspondent`s letter and comments `I lament the painful nature of the cause which has led you to write it, & I also lament my own inability to give your wishes the effort which I should be most glad to see them attain`. Gladstone continues `I do not doubt that your appointment to a Deanery or Hall would do credit to any Government which might have made it: but on the other hand my office gives me no control whatever over such appointments, and I have not thought it right even in the case of Lord Aberdeen with whom I had long been intimate to attempt to interfere with the exercise of his patronage in the ecclesiastical department of it by solicitations or recommendations in favour of any particular person however well qualified.` Small, neat split at the base of the fold, otherwise VG. At the time of this letter Gladstone was serving in his first, of four, terms as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Aberdeen (1784-1860) was in the final year of his term as Prime Minister (1852-55).

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Lot 611

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Small selection of signed Free Front envelope panels (3), complete Free Front envelope (1) and signed First Day Covers (2) by various British Prime Ministers comprising Benjamin Disraeli, Lord John Russell, Robert Peel, William Gladstone, Clement Attlee (commemorating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II) and Harold MacMillan (commemorating John F Kennedy). Laid down (1), G to VG, 6.

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Lot 617

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: An autograph album containing ink signatures of Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, together with a compliments card signed by Edward Heath, a First Day Cover signed by Edward Heath, John Major and Margaret Thatcher individually and a signed colour 5 x 7 photograph by John Major. VG to EX, 3 + album

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 627

ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D.: (1882-1945) American President 1933-45. Vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph of Roosevelt standing in a relaxed half length pose alongside his White House Press Secretary Stephen Early. Both men laugh as they look slightly away from the camera. Signed by Roosevelt in bold blue fountain pen ink, `Lookin`at yer, Franklin D. Roosevelt` and also signed by Early in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone, both to clear areas of the image. Together with Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962, American First Lady 1933-45) black fountain pen ink signature on a 12mo printed card from The White House, Washington. VG, 2. Stephen Early (1889-1951) American Government official, White House Press Secretary under both Franklin Roosevelt 1933-45 and Harry S. Truman 1950.

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Lot 634

CANADA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, T.Ls.S., signed First Day Covers, some signed newspaper photographs etc., by various Canadian political leaders including Pierre Trudeau, Brian Peckford, Vincent Massey, Arthur Meighen, Louis St. Laurent, W. L. Mackenzie King, John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, Brian Mulroney etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 102

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Lot 636

ISRAEL: A rare commemorative envelope issued for the Constituting Assembly of the State of Israel and bearing one of the first series of Israeli stamps, postally cancelled at Jerusalem, 14th February 1949, individually signed in Hebrew by eleven signers of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel comprising David Ben Gurion (1886-1973, First Prime Minister of Israel 1948-53, 1955-63), Peretz Bernstein (1890-1971, Zionist Activist), Golda Meyerson (1898-1978, Prime Minister of Israel 1969-74), Felix Rosenblueth (1887-1978, Israeli Minister of Justice), Eliezer Kaplan (1891-1952, First Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, 1952), Yitzhal Gruenbaum (1879-1970, First Interior Minister of Israel), Bekhor Shitreet (1895-1967, Israeli Minister of Police), David Remez (1886-1951, First Minister of Transportation for Israel), Moshe Sharett (1894-1965, Second Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55), Mordechai Bentov (1900-1985, Israeli Politician and Journalist) and Yosef Sprinzak (1885-1959, First Speaker of the Knesset 1949-59, did not sign the Declaration of Independence). All of the signatures are in bold fountain pen ink to clear areas of the envelope. Together with an 8vo reproduction of the printed invitation to the ceremony of the the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel signed in Hebrew in blue ink to a clear area at the base by Ze`ev Sherf (1904-1984, Israeli Politician, Secretary of the Situation Committee which helped create the administrative apparatus of the new Israeli state) and dated May 1978 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the State of Israel. An historic selection of autographs. VG, 2

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Lot 638

ISRAEL: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various Israeli statesmen and politicians etc., including Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Yael Dayan, Abba Eban, Ezer Weizman, Ephraim Katzir, Levi Eshkol, Yosef Tekoah etc. Each of the covers, from the 1950s and 1960s feature different designs and most are signed in Hebrew. A few duplicates. G to generally VG, 38

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Lot 639

ISRAEL: Selection of signed pieces, cards, First Day Covers etc., by various Israeli political leaders including Golda Meir, Shimon Peres, Ephraim Katzir, Yitzhak Navon, Chaim Herzog, Moshe Dayan, Menachem Begin, Levi Eshkol, Abba Eban, Ariel Sharon, Moshe Sharett, Yitzhak Rabin, Zalman Shazar etc. Many signed in Hebrew. Some light age wear, generally G, 24

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Lot 644

NEHRU JAWAHARLAL: (1889-1964) First Prime Minister of independent India, 1947-64. Book signed, a hardback edition of Independence and After-A Collection of the more important speeches of Jawaharlal Nehru from September 1946 to May 1949, First Edition published by the Government of India, Delhi, August 1949. Signed by Nehru to the front free endpaper and dated December 1949 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust wrapper (some small tears at the edges and light staining). Some minor foxing to the signed page, G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 653

WORLD LEADERS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few signed First Day Covers, letters etc., by various heads of state including Indira Gandhi, Helmut Schmidt, Juan Peron, Jan Smuts, Ferdinand Marcos, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Eamon de Valera, Carlo Sforza, Archbishop Makarios, Ludwig Erhard, Bruno Kreisky, Lech Walesa, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Eduard Benes, King Hussein of Jordan, Valery Giscard d`Estaing, Sophoklis Venizelos, Carlos Romulo etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 33

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Lot 657

BLERIOT LOUIS: (1872-1936) French Aviator, the first man to fly across the English Channel, 1909. A.L.S., L Bleriot, two pages, 8vo, Neuilly sur Seine, n.d., to Dr. Carl Meyer in Wiesbaden, in French. Bleriot informs his correspondent that his wife is feeling much better and hopes to return home on Friday, continuing to thank him for the care he has devoted to her and asking if he would `write down and send me the diet she should follow once she is home, so that I can keep an eye on her` and `would you also please give her your bill, which she will be able to settle. I would also request that you give her, or rather have sent on to her, 6 tubes of Spermatanathon lozenges.` Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Bleriot. VG

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Lot 659

KINGSFORD SMITH CHARLES: (1897-1935) Australian Aviator, completed the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia in 1928. Signed Commemorative Air Mail cover, carried from Australia to England on the first All Australian Air Mail service, bearing five Australian postage stamps and various cancellations dated 13th November 1931. Signed by Kingsford Smith with his name alone in bold, dark fountain pen ink and also signed by the pilot G. U. Allan. Some light overall creasing and minor age wear, G. Australian National Airlines Ltd. organised the air mail flight to England although Allan`s plane, Southern Sun, crashed at Alor Star. Kingsford Smith flew to the rescue in Southern Star and proceeded with the mail to London where only a handful of envelopes were cancelled 17th December 1931, a day after the arrival, of which this envelope is one such example.

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Lot 661

LINDBERGH CHARLES: (1902-1974) American Aviator, completed the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis, May 1927. Bold black fountain pen ink signature (`Charles A. Lindbergh`) on a page removed from an autograph album, dated Washington D.C., 17th April 1939 in his hand. About EX

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Lot 662

WRIGHT ORVILLE: (1871-1948) American Aviator. Signed Commemorative Air Mail cover, featuring a cachet commemorating the Silver Anniversary of the First Airplane Flight at Kitty Hawk, 17th December 1903, postally cancelled at Albany, New York, 17th December 1928. Signed by Wright with his name alone in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the envelope. VG

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Lot 667

PEGOUD ADOLPHE: (1889-1915) French Pioneer Aviator, the first fighter ace. Vintage signed postcard photograph depicting Pegoud in a half length pose seated in the cockpit of his aircraft, wearing his flying cap and goggles. Signed (`M. Pegoud`) in fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Autographs of Pegoud are rare following his death at the age of 26 when shot down by the Germans during World War I. VG

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Lot 669

GAGARIN YURI: (1934-1968) Russian Cosmonaut, the first man to travel in space, 1961. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Gagarin and bearing his printed colour portrait and two related Russian postage stamps. Postally cancelled 12th April 1962 on the first anniversary of his historic space flight. Signed in bold blue ink by Gagarin with his name alone across a light area of the envelope. VG

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Lot 670

COSMONAUTS: Small collection of signed First Day Covers by various Russian Cosmonauts comprising Valentina Tereshkova, Gherman Titov and a third cover signed by both Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky (twice). Each of the covers feature postage stamps and designs relating to the cosmonauts. VG, 3

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Lot 671

ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Black ink signature (`Neil Armstrong`) on an oblong 8vo sheet of paper with an affixed United States postage stamp commemorating the first man on the moon. EX

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Lot 672

ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the Apollo XI moon landing and featuring a colour United States postage stamp honouring the first man on the moon and featuring a colour image of Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon. Postally cancelled 9th September and 20th July 1969. Signed by Armstrong in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the envelope. EX

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Lot 673

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph showing Aldrin standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white NASA spacesuit. In the background appears a large image of the moon. Signed in bold blue ink across a clear area of the image. A very slightly grainy reproduction image. Together with a small selection of signed First Day Covers, colour 8 x 10 photographs etc., by various other astronauts, some moonwalkres, including Charlie Duke (2), Richard Gordon, James McDivitt, Rusty Schweickart etc. VG, 8

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Lot 674

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Reaching for the Moon, First American Edition published by Harper Collins, 2005. Signed by Aldrin with his name alone in black ink at the head of the title page and also signed by the book`s illustrator, Wendell Minor. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a very small swatch of kapton foil from the Columbia Command Module which carried Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on their historic Apollo XI mission to the moon, neatly mounted to a 4to certificate of authenticity signed by Aldrin. VG, 2

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Lot 680

SLAYTON DONALD K.: (1924-1993) American Astronaut, one of the original Mercury Seven. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Slayton in a full length pose climbing into the cockpit of his aircraft. Signed in blue ink across a light area at the head of the image, `Best wishes to Lionel Aucoin-Donald K. Slayton, Mercury Astronaut`. Together with a signed First Day Cover and large commemorative stamp by the astronaut and moon walker Alan Bean. VG, 3

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Lot 683

ASTRONAUTS: Small selection of First Day Covers signed by various American astronauts comprising John Glenn, James McDivitt, Frank Borman, Alan Shepard and James Lovell, each featuring designs and postage stamps relating to various Apollo missions etc., VG to EX, 5

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