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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 250

FAROUK I: (1920-1965) King of Egypt and the Sudan 1936-52. King Farouk was overthrown in the 1952 military coup d'etat and forced to abdicate in favour of his son. Vintage signed 10 x 12.5 photograph of the King standing in a formal three quarter length pose. Signed (seemingly with a holograph inscription or sentiment) in Arabic in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount. Loosely contained in the original photographer's presentation folder. Some light overall foxing and minor age wear, and with some silvering to the image, about G

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Lot 253

‘…when I have something important to say no one takes any notice of it…’ CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. A good, early A.L.S., Winston S. Churchill, four pages, 8vo, Salisbury Hall, St. Albans, 30th August 1908, to Viscount Northcliffe, marked ‘Private’. Churchill announces ‘I am vy. glad indeed to get a token of peace & acuity from you…I shall often use & always value it’ and continues 'I wish you would tell 'that old paper' to go on reporting me verbatim in the country as it has been doing lately. I have not many public engagements & if I knew beforehand that I was going to be decently reported I would take pains to produce something worth printing. But what always seems to happen is that when I have something important to say no one takes any notice of it, & when I deliver an ordinary party impromptu it is reported in the first person' further remarking 'The uncertainty about reporting prevents politicians from taking trouble about speeches. In consequence, they deliver perfectly idiotic speeches & the newspapers are still further choked off reporting them' and adding, 'You tell your 'old paper' to report me verbatim at Dundee, at Manchester & at Newcastle - that is three times in the next six months: & I will see that they get good copy from any point of view.' Churchill further notes ‘The ‘young paper’ is taking a vy. friendly interest in the wedding – I observe’ before concluding by wishing Northcliffe good luck on his travels and again thanking him for his gift. An intriguing letter on the role of the printed media. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise EXAlfred Harmsworth (1865-1922) 1st Viscount Northcliffe, British Newspaper and Publishing Magnate, owner of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror.Shortly before the present letter was written, on 17th August, Churchill had been in Swansea, where, in a major speech on Anglo-German relations he criticised those ‘who try to spread the belief in this country that war between Great Britain and Germany is inevitable’ and as for those who argued that Germany was a threat, a rival and a danger, ‘these two great peoples’, Churchill said, ‘have nothing to fight about’. The politician visited Dundee on 10th October where he spoke of the opportunities opening up for State intervention in the social field (Asquith and Lloyd George had just introduced Government financed pensions for those over seventy). Churchill was also to deliver a speech calling for social change when he visited Newcastle on 5th February.Although Churchill’s brother Jack had, on 7th August, married Lady Gwendeline Bertie, he is most likely referring to his own upcoming marriage in the present letter when he writes of the ‘interest in the wedding’. The news of Churchill’s engagement to Clementine Hozier had been made public on 15th August and the couple were married on 12th September at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, the parish church of the House of Commons.

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Lot 263

PERON JUAN: (1895-1974) President of Argentina 1946-55 & 1973-74 & EVA (1919-1952) First Lady of Argentina 1946-52, second wife of President Juan Peron. An excellent pair of large, vintage signed and inscribed 9 x 12 photographs by Juan and Eva Peron individually, the formal image of the President depicting him standing in a three quarter length pose wearing a ceremonial sash. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower photographer’s mount, ‘A la Senora Fleur Cowles con gran afecto….Juan Peron’ and dated Buenos Aires, 3rd July 1950 in his hand. The image of Evita depicts the First Lady in a head and shoulders pose wearing a large bejeweled broach. Signed (‘Con todo carino, Eva Peron’) in blue fountain pen ink to the lower photographer’s mount. Both of the photographs are framed and glazed in the original plain black matching frames to overall sizes of 13.5 x 17. A fine pair of presentation portraits with an interesting association. Some light creasing and a few minor stains to the photographer’s mount of Eva Peron’s photograph, not affecting the signature, otherwise about VG, 2Fleur Cowles (1908-2009) American Writer, Editor, and Artist, best known as the creative force behind the short-lived Flair magazine. In her later career Cowles served on various government committees and represented Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.The present pair of signed portraits were presented to Cowles during her visit to Argentina in 1950. Of the event, The Daily Telegraph in their obituary of Cowles, noted ‘During Fleur Cowles's 1950 trip to Buenos Aires, Eva Peron tried to charm the influential journalist, paying Cowles particular compliments about her jewellery. Cowles was not taken in, insisting Peron's political "motivation was hatred and revenge". The British Ambassador, Sir John Balfour, gave Fleur Cowles the idea of comparing the Perons to an earlier Argentinian husband-and-wife political team, Manuel and Encarnacion de Rosas. The result was Cowles's 1951 book, Bloody Precedent’.

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Lot 271

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. D.S., G Bernard Shaw, two pages, 4to, London, 23rd September 1926. The partially printed document, largely completed in Shaw's hand, is the playwright's license for The Penrith Players to perform Arms and The Man at the Playhouse, Castlegate, on 14th & 15th December, subject to various terms and conditions which detail Shaw's fees of 15% if the receipts exceed £300, 10% between £100 and £300, 7.5% between £50 and £100 and 5% for any amount less than £50 and also includes a clause stating 'The licence does not empower the licensee to record any performance or rehearsal for reproduction by the cinematograph or any other method, nor to broadcast it'. With a few ink calculations in an unidentified hand to the left margin of the first page indicating that the receipts over the two performances totalled £92 and a 5% fee was paid to Shaw. Some light age wear, otherwise VG

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Lot 273

ROUGEMONT LOUIS DE: (1847-1921) Henri Louis Grin. Swiss 'Explorer', later exposed as an imposter and later labelled 'the greatest liar on Earth' as a music hall attraction. Scarce A.L.S., Louis de Rougemont, one page, 8vo, London, 29th March 1899, to G. W. Page. Rougemont apologises for not having answered his correspondent's letter earlier as it had been mislaid and only just come to light, further adding that he has pleasure in complying with Page's request for an autograph. With blank integral leaf. Some light creasing, otherwise VG

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Lot 30

WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. An excellent vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Wayne in a half-length pose wearing a sports jacket and checkered shirt, and holding a lit cigarette. The image is a Republic Pictures publicity portrait for the film Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) in which Wayne starred in the role of Duke Fergus. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases, VG

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Lot 33

GARLAND JUDY: (1922-1969) American Actress and Singer, famous for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Academy Award winner. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Garland seated in a three quarter length pose, wearing a casual gown and holding a presentation of flowers. Signed ('Judy Garland') with her name alone in bold fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. A few very light, minor surface creases, otherwise VG

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Lot 37

ACTORS: Tyrone Power (1914-1958) American Actor. Vintage signed 6½ x 8½ photograph, the image depicting Power in a half-length pose. Signed ('Tyrone Power') in blue ink with his name alone to the base of the image. Together with Nick Cravat (1912-1994) American Actor. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Cravat in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Ojo from the Warner Brothers film The Crimson Pirate (1952). Signed in bold black fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image, ‘To John, Nice knowing you & your among others whom I’ve made friends I’ll not forget. Best Always, Nick Cravat’, further adding the film title and date 1951 in his hand beneath his signature. Also including James Stewart(1908-1997) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Stewart in a head and shoulders pose. Signed,'To John - Best luck Jimmy Stewart’, in turquoise fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Some light staining to the lower left edge and corner, only slightly affecting the first letter of the signature. G to VG, 3Provenance: The present signed photographs were presented to the Film Wardrobe Master John McCorry, (1926-1966) who worked on various films including I'm Alright Jack (1959), The Longest Day (1962) and Saint Joan (1957).

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ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942-2016) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Muhammad Ali - A Thirty-Year Journey by Howard L. Bingham, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1993. Signed ('Muhammad Ali') by Ali in bold black ink with his name alone to the title page and also signed in black ink by Howard Bingham, who has added the date 19th October 1993 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Some light age wear, about VG

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Lot 46

LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. Individual ink signatures by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on a page removed from an autograph album. Together with Dante (1883-1955) Harry August Jansen. Danish Magician who starred alongside Laurel and Hardy in their film A-Haunting We Will Go (1942). Vintage blue ink signature ('Best Wishes, Dante') and date, 1947, in his hand on a page removed from an autograph album. Some very light damp staining to the upper and left edges of both pages, only very slightly touching Laurel's signature. G to about VG, 2               Provenance: The present signatures were removed from an autograph album previously belonging to a relative of the vendor who was employed as a doorman at the Dudley Hippodrome during the late 1940s.

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Lot 51

[HANCOCK TONY]: (1924-1968) English Comedy Actor. An unsigned original printed folio shooting script for the final episode of the seventh series Hancock (re-titled from Hancock's Half Hour) entitled The Succession - Son and Heir, starring Tony Hancock, June Whitfield, Myrtle Reed and Gwenda Ewen, the script for the video taped recording dated 9th June 1961 for broadcast on 30th June 1961. The script, consisting of over forty pages, is bound by a single metal binder clip to the upper left corner and the title page bears several ink and pencil annotations in an unidentified hand. Some light age wear and a few small tears to the edges of some pages, about VG The present shooting script was for the sixth and final ever episode of Hancock and was part of the seventh series of the BBC television comedy show broadcast between 26th May and 30th June 1961. This final series featured some of the most celebrated episodes from the show, including The Blood Donor.

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Lot 58

POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed pieces, letterheads, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various popular and light musicians, bandleaders, organists, lyricists and songwriters etc., including Val Rosing (sang on the original BBC recording of Teddy Bears' Picnic, 1932), Douglas Furber ('The Lambeth Walk'), Robert Tredinnick, Eric Maschwitz (T.L.S. as Holt Marvell; lyricist of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square), Harry Revel & Mack Gordon, Desmond Carter, Vivian Ellis, Bruce Sievier, Tolchard Evans, Marius Winter, Mark Lubbock, Mabel Wayne, Hal Swain, Jesse Crawford, Fred Hartley, Reginald Forsythe, Reginald Dixon, Harry Roy, Billy Milton, Billy Thorburn, Jack Payne, Michael Carr etc. All of the letters and signatures were sent to the English collector Eileen M. Cond in the 1930s. Some with paperclip rust stains and slight traces of former mounting etc. G to generally VG, 39

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Lot 59

BEATLES THE: A rare, early vintage signed and inscribed candid 5 x 3.5 photograph by three members of The Beatles individually, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, the image depicting an early line-up of the band, featuring Pete Best playing drums, performing together on a stage, with the heads of several female onlookers in the foreground. Signed in blue ink to the verso by John Lennon ('To Pam, love John Lennon x'), Paul McCartney ('To Pam, love Paul McCartney xxx') and George Harrison ('To Pam from George Harrison xxx'). Together with Pete Best (1941-    ) English Musician, the original drummer with The Beatles 1960-62. Black ink signature, 'Best wishes from Pete Best', on an oblong 12mo card. Some light overall creasing to the signed photograph and with a small area of scuffing to the verso, not affecting the signatures. G to about VG, 2

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Lot 60

BEATLES THE: John Lennon (1940-1980) English Musician, a member of The Beatles. A good vintage blue ink signature and inscription, 'To Penny, love from the Beatles, John Lennon xxx', on a page removed from an autograph album; Paul McCartney (1942-     ) British Musician, a member of The Beatles & George Harrison (1943-2001) English Guitarist, a member of The Beatles. A good pair of vintage blue ink signatures by McCartney, who also adds an inscription in his hand, 'Beatles, love to Penny, Paul McCartney xxx', and Harrison, ('George Harrison xxx') individually on a page removed from an autograph album (evidently the same album from which Lennon's signed page was removed); Ringo Starr (1940-     ) English Musician, drummer with The Beatles. A good, bold black ink signature ('Ringo Starr *') on a white card. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 3

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Lot 67

POULENC FRANCIS: (1899-1963) French Composer & Pianist, a member of Les Six. A folio printed piano score entitled Album of Six Pieces for Piano, featuring various compositions by Poulenc including Mouvement Perpetuel No.1. and Francaise, published by J. & W. Chester Ltd., London. Signed and inscribed by Poulenc in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the title page, 'To Miss Schneider with many thanks for her Staout, Francis Poulenc' and dated 1945 in his hand. Some light age wear and a few minor stains to the paper covers, otherwise VG

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Lot 69

BULOW HANS VON: (1830-1894) German Conductor, Pianist & Composer. A.L.S., Bulow, two pages, 8vo, Wiesbaden, 30th December 1872, to an unidentified friend, in German. Bulow informs his correspondent that he has received some bad news, stating, in part, 'I have been told that the Museums hall is not available next Monday – The masters of the Oratorio don’t want it… using another hall is not recommended' continuing, 'Therefore I don't think we have any other option but to change to - as initially agreed by me - Wednesday the 22nd and Friday the 24th (Tuesday is usually the small hall, Thursday the big one)' further adding, 'I'll be staying here until Thursday the second. After that I am travelling to Amsterdam for the congregation on the 4th and the 6th… Singer contacted me a short while back regarding Zantini, I suggested the 'Anton' to him instead of Beethoven's (ad. lib.) Trio. I really like the part….' Bulow incorporates a small musical quotation of one bar within the text of his letter and concludes, 'I have received Gustav's photographs. The 'Knirpse' (Solo groups) are most certainly the best of all…' Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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MARCIANO ROCKY: (1923-1969) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1952-56. Vintage fountain pen ink signature and inscription ('John Rocky Marciano') on a page removed from an autograph album. Some very light, minor discoloration to the edges, evidently caused by previous framing, otherwise VG

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Lot 74

MAUREL VICTOR: (1848-1923) French Baritone, created the role of Iago in Otello in 1887 and the title role in Falstaff in 1893, both at La Scala, Milan. A.L.S., Vr. Maurel, one page, 4to, Paris, n.d., to Capoul, in French, on the printed stationery of the music publishers Choudens Pere & Fils. Maurel states that his correspondent's telegram arrived too late and that he had already made plans, although continues 'But I am counting absolutely on tomorrow - dress rehearsal - I will even tell you that I have delayed my departure until Friday to be there'. Maurel further sends his good wishes for Capoul's success, remarking that he is a great artist and that 'I rejoice to see and hear a tenor'. A letter of good content and interesting association. A couple of very light, extremely minor stains and creases, otherwise VG     Victor Capoul (1839-1924) French Tenor.

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Lot 75

UNGER CAROLINE: (1803-1877) Austro-Hungarian Contralto who sang the contralto part at the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna on 7th May 1824. Unger is credited with turning the completely deaf composer around to receive his audience's thunderous applause, cheers and ovation gestures on the occasion. A.L.S., C. Sabatier, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (c.1842), to a gentleman, in French. Unger informs her correspondent that she has just received a letter from her father which obliges her to leave promptly for Paris and continues to state 'It is therefore with great regret, Sir, that I find myself forced to renounce the pleasure that I would have had in taking part in your concert but I will preserve the memory of the friendly and gracious manner in which you most kindly invited me…..' With blank integral leaf. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Caroline Unger had married the French writer Francois Sabatier in 1841 and retired from the stage in 1843.

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Lot 77

FERRIER KATHLEEN: (1912-1953) English Opera Singer. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, the image depicting Ferrier in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Vivienne of London and bearing her credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Ferrier in bold blue fountain pen ink to the lower border. Signed photographs of Ferrier are rare as a result of her untimely death from cancer at the age of 41. A couple of minor, small light stains, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG

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MARCIANO ROCKY: (1923-1969) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1952-56. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph depicting Marciano standing in a three quarter length pose shaking hands with a gentleman. Signed in blue fountain pen ink by Marciano to the lower photographer's mount and inscribed to 'Paul', presumably the gentleman in the image. With a small oval authentication sticker neatly affixed to the lower right corner of the image. A couple of very light, minor creases to the photographer's mount, otherwise VG

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Lot 80

COMPOSERS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, letterheads, A.Ls.S. etc., by various composers (some associated with light music), classical musicians etc., including Walter Alcock, Herbert Murrill, Walter Leigh, Sydney Baynes (A.M.Q.S.), Geoffrey Henman, George H. Clutsam, Frank Bridge (A.M.Q.S.), Hermann Lohr, Thomas Dunhill, Teresa Del Riego, Alexander Brailowsky, Christian Darnton (A.M.Q.S.), Herman Finck, Austen Croom-Johnson (famous for his commercial jingles including Pepsi Cola Hits the Spot), C. Hayden Coffin, Rutland Boughton (A.L.S. addressed to Miss Cond at Autograph Demon's Den and stating, in part, 'Why should you bother busy men to send you their signatures?') etc. All of the letters and signatures were sent to the English collector Eileen M. Cond in the 1930s. Some with paperclip rust stains and slight traces of former mounting etc. G to generally VG, 22

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Lot 84

 ‘Your old father who loves you’ MONET CLAUDE: (1840-1926) French Impressionist Painter. A fine A.L.S., Claude Monet, four pages, 8vo, Giverny, 24th September 1911, to Genevieve [Hoschede], in French, on mourning stationery. Monet writes in his characteristic purple fountain pen ink following the death of his second wife, Alice, and commences 'Thanks for having thought to write to me, and thanks to my good Jean Pierre for having taken a moment to come to visit me, so sad when I see the house so empty, and no longer see your dear faces. You have so kindly accustomed me to your daily visits' continuing, 'Nothing much new here except for the fact that I have decided to fire that drunkard, Durthenuy, and it is good riddance… I keep corresponding in search of a suitable servant, but have had no success in finding the pearl that I require' and further adding, 'Last Thursday I was paid a visit by my dear friend Geoffroy together with Doctor Vaquez, his brother, and Ajalbert. This was a cheerful distraction from my usual sad thoughts.’ Monet concludes his moving letter with thoughts of his son, 'I leave you now, my good Genevieve. I embrace you most tenderly…I shall write one of these days to J[ean] P[ierre]. Your old father who loves you, Claude Monet.'Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Monet. A letter of important content in which the artist implicitly acknowledges his own son. Some very light, minor age wear, and with some show through of ink to the pages, otherwise VGGenevieve Hoschede, the wife of Jean-Pierre Hoschede (1877-1961) Monet’s second wife, Alice Hoschede (1844-1911) had died in May 1911. The couple were married in 1892 although had lived together since 1879 when the artist’s first wife, Camille, had died. Monet raised Hoschede’s six children by her husband, Ernest Hoschede (a department store magnate and art collector), and they were all devoted to Monet. Blanche Hoschede married Jean Monet, the son of Monet and his first wife. Jean-Pierre Hoschede was Alice Hoschede’s youngest son, born in 1877, and was in reality her son by Monet as the result of an affair. The artist implicitly acknowledges this in the present letter.

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Lot 86

WHISTLER JAMES MCNEILL: (1834-1903) American Artist. An attractive printed oblong 12mo invitation card completed and signed by Whistler, being an invitation to his Exhibition of Paintings, Etchings and Pastils at The College for Men and Women at Russell Square, London, May (1889). Whistler has issued the invitation to Monsieur L. E. Lefevre and made several corrections to the printed text, allowing the recipient to visit at any time during May (the invitation card having originally been issued for the opening of the exhibition on 1st May when it was opened by the Lord High Chancellor and Lady Salisbury), signed (‘With the compliments of J Mc N. Whistler’) in black fountain pen ink to the clear margin. Some extremely minor, very light traces of former mounting to the verso, VGWhistler’s exhibition ran from 2nd -16th May 1889 and was organised by Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) British Artist, pupil and etching assistant to Whistler.

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Lot 87

MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish Artist. A.L.S., Joan Miro, to the verso of a colour picture postcard featuring an attractive image of a small basket of pansies and other flowers with the printed greeting Bonne Annee at the head, Paris, 26th December 1928, to Alice Frey and her husband Georges Marlier, in French. Miro writes a friendly letter to his colleagues and refers to the great pleasure of being in Paris, also mentioning the preparation for one of his exhibitions in Brussels before concluding by wishing his correspondents much success in the New Year. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG Alice Frey (1895-1981) Belgian Painter, wife of Georges Marlier (1898-1968) Belgian Art Critic. Together they were associated with the Avant-Garde movement in Belgium in the 1920s.

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Lot 88

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. A vintage printed slim 4to souvenir programme for An Evening with Salvador Dali held at The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, on 19th December 1965, the facsimile of the original programme published by The Reynolds Morse Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 1966. Signed ('Dali', an attractive example) by the artist in bold purple ink to a clear area of his front cover portrait. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

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Lot 90

WARHOL ANDY: (1928-1987) American Pop Artist. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Warhol standing in a pensive half length pose with one hand raised to his chin. Photograph by Mike Tighe. Signed ('Andy Warhol') in bold black ink with his name alone to the lower white border. Some extremely light, very minor corner creasing, VG

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Lot 97

BOSWELL JAMES: (1740-1795) Scottish Biographer & Diarist, remembered for his biography of his contemporary, the English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson. A.L.S., Mr. Boswell, in the third person, one page, small 4to, n.p. (London?), 29th April n.y., to the Lady Mayoress. Boswell presents his compliments to his correspondent and states 'in consequence of her obliging permission requests to have tickets for the Ball….for Mrs and Miss Otley', whom he explains are 'two ladies of his acquaintance who are come to town for a short time'. Boswell concludes by adding that the tickets may be sent to him at Mr. Dilly's in the Poultry. Some light overall age wear and a few small, minor tears to the edges and with some slight traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VGCharles Dilly (1739-1807) English Bookseller who retained premises in The Poultry, London. Dilly, with his brother Edward, published the first three editions of Boswell's Life of Johnson, as well as Tour to the Hebrides and An Account of Corsica.

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Lot 98

SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish Novelist. A.L.S., Sir Walter and Lady Scott, in the third person, also on behalf of his wife, one page, 8vo, Abbotsford, 5th January n.y., to Sir James Wright. Scott invites his correspondent to Abbotsford, requesting, '...the honour of his company to a little dancing party on Friday first at nine o'clock & hope he will accept of a bed at Abbotsford'. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and a few minor spots of foxing and with a small, neat tear to the edge of one fold, GJames Wright (1799-1837) British Baronet.

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ALI MUHAMMAD: (1942-2016) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion. Signed and inscribed album record sleeve, being the soundtrack for the film The Greatest (1977) in which Ali starred as himself. Signed in ink by Ali to a clear area of the colour cover, featuring an artist's impression of the boxer, and dated 9th August 1977 in his hand. With two records still present. Some light age wear and minor creasing to the edges, otherwise VG

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STANLEY FREDERICK: (1841-1908) 16th Earl of Derby.British Politician, Governor General of Canada 1888-93. An avid sportsman, Stanley is famous in North America for presenting Canada with the Stanley Cup, the annually awarded Ice Hockey Championship trophy. D.S., Fred Stanley, one page, folio, St. James's Palace, London, 30th April 1878. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing William Henry Fife to be an Adjutant in the Yeomanry Forces. Signed by Stanley at the foot in his capacity as Secretary of State for War and countersigned by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1856-95. With a pale blue blind embossed paper seal affixed. Partially mounted to a folio page removed from an album. With light age wear, otherwise VG

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Lot 103

DOUGLAS ALFRED: (1870-1945) English Author & Poet, the intimate friend and lover of Oscar Wilde. A.L.S., Alfred Douglas, two pages, 4to, Hove, Sussex 9th September 1941, to Mr. [Collin] Brooks. Douglas writes, in full, 'I've just (8.30pm) received enclosed telegram from Peter (Philip) Page of the Daily Mail. I expect the Editor, Mr Prear, shyed (sic) at the kick in the pants to "Democracy"! I hope you will use the sonnet in Truth. Eight of my sonnets were broadcast by the BBC last Thursday from Manchester. I went there for the occasion on the invitation of the BBC. I wonder if by any chance you listened to the broadcast. It was very late 11pm. I must say I think the sonnets were very well read & I was impressed by the trouble they took in a rehearsal which lasted two hours.'Together with the telegram referred to by Douglas, being the printed received copy, one page, oblong 8vo, Brighton, Sussex, 9th September 1941, addressed to Lord Alfred Douglas and stating, in full, 'Sorry cannot use sonnet letter follows = Peter'. One very minor paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner of the letter and with some extremely light age wear, VG, 2Collin Brooks (1893-1959) British Journalist, Writer, and Broadcaster. Editor of the British periodical publication Truth from 1941-53.

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Lot 155

A Robert Thompson 'Mouseman' circular bowl (28cm diameter). Condition Report: Age not clear, would suggest mid 20th century.Undamaged, with light surface staining in places.

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Lot 175

A cut glass ceiling circular light shade (30.5cm diameter), together with a larger pressed glass light shade.

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Lot 284

A Beswick shire mare, brown gloss finish with harness, no. H818, together with a further unharnessed shire mare, no. 818 and a Beswick Doe, no. 999A, in a light brown gloss finish.

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Lot 99

A William de Morgan ruby lustre tile, featuring a lioness and cub before a foliate design, probably Chelsea period, on an unmarked blank (6 inches square). Literature: William de Morgan Tiles, Jon Catleugh, published Richard Dennis, 1983, page 133, figure 198 for a similar design. Condition Report: Small nibbles to edges, light surface scratches.

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Lot 502

A contemporary light oak dining table with granite inserts together with six light oak dining chairs, 141 x 74 x 80 cm

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 113

A Britax orange roof light unit.

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Lot 126

Vintage car spares, including tachometer, light housings, etc. (3 boxes & 3 tyres)

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Lot 41

Three light oak desk pedestals, a computer workstation, and an office chair, (5).

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 7

A 1941 Dennis 'Light-4' fire engine or tender, registration GKR 216, in Kent Fir Brigade 'SEAL' livery, 3445cc petrol, V5 present, instruction books and some ephemera. NB. This lot was originally owned by Sevenoaks Rural District Council. It was known as a 'New World' machine intended solely for fire-fighting. It would have passed into Crown ownership on the 18th August 1941 when the National Fire Service was formed. The deceased acquired the vehicle in 10th January 2007.

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Chippenham Auction Rooms
Lot 1018

A G.W.R. glass water carafe, light blue in colour.

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Chippenham Auction Rooms
Lot 1280

A 1930s Exakta Varex Shagee Dresden camera with Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 1:2 F= 5.8cm lens with case, a similar Sonnar 1:4 F= 135cm lens case including a light meter and a boxed Ilford Prentice camera and accessories.

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Durrants
Lot 1047

An light Ercol three piece suite without cushions

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Durrants
Lot 1049

A Victorian carved oak cupboard with decorated lead light door and lion mask carving over single drawer and cupboard below

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Durrants
Lot 1103

An unusual light Ercol three legged table

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Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 51

Radclyffe (C.W.) Memorials of Rugby. Drawn from Nature and on Stone… with Historical and Descriptive Notices. 1843, Rugby, J.S. Crossley and others, large folio: title in red and black, list of subscribers, 28 tinted lithographs on 24 plates, each preceded by a leaf with caption and brief description; early half calf over very bumped, rubbed and stained cloth boards, spine lettered gilt. Dampstaining to title, the last five plates and a few ff., light scattered foxing to margins. One plate shows a game of cricket in progress Abbey Scenery 447

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Lot 24

[MacMunn (George, Editor)] History of the Guides 1846-1922, 1938, Gale & Polden, Aldershot, first edition, 4to; half title, xv, pp. 347, 19 photographic plates incl. portrait frontis. and 18 folding maps incl. seven loose in pouch at rear. Original smart khaki cloth over bevelled boards, upper cover stamped with regimental crest in gilt, silk place marker in regimental colours. A little bumped and rubbed, with scattered, generally light, foxing; this copy with ownership signature of D.M. Brett, serving Commandant of the Corps of Guides, with order form/typed letter signed 'George' (the editor), December 1946, loosely inserted. A rare history of this regiment of the British Indian Army protecting the North West Frontier

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Lot 69

Saxton (Christopher) and Hole (William) [Map of Cheshire] Cestriae Comitatus Romanis Legionibus et Coloniis olim insignis vera et absoluta descriptio [London,1610], hand coloured engraved map, printed area 250 x 300mm, centrefold, some light spotting, unexamined out of modern gilt frame [together with:] [Senex (John)] two hand coloured engraved strip road maps, in Yorkshire, printed to both sides of one sheet [1759], visible 165 x 215mm; unexamined out of modern gilt frame, glazed both sides (2)

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Lot 123

Coleridge (Hartley) Autograph Note Signed 'H. Coleridge' [n.p., 1820s?], to one side of a sheet of J. Whatman laid paper, 4to, apparently to the editor of the London Magazine, enclosing an article on Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida [with:] an autograph copy signed ('Hartley Coleridge') of his poem 'On the death of Mary Fleming' (his landlady in Grasmere), [c.1846?], one sheet folded so pp. [4] 4to, rectos only, two overwritten erasures. Fold and handling creases, only light soiling/staining considering age. ''The Old Batchelor'', Hartley was the son of the poet, critic, and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2)

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Lot 59

Bower (A., Surveyor) The Two Acts of Parliament for the Holderness Drainage with an Index and Plan. 1781, York, A. Ward, folio, 480 x 375mm, title, Index, xvi, pp. 20, the letterpress in two columns followed by several tables, two blank leaves preserved at rear (detached); the block loosely bound by original stitching (title almost detached), the laid paper rather browned, soiled and stained, with tatty extremities, and pp. 15-20 with hole to centre; with Bower's (disbound) folded map 'A Plan of the Holderness Drainage', engraved by Consitt at York, separately dated 1781, the floral cartouche surmounted by an eagle, sheet approx. 825 x 650mm. Scale of Chains lower right. Rather tatty extremities, some soiling and light foxing with some folds splitting at margins. The whole offered with remains of original leather-covered portfolio boards. No sale records nor institutional copy of this very scarce work traced (1)

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Lot 55

Leyland (John) Views of Ancient Buildings illustrative of the domestic architecture of the parish of Halifax, 1879, Halifax, oblong folio, 25 monotone lithographic plates (complete as list), light dampstain from top edge affecting all ff., original green cloth gilt, rubbed and scuffed, upper hinge split

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Lot 137

Guillim [Gwillim] (John) A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge thereof..., 1611, London, William Hall for R. Mab, First edition (second issue?, colophon dated 1610), folio, architectural engraved title, woodcut plates and more than 500 armorials to text in six sections; [xiv], inconsistent pagination ending p. 284, but complete (inc. e.p.s); title with handling creases and ink splashes, occasional light spotting and staining throughout, tear to fore edge 2N4. Contemporary scuffed and frayed calf, covers stamped in gilt with vignette and initials 'B W', upper joint splitting, lower joint tender. Guillim's was to remain the standard work on English heraldry until the second half of the 18th century, and to this day is regularly consulted by working heralds

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Lot 15

Allingham (Helen) Happy England, with Memoir and Descriptions by Marcus B. Huish, 1903, London, A. & C. Black, thick 4to Edition de luxe limited to 750 copies, signed and numbered by the artist; 80 colour plates, scattered light spotting concentrated to front and rear blanks, t.e.g., others uncut, original cream cloth gilt with floral decoration, minor shelf ware only, a good copy

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Lot 4

Morris (Rev. F.O.) A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, [1879-80], London, W. Mackenzie, 6 volumes, 4to, 240 chromolithographic plates, scattered mostly light foxing, heavier to titles and first and last few ff., original decorated cloth gilt, a little fraying to some edges, a.e.g. (6)

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Lot 40

Fleming (Ian) FOUR TITLES Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1966 [&] The Man With The Golden Gun, 1965, both London, Cape, 8vo first editions with dust jackets; Octopussy with various library stamps and labels to e.p.s, (priced) jacket by Richard Chopping with light edge ware under protective library wrap, the Golden Gun a good copy [with:] Goldfinger, 1959, London, Cape, 8vo first edition, lacking jacket, the publisher's cloth rubbed and a little bumped to extremities [&] On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, London, Cape, 8vo first edition, lacking jacket, the rubbed publisher's cloth rather frayed at extremities (4)

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Lot 67

Baker (Robert, Surveyor) [Map of Antigua] Antigue, Levee par Robert Baker, Arpenteur General de l'Isle. 1779, Paris, hand-coloured engraved double-page map, plate 485 x 625 mm. Centrefold, as issued, some very light soiling, with margins visible beyond the platemark. Unexamined out of modern frame. Scarce map of the Caribbean island of Antigua, a French edition of Thomas Jefferys' map of 1775. Inset plan of English Harbour near Falmouth upper right

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Lot 46

John Gould (British, 1804-1881) Lagopus Mutus [Ptarmigan]; Tetrao Tetrix [Black Grouse]; Red-Legged Partridge [with a different print of the same species]; Coturnix Communis [Common Quail]; Caprimulgus Europaeus [Nightjar], and six others [c.1830s-1870s, London, J. Gould], eleven hand-coloured lithographs of British and European seabirds, game birds etc., by H.C. Richter, J. Wolf, J. & E. Gould, sheets c 360 x 530mm up to 385 x 560mm. Some pencil captions. Scattered foxing, mostly light and marginal, with varying degrees of age-toning and minor signs of handling; colours still bright (11)

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Lot 84

Pritt (Thomas Evan) The Book of the Grayling: Being a Description of the Fish, and the Art of Angling for Him, as Practised Chiefly in the Midlands and the North of England, 1888, Leeds, Goodall and Suddick, First Edition, 4to, large paper copy, pp. 64 plus advert leaf, three chromolithographic plates, publisher's brown buckram with Izaak Walton quote stamped in gilt to cover, t.e.g. Binding a little rubbed with a couple of ink stains, some light toning and soiling internally with foxing spot to fore edge pp.27-38; patterned endpapers browned, with old ownership inscription to front pastedown (1)

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Lot 45

John Gould (British, 1804-1881) HUMMINGBIRDS Delattria Viridipallens; Nectarinia Insignis; Selasphorus Scintilla; Phaethornis Nigrocinctus [with] Phaethornis Episcopus, [1849-1887, London, J. Gould], four hand-coloured lithographs of hummingbirds with gum arabic by H.C. Richter, each sheet c 560 x 390mm. From 'A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Family of Humming-Birds'. Minor signs of handling and light toning to extremities of the full sheets; fine impressions in brilliant, unfaded colour (4)

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