CHARLES III (1948- ) King of the United Kingdom since 2022. An extraordinary and exceptionally early A.L.S., Charles, as Duke of Cornwall, two pages, 4to, n.p. (London), 25th March 1954, to his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (´Dear Papa´), on the printed stationery of Buckingham Palace. The five-year-old future King writes in bold pencil in block letters between light pencil guidelines (the latter possibly prepared by his nanny, Mabel Anderson) and states, in full, ´Dear Papa, I am longing to see you in the ship. Love from Charles´. To the lower half of the second page appear a series of circles and crosses drawn by the Prince, representing affectionate hugs and kisses. Autograph letters signed by King Charles III at such an early age are of the utmost rarity. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VGAt the time of the present letter Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was accompanying Queen Elizabeth II on the Royal Tour of 1954 which marked the first time a reigning monarch had visited Australia. The royal couple arrived in Sydney Harbour on board the SS Gothic on 3rd February 1954 and spent the next fifty-eight days travelling around Australia by train, ship, car and plane. Their children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, did not accompany them on the exhausting trip and the present letter demonstrates how much the young Prince was missing his father.
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MONTGOMERY ELIZABETH (1933-1995) American actress, famous for her portrayal of the good witch Samantha Stephens in the American fantasy sitcom television series Bewitched (1964-72). Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Montgomery in a half-length pose wearing a plain white turtle neck sweater. Signed by the actress in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. EX
HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American actress, Academy Award winner. A good signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in an appealing head and shoulders profile pose. Signed in black ink to a light area at the base of the image. A few very light, extremely minor corner creases, VG
NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A.L.S., Nelson & Bronte, one page, 4to, HMS Amazon, 16th October 1801, to Mrs. Sherston (´My dear Madam´). Nelson informs his correspondent that at the last Board of Admiralty, Admiral Young had ´promised that your Brother should be made´ and continues ´I have repeatedly asked the same favor of Sir Thos. Troubridge, and I understood from him that the thing would be done. It proves what I every day feel that I have no interest, but I will try the thing again this very day´, further adding ´Believe me I would do it with great pleasure if in my power. I should be happy in convincing you & all my friends that Nelson will always be Nelson, and always your affectionate cousin´. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age toning and minor staining and with a few traces of former mounting to the verso of the integral leaf. G
ZWEIG STEFAN: (1881-1942) Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer, himself a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts. Purple fountain pen ink signature (´Stefan Zweig, Hotel Louvois´) on an inverted triangular seal flap, evidently removed from the verso of an envelope to which Zweig had penned his return address. Neatly laid down to the lower white border of a small 4to sheet of paper featuring a reproduction image of Zweig seated in a half-length pose at his desk. Some light scuffing and minor age wear, about VG
WERNER OSKAR: (1922-1984) Austrian actor, an Academy Award nominee. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Werner standing outdoors in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Professor Egon Kreisler from the drama film Voyage of the Damned (1976). Signed by Werner in black ink to a light area of the image. VG
DODGSON CHARLES LUTWIDGE: (1832-1898) Lewis Carroll. English author, poet and mathematician whose works include Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). A fine A.L.S., C L Dodgson, three pages, 8vo, Christ Church, Oxford, 29th March 1868, to Agnes Argles (´My dear Dolly´). Dodgson commences with a hypophora, ´I wonder if you can be trusted with a message? I am inclined to think you can - so this is it´, and continues ´Will you tell your Papa I am very much obliged to him for so kindly wishing me to come down to Peterborough, and I think perhaps I could manage to do so, for a day or two´, explaining that he is obliged to stay in Oxford for most of the week ´as pro-porctor´, which ´breaks up my vacation, which would have been a whole month, into two crumbs of a week or so each´, and that he ´shall very likely go to London at the end of this week, or the beginning of next, so (if you´d really like it, you know - because of course I wouldn´t come if you´d rather not) I might come down to Peterborough on the Tuesday or Wednesday´. Dodgson concludes his letter in an amusing fashion, ´I should like to know how far you are from the railway - and whether the road is dangerous - any wolves, for instance? But perhaps I had better travel armed as usual, with sword & pistols, & then I shall be ready for anything that may happen´. A charming letter with good association, written to one of Dodgson´s cherished child-friends. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and with a few very small holes and a small tear to a couple of folds, only very minimally affecting a few words of text and not the signature. About VGAgnes ´Dolly´ Argles (1857-1944) Daughter of Marsham Argles (1814-1892) Anglican clergyman who had a long association with Peterborough Cathedral, firstly as a Canon, then Chancellor, and finally Dean (1891-92).
FURY BILLY: (1940-1983) English musician, an early star of rock and roll. A good signed 8 x 10 photograph of Fury in a head and shoulders pose at the height of his career. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink, largely across a light area of the image. Signed photographs of Fury of this quality are scarce as a result of his untimely death at the age of 42. EX
HURLEY ELIZABETH: (1965- ) English actress and model, best-known for her portrayal of Vanessa Kensington in the spy comedy film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Hurley standing in an elegant three-quarter length pose inspired by John Singer Sargent´s famous painting Portrait of Madame X (1884). Signed by Hurley in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area at the centre of the image. An ink annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the American Airlines terminal on 15th October 1995. EX
DAY-LEWIS DANIEL: (1957- ) English-born Irish actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Day-Lewis seated in a bare-chested three-quarter length pose as Johnny Burfoot from the British romantic comedy drama film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). Signed by the actor in bold, dark fountain pen ink with a complete signature (in contrast to present-day examples) to the base of the image. One small, light ink annotation in another hand to the lower white border and with a couple of extremely minor, light corner creases, VG
GRIFFITH HUGH: (1912-1980) Welsh actor, Academy Award winner. A.L.S., Hugh Griffith, one page, slim 4to, Rome, 16th November 1967, to Silvio [Clementelli], on the printed stationery of the Hotel Parco Dei Principi. Griffith thanks his correspondent for their letter and continues to state ´You will I´m sure, however, understand why some of its contents do not constitute an appropriate reply to my company´s letter to Clesi (your company).....I can assure you of my continued and continuous collaboration, and I´m sure your company will provide Hugh Griffith Ltd. with the essential formal notifications requested, without delay´. Two file holes to the left edge and with some light creasing, about VGSilvio Clementelli (1926-2001) Italian film producer.The present letter is written shortly after the release of the Italian historical comedy drama film On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... in which Griffith starred in the role of Ibn-El-Rashid, alongside Tony Curtis and Monica Vitti.
WHITE ANTONIA: (1899-1980) British writer, remembered for her semi-autobiographical novel Frost in May (1933) which was set in a conveny school. Correspondence collection of eight A.Ls.S., Antonia (and one signed as Ant), twelve pages (total), mainly 8vo (and a couple written on correspondance cards), London, November 1956 - December 1965, all to Neville Braybrooke (and one to June Braybrooke). White writes on a variety of literary matters, in part, ´Every Eye delightfully upset my working schedule. I meant to ration it to meal times but greedily devoured it (in) one read because I couldn´t stop! I liked it very much indeed & think it even better than the first one. It is really original..you have a wonderfully individual eye and the whole flavour of the book isn´t like anyone else´s.....You´d built it all up so perfectly that the end gave me the authentic shock....I do hope the reviewers see the point..they´re so dumb sometimes even when they´re "nice"´ (to June Braybrooke, 2nd November 1956), ´Thank you for sending me theTeilhard de Chardin book!.....I did not know you were such an authority on him! Naturally I read your excellent introduction & broadcast script (wish I´d heard this!) first & I´ve now read nearly all the other essays - most of them very interesting. I now feel almost ready to tackle The Phenomenon again. Anyway your book has made me really kove that man´ (13th September 1965), ´I´m almost beginning to feel that "The Hound & the Falcon" is a real book after all. There´s been something so dream like about the whole thing that I can´t quite believe it yet.....I´m delighted that you´re reviewing it for the Spectator......I hope so much that what you say is true, that it will comfort some other people in the same predicament. I think there are a good many´ (16th November 1965), ´It is still all very dream like to me & I don´t feel as if I´d written The H & the F. I owe its appearance almost entirely to you for if you hadn´t made that nice remark about Smoking Flax, none of this would have happened´ (21st November 1965), ´I was waiting for something unexpected & nice to be confirmed before I told you about it.....The nice, and wildly unexpected thing is this. You may remember that at that delightful dinner party of yours in the summer, you mentioned that piece of mine published years ago in The Month (about my coming back to the church) to John Guest & got him so interested in it that he asked to see it. Well, I looked it up & sent it to him. It wasn´t actually extracts from my notebooks but from a vast correspondence I´d had with someone (now dead) at the time just before & after my "re-conversion". He had kept all my letters & I had asked for them back so that I could see what I was actually thinking & writing at the actual time when I did that piece - orginally for Cyril Connolly, but it shocked him too much & was was eventually printed in The Month instead of in Horizon. Well, John Guest was so interested in it that he asked if I had the rest of the correspondence &, if so, he´d like to see it. By luck, I hadn´t destroyed those letters along with the mass of papers, MSS etc. I got rid of when I moved here - though the man´s letters have disappeared. Anyway, the nett result is that John Guest wants to publish - in fact is going to definetly going to publish - my side (I was amazed that, typed out, it comes to something like 80,000 words but of course a lot will have to be cut) & likes it v. much & thinks it´s relevant to people´s problems at the moment. I´m still slightly stunned - it´s so extraordinary, having struggled so impotently to try & write a book for the past ten years, to find I´ve writtem one, entirely by accident, over twenty years ago! And this extraordinary thing is entirely due to you, as I shall say in a little foreword....´(29th November n.y.) etc. Also including a small signed Christmas and New Year greetings card. One of the letters is accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by White. Some very light, minimal age wear and a couple of minor water stains, generally VG, 9Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) English poet, writer, editor, literary critic and publisher.
LOUIS II: (1870-1949) Prince of Monaco 1922-49. A.L.S., Louis, to one side of a correspondence card, Chateau de Marchais, Aisne, 14th September 1926, to Accica, in French. The Prince invites his correspondent to come for their annual visit to the Chateau de Marchais, suggesting that they might arrive on the 4th or 5th of October. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
DE LATTRE DE TASSIGNY JEAN: (1889-1952) French Army General of World War II, posthumously made a Marshal of France. Book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Histoire de la Premiere Armee Francaise: Rhin et Danube, French text edition published by Librairie Plon, Les Petits-fils de Plon et Nourrit, Paris, 1949, with various monochrome illustrations and maps throughout. Bound in the publisher´s decorative printed boards (uniform age toning to the spine). Signed (´J de Lattre´) in black fountain pen ink to the half-title page, with an inscription in French, and dated at Washington D.C., 23rd September 1950, in the General´s hand. Some light age wear, about VG
GOULD GLENN: (1932-1982) Canadian pianist. Signed colour 9.5 x 8 heavy cardstock image of Gould seated in a full-length pose, evidently neatly removed from the sleeve of a record. Signed in blue fountain pen ink, largely to a lighter area of the image. Rare. A couple of light, minor surface and corner creases and a few very small, minor areas of scuffing to the edges, otherwise VG
BOND WARD: (1903-1960) American character actor, remembered for his roles in Westerns as well as his portrayal of Bert in Frank Capra´s film It´s a Wonderful Life (1946). Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Bond in a head and shoulders pose in costume as wagon master Major Seth Adams from the American Western television series Wagon Train (1957-61). Signed by the actor in bold blue ink to a light area of the background. A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases to the borders, VG
LAI FRANCIS: (1932-2018) French composer of film scores including Love Story (1970). Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Lai in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink to a light area at the head of the image. One very light, minor surface crease to the lower white border, VG
LADY GAGA: (1986- ) American singer and actress. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the blonde singer standing in a three-quarter length pose wearing pale pink underwear. Signed in black ink with a somewhat hurried signature to a light area of the image. A printed label neatly affixed to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person during the Cannes Film Festival in May 2011. VG
POWELL ANTHONY: (1905-2000) English novelist. A brief T.L.S., Anthony Powell, one page, 4to, The Chantry, near Frome, Somerset, 4th March 1960, to [Neville] Braybrooke. Powell forwards a copy of the Eton Candle and remarks, ´No particular hurry, but be sure to let me have it back in due course´. With an ink annotation to the head of the page by Braybrooke, noting the title of Powell´s Colonel Caesar Cannonbrains of the Black Hussars, which was used as the frontispiece for Seeds in the Wind: Juvenilia from H. G. Wells to Ted Hughes (1989). Some light creasing and minor age wear, GNeville Braybrooke (1923-2001) English poet, writer, editor, literary critic and publisher. Braybrooke edited Seeds in the Wind: Juvenilia from H. G. Wells to Ted Hughes which was published in 1989.
HERZOG JACQUES: (1950- ) & DE MEURON PIERRE: (1950- ) Swiss architects, the co-founders of the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron in 1978, and whose most famous work is the Tate Modern in London, completed in 2000. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by both Herzog and de Meuron individually, the image showing their construction of the cultural and residential complex the Elbe Philharmonic in Hamburg, completed in 2016 and considered one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world. Signed by both architects in bold black inks with their names alone to light areas at the base of the image. EX
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[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. NELSON FRANCES: (1758-1831) Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, the wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson. A.L.S., Frances H Nelson & Bronte, one page, oblong 8vo, Exmouth, 5th January 1820, to Messrs. Marsh. Nelson sends an instruction to her correspondents, ´I request you to receive at the Treasury my Quarters Annuity due this day´. With a very small portion of the integral address leaf still present and featuring a black wax seal. Very slightly irregularly trimmed to the lower edge, only just affecting one word of text, and with some light staining and minor age wear, a small tear to the upper right corner and one small hole, not affecting the text or signature. G
LESCHETIZKY THEODOR: (1830-1915) Austrian-Polish pianist and composer. A.L.S., Th. L, to the recto and verso of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name to the centre and address at Carl Ludwigstrasse, Vienna (struck through in pencil) to the base, n.p., 12th July 1900, to Malwina von Dutschka, in German. Leschetizky writes in bold pencil and explains that he was pleased not to have found his correspondent at home as this must be an indication that things are better with her foot. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
MACDONALD JAMES RAMSAY: (1866-1937) British Prime Minister 1924, 1929-35. T.L.S., J. Ramsay MacDonald, one page, 4to, n.p. (London), 10th February 1936, to Frank O. Salisbury, on the black bordered mourning stationery of the Privy Council Office. MacDonald thanks his correspondent for their letter and congratulations on the result of the University election, remarking ´It is a great pity that the King did not live to see it. His death is a tragic loss´, and further adding ´I am glad that you have now finished your Jubilee picture and that the Queen likes it and was pleased with my portrait. I must come and see it one day´. A letter of good association. Some very minor, extremely light wrinkling to the left edge and with a few minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VGFrank O. Salisbury (1874-1962) English portrait painter.In January 1936 MacDonald had been re-elected to parliament as a result of his victory in the by-election for the Combined Scottish Universities seat. King George V had died a week before voting had begun in the Scottish by-election, and MacDonald deeply mourned his death, paying tribute to him in his diary as ´a gracious and kingly friend whom I served with all my heart´. There had been genuine affection between the two men, and the King is said to have regarded MacDonald as his favourite Prime Minister.
EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB: A vintage sutograph album containing two facing pages individually signed by thirty players and staff of Everton FC, 1936-37, including Dixie Dean, Frank King, Ted Sagar (signed twice), George Jackson, Jack Jones, Thomas Jones, Joe Mercer, Tommy White, Stan Bentham, Cliff Britton, Jackie Coulter, Jock Thomson, Gordon Watson, Robert ´Bunny´ Bell, Jimmy Cunliffe, Albert Geldard, Torry Gillick, Elie Hurel, Charlie Leyfield, Willie Miller, Alex Stevenson, Harry Cooke (trainer) etc. All have signed in black fountain pen inks, the majority with their names alone. The album also includes a few verses and drawings etc. signed by family and friends of the original owner. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
VON TEESE DITA: (1972- ) American vedette, burlesque dancer and model. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Von Teese standing in an appealing three-quarter length pose wearing lingerie and with her arms gently raised to her head. Signed in black ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
PAHLAVI MOHAMMAD REZA: (1919-1980) Shah of the Imperial State of Iran 1941-79. D.S., in Persian, as Shah, one page, folio, n.p., 29th March 1975, in Persian. The manuscript firman is issued in accordance with Article 27 of the Supplementary Constitutional Law and states that ´The Organisation for Welfare Services, which has been approved by the relevant committees of the Senate and National Assembly.....shall be implemented´ and that the government is responsible for executing the law. With the blind embossed Arms of dominion of the Shahs at the head and small stamped text to the lower corner of the verso indicating that the firman was recorded in the Royal Special Office on 7th April 1975. Some very light, minor age wear and a slight paperclip rust stain to the upper edge. About VG
ZETTERLING MAI: (1925-1994) Swedish actress. Signed 7.5 x 9 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait by photographer Ted Reed depicting the actress in a close-up head and shoulders pose, issued to promote Zetterling´s role as Christiane Hammond in the British thriller film Faces in the Dark (1960). Signed by Zetterling in bold fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. With the original printed caption neatly affixed to the verso. VG
FREUD LUCIAN: (1922-2011) British painter. A good A.L.S., Lucian, one page, 8vo, Delamere Terrace, London, n.d., to the bookmaker Ben Miller (´Dear Benno´). Freud thanks Miller for their kind letter and continues to reflect on his current shortage of disposable income, ´My temporary lack of "ammunition" is responsible for my absence from the office, it saddens me to see others indulging in a favorite pursuit when obliged to take the part of "onlooker" ´ and in concluding makes a reference to the subject of one of his portraits, ´I will telephone you tomorrow to discuss the matter of Lady Lamton´s (sic) account´ and suggesting that they might be able to meet over the weekend. Annotated to the verso in red crayon with a five times table. Some minor overall creasing and a couple of light water stains only slightly affecting a couple of letters of text, otherwise about VGIn his book Breakfast with Lucian: A Portrait of the Artist (2013), the journalist Geordie Greig, a friend of the painter, observed ´Gambling was inherently linked to Lucian's painting. Whenever he made money from selling his pictures in the earlier part of his career, he gambled wildly, often losing the lot; yet when he began to make vast sums, he gave up gambling almost entirely. Risk fed his enjoyment of more risk, so when a financial safety net appeared as the price of his pictures soared, the relishing of gambling disappeared. When he had run up mountainous debts, death threats were made by unsavoury lenders. He would pay what was owed, when he could´.Belinda Bridget ´Bindy´ Blew-Jones (1921-2003) Lady Lambton, wife of the British aristocrat and politician Antony Lambton, Viscount Lambton (1922-2006). Lady ´Bindy´Lambton was the subject of Freud´s portrait Head on a Green Sofa which was executed in 1960-61.
SOLZHENITSYN ALEKSANDR: (1918-2008) Russian writer and prominent Soviet dissident, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1970. T.L.S., A Solzhenitsyn, one page, 4to, Cavendish, Vermont, 19th August 1981, to Edward Bennett Williams. Solzhenitsyn writes, in part, ´Congratulations on your victory and sincere thanks to you and your assistants for having removed that obstacle from me with your talent and persistence. I highly esteem your friendly support and the sympathy toward me which was also expressed in the statement of your services´, and continues to ask if the decision will be sent verbatim from the court, before concluding ´In gratitude I am sending you a check and within a few days will send one of my books´. A letter of interesting association. A few very minor, extremely light creases to the edges, VGEdward Bennett Williams (1920-1988) American lawyer and businessman. At the request of Solzhenitsyn, Williams had assisted in defending the Russian journalist and imprisoned dissident Alexander Ginzburg in 1977. Ginzburg was released and expelled to the United States in 1979, along with four other political prisoners, as part of a prisoner exchange.
VARGAS LLOSA MARIO: (1936- ) Peruvian novelist & essayist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 2010. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Vargas Llosa in a smiling head and shoulders pose with numerous shelves lined with books in the background. Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. EX
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the Victor of Waterloo, 1815. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., Wellington, one page, 8vo, London, 29th April 1838, to Sir Robert Peel (´My dear Peel´). Wellington states that he has received his correspondent´s letter, along with Serjeant Jackson´s, and remarks ´I´ll keep the latter as a Mem[orand]um; as I have reason to believe that I shall hear from some of my friends in the House of Lords upon the same subject´. A letter of good association. Some very light, extremely minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VGRobert Peel (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35 & 1841-46. Joseph Devonsher Jackson (1783-1857) Irish High Court Judge and politician who served as Member of Pariament for Bandon 1835-41 and was appointed the King´s Second Serjeant for Ireland in 1835, and remained the Queen´s Second Serjeant until 1841 (despite the appointment being against Queen Victoria´s expressed wishes). The government greatly relied upon Jackson´s advice concerning Irish affairs.
STYRENE POLY: (1957-2011) English musician, the frontwoman of the 1970s punk rock band X-Ray Spex. An extremely rare signed 8 x 10 photograph of Styrene seated in a happy half-length pose at a table. Photograph by Elaine Bryant for London Features International Ltd. and bearing her credit stamp to the verso. Signed (´love & light, Poly Styrene´) in black ink to the head of the image and dated 2010 in her hand. EX
MILLER GLENN: (1904-1944) American big band trombonist and bandleader. Vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Miller in a three-quarter length pose holding his trombone in his hands. Signed in fountain pen ink across a lighter area of the background. A couple of extremely minor, light corner creases and one very small tear to the white border, otherwise VG
TAYLOR-JOHNSON SAM: (1967- ) British artist, photographer and film director, one of the artists known as the Young British Artists. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Taylor-Johnson standing in a half-length pose. Signed in black ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. A pencil note in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at the Hotel Excelsior during the Venice International Film Festival following the premiere of Nocturnal Animals on 2nd September 2016. One very light, extremely minor crease to the upper right corner of the white border, VG
GLADSTONE WILLIAM: (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 and 1892-94. A.L.S., W E Gladstone, one page, 8vo, Carlton House Terrace (London), 3rd June 1859, to Mr. E. Saunders. Gladstone states that, on consideration, he can not wait until Tuesday, remarking ´It occurs to me as possible that you might have a few minutes free tomorrow before ten (when I leave town)´ and further adding ´If so please do write the time on a card: if not, do not take the trouble to answer this, & I must make the best speedy arrangements I can´. Some extremely minor, light age wear and a few very minor traces of former mounting to the verso, VG
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[RMS TITANIC]: A pair of modern 5.5 x 3.5 postcards depicting different views of part of the deck etc. of the RMS Titanic, the first signed by Eva Hart (1905-1996) British survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912, who was seven years of age at the time; and the second signed by Beatrice Sandstrom (1910-1995) Swedish-American survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, who was less than two years of age at the time. Both have signed in blue inks to light areas of the images, Hart adding the words Titanic Survivor in her hand beneath her signature. The two postcards are laid down together beneath a larger colour image of the RMS Titanic and contained within a cream matt to an overall size of 10 x 15. VG
JOHN ELTON: (1947- ) British singer and pianist, Academy Award winner. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of the musician in a head and shoulders pose with one hand raised to the brim of his straw boater from a photoshoot dating to 1980. Signed by John in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
BOSENDORFER LUDWIG: (1835-1919) Austrian piano manufacturer, the inheritor of his father´s company Bosendorfer in 1859. The personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card of Bosendorfer, unsigned, featuring his printed name to the centre, with three lines of text in his hand, in German, sending warmest thanks to the recipient for their sympathy. A few very light, extremely minor stains, otherwise VG
DALTON TIMOTHY: (1946- ) British actor, famous for his portrayal of the fictional British secret agent James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989). Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Dalton in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, from the historical biographical film Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Signed by the actor in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. EX
ROBBIE MARGOT: (1990- ) Australian actress, an Academy Award nominee. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the compsoite image featuring nine different shots of Robbie wearing a white sweater as she poses on the sand at the Catalina Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, New York, during a photo shoot for Vanity Fair in 2014. Signed by the actress with her scarcer full signature in blue ink to a light area of the image. EX
SCHNITZLER ARTHUR: (1862-1931) Austrian author and dramatist, remembered for his controversial and frank descriptions of sexuality. A.N.S., Arthur Schnitzler, to the verso of his personal printed black bordered oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name (´Dr. Arthur Schnitzler´) to the centre, n.p., 6th March 1912, to an unidentified correspondent, in German. Schnitzler sends his thanks to the recipient for their wonderful essays relating to Richard Beer-Hofmann. Some light age weart, minor dust staining and a few creases, GRichard Beer-Hofmann (1866-1945) Austrian dramatist and poet.
CLEMENCEAU GEORGES: (1841-1929) French Prime Minister 1906-09, 1917-20. A.N.S., with his initials G C, to the recto of his personal printed oblong 12mo Visiting Card, featuring his printed name ('G. Clemenceau') to the centre, n.p., n.d., in French. Clemenceau sends thanks to the recipient, ´Avec tous mes remerciements et mes bon souvenirs´ (Translation: ´With many thanks and fond memories´). Some very light, minor age wear to the edges, and with some slight traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG
WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American actor, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Wayne standing outdoors in a half-length pose in costume as Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan from the British action thriller film Brannigan (1975). Signed by Wayne in black ink to the centre of the image. The signature is a touch light in places. A few very light, minor surface and corner creases, VG
STALLONE SYLVESTER: (1946- ) American Actor, an Academy Award nominee. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by Stallone, the image depicting the actor in a half-length semi-profile pose, holding an arrow and bow, in his role as John J. Rambo, in a scene of the series of the Rambo films franchise. Signed in bold blue ink across a light area of the image. VG
PRESLEY PRISCILLA: (1945- ) American actress, the wife of Elvis Presley from 1967-73 and the subject of the American biographical drama film Priscilla (2023). Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Presley in a head and shoulders pose with one hand gently raised to the side of her face. Signed in bold blue ink with her name alone to a light area of the image. EX
EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936, later Duke of Windsor & GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT: (1902-1942) British Air Commodore, son of King George V and Queen Mary. Killed in an air accident during World War II. An unusual vintage signed 11 x 8 photograph by both Edward, Prince of Wales, and his younger brother George, Duke of Kent, individually, the image depicting the siblings seated outdoors in full-length poses on the terrace of a country house (or golf club) accompanied by a number of other men standing and seated in two rows, some of them wearing plus fours and golf shoes, and including the golfers Robert T. Jones (1902-1971) Open Champion 1926, 1927 & 1930 and American Open Champion 1923, 1926, 1929 & 1930, Walter Hagen (1892-1969) Open Champion 1922, 1924, 1928 & 1929 and American Open Champion 1914 & 1919, and Gene Sarazen (1902-1999) Open Champion 1932 and American Open Champion 1922 & 1932. Signed (´Edward P´) by the Prince of Wales and signed (´George´) by the Duke of Kent, each with their names alone in fountain pen inks to the base of the image. Both signatures are a touch light in places although remain legible. VG
BUFFET BERNARD: (1928-1999) French painter. An excellent book signed and inscribed, being a hardback edition of Vingt-Mille dieues sous les Mers de Jules Verne, First edition with French text published by Garnier, Paris, 1990, as the catalogue to accompany Buffet´s exhibition Vingt-Mille dieues sous les Mers at the Galerie Maurice Garnier in Paris from February to March 1990. Illustrated with various colour and black & white reproductions of Buffet´s paintings inspired by Jules Verne´s novel, and some photographs of the artist working in his studio by Danielle Buffet. Bound in the publisher´s blue cloth with black printed title and pastedown and endpapers featuring Buffet´s facsimile signature. Signed twice by Buffet to the front free endpaper, once in black ink with his name alone at the head of the page, and a second time with an inscription in French and alongside a large original black ink drawing of three sunflowers, signed and dated 1992. With an unsigned 6.5 x 9.5 photograph of Buffet in a half-length pose neatly cornermounted to the page opposite. Accompanied by the loosely inserted printed correspondence card of French politician Jack Lang, who served as Minister of Culture 1981-86 & 1988-93, contained in an envleope addressed to Michael Braukmann (to whom Buffet inscribed the book). A handsome signed book enhanced with an original illustration. Some light age wear to the covers and a couple of minor, small bumps to the corbers. About VG
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[MARCEAU FRANCOIS SEVERIN]: (1769-1796) French General who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and was immortalised in Lord Byron's Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. An antique folio (23 x 33 cm; image 12.5 x 20.5) stipple engraving of Francois Severin Marceau by Francois Bonneville, the oval image depicting the General in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and with a caption in French beneath. Published at Rue Jacques in Paris, c.1797. Some light age wear and a few minor stains to the borders, otherwise VGFrancois Bonneville (1755-1844) French artist and engraver at the time of the French Revolution.
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[MASSENET JULES]: (1842-1912) French composer of the Romantic era. ROUSSELIERE CHARLES (1875-1950) French tenor. Vintage signed postcard photograph by Rousseliere, the image depicting the composer Jules Massenet seated in a three-quarter length pose. Signed by the singer in purple fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated at Buenos Aires, August 1907 in his hand. A couple of very light, minor surface creases, otherwise VGRousselière sang in the role of Thésée in the Buenos Aires première of Massenet´s opera Ariane at the Teatro de la Opera in 1908.
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the Victor of Waterloo, 1815. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A.L.S., Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, in the third person, one page, 8vo, Plymouth, 28th August 1846, to the Postmaster at Devonport. Wellington presents his compliments to his correspondent and requests that any letters that may arrive at the Royal Hotel in Devonport for him be redirected to the Royal Hotel at George´s Place, Plymouth. With blank integral leaf (minor traces of former mounting to the upper edge of the verso). Some light age wear and minor creasing and a few small, neat tears to the edges, G
HERMINE REUSS OF GREIZ: (1887-1947) German Princess, the second wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II from 1922-41. A good World War II date A.L.S., Hermine, two pages, 4to, Doorn, 12th October 1939, to Mr. Bigelow. The Princess writes in bold blue crayon, just over a month after the commencement of hostilities, and thanks her correspondent for their interesting letter and article, remarking ´How well you understand our "Fuhrer". Marvellous what has been done - & keeping humanity as much as possible in Poland!´ and further adding ´Do keep out of this war, you Americans! I hope that England will get reasonable in time & that this war is ended soon. Our young people are all out at the front´. The Princess also writes of various relatives, ´The little Friedrich Wilhelm in good health. Kira took up again riding & swimming. They were - before war began together in one of the country places which belongs to the Grandfather, who is well, brave, growing more from every new burden. I am proud of him!´ and enquires ´How was your birthday? I hope that no war clouds prevented the feast?´ before concluding ´Winter has come! This country, every road, garden, house, is full of Dutch soldiers - even around the gate of our parc are the military cars´. A letter of good content. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
DIETRICH MARLENE: (1901-1992) German-born American actress and singer. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Dietrich standing in a half-length pose in costume as the seductive femme fatale Concha Perez from the American romance film The Devil is a Woman (1935). Signed by the actress in bold black ink with her name alone to a light area of the background. EX
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