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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 141

LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. Vintage signed postcard photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, the image depicting the duo in a characteristic half length pose wearing their bowler hats. Signed by each with their names alone to the clear background. Hardy`s signature is very slightly light to a few letters, although perfectly legible. Neatly mounted and matted in white, framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 11.5 x 13.5. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 156

HAY WILL: (1888-1949) English Comedian. Early A.L.S., Will Hay, two pages, 8vo, London, 14th December 1918, to Mr and Mrs Davis. Hay states that he is `up to the eyes in rehearsing for the new show` and informs his correspondents that he has not heard any word from an agent about them, so has written again. He continues to ask for some of their memos when they are printed. Some light overall creasing and a split to one fold, just affecting the text but not signature. G Hay was, at the time of this letter, rehearsing for a Fred Karno production called Moonstruck which was due to open at Colchester Hippodrome on 23rd December.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 159

LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English Actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE (1907-1989) English Actor, both Academy Award winners. A printed 8vo theatre programme signed by both Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier individually, the programme for a performance of Caesar and Cleopatra at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, November 1951. Signed by both Leigh and Olivier in blue fountain pen inks with their names alone, and also signed by Robert Helpmann, each to clear areas of the front cover. Together with a piece individually signed by the television presenters Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman and a small selection of vintage postcard photographs, most bearing facsimile signatures. Some light age wear, G to generally VG, 9

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 160

LEIGH VIVIEN (1913-1967) English Actress & OLIVIER LAURENCE (1907-1989) English Actor, both Academy Award winners. A printed 8vo Theatre World souvenir programme for The Olivier Festival Plays at St. James`s Theatre, signed by both Leigh and Olivier in blue fountain pen ink with their names alone to the lower border of the first page which features an illustration of the couple in a profile head and shoulders pose in costume as Cleopatra and Antony. Cover detached and with light overall folds and creases, about G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 167

COMEDY: Selection of Ds.S. by various British stage and film comedians, each being contracts with Harold Fielding for various appearances, 1940s-1970s, including Frankie Howerd, Jimmy Edwards, Jimmy Tarbuck, Billy Dainty, Bob Monkhouse, Ken Dodd, Lenny Henry (early example from the first year of his career, 1975), Harry Secombe, Mike Yarwood, Norman Vaughan, Rod Hull etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 22

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 168

POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of Ds.S. by various popular singers and musicians, each being contracts with Harold Fielding for various appearances, 1940s-1970s, including Alma Cogan, Ruby Murray, Dickie Valentine, David Whitfield, Johnny Mathis, Joy Beverley, Jet Harris & Tony Meehan, Joan Regan, Lonnie Donegan, Petula Clark, Rolf Harris, Susan Maughan, Vera Lynn, Eartha Kitt, Frankie Vaughan, Gary Miller, Vince Hill etc. Some signed by representatives of the artistes. Some light age wear, a few FR, generally G, 100

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 169

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of Ds.S. by various entertainers, each being contracts with Harold Fielding etc. for various appearances, 1940s-1970s, including Evelyn Laye, Lennie Bennett, Tessie O`Shea, Anona Winn, Peter Dawson, Richard Murdoch, Eve Boswell, Arthur Askey, Yana, Leslie Henson, Jack Warner etc. Some signed by representatives of the artistes. Some light age wear, a few FR, generally G, 162

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 170

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of Ds.S. by various entertainers, each being contracts with Harold Fielding for various appearances, 1940s-1970s, including Peter Brough, Anona Winn, Dora Bryan, Vic Oliver, Alan Randall, Bert Weedon, Elsie & Doris Waters, Richard Murdoch, Binnie Hale, Jack Train, Jessie Matthews, Ronald Chesney etc. Some signed by representatives of the artistes. Some light age wear, a few FR, generally G, 160

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 171

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of Ds.S. by various entertainers, each being contracts with Harold Fielding for various appearances, 1940s-1970s, including Gracie Fields, Elsie & Doris Waters, Wilfred Pickles, Donald Peers, Georgie Wood, Leslie Henson, Percy Edwards, Jack Warner, Vic Oliver etc. Some signed by representatives of the artistes. Some light age wear, a few FR, generally G, 185

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 172

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of Ds.S. by various entertainers, each being contracts with Harold Fielding for various appearances, 1940s-1960s, including Arthur Askey, David Frost, Pam Ayres, Bonar Colleano Jr., Donald Peers, Edmund Hockridge, Jack Train, Peter Brough, Turner Layton, Webster Booth, Geraldo, Billy Cotton, Albert Semprini, Jon Pertwee, B. C. Hilliam (Flotsam), Diana Dors etc. Some signed by representatives of the artistes. Some light age wear, a few FR, generally G, 173

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Lot 176

WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Blue ink signature (`Good Luck, John Wayne`) and date, 1974, in his hand on an 8vo sheet of printed stationery from the Hyde Park Hotel, Knightsbridge, London. Also signed in blue ink by Oscar winning actor and director Richard Attenborough to the lower half of the page. Some minor folds and very light creasing, only very slightly affecting the signatures. About VG Wayne and Attenborough starred together in the 1975 film Brannigan.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 198

BOND WARD: (1903-1960) American Actor. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Bond in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. About VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 199

MCLAGLEN VICTOR: (1886-1959) English-born American Actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, a good image of the actor standing in a three quarter length pose in costume as Gypo Nolan. He stands before a Wanted for Murder poster in a scene from the 1935 film The Informer. Signed in black ink across a light area at the head of the image, `To Mary O`Shea, with my very best wishes from Victor McLaglen`. It was for his role in this film that McLaglen won his Best Actor Oscar. Rare, particularly so in this form. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 200

FITZGERALD BARRY: (1888-1961) Irish Actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Fitzgerald in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Father Fitzgibbon from Going My Way (1944). Signed in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area of the background. It was for his role in this film that Fitzgerald won his Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Scarce in this form. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 202

FORD JOHN: (1894-1973) American Film Director, Academy Award winner. Good A.L.S. with his nickname Pappy, two pages, 8vo, Dublin, n.d. (1952), to Meta, on the printed stationery of the Shelbourne Hotel. Ford announces `Well at last if you won`t write me, I turn the other cheek & have yr. boy friend Ernie write you. We`re having dinner together-kicking the gong around.` and continues to comment on his work in Ireland, `Start shooting "weather permitting" next week. Have a helluva good cast. The only malcontents-Barry-(Fitzgerald) whom we told to go & f**k himself & girlfriend Madame Eileen Crowe-both asked salaries greatly over their British rates-fine Irish sentiment-likewise Mr. Shields.` In concluding Ford asks for a copy of a book and a Searchers article. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a couple of small water stains, just affecting three words of text (although still legible) but not the signature. A rare letter of fine content. About VG John Ford was in Ireland to direct the film The Quiet Man (1952) starring John Wayne and Maureen O`Hara. In the letter he refers to Barry Fitzgerald (Michaleen Oge Flynn), Eileen Crowe (Mrs. Elizabeth Playfair) and Arthur Shields (Reverend Cyril Playfair). The Quiet Man was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two, including a Best Director Oscar for John Ford.

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 206

WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. D.S., John Wayne, one page, 4to, Los Angeles, California, 21st January 1963. The confidential printed document is issued by the Directors Guild of America Inc. and states, in part, `Membership dues are computed at 1% of gross earnings....with minimum dues of $100 and maximum of $1000 annually. If your income exceeds $100,000 you need not report actual figures but may list MAXIMUM if you wish to do so.` Wayne confirms his gross earnings for 1962 as $100,000 and also estimates his earnings for 1963 to be None. Some light creasing and a few small tears to the edges and some small areas of paper loss to the upper edge, not affecting the text or signature. G

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Lot 211

SEARCHERS THE: Small collection of 12mo printed biographies, evidently clipped from a Film Annual, individually signed by four of the stars of the 1956 Western The Searchers, comprising John Wayne (Ethan Edwards), Natalie Wood (Debbie Edwards), Ward Bond (Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton) and Jeffrey Hunter (Martin Pawley). All have signed their names alone in bold blue ink across their printed biographies, two of which also feature small portraits. Some small tears and light age wear, FR to about G, 4

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 217

WAYNE JOHN: (1907-1979) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Wayne in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, `To Jay, John Wayne`. Some very light, extremely minor smudging to the signature. Some light wrinkling to the image, caused by previous mounting, and a small brown stain to the lower white border. About VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 223

EASTWOOD CLINT: (1930- ) American Actor & Film Director, Academy Award winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph of Eastwood in a head and shoulders pose alongside Rene Russo. The two are seen in costume as Frank Horrigan and Lilly Raines in a scene from the film In the Line of Fire. Signed by Eastwood in blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the image and also signed by Russo in black ink to a clear area of the image. Together with a signed 8 x 10 photograph of Eastwood standing in a three quarter length pose alongside Ingrid Pitt in a scene from Where Eagles Dare. Signed by both Eastwood and Pitt with their names alone in black ink, largely across clear areas of the image. VG to EX, 2

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Lot 225

DE NIRO ROBERT: (1943- ) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the actor in a head and shoulders pose holding a cigar in one hand. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone across a clear area of the image. Together with Al Pacino (1940- ) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Pacino in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue ink across a light area of the image with a typically hurried signature. VG to EX, 2

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 308

CINEMA: Small selection comprising individual signed cards by Bob Hope and Clayton Moore, individually matted beneath photographs and framed and glazed; Tony Curtis signed colour 19 x 27 poster for the first European exhibition of his art at the Catto Gallery, London, 17th March-10th April 1994, signed by Curtis with his name alone at the base. Signature slightly faded. Framed and glazed in a plain dark blue frame to an overall size of 20 x 28; Steven Seagal signed colour 27 x 40 one sheet poster for the action film Marked for Death (1990), signed in black ink to a light area. Framed and glazed in a silver colour frame to an overall size of 29.5 x 43.5. Generally VG, 4

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 311

KERN JEROME: (1885-1945) American Composer. Attractive A.M.Q.S., Jerome Kern, on a 12mo card, n.p., November 1931. In bold, dark fountain pen ink the composer has penned three bars of music which he identifies as being from The Cat and the Fiddle. Boldly signed and dated immediately beneath the quotation. Some very light, minor overall age toning, otherwise VG The original Broadway production of The Cat and the Fiddle opened at the Globe Theatre on 15th October 1931, just one month before Kern penned the quotation. The musical, with lyrics by Otto Harbach, features the song She Didn`t Say Yes.

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Lot 318

BAKER JOSEPHINE: (1906-1975) African-American Dancer. Signed 4 x 5.5 magazine photograph of Baker, in later years, in a half length pose performing before a microphone. Signed in bold black ink across a light area of the image, `Friendly regards from Josephine Baker` and dated 1965 in her hand. Neatly laid down to a slightly larger white card. About VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 319

COLE NAT KING: (1919-1965) American Jazz Singer & Pianist. Vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 5 photograph, an engaging study of the musician seated at his piano, with the two members of his trio standing either side, with their guitar and double bass. Signed by Cole in blue ink across a light area of the image, `To Monica, Best wishes always, King Cole Trio, Nat King Cole`. VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 320

MILLER GLENN: (1904-1944) American Jazz Musician and Bandleader. Vintage signed 7 x 5 photograph depicting Miller standing in a full length pose playing his trombone. He stands alongside Marion Hutton and another singer as they perform together on a stage before Miller`s orchestra. Signed by the bandleader with his name alone in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area at the head of the image. About EX

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Lot 322

BECHET SIDNEY: (1897-1959) American Jazz Saxophonist. A.L.S., Side, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to his wife (`Dear Baby`). Bechet urges his wife not to sell their car, explaining that they will have money soon, and adding `I hope that you are getting the money that I am sending you every week. $100. So don`t worry.` Bechet further refers to mutual friends and concludes `Well baby, write me soon.` Scarce. Some light overall foxing, about VG

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 326

PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American Rock `n` Roll Singer. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph, an unusual image of the singer standing in a half length pose wearing a US Army jacket. Presley is engaged in conversation with Harry Wick as they discuss a newspaper. The original photograph, issued by Fort Chaffee, bears a printed caption to the verso, in part, `First Lieutenant Harry K. Wick, Commanding Officer of Company B, U.S.A. Personnel Center, Fort Chaffee, chats with Pvt. Elvis A. Presley, newly-inducted Rock and Roll singer`. Signed and inscribed by Presley to Wick, `To Lieut. Wick from Elvis Presley`, in fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image. Extensive light overall surface and corner creasing and a few small tears to the edges, FR

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 330

[ROLLING STONES THE]: A scarce original unsigned colour 25 x 12 slick for the British 1968 Beggar`s Banquet album cover, designed by Mick Jagger and with a graffiti theme. This design was not accepted by the band`s record label, Decca, and after a two month period of wrangling between the Rolling Stones and the record company, the band conceded ground and the album was released with it`s more familiar invitation design. This original slick was previously the property of the music critic Ralph Gleason. Accompanied by a letter of provenance and copies of letters to Gleason. Some light folds and minor creasing and age wear to the edges. About VG

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Lot 333

ORBISON ROY: (1936-1988) American Singer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Orbison seated in a half length pose wearing a pair of spectacles. Signed with his name alone in bold black ink to a light area of the background. Together with a selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller etc., some vintage, by various other pop singers and musicians, bandleaders etc., including Sting, Bill Wyman, Xavier Cugat, Percy Faith, Guy Lomardo, Mitch Miller etc. Generally VG, 10

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Lot 345

ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American Jazz Trumpeter. Ink signature (`Louis Armstrong`) on a page removed from an autograph album, matted in white beneath a photograph of Satchmo playing his trumpet. Framed and glazed in a plain black wooden frame to an overall size of 12 x 18.5. Together with Chuck Berry (1926- ) American Rock `n` Roll Guitarist and Singer. Signed colour 17.5 x 23.5 poster issued for Berry`s 75th Birthday celebration at The Pageant in the Loop, 18th October 2001, featuring a full length image of Berry playing his guitar. Signed in bold black ink to a light area at the centre of the image. Professionally matted in black and white and framed and glazed in a silver and black colour frame to an overall size of 26 x 32. Also including an unsigned presentation CD of Coldplay`s album Parachutes (2000) mounted alongside an engraved plaque, presented to Tower in recognition of more than 300,000 copies of the album being sold in the United Kingdom. Attractively framed and glazed in a silver coloured frame to an overall size of 15 x 16.5. VG to EX, 3

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Lot 346

EAGLES THE: An album record sleeve for On The Border individually signed by five members of the American rock band, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and Don Felder. Each have signed the colour cover to clear areas with their names alone in bold black ink. Record still present. Matted in black and framed and glazed in a plain black wooden frame (some slight age wear) to an overall size of 21 x 17.5. Some very light, extremely minor staining and scuffing to the edges, about VG

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Lot 349

WREN CHRISTOPHER: (1632-1723) English Architect. D.S., Chr. Wren, one page, small folio, n.p. (London?), 24th October 1693. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a bill of payment for the sum of £50, being six months interest on monies advanced by `An Act for Granting to Their Majesties, a Subsidy of Tonnage and Poundage, and other Sums of Money payable upon Merchandizes Exported and Imported`. Boldly signed by Wren in the right margin. Rare. Some light age wear and minor staining to the horizontal central fold, not affecting Wren`s signature. An attractive signed document. About VG The document most probably relates to the expenditure on Wren`s work on the façade of Hampton Court Palace, 1689-94.

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Lot 355

UTRILLO MAURICE: (1883-1955) French Painter. Bold blue fountain pen ink signature (`Maurice Utrillo V.`) and inscription, in French, to a clear area at the head of a picture postcard of Montmartre, Paris. Utrillo has again signed his name in blue fountain pen ink to the verso, adding several additional lines of text in his hand, in French, `Garland of pretty flowers, Golden yellow butterflies, Pink ribbon on the back.`Some very light, minor age wear, about VG Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre who was actually born there.

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Lot 356

PICASSO PABLO: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter, a co-founder of the Cubist movement. Bold blue fountain pen ink signature (`Picasso`) on the verso of a picture postcard showing the port at Golfe-Juan. Picasso`s signature appears beneath that of his son Paulo Picasso, who has added a brief greeting (`Amities de Golfe-Juan`) in his hand, as well as the place and date, Golfe-Juan, 15th August 1946. Paulo has also addressed the postcard in his hand to Monsieur et Madame Gustave Sassier in Paris. Some light age wear, about VG Paulo Picasso (1921-1975) was the artist`s first child by his first wife Olga Khokhlova. Paulo was a dissolute motorcycle racer and chauffeur to his father. Picasso added his signature to his son`s greeting exactly nine months to the day before his second son, Claude, was born on 15th May 1947. Claude`s mother, Francoise Gilot, the lover and artistic muse of Picasso from 1944-53, had accompanied the artist to Golfe-Juan in August 1946 when she recounted that Picasso passed the mornings `basking like a lizard in the sun on the sand`.

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Lot 358

DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. Blue ink signature (`Dali`) to the blank verso of a printed 4to brochure promoting gift certificates from Rizzoli, the bookstore and gallery on Fifth Avenue in New York. The cover features a colour reproduction of the artist`s work Tobias and Sarah. Some very light, extremely minor age wear including a couple of small splits at the edges of the central vertical fold. About VG

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Lot 369

MOORE HENRY: (1898-1986) English Sculptor and Artist. Signed colour 6 x 4 postcard showing Moore`s Reclining Figure, signed by the sculptor with his name alone in black ink to a light area of the background. Together with a second signed 6 x 4 postcard of Moore`s Standing Figure, signed by the sculptor with his name alone in black ink to a light area at the base of the image. VG, 2

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Lot 370

HOCKNEY DAVID: (1937- ) British Artist. Signed colour 6 x 4 postcard, being a reproduction of the artist`s oil painting entitled We 2 Boys Together Clinging (1961). Signed by Hockney with his name alone in black ink across a light area at the base of the image. VG

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Lot 383

BROWNE TOM: (1870-1910) British Cartoonist. Original pen and ink drawing signed, Tom Browne, on a 12mo card, n.p., n.d. Browne has drawn a sketch of a happy looking young man in a head and shoulders pose smoking a cigar. Together with a card bearing a bold fountain pen ink signature and greeting by Browne, `Best wishes for the New Year 1906, Yours sincerely, Tom Browne`. Also including a vintage signed postcard photograph depicting Browne seated in a full length pose in his studio. The artist holds a pen in one hand as he works on a drawing. Signed in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. G to VG, 3

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Lot 386

LOW DAVID: (1891-1963) New Zealand-born British Cartoonist. Vintage signed 7 x 9 photograph, a good image of Low standing in a three quarter length pose, holding a pen in one hand. Signed (`David Low`) in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Rare in this form. Together with Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986) English Cartoonist. Scarce signed 6 x 7 photograph of Lancaster standing in a three quarter length pose smoking a cigarette. A couple of his framed works appear on the wall in the immediate background. Signed with his name alone in black ink to a light area of the image. Also including Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956) Dutch Cartoonist. Vintage signed 6.5 x 9.5 magazine photograph of Raemaekers in a pensive half length pose. Signed in fountain pen ink across a dark area at the base of the image and dated Brussels, October 1927 in his hand. Generally VG, 3

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Lot 402

STERRETT CLIFF: (1883-1964) American Cartoonist, creator of Polly and Her Pals. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Sterrett seated in a three quarter length pose. The image features a small inset cartoon panel featuring Polly. Signed, with his artist`s signature, in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image, `with kindest regards to Edgar A. Moss from Cliff Sterrett`. Some very slight surface creasing, about VG

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Lot 404

FISHER BUD: (1885-1954) American Cartoonist, creator of Mutt and Jeff, the first successful American daily comic strip. Vintage signed and inscribed 5.5 x 7 photograph of Fisher seated in a three quarter length pose, working on a cartoon strip on the table before him. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image, `To Edgar A. Moss, with best wishes, Bud Fisher`. VG

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Lot 405

SCHULZ CHARLES M.: (1922-2000) American Cartoonist, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 9.5 photograph of Schulz in a smiling half length pose. A painting of two young children hangs on the wall immediately behind him. Signed in blue ink across a light area of the image. Signed photographs of Schulz from this period are scarce. One corner crease, otherwise VG

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Lot 410

MAD: Small selection relating to various contributors to the American humour magazine Mad, initially launched as a comic book, comprising Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) American Cartoonist and founding editor of Mad. Signed and inscribed colour 5 x 7 photograph of Kurtzman standing in a half length pose before one of his own cartoons. The artist has drawn a speech bubble with the words Phew! Who drew that!? and signed his name (in typical fashion H. Kurtz with an additional stick figure of a man) in black ink to a light area at the base of the image; Will Elder (1921-2008) American Illustrator and comic book artist. Illustrated A.L.S., Will Elder, one page, 8vo, Englewood, New Jersey, 25th October 1980, to Lois Burch, in full `Your poem was an egos delight, it obliged me this to write, at your behest and my behalf, the subject I love best-my autograph!` At the base of the letter Elder has drawn a colour head and shoulders sketch of Annie Fanny; Jerry DeFuccio (1925-2001) American comic book writer. T.L.S., Jerry, one page, 4to, Madison Avenue, New York, 14th February 1968, to Jim, on the colour printed stationery of Mad. DeFuccio writes to his friend, commenting on his own collection of original comic artwork and the recent additions he has made, but also commenting on work for the magazine, `We`ve had a big shot in the arm recently with artist/writer Jack Kent breaking into the ranks with very charming material. You`ll see his "Sex Education In the Schools" in a forthcoming issue. Bob Molyneux sent Kent to us. Actually, Kent had hit us with some submissions ten years ago, about the time of the demise of his "King Aroo" strip, and went away discouraged. All the stuff in the covers-ideas folder is very flat. We`ve picked through it time and again. We had to key our next cover on the "Balmy & Clod" (Bonnie & Clyde) parody inside the issue.` VG, 3

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Lot 419

HANNA BILL (1910-2001) American Animator & BARBERA JOE (1911-2006) American Animator. A slim 4to colour printed cartoon strip entitled Quick Draw McGraw in Buried, neatly removed from a comic book, signed by both Hanna (who adds an inscription) and Barbera to a clear area at the head of the page. Together with a signed 8 x 10 photograph of Barbera in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink to a light area of the image with his name alone. Also including a card signed in bold blue ink by Gene Hazelton, creator of a Flintstones and Yogi Bear comic strip. One corner crease to the photograph, G to VG, 3

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Lot 423

TENNYSON ALFRED: (1809-1892) English Poet Laureate. D.S., A Tennyson, being a signed cheque, one page, oblong 8vo, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 14th May 1860. The cheque, unusually completed entirely in the poet`s hand, is drawn on Olding Sharpe & Co. and made payable to Alfred Howe for the sum of £50. With one penny revenue stamp affixed in the upper right corner. The cheque bears a light ink stroke cancellation through the signature. With an autograph note, unsigned, in the hand of Emily, to the verso, `Thank you for the blinds. I have no doubt they will soon arrive...` Some very light, minor age wear, about VG

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Lot 426

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A.L.S., Charles Dickens, (with paraph), one page, 8vo, Gad`s Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, 29th May 1866, to Robert Melrose. Dickens thanks his correspondent for their obliging letter and accompanying little book, explaining that he should have written before (`Do me the justice to believe that I should have done so sooner…`) but has only just returned home. With blank integral leaf. Some light overall age wear and minor staining, just affecting two words of text but not the signature. About G Robert Melrose (?1828-1898) Scottish Labourer, employed by the Hudson`s Bay Co. on Vancouver Island. The book to which Dickens refers is one which Melrose published himself entitled Diary of Robert Melrose, Royal Emigrant`s Almanack concerning Five Years Servitude under the Hudson`s Bay Company on Vancouver Island.

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Lot 430

HARDY THOMAS: (1840-1928) English Novelist. Book signed, being a hardback edition of Tess of the D`Urbervilles-A Pure Woman, Volumes I and II only, being part of the Mellstock Edition of the Works of Thomas Hardy (originally 37 volumes), printed by R & R Clark of Edinburgh and published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1919. Signed in bold black ink by Hardy with his name alone to the limitations page. One of 500 copies, featuring a portrait frontispiece of Hardy by William Strang (tissue guarded) and bound in the publisher`s blue cloth with gilt decorations to spine and gilt medallion to cover, the untrimmed paper bearing a watermark of Hardy`s initials. Featuring a folding map at the conclusion of the second volume. Some overall age wear, staining and light foxing, about G

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International Autograph Auctions Ltd.
Lot 433

WELLS H. G.: (1866-1946) English Writer of Science Fiction novels. Brief A.L.S., H. G. Wells, on one side of a correspondence card, Easton Glebe, Dunmow, n.d., to McKenna, politely declining an engagement and asking for his regrets and homage to be conveyed. Together with P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) English Writer, creator of Jeeves and Wooster. T.L.S., P. G. Wodehouse, one page, 8vo, n.p. (Remsenburg, New York), 29th November 1971, to Julian Peabody. Wodehouse thanks his correspondent for their letter and birthday greetings and continues `It is so nice to know that one`s readers are wishing one well. I am working on another book and hope you like it, if it comes your way.` The letter is pasted to the front free endpaper of a hardback edition of Jeeves & The Tie That Binds, First Edition published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1971, being a 90th Birthday Celebration. The original envelope is laid down to the pastedown. Extensive light staining to the letter, caused by glue to the verso, slightly affecting the text and signature. FR to VG, 2

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Lot 441

BECKETT SAMUEL: (1906-1989) Irish Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1969. A.L.S., S Beckett, on one side of his personal printed correspondence card, Paris, 25th September 1983 (?), to a gentleman, in French. Beckett thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks `It is better that I do not attend your rehearsals` and continues to explain, `Regrettably, I know that I tend to react badly and would be a nuisance to everyone. Please forgive me.` In concluding he sends his greetings and best wishes for success, adding `work well`. Some very light age wear, about VG

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Lot 444

GOLDING WILLIAM: (1911-1993) British Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1983. Book signed, a hardback edition of Lord of the Flies, published by Coward McCann Inc., New York, Eleventh Impression of the 1962 edition, 28th March 1967. With an introduction by E. M. Forster. Signed by Golding in black ink to the half title page and dated 12th November 1967 in his hand. Cream cloth with black and red lettering to spine. Accompanied by the dustjacket (some chipping at the edges and light discoloration) with a colour design by George Salter. About VG

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Lot 455

STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish Novelist of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. D.S., Robert Louis Stevenson, being a signed cheque, Bournemouth, 20th June 1887. The partially printed cheque is drawn on The Wilts & Dorset Banking Company and made payable to John Cruikshank for the sum of £5. The cheque, as standard for the period, is cancelled by a single pen stroke which only slightly affects the signature. Rare. Some very light, minor creasing, otherwise VG

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Lot 461

MILNE A.A.: (1882-1956) English Author of Children`s Literature, creator of Winnie the Pooh. A.L.S., A. A. Milne, two pages, 8vo, Mallord Street, Chelsea, 25th September 1919, to `Dear Mr. Herbert` (A. P. Herbert, 1890-1971, British Humorist, Novelist and M.P.) Milne states the he suggested Herbert`s name to the editor of The Outlook and provides his correspondent with the address to arrange a meeting, commenting `Anyway, if your difficulty at present is to find editors rather than ideas, you might try him with a contribution, prose or verse`. Milne continues `My wife and I are great admirers of you in Punch, and when she becomes too admiring I remind her that it was I who first discovered you when you were still at school. She cannot believe that I am as old as that`. Some creasing and light age wear. A letter of interesting association and content. G

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Lot 462

MILNE CHRISTOPHER: (1920-1996) Son of author A. A. Milne, the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father`s Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard, the image being a reproduction of an artist`s illustration depicting Christopher Robin on a swing, with Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet beneath him. Signed by Milne in blue ink across a light area and dated 1st May 1994 in his hand. Scarce. EX

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Lot 471

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A fine vintage signed sepia 5 x 7 photograph, the image depicting the dark bearded Shaw standing in a three quarter length pose. Signed in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount, with an amusing observation in his hand, `Heavens! Did I ever look like this? G. Bernard Shaw` and dated 7th December 1922 in his hand. A rare and appealing signed photograph. A very narrow, light, minor band of discoloration appears around the edge of the mount. About VG

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Lot 472

LAWRENCE D.H.: (1885-1930) English Writer. A good signed 1.75 x 3 photo by Lawrence showing the moustached writer in a head and shoulders pose wearing a dark suit and waistcoat and pale tie. Photograph by Walter Baker & Co of Derby Road, Nottingham. Signed (`Yrs. Sincerely, D.H. Lawrence`) in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Some light overall age wear. Extremely rare in this form. About G

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Lot 487

CHESTERTON G. K.: (1874-1936) English Writer. A.Q.S., G K Chesterton, one page, folio, n.p., n.d. In bold, dark fountain pen ink, Chesterton pens a quotation from Napoleon Bonaparte, ‘All European Wars are Civil Wars’. Together with Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) English Novelist. Autograph statement signed, Arnold Bennett, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n.d. Bennett writes, in full, ‘Peace is a natural state of man. War is not. The first principle of the universe not only should be, but is, harmony.’ Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG to EX, 2 Chesterton and Bennett prepared the statements for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.

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Lot 491

LEONCAVALLO RUGGERO: (1857-1919) Italian Composer. An excellent signed and inscribed sepia cabinet photograph depicting the composer standing in a three quarter length pose. Photograph by Atelier Langhans of Marienbad. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image, with an inscription in German and French, `A mein liber Freund Heinrich Grunfeld, Souvenir de bonne et loyale amitie, R. Leoncavallo` Dated in the composer`s hand Marienbad, 17th July 1894. To a light area of the background at the right of the image Leoncavallo has boldly penned a musical quotation of two bars which he identifies as being from Bajazzo (the German name of Pagliacci, the quotation being for cello from Pagliacci`s aria Vesta la Giubba, sung by Canio at the close of the first act). A fine signed portrait, enhanced with a musical quotation from the composer`s most famous opera, and with an interesting association. Very slightly, neatly trimmed to the edges, just affecting the photographer`s mount and not the image or signature, otherwise VG Heinrich Grunfeld (1855-1931) Bohemian-Austrian Violoncellist, appointed court violoncellist to King William of Prussia in 1866.

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Lot 495

[ELGAR EDWARD]: (1857-1934) English Composer. ELGAR CAROLINE ALICE (1848-1920) English Author, wife of Edward Elgar. Series of 32 A.Ls.S., C. A. Elgar, and a couple signed with initials C. A. E., also including a few unsigned notes or incomplete letters, seventy five pages (total), 4to and 8vo, Brinkwells, Fittleworth, Sussex, May-December 1918, to Mrs. Wright, the Elgar`s housekeeper at Severn House in Hampstead. Elgar writes to her housekeeper regarding various domestic matters, asking for furnaces to be lit and hot water bottles prepared for their return to London, enquiring whether the gardener has attended to the grapes, advising her of a delivery of wood and giving instructions on where it is to be stored, also congratulating her and her husband on the birth of their child, and in some letters also makes reference to her husband, in part, `Could you find some stockings of Sir Edward`s & post them to me. I think there are 2 or 3 pairs, & he wears them so much here, I did not bring enough...` (undated note, unsigned), `The police want a list of missing things-I had no time to examine suits in Sir E`s wardrobe. Would it be giving you or Mr. Wright too much trouble to send me a list of coats & trousers &c wh. are on the shelves. Then I cd. say what is gone....I left the room as I found it in case a detective shd. want to see it` (undated note, unsigned), `Sir Edward wants to have the piano now in the drawing room sent down here` (n.d.), `I am glad to say the piano arrived all safely this morning & the men managed to get it across the garden into the studio & Sir Edward has been playing some lovely things already.` (n.d.), `Sir Edward much wants some more music paper as soon as possible. Would you kindly get it for him from Severn House & post it....The paper is on the seat at the end of the billiard room...Sir E. wd. like about 30 sheets...` (8th December 1918). Some light age wear, generally G, 32 Edward Elgar worked on his Quintet in A minor for Piano and String Quartet Op.84, and two other major pieces of chamber music during the summer of 1918 while staying at Fittleworth. The composer`s biographer, W. H. Reed, considered that all three were `influenced by the quiet and peaceful surroundings during that wonderful summer.`

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Lot 497

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH: (1872-1958) English Composer. T.L.S., R Vaughan Williams, one page, 8vo, Dorking, Surrey, 18th October 1950, to Ernest Irving, (`Dear Irving & Tom Cobley & all`). The brief form letter thanks Irving for his kind greetings and continues `I think it is wonderful that you should take the trouble to remember my birthday.` Some tears and light creasing at the edges, not affecting the text or signature. Together with a printed invitation card issued to Ernest Irving and Una Bart, inviting them to celebrate Vaughan Williams` birthday at the Martineau Hall, Dorking, on 11th October 1952 following a concert. FR Ernest Irving (1878-1953) English Composer and Conductor, remembered for his film scores which included Whisky Galore! and Turned Out Nice Again. Vaughan Williams dedicated his Sinfonia Antarctica to Irving.

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BERNSTEIN LEONARD: (1918-1990) American Composer and Conductor. Signed and inscribed 5 x 7 photograph of Bernstein in a profile head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink to the white background and dated 1979 in his hand. Together with Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) American Composer. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Thomson, reclining on his bed as he works on a manuscript. Signed in black ink to a light area at the head of the image. VG, 2

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