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LONGFELLOW HENRY W.: (1807-1882) American Poet. A.Q.S., Henry W. Longfellow, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., July 1855. Longfello

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LONGFELLOW HENRY W.: (1807-1882) American Poet. A.Q.S., Henry W. Longfellow, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., July 1855. Longfellow pens his brief poem Excelsior (1841) in full, `The shades of night were falling fast/ As through an Alpine village passed/ A youth, who bore, `mid snow and ice/ A banner with the strange device/ Excelsior!` Signed and dated at the conclusion by Longfellow. To the lower edge a slim piece has been neatly affixed bearing the holograph text `With Mr. Longfellow`s compliments`. Some very light overall foxing, about VG

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THACKERAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: (1811-1863) English Novelist. A.L.S., W. M. Thackeray, in his upright hand, one page, 8vo, Onslo

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Lot 411

THACKERAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: (1811-1863) English Novelist. A.L.S., W. M. Thackeray, in his upright hand, one page, 8vo, Onslow Square, Brompton, 30th March n.y. (annotated 1855 in another hand), to a gentleman, on the blind embossed stationery of The Athenaeum. Thackeray apologises to his correspondent for the delay in writing to him, owing to the multitude of letters he receives, and continues to thank him for his kind offer of hospitality in Birmingham. The novelist adds `I have made an engagement to lecture at Edgbaston on the 25th April-to help an old friend of mine an artist who with his family is now in great distress.` Some light overall age wear, otherwise VG.

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DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. Fine, bold blue fountain pen ink signature and paraph, with two additional wor

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Lot 414

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. Fine, bold blue fountain pen ink signature and paraph, with two additional words in his hand, on a piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter. Beneath his signature Dickens has added his address at Devonshire Terrace, York Gate, Regents Park and the date 3rd December 1841 in his hand. Two light bands of discoloration to the left and right edges, not affecting the signature. Neatly laid down to an 8vo page from a contemporary album. Together with the upper half of an 8vo sheet of headed notepaper signed by H. Rider Haggard and dated 1904 in his hand. About VG, 2

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DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. Blue ink signature and three lines of text in his hand on a piece neatly remov

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Lot 417

DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. Blue ink signature and three lines of text in his hand on a piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter. Dickens writes, in full, `...for me one copy of Little Dorrit, and one copy of Old Curiosity Shop, both cheap editions.` Professionally and attractively matted in ivory with gold coloured edges beneath an oval image of the novelist and framed and glazed in a gold coloured frame to an overall size of 18.5 x 24. A desirable example in which Dickens makes reference to two of his most famous works. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG

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KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. Bold, dark ink signature (`Rudyard Kipl

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Lot 418

KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. Bold, dark ink signature (`Rudyard Kipling`) on a printed 8vo dinner menu from the Shakespeare Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1st September 1932. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG

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LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few signed First Day Covers etc., by various Nobel Prize winners for Literat

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Lot 425

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

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SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Good T.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, thr

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Lot 426

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Good T.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, three pages, 4to, Adelphi Terrace, London, 4th October 1918, to James Holden in New York. Shaw discusses the economic theories behind currency and announces `If you issue currency, whether in paper or coin, against what is called the capital value of land, which is what the Jacobins did in the French Revolution, your currency will depreciate until it is worth just whatever produce of the cultivation of the land may be actually in hand. The French assignants never fell to zero; yet nothing, not even the guillotine, could keep them at even a hundredth of their face value in gold or goods.` and further continues, in part, `There is no such thing as an inconvertible currency; and there never can be, because unless the currency is convertible into goods, nobody will touch it, and therefore it will no longer be current….Currency is a simple matter of not overdrawing your account. Paper notes are as good as gold coin if there are goods at the back of them. The danger of notes is like the danger of cheques: if they are dishonoured you cannot sell them for more than an infinitesimal fraction of their face value. If a gold coin is dishonoured in the sense that there are no goods to exchange it for, you can at least use it as metal or hold it over with the certainty that the moment there are goods in the market you will be able to exchange it for them. Thus, you see, currency based on land values is a delusion; but currency based on the produce of land is a sound proposal: in fact, all sound currencies are at root of this kind…..You can rob Peter to pay Paul; but if you rob Peter and Paul simultaneously, Paul will not get his money. Even at the present time, the British Government, trying to realise the capital value of land to a very trifling extent by death duties, finds it necessary to allow the payment to be spread over several years….In short, all the dealings are in income and not in capital values; and any scheme of currency which assumes that capital values have any present existence is bound to collapse disastrously. You will probably have currency cranks in America presently proposing to issue paper money against the Liberty Loan, and demonstrating that by doing this the war can be made to cost nothing. One American has actually written a book to advocate this "Great Plan", as he calls it. He might as well propose to feed the American nation on the fragments of the exploded shells that the Liberty Loans pay for.` A few holograph corrections. A letter of fine content. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG

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DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French Writer of The Three Musketeers, 1844. A.L.S., A Dumas, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., t

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Lot 428

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Pere (1802-1870) French Writer of The Three Musketeers, 1844. A.L.S., A Dumas, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Parfait, in French. Dumas announces `You should know that, as we leave, surrounded by fog, I love and embrace you.` and continues to ask his correspondent, `Would you be good enough to address to Messrs Cassels in London everything you have that has been published from the "Companions of Jehu"- they will translate it into English.` In concluding he states that he will leave for Guernsey the day after tomorrow and `shall give Hugo your love`. With blank integral leaf. Some very light foxing, otherwise VG

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ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, on one side of his printed visiting card, Rue de Bruxelles, n.d.,

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Lot 430

ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, on one side of his printed visiting card, Rue de Bruxelles, n.d., to a friend, in French. Zola states that he will accept his friend`s invitation and has convinced his wife to come, adding that they shall meet him at the theatre. Some very light age wear, about VG

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MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Blue ink signature (`A. A. Milne`), in later years, on a

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Lot 446

MILNE A. A.: (1882-1956) English Author, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Blue ink signature (`A. A. Milne`), in later years, on a white 12mo card. Some very light age wear, about VG

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TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English Writer, author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. T.L.S

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Lot 450

TOLKIEN J. R. R.: (1892-1973) English Writer, author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. T.L.S., J. R. R. Tolkien, one page, 8vo, Headington, Oxford, n.d., to Mrs. Wilding. Tolkien states that he was happy to read his correspondents letter concerning the habits of her local Postmaster and adds that he `would be most interested to learn of future developments`. Some very light staining and age wear, G

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BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) British Children`s Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, on the verso of a colour picture postcard featuring

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Lot 455

BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) British Children`s Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, on the verso of a colour picture postcard featuring an illustration of the Six Cousins, n.p. (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), n.d. (1st May 1954), to Gillian Stacey. Blyton thanks her correspondent for their beautifully written letter and generous gift to the little blind children, adding `It is very kind of your club to send this....You must have had a good little jumble sale!` Blyton also remarks that her correspondent`s club sounds exciting and informs her that she has just finished writing a twelfth book. Some extensive, although light, staining and creasing, affecting the majority of the text and signature, all of which however remain completely legible. Only FR

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LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards etc., by various writers, novelists, playwrights etc., including Alan Ayckbourn

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Lot 458

LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards etc., by various writers, novelists, playwrights etc., including Alan Ayckbourn, Rebecca West, Friedrich Durrenmatt, John Osborne, Christopher Isherwood, Lillian Hellman, Allen Ginsberg, Alan Paton, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Jonathan Miller, Barbara Cartland, Terence Rattigan, Tom Stoppard, Stephen Spender, Zane Grey etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 73

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LITERATURE: Selection of signed cards, pieces etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including Leslie McFa

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Lot 459

LITERATURE: Selection of signed cards, pieces etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including Leslie McFarlane (Franklin W. Dixon), William Peter Blatty, Ken Kesey, Hugh Walpole, Mario Puzo, Garson Kanin, P. L. Travers, Israel Zangwill, John Le Carre, Robert Bolt, Robert Sherwood, Tom Keneally, Joseph Stein, Dick Francis, Thornton Wilder, William Saroyan etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 74

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LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including James Thurb

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Lot 460

LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including James Thurber, Georges Simenon, Booth Tarkington, Elmer Rice, James Herriot, Kingsley Amis, Sidney Sheldon, Anita Loos, Harold Robbins, Herman Wouk, Ira Levin, James Hilton, Erich Segal, Enid Bagnold, Mary McCarthy, Jacqueline Susann, Neil Simon, Desmond Morris, John Fowles, James Baldwin etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 73

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LITERATURE: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including Vicki Baum, Nic

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Lot 461

LITERATURE: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including Vicki Baum, Nicholas Monsarrat, C. P. Snow, Compton Mackenzie, Christopher Fry, Emlyn Williams, Paddy Chayefsky, Carl Sandburg (A.N.S. in pencil), Alfred Noyes, Ogden Nash, Rumer Godden, Desmond Morris, Philip Roth, Betty Smith, Malcolm Muggeridge, Hugh Trevor-Roper etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 41

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LITERATURE: Selection of signed newspaper and magazine photographs etc. by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., i

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Lot 462

LITERATURE: Selection of signed newspaper and magazine photographs etc. by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., including Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, William S. Burroughs, Rod Serling, Peter Benchley, Irving Wallace, Emily Post, Carl Sagan, John Fowles, Arthur Schlesinger, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Mary McCarthy, Arthur C. Clarke, Joseph Stein, Enid Bagnold, Barbara Cartland, J. B. Priestley, Joy Adamson, Joseph Heller etc. Some age wear and light creasing or folds, generally G, 48

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LITERATURE: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few signed cards etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights including E

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Lot 463

LITERATURE: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few signed cards etc., by various writers, novelists and playwrights including Erskine Caldwell, Paul Gallico, Compton Mackenzie, A. P. Herbert, A. J. Cronin, Arthur Hailey, J. B. Priestley, Mary McCarthy, Garson Kanin, Alan Ayckbourn, Harold Nicolson, John Updike, Edward Albee etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 47

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LISZT FRANZ: (1811-1886) Austrian-Hungarian Composer. Rare Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed, F. Liszt, one page, oblong 8v

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Lot 468

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

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GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian Composer. Fine A.M.Q.S., Edvard Grieg, one page, oblong 8vo, Geneva, 18th March 1894. The

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GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian Composer. Fine A.M.Q.S., Edvard Grieg, one page, oblong 8vo, Geneva, 18th March 1894. The composer has attractively penned four bars of music, with lyrics, which he identifies as being from An das Vaterland. Signed and dated beneath the quotation. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG. An das Vaterland was also published as Til Norge (Op.58, No.2).

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GIORDANO UMBERTO: (1867-1948) Italian Composer. A manuscript of Giordano`s version of Bone Pastor (Good Shepherd), in a neat,

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

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PADEREWSKI I. J.: (1860-1941) Polish Pianist & Composer, Prime Minister of Poland, 1919. Vintage signed and inscribed 8.5

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PADEREWSKI I. J.: (1860-1941) Polish Pianist & Composer, Prime Minister of Poland, 1919. Vintage signed and inscribed 8.5 x 11 photograph of Paderewski in a head and shoulders pose. Typically neatly signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image and dated 1st December 1931 in his hand. Some light, minor discoloration to the extreme edges of the image, otherwise VG

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pieces, cards, magazine and newspaper photographs of various sizes etc., by various clas

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Lot 496

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pieces, cards, magazine and newspaper photographs of various sizes etc., by various classical musicians and conductors including Istvan Kertesz, Zubin Mehta, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Serge Koussevitzky, Eugene Ormandy, Arthur Fiedler, Eugen Jochum, Ernst Ansermet, Serge Jaroff, Leopold Stokowski, Walter Damrosch, Rafael Kubelik, Charles Mackerras, Leo Blech, Claudio Abbado, Sarah Caldwell etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 47

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some letters, signed programme pages etc., by various composers and music

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Lot 498

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some letters, signed programme pages etc., by various composers and musicians etc., including Gustave Charpentier, Ambroise Thomas, Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Richard Addinsell, Marcel Grandjany, Ferde Grofe, Frederic Lamond, Lorin Maazel, Morton Gould, Leroy Anderson, Virgil Thomson, Arthur Bliss, Deems Taylor, Walter Piston, Luigi Dallapiccola, Pierre Boulez, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Aaron Copland etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 52

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pages removed from concert programmes (some complete) by various conductors and some cla

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Lot 499

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pages removed from concert programmes (some complete) by various conductors and some classical musicians etc., including Adrian Boult, Georg Solti, Arthur Fiedler, Carlos Kleiber, Riccardo Muti, Pierre Monteux, Bernard Haitink, Colin Davis, Rafael Kubelik, Antal Dorati, Seiji Ozawa, Malcolm Sargent, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hermann Scherchen, John Barbirolli, Zubin Mehta, Victor de Sabata, Josef Krips, Erich Leinsdorf, Lorin Maazel, Eugen Mravinsky etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 67

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pages removed from concert programmes (some complete), a few signed cards etc., by vario

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Lot 500

CLASSICAL MUSIC: Selection of signed pages removed from concert programmes (some complete), a few signed cards etc., by various composers and instrumentalists including Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, Hephzibah Menuhin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Paul Tortelier, Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern, Cecile Ousset, Nicolai Gedda, Andre Tchaikowsky, Luciano Berio, Ernst Krenek, Michael Tippett, Ron Goodwin, Manos Hadjidakis etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 85

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LIND JENNY: (1820-1887) Swedish Opera Singer, known as the Swedish Nightingale. A.L.S., Jenny Goldschmidt, four pages, 8vo, H

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Lot 502

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

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Lot 508

OPERA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some signed pages removed from programmes etc., by various opera singers including Jan Peerce, Frieda Hempel, Richard Tucker, Zinka Milanov, Set Svanholm, Leonard Warren, Helen Traubel, Jennie Tourel, Rose Bampton, Lily Pons, Lucrezia Bori, Boris Christoff, Marjorie Lawrence, Jon Vickers, Guilietta Simionato, Regine Crespin, Joan Sutherland etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 58

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OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s etc., by various female opera singers inclu

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Lot 509

OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s etc., by various female opera singers including Bidu Sayao, Sigrid Onegin, Elisabeth Rethberg, Ebe Stignani, Victoria de los Angeles, Magda Olivero, Mirella Freni, Beverly Sills, Martina Arroyo, Leonie Rysanek, Pilar Lorengar, Teresa Zylis-Gara, Christa Ludwig, Janet Baker, Birgit Nilsson, Lisa Della Casa, Maria Jeritza, Toti Dal Monte, Lotte Lehmann etc. Some vintage and many in costume poses. Some light age wear, a few P, generally G, 36

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OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s and signed magazine photographs etc., by va

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Lot 510

OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s and signed magazine photographs etc., by various female opera singers including Renata Scotto, Hildegard Behrens, Anny Konetzni, Mariana Niculescu, Ghena Dimitrova, Heather Harper, Jessye Norman, Florence Quivar, Barbara Daniels, Delia Reinhardt, Kiri te Kanawa, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne, Grace Bumbry etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 32

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OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some signed newspaper and magazine photographs etc., by

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Lot 511

OPERA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some signed newspaper and magazine photographs etc., by various male opera singers including Jose Carreras, Gabriel Bacquier, Spass Wenkoff, Ermanno Mauro, Ruggero Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Vasile Moldoveanu, Alfredo Kraus, Hermann Prey, Placido Domingo etc., Some light age wear, generally G, 26

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OPERA: Selection of signed concert programmes, most complete, and a few signed cards etc., by various opera singers including

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Lot 513

OPERA: Selection of signed concert programmes, most complete, and a few signed cards etc., by various opera singers including Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill, Jon Vickers, Tatiana Troyanos, Birgit Nilsson, Richard Crooks, Leontyne Price, Grace Bumbry, Beverly Sills, Christa Ludwig, Teresa Stratas, Teresa Berganza, Joan Sutherland, Margaret Price etc. Some light age wear, generally G to about VG, 51

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OPERA: Selection of signed concert programmes, some incomplete, by various opera singers including Elly Ameling, Nicolai Gedd

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Lot 514

OPERA: Selection of signed concert programmes, some incomplete, by various opera singers including Elly Ameling, Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Gwyneth Jones, Janet Baker, Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Gilda Cruz-Romo, Maria Ewing, Robert Tear, Hermann Prey, Gundula Janowitz, Jose Carreras, Joan Hammond, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Heather Harper etc. Most multiple signed. Some light age wear, generally G to about VG, 39

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BALLET: Collection of signed 8vo programmes by various ballet dancers including Margot Fonteyn (5), Robert Helpmann, Frederic

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Lot 516

BALLET: Collection of signed 8vo programmes by various ballet dancers including Margot Fonteyn (5), Robert Helpmann, Frederick Ashton, Michael Somes, Nadia Nerina, Alexander Grant, Leonide Massine, Marjorie Tallchief, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Svetlana Beriosova etc. All are signed to the front covers and many are multiple signed. Most of the programmes are for performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1949-50. Some light age wear, G to about VG, 27

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BALLET & DANCE: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few 8 x 10s, magazine and newspaper photo

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Lot 517

BALLET & DANCE: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few 8 x 10s, magazine and newspaper photographs of various sizes etc., by various ballet dancers including Rudolf Nureyev (3), Natalia Makarova, Peter Schaufuss, Anton Dolin, Melissa Hayden, Anthony Dowell, Roland Petit, Andre Eglevsky, Patricia McBride, Valery & Galina Panov etc. Some light age wear, generally G, 35

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EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1913) French Engineer, designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A very fine signed and inscribed sepia cabin

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Lot 522

EIFFEL GUSTAVE: (1832-1913) French Engineer, designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A very fine signed and inscribed sepia cabinet photograph depicting the bearded Eiffel in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Touranchet of Paris. Signed in bold, purple fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image, `A Madame Hardon, homage d`un vieil et sincere ami, G. Eiffel`. Rare in this form. In remarkably clean, crisp condition. EX

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PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. Large signed and inscribed 10.5 x 15 photograph, a formal stu

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PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1963-78. Large signed and inscribed 10.5 x 15 photograph, a formal study of the Pope in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Felici of Rome. Signed (`Paulus P P VI`) in bold fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount beneath a three line calligraphic inscription in another hand, in French, to Hossein Ghods-Nakhai, dated Vatican, 29th December 1966. With blind embossed papal seal alongside signature. Some light overall age wear and slight corner creasing, small tear to right edge, not affecting the inscription or signature, G. Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (1911-1977) Iranian Poet, Politician and Diplomat who served as ambassador to the Holy See.

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NOBEL PRIZE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed First Day Covers etc., by various Nobel Prize winners for Peace and Ec

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Lot 525

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

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NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) British Pioneer of Nursing. Good A.L.S., Florence Nightingale, four pages, 8vo, South Stree

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Lot 526

NIGHTINGALE FLORENCE: (1820-1910) British Pioneer of Nursing. Good A.L.S., Florence Nightingale, four pages, 8vo, South Street, Park Lane, 22nd March 1883, to Trelawny Saunders, in ink. Nightingale states that she has not heard from her correspondent for a long time, remarking `I fear that you have forgotten, as have not I, the profit & pleasure which I hoped to draw from the opportunity I so eagerly seized of your valued acquaintance.` The nurse further writes that, over a year ago, she sent Saunders a map of India `with the Irrigated lands coloured, which I had had prepared by Stanford and which you were so very good as to say that you would revise & correct`, also referring to several other maps of irrigation works and water tanks around Madras and asking that they be returned to her, `as I want them for a paper of mine which is about to be read, almost immediately. And may I earnestly hope that they will be returned with your remarks appended to them?` In concluding Nightingale wishes Saunders `every wish for your success in every branch of your good work for poor India.` A very light, thin horizontal band of discoloration appears to each page, running across part of the text and signature, all of which remain perfectly legible. About VG. From around 1858 until the end of the 19th century Nightingale was concerned with sanitary problems faced by British and Indian soldiers in India and devoted the major portion of her energies, as this letter illustrates, to helping improve the deplorable conditions in that country.

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ROOSEVELT ELEANOR: (1884-1962) American Political Leader, wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt. First Lady of the United States 1933

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Lot 536

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

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OSWALD LEE HARVEY: (1939-1963) American Marine, Assassin of President John F. Kennedy, 22nd November 1963. Extremely rare A.L

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Lot 540

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

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LAUD WILLIAM: (1573-1645) Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-45. Laud was imprisoned in the Tower of London during the English Civ

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Lot 552

LAUD WILLIAM: (1573-1645) Archbishop of Canterbury 1633-45. Laud was imprisoned in the Tower of London during the English Civil War and was beheaded on Tower Hill. Rare L.S., Guil: Londin, as Bishop of London, one page, folio, Whitehall, 12th October 1632. The manuscript letter is issued by the Privy Council and addressed to Sir Roger Townsend, Sir Augustine Palgrave and Sir Robert Kempe, Justices of the Peace in Norfolk, and reads, in part, `Whereas upon Informacion formerly given….by Thomas Gostwyck, Customer of the Port of Clay….of divers scandalous Speeches lately uttered by one Roger Utber of the said Towne, as well as against the Honnor and dignitie of this Board, as of his Maiesties high Court of Starcha[mber] the said Utber was bound over to appeare and Answere the same on the 25th of this present month; ffor as much as wee are likewise informed that for the beter proofe of the said Complainte, It wilbe necessary to have the Testimonie of divers persons some of whome by reason of theire Age & other considerable respects cannot without a great deale of Charge & trouble be brought up hether, Wee have therefore thought fitt hereby to authorize and require you….forthwith to call before yow all such Persons as the said Thomas Gostwick shall nominate unto yow & to examine them….And to retourne the Examinacions to this board by the 25th….` Signed by Laud at the foot and countersigned by six other Privy Councillors comprising Thomas Coventry (1578-1640, 1st Baron Coventry, Lord Keeper), Henry Montagu (c.1563-1642, 1st Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal), Edward Sackville (d.1652, 4th Earl of Dorset, Lord Chamberlain), Edward Cecil (1572-1638, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, Military & Naval Commander, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey), Francis Windebank (1582-1646, Secretary of State) and Philip Herbert (1584-1649, 4th Earl of Pembroke & 1st Earl of Montgomery, Lord Chamberlain). All of the signatures are boldly penned, with just some damage to Herbert`s. With integral address leaf. A good letter in which King Charles I`s Privy Council respond to divers scandalous speeches. Some light overall staining and minor age wear including a number of worm holes, only slightly affecting a few words of text. Contained in the original sales folder of Maggs Bros. Ltd and bearing the address of their offices in Conduit Street, London, from where they operated between 1918-1938. G

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HAMPDEN JOHN: (c.1595-1643) English Politician, served in the English Civil War. Rare, bold ink signature (`Jo. Hampden`) and

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Lot 553

HAMPDEN JOHN: (c.1595-1643) English Politician, served in the English Civil War. Rare, bold ink signature (`Jo. Hampden`) and several additional words in his hand on an oblong 8vo piece, possibly neatly removed from a letter. Dated 21st March 1631 in his hand. A few, very light, minor stains, otherwise VG

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JAMES II: (1633-1701) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1685-88. D.S., James R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum),

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Lot 555

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

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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the

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Lot 558

VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. D.S., Victoria R I, as Queen, at the head, one page, oblong folio, Court at Saint James`s, 7th May 1884. The partially printed document is a military commission appointing Henry Martin Ketchen to be a Lieutenant in the Volunteer Forces, 1st Fifeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. Countersigned by William H. Smith (1825-1891, English Bookseller and Newsagent, Secretary of State for War). With blue blind embossed paper seal. Some light creasing and folds, otherwise VG

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BRITISH ROYALTY: Collection of three individual signed cards by Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V, each matte

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Lot 559

BRITISH ROYALTY: Collection of three individual signed cards by Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V, each matted together in burgundy to an overall size of 8 x 11.5. Each of the fountain pen signatures are examples as monarchs. A few minor faults and light overall age wear, G

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EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January-December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. An unusual, large vintage s

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Lot 562

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January-December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. An unusual, large vintage signed sepia 18.5 x 29 photograph of Edward, Prince of Wales, standing outdoors in a full length pose in uniform. Photograph by Vandyk and printed and published by Henry Graves & Co. Ltd., London, 1920. Signed (`Edward P`) by the Prince in fountain pen ink at the base of the image. The signature is somewhat faded and a little mottled in places, although remains reasonably legible. Neatly mounted and with some very light age wear to the edges, about VG

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GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. A fine, large vintage signed 18 x 23 photograph depicting the Duke

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Lot 563

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. A fine, large vintage signed 18 x 23 photograph depicting the Duke of York standing outdoors in a full length pose wearing his uniform. Photograph by Lafayette and bearing their pencil signature to the lower mount. Signed (`Albert`) in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount. Some light age wear and one minor tear to the edge of the mount, otherwise VG

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GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH: GEORGE VI(1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & ELIZABETH (1900-2002) Queen Co

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Lot 565

GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH: GEORGE VI(1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & ELIZABETH (1900-2002) Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. Signed Christmas greetings card by both King George and Queen Elizabeth individually, the oblong 8vo card featuring an image to the inside depicting the Royal couple standing on the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside their daughters Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret on the occasion of V.E.-Day, 8th May 1945. Signed by the King (`George R.I.`) and his consort (`Elizabeth R`) in bold, dark fountain pen ink beneath a printed greeting. With a gold embossed crown to the front. The card has been neatly split in two and framed and glazed to both sides in a black wooden hinged frame. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG

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EDWARD & WALLIS: EDWARD, DUKE OF WINDSOR (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January-December 1936 & WALLIS, DUCHE

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Lot 571

EDWARD & WALLIS: EDWARD, DUKE OF WINDSOR (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January-December 1936 & WALLIS, DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (1895-1986) Wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor. Blue fountain pen ink signatures by both Edward (`Edward, Duke of Windsor`) and Wallis (`Wallis Windsor`) on a 4to sheet of pale blue stationery featuring a royal crest in the upper left corner. Above the signatures appears a typed note, `In appreciation of your services during our visit to Calgary, April 1950`. Some extensive, although light, creasing and small tears to the edges of the folds, G

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ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP: ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- & PRINCE PHILIP (1921- ) Duke

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Lot 575

ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP: ELIZABETH II: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- & PRINCE PHILIP (1921- ) Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Large, vintage signed 12 x 16.5 photograph by both Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip individually, showing them standing and seated together in a three quarter length pose. Photograph by Dorothy Wilding. Signed by the Royal couple in fountain pen ink with their names alone, as Princess and Prince, to the lower photographer`s mount. Two, large stains to the background of the image and some light staining to the upper edges of the photographer`s mount, both signatures unaffected. Only FR

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by six British Prime Ministers individually, Harold MacMillan, Lord

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Lot 610

BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS: Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by six British Prime Ministers individually, Harold MacMillan, Lord Home, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher. The six former Prime Ministers are seen standing together in a full length pose in a row, within an official state room, Queen Elizabeth II also standing within the row. Signed by each with their names alone to the image, MacMillan signing as Lord Stockton and Wilson signing as Lord Wilson of Rievaulx. A couple of the signatures are a little light, although perfectly legible. VG.

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ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D.: (1882-1945) American President 1933-45. T.L.S., Franklin D Roosevelt, one page, 4to, Washington, 5th M

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Lot 626

ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN D.: (1882-1945) American President 1933-45. T.L.S., Franklin D Roosevelt, one page, 4to, Washington, 5th May 1913, to Gustavus A. Rogers, on the printed stationery of The Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt informs Rogers that he has received his letter concerning Albert S. Nathan and continues `I am doing all I can to help you out in this matter and have taken it up in person with the proper officials of the War Department.` He concludes by stating that he has not heard from them yet, but hopes that their action will be favourable and that he will not fail to let him know. With blank integral leaf. Some very light age wear, VG

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OBAMA BARACK: (1961- ) American President 2009- . Signed edition of Rolling Stone magazine for March 2008, featuring a colour

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Lot 632

OBAMA BARACK: (1961- ) American President 2009- . Signed edition of Rolling Stone magazine for March 2008, featuring a colour image of Obama in a half length pose on the front cover and with the printed caption `Barack Obama-A New Hope...` Signed to a light area of the cover by Obama with his name in alone in bold black ink. VG

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CANADA: Selection of signed pieces, cards, T.Ls.S., signed First Day Covers, some signed newspaper photographs etc., by vario

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Lot 634

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

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ISRAEL: Selection of signed pieces, cards, First Day Covers etc., by various Israeli political leaders including Golda Meir,

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Lot 639

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

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NEHRU JAWAHARLAL: (1889-1964) First Prime Minister of independent India, 1947-64. Book signed, a hardback edition of Independ

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Lot 644

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

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WORLD LEADERS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, a few signed First Day Covers, letters etc., by various heads of state incl

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Lot 653

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

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KINGSFORD SMITH CHARLES: (1897-1935) Australian Aviator, completed the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to A

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Lot 659

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

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AVIATRIX: Jean Batten (1909-1982) New Zealand Avaitrix. A good vintage signed sepia 6.5 x 4.5 photograph depicting Batten sta

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Lot 665

AVIATRIX: Jean Batten (1909-1982) New Zealand Avaitrix. A good vintage signed sepia 6.5 x 4.5 photograph depicting Batten standing in a full length pose alongside her aircraft, which appears to be parked on the deck of a ship. Boldly signed in dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image and dated 23rd December 1938 in her hand; Ruth Rowland Nichols (1901-1960) American Pioneer Aviatrix. Vintage signed 8.5 x 7 photograph of Nichols standing in a full length pose on an airfield, her aircraft in the immediate background. Signed in fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. The signature is a little light although completely legible. G to VG, 2

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