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[CASEMENT ROGER]: (1864-1916) Irish Patriot, Revolutionary and Nationalist, executed for treason. [SHAW GEORGE BERNARD] (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. T.L.S., Blanche Patch, by Shaw's secretary, one page, oblong 8vo, Whitehall Court, London, 7th September 1934, to Julius Klein. Patch writes on behalf of Shaw, stating, in part, 'Mr. Bernard Shaw asks me to say that he never met Casement and knew nothing about him that is not common property. He knew his cousin Mrs. Parry; and through her he strongly urged Casement not to make a lawyer's defence, which would inevitably hang him. Mr. Shaw drew up a plan for his procedure in court. But the lawyers over ruled it, and he was hanged….' Accompanied by the original envelope. Together with Rufus Isaacs (1860-1935) 1st Marquess of Reading. English Lawyer & Politician. Presided at the trial of Casement. T.L.S., Reading, one page, 8vo, Walmer Castle, Kent, 25th September 1934, to Julius Klein. Reading apologises for the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter and states 'As I was the presiding judge at the trial of Casement I cannot express opinion upon it or him.' Also including Alexander M. Sullivan (1871-1959) Serjeant-at-Law. Irish Lawyer, led the counsel for the defence in Casement's treason trial. Vintage signed 5 x 6.5 bookweight photograph of Sullivan seated in a three quarter length pose wearing his robes. Signed in blue ink, in later years, with his name alone, largely across a clear area at the base of the image. Neatly mounted. Further including Michael Doyle (1876-1960) American Lawyer, a member of the defending counsel at the trial of Casement. Vintage signed 4 x 5 bookweight photograph of Doyle in a head and shoulders pose. Signed with his name alone in blue ink, across a darker area of the image, although with reasonable contrast. Some light age wear and small tape stains to the corners of Patch's letter, G, 4
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GANDHI INDIRA: (1917-1984) Indian Prime Minister 1966-77, 1980-84. Assassinated. T.L.S., Indira Gandhi, one page, small 4to, New Delhi, 2nd January 1977, to Frank Harcourt-Munning, on the printed stationery of the Prime Minister's House. Gandhi writes 'I am so glad that you were able to accompany Frida Laski to the presentation. She is a fine human being and a good friend of India and our family. We wish her well.' Together with a small selection of printed ephemera etc., relating to India including printed 8vo menu for the 89th Birthday Anniversary Celebrations of the late Jawaharlal Nehru at the Connaught Rooms, London, 13th November 1978, a printed 4to brochure for the arrangements organised by the United Kingdom Committee commemorating the centenary of the birth of M. K. Gandhi including a performance at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 21st October 1969, various typed notes of minutes and accounts relating to the committee etc. Generally VG, 9
HARDY THOMAS MASTERMAN: (1769-1839) British Naval officer, Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson. Hardy commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Signed Free Front envelope panel, addressed to Christopher Claxton at Abbots Leigh, Bristol, and dated London, 1st October 1833. Signed ('T. M. Hardy') in the lower left corner and countersigned by Maurice Berkeley (1788-1867) 1st Baron FitzHardinge. British Admiral, First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria. Very slightly irregularly trimmed and neatly laid down, G Captain Christopher Claxton - Royal Navy officer and a Bristol Dockyard official who became a lifelong friend and adviser to engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. A.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, two pages, 8vo, Romsey, Hampshire, 2nd October 1971, to 'My dear Mollie'. [Molly Travis, archivist at Broadlands]. Mountbatten begins with an apology for having upset his correspondent over the filing of his archives, remarking when you objected to my proposals for naming & numbering the Family Letter Files I knew you must have a very sound reason. The trouble was that I could not at first understand either your reason or in fact what your proposal was. The moment I understood I immediately accepted what you wanted as by far the best solution. I only wish I could have understood much earlier & so spared your feelings.' Together with two typed memorandums signed by Mountbatten, both with his initials M of B, each two pages, 8vo, 17th & 21st September 1971, the first outlining his policy for naming and locating filing cabinets, to which his archivist evidently disagreed, and the second (headed Apologia) detailing a new, simpler system of filing, again evidently along the lines of the archivist's suggestion. Also included are three 8vo pages of pencil notes in the hand of Mountbatten, being a rough draft of his original proposals. VG, 6
STANLEY HENRY M.: (1841-1904) British Explorer & Journalist. A.L.S., Henry M. Stanley, one page, 8vo, Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, 26th November n.y., to Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. Stanley asks to be excused from an engagement that evening 'as I see no immediate end to my work - unless I put in a few hours extra', and concludes by adding that he hopes to be free from noon the following day. VG Walter Hely-Hutchinson (1849-1913) Anglo-Irish Diplomat and Colonial Administrator who served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and Zululand 1893-1901 & as Governor of the Cape Colony, 1901.
HAMEL GUSTAV: (1889-1914) British Pioneer Aviator. Hamel delivered the first official airmail in Great Britain on 9th September 1911. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, an historic image depicting Hamel and his aircraft preparing to leave Hendon for Windsor to make the first official airmail flight in Great Britain. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the head of the image and dated 1913 in his hand. Together with Marcel Desoutter (1894-1952) English Pioneer Aviator, founder of the Desoutter Aircraft Company. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Desoutter in a head and shoulders pose seated in the cockpit of his aircraft. Signed ('M Desoutter') in dark fountain pen ink to the verso and dated Hendon, 28th August 1912 in his hand. Together with a second vintage signed sepia postcard photograph by Desoutter, the image showing several aircraft and onlookers at the London Aerodrome, Hendon. Signed by the aviator with his name alone in fountain pen ink to the verso. Also including Clement Greswell (1891- ) British Pioneer Aviator, assisted Hamel in the King George V Coronation Aerial Post flights, 1911. Greswell was granted Royal Aero Club aviators certificate number 26 on 15th November 1910. Ink signature ('Clement Greswell') on a printed correspondence card bearing the address of the Lee collectors of Reading. Dated in Greswell's hand London Aerodrome, Hendon, 19th December 1912. Some light discoloration to the edges and corners of Greswell's card, not affecting the signature. G to about VG, 4
EARHART AMELIA: (1897-1939) American Pioneer Aviatrix, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Amelia M Earhart') on the upper half of a sheet of printed stationery from the Hyde Park Hotel, Knightsbridge, London. A very small brief printed biography is affixed at the base. Some light age wear, about VG
SCHULZ CHARLES M.: (1922-2000) American Cartoonist, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the Love-Birds Love Stamp 1990. Postmarked 18th January 1990. Signed ('Schulz') by Schulz in black ink to a clear area of the cover, adding a small original sketch of Woodstock. VG
MASEFIELD JOHN: (1878-1967) English Poet Laureate 1930-67. A good A.L.S., with his initials J. M., one page, 4to, Cushendun, Co. Antrim, Ireland, n.d. (late 1920s?), to Siegfried Sassoon. Masefield announces 'Will you put me down for two guineas?' and adds that he will send a cheque as soon as he returns home, continuing 'I'll square matters somehow with R[obert] B[ridges]. You can bear witness that I did pass on his remarks. A charming thought like yours ought not to be squelched.' The poet further writes 'I don't think you'll get R B to any presentation: he is in a very growly frame of mind. You will probably have to get Sir Hugh Allen, Newbolt, Binyon etc. to accompany you to Chilswell with the clarichord on a cart, & leave it with a delayed fuse to burst upon him. Good luck to your scheme.' A letter of good association and content. VG Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) English Poet. Robert Bridges (1844-1930) British Poet Laureate 1913-30. Henry Newbolt (1862-1938) English Poet. Laurence Binyon (1869-1943) English Poet.
BARRIE J. M.: (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist, created Peter Pan. Black ink signature, ('Yours Sincerely J.M. Barrie'), on a piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Double matted in black and white beneath a photograph of Barrie seated in a three-quarter length pose. Framed and glazed in a modern gold coloured frame to an overall size of 10 x 14.5. VG
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[GEORGE VI]: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. An electroplate silver twin handled trophy, ornately engraved with floral patterns and an inscription 'H. W. S. S. D. M. Tuckfield, presented by Prince Albert', and date 7th June 1919. With spiral handles and tapered circular cup down to a circular base. Some age wear to the rim, otherwise VG. Prince Albert presented the trophy to a successful competitor at the sports meeting of the Hospital Welfare Society for Lewisham, Deptford and Greenwich.
‘Fifty Years of Sport- At Oxford, Cambridge and the Great Public Schools’ Eton, Harrow and Winchester. Volumes I, II & III. Various editors including A.C. M. Croome, R.H. Lyttelton, A. Page, E.B. Noel etc. London 1913 & 1922. Excellent decorative leather binding. Some wear to boards and spines otherwise in good condition. Qty 3
‘The History of Surrey County Cricket Club’. David Lemmon. Helm Publishing. London 1989. Signed by over sixty past and present players to front end papers, the majority signed to pages, some on laid down pieces, cuttings and player profile pages. Signatures include May, Titmus, M. Stewart, A. Stewart, Arnold, Jesty, Knight, McIntyre, Thorpe, Butcher, Carberry, Salisbury, Shoaib Aktar, Allom, Saqlain Mustaq, Mustaq Ahmed, A. Hollioake, Constable, Howarth, Roope etc. G/VG
‘The History of Warwickshire County Cricket Club’. Jack Bannister. Helm Publishing. London 1990. Signed by over one hundred past and present players to front end papers, the majority signed to pages, some on laid down pieces, cuttings and player profile pages. Signatures include M.J.K. Smith, Wyatt, Amiss, Lara, Bell, Willis, Old, Donald, Giles, Humpage, Hemmings, Kallicharan, Snow, Cartwright, Small, Pollock, Kallicharran, Horner, R. Jones, M. Barker, A. Woodroffe, L. Bates, Leadbetter, E. Lewis, Steyn, Collymore, Sangarkara, Amiss etc. G/VG
‘The Auckland Cricket Association Jubilee Smoke Concert 1883-1933’. Official programme for the Concert held at the Scots Hall, Symonds Street, Auckland on the 20th January 1934. The four page card programme with printed programme list to inside and decorative covers signed to front and rear by over fifty players, Umpires, Administrators and guests, including Test players. Players include P.E. Whitelaw, D.R. Gerrard, A.M. Matheson, J.E. Mills, G.L. Weir, M. Wallace, H.G. Vivian, D.G. Cleverley, A.N.C. Sneddon, W. Brook-Smith, A.G. Postles, D.B. Edmonds, T. Elliott, A. Anthony, R.G. Bush, F. Earl, (President) etc. Odd minor faults otherwise in good condition
‘Hampshire C.C.C. A Centenary at Southampton’. Large mono print showing the faces and names of players who have played for Hampshire over the 100 years by Mike Tarr 1985. Signed to borders by forty seven players including M. Marshall, Greenidge, Shackleton, R. Smith, Sainsbury, Tremlett, Holt, Harrison, Gilliat, Knott, Ingleby-Mackenzie, Heath, Connor, Cottam, Herman, C. Smith, Jesty etc. Framed and glazed. Overall 17”x25.5”. Sold with a further framed limited edition print of Sussex v Hampshire, Arundel 1990 by Martin Speight, signed to borders by both teams, twenty two signatures. Some damp staining to the Arundel print. G
WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH THE: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actors and actresses who starred in the James Bond film The World is Not Enough (1999) including Denise Richards (3; Christmas Jones), Sophie Marceau (3; Elektra King), Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), , Judi Dench (M) and Samantha Bond (Miss Moneypenny). Together with a selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actors and actresses who starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) comprising Pierce Brosnan (James Bond), Teri Hatcher (Paris Carver), Jonathan Pryce (Elliot Carver), and Michelle Yeoh (Colonel Wai Lin). Most of the images are colour and depict the actors in character costume and are boldly signed to clear areas of the images. Unsigned (5). Generally VG, 18
Australian Test Players. Collection of thirty nine ‘Australian Test Player’ pre printed cards each signed by a player. Signatures include Ponting, Davidson, Whatmore, Bickell, B. Lee, Mallett, Lehmann, M. Clarke, Tribe, Archer, North, Haddon, Gilchrist, Hauritz, Siddle, M. Johnson, Gillespie, Hussey etc. Some duplication. Sold with eight other similar signed cards for other Test players, signatures include Sammy, Chanderpaul, Ganguly, Styris etc. G
Australia. Collection of fifty, mainly ‘Australian Test Player’ pre printed cards, each individually signed by a player. Signatures include Lindwall, Boon, Jarman, Border, Lawry, May, Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell, Martyn, Angel, Emery, Dyer, Reid, Quick, Benaud, Healy, Thoms, M. Taylor, Stanford, W. Brown, Booth, N. Harvey, Freer, L. Darling, Dooland, H. Ebeling etc. Odd duplication, odd signature on piece laid down to card. G
Australia. Collection of forty five, mainly ‘Australian Test Player’ pre printed cards, each individually signed by a player. Signatures include Gleeson, Noblet, Lindwall, Craig, Border, Renneberg, Laughlin, Yardley, Yallop, Ritchie, P. Taylor, G. Chappell, Bevan, Moody, Healy, Rixon, M. Hughes, M. Taylor, N. Harvey, Simpson, Benaud, Woodcock etc. Odd duplication, odd signature on piece laid down to card. Sold with a further fifty six similar card, heavy duplicated, including Bob Simpson, Boon, I. Chappell, Border, Jones, Benaud etc. G
Australia. Collection of thirty seven signed white cards, headed cards, colour postcards and printed colour photographs (postcard size) of Australian Test players. Signatures include K. Hughes, Boon, Border, Warne, Lawson, N. Harvey, Darling, D. Jones, Kasprowicz, Langer, McGrath, M. Taylor, Walters, Tribe, Alderman, Hole, Malone, R. Marsh, McKenzie etc. Odd duplication, some signatures on pieces laid down to cards. G
England & Australia. Selection of twelve pre-printed postcards posted by D. Rebbeck, a autograph collector from Chippenham, from 1947 to 1953 to various England and Australian Test cricketers requesting their autograph. The cricketers have signed the cards on verso and returned the cards to Mr Rebbeck. Signatures, nicely signed in ink, are I. Craig, R. Lindwall, W.A. Brown, K. Cranston, R.T. Simpson, C. Washbrook, D. Brookes, D. Insole, F. Ridgway, D.Sheppard, R. Berry, H. Doggart and M. Hilton. Each card with pre-printed request, stamp and signed by Rebbeck. G
Australia. Selection of nine typewritten and handwritten letters/notes, mainly dated 1950’s-1980’s, all signed by a Australian Test player. Signatures include Bert Oldfield, Ben Barnett (signed Ben), Len Darling (3), W. Whitty, M. Harvey and H. Alexander (2). The letter from Oldfield dated 1955 and on W.A. Oldfield Sports headed paper regarding supplying S.A.C.A. sweaters. The other letters regarding autograph requests, ticket acknowledgements etc. G
Australia 1997 Ashes tour to England. Autograph sheet fully signed by the squad. Signatures include Taylor, S. Waugh, M. Waugh, Bevan, Gilchrist, McGrath, Ponting, Warne etc. and another from the 1988 tour to Pakistan, fully signed. Horizontal folds to both and staining to the latter, otherwise good condition
Australia. Five white cards containing thirty signatures of Australian Test players. Signatures, nicely signed, include W. Brown, W. Lawry, Stackpole, Burge, Pascoe, Ring, Hamence, R. Marsh, M. Walker, Yardley, K.Hughes, Bright, Mallett, McKenzie, M.Hughes, I.Johnson, N.O’Neill, Border etc. Some duplication of signatures. G
Australia. Five white cards containing thirty three signatures of Australian Test players. Signatures, nicely signed, include Meckiff, Wellham, Border, Hughes, Boon, Yardley, Mayne, Lawry, R. Marsh, Holland, Lawson, Ring, K.Hughes, M. Walker, I. Johnson, Pascoe, Vievers, Stackpole, Burge, Bright etc. Some duplication of signatures. G
Australian and County players 1926. Autograph book containing eight signatures of the Australian touring team to England in 1926. Signatures, nicely signed, are Bardsley, Macauley, Everett, Richardson, Grimmett, Woodfull, Ryder and Oldfield. The book also contains eleven signatures of the Cambridge team of 1926 including Dawson, Duleepsinhji, Robins, Meyer, Irvine etc, nine signatures of the Surrey team 1926 including Hobbs, Fender, Abel, Peach, Sandham, Strudwick etc and four pages containing thirty weight excellent signatures, in ink, of various county players, some earlier than 1926, including (Essex). J.W.H. King (Leics), W.E. Bates, J. Hills, F. Ryan, J.T. Bell (all of Glamorgan), F. Sugg (Lancs), M. Tate, L. Williams, C.H. Gibson, A.C. Watson, A.H.H. Gilligan, A.E.R. Gilligan (Sussex), F.R. Santall, W.Quaife, J. Smart, J.H. Mayer and Bates (Warwicks), D. Denton, F.H. Gillingham, L. Graham, J.A. Cutmore, H. Young, A.C. Russell, J. Freeman (Essex) etc. Book becoming disbound, some pages loose. G
‘Between Wickets’. Ray Robinson. London 1948. d/w/(poor). Signed to front end page ‘Best of Luck, Len Ray Robinson, 1948’. The book has a letter, dated 10th July, with good cricket content, tipped into the front end paper from Robinson to Hutton and referring to Hutton being dropped for the 3rd Test, the first time he had been omitted since he made his debut in 1937. ‘We feel sure we’’ll see you in action again for England at Leeds and The Oval and I`m looking forward to a quiet talk some time. I was with a party of Australian players at golf in Gloucestershire when England’s side for the 3rd Test came through. We were all absolutely staggered. Next day, before a room full of people at lunch at the Bristol Ground, Sid Barnes called across to us ‘They’ve left out the bast bat in England. Best wishes Len, until next meeting’. Some breaking to internal hinges, odd faults otherwise in good condition Hutton was recalled for the 4th and 5th Tests
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1986 & 1991. Original hardbacks. The 1986 edition with inscription to title page from the Editor ‘Len, with the highest regards and the happiest memories (1950-1986!) and many happy returns, John Woodcock’. The 1991 edition signed to title page by his Wife, Dorothy M. Hutton. Good condition. Qty 2. Ex-libris Sir Leonard Hutton
‘Ranji. A Centenary Album’. Bombay 1972. Original decorative gold boards. Good condition. Sold with ‘Jamnagar. A Sketch of its Ruler and its Administration’, numerous photographic plates including city views and portraits. Naoroja M. Dumasia. Bombay 1927. Rebound in blue boards, with original wrappers laid down. In slip case. The book is suffering throughout with worming, some pages heavier than others, some page edges repaired otherwise in generally good condition
Sussex C.C.C. Good collection of biographies, autobiographies, statistical etc. Includes ‘My Cricketing Reminiscences’. M. Tate 1934 (DW), George Cox Benefit Book 1951, Don Bates Benefit brochure 1968, Sussex C.C.C. Handbook 1975, ‘Lillywhite. The First Modern Bowler’. M. Wilson (signed), ‘Young Jim’. The Jim Parks Story’. D. Watts (signed), ‘Duleep. The Man and his Game’. Edited by Vijay Merchant, Vasant Raiji etc. Commemoration Volume. Bombay 1963. Original dustwrapper, ‘Background of Cricket’ Home Gordon. London 1939 etc. Other autobiographies on Imran Khan, Parks, Dexter, Mustaq, Tate, Duleepsinhji, Wells, Greig etc. Qty 38. G
Lancashire. Selection of twenty six books/booklets, mainly biographical. Includes ‘Cricket Triumphs and Troubles’. C. Parkin 1936, ‘Finally a Face. A Memoir of Reginald Wood’. P. Paine 2007 (signed by the author), ‘Glory Lightly Worn. A Tribute to Brian Statham. Edited by Malcolm Lorimer 2001 (signed), Archie Remembered A Celebration of MacLaren’s 424. Limited edition 35/424, ‘The White Flash. Colin Hilton’. R. Cavanagh, signed by Hilton, ‘The Life of John Briggs’. H. Turner 2000. Limited edition 34/200, ‘Johnny Remembered’. M. Lorimer. Limited edition 19/225 etc. Good selection. Odd faults, good
‘How M’Dougal Topped the Score’. By Thos E. Spencer. With some introductory notes by Irving Rosenwater. London 1997. Printed for private circulation in London, February 1997. Limited edition, presentation copy to Gordon Phillips, number 11 of only fifty numbered copies produced, signed by Rosenwater. Sold with a handwritten letter from Rosenwater to Phillips, dated 13th June 1997, regarding the publication. VG
Five Schuco Krone/Barum Circus die-casts/sets: #01424 `Circus Krone` Piccolo-Set, ltd.ed./2500 (contains 2 x Mercedes Benz Bus and a pin badge, no cert.); #05204 `Circus Krone` Piccolo-Set, ltd.ed./3000 with certificate (contains 2 x VW Bus, one caravan, articulated lorry); #01613 Piccolo Hanomag ST 100 mit Zirkusanhanger `Circus Barum`, ltd.ed./1000 (no cert.); #450357100 1/43 scale Mercedes-Benz L 408 `Circus Krone`; #450360200 1/43 scale Mercedes Benz LP 608 Kasten `Circus Krone`. All appear E/M and boxed.
Quantity of sci-fi and TV/film related toys: boxed Flair Evel Knievel Deluxe Dare Devil Stunt Set; boxed Vivid Imaginations Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Spectrum Cloudbase HQ (M in sealed box); boxed Carlton Captain Scarlet Spectrum Cloudbase; unboxed Carlton Thunderbirds Tracy Island; quantity of loose action figures, includes He-Man Masters of the Universe, Thundercats, A-Team, etc. Conditions vary from P-E.
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