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Click here to subscribeDEAN JAMES: (1931-1955) American Actor. An excellent, rare vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Dean in a classic head and shoulders pose wearing a dark sweater. Signed ('James Dean') in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the background. Some extremely minor, very light smudging to a few letters of the signature. Some light overall surface and corner creasing, about VG
FLEMING VICTOR: (1889-1949) American Film Director of The Wizard of Oz and Gone With The Wind (both 1939). Academy Award winner. Extremely rare A.L.S., Vic Fleming, one page, 4to, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, 25th February 1943, to Eddie [Mannix]. Fleming writes, in full, 'Happy birthday - best wishes - and thanks for remembering mine'. An attractive, boldly penned letter with a good association. About EX Eddie Mannix (1891-1963) American Film Studio Executive, Vice-President of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
MOON KEITH: (1946-1978) English Musician, drummer with the English Rock band The Who. Rare blue ink signature and inscription, 'Keith Moon, To Sue', on a page removed from an autograph album. Matted in red and black above a reproduction image of The Who and an original 45 rpm record of their song Substitute. Framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 18 x 16.5. Moon's signature is very slightly light in a few places, although perfectly legible. Autographs of the drummer are rare in any form following his tragically early death at the age of 32. VG
'…Send me a signal bruv….' WINEHOUSE AMY: (1983-2011) English Singer. A rare A.L.S., your wife, your Amy xx, one page, 4to, St. Lucia, West Indies, n.d. (c.February 2009), to her husband Blake Fielder-Civil ('My husband Blake'). Winehouse writes, in full, 'We need to sit down and be able to look into each other's eyes. YOU KNOW THIS. Don't be a silly sausage. Send me a signal bruv. I want a V[isiting] O[rder].' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Winehouse to her husband ('B. Civil WA7614') at H. M. P. Edmunds Hill in Newmarket, Suffolk. The singer has boldly penned Air Mail to the envelope in light green ink and also added the words 'Love my Blake' and five hearts and four kisses to the verso. Post marked at St. Lucia and bearing a Received stamp at H. M. P. Edmunds Hill, dated 5th February 2009. VG The present letter is written towards the end of the singer's marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil (1978- ), their divorce being granted in July 2009 and becoming final the following month. At the time of the present letter Fielder-Civil was imprisoned following his guilty plea on charges of trying to pervert the course of justice.
MUZIO CLAUDIA: (1889-1936) Italian Soprano. A good, large vintage signed and inscribed sepia 9.5 x 11.5 photograph, the oval image depicting Muzio in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose in costume as Saint Cecilia from Licinio Refice's opera Cecilia (1934). Photograph by Ettore Reale of Rome and bearing their blindstamp. Signed by Muzio in bold fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image, adding Cecilia and the date, Rio, August 1935, in her hand beneath her signature. Rare. Some extremely minor, light age wear at the extreme edges, otherwise VG Muzio sang the title role of Cecilia at the premiere of Refice's opera Cecilia in Rome in 1934 when the opera caused a sensation.
PIPER JOHN: (1903-1992) English Painter. Typed Manuscript Signed, John Piper, one page, 4to, Henley-on-Thames, 16th June 1975. The manuscript, with several holograph corrections, is Piper’s foreword to Stained Glass in England 1150-1550 by Brian Coe, and states, in part, ‘I welcome this enlightened and well-informed book. When I was nineteen or twenty I began to try to study the art of English medieval stained glass. Books about the craft existed all right….Otherwise, one could scuffle through Methuen’s Little Guides to individual counties, or Murray’s Handbooks, or the few volumes of the Victoria County History then existing. Adequate illustrations were extremely rare. Much less has happened since the early 1920s to alter this situation than one might think. Herbert Read’s book of 1926 showed - almost for the first time in Great Britain - that stained glass was art, or could be so; not just craft. Baker and Lammer’s book of 1960 has fine coloured illustrations….But there is plenty of room for this book, and I find myself delighted by the splendour of the colour photography, by the care of the author’s topographical research….I hope this work will stimulate deans of cathedrals and incumbents of churches in the production of more and better reproductions, posters, books and postcards of English stained glass….’ Signed and dated at the foot. Together with an A.L.S., John Piper, two pages, 8vo, Henley-on-Thames, 16th June 1975, to Mr. Mills. Piper states that he hopes his correspondent will find the foreword adequate, and explains ‘I mention Baker and Lammer’s book, because this is how I know it, rather than Baker & Herbert Read, as Mr. Coe calls it in his Bibliog. Would you be kind enough to check this with him - and call it anything he fancies?’, concluding by remarking that he looks forward to the production. Also including a contemporary photocopy of Piper’s manuscript with several additional ink corrections in an unidentified hand. VG, 3
A pass to his London exhibition TOULOUSE-LAUTREC HENRI DE: (1864-1901) French Painter. Autograph Note, unsigned, on one side of his rare personal printed visiting card, n.p. (London), n.d. (May 1898). In bold pencil the artist grants a pass for the original recipient to an exhibition, at 2pm on Monday at the Goupil Gallery at 5 Regents Street. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, otherwise VG In May 1898 Toulouse-Lautrec exhibited seventy eight works at Goupil's gallery in London. Goupil & Cie was a major art dealership with headquarters in Paris and branches in London and other European cities as well as New York and Australia. Toulouse-Lautrec's family were Anglophiles and, though not as fluent as he pretended to be, the artist spoke English well enough to travel to London. While there, he made posters, including the 'Confetti' poster, and the bicycle advert 'La Chaîne Simpson'. It was at this time that he also met and befriended Oscar Wilde.
To Howard Hawks FAULKNER WILLIAM: (1897-1962) American Writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1949. Autograph Telegram Signed, BILL, in capital letters, one page, oblong 8vo, Paris, n.d. (c.1955?), to Howard Hawks in Cairo, Egypt. The partially printed telegram is neatly completed in ink by Faulkner, entirely in capital letters, and states, in full, 'Booked N.Y. 19 April unless I hear from you. Of course will stay here on call or meet you at need if notified tel no.' The writer has also penned his name ('WILLIAM FAULKNER') in ink at the base, along with his address at the Hotel de Beaujolais in Paris. A rare autograph with an interesting association. A couple of very small, extremely minor tears to the edges, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Howard Hawks (1896-1977) American Film Director, Academy Award winner. Hawks employed Faulkner as a screenwriter in Hollywood, and the two men became friends, sharing a passion for drinking and hunting. Indeed, Hawks' brother, the American film producer William Hawks (1901-1969), became Faulkner's Hollywood agent and the writer himself conducted an affair with Meta Carpenter, Hawks' secretary and script girl. In 1955 Hawks produced and directed the epic film Land of the Pharaohs starring Jack Hawkins and Joan Collins. Much of the film was shot on location in Egypt, and the present telegram most likely dates from the time of filming. The movie was Hawks' final collaboration with Faulkner before the author's death.
BARRETT BROWNING ELIZABETH: (1806-1861) English Poet & BROWNING ROBERT (1812-1889) English Poet. Husband and wife from 1846-61. A rare pair of ink signatures by both Elizabeth Barrett Browning ('Elizabeth Barrett Browning') and Robert Browning ('Robert Browning') individually on an oblong 12mo slip of paper. Some very light, minor staining caused by traces of previous mounting to the verso, only very slightly affecting the signatures, otherwise VG
PLATH SYLVIA: (1932-1963) American Poet, wife of Ted Hughes from 1956 until her death. A fine, original black pen and ink drawing, unsigned, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Plath has drawn a well executed sketch of a tea kettle, the lid of which is slightly ajar. Annotated and signed to the verso in pencil 'By Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes' by her husband, the English Poet Laureate. Any original item in the hand of Plath is extremely rare and desirable as a result of the poet's tragic suicide at the age of 30. EX The present drawing is one of just a small handful by Plath in existence, and most likely dates from the late 1950s, shortly after her marriage to Hughes. The poet was an artist of some talent, and Hughes wrote of her artistic nature in Birthday Letters - 'Drawing calmed you. Your poker infernal pen Was like a branding iron. Objects Suffered into their new presence, tortured Into final position. As you drew I felt released, calm. Time opened When you drew the market at Benidorm. I sat near you, scribbling something. Hours burned away. The stall-keepers Kept coming to see you had them properly. We sat on those steps in our rope-soles, And were happy…' -'Drawing'
'I thought of an idea for a new play yesterday….' ORTON JOE: (1933-1967) English Playwright and Author. Rare A.L.S., Joe, to the verso of a colour picture postcard of the Zauia Muley Abdelkader gate in Tetuan, Morocco, n.p. (Tangier?), n.d. (1965), to an unidentified correspondent. Orton writes, in full, 'The weather is terrific, and I'm having a most relaxing time. I thought of an idea for a new play yesterday, but perhaps it wouldn't work in a cold climate!! Give my love to Oscar'. Orton has also penned the address of his apartment in Tangier. Autographs of Orton are rare in any form following his tragic murder at the age of 34 when he was bludgeoned to death by his partner Kenneth Halliwell, who subsequently committed suicide. EX Orton's play Loot opened in Cambridge on 1st February 1965 and met with scathing reviews. The playwright was at odds with the director, and despite producing much new material for the play, Loot continued to be poorly received during a six week tour of Brighton, Oxford, Manchester and other English towns. Discouraged, Orton departed on an 80 day holiday to Tangier with his partner Kenneth Halliwell. It was during this holiday that the present postcard was written.
From Swift's library - 'non est mortale quod opto' SWIFT JONATHAN: (1667-1745) Anglo-Irish Writer & Clergyman, remembered for his work Gulliver's Travels (1726). Extremely rare book signed, being a folio hardback edition of A Commentary upon the Whole Booke of Judges, preached first and delivered in sundrie lectures, since collected, and diligently perused, and now published...., by Richard Rogers, Preacher at Wethersfield, Essex, First (and only) Edition, published by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, London, 1615. Previously part of Swift's library and with the ownership signature ('Johannis Swift') of Swift in ink to the title page, further adding Liber in his hand above his signature, and a Latin quotation in his hand immediately beneath his signature, 'non est mortale quod opto' (Translation 'What I desire is not mortal') as well as the date, 1698, in his hand. With a later ink ownership signature and inscription to the front free endpaper, 'S. R. Mason. Presented by Dr. A. C. Webber, January 1856, Cambridge, Mass.' With a contemporary half-morocco and decorated boards binding, gilt title and five raised bands to the spine. Housed in an attractive custom made clamshell case and half-morocco slip case, also featuring a gilt stamped title and five raised bands to the spine. Front board a little loose and with some extensive age wear. Some light foxing, age wear and minor staining, as is to be expected, to the title page and other inside pages, generally about VG
HAUPTMANN RICHARD: (1899-1936) German-born Carpenter and Criminal who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the young son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 'The Lindbergh Kidnapping' became known as 'The Crime of the Century'. Rare fountain pen ink signature ('Richard Hauptmann') alongside that of his wife Anna Schoeffler ('Anny Hauptmann') in the form of endorsements to the verso of a cheque issued to Hauptmann's wife, New York, 4th/6th June 1932. The partially printed cheque is signed by Kate Frederiksen, drawn on the account of Christian Frederiksen's Bakery and Lunch Room at the Bank of Manhattan Trust Company, and made payable to Hauptmann for the sum of $40. A bank cancellation to the verso only very slightly affects Hauptmann's signature. Autographs of Hauptmann are rare in any form following his execution at the age of 36. Some light overall age wear and a few minor, neat splits at the edges of the folds, G
NESS ELIOT: (1903-1957) American Prohibition Agent, leader of the legendary team of law enforcement agents known as The Untouchables. Rare ink signature ('Eliot Ness') and date, 2nd February 1937, and address ('City of Cleveland') on an oblong 8vo partially printed page removed from a visitors book. Very slightly neatly trimmed, otherwise EX
CROWLEY ALEISTER: (1875-1947) English Occultist, Ceremonial Magician & Poet, a notorious figure whom, during his lifetime, was denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world". Rare A.L.S., Aleister Crowley, one page, 4to, Washington D.C., 10th May n.y. (1917) to 'My dear Mines', on letterhead featuring the printed text 'Autograph vs. Holograph Reason indicated below'. Crowley writes a somewhat intriguing letter, most likely part of a subterfuge, in full, 'Could you sneak this letter (no longer present) into the post, do you think? It would be very useful to me if you could. I'll be here till Tuesday next; so if you want me, or to meet anybody, 'phone.'. The present letter would therefore appear to be a covering letter, originally accompanied by another, which it would seem Crowley was asking his correspondent to mail on his behalf, presumably so that the recipient would assume, from the postmark, that Crowley was somewhere entirely different to Washington. Some minor staining at the very head of the page, caused by previous mounting to the verso, and a few neat splits in the folds, only very slightly affecting the text and signature. G The curiously printed letterhead ('autograph' and 'holograph' essentially being the same) originates from an office that Crowley shared with Henry Stuart Clifford, a businessman who had employed Crowley to edit A Prophet in His Own Country: Being the Letters of Stuart X (1916). Given Clifford's eccentric character and the fact that he was a prolific letter writer, it would appear that the printed caption was his own, and that Crowley simply borrowed a sheet of the notepaper. Crowley spent the whole of World War I in America working as a Double Agent, employed by British Intelligence services to infiltrate and undermine Germany's operation in New York.
BAIRD JOHN LOGIE: (1888-1946) Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the world's first working television system. Brief T.L.S., J L Baird, one page, 8vo, Sydenham, 11th March 1937, to Lionel Armand Aucoin. Baird responds to his correspondent's letter and sends a signed photograph (no longer present). With blank integral leaf. Rare. EX
DARWIN CHARLES: (1809-1882) English Naturalist. A good, rare vintage signed sepia 4 x 6 photograph, the fine image depicting Darwin seated in a pensive half length semi-profile pose. Signed ('Charles Darwin') in ink to the lower sepia photographer's mount and dated 24th March 1881 in his hand. The signature and date are a little light, although the image is a fine, crisp example. Some light age wear, otherwise VG The present image of Darwin is believed to have been one of the naturalist's favourites of himself, and may well have been taken by his eldest son, William Erasmus Darwin (1839-1914) who was a keen amateur photographer and is known to have taken several portraits of members of his family.
SCOTT ROBERT FALCON: (1868-1912) British Antarctic Explorer. A very fine, rare vintage signed sepia 7 x 10 photograph, the photogravure image depicting Scott standing in a half length pose. Photograph by J. Thomson of London and bearing his blind embossed Royal Warrant to the lower photographer's mount. Signed ('Con') by Scott with his family name in dark fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. Some light age wear and very minor mottling to the photographer's mount and very slightly irregularly trimmed to the left and right edges, about VG
PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR: (1864-1892) Duke of Clarence, eldest son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The Duke has previously been considered as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders. A good, appealing series of original pencil and watercolour drawings by the Prince, signed (‘from Eddy’) at the head, one page, n.p., 1870. At the centre of the page appears an accomplished pencil and watercolour drawing of two anthropomorphic toads in the costume of Royal courtiers, one holding an envelope with a royal crest and red wax seal, the drawing by an unidentified amateur artist (possibly one of the Duke’s tutors or nannies, and certainly someone with greater artistic ability than a six year old infant), the central image is surrounded by a series of smaller pencil and watercolour drawings by the six year old Prince, the images depicting soldiers with flags and swords etc. Signed and dated by the Prince in bold pencil at the head. Neatly pinned to the head of the page is a 12mo piece bearing the pencil statement ‘Drawn by the Duke of Clarence when a child’, in an unidentified hand. Rare in this form. Some light overall age wear, about VG
CASEMENT ROGER: (1864-1916) Irish Patriot, Revolutionary and Nationalist, executed for treason. A.L.S., Roger Casement, three pages, 8vo, Denham, Buckinghamshire, 11th July 1913, to Gardiner. Casement asks his correspondent to read an enclosure (no longer present) and comments 'It gives you an idea of why there are strikes on the Rand, & you may care to quote this case of how the Money bags tried to smash a Labour paper'. He further informs Gardiner that he will soon be moving to South Africa to live there permanently, but would like to see him before he goes and asks when he can be best found at his office. In concluding Casement states 'I am awfully rushed & busy trying to get packed & off by 26th if possible'. Rare. Some extremely minor, light age wear, otherwise VG Casement had retired from the British Consular Service in the Summer of 1913, around the time of the present letter. He had served in Africa, although we can find no evidence of him living in South Africa after the date of the present letter. Having become increasingly committed to the cause of Irish independence, Casement helped form the Irish Volunteers in November 1913, and visited America and Germany during the last years of his life.
A 1941 Ford V8 3.6lt Station Wagon "Woody". Made in Canada, this extremely rare vehicle was a modification from a civilian seven seater model with standard axle and tyres. This modification was carried out at the time of manufacture for a military contract/use. This vehicle has been rallied in the UK and Europe, being kept in running order and good condition over the years. This wonderful and rare Ford comes with extensive documentation including V5
Travels in Asia Minor published in 1775 bound together with Travels in Greece, published in 1776 and History of Ilium or Troy published in 1802, all written by Richard Chandler. These are three rare works and are illustrated with engravings including maps. The binding is contemporary full leather but there is wear to the spine and one board is loose.
A Collection of the Several Statutes relating to High Treason, published in 1710 bound together with A Form and Method of Trial and Commoners in Cases of High Treason, also published in 1710 - the two books are bound in contemporary full leather but the front boards is loose. These are rare items.
Aethelred II silver penny, CRUX Type, Spink 1148, obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [both 'AE's ligulate, first 'D' with thorn], reverse reads:- +SIDEPINE M-O ROF ['NE' ligulate], Rochester Mint, moneyer Sidewine, rare, full, round, well centred, a few very small pecks, very lightly crinkled, VF
Ancient Egypt, Ptolemy V, Epiphanes, 204-180 B.C., AE32, wt.34.9g., Second Coinage, mint unknown, obverse:- Diademed head of Zeus Ammon right, reverse:- Eagle standing left, on thunderbolt, single cornucopiae in field before, 'EE' between legs, with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, Sear -, rare, NVF
Hadrian brass sestertius, Rome Mint 136 A.D., reverse:- RESTITVTORI AFRICAE S C, Hadrian standing left, raising kneeling figure of Africa, Corn-ears growing between them, Sear 3628, together with a copper as of Trajan, Rome Mint 99 A.D., reverse:- TR POT COS II P P S C, Victory, wings spread, alightling left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R, RIC 402, the first piece rare, F second GF/F [2]
Harold I, silver penny, Fleur-de-Lis type, variety with fleur-de-lis between two pellets, Spink 1165, obverse reads:- +HAR:OLD R.EX., reverse reads:- +GODRI IC ON STA., Stamford Mint, moneyer Godric, sold with two old pen and ink tickets, one of which states 'Ex. Lockett Lot 2800', full, round, well centred, rare, GVF/NEF
North American stone arrowheads [2], Roman bronze key handle of lion form, ditto but reversed fantail brooch, rare, ditto but military baldrick fitting 3rd. century, ditto but hairpin found at Corbridge on Hadrian's Wall, plus 15 assorted Roman bronze finds, together with 4 x Saxon and Viking finds, part of a Merovingian brooch, Viking bridle mount and two others found Essex, plus 3 x mediaeval finds and a 17th. cent round weight and over half a kilo of various finds, plus 10 x lead seals to Stuart period
Romam Republican silver denarius of L.Hostilius Saserna, c.48B.C., Sear 418, obverse:- Head of captive Celtic warrior, right, chain around neck and flashed back wax hair, Celtic shield behind, banker's mark on cheek, reverse:- Naked Celtic Warrior in biga, right, driven by charioteer, The obverse is thought to depictVercingetorix who fought again Caesar in his Gallic campaigns, good metal, rare, F
Roman Colonial bronzes of Caracalla of Syria, Laodiceia ad Mare of c.15mm., reverse:-Tyche of City in distyle shrine, Gordian III bronze of c.31mm., of Moesia, Viminacium, reverse:- City-Godess standing between Lion and Bull [emblems of the 4th anf 7th, legions who were based there] and Salonina of Ionia, Ephesus, reverse:- Bee as seen from above this being a rare type F to VF or better [3]
Stephen and Matilda silver penny, from the Ornamented Group which is attributed to York and issued c.1150, wt.1.13g., 19.72mm., obverse:- King and Queen standing facing inwards, supporting large, tall sceptre, legend:- [STI]EFNER, reverse:- Legend of ornaments, Cross Fleury over Cross Pommee; annulets in field, Spink 1315, J.J.North 922, round flan, nice central strike, a little extreme edge loss at obverse, 9 to 10 o'clock, a little weakness on legends each side of obverse design, toned black, very rare,
Venice, Tomaso Moncenigo, soldino, NVF, English Jeton, Cross fleury in tressure / Cross Moline type, rare, NVF/VF, French jetons, King under canopy / Cross fleury and Shield of France / Cross fleury types, VF/GVF and GF, Boy Bishop token, Mitre / Cross and pellets type, slight damage down one side, F, 2 x Charles I Richmond farthings, both dull, VF, ditto but a Maltravers issue, GF and lastly 4 x Rose farthings, F to VF all sold with old finds tickets [12]
Boy Bishop cast leaded token with an old ticket which states of 'Bury St. Edmunds' the piece is roughly of mediaeval groat size and the reverse similar to same but superimposed at centre a large cross, no legend being visible. Again with the obverse no legend is visible but there is a central mediaeval ship which has lead some numismatists to reason that these are in fact coin weights. I think not, you would not produce a coin weight in lead for obvious reasons, loss of correct weight. It has been put forward by S.E.Rigold that this is actually a product of Ipswich and a rendering of The Town Arms, there are Boy Bishop tokens known of Ipswich but these are rare, sold with old ticket, F
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