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Click here to subscribe* Edward VIII (King of England, 1894-1972). A head and shoulders portrait photograph of the Prince in uniform of the Welsh Guards by Vandyk, image size 14 x 9cm, signed and dated on mount beneath “Edward P, 1919” and signed by the photographer in pencil with photographer’s embossed stamp beneath, mount somewhat spotted (1)
* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Camilo Cienfuegos in a Crowd of Guajiros in Havana, 26th July 1959, gelatin silver print, printed c. 2000, an aerial view showing revolutionaries on horses with raised rifles, smiles and straw hats, embossed stamp and Korda’s ink signature to lower margin, image size 24 x 17cm. On July 26, 1959, the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and a new national holiday, Fidel invited guajiros from all over the islands to Havana. They arrived in their thousands with palm leaves in their hats and machetes in their belts. Camilo Cienfuegos, the Rebel Army’s Chief of Staff, rode at the head of the horsemen. With his easy smile and looking like Jesus out for a good time, he became the darling of Havana’s women, (Cuba by Korda, 2006). (1)
* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). El Quijote de la Farola (Don Quixote of the Lamppost), 1959, gelatin silver print, printed c. 2000, with photographer’s embossed stamp and signature to lower margin, touching image, image size 26 x 18.5cm. While Fidel was making his speech, this fellow scrambled up the streetlight like a cat, then settled astride the lights and calmly lit a cigarette. I called him ÒDon Quixote of the lamppostÓ, (Cuba by Korda, 2006). (1)
* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Guerrillero Heroico, 5th March 1960, gelatin silver print, later printing, small black Korda stamp to verso lower right, signed pencil inscription by Korda dated 1986, “El pudiera haber dicho: ÒSolo se ve con el corazon. Lo esencial es invisible para los ojos.Ó Tu lo sabes.”, 25 x 20cm. The inscription translates as: “It could be said: ÒOnly the heart can see essential things which are invisible to the eyes.Ó You know it is so.” Famously, Korda made no money from this photograph, the most iconic portrait photograph of the 20th century. A special association item. (1)
* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Fidel Castro leading a line of soldiers in the Sierra Maestra, 15th June 1962, vintage gelatin silver print with Korda and overlapping ink credit stamp to verso with pencil annotations, a few surface marks and sl. soiling to upper right corner, remains of adhesion marks to corner versos, 12.5 x 20.5cm (1)
* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Fidel Castro at a press conference, early 1960s, vintage gelatin silver print, Castro with a peaked military cap with his left hand touching his sunglasses and standing with other men behind microphones with the legend “CMBF-TV”, a few minor marks and light crease to lower left corner, Korda Studios ink stamp to verso, 20 x 25cm (1)
* Korda (Alberto, 1928-2001). Fidel Castro playing baseball, 1960s, gelatin silver print showing Castro full length with peaked cap, striped trousers and baseball shoes standing with arms outstretched and pointing downwards beside a crouched and waiting catcher, ink stamp to verso, minor corner creasing, 18 x 25.5cm (1)
Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, “Lewis Carroll”). Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing (with The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, and envelope), 1890 [but later], comprising 38pp. booklet, postage-stamp case containing stamp-holder with twelve separate pockets for stamps of different values, and orig. printed envelope (a little creased and frayed at edges), stamp-case verso with “published by Emberlin and Son, 4, Magdalen Street, Oxford” printed above the Cheshire cat, and below “(post free, 13d.) price one shilling”, approx. 105 x 80mm (4 x 3ins), together with another copy similar, with the booklet, postage-stamp case and stamp-holder, but without the envelope.See Williams, Maddan, Green 223. (2)
[Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus]. The History of a Nutcracker. With Two Hundred and Twenty Illustrations by Bertall, 2 parts in one, George Routledge, 1852, hand-col. title to each part (that to first part browned), eng. vigns. throughout, ink stamp on pastedowns, early 20th c. half calf gilt, rubbed, spine water-stained, 8vo. This is a translation of Dumas’s version of Hoffmann’s story. The illustrations are engraved by the Vizetelly brothers after Albert d”Arnoux who adoted the pseudonym of Bertall, an anagram of his first name, on the advice of Balzac. (1)
Verne (Jules). Dr. Ox’s Experiment, and Other Stories, 1st U.K. ed., 1874, plates and illustrations, plate at p.165 with sellotape reinforcement, lacking endpapers, some light spotting and paperclip marks, a.e.g., original green pictorial cloth gilt, chips at spine ends, rubbed, slight lean, 8vo, together with Wells (H.G.), The First Men in the Moon, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1901, twelve b & w plates, lacking front endpaper, p.41 with green scribbling, occasional light soiling, previous owner stamp, original dark blue cloth gilt, small splits to joints, rubbed, 8vo (2)
* Swiss playing cards. A deck of playing cards, late 19th c., fifty-one (of 52) col. printed cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (French suits), each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-faced court cards, lacking the ten of hearts, ace of hearts with Canton of Berne tax stamp, blue patterned versos, rounded corners, 91 x 61mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), together with Austrian playing cards, A deck of playing cards, Vienna, Fred. Piatnik, c.1920, thirty-two col. printed cards (complete), comprising four suits of eight, each with pip cards 1, 7-10 and three double-faced court cards, ink stamp on ace of hearts, pink patterned versos, 90 x 61mm (3.5 x 2.5ins), plus seventeen cards from a wood eng. miniature French deck, late 18th/early 19th c., comprising sixteen pip cards and one court card (king of clubs), lightly foxed and dust-soiled, paste paper versos (with Schreiber Collection oval ink stamp on each), 65 x 37mm (2.5 x 1.5ins) (3)
* Seuss (Dr., i.e. Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904-1991). An original drawing of the Cat in the Hat, with signature by Dr. Seuss, on a first day cover honoring Fiorello La Guardia, 1972, New York postmark dated 24 Apr 1972, postage stamp to upper right corner, envelope approx. 9 x 16.5 cm (3.75 x 6.5 in) Fiorello La Guardia was the Mayor of New York City between 1933-1945. (1)
* Walt Disney. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse; Mickey Mouse and Goofy; Minnie Mouse; Dopey, Rainbow Designs, 1972, together four felt tip and gouache illustrations on artist’s board, sheet size 190 x 267mm (7.5 x 10.5ins) and sl. smaller, all with Walt Disney Studio ink stamp on tissue guards, together with ten other illustrations of Disney characters in pen and ink, watercolour, and felt tip, with traces of gouache, for merchandise such as memo boards, badges, etc., mostly on artist’s board (or paper mounted on board), some with numerous illustrations to one sheet, sheet size largest 410 x 560mm (16 x 22ins), smallest 225 x 150mm (9 x 6ins), plus eight printed proof illustrations of Disney characters (22)
Francis (Dick). Nerve, 1964; For Kicks, 1965; Odds Against, 1965; Flying Finish, 1966; Blood Sport, 1967, 1st eds., library stamp and label to Blood Sport, one or two light spots, original cloth, d.j.s, Nerve with a few stains to rear panel, For Kicks chipped at spine head and repaired to verso, 8vo, together with 24 others by Dick Francis, some price-clipped, including Enquiry, 1969, Rat Race, 1970, Bonecrack, 1971, Smokescreen, 1972, Slay-Ride, 1973, Knockdown, 1974 and High Stakes, 1975 (29)
A George III silver rectangular vinaigrette by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham 1790, engine turned with reeded sides, the gilt interior with a cast ‘filigree’ pierced grille, engraved ‘in mem: Mar 20th 1885’, 3.7cm (1.5in) wide; a French triple stamp box, post 1838 small article .800 standard, retailed by ‘E. Lenoir, 19 Bd. Capucines’, circa 1900, engine turned with dots within a leaf border, a blue cabochon thumbpiece, the interior gilt, 7.7cm (3in) wide; and an Edwardian oblong double cheroot holder case, London 1909, with two raised rose gilt bands, the interior gilt, engraved ‘AMG’, 6cm (2.5in) wide
A Victorian burr walnut dressing case with silver mounted fittings by George Brace, London 1884, stamp for Fisher, 188 Strand as retailer, with three cut glass bottles, four jars and three boxes, the silver covers engraved with a monogram and scroll foliage, the box with ebonised edges, retailer’s plaque for Fisher, 188 Strand, the drawer leather covered and lined, 30.5cm (12in) wide (the fitted tray distressed)
Gerning Tour along Rhine Mentz to Cologne first English edition hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 23 plates list of subscribers ex-library copy with ink stamp to verso of title and to O2 verso blind-stamps to all plates and a few text ff. modern dark green half morocco spine gilt gilt shelf number to foot of spine slightly rubbed [Abbey Travel 217] despite library markings still a good copy with good colouring 1820 [but plates watermarked 1816-1819 and text 1817-1818]. ***The plates are in an early state (without numbering to top right corner)..
Heber Upper Provinces of India 1828 2 vol. first edition engraved frontispieces folding map (hand-coloured in outline) and 8 plates ex- North Devon Athenæum Library copy stamp to titles and versos of plates labels to pastedowns some foxing to plates new endpapers and pastedowns contemporary half calf rebacked in later brown morocco gilt shelf numbers to lower spines rubbed and scuffed 4to 1828.
cost. Costume of the Russian Empire 1811 text in English and French hand-coloured aquatint additional pictorial title and 72 plates ex-library copy sadly with small ink stamp within image of every plate a few barely visible occasional finger-soiling contemporary black calf rebacked in modern black crushed morocco in compartments and richly gilt [Abbey Travel 244; Colas 703; Lipperheide 1342] small folio 1811.
Jacquin (Nicolaus Joseph von) Collectanea ad botan 5 vol. (including supplement) 98 hand-coloured and 8 uncoloured engraved plates ?stamp removed from title vol.3 light water-stain to upper margin vol.2 one leaf in supplement repaired some light foxing contemporary calf-backed marbled boards vellum corners gilt spines upper joint of supplement split [Nissen BBI 970; Pritzel 4370; Stafleu & Cowan 3253] 4to Vienna 1786-96. ***Includes botany beetles snakes lichens minerals and fungi..
Michaux North American Sylva 3 vol. in 5 156 chromolithographed plates finished by hand in colour ex-library copy with small ink stamp to foot of image of every plate a few marginal stains but plates generally in bright clean condition contemporary half morocco spines gilt library shelf number to foot of each spine rubbed g.e. [Sabin 48694] 8vo Philadelphia 1865.
STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish Novelist of Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Rare A.L.S., Robert Louis Stevenson, three pages, 8vo, Pitlochry, Perthshire, n.d. (6th July 1881), to Eva Simpson, his biographer. Stevenson apologises for his silence, explaining that he has been travelling, `and that tires me shockingly now-a-days`. He continues `The question of critics is not easy; but I shall mention the case to those whom I dare. You see a word too much, or a word out of season or a word that in any way alarms the critic`s vanity which is so active or his honesty which is so sluggish, produces the precise contrary of the desired effect. Hence, gentle going is safe.` The author then discusses a title, explaining that his wife and mother have `all been breaking our heads`, adding `All the dog titles seem used up. But here are some: The Dogs of a Household, The Dogs of a Family, My Four footed friends….My furry friends, A Tale of Tails. Some of them are not bad. For the joke`s sake, I must add another, which I struck out, all unconscious of its absurdity, in the heat of talk:- My Hairy Acquaintance!` Accompanied by the front panel (stamp removed) of the original envelope, hand addressed by Stevenson (the address partially corrected in another hand). A fine letter, written in the same year that Stevenson wrote Treasure Island. A very light, extremely minor, band of discoloration appears at the extreme edges of the letter, evidently caused by previous framing, otherwise VG
WALLIS WINDSOR: (1895-1986) American Socialite, wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor. A printed 4to souvenir copy of the front page of The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, 10th December 1936, featuring the headline Edward Surrenders Throne That He May Wed American, bearing a United States Love postage stamp in the lower white border, postally cancelled at Philadelphia, 26th January 1973. Signed (`Wallis, Duchess of Windsor`) in bold blue ink to the lower white border. VG
ALBERT I: (1875-1934) King of Belgium 1909-34. L.S., Albert, two pages, 4to, Brussels, 24th December 1909, to the President of Bolivia, in French. The manuscript letter, untranslated, announces the death of His Majesty King Leopold II, on 17th December, and Albert`s subsequent accession to the throne. Signed at the conclusion and also bearing a countersignature. With received date stamp in the lower border of the first page and a couple of annotations in indelible pencil. A series of very small holes appear along the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG
KRUGER PAUL: (1825-1904) President of the South African Republic 1883-1900. D.S., S J P Kruger, one page, folio, Pretoria, 22nd March 1898. The partially printed document, in Afrikaans, relates to Cornelis Francois Kruger and the transfer of land. Signed by Kruger at the foot and with a blind embossed seal. An official green stamp partially affects the first three letters of Kruger`s signature. Some minor tears and small areas of paper loss to the left edge, about VG
GUEVARA CHE: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary and Guerilla leader, a major figure of the Cuban Revolution. A very fine vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7 x 9.5 photograph of Che seated in a relaxed profile half length pose wearing his familiar black beret and with a lit cigar in one raised hand. Photograph by Tito Alvarez of Havana and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed in bold black ink across a light area at the centre of the image, with a lengthy inscription in Spanish, `To a great friend and partner from the struggle, Regino Boti and family, Until Victory Always, Che` and dated 1st November 1964 in his hand. Signed photographs of Che are exceptionally rare, and this is an excellent example with an interesting association. VG Regino Boti Leon (1923-1999) served as Fidel Castro`s first Minister of the National Economic Council in the Cuban Revolutionary Government Cabinet of January 1959. He had previously founded Cuba`s first school of economics in 1956.
CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Wartime signed 7 x 10 photograph, a famous and engaging image of Churchill in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Walter Stoneman and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed (`Winston S. Churchill`) in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer`s mount and dated Christmas 1942 in his hand. From the estate of Colonel Ernest `Tex` Lee (1911-1965) Executive Officer and Aide de Camp to Dwight Eisenhower during World War II. Some silvering to the image, otherwise VG
[BLERIOT LOUIS]: (1872-1936) French Aviator, completed the first flight across a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft when he crossed the English Channel, 25th July 1909. A fine original vintage sepia 5 x 4.5 unsigned photograph showing Bleriot flying over the French coast in his monoplane as he embarks on his historic flight over the English Channel, 25th July 1909. On the beach below four young children can be seen looking towards the skies, the eldest boy pointing one finger towards Bleriot`s aircraft. Photograph by M. Rol of Paris and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Together with three original vintage unsigned postcards, each showing different images (one colour) of Bleriot`s monoplane. About VG, 4
RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS: A good collection of eight individual vintage signed postcard photographs by the first Russian cosmonauts to travel in space, comprising Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andrian Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, Valentina Tereshkova, Pavel Belyayev and Alexei Leonov, together with a 4 x 2 Russian postage stamp individually signed by the crew members of Voskhod 1, Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov and Boris Yegorov. Each of the images show the cosmonauts in head and shoulders poses and have been signed to clear areas of the images, most with their names alone. Gagarin has added several additional words in his hand. The eight photographs and stamp are professionally matted alongside each other, and an unsigned colour postcard photo of the crew of Voskhod 1, in marbled black and gold and framed and glazed in a gold coloured metallic frame to an overall size of 28.5 x 16.5. VG
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: A commemorative postcard issued for the World Cup final between England and West Germany at Wembley on 30th July 1966, individually signed by ten members of the victorious England team, Alan Ball, Martin Peters, Nobby Stiles, George Cohen, Gordon Banks, Ray Wilson, Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Roger Hunt and Geoff Hurst. Each have signed with their names alone to clear areas in blue and black inks. The card features a World Cup postage stamp and is postally cancelled at Wembley, 30th July 1966. VG
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: A colour 8 x 6 photocard commemorating the 40th anniversary of England`s World Cup victory in 1966 featuring an image of the England football team of 1966 in a jubilant group pose together, individually signed by nine of the players, Geoff Hurst, Roger Hunt, Alan Ball, Gordon Banks, Nobby Stiles, Martin Peters, Jack Charlton, Ray Wilson and George Cohen. With a World Cup postage stamp affixed in the upper right corner, postally cancelled at Wembley, 6th June 2006. All have signed with their names alone to clear areas of the image. Together with a selection of First Day Covers signed by various cricketers including Chris Read, Philip de Freitas, Andy Flowers, Lance Gibbs, Graham Dilley, Jimmy Adams, Martin Crowe, James Kirtley, Andy Caddick, Mark Ramprakash, Gladstone Small, Martyn Moxon etc. All feature colour designs relating to various cricket matches and events. VG to EX, 26
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed programmes by various entertainers and actors etc., including Rock Hudson, Rudolf Nureyev, Joan Plowright, Frank Finlay, Terence Stamp, Adam Faith, Michael Jayston, Martin Shaw, Michael Crawford, Brian Blessed, Steve Alder, Simon Ward, Lee Remick, Keir Dullea, Paul Jones, James Bolam, George Chakiris, Simon Williams, Gerald Harper, Tom Bell, Ian McKellen, John Curry, Charles Aznavour, Sacha Distel etc. Most of the programmes are 8vo, a few 4to, and are for various 1970s West End shows including Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show, Dracula, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, King Lear, Gigi etc. The majority are signed to the inside photo pages or cast lists. Some light overall age wear, G to VG, 33
JAZZ: An unusual collection of signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photographs by various jazz musicians, including Trummy Young, Vic Dickenson, Al Cohn (2, one also signed by Zoot Sims), Jess Stacy, George Duvivier, Doc Cheatham, Jake Hanna, Bob Haggart, Flip Phillips, Wild Bill Davison, Teddy Wilson, Butch Miles, Marty Napoleon, Roy Eldridge, Eddie Miller, Buddy Tate, Benny Carter, Bud Freeman etc. The majority of the photographs were taken by Al White and bear his credit stamp to the verso. Most are also inscribed to White and some were published in his book Jazz Party: A Photo Gallery of Great Jazz Musicians (2000). The images show the musicians in various poses, some candid and many playing their instruments. Some duplication and many multiple signed. VG, 49
RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE, (1841-1919) French Impressionist Painter. A good signed 6 x 9.5 photograph, being a reproduction of one of the artist`s floral paintings. Signed (`Renoir`) in bold black ink with his name alone to the lower border. Also signed by the Mayor of Cagnes beneath a short holograph statement confirming the authenticity of Renoir`s signature, dated 13th January 1917. The lower border also features the Mayor`s official purple rubber stamp. A rare and attractive signed photograph. VG
WEST BENJAMIN: (1738-1820) Anglo-American Painter at the time of the American War of Independence. Ink signature (`Benjn. West`) on a 12mo printed card, being an incomplete admission ticket to a lecture at the Royal Academy in London. Also signed in ink by William Theed the elder (1764-1817) English Sculptor and Painter. With the Royal Academy red ink stamp in the lower left corner. VG
ANDERSEN HANS CHRISTIAN: (1805-1875) Danish Author & Poet, noted for his Children`s stories. Rare A.Q.S., Hans Christian Andersen, (a scarce example of his English signature), one page, oblong 8vo, Gad`s Hill Place, Rochester, Kent, n.d. (1857). In blue fountain pen ink Andersen has penned a quotation which he identifies as being from a work by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, `Often in a wooden house a golden room we find` Signed and dated immediately beneath the quotation. The circular stamp of the noted Rawlins collection appears in the lower right corner. An attractive example. Some light traces of former mounting, particularly to the edges, not affecting the text or signature. About VG Andersen penned this quotation at the home of Charles Dickens during his visit in 1857. He stayed with Dickens for five weeks, oblivious to Dickens` increasingly blatant hints for him to leave. Dickens` daughter said of Andersen `He was a bony bore, and stayed on and on`. Shortly after Andersen left, Dickens published David Copperfield featuring the obsequious Uriah Heep, who is said to have been inspired by Andersen. The Dane greatly enjoyed the visit and never understood why Dickens stopped answering his letters. The quotation, penned in a blue ink identical to that which Dickens himself favoured, is reproduced by Ray Rawlins in his book The Guinness Book of World Autographs (1977, page 4) and is actually only the second half of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow`s famous quotation, `Intelligence and Courtesy not always are combined; often in a wooden house a golden room we find`.
BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) British Children`s Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, on one side of a picture postcard featuring a colour illustration of the Six Cousins, promoting Blyton`s magazine, n.p., (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire), n.d. (16th June 1954), to Rosalind Cummings. Blyton thanks her correspondent for their interesting news and continues `You must have enjoyed producing the play! I hope it will be a great success!` The postage stamp has been neatly removed and there is a large, light brown stain covering a large proportion of the text (but not signature) although it remains completely legible. The stain also lightly affects a large portion of the image. FR
ELIOT GEORGE: (1819-1880) English Novelist, pen name of Mary Ann Lewes. D.S. with her married name, Marian Lewes, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 7th June 1872. The manuscript document is a receipt for the sum of £44.2.10 from the executor’s of her late father’s estate, being ‘the amount of half a year’s interest (less Property tax)’. Signed by Eliot at the conclusion, her signature partially running across the affixed one penny revenue stamp. Some minor, light creasing, otherwise VG
KIPLING RUDYARD: (1865-1936) English Author, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1907. D.S., Rudyard Kipling, one page, folio, n.p. (Sussex), 10th December 1926. The typed document is a memorandum of agreement between Kipling and the Rural District of Ticehurst regarding drainage works and the resulting effluent that the council wished to carry out on Kipling`s land at Batemans, Burwash. Signed by Kipling at the foot across a six pence revenue stamp. With integral leaf. VG
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