URE MARY: (1933-1975) Scottish Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of the actress seated in a half length pose. Signed in blue ink across a clear area of the image, 'To Barbara - with grateful thanks for all your help & encouragement, Mary Ure'. Autographs of Ure are scarce in any form following her tragically early death at the age of 42. Together with Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) American Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed 9 x 12 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull and bearing his blindstamp in the lower right corner. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. Also including Jean-Louis Barrault (1910-1994) French Actor. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Barrault standing in a three quarter length pose in costume as Father Louis Roulland in a scene from the film The Longest Day (1962). Signed in black ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. Some very light, minor surface and corner creasing, about VG, 3
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ACTRESSES: Selection of vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actresses including Mae West, Betty Grable, Eleanor Holm (also an Olympic Gold medallist, the photograph by Elmer Fryer and inscribed ‘To Carl, Best of luck in the next Olympics, Sincerely, Eleanor Holm’), Ruth Etting, Maureen O’Sullivan, Hedy Lamarr etc. Most with various faults (corner and surface creasing, small tears and pinholes to the edges and borders etc.). FR to about G, 8
ACTRESSES: Selection of vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actresses, many of them associated with musicals, including Madeleine Carroll, Jane Russell, Alice Faye, Dinah Shore Montgomery, Vera-Ellen, Janet Leigh etc. Most with slight surface and corner creasing, G to about VG, 7
ACTRESSES: Selection of vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actresses, many of them associated with musicals, including Alice Faye, Deanna Durbin, Debbie Reynolds, Rosalind Russell, Margaret O'Brien, Vera-Ellen, Betty Hutton etc. Most with slight surface and corner creasing, G to about VG, 8
ACTRESSES: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actresses including Barbara Stanwyck, Marisa Pavan, Joan Fontaine, Lauren Bacall, Nancy Carroll etc. Vintage (2). All are boldly signed to clear areas of the images and only two are inscribed. VG to EX, 6
ACTRESSES: Small selection of signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photographs and very slightly smaller, vintage (3), by various film actresses comprising Dolores Del Rio, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Marlene Dietrich and Danielle Darrieux. A few with minor faults, generally about VG, 5
LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. Vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, the image depicting the duo in a characteristic half length pose together wearing their bowler hats. Signed by both in blue inks to clear areas of the background and inscribed by Laurel at the head of the image. Some very minor, light traces of former mounting to the upper two corners, about VG
CINEMA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, most vintage, by various film actors and actresses including Carole Landis, Akim Tamiroff, Jessie Matthews, Robert Morley, Vittorio De Sica, Brigitte Helm, Conrad Veidt, Edith Evans, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Gina Lollobrigida, Jan Sterling, Billie Burke (2), Gale Sondergaard, Stanley Holloway, Lillian Gish, Ethel Merman, Flora Robson, Gloria Stuart, Laurence Olivier, Robert Taylor, Spring Byington, Eugenie Leontovich etc. Most with various faults (corner and surface creasing, small tears etc.). FR to G, 34
CINEMA: Selection of vintage signed 8 x 10 photographs and a few slightly smaller, by various film actors and actresses including Merle Oberon, Marie Wilson, Janis Paige, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming, Madge Evans, Martha Hyer, Herbert Marshall (2), Alan Ladd, Gene Raymond, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cornel Wilde etc. A few slightly trimmed and with other minor faults, A few FR, generally G to VG, 15
CINEMA: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., many vintage, by various film actors and actresses including Deborah Kerr, Robert Donat, Charlton Heston, Patrick Wymark, Jill Bennett, Peter Barkworth, Constance Cummings, Janet Leigh (2), Robert Stack etc. Generally VG, 13
CINEMA: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various film actors and actresses, mainly British, including Anna Neagle (3; one an A.L.S.), Deborah Kerr, Donald Pleasence, Robert Morley, Dana Gillespie, Nancy Sinatra, Madge Evans, Sarah Churchill, Rita Tushingham, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson & Kenneth Branagh etc. Some of the images are vintage. Generally VG, 14
CINEMA: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (1), many vintage, by various actors and actresses, all of them stars of musical films, including Alice Faye (2), Danny Kaye (2), Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Deanna Durbin, Eleanor Powell, Donald O’Connor, Jack Haley, Ray Bolger etc. Most with various faults (corner and surface creasing etc.), FR to generally about G, 13
TENNIS: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs by various American female tennis players, each of them Wimbledon Champions, comprising Helen Hull Jacobs (Wimbledon Champion 1936), Pauline Betz (Wimbledon Champion 1946), Margaret Osborne (Wimbledon Champion 1947), Louise Brough (Wimbledon Champion 1948, 1949, 1950 & 1955), Doris Hart (Wimbledon Champion 1951) and Shirley Fry (Wimbledon 1956). Most of the images are signed in fountain pen inks and all depict the players in full length tennis related poses. Neatly trimmed (1), G to about VG, 6
CINEMA: Small selection of vintage signed photographs by various film stars comprising Olivia de Haviiland (signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph; one heavy corner crease), Tony Curtis (signed postcard photograph) and James Mason (signed 7.5 x 9 photograph). G to generally VG, 3
CINEMA: Selection of vintage postcard photographs, some cigarette cards etc., each featuring various film actors and actresses, many of them stars of musicals, all unsigned or with facsimile signatures, subjects include Humphrey Bogart, Pearl White, Tom Mix, Clive Brook, Peter Finch, Vera-Ellen, Leslie Caron, Judy Garland (15), Ernst Lubitsch & Mary Pickford, Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Ginger Rogers, Tony Curtis, Rita Hayworth etc. Modern reproductions (7) and Picturegoers (19). Generally VG, 105
CINEMA: Selection of unsigned Front of House stills, publicity portraits, Lobby Stills, sheet music, a few campaign brochures and other printed ephemera etc., most vintage, relating to various musicals and film stars, including Gold Diggers of 1933, Singin' In The Rain, Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, New York, New York, Les Girls (set of twelve colour Front of House stills, 1957), Words and Music (set of eight colour Lobby Stills, 1949), Pagan Love Song (set of eight colour Lobby Stills, 1950), Sonja Henie (a few programmes for Hollywood Ice Revue etc.), Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Julie Andrews etc. Some light, general overall age wear, G to VG, 141
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing 15 signatures by various actors, actresses, entertainers etc., including Peter Cushing (vintage signed postcard photograph laid down to page, some corner creasing), Frankie Howerd (vintage signed programme, neatly laid down), Nat Jackley, Al Read, Charlie Chester, Elizabeth Allan etc., also including many signatures, verses and drawings etc., by family and friends of the collector. Generally VG
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 15 signatures (both vintage signed postcard photographs and signed pieces, all neatly laid down to pages) by various film stars and entertainers including Alastair Sim, Leslie Banks, Paul Robeson, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Diana Dors, Noel Coward, Michael Redgrave, Stewart Granger, Gracie Fields, Laurence Olivier etc., and also including a loosely inserted T.L.S. by Flora Robson and a signed menu card by former British Prime Minister Edward Heath. VG
ENTERTAINMENT: An oblong 4to photograph album containing over 30 vintage signed postcard photographs (a few smaller and larger), some signed cards and letters etc., by various film and stage actors and actresses, Music Hall, Variety and Radio stars etc., each mounted to the pages (most with tape at the corners), including Vivien Leigh (signed 4.5 x 6 photograph), George Formby, Beryl Formby, Florence Desmond, Roland Culver, Frank Lawton & Evelyn Laye, Georgie Wood, Lupino Lane, Ivor Novello, Anton Walbrook, Roger Livesey, Henry Hall, Sid Field, Douglass Montgomery, Wilfred Pickles etc. Also including a few facsimiles. Some pages loose. G to about VG
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly smaller, a few slightly larger etc., by various stage actors, actresses, Variety stars and comedians, Radio artists, bandleaders, singers and musicians etc., mainly 1940s - 1950s, including Kitty Masters, George Metaxa, Ruby Murray, Tex McLeod, Mantovani, Jean Sablon, Charlie Chester, Dolores Ventura, Leslie Sarony & Leslie Holmes, Dickie Valentine, Daphne Walker, Leon Cortez, Bobby Howes, Arthur Haynes, Kenneth Horne, Jack Jackson, Harry Korriss, Nelson Keys, Stanley Lupino, Belle Chrystall, Enid Trevor, Carroll Levis, Joe Loss, Laddie Cliff, Henry Edwards, Cyril Fletcher, Ronnie Carroll, Ronald Frankau, Billy Scott Coomber etc. A little duplication. FR to generally G, 158
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly smaller, a few slightly larger etc., by various stage actors, actresses, Variety stars and comedians, Radio artists, bandleaders, singers and musicians etc., mainly 1940s - 1950s, including Phyllis Robins, Billy Danvers, Geraldo, Carroll Gibbons, Jack Hylton, Monte Rey, Arthur Prince, Arthur Tracy, Joan Turner, Albert Whelan, Jimmy Wheeler, Maurice Winnick, Nat Gonella, Gene Gerrard, Billy Bennett, Ted Ray, Albert Burdon, Al Read, Ella Retford, Sandy Powell, Elsie Carlisle, Tudor Evans, Billy Kay, Fred Duprez, Herman Darewski, Betty Driver, George Clarke, Reginald Dixon, Big Bill Campbell, Elsie & Doris Waters, Senor Wences etc. A little duplication. FR to generally G, 200
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly smaller, a few slightly larger etc., by various stage actors, actresses, Variety stars and comedians, Radio artists, bandleaders, singers and musicians etc., mainly 1940s - 1950s, including Charlie Chester, Geraldo, Jack Clifford, Danny Malone, Syd Seymour, Victor Seaforth, Victor Silvester, Charles Shadwell, Charlie Kunz, George Clarke, Leslie Sarony & Leslie Holmes, Roy Castle, Monte Rey, Yana, Sydney Baynes, Fred Barnes, Issy Bonn, John Boles, Doris Speed, Arthur Leslie, Jack Pleasants, Donald Peers, Laddie Cliff, Ethel Revnell, Elsie Carlisle, Jack Buchanan, Leon Cortez, Sandy Powell, Billy Milton, George Alexander, Anthea Askey, Max Bacon, Ted Ray, Sam Costa, Elsie & Doris Waters etc. A little duplication. FR to generally G, 200
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s etc., by various actors, actresses, entertainers, Music Hall artists etc., including Frankie Howerd, Patricia Roc, Nina Mae McKinney, Ivor Novello, Bebe Daniels, Tom Walls, Leo Genn, G. H. Elliott, Mimi Crawford, Claire Luce, Olga Lindo, Evelyn Laye, Ursula Jeans, Mary Newcomb, Nellie Wallace etc. A little duplication. G to generally VG, 42
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few signed cards, some letters, signed hardback books (3) etc., some vintage, by various television and film actors, entertainers etc., including Hayley Mills, Dennis Waterman, Simon Ward, Ethel Merman, Kathleen Turner, Honor Blackman, Janis Carter, Pat Phoenix (2), Anne Kirkbride, June Whitfield, Charlotte Greenwood, Farley Granger, Herbert Lom, Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers (2), Vera-Ellen (2), Alice Faye, Thora Hird (signed and inscribed edition of Scene and Hird), Jack Warner (signed and inscribed edition of Jack of All Trades), Brian Aherne (signed and inscribed edition of A Proper Job) etc. A few FR, generally G to VG, 38
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, some 8 x 10s, a few signed pieces etc., some vintage, by various British television and stage actors, actresses, presenters, entertainers, comedians and some popular singers etc., including Bob Monkhouse, Johnny Dankworth, Cliff Richard, Una Stubbs, Elaine Paige, David Essex, Shirley Bassey, David Attenborough, Noele Gordon, Kenneth Cope, Helen Shapiro, Cleo Laine, Richard Hearne, Elisabeth Welch, Ken Dodd, Ronnie Corbett, Jill Goodyear & Roy Barraclough, Peter Bowles, David Frost, Julia McKenzie, Frank Williams, Roy Castle, Mike Yarwood, Roy Hudd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Rik Mayall, John Inman etc. A few FR, generally G to about VG, 79
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., some signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few signed cards and handbills etc., by various television and stage actors and actresses, entertainers etc., including Michael Palin, Bradley Walsh, Michael Williams, David Yip, John McArdle, Sue Jenkins, Dean Sullivan, Michael Starke, Harriet Walter, Ruthie Henshall, Bonnie Langford, Katrina Leskanich, Reginald Marsh, Harold Goodwin, Malcolm Tierney, Tracie Bennett, Ronald Pickup, Harry Fowler, Peter Egan, Angela Thorne, Nigel Hawthorne, James Purefoy, David Suchet etc., together with a vintage autograph album containing over 15 signatures including Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Susan Shaw, Joan Dowling, Patricia Dainton etc., and also including various unsigned Front of House stills (most colour) and other printed promotional material for films starring Sharon Stone comprising Basic Instinct (6), The Specialist (6) and The Quick and the Dead (set of 8) etc. G to generally VG, 72 + album
MORGAN HELEN: (1900-1941) American Singer & Actress. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Morgan in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Maurice Seymour of Chicago. Signed in dark fountain pen ink across a light area of the image. Some very slight, minor age wear to the borders, otherwise VG
ROSS DIANA: (1944- ) American Singer. Vintage signed 3.5 x 3 photograph, the image depicting Diana Ross in a half length pose accompanied by The Supremes, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong. All three have signed the image individually, in bold black ink with their first names only, to clear areas at the head. VG
LENNON JOHN: (1940-1980) English Musician, a member of The Beatles. Vintage blue ink signature ('John Lennon') on a small 12mo page removed from an autograph album, matted in black and cream (the matt incorporating Lennon's surname) alongside an engraved plaque and beneath a large photograph of Lennon playing a guitar. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 23 x 27. VG
HARRISON GEORGE: (1943-2001) English Guitarist, a member of The Beatles. Vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of Harrison in a smiling head and shoulders pose resting his chin on one hand. Signed ('To Pat - love from George Harrison') in blue ink to a light area at the head of the image. A few minor, small scuffs to the image and some light overall age wear, G
ROLLING STONES THE: A good set of signatures by all five original members of the English Rock band individually, comprising Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, to the verso of a 12mo incomplete printed Landing Card. Accompanied by an original vintage unsigned 5.5 x 3.5 photograph of the band standing together in half length poses with a BOAC aircraft in the immediate background. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and a couple of corner and surface creases to the photograph. G to about VG, 2
BOLAN MARC: (1947-1977) English Singer with the glam rock band T. Rex. A rare vintage signed 4 x 5.5 photograph by all four members of the 1960s band John’s Children individually, comprising Marc Bolan, Chris Townson, Andy Ellison and John Hewlett. The promotional Fan Club image features composite portraits of each band member and all have signed in blue ink to clear areas with their first names only, except Bolan who has signed in full. Together with an A.L.S., Marilyn xxx, by Marilyn Hewlett, the sister of band member John, five pages, 8vo, Bognor Regis, Sussex, 19th June 1967, to Joan. Hewlett apologises for the delay in replying to her correspondent, offering a lengthy explanation and remarking that she was annoyed with her brother as a result (‘but he doesn’t take a bit of notice of me’), further writing about her job as a shorthand typist and an upcoming promotion (‘that means more lovely money!’) and continuing, in part, ‘Of course I’m a mod, I wouldn’t dream of being anything else - I love moddy boys and know loads of them….I’m wondering if your life is a little less mixed up nowadays as when you wrote you were mad over Chris….I’ve been out with so many Chris’es it’s driving me potty - I go to the Bluesette club, Leatherhead, now called John’s Children Bluesette Club, and all the Chris’es there are there - it’s fatal if you call one of them! Do you listen to Radio Caroline, it’s better than London, if you then I expect you’ve heard ‘Desdemona’ by John’s Children’. Well, I know that group very well, you see John is my brother, Chris [Townson] is my ex boyfriend who I was in love with, Andy [Ellison] - well, we’ve a funny relationship - he lives with John & my father, I go out with him Friday and Saturday evenings….I suppose he’s a sort of boyfriend! Mark [sic; Bolan], well, he’s very quiet and lives for his work he’s very musical minded sings well, plays well and writes fantastic songs - he’s just a good friend. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen them but I’ve enclosed a photograph….They are fabulous looking….you must come to the bluesette and see them….As a matter of interest, the group are all slim Andys blonde with blue eyes, Chris is dark brown with eyes to match. Mark’s same, John’s light brown with greeny brown eyes and fabulous teeth. They’re all completely mad, and I love them all they are my very best friends and I’m proud to be related to John & going out with Andy & to have been out with Chris and to know Mark - really, they’re four lovely lads and I would love you to meet them - they’re very mod too - naturally!…please get a crowd and come down the Bluesette Club…..Please come….’ A light horizontal fold to the centre of the photograph, only very slightly affecting the image but not the signatures. G to about VG, 2
ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various film and stage actors and actresses including Conrad Veidt, Mae West, Sabu, Anton Walbrook, Phyllis Calvert, Mary Martin, Edith Evans, Lilian Baylis, Benita Hume, Olga Tschechowa, Stanley Holloway, Ivor Novello, Austin Trevor, Gertrude Lawrence, Mary Ellis, Wilfrid Hyde White, Otto Kruger, Alec Clunes, Deborah Kerr, Lilli Palmer, Zena Dare, Binnie Hale, Ian Hunter, Laurence Harvey, Googie Withers, Melville Cooper, Ann Harding, Mary Brough etc. A few FR, generally G to about VG, 48
POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed postcard photographs, most vintage, by various European popular singers and musicians including Nana Mouskouri, Mireille Mathieu, Sylvie Vartan, Gilbert Becaud, Richard Anthony, Charles Aznavour, France Gall etc. A few of the images are colour and most are boldly signed to clear areas. None are inscribed. VG, 8
POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and a few smaller by various popular musicians, singers and dancers etc., some vintage, including Josephine Baker (from The French Way), Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte, Cab Calloway, Woody Herman, Peggy Lee etc. All with various faults (corner and surface creasing, age wear etc.). FR to G, 11
POPULAR MUSIC: Selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and smaller (some vintage), a few signed pieces etc., by various popular musicians, singers, composers and lyricists etc., including David Bowie, Charlie Watts, Sting, Jane Birkin, Pearl Bailey, Kathy Kirby, Sarah Vaughan (three Ds.S. featuring five signatures, 1976), Eartha Kitt, Lesley Garrett, Joan Baez, George Martin, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Marvin Hamlisch, Sammy Cahn, Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Mercer, Xavier Cugat etc. A few FR, generally G to VG, 32
ENTERTAINMENT: A good selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and some slightly smaller and larger by various actors, actresses, entertainers, Music Hall and variety stars etc., including Tommy Trinder, Elsie Randolph, Adele Dixon, Donald Peers, Ted Lune, Kenneth & George Western, Norman Evans, Florence Desmond, John Stuart, Tom Walls, Peggy O'Neill, Elsie Carlisle, Ursula Jeans, Ralph Lynn, Henry Kendall, Jessie Matthews, G.H. Elliott, Gertie Gitana, Clarice Mayne, Jack Buchanan, Gene Gerrard, Georgie Wood, George Robey, Leslie Henson, Charlie Chester, Chrissie White, Richard Goolden, Max Wall, Ernest Lotinga, Janet Brown, Elsie & Doris Waters, Leslie Sarony & Leslie Holmes, Arthur Prince, Jasper Maskelyne, Nat Jackley, Lupino Lane, Gertrude Lawrence, Jack Train, Will Fyffe, Flotsam & Jetsam, Gracie Fields, Stanley Lupino, Clapham & Dwyer, Harry Tate, Marie Lloyd, Ted Ray, Arthur Askey etc. A few duplicates. G to generally VG, 137
WOOD HENRY J.: (1869-1944) English Conductor. A large vintage signed 11 x 14 photograph of Wood in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Fayer of Vienna & London. Signed by Wood in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To Frank Thistleton, Sincerely yours, Henry J. Wood' and dated September 1942 in his hand. Matted in the original cream mount (some minor tears and staining to the edges) to an overall size of 17 x 21. About VG
TOSCANININI ARTURO: (1867-1957) Italian Conductor. Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Toscanini standing in a three quarter length profile pose, behind a desk, studying a score which he holds in his hands. Photograph by Lusha Nelson. Signed in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To Arthur Catterall, with the greatest admiration and cordiality, in remembrance, Arturo Toscanini', and dated London, 14th June 1938, in his hand. The signature and inscription are a little light, although perfectly legible, and there is some slight ink bleeding. Together with Adolph Brodsky (1851-1929) Russian Violinist. Vintage signed and inscribed 6.5 x 10 photograph of Brodsky in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Schmidt of Manchester. Signed in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, 'To my dear Friend and former pupil Arthur Catterall, Adolph Brodsky'. Two signed photographs with good association. Some slight age wear, about VG, 2 Arthur Catterall (1883-1943) English Violinist, Orchestral Leader & Conductor.
MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British and Swiss Violinist and Conductor. T.L.S., Yehudi Menuhin, one page, 4to, Los Gatos, California, 7th June 1954, to Miss Muriel Frost. Menuhin states that he has received his correspondent's letter, remarking 'and I, too, pray that this may not be your last letter from an office which brought us together and contributed so much to my feeling of friendship and peace of mind in England', further adding that his wife is writing to her independently, although inviting Frost to stay with them in Gstaad in September, explaining 'your presence would be of inestimable value in handling my correspondence and freeing me to care for the rather important work I have at that time'. Menuhin concludes 'Many thanks for attending to all the different chores I have you. I do hope that the next weeks will provide you with relaxation and clear the mind from the myriad of petty problems you have had to face these last months.' Together with an A.N.S., Yehudi Menuhin, on an oblong 12mo card (most likely originally accompanying a gift or flowers), n.p., December 1954, to Miss Frost, 'celebrating a long and happy companionship'. Also including an A.L.S., Yehudi Menuhin, three pages, 8vo, London, 29th May 1955, to Miss Muriel Frost, on the printed stationery of Claridge's. Menuhin announces 'I will long recall the particular quality which your blend of devotion and ability conveyed to a relationship which has spanned the greater part of my life - a constant, unfailing element of support and comfort' and continues 'Amid a shifting background and standing often as a lonely pillar in a sea of debris, you guarded intact the life-lines and the essential parts of the matter' and concluding by remarking 'I only hope that you will bring your friendly and lively face often to see me'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Further including a vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of Menuhin in a head and shoulders pose playing his violin. Photograph by Fayer of Vienna. Signed by Menuhin in dark fountain pen ink to the lower white border and dated December 1955 in his hand and a signed and inscribed hardback edition of Yehudi Menuhin - The Story of the Man and the Musician by Robert Magidoff, First Edition published by Doubleday & Company Inc., New York, 1955. Signed by Menuhin in bold blue ink to the half title page, 'To dear Miss Frost, recalling our happy hours in London together Dec-Jan 1956, Yehudi Menuhin'. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some extensive wear, creasing and areas of paper loss). The lot also includes Diana Menuhin (1912-2003) British Ballerina, second wife of Yehudi Menuhin. A.L.S., Diana Menuhin, two pages, 4to, Los Gatos, California, 10th September n.y. (late 1950s?), to Miss. Frost. Most likely writing following the death of her third child shortly after birth, Menuhin thanks her correspondent for their 'sweet & sympathetic letter' and continues 'It was a stupidly cruel shock and I am fighting hard to overcome the anguished feeling of emptiness & waste. I have, though, so much in life that I would be a very ungrateful & egoistic (sic) creature if I could not conquer my sadness, and I have such a loving family and friends that I know myself to be very fortunate', concluding by hoping that they will be able to meet for lunch or dinner in London in the future, and further features a series of sixteen vintage Christmas greetings cards from the Menuhin family, the majority inscribed by Diana Menuhin and signed by her on behalf of her husband and family, the stiff oblong small 8vo folding cards dated 1943, 1954 (2), 1956-59, 1961-67, 1969-70, each of the cards featuring different images (some colour, a few now detached although present), most depicting the Menuhin's children although some also including Yehudi and Diana. G to generally VG, 22
CLASSICAL MUSIC: Miscellaneous selection of A.Ls.S. etc., by various composers, conductors and classical musicians etc., including Edward German (A.L.S. to Miss [Flora] Mann, explaining that he would be delighted for her and Miss Lillian Berger to sing his songs, explaining 'I have marked in red ink the shape I would like the Contralto part to take....' and in a postscript remarking '"It was a Lover & his Lass" (Novello) may perhaps be useful to you! It is published as a Duet', 15th June 1923), Eugene Goossens, Marie Brema (two interesting A.Ls.S. regarding her concerts), Adrian Boult, Henry J. Wood (2; one an A.L.S. to Stewart Wilson stating, in part, 'I enjoyed your Concert immensely, in fact, it gave me more really musical pleasure, than anything I have attended for a long time past. I am deeply interested in all forms of Vocal Music & I must congratulate you upon the Programme, but above all, upon the blending of the six voices, the excellent ensemble of the diction & upon the purity & simplicity of your interpretations.', 3rd December 1921), Michael Tippett (signed First Day Cover), Ivor Novello etc. Also including Queen Mary (1867-1953) Queen Consort of the United Kingdom 1910-36, wife of King George V. Vintage signed 10.5 x 8.5 photograph of Queen Mary walking outdoors in a full length pose accompanied by four gentlemen. Signed ('Mary R') in fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1952 in her hand. Framed and glazed in the original wooden frame to an overall size of 11.5 x 9.5. G to generally about VG, 13
ENTERTAINMENT: Miscellaneous selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s, magazine photographs of various sizes, a few signed programmes and sheet music etc., most vintage, by various stage and film actors and actresses, entertainers etc., including Barbara Stanwyck, Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne, Ralph Richardson & Peggy Ashcroft, Gertrude Lawrence, Raymond Massey, Helen Hayes, Diana Wynyard, Jimmy Edwards, Ben Lyon & Bebe Daniels, Edith Evans, Joan Bennett, Gracie Fields, Dickie Valentine, Florence Mills, Liberace, Bill Fraser, Kathryn Grayson, Vesta Tilley etc. FR to G, 52
BALLET: Small selection of signed cards, pieces, T.Ls.S. (2), a few signed photographs of various sizes etc., by various ballet dancers including Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Darcey Bussell, Ninette de Valois, Alicia Markova (T.L.S. to the rare book dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, declining to purchase some letters of Taglioni although agreeing to purchase a letter of La Guimard, 1960), Marie Rambert (2), Natalia Makarova etc., also including a good selection of 46 vintage unsigned 4.5 x 6 photographs and some larger, the images depicting various dancers including Margot Fonteyn, Rowena Jackson, Gillian Lynne, Nadia Nerina etc., all in costume poses from various ballets including Swan Lake, Petrushka, Firebird etc. Many of the photographs are by Houston Rogers and with their credit stamp to the verso. G to VG, 64
TENNIS: Selection of signed postcard photographs (a few vintage) by various female tennis players, some of them Wimbledon Champions, including Patricia Todd, Betty Nuthall, Winnie Shaw, Ann Jones (2; Wimbledon Champion 1969), Chris Evert (Wimbledon Champion 1974, 1976 & 1981) etc. G to generally VG, 7
ARMSTRONG LOUIS: (1901-1971) American Jazz Trumpeter. Vintage fountain pen ink signature and date, 31st March 1934, in his hand on a small 12mo page removed from an autograph album. A tape stain at the upper edge slightly affects four letters of the sentiment, but not the signature. Together with Duke Ellington (1899-1974) American Jazz Pianist. Vintage signed 3.5 x 4.5 photograph of Ellington seated in a half length pose. Signed in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower white border beneath a printed quotation, 'It Don't Mean a Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing!' G to about VG, 2
POYNTER EDWARD J.: (1836-1919) English Painter. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Poynter in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Elliott & Fry of London and bearing their imprint to the lower photographer's mount. Signed by Poynter in bold, dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image and dated 4th January 1904 in his hand. Together with Thomas Woolner (1825-1892) English Sculptor & Poet, one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Woolner in a profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Elliott & Fry of London and bearing their imprint to the lower photographer's mount and verso. Signed by Woolner in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower photographer's mount. Some light age wear and very minor staining to both photographs, otherwise about VG, 2
HOPPE E. O.: (1878-1972) German-born British Portrait Photographer. T.L.S., E. O. Hoppe, one page, 4to, South Kensington, London, 30th July 1929, to G. H. Grubb. Hoppe announces 'To work with St. John Adcock is always a deep pleasure and, to my mind, he himself is a "Glory of Grub Street"' and continues 'I am sorry that I cannot send you a G.[eorge] B.[ernard] S.[haw] signature. - I have mislaid those which I had, but could you not obtain one of his numerous and famous postcards?'. Together with an original vintage unsigned 4 x 6 photograph of George Bernard Shaw by Hoppe, the image depicting Shaw seated in a half length pose resting his head on one arm. With Hoppe's credit stamp to the verso. Also including an original vintage unsigned 5.5 x 6.5 photograph of Anatole France by Hoppe, the image depicting France in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. With Hoppe's credit stamp to the verso. One slight surface and corner crease to France's image, G (1) to VG, 3 G. H. Grubb - London Agent of the American Publishers G. P. Putnam's Sons. Arthur St. John Adcock (1864-1930) English Novelist & Poet, editor of The Bookman. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Anatole France (1844-1924) French Poet, Journalist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1921.
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