Photographs, Autographs & Documents, British Royal Memorabilia

* Shelly family. An archive of documents, letters and notebooks relating to the Shelly family, 19th-early 20th c., including four copies of Memori...

* Slavery Registration Documents. A group of 3 slavery registration documents, 1824-27, the first entirely in manuscript, 11 December 1824, certif...

* Somerset Lead Mining. Manuscript copy of the Harptree Court Mendip Mining Laws, comprising dated 1673, manuscript leaves on paper comprising fly...

* Stamps. Great Britain. 1840 2d blue, horizontal pair (LK/LL), good to large margins all round, black mx cancels, SG 5 (£1950), together with:Gre...

* Stamps. Mauritius. 1859 Q. V. 1D Post Paid, word or latest impressions, group of six examples, margins in places with one good to large all roun...

* Victorian Scrap Album. A large Victorian scrap album, c. 1880s, containing over 500 mostly French and Belgian chromolithographic greetings cards...

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, British prime minister 1828-30, 1834. A printed ticket for adm...

* Wellington (Duke of). Panorama of the Funeral Procession of the Duke of Wellington, London: Ackermann and Co., [1853], elaborate hand-coloured a...

* Wellington (Duke of). Twelve original tickets to the Funeral Procession and related ephemera, 1853, a collection of 12 various printed invitatio...

* Duke of Wellington's Waterloo Banquet. Two colour-printed invitation tickets to view The Waterloo Banquet painted by William Salter at Apsley Ho...

* Duke of Wellington's Waterloo Banquet. Original Invitation to the Waterloo Banquet from the Duke of Wellington to Sir Augustus Frazer (1776-1835...

* West African Gold Coast. Commission issued by Committee of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, 1 January, 1777, pre-printed document on ...

* [Churchill, Winston]. An embroidered sampler, circa 1941, 10 verses in black thread, embroidered floral borders, first verse titled 'H.M.S. Hood...

* World War Two. B17 Flying Fortress bomber. Three official reports, statements and questionnaires regarding the ditching of two B17 bombers, one ...

* Yorkshire Mining. A collection of documents, manuscript books & ephemera etc., relating to the development of mining, railways & trade unions, N...

* Bardot (Brigitte, 1934-). A signed glossy colour photograph, semi-nude head and shoulders shot, signed in black felt tip pen to lower part of im...

* Blondell (Joan, 1906-1979). A vintage signed and inscribed sepia photograph, half length with her hands placed on a cushion in front of her, sig...

* Brown (Joseph Evans, 1891-1973). An oversize vintage signed and inscribed photograph, close-up head and shoulders portrait, signed and inscribed...

* Cagney (James, 1899-1986). A vintage signed photograph, head and shoulders portrait with head turned in profile, signed in blue ink lower right,...

* Cagney (James, 1899-1986). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Jim', Verney Farm, Stamfordville, New York, 15 September, no year, to Clive, an autograph h...

* Chaplin (Charles, 1889-1977). A vintage signed publicity postcard by American Publishing Co., Los Angeles, [1915], head and shoulders portrait b...

* Cooper (Gary, 1901-1961). A signed Paramount Pictures glossy publicity photograph, head and shoulders portrait, signed in purple ink to lower pa...

* Cooper (Gary, 1901-1961). A vintage signed and inscribed glossy Paramount Pictures publicity photograph, a half-length portrait, seated in profi...

* Crawford (Joan, c. 1904-1977). Two Typed Letters Signed, 'Joan', 3 May & 9 August 1974, both to fan Frank Halls of Ashford, Kent, thanking him f...

* Crawford (Joan, c. 1904-1977). Two Typed Letters Signed, 'Joan', 7 August & 27 November 1968, both to fan Frank Halls in Ashford, Kent, thanking...

* Crosby (Bing, 1903-1977). A vintage signed photograph, head and shoulders portrait with jacket and bow tie and a held pipe, signed in dark ink t...

* Curtis (Tony, 1925-2010). An oversize vintage signed and inscribed photograph of the young actor, signed in blue fountain pen ink to lower right...

* Cushing (Peter, 1913-1994). A signed and inscribed photograph, showing the actor as scientist Dr Frankenstein in his laboratory, signed and insc...

* Davis (Bette, 1908-1989). A signed and inscribed glossy photograph, head and shoulders portrait with arms folded, signed and inscribed in black ...

* Davis (Bette, 1908-1989). A vintage sepia signed publicity photograph, close-up head shot, signed and inscribed in blue ink for Jessie McGregor ...

* De Carlo (Yvonne, 1922-2007). A signed and inscribed glossy publicity photograph, 1945, full length, showing the actress as Salomé, signed and i...

* De Havilland (Olivia, 1916-2020). A signed glossy photograph in the role of Melanie from Gone with the Wind, half length and seated, signed in b...

* DeMille (Cecil Blount, 1881-1959). A vintage signed and inscribed publicity photograph, head and shoulders portrait, signed in black fountain pe...

* Douglas (Kirk, 1916-2020). A signed glossy photograph, head and shoulders portrait of the young smiling actor, signed and inscribed in black ink...

* Durbin (Deanna, 1921-2013). A vintage signed and inscribed sepia photograph, a close-up head portrait, signed in blue ink for Jacoba with sentim...

* Eastwood (Clint, 1930-). A vintage signed glossy photograph of the young actor, close-up head shot in a round-neck sweater, signed in blue felt ...

* Fields (William Claude, 1880-1946). A signed cheque, 'W.C. Fields', 3 October 1925, signed and made out by Fields in brown ink on a Harriman Nat...

* Fields (William Claude, 1880-1946). A signed 'Picturegoer' series real photograph postcard, signed in ink 'W.C. Fields' across the lower part of...

* Fonda (Henry, 1905-1982). A vintage signed publicity photograph, head and shoulders portrait wearing jacket and tie, signed in dark ink to light...

* Fonda (Jane, 1937-). A signed glossy photograph of the actress as a young woman, half length, boldly signed in black felt tip pen across lower l...

* Ford (Glenn, 1916-2006). A vintage signed glossy publicity photograph, head and shoulders portrait in jacket and tie, signed in blue ink to clea...

* Gable (Clark, 1901-1960). A vintage signed photograph, a close-up head shot of the smiling actor, signed in green ink to right light area of ima...

* Garland (Judy, 1922-1969). A signed programme for 'An Evening with Judy Garland' at the London Palladium, 1960, 12-page stapled booklet includin...

* Goldwyn (Samuel, 1879-1974). A vintage signed glossy publicity photograph, 1930s, half-length portrait in jacket and tie, signed in black founta...

* Grable (Betty, 1916-1973). A vintage real photo publicity postcard produced for State Express Cigarettes, full length, seated in a bathing costu...

* Guinness (Alec, 1914-2000). A vintage signed glossy photograph, head and shoulders portrait from 'The Ladykillers', signed and inscribed in blue...

* Hawkins (Jack, 1910-1973). A vintage signed and inscribed glossy photograph, half-length portrait wearing jacket and tie, signed and inscribed i...

* Hayworth (Rita, 1918-1987). A vintage signed and inscribed glossy photograph, half-length portrait in a turtle-neck sweater with one arm folded ...

* Hepburn (Katherine, 1907-2003). A vintage signed atmospheric photograph of the young actress, half length in dark clothing, her hair, face and h...

* Hope (Bob, 1933-2003) & Crosby (Bing, 1903-1977) & Lamour (Dorothy, 1914-1996). A signed album page, inscribed and signed in black ballpoint pen...

* Hudson (Rock, 1925-1985). A vintage signed glossy photograph, head and shoulders portrait with cap from the film Scarlet Angel [1952], signed an...

* Karloff (Boris, 1887-1969). A vintage signed and inscribed photograph, showing the seated actor with a held pipe between his lips, signed and in...

* Kelly (Grace, 1929-1982). A vintage signed and inscribed glossy publicity photograph, seated half length in part profile, boldly signed to Rober...

* Ladd (Alan, 1913-1964). A vintage signed and inscribed photograph, head and shoulders portrait in a light jacket, signed and inscribed to Dick i...

* Lamour (Dorothy, 1914-1996). A vintage signed and inscribed photograph, full-length seated pose in showgirl attire, signed and inscribed in blue...

* Lancaster (Burt, 1913-1994). A vintage signed publicity photograph, head and shoulders portrait in jacket and tie, signed lower left in black fe...

* Langdon (Harry, 1884-1944). A vintage signed and inscribed publicity photograph, signed and inscribed for Stanley in blue ink to lower part of i...

* Laurel (Stan, 1890-1965) & Hardy (Oliver, 1892-1957). A vintage signed early photograph of the comic duo by Stax, head and shoulders study of th...

* Lee (Christopher, 1922-2015). A signed glossy photograph, head and shoulders portrait in jacket and tie, signed in silver marker pen lower left,...

* Lloyd (Harold, 1893-1971). A vintage signed and inscribed glossy photograph, half-length pose with bespectacled head tilted and smiling, printed...