Auction No 423, Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT

214 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

Mary Tourtel "The Big Rupert Story Book", Purnell [1951], pictorial boards, near fine, in damaged d/jkt; Alfred Bestall "More Adventures of Rupert"

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Mary Tourtel The Big Rupert Story Book, Purnell [1951], pictorial boards, near fine, in damaged d/jkt; Alfred Bestall More Adventures of Rupert [1937] in worn & darkened boards, pp.121/122 badly damaged but with a good replacement page loosely inserted; and other 1940s/50s Rupert annuals in very mixed condition, some VG/Fine comprising The New Rupert Book [1946 & 1951], and More Adventures of Rupert [1953].  (13)

Modern Fiction, apparently all first editions, all fine in VG/VF d/jackets. Nine are signed by the author, one other with an ownership signature,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Modern Fiction, apparently all first editions, all fine in VG/VF d/jackets. Nine are signed by the author, one other with an ownership signature, o/w uninscribed. (31)

Pictorial Sheet Music, all featuring Cats, 19th & early-20th Century, folio, mostly VG,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £62
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Pictorial Sheet Music, all featuring Cats, 19th & early-20th Century, folio, mostly VG, two cropped along top edge, two others dust-affected, another lacking back cover. (20)

Alfred Kemp Wiffen (1896-1968) "The Hat Shop" [Fairies and Goblins], copper engraving, 15.3 x 15cm, No.17 of 25, signed & numbered in the margin.

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Alfred Kemp Wiffen (1896-1968) The Hat Shop [Fairies and Goblins], copper engraving, 15.3 x 15cm, No.17 of 25, signed & numbered in the margin. Unframed. 

Engravings (many hand-coloured), lithographs and other prints, few w/colours; including large format Fashion plates from "Chic de Paris" 1900s (4);

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Engravings (many hand-coloured), lithographs and other prints, few w/colours; including large format Fashion plates from Chic de Paris 1900s (4); cartoons of Marie Lloyd, Eugene Stratton, Gracie Fields, and Layton & Johnstone; copper engraving of China (c.1760); India w/colours (2, one scratched); and various other items. Many in card mounts. (45)    

Modern works on 20th Century Architects, including Wilkinson & Crompton "F.X.Velarde"; Symondson "Stephen Dykes Bower"; Le Corbusier "Ronchamp"

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Modern works on 20th Century Architects, including Wilkinson & Crompton F.X. Velarde; Symondson Stephen Dykes Bower; Le Corbusier Ronchamp, in d/jkt; and Michael Scott, Architect, in d/jkt. Fine, no inscriptions. (5)     

Twentieth Century Society publications on Architecture including "Festival of Britain", "Post-War Houses", "Housing the Twentieth Century Nation"

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Twentieth Century Society publications on Architecture including Festival of Britain, Post-War Houses, Housing the Twentieth Century Nation, and Industrial Architecture; together with three English Heritage titles including England's Schools. All softbacks, fine, no inscriptions. (16)

20th Century Architecture including Harwood & Davies "England’s Post-War Listed Buildings", Evans "An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture",

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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20th Century Architecture including Harwood & Davies England's Post-War Listed Buildings, Evans An Introduction to Modern Ulster Architecture, Stevenson Palaces for the People: Prefabs in post-war Britain, and Winpenny Up To A Point: in search of pyramids in Britain and Ireland; also some works on interiors & furnishings including few trade catalogues. All modern works, h/bk and s/bk. VG/VF, no inscriptions. (23)

"100 Buildings - 100 Years", Batsford, 2014; Janet Smith "Liquid Assets: The Lidos and Open Air Swimming Pools of Britain", 2005;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £64
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100 Buildings - 100 Years, Batsford, 2014; Janet Smith Liquid Assets: The Lidos and Open Air Swimming Pools of Britain, 2005; Gavin Stamp Britain's Lost Cities, 2007, in d/jkt; Cocroft & Thomas Cold War: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989, 2003; and other works on 20th Century Architecture, mostly modern, h/bk & s/bk, VG/VF, no inscriptions. (19)   

Manchester Theatre Programmes 1920s to 1970s with many 1920s to 1940s, notably the Palace, Opera House and Prince’s, 93 in all;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £32
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Manchester Theatre Programmes 1920s to 1970s with many 1920s to 1940s, notably the Palace, Opera House and Prince's, 93 in all; plus few books, and a folder of photos and ephemera concerning the St.Werburgh's Amateur Dramatic Society (Chorlton) in the 1950s. (Qty)

Signed photos (15) and programmes of UK entertainers, 1930s to 1960s, including Lucan & McShane, George Lacy, Max Wall. Max Bygraves, Moira Anderson,

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Signed photos (15) and programmes of UK entertainers, 1930s to 1960s, including Lucan & McShane, George Lacy, Max Wall. Max Bygraves, Moira Anderson, & various others, a few with multiple signatures, fair to fine. (25 items)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello: an ink-signed photo, PC size, VG.

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello: an ink-signed photo, PC size, VG. 

Gilbert & George: a large promotional card, double-sided, ink-signed by the artists on both sides, 2007.

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Gilbert & George: a large promotional card, double-sided, ink-signed by the artists on both sides, 2007. Issued to promote their exhibition in Germany. One of 100 issued, unnumbered. Fine.

Autographed 10x8” Photographs of British actresses including Honor Blackman, Samantha Bond, Judi Dench, Stephanie Beacham, Pauline Collins,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £38
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Autographed 10x8” Photographs of British actresses including Honor Blackman, Samantha Bond, Judi Dench, Stephanie Beacham, Pauline Collins, Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Shirley Anne Field, Joan Collins, Gloria Swanson, and Lillian Gish. Many obtained in person by the current vendor. Fine (17)

Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier: fine ink-signed photo, 6.5 x 8.5”. 1970s

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier: fine ink-signed photo, 6.5 x 8.5”. 1970s

Signed Theatre & Concert programmes, 1980s/90s, including Kate O’Mara, Richard Eyre, Bernard Cribbens, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Pasco, Michael Bryant,

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £52
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Signed Theatre & Concert programmes, 1980s/90s, including Kate O'Mara, Richard Eyre, Bernard Cribbens, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Pasco, Michael Bryant, Colin Welland, Alec McCowen, David Tennant, Corin Redgrave, Mike Leigh, Alan Ayckbourn, Sean Bean, Cliff Richard, Elaine Stritch, and many others; most with multiple autographs. Many with performance dates inked on to the front cover o/w VG/VF.  (21)

Entertainers’ Autographs in album, mainly signed photos including Michael Crawford, Nigel Havers, Ken Dodd, Sacha Distel, James Fox, Nerys Hughes,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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Entertainers' Autographs in album, mainly signed photos including Michael Crawford, Nigel Havers, Ken Dodd, Sacha Distel, James Fox, Nerys Hughes, David Jason, Norman Collier, and many other well-known names. VG/VF (82 items)   

‘The Avengers’ TV series, a selection of actors’ autographs mounted on illustrated A4 sheets, including Gerald Harper, Donald Sutherland,

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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‘The Avengers' TV series, a selection of actors' autographs mounted on illustrated A4 sheets, including Gerald Harper, Donald Sutherland, Griffith Jones, Penelope Keith, Peter Vaughan, and Jimmy Jewel. (15)      

Entertainers’ Autographs in album, mostly signed 5 x 3” Photos, some signed pages; includes Maureen Lipman, Michael Bryant, Daniel O’Donnell,

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £82
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Entertainers' Autographs in album, mostly signed 5 x 3” Photos, some signed pages; includes Maureen Lipman, Michael Bryant, Daniel O'Donnell, John Bird, Ricky Tomlinson, Gareth Edwards, Robert Lindsay, Fiona Fullerton (signed page), Michael Bentine, Charlie Drake, and other well-known names. (69)

Album of signed 10 x 8” Photos, plus few signed magazine cuttings, all entertainers including Robert Fuller, Glen Campbell, Elizabeth Pena,

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Album of signed 10 x 8” Photos, plus few signed magazine cuttings, all entertainers including Robert Fuller, Glen Campbell, Elizabeth Pena, and various others, mainly Cinema & TV actors. VG/VF (38)