Lot: 5
Donald Jones Escape from Sulmona 1980, first edn., signed & inscribed by the author, in d/jkt; and other signed first editions by Douglas Reeman, Robert Goddard and Colin Dexter; a Biggles first edition in VG d/jkt; and Guinness Book of Records 1955 and 1956 editions, the 1955 edition with boards bowed. (6)
Lot: 6
Autograph album, 1960s/70s, including Morecambe & Wise (three of each)), Michael Caine, Pat Phoenix, Kathy Kirby, Noel Cantwell, Bobby Charlton and various others. Few pages removed.
Lot: 7
Autograph album, 1940s, with signatures of Laurence Olivier, Lord Beaverbrook, Vivien Leigh, Harold Macmillan, John Gielgud, Oscar Rabin, Vera Lynn, and various others. (19)
Lot: 8
Autograph album, mostly with signatures obtained 1919 at The Palace Theatre, Manchester, but with others added in 1961 with the Ryder Cup teams of GB and USA, and cricketers. Signatures include Hetty King, Wee Georgie Wood, Lupino Lane, Gertie Gitana, Frank Tyson, Everton Weeks, S.F. Barnes, Arnold Palmer, Peter Alliss and many others. Many signatures ‘back to back'. (Few 100).
Lot: 9
Autograph album, late-1940s/early-1950s, with signatures of Chico Marx, Betty Hutton, Laurel & Hardy, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Vivien Leigh, Denis Compton, Richard Dimbleby, Betty Hutton, Peter Brough, Al Read, Lena Horne, Eric Portman, Alec Guinness, George Chisholm, Jack Benny, Michael Redgrave, Frankie Lane, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, and others. (abt.90)
Lot: 10
Two autograph albums, 1930s/40s, including signatures of Leslie Howard, Gracie Fields, George Formby, Don Bradman, Tyrone Power, Paul Robeson, Ernest Bevin, Manchester City's 1937 team, Tommy Handley, Jock McAvoy, Nat Gonella, Sonja Henie, Leslie Phillips, Tommy Farr, Henry Cotton, the 1947 Cricket teams of Worcestershire, Essex, Sussex and Somerset. (over 100)
Lot: 11
Autograph album and many loose pages, c.1918-1940s, including signatures of Maurice Chevalier, Tallulah Bankhead, Suzanne Lenglen (tennis star), George Robey, Charles Wyndham, Cedric Hardwicke, and many others, plus quotations, sketches etc. Very mixed condition.
Lot: 12
Autographs in folder, with signed photos, letters, programmes etc, including John Glen (director), Zubin Mehta, Peter Cushing (cut signature), Jane Powell, Nanette Newman, Matt Damon, Polly James, and various others. (33 items)
Lot: 13
Autographed photos, PC size, in album including Geraldine McEwan, Sonia, Zoe Wannaker, Susan Hampshire, Frank Finlay, Steve Cram, Robin Cousins, and various others. (38)
Lot: 14
Paul Eddington signed copies of The Complete Yes Minister 1985 and Yes Prime Minister Vol.1, 1986, both in d/jkts, fine; and other books including Gil Elvgren – The Complete Pin-Ups and two other pin-up titles. (12)
Lot: 15
Box of old Autograph albums including signatures of entertainers, footballers, personal friends and others, plus quotations, few watercolour sketches etc. Some albums sparsely filled. Mixed condition, some pages loose. (15 albums)
Lot: 20
Charlie Cairoli and Paul (Freeman): an ink-signed PPC, together with an unsigned Blackpool Tower Circus programme of 1969.
Lot: 21
Diana Dors: fine signed 8.5 x 6.5” photo alongside the Mayor of Charnwood, during her visit to Leicestershire in 1981, plus related newscutting.
Lot: 25
Entertainers' autographs, a selection of signed photos, mostly 10 x 8”, including Bette Davis, James Stewart, Olivia de Havilland, Marlene Dietrich, Robert de Niro, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., James Cagney and Laurence Olivier. VG/VF (12)
Lot: 39
Ian Dury and the Blockheads: a 1980 autographed EP vinyl record sleeve, signed on the front cover, complete with record. Some creasing.
Lot: 40
J.C. Trewin Sybil Thorndike, Rockcliff 1955, first edition, in d/jkt, signed and dated 1956 by Dame Sybil Thorndike on front endpaper. Rear inner flap of d/jkt with a corner torn away o/w VG.
Lot: 41
Marilyn Monroe: a signed page inscribed Love and Kisses Marilyn Monroe, and matted with a Planet Press photo taken 13th June 1956 at the Savoy Hotel, London, prior to the filming of ‘The Prince and the Showgirl' with Laurence Olivier, the autograph obtained at the Savoy. Framed and glazed. Overall 49 x 30cm. Photograph with light creasing.
Lot: 42
Autograph album of entertainers, 1930s/50s, including signatures of Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Deborah Kerr (signed photo), George Cole (signed photo), George Formby, and few others.
Lot: 43
Autograph album of entertainers, 1940s, including signatures of Billy Cotton, Gracie Fields, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Yvonne Arnaud, Richard Tauber, Ivor Novello (2 including signed photo), Flora Robson, Googie Withers, Raymond Massey, John Gielgud, and various others. (51)
Lot: 44
Autograph album with a few signatures including Laurel & Hardy and Frank Sinatra, the latter in pencil and rather faint.