Lot: 21
Oxford University Press (New York) Christmas pamphlets 1945-1963, four by William Crawford, one with John Begg signed greetings card loosely inserted; together with Gilbert Highet The Old Gentleman 1952 from same publisher. Most are pre-1958. (10)
Lot: 22
Small books & pamphlets, many private press, UK & American, including Shakespeare Head Press (4), The Society of Wood Engravers (2), Curwen Press, Whitehead & Alliger, William E. Rudge's Sons, E. Grabhorn (San Francisco), Rampant Lions Press, James & Beatrice Masters, De la More Press (3), etc. Also two greetings cards and a menu. 1900s to modern, all periods represented. Good to VF (34 items)
Lot: 23
Booksellers' Tickets (15) from 19th Century, and Mechanical Music Copyright Payment and Purchase Tax stamps (52) arranged on stockcards.
Lot: 24
Psychic Press (6), Psychic Book Club (23) and related publications, 1940s/60s, six in d/jkts, mostly good to VG, 24 with ownership details at front. (36)
Lot: 25
Assorted ephemera with greetings cards, military and maritime interest with few autographs, and documents, 1850s to 1960s. (63 items)
Lot: 26
Six autograph albums including signatures of Billy Eckstine, Marty Wilde, Dave Berry, Jack Parnell, Roger McGough, Martin Jarvis, Barry Norman, Frank Windsor, Colin Welland, Peter Allis, George Chisholm, James Galway, Denis Quilley, Freddie Starr, Benny Green, and many others. Mixed condition, some loose pages. (few 100)
Lot: 27
Sport Personalities, a selection of Autographed photos, pages, letters etc, including Geoff Capes, Gavin Hastings, Sally Gunnell, Steve Redgrave, Linford Christie, Jonathan Edwards, Matthew Pinsett & various others. (36)
Lot: 28
Sports Personalities and Entertainers' Autographs comprising large photos and programmes (2) including Joe Calzaghe (2), Jack Brabham, Neil Sadaka, David Coulthard, Frank Bruno, Richard Dunwoody, Stephen Redgrave, Geoff Boycott and other well-known. (12)
Lot: 29
Autographed pages, cut signatures etc, some matched with photos, including Thomas Beecham, Richard Rush, John Barbirolli, Claudio Abbado, Charles Groves, John Pritchard, and many others from the world of Classical Music and other entertainers. (69)
Lot: 30
Carton of Autographs with many signed photos, plus signed pages, cut signatures etc, mostly drawn from the world of Entertainment. Many well-known names. (100s)
Lot: 31
Selection of autograph letters, mostly 19th Century, some matted with portraits including Lord Macaulay, Frances Trollope, David Wilkie and J.E. Millais; others include politicians, some on House of Commons notepaper. (20)
Lot: 32
Selection of cut signatures and few autograph letters all matted with portraits including carte-de-visite photos, notably Jenny Lind (Goldschmidt), George Stephenson, Richard Cobden, John Bright, Thomas Hood, Charles Kingsley, B.C. Hucks (aviator), Austin Dobson (ALS), and William Orchardson (ALS). Most are 19th Century. (14)
Lot: 33
Selection of Autographs comprising Bing Crosby (signed 10 x 8 photo), Phil Silvers (signed cheque 1963), and cut signatures of Brigitte Bardot, Ted Wilson (Antarctic Explorer) and Ron & Reggie Kray; all in card mounts. (5 items)
Lot: 34
Various documents including 1838 Passport signed by Henry Canning; 1816 Passport issued by the Kingdom of Denmark & Norway to one William Clifford; British Passports of 1867, 1881, 1896 and 1901, variously signed; and a 1970 Order of the British Empire with autopen signatures of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Lot: 35
Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand The Twain Have Met, or An Eastern Prince Came West, G.T. Foulis [1956], signed by the author in 1960 on front endpaper, in a VG complete d/jacket. Folding pedigree at rear. Spine of the jacket a little darkened.
Lot: 36
Thomas Hardy The Return of the Native Macmillan 1929, woodcuts by Clare Leighton and signed by her, in a darkened quarter vellum binding, VG internally; together with signed first editions of works by John Updike, Gore Vidal and Oliver North, all in d/jackets. (4)
Lot: 37
American comics with many Marvel & DC, plus Valiant and others, 1980s/1990s, mostly good to VF. (approx.330).
Lot: 38
Kurt Vonnegut Hocus Pocus Jonathan Cape, 1990, 2nd printing, signed by the author on front endpaper, in price-clipped d/jkt. Small abrasion at foot of the spine of the d/jkt.
Lot: 39
Stephen Aryan The Coward and The Warrior Angry Robot Books 2022, both signed limited editions in complete d/jkts, each numbered 161 of 500. (2)
Lot: 40
Elizabeth Hawksley The Cabochon Emerald Robert Hale 1997, first edition, signed by the author on title page and additionally inscribed by her on the front endpaper, in a price-clipped d/jkt