Signed portrait photograph
Original Boards. Signed portrait photograph, "Benny Goodman". Picture shows Goodman holding his clarinet. 18 x 13 cm. More
Original Boards. Signed portrait photograph, "Benny Goodman". Picture shows Goodman holding his clarinet. 18 x 13 cm. More
No Binding. Signed card, "All the best Evonne Goolagong". 9 x 11.5 cm. Goolagong (1951-) was one of Australia's greatest tennis players, at one time, number one in the world. More
No Binding. Signed photograph "To Girlie Leatherbarrow, Regards John Gordon" 24 x 19 cm. Gordon (1898-1985) had a long acting career, including in the NZ Players and in radio broadcasting. Miss Girlie Leatherbarrow is listed in society pages of the Auckland Sun in the 1930s. More
No Binding. Signed portrait photograph, "Stewart Granger". 14 x 9 cm. Postcard size. Granger (1913-1993) was a British actor particularly active in the 1940s to the 60s, in heroic and romantic leading roles. More
1877. No Binding. ALS. Single sheet, hand-written, headed "19 Upper Grosvenor Street", accepting an invitation to dine with a Mr Williams, to meet the Rev. Roger Price. Dated Saturday, 190 March, 1877. Grant (1827-1892) served in the British Army in India, and then in 1860, joined John Speke in his..... More
No Binding. Signed portrait photograph, "Best wishes, Peter Graves". 15 x 10 cm. Postcard size. Harrison (1926-2010) was an American actor in film and TV notable for starring in the original series of Mission Impossible and the Airplane films. More
No Binding. Photographic card signed"Charlotte Greenwood, Winkie". Postcard size 11 x 16 cm. Greenwood (1890-1977) was an American actress and dancer, starring in vaudeville, films and radio. More
1886. No Binding. 2 sides, notepaper, 18.5 x 12 cm. Hand-written signed letter headed 14 Eaton Place, March 29, (1896?). Written in the third person, as was the custom of the day. "Sir George Grey presents his compliments to Captain Ross & begs to thank him for his obliging offer..... More
No Binding. ALS arranging her fee for entertaining at a 'tea party.' Written in French, 4 sides. Headed notepaper, Paris, 23 Boulevard Berthier Maxivet, Paris. Guilbert )c1869-1944) was a French singer and comedienne famed for her songs and sketches of Parisian life and revivals of old French ballads. 18 x...... More
1927. No Binding. Hand-written card:(to his close friend Lady Wavertree) 'My little wife died last night. We kept off the pain and depression to the very end. Five months of it! Yours, H.G.Wells.' Well's wife Jane died on 6 October, 1927 at Dunmow. The card is a photograph of their..... More
No Binding. Signed photo postcard, showing Binnie Hale in full 18th C costume. Hale (1899 -1984), was a successful singer and actress reknown for her roles in operettas and musicals (including No, No, Nanette) and on screeen. 13.5 cm x 9 cm. More
1920. No Binding. ALS on paper, 2-sided, headed Mark Hambourg Concert at the London Coliseum, Sunday, May 16th at 2.30 pm. Dated April 18, 1920. Addressed to the prominent socialite Lady Wavertree, advising her of a forthcoming benefit concert, asking her support in a campaign to save the London Fever..... More
London: Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1874. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 134, [2] adverts. 8 original copper etchings of river, country and village scenes in England and France, with a narrative text describing the river journey, scenes and countryside. Original green decorated, embossed cloth with gilt, an gilt edges. Book..... More
1889. No Binding. Hand written Land Transfer document, of the United States General Land Office, December 2th, 1889. This grants 160 acres of land in Kansas to Lee Roy Hess of Grant County. Includes the General Land Office Seal, 40 x 25 cms, folded in four. The current President Benjamin..... More
London: R Chiswell, 1708. 8vo. Original Boards. Vol. 1 only. pp. [34], xlii, 352. Frontispiece of 'Arms', folding table, account of 'Wards'. Contemporary blind-stamped boards, later but neatly matching spine. Vol I covers Section I (names of streets, squares etc) and part of Section II (up to and including St..... More
1925. No Binding. Westland Racing Club ticket, signed "H.E. Holland, Esq. M.P." For Midsummer Meeting, Dec. 26th, 1925. 4 x 7.5 cm. Henry Holland (1868-1933) was a trade unionist and the second leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. More
Henry King Photographer, 1893. No Binding. A collection of 6 glass slides, 8 x 8 cm, with hand-written captions and H King on each one, showing a number of Fijian scenes. These include a native house with breadfruit trees, native meeting with hundreds of people gathered outside a large dwelling..... More
No Binding. Signed slip "Sidney Herbert". The Rt Hon Sidney Herbert (later 1st Baron Herbert of Lea), MP for South Wiltshire, was Secretary of War at various times in the administrations of Robert Peel in 1845, then during the Crimean War in 1852-1854, and again in 1859 until retiring from..... More
1936. No Binding. Signed slip 'Helen Hicks'. Plus a press cutting of a photograph from 7 August 1936 with Hicks and the other notable golfers Gene Sarazen and James Ferrier. Hicks (1911-1974) was a notable American golfer in the 1930s and 40s, and cofounder of the LGPA in 1950. 13..... More
1904. No Binding. TLS, letter dated October 4, 1904, single page 12 x 22 cm. Headed Vaudeville Theatre, and addressed to Miss Nathan in response to her request for an autograph. Hicks (1871-1949) was an English manager-actor, particularly acting in light comedies. He was later knighted. More
No Binding. Signature on slip. John (Jack) Hobbs (1882-1963) was a noted cricketer, playing for Surrey from 1905 to 1935, and in some 60 test matches for England, becoming one of the most prolific run scorers of all time. He was later, in 1953, the first cricketer to be knighted..... More
No Binding. Signed portrait photograph of the noted English actor and comedian. 13.5 x 8.5 cm. More