Writing Album
20cm x 16cm. Roan. pp.110. 28 pages have autographed inscriptions, 1909-1929. Including illustrations. Spine has been repaired, otherwise very good. AEG. More
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Maurice Chevalier autograph
20 x 15.5cm. No Binding. Autograph. Sheet of notepaper (20 x 15.5 cm, 1 fold) headed The Mayfair Hotel, Berkeley Square, London W1, signed "Maurice Chevalier". Chevalier (1888-1972) was a popular French entertainer enjoyed a long and successful career in the theatre and later in Hollywood. He was an Oscar..... More
COOPER, Gary (1901-1961)
Hardcover. American Film Actor, received Best Actor Oscars for 'Sergeant York' (1941) and 'High Noon' (1952) A versatile actor. Cooper was the ultimate Western Star, hand-signed photograph,'Sincerely Gary Cooper'. Minor pale marks, 23 x 18 cms. More
Mr Huckster of 1958; Another and Still Happier POEM for the Family Circle By the Author of That Ever-Popular Ballad The Hucksters & The University...
The Pilgrim Press, 1958. Limited. 22 x 14cm. Unbound. Folded broadsheet. Limited edition of 200, numbered and signed by the author. More
Signed album leaf
8 x 13cm. No Binding. Album leaf (18 x 13 cm), signed "Best wishes-Duke Ellington". American pianist, composer and band leader (1899-1974). Foremost composer of orchestral jazz; "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady" became his theme tunes. Single sheet, very good condition. More
Signed photograph
14 x 9cm. No Binding. Autographed photograph (14 x 19 cm), signed "Best wishes-Duke Ellington". American pianist, composer and band leader (1899-1974). Foremost composer of orchestral jazz; "Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady" became his theme tunes. The photograph is of a handsome, young Duke and dates from the early 30s..... More
Autograph
13cm x 16cm. No Binding. Album leaf, signed "Yours truly-Mischa Elman". Elman [1891-1967] was born in the Ukraine. A child prodigy, he made his debut at 5 years old. He settled in America in 1911 and had a long, international career. Also signed by Percy B. Kahn, Elman's accompanist. Some..... More
Hand-written letter
1910. No Binding. Two sides, folded sheet, 12.5 x 20 cm. ALS on headed notepaper, '60 Haymarket, London, SW'. "Oct 18th 1910. Most beautiful lady, A thousand thanks for your kind letter and the proposed gift of the "hanks". It was the fault of my idle servant for giving me..... More
Album leaf autograph
No Binding. Autograph on single sheet (90 x 130 cm). Holloway (1890-1982), the famous actor, comedian and singer, made his stage debut in 1926 and appeared in his first film in 1921. He had a long career on stage, film, radio and film, notably as Alfred Doolittle in "My Fair..... More
Handwritten letter
1943. No Binding. ALS - Handwritten letter signed "Aldous Huxley" (28 x 21.5), 3 folds. Addressed to a Dr Gooset from California, Huxley expounds his theories on eyesight defect correction and teaching techniques. He had an abiding interest in human eyesight, and had eye problems of his own. "Dear Mr..... More
Handwritten letter
1936. No Binding. ALS - Handwritten letter signed "Sincerely yours, Iris G. Wilkinson", 22 x 16.5 cm, single sheet, 3 folds. Wilkinson (1906-1939) writing under the pen name Robin Hyde, published notable books such as "Passport to Hell". The letter is addressed from The Grey Lodge, Gladstone Road, Mt Albert..... More
Signed postcard photograph
No Binding. Autographed photograph postcard (14 x 9 cm) signed "Charlie Kunz". Kunz (1896-1958) was an American popular pianist who travelled to England with his band in 1922 and remained there until his death. His most recognised tune was "Clap your hands, here comes Charlie" - he became the most..... More
Photograph
No Binding. Sepia photograph, 20 x 25 cm, undated but likely 1930s. The photograph is a portrait head and shoulders of the famous duo in sailor hats.Stamped signatures in the bottom margin "Stan Laurel" and "Oliver Hardy". Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) became an established comedy team in..... More
Signed album leaf
No Binding. Signed leaf (8 x 13 cm). Leigh (1913-1967) was the English actress most notable for playing Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind". She married Laurence Olivier in 1940 and divorced him in 1961. More
Signed letter
No Binding. Short ALS - "5 April. Dear Mr Davies, Very willingly. Here it is. Yours sincerely, Eric Linklater" Written in response to a request for an autograph. One side, headed notepaper headed 'The Tower, Murrayfield, Edinburgh'. Linklater (1899-1974) became a journalist in Bombay in 1925 and went on to..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1912. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs: Nov. (#299), Dec. (#301) 1912; Jan-Feb (#303) and May-June (#309) 1913. Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (Byron, Scott, Schumann, Voltaire, Catherine the Great,Thomas Jefferson..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1914. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs,1914: Jan-Feb (#320), Mar-Apr. (#322), May-June (#326). Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (Haydn, Longfellow, Louis XVI, Browning, Charles II, etc etc ). Includes reproductions of..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1914. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs,1914 -1916: July-Aug (#328) 1914, Whitsun (#332) 1915, Spring (#343) 1916, Christmas (#352) 1916. Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (e.g. Chesterton, Kipling, Wordsworth, Johnston, Peter..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1918. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs,1918 -1919: Christmas(#373) 1918, Summer (#378) 1919, Christmas (#386) 1919. Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (e.g. Pitt the Younger, Swinburn, Thackeray, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Fox..... More
Handwritten signed letter
1914. No Binding. ALS, dated 30 Dec 1914. One side. (25 x 20.5 cm). "Dear Madam, I thank you for your letter of the 28th inst. I shall be happy to give your publishers permission to use the three poems named by you, for inclusion in your Anthology, on receipt..... More
Printed notes with handwriting
1931. No Binding. Two printed acknowledgment slips (17.5 x 11.5 cm) each with handwritten annotations, one written by Masefield himself. Dated 24.4.31 and 11.7.32. They are concerned with material offered to him in connection with his proposed history of HMS Conway. Masefield (1978-1967) was appointed Poet Laureate in 1830... More
Signed letter
No Binding. ALS - "Dear Madam, I thank you for your letter & for the very kind gift of your book of poems. Yours sincerely, J. Masefield". One side, headed notepaper - 'Boars Hill, Oxford'. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Slight traces of mount on verso. Masefield (1878-1967) became Poet Laureate..... More
Signed slip
No Binding. Signed slip (5 x 10 cm) "W.S.Maugham". Maugham (1874-1965) was a qualified surgeon who turned to writing, publishing his first book "Liza of Lambeth" in 1897. More