Lot: 41
British & American Actors, a selection of signed 10x8” Photos, including Alec Baldwin, Anthony Head, David Duchovny, Daniel Massey, Edward Fox, George Takei (with C.of A.) and other well-known. Fair to VF (10)
Lot: 42
Selection of signed actors’ photos, 10x8”, including Johnny Briggs, John Nettles, Paul Hogan, Patrick Stewart, Larry Hagman, and Jason Donovan. Four with C.of.A. Good to fine. (10)
Lot: 43
British & American Actresses, a selection of signed 10x8” Photos, including Catherine Zeta Jones, Holly Hunter, Jacqueline Bisset, Mary Tyler Moore, Patsy Kensit and other well-known. Five with C.of A.VG/VF (10)
Lot: 44
Assorted autographs including Roger Bannister, Lord Denning, and Claudia Schiffer signed pages; Marcel Marceau signed flier; Brian Rix (ALS); and Lord Bernard Weatherill (TLS). VG/VF (10)
Lot: 45
Lester Piggott & Willie Carson: a signed 200th Anniversary of the Derby FDC, with special postmark. Fine
Lot: 46
Richard Todd: set of 5 Dambusters commemorative covers, each illustrated with a different scene from the film, and each signed by the actor. Fine.
Lot: 47
Leonard Cheshire VC and Bob Bateson DSO: a signed 1975 Mosquito flown cover, additionally signed by Air Cdr.Chisholm, and two others. Fine
Lot: 48
Leonard Cheshire VC: a signed 1990 Benham Battle of Britain commemorative cover. VF
Lot: 49
Folio Society publications in slipcases including boxed sets of Graham Greene The Complete Entertainments (6 vols) and Pepys Diary (3 vols).; plus Anthony Powell A Dance to the Music of Time Vols 1 & 2, and others. VG/VF (16)
Lot: 50
A teenager’s hand-written & illustrated journal of 1942, describing her exploits with her friends & sister, written in a good clear hand by Blanche Milgate of Gnosal, Staffordshire, with a contribution from her friend Rose. Includes 11 full pages of watercolour cartoons, 35 full pages of text, and a poster tipped-in for a performance of "The Little Bears" Concert Party which they staged at the parish hall. In a hardbound exercise book. VG condition.
Lot: 51
H.M. Beasley Beasley v Culbertson….the International Bridge Match 1933, Hutchinson; Ely Culbertson Contract Bridge Championship of 1933, News-Chronicle; both with original printed cloth, somewhat faded; former with few pencil annotations o/w fine internally. (2)
Lot: 52
J.G. Wood The Illustrated Natural History, Routledge 1872-75, set of 3 volumes, original pictorial cloth, gilt, marble-edged, good,many wood-engravings; private library blind-stamp of Robert Ratcliffe at foot of title pages.
Lot: 53
Children’s 1930s illustrated (4) with colour plates by Charles Robinson, Margaret Tarrant, Harry Theaker and others;Girl’s Own Annual for 1894 (spine partly detached) and 1889; Boy’s Own Annual 1912 (orig. pictorial cloth); The Private Diaries of Alison Uttley 1932-1971; and four others. Varied condition, fair to fine. (12)
Lot: 54
Phaedrus Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae, A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt, some light wear, a.e.g.; bookplate of Robert Shafto Adair, neat ownership signature top of title page. Fine internally. 756pp plus index.
Lot: 55
Collection of Industrial Archaeology (9) and Coalmining history, mostly in dustjackets; many published by David & Charles. Mainly VG/Fine. (18)
Lot: 56
The Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788, Chetham Society 1994; Nicholas Blundell’s Diary 1702-1728, 1968 -1972, 3 volumes; Barry Coward The Stanleys 1385-1672, 1983; and other West Lancashire history, mostly published by the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, all bar two in d/jkts (one with a tear). Ownership signatures. Good to fine. (14)
Lot: 57
Stephen Collins James Crossley: A Manchester Man of Letters, 2012; David Hodgkins The Diary of Edward Watkin, 2013;and other Manchester related titles, all h/bk (bar one), six in fine d/jkts. (9)
Lot: 58
Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292, Record Soc. of Lancs & Cheshire, 2014-15, 3 Vols; Gratton The Parliamentarian and Royalist War Effort in Lancashire 1642-1651, Chetham Society 2010; and other Lancashire History, all in good/VF d/jkts, several with ownership signature. (13)
Lot: 59
The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester c.1071-1237, 1988; Wrenbury Wills and Inventories 1542-1661, 2009; and other Cheshire history, all h/bks in VG/VF d/jkts, mostly publications of The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Ownership signatures. (18)
Lot: 60
W. Cubbon A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man, Oxford, 1933-39, two vols, orig.gilt cloth, VG; and J.R. Dickinson The Lordships of Man Under the Stanleys, Chetham Society, 1996, in fine d/jkt. (3)