Auction No 415, Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT

214 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

Christopher Lee (1922-2015): an autographed 1997 Benham FDC, signed in ink, commemorating 100 Years of Dracula. Fine

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Christopher Lee (1922-2015): an autographed 1997 Benham FDC, signed in ink, commemorating 100 Years of Dracula. Fine

Klaus Albrecht Schroder "Egon Schiele", Albertina, 2005, large format, pictorial boards; high quality exhibition catalogue, English text,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Klaus Albrecht Schroder Egon Schiele, Albertina, 2005, large format, pictorial boards; high quality exhibition catalogue, English text, numerous colour illustrations, front board a little bowed o/w VF. 420pp 

Ana Maria de Moraes Belluzzo "The Voyager’s Brazil", Odebrecht Foundation,1995, large format, three volumes, in the d/jkts, in slipcase,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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Ana Maria de Moraes Belluzzo The Voyager's Brazil, Odebrecht Foundation, 1995, large format, three volumes, in the d/jkts, in slipcase, a cultural history and celebration of Brazilian art. One d/jkt with slight stain o/w fine, the slipcase with splits along joints.

Correspondence from M.G.M. and Warner Bros scriptwriter Catherine Turney to her London promoter L.E. (‘Ted’) Berman, 1936-44,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Correspondence from M.G.M. and Warner Bros scriptwriter Catherine Turney to her London promoter L.E. (‘Ted') Berman, 1936-44, some concerning the production of her 1936 stage play Bitter Harvest at the Arts Theatre Club, plus photos, cuttings etc. She later went on to work on screenplays for Warner Brothers 1943-1948.  (Qty)

British Dance Bands and vocalists, 1930s/1950s, a collection of photographs and postcards with many autographed including Harry Roy, Joe Loss,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £96
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British Dance Bands and vocalists, 1930s/1950s, a collection of photographs and postcards with many autographed including Harry Roy, Joe Loss, Jack Payne, Jack Jackson, Ted Heath, Harry Leader, and Archie Lewis (Jamaican singer). 11 with adhesion marks on reverse o/w VG/VF. (48)

Geoff Butterworth F.R.S.A. "Vacant Possession", "The Hot Spot", "The First Breath of Autumn" and "The Last Shades of Summer". Limited Edition prints,

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Geoff Butterworth F.R.S.A. Vacant Possession, The Hot Spot, The First Breath of Autumn and The Last Shades of Summer. Limited Edition prints, published 1991, either No.26 of 500 or No.86 of 500, all numbered and signed by the artist in silver pen. Unframed. Image sizes 20 x 38cm. Very fine. (4)  

Two gouache paintings of Indian origin, one with a surface scratch and extracted from a book, the other with small tape residue at each corner;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Two gouache paintings of Indian origin, one with a surface scratch and extracted from a book, the other with small tape residue at each corner; together with two small watercolours, and three fine 19th Century oil-colour prints of women and children possibly by George Baxter or Le Blond. (7 items)

Yevonde Philone Middleton (‘Madame Yevonde’, photographer, 1893-1975): "Composition". Colour photograph. 23.4 x 18.3cm. Signed on the mount.

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £240
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Yevonde Philone Middleton (‘Madame Yevonde', photographer, 1893-1975): Composition. Colour photograph. 23.4 x 18.3cm. Signed on the mount. Exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain's exhibition of 1935 with their label on reverse of the mount along with the photographer's handstamp and the title (in another hand). Fine. Overall dimensions 36.5 x 28cm. Madame Yevonde was a pioneer of colour photography

An archive of photographs of the Boord family, 19th Century to 1940s, mostly portraits and groups, plus some related topography;

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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An archive of photographs of the Boord family, 19th Century to 1940s, mostly portraits and groups, plus some related topography; the portraits include works signed in the margin by Navana, Raphael, Elliott & Fry, Val L'Estrange, and Lafayette (printed signature). Most family members have been identified with inscriptions on the reverse. Mostly good to fine. (53). Together with some unrelated etchings and other prints from the same source, and a family tree supplied by the vendor.

Opera autographs of the 1980s/1990s comprising signed programmes (17) and about 100 signed pages, letters and notes,including Felicity Lott,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £86
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Opera autographs of the 1980s/1990s comprising signed programmes (17) and about 100 signed pages, letters and notes, including Felicity Lott, Gwynne Howell, Barbara Hendricks, Alfredo Kraus, Robert Tear, and many other leading vocalists. VG/VF

"Hitler’s Mein Kampf", Hutchinson, 1939, illustrated English Language edition in 18 weekly parts in the original wraps,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
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Hitler's Mein Kampf, Hutchinson, 1939, illustrated English Language edition in 18 weekly parts in the original wraps, covers of first part dust-affected and with some small faults, others VG/Fine. (18)

Frank Rowlinson "Contribution to Victory….Metropolitan Vickers", Manchester 1947, orig. gilt cloth, slightly marked, signed letter from the Chairman

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Frank Rowlinson Contribution to Victory….Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester 1947, orig. gilt cloth, slightly marked, signed letter from the Chairman loosely inserted; John Dummelow 1899-1949, Metropolitan-Vickers, 1949, orig. gilt cloth, presentation bookplate; and W.H. Brindley (Ed.) The Soul of Manchester, 1929, 1st Edn. in the scarce d/jkt. (3)

"The ‘Land & Water’ Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons", Land & Water, London, 1916-17, two volumes, tall quarto, half-leather, gilt,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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The ‘Land & Water' Edition of Raemaekers' Cartoons, Land & Water, London, 1916-17, two volumes, tall quarto, half-leather, gilt,  faded & worn, tape-repairs at spine extremities; front endpaper of Vol.1 creased o/w fine internally with 310 plates and text.

"War Impressions: Being a Record in Colour by Mortimer Menpes". Transcribed by Dorothy Menpes. A. & C. Black, [1901], large paper edition,

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
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War Impressions: Being a Record in Colour by Mortimer Menpes. Transcribed by Dorothy Menpes. A. & C. Black, [1901], large paper edition, no.252 of 350 produced, signed by the artist on limitation page; orig. gilt cloth, marked and faded; uncut two sides, t.e.g.; browning to endpapers and title page; complete with the 99 colour plates, plus facsimile letters etc. About a third of the text/plates are loose.

Joseph Bato "Defiant City", Gollancz,1942; Gerard "La Belgique 1940-1944", Meddens, 1974; "5 Years: The Occupation of Denmark in Pictures", 1946;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £88
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Joseph Bato Defiant City, Gollancz, 1942; Gerard La Belgique 1940-1944, Meddens, 1974; 5 Years: The Occupation of Denmark in Pictures, 1946; Birgus Bitter Years: Europe, 1995, in d/jkt; Detour:The Story of Oflag IVC, Falcon Press, 1946; Galtrey The Horse and the War, Country Life, 1918; Borkin & Welsh Germany's Master Plan, in d/jkt; all good to fine, and a selection of related titles in varied condition. (14)

J. R. Green "A Short History of the English People", Macmillan,1903, illustrated edition, four vols, gilt cloth, wear to top & foot of spines o/w VG

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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J. R. Green A Short History of the English People, Macmillan, 1903, illustrated edition, four vols, gilt cloth, wear to top & foot of spines o/w VG, with the colour plates, the folding plate of Old London Bridge creased.         

William A. Shaw "Manchester Old and New", Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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William A. Shaw Manchester Old and New, Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text; tall quarto, gilt cloth, worn at extremities, endpapers browned, few page corners toned o/w fine internally. A good set. (3)

F.A. Bruton (Ed.) "The Roman Fort at Manchester", Manchester University Press, 1909, orig. gilt cloth, 103 photo-plates, folding plans at rear;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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F.A. Bruton (Ed.) The Roman Fort at Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1909, orig. gilt cloth, 103 photo-plates, folding plans at rear; some wear to top & foot of spine, bookplates of University of London and Frank Falkner at front. Very clean internally.

Prentice "Historical Sketches and Personal Recollections of Manchester", 1851, rebound in quarter-calf, gilt; Axon "Cobden as Citizen",1907;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £110 - £130
SOLD £60
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Prentice Historical Sketches and Personal Recollections of Manchester, 1851, rebound in quarter-calf, gilt; Axon Cobden as Citizen, 1907; Whitaker The History of Manchester, 1773, 2nd Edn, in 2 vols; Crowther An Architectural History of the Cathedral Church of Manchester, 1893, folio, text & plates loose; and related titles. Varied condition. (32)     

Edward Teller (1906-2003, ‘Father of the Atom-Bomb’): a fine autographed b/w 7 x5” photograph, signed with fibre pen.

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
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Edward Teller (1906-2003, ‘Father of the Atom-Bomb'): a fine autographed b/w 7 x5” photograph, signed with fibre pen.