Lot: 21
Barry Cornwall (Ed.) The Complete Works of Shakespeare, London Printing and Publishing Co., [1857-59], illustrated by Kenny Meadows, bound into three volumes, complete with the engravings, half-leather, gilt, marbled edges, light staining to foot of engraved title and frontispiece of the Tragedies o/w VG condition, an attractive set. (3)
Lot: 22
Gilbert & George, a selection of autographed publicity cards and a softback gallery guide, 2002-2021, five signed on verso. Fine (7 items)
Lot: 23
Brigitte Bardot: an autographed 1960s PPC with fine ink signature.
Lot: 24
British Film & Stage actresses, a fine selection of autographed 10 x 8” b/w photographs, all obtained in person by the vendor and inscribed to him. Includes Dinah Sheridan, Susan George, Barbara Jefford, Hilary Crane and Susan Hampshire. (12)
Lot: 25
Collection of Entertainers' Autographs, mostly signed programmes, including Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford, Sheila Hancock, Kenneth Williams, Hayley Mills, Frankie Vaughan, Mike & Bernie Winters, Michael Rennie etc; some items with multiple signatures. VG/VF (15 items)
Lot: 26
Collection of Entertainers' Autographs with many signed photos, plus leaflets, and several letters; includes Simon Callow, Jean Ferguson, Wendy Richard, Mike Read, Michael Williams and many other TV & stage personalities. (64). Also some unsigned items. Fine lot
Lot: 27
Classical CDs, a collection from Medieval to 20th Century with emphasis on liturgical and choral works; includes few boxed sets. Fine condition. Also Wagner's Ring Cycle on nine discs, unboxed. (101)
Lot: 28
An 1840s Valentine letter-sheet Star of Constancy, hand-coloured engraving, addressed to Miss Agnes Andersen in the parish of Inverkeithny, 25 x 19cm, in an elaborate gilt frame, double-glazed, overall 34 x 29cm. Fine. A rare early Valentine.
Lot: 29
Gastronomy selection including The Young Woman's Companion; or, Frugal Housewife, Russell & Allen, Manchester, 1811, contemporary sheep, gilt leather title faded, inner hinges strengthened, o/w VG, manuscript recipe for “Chacknells” on rear endpaper; three different Mrs Beeton titles including fine 1968 facsimile edition of the first edition in full leather, issued by Times Newspapers; and four others. Good to fine. (8)
Lot: 30
A. Demmin Weapons of War, Bell & Daldry, 1870, gilt cloth, some wear, ownership signatures, clean text; and six 20th Century works on antiques all fine, in d/jkts, including Horswell Bronze Sculpture of ‘Les Animaliers' 1971, with revised price guide loosely inserted. (7)
Lot: 31
Ancoats Recreation, Ancoats Brotherhood, 1907-1919, sixteen issues of this rare illustrated prospectus, together with three 1907 4pp programmes; illustrators include Walter Crane, Arthur Gaskin, and others of the Arts & Crafts movement and Pre-Raphaelites. Some occasional foxing, one issue with a photographic plate removed, another with back cover scarred. [The Ancoats Brotherhood was a socialist workers' organisation in Manchester founded by Charles Rowley in 1878. It provided lectures, concerts and exhibitions for the working classes, and lecturers included William Morris, Ford Madox Brown, and George Bernard Shaw.] (19 items).
Lot: 32
Cescinsky The Old English Master Clockmakers and their Clocks, 1670-1820, gilt cloth, VG; and a selection of others on clocks & watches. Fair to fine. (15)
Lot: 33
E.J. Bellocq (photographer) Bellocq: Photographs from Storyville, the Red Light District of New Orleans, Jonathan Cape, 1996, 1st Edn., fine in d/jkt, no inscriptions; the spine of the jacket with small scratch and slightly chipped at foot.
Lot: 34
Signed Theatre Programmes and few flyers, 1990s/2000s, including autographs of Snoo Wilson, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Michael Gambon, David Bradley, David Edgar, Richard Eyre, Lesley Garrett, Jenny Seagrove, Peter Nichols, Jude Law, and others, many with multiple signatures. Previous owner's small ink inscriptions to front covers o/w fine. (23)
Lot: 35
Foyle's War: a collection of coloured 8 x10” photographs of cast members of the TV series, all signed by the actors, two with tape residue to the image, others fine. (37)
Lot: 36
Entertainers' autographs in album with many signed photos; includes Wayne Sleep, Elaine Paige, Gloria Hunniford, Donald Sinden, Beryl Grey, Timothy West, Glenda Jackson, Harrison Ford, Paul Daniels, and Edward Fox; of the balance a few are printed signatures. (approx..84)
Lot: 37
Album of signed photos, plus some signed flyers and pages, largely entertainers including John Nettles, Tommy Steele, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Rawicz & Landauer, Maureen Lipman, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Twiggy, Simon Ward, Janet Suzman, Nigel Havers, Tom Selleck, and other well-known.(abt.98 signatures)
Lot: 38
Album of signed photos & pages, largely entertainers including Richard Todd, David Essex, Barbara Dickson, Ian Carmichael, George Melly (signed page), David Kossoff (signed letter-sheet), Chaim Topol, Anita Harris, Beryl Reid, Amanda Redman, Sacha Distel (signed page), Stephen Fry, and other well-known. (102)
Lot: 39
Two early-19th Century bound volumes of Sheet Music, one containing popular arias etc from operas and operettas, the other dances, sonatas, rondos and divertimento adapted for the piano forte, many with title pages. Mixed condition with some foxing and occasional loss. Approx. 52 items
Lot: 40
Robert de Montesquiou Paul Helleu, Peintre et Graveur, H. Floury, Paris, 1913, One of 100, rebound, with 95 of 100 titled tissue-guarded plates; poor condition with few plates & pages loose, some tissue-guards tape stained, order of plates jumbled, a few plates stained. Includes the two frontispiece coloured lithographs which are loose.