Lot: 21
Assortment in carton with interest in Autographs including some in soft mounts, a 1982 Motor Show catalogue signed by Paul Daniels, old album of Film Star photos with printed signatures, and other items. (Qty.)
Lot: 22
Thomas Hood The Comic Annual 1830 to 1839 complete, pictorial boards, quarter- leather, gilt; The Gem, a Literary Annual, 1829, edited by Thomas Hood, full leather, gilt; and other works by Hood including Whims and Oddities, John Camden Hotten, [1868], later cloth, together a critical biography by J.C. Reid. The 1834 edition of The Comic Annual in poor condition. (16)
Lot: 23
Edward Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde, Henry Sotheran, 1872, full vellum, darkened, No.38 of 131 (one of six in vellum), signed by the editor; Galsworthy Author and Critic, 1933, No.195 of 300; Charles Doughty Mansoul, 1923, No.53 of 500, author signed; L.A.G. Strong The Sacred River: An Approach to James Joyce, 1949, full leather, gilt, No. XII of twelve presentation copies, signed by the author; James Henry James Herefordia, Edward Lacey, 1861; Charles Scott Per Contra, 1902, privately printed, signed and annotated by the author, the annotations based on recommendations by Andrew Lang; and various others. Mansoul with boards bowed. (15)
Lot: 24
Walter & Graham Judd Flora of Middle-Earth, 2017, and James Campbell The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh, 2017, both in d/jkts, fine; and another. (3)
Lot: 25
Penguin Crime Fiction, a collection 1940s to early 1960s with much 1950s, including 75 first printings in Penguin. Fair to fine. (123)
Lot: 26
Agatha Christie The Pale Horse, Collins Crime Club, 1961, First Edition, signed by Agatha Christie on title page, fine, in a complete slightly worn d/jkt.
Lot: 27
Neil Ferrier (Ed.) Churchill, the Man of the Century, 1955, signed by Winston S. Churchill on title page, together with a letter from Churchill's Private Secretary, Doreen Pugh, at Chartwell, to Mr. E.C. Peckham, confirming that the book has been signed by Sir Winston for Mr Peckham's son, the letter laid down on front pastedown. Front endpaper bears the ownership signature of Edward Paul Peckham, the rear pastedown with a compliments slip from Churchill's private secretary. The first 64 pages of the book show staining at foot.
Lot: 28
William Somerset Maugham: fine cut signature.
Lot: 29
Men's magazines, 1954/55, comprising Razzle (4), Eros (7, two with rear cover damaged) and The Man (5). Colour plates. (16)
Lot: 30
Colm O Lochlainn Irish Street Ballads and More Irish Street Ballads, both Three Candles Ltd, Dublin, 1965, latter in d/jkt; G.M. Tweddell Rhymes and Sketches to illustrate the Cleveland Dialect, Stokesley, 1875, limp cloth, very worn; and three others, regional poetry. (6)
Lot: 31
Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor and ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford. Most with front endpaper removed, hingeing weak in places, Vol.VI with few loose pages. Some foxing to prelims. (9)
Lot: 32
Alan Moorehead The Rage of the Vulture, Hamish Hamilton, 1948, First Edn., in very scarce d/jkt, the author's first novel. The d/jkt worn and chipped in places.
Lot: 33
David Jay Brown (1954-2004): War Song, 1974, oil on board-backed canvas, 20 x 16”. Signed & inscribed on reverse. Painted while on Death Row in McAlester prison, Oklahoma. Bumped upper left corner. [Brown was executed for murder in 2004. Vendor's research notes accompany this lot.]
Lot: 34
Art History & Reference including Zoe Cooper Cecil Rice: The Colour of Light, 2013; Barry Thornton Elements, 1993; Fiona McDonald The Popular History of Graffiti, 2013; and Alastair Duncan Art Deco Complete 2009; all UK published, in d/jkts; and various others. Fine throughout. (8)
Lot: 35
Entertainers' Photographs 1920s to 1970s, including midgets & other speciality acts, film stars, circus & various others, many with ink autographs including Mary Pickford. Varied sizes, mostly 7 x 5” to 15 x 12”. Many 1940s. Some mixed condition. (51)
Lot: 36
David Hockney David Hockney, Thames & Hudson, 1976, in d/jkt, signed by the artist on title page. Fine.
Lot: 37
Actors and Musicians, a collection of Autographs, 1910-1920s, comprising signed pages and cards in album, including Basil Rathbone, Edith Evans, Sybil Thorndike, Isobel Jeans, Jack Hulbert, Gladys Cooper, Henry Wood, Ellen Terry, Myra Hess, Eugene Goossens, Dion Boucicault, Matheson Lang, Stanley Holloway, Irene Vanbrugh, Ivor Novello, D'Oyly Carte, Leslie Howard, and many others. Items tipped-in, laid down or loose; also some 1930s/60s letters loosely inserted. (over 300)
Lot: 38
Ringo Starr and Jack Bruce: 1998 signed promotional 10 x 8” photo and letter sheet publicising the Ringo Starr All Starr Band. Fine (2)
Lot: 39
Yoko Ono, a signed 14 x 10” photo of her with John Lennon, signed with silver pen, New York 1997. Slight creasing.
Lot: 40
Demi Moore autographed 10x8” colour photo from the film Striptease. With Certificate of Authenticity.