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Auction No 352, Category: Autographs

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

Kaiser Wilhelm II, a signed "Brieftelegramm" to a well-wisher, January 1940

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Kaiser Wilhelm II, a signed "Brieftelegramm" to a well-wisher, dated January 1940, on the occasion of his 81st Birthday, with his carbon impression signature. Folds o/w fine. 

Autograph collection in modern album, chiefly entertainers

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Autograph collection in modern album, chiefly entertainers; including signed Photos and Letters featuring signatures of Pat Phoenix (2), Gordon Jackson (ALS), Violet Carson (ALS), and Jimmy Jewel (ALS, photo and signed print). Also pair of novelty ear-rings presented by Pat Phoenix. (Qty)

W. Somerset Maugham "Purely for My Pleasure" Heinemann, 1962, signed by the author

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £115
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W. Somerset Maugham Purely for My Pleasure, Heinemann, 1962, quarto, hardback in very good dustjacket, signed and inscribed on the endpaper by the author. Light browning to endpapers otherwise VG.

Arnold Haskell "Baron Encore", Collins, 1952, quarto, full leather, gilt, VG; No.58 of 250

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Arnold Haskell Baron Encore, Collins, 1952, quarto, full leather, gilt, VG; No.58 of 250, signed by the photographer Baron and by Arnold Haskell, 100s of Baron's photographs of Ballet productions with descriptive text.  Foxing to endpapers and prelims. 

Charles Forte signed copy of "The Cafe Royal Story: A Living Legend" 1963

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £32
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Charles Forte signed copy of The Cafe Royal Story: A Living Legend, Hutchinson,1963, inscribed at top of title page To Sir John Rothenstein with all best wishes from Charles Forte. Large format h/b in original clear plastic wrapper, fine, in worn slipcase. 

F. R. Leavis (1895-1978) a series of three 1949 autograph letters to Paul Baxter

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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F. R. Leavis (1895-1978) a series of three 1949 autograph letters to Paul Baxter, together with two autograph open testimonials, the letters congratulating Baxter on obtaining a First at Downing College Cambridge, encouraging him to use Leavis's name as a referee, and making reference to the testimonials; all bar one on Downing College headed notepaper. Frank Raymond Leavis was an influential British Literary Critic and one of the foremost thinkers of the 20th Century. (5)

Entertainers 1900s to 1930s, all Autographed, mostly Edwardian RPs

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £92
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Entertainers 1900s to 1930s, all Autographed, mostly Edwardian RPs; including Madge Lessing, Fred Terry, Irene Vanbrugh, Lewis Waller, Forbes Robertson, Marie Studholme. Some with corner creasing. (58)