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Auction No 426, Category: Autographs

10 Lots (displaying 1 - 10)

Selection signed by the author including "Zeffirelli:The Autobiography", 1st Edn in d/jkt; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. "The Salad Days", 1st Edn in d/jkt;

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
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Selection signed by the author including Zeffirelli:The Autobiography, 1st Edn in d/jkt; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The Salad Days, 1st Edn in d/jkt; the remainder mainly s/bks including Kingsley Amis, Laurie Lee Cider with Rosie, Terence Stamp, and Anthony Burgess. Fine lot. Also six volumes of Shakespeare in Dent's ‘Temple Dramatists' series in soft leather bindings. (23)

Selection signed by the author, mostly autobiographies, all first editions, all in d/jkt (bar one), including Kingsley Amis, Dirk Bogarde,

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £96
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Selection signed by the author, mostly autobiographies, all first editions, all in d/jkt (bar one), including Kingsley Amis, Dirk Bogarde, Terence Stamp, Anthony Burgess, Garfield Sobers, and other well-known celebrities. Fine lot. (23)

Terry Pratchett "Maskerade", Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
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Terry Pratchett Maskerade, Gollancz, 1995, First Edition in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on title page together with his grim reaper handstamp. Fine, in a complete d/jkt.

Rajiv Gandhi: a fine ink-signed photo dated 1987, 7 x 5”. [Gandhi was India’s sixth prime minister, assassinated in 1991]

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Rajiv Gandhi: a fine ink-signed photo dated 1987, 7 x 5”. [Gandhi was India's sixth prime minister, assassinated in 1991]

[War Office] "Technical Notes", R.F.C. [Royal Flying Corps], H.M.S.O.,1916, signed and inscribed "2nd Lt. Eyre Percival Morris, 1st. Batt.The Buffs",

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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[War Office] Technical Notes, R.F.C. [Royal Flying Corps], H.M.S.O., 1916, signed and inscribed 2nd Lt. Eyre Percival Morris, 1st. Batt. The Buffs, in pencil to front endpaper. Morris was a pilot with No.8 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was killed in action on 1st May 1917 when his aircraft took a direct hit from an artillery shell while he was on observation patrol.  Original printed cloth, front board marked; very good internally and complete with 38 folding diagrams, plate number 30 torn (though no loss) and requiring repair. The index refers to a ‘Plate 37A' which is not present though there is no sign of anything having been removed. A unique copy. [Collector's research notes included]

Linda Darnell: a fine ink-signed vintage photo of the Hollywood actress, 7 x 5”.

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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Linda Darnell: a fine ink-signed vintage photo of the Hollywood actress, 7 x 5”.   

Autograph album, compiled 1944-48, all UK entertainers, including Vivien Leigh, Flora Robson, Alec Guinness, John Gielgud, Donald Houston,

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £155
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Autograph album, compiled 1944-48, all UK entertainers, including Vivien Leigh, Flora Robson, Alec Guinness, John Gielgud, Donald Houston, Gracie Fields, Peter Butterworth, Richard Greene, Griffith Johns, Eric Portman, Margaret Lockwood, Jean Simmons, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Wendy Hiller, and numerous others. Signatures ‘back to back'. Together with Howard & Wyndham Ltd. 1888-1948, with colour plates. [Provenance: obtained in person by Doreen W. Pow who worked at the head office of the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, during the 1940s; her inscription on the front endpaper.]

Dame Edna Everage [aka Barry Humphries] "My Gorgeous Life", Macmillan,1989, First Edn in d/jkt, signed "Dame Edna" on the half-title.

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
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Dame Edna Everage [aka Barry Humphries] My Gorgeous Life, Macmillan, 1989, First Edn in d/jkt, signed Dame Edna on the half-title. Fine

"Peter Cushing, An Autobiography", Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, First Edn in d/jkt, signed by Peter Cushing on the title page.

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Peter Cushing, An Autobiography, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986, First Edn in d/jkt, signed by Peter Cushing on the title page. Light tanning to text. VG      

Signed books by Sports celebrities, a collection, 1990s/2000s, mostly football & cricket, five with multiple signatures

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
UNSOLD
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Signed books by Sports celebrities, a collection, 1990s/2000s, mostly football & cricket, five with multiple signatures, including autographs of Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton, Brian Clough, Gordon Banks, Garry Sobers, George Best, Graeme Sharp, Peter May and various others. Offered ‘as is', a signature of Muhammed Ali does not appear to be genuine. VG condition. Also one unsigned. (10)