Lot: 26
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and William M. Rossetti: The Germ and Art and Poetry, Elliot Stock 1901, a facsimile of the 1850 edition comprising Issues Nos.1 to 4, William Rossetti's Preface, and a four-page autograph letter from Rossetti to a ‘Mr Ireland' on various (unrelated) matters. All in a fine solander box bound in quarter-leather. Some faults to the printed wraps of The Germ and Art and Poetry, Issue No.2 with a large piece missing from the front cover.
Lot: 29
Poetry London / Apple Magazine, Mather Bros., 1979, No.37 of 150 signed copies, signatures of Graham Sutherland and Tambimuttu on limitation page; pictorial cloth. Complete with Allen Ginsberg flexi-record in rear pocket.
Lot: 37
Catherine Heath Lady on the Burning Deck, Taplinger, New York, 1979, first U.S. Edn., in d/jkt, signed on the half-title, together with two autograph letters from the author to the artist Claude William Harrison, one of which had been enclosed with the signed book. Some wear to the d/jkt (not price-clipped).
Lot: 41
Susan Hill and Stephen Mallatratt, signed Theatre Programme for The Woman in Black, The Lyric, Hammersmith, 1989; autographed on the centre-fold by Susan Hill, the Director Peter Herford, and the two actors Charles Kay and John Duttine. Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's famous novel was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in December 1987 and transferred to the Lyric Hammersmith for a run that lasted from 11th January to 11th February 1989. The previous owner obtained these signatures on the occasion of the 25th January performance and has made a note to that effect in a small inscription at the top right corner of page one. A4, 16pp, card wraps.
Lot: 42
Gilbert & George: a group of sixteen PPCs issued by the Gilbert & George Centre, all autographed by the artists, seven signed on reverse. Fine. (16)
Lot: 43
Alec Guinness: ink-signed magazine cutting, 10 x 8”, very good condition.
Lot: 49
Edward Kennedy ink-signed 10 x 8” photograph, some light creasing
Lot: 65
Saddam Hussein Building Up Iraq Together, Dar al-Ma'mun, 1983, First Edition, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of the frontispiece. Small p/bk, printed wraps. 82pp. This work comprises two speeches given by Hussein in the Kurdish area of Iraq in 1983 dealing with the integration of Kurdish citizens into Iraqi society.
Lot: 77
Gary Player and Lester Piggott: a pair of ink-signed photographs, the Gary Player photo trimmed at foot. (2)