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| Shute, Nevil (1899-1960) |
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Great British-born Australian novelist and aeronautical engineer. A fine handwritten letter (Pond Head, Hayling Island, Hants, October 8th 1944) in which Shute responds to a fan letter about his novel of that year, Pastoral (love at an airbase in rural surroundings in wartime England). View Details |
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£85.00 |
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| Sillitoe, Alan (1928-2010) |
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British novelist and screenwriter. A very fine signature in black ink on a 6" x 4" white card (signed in person at Hatchards on the 30th November 1995). View Details |
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£15.00 |
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| Spender, Stephen (1909-1995) |
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Distinguished British poet, A fine signature in black ink on a 6" x 4" white card, obtained in person at the BBC in 1994  View Details |
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£15.00 |
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| Spender, Stephen (1909-1995) |
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Distinguished British poet. A superb black and white 8" x 10" photograph, nicely signed in blue fountain pen ink across the image.RARE. View Details |
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£75.00 |
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| Storey, David (1933- ) |
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British playwright and novelist, best known for his novel This Sporting Life (1960), filmed in 1963. An unusual item - an 8" x 3.25" piece cut from a contract licensing the production of one of his plays, signed in ink by David Storey, the licensee for the Melbourne Theatre Company and two witnesses. View Details |
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£15.00 |
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| Van Druten, John (1901-1957) |
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British playwright who achived early fame with Young Woodley (1925) and went on to write I Am A Camera (1951), eventually filmed as the musical Cabaret (1966). A fine letter, handwritten in blue fountain pen ink on headed Ritz Hotel, London W1 notepaper (October 19th, no year but known to be 1954) to a Mr Behr and regretfully declining an invitation to write a sketch due to work commitments. View Details |
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£30.00 |
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| Venables, Bernard (1907-2001) |
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Gifted British writer and artist, creator of Mr Crabtree, an angler who first appeared fas a cartoon strip in the Daily Mirror in 1947 and then became a hugely successful book, Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing, in 1949. A very fine signature in blue ink on a vintage 1950s album page (4.25" x 3.5"). View Details |
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£20.00 |
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| Wambaugh, Joseph (1937- ) |
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Best-selling American author of Los Angeles police stories, many of which have been made into films, including The Onion Field and The Choirboys. A very fine black and white 8" x 10" of Jospeh Wambaugh in a Los Angeles County Sheriff's uniform, holding a copy of his best-selling novel, The Onion Field. There's a fine signature and inscription ("For Fred Bomar, Best wishes, Joseph Wambaugh, 1985")in blue ink across a clear area of the image. View Details |
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£15.00 |
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| Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1856-1923) |
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American children's author and educator, best remembered for her 1903 enduring children’s classic, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
A short, interesting handwritten message, written and signed in dark blue ink, on a 3.5" x 2.25" card. SCARCE. View Details |
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£30.00 |
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