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| Bannister, Roger (1929- ) |
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British middle distance runner, the first to break the four-minute barrier for the mile race in 1954.
A very fine signed black and white 8" x 10" modern reproduction of an earlier photograph, showing Bannister breasting the tape in his record-breaking race.
Bannister is no longer responding to autograph requests. View Details |
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£40.00 |
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| Bannister, Roger (1929- ) |
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British middle distance runner, the first to break the four-minute barrier for the mile race in 1954.
A very fine signed black and white 8" x 10" modern reproduction of an
earlier photograph, showing Bannister racing between his two pacemakers, Chris Brasher and Christopher Chataway, in his famous
1954 record-breaking race. Bannister is no longer responding to autograph requests. View Details |
ref:3474
£40.00 |
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| Beaverbrook, Lord (1879-1964) |
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British newspaper magnate and politician; recruited by Winston Churchill for his War cabinet to boost the production of much-needed aircraft.
A fine ink signature on a title page cut from his 1957 inspirational book, "Don't Trust To Luck". View Details |
ref:1796
£10.00 |
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| Beith, John Hay (1876-1952) |
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Distinguished British soldier who won a Military Cross and went on to carve a successful career as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A fine signature (Ian Hay Beith) in dark blue fountain pen ink on a small 3" x 2" 1930s card. View Details |
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£15.00 |
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| Bradman, Don (and twelve other 1938 Australian Touring Team) (1908-2001) |
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A headed Australian Test Touring Team 1938 sheet, hand signed in fountain pen ink by thirteen members of team, including the great DON BRADMAN. RARE. View Details |
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£195.00 |
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| Bright, Arthur Addison (1861-1906) |
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British theatrical agent, most famous for his close friendship with Peter Pan author, J.M.Barrie; committed suicide after a business scandal. A very fine handwritten letter (36 Russell Square, W.C. 28th
Nov, n.y.) to Stuart Ogilvie, another close personal
friend of J.M.Barrie, who went on to build in the early 1920s a
“paradise for children” known as Thorpeness and promoted as “The Home of Peter Pan” on 6000 acres of his land on the
Suffolk coast. RARE. View Details |
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£50.00 |
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| Carpenter, William B. (1813-1885) |
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English physician, invertebrate biologist and physiologist, a founder of the modern theory of the Adaptive Unconscious and an important supporter of Darwin's principles of natural selection. A very interesting 4-page handwritten letter (56 Regents Park Road, Oct 18/73) to a Reverend H. Solly in which, among other matters, he complains about having been kept waiting a half an hour or more while the Lord Mayor "was eating his luncheon". View Details |
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£95.00 |
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| Charles, Prince (1948- ) |
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Heir Apparent to the British Throne. A fine signed Christmas card. View Details |
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£195.00 |
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| Cronkite, Walter (1916- ) |
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Giant of American broadcasting, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81), often cited in viewer opinion polls as "the most trusted man in America." A very fine black and white photograph of Cronkite, neatly signed in gold ink to a dark area of the image. View Details |
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£25.00 |
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| Crowley, Dave (1910-1974) |
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British boxer, one of Britain's most exciting feather/lightweights of the 1930s. A fine signature in blue ink on a 4.5" x 3.5" album page. View Details |
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| Dyson, James (1947- ) |
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English industrial designer. A fine First Day Cover. celebrating British Engineering Achievements (25 May 1983), boldly signed across the front panel in black ink. View Details |
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£15.00 |
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| Everett, Edward (1794-1865) |
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Distinguished American statesman and orator, remembered now for being "the other speaker at Gettysburg".
A fine handwritten two-page letter (Boston, 17 Jan.1859) to "My dear cousin", making suggestions for a meeting and a glass of wine. SCARCE. View Details |
ref:2023
£30.00 |
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| Flynt, Larry (1942- ) |
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American publisher of the soft-porn magazine, Hustler, paralysed from the waite down due to injuries sustained in a 1978 assassination attempt. A fine black and white 8" x 10" photograph, nicely signed in black ink across a clear area of the image. View Details |
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£20.00 |
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| Fuchs, Vivian (1908-1999) |
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British polar explorer. A fine black and white 5.5" x 3.75" photograph, nicely signed in blue ink across a clear area of the image.
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£25.00 |
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| George VI, (1895-1952) |
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King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions from December 11th 1936; the last Emperor of India and the First Head of the Commonwealth. A very rare survival, a vintage picture postcard showing The Queen's Dairy on the Royal Estate at Sandrimgham. Across the image, in the large, childish hand of the 10 year-old king-to-be, is the message in black ink "Many thanks for chocolates, Albert, April 7th, 1905". Given everything that faced the young Bertie in the years to come, this innocent little message is extraordinarily elegaic. View Details |
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£195.00 |
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| Hailwood, Mike (1940-1981) |
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British Grand Prix motorcycle champion and Formula One auto racer. A very fine black and white 5.5" x 3.5" photograph of Mike Hailwood in a Formula One car, signed in blue ink across the image. View Details |
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£125.00 |
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| Hesketh-Fleetwood, Peter (1801-1866 |
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English landowner, developer and Member of Parliament, who founded the town of Fleetwood, in Lancashire. A fine Free Front (Preston, May six, 1835) to a Mrs Rushton in Uttoxexeter, handwritten in ink and signed, as usual to the lower left corner. VERY RARE. View Details |
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| Holm, Eleanor (1913-2004) |
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Beautiful American Olympic swimming champion of 1932, best known for her alcohol-soaked eviction from the US Olympic team in 1936.
A gorgeous signed and inscribed vintage 1930s sepia 8" x 10" photograph (with Elmer Fryer of Hollywood's blind stamp). View Details |
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£30.00 |
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| Houdini, Harry (1874-1926) |
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Great Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist,
stunt performer, actor and film producer, noted for his sensational escape acts. A glossy sepia photograph (approximately 8" x 10") of a handsome young Harry Houdini, nicely signed and inscribed in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE. View Details |
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£1,950.00 |
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| Jacques, Serge (1928- ) |
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Legendary French pin-up photographer and publisher of the French soft-porn magazine "Paris-Hollywood", A vintage signed black and white photograph (a little larger than 8" x 10") of one of his favourite pin-up models, Betty Mars, wearing nothing more than a pretty pout. View Details |
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£125.00 |
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