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| Quant, Mary (1934- ) |
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Great English fashion designer, icon of the 1960s and inventor of the mini-skirt. A fine black and white 8" x 10" photograph, boldly signed and inscribed in black ink to the lower white margin. View Details |
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£25.00 |
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| Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) |
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American actor and later 40th President of the United States (1981-1989). A superb "in person" ink signature on a very fine early 1950s album page measuring approximately 5" x 3.5". RARE! View Details |
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£150.00 |
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| Remington, Eliphalet (1793-1861) |
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American blacksmith who designed the Remington Rifle. A fine cheque for $450, drawn on the Ilion Bank and payable to Gibbs and Halces, (March 7th 1853). It has been made out entirely in Eliphalet Remington's hand and signed in black ink, with Remington adding "& Sons" to his signature.RARE. View Details |
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£195.00 |
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| Richards, Gordon (1904-1986) |
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Great English jockey. In 34 seasons between 1921 and 1954 Richards was Champion Jockey no less than 26 times and he rode 4870 winners. In 1953 he became the first, and so far only, jockey to receive a knighthood. The definitive image of Gordon Richards - a peachy black and white vintage photograph (slightly larger than 8" x 6"), riding the great Pinza, following his Derby win. The photograph is fixed to a 12" x 10" presentation mount with Pinza's pedigree and race achievement set out on it: "Pinza, Chanteur II - Pasqua, Sir Gordon Richards up. Winner of the Coronation Derby 1953". Gordon Richards has signed the photograph in black ink and added the date, 1953, to the mount. View Details |
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£150.00 |
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| Russell, Bertrand (1872-1979) |
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Great Nobel Prize-winning British philosopher, logician, mathematician and historian. A very fine vintage sepia photograph (approximately 5.5" x 3.25"), nicely signed in dark blue ink to the lower white margin. RARE. View Details |
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£195.00 |
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| Shrimpton, Jean (1943- ) |
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British fashion model, an icon of the Swinging Sixties. A fine signed letter, handwritten in ink, on a sheet of headed blue notepaper (The Abbey, Penzance, Cornwall, no date) in which Jean Shrimpton thanks a fan for writing but apologises for the fact that she does not keep any photographs of herself and therefore cannot help him. View Details |
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£20.00 |
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| Shrimpton, Jean (1943- ) |
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British fashion model, an icon of the Swinging Sixties. A very pretty black and white 8" x 10" image of the young Jean Shrimpton, nicely signed in ink across a clear area. View Details |
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£40.00 |
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| Shrimpton, Jean (1943- ) |
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Lovely British fashion model, icon of the Swinging Sixties. A signed gorgeous National Portrait Gallery postcard (6.25" x 4.5") of Terry O'Neil's famous 1964 photograph of Jean Shrimpton with Terence Stamp. View Details |
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£30.00 |
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| Smith, Andrew (1797-1872) |
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Great Scottish-born zoologistic, who befriended Charles Darwin in South Africa on the return journey of HMS Beagle. A fine one-page letter (no address or date), with excellent ornithological content, handwritten and signed in ink. View Details |
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£65.00 |
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| Teller, Edward (1908-2003) |
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Hungarian-American nuclear physicist, known as "the Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" and believed to be the inspiration for the character of Dr Strangelove in the 1964 film of the same name.
An original cover of Time Magazine (November 18th 1957) featuring Edward Teller, neatly signed in ink to a light area near the top edge. RARE. View Details |
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£50.00 |
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| Thomas, Lowell (1892-1981) |
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American adventurer and film maker, the man who made a diminutive British officer called T.E.Lawrence into Lawrence of Arabia. A fine signature in green ink on a 4" x 3" white card. View Details |
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£10.00 |
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| Thomson (Lord Kelvin), William (1824-1907) |
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Great British physicist. A very fine 4-page letter, handwritten in black ink (The University, Glasgow, Feb 11/75) to the widow of his friend and colleague, Archibald Smith*, about printer's proofs. View Details |
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£195.00 |
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| Victoria, (1819-1901) |
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Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1837 and from 1876, Empress of India.
A handsome document (approximately 16" x 12"), 20th February 1847, in which Victoria raises an army man to the rank of Lieutenant General. She has signed in the top left corner and her Home Secretary, Sir George Grey (1799-1882) has countersigned in the lower right. View Details |
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£150.00 |
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| Wallace, George C. (1919-1998) |
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Controversial American polician, the leading opponent of integration in the United States in the 1960s, declaring: "Segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
A fine colour 8" x 10" photograph, signed and inscribed in black ink across the image. View Details |
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£18.00 |
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| Wellington, Duke of (1769-1852) |
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Great Irish-born solder and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1828-1830). A good signature in black ink on a Free Front posted on the 18th February, 1835. View Details |
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£125.00 |
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