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VICTORIA: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Ink signature ('Victoria R I') on a piece, matted in cream beneath a colour postcard reproduction of a painting of the Queen and framed and glazed in a gold coloured frame to an overall size of 7.5 x 14. VG

BRITISH ROYALTY: Small selection of A.Ls.S., T.L.S. (1), signed postcard photographs and larger etc., by various members of the British Royal family including Queen Mary (signed postcard photograph, 1933), Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood (referring to using the Royal Box at Covent Garden), her husband Viscount Lascelles, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Camilla Parker Bowles, Sarah, Duchess of York etc., also including a naval commission bearing a rubber stamped signature of King Edward VII (although authentically signed by Admiral John Fisher). G to generally VG, 8

LLOYD GEORGE DAVID: (1863-1945) British Prime Minister 1916-22. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Lloyd George standing outdoors in a half length profile pose. A crowd of onlookers can be seen in the background. Signed in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG

WORLD LEADERS: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various world leaders comprising Augusto Pinochet, King Hussein of Jordan, Nicolae Ceausescu, Robert Mugabe (signed Greetings card, also signed by his wife, 1985), Archbishop Makarios (signed card with a small attached newspaper photograph) and Menachem Begin. Some of the images are colour. Generally VG to EX, 6

RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS: A good vintage signed colour 6 x 4 postcard by Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) Russian Cosmonaut, the first man to travel in space, 1961, Gherman Titov (1935-2000) Russian Cosmonaut, the second man to orbit the earth, Andriyan Nikolayev (1929-2004) Russian Cosmonaut, the third Russian to travel in space and Pavel Popovich (1930-2009) Russian Cosmonaut, the fourth Russian to travel in space. The image depicts the four cosmonauts standing outdoors in half length poses, each wearing their uniforms, and engaged in conversation. Signed by each in bold inks with their names alone to light areas at the head of the image. About EX

WILDE JIMMY: (1892-1969) Welsh Boxer, the first official World Flyweight Champion, 1916-23. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Wilde standing in a three quarter length pose, in a boxing stance, and wearing his Lonsdale belt. Signed in bold dark fountain pen ink to a clear area of the image and dated 1947 in his hand. Together with a bold fountain pen ink signature (‘Jimmy Wilde’) and date, 19th August 1935, in his hand on a printed correspondence card from the Crown Hotel in Lowestoft. Some light overall foxing to the signed card, G to VG, 2

BOXING: Selection of vintage signed album pages, cards (most with attached newspaper and magazine photographs), signed postcard photographs, 8 x 10 (1) etc., by various boxers including Eddie Phillips, Kid Tanner, Jimmy Wilde, George James, Henry Cooper, Ernie Roderick, Lionel Gibbs, Johnny King, Bob Pastor etc. Most of the images depict the subjects in boxing poses. Facsimile, secretarial & unsigned (4). FR to about G, 19

CRICKET: A vintage postcard photograph of a Sussex CCC player signed to the verso by over fifteen cricketers individually, apparently all players who participated in a match, Sussex v. Yorkshire, at Hove on 1st September 1924, including Herbert Sutcliffe, Wilfred Rhodes, Maurice Leyland, Edgar Oldroyd, Roy Kilner, Percy Holmes, Abe Waddington, Maurice Tate, Arthur E. R. Gilligan, Ted Bowley, Tich Cornford, Albert Wensley etc., also curiously signed by the Australian cricketer Alan Fairfax. All of the signatures, with the exception of Fairfax's, are in pencil. Together with three small cards individually signed by the Australian cricketers Bert Oldfield, Bill O'Reilly (both in bold pencil), Stan McCabe and Vic Richardson, each neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album. The verso of the album page bears an official signed team sheet by the Indian Cricket Team in Australia 1947-48, comprising eighteen signatures (Amaranth, Hazare, Nayudu, Mankad, Sarwate, Rangnekar, Phadkar, Irani etc.). Some light overall age wear, and the postcard with a few minor faults (tape stain, small pinhole) etc. FR to G, 2

ZATOPEK EMIL: (1922-2000) Czechoslovakian Athlete, Olympic Gold Medallist. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Zatopek in a full length action pose running on a track. Signed in blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG

SCHUMACHER MICHAEL: (1969- ) German Motor Racing Driver, Formula One World Champion 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004. Signed colour 6 x 4 postcard photograph depicting Schumacher driving his red Ferrari motor racing car around a circuit. Signed in bold green ink with his name alone across a clear area of the image. EX

SPORT: Selection of signed cards, signed postcard photographs (2), by various sportsmen including James Hunt, Barry Sheene, Stirling Moss, Henry Cooper, Cliff Curvis, Garry Mason, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Stanley Matthews, Tommy Docherty, John Robson, Steve Cauthen, Willie Carson, Allan Lamb, Gladstone Small, David Gower, Angus Fraser, Geoff Boycott, Jack Russell, Devon Malcolm, Graham Gooch, Eddie Hemmings etc. A few duplicates. VG, 32

LANGTRY LILLIE: (1853-1929) British Actress, mistress of King Edward VII. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Lillie Langtry') on a vintage colour postcard showing an image of William Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-on-Avon. Signed to a clear area at the head of the image and dated 1915 in another hand beneath the signature. Unusual in this form. About VG

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: Small selection of vintage signed and inscribed postcard (2) and 8 x 10 (2) photographs by various male Oscar winning actors comprising John Mills, Rex Harrison, Edmund Gwenn and Robert Donat. All are boldly signed in fountain pen inks, largely to clear areas of the images. VG, 4

COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) English Actor & Playwright, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of Coward in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Some light overall dust staining and minor corner creasing, G

ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: Selection of signed cards, postcard photographs, 8 x 10 photographs etc., by various Oscar winning film stars and a few directors including Sophia Loren, Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Louise Fletcher, Art Carney, Shirley Jones, Rita Moreno, Geoffrey Rush, Ben Kingsley, John Dykstra, Martin Sheen, Olympia Dukakis, Christopher Plummer, Robert Benton etc. A little duplication. Generally VG, 21

ACTORS: Selection of signed cards, signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger by various television and film actors (some of them Academy Award winners) including Alec Guinness, John Gielgud, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, John Mills, Stratford Johns, David Suchet, Timothy West, Richard Todd, Albert Finney, Gareth Hunt, Terence Stamp, Leo McKern, David McCallum, Ian Richardson, Peter Wyngarde, Alan Bates, Bryan Forbes, Donald Sinden, Dave Prowse, Tom Baker, Simon Callow, Donald Pleasence, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. etc. A little duplication. Generally VG, 61

ACTRESSES: Selection of signed cards, signed postcard photographs and a few larger, by various television and film actors (some of them Academy Award winners) including Wendy Hiller, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, Geraldine McEwan, Hayley Mills, Susan Hampshire, Hannah Gordon, Jenny Agutter, Tracey Childs, Googie Withers, Margaret Lockwood, Valerie Hobson, Sarah Miles, Betsy Blair, Brigitte Bardot, Nanette Newman etc. A little duplication. Generally VG, 55

LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. A good pair of ink signatures by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually on a page removed from an autograph album, with a colour vignette of the duo neatly affixed at the centre. Laurel has added an inscription ('Thanks Bryan!') in his hand immediately beneath the vignette. Together with a small selection of signed pieces, postcard photographs (2), 8 x 10 (1) by various other entertainers including Ken Dodd (2), Engelbert Humperdinck etc. Two small file holes to the left edge of the album page, not affecting the signatures. Generally VG, 6

LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. An excellent vintage signed postcard photograph by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, the image depicting the duo standing together in a characteristic half length pose wearing their bowler hats. Signed by each in bold blue fountain pen inks to clear areas of the background. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Laurel and post marked 13th December 1953. A colour vignette of the duo is neatly affixed to the verso, beneath which Laurel has penned the return address ('Empire Theatre, Nottingham'). A fine example, and unusually lacking an inscription. VG

COMEDY: Selection of signed cards, a few pieces, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various British television and film comedy actors including Penelope Keith, Arthur English, Spike Milligan, Benny Hill, Terry Scott, Beryl Reid, Carmen Silvera, Victoria Wood, June Whitfield, James Bolam, Ronnie Corbett, Roy Castle, Thora Hird, Norman Wisdom, Bernard Bresslaw, Liz Fraser, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis & Brian Wilde, Ian Carmichael, Bill Pertwee, Michael Knowles, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Linda Robson & Pauline Quirke etc. A little duplication. A few G, generally VG, 55

BRITISH TELEVISION: Selection of signed cards, signed postcard photographs and slightly larger etc., by various British television and radio presenters and personalities, including Anne Diamond, Angela Rippon, Larry Grayson, Sarah Greene, Caron Keating, Anna Ford, Bruce Forsyth, Alan Freeman, Clive James, Jennie Bond, Michael Parkinson, Terry Wogan, Roy Castle, Joan Bakewell, David Attenborough, Lorraine Kelly, Ulrika Jonsson etc., also including a selection of signed cards and signed postcard photographs by various popular musicians and singers and other famous individuals including Cilla Black, Bucks Fizz, Perry Como, Frankie Vaughan, Marty Wilde, Elaine Paige, Marianne Faithfull, Vince Hill, Jerry Hall, Linda Lusardi, Della Frances Dolan (Miss United Kingdom 1982), Richard Adams, Desmond Morris, John Major, Jeffrey Archer, Barbara Cartland, Marjorie Proops etc. A little duplication. Generally VG, 86

BANDLEADERS: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs, a few T.Ls.S. etc., by various bandleaders, organists and other musicians, singers etc., including Vic Oliver, Joe Loss, John Howlett, Reginald Dixon, Charles Shadwell, George Formby, Larry Adler, Alfredo Campoli, Charlie Kunz, Richard Tauber (signed card), Derek Oldham, Horace Finch, Jack Jackson, Geraldo, Nat Gonella, Harry Roy, Roy Fox, Maurice Winnick, Evelyn Dall, Peggy Cochrane, Phyllis Robins, Reginald Foort, Tom Jenkins, Felton Rapley, Phil Park etc. Generally VG, 51

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs, a few 8 x 10s etc., by various popular musicians, female vocalists, a few film stars etc., including Coleman Hawkins, Evelyn Dall, Eve Becke, Elsie Carlisle (3), Phyllis Robins (8), Lupe Velez, Valaida Snow (on stage from Blackbirds of 1934) etc. Facsimile & unsigned (6). G to generally VG, 24

BAKER JOSEPHINE: (1906-1975) African-American Dancer and Singer. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Baker in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Studio Piaz of Paris. Signed in blue fountain pen ink, partially across a darker area of the image, and dated 1935 in her hand. VG

MCCARTNEY PAUL: (1942- ) British Musician, a member of The Beatles. Blue ink signature ('Paul McCartney') to the verso of a promotional postcard issued for a performance of Bread by Carla Lane at the BBC TV Studios in London. The verso bears the number 032 and is illustrated with a printed map and travel details to the television studio. Signed by McCartney with his name alone in blue ink to a clear area of one corner. Some light overall age wear and minor creasing (largely visible to the recto). About VG

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs, and a few slightly smaller, by various entertainers, band leaders and musicians etc., including Cab Calloway, Jack Hylton, Elsie & Doris Waters, Leslie Holmes & Leslie Sarony, Harry Roy, George Robey (6), Jessie Matthews, Ralph Lynn, Stanley Lupino, Gordon Harker, Tommy Handley, Sonnie Hale, Nat Gonella, Reginald Dixon, Tamara Desni, Leonora Corbett, Ambrose, Belle Chrystall, Elsie Carlisle, Sam Browne, Carl Brisson, Yvonne Arnaud etc. Facsimile & unsigned (13). G to VG, 53

ENTERTAINMENT: A good selection of vintage signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger by various Music Hall and variety stars, stage actors and actresses, entertainers, a few magicians etc., including George Robey, Sandy Powell, Georgie Wood, Nellie Wallace, Leslie Holmes & Leslie Sarony, Robb Wilton, Billy Bennett, Ralph Lynn, Leslie Henson, Claude Dampier, Will Mahoney, Anona Winn (in costume as Peter Pan, 1938), Anna Neagle, Clive Brook, Florence Desmond, June Clyde, Leslie Banks, Margaret Lockwood, Seymour Hicks, Marie Lohr, Emlyn Williams, Carl Brisson, Sarah Churchill, Barry K. Barnes, Mary Ellis, Richard Murdoch, Tommy Handley, Richard Goolden, Charles Clapham & Bill Dwyer, Elsie & Doris Waters, Sydney Howard, Will Fyffe, Robertson Hare, Gordon Harker, Harry Welchman, Nora Swinburne, Carroll Levis, Ben Lyon & Bebe Daniels, Stuart Good, Levante, Dante etc. A few facsimiles & unsigned. VG, 81

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs, most vintage, etc., by various stage and screen entertainers and actors etc., including Max Miller, Peter Butterworth, Arthur English, Gracie Fields, Francoise Rosay, Mary Martin, Jack Hawkins, Sandy Powell, John Clements, Nicholas Parsons, Ambrose, Benny Hill, Les Allen, Evelyn Dall, Frances Day, Eve Becke, Dorothy Squires, Joan Regan, Lita Roza, Nat Jackley, Luciano Pavarotti, Burl Ives, Bonnie Langford, Edmund Lowe, Stanley Tudor, Horace Finch, Reginald Dixon, Reginald Foort, Jack Train etc., facsimile & secretarial (5). Some with tape stains close to the signatures, FR to generally G, 66

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs and larger (1) by various entertainers, television presenters and personalities etc., including Tommy Cooper, Derek Nimmo, Simon Callow, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Michael Aspel, Edward Woodward, Peter Baldwin, Robert Lindsay, Terry Wogan, Les Dennis & Dustin Gee, Eamonn Andrews, Mike Yarwood, Eric Sykes, Joe Brown etc. Facsimile & secretarial (5). Most with some surface and corner creasing and other minor faults, FR to G, 25

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs, 8 x 10 photographs, a few vintage, by various film stars, entertainers etc., including Hughie Green, Donald Houston, Phyllis Kirk, Patricia Neal & Andy Griffith, George Kennedy, Eli Wallach, Rod Taylor & James Whitmore, Myleene Klass, Stanley Holloway, Colin Farrell, Joan Rivers, Graham Stark, Tony Christie, Louis Jourdan, Rex Harrison, Keenan Wynn, Russell Brand etc. A few G, generally VG, 27

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed theatre programmes, handbills, some signed postcard photographs etc., some vintage, by various stage and film actors, entertainers etc., including Bob Hope, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Burton, Peggy Ashcroft, Ralph Richardson, Joan Plowright, Honor Blackman, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, Joan Greenwood, Jean Kent, Phyllis Calvert, Claire Bloom, Barbara Windsor, Julie Walters, Joan Collins, Alan Jay Lerner etc. Some are multiple signed. G to generally VG, 25

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger etc., by various stage actors and actresses, television stars, a few opera singers etc., including Florrie Forde, Hetty King, Evelyn Laye, Wendy Hiller, Jimmy Edwards, Arthur English, Harry Secombe, Betty Driver, Stanley Holloway, Bill Pertwee (3), Robert Hardy, Kiri te Kanawa, Eva Turner, Herbert von Karajan, Teresa Berganza etc. Many of the cards have small attached newspaper or magazine portraits. FR to generally G to about VG, 36

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger, some 8 x 10s etc., by various television and film stars, soap opera actors, entertainers etc., including David Jason, Helen Worth, Amanda Barrie, Paul Scofield (2), Victoria Wood, Norman Wisdom (2), Jean Rogers, Pam St. Clement, Thora Hird, Joanna Lumley, Chrissie Hynde, Doris Day etc. Facsimile & secretarial (4). Generally VG, 26

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s etc., by various film and television actors, some Academy Award winners etc., including Barbara Windsor, John Cleese, Patrick Macnee, Joanna Lumley, Kate Winslet, Ronnie Corbett, Robert Powell, Dudley Moore, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Honor Blackman, Julie Harris, Pierce Brosnan etc., also including signed photographs of cricketer Fred Trueman and British Prime Minister John Major. Facsimile & secretarial (5). Generally VG, 27

AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Three small autograph albums containing over 160 signatures by various film and stage actors, entertainers etc., including Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Tony Britton, Geoffrey Bayldon, Ian Bannen, Anthony Quayle, Rachel Kempson, Peggy Ashcroft, Leo McKern, Barbara Jefford, Laurence Harvey, Michael Denison, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Maxine Audley, Harry Andrews, Geraldine McEwan, Paul Robeson, Robert Hardy, Sam Wanamaker, Albert Finney, Richard Johnson, Geoffrey Keen, Patrick Wymark, Edward Woodward etc. A little duplication. Some of the pages are multiple signed, some signatures are in pencil, and most are annotated in a small hand in ink by the collector. Together with a small selection of vintage signed postcard photographs (3) by various actors, and a vintage newspaper cartoon signed and inscribed by Giles (1951; only FR) and a black fountain pen ink signature and inscription by Captain William R. Anderson of the U.S.S. Nautilus on an 8vo sheet of Daily Mail printed stationery. Generally G to about VG, 5 + 3 albums

ENTERTAINMENT: Selection of signed hardback (16) and paperback (11) books by various actors, actresses, entertainers, pop singers, television personalities etc., including Paula Yates - The Autobiography by Paula Yates (signed with first name only), And This Is Me! by Mike Yarwood, Double Act by Michael Denison & Dulcie Gray, Stone Alone by Bill Wyman, Vera Duckworth - My Story by Elizabeth Dawn, Take It Like a Man by Boy George, Seven Ages - An Autobiography 1888-1927 by Basil Dean, Laurence Olivier by Melvyn Bragg (signed by Bragg and with a loosely inserted vintage signed postcard photograph of Olivier, Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall and other titles by Spike Milligan, Vocal Refrain by Vera Lynn, Too Much, Too Young - My Story of Love, Survival and Celebrity by Kerry Katona etc. Most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to VG, 27

MASCAGNI PIETRO: (1863-1945) Italian Composer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of the composer in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Cerri of Pisa and bearing their blindstamp to the lower left corner. Signed by Mascagni in dark fountain pen ink at the base of the image and dated Lucca, 1st October 1927 in his hand. Some light age wear and minor spotting to the image, G

LEHAR FRANZ: (1870-1948) Austrian Composer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Lehar in a half length pose. Photograph by Franz Lowy of Vienna. Signed in bold dark blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower border. Some light staining to the image, largely to the edges, G

STRAVINSKY IGOR: (1882-1971) Russian Composer. A very fine vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of Stravinsky in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Neatly signed in white ink by the photographer at the base of the image. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink by Stravinsky to the lower border and dated 1942 in his hand. EX

PATTI ADELINA: (1843-1919) Italian Opera Singer. A.L.S., Adelina Patti Cederstrom, three pages, 8vo, Craig y Nos Castle, Breconshire, South Wales, 23rd June 1911, to Miss. Morgan. Patti sends her correspondent and her sister thanks for a portrait medal of King George and Queen Mary which she will 'always greatly value in commemoration of June 22nd 1911 and also as a remembrance of your kindly thought of me'. Together with a vintage art nouveau postcard featuring a colour image of a young lady, signed ('Adelina Patti, Baroness Cederstrom') by Patti to a clear area and dated 1906 in her hand. The postcard possibly neatly trimmed, with one corner neatly clipped and some light overall age wear (G), the letter VG, 2 The Coronation of King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) took place at Westminster Abbey on 22nd June 1911 and was celebrated by the Festival of Empire in London.

DARCLEE HARICLEA: (1860-1939) Romanian Soprano. Vintage signed postcard photograph, the image depicting Darclee seated in a full length pose in costume as Cio-Cio San from Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly. Signed ('Hariclee Darclee') in bold black fountain pen ink to the ample blank area at the side of the image and dated Paris, 12th February 1907 in her hand. Scarce. Some very light, extremely minor foxing, G

BALLET: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s, multiple signed card (1) etc., some vintage, by various ballet dancers including Anton Dolin, David Yow, Leon Woicikowsky, Sergei Vikharev, Ravenna Tucker, Francois Testory, Paul Taylor, Peter Schaufuss, Michael Somes, Paul Petroff, Roland Petit, Vladimir Malakhov, David Lichine, Fiona Chadwick, Colette Marchand etc. Most of the images depict the dancers in ballet poses and some are boldly signed in fountain pen inks. Generally VG, 24

MUCHA ALPHONSE: (1860-1939) Czechoslovakian Painter and Decorative Artist in the Art Nouveau style. Vintage signed colour postcard, being a reproduction of Mucha’s image entitled Samostatnost (Independence) and featuring an image of George of Podebrady, King of Bohemia in the fifteenth century. The postcard would appear to date from around 1911 when the Municipal House in Prague was built and where the original of Mucha’s painting is on permanent display. Signed (‘Mucha’) in neat fountain pen ink to a clear area at the base of the image. An attractive signed image. Scarce. VG

NEWTON HELMUT: (1920-2004) German-Australian Photographer. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard photograph, being a reproduction of Newton's image of a model standing in a full length pose for Yves Saint Laurent (1982). Signed by Newton in bold black ink with his name alone to the centre of the image. EX

MAETERLINCK MAURICE: (1862-1949) Belgian Playwright & Poet, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1911. A.L.S., Maeterlinck, unusually written to the verso of four individual postcard photographs, the images depicting different views of the Abbey of St. Wandrille (Fontenelle Abbey) in Normandy, n.p. (Normandy), 5th July 1914, to a young lady, in French. Maeterlinck informs his correspondent that he has left Nice and will spend the rest of the summer with his wife at the Abbey in Normandy, about thirty kilometres from Rouen, and continuing ‘When you go through France on your way back to England, it will be easy for you to stay for a few days. The Abbey is half-way between Rouen and Dieppe; there are excellent ships to Newhaven everywhere, so this would not even be a detour for you.’ Some light age wear and some staining to the upper edge of the first postcard, not affecting the text. About VG

YEATS W. B.: (1865-1939) Irish Poet & Dramatist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1923. Fountain pen ink signature ('W B Yeats') and date, 16th March 1914, in his hand on a vintage colour postcard featuring an Irish coastal landscape and issued for St. Patrick's Day. Signed to a clear area at the head of the image. An attractive and unusual example of the poet's signature on the eve of St. Patrick's Day. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of Shaw standing outdoors in a full length pose, with a house in the immediate background. Signed ('Bernard Shaw') in dark fountain pen ink to the verso, and dated (twice) Ayot Saint Lawrence, January and 19th September 1947 in his hand. Some light staining and minor traces of former mounting to the verso, only very slightly affecting the signature and inscription, G

'I thought of an idea for a new play yesterday….' ORTON JOE: (1933-1967) English Playwright and Author. Rare A.L.S., Joe, to the verso of a colour picture postcard of the Zauia Muley Abdelkader gate in Tetuan, Morocco, n.p. (Tangier?), n.d. (1965), to an unidentified correspondent. Orton writes, in full, 'The weather is terrific, and I'm having a most relaxing time. I thought of an idea for a new play yesterday, but perhaps it wouldn't work in a cold climate!! Give my love to Oscar'. Orton has also penned the address of his apartment in Tangier. Autographs of Orton are rare in any form following his tragic murder at the age of 34 when he was bludgeoned to death by his partner Kenneth Halliwell, who subsequently committed suicide. EX Orton's play Loot opened in Cambridge on 1st February 1965 and met with scathing reviews. The playwright was at odds with the director, and despite producing much new material for the play, Loot continued to be poorly received during a six week tour of Brighton, Oxford, Manchester and other English towns. Discouraged, Orton departed on an 80 day holiday to Tangier with his partner Kenneth Halliwell. It was during this holiday that the present postcard was written.

SITWELL SACHEVERELL: (1897-1988) English Writer. Small series of six A.Ls.S., Sacheverell Sitwell, nine pages (total), oblong 8vo (and one brief letter to the verso of a postcard), Towcester, Northamptonshire, 1967-1972, all to Paul Turok in New York. Sitwell, a noted music critic, writes to his correspondent on a variety of subjects relating to classical music, in the first letter referring to Hector Berlioz‘s compositions, in part, ‘You have noticed what is obviously a very silly misprint. It is very odd I should have missed it. Obviously I meant Symphonie Fantastique, the Grande Messe des Mortis, and Te Deum. But now I wd. Say Les Troyens was his masterpiece. Wouldn’t you?’ (9th November 1967), and in subsequent letters stating, in part, ‘Thank you very much indeed for sending me your Fantasia on Liszt’s “Grey Clouds”. It looks very interesting’ (18th January 1970), ‘Your Three Transcendental Etudes, Op.30 came this morning. I have got one or two friends who are good pianists, and I must get one of them to play them to me….I am wondering if The Bell of Arcos is about the Spanish town Arcos de la Frontera in Andalucia!’ (20th March 1970), ‘…I have been grappling with the typewritten proofs of an immensely long book (200,000 words) which have driven me nearly crazy - but now they are finished!…Death of a Fly is the opening chapter of the book I mentioned, and I will be sending you a copy of it when it appears’ (10th July 1972). Together with a vintage folding oblong 8vo Christmas greetings card inscribed by Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) British Poet & Critic, elder sister of Sacheverell Sitwell, the card featuring a facsimile signature and greeting although with an ink inscription by Sitwell, also adding the first name of her brother, Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969) English Writer, in her hand. Generally VG, 7 Paul Turok (1929-2012) American Composer & Music Critic.

EASTMAN GEORGE: (1854-1932) American Entrepreneur, founded the Eastman Kodak Company. Fountain pen ink signature ('Geo Eastman') on a vintage colour postcard of the public garden at the Hotel De La Grande Bretagne in Nice. Signed to a clear area of the image. Neatly annotated in ink in the hand of a collector to the lower white border and also dated 28th December 1912 to the verso. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG

TITANIC: A vintage colour postcard photograph of the Titanic Memorial at Southampton individually signed by three female survivors of the RMS Titanic disaster, Millvina Dean, Eva Hart and Edith Haisman. Each have signed with their names alone in blue inks, largely to clear areas of the image. Some very slight, minor age wear to the corners, otherwise VG

HAHN OTTO: (1879-1968) German Chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1944. Hahn is considered the father of nuclear chemistry. A vintage signed 4 x 6 colour postcard, the image depicting a botanical plant and with a printed calligraphic quotation in German. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink by Hahn to a clear area at the base and dated Gottingen, 1964 in his hand. Together with an autograph envelope signed by Hahn, addressed in his hand to Miss Clara Lieber at Butler Hall, 119th Street, New York City, also providing an alternative address at West Washington Street in Indianapolis, signed (‘Prof. Otto Hahn’) by Hahn in fountain pen ink to the verso. Although not bearing any post marks, the envelope most likely dates from the time when Hahn was interned at Farm Hall in England, 1945-46. Some tears to the right edge of the envelope, where originally opened, otherwise VG, 2 Clara Lieber (1902-1982) American Chemist and student of Hahn.

EINSTEIN ALBERT: (1879-1955) German-born Theoretical Physicist, Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1921. Fine blue fountain pen ink signature ('A. Einstein') on a plain postcard with a magazine portrait of Einstein in a head and shoulders pose neatly affixed above the signature. About EX

[FREUD SIGMUND]: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, the father of Psychoanalysis. JONES ERNEST (1879-1958) British Neurologist & Psychoanalyst, the official biographer of Sigmund Freud. T.L.S., Ernest Jones, on one side of a postcard, Midhurst, 14th August n.y., to Dr. Alfred v. Winterstein in Vienna. Jones thanks his correspondent for the full information about the Society meetings 'and Sigm. Freud Hof.', further enquiring 'I presume the latter is a new building'. VG

NOBILITY: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, a few signed cards etc., by various members of Noble families (mainly European) including Prince and Princess Vladimir Karadjordevic of Yugoslavia, Begum Inaara Aga Khan, Archduke Istvan von Habsburg, Archduke Karl von Habsburg, Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, Prince Carl-Friedrich of Hohenzollern, Duke Franz of Bavaria, Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Stephan Prince zur Lippe, Cayetana, Duchess of Alba etc. Most of the images are colour. VG to EX, 21

CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Winston S. Churchill') on a postcard with a magazine photograph of the Prime Minister affixed above. Annotated in ink by a collector at the base. Some slight scuffing to the image, G

TAFT WILLIAM H.: (1857-1930) American President 1909-13. A vintage postcard photograph, the image depicting the empty interior of the Supreme Court at Washington D.C., signed by Taft in bold black fountain pen ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Some slight smudging to a couple of letters of the signature. Unusual in this form. VG Taft served as Chief Justice of the United States from 1921-30.

An Edwardian postcard album, containing several dozen cards, including humorous, photographic, topographical and greetings cards.

French Colonies in Pacific - new Hebrides 1912-17, postal history group (both British & French currency) written up on leaves, 9 commercial covers and one philatelic cover, showing a range of postmark types single/double letter rates to UK, France Samoa and Australia, two registered, inc used picture postcard (10 covers/cards).

French postcard sent to Edith Downing from Ruth Cooper, both suffragettes