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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
B.L. Farjeon, novelist Autograph Note Signed "B/L/ Farjeon", novelist, to A. Williams of the "Liverpool Mercury". One page, 12mo, good condition, saying that illness and the consequences of an accident have prevented him responding courteously to the "notice of my Xmas story in Liverpool Mercury".		£35.00
Charles Coborn [Charles Whitton McCallum] (1852-1945), Anglo-Scottish musical hall star Signed photograph of the musical hall artiste Charles Coborn, best-known for the songs 'Two Lovely Black Eyes' and 'The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo'. Black and white studio photograph, postcard format (13 x 8.5 cm). On leaf removed from autograph album. Good, on shiny photographic paper, with margin making dimensions of image 12 x 8 cm, captioned in bottom right-hand corner 'PHOTO \| LAIRD \| ABERDEEN'. Showing a kindly-looking Coborn seated in...		£25.00
Dame Anna Neagle (1904-1986), English singer and stage and screen actress Autograph Signature of the English actress Anna Neagle. On rectangle of paper, laid down on leaf removed from autograph album. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads 'Good wishes \| Anna Neagle.' With two newspaper cuttings carrying photographic portraits, one loose and one laid down to the left of the signature.		£15.00
Dame Clara Butt [Clara Ellen Butt; Clara Butt-Rumford] (1872-1936), English contralto singer, and her husband Robert ('Bertie') Kennerley Rumford (1870-1957), baritone. Autograph signatures of the English contralto Dame Clara Butt ('Clara Butt-Rumford') and her husband Robert Kennerley Rumford ('R. Kennerley Rumford'), baritone. 12mo landscape, on leaf of pink paper removed from autograph album, with one set of rounded corners. In good condition. Butt's inscription is above Rumford's, and large in comparison. Reads 'Clara Butt - \| Rumford' and R. Kennerley Rumford \| 11 Oct. 22.'		£38.00
[People's Printing Society Limited; the Daily Worker; the Morning Star; the Communist Party of Great Britain] [Printed pamphlet.] Rules of the People's Printing Press Society Limited. Registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts, 1893 to 1928. Register No. 12750 R London. [With certificate making the member 'an owner of the Daily Worker'.] 8vo, 14 pp. In original stapled blue printed wraps. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged high-acidity paper, in slightly-discoloured wraps. The ownership certificate (landscape 12mo, 1 p) is printed in red and black, with typewritten details filled in, showing that James Chesterton became a...	Printing History	£165.00
Charles Grant (1778-1866), 1st Baron Glenelg, Secretary of State for War and President of the Board of Trade [ John Cockburn Ross of Rowchester; Highland Distillery; Mackenzie; Sir Charles Ross' ] [ Lord Glenelg and the Distillery Laws. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Cha. Grant') to John Cockburn Ross regarding his memorial proposing 'the amelioration of the Distillery Laws', with reference to the Highland Distillery and Sir Charles Ross. 3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. He has communicated the recipient's letter, with the memorial regarding 'the amelioration of the Distillery Laws', to 'Sir Charles Ross & Brigadier Genl Mackenzie', and they have been well received. 'One of the Gentlemen...		£120.00
[ South Africa; Rugby Union ]The Springboks Tour of the UK in 1931-2 [ South Africa; Rugby Union; autographs ]The Springboks Tour of the UK in 1931-2, Signatures of the Players. Two pages extracted from an autograph album, c.17.5 x 11cm, sl. grubby, mainly good condition. One entitled (in ink, "North of Scotland v. Springboks. \| Aberdeen: 9th Jan.1932"; the other just headed by date so, "10/1/31 [32 in fact]" There are eight (8) signatures of South African players on...		£450.00
John Stuart [John Alfred Louden Croall] (1898-1979), Scottish silent movie actor [Alfred Hitchcock; Gainsborough Studios] Signed black and white photograph by the Scottish silent movie star John Stuart, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's first film (and another by the director), and in several Gainsborough Studios features. Black and white studio photograph, postcard format (14 x 9 cm). Laid down on leaf removed from autograph album. Good, on shiny photographic paper, with margin making dimensions of image 12.5 x 8 cm, captioned at foot 'JOHN STUART' and, in smaller type, 'PHOTO BY \| L. PROTHEROE'. Stuart's...		£35.00
Dr John J. Dunning, Secretary, the British Osteopathic Association [Admiral Milne] Two Autograph Letters Signed from the English osteopath J. J. Dunning to Admiral Milne. Both items 12mo, 1 p. Both good, on lightly aged paper. Pinned to one another. Letter One: He is'enclosing two leaflets on disc manipulation'. He has a third, 'fuller and illustrated', and if they interest Milne, he will be 'delighted'. Letter Two: He had 'much rather be found right than wrong...		£95.00
Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, (1834 - 1925), British author and critic, painter and sculptor. Autograph Letter Signed "Percy Fitzgerald", author and critic, to [prob. A. Williams, "Liverpool Mercury"]. Two pages, 12mo, good condition, saying, "I was much obliged by your kind thought of sending me the critique - as well as taking the trouble - always a task - of copying it outIt seems to me to convey the intention of the [author?] exactly."		£35.00