SANTLEY
(Sir Charles, 1834-1922, English Baritone)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Jack”
sending he had been so busy he hadn’t had time to reply to him “the animals arrived in perfectly good order, but as I returned after Wednesday night to Birmingham, they demolished these among the household. My wife enjoyed them immensely & I fancy would like to see the inventor. It is rather too bad that I should not have any, but perhaps there are a few little ones left & as Mohammed cnnot go to the mountain he he. Will that be too cheeky... you may be inclined to overlook a little cheek in a pail mortal like me...” ending by sending his love to Jack and his family, 4 sides 8vo., 5 Upper Hamilton Terrace, St John’s Wood headed paper, 24th May
Item Date:
1896
Stock No:
43466
£55
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SHACKLETON
(Lady Emily,1868-1936, wife of the Explorer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Frewer
saying that she was glad he had sent a “post card as I am here for 2 or 3 days staying with an aunt who is kindly taking care of a box of papers for me... I did not know if I had put in the enclosed - or if it was warehoused - but I have found it and I think you will like it better than a signature on a cheque. My husband ‘autographed’ it and it was a letter to me written during the war just after the ‘Endurance’ Expedition when he was on his way to or from the Ross Sea to rescue the other men...”, with a postscript about their son Eddie who “will be going to Radley in Sept, all well - he has just got an ‘exhibition’...”, 2 sides 8vo., Corrie Lodge, Eastbourne, 6th April
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
43460
£275
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SHAW
(George Bernard, 1856-1950, Dramatist & Critic)
Autograph Note Signed with initials on his Compliments slip to an unnamed correspondent,
after the printed “With Bernard Shaw’s compliments” he has written “I have Shakespearized your name, as I am not quite sure about your own version. Is it Julieta?...”, 4½” x 2”¼, 4 Whitehall Court, London, 2nd December
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
43462
£225
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SHAW
(George Bernard, 1856-1950, Dramatist & Critic)
Autograph postcard signed with initials to F. A. H. Eyles
telling him that “there was a full account of it in the Woman’s Dreadnought (Sylvia Pankhurst’s paper) a few weeks ago. They will send you a copy if you care to waste a couple of pence: the address is 400 Old Ford Road, Bow. The unsuccessful competitors got a nominal prize of 1s/7d each, but as I contrived to show that they owed ma a penny each, the net was 1s/6d...”, 1 side card with autograph address on the verso, Ayot St Lawrence headed card, 21st March
Item Date:
1916
Stock No:
43461
£245
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SIM
(Alastair, 1900-1976, Scottish comedy actor)
Small Vintage Photo Signed
showing him head and shoulders wearing a dark brimmed hat in costume for the Thriller ‘Green for Danger’, 3½” x 2¼”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1946
Stock No:
43463
£175
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