WARTIME LETTER FROM PROPAGANDA POSTER ARTIST25
FOUGASSE
(Pen-name of Cyril Kenneth Bird, 1887-1965, Cartoonist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed ‘Kenneth Bird’ to Mrs Watson Candy
telling her that he has “been sorting out razorblades from all the most unlikely corners & herewith enclose the result. I think it’s an excellent idea to stir up the Hall Porter to get them out of the other tenants - so I will probably be putting contributions of small packets of old blades dropping through your letter box for weeks...”, 2 sides 4to.,30 Esmond Court, Kensington Square, 4th July
Item Date:
1940
Stock No:
42705
£275
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GEORGE V
(1865-1936, King of Great Britain)
Autograph Envelope Signed with initial 'G' to Colonel Clive WIGRAM
(1st Baron, 1873-1960, British Indian Army Officer and Courtier, Private Secretary to George V) at Buckingham Palace, 5½” x 4”, H.M. Yacht Victoria & Albert printed envelope, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42698
£125
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GIELGUD
(Sir John, 1904-2000, British Actor), Adele DIXON (Adèle, 1908-1992, British Actress) and Edward CHAPMAN (1901-1977, Actor chiefly remembered for his comic foil to Norman Wisdom)
Small collection of Signatures from some of the members of the cast of ‘The Good Companions’
on card, 5” x 3”, His Majesty’s Theatre,
Item Date:
1931
Stock No:
42694
£60
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“THE ZULUS HAVE NO BETTER FRIEND THAN MYSELF”
HAGGARD
(Sir H. Rider, 1856-1925, Novelist, Author of ‘King Solomon’s Mines’)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
thanking him for his “letter & the copy of the Ruin of Zululand which you have kindly sent me. I can only say that I have done my best to form an impartial judgement on the evidence in the Blue books. The Zulus have no better friend than myself but I look to the welfare of the nation at large rather than to that of individuals however exalted. The ‘thatcher’ anecdote was given for whatever it may be worth...”, 3 sides 8vo., 69 Gunterstone Road, West Kensington, 2nd February
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
42680
£225
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HAIG
(Earl Douglas, 1861-1928, Field Marshal)
Fine signature “Haig FM” on a card
4½” x 3½”, no place, June
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
42681
£75
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