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Image ADLER, Hermann (1839-1911). Chief Rabbi.
Signature ('H Adler / Chief Rabbi'), dated 13 March 1905, on his compliments slip (traces of mounting at the corners).

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 7717]
Image ALBANI, Emma (1847-1930). Canadian soprano.
Signature and date ('1905') on a black-edged, monogrammed correspondence card (traces of former mounting at the corners).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 7690]
Image ALEXANDER, Albert Victor, Earl (1885-1965). Politician. First Lord of the Admiralty.
Signature ('A V Alexander') on white card, ca 50 x 90 mm (2 x 3½ inches).

£15 / $20 / €21 [No: 5183]
Image ARNAUD, Yvonne (1895-1958). Actress.
Signature on a small white card, ca 40 x 75 mm (1½ x 3 inches).

£22 / $30 / €30 [No: 20139]
Image AUSTIN, Alfred (1835-1913). Poet.
Signature and salutation on grey paper.

£18 / $24 / €25 [No: 7727]
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Image BENES, Edouard (1884-1948). Czechoslovak statesman.
Bold signature in ink on small card bearing the printed word 'Autogram'.

£55 / $75 / €77 [No: 23141]
Image BLACKMORE, Richard Doddridge (1825-1900). Novelist.
Signature and a few words irregularly cut from the foot of a letter, no date.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 24214]
Image BRODIE, Sir Benjamin Collins (1783-1862). Surgeon.
Signature and subscription cut from a letter, 1854.

£20 / $27 / €28 [No: 1549]
Image BURNS, John (1858-1943). Trade unionist, statesman & book collector.
Signature on the corner of an envelope addressed to Mrs McClure in Eccleston Square, postmarked 19 November 1907.

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 6609]
Image BYRON, Anne Isabella Milbanke, Lady (1792-1860). Wife of Lord Byron.
Signature, cut from a third-person autograph letter ('Lady Noel Byron'), with a few words on both sides, ca 25 x 110 mm (1 x 4½ inches). '... to know whether there is any load from Canterbury ...'

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 22747]
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Image CAMPBELL, Mrs Patrick (1865-1940). Actress.
Signature on a pink 8vo album leaf (oblong), the signature underlined and dated 1909.

£55 / $75 / €77 [No: 24125]
Image COATES, Albert (1882-1953). Conductor & composer.
Bold signature on an album leaf, no date.

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 20384]
Image COMEDIANS
Signatures of George Robey, George Lashwood and Wilkie Bard on an 8vo album leaf (oblong). Bard's signature is dated 1910.

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 24087]
Image CUNNINGHAM, Allan (1784-1842). Scottish writer.
Signature in ink from the foot of a letter to Sir M[artin] A[rcher] Shee, closely trimmed at the foot, traces of old mounting on the reverse.

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 21525]
Image CUSHING, Charlotte Saunders (1816-1876). American stage actress.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Mann, 4 page 16mo, Swampscot [sic] Massachusetts, 5 September 1868. Announcing her plan to come and stay in Cambridge and to pay a visit, discussing Miss Peabody's intentions and travel plans etc.

£85 / $116 / €119 [No: 25913]
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Image EDGEWORTH, Maria (1767-1849). Novelist.
Signature from the foot of a letter with the autograph words 'Yours very affectionately' (rather badly smudged).

£30 / $41 / €42 [No: 20025]
Image ELMAN, Mischa (1891-1967). Russian-born violinist.
Signature ('Yours truly / Mischa Elman / London March 1927'), irregularly cut and glued to the remains of an album leaf, ca 50 x 90 mm (2 x 3½ inches).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 7064]
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Image FARJEON, Joseph Jefferson (1883-1955). Author and playwright.
Signature ('Good wishes / J. Jefferson Farjeon / 31/8/35') on white card, ca 50 x 90 mm (2 x 3½ inches).

£22 / $30 / €30 [No: 5271]
Image FISHER, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron (1841-1920). Admiral of the fleet.
Large signature ('Fisher') in ink on a cut piece with admiralty rubber stamp alongside, no date.

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 25688]
Image FISTOULARI, Anatole (1907-1995). Conductor.
Bold signature in ink, dated London, 1944, on paper mounted on an album leaf.

£30 / $41 / €42 [No: 21439]
Image FLINT, Sir William Russell (1880-1969). Painter and illustrator.
Signature in ink on paper (wide margins), dated 22 January 1949.

£85 / $116 / €119 [No: 23274]
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Image GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). Novelist and playwright.
Signature and subscription ('All best wishes to you all/ always yours'), cut from the foot of a letter, ca 110 x 200 mm (4½ x 8 inches). Traces of former mounting on verso.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 4947]
Image GEORGE III (1738-1820). King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Signature in ink ('George R') cut from a vellum document. Tightly trimmed at the foot. A note of identification in ink giving the date as 1805.

£135 / $184 / €189 [No: 25319]
Image GOSCHEN, George Joachim, 1st Viscount (1831-1907). Statesman.
Signature and subscription, cut from the foot of a letter, ca 110 x 55 mm (4½ x 2½ inches).

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 6603]
Image GOSSE, Sir Edmund (1849-1928). Poet and man of letters.
Signature in ink from the foot of a letter.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 21523]
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Image HEIFETZ, Jascha (1901-1987). Violinist.
Signature in ink on an album leaf, undated (but lightly annotated in another hand in pencil 'Albert Hall 18 Oct 1925').

£125 / $171 / €175 [No: 25331]
Image HENTY, George Alfred (1832-1902). Writer for boys.
Signature, subscription and a few words from the foot of a letter.

£65 / $89 / €91 [No: 22493]
Image HOWITT, Mary (1799-1888). Author.
Signature cut from the foot of a letter ('Yours very truly / Mary Howitt'), ca 45 x 80 mm (1½ x 3 inches).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 6062]
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Image KREISLER, Fritz (1875-1962). Austrian-born violinist.
Signature in ink on an album leaf, dated 1926.

£75 / $102 / €105 [No: 25332]
Image KRIPS, Josef (1902-1974). Austrian conductor and violinist.
Bold signature in pencil above a squiggle that could be the date 'May 36', 95 x 140 mm. (ca. 4 x 5½ inches).

£55 / $75 / €77 [No: 23255]
Image KUBELIK, Jan (1880-1940). Violinist.
Signature and date (6 December 1910) on a yellow 8vo (oblong) album leaf.

£38 / $52 / €53 [No: 24082]
Image KUBELIK, Jan (1880-1940). Violinist.
Signature on dark blue paper.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 7720]
Image KUBELIK, Jan (1880-1940). Violinist.
Signature, on an album leaf, ca 95 x 160 mm (3½ x 6 inches), dated 31 October 1930. Together with another signature.

£20 / $27 / €28 [No: 20154]
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Image LANDOR, Walter Savage (1775-1864). Author.
Signature ('Walter Savage Landor / Bath Nov: 26 '48') on laid paper, ca 80 x 150 mm (3 x 6 inches).

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 6055]
Image LAWRENCE, Sir Thomas (1769-1830). Portrait-painter.
Envelope-front signed, addressed to Sir Robert Gardiner at Marlborough House, and signed in the left-hand corner (laid down). Marked 'Private & Immediate'.

£38 / $52 / €53 [No: 21146]
Image LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882). Poet.
Signature and subscription, cut from the foot of a letter, Yours very truly Henry W. Longfellow'), ca 4 x 11½ mm (1½ x 4½ inches).

£185 / $253 / €259 [No: 22033]
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Image McCORMACK, John (1884-1945). Irish tenor.
Signature and message of greetings on an album leaf, dated January 1927.

£85 / $116 / €119 [No: 25330]
Image MACREADY, William Charles (1793-1873). Actor.
Conclusion (four lines) and signature from an Autograph Letter Signed, undated. Six further lines on the reverse.

£32 / $43 / €44 [No: 7866]
Image MAGALOFF, Nikita (1912-1992). Swiss pianist.
Signature on an album leaf, ca 95 x 160 mm (3½ x 6 inches). An unrelated photograph adhering to the reverse.

£20 / $27 / €28 [No: 20178]
Image MANN, Thomas (1875-1955). German writer and Nobel Prize laureate.
Signature ('Thomas Mann'), characteristically in pencil, on a small slip, no date.

£125 / $171 / €175 [No: 25778]
Image MARTINEAU, James (1805-1900). Unitarian divine.
Signature, probably cut from the foot of a letter (closely trimmed) and laid down, ca 15 x 85 mm (½ x 3½ inches).

£28 / $38 / €39 [No: 7053]
Image MARTINEAU, James (1805-1900). Unitarian divine.
Signature and valediction from the foot of an Autograph Letter Signed.

£28 / $38 / €39 [No: 7875]
Image MAXIM, Sir Hiram Stevens (1840-1916). Engineer and inventor.
Bold signature on 1 page 8vo, 18 Queen's Gate Place, London, nd.

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 24150]
Image MENUHIN, Yehudi (1916-1999). Violinist & conductor.
Good signature in ink, dated 1939, on a tinted album leaf.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 20085]
Image MENUHIN, Yehudi (1916-1999). Violinist & conductor.
Signature on white card, laid down on a pink album leaf, in all 110 x 170 mm (4½ x 6½ inches).

£30 / $41 / €42 [No: 7069]
MEREDITH, George (1828-1909). Novelist & poet.
Signature in a shaky hand on a white postcard beneath a portrait cut from a newspaper.
£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 5998]
Image MITFORD, Mary Russell (1787-1855). Novelist and dramatist.
Signature cut from the foot of a letter ('faithfully & admiringly yours / M R Mitford'), trimmed, ca 20 x 60 mm (1 x 2½ inches).

£30 / $41 / €42 [No: 6056]
MOISEIWITCH, Benno (1890-1963). Pianist.
Signature on an album leaf, ca 110 x 170 mm (4½ x 6½ inches) beside a photograph of the pianist seated at the keyboard.
£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 7074]
Image MORGAN, Charles Langbridge (1894-1958). Novelist, critic and playwright.
Signature and date ('1954') on white card, 30 x 60 mm (1¼ x 2¼ inches).

£15 / $20 / €21 [No: 4962]
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Image NARES, (William) Owen (1888-1943). Stage & film actor.
Signature ('Owen Nares', underlined) on a small white card, ca 40 x 75 mm (1½ x 3 inches).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 20175]
Image NICHOLS, (John) Beverley (1898-1983). Author and composer.
Signature, dated 1935, on white card, 60 x 90 mm (2½ x 3½ inches).

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 5223]
Image NICHOLS, (John) Beverley (1898-1983). Author and composer.
Signature in ink closely trimmed and mounted on an album leaf, undated.

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 7795]
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Image O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Irish-American playwright.
Signature in ink ('Eugene O'Neill') on a small piece from an album or the foot of a letter, no date.

£125 / $171 / €175 [No: 25779]
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Image PATMORE, Coventry (1823-1896). Poet.
Signature ('C. Patmore') and subscription from a letter, no date.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 22507]
Image PATMORE, Coventry (1823-1896). Poet.
Bold signature ('Coventry K. Patmore') on paper, evidently an early example.

£28 / $38 / €39 [No: 4638]
Image PETRI, Egon (1881-1962). Pianist.
Signature and subscription cut from the foot of a letter. 'Believe me / yours very truly / Egon Petri.'

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 24085]
Image PHILLIPS, Montague Fawcett (1885-1969). Composer.
Signature ('Yours sincerely Montague Phillips') on a postcard with a photograph of Phillips, probably cut from a magazine, and his name printed at the foot.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 24621]
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Image REID, William (1921-2001). Victoria Cross holder.
Signature and subscription ('Best Wishes / William Reid V.C. / ex 61 Squadron RAFVR / ex 617 / Tarland 21.2.56'. On a small white card, ca 45 x 75 mm (2 x 3 inches).

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 19834]
Image REJANE, Gabrielle (1857-1920). French actress.
Signature on an 8vo pink album leaf (small tear at the head), dated 1910.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 24089]
Image ROBESON, Paul (1898-1976). American actor and singer.
Signature ('Kind wishes / Paul Robeson') on a small white card, ca 40 x 75 mm (1½ x 3 inches). Together with a postcard-sized photograph of Robeson.

£75 / $102 / €105 [No: 20170]
Image ROBSON, Flora (1892-1984). Actress.
Signature ('Yours sincerely / Flora Robson') on a scrap of paper, 60 x 100 mm (ca 2½ x 4 inches).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 20141]
Image ROSTAL, Max (1905-1991). Violinist.
Signature in ink on the remains of an album leaf, no date.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 21423]
Image RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). Author, artist & social reformer.
Signature ('J Ruskin') in ink with two words, probably removed from the end of a letter. Mounted on the remains of an album leaf.

£85 / $116 / €119 [No: 26429]
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Image SARGENT, Sir Malcolm (1895-1967). Orchestral conductor
Signature, in pencil, on an album leaf, ca 110 x 170 mm (4½ x 6½ inches).

£20 / $27 / €28 [No: 7073]
Image SCOTTI, Antonio (1866-1936). Italian operatic basso.
Bold signature on a yellow 8vo album leaf (oblong) with integral blank, London, July 1913.

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 24124]
Image SETON, Ernest Thompson (1860-1946). Writer and illustrator. Chief Scout of America.
Signature with the usual sketch of a cat's paw, ca 50 x 115 mm (2 x 4½ inches).

£65 / $89 / €91 [No: 7705]
SPIEGLER, Arnold Violinist.
Postcard-sized photograph Signed ('Yours / Spiegler / Birmingham / 1912'), a three quarter view of the young violinist playing.
£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 5990]
Image STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence (1833-1908). American poet.
Signature and salutation ('Very sincerely yours'), dated April 1901.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 0693]
Image STRICKLAND, Agnes (1796-1874). Historian and novelist.
Signature cut from the foot of a letter ('Ever sincerely yours / Agnes Strickland'), ca 55 x 200 mm (2 x 8 inches).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 6060]
Image SWINSTEAD, Felix Gerald (1880-1959). Pianist & composer.
Signature on blue paper, laid down on a pink album leaf, ca 70 x 110 mm (2½ x 4½ inches).

£18 / $24 / €25 [No: 6336]
Image SZIGETI, Joseph (1892-1973). Violinist.
Signature and dedication ('Yours truly') on the remains of an album leaf, ca 70 x 160 mm (2½ x 6½ inches), 13 November 1908.

£38 / $52 / €53 [No: 24086]
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Image TAUBER, Richard (1892-1948). Opera singer and conductor.
Signature on a small white card, ca 40 x 75 mm (1½ x 3 inches), dated 1937 in his hand.

£50 / $68 / €70 [No: 20173]
Image TAYLOR, Tom (1817-1880). Dramatist, and editor of 'Punch'
Last three lines and signature from an Autograph Letter Signed.

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 7872]
Image TEMPEST, Marie (1864-1942). Singer and actress.
Signature on a small white card, ca 40 x 75 mm (1½ x 3 inches).

£28 / $38 / €39 [No: 20144]
Image TIBBETT, Lawrence (1896-1960). American baritone.
Signature on an album page, ca 95 x 160 mm (3½ x 6½ inches).

£25 / $34 / €35 [No: 20137]
Image TUPPER, Martin Farquhar (1810-1889). Author.
Signature & subscription ('Believe me Dear Aunt / Your affectionate nephew') cut from the foot of a letter and laid down, ca 65 x 110 mm (2½ x 4¼ inches).

£12 / $16 / €16 [No: 5563]
Image TYNDALL, John (1820-1893). Physicist and mountaineer.
Signature on paper ('John Tyndall'), with wide margins.

£45 / $61 / €63 [No: 26427]
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Image WEINGARTNER, Felix (1863-1942). Conductor and composer.
Signature on white card, ca 55 x 90 mm (2½ x 3½ inches).

£55 / $75 / €77 [No: 5214]
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Image YONGE, Charlotte Mary (1823-1901). Novelist and writer for children.
Signature and subscription cut from a letter.

£35 / $47 / €49 [No: 22490]
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