41 leaves with 44 signatures of mainly British famous people.
AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION
From Fokas Holthuis, Den Haag, Netherlands
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 29 April 2011
About this Item
Various formats, both complete letters, cut-off autographs and signatures penned on collector's cards. 19th and 20th centuries. From writers, painters and politicians to bishops, journalists, various Scots, actors and a car manufacturer. Bernard Barton (1784-1849), The Quaker Poet Geoffrey Bennett (1909-1983), Historian and author Maeve Binchy (1939-2012), Irish writer (Arch)bishops of Cambridge, Canterbury, Manchester, Southwark and St. Asaph (not clear which), together on two leaves Robert Blatchford (1861-1943), British spirited left-leaning journalist John Gerard Braine (British novelist, 1922-1986) Peter Brook (British director, 1925-2022) Herbert Ashwin Budd (1881-1950), British painter Charlie Burchill (born 1959), founder of the Simple Minds Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840-1909), British author of popular and children s literature Lord Robert Cecil (British politician, 1864-1958) Envelope adressed to Hugh E.C. Childers (1827-1896), British politician Isabel Colegate (1931-2023), British author and publisher Fanny Corbaux (1812-1883), British painter Josephine Cox (1938-2020), British author Sarah Jayne Dunn (born 1981), British actress Oliver Elliott (signature of 1931; actor in the company of Hamilton Deane) Marcia Williams, baroness Falkender (1932-2019), secretary of Harold Wilson Marjorie Fischer (signature dated 1929, pulp author) James Follett (1939-2021), British author Paul Mackintosh Foot (1937-2004), British journalist Margaret Forster (1938-2016), British novelist Sir John Foster Fraser (13 June 1868-1936), a Scottish travel author. Agnes Giberne (British children's author, 1845-1939) Elizabeth Goudge (British author, 1900-1984) Robin Guthrie (1902-1971), British painter Edna Healey (wife of Denis, sign. 1986) Ian MacLaren (= John Watson, 1850-1907), Scottish author Martin Middlebrook (1932-2024), British military author Annette Mills (1894-1955), English actress William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (1877-1963), of the Morris car factory Naomi Royde-Smith (1875-1964), British author John Henry Shorthouse (1834-1903), British novelist Miriam Stoppard (born 1937), British medical author and journalist Colin Thubron (born 1939), a British travel author Joanne Trautmann, editor of Virginia Woolf s letters John Townsend Trowbridge (1827-1916), an American antislavery author Donald Mackenzie Wallace (Scotland, 1841-1919), Russian correspondent of The Times J. Fisher White (British actor, played in two dozen early films, 1865-1945) Woodrow Wyatt (British politican, 1918-1997). Seller Inventory # 283246
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Antiquariaat Fokas Holthuis / Paulbooks ILAB is a small book business selling rare used books, autographs, manuscripts, association copies and vintage ephemera. We have two branches, Fokas Holthuis specializing in Dutch and Flemish literature, (first and special editions, bibliophile and illustrated books, signed, inscribed, association copies and documents, private press editions and manuscripts, letters and literary archives); and Paulbooks in collectible English, French and German literature, history, politics, Americana, fine printing, typography, graphic design, psychology, sexuality and homosexuality from the past, erotica, transport (cars, zeppelins, trains, trams), quaint trade advertising ephemera, delightful children¿s books in many languages, periodicals, anything attractive and absurd, and all at fair prices.
Hyacinthweg 27, Den Haag, 2565 RE, Netherlands
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Antiquariaat Fokas HolthuisHyacinthweg 27, Den Haag, 2565 RE, Netherlands
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