A group of Five Autograph Albums; and Four Signed Photographs, 1940s-1950s

the first: a small red Autograph album with Autographs in gilt to front cover, containing nine signatures to include Conrad Pringle, Bruce Gordon, Melvyn Stewart, Michael Vaughan, Shelagh Miller, and a few others, the album 11 x 8.5cm. the second: a small green Autograph Album with Autographs in gilt to front cover, containing 45+ signatures, written to both sides of almost all pages, to include, Conrad Phillips, Dodie Smith, signed on a single-page by the English novelist and playwright best known for writing I Capture the Castle , 1948, and the childre s novel, The Hundred and One Dalmatians, 1956, further annotated by the collector in ink beneath Author of I Capture the Castle Kings 1954 , Virginia McKenna, Jessie Winter, Heather Stannard, Brenda Bruce, Jack Gray, Meadows White, Ferdy Mayne, Hugh Bunden, Laidman Brown, Gerald Case, Lionel Blair, Elizabeth James, Bryan Forbes, Hugh Cross, Margot Stevenson, Jon Pertwee, Roger Moore signed on a single-page further annotated by the collector in ink beneath I Capture the Castle , and a few others, the album 12 x 11cm. the third: a small black Autograph Album, ownership name to pink pastedown dated 1950, containing 40+ signatures, signed to both sides of almost all pages, to include, Emrys Jones, Guy Middleton, Deanne Foster, Jon Pertwee, Thora Hird, Sheila Sim, Richard Attenborough, Margaret Lockwood, Joan Newell and a few others, the album 13 x 10.5cm. the fourth: a small black Autograph Album with Autographs in gilt to front cover, containing 20+ signatures, mostly signed to both sides of the pages, to include, Ludovic Kennedy, Ida Shepley, Pamela Breesly, George Formby, Reg Varney, The Jones Boys, Peter Fraves, Pamela Marshall, and a few others, the album 12.5 x 11cm. the fifth: a small blue Autograph Album with Autographs in gilt to front cover, containing 60+ signatures, mostly signed to both sides of the pages, to include, Rosemary Scott, Olive McFarland, Jack Doyle, Irene Handl, Elsie Waters Gert and Doris Waters Daisy both signed to the same page, Sheila Sim, Frank Leighton, Terry Thomas, Desmond Graham, Barbara Shotter, Joan Seton, and others, the album 15 x 12cm; together with, Four Autographed black and white publicity photographs, each individually signed and dedicated 'To Pat' by Richard Attenborough, Sheila Sim, Vikki Carr, and one other, various sizes, the largest, overall 9 ½ x 11 ½ inches. (9) Provenance: The signatures were signed in person for the vendor s aunt who was an avid theatre goer and as a result formed friendships with many stars of the day, particularly Richard Attenborough and his wife, film actress Sheila Sim. (9)

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