[TURGENEV
(Ivan, 1818-1883, Russian Novelist & Dramatist)]
Unsigned carte de visite photo
showing him seated, nearly three quarter length, three quarter face, with a calm & thoughtful gaze, stamp on verso of distributor Chr. M. Zlatustov of Burgas, the Black Sea port in Bulgaria, 4" x 2½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
38414
£475
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TURNER
(Dame Eva, 1892-1990, Soprano, Prima Donna)
Fine Photo signed and inscribed
"To David Milner, All best wishes ..." and in capitals she has written "Turandot" (Puccini's last Opera), 8½" x 6½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39859
£125
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FAN SIGNED BY MARK TWAIN AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS
TWAIN
(Mark, 1835-1910, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens, American Author of Tom Sawyer), Sarah BERNHARDT (1844-1923, Actress, 'The Divine Sarah'), Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945, Italian Composer), Gerhart HAUPTMANN (1862-1946, German Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prizewinner, 1912), Hermann SUDERMANN (1857-1928, German Novelist and Playwright), Ruggero LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919, Italian Composer), Bronislaw HUBERMAN (1882-1947, Polish Violinist), Ernest van DYCK (1861-1923, Belgian Wagnerian Tenor), Vasily VERESHCHAGIN (1842-1904, Russian Artist of the horrors of war, here in German spelling 'W. Werestchagin'), Franz von LENBACH (1836-1904, German Painter) & Felix DAHN (1834-1912, German Historian & Novelist)
Superb collection of signatures
(with a few others, including one partly with original smudge, the rest excellent), on a silk fanwith dark wood spokes and the owner's fine silver monogram 'H [von] G' under a heraldic coronet of five pearls, the fan was made in Vienna where most of the signatures were collected, a few at St Moritz, Gastein, Salzburg or Munich, they range from Sarah Bernhardt in 1893, Mark Twain in Vienna 1897 through to Felix Dahn in 1901, Gebrüder Rodeck, Vienna, circa
beautifully framed and glazed with museum glass
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
28915
£3250
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TWAIN
(Mark, 1835-1910, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens, American Author of Tom Sawyer)
Autograph Letter in the third person.
saying that “Mr Clemens regrets very much that he feels obliged to decline the invitation of the Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of London to meet members of the Savage Club at dinner on the evening of June 29th, because it may be unavoidably necessary for him to sail on that day for home...”, 1 side 8vo., Tuxedo Park, New York headed paper, no date but
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
42766
£1250
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UNPUBLISHED LETTER TO H. L. BATEMAN DURING HIS TOUR OF THE UK
TWAIN
(Mark, 1835-1910, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens, American Author of Tom Sawyer)
Fine Unpublished Autograph Letter Signed “S. L. Clemens” to Mr BATEMAN
(Hezekiah Lithicum, 1812-1875, American Actor and Manager) asking him to “pardon me, but I’m called to Paris on a matter of important business & shall not get back in time to meet my dinner engagement with you - a thing which I do most sincerely regret...”, 1 side 8vo., The Langham, 1st July no year but
Item Date:
1873
Stock No:
42215
£2750
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