Autograph Collection.- Incl. Albert Einstein

An extraordinary autograph collection featuring several prominent figures of the 20th century, from scientists and politicians to opera singers and sportsmen, including:

Authors and artists: Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton (brief autograph letter), T.S. Eliot, W. Somerset Maugham, Augustus John, Compton Mackenzie, Daphne du Maurier, A.A. Milne, Gilbert Murray, Marcel Achard, Sholem Asch, Ivor (‘Bunny’) Bannet, Clifford Bax, J.F. Horrabin (cartoonist), Laurence Housman, David Langdon (cartoonist), James Laver, G.M. Trevelyan, Hugo Tyerman (editor: The Children’s Newspaper), Bernard Berenson, Anna Freud, Ivor Brown, George Bernard Shaw, Roland Searle, J.B. Priestley, (Judge) Roland L. Vaughan Williams, ‘VICKY’ (with cartoon and personal dedication), Glanville Williams, Victor Gollancz (publisher), A.P. Herbert and Eden Phillpotts;

Political Leaders, Heads of States and Officers: Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Clement Attlee, David Lloyd George, Vincent Auriol, Lord Bearsted, Henry Brooke, A. Butler, Anthony Eden, Hugh Gaitskell, Herbert Morrison, Leslie Hore-Belisha, George Lansbury, Krishna Menon, Lord Nuffield, Richard R. Stokes, Gordon Touche, Sydney Silverman, and Ian Orr-Ewing, Douglas Bader and Montgomery of Alamein;

Scientists and Explorers: Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, George Cansdale, James Hemming, John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Thor Heyerdahl and Knut Haugland (1947 Kon-Tiki Expedition), Admiral R.G.R. Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Piccard, Albert Schweitzer, Tenzing Norgay, and Frank Whittle;

Classical Dancers and Choreographers: Galina Ulanova, Anton Dolin, Ninette de Valois, Alicia Markova, Margot Fonteyn and Rina Nikova;

Actors and Entertainers: Alec Guinness, Charles Laughton, Orson Welles, Gabriel Woolf, Syd Seymour, Joan Rice, Patrick McGoohan, Herbert Lom, Valerie Hobson, Yvonne Arnaud, Ursula Howells, Pat Kirkwood, Bernard Miles, Philip Slessor (early BBC announcer), Robert Wagner, Diana Dors, Gregory Peck, Vic Oliver, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Ramon Navarro, David Niven, John Mills, Jane Russell, Anna Neagle, Greer Garson, Stewart Granger, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Janet Leigh, Eric Portman, Moira Lister, Gina Lollobrigida, Paul Scofield, Mary Martin, Eric Portman, Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Eva Bartok, Jeanne Crain, Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Shelley Winters, Diana Wynyard, Arthur Askey (signed photo), Gene Autry (signed photo), Noel Coward, Ingrid Bergman, Vera Lynn (signed photo), Claire Bloom (signed photo), Max Bygraves (signed photo), Jimmy Edwards (signed photo), Deborah Kerr (signed photo); Gina Lollobrigida (signed photo), Sophia Loren (signed photo), Edith Evans, Wendy Hiller, Joyce Grenfell, John Gielgud, Gracie Fields, Donald Hewlett, McDonald (‘Mac) Hobley, Kenneth Horne, Dave King, Margaret Leighton, Steward MacPherson, Albert Modley, Peter Haigh, Jeannette Batti, Danièle Delorme, McDonald Hobley (tv announcer), Leo Genn, Charles Trenet (French singer), Ted Ray (signed photo), “Twenty Questions” team (Joy Adamson, Richard Dimbleby, Norman Hackforth, Gilbert Harding, Anona Winn and Jack Train), Eamonn Andrews, Stanley Black, Jacqueline Boyer, Peter Broughand Archie Andrews, Fernandel, Michael Finlayson, George Robey (signed cartoon), Margaret Rutherford (signed photo), Jean Simmons (signed photo) Sybil Thorndike, Donald Wolfit (signed photo), Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Ayres, Joyce Barbour, Charlie Chester, Tommy Cooper, Maurice Denham, Jerry Desmonde, Marlene Dietrich, Raymond Massey, Tessie O’Shea, Jon Pertwee, Wilfred Pickles, Jack Rich, Flora Robson, Janette Scott, Joy Shelton, Dinah Sheridan, Sydney Tafler, Ann Todd, the aast of Much Binding in the Marsh (Sam Costa, Maurice Denham, Kenneth Horne, Diana Morrison, Richard Murdoch), Pearl Newman, Edmundo Ros, Derek Roy, Sheila Sweet, Charles Trenet, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Elsie and Doris Waters, Bransby Williams, Doanld Peers and Mai Zetterling;

Composers, Conductors, Opera Singers and Musicians: Igor Stravinsky, Cyril Scott, William Walton, Jan Sibelius, Benjamin Britten (signed music score for 'Cantata Academica' and signed letter), Eric Coates, Arnold Bax, Arthur Benjamin, Lennox Berkeley (letter), Rutland Boughton, John Ireland, Edward Krish, Darius Milhaud (signed photo), Roger Quilter (letter), Mark Hambourg (signed photo), John Barbirolli, Thomas Beecham, Vittorio Gui, Adrian C. Boult, Charles Groves, Otto Klemperer, Walter Susskind, Charles Mackerras (with singers from Sadler’s Wells, 1950-51), Carlo Maria Giulini (signature on Barbiere di Siviglia programme), Basil Cameron, Guido Cantelli (signed photograph), Anatole Fistoulari, Josef Krips, Serge Krish, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eugene Ormandy, Rudolf Schwarz, Fritz Stiedry, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Gobbi(signed photograph), Plácido Domingo (personal inscription to the vendor "To Daniel Snowman, with my friendship and best wishes. I hope this is only the first of many collaborations together" on a copy of vocal score of Othello), Maria Callas (signature on the letter sent by the vendor, June 1953), Victoria de los Angeles (signed photo), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (signed photo), Giovanni Martinelli (signed photograph), Lauritz Melchior (signed photograph), Georges Noré, Paul Robeson, Jan Peerce (signed photograph), Tito Schipa (signed photograph), Ferruccio Tagliavini (signed photograph), Licia Albanese, Dino Borgioli, Gré Brouwenstijn (signed photo), Margherita Carosio, Lisa Della Casa (signed photo), Boris Christoff, Edith Coates, Joan Cross (letter), Frederick Dalberg (signed photo), Mattiwilda Dobbs (signed photo), Marta Eggerth (signed photo), Edgar Evans, Geraldine Farrar (signed photo), Kirsten Flagstad, Amelita Galli-Curci, Joan Hammond, Luigi Infantino, Sena Jurinac (signed photo), Gino Mattera, Richard Lewis (signed photo), Lotte Lehman (signed photo), Martin Lawrence, Jan Kiepura, Oreste Kirkop, Arnold Matters, Walter Midgley, Martha Mödl (signed photo), Georges Noré (signed photo), “Italian Opera Quartet” (Silvana Zanolli, Sandra Baruffi, Isidoro Antonioli, Otello Borgonovo, 1953); Juan Oncina (signed photo), Lily Pons, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (signed photo), Erna Schlüter, Irmgard Seefried (signed photo), Constance Shacklock (signed photo), Amy Shuard, Paolo Silveri, Muriel Smith, Ebe Stignani (signed photo), Renata Tebaldi (signed photo), Jennie Tourel, Giuseppe Valdengo, Ramon Vinay (signed on back of photo as Samson), Norman Walker, thecCast of D’Oyly Carte company (for The Mikado 1952); Sadler’s Wells opera singers from seasons 1950-1952, Claudio Arrau, Yehudi Menuhin, Billy Cotton, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Larry Adler (signed photo), J Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Gerald Moore (signed photo), Burl Ives, Yvonne Catterall, Harriet Cohen, Raymond Cohen, Iso Elinson, Tennessee Ernie, Louis Godowsky, Leon Goossens, Johnny Hess, Myra Hess, Indig Quartet, Louis Kentner (signed photo), Benno Moiseiwitsch, Edward Nicol, Yfrah Neaman, Stanislas Niedzielski, David Oistrakh, Jacques Vallez, Nat Temple, Carl Ebert and John Christie;

Jewish Celebrities: Norman Bentwich, Max J. Bonn, Ronald Storrs, Gustave Tuck, S. Yahuda, David Yellin, Israel Brodie (Chief Rabbi), Neville Laski, Joseph Leftwich, Lord Melchett, Lily H. Montagu, Henry Cohen, Lord Cohen of Birkenhead, Robert Waley Cohen, Samuel Daiches, (Dayan) Asher Feldman, Isadore Fishman, Nathan Morris, (Lord) Reading, Stella (Lady) Reading, Lord Rothschild (1932), Edmund de Rothschild, Herbert (Lord) Samuel, Flora Sassoon, Rebecca D Sieff, Leon Simon, Nahum Sokolow, Louis Golding, Wolf Gottlieb, Philip Guedalla, Basil Henriques, Travers Herford, H. Hertz (Chief Rabbi), Isaac and Sarah Herzog, Lord Barnett Janner and Guido Kirsch

Cricketers: Don Bradman (signed photo, 1948 and signed letter, 1987), Essex cricket club ( incl: A. (‘Sonny’) Avery, Trevor Bailey, D(oug). J. Insole et al), Kent cricket club (incl: L. Ames, T.G. Evans, L.J. Todd, F.E. Woolley, D. Wright), Hampshire cricket club, Middlesex cricket club ( incl: G(ubby) O. Allen, P. Ian Bedford, S.M. Brown, Denis Compton, Leslie Compton, J.G. Dewes, W.J. Edrich, J.W. Hearne, E. Patsy Hendren, L(aurie) H. Gray, Ian Peebles, Jack Robertson, J. Sims, A. Thompson, John Warr, Jack Young, et al), Nottingham cricket club, Warwickshire cricket club, Surrey cricket club (incl: Alec and Eric Bedser, Laurie Fishlock, D.R. Jardine, H. Strudwick et al), Derbyshire cricket club, Glamorgan cricket club (incl. Phil Clift, D. Emrys Davies, Haydn Davies, J.E. McConnon, W.G.A. Parkhouse, J. Pleass, D. Shepherd, Allan Watkins, W. Wooller et al), Lancashire cricket club (incl. Ken Grieves, N. Howard, Malcolm J. Hilton, N(igel) Howard, J.T. Ikin, W. Place, Brian Statham, R. Tattersall), Leicestershire cricket club (incl. J. Goodwin, Vic Jackson, Jim Sperry, J. Smith, G.A. Smithson, F.M. Turner, Jack Walsh, C,R,D, Wooler), Northamptonshire cricket club (incl. Mick Allen, Keith Andrew, Des Barrick, W, Barron, L.G. Berry, V(ince) Broderick, D(ennis) Brookes, F(reddy) R. Brown, E. Davis, G.W. Clarke, Ken Fidling, Ray Hogan, L. Livingston, A.E. Nutter, N. Oldield, Brian Reynolds, S. Starkie, George Tribe, Frank Tyson), Somerset cricket club (incl. H.T. Buse, H. Gimblett, H.L. Hazell, J. Lawrence, J. Redman, Roy Smith, H.W. Stephenson, M.F. Tremlett), Sussex cricket club (incl: G.H.G. Doggart, James and John Langridge, D.S. Sheppard), E. (‘Bill’) Bowes, J. Butler, Arthur Gilligan, B. (‘Jack) Hobbs, Harold Larwood, Maurice Leyland, Herbert Sutcliffe, S. (‘Fred’) Trueman, Hedley Verity, W. (‘Bill) Voce, F. Warner (several letters), W.D (Norman) Yardley, F. (Sydney) Barnes, H. Cameron, Frank Chester, Colin Cowdrey (English), Ian Craig, Alan Davidson, George Duckworth, H. (‘Jack) Fingleton, Len Hutton, Gil Langley, Ray Lindwall, Arthur Mailey, Vinoo Mankad, Peter B.H. May, Keith Miller, William (‘Bill’) O’Reilly, Rhodes, W.V (Walter) Robins, Ben Sealy, A. Small, Don Tallon, H. (Johnny) Wardle, Cyril Washbrook, New Zealand cricket team to England 1949 (A. Hadlee(captain), W.M. Wallace (vice-captain), C. Burke, T. Burtt, H.B. Cave, J. Cowie, F. Cresswell, M.P. Donnelly, J.A. Hayes, F, Mooney (wicketkeeper), J.H. Phillips (tour manager), Geoff Rabone, J.R. Reid, V.J. Scott, B. Sutcliffe), West Indian cricket team in England, 1950 (incl. ohn Goddard(captain), Robert Christiani, Gerry Gomez, Hines Johnson, Prior Jones, Roy Marshall, Lance Pierre, Allan Rae, Sonny Ramadhin, Jeff Stollmeyer, Kenneth Trestrail, Alf Valentine, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Cecil Williams, Frank Worrell), Indian cricket team to England, 1952, Australian cricket team to England, 1953 (incl. Lindsay Hassett (captain), Arthur Morris, Ron Archer, Ritchie Benaud, Ian Craig, Alan Davidson, Jim de Courcy, Neil Harvey, Jack Hill, Graeme Hole, Bill Jounston, Gil Langley, Ray Lindwall, Colin McDonald, Keith Miller, Doug Ring, Don Tallon), Pakistan cricket team to England, 1954, South African cricket team to England, 1955 (incl. J.E. Cheetham, G.W.A. Chubb, R. Endean, G. Fullerton, N.B,F, Mann, P.N.F. Mansell, C. McCarthy, R.A. McLean, A.D. Nourse, E. A. Rowan, C. B. van Ryneveld, H. Tayfield, J. Watts, M.G. Yelle), Rex Alston, John Arlot, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, W. Swanton, Brian Johnston,

Football: Sam Bartram (Charlton Athletic F.C.), Bolton Wanderers team, 1953, Jimmy Dickinson, Tom Finney, England (vs. Scotland) team, 1953, Alex Forbes, Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth, Leicester City), Redfern Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday F.C.), Leon Joseph (Leytonstone F.C.), Fred Harris (Birmingham F.C.), Wilf Mannion, Gil Merrick (Birmingham), Bert Mozley (Derby County F.C.), Alf Ramsey, George Robb, Ronnie Rooke, Laurie Scott (Arsenal and England), Len Shackleton (Sunderland F.C.), Albert Stubbins (Liverpool F.C.), Rolando Ugolini (Middlesborough goalkeeper), Charlie Wayman (Southampton F.C.), Winterbottom (Manager, England football team), players from several teams (Aston Villa F.C., Blackpool Utd F.C., Charlton Athletic, Chelsea F.C., Derby County F.C., Finchley and Leyton, Hungarian Football team, 1954/55, Liverpool F.C., Manchester United F.C., Newcastle F.C, Sheffield Wednesday F.C, Southampton F.C., Sunderland F.C., Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham F.C)

Rugby: B. Boobbyer, New Zealand Rugby Football team, 1953-54

Tennis: Allison, Bergman, Maureen Connolly (‘Little Mo’), Jaroslav Drobný, Lewis Hoad, Art Larsen, Gardnar Mulloy, Fred Perry, Frank Sedgman, Victor Seixas, Tony Trabert

Jockey: Gordon Richards

Athletes and others: Harold M. Abrahams, Joe Binks, Chris Chataway, Jim Peters, Gordon Pirie, H.Temme (Channel swimmer)

Golfers: Henry Cotton and Max Faulkner

Boxers: Jack Kid Berg, Laurie Buxton, Ted (Kid) Lewis

Racing Drivers: John R. Cobb

Oarsmen: Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race crews, 1949 – including letter from Oxford captain Anthony D. Rowe)

Ice dancers/skaters: Belita, Sonje Henie and Gloria Nord

Miscellaneous collection featuring signed photographs and autographs either clipped from letters/album pages or written on white cards, a few loose but generally affixed onto large album pages with magazine clippings, eight photographs of opera singers are mounted together, framed and glazed; v.s. (large quantity)

PROVENANCE: signatures were obtained by Daniel Snowman, social and cultural historian. As a young teenager, Daniel began collecting the autographs of many of the top celebrities of the postwar world.