Autograph Collection.- British Prime Ministers
Autographs Collection.- British Prime Ministers
A collection of signatures by several British Prime Ministers, comprising: Benjamin Disraeli (envelope panel signed and addressed in his hand); William Ewart Gladstone (postcard with handwritten message to the Editor of the British Weekly, 30 November 1888); Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (autograph letter signed with his initial, discussing forthcoming arrangements, one page, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, 2 May 1891); Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (signature clipped from the close of a letter); Arthur James Balfour (clipped signature); Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (signature on the reverse of a ticket to a meeting of the Scottish Liberal Association, 27 March 1901); Herbert Henry Asquith (clipped signature); David Lloyd George (clipped signature); Andrew Bonar Law (signed card); James Ramsay MacDonald (autograph note to Mrs Colenso, saying he will be in Leicester on the following Saturday, House of Commons, n.d.); Stanley Baldwin (clipped signature dated 29 April 1935); Neville Chamberlain (clipped full signature); Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (ink signature on card, affixed on loose album page); Clement Attlee (typed letter to Henry Guran, returning his new year wishes, one page, 23 January 1952); Sir Anthony Eden (typed letter to Sir Bryan H. Fell, declining his invitation, one page, 4to, 17 Fitzhardinge Street, 12 July 1938); Harold MacMillan (signed album page and two clipped signatures of Harold and his wife Dorothy); Sir Alec Douglas-Home (typed letter to Peter Evans, saying "Henry, apart from being a swift expert attracted Pied Flycatchers with nesting boxes with an exact size of hole", one page, 8vo, Coldstream, 19 July 1982; together with a clipped signature); Harold Wilson (typed note, one page, 8vo, 10 November 1993); Edward Heath (signed index card); James Callaghan (signed index card); Margaret Thatcher (colour, head and shoulders photograph, signed in black felt tip along the lower margin, 10 x 8"); Sir John Major (colour photograph of Major in a three-quarter pose, signed in black felt tip, 10 x 8"); Tony Blair (two signed First Day Covers); Gordon Brown (black and white, head and shoulders photograph signed in ballpoint ink, 15 x 20.5cm); David Cameron (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed along lower margin, 21 x 15cm); Theresa May (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed near the top left corner, 20 x 15cm); Boris Johnson (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed in blue ink, 21 x 15cm); Liz Truss (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed in black felt tip, 10 x 8") and Rishi Sunak (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed in black felt tip, 10 x 8"); v.s. some signatures mounted (34)
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Autographs Collection.- British Prime Ministers
A collection of signatures by several British Prime Ministers, comprising: Benjamin Disraeli (envelope panel signed and addressed in his hand); William Ewart Gladstone (postcard with handwritten message to the Editor of the British Weekly, 30 November 1888); Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (autograph letter signed with his initial, discussing forthcoming arrangements, one page, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, 2 May 1891); Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (signature clipped from the close of a letter); Arthur James Balfour (clipped signature); Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (signature on the reverse of a ticket to a meeting of the Scottish Liberal Association, 27 March 1901); Herbert Henry Asquith (clipped signature); David Lloyd George (clipped signature); Andrew Bonar Law (signed card); James Ramsay MacDonald (autograph note to Mrs Colenso, saying he will be in Leicester on the following Saturday, House of Commons, n.d.); Stanley Baldwin (clipped signature dated 29 April 1935); Neville Chamberlain (clipped full signature); Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (ink signature on card, affixed on loose album page); Clement Attlee (typed letter to Henry Guran, returning his new year wishes, one page, 23 January 1952); Sir Anthony Eden (typed letter to Sir Bryan H. Fell, declining his invitation, one page, 4to, 17 Fitzhardinge Street, 12 July 1938); Harold MacMillan (signed album page and two clipped signatures of Harold and his wife Dorothy); Sir Alec Douglas-Home (typed letter to Peter Evans, saying "Henry, apart from being a swift expert attracted Pied Flycatchers with nesting boxes with an exact size of hole", one page, 8vo, Coldstream, 19 July 1982; together with a clipped signature); Harold Wilson (typed note, one page, 8vo, 10 November 1993); Edward Heath (signed index card); James Callaghan (signed index card); Margaret Thatcher (colour, head and shoulders photograph, signed in black felt tip along the lower margin, 10 x 8"); Sir John Major (colour photograph of Major in a three-quarter pose, signed in black felt tip, 10 x 8"); Tony Blair (two signed First Day Covers); Gordon Brown (black and white, head and shoulders photograph signed in ballpoint ink, 15 x 20.5cm); David Cameron (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed along lower margin, 21 x 15cm); Theresa May (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed near the top left corner, 20 x 15cm); Boris Johnson (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed in blue ink, 21 x 15cm); Liz Truss (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed in black felt tip, 10 x 8") and Rishi Sunak (colour, head and shoulders photograph signed in black felt tip, 10 x 8"); v.s. some signatures mounted (34)