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Ursula Andress & Sean Connery in Bond Movie Dr No Large promotional photograph signed by Ursula

Large colour promotional photograph signed boldly by Ursula Andress. 25cm by 20cm, no creases, excellent condition.

Dr No the very first Bond Movie. Made in Jamaica, in 1962 and, financially successful making its money back more than sixty times.

Introduced Swiss actress Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder. Her entrance onto the beach is remembered more for the white bikini than the song she was singing “Under the Mango Tree”. She happily admitted it was that bikini that made her career.

Bond and Honey Ryder on the Beach with the Shells

$190.00

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The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt – and her novel “In the Clouds” – Edited Sandy Lesberg

Original memoirs from early childhood through the First American Tour edited and introduced by Sandy Lesberg. Also, the first English language publication of her only novel “In the Clouds”.

Large octavo, 256 pages of which the last 52 comprise the short novel.

A first edition 1977 published by Peebles Press, New York and London. A very good copy.

Nicely illustrated from period photographs, and Clouds illustrated with line drawings by Georges Clairin.

The adventurous Bernhardt not satisfied with being the most admired actor of the 19thC took to some strange activities … riding whales, collecting exotic animals, early ballooning and, was a accomplished artist and sculptor.

Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt

$45.00

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Ice in the Bedroom – P.G. Wodehouse – First Edition 1961

Wodehouse First UK Edition 1961. Octavo, 223 pages, red cloth covered boards with silver titling to spine and front. Dust jacket near complete, a little aged, sunned on spine. A trifle spotted on page edges, clean inside. A pretty good copy.

Freddie Widgeon has slaved a a solicitors clerk. His meagre days seem over as his holding in Silver River Oil Stock has ramped up following the recommendation of American Thomas G. Molloy. Where will it all end and with what hilarity an what is this Ice in the Bedroom.

Wodehouse Financial Humour – First UK Edition

$40.00

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Full Moon – P.G. Wodehouse First Edition

Wodehouse First Edition 1947. Octavo, 252 pages, orange cloth covered boards with black titling to spine and front. Minor dust jacket chip and colour loss to top front spine. Otherwise a very good copy, very clean inside.

Blandings Castle and Gally (the Earl of Emsworth – Galahad) tries to marry off his daughter Veronica (the dumbest beauty listed in the pages of Debrett’s), with the usual hilarity …

Wodehouse – First Edition

$60.00

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Sarah Bernhardt – William Embodden (Introduction Sir John Gielgud)

A first edition published by Studio Vista (part of Cassell), London in 1974.

Quarto, 176 pages, some signs of age still a very good copy of a excellent work on Bernhardt, not the least for the introduction by Sir John Gielgud.

Nicely illustrated throughout from period photographs. Includes our image of Sarah as Frou-Frou.

Accompanied by a useful appendix listing the plays in which she acted chronologically and a healthy bibliography.

Sarah Bernhardt – well-presented and with exceptional images.

$40.00

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My Cutey’s Due at Two- To-Two To-Day

Original music score of a “novelty fox-trot” published in 1926 by Bibo, Bloedon & Lang, New York. Written by Leo Robin and Albert Von Tilzer and recorded by Harold Oxley.

With special arrangement for Ukulele by May Singhi Breen … known as “The Ukulele Lady”.

Four pages of score for piano (and Ukulele) … the words are hilarious … our singer is certainly missing his Cutey!

My Cutey’s due at Two-to-Two –
She’s coming thru on a big choo choo
She’s been away for months
But I have-n’t cheated once
Stay’d home nights didn’t dance
Was-n’t taking any chance
Did-n’t flirt and tho’it hurt
I just couldn’t do my Cutey dirt.

Very thoughtful …. do-n’t forget the Bon Bons

My Cutey’s Due – sing in the key of Bertie Wooster!

$25.00

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Ursula Andress & Sean Connery in Bond Movie Dr No Large promotional photograph signed by Ursula

The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt – and her novel “In the Clouds” – Edited Sandy Lesberg

Ice in the Bedroom – P.G. Wodehouse – First Edition 1961

Full Moon – P.G. Wodehouse First Edition

Sarah Bernhardt – William Embodden (Introduction Sir John Gielgud)

My Cutey’s Due at Two- To-Two To-Day

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