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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION. A collection of autograph signatures (on fragments of letters), letters and photographs signed, a number inscribed to Anthony Eden (1st Earl of Avon) and members of his family, comprising: politicians and military figures, including Dwight Eisenhower (on a fragment of a letter to Mrs Anthony Eden), Harry Truman (on a place card of Anthony Eden, inscribed 'A most pleasant evening with ...' and dated 1 May 1952), Archibald 1st Earl Wavell, Anthony Eden, Ramsay MacDonald and others; showbusiness figures including Douglas Fairbanks Jr (photograph signed with Mary Lee, Christmas 1945), Ivor Novello (portrait postcard signed), Walter Pidgeon and others; and miscellaneous others, including Alexander Fleming and Augustus John (on a single slip of card), and a number of cricket teams, approximately 25 in total. (25)
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