SEVENTIES

[Benny Hill, English comedian famed for his television series ‘The Benny Hill Show’.] Signed Autograph Inscription to black and white publicity photograph, with Autograph Note Signed on reverse.

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‘Benny Hill’ [Alfred Hawthorne Hill] (1924-1992), English comedian famed for his television series ‘The Benny Hill Show’, and his use of slapstick, burlesque and double entendre
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No date or place, but the portrait of Hill apparently dating from the 1960s or early 1970s.
£45.00

Despite criticism for his supposedly sexist humour, Hill’s work was admired by men from the novelist Anthony Burgess to Michael Jackson and Burt Reynolds. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. In good condition, lightly aged, with light traces of glue from mount on reverse. An 8.5 x 14 cm photographic print, carrying an 8.5 x 10.5 cm black and white head and shoulders shot of a smirking Hill, staring fixedly at the viewer in black top. Inscribed in light ink in the blank patch beneath the image: ‘To Eric / Cheers! / Benny Hill’.

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[The National Association for Freedom, London.] Publicity pamphlet and membership application form.

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The National Association for Freedom, libertarian pressure group set up in London in 1975 by Viscount De L'Isle, Norris McWhirter, Ross McWhirter and John Gouriet; now called the Freedom Association
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The National Association for Freedom, 500 Chesham House 30/32 Warwick Street, London W1R 5RD. No date (dating from between 1975 and late 1978).
£180.00

A scarce piece of political ephemera, from the turbulent days of 1970s Britain. The only other copy traced at the British Library, where it is tentatively dated to 1977.

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