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Typed Letter Signed by Troy and Dollie Hoskins for 'The Four Comets | Dollie, Pauline [Same], Bob [Saras] & "Hank" ' to 'Dear Friends' [the variety entertainers Bonar and Rubye Colleano], concerning an appearance in Austria with Willy Reichert.

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'The Four Comets America's Whirlwind Skaters' [Troy Hoskins; Dolly Hoskins; Pauline Same; Bob Saras; Bonar Colleano; Willy Reichert; roller-skating; variety entertainment]
Publication details: 
10 January 1938; Munchen, Austria.
£95.00
The Four Comets America's Whirlwind Skaters

4to, 4 pp. 43 typed lines, and two-line manuscript postscript. Signed in pencil 'Sincerely | Dollie & Troy.', with the name of the troupe typed over this. Text clear and complete on discoloured and creased paper. Chatty and humorous letter. 'By the time you read this letter we will have either left a terrible stench in the Theatre or else the Manager will be satisfied. [...] JANUARY 11, FLASH!!!!

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Autograph Signature on card.

Author: 
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton (1850-1931), Scottish tea magnate and yachtsman
Publication details: 
Date and place not stated.
£23.00

Dimensions roughly three inches by four and a half wide. Good, on lightly aged paper with negligible trace of previous mount in one corner. Tick and pencil docketed on reverse. Bold, clear signature. Reads 'Yrs faithfully | [signed] Thomas Lipton'.

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