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[ South Africa; Rugby Union; autographs ]The Springboks Tour of the UK in 1931-2, Signatures of the Players.

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[ South Africa; Rugby Union ]The Springboks Tour of the UK in 1931-2
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1931-2
£450.00

Two pages extracted from an autograph album, c.17.5 x 11cm, sl. grubby, mainly good condition. One entitled (in ink, "North of Scotland v. Springboks. | Aberdeen: 9th Jan.1932"; the other just headed by date so, "10/1/31 [32 in fact]" There are eight (8) signatures of South African players on the first page described above, and twenty-two (22) signatures on the second, total 30. One name, "S G Osler" is repeated on both pages. Given that a scrawled signature is liable to misinterpretation, the following members of the touring party appear to have signed: First page (total 8 signatures): a.

[Manuscript] Diary of Sergeant Browne, principal flautist in the Royal Artillery band, Woolwich

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[The International Exhibition 1862 and other events in 1862 ] Sergeant Brown, flautist
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1862
£1,250.00

1862 Diary of Sergeant Browne, principal flautist in the Royal Artillery band, Woolwich, Over 425 pages. Played at the opening ceremony of the International Exhibition under Costa, having been at the rehearsal attended by Meyerbeer - good descriptions of both events - and at the Horticultural Gardens next door throughout the length of the exhibition and elsewhere (Crystal Palace, Willis's Rooms, private houses, Lord Mayor's Show "nonsensical custom").

Signed photograph of the English contralto Marguerite D'Alvarez. With the autographs of the pianist Adela Verne and the violinist Milan Yovanovitch Bratza.

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Marguerite D'Alvarez (1883-1953), English contralto opera singer; Adela Verne (1877-1952), English pianist and composer; Milan Yovanovitch Bratza (1904-1964), Serbian violinist
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Dated by D'Alvarez 'Oct 20th [1921]'.
£38.00
Signed photograph of the English contralto Marguerite D'Alvarez.

The photograph, by 'V & Co.', is roughly 8.5 x 14 cm, printed in blue. Apparently cut from a magazine, it is laid down on a leaf of pink paper taken from an autograph album. It is captioned with d'Alvarez's name, and shows her left profile. Across the bottom, in a sprawling hand, she has written 'Sincerely | D'Alvarez | Oct 20th'. On the reverse of the leaf on which the photograph is laid down are three autographs: the first reads 'With all my good wishes | ', the second 'Adela Verne | Oct. 20th. 1921', and the third 'Milan Yovanovitch Bratza | 20/10/21 | Stoke-on-Trent'.

[Vellum Deed] Lease from Totnes Corporation to Mary Payne In Trust for Mr William Payne ...18 Sept.[1719]. Signed by Mayor and Councillors.

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[Totnes; Mayor; Corporation]
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18 Sept. 1719
£200.00

Vellum Deed, Lease from Totnes Corporation to Mary Payne In Trust for Mr William Payne for 2000 years ... c.70 x 55cm, folded as usual, signs of age but text clear and complete, with town seal damaged with up to a quarter chipped off. The reverse contains a memorandum signed by the Mayor and his Burgesses: Totnes Guildhall viiith Sept.

[Page from Autograph Album] Signatures of all 17 members of the West Indies Cricket Team touring UK in 1928

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[West Indies Touring Cricket Team 1928]
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Stoke-on-Trent, 11 & 12 July 1928 [presumably signed at the match against Staffordshire].
£280.00
[West Indies Touring Cricket Team 1928]

One page, 8vo, extracted from Album, good condition, signatures of complete team of 17 players : Karl Nunes (Jamaica), captain, Vibart Wight (British Guiana), vice-captain, Edward Bartlett (Barbados), Cyril Browne (British Guiana), George Challenor (Barbados), Learie Constantine (Trinidad), Maurice Fernandes (British Guiana), George Francis (Barbados), Herman Griffith (Barbados), Teddy Hoad (Barbados), Freddie Martin (Jamaica), James Neblett (British Guiana), Ernest Rae (Jamaica), Clifford Roach (Trinidad), Wilton St Hill (Trinidad), Tommy Scott (Jamaica), Joseph Small (Trinidad).

Autograph album of the fashionable Knightsbridge booksellers Truslove & Hanson, containing more than three hundred of signatures of authors and literary figures, written over a period of more than sixty years.

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[Truslove & Hanson, Knightsbridge booksellers; Bowes & Bowes; W. H. Smith & Sons; Rudyard Kipling; Hilaire Belloc; Dick Francis; Edith Sitwell; Dorothy L. Sayers]
Publication details: 
London. Dating from before 1924 to 1987.
£2,500.00

8vo landscape album, 21 x 26 cm. Morocco leather binding. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. 'TRUSLOVE & HANSON' stamped on the front board in gilt. Internally good, sound and tight; in fair binding with wear to hinges and corners and minor damp staining. Truslove & Hanson was always a fashionable bookshop, placing an emphasis on presentation. It was acquired by W. H. Smith & Son in 1923; the same firm acquired the Cambridge booksellers Bowes & Bowes in 1953.

Autograph Signatures of Sir Henry Seton-Karr and Heywood Walter Seton-Karr.

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Sir Henry Seton-Karr (1853-1914), explorer, big game hunter and Conservative Member of Parliament for St Helens; Heywood Walter Seton-Karr (1859-1938), soldier and game hunter
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H. W. Seton-Karr's signature dated 2 June 1927.
£56.00

H. W. Seton-Karr's signature on a piece of card, roughly 9 x 11 cm, neatly cut with rounded edges. Reads 'Heywood Walter | Seton-Karr | June 2nd. 1927'. Neatly laid down beneath this is a thin printed strip reading 'Capt. H. W. SETON-KARR, F.R.G.S. (Explorer and Big Game Hunter), on "Investigations."' Sir Henry Seton-Karr's signature ('H. Seton-Karr.') on slip of paper, roughly 2 x 9.5 cm, laid down at head of card, on which is written, above H. W. Seton-Karr's signature, '(Sir Henry Seton-Karr MP)'. In good condition, on lightly aged paper.

Autograph Signatures on fragment of document.

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Henry William Pickersgill; Thomas Uwins
Publication details: 
Without date or place.
£18.00

Pickersgill (1782-1875) and Uwins (1782-1857) were both English artists who exhibited at the Royal Academy. Very good, on a piece of grey paper roughly two inches by four. From a collection of Autograph Signatures cut from petitions to the Artists' General Benevolent Fund. Blank reverse.

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