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[English woodblock engraving; woodcuts; Georgian fine printing] On one side each of two leaves of thin laid paper (quality of tissue). Both leaves are good: lightly creased and spotted on aged paper. The first leaf (roughly 19 x 18 cm) carries six illustrations, arranged 2 x 3, and with the captions reading: 'Price 2s/6d | a way of purifying sea water'; '... |
£850.00 |
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Benjamin James Dale (1885-1943), English composer, Warden of the Royal Academy of Music Autograph Signature ('B. J. Dale'). On piece of laid paper (roughly 8.5 x 16 cm) cut from diary. On aged paper with wear and 1 cm closed tear at head. Clear and clean signature, beneath the heading 'July 17'. |
£20.00 |
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Cedric Sharpe (1891-), cellist and composer; Ethel Hobday (1872-), pianist; Marjorie Hayward, violinist; Dora Stevens, soprano [autographs of British classical musicians] The signatures of the four musicians on one leaf. On light-yellow page (roughly 11 x 14 cm) removed from autograph album. Four glue stains showing through from the reverse (not affecting the signatures), otherwise good. Reads 'Dora Stevens | Ethel Hobday | Marjorie Hayward | Cedric Sharpe'. Lightly docketed in pencil. |
£56.00 |
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Edgar Thomas Cook (1880-1953), organist of Southwark Cathedral Autograph Signature ('Edgar T. Cook'). On piece (15 x 16 cm) of laid-paper cut from a page of a diary. Creased and worn at head. Signature under heading 'March 18'. Lightly docketed in pencil. |
£20.00 |
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Felix Swinstead (1880-1959), English composer On piece of laid paper paper (roughly 11 x 16 cm) cut from diary. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Under the heading 'June 25'. |
£25.00 |
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Francis Barrington Foote [Frank Barrington Foote] (born c.1850; fl. 1911), English singer Autograph Signature ('Frank Barrington Foote'). On piece of laid paper (roughly 13 x 11 cm). Aged and chipped. Reads 'Yours truly | Frank Barrington Foote'. Chipping to the outer edge, very close to the last couple of letters of the signature. Foote, who frequently sang with Adelina Patti at Covent Garden, ended his days destitute in New York... |
£30.00 |
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Hugo Rignold (1905-1976), British violinist and conductor On leaf (roughly 10 x 15 cm) torn from autograph album. Good, on lightly aged paper. Signed 'Hugo Rignold' with another signature ('John <?> | <?>') in pencil above it. Docketed in pencil. |
£30.00 |
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Marie Novello (1898-1928, born Marie Williams), English pianist On one side of a leaf (roughly 11 x 16 mm), removed from an autograph album. Good, on lightly aged paper, with some show-through from amusing drawing on reverse by L. E. H. Phipson. Bold signature reads 'Yours Sincerely | Marie Novello'. Drawing on reverse depicts a monocled old fogey protesting... |
£35.00 |
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Noël Eadie [Noel Eadie] (1901-1950), Scottish soprano On a leaf of pink paper, roughly 13.5 x 11 cm, removed from an autograph album. Lightly creased and with a thin glue stain along inner margin (not affecting text). The inscription, in a top outer corner, reads 'Noël Eadie | 21. 1. 24'. It is somewhat smudged, either having bled or been badly... |
£30.00 |
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Sir Henry Wood [Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1869-1944); the proms; Royal Albert Hall] Autograph signature ('Henry J. Wood') with publicity photo. On a leaf (roughly 21.5 x 14) removed from a programme. Grubby, worn and with a central vertical fold. Laid down on a leaf (22 x 18 cm, and ruckled and spotted) removed from an autograph album. The autographed page only carries Wood's photographic portrait (12.5 x 8 cm), captioned 'Sir Henry J.... |
£56.00 |
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