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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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Sir Hugh Allen [Sir Hugh Percy Allen (1869-1946)], English organist and director of the Bach Choir Autograph Signature ('Hugh P. Allen'). On a light-green leaf (11 x 14 cm) removed from an autograph album. Lightly aged and creased. Reads 'Hugh P. Allen | Nov 8. 1928'. Lightly docketed in pencil. Two other autographs on reverse. |
£30.00 |
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Sir James Steuart Wilson (1889-1966), English tenor and musical administrator Autograph Signature ('Steuart Wilson'). On a fragment, roughly 11 x 16 cm, of a page of laid paper from a diary. Good, on lightly aged paper. Two signatures, under the heading 'July 22': 'Spencer <?> | Steuart Wilson.' Lightly docketed in pencil. |
£30.00 |
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[the Honourable Artillery Company; Bunhill Fields; the City of London; military drill manual; the British Army] On one side of a piece of wove paper roughly 28.5 x 24 cm. On aged, somewhat grubby paper, with 6 cm closed tear repaired with tape on reverse. Full-length diagrammatic depiction of a British army officer in uniform of the Napoleonic period (black boots with spurs, tight white breeches, green... |
£200.00 |
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