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                                   FOOTBALL & SPORTING MEMORABILIA
SPORTING EPHEMERA                                     Signed to the first page by Bannister.         signed by Underwood and the
                                                      Sold with an original ticket for the           artist, Tottenham Hotspur home
1103 Olympic Games Berlin 1936.
                                                      meeting. VG                  £20/30            programmes 1960’s, autographs on
     ‘Hinir XI. Olympisku Leikar I Berlin
                                                                                                     paper pieces, album pages etc include
     1936’. Official album with 155             1108 Athletics 1922. A collection of
                                                                                                     Roger Bannister, Stanley Matthews,
     quality coloured 4”x3” cards out                eighty nine original candid mono
                                                                                                     Fred Perry, John Charles etc, football
     of 162. Features Hitler, Owens etc.             film negatives, the majority relating
                                                                                                     signatures include Bobby Tambling,
     All events represented. Printed in              to athletics, each contained in a
                                                                                                     Paul Ince, Pat Bonner, Gary Lineker,
     Reyljavic 1936. Good condition.                 protective sleeve within a small
                                                                                                     Peter Shilton etc. Sold with a two
     Sold with ‘Die Olympischen Spiele               cloth bound “Ensign” film storage
                                                                                                     signed rugby balls for Leicester Tigers
     & Winterspiele 1936’. Post Olympic              album. Index pages to the front
                                                                                                     and Saracens, a signed Leicester City
     cigarette company postcard album                are annotated with descriptions
                                                                                                     football, and a ‘Mexico 70’ World
     for the Winter Olympics (‘Band I’)              of athletics events, including a
                                                                                                     Cup football etc. In two boxes. G
     with reports and articles on all aspects        reference to the ‘International Meet
                                                                                                                                   £50/80
     and history of the games. With set              of Molinari’s [Sports Club]’. Date
     of mounted paper photographic                   annotated to inside back cover, ‘Films    1112 British Grand Prix 1996. Official
     postcards of the Olympic stars                  of 1922’. Each negative measures               programme for the 1996 Grand Prix
     issued by the German cigarette                  2.5”x1.75”. G/VG             £30/50            held at Silverstone on the 12-14th
     company       Cigaretten-Bilderdienst                                                          July 1996. The cover signed by
                                                1109 College Girl Athletes Postcards early
     Hamburg-Bahrenfeld.           Excellent                                                        nine Grand Prix drivers in silver pen.
                                                     1900s. J.I. Austen (publisher) and
     images of Adolf Hitler at the Games.                                                           Signatures are M. Schumacher, H.
                                                     Bernhardt Wall (artist). Five from
     Decorative blue cloth covers with                                                              Frentzen, D. Hill, J. Villeneauve, M.
                                                     a set of six original colour large
     gold Berlin Olympic symbol of the                                                              Hakkinen, G. Berger, D. Coulthard, J.
                                                     format postcards each featuring a
     games to front cover. Lacking one                                                              Alesi and former driver Alain Prost.
                                                     girl wearing college colours with
     card. Qty 2                    £50/80                                                          Signatures obtained by the vendor at
                                                     a piece of sporting equipment.
                                                                                                    Silverstone. G                £60/90
1104 Olympic Games. Three Official                   Cards/ colleges are Penn (Tennis),
     Reports of the British Olympic                  Yale (Ice Skating), Unknown               1113 British Grand Prix 1997. Official
     Association for the 1948, 1952,                 (Sailing), Unknown (Baseball), and             programme for the 1997 Grand
     1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972                 Princeton (Golf). Each card measures           Prix held at Silverstone on the
     games. Published by World Sports.               5.5”x7.75”. Some wear to cards,                10-13th July 1997. The cover
     Some faults to odd copy otherwise               overall in good condition £60/90               signed by six Grand Prix drivers
     in good condition. Qty 7  £30/50                                                               in black pen. Signatures are M.
                                                1110 F&J Smith’s ‘Champions of Sport’
                                                                                                    Schumacher, D. Hill, J. Villeneauve,
1105 Olympic Games. Rome 1960.                       1902 cigarette cards, various
                                                                                                    E. Irvine, M. Hakkinen and G. Berger.
     Two official hardback books,                    brands including ‘Studio’, ‘Cup
                                                                                                    Signatures obtained by the vendor at
     one ‘History of the Games’ and                  Tie’, ‘Glasgow Mixture’ etc. Nine
                                                                                                    Silverstone. G               £50/70
     the other ‘Organisation of the                  red back cards from the set of fifty,
     Games’. Profusely Illustrated. Good             Diamond Jubilee (no. 7), Flying Fox       1114 Footballers and sportsman’s deaths.
     condition                   £15/25              (8), F. Rickaby (10), C.R. Harding             Original ‘Order of Service’ for
                                                     (31), W.A. Barry (32), W.J. Sturgess           the ‘Service of Thanksgiving’ for
1106 Russian sporting pin badges
                                                     (37), F.W. Chinn (42), Jarrot (44),            Brian Clough 1935-2004, Derek
     1960/80’s. Large collection of over
                                                     and A.A. Chase (45). Sold with three           Dooley 1929-2008, Clifford Lloyd
     one hundred and twenty bid badges
                                                     cigarette cards of ‘Miss Billie Burke’,        1916-2000, Bill Nicholson 2004
     from the period, over thirty of the
                                                     two plain back, the third with Wills’s         and Henry Cecil (Horse trainer)
     badges are sport related and some
                                                     Cigarettes emblem to verso. Odd                1943-2013. Sold with a similar order
     are for the Olympic Games held in
                                                     faults, overall in good condition              of service for Arthur Charles Clues
     Moscow in 1980 and other sporting
                                                                                  £70/100           1924-1998 (Rugby League) and two
     events. Sports featured include
                                                                                                    photocopies order of services for
     fencing, running, rowing, football,        1111 Rugby, football, boxing, tennis and
                                                                                                    Billy Bremner 1942-1997 and John
     wrestling, basketball, equestrian,              cricket ephemera. Collection of
                                                                                                    Charles 2004. Qty G         £30/50
     skiing etc. The pins attached to three          books, prints, footballs, ceramics
     sheets in good/very good condition              etc. Signed items include, signed         1115 Sporting ephemera. Good selection
                                   £50/80            autobiographies of Tom Finney and              of ephemera including books, prints
                                                     Wally Barnes, ‘Will Carling. Captain’s         (odd one signed), ceramics, horse
1107 Athletics. Roger Bannister. Official
                                                     Diary 1989-1991’ signed by Carling,            racing programmes 1970’s, golf
     programme for the ‘50th Anniversary
                                                     ‘Bill McLaren’s Dream Lions’ signed            buttons, trade cards, motor racing
     of Sir Roger Bannister’s First Sub
                                                     by McBride, Rees, Chilcott and                 programmes 1970’s, rugby press
     4-Minute Mile’ held at Iffley Road,
                                                     Guscott, also a limited edition print          photographs etc. In two boxes. G
     Oxford University, 6th May 2004.
                                                     of Rory Underwood by John Ireland                                         £50/80

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1116 Sporting ceramics, glassware etc.              and montages of race horses and/ or            Jim Thorpe was the first Native
     Box of items including football,               jockeys, all signed by the featured            American to win an Olympic gold
     Olympic Games, tennis, golf, skiing,           jockey and some trainers. Signatures           medal for the United States, winning
     etc. Includes a ‘Masons Ironstone’             include A.P. McCoy, John Gosden                two in 1912 in pentathlon and
     Sampler Pattern football plate,                (two different), Brian O’Connell,              decathlon
     9” diameter, Arthur Wood treacle               Willie Mullins, William Buick (2),
                                                                                             1123 Hockey. ‘12th Annual Lowestoft
     colour golfing tankard, Scarborough            Russell Baze, Andrew Thornton,
                                                                                                  Hockey Festival. Easter 1939’.
     ceramic tennis souvenirs, Darts                Nina Carberry, Barry Geraghty (2),
                                                                                                  Official programme and ‘Player’s
     tankard, ‘Sam, the Olympic Eagle’              Jason Maguire etc. Trainers include
                                                                                                  Ticket’ for the tournament held over
     soft toy (Olympic Games 1984), ‘Its            Emma Lavelle, Jim Dreaper, Kim
                                                                                                  the Easter weekend, 7th-10th April
     Plus Fours as Does it’, multicoloured          Bailey, Donald McCain Jnr. etc. Also
                                                                                                  1939. Includes fourteen unidentified
     5.5” tall ceramic golf tankard, blue           the eventer, Ian Stark. VG £30/50
                                                                                                  signatures in ink to the first page,
     and white ceramic ashtray with
                                              1121 Snooker. Official programme for                presumably members of one of the
     Rome Olympic 1960 symbol, ceramic
                                                   the 2015 Betway UK Championship                participating teams. G       £30/40
     1/2 litre beer stein produced to the
                                                   held at the York Barbican. The
     commemorate the Olympic Games                                                           1124 J. Baines, Bradford c. 1920. Five
                                                   programme profusely signed to the
     in Munich 1972, ceramic figure of                                                            shield shaped cards covering military,
                                                   player profile pages by sixty two of
     an Olympic torch bearer. Olympic                                                             swimming, gymnastics, rugby etc.
                                                   the participating players. Signatures
     ring symbol to base, two pairs of                                                            Titles are ‘Gen. Sir W. Penn Symons’,
                                                   include Stuart Bingham, Mark Selby,
     continental tennis figures, boy and                                                          ‘Play Up Wales’, ‘Swimming, Miss
                                                   Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy,
     girl, damage and loss to two of the                                                          Lucy Sugar’, ‘The “Lassies”, ‘Miss
                                                   Judd Trump, Barry Hawkins, Ding
     figures, pewter golf club hip flask,                                                         Bell’, and ‘The Old Brigade, Spencer
                                                   Junhui, Joe Perry, Mark Williams,
     golfing bears ceramics plate etc. A                                                          Mortimor’. Light wear, small loss
                                                   Marco Fu, Anthony Carter, Ali
     good selection. In two boxes £50/80                                                          to one corner of the Miss Bell card,
                                                   Carter, Liang Wenbo, Tony Drago,
                                                                                                  otherwise in good condition £50/80
1117 ‘The Dog- In health and disease’.             Nigel Bond, Jimmy White etc. Draw
     Stonehenge (Henry Walsh). London              pages fully annotated in ink with         BOXING
     1879. Third edition. Spine a little           results. Neil Robertson beat Liang
                                                                                             1125 Muhammad Ali v Henry Cooper
     worn and frayed, inside spine hinges          Wenbo in the final. Sold with official
                                                                                                  1966. Official programme for the
     splitting otherwise good condition 		         programmes for Embassy World
                                                                                                  World Heavyweight Championship
                                 £15/25            Snooker tournament, Sheffield 2005
                                                                                                  fight held at Arsenal Stadium,
                                                   (33 signatures including Ronnie
1118 Dr Ingram, The Bishop of London.                                                             Highbury on 21st May 1966. Also a
                                                   O’Sullivan, Stephen Hendry, Ken
     Vanity Fair. ‘In his Lighter Moments’.                                                       colour insert for the fight featuring
                                                   Doherty, John Parrott, Steve Davis,
     Original colour chromolithograph of                                                          both Ali and Cooper ‘Presented by
                                                   Peter Ebdon etc.), Shanghai Masters
     Dr Ingram by WH 1912. Men of the                                                             Boxing Illustrated. G/VG     £50/70
                                                   2013 (twenty signatures), etc. Qty
     Day 2273. Sold with Rowing. Vanity
                                                   4. G                          £30/50      1126 ‘Muhammad Ali. A Thirty-Year
     Fair colour chromolithograph of
                                                                                                  Journey’.    Howard       Bingham.
     William A.L. Fletcher. ‘Flea’. March     1122 American Football 1960s-1990s.
                                                                                                  London 1993, first UK edition.
     18th 1882 by SPY, George Rowland              A good selection of over fifty
                                                                                                  Signatures of both Muhammad Ali
     Hill. President of the Rugby Football         commemorative and first day
                                                                                                  and author Bingham signed to label
     Union and rugby referee. ‘Rugby               covers including nine Super Bowl,
                                                                                                  on front end paper of title page as
     Union’, dated 1st February 1890               ‘Super Bowl XIX Inauguration Day’
                                                                                                  published. Dustwrapper. VG
     and Billiards/Snooker. John Roberts           1985, XXII (1988), XXIII (1989,
                                                                                                                           £150/250
     Jnr. ‘The Champion Roberts’. July             two different), XXIV (1990), XXV
     4th 1885 by SPY. All three mounted,           (1991), XXVII (1993), XXVIII (1994)       1127 ‘Boxing Memories’ by Peter Wilson.
     framed and glazed. Overall 15”x21”            and XXIX (1995). Also Sun Bowl                 78rpm record. To one side is the
     (2), 13”x19” and 12.5”x17”. Qty 4             1971, 1981 and 1983, Sugar Bowl                commentary by Howard Marshall of
                                    £50/70         1977 and 1990, Copper Bowl 1991,               the Eric Boon v Arthur Danaher fight
                                                   Thrifty Holiday Bowl 1991, and                 at the Harringay Arena, 23rd February
1119 Epsom Derby winning horses. Six
                                                   Wembley American Bowl (1988,                   1939, and to the other commentary
     shot glasses, each depicting a colour
                                                   Qty. 10). Also three different covers          by Raymond Glendenning of the Len
     transfer printed image of a winning
                                                   commemorating ‘100 Years of                    Harvey v Freddie Mills fight for the
     horse to side, name and date below.
                                                   Intercollegiate Football 1869-1969’,           British and Empire light-heavyweight
     The horses featured are ‘Hyperion
                                                   and two Jim Thorpe covers, ‘Kings of           titles on 20th June 1942 at White
     1933’, ‘Windsor Lad 1934’, ‘Bahram
                                                   Sport 1’ 1974, and a ‘Colorado Silk            Hart Lane in front of a crowd of
     1935’, ‘Mahmoud 1936’, ‘Tulyar
                                                   Cachet’ cover 1984 etc. Sold with              30,000. In paper sleeve. G/VG
     1952’ and ‘Pinza 1953’. The glasses
                                                   approx. fifty postcards, the majority                                        £30/50
     with gold lustre to rims, each
                                                   featuring American Football stadiums
     measuring 2.25” tall. Odd faults,                                                             The Eric Boon v Arthur Danaher fight
                                                   and players, and two ‘World Cup
     good condition               £25/35                                                           was the first occasion that the B.B.C.
                                                   ‘94, Dallas, Texas’ (soccer) covers and
                                                                                                   had been permitted to televise a
1120 Horse Racing. Blue folder comprising          a sheet of three official ‘World Cup
                                                                                                   boxing match and also the first time
     over forty mainly colour photographs          USA 94’ stamps. G/VG           £30/50
                                                                                                   a transmission had been shown live

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to a paying audience in cinemas.             (France) beat Joan Fry (GB) in           1135 Tennis. Wimbledon 1931. ‘The
                                                   straight sets                                 Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting
      Challenger Freddie Mills beat
                                                                                                 1931’. Official programme for
      the title holder Len Harvey by a       1132 Tennis. Wimbledon 1926. ‘The
                                                                                                 Thursday, 25th June 1931 (first
      knockout in the second round                Jubilee Lawn Tennis Championship
                                                                                                 Thursday).     Original     decorative
                                                  Meeting 1926’. Official programme
1128 ‘Boxing Memories’ by Peter Wilson.                                                          wrappers. One handwritten result
                                                  for Tuesday, 29th June 1926
     78rpm record. To one side is the                                                            annotated in pencil for the Ladies
                                                  (second Tuesday). Original front
     commentary by S. McPherson of                                                               Singles draw page. Front wrapper
                                                  wrapper detached with small loss
     the Jackie Paterson v Peter Kane                                                            cleanly detached. Some age toning
                                                  to one corner, lacking rear wrapper.
     fight for the vacant world flyweight                                                        to page extremities, light vertical
                                                  Handwritten results annotated in
     championship at Hampden Park,                                                               fold, rusting to staples, otherwise in
                                                  pencil for the Gentlemen’s Singles
     Glasgow, 19th June 1943, and to                                                             good condition. Rare         £80/120
                                                  and Doubles, Ladies Singles, and
     the other commentary by Raymond
                                                  Mixed Doubles draw pages. Light                 Sidney Woods beat Frank Shields
     Glendenning of the Sugar Ray
                                                  vertical crease, small holes to last            (both USA) by a walkover in the
     Robinson v Randolph Turpin fight for
                                                  page, rusting to staples, generally in          final of the Gentlemen’s Singles. In
     the world middleweight title on 10th
                                                  fair condition. Rare        £70/100             the Ladies’ final, Cilly Aussem beat
     July 1951 at Earls Court, London in
                                                                                                  Hilde Krahwinkel (both Germany) in
     front of a crowd of 18,000. In paper          Jean Barotra (France) beat Howard
                                                                                                  straight sets
     sleeve. G/VG                 £30/50           Kinsey (USA) by three sets to one in
                                                   the final of the Gentlemen’s Singles.    1136 Tennis. Wimbledon 1932. ‘The Lawn
      Paterson put down Kane twice in
                                                   In the Ladies’ final, Kitty Godfrey           Tennis Championship Meeting 1932’.
      the first round, winning the fight
                                                   (GB) beat Lili Alvarez (Spain) two            Official programme for Tuesday,
      and the title in only 61 seconds!
                                                   sets to one                                   28th June 1932 (second Tuesday).
      Turpin unexpectedly beat Robinson
                                                                                                 Original decorative wrappers. One
      on points to become world              1133 Tennis. Wimbledon 1929. ‘The Lawn
                                                                                                 handwritten result annotated in
      middleweight champion                       Tennis Championship Meeting 1929’.
                                                                                                 ink for the Gentlemen’s Singles
                                                  Official programme for Tuesday, 2nd
1129 Boxing photographs. Three signed                                                            draw page. Front wrapper cleanly
                                                  July 1929 (second Tuesday). Original
     colour and mono action photographs                                                          detached. Some splitting to spine,
                                                  decorative wrappers. Handwritten
     of Audley Harrison, Ken Buchanan                                                            small tear and odd nicks to edges of
                                                  results annotated in pencil for the
     and Terry Spinks. All approx 7”x10”.                                                        front wrapper, minor age toning to
                                                  Gentlemen’s Singles and Doubles,
     Sold with signed promotional                                                                page extremities, light vertical fold,
                                                  Ladies Singles, and Mixed Doubles
     postcards of Nigel Benn and Frank                                                           rusting to staples, otherwise in good
                                                  draw pages. Splitting to spine of
     Bruno and an official Albert Hall                                                           condition. Rare             £70/100
                                                  wrappers, which are becoming
     Boxing programme featuring Vince
                                                  detached. Odd minor nicks to                    Ellsworth Vines (USA) beat Bunny
     Hawkins and Ernie Roderick. G
                                                  wrapper edges, otherwise in good                Austin (GB) in straight sets in the
                                  £25/35
                                                  condition. Rare          £150/250               final of the Gentlemen’s Singles. In
1130 James Braddock, World Heavyweight                                                            the Ladies’ final, Helen Wills Moody
                                                   Henri Cochet beat Jean Barotra
     Champion 1935-1937. Endurance Ltd                                                            beat Helen Jacobs (both USA) in
                                                   (both France) in straight sets in the
     - The Art of Sport Boxing figure. The                                                        straight sets
                                                   final of the Gentlemen’s Singles. In
     figure stands approx 10.5” high. VG
                                                   the Ladies’ final, Helen Wills Moody     1137 Tennis. Wimbledon 1933-1936.
                                  £20/30
                                                   beat Helen Jacobs (both USA) in               ‘The Lawn Tennis Championship
TENNIS                                             straight sets                                 Meeting’. Four official programmes
                                                                                                 for 6th July 1933 (second Thursday),
1131 Tennis. Wimbledon 1925. ‘The Lawn       1134 Tennis. Wimbledon 1930. ‘The
                                                                                                 5th July 1934 (second Thursday),
     Tennis Championship Meeting 1925’.           Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting
                                                                                                 3rd July 1935 (second Wednesday),
     Official programme for Tuesday, 23rd         1930’. Official programme for Friday,
                                                                                                 and 25th June 1936 (first Thursday).
     June 1925 (first Tuesday). Original          27th June 1930 (first Friday). Original
                                                                                                 Original decorative wrappers. Crease
     decorative wrappers. Handwritten             decorative wrappers. Handwritten
                                                                                                 to one corner of the 1933, wear and
     results annotated in pencil for the          results annotated in pencil for the
                                                                                                 splitting to the spine of the 1934,
     Gentlemen’s Singles and Doubles,             Gentlemen’s Singles and Doubles,
                                                                                                 front wrapper of the 1935 cleanly
     Ladies Singles, and Mixed Doubles            Ladies Singles, and Mixed Doubles
                                                                                                 detached, pencil annotations to
     draw pages. Vertical fold, last page         draw pages. Rusting to staples and
                                                                                                 results pages of the 1934, 1935 and
     partly detached, rusting to staples,         minor age toning to extremities,
                                                                                                 1936 programmes. All with light
     hole to rear wrapper, some age               light vertical fold, otherwise in good
                                                                                                 vertical fold and rusting to staples,
     toning, otherwise in good condition.         condition. Rare              £80/120
                                                                                                 otherwise in fair/ good condition.
     Rare                      £150/250
                                                   Bill Tilden beat Wilmer Allison (both         Rare                       £80/120
      Rene Lacoste beat the reigning               USA) in straight sets in the final
                                                                                                  Ellsworth Vines (USA) beat Bunny
      Champion, Jean Barotra (both                 of the Gentlemen’s Singles. In the
                                                                                                  Austin (GB) in straight sets in the
      France), by three sets to one in the         Ladies’ final, Helen Wills Moody
                                                                                                  final of the Gentlemen’s Singles. In
      final of the Gentlemen’s Singles. In         beat Elizabeth Ryan (both USA) in
                                                                                                  the Ladies’ final, Helen Wills Moody
      the Ladies’ final, Suzanne Lenglen           straight sets
                                                                                                  beat Helen Jacobs (both USA) in

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straight sets                                  1954, Thursday 23rd June 1955,                  With a foreword by Sir George
                                                     Thursday 5th July 1956, Thursday                Cunningham and contributions by
1138 Tennis. Wimbledon 1937. ‘The
                                                     4th July 1957, Thursday 3rd July                Guy Campbell, Henry Longhurst,
     Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting
                                                     1958, and Thursday 2nd July 1959.               Leonard Crawley, Enid Wilson, Lord
     1937’. Official programme for 2nd
                                                     Minor ink or pencil annotations to              Brabazon of Tara, Henry Cotton, H
     July (second Friday). Light vertical
                                                     the 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956,               Gardiner-Hill. Contains 67 plates,
     fold, annotations to the draw pages,
                                                     1957 and 1958 issues. Rusting to                fold-out plan of Old Course, St
     rusting to staples, minor wear,
                                                     staples, lights vertical folds, some            Andrews, to the rear. Bound in
     otherwise in good condition £50/70
                                                     wear, otherwise in good condition               dark green cloth with original dust-
      In the Gentlemen’s final Don                                                 £50/80            wrapper. Tears, repairs and some
      Budge (US) defeated Gottfried von                                                              wear to dustwrapper, the book
                                              1143 Tennis. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
      Cramm (Germany) in straight sets.                                                              generally G/VG - golf       £25/35
                                                   Championships 1960-2010. Large
      Dorothy Round (GB) beat Jadwiga
                                                   near complete run of sixty six official    1148 Golf. An impressive bronze metal
      Jedrzejowska (Poland) two sets to
                                                   programmes. Lacking programmes                  sculpture of a golfer in full swing
      one in the Ladies final
                                                   for 2006 and 2007. Some years with              with the effect of the swing in slow
1139 Tennis. Wimbledon 1938. ‘The                  multiple issues for different days              motion. 16” high, 11” wide. Maker’s
     Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting              of the tournament, odd duplicate.               stamps to rear of base, and label to
     1938’. Official programme for 29th            Some faults to earlier issues including         underside for Austin, dated 2004. G/
     June 1938 (second Wednesday).                 detached or split wrappers, light               VG                           £50/70
     Front cover cleanly detached, light           wear etc. Later issues in good/ very
                                                                                              1149 Golf cigarette cards. ‘How to Play
     vertical fold, minor annotations in           good condition                £80/120
                                                                                                   Golf’ 1925. Imperial Tobacco of
     ink and pencil, light wear and odd
                                              1144 ‘Wimbledon’. Original information               Canada Ltd 1925. Full set of fifty
     nicks, otherwise in good condition
                                                   sign for staircase 8 - seating at               cards. Minor staining to reverse of
                                 £40/60
                                                   Wimbledon. Black lettering on a                 card no. 50, otherwise in very good
      In the Gentlemen’s final Don Budge           white background with seat numbers              condition                 £100/150
      (US) defeated Bunny Austin (GB) in           left and right. Green metal frame
                                                                                              1150 Golf cigarette cards. ‘3 Jovial Golfers’
      straight sets. Helen Moody (USA)             around the sign. Formerly from
                                                                                                   1934. W.A. & A.C. Churchman. Full
      defeated Helen Jacobs (USA) in               the All England Club, based at
                                                                                                   set of thirty six cards of British golf
      straight sets in the Ladies final            Church Road, Wimbledon, London.
                                                                                                   holes. VG                     £80/120
                                                   18”x15.5”. Some white paint and
1140 Tennis. Wimbledon 1939. ‘The
                                                   slight wear to frame otherwise in          1151 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Sports Series’
     Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting
                                                   good condition              £40/60              1912. Gallaher Ltd. Full set of the ten
     1939’. Official programme for 29th
                                                                                                   golf cards nos. 1-10 from the original
     June (first Thursday). Splitting to      1145 Tennis. Three large mono posters of
                                                                                                   series of one hundred. VG £40/60
     spine of wrappers, light vertical             tennis players, each mounted, framed
     fold, crease to lower corner of               and glazed. Two feature a lady players     1152 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Famous Golfers
     front wrapper, annotations in pencil          and the other a man. Sizes of frames            and Their Strokes’ 1914. Marsuma
     with some internal wear, rusting to           vary, largest 26”x30”. Good images.             Co., Congleton. Five cards from the
     staples, otherwise in good condition          Sold with a bag containing various              series of fifty. Cards are nos. 3, 4, 5, 6
                                  £40/60           items of Wimbledon merchandise                  and 12. Light creasing to card no. 4,
                                                   including a tube of tennis balls, a seat        minor wear, otherwise in good/ very
      In the Gentlemen’s final Bobby
                                                   cushion, key-rings etc. Plus an official        good condition. Rare             £60/80
      Riggs defeated Elwood Cooke (both
                                                   programme for the Championships
      US) by three sets to two. Alic Marble                                                   1153 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Famous Golfers
                                                   of 2016. G                     £25/35
      (USA) defeated Kay Stammers (USA)                                                            and Their Strokes’ 1914. Marsuma
      in straight sets in the Ladies final    GOLF                                                 Co., Congleton. Five cards from the
                                                                                                   series of fifty. Cards are nos. 6, 18,
1141 Tennis. Wimbledon 1946-1949.             1146 ‘Taylor on Golf’. J.H. Taylor.
                                                                                                   21, 23 and 27. Minor bumping to
     Four official programmes for                  Hutchinson & Co, Third Edition,
                                                                                                   one corner of card no. 6, otherwise
     Tuesday 2nd July 1946, Tuesday 1st            London 1903. Original publisher’s
                                                                                                   in good/ very good condition. Rare
     July 1947, Tuesday 29th June 1948,            olive green cloth, a golf bag and ball
                                                                                                                                 £60/80
     and Wednesday 29th June 1949.                 and the title within decorative black
     Ink and/or pencil annotations to              and gilt rules to the spine and a gold     1154 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Famous Golfers
     the draw pages, the 1949 with one             blocked illustration of a golf course           and Their Strokes’ 1914. Marsuma
     page clipped, each with vertical fold,        depicting the ball lying just short             Co., Congleton. Five cards from the
     wear to the 1947 and 1948 issues,             of the hole, the ‘T’ of the author’s            series of fifty. Cards are nos. 28, 29,
     otherwise in good condition £40/60            surname is formed from golf clubs               31, 34 and 36. Good/ very good
                                                   and there is a golf ball in each corner.        condition. Rare                £60/80
1142 Tennis. Wimbledon 1946-1949. Ten
                                                   Some wear to spine otherwise in
     official programmes for Saturday 8th                                                     1155 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Famous Golfers
                                                   good condition                  £40/60
     July 1950, Tuesday 3rd July 1951,                                                             and Their Strokes’ 1914. Marsuma
     Thursday 3rd July 1952, Wednesday        1147 ‘A History of Golf in Britain’. Cassell         Co., Congleton. Four cards from
     1st July 1953, Thursday 1st July              & Co, London. First Edition 1951.               the series of fifty. Cards are nos.

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37, 45, 46 and 49. Minor staining              Padgham. Sold with four Godfrey                Harry Vardon won the Open
      and rounding to corners of card                Phillips “Sports” 1953 untrimmed               Championship a record six times,
      37, otherwise in good/ very good               individual slide cards of Arthur Lees,         including in 1911, and also won the
      condition. Rare           £50/70               Laurie Ayton, John Panton and F.               U.S. Open in 1900
                                                     Bullock. Qty 15. VG           £20/30
1156 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’                                                   1168 ‘Mr. John D. Dunn bunkered- Golf
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.        1164 ‘The sleep-walker at home- why                 Links, Hardelot, pres Boulogne-
     Card no. 18 ‘Delights of a Bunker’.            Mrs. Golfington wants a divorce’.              sur-Mer’ c.1910. Original colour
     Some creasing and wear, otherwise              Copyright 1906. Pair of original               postcard of Dunn playing a bunker
     in good condition. Rare       £20/30           sepia stereoscopic photographs of              shot with a boy caddy and one other
                                                    a humorous scene of a golfer in his            looking on. Printed details of the
1157 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’
                                                    pyjamas standing on his bed taking a           Hardelot course to verso. Valentine
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.
                                                    swing with a golf club while his wife          series. VG                 £20/30
     Card no. 23 ‘A Duffer’s Stroke’.
                                                    cowers under the bed clothes. The
     Some rounding to corners, minor                                                          1169 Tom Morris. Two early postcards
                                                    two very similar photographs are laid
     soiling, otherwise in good/ very good                                                         featuring Tom Morris at St. Andrew’s,
                                                    down to original photographer’s card
     condition. Rare               £30/40                                                          one in colour, the other mono. The
                                                    mount to enable two dimensional
                                                                                                   colour postcard features Morris and a
1158 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’         images to become three dimensional
                                                                                                   small gathering at St. Andrew’s with
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.             images by looking through a special
                                                                                                   the clubhouse in the background
     Card no. 31 ‘The Duffer’. Light                stereoscope viewer. The photographs
                                                                                                   c.1900. W. & A.K. Johnston,
     crease to top left corner, otherwise in        by Underwood & Underwood
                                                                                                   Edinburgh, series no. 263/3. The
     good/ very good condition. Rare 		             Publishers, Westwood, New Jersey.
                                                                                                   mono postcard depicts Morris at
                                    £30/40          No. U-87881. The photographs each
                                                                                                   the tee ‘On the Links’. Postmarked
                                                    measure 3”x3.25” and overall on
1159 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’                                                        1905, publisher unknown. Sold with
                                                    card mount 7”x3.5”. Rare. VG
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.                                                            an early colour postcard of ‘A. Herd
                                                                                 £40/60
     Card no. 31 ‘The Duffer’. Minor                                                               (Champion 1902)’ putting, with his
     soiling, some creasing to centre and      1165 ‘Golf Player “Driving” the Ball’.              opponent, Andrew Kirkaldy, and a
     lower edge, otherwise in good/ very            Metropolitan Series no. 827. Pair              large crowd looking on. Caledonia
     good condition. Rare          £30/40           of original sepia stereoscopic                 Series no. 1057. All three postcards
                                                    photographs of a golfer playing a              in generally tatty condition, tape
1160 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’
                                                    drive in front of a clubhouse. The             repairs to two, and some loss to the
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.
                                                    two very similar photographs are laid          corners of the Herd postcard. Qty 3
     Card no. 34 ‘Dormy’. Slight rounding
                                                    down to original photographer’s card                                        £50/70
     to corners, otherwise in good/ very
                                                    mount to enable two dimensional
     good condition. Rare          £30/40                                                     1170 Leather golf postcard 1906. An
                                                    images to become three dimensional
                                                                                                   unusual leather postcard featuring
1161 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’         images by looking through a special
                                                                                                   a printed illustration to the front of
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.             stereoscope viewer. The photographs
                                                                                                   a lady golfer at the tee by Donny
     Card no. 36 ‘The Mystery of a                  each measure 3”x3” and overall on
                                                                                                   Crane, dated 1906. Faint handwritten
     Bunker’. Appears to be slightly                card mount 7”x3.5”. Some wear and
                                                                                                   message to front, postmarked 12th
     trimmed to both edges, otherwise in            creasing to the card affecting one of
                                                                                                   October 1906. Ink stain to verso,
     good/ very good condition. Rare 		             the images, small adhesive mark to
                                                                                                   otherwise in good condition. Sold
                                   £20/30           verso, otherwise in good condition
                                                                                                   with a similar leather postcard of a
                                                                                  £40/60
1162 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Cope’s Golfers’                                                        lady running with a large (rugby?)
     1900. Cope Bros. & Co., Liverpool.        1166 John ‘Jack’ White. Sepia real                  ball. Postally unused. Loss to one
     Card no. 48 ‘A Long Spoon’. Good/              photograph postcard of white, half             corner, otherwise in good condition.
     very good condition. Rare £20/30               length wearing a cap, smoking a pipe           Qty 2                         £25/35
                                                    and inspecting a card. Annotation to
1163 Golf cigarette cards. ‘Turf Slides                                                             Leather postcards were popular
                                                    verso suggests the photograph was
     Sports Series’ 1949. Carreras Ltd.                                                             in the U.S.A. in the early 1900s,
                                                    taken at Sunningdale. Date and
     Eleven untrimmed cards featuring                                                               often made from deer hide with
                                                    publisher unknown. VG       £50/70
     seven of the eight golfers in the                                                              illustrations etched or printed. The
     series. Cards in original pairs from            Jack White won the Open                        U.S. Postal Service banned the used
     packets of twenty cigarettes are                Championship in 1904 at Royal St.              of leather in 1907, complaining the
     no. 4 Fred Daly with no. 28 Cyril               Georges                                        stamps wouldn’t stick and the leather
     Washbrook (cricket) (Qty 2), no. 12                                                            caught in their sorting machines
                                               1167 Henry William “Harry” Vardon.
     James Adams with no. 44 Les Anning
                                                    Mono real photograph postcard of          1171 Lady golfer postcards early 1900s
     (ice hockey), no. 13 Dai Rees with
                                                    Vardon playing a shot off the fairway          onwards.      Six   original    colour
     no. 34 Tony Mottram (tennis). Single
                                                    with spectators looking on in the              postcards and one mono, each
     untrimmed cards from packets of
                                                    background. Date of 1911 annotated             featuring a lady golfer. Includes an
     ten are no. 4 Fred Daly, no. 17 Sam
                                                    in pencil to verso. Location and               advertising postcard for Lowney’s
     King (2), no. 18 Dick Burton, no. 31
                                                    publisher unknown. VG        £30/50            Chocolates (series no. 6). Other titles
     Reg Whitcombe (2), and no. 47 Alf
                                                                                                   include ‘If you can manage...’, ‘A Tee

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Party’, ‘Fore’ etc. Publishers include         Hubert Green, and Don January. Sold            1990s/2000s. A selection of fourteen
       G.H. Paris, Edward Gross, New York,            with a ‘New Era’ promotional card              press photographs and promotional
       ‘Premier’ Series, A. Vivian Mansell,           signed by Curtis Strange. Qty 7. VG            cards, mainly colour, each signed
       London etc. Qty 7. G/VG £50/80                                             £30/40             by the featured golfer. Signatures
                                                                                                     include Ken Venturi, Ernie Els, Colin
1172 Humorous golf postcards. Three             1177 Golf greetings cards and ephemera.
                                                                                                     Montgomery, Nick Faldo (two
     golfing postcards, one handcoloured,            A selection of greetings cards,
                                                                                                     different), Bernhard Langer, Ian
     ‘The Life Saving Crew at 10th                   advertising cards etc. featuring golf
                                                                                                     Woosnam (2), Sandy Lyle, Corey
     Hole- No. 3 Course, Pinehurst                   illustrations. Includes a Victorian
                                                                                                     Pavin, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood
     N.C.’ published by Jos. I. O’Brien,             greetings card with a colour cut out
                                                                                                     etc. 16”x12” and smaller. VG
     Pinehurst Pharmacy, The Albertype               figure of a golfer to the front which
                                                                                                                                  £40/60
     Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Postmarked                  has been laid down, a colour plain
     New York, 1927. Also ‘A Full                    back card of two lady golfers wearing     1182 Signed        golf      photographs
     Mashie Swing’, Taylor Art Co., and              university/ college colours for ‘U.P.’         1960s-2000s. A selection of twelve
     a “Pictorial Comedy” postcard by                (University of Pennsylvania) and ‘F’           colour and mono press photographs
     James Henderson & Sons, London.                 with a ‘U.P.’ flag in the top corner.          and promotional cards etc. each
     Sold with a football advertising                The card by Joseph Tetlow 1903,                signed by the featured golfer.
     postcard for A.W. Gamage, Holborn,              advertising card for ‘Dr. Humphreys’           Signatures include Fuzzy Zoeller,
     London. Qty 4. G/VG         £30/40              Witch Hazel Oil’, bridge tally cards,          Byron Nelson, Ernie Els, Greg
                                                     golf swing tags etc. Odd faults,               Norman, Bernhard Langer, Nick
1173 British golf course postcards. Four
                                                     overall in good condition     £40/60           Faldo, Y.E. Yang, Chi-Chi Rodriguez,
     early mono real photograph and
                                                                                                    Sam Snead etc. 10”x8” and smaller.
     printed postcards, also one in colour      1178 Golf cigarette cards 1910s onwards.
                                                                                                    Fading to the Rodriguez signature,
     of links courses at St. Andrew’s,               A mixed selection including Gallaher’s
                                                                                                    otherwise in good/ very good
     Carnoustie, Le Strange Arms & Golf              ‘Irish View Scenery’ 1910 (6),
                                                                                                    condition                   £40/60
     Links Hotel Hunstanton, Bexhill-                Cavander’s ‘The Homeland Series’
     on-Sea, and Sheringham. Also                    1924 small format (7), medium             1183 Signed        golf      photographs
     Ganton Golf Club near Scarborough.              format ‘Hand Coloured Real Photos’             1960s-2000s. A selection of fifteen
     Publishers include Philco, Jarrolds,            and ‘Real Photos’ series, other series         colour and mono press photographs
     Barker’s Library Bexhill-on-Sea etc.            include De Reszke, Lambert & Butler,           and promotional cards etc. each
     Various postmarks/ dates ranging                Godfrey Phillips, Ogden’s, Carreras,           signed by the featured golfer.
     from 1905-1924. Qty 5. G £40/60                 Park Drive etc. Some duplication.              Signatures include Y.E. Yang, Byron
                                                     Also eighteen cards from the golf              Nelson, Bernhard Langer, Craig
1174 ‘The Bonzo Series By G.E. Studdy’.
                                                     card game ‘Card Golf’ c.1950s. G               Stadler, Fuzzy Zoeller, Lee Trevino,
     Full set of twenty five cigarette
                                                                                  £30/50            Jack Fleck, Gary Player, Larry Mize,
     cards issued c.1923. Cards featuring
                                                                                                    Tom Kite, Frank Stranahan, Ken
     sporting themes are no.2 ‘William          1179 Golf valentine cards c.1920s. Two
                                                                                                    Venturi (two different) etc. 10”x8”
     Tell’ (golf), no.8 ‘The Ball Boy’               golf valentine cards each featuring a
                                                                                                    and smaller. G/VG            £40/60
     (tennis), no.10 ‘The Pot Hunter’                young boy with his dog, one placing
     (athletics?), no.11 ‘The Knock-Out’             a valentine card into a golf bag with     RUGBY
     (boxing), no.13 ‘Rabbits, I Believe!’           fold-out decoration, titled ‘Looking
                                                                                               1184 ‘The Laws of Football (Rugby)
     (golf), no.15 ‘The Hard Court’                  for somebody?... It’s in the bag’,
                                                                                                    as played at The New School,
     (tennis), and no. 17 ‘Lost Ball’ (golf).        the other, ‘I’m driving your heart
                                                                                                    Abbotsholme, Derbyshire’. Published
     Each card has printed text to verso,            Dearie’, with moving parts of a boy
                                                                                                    at Abbotsholme 1906. Maroon
     advertising for a French tobacconist.           playing a ball. Also a card with colour
                                                                                                    boards with titles to front reveal
     VG                            £30/50            images of golfers and footballers,
                                                                                                    fold out squares laid down to linen
                                                     gilt decorations of medals and laurel
1175 ‘Huntley & Palmers Biscuits’. Early                                                            with the Laws and rules of the game
                                                     wreath, and blank scroll, overall
     colour advertising card (c.1880s) with                                                         printed to card squares in the style
                                                     10”x6.5” etc. Qty 5. G         £40/60
     image of golf being played. To verso,                                                          of a ‘field of play’ with touch lines,
     printed details of the company’s           1180 ‘Martini Golf Charts of Famous                 goals etc. When fully opened the
     product range, with details in French           British Golf Courses. Early 1950’s.            ‘Laws’ measure 22”x15”. Name
     for the ‘Grand Prix de L’Exposition             Nine course guide booklets published           handwritten to inside ‘L.G. Slater.
     Universelle de Paris 1878’. 3”x4.5”.            by L. Claughton Darbyshire,                    3’. Some wear, breaking to seams
     Minor age toning, some wear to                  London, for Martini & Rossi Ltd.               of squares and age toning, generally
     verso, otherwise in good condition              Clubs are Formby (No. 5), Prince’s,            good condition               £30/40
                                   £40/60            Sandwich (10), Royal Liverpool (11),
                                                                                               1185 Rugby Union books. Box of
                                                     Hunstanton (15, 2 copies, one with
1176 Golf promotional cards. Six colour                                                             twenty three books, the majority
                                                     faults), Blackwell (20), St. Enodoc
     promotional cards for the 3M                                                                   autobiographies. Includes Guscott,
                                                     (23), Hill Barn, Worthing (42), and
     Championship/ Post-it Products                                                                 Hare, Beamont, Bennett, Carlin,
                                                     Pitlochry (61). Rusting to some
     ‘Greats of Golf Series’. Each card                                                             MacLaren etc. Three books signed
                                                     staples, other odd minor faults,
     signed by the featured player.                                                                 by their author, Mervyn Davies,
                                                     otherwise in good condition £40/60
     Signatures are Fuzzy Zoeller, David                                                            Barry John and Gerald Davies of
     Graham, Charles Coody, Bill Rogers,        1181 Signed         golf       photographs          Wales. Sold with a selection of thirty

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two sporting books including rugby,          wearing a crown with a castle [?] to            Official programme for the match
      boxing etc. Some autobiographies.            chest of the bird and below on peak             played at Halifax Commons, Nova
      G                          £30/40            ‘1930-31’. Qty 2          £100/150              Scotia, Canada, 24th May 1989. The
                                                                                                   programme signed to the biographies
1186 William Arnold Sime. Bedford School,          William Sime was a South
                                                                                                   by thirty members of the Welsh
     Bedford R.F.C. & Nottinghamshire              African-born English barrister and
                                                                                                   touring party including players and
     C.C.C. 1935-1950. Honours cap                 judge who also played first-class
                                                                                                   officials. Players’ signatures include
     believed to be Sime’s Bedford School          cricket for Nottinghamshire whom
                                                                                                   Thorburn (Captain), Bridges, Budd,
     cap. A hooped cream and black cloth           he joined in 1935 and stayed with
                                                                                                   Clement, Davies, Delaney, Emyr,
     cap with honour embroidery for                them until 1950, captaining the
                                                                                                   D.W. Evans, I.W. Jones, Griffiths,
     cricket ‘XI 1925 to 1928’ and rugby           club in his final three years. Aside
                                                                                                   Llewellyn,      Stephens,      Sutton,
     ‘XV 1926 to 1928’. The cap made by            from cricket he was a notable rugby
                                                                                                   Wakeford, Watkins etc. G £30/50
     J&A Beagley & Co Ltd, 5 High Street           player initially with Bedford, whom
     & 41 St. Peters, Bedford’. ‘W.A. Sime         he captained for three years, and        FOOTBALL AUTOGRAPHS
     handwritten to inside lining. Broken          then the East Midlands and once for
                                                                                            1191 Swedish Football Combination team.
     peak, some wear, age toning and               Nottinghamshire. He also played in
                                                                                                 Album page nicely signed in ink by
     slight staining otherwise in good             an England trial match.
                                                                                                 the Swedish team who played the
     condition. Sold with a Bedford R.F.C.
                                             1188 William Arnold Sime. Bedford School,           English RAF XI in 1946. Fifteen
     navy blue velvet cap with raised
                                                  Bedford R.F.C. & Nottinghamshire               signatures. 6.5”x5” G      £25/35
     wired emblem of an eagle within a
                                                  C.C.C. 1935-1950. A red quartered
     shield to front, wired hooped edging,                                                  1192 England 1998. ‘Upper Deck’
                                                  velvet cap with trimming in white
     quarters, peak and tassel in silver.                                                        collectors cards in official album. Fifty
                                                  and silver to edges, quarters, peak
     The cap made by J&A Beagley & Co                                                            eight cards of a set of ninety cards.
                                                  and tassel awarded to Sime. The cap,
     Ltd, 5 High Street & 41 St. Peters,                                                         Thirty four of the cards are signed,
                                                  by George Lewin of Crooked Lane,
     Bedford’. Very good condition. Plus                                                         some a little faded. Signatures
                                                  London Bridge, with the initial ‘T’
     two colourful blazer pockets, again                                                         include Hurst (3), Banks, Hunt,
                                                  to peak. Cap unknown but could
     with the Bedford emblem, both                                                               Lineker, Shilton, Seaman, Hoddle,
                                                  possibly have been his England trial
     blue eagles on red backgrounds                                                              Ince, Robson, Keegan, Shearer etc
                                                  cap [?]                    £70/100
     and a further cloth badge depicting                                                                                          £30/50
     a running hound, blue on grey                 William Sime was a South
                                                                                            1193 England World Cup Squad 1986.
     background. Good condition                    African-born English barrister and
                                                                                                 Unofficial autograph sheet on Post
                                  £80/120          judge who also played first-class
                                                                                                 House Hotel, Heathrow letterhead
                                                   cricket for Nottinghamshire whom
      William Sime was a South                                                                   with dedication ‘To 18th Bath
                                                   he joined in 1935 and stayed with
      African-born English barrister and                                                         Scouts’. Signed by fourteen members
                                                   them until 1950, captaining the
      judge who also played first-class                                                          of the squad including the Manager,
                                                   club in his final three years. Aside
      cricket for Nottinghamshire whom                                                           Bobby Robson. Players’ signatures
                                                   from cricket he was a notable rugby
      he joined in 1935 and stayed with                                                          include Hoddle, Hateley, Stevens,
                                                   player initially with Bedford, whom
      them until 1950, captaining the                                                            Hodge, Shilton, Anderson, Robson,
                                                   he captained for three years, and
      club in his final three years. Aside                                                       Butcher, Wilkins, Martin, Sansom etc.
                                                   then the East Midlands and once for
      from cricket he was a notable rugby                                                        G/VG                         £30/50
                                                   Nottinghamshire. He also played in
      player initially with Bedford, whom
                                                   an England trial match.                  1194 ‘Irish International Footballers who
      he captained for three years, and
                                                                                                 played England at Leeds Nov. 20th
      then the East Midlands and once for    1189 Signed rugby biographies. Four
                                                                                                 [1909]’. Large album page signed
      Nottinghamshire. He also played in          original hardbacks, each with good
                                                                                                 in pencil by the twelve members of
      an England trial match.                     dustwrapper. Titles are ‘Rugby in
                                                                                                 the Ireland team against England
                                                  Focus’, J.B.G. Thomas, London
1187 William Arnold Sime. Bedford School,                                                        in the international amateur match
                                                  1979, signed by the author. ‘British
     Bedford R.F.C. & Nottinghamshire                                                            played at Elland Road, Leeds, 20th
                                                  Lions 1980’, John Hopkins, Tadworth
     C.C.C. 1935-1950. East Midlands                                                             November 1909 which ended in
                                                  1980. Signed to the facing title page
     R.F.C. green and gold quartered                                                             a 4-4 draw. Signatures include P.
                                                  by three members of the Lions squad
     velvet cap with trimming in gilt to                                                         McCann (Captain), Donnelly, Wright,
                                                  to South Africa, Peter Wheeler,
     edges, quarters, peak and tassel                                                            Chambers, Ferguson, Mawhinney,
                                                  Paul Dodge and Clive Woodward.
     awarded to Sime. The cap, by                                                                McKee etc. The final score, ‘England
                                                  ‘Dusty’, Dusty Hare, London 1985,
     H.L. Carne, 40 Abington Street,                                                             4 goals, Ireland 4’ annotated in ink to
                                                  signed by Hare. ‘The Book of English
     Northampton, with initials ‘E.M.R.U.’                                                       the page. 6.5”x8”. G        £70/100
                                                  International Rugby 1871-1982’,
     to peak and year ‘32-33’ to cap in
                                                  John Griffiths, London 1982. Nine         1195 Sunderland A.F.C. 1909/10. Large
     good condition. Sold with a further
                                                  signatures to half title page including        album page signed in pencil by
     sky blue and black quartered velvet
                                                  Les Cusworth, Clive Woodward, Paul             fourteen members of the Sunderland
     cap with silver trimming in silver to
                                                  Dodge, Peter Wheeler, Dusty Hare               team for the F.A. Cup second round
     edges, quarters, peak and tassel
                                                  etc. G/VG                      £30/40          match against Bradford Park Avenue,
     awarded to Sime. The cap, by H.W.
                                                                                                 played at Roker Park, Sunderland, 5th
     Clifton of Bedford, with shield         1190 ‘International Rugby. Nova Scotia
                                                                                                 February 1910. Signatures include
     emblem showing a winged eagle                Presidents XV vs Wales’ 1989.

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Milton, Troughear, Thomson, Low,                very good condition          £40/60           team and officials for the League
      Forster, Tait, Jarvie, Holley, Bridgett                                                       Division 2 away match v Nottingham
                                                      Nottingham Forest won 2-0
      etc. Some age toning, otherwise in                                                            Forest. The page with handwritten
      good condition              £100/150      1198 Southampton F.C. 1934/35. Large                title, ‘10th Visit. Southampton F.C.
                                                     page taken from the visitor’s book             v Nottm. Forest’ and the players’
      Sunderland won 3-1
                                                     of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,            signatures laid out in the team
      The following fourteen lots are pages          dated 1st February 1935 and nicely             formation. Signatures are Light,
      taken from the visitor’s book of the           signed in ink by the Southampton               Sillett, Roberts, Bradford, McIlwane,
      Stratford Hotel, situated in Stratford         team for the League Division 2 away            Luckett, Neal, Gurry, Watson,
      Street, Nottingham (proprietors                match v Notts County, 1st February             Pollard, Fishlock, Tully, Shelley
      Bernard and Olive Sydney), where               1935. The page with handwritten                (Trainer) etc. Gilt to page edges.
      visiting teams regularly stayed for            title, ‘9th Visit. Southampton F.C.            One small ink blot not affecting the
      away matches in the area in the                v Notts County’ and the players’               signatures, otherwise in good/ very
      1930s, along with other celebrities            signatures laid out in the team                good condition               £40/60
      of the period                                  formation. Signatures are Scriven,
                                                                                                    Nottingham Forest won 2-0
                                                     Sillett, McIlwane, Roberts, King,
1196 Southampton F.C. 1931/32. Large
                                                     Woodhouse, Neal, Tully, Cole,            1201 Bristol Rovers F.C. 1935/36. Large
     page taken from the visitor’s
                                                     Wheeler, Luckett, Holt, Lee (trainer)         page taken from the visitor’s book
     book of the Stratford Hotel,
                                                     also two directors and the club               of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
     Nottingham, nicely signed in ink
                                                     Secretary, G. Goss. To the verso              dated 28th December 1935 and
     by the Southampton team for the
                                                     is a handwritten dedication nicely            nicely signed in ink by the Bristol
     League Division 2 away match
                                                     signed by Arthur Askey, ‘The tidiest          Rovers team and officials for the
     v Notts County, 28th November
                                                     man in the hotel’, who spent nine             League Division 2 away match
     1931. The page with handwritten
                                                     weeks at the hotel for the 1934/35            v Notts County. The page with
     title, ‘2nd Visit. Southampton F.C.’
                                                     pantomime, ‘Babes in the Wood’ in             handwritten title, ‘2nd Visit. Bristol
     and the players’ signatures laid out
                                                     which he performed at the Theatre             Rovers F.C. v Notts County’ and the
     in the team formation. Signatures
                                                     Royal in Nottingham. Gilt to page             players’ signatures laid out in the
     are Scriven, Adams, Bradford,
                                                     edges. Slight smudging to the odd             team formation. Signatures include
     Campbell, McIlwane, Woodhouse,
                                                     signature, otherwise in very good             Ellis, Pickering, Donald, McLean,
     Jepson, Fraser, Drake, Osborne,
                                                     condition                   £40/60            Wallington, Wildsmith, Adcock,
     Arnold, Luckett and Lee (trainer).
                                                                                                   Taylor, Harwood, Houghton, Prout,
     To the verso are two football related            Notts County won 3-1
                                                                                                   Arthur, Lake (Trainer) etc. Gilt to
     entries, one from a director of Exeter
                                                1199 Gillingham F.C. 1935/36. Large                page edges. Slight smudging to the
     City F.C., and Frank A. Freemantle,
                                                     page taken from the visitor’s book            signatures of Harwood and Prout,
     Football League referee and Vice
                                                     of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,           otherwise in good/ very good
     President of the Nottinghamshire
                                                     dated Wednesday 4th September                 condition                    £40/60
     F.A. Gilt to page edges. Smudging to
                                                     1935 and nicely signed in ink by
     the signature of Drake, otherwise in                                                           Notts County won 6-0
                                                     the Gillingham team and officials
     very good condition           £40/60
                                                     for the League Division 3 (South)        1202 Derby County F.C. 1936/37. Large
      Notts County won 5-0                           away match v Notts County. Players’           page taken from the visitor’s book
                                                     signatures, laid out in the team              of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
1197 Southampton F.C. 1931/32. Large
                                                     formation, include Holland, Rossiter,         dated 1st October 1936 and nicely
     page taken from the visitor’s book
                                                     Lester, Randle, Barrie, Hopkins,              signed in ink and pencil by nineteen
     of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
                                                     Bond, Tadman, Watson, Duncan,                 members of the Derby County team
     nicely signed in ink by the
                                                     Doncaster, F.J. Mavin (Manager)               and officials, possibly for a reserves
     Southampton team for the League
                                                     etc. To the verso are two signed              match or friendly although no
     Division 2 away match v Nottingham
                                                     handwritten dedications including             record can be found. The page with
     Forest, 25th March 1932 (Good
                                                     one from a director of the club               handwritten title, ‘Derby County F.C.
     Friday). The page with handwritten
                                                     thanking the landlord for providing           Dinner after the Notts [County] v
     title, ‘Southampton F.C. 3rd Visit’
                                                     ‘eggs and bacon at 1.15 at night...           Walsall game’. Players’ signatures laid
     and the players’ signatures laid out
                                                     What a Hotel- who would serve eggs            out in the team formation. Signatures
     in the team formation. Signatures
                                                     and bacon at 1.25AM’. Gilt to page            include Kirby, Parkin, Udall, Crooks,
     are Scriven, Thomas, Adams,
                                                     edges. Slight smudging to the odd             Howe, Jessop, Nicholas, Keen, Bell,
     Woodhouse, Bradford, Luckett,
                                                     signature, light crease to one corner,        Summers, Ramage etc. Gilt to page
     Neal, Brewis, McIlwane, Sillett,
                                                     otherwise in good condition £40/60            edges. Slight smudging to the odd
     Arnold, Charlton, and Lee (trainer).
                                                                                                   signature, otherwise in good/ very
     To the verso are signatures of club              The match ended in a 3-3 draw
                                                                                                   good condition                £40/60
     officials and T. Crew who refereed
                                                1200 Southampton F.C. 1935/36. Large
     the 1930 F.A. Cup Final, who writes                                                      1203 Birmingham F.C. 1936/37. Large
                                                     page taken from the visitor’s book
     that he was ‘one of the first residents                                                       page taken from the visitor’s book
                                                     of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
     [of the hotel] Xmas 1928’. Gilt to                                                            of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
                                                     dated 12th October 1935 and nicely
     page edges. Slight smudging to the                                                            dated Thursday 26th November
                                                     signed in ink by the Southampton
     signature of Scriven, otherwise in                                                            1936 and nicely signed in ink by

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fourteen members of the Birmingham       1206 Southampton F.C. 1937/38. Large                Cutting etc. To verso, a similar page
      [reserves] team and officials for             page taken from the visitor’s book             of the Aston Villa Reserves team v
      the match v Nottingham Forest                 of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,            Nottingham Forest Reserves, 26th
      Reserves. Players’ signatures, laid           dated 26th March 1938 and nicely               January 1939. Aston Villa signatures
      out in the team formation, include            signed in ink by sixteen members of            include Billingsley, Godfrey, Jones,
      Jackson, Sykes, Brunskill, Hughes,            the Southampton team and officials             Latham, Guttridge, Kerr, Osborne,
      Butler, Small, Clarke, Guest etc. Gilt        for the League Division 2 match                Barson, Bate, Goffin etc. Gilt to page
      to page edges. Slight smudging to             v Nottingham Forest. The page                  edges. Some smudging to the odd
      the signature of Butler, otherwise in         with handwritten title, ‘13th Visit.           signature, otherwise in very good
      very good condition          £30/40           Southampton F.C. v Nottm. Forest’              condition                      £40/60
                                                    and the players’ signatures laid out
      The Birmingham club was founded                                                              Southampton beat Nottingham
                                                    in the team formation. Signatures
      in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance,                                                             Forest 2-0, Bevis and Tomlinson
                                                    include Warhurst, Henderson, Sillett,
      changing its name to Small Heath                                                             scoring the goals
                                                    King, Uffleck, Hill, Bevis, Bates,
      in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and
                                                    Parkin, Holt, Osman, Browning etc.       1209 Chesterfield F.C. 1938/39. Large
      Birmingham City in 1943
                                                    The verso signed by Norman Evans              page taken from the visitor’s book
1204 Peterborough United F.C. 1936/37.              (entertainer    and    contemporary           of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
     Large page taken from the visitor’s            of Gracie Fields), with caricature            dated 22nd April 1939 and nicely
     book of the Stratford Hotel,                   self-portrait in pen and ink, dated           signed in ink by sixteen members of
     Nottingham, nicely signed in ink to            1938. Gilt to page edges. Slight              the Chesterfield team and officials
     one side by thirteen members of                smudging to the odd signature,                for the League Division 2 match
     the Peterborough United team and               otherwise in very good condition              v Nottingham Forest. The page
     officials for the Midland League                                           £40/60            with handwritten title, ‘2nd Visit.
     match v Notts County Reserves,                                                               Chesterfield F.C. v Nottm. Forest’
                                                     Nottingham Forest won 2-1, Holt
     28th January 1937 (Peterborough                                                              and the players’ signatures laid out
                                                     scoring Southampton’s goal
     won 3-2), and to verso by fourteen                                                           in the team formation. Signatures
     players and officials for the match v     1207 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.                   include Middleton, Milburn, Kidd,
     Mansfield Reserves, 24th February              1938/39. Large page taken from the            McMillan, Seagrave, Weightman,
     1937. Players’ signatures, laid out in         visitor’s book of the Stratford Hotel,        Hughes, Lyon, Milligan, Ramage,
     the team formations to both pages,             Nottingham, dated 17th December               Luke, Bonass, Mather etc. To verso,
     include Walker, Bisley, Rowbotham,             1938 and nicely signed in ink by              a similar page for Birmingham
     Chiverton, McDonagh, Wilson,                   fifteen members of the Brighton               City Reserves v Nottingham
     Roberts, Fenton, Briggs, Sims,                 team and officials for the League             Forest Reserves, 13th April 1939.
     Kendall, Taylor etc. Gilt to page              Division 3 (South) match v Notts              Birmingham      signatures      include
     edges. Some smudging to three                  County. The page with handwritten             Hibbs, Parr, Bartlett, Foulkes, Devey,
     signatures for the Mansfield match,            title, ‘2nd Visit. Brighton & Hove            Brown, Roberts, Smith, Deakin etc.
     light crease to one corner, otherwise          Albion F.C. v Notts County’ and the           Gilt to page edges. Slight smudging
     in very good condition        £30/50           players’ signatures laid out in the           to the odd signature, otherwise in
                                                    team formation. Signatures include            very good condition           £40/60
      Peterborough United formed in
                                                    Thomson, Marriott, Martin, Vasey,
      1934 and competed in the Midland                                                             Chesterfield beat Nottingham Forest
                                                    Stevens, Walker, Cargill, Wilson,
      League until their election to the                                                           1-0
                                                    Davie, Atherton, Stephens etc. Gilt
      Football League in 1960
                                                    to page edges. Slight smudging to        FOOTBALL BOOKS, CIGARETTE
1205 Southampton F.C. 1937/38. Large                the odd signature, otherwise in very     AND TRADE CARDS, POSTCARDS
     page taken from the visitor’s book             good condition                £40/60     & EPHEMERA
     of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
                                                     Notts County won 4-3                    1210 Uruguay. Winners of the Football
     dated 8th January 1938 and nicely
                                                                                                  Tournament at the Olympic Games
     signed in ink by twenty members of        1208 Southampton F.C. 1938/39. Large
                                                                                                  in 1924 and 1928. Folding four part
     the Southampton team and officials             page taken from the visitor’s book
                                                                                                  advertising card giving the scores
     for the League F.A. Cup third round            of the Stratford Hotel, Nottingham,
                                                                                                  of each round, semi-final and Finals
     match v Nottingham Forest. The                 dated 8th February 1939 and nicely
                                                                                                  of both the Paris Olympics, won by
     page with handwritten title, ‘12th             signed in ink by fifteen members of
                                                                                                  Uruquay and the 1928 Amsterdam
     Visit. Southampton F.C. v Nottm.               the Southampton team and officials
                                                                                                  Olympics, again won by Uruquay.
     Forest’ and the players’ signatures            for the League Division 2 match
                                                                                                  Printed details for the Paris results
     laid out in the team formation.                v Nottingham Forest. The page
                                                                                                  and printed, handwritten and typed
     Signatures include Warhurst, Sillett,          with handwritten title, ‘14th Visit.
                                                                                                  results for the 1928 competition.
     Roberts, King, Affleck, Hill, Bevis,           Southampton F.C. v Nottm. Forest’
                                                                                                  Cigarette advertising to verso on all
     Bates, Dunn, Holt, Osman, Kingdon,             and the players’ signatures laid out
                                                                                                  four parts. Minor damage to card
     Woodford etc. Gilt to page edges.              in the team formation. Signatures
                                                                                                  otherwise in good condition. Rare
     VG                          £40/60             include Warhurst, Emanuel, Brophy,
                                                                                                                               £60/90
                                                    Carnaby, Affleck, Smith, Bevis,
      Nottingham Forest won 3-1, Dunn
                                                    Briggs, Tomlinson, Holt, Osman,                Uruguay went on to win the
      scoring Southampton’s goal

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inaugural Football World Cup in               1958/59,        1959/60,    1961/62-            of London. Some wrinkling to
      1930, the competition held in                 1982/83,        1984/85,    1987/88-            image otherwise in good condition.
      Uruguay                                       1992/93 and 1994/95. Overall                    Mounted, framed and glazed.
                                                    in good condition. Sold with two                Overall 26”x47”. Rare    £70/100
1211 Celtic F.C. Selection of Celtic
                                                    wartime issues of the ‘Athletic News
     handbooks, programmes, magazines,                                                       1220 Fionan ‘Paddy’ Fagan. Manchester
                                                    Football Annual’ for seasons 1943/44
     book     etc.    Celtic     Supporters                                                       City 1955. Original mono press
                                                    and 1944/45 in good condition. Also
     Association Handbook 1960-61                                                                 photograph of Fagan, head and
                                                    ‘Playfair Football Annual’ for seasons
     and Celtic Football Guide 1975-76.                                                           shoulders in football attire. Nicely
                                                    1948/49-1956/57 etc. Some wear to
     ‘Celtic Triumphant’, Ian Peebles                                                             signed in ink by Fagan. Photograph
                                                    earlier issues. Qty 52        £30/50
     1967. Official souvenir programme                                                            by Central Press Photos. 6”x4.75”.
     for the Queen’s Park F.C. Centenary      1215 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. c1905.                G/VG                        £25/35
     1867-1967 with matches between                Original colour ‘Valentine’s Series’
                                                                                             1221 Aston Villa Football Club ‘F.A. Cup
     Queen’s Park v British Amateur                postcard with a graphic art depiction
                                                                                                  Winners’ 1956-57. Large official
     Select, 4th August 1967 and Celtic            of a player in Sheffield Wednesday
                                                                                                  photograph of the Aston Villa team
     v Tottenham Hotspur 5th August                colours, ‘Sheffield Wednesday’ title
                                                                                                  and officials, standing and sitting in
     1967. Official programme for Celtic v         in scroll with ‘Ground Owlerton’
                                                                                                  rows, proudly displaying the F.A. Cup
     Fiorentina, 4th March 1970, European          below, and the blue and white
                                                                                                  to centre. The photograph laid down
     Cup Quarter Final 1st Leg. Sold with          colours to top portion. Very minor
                                                                                                  to official photographers mount.
     two copies of ‘The Celtic View’ 1970s,        wear to one corner, otherwise in very
                                                                                                  Photograph by Albert Wilkes of West
     ‘The View Celtic Fanzine’ 1980s etc.          good condition            £100/150
                                                                                                  Bromwich. Players featured include
     Qty 19. G                     £20/30
                                              1216 Manchester City F.C. c1905. Original           Dixon (Captain), Sims, McParland,
1212 ‘Bound to Win’. Original colour               colour ‘Valentine’s Series’ postcard           Sewell, Dugdale, Aldis, Crowther,
     watercolour with pen and ink                  with a graphic art depiction of a              Saward, Lynn etc The photograph
     cartoon by F.G. Lewin for ‘The                player in Manchester City colours,             measures approx 14.5”x11.75” and
     Referee’ magazine, c1909. The                 ‘Manchester City’ title in scroll with         overall 22”x17”. Excellent image. Pin
     illustration depicts a footballer with        ‘Ground Hyde Road’ in shield. Very             holes to each corner of the mount,
     a ball at his feet standing with his          minor wear to one corner, otherwise            some wear and bumping to two
     fist clenched in front of a referee           in very good condition     £100/150            corners, odd marks to mount, minor
     wearing a hat, jacket and scarf, and                                                         surface mark otherwise in good
                                              1217 Manchester City F.C. c1905. Original
     holding a whistle. Hand printed title                                                        condition                  £100/150
                                                   colour ‘Dainty Series’ postcard
     to lower border, ‘Bound to Win. The
                                                   with a graphic art depiction of a                Aston Villa beat Manchester United
     “Referee”, F.G. Lewin’. 6.5”x8”. G/
                                                   player in Manchester City colours,               2-1 in the Final played at Wembley
     VG                         £100/150
                                                   ‘Manchester City’ and ‘Ground-                   before 99,225 spectators
      Frederick George Lewin, 1861-1933,           Hyde Road’ titles with club emblem
                                                                                             1222 Aston Villa Football Club ‘F.A. Cup
      the son of a Bristol sea captain, was        to one corner. Very good/ excellent
                                                                                                  Winners’ 1956-57. Large original
      an illustrator for the Bristol Magpie        condition                 £100/150
                                                                                                  photograph of the Aston Villa players
      and Bristol Evening Post, and also
                                              FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPHS                                in a line in full kit on the pitch at Villa
      contributed to Punch magazine
                                                                                                  Park each kicking or about to kick a
      from 1902-1908. He also produced        1218 England ‘World Cup Finals’ 1982.
                                                                                                  football. The photograph taken prior
      designs for over 750 humorous                Mono press photograph of Fred
                                                                                                  to the F.A. Cup Final v Manchester
      wartime postcards.                           Street, the England physio treating
                                                                                                  United. The photograph may have
                                                   Kevin Keegan, who is laying prone
      The    weekly     ‘Referee’   sports                                                        been taken as an promotional
                                                   on the grass, signed by Street and
      newspaper was first published in                                                            advertising photograph. Two heavy
                                                   Keegan. Sold with a further mono
      1877 and one of the first to publish                                                        vertical crease and other smaller
                                                   press photograph of Kevin Keegan
      regular football results. In 1939 it                                                        creases, some wear to photograph
                                                   and Trevor Brooking looking dejected
      merged with the Sunday Chronicle                                                            edges, two tears to edge of the
                                                   at the Bilbao Stadium having been
                                                                                                  right hand side, a larger tear to the
1213 Football trade/cigarette cards. Good          ruled out of the opening match
                                                                                                  bottom and a small tear to the top
     selection of fifty seven mono and             against France, signed by both
                                                                                                  edge of the photograph and wear to
     colour Topical Times card of players          players. Both 10”x8”. VG £30/40
                                                                                                  corners with small loss to the bottom
     (3.75”x9.5”), three large colour
                                              1219 ‘A Complete Collection of English              left hand corner. otherwise in good
     cards (7.5”x10”) and sixteen smaller
                                                   Cup Winners for the past 50                    condition. The photograph measures
     mono cards (2”x5”). Odd faults,
                                                   years 1884-1933’. Large original               15”x12”. Sold with a modern
     good condition. Plus a small selection
                                                   ‘English Cup Photogravure Souvenir             reproduction of the photograph with
     of other football cigarette cards,
                                                   produced by The Empire News’.                  faults magically removed due to the
     mainly worn                   £30/50
                                                   The photogravure/poster with the               wonders of modern technology
1214 ‘The Official Football Association            English Cup to centre surrounded by                                              £40/60
     Yearbook’. Good run of the yearbook           portraits of all the cup winning teams
                                                                                                    Aston Villa beat Manchester United
     for seasons 1949/50 (second year of           with cameo images of each player.
                                                                                                    2-1 in the Final played at Wembley
     issue), 1950/51, 1951/52, 1957/58,            The design by Donald McKenzie
                                                                                                    before 99,225 spectators

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