An illustrated friendship album-commonplace book, Florence H...

Hammer

£110

An illustrated friendship album-commonplace book, Florence Hursthouse, n.d. [early 20th c and later], illustrated throughout, comprising five watercolours by Alfred Rawlings (1855-1939), including The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square, further watercolours, Constantinople From the deck of the "Belgerland" by John Badecock, pen-and-ink study of stick-men playing cricket, two landscapes of Hong-Kong, 21 other works on paper, various subjects, executed in pen-and-ink, pencil, or watercolour, some watercolour Christmas and greetings cards, chromolithographed Christmas and birthday, cards, a leaf illuminated with coats of arms in gouache and gilt, some b/w photographs, World War One RFC ace and wrecked zeppelin postcards, some further ephemera, occasionally inscribed with manuscript sentiment and extracts from belles-lettres, both rose and verse, sometimes in a calligraphic script, etc., contemporary red roan over boards, split and worn, but holding, 4to (25 x 19.5cm)