Ten friendship albums and books, late 19th c and later, typi...

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£500

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Ten friendship albums and books, late 19th c and later, typically inscribed in manuscript with sentiment, verse and wit, with approx. 119 original watercolour, pen-and-ink, &/or pencil illustrations and drawings, including two early 19th c Italian Grand Tour gouaches of Mount Vesuvius erupting, "A Cold Steam Guard" (Serpentine) - a cartoon parody of a Coldstream Guard bathing, dated 1907, Spring Cleaning in two scenes, anthropomorphic cats in the manner of Louis Wain, an 18th c rake oddly inscribed with Chinese calligraphic characters, playing cards and a cribbage board, caricatures, chess, others, some ephemera in places, including a b/w group photograph of Boer War period British Army soldiers, etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (10)

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Auction Date: 11th Mar 2025 at 10am

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