AUTOGRAPHED PAGE FROM DIARY (approx. 8.5 x 11.5 cms) :

Geo: Grossmith

A very happy marriage to you

Sept. 1st 1887 (with signature trademark of two G semi-quavers on a treble clef stave) (with photo. press cutting of Mr. George Grossmith : photo by Haines) @ £70.00

TWO ALS

FRED. BILLINGTON

- played Dick Deadeye in H.M.S.PINAFORE "2nd `Pinafore' Company" December, 1879 and in the one-off performance of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (playing the Sergeant of Police) at Paignton on December 30 (matinee) (to secure the English Copyright).

First appearance at the Savoy Theatre with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company : Revival of THE MIKADO 1896-7 playing Pooh-Bah.

60 Grafton St
Oxford Road
Sunday

My Dear Hutton,
Many thanks for yours.
Delighted to have Dinner with you and Mrs Hutton at the Queen's next Friday.
Six o'clock will suit me first rate but let me know if any other time between 5 and 7 will be more convenient for you.
Have moved from 58 to here, 60.
Mr Bacon came to see me Tuesday and Wednesday in Southport and said he would come again - next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Yours very truly
Fred. Billington

60 Grafton St
Oxford Road
Manchester
8/5/94

Dear Hutton,
Thanks for yours: very sorry Mrs Hutton wont be able to turn up on Friday night : suppose, under the circumstances, we "cry off" as regards the Dinner and, instead, you come round to my Dressing Room after the 1st Act of Pirates and we'll have a jaw and a drink - you'll have 15 minutes interval. Let it stand at this old chap.
Yours very truly,
Fred. Billington
Mr Bacon is here - yesterday and today : he saw Mikado last night and will see Yeomen of the Guard tonight : he says Irving is up at Guir...(?) and occupying his, Mr B's, rooms at the Hotel there.

facsimile copies available @ £3.00 each

COASTER SETS by LADY CLARE from the Morgan Library & Museum, NY 15002 GILBERT & SULLIVAN  “4 TODAY COASTERS":

(a) 15102 four-coaster set starting with THE GRAND DUKE (Hardy poster) (shrink wrapped) (boxed) (Made in England )

(b) 15002 four-coaster set starting with THE MIKADO poster (Savoy Theatre/Hassall) (shrink wrapped) X46516 (boxed) (Made in China)

(c) 15002 four-coaster set contains H.M.S. PINAFORE; THE GONDOLIERS; THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; THE SORCERER (Savoy Theatre) X46516 (boxed)

£20.00 each

SHORTER MODELS (Shorter & Son Stoke-on-Trent, England) SCARCE :

LATER COPIES (slightly shorter than originals):

1. KATISHA @ £40.00

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2. DON ALHAMBRA 97 @ £40.00

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3. THE MIKADO (printed base) 68 @ £40.00

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VARIOUS PRICES

SCARCE

THE D'OYLY CARTE PLATE Designed with the co-operation of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and with the approval of Miss Bridget D'Oyly Carte, this plate was inaugurated in 1975, the centenary year, to commemorate the collaboration of William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan with Richard D'Oyly Carte. Spode, England Bone China :

without box

£65.00

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN bust:

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SOLD

W.S.GILBERT letter : Autographed Letter Signed from Junior Carlton Club, Pall Mall. S.W. 7 Dec 1910 : Dear Mr Paull*, I came up to town today in order to lunch with the Dramatists but I have such a heavy cough & cold that I feel I am unfit for publication. Very truly yours W S Gilbert

*Harry Major Paull (1854 – 1934) actor and dramatist, Secretary of the Dramatists’ Club

click below for large image (photocopy only available @ £3.00)

(facsimile @ £3.00)

DVD:

(a) 11-disc BOX SET : Gilbert and Sullivan. This comprehensive collection includes twelve classics from the immortal partnership of lyricist W.S.Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. For more than a century, these comic, colourful operas have been consistently entertaining audiences around the world. Music by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a host of international stars including Peter Allen, William Conrad, Frank Garshin, Joel Grey, Frankie Howard, Peter Marshall, Keith Michell, Vincent Price and Clive Revill in COX & BOX; THE GONDOLIERS; H.M.S.PINAFORE; IOLANTHE; THE MIKADO; PATIENCE; THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; PRINCESS IDA; RUDDIGORE; THE SORCERER; TRIAL BY JURY, THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD + Bonus Features (1982/2004) (Brent Walker) REGION 2 Only (not USA) DVD 8228651-11 NEW

ALSO AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY @ £10.00 each :

(b) THE GONDOLIERS. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Keith Michell, Eric Shilling, Tom McDonnell, Francis Egerton, Anne Collins. DVD 822 870-0 NEW NOT AVAILABLE

(c) H.M.S. PINAFORE. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Peter Marshall, Frankie Howard, Meryl Drower, Delia Jones, Michael Bulman, Alan Watt DVD 822 870-5 NEW

(d) IOLANTHE. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Derek Hammond-Stroud, Richard Van Allen, Alexander Oliver, Thomas Hemsley, Kate Flowers, Beverley Mills, Anne Collins. DVD 822 870-2 NEW NOT AVAILABLE

(e) THE MIKADO. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: William Conrad, Clive Revill, Anne Collins, Stafford Dean, John Stewart, Kate Flowers. DVD 822 870-6 NEW (multiple copies available)

(f) PATIENCE. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Derek Hammond-Stroud, John Fryatt, Sandra Dugdale, Terry Jenkins, Anne Collins, Roderick Kennedy, Donald Adams. DVD 822 870-1 NEW

(g) THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Peter Allen, Keith Michell, Alexander Oliver, Janis Kelly, Gillian Knight, Paul Hudson. DVD 823 118-4 NEW

(h) PRINCESS IDA. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Frank Gorshin, Nan Christie, Laurence Dale, Anne Collins, Bernard Dickerson, Claire Powell, Richard Jackson. DVD 822 869-9 NEW NOT AVAILABLE

(i) RUDDIGORE London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Vincent Price, Keith Michell, Sandra Dugdale, John Treleaven, Ann Howard, Donald Adams, Johanna Peters, Paul Hudson. DVD 822 869-7 NEW NOT AVAILABLE

(j) THE SORCERER. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Clive Revill, David Kernan, Alexander Oliver, Nan Christie, Donald Adams, Nuala Willis. DVD 822 870-3 NEW NOT AVAILABLE

(k) TRIAL BY JURY & COX & BOX. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Frankie Howard, Kate Flowers, Ryland Davies, Tom McDonnell, Eleanor McCreadie, Russell Smythe, John Fryatt, Thomas Lawlor. DVD 823 146-1 NEW

(l) THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Faris. Ambrosian Opera Chorus. Starring: Joel Grey, Elizabeth Gales, Claire Powell, Alfred Marks, David Hillman, Elizabeth Bainbridge. DVD 822 870-4 NEW NOT AVAILABLE

(m) TOPSY- TURVY A film by Mike Leigh. Cast: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ron Cook, Wendy Nottingham, Kevin McKidd, Shirley Henderson, Dorothy Atkinson, Martin Savage, Eleanor David. Music arr. by Carl Davis. Pathe P8968DVD (1999/2002) Category 12 NEW

(mm) some video cassettes aslo available @ £10.00 each

NEW DVD PRODUCT

(n) KARAOKE OPERA : GILBERT & SULLIVAN

Sing from the heart backed by full orchestra & chorus.

Features a good orchestra and chorus. Soloists can be swithched off at the MENU in order to sing by oneself. Each syllable is highlighted onscreen with the words next to sing.

10 Favourite Arias:

A More Humane Mikado

As Someday it May Happen

Three Little Maids

On a Tree by a River

I am the Very Model

When a Felon's not Engaged

When Maiden Loves She Sits and Sighs

I Have a Song to Sing-O

Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes

I'm Called Little Buttercup

A Musical Concepts production (2006). Elfenworks MCDV 113

REGION CODE: 0 (All Regions)

(a)£99.99 NEW

(b)NOT AVAILABLE

(c) £10.00

(d) NOT AVAILABLE

(e)£10.00

(f)£10.00

(g)£10.00

(h) NOT AVAILABLE

(i)NOT AVAILABLE

(j)NOT AVAILABLE

(k)£10.00

(l)NOT AVAILABLE

(m)£12.99

(n)£9.99

OPERA AUSTRALIA productions of GILBERT & SULLIVAN on DVD:

THE GONDOLIERS

Perhaps one of the most well-loved G & S operettas, The Gondoliers is packed full of tuneful songs and high spirited dancing. The Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro come to Venice in search of the heir to the throne of Barataria. The most likely candidates are two handsome Gondoliers but they are far more interested in parties than politics and what’s more, just married! It takes the help of the nursemaid to discover the truth. Opera Australia’s finest Savoyards unravel the story with a humorous touch and great vocal style. Filmed at Sydney Opera House.

David Hobson, Roger Lemke, Suzanne Johnson, Christine Douglas, Robert Gard, Graeme Ewer
The Australian Opera Chorus / The Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra / Dobbs Franks
Director/Choreographer: Brian MacDonald

Sung in English with English subtitles  

Reviews 
‘...a stylish and exhilarating Gondoliers…it also offers many opportunities for biting humour and the release of unbridled energy.’ The Australian

 ‘…costumes are dazzling; the choreography is exuberant; and every member of the cast gives the impression of enjoying their roles.’ The Sydney Morning Herald

H.M.S.PINAFORE and TRIAL BY JURY

While HMS Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan’s first full-length satirical work and first major international success, Trial by Jury was their first (infact second!) collaboration - the show's outrageous antics made it the toast of London.
In this filmed recording from the Arts Centre, Melbourne, Anthony Warlow, Australia’s musical theatre superstar, is at the helm as both the “right good captain” and the “good judge” too. He is joined by a stellar cast featuring David Hobson, John Bolton Wood and Colette Mann as "dear little Buttercup".

Anthony Warlow, David Hobson, Colette Mann, John Bolton Wood, Tiffany Speight, Ali McGregor, Roxane Hislop, Richard Alexander, Andrew Jones
Opera Australia Melbourne Chorus / Orchestra Victoria / Andrew Greene
Director: Stuart Maunder

Sung in English with English subtitles  

Reviews 
‘…delightfully playful with just the right balance of tongue-in-cheek humour.’ The Daily Telegraph

‘ …a luminous cast, impeccable orchestra and spirited direction…’ The Age

THE MIKADO

The Mikado is the comedy classic in which W. S. Gilbert's 'topsy-turvy' words meet with a supreme musical response from Sir Arthur Sullivan. This is the most widely-loved and, by general agreement, hilarious of the Savoy Operas, set in a wonderfully make-believe Japan. Filmed at Sydney Opera House in 1987.

Anne-Maree McDonald, Graeme Ewer, Heather Begg, Peter Cousens Gregory Yurisich
The Australian Opera Chorus / The Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra / Andrew Greene
Director: Christopher Renshaw

Sung in English with English subtitles  

Reviews 
‘Wit, ingenuity, and a veritable riot of colourful and restless spectacle continue to make The Australian Opera production of The Mikado an experience designed to seduce the eye, charm the ear, and tickle the rib...’ The Sydney Morning Herald

PATIENCE

Set in the early 20th century, the aesthetic poet Bunthorne sings his love for Patience, the village milkmaid. Meanwhile he has captured the heart of every other lady in the village. Upon the arrival of the idyllic poet Grosvenor, all hell breaks loose when he proposes to Patience. Filmed at Sydney Opera House.

Christine Douglas, Heather Begg, Anthony Warlow, Dennis Olsen
The Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra / David Stanhope
Director: John Cox

Sung in English with English subtitles  

Reviews 
‘...this production has assembled a cast that simply could not be bettered.’ The Sydney Morning Herald

‘…Warlow from the first moment of his appearance on stage radiates star quality.’ The Financial Review

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

John Bolton Wood, Anthony Warlow, David Hobson, Taryn Fiebig, Suzanne Johnston. Conductor : Andrew Green; Director Stuart Maunder.

2

(a) VERY SPECIAL A3 PHOTOCOPIED FACSIMILE OF A RARE PORTRAIT OF SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN: (approx. size 28 x 38.5 cms):

PUCK London Saturday, December 14th, 1889 (Puck was only published 1889 Jan - to June 1890 when it changed its name). The colour image is six-colour lithography. The artist Tom Merry was largely a (famous) cartoonist and worked for the St. Stephen's Review. Also included is a rather cryptic review of THE GONDOLIERS

NEW Also available:

(b) A3 Giclee Print. (Giclee prints are produced on an Epson 2100 Printer using dye pigment-based inks with an archival life of 75 years). Printed on White 190 gsm Archival Matte acid-free paper

(c) NEW (by Artline Media):

A5 Size full-colour 220 gsm Greetings Card - blank inside - supplied with an envelope and packed in a clear plastic sealed bag

(a) £6.00

(b)£20.00

(c)£2.00

Facsimile letter:

SULLIVAN, A.S. Autograph Letter Signed `Arthur Sullivan', to Sir John Stainer, discussing the arrangements for the examination of candidates for the vacant Clothworkers Scholarship. A good one page example, 8 x 5 inches. National Training School for Music. Kensington Gore, S.W. 20 Nov. 1877

£5.00

ARTHUR SULLIVAN portrait photograph:

(a) Large black and white poster (c.41 x 30.02 cms) photographed near the end of his life (c.1896). Published by the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society (2003)

(b) Postcard : as above

(a)£2.50

(b)£0.25p

Original autographs :

Yours truly Rhd D'Oyly Carte (Richard D'Oyly Carte) (paper (7.5 x 3 cms) mounted on card (14 x 3.5 cms)

£85.00

MY GOODNESS! MY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN! BOOKLET We have a song to sing, O!; SENTRILOQUY; THE P.C.'s OF PENZANCE; A MATTER OF FORM; SUCH A SUSCEPTIBLE CHANCELLOR; MIK-ADO ABOUT SOMETHING; NO HANKI-PANKY; DUCAL AIR; CAPTAIN CORCORAN. Designed for Guinness by S.H.Benson Ltd. Illustrations by Antony Groves-Raines. Verses by Stanley Penn pp16 (stapled) (1961) ( full colour : approx. size 15.75 x 23.25 cms) :

(a) original booklet @ £75.00

(b) full-colour stapled facsimile @ £20.00

Colour Prints from PUNCH (approx. size : 22 x 28.5 cms) :

Guinness Ads. @ £35.00 each

ADVERTISEMENTS (illustrated in colour)

MY GOODNESS - MY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN

(Supplement to the Illustrated London News)

(c) A MATTER OF FORM

When I first put thir uniform on etc.

(d) THE P.C.'s OF PENZANCE

When gents attired in dustcoats and in googles ....

And in googles etc.

(e) April 18 1962 DUCAL AIR

He hangs in famous galleries etc.

(f) February 7 1962 : My Goodness - My Gilbert and Sullivan : No Hanki-Panky

(g) October 24 1962 : My Goodness - My Gilbert and Sullivan : Sentriloquy

(a) original @ £75.00

(b) colour facsimile booklet @ £20.00

(c) - (g) £35.00 each

Colour print (15 x 22.5 cms) on board (27 x 35.5 cms) An Impressionist Sketch of the Savoy Hotel, London From the River Thames

RARE inscribed ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS:

(a) autographed wedding photograph (14.25 x 19.5 cms) of WINNIE MELVILLE and DEREK OLDHAM (married 9th August, 1923 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster) in a strong tight glass frame "Happily coupled are we you see" "Ruddigore" (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(b) First generation print from negative of above before `ghosting'

(c) inscribed on mount : To Bubbles (Eileen Sharp :D'Oyly Carte c.1922-24) with love Kathleen (Kathleen Anderson D'Oyly Carte C.1922-24) 1924 :

(14.5 x 20.75 cms) sepia : as The Plaintiff in TRIAL BY JURY (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(d) inscribed on mounted photo.(14.75 x 20 cms): To dear little Eileen (Eileen Sharp) with my love Irene 1926 : portrait of Irene Hill (D'Oyly Carte c.1923-28) (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(e) mounted portrait photograph (16 x 21 cms) of BERTHA LEWIS : inscribed on mount : To Eileen (Eileen Sharp) In remembrance of Gilbert & Sullivan days with love from Bertha Lewis (c.1924) (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(f) Frankly Tilton DC OC early 1920's signed photograph

(g) DC OC Kenneth Sandford as the Sergeant (10 x 8 “ b/w)

(a)£75.00 (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(b)£20.00 actual photograph

(c)£40.00 (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(d)£35.00 (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(e)£65.00 (ORIGINAL SOLD - PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE @ £5.00)

(f)£30.00

(g)£15.00

ORIGINAL AND COPIED B&W PHOTOGRAPHS:

(a) ORIGINAL : Eileen Sharp as herself, 6 1/4 inches by 8 1/2, the photo that was used for the Parkslee card. Edges slightly damaged, but otherwise condition good. Sepia (ex-Album)

ORIGINAL : (b) and (c) (slightly different from each other :ex-Album) : Two photos of Elsie Griffin as Rose Maybud, both signed. 6 1/4 inches by 4 1/2. Matt. Condition good

New Glossy copies, postcard size:

(d) Sydney Granville as Grosvenor (signed)

(e) Renee Cadell as Lady Saphir (1924) (signed)

(f) Elsie Griffin as Lady Ella (signed)

(g) and (h) : 2 different shots : Leo Sheffield as Captain Corcoran

(a)£16.00

(b)£20.00 signed

(c)£20.00 signed

(d)£5.00

(e)£5.00

(f)£5.00

(g)£5.00

(h)£5.00

EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION : NEW : superb high-quality large handmade painted clay MODELS (dated and signed) by MERTON PAUL (Salford, nr. Manchester, UK) (approx. size 1" to 1') (waterproof paints - eye shadow in permanent ink: not to be washed) :

(a) KO-KO (height : approx. 17 cms /wooden base covered with green baize 10 x 15 cms) :

(b) YUM-YUM (height : approx. 17 cms / base 10 x 10 cms) :

(c) POOH-BAH (height : approx. 19 cms / base 10 x 15 cms) :

(d) NANKI-POO (height : approx. 17 cms / base 15 x 10 cms) :

(a)£350.00

(b)£350.00

(c)£350.00

(d)£395.00

GILBERT AND SULLIVAN 1/24" scale figures cast in resin and whitemetal, costumed authentically from the many productions of the operas. The figures are presented on a resin cast base. Made by FAIRVIEW DESIGNS:

THE MIKADO

M2 Katisha @ £10.50
M6 Poo-Bah @ £10.50

THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

Y1 Jack Point @ £10.50
Y3 Sgt. Meryll @ £10.50
Y4 The Headsman @ £10.00
Y5 Dame Carruthers @ £10.00
Y6 A Tower Warder @£10.50

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

PP1 The Pirate King @ £10.50
PP3 Ruth @ £10.00
PP5 Maj.-Gen. Stanley @ £10.50

HMS PINAFORE

HP1 Josephine @ £10.50
HP2 Ralph Rackstraw @ £10.00
HP3 Sir Joseph Porter @ £10.50
HP4 Little Buttercup @ £10.50
HP5 Capt. Corcoran @ £10.50

IOLANTHE

I1 The Fairy Queen @ £10.00
I2 Iolanthe @ £10.00
I4 Private Willis @ £10.00

PATIENCE

Pat2 Bunthorne @ £10.00
Pat3 Lady Jane @ £10.50
Pat.4 Lady Saphir @ £10.00

THE GONDOLIERS

G1 The Duke of Plaza Toro @ £10.50
G2 The Duchess @ £10.50
G3 Don Alhambra @£10.00

RUDDIGORE

R3 Mad Margaret (Act 2) @ £10.00

UTOPIA LTD.

U1 King Paramount @ £10.50
U2 Lady Sophy @ £10.50

THE SORCERER

S1 Lady Sangazure @ £10.50
S2 John Wellington Wells @ £10.50

PRINCESS IDA

PI3 Princess Ida @ £10.00

THE GRAND DUKE

GD2 The Princess of Monte Carlo @ £10.50

TRIAL BY JURY

T2 The Learned Judge @ £11.50
T3 The Usher @ £10.50

COX AND BOX

CB1 Sgt. Bouncer @ £10.50

PRICES AS LISTED

15

(a) The Darned Mounseer

(b) The Englishman

(c) The Fairy Queen's Song

(d) The Policeman's Lot

(e) The Duke and the Duchess

(f) Girl Graduates

(g) The Ape and the Lady

(h) The Magnet and the Churn

(i) The Merryman and his Maid

(j) The Lord Chancellor's Song

(k) The Sorcerer's Song (upright)

(l) The Philosophic Pill (upright)

(m) When I First Put This Uniform On (upright)

(n) A Nightmare (upright)

THE MIKADO promotional booklet of sepia/b&w photographs from the 1939 film with: Cast List and biographies; The Story; How "The Mikado" came into being; Gilbert and Sullivan; Savoy Hotel built as result of "Mikado" success. Pilot Press. Cinegram No.75 (size approx: 15 x 22.5 cms) pp16 :

(a) original in VG condition

(b) FACSIMILE booklet created by laser colour photocopying of original

(a)£35.00 original scarce

(b)Facsimile only @ £15.00

(a) A5 20pp booklet + card outer wraps (colour montage) : Short Synopsis; Gilbert & Sullivan - Biographical notes; Mike Leigh Director & Writer; About the Cast - in alphabetical order; About the Crew; Long Synopsis; Cast/Crew/Orchestra List; Acknowledgements (contains colour stills from the film)

(b) GLOSSY full-colour BOOKLET for the film TOPSY-TURVY pp28 (12.5 x 18 cms) (similar to CD booklet, but larger format) USA edition

(a)£20.00

(b)£20.00

(a) W.S.Gilbert AN ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION celebrating the 150th year of his birth. On Loan from the Collection of Dr. Harold Kanthor 16 Nov 1986 - 16 March 1987. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections University of Rochester Library (New York) (14 x 21.5 cms) pp20 scarce

(b) CATALOGUE : GILBERT AND SULLIVAN From London to America AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE EARLIEST PRODUCTIONS OF THEIR OPERAS. On loan from the Collection of Harold Kanthor, M.D. 2 October 2004 - 15 March 2005. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections University of Rochester Library pp23 (1,000 copies)

- with 13 illustrations, nine of which have never been published before including such oddities as a Dick Deadeye cigar label, a Three Little Maids from School puzzle and a presentation from Gilbert to his wife.

(a)£20.00 scarce

(b)£20.00

Ogden's Cigarettes:

(a) Card : The Late Sir Arthur Sullivan No.62 (1900/1) (black and white) (multiple copies avaialble)

(b) Card: Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, F.R.A.M. From the original at the National Portrait Gallery. Painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Celebrities and their Autographs No.46. Nicolas Sarony & Co. Cigarette Specialists New Bond St. LONDON, W. (black and white) rare

(c) Card : Mr. D'Oyly Carte. B Series, No.27 (This Series contains 200 Photographs). Post-1901 (black and white)

(d) Card: 161 EDWARD LLOYD The great Tenor. Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes (pitted)

(e) Card: 164 SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT Famous for his Readings of Charles Dickens. Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes

(f) Card: Is the 13th of the month also your birthday? Sir Arthur Sullivan born 13.5.1842 The Composer of Lasting Fame. Your Birthday Tells Your Fortune. Card No.13. Ardath Tobacco Co. Ltd. Manufacturers of State Express and Ardath Cigarettes (colour)

(a)£5.00

(b)£8.00 rare

(c)£6.00

(d)£2.00

(e)£4.00

(f)£6.00

(a) CIGAR BOX LID embossed paper label (1890's) : SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN.Chas. P. Stanley Cigar Co. Facsimile Arthur Sullivan autograph with very fine colour lithographic head and shoulders portrait of Sir Arthur complete with composer's monocle. Framed by lyres (left-hand trumpet v. sl. clipped) unevenly trimmed. HANDSOME and RARE item (approx. size :7-1/4" x 6 " ) original (scan available)

(b) laser photocopy on card available @ £5.00

(c) CIGAR BOX LID (1890's) : Facsimile ARTHUR SULLIVAN autograph in embossed gold surrounded by musical instruments and sheet music titles GONDOLIERS, PIRATES, RUDDYGORE, MIKADO, PATIENCE, PINAFORE (25.5 x 15.25 cms) staining around the edges unusual and rare item, never before offered on the market original (scan available)

(d) laser photocopy on card available @ £5.00

(a)£150.00 original

(b)£5.00 laser photocopy on card

(c)£125.00 original

(d) £5.00 laser photocopy on card

(a) A Series of 50 (1925) complete

(b) `First' Series spares @ £2.00 each:

1. Casilda

2. Don Alhambra

3 Duchess of Plaza-Toro

4 Duke of Plaza-Toro

5 Luiz

6 Giuseppe and Marco Palmieri

8 Lord Chancellor

9 Phyllis

10 Queen of the Fairies

11 Private Willis

12 Strephon

13 Katisha

14 Ko-Ko

15 Mikado

17 Pooh-Bah

18 Yum-Yum

19 Archibald Grosvenor

21 Lady Jane

22 Patience

23 Reginald Bunthorne

24 Captain Corcoran

25 Little Buttercup

28 Frederic

29 Major-General Stanley

30 The Pirate King

31 Ruth

32 Sergeant of Police

33 King Gama

34 Lady Blanche

35 Hilarion

36 Princess Ida

37 Dame Hannah

38 Mad Margaret

39 Richard Dauntless

40 Robin Oakapple

41 Sir Despard Murgatroyd

42 Sir Roderic Murgatroyd

43 John Wellington Wells

44 Colonel Fairfax

45 Dame Carruthers

46 Elsie Maynard

47 Jack Point

48 Phoebe Meryll

50 Wilfred Shadbolt

(c) 2nd Series of 50 (1926) complete

(d) 2nd Series spares @ £2.00 each :

2 The Duchess of Plaza-Toro

3 The Duke of Plaza-Toro

5 Inez

6 Luiz

7 Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri

8 Arac

9 Florian

10 King Hildebrand

11 Princess Ida

12 Melissa

13 Iolanthe

14 Celia

15 Lord Mountararat

16 Lord Tolloller

17 Katisha

18 Ko-Ko

19 The Mikado of Japan

20 Nanki-Poo

21 Pooh-Bah

22 Yum-Yum

23 The Duke of Dunstable

24 Dick Deadeye

25 Hebe

27 Frederic

28 Mabel

29 Major-General Stanley

30 Old Adam Goodheart

31 Sir Despard Murgatroyd

32 Mad Margaret

33 Robin Oakapple

34 Rose Maybud

35 Zorah

36 Alexis Pointdextre

37 Aline

38 Constance

39 Dr. Daly

40 Mrs. Partlet

41 Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre

42 Lady Sangazure

43 The Defendant

44 The Judge

45 The Plaintiff

46 The Usher

47 The Headsman

48 Jack Point

49 Leonard

50 Sir Richard Cholmondeley

(a) FULL SET IN EXCELLENT CONDITION SOLD. Photocopied colour reproductions available (without reverse information - available on 3 x A3 sheets + A4 sheet (cut or uncut - please state preference)

(b) SINGLE CARDS: No.1 The Duchess of Plaza-Toro/ No.2 The Duke of Plazo-Toro/ No.4 The Lord Chancellor/ No.5 Phyllis/ No.6 The Queen of the Fairies/ No.7 Private Willis/ No.8 Katisha/ No.9 The Mikado of Japan/ No.10 Pooh Bah/ No.12 Little Buttercup/ No.15 Ruth/ No.16 Sir Joseph/ No.17 Dame Hannah/ No.18 Mad Margaret/ No.19 Robin Oakapple/ No.20 Sir Despard/ No.21 John Wellington Wells/ No.22 Colonel Fairfax/ No.24 Jack Point/ No.25 Phoebe Meryll

Photocopied complete set of 25 available @ £20.00

(b)£4.00 each, except Nos. 1 & 25 @ £8.00

JOHN PLAYER CIGARETTE CARDS. 2nd Series of 25 (1928) slightly smaller than above (approx. 6cms x 8cms):

(a) FULL SET @ £95.00 very scarce

(b) No.2 The Duke of Plaza-Toro/ No.3 Inez / No.4 Luiz/ No.5 King Hildebrand / No.6 Melissa/ No.7 Princess Ida/ No.12 Pooh Bah/ No.13 Yum-Yum / No.14 Dick Deadeye/ No.15 Hebe/ No.16 Mabel / No.17 Major-General Stanley/ No.18 Robin Oakapple/ No.19 Rose Maybud/ No.20 Alexis / No.22 Lady Sangazure/ No.23 The Usher / No.25 Leonard

(a) FULL SET @ £95.00 very scarce

(b)£4.00 each, except No.25 @ £8.00

(a) No.28 Carl Rosa

(b) No.29 Sir Arthur Sullivan (small blemish bottom left, image not affected)

(c) No.29 Sir Arthur Sullivan (slightly creased at bottom, image not affecred)

(d) No. 45 Edward German

(a)£5.00

(b)£5.00

(c)£3.00

(d)£5.00

(a) RUTLAND BARRINGTON No.16 as "Pooh-Bah" in "The Mikado" (4 cards available)

(b) Mr. J.L.TOOLE No.3 in `Walker, London' (2 available)

(c) SIR SQUIRE BANCROFT AS "CAPTAIN HAWTREE" IN "CASTE". No.2

(a)£5.00 each

(b)£3.00 each

(c)£3.00

MARTYN GREEN as The Lord Chancellor in “Iolanthe”. Actors Natural & Character Studies. A Series of 50 No.17. Ogden’s CIgarettes (3 copies available @ £8.00 each) scarce

(a) Album with cards (including No.13 G&S). A Series of 50. Brooke Bond Tea. Illustrated by Angus McBride. Described by Virginia Shankland (contents page ticked with red felt-tip pen) ow VG

(b) Single card No.13 available @ £1.00 (4 available @ £1.00 each)

(a)£20.00

(b)£1.00 single card (4 available)

G&S STAMPS (Yeomen; Gondoliers; Mikado; Pirates; Iolanthe) FIRST DAY COVERS 150th Anniversary of Sir Arthur Sullivan July 21st, 1992:

(a) Opening Night DC D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Alexandra Theatre March 7 1991 Birmingham FDC (non-commerative stamp) colour poster panel on left The Gondoliers/ Iolanthe

(b) stamped `21 Jul 1992 British Philatelic Bureau Edinburgh' (5 stamps stuck to addressed envelope) (Sullivan's racing binoculars? logo)

(c) stamped `21 Jul 1992 British Philatelic Bureau Edinburgh' (5 stamps stuck to non-addressed envelope) (Sullivan's racing binoculars? logo)

(d) FDC D'Oyly Carte (Birmingham) on fan

(e) FDC Postmark: `first day of issue Reading 21 Jul 1992'. Proscenium arch with spotlight, self addressed

(f) FDC Benham The Heritage Collection. A quality hand-crafted cover. Illustration (The Yeomen of the Guard 150th Anniversary Sir Arthur Sullivan) printed on silken fabric and mounted by hand into a gold-blocked frame, all five stamps, THE TOWER postmark (22 x 11 cms)

(g) FDC Benham: Richard D'Oyly Carte postmark, 24p GONDOLIERS stamp with `silk' cover of THE GONDOLIERS Waltz (trimmed) (limited edition 5,000) (16.75 x 9.10 cms)

(h) FDC Benham: DC OC BIRMINGHAM postmark, 28p MIKADO stamp with `silk' cover of THE MIKADO Valse (limited edition 5,000) (16.75 x 9.10 cms)

(i) FDC Benham: BIRTHPLACE OF SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Boswell Terrace LAMBETH WALK LONDON SE11 postmark, 33p PIRATES stamp with `silk' cover of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Lancers (limited edition 5,000) (16.75 x 9.10 cms)

(j) FDC Benham: ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC postmark, 18p YEOMEN stamp with THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD Quadrille (trimmed) (limited edition 5,000) (16.75 x 9.10 cms)

(k) FDC Gilbert & Sullivan (Torbay) Paignton 21 July 1992 `Pirates of Penzance' with coloured illustrations of two pirates

(l) FDC G&S Society (Torbay) Paignton 21 July 1992 printed postmark on THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE 33 stamp. Postmark: posted at Palace Ave Theatre Paignton 21 Jul. 92. Facsimile of Royal Bijou Theatre poster for 30th Dec. 1879 PIRATES performance (with `postponed' banner). Card inside: history of copyright performance and theatre (18.5 x 12.5 cms)

(m) FDC (Cotswold Covers) very attractive design with the five stamps to the right and a procenium stage to the left (captioned Gilbert & Sullivan) containing line-drawing from H.M.S.PINAFORE (Sir Joseph and three ladies) (approx. size 19.1 x 12.7 cms) UNUSUAL ITEM

(n) Birthplace of Sir Arthur Sullivan Boswell Terrace Lambeth Walk London SE11 Victorian Prints No. 69 - Gilbert & Sullivan (Limited Edition No.53 of 250) (22 x 11 cms)

(o) Glossy b&w promotional sheet of the 5 stamps: `Gilbert & Sullivan Issue date - 21st July 1992 Embargo - Not to be published before 13th May 1992' (part of the press pack for the Savoy reception launch of the stamps 13 May 1992) (21.5 x 16.5 cms)

(p) PRESENTATION PACK (five stamps)

(q) one of each of the five stamps (4 sets available)

(r) PACK OF 5 STAMP POSTCARDS

(s) individual postcards also available:

(1) The Yeomen of the Guard (18p)

(2) The Gondoliers (24p)

(3) The Mikado (28p)

(4) The Pirates of Penzance (33p)

(5) Iolanthe (39p)

(t) 50p STAMP BOOKS (card wraps only: 5.5 x 4 cms when folded): (1) MIKADO (2) PIRATES (3) YEOMEN

(a)£25.00

(b)£10.00

(c)£10.00

(d)£10.00

(e)£15.00

(f)£20.00

(g)£25.00

(h)£25.00

(i)£25.00

(j)£25.00

(k)£15.00

(l)£20.00

(m) £20.00

(n)£20.00

(o)£10.00

(p)£5.00

(q)£3.00 each set

(r)£15.00

(s)£3.00 each

(t)0.50p each

1878 Feb. 23 SCENE FROM THE SORCERER at the Opera Comique. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS p173

(a) Full-Page

(b) Half-Page

(a)£25.00

(b)£10.00

Double-spread : MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH, JUN., AS THE ADMIRAL IN “H.M.S.PINAFORE”
The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, August 24, 1878 pp570-71

1880 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS :

(a) "HMS Pinafore" played by children at The Opera Comique Jan 17, 1880 p52, text54

(b) "HMS Pinafore" played by children at The Opera Comique Jan 17, 1880 p52 (foxing to margins)

(c) Sketches from "The Pirates of Penzance at The Opera Comique " May 1, 1880 p428, text verso

(d) Romberg’s Toy Symphony (inc. Sullivan) 20th May 1880 p497 + text p498

(a)£20.00

(b)£10.00

(c)£35.00

(d)£20.00

THE GRAPHIC An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper :

(a) Dec. 17, 1881 New Playhouses in London - the Savoy Theatre PATIENCE p612, text p607

(b) No.682.- Vol.XXVI Saturday, December 23, 1882. Sketches from IOLANTHE at the Savoy Theatre (cover) (single page c.29cms x 40.5 cms) + text p691 (colour photocopy)

(c) June 2, 1883 New Musical Knights, including Sullivan June 2, 1883 p. 553 (AS portrait) + text p550 (trimmed)

(a)£35.00

(b)£25.00

(c)£20.00

June 18 1881 p597 Sketches by Harry Furniss from PATIENCE at the Opera Comique. (review on verso)

THE PICTORIAL WORLD (aprox. size 26.7 x 39.2 cms):

(a) Supplement Sat. Feb. 11th, 1882 FULL FRONT PAGE line-drawing of MISS JULIA GWYNNE AS LADY SAPHIR, IN `PATIENCE' (from a photo. by Elliott and Fry) photocopy only

(b) THEATRICAL SKETCHES: `PATIENCE' AT THE SAVOY. April 15, 1882 p168 Sketches (in costume) of Braham, Grossmith, Barrington and Lely photocopy only

(a)£5.00 photocopy only

(b)£5.00 photocopy only

Illustrations from “Dramatic Notes, 1881-82” ILN March 11, 1882 p232 (cameo of Mr Grossmith and Miss Barnett (Patience)

IOLANTHE / PRINCESS IDA/ PIRATES (children's matinee)/ THE MIKADO and RUDDIGORE (5 reviews)

PLATES:

Jessie Bond in THE SORCERER

George Grossmith in THE MIKADO

Sybil Grey, Leonora Braham, and Jessie Bond in THE MIKADO

Durward Lely in THE MIKADO

Rutland Barrington in RUDDIGORE

Jessie Bond in RUDDIGORE (1889 edition)

Presented in a pp42 (including plates) A4 spiral-bound card-backed booklet with clear plastic cover and `Contents' title page

Also loose original pages: from THE THEATRE with facsimile autographs:

(b) 1885 Three little maids from School (Sibyl Grey, Leonora Braham, Jessie Bond) (1885) (mounted on card : small dark foxing marks at top and right edge of border)

(c) George Grossmith portrait (with monocle)

(d) George Grossmith as Ko-Ko (with card picture mount) : no fac. autograph

(e) W.S. Gilbert : no fac. autograph

(f) Leonora Braham as Patience

(g) Derward Lely as Nanki-Poo (mounted on card) no fac. autograph

(a)£20.00 Photocopied facsimile A4 booklet

(b)£10.00 original

(c)£10.00 original

(d)£20.00 original

(e)£20.00 original

(f)£10.00 original

(g)£8.00 original

PEARSON’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTFOLIO OF FOOTLIGHT FAVOURITES BY EMINENT PHOTOGRAPHERS. Arthur Pearson (large format) :
detached section pp33-48 : contains large photos of MISS JESSIE BOND , as Helen Tapeleigh in “Go-Bang” (see PROGRAMMES No. 27X/438) ; MR. J.L. TOOLE : a study original

THE PICTORIAL WORLD May 19, 1883 p548 : THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC - THE NEW KNIGHTS Short biogs. of Sir George Grove, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mus. Doc. and Sir G. Alexander MacFarren, Mus. Doc (with line-portraits : for Sir Arthur a youthful one from a photograph by Albert Young, 16 Torriano Avenue, N.W.)

facsimile only available

£5.00 facsimile

THE GRAPHIC An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper:

June 2, 1883 New Musical Knights, including Sullivan June 2, 1883 p553 (AS portrait) + text p550 (trimmed)

(a)£20.00

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS :

PRINCESS IDA at the Savoy Theatre 19th Jan. 1884 p56 + review on verso (p55)     

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS :

(a) Savoy Theatre (THE MIKADO review) 21st March 1885 p297                

(b) Sketches from THE MIKADO at the Savoy 4th Apr. 1885 p343/text p344

(a)£8.00

(b)£25.00

Sketches from the burlesque opera The Mikado – drawn by T. de Thulstrup. Harper’s Weekly p596 Volume XXIX No. 1499 September 12, 1885

Men & Women (rare periodical) :

SOLD (a) Line drawing of Sir Arthur Sullivan (from a photograph by Messrs. Elliott & Fry) No. 24, 13th Nov. 1886 + Our Portrait Gallery (two sides of text)    

click below for larger image:

(b) Line drawing of Capt. Eyre Massey Shaw, C.B. Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade. No. 29, 18th Dec. 1886 + Our Portrait Gallery (two sides of text)

click below for larger image:  

SOLD (c) Line drawing Mr. W.S. Gilbert (from a photograph by Elliott & Fry) No. 41, 12th March 1887 + Our Portrait Gallery (two sides of text)   

click below for larger image:  

SOLD (d) Line drawing Mr. George Grossmith  (from a photograph by Elliott & Fry) No. 44, 2nd April 1887 + Our Portrait Gallery (two sides of text) @

click below for larger image:

(a)£125.00 original SOLD

(b)£75.00 original

(c)£125.00 original SOLD

(d)£125.00 original SOLD

(facsimiles also available @ £10.00 a set)

1887 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Jan. 29 p115 SKETCHES FROM "RUDDYGORE", THE NEW COMIC OPERA AT THE SAVOY THEATRE. Drawn by A. Forestier (with review on verso)

(Facsimile also available @ £10.00)

THE DART TWELFTH Year, No.604 Friday, May 18th, 1888 "IOLANTHE" (By the Birmingham Amateur Operatic Society) (double-page spread of high-quality line-drawings)

THE DART was a Birmingham-based illustrated magazine, in the style of PUNCH

(a) Dec. 14 1889. Sketches from THE GONDOLIERS by R.Taylor at The Savoy Theatre p769 + review on verso

(b) March 14 1891. Performance of THE GONDOLIERS before The Queen at Windsor Castle, engraving by T. Walter Wilson p337

(b)£20.00

THE GRAPHIC February 7, 1891 p145 THE NEW OPERA “IVANHOE” AT THE ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE – THE TOURNAMENT AT ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH : De Bracy (Mr. Charles Kenningham), Prince John (Mr. Richard Green), Rowena (Miss Esther Palliser), Ivanhoe (Mr. Ben Davies), Friar Tuck (Mr. Avon Saxon), Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert (Mr. Eugene Oudin)

Oct 1891. Illustrated Interviews. No.IV. - Mr. W.S.Gilbert by Harry How pp331-341

THE GRAPHIC

(a) January 9, 1892 and March 26, 1892 : 2 short columns p34 THE MOUNTEBANKS and p407 new G&S opera for 1894

(b) October 1, 1892 cover HADDON HALL at the Savoy Theatre p389, plus text p401

(a)£20.00

(b)£30.00

Facsimile only available @ £20.00

Facsimile only available @ £20.00

(a) THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS. Oct 14 1893 p468 (half page) UTOPIA (LIMITED), THE NEW COMIC OPERA AT THE SAVOY THEATRE

(b) half-page image as above cut out with title and ILN details

(a)£15.00

(b)£6.00

1894 Dec. 15. SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN (photo. by Walery). THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS No. 2904 - Vol CV. (full-size cover sketch)

£25.00

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Dec. 21, 1895 pp772. Revival of THE MIKADO at the Savoy Theatre. Photo. of Bond, Perry and Owen as the Three Little Maids

(a) Rutland Barrington as Ludwig (full-length portrait) p321

(b) Madame von Palmay as Julia (full-length portrait) p322

1896 June ATALANTA The Victorian Magazine Vol. IX pp576-579. MY FIRST SUCCESS by Esther Palliser (Portrait + Photo. as Rowena in IVANHOE - originator of the part) :

Facsimile only available

THE WINDSOR MAGAZINE (approx. size 16 x 23.5 cms):

(a) Feb. 1896 pp149-154 Moments with Modern Musicians. II. – Musical Pitch in England by F. Klickman (with photos. of Clara Butt and Patti)

(b) May 1896 Familiar Features of Musical London by Hugh A. Scott pp583-86 (incomplete) (early photo. of The Albert Hall)

(c) July 1896 pp153-161 Moments with Modern Musicians. The Guildhall School pf Music by F. Klickmann. Illustrated by J. Dinsdale, F. Parks; and from Photographs

(d) October 1896 pp339-341 Moments with Modern Musicians : A Chat with Dr. Hans Richter by F. Klickmann (with photos.)

(e) October 1896 pp422-427 Moments with Modern Musicians : Miss Anna Williams and Miss Hilda Wilson by F. Klickmann (with photos.)

(f) May 1899 pp745-749 The Hobbies of Musicians by F. Klickmann (includes photo. of Sir George Grove’s study)

THE CENTURY (16.5 x 24 cms) :

(g) March 1900 pp747-754 The Composer Meyerbeer by Moritz Moszkowski (with photo. and musical facsimile/examples)

(a)£6.00

(b)£6.00

(c)£6.00

(d)£6.00

(e)£6.00

(f)£6.00

(g)£6.00

1898 Two large press cuttings Friday, March 18 for Nellie Farren’s Benefit  : Daily Telegraph and Daily Chronicle (contained within folded card attached to cuttings) VG

1898 July 6 THE SKETCH :

(a) Full Page photograph: "THE BEAUTY STONE", AT THE SAVOY THEATRE : LAINE GOT BEAUTY, BUT IT BROUGHT HER NO HAPPINESS p455/Full Page photograph: "THE BEAUTY STONE", AT THE SAVOY THEATRE : CRAZY JACQUELINE (MISS EMMIE OWEN), WHO IS AFTERWARDS TURNED BY THE DEVIL INTO HIS PAGE p456 SOLD

(b) Full Page photograph: "THE BEAUTY STONE", AT THE SAVOY THEATRE : PHILIP, LORD OF MIRLEMONT (MR. DEVOLL) p459/Full Page photograph: "THE BEAUTY STONE", AT THE SAVOY THEATRE : THE WEAVER (MR. LYTTON) TAKES THE STONE AND IS TURNED INTO A BEAUTEOUS YOUTH WHO MAKES LOVE TO SAIDA p460 SOLD

£20.00 each double-sided page

SOLD

1898 Nov. THE STRAND p535 : PORTRAITS OF CELEBRITIES Miss Rosina Brandram (cameo portraits at ages : 3, 16, 20, 28 and Present Day)

(Facsimile also available @ £3.00)

THE LADIES’ FIELD

(a) 1899 June 17 p52 "PATIENCE" AT SYDENHAM (Amateur) two photos. and review

(b) 1899 June 24 pp106-7 : photo (20.5 x 9.75 cms) and review : “THE SORCERER”, AT GORING (amateur)

(c) 1899 Sept. 30 p145 and verso : review and  photos of SIMLA ADC :  THE YEOMAN (sic) OF THE GUARD

(d) 1899 December 23 "RUDDIGORE", BY THE CLIFTON AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY p93 (photo. 21 x 12 cms and article) + short review of The Yeoman (sic) of the Guard at the Prince's Theatre, Manchester by Manchester Amateur Operatic Society

(a)£10.00

(b)£8.00

(c)£10.00

(d)£10.00

(a) THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR by Rudyard Kipling 2-fold manuscript poem sheet (i.e without music) with photo. of Kipling and famous R.Caton Woodville 1899 drawing of “A gentleman in kharki”. Daily Mail (1899)

(b) Also available : MARCH On the Celebrated Song by ARTHUR SULLIVAN (with R.Caton Woodville drawing). Enoch pp7 (neatly trimmed and pages detached, ow good clean copy) scarce

(a)£50.00

(b)£20.00

THE NEW PENNY MAGAZINE :

1900 Article "A Chat with the Composer of 'The Lost Chord' Sir Arthur Sullivan and His Work" Anon No.54, Vol.V. pp61-67 (photos./LOST CHORD facsimile section)

THE SKETCH Nov. 28 1900 :

(a) Cover: THE LATE SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN, ENGLAND'S FOREMOST MUSICAL COMPOSER (full page portrait from a photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery, Baker Street W.) + pp204 (verso) : The Late Sir Arthur Sullivan By a Musician Who Knew Him (no page 205 follow-on). THE SKETCH No.409 Vol XXXII

(b) Photo. of THE LATE SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN (see special memoir on page 204) (photo by Elliott and Fry) (9 x 12 cms) p235

(a)£15.00

(b)£10.00

THE SPHERE Dec. 1, 1900 p253. THE GREATEST MODERN ENGLISH COMPOSER The late Sir Arthur Sullivan (portrait at desk with quill pen)

THE SKETCH Dec. 5 1900

(a) p264: THE LATE SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN'S "PATIENCE" Revived at the Savoy Theatre: four photos: Isabel Jay & Walter Passmore; Rosina Brandram; Henry Lytton, Agnes Fraser. SOLD but PHOTOCOPY AVAILABLE (colour photocopy quality) @ £3.00

(b) p274 THE LATE SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN Some true stories of the Great Composer (with photo (12.5 x 8.5 cms) River souvenir of the late Sir Arthur Sullivan at Walton Regatta)

(a)£10.00 SOLD but PHOTOCOPY available @ £5.00

(b)ORIGINAL @ £20.00

(a) 1901 Jan. 26 THE LADIES’ FIELD p293 : review and photo. (14 x 10.75 cms) of “RUDDIGORE”, AT IPSWICH (Amateur Opera Company)

(b) 1 901 March 9. THE LADIES’ FIELD p542 photo (15.5 x 11.5 cms) and review of “TRIAL BY JURY”: THE DERBY OPERATIC SOCIETY

(c) 1901 August 31st.  THE LADIES’ FIELD p333 : photo of “IOLANTHE” at SIMLA (Amateur Theatricals)

(a)£8.00

(b)£8.00

(b)£8.00

(a) 1901 May 4 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS : SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN'S POSTHUMOUS OPERA, "THE EMERALD ISLE" AT THE SAVOY THEATRE. Drawn by S. Begg p. 637, text p. 634

(b) 1901 May 4 p122 (Full page) THE SPHERE : THE NEW OPERA AT THE SAVOY “The Emerald Isle” LADY ROSIE PIPPIN (MISS ISABEL JAY) AND PROFESSOR BUNN (MR. WALTER PASSMORE) (drawn by Chas. A. Buchel) + June 1 ½ page p254 : SOME PICTURES FORM (sic) THE LATE SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN’S LAST OPERA, “THE EMERALD ISLE”, AT THE SAVOY THEATRE

(a) £25.00

(b)£30.00

1902 Feb. 12 THE SKETCH p146 Miss Agnes Fraser now playing in "Iolanthe", at the Savoy Theatre (Photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery, Baker St. W.)

(full page landscape photograph)

THE SKETCH 1902 :

(a) `Merrie England’ at The Savoy" (text only) 2nd April p.408. Original @ £8.00/ colour photocopy @ £5.00

(b) KEY-NOTES Photos. of Hamish MacCunn who succeeds Francois Cellier as conductor at The Savoy/ Edward German composer of the new opera MERRIE ENGLAND at the Savoy (with short article notes) 2nd April p438. Original @ £15.00/ colour photocopy @ £5.00

various prices

THE LADIES' FIELD :

Amateur Theatricals (photos. Of Bristol IOLANTHE x 2 + THE VICAR OF BRAY at Huddersfield) 28th Feb. 1903 p489  

£6.00

THE SKETCH

June 10, 1903 : How They Keep "Fit" : A Page of Celebrities Who Golf (inc. Mr. Robert Evett of the Savoy Company and Mr. William Green, the well-known tenor (father of Martyn Green)) p267

£10.00

THE TATLER 1904:

No.156, June 22, 1904 :THE BOY: What Will He Become? XXV – Why I Became An Actor By Mr. George Grossmith, jun. p478 (photos as child and adult) (one page only)

£10.00

THE LADIES' FIELD:

(a) December 22, 1906 p111/2 "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" AT THE SAVOY THEATRE (with photos.) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(b) January 12, 1907 paragraph p262: New Year's Eve at the Savoy Hotel

(c) February 16, 1907 p433 "THE GONDOLIERS ", AT THE SAVOY THEATRE : ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE (photo.) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(d) February 23, 1907 p471 SCENE FROM "THE GONDOLIERS" At the Savoy Theatre (photo.) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(e) March 2, 1907 p527 "THE GONDOLIERS ", ACT I., AT THE SAVOY THEATRE (photo.) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(a) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(b)£7.00

(c) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(d) photocpoy only @ £5.00

(e) photocpoy only @ £5.00

1909 THE ERA (Established 1837 - until 1939) pp40:

(a) Saturday, April 3 Vol.72 No.3680 (review of THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD at Prince of Wales's Theatre, Birmingham with Lytton as Jack Point)

(b) Saturday, April 17 Vol.72 No.3682 (review of THE MIKADO at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin with Fred Billington, Henry Herbert etc.)

(c) Saturday, April 24 Vol.72 No.3683 (review of THE GONDOLIES at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin with Lytton, Ehel Morrison etc. NB Bertha Lewis as Inez)

(d) Saturday, May 1 Vol.72 No.3684 (review of THE MIKADO at the Grand Opera House, Belfast with Lytton, Fred Billington etc.)

THE SPHERE. The GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS Illustrated. A Pictorial Record of the:

(a) 1924 Season : The G&S Operas. An Illustrated Record by "The Sphere" From Special Exclusive Pictures pp44 VG condition : (with Some Savoyard Signatures (facsimile)) : THE GONDOLIERS; RUDDIGORE; PRINCESS IDA; TRIAL BY JURY; THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE; IOLANTHE; THE MIKADO; PATIENCE; THE SORCERER; H.M.S. PINAFORE; COX AND BOX; THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD : covers sl. worn, light large water stain on central bottom half of fold throughout

(b) 1926 Season : The G&S Operas Illustrated in colour (8 pages) and b&w. The pictures in this illustrated record of the Operas have been specially made by THE SPHERE at Prince's Theatre by arrangement with Rupert D'Oyly Carte Opera Company (Brock cover design and central colour pages). One page of facsimiles: Echoes from Opera Comique and Savoy Days pp48. Centre page colour spread detached, staples rusted. Some grease marks at bottom edges (images not affected), otherwise VG (covers slightly worn, and outside back stained at bottom) scarce

(c) Another copy (outer wraps/edges foxed) contents good

(d) December 25, 1926 p559 b&w: THE RETURN OF AGATHA CHRISTIE Farewell to the Savoyards. B&W photograph FAREWELL TO THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN COMPANY : A LAST NIGHT SCENE ON THE STAGE OF PRINCES THEATRE BEFORE THE COMPANY'S DEPARTURE FOR CANADA : Bertha Lewis, Rupert DC, Lady Gilbert, Lytton, Dr. Sargent and Mrs Sargent, Lady Dorothy DC, Winifred Lawson, Darrell Fancourt, Aileen Davies (COLOUR PHOTOCOPY ONLY @ £3.00)

(e) THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS Illustrated. A Pictorial Record of the 1932 Season – 1933 pp30 (Lytton as Jack Point): usual cover foxed and some edges, ow good

(f) THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN OPERAS Illustrated. A Pictorial Record of the 1932 Season – 1933pp30 (Lytton as Jack Point): usual foxing on paper wraps, neat spine repair, contents VG

1939 Season :

(g) MINT, exceptional condition, pp48

(h) sl. stain to top right edge (mainly on title page), ow VG (no images affected), colour plates of exceptional quality

(i) January 14, 1939 outer page in colour LONDON SEES THE COLOUR FILM OF "THE MIKADO" : Three Little Maids from School (perfect condition) ; Two Newcomers and One Old Hand (perfect condition)

centre pages in colour : "THE MIKADO" SCREENED FOR THE FIRST TIME : A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist (scuffed); The March of the Mikado's Troops (perfect condition); So, in spite of all temptation, such a theme I'll not discuss (staple hole); One little maid is the bride Yum-Yum (staple hole); Defer, Defer, to the Lord High Executioner (scuffed); Mia Sama, Mia Sama (perfect condition): a really choice selection of colour photographs : 4 perfect; 2 scuffed, 2 with staple holes in the centre (COLOUR PHOTOCOPY ONLY @ £10.00)

(a)£16.00

(b)£40.00 scarce

(c)£35.00

(d)£10.00 (COLOUR PHOTOCOPY ONLY @ £3.00)

(e)£35.00

(f)£30.00

(g)£40.00

(h)£20.00

(i)£20.00 (COLOUR PHOTOCOPY ONLY @ £3.00)

(a) 1938 August 6. THE SPHERE p223. FILMING “THE MIKADO” (article)

(b) 1938 Nov. 9 SKETCH p266 “THE MIKADO TABLEAU” in “HOLLYWOOD GARDENS” (Woman’s Fair and Exhibition)

(c) 1939 January 18 SKETCH p101 “THE MIKADO” film PREMIERE (Society photos)

(a)£7.00

(b)£8.00

(c)£8.00

1962 WORLD OF MUSIC (World Records)
THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN STORY

January (cover : Darrell Fancourt as The Mikado) Part 1 by Peter Gammond pp4-5 (photos of young AS photo. + one of WSG)

February Part II (with unusual photos. of Grossmith as the Major General. Also Barrington as Sergeant of Police and Lytton/Rene as Pirate King/Ruth pp4-5

March Part III  (with photos. Of Jessie Bond as Tessa , Pounds and Barrington as The Gondoliers, Ripple/Comber/Rose and Green in THE GONDOLIERS 1906-7 Season) pp4-5

1970 D'OYLY CARTE AND THE PIRATES : THE ORIGINAL NEW YORK PRODUCTIONS OF
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN by Colin Prestige :

(a) pp56 (typescript)

(b) x 17 printed copies of the articles as featured in  the GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SYMPOSIUM pp113 -148 @ £2.00 each

(c) Galley proofs

(a)£20.00

(b)£2.00 each

(c)£5.00

The Musical Times May 1973 : SULLIVANHOE Andrew Lamb on IVANHOE pp475-478 (one illustration)

THE SAVOY THEATRE FIRE 12 February, 1990:

(a) THE GUARDIAN 13 February, 1990. `Savoy will rise again from the ashes' by Joanna Coles (photos of the auditorium, before and after the fire) A3 b&w colour photocopy

(b) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, Tuesday February 13, 1990. `Glory of Savoy could take a year to rebuild' by Ben Fenton (with photos. before and after) A3 b&w colour photocopy

(a) x 3 packs of correspondence between Colin Prestige and Jane Stedman
(including Correspondence re: death of Jane W.Stedman March 2004) 

Manilla envelopes filled with G&S memorabilia/articles:

(b) Sonnets on the operas

(c) Original MS of articles by Colin Prestige

(d) Gilbert and Sullivan: The Gondoliers (All Shall Equal Be)

(e) G&S Society Miscellaneous Papers

(f) G&S John Wolfson Article/Paper Nov. 1989 Arthur Sullivan and the English
Opera Companies

(g) Sir Hugh Wontner pack : A Service of Thanksgiving

(a)£35.00

(b) - (f) @ £4.00 each

(g)£10.00

THE GILBERT & SULLIVAN JOURNAL :

No.7. October, 1926. (folded vertically) @ £15.00

No.11. September, 1927. (folded vertically/covers foxed) @ £15.00

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Vol. III. No.6. June, 1932 @ £15.00

Vol. IV. No.4. December, 1934 @ £15.00

Vol. IV. No.5. March, 1935 @ £15.00

Vol. IV. No.6. June, 1935 @ £15.00

Vol. IV. No.7. September, 1935 @ £15.00

Vol. IV. No.8. December, 1935

Vol. IV. No.9. March, 1936

Vol. V. No.4. December, 1937. @ £15.00

Vol.. V. No.5. March, 1938. @ £15.00

Vol. V. No.6. June, 1938. @ £15.00

Vol. V No.7. September, 1938. @ £15.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. V No.9. March, 1939 @ £15.00

Emergency Issue No.1. October, 1939 @ £20.00

Emergency Issue No.3. April, 1940 @ £20.00

Emergency Issue No.7. June, 1941 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.9. February, 1942 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.11. October, 1942 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.12. February, 1943 @ £20.00 (4 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.13. June, 1943 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.14. October, 1943 @ £20.00 (3 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.15 February, 1944 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.16 June, 1944 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.17 October, 1944 @ £20.00 (3 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.18 February, 1945 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.19 June, 1945 @ £20.00 (2 copies available)

Emergency Issue No.20 October, 1945 @ £20.00 (3 copies available)

Index Vol 5 March 1937 to October 1945 : (a) ORIGINAL @ £10.00 (b) A4 copy available @ £2.00

Vol. VI., No.1. February, 1946 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol., VI., No.2. June, 1946 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol., VI., No.3. September, 1946 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol. VI., No.4 December, 1946 @ £6.00 ORIGINAL SOLD : A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol. VI., No.5 March, 1947 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol. VI., No.6, June, 1947 @ £6.00 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol. VI., No.7 September, 1947 @ £6.00 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol. VI., No.8 December, 1947 @ £6.00

Vol. VI., No.10 September, 1948 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.12 May, 1949 @ £6.00

Vol. VI., No.13 September, 1949 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.14 January, 1950 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.15 May, 1950 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.16 September, 1950 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.17 January, 1951 (a) ORIGINAL @ £6.00 (2 copies available) (b) A4 stapled booklet copy available @ £3.00

Vol. VI., No.18 May, 1951 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.19 September, 1951 @ £6.00

Vol. VI., No.20 January, 1952 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.21 May, 1952 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VI., No.22 September, 1952 One Hundredth Issue @ £10.00

(Verdun, Quebec, Canada Branch : The Gilbert & Sullivan Newsletter : Volume 1 No. 2 October, 1952 / Volume 1 No.3 November, 1952 / Volume 1 No.4 December, 1952 (3 issues @ £5.00))

Index Volume 6 February 1946 to September 1952 (a) ORIGINAL @ £10.00 (b) folded A3 copy @ £2.00

Vol. VII., No.1 January, 1953 @ £6.00

Vol. VII., No.2 May, 1953 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.3 September, 1953 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.4 January, 1954 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.5 May, 1954 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.6 September, 1954 @ £6.00

Vol. VII., No.7 January, 1955 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.8 May, 1955 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.9 September, 1955 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.10 January, 1956 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.11 May, 1956 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.12 September, 1956 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.13 January, 1957 @ £6.00 (4 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.14 May, 1957 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII., No.15 September, 1957 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII, No.16 Janauary, 1958 @ £6.00 (4 copies available)

Vol. VII, No.17 May, 1958 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII, No.18 September, 1958 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VII, No.19 January, 1959 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VII, No.20 May, 1959 @ £6.00 (4 copies available)

Vol. VII, No.21 September, 1959 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Index Volume 7 January 1953 - September, 1959 (a) ORIGINAL @ £10.00 (4 copies available) (b) folded A3 copy @ £2.00

Vol. VIII, No.1 January, 1960 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.2 May, 1960 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.3 September, 1960 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.4 January, 1961 @ £6.00 (2 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.5 May, 1961 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.6 September, 1961 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.7 January, 1962 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

Vol. VIII, No.8 May, 1962 @ £6.00 (3 copies available)

New Format (same size - coloured outer wraps) :

Sept., 1962 Vol. VIII, No.9 @ £4.00 (3 copies available)

Jan. 1963 Vol. VIII, No.10 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1963 Vol. VIII, No.11 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Sept. 1963 Vol. VIII, No.12 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Jan. 1964 Vol. VIII, No.13 @ £4.00

May 1964 Vol. VIII, No.14 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Sept. 1964 Vol. VIII, No.15 @ £4.00

Jan. 1965 Vol. VIII, No.16 @ £4.00

May 1965 Vol. VIII, No.17 @ £4.00

Sept. 1965 Vol. VIII, No.18 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Index Volume 8 January 1960 to September 1965 ORGINAL @ £10.00

Jan. 1966 Vol. IX, No.1 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1966 Vol. IX, No.2 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Sept., 1966 Vol. IX, No.3 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Jan., 1967 Vol. IX, No.4 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1967 Vol. IX, No.5 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Sept., 1967 Vol. IX, No.6 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Jan., 1968 Vol. IX, No.7 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1968 Vol. IX, No.8 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Sept. 1968 Vol. IX, No.9 @ £4.00 (3 copies available)

Jan., 1969 Vol. IX, No.10 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1969 Vol. IX, No.11 150th Issue @ £10.00 (2 copies available)

Sept., 1969 Vol. IX, No.12 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Jan., 1970 Vol. IX, No.13 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1970 Vol. IX, No.14 @ £4.00 (4 copies available)

Sept. 1970 Vol. IX, No.15 @ £4.00 (3 copies available)

Jan., 1971 Vol. IX, No.16 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1971 Vol. IX, No.17 @ £4.00 (3 copies available)

Sept. 1971 Vol. IX, No.18 @ £4.00 (3 copies available)

Jan., 1972 Vol. IX, No.19 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

May 1972 Vol. IX, No.20 @ £4.00 (2 copies available)

Sept. 1972 Vol. IX, No.21 @ £4.00 (3 copies available)

Index Volume 9 January, 1966 to September, 1972 A4 copy available @ £2.00

Spring 1973 Vol. X, No.1 @ £4.00 (4 copies available)

Summer 1973 Vol. X, No.2 @ £4.00 (4 copies available)

Autumn 1973 Vol. X, No.3 @ £4.00 (4 copies available)

Spring 1974 Vol. X, No.4