UNUSUAL FACSIMILE POSTCARDS @ £1.00 each

1. Miss Beatrice Boarer as “Iolanthe” (full-length portrait) autographed : very best wishes Beatrice Boarer (above printed caption)

2. Miss Beatrice Boarer as “Iolanthe” (three-quarter length portrait) autographed : Beatrice Boarer (above printed caption)

3. Miss Beatrice Boarer. Yeoman (sic) of the Guard “Phoebe” (seated at spinning wheel). Durrant photo. autographed Beatrice Boarer (above printed caption) 

4. Henry A. Lytton as Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., and Bertha Lewis, as Buttercup in “H.M.S.Pinafore.” “Daily Sketch” Photo autographed : Yr Sincerely Henry a. Lytton (above caption) (1917-1919)

THE LOST CHORD Bamforth & Co.:

(a) Set of Four Postcards: 87/1 - 87/4 (87/4 Postmark Feb 21 02) (a little grubby)

(b) 87/2 The Lost Chord (2) (Postmark: Dec.9, 06)

(c) (colour) Seated one day at the organ, weary and ill at ease (1907). Series No. 1326 (postmark May 27, 1909)

(a)£25.00

(b)£6.00

(c)£6.00

55 cards available individually @ £1.00 each:

MIKADO (1914) x 3

IOLANTHE (1915) x 8

PIRATES (1916) x 9

GONDOLIERS (1917) x 19

RUDDIGORE (1920) x 14

YEOMEN x 1 (undated)

The composure and costumes are of the highest order, probably hired from the DC OC

No.1 HENRY A. LYTTON AS "KO KO" IN "THE MIKADO"(£5.00 A4 photocopy only available)

No.2 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "THE DUKE" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £12.00

No.3 HENRY A. LYTTON AS "SIR JOSEPH PORTER" IN "H.M.S. PINAFORE" @ £15.00

No.4 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "THE DUKE" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £12.00

No.5 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "JACK POINT" IN "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" @ £12.00

No.6 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "THE LORD CHANCELLOR" IN "IOLANTHE" @ £15.00

No.7 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "BUNTHORNE" IN "PATIENCE" @ £15.00 (actual size facsimile with autograph also available @ £1.00)

No.9 HENRY A. LYTTON (portrait) (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.10 MR. LEO. SHEFFIELD (portrait) @ £12.00 (also available : A4 photocopy @ £5.00 and postcard-sized facsimile @ £1.00)

No.11 MR. LEO SHEFFIELD AS "THE GRAND INQUISITOR" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £12.00

No.12 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "FAIRY QUEEN" IN "IOLANTHE" @ £10.00 (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.14 SYDYNEY GRANVILLE AS "GROSVENOR" IN "PATIENCE" @ £8.00

No.19 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "GIANETTA" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £10.00

No.22 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "MAJOR GENERAL" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" @ £12.00

No.23 HENRY A.LYTTON AS "KING GAMA" IN "PRINCESS IDA" @ £15.00 (back ex-album) (also A4 photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00)

No.24 MR. DEREK OLDHAM AS "FREDERICK" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.25 MR.DARELL FANCOURT AS "THE PIRATE KING" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" RARE (actual size facsimile only available @ £1.00)

No.26 MR. DEREK OLDHAM AS "MARCO" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" £3.00 (creased vertically, ow good) (also available : A4 photocopied enlargement @ £5.00)

No.27 MR. LEO. SHEFFIELD AS "SERGEANT OF POLICE" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" RARE @ £15.00

No.29 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "MABEL" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.31 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "SAMUEL" AND MR. LEO SHEFFIELD AS "SERGEANT OF POLICE" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" (small blemish to bottom margin : neither caption nor image affected) @ £12.00

No.32 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "RUTH" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" (copy only available @ £1.00)

No.34 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT AS "SIR RODERICK MURGATROYD" IN "RUDDIGORE" (Geoffrey Stuart, Plymouth) @ £10.00

No.35 MR.DARRELL FANCOURT AS "SIR RODERICK MURGATROYD" IN "RUDDIGORE" @ £8.00

No.36 MISS CATHERINE FERGUSON AS "MAD MARGARET" IN "RUDDIGORE" @ £15.00

No.38 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "THE USHER" IN "TRIAL BY JURY" RARE @ £15.00

No.39 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "THE LADY JANE" IN "PATIENCE" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.40 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "ROSE MAYBUD" IN "RUDDIGORE" @ £15.00

No.41 MR LEO SHEFFIELD AS "DR.DALY" IN "THE SORCERER" (only available as an A4 colour photocopied enlargement @ £5.00)

No.43 MISS CATHERINE FERGUSON (portrait by Nunn Brighton) (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.44 MR LEO SHEFFIELD AS "THE LEARNED JUDGE" IN "TRIAL BY JURY (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.47 MR. LEO SHEFFIELD AS "SIR DESPARD MURGATROYD" IN "RUDDIGORE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.48 MR. HENRY A.LYTTON (portrait) (Whitlock, Wolverhampton) @ £12.00

No.50 MR. LEO SHEFFIELD AS "SIR DESPARD MURGATROYD" IN "RUDDIGORE" @ £10.00

No.52 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "ALINE" IN "THE SORCERER (only available as A4 photocopied enlargement @ £5.00)

No.54 MR.DARRELL FANCOURT AS "SERGEANT MERYLL" IN "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" @ (actual size facsimile only available @ £1.00/ A4 colour photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00)

No.57 MR.LEO SHEFFIELD AS "WILFRED SHADBOLT" IN "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" (facsimile only available @ £1.00)

No.58 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE portriat by Patersons Glasgow VG @ £12.00 (also A4 colour photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00)

No.59 MR. HENRY A. LYTTON AS "SIR RUTHVEN" IN "RUDDIGORE" @ £12.00 (ALSO: A4 photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00)

No.63 MR DARRELL FANCOURT AS "THE MIKADO" in "THE MIKADO" @ £10.00

No.65 MR.LEO SHEFFIELD AS "POOH-BAH" IN "THE MIKADO" @ £12.00

No.67 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "KATISHA" IN "THE MIKADO" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.70 MR. DEREK OLDHAM AS "NANKI-POO" IN "THE MIKADO" (facsimile only available @ £1.00)

No.71 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "BILL BOBSTAY" IN "H.M.S. PINAFORE" @ £15.00 scarce (facsimile also available @ £1.00)

No.72 MR. DEREK OLDHAM AS "RALPH RACKSTRAW" IN H.M.S. PINAFORE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.74 MR. DEREK OLDHAM AS "COL. FAIRFAX" IN "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" ( facsimile only available @ £1.00)

No.77 MR. LEO. SHEFFIELD AS "CAPT. CORCORAN" IN "H.M.S. PINAFORE" @ £12.00

No.78 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "COX" IN "COX AND BOX" @ £15.00 scarce (ALSO : A4 photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00 + postcard-size replica on card @ £1.00)

No.80 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT AS "EARL OF MOUNTARARAT" IN "IOLANTHE" @ £10.00

No.81 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "DAME CARRUTHERS" IN "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" @ £15.00

No.83 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT AS "DICK DEADEYE" IN "H.M.S. PINAFORE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.84 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "STREPHON" IN "IOLANTHE" @ £12.00 (facsimile also available @ £1.00)

No.85 MR. LEO SHEFFIELD AS "KING HILDERBRAND" IN "PRINCESS IDA" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.86 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "FLORIAN" IN "PRINCESS IDA"(A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00 : signed)

No.87 MR SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "GROSVENOR" IN "PATIENCE" (photo. by H.C.Hughes) (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.89 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT (portrait by H.C.Hughes) (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.90 MISS CATHERINE FERGUSON AS "TESSA" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.91 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "LADY BLANCHE" IN "PRINCESS IDA" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.92 MR.SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "GIUSEPPE" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £10.00

No.93 MISS CATHERINE FERSUSON AS "TESSA" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £10.00

No.94 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN (portrait) (A4 colour photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.95 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "YUM-YUM" IN "THE MIKADO" (facsimile @ £1.00 only available)

No.97 MR HENRY MILLIDGE AS "LUIZ" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.98 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "JOSEPHINE" IN H.M.S. PINAFORE" (photo. by H.C.Hughes) @ £20.00 scarce (ALSO : actual size facsimile available @ £1.00/ A4 photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00)

No.99 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "GIANETTA" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" @ £15.00 scarce

No.100 MISS CATHERINE FERGUSON (portrait) @ £15.00 scarce

No.101 MISS WINIFRED LAWSON AS "PRINCESS IDA" IN "PRINCESS IDA" @ £10.00

No.102 MISS WINIFRED LAWSON AS "CASILDA" IN "THE GONDOLIERS" plain back @ £10.00 (ALSO : actual size facsimile available @ £1.00/ A4 photocopied enlargement available @ £5.00)

No.103 MISS WINIFRED LAWSON AS "PATIENCE" IN "PATIENCE" unsigned £8.00

No.104 MISS BERTHA LEWIS (portrait by Bassano) (copy only available @ £1.00)

No.107 MISS WINIFRED LAWSON AS "ELSIE MAYNARD" IN "THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD" (facsimile only available @ £1.00)

No.108 MISS EILEEN SHARP (portrait) worn, and with visible folds across (actual size facsimile only @ £1.00)

No.111 MISS EILEEN SHARP (portrait) : small tear at right edge (actual size facsimile @ £1.00 only available)

No.112 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "STREPHON" IN "IOLANTHE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00)

No.113 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT AS "EARL OF MOUNTARARAT" IN "IOLANTHE" (£1.00 actual size facsimile only available)

No.114 MR. SIDNEY POINTER AS "LORD TOLLOLLER" IN IOLANTHE (photo. by H.C.Hughes) (actual size facsimile only available @ £1.00 + A4 photocopied enlargement @ £5.00)

No.116 MISS WINIFRED LAWSON AS "PHYLLIS" IN "IOLANTHE" @ £15.00 (back ex-album)

No.117 MISS BERTHA LEWIS AS "THE FAIRY QUEEN" IN "IOLANTHE" (photo. by H.C.Hughes) (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.119 MR CHARLES GOULDING AS "HILARION" IN "PRINCESS IDA" @ £15.00 (back ex-album) (facsimile only available @ £1.00)

No.120 MR CHARLES GOULDING AS "RICHARD DAUNTLESS" IN "RUDDIGORE" (top left edge damaged, image unaffected) @ £2.00

No.121 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT AS "ARAC" IN "PRINCESS IDA" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00 + £1.00 actual size facsimile)

No.124 MR. DARRELL FANCOURT AS "THE PIRATE KING" IN "PIRATES OF PENZANCE" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00

No.125 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "PISH-TUSH" IN "THE MIKADO" (A4 photocopied enlargement only available @ £5.00 + £1.00 actual size facsimile)

No.127 MISS WINIFRED LAWSON AS "CASILDA" IN THE GONDOLIERS (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.129 MISS ELSIE GRIFFIN AS "JOSEPHINE" IN "H.M.S. PINAFORE" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.131 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "PISH-TUSH" IN "THE MIKADO" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.132 MR. SYDNEY GRANVILLE AS "STREPHON" IN "IOLANTHE" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.141 MR. SYDNEY POINTER AS "DEFENDANT" IN "TRIAL BY JURY" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.146 MR. JOSEPH GRIFFIN AS "THE USHER" IN "TRIAL BY JURY" (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.153 MISS AILEEN DAVIES (portrait) (£1.00 facsimile only available)

No.154 MISS AILEEN DAVIES (portrait) (£1.00 facsimile only available)

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Parkslee "B" Series:

MISS AILEEN DAVIES (portrait) Published by Parkslee Pictures No. B 30. Photo. Claude Harris @ £15.00

Parkslee "B" Series:

No.B 86 MISS GERTRUDE WOLFLE AS "IOLANTHE" in "IOLANTHE" autographed " Yours immortally Gertrude Wolfle (Dot) Xmas 1927" (actual size facsimile only @ £1.00)

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ADDITIONAL SERVICE: A4 COLOUR PHOTOCOPIES AVAILABLE OF ALL THE ABOVE POSTCARDS @ £5.00 each

Pre-Parkslee:

Henry Litton (sic) as Koko in “The Mikado” (handwritten on front in pencil below image). Portrait by Wakefield’s Ealing (ParksleeNo.1) @ £4.00

Other rare Lytton postcards:

(x) Henry A. Lytton as Major-General Stanley in “The Pirates of Penzance ” “Daily Sketch” Photo autographed : Yr Sincerely Henry a. Lytton (above caption) (c. 1917-1919) @ £25.00 SOLD

(y) Lytton as Jack Point : autographed on front bottom left : Yr. sincerely Henry a. Lytton - with note on reverse : Dear Mr Scott Many thanks for your very kind letter. I am sorry these are the last I have. Y Sincerely Henry a Lytton (c.1909) @ £25.00 SOLD

(z) Lytton as Jack Point : autographed on front bottom right : Yr. sincerely Henry a. Lytton (dated on reverse by sender Jany. 20th 1909) @ £25.00

£8.00- £10.00 each/ Some unsigned rarer ones @ £15.00

ADDITIONAL SERVICE:

ACTUAL SIZE REPRODUCTIONS ON CARD (plain back) @ £1.00 each

A4 COLOUR PHOTOCOPIED ENLARGEMENTS AVAILABLE OF ALL POSTCARDS @ £5.00

(a) MR SYDNEY GRANVILLE (not captioned, but as "Giuseppe" in "The Gondoliers")

MISS EILEEN SHARP:

(b) in black dress

(c) in more flambouyant dress

Unidentified postcard (photographer/ publisher and artiste unidentified):

(d) THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE : Ladies Chorus member (handwritten on verso)

DEREK OLDHAM :

(a) Portrait. Inscribed : To Kenneth Hewitt Derek Oldham (with personal message and initials on verso)

(b) (c.1920's) seated with legs crossed: right hand to mouth, and left hand holding right ankle. Autographed `All good wishes Derek Oldham'. Made in Tunbridge Wells: facsimile only

(a) £20.00 signed

(b)actual size facsimile @ £1.00

(a) Weybridge-on-Thames. D'Oyley (sic) Carte's House. Misch & Co.'s "Mezzo-Graphs". Series No. 80169 (printed in Germany) (undated) REPRODUCTION ONLY

(b) D'Oyly Carte's House, Shepperton (coloured), Hartmann. (original postmark : Earl's Court July 25, 1910) REPRODUCTION ONLY

(a)£1.00

(b)£1.00

MR. RUTLAND BARRINGTON

(a) (as Poo-Bah in MK). Raphael Tuck & Sons "REAL PHOTOGRAPH" postcard No.16 (postmarked Feb 9 1903). Message written on front (up to 1902 the back of the card had no dividing line)

(b) (as Pooh-Bah : same as above). Raphael Tuck 5002 Stage Favourites (postmarked Aug. 22 1903)

(c) Mr. Rutland Barrington (portrait in overcoat and bowler hat). The Wrench Series No. 994 (postmark Nov. 4, 1903)

(d) Mr. Rutland Barrington (portrait). Rapid  Photo. CO. Real Photographs 1377 (postmarked Oct. 3 1904)

(a)£15.00

(b)£10.00

(c)£10.00

(d)£8.00

Raphael Tuck & Sons’ Real Photograph. Play Pictorial Series:

1906-7 Savoy Season:

(a) THE GONDOLIERS T 927 (No.5295) Workman and Rene as The Duke and Duchess

(b) IOLANTHE T 1168 (5318) Rose, Workman and Lytton as Iolanthe, Lord Chancellor and Strephon

(c) THE YEOMENOF THE GUARD T 868 (No. 5291) Duet Act I Jack Point & Elsie Maynard “I Have a Sng to Sing O” (light score mark to top left edge – image not affected)

(d) PATIENCE T 1077 (No.5315) The Ladies Angela (Miss Jessie Rose), Saphir (Miss Marie Wilson), Ella (Miss Ruby Gray) rare

(a) Miss Agnes Fraser & Mr. H.A.Lytton. J.B. & Co. No. 101

(b) LYTTON/ FRASER (young). Play Pictorial Tuck Series 22 (ii)

(c) LYTTON/ FRASER (old). Play Pictorial Tuck Series 22 (ii)

(d) FRASER/ LYTTON. J.B. & Co 1414

(e) Mr. Henry Lytton as "Dick Wargrave" (the real heir) Mr. Walter Passmore as "Jim Cheese" (a dog trainer) Miss Agnes Fraser as "Elphin Haye" (an American heiress) Miss Florence Lloyd as "Liza Shoddam" (his sweetheart). Play Pictorial Tuck Series 22 (i)

(f) FRASER/ MISS PHYLLIS BROUGHTON as "Miss Virginia Bliss" (her aunt)/ PASSMORE. Tuck Series 22 (i)

(g) PASSMORE/ LLOYD. Tuck 22 (i)

(h) PASSMORE with dog. Play Pictorial Series 22 (i)

(i) PASSMORE/ LLOYD. Play Pictorial Tuck Series (ii)

(j) BROUGHTON/ PASSMORE. Play Pictorial Tuck Series 22 (ii)

(k) MISS G. THORNTON as "Lady Gwendoline" MISS RICARDS as "Miss Bertha Late" LYTTON and MISS HAMMERTON as "The Hon. I.O.Ewe". Rotary 3199C

(l) PASSMORE/ FRASER. Rapid Photo Co

(m) PASSMORE (wearing coronet). Rapid Photo 1409

(n) FRASER/ LYTTON. 101 A (trimmed postcard mounted on plain postcard)

(o) Mr Henry A. Lytton. Rapid Photo 1411

(p) Fraser, Passmore, Lytton, Lloyd. J.B. & Co. 105A

(q) Fraser/Passmore. Rotary 3199D

(r) Mr H LYTTON "Princess Novels" Series

HENRY LYTTON:

(a) C.W.F. & Co. 536. F. (as a young man) facsimile card only @ £2.00

(b) MR. H. A. LYTTON (portrait : seated on chair as a younger man). Rotary Photographic Series 1584 I @ £6.00

(a)£2.00 facsimile only

(b)£6.00 original

WALTER PASSMORE :

(a) signed portrait : Your sincerely Walter Passmore  (ex-album : scrapbook backing evident, repairs to edges) image good condition, with clear inscription

(b) Portrait sitting in chair. "Smart Novels" facsimile card only @ £3.00

(a)£8.00 original

(b)£3.00 facsimile only

TOM JONES (Apollo Theatre April 17, 1907) with Hayden Coffin in the title role

Rotary Photos:

(a) 109 S. MR HAYDEN COFFIN as TOM JONES

(b) 4263 B MR. HARRY WELCHMAN as TOM JONES

£6.00 each

ISABEL JAY:

Rotary Photo:

(a) 4417 I MISS ISABEL JAY "MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND (Foulsham & Banfield)

(b) 11414 C MISS ISABEL JAY as Princess Marie in THE KING OF CADONIA

(c) 11414 D MISS ISABEL JAY as Princess Marie in THE KING OF CADONIA. Foulsham & Banfield

(d) 11414 E MISS ISABEL JAY as Princess Marie in THE KING OF CADONIA (postmark Jan. 21 1909)

(e) ISABEL JAY: ROTARY PHOTOGRAPHIC "MOIRETTE" SERIES (cameo portrait)

(f) ISABEL JAY. Rotary photographic plate sunk gem series (postmarked June 25 1907)

(g) MISS ISABEL JAY. Rotary 4498 E

(h) MISS ISABEL JAY signed on front (colour tinted) Raphael Tuck & Sons "Real Photograph" postcard series 5003. "Stage Favourites" (postmarked Ja 31 03)

(i) ISABEL JAY "Popular Actresses" Series : three-quarter length portrait (postmark indecipherable poss. 6.9.06 or 8.9.08) (Boots Pelham Series)

(j) MR. C. HAYDN COFFIN & MISS ISABEL JAY IN “THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER”. Rotary 109 N

(k) MR. C. HAYDN COFFIN & MISS ISABEL JAY IN “THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER”. Rotary 109 O

(l) (inscribed on reverse) Winnie Willoughley in The Girl Behind the Counter. Rotary 2000 Q

(m) ISABEL JAY & DAUGHTER (postmarked 10 Sept. 1909) No. 529170

(a)£8.00

(b)£4.00

(c)£4.00

(d)£4.00

(e)£8.00

(f)£8.00

(g)£8.00

(h)£15.00 signed

(i)£6.00

(j)£4.00

(k)£4.00

(l)£4.00

(m)£5.00

MISS JULIA NEILSON :

(a) signed on front (portrait)

(b) 156 G Rotary MISS JULIA NEILSON

(c) 156 K MISS JULIA NEILSON Rotary Photgraphic Series (inscribed 16/11/20) (crease across bottom)

(d) 156 X Rotary MISS JULIA NEILSON as "LADY BLAKENEY" IN "THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL"

(a)£15.00 signed

(b)£6.00

(c)£4.00

(d)£3.00

(a) MISS ADRIENNE AUGARDE AS "LADY ASHLEY" IN "THE SINS OF SOCIETY" Rotary 4859 A

(b) MISS ADRIENNE AUGARDE portrait (postmarked Aug. 13 1908) Raphael Tuck & Sons "Celebrities of the Stage"

(c) MISS ADRIENNE AUGARDE (full-length portrait) The Star Series London No. 803
 

(a)£10.00

(b)£8.00

(c)£8.00

GROSSMITH FAMILY:

(a) MR WEEDON GROSSMITH (Raphael Tuck & Sons' Real Photograph Series 5066) (slight damage to bottom left, image not affected)

(b) WEEDON GROSSMITH Rotary 1112: upright photo. holding hat and cane

(c) MISS IRIS HOEY as "Zoie" MR. WEEDON GROSSMITH as "Jimmy Jinks" in BABY MINE

(d) GEO. GROSSMITH Jr. as Archie & EDMUND PAYNE as Gigg in THE TOREADOR. Rotary 3066 (postmarked August 12 1903) (with message along edge of image) . Also same photo by WRENCH/ "Play Pictorial"

(e) GEO. GROSSMITH Jr. as Archie & EDMUND PAYNE as Gigg in THE TOREADOR. Rotary 3066 (postmarked 21 April 1903) (written by-line along edge "Mind that chair Archie?").

(f) GEO. GROSSMITH Jr. as Archie & EDMUND PAYNE as Gigg in THE TOREADOR. Rotary 3066 (unposted)

(g) same as GEO. GROSSMITH Jr. as Archie & EDMUND PAYNE as Gigg in THE TOREADOR. but simply captioned "The East End and the West" PLAY PICTORIAL

(h) GEO. GROSSMITH Jr. as Archie & EDMUND PAYNE as Gigg in THE TOREADOR. The Wrench Series, No. 2475. Printed in Saxony. Photo Bassano

(i) “THE TOREADOR” MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH (SIR ARCHIBALD SLACKITT) (postmark March 31 1903) The Wrench Series, No. 2482. Printed in Saxony. Photo Bassano

(j) “THE TOREADOR” MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH (SIR ARCHIBALD SLACKITT) The Wrench Series, No. 2482. Printed in Saxony. Photo Bassano (lightly foxed)

(k) MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH as "Max Daly" in THE GIRL ON THE FILM. Rotary 6915-M

(l) MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH (Jnr.) as "Max Daly" in THE GIRL ON THE FILM (on horseback). Rotary 6915-0

(m) MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH AND MISS KITTY MASON dancing the tango in THE GIRL ON THE FILM. Rotary 6915.Z.

(n) MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH, JUNR.(three-quarter portrait) J. Beagles & Co.  538 A (postmark September 5, 1907) (worn, image good)

(o) Facsimile only: MR. GEORGE GROSSMITH: Rotary Photo. Co. Ltd. London E.C. D. OF D. LTD. Facsimile autograph: Yours faithfully Geo: Grossmith Jr

(a)£6.00

(b)£6.00

(c)£8.00

(d)£8.00

(e)£8.00

(f)£8.00

(g)£8.00

(h)£8.00

(i)£8.00

(j)£4.00

(k)£8.00

(l)£8.00

(m)£8.00

(n)£4.00

(o)Facsimile only @ £3.00

(b) as above but No.19 U with handwritten caption: The Talk of the Town (worn)

(c) THE TALK OF THE TOWN. Mr. Henry A. Lytton as Lieut Reggie Drummond MISS AGNES FRASER as Eldaline Lewin. Rotary 3232 B (postmarked May 27 1905)

(d) MR. C. HAYDEN COFFIN. Rotary Photographic Series 109D (portrait) Postmark: April 3 1906

(e) MR. HAYDEN COFFIN portrait 7 May 1909 Rotary 109 T £20.00

(b)£6.00

(c)£8.00

(d)£8.00

(a) Facsimile only : MR. C. WORKMAN AS MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY IN "THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE". Rotary 2377 B (c.1908)

(b) Facsimile only: MR. C.H. WORKMAN as "Bumerli" in THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER. Rotary 2377.D

(c) ORIGINAL : MISS CONSTANCE DREVER as "Nadina" MR. C.H. WORKMAN as "Bumerli" in THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER. Rotary 4432 F

(d) MR. C. H. WORKMAN AS “MAJOR-GENERAL STANLEY IN “THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE”. Rotary 2377 B (ex-album : back with traces of having been stuck in scrapbook, ow good) (c.1908)

(a)Facsimile only @ £3.00

(b)Facsimile only @ £3.00

(c)£8.00 original

(c)£6.00 original

THE ARCADIANS (1909)

(a) MISS CICELY COURTNEIDGE AS "CHRYSEA" IN "THE ARCADIANS" 4457 C Rotary Photo. E.C. (Rotary Photographic Series) Foulsham & Banfield (Postmark November 25 1909) (coloured)

(b) MISS MAY KINDER AS "CHRYSEA"; MR. ALFRED LESTER AS "PETER DOODY". 7470 A Rotary Photo. E.C. Foulsham & Banfield

(c) MR. ALFRED LESTER AS "PETER DOODY"; MISS ADA BLANCHE AS "MRS SMITH". 7470 B Rotary Photo. E.C. Foulsham & Banfield

(d) MISS PHYLLIS DARE AS "EILEEN CAVANAGH"; MR. ALFRED LESTER AS "PETER DOODY". 7471 F Rotary Photo. E.C. Foulsham & Banfield

(a)£10.00

(b)£8.00

(c)£8.00

(d)£8.00

A3 colour enlargement @ £10.00

A3 colour enlargement @ £10.00

(a) MR. ALFRED PAGE AS "JOHN MANNERS" in "Haddon Hall". Leicester Amateur Music and Dramatic Society, 1909. Photo. by Ramsden (postmarked)

(b) MIKADO Full Cast on stage with MD (1920's?)

(c) PIRATES : Alec as Samuel (postmark 31 De. 1922)

(d) Nanki-Poo (Mr. .J.Nunn) (postmark Sp 4 1906) with message on front

(e) VERY SCARCE : Advertising postcard for THEATRE ROYAL, NORWICH THE NORFOLK & NORWICH AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY Presents THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD By permission of R. D'Oyly Carte, Esq. ONE WEEK ONLY APRIL 24th - 29th (undated but possibly 1933). Coloured image of Tower Warder with halberd in red and yellow with banner THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD in yellow across legs. Gilza Design (attractive item)

(f) A group in costume for H.M.S. PINAFORE and captioned : REPRODUCTION OF H.M.S. PINAFORE at Victoria Hall, Ealing, May 23rd, 24th & 25th, 1907 in aid of proposed new Ealing Hospital. Winter & Parsons, Ealing. (original postmark: London May 17, 1907) REPRODUCTION ONLY

(a) £8.00 each

(b)£2.00

(c)£3.00

(d)£4.00

(e)£6.00 each (multiple copies available of this one-off collection discovered by builders under floorboards during restoration project!)

(f)£1.00

(a) Richard D'Oyly Carte. Cartoon by Faustin. Published in `Figaro in London' cartoon card series c.1890 TM 322

(b) George Grossmith (1848 - 1912). As the Lord Chancellor in `Iolanthe' Savoy Theatre, 25 November 1882. Cartoon by Jack. Published in `Society', 6 January 1883 TM 399

(c) Programme cover for the first night performaance of `Iolanthe' Savoy Theatre, 25 November 1882. The light-bulb motif celebrates D'Oyly Carte's innovation of electric lighting in an auditorium TM401

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN

(a) Sir ARTHUR SULLIVAN portrait postcard. Rotary Photo. E.C. Chancellor & Son Dublin 2528. Sent in the post (Postmark Devonport Jan. 19, 1904)

(b) as above : postmark indecipherable poss.bly c.1904

(c) Millais portrait. Oil on canvas, 115.6 x 87 cm. National Portrait Gallery (1325)

(d) National Portrait Gallery b&w Postcard "Sir Arthur Sullivan" by Millais (now discontinued)

(e) Sir Arthur Sullivan Society postcard of SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN photographed near the end of his life (published 2003) (multiple copies available)

(f) Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes : The Late Sir Arthur Sullivan (1900/1)

(g) Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarette Card "Mr. D'Oyly Carte." B Series, No.27 (This Series contains 200 Photographs). Post-1901

(a)£20.00

(b)£15.00

(c)£2.00

(d)£3.00

(e)£0.25p each

(f)£5.00

(g)£5.00

ARTHUR SULLIVAN black and white portrait photograph:

photographed near the end of his life (c.1896). Published by the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society (2003)

(a) PIRATES TOUR 1989 Tour : Sue Gorton plays Ruth

(b) PIRATES TOUR 1989 Tour : daughters listening in on Mabel and Frederick

(c) PIRATES TOUR 1989 Tour : Finale Act II

(d) THE MIKADO 1989 Tour : Michael Ducarel plays the Mikado

(e) THE MIKADO 1989 Tour : Eric Roberts plays Ko-Ko

(f) THE MIKADO 1989 Tour : Sue Gorton plays Katisha

(g) THE MIKADO 1989 Tour: Three Little Maids (written on back)

(h) 1990 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Tour TRIAL BY JURY : Philip Creasy as the Defendant with Jury Chorus

(i) 1990 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Tour TRIAL BY JURY : Philip Creasy as the Defendant

(j) 1990 D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Tour TRIAL BY JURY : Plaintiff and Bridesmaids

(k) PINAFORE TOUR 1990 : Sue Gorton as Little Buttercup

(l) PINAFORE TOUR 1990 : Philip Creasy as Ralph Rackstraw and Deborah Rees as Josephine

(m) PINAFORE TOUR 1990 : Eric Roberts as Sir Joseph Porter

(n) PINAFORE TOUR 1990 : Philip Creasy as Ralph Rackstraw and John Rath as Dick Deadeye

£2.00 each

(any four cards @ £6.00)

(a) The Pirates of Penzance

(b) The Mikado

NEW (printed on 220 gsm card) :

A RARE SET OF COLOURED G&S POSTCARDS (produced for a 1924 calendar, all landscape: "By kind permission of Lady Gilbert and Mr Rupert D'Oyly Carte". Designed and arranged by Bess Defries) Available as A6 POSTCARDS (very attractive watercolours. Published by The Artograph Publishing Co., 16 Grape Street, London, W.C.1 (Back of Princes Theatre)):

SET OF 12 (untitled):

Postcard No.1 RUDDIGORE

Postcard No.2 TRIAL BY JURY

Postcard No.3 THE SORCERER

Postcard No.4 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD

Postcard No.5 COX AND BOX

Postcard No.6 H.M.S.PINAFORE

Postcard No.7 THE GONDOLIERS

Postcard No.8 IOLANTHE

Postcard No.9 THE MIKADO

Postcard No.10 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

Postcard No.11 PRINCESS IDA

Postcard No.12 PATIENCE

(a) INDIVIDUAL POSTCARDS available @ £0.60p each

(b) ALL TWELVE POSTCARDS as a set available (in a cellophane pack) @ £6.60

NEW (by Artline Media) :

(a)£0.60p each

(b)£6.60 for set of 12 in a cellophane pack

only available as an actual size colour photocopy (sepia) @ £5.00 (including b&w information on reverse)

Facsimile only: colour photocopy (sepia) available @ £5.00

(a) Kind Captain ... Higgins' German Laundry Soap (2 characters)

(b) Come buy of your Buttercup ... Higgins' German Laundry Soap (3 characters)

(c) Whose praise Great Britain ... Higgins' German Laundry Soap (3 characters)

THE MIKADO (size: 7.5 x 12.5 cms):

(d) TRICORA CORSET. Affords GREAT RELIEF and COMFORT, WARRANTED to give SATISFACTION OR MONEY REFUNDED (+ wording on reverse) Price: £30.00

PATIENCE (size: 6 x 10.5 cms):

(e) "How true our love! - He was a little boy!" FAHY'S (draper) (+ wording on reverse)

(f) "You hold yourself like this" R.O.HOLDEN & SON Dry Goods, Carpets and Clothing, 83 and 85 Main St., Batavia, N.Y.

(g) "How earnestly precious" M.M. HYDEMAN, FANCY GOODS and MILLINERY, 37 North Pearl St., Albany, N.Y.

(h) "In a rapt ecstatic way" D. McCARTHY & Co., 49, 51 & 53 South Salina Street. (draper)

(i) I am soulfully intense" Watkin's Bookstore, Cazenovia, N.Y.

(full color, approx. 3" x 5", Giles Lith Co., N.Y.)

A series of seven cards, all based on cabinet photos of D'Oyly Carte New York cast.  All images are full length.  Caption at bottom identifies performers.  Ad on reverse for Straiton & Storm's Pinnacle Cigars.

MK-1.5:  "Miss Ulmar as 'Yum-Yum'"--white kimono, open fan held behind left ear. @ £35.00

MK (a) Three Little Maids From School--each holding fans, blue border   No.822 (5 ½”x 7 ½”) @ £30.00

MK (b) “Live well and be happy.” Buy the “ERIE BRAND” of Canned Goods USE NO OTHER : Three Little Maids with fans : in blue, yellow/ white, and red kimonos, each leaning forward with open fan under face  (printer not identified) @ £20.00

MK (c) “Live well and be happy.” Buy the “ERIE BRAND” of Canned Goods USE NO OTHER : Pitti-Sing (yellow kimono) @ £20.00

MK (d) YUM YUM USES (image in blue kimono) ALLEN B. WRISLEY’S WHITE BORAX SOAP (parody verses on  reverse) @ £20.00

MK (e) YUM YUM Uses  (image in yellow kimono) “CORTICELLI” SPOOL SILK @ £20.00

MK (f) ROSENBLOOM BROS. (image of Yum Yum in white kimono) – Leading Boot and Shoe Dealers- PROVIDENCE @ £20.00

MK (g) Image of Yum Yum in blue kimono with open fan : Emerson Piano Co. 146A Tremont Street, BOSTON @ £20.00

MK (h) Image of Geraldine Ulmar as Yum Yum (in white kimono with open fan behind head) Price & Knickerbocker, Seedsmen, ALBANY. - - N.Y. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE ISSUED FEB. 1st. SENT FREE @ £35.00

MK (i) Image of Yum Yum (in yellow kimono, in profile with open fan to left side of face) . On reverse: ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Biechele’s Laurel Soap, As it is just what you want for all purposes. NO INJURIOUS CHEMICALS ARE USED @ £20.00

MK (j) Image of Geraldine Ulmar as Yum Yum (in red kimono, looking to left with half-open fan) On reverse: Danbury Clothing sale @ £20.00

MK (k) Child in red kimono/blue fan with fan : Compliments OF WHEELER & WILSON MANFACTURING CO. @ £20.00

MK (l) Child in green kimono/ red fan : Compliments OF WHEELER & WILSON MANFACTURING CO. @ £20.00

MK (m) Child in blue kimono/ pinkfan : Compliments OF WHEELER & WILSON MANFACTURING CO. @ £20.00

MK (n) Child in mauve kimono/ yellow fan : MENGEL & SHOMO Jewelers, 618 PENN STREET, READING, PA @ £20.00

(full color, approx. 3-1/8" x 4-3/8", no printer identified)

A series of four stock cards, each with a full length portrait based on cabinet photos from New York productions.  Characters not identified on cards.  Plain blue line border.  Used with many product and business overprints including "Fleming's Mikado Cologne."  (The images 3.1 and 3.4 also exist on small advertising posters (7" x 13-3/8") for products including "Fleming's Mikado Cologne.")

MK-3.3:  Blue kimono, red obi, standing next to column, holding open fan above head with right hand (based on photo of Kate Forster as Pitti-Sing) @ £35.00

(full color, approx. 5-1/4" x 3-3/8", Stahl & Jaeger Lith., N.Y.)

A single card with portrait, adapted from top portion of photo of Kate Forster, Geraldine Ulmar, and Geraldine St. Maur as Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, and Peep-Bo, each leaning forward, as in "MK-2.4," but holding tooth brushes and bottles rather than fans.  "No! We can Never be persuaded to use anything for our Teeth but" appears above portrait, "RICKSECKER'S DENTAROMA" below; green background. @ £60.00

(full color, approx. 3-1/8" x 5", Trautmann Bailey & Blampey, N.Y.)

A single card with full length portrait, adapted from photo of Kate Forster, Geraldine Ulmar, and Geraldine St. Maur as Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, and Peep-Bo, each leaning forward, as in "MK-2.4," but holding corsets rather than fans.  "Thomson's Patent Glove Fitting" appears at top. "Pitti-Sing," "Yum-Yum," and "Peep-Bo" appear beneath charac­ters. @ £30.00

(sepia and black ink, approx. 4-1/8" x 6-3/4", no printer identified)

A single card designed to appear like a cabinet photograph.  Image is of Geraldine St. Maur, Geraldine Ulmar and Kate Forster leaning forward with hands on knees, holding closed fans.  Beneath portrait is "(THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL)/Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Peep-Bo/Compliments of the GILBERT MFG. CO./346-348 Broadway, New York"  @ £60.00

(full color, approx. 2-3/4" x 4-5/8", no printer identified)

A series of seven cards, all adapted from cabinet photos of the D'Oyly Carte New York cast.  All images are full length.  Character name upper left, performers not identified.  Each image features a spool of "J.&P. Coats Best Six Cord" cotton thread and an adapted lyric from The Mikado.

MK-30.1:  "Katisha"--"There is music in the whirling of the spindle-..."  (based on photo of Elsie Cameron)

MK-30.2:  "Koko"--"As the best of spool cotton you may desire to buy..."  (based on photo of George Thorne)

MK-30.3:  "The Mikado"--"My object all sublime I shall attain in time..."  (pose same as MK-1.2.")

MK-30.4:  "Nanki-Poo"--"The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra la,..."  (based on photo of Courtice Pounds)

MK-30.5:  "Pish-Tush"--"Our great Mikado, virtuous man,..."  (based on photo of G. Byron Browne)

MK-30.6:  "Pooh-Bah"--"I am so proud - if I allowed..." (pose same as "MK-1.1.")

MK-30.7:  "Yum-Yum"--"We've COATS' Spool Cotton,..."  (based on photo of Geraldine Ulmar) (as a set only @ £245.00)

Also available singly @ £30.00 each:

MK-30.1:  "Katisha"--"There is music in the whirling of the spindle-..."  (based on photo of Elsie Cameron)

MK-30.2:  "Koko"--"As the best of spool cotton you may desire to buy..."  (based on photo of George Thorne)

(full color, approx. 2-3/4" x 4-1/4", Donaldson Brothers, N.Y.)

A series of four cards, all based on cabinet photos of the D'Oyly Carte New York cast.  All images are full length.  Issued with two different overprints, one for "Lautz Bros. & Co's. Pure and Healthy Soaps", the other for "Lautz Bros. & Co's. Acme Soap."  Printer's name appears in gold, lower right, on "Pure and Healthy" cards only.  Characters not identified.

MK-31.2:  Three Maids--all facing left with hands to chin, open fans at waist (front : Use Lautz Bros. & Co's Pure and Healthy Soaps Best in the Market (reverse : Hood & White). @ £35.00

MK-31.2:  Three Maids--all facing left with hands to chin, open fans at waist (front : Use Lautz Bros. & Co's Pure and Healthy Soaps Best in the Market; reverse: ex-album : Lautz Bros. & Co.'s Gloss Soap) (sl. repair to small section of border top right) @ £30.00

MK-31.3:  Nanki-Poo--leaning against wall, legs crossed, playing stringed instrument. @ £35.00

MK-31.4:  The Mikado--closed fan held before chest in both hands(front : Use Lautz Bros. & Co's Pure and Healthy Soaps Best in the Market ( reverse: ex-album : Lautz Bros. & Co.'s Gloss Soap) @ £35.00

MK-31.4: The Mikado--closed fan held before chest in both hands (border trimmed) (front : Use Lautz Bros. & Co's Pure and Healthy Soaps Best in the Market; reverse: Gloss Soap) @ £30.00

(blue black ink, approx. 4-1/4" x 6-1/2", Photo-Gravure Co., N.Y.)

A series of seven cards, reproductions of cabinet photo images of D'Oyly Carte New York cast.  All images are full length.  Performer and rôle identified in upper half of image.  Product mentioned only on back of card.  Cards were offered as a premium, the full set sent free of charge in exchange for 15 wrappers of Dobbins' Electric Soap.

MK-32.2:  "Geraldine Ulmar as Yum-Yum"--before wall, open fan held behind head (Portrait No. 2) @ £60.00

(full color, approx. 3-3/8" x 6-1/8", J. Ottmann Lith, N.Y.)

A single card with an image of the three maids similar to "MK-31.2", but with each maid holding a watch in her left hand.  Beneath image is title "'THE WATERBURY MAIDS'," followed by a 24-line verse adaptation of "Three Little Maids From School"  Green background.  Characters not identified. @ £30.00

(full color, approx. 4-5/8" x 6-5/8", no printer identified)
A series of at least five stock cards with no printer identified.  Based on cabinet photos of non-D'Oyly Carte cast, possibly from a Philadelphia company.  A distinguishing feature is the presence of tassels on the sleeves of the kimo­nos on the female characters.  Cards are frequently embossed.  All images are full length.  Characters not identified.
MK-39.2:  Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum--Nanki-Poo kneels on left knee beside seated Yum-Yum, her right hand in his, half open green fan in her lap @ £65.00 SOLD

(full color, approx. 2-7/8" x 4-5/8", Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y.)

A single card with seven-line lyric parody beginning "Three little maids from school Are we" at top, portrait of three maids in blue and yellow, pink and blue, and green and yellow costumes below.  Each maid is holding a huge spool of Clark's thread.  Printer identified on back. (top sl. trimmed) @ £30.00

(full color, approx. 3" x 4-1/2", Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y.)

A single card with male oriental caricature holding package labeled "SCOURENE" and  standing before screen.  "KOKO/FINE GROCERIES" appears at top of screen with seven-line lyric parody beginning "As sometimes it may happen/That Dirt and Stains Abound" just below.  On back is another lyric parody beginning "If selection you would make of cleansers that abound."  Printer identified on back. @ £30.00

(full color, approx. 2-5/8" x 4-3/8", no printer identified)

A series of six stock cards, each depicting a single character from Patience (not identified by name) with a quote from the opera.  Cards have pale green background and a brown line border.  There is space to the left side of the character, but within the border, for advertising.

PC-1.1:   "'A Japanese young man,...."--Bunthorne (staring at sunflower) Star Cough Drops @ £30.00

PC-1.2:  "'Conceive me, if you can,...."--Grosvenor (sunflower on chest) .J & P. Coats’ Best Six-Cord Cotton @ £30.00

PC-1.3:  "'Stouter than I used to be,...."--Lady Jane (holding cello and bow) @ £30.00

(full color, approx. 3" x 5-3/8", Cosack & Co., Buffalo, N.Y.)

A single card with Adelaide Neilson as Patience, upper right with milk pail on right hip, words printed on brim of hat and milk pail.  Design also includes sunflowers, lilies, and a circular portrait of Oscar Wilde (lower left).  Card exists with two different overprints and corresponding ads on reverse.

PC-8b:  Neilson's Secret for the Complexion:  "Marie Fontaine's Moth & Freckle Cure..." in blue box upper left; "Neilson's Secret for the Complexion" on brim of hat; ad for "Neilson's Secret for the Complexion" on reverse. @ £55.00

(full color, approx. 5-3/8" x 7-3/8", no printer identified)

A series of four large stock cards, each with a scene from H.M.S. Pinafore, and a lyric quote in the lower left corner.  The quote is hand lettered rather than typeset, sky is multicolored, and each scene includes a bucket with the word "PINAFORE" on it.  No ad box.

PF-5.2:  "'Refrain, Audacious Tar.'" @ £30.00

(full color, approx. 3-1/8" x 4-1/2", no printer identified)

A series of four cards with drawings of children in scenes from H.M.S. Pinafore.  Published in two different versions, one (a stock card) with a two-line quote at the bottom of each drawing, another with the same two lines plus a third line added for Higgins' German Laundry Soap.  The Higgins' version is by far the more common.

PF-23.1b:  "'Come buy of your Buttercup...."  Higgins' German Laundry Soap. @ £20.00

PF-23.2b:  "'Kind Captain, I've important information...."  Higgins' German Laundry Soap. @ £20.00

PF-23.3b:  "'What, never?  No, never!...."  Higgins' German Laundry Soap. @ £20.00

PF-23.4b:  "'Whose praise Great Britain always chants...."  Higgins' German Laundry Soap. @ £20.00

(full color, approx. 3-1/2" x 4-7/8", no printer identified)

A series of four cards advertising the New York Miniature Opera Company in H.M.S. Pinafore.  Each card depicts a scene from Pinafore with two to four characters from the children's production.  The words "New York Miniature Opera Company" appear in red at the top of each card.  A quote from the opera appears at the bottom.

PF-26.1:  "'A British sailor is a splendid fellow.'" @ £25.00

PF-26.2:  "'Ring the merry bells on board ship.'" @ £25.00

PF-26.3:  "'Silence be!  It was the cat.'  'Goodness me!  What was that'" @ £25.00

PF-26.4:  "'Things are seldom what they seem.'" @ £25.00

(full color, approx. 4-3/4" x 3-3/8", Schumacher & Ettlinger Lith., N.Y.)

Five characters from children's Pinafore standing next to a huge bottle of "Hagan's Magnolia Balm;" Child Sir Joseph holds up a smaller bottle of the product.  Three-line caption at bottom beginning "Its praise Columbia loudly chants,...." @ £30.00

(various colors, approx. 2-3/4" x 4-1/4", Hammerstein Bros. & Co., Lith., Indianapolis)

Several cards, all the same size and advertising the same product. 

PF-32.1:  "Sweet Little Buttercup Sells Nothing But Gates' A No. 1. Baking Powder." (Type A)  cartoon Buttercup from children's Pinafore hands can of product to tiny Tom Tucker; caption appears in box below drawing, drawing has line border, printer not identified. @ £60.00

(black ink, approx. 3" x 5", Forbes Co. or Hatch Co.)

One in a series of "Malt Bitters Puzzle" cards, but the only one with a G&S connection.  Words "MALT BITTERS PUZZLE" appear above drawing.  Caption appears beneath.  Three versions exist, each a redrawing of the same subject.  Illustration of sailor looking out to sea through a telescope.  A woman's face can be readily seen if card is turned upside down.

PF-36.3: "Where is Little Buttercup?" cap­tion is handwritten, rather than typeset. @ £25.00

(a) SET OF 5 COLOUR POSTCARDS OF THE 21 July, 1992 Arthur Sullivan 150th Anniversay COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS (design by Lynda Gray)

individual cards also available:

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

(c) The Gondoliers (24p)

(d) The Mikado (28p)

(e) The Pirates of Penzance (33p)

(f) Iolanthe (39p)

(a) £15.00 five-card set

(b) - (f) @ £3.00 each

THE PIERPONT MORGAN LIBRARY (poster postcard-size reproductions):

(a) H.M.S.PINAFORE. Alfred Concanen, 1835 - 1886. Color lithograph poster, first production, Opera Comique, London, 1878-79 (landscape format)

(b) Three Little Maids in THE MIKADO. Color lithograph poster printed for D’Oyly Carte’s first American production, 1885-86

(c) THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD. Dudley Hardy, 1867-1922. Color lithograph poster of the Headsman, D'Oyly Carte Opera Co., London, ca.1897 (upright format)

(a) The interior of the Bijou Theatre, Boston. Colour lithograph program, showing a performance of IOLANTHE, 1882. The first theater in America to be illuminated completely by electric light, the Bijou opened on December 11, 1882 with a production of IOLANTHE authorized by Richard D'Oyly Carte

(b) PRINCESS IDA; or, CASTLE ADAMANT. Color lithograph poster by the Strobridge Lithographic Co., Cincinnati and New York

(c) C.P.Hawkes, "Sir Arthur Sullivan at Fuenterrabia", 1899. Ink and wash caricature. Purchased with income from the William Morris Hunt Fund, 2000 scarce

(d) (sent in post): C.P.Hawkes, "Sir Arthur Sullivan at Fuenterrabia", 1899. Ink and wash caricature. Purchased with income from the William Morris Hunt Fund, 2000 : promotional card for 2001 exhibition/lecture (slight scuff on waistcoat)

(b)£3.00

(c)£10.00

(d)£2.00

Ex-Album:

IOLANTHE Mr Henry Lytton as Strephon T 1167

£6.00

(a) PAUL A. RUBENS (oval portrait). Rotary Photographic Plate Sunk Gem Series with musical quote : Song The Sleepy Canal from "MISS HOOK OF HOLLAND"

(b) SIR CHAS. SANTLEY (oval portrait). Rotary Photographic Plate Sunk Gem Series with musical quote : Simon the Cellarer (inscribed 4.10.08)

(a)£7.00

(b)£7.00

LARGE POSTCARDS, 6" x 8":

(a) Poster designed by H.M.Brook for PATIENCE at the Princes Theatre, 1919. Published by the Theatre Museum TM501 (1983)

(b) Poster designed by Dudley Hardy for THE CHIEFTAIN at the Savoy Theatre (1895). Published by Nasty Jack Trading Co. NYC (1971) (2 copies available)

SAVOYARD PHOTOS (and G&S Photos.) D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. from the 1950's/1960's scarce :

(a) DONALD ADAMS as Earl of Mountararat (G&S Photos)

(b) JEAN BARRINGTON as Phyllis (G&S Photos)

(c) PETER PRATT as Ko-Ko (G&S Photos)

(d) JOHN REED as Ko-Ko

(e) JOHN REED as Ko-Ko (photograph by Sheila Crompton, Bolton, Lancs.) - real photograph (no caption)

(f) JOHN REED as Jack Point

(g) KENNETH SANDFORD as Don Alhambra

(h) MARY SANSOM as Patience

(i) MARY SANSOM as Elsie

(j) JEFFREY SKITCH as Capt. Corcoran

£10.50 each

scarce

Amber Postcards 100 years of Gilbert & Sullivan. Original colour paintings by Jane Hart :
Series of 12 @ £30.00:
No.1 Gilbert & Sullivan
No.2 TRIAL
No.3 THE SORCERER
No.4 PINAFORE
No.5 PIRATES
No.6 PATIENCE
No.7 IOLANTHE
No.8 PRINCESS IDA
No.9 MIKADO
No.10 RUDDIGORE
No.11 THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
No.12 THE GONDOLIERS

Kevin Chapple G&S Collection :

(a) 1896 Revival of “The Mikado” at the Savoy Theatre with Jessie Bond, Florence Perry, Emmie Owen

David Stone Collection (sent in post):

(b) Fred Clifton as the Sergeant of Police (The Pirates of Penzance)

MISCELLANEOUS:

(c) Plain back: SONG.- Sir J. Porter and Chorus : sheet music over which images of Sullivan, Gilbert and D’Oyly Carte have been superimposed by R.Allan

(d) “TOGETHER AGAIN” A G&S/DC Reunion 6th June 1993, Manchester. Design by Geoffrey Shovelton

(e) GRIM'S DYKE HOTEL, OLD REDDING, HARROW WEALD, ENGLAND. The former home of W.S.Gilbert. Hotel, banqueting, conference and Gilbert & Sullivan entertainment centre (colour : aerial)

(f) MISS CLARA DOW. Raphael Tuck : Celebrities of the Stage T 1087 (inscribed on front 4/3/08)

(g) MADAME ALBANI. Rotary 1524 Rose K. Durrant. (postmark Sept. 21 1903)(sl. nick to right centre edge, image not affected)

(h) Detroit Photographic Co., Publishers 6946 “THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL ARE WE" (colour postcard of three Japanese girls in three rickshaws)

(a)£2.00

(b)£3.00

(c)£2.00

(d)£2.00

(e)£1.00

(f)£5.00

(g)£4.00

(h)£2.00

Novelty item : HERE'S MI CARDO (colour illustration of Japanese male charater with fan offering (in his left hand) a card bearing the word GREETINGS)

NON G&S THEATRICAL POSTCARDS:

1. MISS NORA KERIN AS "JULIET" Rotary 1796 S

2. MISS LILY BRAYTON Beagles G 372 D

3. VIOLET NANBURGH Bassano 10510

4. MISS EVELYN MILLARD Dover Street Studios E.T. 918

5. MISS CONSTANCE COLLIER Beagles G 407 M

6. MR. & MRS. JAMES CAREW (MISS ELLEN TERRY) Rotary 4493 B

7. MR. MATHESON LANG AS "ROMEO" Rotary 1212 J

8. MR OSCAR ASHE AS THE KING IN "HAMLET" RTS P 1092

9. MISS MARION TERRY & MR. A.E. MATTHEWS Beagles 183 F

10. HENRY IRVING AS "BECKET" J.B. & Co.

11. MR. HENRY AINSLEY AS "CASSIO" IN "OTHELLO" Rotary 1113 I

12. MR HENRY AINLEY Davidson Bros. SERIES 1596

13. MR. LEWIS WALLER AS "OTHELLO" & MR. H.B.IRVING AS "IAGO" IN "OTHELLO" Rotary 1292 C

14. MR. H. B. IRVING Rotary 1114 G

15. MR. H. B. IRVING Davidson Bros. SERIES 1603

16. MR. BEERBOHM TREE AS "SHYLOCK" IN "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" Rotary 4268 J

17. MR. BEERBOHM TREE AS "ARAGOT" IN "THE BELOVED VAGABOND" Rotary 4268 H

18. MR. H. BEERBOHM TREE Beagles G 354 W

19. MR. H. BEERBOHM TREE (as Shylock) Beagles No. 354 . K (matt)

20. MR. BEERBOHM TREE Beagles 566 B

21. MR. BEERBOHM TREE AS "MALVOLIO" IN "TWELFTH NIGHT" Rotary 106 L

£6.00 each