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General Ephemera
G-2930
[Advertising - theatrical]. Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham. Programme
dated March 31, 1884 for The Three Hats!, 4 p. folder
with large ad for
"Mr. R. D'Oyly Carte's Comedy=Opera Company in Patience", starting April 7th.
4 pp. folder printed in black; large brown stain to lower half throughout, affecting
"P" of "Patience" in ad; horizontal creases; a couple short closed edge tears and
corner creases. Very good.
$5
Trial by Jury in India !
G-2931
[Certificate]. A Vote of Thanks, Royal Alfred Sailors' Home [Bombay],
for participation in a fundraiser, to Miss Gresley, A Bridesmaid in
"Trial by Jury", March 1884.
Elaborate cream light card
folder printed gilt, red and blue , with the Home's arms embossed and fully
hand-coloured at top of inside panel. Faintly and evenly spotted; dusty; 1/2" split at
lower spine. Near fine.
"Excerpt from the Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors ..." expressing
thanks to the participant in a fundraising entertainment at Bombay's Gaiety
Theatre on March 12, 1884.
Signed by Henry Morland, President of the Bombay Sailors' Home Society; officer of
the Indian Navy and later, as Sir Henry Morland, Chairman of the Corporation
of Bombay.
$95
G-2932
[Drawing - photo]. Charles Gould as Marco, Act II.
Profile, head and shoulders,
b/w; 8" x 6" photographic print of drawing by Vera Mulholland (daughter of
J.B. Mulholland, manager of King's Theatre, Hammersmith, and Wimbledon Theatre);
Fine.
$5
G-2940
[Magazine]. The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated: A
Pictorial Record of the 1932-1933 Season. London: The Sphere
, 1933. Thirty pages of wonderful sepia photographs recording the
season's productions; with "'Till Curtain: A Foreword by Sir Henry
Lytton."
Cream pictorial wrappers
printed in brown, heavily foxed on cover; 1"closed tear along spine;
contents bright and clean; near fine.
$10
G-2941
[Magazine]. The Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Illustrated: Season
1939. London: "The Sphere", 1939. 40 pp. of spectacular b/w and sepia photos,
plus 8 pp. of coloured photos and set or costume designs, all depicting the
performances of the 10 operas presented during the 1939 D'Oyly Carte season; also
includes essay "The Wonder of the Gilbert & Sullivan Operas" and G&S ads for
HMV's recordings, Chappell's scores, Macmillan's books, and Simmons costumes. An
unusually fine copy in original 1939
putty-grey wrappers with red
and blue pictorial (Ko-Ko and Katisha) decoration; 1/3 price sticker at top
front.
$30
G-2953
[Post Cards]. Pierpont Morgan Library. Group of four photographic postcards from items
in the Library's collections; three b/w, the last in colour. Unused; fine. They are:
- H.M.S. Pinafore b/w version of colour lithograph poster.
- The Pirates of Penzance page from manuscript score.
- Sir Arthur Sullivan by Charles Dana Gibson; detail from Punch
cartoon.
- The Pirates of Penzance Lancers colour lithograph sheet music cover.
$5
G-2954
[Post cards]. The Yeomen of the Guard, "Six 'Oilettes' of the Original Oil
Paintings ..."; 3 only (of 6) of Tuck's series no.9221, [n.d.], showing full-colour
Beefeaters in state dress,
with original printed kraft paper envelope. Post cards fine; very good envelope
split at seams and age-toned, but complete.
$5
G-2957
[Principal's PR flyer]. Donald Adams. [ca.1980] Unfolded 4 pp.
booklet, with photo of Adams on front, professional history, accomplishments and
reviews inside, with update through 1985 glued down on last page over "Recent Stage
Performances"; minor creasing; a touch soiled near glueing. Very good.
$2
G-2958
[Programme]. Betsy, by F.C. Burnand. Sept. 20th, 1880. Criterion Theatre.
"360th Performance of Betsy ... The New Comedy, in Three Acts adapted from the
French of MM. Hennequin and Najac ..." Together with Jilted! by Alfred
Maltby. Cast includes Lottie Venn (Plaintiff in the 1877 revival of
Trial) as Betsy . 4 pp. decorative newsprint folder printed in
black,
with figures from the
plays on front and in margins; Rimmel perfume ad on verso; cross folds;
p.3 dusty. Near fine.
$30
G-2965
[Programme - commemorative]. Gilbert & Sullivan Centenary
Service. St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, Monday 24th March 1975. Programme
includes several Sullivan Hymns, "Hail Poetry" from Pirates, an address by
Bishop Robert Stopford (Chairman of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust) and reading by
Frederic Lloyd; soloist Meston Reid, with D'Oyly Carte choir.
Light card folder, simply
printed in black; a touch age-toned, especially at edges; small rust stain at
bottom front near fold; stains to rear (2.5" x 0.5"), over scuffed area, affecting
chorus of "Onward Christian Soldiers". Very good.
Note: "W.S. Gilbert was baptised in this church on 11 January 1837."
$5
G-2967
[Stamps]. Royal Mail Gilbert & Sullivan
Mint Stamps. Five stamps in protective cover, with attractive
descriptive
colour
pictorial folder, in clear plastic sleeve. Fine. Issued to
commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Arthur
Sullivan.
$10
Artifacts
G-2971
The D'Oyly Carte Plate, by Spode "... to celebrate the centenary of W.S.
Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan and Richard D'Oyly Carte." (cf. flyer).
White bone china plate,
decorated with blue, green and beige figures from each G&S opera (except
Thespis), each accompanied by its year of production; also with the Savoy
arms and G&S monogram, and gold rim; 11" diameter. In original paded Spode
(Royal warrant as "Manufacturers of China") red and gilt box; together with the
original advertising flyer. Plate and flyer fine; near fine box with unglued hinge
ribbons and top a touch concave.
$225
G-2972
Wedgewood's Gilbert and Sullivan Operas mug, "Design sponsored by the D'Oyly
Carte Opera Company, Savoy Theatre, London, England".
Large white china mug,
decorated with 16 b/w vignettes (one from each opera with characters in their
original costumes - Ida, and first night list, on the bottom - plus reproductions of
Gilbert, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte's Vanity Fair caricatures); bordered in pink and
blue on top and bottom, with beige banners around Gilbert and Sullivan. Fine,
with no chips, marks or defects.
$150
"Fleming's Mikado Cologne. The Most
Delicious and Fragrant ..."
G-2973
Fleming's Mikado Cologne [bottle and two trade cards]. Original pressed
glass bottle, "Fleming's Mikado Cologne" on verso, with small chip from rear
of lip, and internally soiled; coloured decorative paper label on front, with
minor surface scuffing and a few tiny chips at edges.
Together with
Two Fleming Bros. trade cards, the first a floral design advertising the Cologne
on front and two "Dr. C. McLanes" specifics on verso ("J.A. Murthersbough, Drugs ...
Lewistown, Pa."), the second with a Mikado-style female figure (probably from a Kate
Forster photo as Pitti-Sing) advertising "Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills and Vermifuge"
on front and
the Cologne on verso ("Clarence W. Adams, Pure Drugs & Mikado Cologne, Columbus,
Ind."). Both cards a touch dusty, the former with creased corner, the latter with
brown paper mounting remnants along left margin of verso.
All three items near fine.
Oddly, the Mikado-style card has a testimonial "Letter from Germany" for the Liver
Pills, dated January 9th, 1882!
$150
G-2974
Gilbert and Sullivan playing cards, two decks (blue/lilac and rose/beige).
Standard decks, but with three jokers (the spare joker is an explanation of the
deck); face cards are "seventeen characters from the much loved operas ..."*
As new and still shrink wrapped,
as issued.
* "Artist Don Jack has faithfully recreated these familiar-looking figures from
several sources. Programme covers, posters and cigarette cards by the illustrator
H.M. Brock (1875-1960) were his main inspiration."
$25 the pair
Letters, Autographs, etc.
Some signed or inscribed items may be included in
other parts of this list.
Check through the following sections:
Books,
Photographs and
Photographic postcards
G-2977
[Autograph sentiments]. [Bridget D'Oyly Carte]. On "Miss Bridget
D'Oyly Carte" visiting cards.
Black engraved script on
white or cream cards, sentiment hand-written in coloured ink. Not
signed. Sold separately, as follows:
- a. "With my good wishes for Christmas & the New Year 1964-65" in light blue;
3.75" x 2.5". Minor age-toning; lightly dusty. Near fine. $10
- b. "With all my best wishes 1969-1970" in red; 2" x 3". Light age-toning.
Fine. $10
- c. "With all my best wishes for Christmas & the New Year 1971-1972" in green;
3.75" x 2.5". Fine. $10
- d. "With all my good wishes for Christmas & the New Year. 1973-1974" in brown;
3.75" x 2.5". Fine. $10
- e. "With my best wishes We shall miss you - get well soon." in brown; 3.75" x 2.5".
Hind of smudging to "y" of "you". Fine. $10
G-2978
[Autograph signatures]. Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Signatures, some dated,
some with sentiments,
on her private Christmas
cards. Sold separately, as follows:
- b. Postcard format abstract design; "With all my good wishes for Christmas and
New Year 1966-1967", written and signed in black. Light age-toning. Fine. $15
- e. "Angel trumpeters", signed in black, 1969-1970. Light age-toning. Fine. $15
- f. "British wild life" in snow, signed on verso in red, 1970-1971. Fine. $15
- g. "Himalayan Blue Primula" (greeting card), signed in purple, 1971-1972.
Fine. $15
G-2979
[Signature with sentiment]. Isidore Godfrey. 1 p.
Yours faithfully,
Isidore Godfrey.
Small slip, possibly
clipped from letter or album
leaf; horizontal crease through signature, otherwise nice and clean. Near fine.
$10
G-2980
[Autograph signatures]. Charles Goulding.
Six Christmas cards,
sent to Vera Mulholland (daughter of J.B. Mulholland, manager of King's Theatre,
Hammersmith, and Wimbledon Theatre); four simply signed "Charles",
two "With love from Charles". In unrelated envelope with ink notation
"Charles Goulding Xmas cds. to Vera". Cards all fine.
$30
[Autograph postcard signed] P. H[amburger],
13/1/81
[Typed letter signed]. Frederic Lloyd, 11th January,
1972
[Autograph letter signed]. Henry Lytton,
20 Feb 1913, to "I. Watson, Esq."; Sheffield, 1 p.
Letters from officials of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust
Cigarette Cards
Originally used as stiffeners for
cigarette packs, these cards became collectibles once manufacturers
began printing images on them, and issuing subject groups. In the
1920s, John Player & Sons created these sets with illustrations
by H.M. Brock, who had earlier designed posters for the D'Oyly Carte.
Each card illustrates a prinpcipal character from the G& S
operas, with a role description on verso.
G-2989
John Player
& Sons, December 1925. A Series of 50 small size [cards].
Illustrated by H.M. Brock. Green backs. Near fine; two cards creased,
two scuffed.
$80
G-2990
John Player
& Sons, April 1926. A Series of 25 extra-large size
[cards]. Illustrated by H.M. Brock. Green backs. Fine.
$120
G-2991
John Player
& Sons, December 1927. A 2nd Series of 50 small size
[cards]. Illustrated by H.M. Brock. Green backs. Fine.
$80
G-2992
John Player
& Sons, January 1928. A 2nd Series of 25 large size
[cards]. "From originals by H.M. Brock". Green backs. Fine.
$100
Photographs
Unless otherwise noted, all photos are of
members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Most are near fine or better, may be curling (as usual),
and are measured to the nearest half inch.
Images from The Theatre are disbound from issues of that
magazine, and consequently have one rough edge.
G-2994
Donald Adams.
In street clothes, at the
stage door. 6.5" x 8.5"; sepia, a touch of surface wrinkling.
$10
G-2995
Donald Adams.
In street clothes;
4.5" x 3.5" b/w head and shoulders. Signed, in white margin. "Oscar
Mellor ... Oxford" stamp on verso; light smudging of signature; lower corner a bit
soiled.
$10
G-3000
John Ayldon.
As Sir Roderick in
Ruddigore, with fans; 3.5" x 3.5" b/w snapshot. A few minor "dings"
to background.
$3
G-3005
Canadian Tour, 1927, Shipboard Cast Photo. Modern 10" x 8" reproduction,
taken from an original 3" x 5" sepia image,
showing the D'Oyly Carte
Opera Company on board ship.
Included is a photocopied blow-up of the verso of the original photo,
identifying the individuals therein. A sharp eye for handwriting and faces,
and some familiarity with the nicknames used for various individuals will help.
We think we've identified (most of them positively) the following: David
Hutchinson, Herbert Aitken, Richard Eaton, Doris Hemmingway, Patrick Colbert,
Mollie Mennie, Henry Lytton, Martyn Green, Blossom Gelsthorpe, Darrell Fancourt,
Joseph Griffin, Leo Sheffield, Bertha Lewis, Winifred Lawson, and Aileen Davies.
$20
G-3009
Aileen Davies.
21st birthday photo
in black dress trimmed with lace, taken full face; 8" x 6" b/w head and shoulders
studio pose; pencilled ID notation on verso. Minor edge silvering; some creasing
and surface scuffing. Very good.
$20
G-3012
Aileen Davies.
Canadian Tour shots.
Two snapshots on ship board, one with an unidentified colleague; both 5.5" x 3.5"
b/w, bundled for cold weather; a touch faded, a couple corners lightly bumped.
One larger snowscape shot, wearing pants, boots and a Hudson's Bay style coat;
7" x 5" b/w on larger two-toned grey card mount, now a bit dusty and with some
very faint sunning; archival tape repair to corner of mount.
$15
G-3023
Muriel Harding.
As Gianetta,
costume by Ricketts, head and shoulder snapshots. Two 3.5" square deckle
edged (with ring-album mount edge) photos, poses differ.
$5
G-3024
Muriel Harding.
As Josephine in
Pinafore, two images, taken from backstage left; both 3" x 4.5" (one
vertical, one horizontal) full figure images. "Newprint" ink stamp on versos; minor
edge creases.
$3
G-3025
Muriel Harding.
As Mabel in
Pirates . Three views, all 5.5" x 3.5" b/w three-quarter length
studio poses: two standing, in cream folder mounts; one seated; the last with
"Midi ... Liverpool" stamp on verso.
$10
G-3026
Muriel Harding.
In unidentified
costumes. Two images, one 5.5" x 3.5" b/w studio head and shoulders shot,
with "Midi ... Liverpool" stamp on verso; the other 3.5" 3.5" b/w snapshot
with flash "halo" effect around her, taken backstage, crease along center, very
good.
$2
Myra Holme see Myra Holme Pinero
G-3029
Ann Hood.
In street clothes;
5.5" x 3.5" b/w head and shoulders studio shot. Signed, with
sentiment, in white lower margin. Small "Oscar Mellor ... Oxford" stamp
on verso; light vertical creasing. Very good.
$5
G-3033
Henry Arthur Jones (Victorian playwright, Gilbert's
correspondent).
Profile, upper body
pose; 4.5" x 3.5" sepia photo by Barraud for The Theatre. Mounted on
light card, decoratively bordered, captioned and with facsimile signature in
reddish-brown. removed from magazine; a touch age-toned, with minor offsetting
from facing pages.
$8
G-3055
John Madison Morton (Author of Box and Cox which
Burnand and Sullivan turned into Cox and Box).
Seated half-length
pose; 4.5" x 3.5" sepia photo by Barraud for The Theatre,
mounted on light card, decoratively bordered and captioned ("Though to his
pen so many errors fall, / Read 'Box and Cox' and you'll forget them all!")
in brown. Page removed from magazine.
$10
G-3056
Derek Oldham.
In street clothes;
6" x 4" b/w half-length pose; signed, with sentiment, and dated
"1921-22"; signature best viewed at an angle. Minor silvering; top margin
trimmed.
$25
G-3062
Christene Palmer.
In street clothes;
6.5" x 4.5" b/w head and shoulders. Signed.
$5
G-3064
David Palmer.
In street clothes;
6" x 3.5" b/w studio head shot. Signed, with sentiment. "Donald
Southern ... London" stamp on verso.
$8
G-3067
Myra Holme Pinero (actress and wife of Gilbert's contemporary
and fellow playwright, Arthur Wing Pinero).
As Pygmalion in
Pygmalion and Galatea; 4.5" x 3.5" sepia upper body photo by Charles
A. Long for The Theatre. Mounted on light card, decoratively bordered and
captioned ("While I'm away from thee, / There stands my only representative ..."),
with facsimile signature, in black.
$10
G-3078
John Reed.
As [?]*; 8" x 6"
b/w half-lenth pose. "John Blomfield ... Cheam" stamp on verso; a touch
soiled in white lower border; hint of rippling at edges; black mounting
remnants on verso.
* We're at a bit of a loss here. If we had to guess, we'd say this was the
Duke of Plaza Toro, but it doesn't match any costume we've seen, for the Duke or
any other character! Still, Blomfield was advertising this photo in the December
1964 issue of The Savoyard, so ... Any ideas?
$10
G-3079
John Reed.
In street clothes;
5" x 3.5" colour half length snapshot; signed by Reed on front,
though signature best seen at an angle. Surface marred by squiggle (as though
someone tried to get a pen to write). Because of the mark, very good.
$3
G-3083
Kenneth Sandford.
As Pooh-Bah in
Mikado; 8" x 6" b/w half-length pose. "John Blomfield ...
Cheam" stamp on verso; faint vertical and edge creases; black mounting
remnants on verso, creating faint bumps at egdes.
$8
G-3098
Pauline Wales and Thomas Lawlor (husband and wife).
In street clothes,
out of doors; 3.5" x 5" colour snapshot. Hint of fading.
$3
G-3105
Group photo, birthday celebration.
Six men in pub, drinking
champagne, with birthday cake ("Many thanks Tommy & Happy Birthday"),
late 1970s; we've only identified John Reed and Peter Riley ... know any of the
others? 9" x 11.5" b/w shot. Mounting remnants and "Manchester Evening News" stamp
on rear.
$8
G-3107
Savoyards greeting fans and signing autographs, set 2.
Group of 13 photos,
most taken at a stage door. Includes John Reed, Thomas Lawlor, Kenneth
Sandford, Christene Palmer, [Pauline Wales?], Peggy Ann Jones, Alan Styler, and
Donald Adams; one of Reed signed, with sentiment. Eight aproximately
6" x 4.5" b/w, two 3.5" x 5" colour, three 3.5" x 3.5" colour candid shots. Colour
images with surface markings.
NB - There is considerable duplication between sets 1 & 2.
$20
Photographic
Postcards
This section lists photographic postcards of D'Oyly
Carte performers. All cards in near fine or better condition, except
where indicated; signed cards noted.
G-3114
Rutland Barrington.
In street clothes.
Wrench #994.
$15
G-3120
Aileen Davies.
In street
clothes (portrait taken on her 21st birthday); with crease across image.
Parkslee #B30.
$5
G-3124
Clara Dow and Henry Lytton.
As Phyllis and
Strephon in Iolanthe. Tuck #T 1166.
$20
G-3125
The Earl and the Girl.
Two couples dancing,
including Savoyards* Henry Lytton, Walter Passmore and Agness Fraser, together
with Florence Lloyd. Horizontal image; postally used; off-set from adjacent
card's postmark on front; light silvering. Tuck's Play Pictorial #22 (i).
* These and several other D'Oyly Carte performers appeared at the Adelphi in
The Earl and the Girl during the period (December 1903 - December 1906)
when the Company left the Savoy and London. Lytton returned to the D'Oyly
Carte, Passmore and Fraser did not.
$20
G-3126
Darrell Fancourt.
As Earl of Mountararat
in Iolanthe. Parkslee #80.
$15
G-3127
Darrell Fancourt.
As Sir Roderick
Murgatroyd in Ruddigore (head and shoulders). Upper corner faintly
creased. Parkslee #34.
$20
G-3129
Darrell Fancourt.
In street clothes.
Upper corner creased. Parkslee #89.
$15
G-3131
Catherine Ferguson.
As Iolanthe in
Iolanthe. Light border scratches; crease above image. Parkslee #82.
$15
G-3133
Catherine Ferguson.
As Melissa in
Ida; Percy Anderson costume. Faint margin crease. Parkslee #88.
$15
G-3135
Catherine Ferguson.
As Phoebe
in Yeomen; Percy Anderson costume. Signed, with sentiment.
Ink mark at lower margin; "Secrets of a Savoyard" ad stamped on verso.
Parkslee #55.
$30
G-3136
[----- Another copy].
This one not
signed. Parkslee #55.
$15
G-3138
Catherine Ferguson.
In street clothes.
Hint of surface rubbing. Parkslee #100.
$15
G-3141
Helen Gilliland.
As Yum-Yum
in Mikado. Faint scoring on image. Parkslee #61.
$20
G-3143
Sydney Granville.
As Bill Bobstay in
Pinafore. Corners slightly creased; small nick. Parkslee #71.
$15
G-3144
Sydney Granville.
As Cox in Cox and
Box. Parkslee #78.
$20
G-3145
Sydney Granville.
As Florian in
Ida (simpler costume, no hat). Surface lightly rubbed; faint "ding".
Parkslee #86.
$20
G-3146
Sydney Granville.
As Florian in
Ida (elaborate costume, hat and sash). Parkslee #110.
$20
G-3149
Sydney Granville.
As Strephon
in Iolanthe. With ink note on verso. Parkslee #84.
$20
G-3151
Sydney Granville.
In street clothes.
Ink stamp advertising first edition of Lytton's Secrets of a Savoyard on
verso. Parkslee #58.
$15
G-3152
Elsie Griffin.
As Gianetta in
Gondoliers (head and shoulders). Parkslee #19.
$20
G-3153
Elsie Griffin.
As Gianetta in
Gondoliers (head and shoulders, wide-brimmed hat). Minor corner
crease. Parkslee #99.
$20
G-3154
Elsie Griffin.
As Josephine in
Pinafore. Parkslee #98.
$20
G-3158
Elsie Griffin.
As Yum-Yum in
Mikado. Parkslee #95.
$20
G-3159
Elsie Griffin.
In street clothes.
Parkslee #94.
$15
G-3163
Iolanthe, Act II.
The Lord Chancellor
separates the Lovers in Iolanthe, with Henry Lytton (Strephon),
C.H. Workman (Lord Chancellor) and Clara Dow (Phyllis). Horizontal image;
lower margin a bit dusty. Tuck #T 1170.
$25
G-3165
Winifred Lawson.
As Elsie Maynard
in Yeomen. Lower corner lightly creased. Parkslee #107.
$20
G-3166
Winifred Lawson.
As Patience
in Patience. Tiny background "ding"; one corner creased. Parkslee #103.
$20
G-3167
[----- Another copy]. This one with ink date ("April 4,
1924") at bottom. Parkslee #103.
$20
G-3169
Bertha Lewis.
As Fairy Queen
in Iolanthe. Parkslee #12.
$20
G-3170
Bertha Lewis.
As Duchess of Plaza
Toro in Gondoliers. Signed, with sentiment and note
("With pleasure") on verso. Top and left edges trimmed slightly (2mm); purple
stamped ad for Secrets of a Savoyard in note area. Parkslee #13.
$25
G-3171
[----- Another copy].
This one not
signed. Parkslee #13.
$20
G-3172
Bertha Lewis.
As Dame Carruthers in
Yeomen. Faint surface scratch. Parkslee #81.
$15
G-3173
Bertha Lewis.
As Lady Blanche in
Ida. Parkslee #91.
$15
G-3174
Bertha Lewis.
As Lady Sangazure
in Sorcerer. A few faint background marks. Parkslee #53.
$20
G-3175
Bertha Lewis.
In street clothes.
Parkslee #104.
$15
G-3176
[----- Another copy].
This one with a hint of rubbing; ink note "You will be so pleased to
receive this" (in another hand) on verso. Parkslee #104.
$15
G-3177
Bertha Lewis and Henry Lytton.
As Lady Jane and Reginald
Bunthorne in Patience. Parkslee #28.
$20
G-3178
Henry A. Lytton.
As Sir Joseph Porter in
Pinafore. Corner faintly creased. Parkslee #3.
$15
G-3179
Henry A. Lytton.
As Duke in
Gondoliers. Parkslee #4.
$15
G-3180
Henry A. Lytton.
As Jack Point in
Yeomen. Parkslee #5.
$15
G-3181
[-----Another copy]. This one with corner faintly creased. Ink
stamp advertising Lytton's Secrets of a Savoyard on verso.
Parkslee #5.
$15
G-3182
Henry A. Lytton.
As Lord Chancellor in
Iolanthe. Minor corner creasing. Parkslee #6.
$20
G-3184
[----- Another copy].
This one not
signed. Parkslee #7.
$15
G-3187
Henry Lytton.
As Sir Ruthven
Murgatroyd in Ruddigore. Parkslee #59.
$15
G-3188
H.A. Lytton.
In military style
overcoat and cap. Light silvering at edges. Beagles #107.C.
$20
G-3189
Henry Lytton.
In street
clothes. Parkslee #48.
$10
G-3190
[----- Another copy]. This one postally used; two creased
corners; small ink notation in lower margin. Parkslee #48.
$5
G-3195
Derek Oldham
As Col. Fairfax in
Yeomen (wedding clothes). Parkslee #74.
$15
G-3196
Derek Oldham.
As Nanki-Poo
in Mikado. "Secrets of a Savoyard" purple stamp on verso; very
faint corner marks. Parkslee #70.
$20
G-3198
[----- Another copy].
This one not
signed. Light surface rubbing. Parkslee #51.
$15
G-3199
Derek Oldham.
As Ralph Rackstraw (sailor)
in Pinafore. Parkslee #72.
$05
G-3200
Derek Oldham.
In street clothes
(dark suit). Signed, with sentiment, and initialled note ("...thanks for
kind letter.") on verso. Some creasing, especially at corners.
Photographer's name in image: "Estelle".
$25
G-3201
Derek Oldham.
In street clothes
(tweed suit). Light creasing. Parkslee #21.
$15
G-3204
Walter Passmore.
Seated with
poker by fire. Signed with sentiment. Ink name on
verso. Hartmann #1212.
$20
G-3205
Walter Passmore.
Seated in armchair
Photogravure printed on heavy paper; large semi-circuar scratch at upper left;
badly trimmed at right edge; very good. "Smart Novels" Series.
$10
G-3212
Kenneth Sandford.
As Don Alhambra
in Gondoliers, Ricketts costume. A touch bumped; one corner creased.
Savoyard Photos.
$15
G-3214
Kenneth Sandford.
As Pooh-Bah
in Mikado. Savoyard Photos.
$15
G-3218
Leo Sheffield.
As Sir Despard
Murgatroyd in Ruddigore. With a couple tiny
surface "dings". Parkslee #50.
$15
G-3219
Leo Sheffield.
As Capt. Corcoran in
Pinafore. Parkslee #77.
$15
G-3221
Leo Sheffield.
In street
clothes. Parkslee #10.
$15
G-3229
Gilbert and Sullivan in America: A Series of Twelve Post Cards
from 19th Century Cabinet Photographs; from the David Stone
Collection. Reproductions of charming photographs
featuring 19th
century American performers in principal roles, including Lillian
Russell, F. Frederici, and Cara Tanner. All are b/w and come in a
wrap-around title band. As new.
$10
D'Oyly Carte Opera
Company Ephemera
G-3230
[Christmas card]. 1975 D'Oyly Carte Christmas card.
Peter Goffin's G&S
stylized "armorial" crest, printed in white, black, salmon and lime green
on silver-grey background; with envelope. Fine, unused.
$5
G-3232
D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust. Associate Membership Cards,
run of fourteen cards for 1967-68 to 1980-81. Small
light card folders with
Savoy crest on front panel; one with the name of the Vice-Chairman crossed
out in ink, all with the member's name and number entered. Fine.
$10
G-3236
[Letter - Typed letters, one signed]. Bridget D'Oyly Carte
(secretarial signature), 16th February, 1961 [and] G.L. Robertson, 10th February,
1964. On official
letterhead, the former for D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, the latter for the Trust.
[First letter:]
In reply to your letter of the 11th February, I regret the it is not possible to
let you have copies of the photographs displayed outside the theatres.
However, I am enclosing herewith, a selection of photographs and souvenirs which
I hope may be of some use to you.
[Second letter:]
We are so very sorry to have kept members waiting so long for news of the last
night, but it has been unavoidable - we haven't even known it ourselves until
now. We hope to let everyone know quite shortly. You should have over six weeks'
notice, so I hope this will ensure the animals having their "sitters" ...
Both letters with horizontal folds, the first chafed at lower corners; near fine
and fine, respectively. Together...
$5
G-3239
[Notice]. [Announcement of 1971 Sorcerer
production]. White card folder, designed by Peter Goffin, with
early b/w Sorcerer
engraving, within colour Goffin proscenium borders. A touch dusty; near fine.
"... The D'Oyly Carte Company are pleased to announce that the first performance
of a new production will take place on Monday, 29th March 1971 at the OPERA HOUSE,
MANCHESTER ..."
$5
G-3241
[Notice]. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust, "When the Copyright
in the Gilbert & Sullivan Operas Ends ..."; Cover title "Gilbert Sullivan
and D'Oyly Carte"; announcing the formation of the trust and outlining Bridget
D'Oyly Carte's endowment; with list of shows on verso (those produced by the
company in red, four others in black). Vertical light card folder,
printed in red and black,
with Savoy arms on front; a lightly creased along bottom
edge; near fine.
$3
G-3242
[----- Another copy]. This one with holes punched
in margin of rear panel.
Together with
Flyer on Trust letterhead, captioned "ASSOCIATE MEMBERS", outlining the
benefits and costs of membership. Originally 2 pp, but now with application form
at bottom of p.2 removed; matching holes in left margin; light age-toning.
Both items near fine.
$8
G-3243
[Notice]. Note from the Editor. [n.d., ca.1980]. Concerning
a production of Utopia proposed by Curzon Productions. 6" x 4" "D'Oyly
Carte" light card note with small character parade over title, printed in black.
Fine.
"The D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust Limited and The Friends of D'Oyly Carte have no
association with the proposed production of "Utopia Limited".
All enquries ... should be made direct to Curzon Productions and NOT to D'Oyly Carte."
$2
G-3250
[Season schedules]. Programme, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company,
London seasons performance schedules. Small 4 pp.
folders, with red,
blue or wine covers, printed also in black; centre spread with season
performance schedule, dates and times. Sold separately, as follows:
- d. [-----Another copy]. Fine. $2
G-3252
[Tickets]. Princes [Theatre] January 27 [1959]; pair of stubs,
for performance of Gondoliers.
Pink paper printed in
black. 1958-59 London season. Fine.
$2
G-3253
[Tickets]. Savoy Theatre, Saturday March 7 [and] Saturday
April 4
two pairs of stubs, both
1964, in Savoy Theatre ticket envelope ("The Savoy Restaurant for Supper,
Dancing and Cabaret"). Includes the Last Night of the London Season.
Envelope creased; tickets fine.
$5
Original D'Oyly
Carte Costumes
These men's chorus costumes were designed
by Lucianna Arrighi for the 1968 production of The Gondoliers
. Presumably for Act II, they are all in excellent condition.
Select the picture to see a larger view of the image.
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G-3255
Military-style
suit; short fronted jacket with split tails in
purple-grey, trimmed with royal blue velvet, silver buttons
and gold braid; white breeches with matching buttons and
braid.
$225
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G-3256
Chauffer
style suit; tunic jacket and matching breeches
trimmed with purple velvet at collar and cuff, and silver
buttons.
$275
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G-3257
Suit;
long brown jacket rounded to the rear, trimmed with brown
satin edging; yellow-brown full length trousers; white
sash.
$150
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