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Lot 2601
An Omega rolled gold cased Gents crown-wound Pocket Watch, the enamelled face with Arabic numerals and having inset second hand above the 6 o`clock position, the jewelled movement serial No. 4109575, the Dennison ``Moon`` outer case No. 432641, the inner back `English made guaranteed to be made of two plates of 10ct gold with plate of composition between and to wear 20 years`, the case scratched within with dates of various services
Lot 789
Erotica. Histoire D’O, par Pauline Reage, pub. Sceaux chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1954, title printed in red and black with vignette, original wrapper, slipcase, 8vo. Limited edition, 299/480 copies. Famous French erotic dominance and submission novel by Anne Desclos, writing under her nom-de-plume Pauline Reage. (1)
Lot 810
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Will O’ the Mill, 1901, b&w frontis. hand col. decorations by Harriet Robarge, t.e.g., contemp. inscription to front blank, orig. morocco gilt by Roycroft, rubbed to extrems., 4to, Limited ed. 9/100, signed by Elbert Hubbard and Harriet Robarge, together with seven others, incl. The Mistress with Other Select Poems of Abraham Cowley 1618-1667, ed. John Sparrow, Nonesuch Press, 1926 & The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas, by John Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, 4 vols., 1898 (Limited ed. 14/100) (8)
Lot 874
Stevenson (John). Two Centuries of Life in Down 1600-1800, pub. Belfast & Dublin, 1920, b & w illusts., recent quarter morocco gilt, 8vo, together with O’Connor (Rt. Hon. Sir James), History of Ireland 1798-1924, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1925, some minor fore-edge spotting, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, and other Irish history, literature and biographies, etc. (3 shelves)
Lot 14849
A fine Chinese blue and white bottle Vase decorated with figures, Kangxi period (1662-1722), of mallet shape form, the body of ovoid globular form with a cylindrical neck slightly flaring at the top, the decoration in brilliant cobalt underglaze blue, with a continuous scene of court figures in a rocky landscape with a plantain tree and rocks, the neck with stylized t’ao-t’ieh masks between diaper bands, the base with two concentric circles, Footnote: The form of this piece, the paste of the foot rim, the brilliance of the blue and the quality of the brushwork with detailed shading effects suggest a dating early in the Kangxi period. For the ta’o t’ieh masks combined with diaper work design see exhibit 72 in the exhibition held by S.Marchant & Son ‘Chinese Blue and White – Wan Li to K’ang Hsi’, London 1980 and for the shading effects compare no 132 in ‘Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection’ by Butler, Medley and Little – Art Services International 1990." 30.5cm high. A tiny chip to the exterior of the foot; the surface of the vase with extremely light scratching in a few areas. View on auctionatrium.com
Lot 3
[Combe (Taylor)] A Description of the Collection o large paper copy half-title engraved title vignette and 40 plates 2 double-page some foxing to plates heavier to last 3 contemporary half calf gilt spine in compartments rubbed and scuffed 1810; and a copy of the ordinary edition folio & 4to (2) *** Most of the collection was assembled by Charles Towneley which together with his marbles was bought by Parliament for the British Museum in 1805. (2)
Lot 21
Spare (Austin O. & Francis Marsden editors) Form Vol. 1 No. 1 wrappers detached foxed and chipped folding and other illustrations 1916 § Barber (Mary) Some Drawings of Ancient Embroidery Thirty Specimens cloth chipped hinges splitting gutta percha binding perished Manchester 1880 § Magazine of Art bound vol. 1889-1893 uniform half calf plus other related magazines v.s. (quantity)
Lot 108
Chess.- Brownson (O. A. Jnr.) Chess Journal: Devot Vol. 1 No. 1 August 1st. 1870 - No. X December 15th. 1870 Dubuque Iowa; bound with Caroline: A Comic Dramina in Two Acts Dubuque 1870 and other works by the author contemporary half morocco rubbed inner hinges strengthened 8vo. Not subject to return.
Lot 254
[Dubroca (Louis)] Life of Bonaparte engraved frontispiece original boards paper spine uncut as issued slightly worn book-plate to front paste-down contemporary signature to front free end-paper 1802 § De Segur (General Count Philip) History of the Expedition to Russia...by...Napoleon 2 vol sixth edition original cloth backed boards paper labels rubbed 1827 § O`Meara (Barry) Napoleon in Exile 2 vol sixth edition frontispiece and engraved title later half calf 1829 § Mitchell (J.) The Fall of Napoleon 3 vol first edition original cloth 1845 § A General Officer Campaign of General Bonaparte in Italy 1796-7 second edition corrected frontispiece folding map original cloth rebacked Edinburgh 1800 § Fain (Baron) The Manuscript of 1814....the Abdication of Napoleon frontispiece folding map contemporary diced calf rebacked original spine laid-down new end-papers contemporary booksellers ticket slightly worn 1923 § De Bourrienne (M.) Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte 4 vol illustrations some damp-staining contemporary half calf slightly rubbed 1836; and a quantity of others similar v.s.(Qty). (Qty)
Lot 221
* WWII - RAF 303 Polish (F) Squadron. A group of three pilot’s flying logbooks belonging to F/O B. Zborowski, covering the period 9th March 1943 to 30th January 1946, initially showing training then including flights to Sywell, Newton, Cranwell and a few others, plus Tiger Moth, Master III, Spitfires I, II & V, printed tables neatly completed in ink manuscript with occ. stamps and pict. cuttings, orig. cloth, soiled and sl. frayed, 4to, together with a small quantity of approx. fourteen related items including receipts, personal letters, etc., plus a group of sixteen Polish air force journals, c. 1970s-1980s, orig. printed wrappers, 8vo (approx. 30)
Lot 297
* Bailey (Robert). Unscheduled Arrival. After successfully marking the target, a 627 Squadron Mosquito makes for home, pub. 1995, fine coloured print with artist’s remarque in pencil, captioned ‘Hurricane I - Robert S. Tuck 1940 257 Squadron’, signed in pencil by F/O Bob Boyden DFC, Bar Wing Commander Jack Meadows, DFC, AFC, A.E., F/Lt Marie Wright and one other unidentified, image size 16 x 27.5in (41 x 70cm), painted frame, glazed. Artists proof 44/50. (1)
Lot 440
* Hornby Train-Set. A boxed early post-war clockwork ‘O’-Gauge train set No. 201 “Tank Goods Set”, c. 1940s, including 0-4-0 locomotive in green LNER livery with two wagons and tank-wagon, sections of track, including original Instructions and Guarantee sheets etc, all contained in original maker’s cardstock box (distressed), also with additional rolling-stock including Guard’s-Van and Tipper-wagon (-)
Lot 697
Gloucestershire Regiment. Historical Record of the Sixty-First, or, the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot..., 1844, two col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, some wear to extrems., 8vo, together with Shropshire Regiment, Historical Record of the Fifty-Third, or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot..., 1849, three plts. (incl. two col.), orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, plus Royal Welch Fusiliers, Battle Honours, 1913, col. plts., orig. printed cloth, 8vo, plus A Short History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, by Major E. O. Skaife, 1927, col. plts., orig. printed cloth, some fading, 8vo (4)
Lot 771
* WWI. Two pairs of Victory & War Service 1914-1918 medals to Pte. B.J. Grigg, Devon Rgt. and Pte. O. Littler RAMC respectively, together with a good photograph album compiled by an Officer during the Great War, depicting scenes prior to embarkation, war damage, in the trenches, etc., including hand annotation, dates and descriptive text alluding to exploits of bravery under fire, etc. (-)
Lot 527
* Portrait bronzed ceramic plaque, undated, by P. Metcalfe, head left, THE PRINCE OF WALES around, PERCY METCALFE incuse in small letters below truncation, raised rim, the edge pierced with four holes, strung for suspension from the upper two holes, reference nos. handwritten on the white back: E5874 (pencil inside head), ‘Regd. No. 785624.’ in ink, and ‘O/8474’ in pencil, below truncation, 328mm, extremely fine and extremely rare The purpose of the present piece, inscribed THE PRINCE OF WALES rather than KING EDWARD VIII, is not known, but it is comparable to Paget’s Master Mariner medal (Gi. CM141). Percy Metcalfe was later invited to prepare models for a portrait and attended the only private sitting granted by the Prince of Wales, together with Thomas Paget and W. McMillan, but it was Paget’s portrait design that the Prince chose for the British coinage. Metcalfe’s designs were chosen for overseas coinage and for the official coronation medal.
Lot 280
Canada. Zatta (Antonio), Parte Orientale del Canada, Nuova Scozia Settentrionale e parte di Labrador, Venice, 1778, eng. map with orig. outline colouring, 335 x 450mm, together with, La Parte Occidentale Della Nouova Francia o Canada, Venice, 1778, engraved map with original outline colouring, 335 x 445mm, with, La Baja D’Hudson Terra di Labrador e Groenlandia con le Isole Adjacenti, Venice, 1778, engraved map with original outline colouring, decorative cartouche, 320 x 420mm. The three maps show the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Quebec, Montreal to Lake Nipissing and Hudson Bay. Three sheets from Zatta’s twelve sheet map of North America. Published in ‘Atlante Novissimo’. (3)
Lot 515
*Thames Tunnel. Opening of the Thames Tunnel. Visitor’s Ticket, Admission to view the Procession, 1843, engraved green card with vign. of the tunnel entrance at head, the word ‘procession’ struck through and in ink written the words ‘opening of the tunnel as a thoroughfare’, the date completed as Saturday 25 March, the ticket valid at Rotherhithe only, with the time 3 o’clock inserted by hand, 75 x 115mm, together with a ticket for ‘The Lying in State of the Remains of Field Marshal The Late Duke of Wellington’, in the Hall of Chelsea Hospital on Friday 12 November 1852, printed in black on thick white paper with black border, plus the Lord Chamberlain’s facsimile signature and embossed stamp to lower margin, a little soiled and creased, 85 x 130mm (2)
Lot 569
Della Casa (Giovanni). Rime, et Prose, Riscontrate Con Li migliori originali & ricorrette con grandissima diligentia. Aggiuntoui due Tavole una di tutte le desinentie delle sue Rime, l’altra delle cose piu notabili che nel Galateo si contengono, Florence, 1572, pp.15+[i]+112, title-page with woodcut printer’s device and two early owners’ ms. names (one inked out), scattered foxing and staining, bound with Il Galateo di Messer Giovanni Della Casa, o vero Trattato de’ Costumi, e Modi che si debbono tene re, ò schifare nella comune conversatione; Con l’aggiunta della Tauola fatta nuouamente dal Lapino..., Florence, 1561 [1571], ff.72+pp.[iii]+76-120[i.e. 124], browned and foxed, book ticket of Bent Juel-Jensen on front pastedown, mottled edges, 18th c. qtr. sheep gilt with vellum corners, a few small worm holes in spine, dotted paste paper sides, sm. 8vo (1)
Lot 108
A Dinky No.187, Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, white over green, good condition (label glued to roof), unboxed; and assorted other diecast and tinplate models, variable condition, most unboxed; also a Hornby O gauge No.501, L.N.E.R. 0-4-0 locomotive, 1842, lined green livery, clockwork motor (lacking tender); and other items.
Lot 114
Assorted Gauge 1 and O gauge railway accessories, including a Bing hand-painted level crossing; a platform nameboard, `Plymouth`; assorted ticket, weighing, and chocolate machines; a lamp standard, and other items, variable condition, all unboxed; together with a Hornby Rodding Compensator, boxed.
Lot 142
A German bisque shoulder-head doll, late 19th century, with moulded and painted hair and fixed dark brown glass eyes, on a cloth body with bisque lower limbs, the head impressed `135-0`, 26cm high; and a Hornby small O gauge MO Passenger Set, comprising 0-4-0 tender locomotive, 2595, green livery, clockwork motor, two Pullman coaches, `Zena` and `Joan`, and track, boxed as one, (box torn and taped), (2).
Lot 389
Timothy O`Brien (British, 20th century) `Spitfire Summer` `Short Stirling - Safe Return from France` `Homeward Bound` `Dakota - Mission Accomplished` `Bristol Beaufighter - Training Sortie Over Scotland` `Westland Lysander Returning from Battle` `Hurricane Patrol` `Halifax Heroes` Colour prints Limited edition of 4950 Each signed by artist lower right Each 16.5cm x 20.5cm Uniformly framed and glazed, (8).
Lot 424
Six 19th century hand painted Staffordshire tankards, five with gilt inscriptions `Annie Littlewood Manchester December 28th 1871`, `A Little Health A Little Wealth A Little House And Freedom And At The End A Little Friend And Little Cause To Need Him`, `Elizabeth Ann Ainsworth Born June 18th 1860, Macclesfield Cheshire`, `Think On Me`, this inscription is on this mug `My dearly beloved children how am I able are they tabernacles O lord of hosts my soul longeth yeah even fainteth for the courts of the lord`, also a hand painted tankard decorated with foliate and flowerheads, the largest example 10.5cm, the smallest 9cm
Lot 272
Unknown Artist 1937 F.A. CUP FINAL a London Transport poster, double royal size format, 101.6 by 63.5mm., 40 by 25in., backed onto linen, published by London Transport, 1937. London Transport Museum Archive Reference Number: 1984/70/36. A similar poster was published for alighting at Alperton tube station. The 1937 F.A. Cup final was played at Wembley Stadium on 1st May. Sunderland beat Preston North End 3-1. The Sunderland goals were scored by Bobby Gurney, Raich Carter and Eddie Burbanks. The Preston reply was scored by Frank O`Donnell.
Lot 278
A superb album of Edwardian caricatures of footballers, cricketers and rugby players, each signed with the initials MB, dated `09 and featuring a signature goblin figure, 80 examples in pen & ink, each titled and sometimes with accompanying verse, e.g. Arthur Bridgett of Sunderland (p.28) `He`s speedy and sporty, He`s dainty yet weighty, With courage for forty, And Conscience for eighty, And when England capped him, Hurrah! we all clapped him.`, believed to have been drawn for publication as newspaper illustrations, subjects comprising (football): Steve Bloomer (3), H Middlemiss, J G Coleman, Mr H J Newbould, Mr E Mangnall, Hugh Bolton, Mr W C Cuff, Thomas Chorlton, J D Taylor, Jack Sharp, C H Berry, George Stacey, Bert Freeman, Arthur Goddard, William Meredith ( 2), Capt. Charles Morris, E. Peake, Robert Balmer, Sam Hardy (2), Colin Veitch (2), James Quinn, E H Lintott, James Harrop (2), Ben Warren, William Hogg, Arthur Bridgett, Harold Hardman, A Iremonger, R F Turner, F Stokes, Jack Parkinson (3), Mr Vivian Woodward, J M Stewart, J McDonald, Robert Clifford, J McConnell, John S Dunlop, L R Roose, B C Freeman, R Balmer, Sandy Turnbull, John Baverstock, James Raeside, W Lacy, Arthur Goddard, John J Borthwick, Bob Crompton, A Wilson, Peter McBride, William Wedlock, Leigh Richmond Roose, David Stokes, Chris Buckley & Arthur Grenville Morris; cricket M A Noble, Schofield Haigh, Jack Sharp, S Barnes, K G MacLeod, Tom Wass, James Iremonger, W W Armstrong, C Blythe, E W Dillon, J S Heap, C B Fry, Montague Alfred Noble, Mr A C MacLaren, S P Kinneir & A O Jones; & rugby, G Ruddick & G F Tyson The artwork is similar to that of Amos Ramsbottom (1889-1967) whose sporting caricatures dating from the same period have appeared at auction in the past. Ramsbottom also included a goblin-like figure in his work.
Lot 298
A collection of 42 signed football postal covers, signatures including Pat Jennings, Sammy Nelson, Len Shakleton, Tony Woodcock, Matt Busby, Glenn Hoddle, John Hollins, Ray Wilkins, Peter Storey, George Graham, George Armstrong, David O`Leary, Alf Ramsey, Kenny Sansom, Martin Peters, Bob Paisley and may others; together with an unsigned Monaco cover celebrating the 100th anniversary of the F.A (43)
Lot 341
The autographs of the Tottenham Hotspur team dated 9th February 1934, signed in ink on an album page by the entire squad including Howe, McCormick, Colquhoun, O`Callaghan, Hunt, Evans, Hall etc. These signatures were collected the day before Spurs beat Chelsea 2-1 in their League encounter at White Hart Lane.
Lot 605
Lester & Susan Piggott have instructed the auctioneer to send the proceeds for the following lot to the Injured Jockeys Fund c/o the organisation`s vice-president Jack Berry. Jack Berry is presently involved in raising money to build a facility in the north of England similar to the IJF`s Oaksey House in Lambourn. The jockey`s prize for the Grosser Tiffany Sprint-Preis ran at Munich 4th August 1991, in the form of a Tiffany & Co, Tesoro, gentleman`s 18k gold and stainless steel wristwatch, ref: 10-325 M 0112, the stainless steel case with white dial, baton markers and date aperture, 9 jewel Swiss Tiffany automatic movement, on an integral 18k gold and stainless steel flexible link bracelet with concealed clasp, in original case of issue with spare links Lester won this 6 ½ furlongs Listed Race by 3 lengths aboard the Jack Berry-trained Sizzling Saga owned by Mr J David Abell. The colt won 10 other races in his career including the Northumberland Sprint Trophy at Newcastle also in 1991.
Lot 629
Claire Eva Burton (contemporary) ROYAL ACADEMY, LESTER PIGGOTT UP signed in pencil by the artist and by Lester Piggott, a limited edition print numbered 392/950, 37 by 49cm., 14 1/2 by 19 1/2in., mounted, framed & glazed. After a five years absence from the saddle, Lester Piggott came out of retirement in 1990 and, dramatically, on day 12 of his return the `Maestro` partnered Royal Academy to victory in the Breeders` Cup Mile for his old friend and employer Vincent O`Brien.
Lot 699
A collection of 25 commemorative racing plates relating to Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort, each preserved after a victory and mounted onto a tin base, painted & inscribed with details of the racehorse, race, year & prize money, the racehorses comprising: Scipio (Hastings Plate, Newmarket, 1914), Troubadour (Tower Maiden Plate, Leicester, 1914), Canterbury Belle (Column Produce Stakes, Newmarket, 1916), Corcel (Bromford H`Cap, Birmingham, 1922), Casanova (Dewhurst Stakes, Newmarket, 1938), Panorama (Newmarket 2-Y-O Stakes, Newmarket 1938), the wartime St Leger winning Sun Castle (Melbourne Stakes, Newmarket, 1941), the Oaks winning filly Hycilla (Champion Stakes, Newmarket, 1944), Persian Gulf (Linton Stakes, Newmarket, 1944), Herald (race details now indistinct), Ladycross (Yorkshire Oaks, York, 1947), the St Leger winner Black Tarquin (Derby Trial Stakes, Lingfield, 1948 & The White Rose Stakes, Hurst Park, 1949), Erica Fragrans (Strawberry Girl Plate, Hurst Park, 1949), Raise You Ten (Goodwood Cup, Goodwood, 1964), Crimea II (Cheveley Park Stakes, Newmarket, 1963), Pardao (Derby Trial Stakes, Lingfield, 1961), the Derby winning colt Parthia (Dee Stakes, Chester, 1959 & Jockey Club Cup), Dickens (Midland Breeders Foal Stakes, Birmingham, 1959 & the Dante Stakes, York, 1959), the St Leger & King George winning colt Alcide (Winston Churchill Stakes, Hurst Park, 1959), the St Leger winner Premonition (Yorkshire Cup, 1954) & Lone Eagle (Hastings Stakes, Newmarket, 1949), mounted for presentation on a mahogany backboard 72.5 by 85cm., 28 1/2 by 33 1/2in. The plates dated 1914 to 1916 in this lot relate to Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort`s appointment as Sir Ernest Cassel`s racing manager, while those dating from 1922 onwards relating directly to his training achievements at Freemason Lodge.
Lot 740
An autographed 1971 Jockeys Dinner menu, held at the Savoy Hotel, 1st November, signed on all signs in black felt tip pen, signatures including Greville Starkey, Brian Jago, Eric Eldin, Wally Swinburn, Des Cullen, Duncan Keith, Geordie Ramshaw, Sandy Barclay, Tony Murray, Geoff Lewis, and various others including the commentators Peter O`Sullevan and Robin Gray
Lot 744
A collection of 81 signed 10 by 8in. colour photographs of Flat Race jockeys, privately taken colour matte prints, each in a presentation folder with identification legend, the subject usually signing besides their name on the lower mount, comprising: Ryan Moore, Johnny Murtagh, Tony McGlone, Dean McKeown, Joe Fanning, Lester Piggott (4), Willie Carson (2), Kieren Fallon, Francis Norton, Michael Hills, Richard Quinn, Pat Shanahan, Warren O`Connor, Mick Kinane, Steve Cauthen, Mike Smith (at Woodbine), Christophe Soumillon, Thierry Jarnet, Jimmy Fortune, Kerrin McEvoy, Christy Roche, Richard Hills, Alan Munro, Pat Eddery, Philip Robinson, Kevin Darley, Pat Day (at Woodbine), Kevin Manning, Gary Stevens, Alain Lequeux, Richard Hughes, Gerald Mosse, Walter Swinburn, John Reid, Michael Roberts, Willie Supple, Olivier Peslier, Brent Thomson, Tony Culhane, Eddie Ahern, Seb Sanders, Darryll Holland, Cash Asmussen, Nicky Adams, Brian Rouse, George Duffield, Willie Ryan, John Lowe, Paul Eddery, Tony Ives, Ray Cochrane, Neil Varley, Tim Sprake, Jason Weaver, Bruce Raymond, Brett Doyle, Richard Fox, Allan Mackay, Gary Carter, Tony Clark, Ernie Johnson, John Carroll, Billy Newnes, Bobby Elliott, John Williams, Darren Biggs, Mark Birch, Simon Whitworth, John Egan, Jamie Spencer, Jerry Bailey (at Woodbine), Frankie Dettori, Pat Eddery, Neil Pollard, David Harrison, Alex Greaves and Emma O`Gorman
Lot 1012
David White (Hampshire CCC): a group of three presentation cricket balls, each set with a silvered plaque, inscribed i) HAMPSHIRE V YORKSHIRE, AT MIDDLESBROUGH, 29th MAY 1955, YORKSHIRE ALL OUT 23, D.W. WHITE O-10, M-7, R-6, W-6; ii) D.W. WHITE, HAMPSHIRE V LEICESTERSHIRE, AT PORTMOUTH, 20-6-66, 23-7-44-9; iii) D.W. WHITE, HAMPSHIRE V GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 2nd XI COMPETITION, FOUR WICKETS IN FOUR BALLS; sold together with an original b&w press photograph showing the Hants captain Roy Marshall presenting David White with the Yorkshire ball being offered in this lot (4)
Lot 1033
A collection of 184 miscellaneous cricket cigarette cards of which 68 are signed examples, signatures including Ames, Gover, Bradman, O`Reilly, Wyatt, Hardstaff, Washbrook, Evans, Bailey, Cowdray, Allen, Hutton, Lindwall, Harvey, McDonald, Maddocks, Graveney, Harvey, Statham, May, Trueman, Close, Edrich, and including some duplication of subjects including Bradman
Lot 1081
An autographed 1989 Ryder Cup programme, the front cover signed by Arnold Palmer, Gary Player and Bernhard Langer, the interior signed by Gene Sarazen, Tony Jacklin (3 times), Seve Ballesteros, Gordon Brand Jnr., Howard Clark, Ronan Rafferty, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam, Mark James, Christy O`Connor Jnr., Sam Torrence, Jose Maria Olazabal, Raymond Floyd, Mark McCumber, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Tom Kite, Nancy Lopez and one other, unidentified, the programme with an area of water damage
Lot 1173
An autograph album compiled by the celebrated Welsh-born Olympic water polo player and swimmer Paulo "Raddy" Radmilovic between 1924 and 1930, containing the signatures of competitors at the 1924 Olympic Games, the British Empire Games of 1930 and from other sporting events of the period, the Olympic autographs including the Radmilovic-skippered Great Britain water polo team, the Irish Free State water polo team, the British swimmers Lucy Morton (gold), Phyllis Harding (silver), Florence Barker (silver), Grace McKenzie (silver), Constance Jeans (silver), Gladys Carson (bronze), Irene Gilbert, Jack Hatfield, Leslie Savage etc.; American swimmers Ethel Lackie (gold), Sybil Bauer (gold), Mariechen Wehselau (gold & silver), Gertrude Ederle (gold), Duke Kahanamoku (silver), Bill Kirschbaum (bronze); Australian swimmer Andrew "Boy" Charlton (gold); Swedish swimmers Arne Borg (2 silvers & a bronze) & Orvar Trolle (bronze); the American diver Aileen Riggin (silver); the British diver Verrall Newman; the former British Olympic swimmer Fred Unwin (London, 1908) who was the British swimming coach in 1920 & 1924; the album also containing the signature of Kathleen Thomas, the first woman to swim the Bristol Channel, plus fellow Bristol Channel swimmer Edith Parnell; a page of various swimming officials and administrators; the 1929 Brussels Swimming Club water polo team; London Ladies Water Polo Association; Les Mousse Fleurs Water Polo Team of 1929; the Welsh Wanderers water polo team; John Leslie Phelps (winner of the Doggetts Coat & Badge, 1928); the English swimming team at the 1930 British Empire Games including gold medallists Bill Trippett and Cecilia Wolstenholme; away from swimming and aquatics, the album contains the signatures of the New Zealand Maori Rugby Team that toured Great Britain in 1926-27; the New South Wales "Waratahs" Rugby Team of 1927-28, the boxer Jimmy Wilde; a page profusely signed by members of the Scottish team at the 1930 British Empire Games including their two gold medal winners Dunky Wright (marathon) & James Rolland (boxing, lightweight), the English wrestling team, the Canadian boxing team; and also includes a separate sheet of hotel headed paper dated 2nd August 1924 signed by members of the water polo team of the Ferencvarosi Torna Club in Budapest. Paulo Francesco "Raddy" Radmilovic was born in Cardiff 5 March 1886 and was a Welsh water polo player and swimmer of Croatian and Irish origin who won four Olympic titles in a 22 year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games (1908, 1912 & 1920), a record which stood for a GB Olympic athlete until broken by Sir Steve Redgrave when he won his fifth gold medal at Sydney in 2000. He also competed at the 1924 & 1928 Games and was the first Briton to go to five Olympic Games, a record that would remain until eclipsed by fencer Bill Hoskyns in 1976. After his international aquatic career, Radmilovic ran the Imperial Hotel in Weston-super-Mare and was said to still be swimming 400m a day at the age of 78. In 1967, he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was the second water polo player (after American Wallace O`Connor) and the third Briton (after coach Matthew Mann and English Channel swimmer Captain Matthew Webb to be inducted. He was one of the original ten inductees to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Radmilovic`s 1908 double-gold Olympic performances in swimming and water polo, a plaque was placed on the Cardiff International Pool to honour him. Radmilovic died in Weston-super-Mare on 19th September 1968.
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