Beschreibung:

Test and County cricketers 1951-1955. Large autograph album comprising a comprehensive collection of signatures of Test and County cricketers and others, collected by 'Dorothy' who is thought to have been a member of the catering staff at Lord's. The autographs have been signed a team to a page, some pages signed back to back, the majority of signatures very nicely signed in ink. International teams are South Africans 1951 (16 signatures), India 1952 (18), England 1952 (12), England 1953 (11), Australians 1953, (12), Pakistan 1954 (5), South Africa 1955 (16). Surrey 1951 (12), Kent 1951 (11), Somerset 1951 (12), Nottinghamshire 1951 (11), Middlesex 1951 (13). Counties are Derbyshire 1952 (12), Glamorgan 1952 (12), Surrey 1952 (13), Worcestershire 1952 (13), Gloucestershire 1952 (12), Sussex 1952 (11), Lancashire 1952 (11), Northamptonshire 1952 (12), Kent 1952 (11), Yorkshire 1952 (14), Hampshire 1952 (11), Essex 1952 (10), Nottinghamshire 1952 (12), Warwickshire 1952 (13), Sussex 1954 (12). Representative teams are Gentlemen (11) and Players (9) 1951, Players 1952 (11), M.C.C. 1954 (8), Gentlemen (11) and Players (9) 1954, Lancashire 1954 (10), M.C.C. v Cambridge University (11) 1954, M.C.C. v Oxford University (9) 1954, Oxford University (8) 1954, Eton 1953 (11). Also includes over twenty signatures, of celebrities of stage, film etc., the majority signed to individual pages, including Bruce Seton, Sonny Tufts, Gracie Fields, Arthur Askey, Ian Carmichael, Donald Houston, Topol, Stanley Baxter, Jimmy Edwards, George Formby, John Inman (signed photograph), George Robey (signed card) etc. Minor wear and old tape repair not affecting the signatures, otherwise in good/ very good condition. An excellent collection with a personal association to Lord's