細節
"J. B. Hobbs, Kennington Oval, S. E. 11"
autograph album belonging to J. B. Hobbs, oblong octavo, page size 140 x 220mm. (5½ x 8¾in.), bound in purple velvet (spine crudely repaired with adhesive tape), including The Australian Team, 1921, team post card, signed; Australian Team 1926, 17 team signatures on one page with decorative penwork; England XI 1926 v. Australia, 13 team signatures on one page with decorative penwork; The Team who brought back the Ashes, post card; 56 individual signatures spread over 5 pages, both English and Australian cricketers, with dates of birth later added in pencil; Australian Touring Team 1930 (in England), 16 signatures on one page; England 1930, 12 signatures to the page; Jack in the Days of his Youth, pen and ink cartoon by Tom Webster, signed by the artist; When Tests are played to a Finish, pen and ink cartoon by Arthur Mailey, signed by the artist; England XI. 5th Test. Oval 1948, 11 signatures to the page; Sydney September 1926, pen and watercolour vignette view by William Ferguson, signed; with 6 further pages of 1950's autographs collected before Hobbs's death in 1963; and 9 additional pages of autographs collected by his descendants between 1964 and 1994.
autograph album belonging to J. B. Hobbs, oblong octavo, page size 140 x 220mm. (5½ x 8¾in.), bound in purple velvet (spine crudely repaired with adhesive tape), including The Australian Team, 1921, team post card, signed; Australian Team 1926, 17 team signatures on one page with decorative penwork; England XI 1926 v. Australia, 13 team signatures on one page with decorative penwork; The Team who brought back the Ashes, post card; 56 individual signatures spread over 5 pages, both English and Australian cricketers, with dates of birth later added in pencil; Australian Touring Team 1930 (in England), 16 signatures on one page; England 1930, 12 signatures to the page; Jack in the Days of his Youth, pen and ink cartoon by Tom Webster, signed by the artist; When Tests are played to a Finish, pen and ink cartoon by Arthur Mailey, signed by the artist; England XI. 5th Test. Oval 1948, 11 signatures to the page; Sydney September 1926, pen and watercolour vignette view by William Ferguson, signed; with 6 further pages of 1950's autographs collected before Hobbs's death in 1963; and 9 additional pages of autographs collected by his descendants between 1964 and 1994.
來源
J. B. Hobbs by direct descent, with his inscription on the inside front cover.