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The Roger Reynolds Billiard & Snooker Collection
Ephmera, Books, Postcards, Photographs, Memorabilia from this private collection
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02 May 2025 14:00 BST
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A pamphlet " Rules for Playing the Various Games of Billiards and Pocket Billiards", also illustrating Brunswick Billiards Tables for the Home, compliments of Brunswick-Balke Collender Co, Harrison Street, Chicago
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A part leather bound book, late 19th Century, The Game of Billiards and How to Play It by John Roberts (a/f)
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Three small billiards Flicker books numbered 17, 18 and 19,Willie Smith Cue Grip & Bridge, Sidney Smith Masse Stroke & Close Cannon, Joyce Gardner & Willie Smith Cannon & Screw Loser and Postman's Knock, all published by Burrows & Watts Ltd of London together with Billiards Shots with Joyce Gardner entitled Current Stance & Screw Loser & Cannon and Willie Smith Postman's Knock (4)
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A group of billiard related ephemera to include three illustrated handbooks for the Women's Billiards Association, a book entitled Billiard Hints, a Series of Illustrated Leasons by Charles Roberts, Billiard Tips with George Steele-Perkins, Billiard Diagrams by E W Allen and The Expert Billiard Ball Manipulation by Burling & Hull etc etc
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Collection of various Billiard/Snooker related vintage Books.
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A selection of various vintage Snooker/Billiards interest Pamphlets & Books.
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Seven vols: "The World of Billiards", various dates 1900-1906 (see photograph).
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Six various Billiards-related Treatises, including Orme & Sons "Let Us to Billiards", Two vols Thurston's "Translation of Mingaud's Billiards" 1830 & 1833, etc.
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Qty: various bound volumes of the periodical "The Billiard Player", wide ranging dates from 1939-1971 (see photograph)
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Various bound vols "Billiards & Snooker", dates ranging from 1961-1970 (see photograph)
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A folder containing mostly Illustrated History of Cue Sports
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A folder of photographs and paper cuttings relating to the development and structure of snooker tables
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A folder of various black and white photographs including snooker players, billiard players, some celebrities including Eric Morecambe, Eric Sykes etc
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A large qty various early-mid C20th Billiards-interest bound vols of Periodicals, incl "The Billiard Player", "The Burwat Billiards View". "Billiards Monthly", etc.
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An extensive collection of Billiards related Press Cuttings, housed in fifteen hb volumes, mostly 1930s.
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A broad and extensive collection of Snooker related Ephemera, including Invitations, Tickets (incl 1905 Tothill/Hugio, 1942 Inman/Nihill,1982 Davis/Higgins); various Postcards incl French, asstd Membership Cards, Snooker Caricature Cards, Ciagrette Cards (Top Flight, Gallaher, et al), all mounted in a loose album.
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Five scrapbooks, containing a collection of mostly late-C20th snooker-related Cuttings.
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An intersting accumuilation of (some earlier) Billiards instructional pamphlets, including Champion "Billiards", "Billiard Stories and Anecdotes", Pardon's "Billiards & Bagatelle", 1909-1910 "Billiard Annual", etc.
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Various Snooker/Billiard Booklets & Papmphlets including Handbooks, Fixture Lists, etc.
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A folder containing black and white photographs and paper cuttings of the snooker player Jack Nihell, circa 1940's/50's
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A folder containing black and white photographs of snooker players from the late 1960's/early 1970's including Bill Werbeniuk, Kirk Stevens, Ray Reardon, Jimmy White, Doug Mountjoy, Tony Meo etc (qty)
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A folder of mainly newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to The Boy Billiards Marvel Donald Cruickshank, circa 1930's to 1960's to include Post Office telegrams, "Don Cruickshank Boroughs of London Best Wishes today", Cruickshank Brave Donald Congratulations, Splendid Performance, Keep Smiling, Bowman
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A small quantity of black and white photographs showing correct stance and cue action and addressing the ball etc, circa 1960's
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A quantity of Showbiz programs to include Englebert Humperdink, Great Yarmouth, Kenny Balls Jazz Man, Tom Jones, Frankie Vaughan and Johnny Mathis, Roy Orbison etc
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A folder containing mainly photograps from the late 1960's to the early 1980's to include John Spencer, Rex Williams and later images of Cliff Thorburn, Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins etc
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"Billiards by System", comprising six volumes of typed text, diagrams, of the theory of the game and in-depth instructions.
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Ten 1960s issues of "Billiards and Snooker".
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A collection in five scrap books of various Cuttings, some earlier noted inc late 1800s, all appertaining to Billiards.
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Snooker Programmes: a wide-ranging selection of dates 1940s-1980s, many signatures/autographs, and some other ephemera.
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Collection of various Snooker Ephemera, including Funeral Order of Service/Letter for Ted Lowe, t/w photographs of Lowe, letter from Lowe and his wife to Roger Lee, Winfield Masters prog feat Steve Davis/Dennis Taylor, Bill for 1946 Donaldsson/Davis exhibition match in Soho (MC Joyce Gardner), etc.
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Photographic and other Billiard History: various Biiliard-interest Photographs including group 1929 World Professional Billiards Championship, Tom Newman/George Emmett exhibition match, flyer for Joyce Gardner at the Savoy, Gardner/Rea exhibition match poster, British Women's Billiards Tournament 1929 Burwat Trophy Presentation, 1904 Stevenson/Dawson Test Match, etc.
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A wide ranging and facinating collection of photographic ephemera, depicting billiard/snooker games, characters and equipment across many years.
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John Roberts: a fascinating collection of various C19th and later ephemera, letters, receipts, photographs, etc relating to John Roberts Jr (1847-1919), 8-times winner of the World Professional Championship
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Coolection in album of various Billiard-related cutings and periodical pages, some earlier noted.
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Books: Selection of various vintage Billiard related volumes (see photograph)
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Collection of various Billiard/Snooker Promotional Materials, including Calendars, Advertisements, Posters, Certificates early-mid C20th onwards, incl to Thelma Carpenter/Tom Newman/Walter Donaldson, etc.
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A folder containing black and white photographs of the Ladies Billiards Championship and Snooker Championship including a photograph of Dorothy Thompson, Winner of the National Womens Snooker Champion holding the Reynolds Rose Bowl which she won at the Burrows & Watts Hall at the Southern Counties Challenge Cup and a black and white picture of Miss Thelma Carpenter winning the Billiard Championship at Thurstons, Leicester Square where she beat Miss Ruth Harrison, the holder of the title etc.
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Three various volumes containing a collection of snooker-related Newspaper Cuttings.
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A souvenir signed World Snooker Championship program 1945/46, signed front and back by players from the tournament
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A pamphlet Noble Jeu De Billard Le Europe 1827 showing different variations of billiard shots and techniques (a/f)
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Burrows & Watts catalogue dated 1901 to include marking boards, cabinets, cue racks and stands of the time, visible pocket plates and structure of the snooker table
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A volume of Burrows & Watts The Birth of the Billiard Table, The Characteristics of Various Woods and Tables to Include The National, The Victory, The St James, The Record etc
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A folder of mainly black and white photographs featuring the World Billiards Champion Joyce Gardner (qty)
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A folder containing black and white and colour photographs of Dennis Taylor, John Parrott, Joe Johnson and Ray Reardon spanning the 1970's and 1980's
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A catalogue entitled Billiard Table 1923-1924, The Brunswick-Bulk-Collender Company
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Collection of various Billiard/Snooker interest Ephemera, incl Ray Reardon autographed £1 Banknote, various Prints, Tom Newman/Joyce Gardner exhibition flyer, other promoitional materials incl Joyce Gardner Posters, autographed Norwich Sports Village "Festival of Billiards" programme, etc.
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Album containing a selection of b/w photographs of snooker champion John Spencer (1935-2006) in action
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Colection of clippings of Billiard furniture designs, contained within an album.
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A Golden Garter Club, Manchester 1976 Brother Lees card advertising poster featuring the Brother Lees plus Roy Lesley together with a black and white photograph of the Brother Lees etc
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A caricature print of Joe Davis with facsimile signatures of various snooker and billiard players, printed by Michael Watterson
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Autographs inc Tom Newman, Ted Lowe, John Fulman, etc; Certificates incl Joyce Gardner winner 1937 Women's Professional Billiards Championship, runner up 1935, and1932 Break Certificate; various other ephemra/cuttings.
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A wide ranging and thorough selection of programmes (1950s onwards) for various competitions, dinners, etc, a number of them heavily autographed, all loose mounted.
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Five folders, containing various Billiard/Snooker newspaper and periodical cuttings.
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Five folders containing newspaper cuttings from the 1920's, 30's and 40's, news stories, cartoons, caricatures from the time
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Billiard-related Sheet Music ("I won her heart at Billiards", etc), wide range of various sketch/cartoon prints inc Tony Webster cartoon sheet, Ray Ulyett autographed sheet, etc.
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Three albums various billiards-interest Newspaper Cuttings, inc Joe Davis, Ted Lowe etc, some earlier noted.
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An interesting collection of ephemera relating mostly to the women's billiards, including a reference letter dated 1941 for Joyce Gardner from the "Billiards for the Services Fund" to the Minister of Labour, explaining how she was essential to their fundraising efforts and imploring she not be "lost" to this cause (presumably to other war-related work); also 1938 souvenir programme for Elsie & Doris Waters in Thurston Hall, London; promotional bill for 1927 Tom Reece exhibition at New Holborn; account made out to Joyce Gardner for proceeds of exhibition match against Thelma Carpenter at the Leicester Square Hall 1949; Joyce Gardner's copy of the programme for the 1939 Women's Professional Biliiards Championship; and various other ephemera.
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A collection of asstd billiard and snooker memorabila, incl prints incl John Parrott, break certificate to Joseph Earlam, "Little" Donald Cruikshank certificates (inc Winner Boys Championship 1932) and caricature prints, etc
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