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A 20th Century English Textured Paper Scrapbook and Photograph Album - A 20th-century English photograph album and ephemera scrapbook bound in textured brown paper - see below for more details. The landscape-format volume is secured with a cord binding and contains brown card pages mounted with silver gelatin photographs, greeting cards, and printed ephemera. The cover features a central embossed panel depicting a knight on horseback above the word PHOTOGRAPHS. The collection includes multiple etching greeting cards hand-signed by Viola and Rudolf Sauter and a signed card from Nobel laureate John Galsworthy and his wife Ada. Hand-signed greetings from Ralph C. H. Darling and Leicester Homan are present, alongside printed illustrations by Fortunino Matania and watercolor sketches by Miss Erica J. Hart. A Frith's Series postcard is marked with the text Z.4 THE HARD, HAMBLE and REIGATE, and the lower front cover is embossed with the mark MADE IN ENGLAND. This is a collection of Christmas Cards and letters received by Mr. and Mrs. Ness of 88 Wallace Avenue, West Worthing.  In 1931, Mr Ness inherited a fortune and retired as a dental surgeon early. They moved to 88 Wallace Avenue, West Worthing and became part of the local society. they received from members of their friends from the 1930s & 40s  Friends who sent Christmas Cards included: Cyril Jarvis - an actor active in both London and regional theatre during the Edwardian era through the 1920s. His recorded credits include high-profile London productions such as Dirk at the New Scala Theatre in December 1923.  Leicester Homan (1 Card & 2 original watercolours) a prominent wealthy resident, Justice of the Peace (JP), and wartime interpreter who lived at Ballaterson Manor, Isle of Man.  Whilst an interpreter in WWI, Homan had his portrait painted in 1917 by a German civilian internee (believed to be an artist named Schmidt). The portrait is now preserved in the island's national art collection John Galsworthy (1 Card) the renowned English novelist and playwright. He was one of the most prominent literary figures of the early 20th century, culminating in him winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 and is best known for The Forsyte Saga. Rudolf Helmut Sauter (7 cards including original drawings and 1 personal letter) a German-born British painter, printmaker, illustrator, and poet. He is best known as the nephew, close companion, and literary executor of the Nobel Prize-winning author John Halsworthy. He created the definitive illustrations for special editions of The Forsyte Saga. Sauter was a highly versatile artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon. Today, his surviving artwork is held by institutions like the National Portrait Gallery and the Government Art Collection,