Two very fine Football Association dinner menus, the first in honour of The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird, President of the Association, and J.C. Clegg Esq
£400 - £600
Two very fine Football Association dinner menus, the first in honour of The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird, President of the Association, and J.C. Clegg Esq, J.P., held at the Holborn Restaurant, Monday 6th February 1911, the finely printed menu and programme of events bound in contemporary dark green crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, small calf onlay of a brown leather football on upper cover with elaborate gilt tooled interlace design personalised C.J. HUGHES, inner Morocco binding gilt with green watered silk inner cover; the other a Football Association Golden Jubilee Banquet dinner menu, held at the King's Hall, Holborn Restaurant, 3rd November 1913 the printed menu and programme of events with monochrome pictorial cover depicting cherubs playing football in the heavens, contained within brown reverse calf gilt tooled bindings inscribed FA, 1863-1913 and personalised H.H. HUGHES