New Zealand “All Blacks” Tour of Great Britain and France. 1924-5 A superbly presented leather-bound, gold-embossed 86pp in heavy card scrapbook account of the 1924/25 Invincibles tour. The scrapbook, formerly in the collection of the rugby writer Neville McMillan (author of titles such as Men in Black and The Encyclopedia of New Zealand Rugby) is a chronological account of the tour with news articles charting the All Blacks progress. The first article is dated 3 Sept. 1924, “All Blacks” Rugby Team at Plymouth from the Western Morning News and concludes on 19 January 1925 with an article from the French newspaper Exclusive headlined, ‘A Toulouse Les All Blacks Battent L’Equipe De France 30 Points A 6’ illustrated with a superb photograph of George Nepia in full flight. Articles in the scrapbook chronicle all of the All Blacks matches from newspapers such as the Birmingham Post, Morning Post, Evening Standard, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and regional dailies. One article of interest amongst many comes from the Evening News of 5 Jan. 1925, just 2 days after the All Blacks had defeated England 17-11. Entitled The All Blacks “Perfect Machine” it is a detailed analysis of the game and the strengths of the tourists 375 x 285 mm