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PROSPECT OF OXFORD 1753. A
printed picture taken from a copy of the book the London Magazine. 5½"
x 8¾" on calendared paper with blank reverse. The city elevated above
the Thames. Principal buildings are numbered and figured on an
accompanying page. BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA 1919 Russian Revolution. The identity card of a student at Moscow
University. 6½" x 9". Signed, stamped and dated. Please see the book: "Intensity Coils" in The Books Section "Miscellaneous Titles" page - for mention of the first television patent,
GERMAN GOVERNMENT LOAN 1899
Promisary Certificate for loan of 1,000 Marks at three percent to the
German Government sold to subscriber in Britain. 212 mm x 300 mm (12" x
approx 8½") beautifully engraved and printed in brown and red on white
paper bearing five shilling GB duty stamp. Nineteen of twenty coupons
for interest redemption scheduled bi-annually from 1919 to 1929. SHARE CERTIFICATE 1859 Decorated five pound share certificate issued by The Electro Printing-Block
Company Limited with a capital of £50,000. Stadium De Paris Share Certificate
WOVEN SILK PORTRIT.
circa 1850s-60s. Bust of a young woman named: Charlotte Corday thought
to be the murderess of Marat the French Revolutionary leader, a friend
of Robespierre and The Committee of Public Safety. Maker's name: F que
de Passerat Fils et Cie. Size: 6" x 4" approx. Horizontal flaw on cheek. WOVEN FUNERARY SILK 1929. A commemorative silk "In affectionate Remembrance." Originating in Risca,
Wales. EAST INDIA COMPANY VELLUM1848. Appointment by the Govenor, the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart, G.C.B.,
of an Assistant Surgeon to Fort St. George, Madras. Size 12" x 9½" bearing the Company's seal. NORFOLK, MONUMENTAL MASON's BILL 1912 receipted with two halfpenny revenue stamps. YORK, ADVERTISING AGENT'S BILL 1900 with woodcut vignette. Receipted, two halfpenny revenue stamps.
Includes item: Boys carrying boards.
LE CAPORAL ET LA PAYSE. (The corporal and the peasant girl). 1867 Stone litho, hand coloured, printed in
France. 10½" x 15¾". Unprinted back. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? c late 1930s/early 1940s Amusing, sketch illustrated, Question and Answer book published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. ref: miscellaneous 18 £6.00 cover two pages MAINS POWER FOR YOUR RADIO.
1933 Illustrated Catalogue of radio mains equipment by Heayberd. 5½" x
8½" x 35 pp. The printed card cover is grubby and dog-eared. One page
bears a previous owner's pencil markings. COLLECTION OF 8 DIFFERENT PRINTS USA 1830s.
Prints of scenic engravings printed in London, England. Subjects: Black
Mountain, Lake George - The Indian Falls, near Cold Spring, opposite
West Point - View Below Table Rock - View from Mount Holyoke - Crow
Nest from Bull Hill, Hudson River - Bridge at Glens Fall, Hudson River
- View from the Mountain House, Catskill - The Narrows, Lake George.
Average overall stout paper size 10½" x 8". COLLECTION OF 7 DIFFERENT PRINTS USA 1830s.
Prints of scenic engravings printed in London, England. Subjects:
Wilkesbarre, Vale of Wyoming - Columbia Bridge, on the Susquehanna -
Hudson Highlands from Bull Hill - The Tomb of Kosciuusko - Saratoga
Lake - Crow Nest from Bull Hill, Hudson River - Village of Katskill -
View of the Erie Canal near Little Falls. EARLY LONDON STREET PLAN - Aldersgate to NEWGATE
1754/55. Part of Cripplegate Ward, Within and Without. Partially
hand-coloured. Condition: fair to good. 16" x 9½". Slight 'chipping' to
edges. Ideal for framing behind glass or similar material. FRENCH COURT CARD c1760-80. Single picture playing card. Size: 3" x 2" approx. Leaf patterned reverse
printed in blue dots. Condition: good. HARRODS NEWS - White Sale February 1937. 25 page household goods and women's fashions brochure
and price list, heavily illustrated. 6¾" x 9¼". PERAMBULATOR DESIGNS LIST 1897. 8pp rare illustrated price list. 10" x 7¼" printed in green on white paper.
Published by The Midland Perambulator & Bedstead Company, Birmingham, England. ECONOMICAL COOKERY for the small family.
1928 by Helen Greig Souter published by Austin Rogers & Co. London.
6½" x 4" x 91 pp plus index. Measures used: pounds, pints and ounces.
The cover printed in black may, once upon a time, have been off-white.
The title page and last index page are both grubby but the inner pages
all clean. The cover is undamaged but detached from the cotton sewn
book. Page From HARPERS WEEKLY March 26, 1859.
Two short articles each accompanied by vignette engraved illustration.
1) The execution of the murderers at Djeddah. (Consequent upon massacre
of Christians). 2) The foreign fleets before Vera Cruz. Page size 11½"
x 16¾". TRADE CARD - Cyclist's Rest. 2 fold trade card ca 1910 advertising "The Wheatley's" situated
between Chalfont St. Peter and St. Giles, Bucks 21 miles from Marble Arch. The place to spend a Happy Day. Commodious Pavillion
for Luncheons and Teas. Open size: 6" x 4½" ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1840
To authorize the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a
Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the
future Management thereof. Two disbound sheets 11" x 7¼" . ADVERTISING INSERTS |
