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‘OLD OAK FROM SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE’ A Relic of 19th Century Bardolotary

William Shakespeare [John Marshall]
1858
Carved oak removed from Shakespeare’s birthplace during the restoration of 1858 which followed the building’s purchase for the nation - with a presentation inscription written by the Stratford carver John Marshall who worked on the renovation himself. The length of oak is 22x5cm. On the flat side is written in black ink: ‘Old Oak from Shakespeare’s… Read more…
#7656

£400.00

PLATES DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK - Rare set of Separately issued Plates for Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens - George Cruikshank
1838
Unrecorded perhaps unique surviving set of Cruikshank’s illustrations to Oliver Twist, issued by the book’s publisher as a loose, possibly promotional, set simultaneous with first publication. 20 plates (150x243mm) are loosely contained in a bifolium printed wrapper which has separated along the spine. This bears a modified version of the title pag… Read more…
#8123

£950.00

EARLIEST WOMEN’S COLLEGE WEST OF THE ROCKIES Mills College Photo Album, Oakland

C R Stead, R Davis etc
1891
Richly varied photo album depicting student life at Mills College in Oakland shortly after it was chartered as the first women’s college west of the Rockies. Large oblong album (15x11inches) ‘Photographs’ in gilt to upper, textured cloth covered board. Light wear to edges but the binding remains sound, though some weakening to the cloth covering ov… Read more…
#7768

£2850.00

SCOTTISH DIASPORA - Scots’ Church, London Wall - Pew Pass

Adam Scott
1841
Pew pass bought by a wealthy Scottish family living in London in the 1840s - adorned on the verso with the seal of a 17th century Scottish Bishop and Principal of Edinburgh University. Toned card (9x6cm) printed and then accomplished and signed in manuscript by a church official, Adam Scott, for ‘Mrs Sangsters Servant’ for 6 months tenure of No 10,… Read more…
#8184

£95.00

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH ON THE CORNISH COAST - WITH NOTECARD

John Le Carre
1979
A signed photograph of the master storyteller near his home at Tregiffian on Lamorna Cove in Cornwall - together with a notecard sent in 1979. The photograph taken by Adrian Sherratt (27.5x20cm) is printed on Fujifilm paper and signed by the author in black ink. Accompanying it is a note written in blue ink from his London address at 1 Gayton Cresc… Read more…
#8225

£400.00

1921 COAL MINER’S STRIKE & UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION PHOTOGRAPHS

Staffordshire Coal Field
1921
Coal mining photo album which includes images of an underground explosion and ‘Strike Volunteers’ - strike breakers? - from the miner’s strike of 1921. Kodak “Eton” Album (17.5x14.5cm) containing 35 silver gelatin prints (c7-10cm) mounted on card leaves. Generally annotated in a contemporary hand these photographs show scenes from the Staffordshire… Read more…
#8221

£250.00

WARTIME POSTCARDS TO A LANCASHIRE CHILD

Waxman Family
1941
53 wartime colour postcards - many of flower fairies and fairy-tale characters - sent to Valerie Waxman of 23 King Street, Southport, Lancashire from ‘Daddy’ and other close relatives. 36 typed cards, 16 hand-written, one blank; the typed cards mostly seemingly enclosed in letters, without stamp, postmark or date. Cards in good condition with light… Read more…
#8198

£125.00

WEDDING WISHES FOR A PUBLISHER - ‘For John Gill from His Friends and Colleagues of The Amalgamated Press on the Occasion of his Marriage...’

[Alfred Harmsworth]
1920
Wedding card hand drawn and signed by 70 members of Alfred Harmsworth’s Amalgamated Press. Stiff card (34x23cm) with hand-drawn multi-coloured decoration and the recipient John Gill's name in bold at the head of the card. Below are the signatures of dozens of colleagues with the Amalgamated Press editor ‘C Langton Townley’(1878-1956) heading up the… Read more…
#8131

£95.00

1960s MODELLING PORTFOLIO of Annabel Smith

[Annabel Smith]
1966
Ring bound photographic modelling portfolio covered by thick blue fabric. A certificate from The Model Centre in London is mounted opposite the first image and states the completion of a training programme offered by the centre by an Annabel Smith on the 31st October 1966. The programme included training in ‘Show, Mannequin, Photographic and Televi… Read more…
#8086

£125.00

CAPE TO CAIRO PHOTOGRAPHS - Imbault’s Photos of Zambisi Bridge

George Camille Imbault (Chief Site Construction Engineer)
1905
24 original photographs taken by the Chief Site Construction Engineer of the building of the Victoria Falls Bridge, part of Cecil Rhodes’s Cape to Cairo scheme. Professionally produced album for ‘Photographs’ bound in textured gun metal grey cloth over thick bevel-edged boards (19x16cm) On the front pastedown is written in English in red chalk: ‘Im… Read more…
#7548

£1650.00

Arts and Crafts Photograph Album of the Architect's Home, 'Weir’s Barn'

Robert Weir Schultz [Architect]
1935
Family photo-album recording the Arts and Crafts Hampshire home and garden built for himself by the Scottish-born architect Robert Weir Schultz who lived there for 50 years. 116 photographs mounted in a commercially produced oblong photo album, 33x25cm, ‘The Beaumont Album’, Johnson London. Bound in deep reddish/black shiny cloth with silk ties thr… Read more…
#7600

£1750.00