- Tag = Ephemera, Maps, Original Art, Prints
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An Act for Laying a Duty upon Hops.
London: Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Mills,... Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, 1711. General title followed by pages 343 – 358, complete. 29 x 19.5 cm. Disbound from a collection of Acts, with evidence of such to the spine. A very good copy.
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An Act for the more effectual preventing the clandestine Importation of foreign Hops into Great Britain and Ireland, and to prevent the adulterating or sophisticating of Hops, to alter the Colour or Scent thereof.
London: John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1734. General title followed by pages 315 – 318, complete. 29 x 19.5 cm. Disbound from a collection of Acts, with evidence of such to the spine. A very good copy.
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An Act for the preservation of white and other pine-trees growing in Her Majesties Colonies of New Hampshire, the Massachusets-Bay, and Province of Main, Rhode-Island, and Providence-Plantation, the Narraganset Country, or Kings-Province, and Connecticut in New-England, and New York, and New-Jersey, in America, for the masting of Her Majesty's ships
London: Printed for the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, 1711. FIRST PRINTING. Folio, pp. [2], 387-388, title-page with coat of arms. Disbound. Very good.
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'Attested Copy of Mr Stephen Long's Will – Dated 30 Jany 1776'.
1776. The Manuscript will of Stephen Long, Distiller, of Sandwich in Kent, with land and buildings in Woodnesborough, Kent, written on three folio pages of four. Examined 22 Day of May 1784.
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BALTIC SEA by John Tallis.
An antique steel-engraved map issued circa1858 by the London Printing and Publishing Co. Reverse blank. Centre fold as issued. Outlined coloured as issued. Paper Size: 26.8 x 35 cm. A very clean example.
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BETTE DAVIS.
1945. Signed black & white photograph of Bette Davis, inscribed 'Leslie Herbert from Bette Davis.' Portrait: 7x 5 inches. Contained in the original mailing envelope, addressed to Leslie G. Herbert, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc, Burbank, California, circa 1945. Small crease to top outer corner; envelope worn and torn; else very good.
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BILL JOHNSON.
1916. Black & white photograph, Portrait: approx. 51/2 x 31/2. Signed diagonally across: 'Bill Johnson,' in ink. Fine. William 'Bill' Johnson (1916-1957) was nominated for a Tony as Best Featured Actor for the Broadway musical, Pipe Dream (1956) He died of a heart attack aged 40.
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BLACK SEA by John Tallis.
An antique steel-engraved map issued circa1858 by the London Printing and Publishing Co. Reverse blank. Centre fold as issued. Outlined coloured as issued. Paper Size: 26.8 x 35 cm. A very clean example.
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Black & white photography of the German actor Leopold Hainisch by Becker & Maass, Berlin W.
Probably dating from the late nineteen twenties. Portrait: 22.8 x 16.8 cm.. Slight loss to top corners, else very good. Pencil inscription on reverse and ink stamp.
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BON VOYAGE BRIDGE SET.
Tour Pads and Sixteen Tallies. U.S.A. A Gibson product. No date (circa 1930's). Original box with pictorial lid, containing four shaped tour pads, designed as a stylish young woman with luggage, and sixteen tallies designed as a stereotyped black bellman. Figures unused and in excellent condition; box lightly dust-soiled with some wear and a split to one corner.
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Brief A.L.S.
A brief A.L.S. from John Middleton Murry, dated September 7 1927, concerning copies of a college magazine which contained stories or articles by Katherine Mansfield. Somewhat creased; else clean. John Middleton Murry (6 August 1889 – 12 March 1957) was an English writer. He was prolific, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married as her second husband, in 1918, his friendship with D. H. Lawrence, and his friendship (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work.
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[Broadside.] LIFE IN LONDON: or, the sprees of Tom and Jerry; attempted in cuts and verse. Twenty-ninth edition. Price Twopence.
London: Printed and Sold by Jas. Catnach, No date [circa 1822]. Broadside, 45.4 x 34 cm., illustrated with two large woodcuts and ten smaller cuts, plus 3 minors cuts. Trimmed on all sides, just touching text; some spotting and creasing, couple of minor repairs from the blank verso; else a good copy of a scarce broadside.
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Broadside. MODERN POLITICS. Mr. Gi----y's speech delivered from a Dog Cart!
A broadside of some 56 lines, printed by John Berry of Norwich. No date [circa 1810/20]. An satire upon the electoral process and the corruption of government, specifically relating to an election in Norwich.
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[Broadside.] NEW CHURCH SCHOOL, for Girls and Boys, High Friar Street, Newcastle, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Wm. Richardson. W. A. Mitchell, Printer, Newcastle.
No date [circa 1830/40]. A broadside, measuring 30.6 x 22.4 cm., advertising this new fee-paying school remove from Groat Market. Slightly dusty and just a touch creased; else very good.
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[Broadside.] THE DEATH OF ABEL.
Printed and Sold by J. Catnach, No date [circa 1820]. Broadside, 50 x 37 cm., illustrated with one large coloured wood-engraving and seven small coloured cuts. Little worn at edges, crease-marked where folded; blue ink-mark to blank margin; generally a little tired; else very good.
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Carte-de-visite
By H. J. Whitlock, 11, New Street, Birmingham, of John Sims Reeves, the foremost English operatic, oratorio and ballad tenor vocalist of the mid-Victorian era. Small area of spotting; else very good. 10.3 x 6.2 cm.
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Carte-de-visite of George Cruikshank, by H. J., Whitlock, Photographer, 11, High Street, Birmingham.
0.6 x 6.3 cm. Signed by George Cruikshank in ink, and dated May 4th 1866. Small adhesion mark on verso where taken from an album.
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CHART of the N W COAST of AMERICA and N E COAST of ASIA explored in the Years 1778 & 1779. The ushaded parts of the Coast of Asia are taken from a M S Chart received from the Russians. Writing engraved by T. Harmer. [Copied by Lieut. Henry Roberts.]
[1784.]. Sheet size: 55 x 76 cm. Plate mark: 42.2 x 69 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Centrefold as issue in the Atlas volume of Cook, James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; Its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Published 1784. An excellent example with wide margins.
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Christmas Card. THE THREE BEARS.
' An original unused lithographic Christmas Card printed for Edward and Catherine Ardizzone for personal use. Reverse blank. Card size: 14.5 x 19.5. Fine.
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[Contract.] Matthew Bell Esquire and Robert Peter Laurie Esquire. Contract for the Sale and Purchase of certain Freehold hereditaments situate in the Parishes of Upper and Lower Hardres in the county of Kent known as Pilots or Pilot Farm.
Dated 6th September 1877. 4 page folio size contract, together with a hand-coloured manuscript Estate Plan of the Farm. Excellent condition.
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