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  • THE LONDON GAZETTE. Numb. 2353.
    THE LONDON GAZETTE. Numb. 2353.

    Published by Authority, From Monday June 4. To Thursday June 7. 1688. Printed by Thomas Newcomb in the Savoy, 1688. Single sheet; two columns per side. 28.5 x 18 cm. Includes an address to the King, James II, from the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and citizens of Rochester, celebrating the King's, 'Miraculous Deliverances from Perils at Sea, and from Treasonable Conspiracies, and Rebellious Attempts at Land, manifest to the World.' Little rubbed and worn at edges; else very good.

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  • THE NEEDLE MAKERS' LAMENTATION of sec 27.

    Redditch, Worcestershire. A Broadside offered for sale on behalf of the needle makers of Redditch, 'who have been thrown out of employment by the rapid improvement of machinery, as two men and three boys can do the work of ten men, and this has cause the deepest depression in our trade.' 25. 5 x 16.8 cm. Tired and creased at edges, with a central crease-mark where folded; few light spots; else very good.

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  • the Pooh Calendar. Verses by A. a. Milne. Decorations by E. H. Shepard. by MILNE, A.A. the Pooh Calendar.
    MILNE, A.A. the Pooh Calendar.
    the Pooh Calendar. Verses by A. a. Milne. Decorations by E. H. Shepard.

    New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1930. First U.S. edition [published the same year in the U.K.]. Title leaf and twelve others all illustrated colour and in black & white; held together with a yellow cord with tassels; contained in the original box. Few insignificant marks; some expert restoration to the box; else very good.

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  • THE TIMES.

    Bound volume of The Times newspaper commencing April 1st 1949; 51345 to 51421, June 30th 1949. Seventy-six issues in total. Bound in half calf gilt. Binding very rubbed and quite worn; newspapers browning; library stamp at head of each title; else a very good run. This volume is very heavy and will incur extra postal charges; please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com

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  • Three home-made menu display cards
    Three home-made menu display cards

    Three home-made menu display cards, decorated with watercolours of flowers and fruits. Circa late Victorian / early Edwardian. Each card: 15.5 x 10.4 cm. Each has a 'leg' mounted on the verso so that the card may be stood-up; each has four slits so that the menu can be held in place.

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  • SITWELL, Osbert.
    Three manuscript signed letters from Osbert Sitwell to Lalla Vandervelde.

    No date. [Circa 1940]. Three manuscript signed letters from Osbert Sitwell to Lalla Vandervelde. No year dates, but circa 1940's, as one mentions the death of Osbert's father which occured in1943. All three on Renishaw Hall paper. Creases where folded; else fine.

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  • To revive, explain, and amend an Act made in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for making the River of Medway navigable, in the Counties of Kent and Sussex.
    To revive, explain, and amend an Act made in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of his late Majesty King Charles the Second, intituled, An Act for making the River of Medway navigable, in the Counties of Kent and Sussex.

    London: John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1740. General title followed by pages 511 – 539, complete. 29 x 19.5 cm. Disbound from a collection of Acts, with evidence of such to the spine. Some off-setting on the blank verso of last leaf, else a very good copy.

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  • TOM TAYLOR.
    TOM TAYLOR.

    London: Elliott & Fry, 1860s. Carte-de-visite of Tom Taylor, the famous 19th century English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch, by Elliott & Fry, 55 Baker Street, Portman Square. Condition very good. 10.4 x 6.2 cm.

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  • Trade card for John Page, Haberdasher, Hosier, Laceman, and Glover.
    Trade card for John Page, Haberdasher, Hosier, Laceman, and Glover.

    Bishopsgate Without [London]: Printed by W. Newman, Widegate Street, Bishopsgate Without, Circa 1820. This card is very thin and has possible lost its backing paper.

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  • Trade card of Abraham Bell, Hop and Seed Factor.
    Trade card of Abraham Bell, Hop and Seed Factor.

    Langley & Belch of The Borough, Circa 1810. The verso bearing a Hop Duty Calculator for the last 50 years, published by Langley & Belch of The Borough.

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  • Trade card of Edward Brockman, Seed Merchant of Deal in Kent.
    Trade card of Edward Brockman, Seed Merchant of Deal in Kent.

    Uncertain date, but probably Edwardian. Small manuscript collection in top left-hand corner; else very good.

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  • Trade Card of H. Larkins Fishmonger of Deal, in Kent.
    Trade Card of H. Larkins Fishmonger of Deal, in Kent.

    Uncertain date, but probably early Edwardian. Abrasions to blank verso where removed from an album; else very good.

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  • Twenty advertising cards for Phosphatine Falièrs
    Twenty advertising cards for Phosphatine Falièrs

    Printed by Typogravure Goupil, Paris in Paris, illustrating the fables of La Fontaine, Circa 1910. Each card measures 18.5 x 12.5 cm., is illustrated by L. Chalon with a full-colour lithograph, with the beginning of the text, and on the reverse with an illustration in blue, decoration and the remainder of the text in blue. The cards are in fine condition. These cards, one of many sets issued by this company, promoted the use of phosphates for the health of infants.

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  • Undated A.L.S.
    Undated A.L.S.

    1865. An undated A.L.S from Catherine Amy Dawson Scott [founder of International PEN] to a Mrs [Dolores] Harding, concerning membership, presumably of International PEN. Very good. Catharine Amy Dawson Scott [ August 1865 – 4 November 1934] was an English writer, playwright and poet.

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  • VERA LYNN.
    VERA LYNN.

    1952. Signed photograph of Very Lynn together with a brief letter from her secretary, which has been signed by Vera Lynn at the head of the page. Portrait: 51/2 x 31/2 Both contained in the original mailed envelope (1952). Very good.

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  • WALKER'S HERTFORDSHIRE.
    WALKER'S HERTFORDSHIRE.

    London: By J. & C. Walker, No date [circa 1870]. Hand-coloured engraved map divided into 15 sections and mounted on linen, 34.5 x 42 cm, folding into green cloth covers with mounted paper label; printed sheet of statistics relating to the County to front endpaper. Covers: 12.5 x 9 cm. Some light browning; else very good.

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  • WEST KENT ELECTION, 1857.
    WEST KENT ELECTION, 1857.

    1857. Results card for this election showing the number of votes cast for the two candidates in each town in West Kent. 12.5 x 9 cm. Small adhesion mark on blank verso where possibly removed from an album; else fine.

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  • WESTMORLAND. by MORDEN, Robert.
    MORDEN, Robert.
    WESTMORLAND.

    Copperplate engraving sold by Abel Swale Awnsham & Jon Churchill. No date [circa 1722]. Sheet size: 39 x 44.3 cm. Printed image: 35.7 x 41.3.cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded at centre as presented in William Camden's Britannia. A fine copy with good margins.

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  • WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GIRDLERS.

    1911. A fine presentation album of original photographs, bound in full plum-coloured calf, gilt with the company's coat of arms to the upper panel. The first leaf bears the inscription: 'From G. W. Barber Master of the Worshipful Company of Girdlers 1911. 192 & 1913. There then follows 10 original mounted photographs, the first being of the Master, the Clerk, the Beadle, and the Porter, the remainder being of the interior décor of the building at Basinghall Avenue The City, London. On the opposite blank page are hand-written descriptions. The album measures: 33 x 30 cm., and is contained in a felt-lined cloth-covered box. The album is in fine state; the box in worn and one joint is broken.

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