Real photographic postcard of the West Ham speedway team, the Hammers, 1937. Excellent example, not postally used. The card is signed on the reverse in pencil by 'Tiger Stevenson'. The image shows, from left, back row, are Tommy Croombes, Eric Chitty, Bronco Dixon, Charlie Spinks, Tiger Stevenson (captain) Johnnie Hoskins, Ken Brett, Bluey Wilkinson and Rob Stobbart. Front row are Arthur Atkinson, George Saunders, a young Ian Hoskins on the mascot bike, and Mick Murphy.

Real photographic postcard of Thomas 'Tommy' Croombs, speedway rider, circa mid 1930's. Excellent example, not postally used. 'Tommy' Croombs was a speedway rider who finished third in the Star Riders' Championship in 1931, the forerunner to the Speedway World Championship. He rode for Lea Bridge in 1929 and moved on to the West Ham Hammers in 1930.

Six home-made gilt-edged menu display cards, decorated with watercolours of flowers. Circa late Victorian / early Edwardian. Each card: 16.4 x 10.6 cm. Each has two slits so that the menu can be held in place. Three of the cards retain their menus. Some spotting, but very attractive.

No date. [Circa 1761]. An engraved map, uncoloured as issued, circa 1761. 21 x 26 cm. Two vertical crease-lines where once folded into a book; else near fine.

London: William Spooner, No date [1840]. Mounted hand-coloured lithographic transformational print, 239 x 285 mm., with lithograph mounted label mounted beneath. Few brown spots, else very good.

A T.L.S. from the actress Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945) to Mrs. Dolores Harding, dated 1925 and addressed from The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, declining her invitation to visit, explaining that, 'I would never be able to find my way. I seem to get lost every time I go out…' Lucille La Verne (November 7, 1872 – March 4, 1945) was an American actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, and vengeful roles in early colour films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. Her best known part is that of the voice of the Wicked Queen, and the old crone from Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Dated May 22 1913, responding to her 'wire' and saying that he hopes to meet soon. Written in pencil, and signed Caruso. Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873 – August 2, 1921) was an Italian tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and North and South America, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic.

Cartographer. Paul Rapin de Thoyras, Date: circa 1751. Engraved map, uncoloured as issued. Sheet size: 413 x 530 mm (161/4" x 21"). Very fine impression with original binding folds.

Copperplate engraving sold by Abel Swale Awnsham & Jon Churchill. No date [circa 1722]. Sheet size: 44.5 x 39. Printed: 41x 36 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded at centre as presented in William Camden's Britannia. A fine copy with good margins.

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, No date [1953]. A advent calendar printed in full colour with 'twenty-seven numbered doors for you to open as the story goes along. Three pages of text. Oblong: 19.7 x 29.2 cm. A fine copy – unused.

Copperplate engraving sold by Abel Swale Awnsham & Jon Churchill. No date [circa 1722]. Sheet size: 44.2 x 39 cm. Printed image: 40.7 x 34.2 cm. Uncoloured as issued. Folded at centre as presented in William Camden's Britannia. A fine copy with good margins.

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.

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.

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.

Paris: Bourgeois –Aîné, No date [circa 1915]. [8] leaves of postcards, four per page, separated by perforations. Of the 32 cards, 16 are printed in full colour and 16 duplicates are reproduced in outline for colouring. There is no text, and because we cannot locate another copy we cannot guarantee that it is complete. The rear cover has the words, 'For colouring use the non-poisonous colours of Bourgeois Ainé-' Original pictorial card covers. Oblong: 17.5 x 27.5 cm. Front cover with vertical crease-mark; staples rusty and with the middle section loose; else a very good copy of this rare postcard colouring book showing the street trades of Thessalonica.

1912. Hardcover. [8], 23, [1], followed by 68 double-page maps, mostly all printed in full colour. Original decorative cloth, gilt. Folio. Binding very worn:split at lower joint of spine; head & heel worn; both inner joints cracked; but maps clean.

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

1936. Theatre Programme for Barrie's PETER PAN, staring Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton in the 1936 production at the The London Palladium. 12pages including wrappers. Staples rusty; contents loose; little browned at for-edge.

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.

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.