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Real photographic postcard of Arthur George 'Bluey' Wilkinson, speedway rider.
1930. Real photographic postcard of Arthur George 'Bluey' Wilkinson, speedway rider, circa mid 1930's. Excellent example, not postally used. A contemporary newspaper clipping is tipped on to the reverse. Arthur George 'Bluey' Wilkinson was an international speedway rider. He was Speedway World Champion in 1938 after narrowly missing out on winning the inaugural Championship in 1936. He rode for the West Ham Hammers from 1929 until 1939.
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Real photographic postcard of 'Bronco' Dixon, speedway rider.
Real photographic postcard of 'Bronco' Dixon, speedway rider for the West Ham Hammer, circa mid-thirties. Excellent example, not postally used.
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Real photographic postcard of Eric 'Rickie' Chitty, speedway rider.
Real photographic postcard of Eric 'Rickie' Chitty, speedway rider, circa mid 1930's. Excellent example, not postally used. Eric Stevenson Chitty was a speedway rider who won the London Riders' Championship in 1938. He rode for West Ham from 1936-1939 and 1946-1951.
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Real photographic postcard of Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, speedway rider.
Real photographic postcard of Harold 'Tiger' Stevenson, speedway rider, circa mid 1930's. Excellent example, not postally used. 'Tiger' Stevenson was a Speedway rider for the West Ham Hammers from 1929 until 1939 in early pioneer days, captaining the club for most of them. He was captain for their first ever meeting on 2 May 1929 at home to Coventry and was still the captain in 1937 when the Hammers won the National League Championship.
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Real photographic postcard of Rol Stobart, speedway rider.
Real photographic postcard of Rol Stobart, speedway rider for the West Ham Hammer, circa mid-thirties. Excellent example, not postally used.
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Real photographic postcard of the West Ham speedway team, the Hammers, 1937.
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.
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Real photographic postcard of Thomas 'Tommy' Croombs, speedway rider.
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.
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Six home-made gilt-edged menu display cards
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.
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Spooner's Protean Views. No. 16. The London Mail obstructed by a Snowdrift. Changing to a scene in Autumn with a Fox Chace in the Distance.
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.
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T.L.S.
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.
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Telegram from Enrico Caruso to Dollie [Dolores] Harding
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.
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THE DAYS OF CHRIST'S COMING. The Picture painted by Fritz Wegner. The Story told by Dorothy L. Sayers.
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.
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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.
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, 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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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.
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.
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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