Messengers & Literature
Friday 25 October 2002
SALE 631
* = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM
MISCELLANEOUS ACCUMULATIONS
3000 MISCELLANY, 1830-1935: Birmingham shoemaker's bill (1830) with attractive heading (toned/small hole), fine postcard-size 'Monkey Brand' soap advert c1885, 1925-27 pair of eclipse viewers with printed information, various 1930s Oxford Colleges dance programmes /dinner menus etc. inc. a note signed by the Warden of New College- the historian H.A.L.Fisher; fine 1874 Rye Regatta race card etc. (Qty). **/*** £40
3001 MISCELLANY: Pair of portrait plaques of Gandhi & Nehru (75mm x 100mm) c1950 in mother-of-pearl inlaid in slate (some edge chips) and an unusual gilt metal commemorative telegraph post tread stamped "20,000,000th B.C. Barton & Son Ltd." and "Lister Hudson 1980". (2 items). £15
3002 CARTON of mixed ephemera inc. stamp collecting leaflets, Coronation issue of 'Stamp Collecting', P.O. leaflets inc. 1967 White Paper, NestlÈ's Milk advertising items inc. WWI Commemorative booklets (2), wooden rulers with adverts inc. (1914) 'Pear's Soap', two 1960s promotional cigarette lighters with logos etc. (Qty.) **/*** £20
3003 CARTON containing various ephemera including c1830 printed address "To the Loyal Inhabitants of Chester", 1868-85 pair of printed notices advertising the sale of wood at Clifton & Stifford's Bridge (Worcs.), 1935 Royal Jubilee scrapbook (unused), 1937 Coronation supplement to the Daily Telegraph, 1953 booklet on the Everest ascent, a group of handbooks, etc. from the 1960 Oberammergau Passionspiele, sports programmes, song sheets, etc. (Small Qty.). **/*** £50
** 3004 ESPERANTO: Worldwide correspondence to Dr Elmer E. Haynes of Kansas, all written in Esperanto, most during the pre-WWI years - the classic period of Esperanto idealism; inc. items from Madagascar, Venezuela & various European countries - PPCs (18), printed circulars (2, one with ill'd advertising/propaganda env.) & letters (9, most with their envs.). An interesting & unusual group. Mixed condition. (29 items). **/*** £120
3005 LAW & ORDER, c1680-1880: Collection of 37 engravings & lithographs of legal personages - Lord Chancellors, Judges, Sheriffs etc. amongst whom are noted Judge Lyttleton, Lord Eldon, Blackstone, Brougham, Ellenborough, Mr Sergeant Shee, Sir William Russell etc. Mounted on individual sheets & housed in a dilapidated portfolio, the portraits themselves are mainly fine / very fine. (37) **/*** £50
GREAT BRITAIN - PRE 1500
3006 1486 WARRANT: Vellum document (307 x 150 mm) written in French, appointing John Bonyngton of Nottinghamshire Royal Auditor for the Midland Counties; lacks seal. Folds otherwise fine. *** £130
GREAT BRITAIN - 16TH CENTURY
3007 BONYNGTON (Notts.): 1502 Indentured lease agreed between William of Bonyngton & Lawrence Chamlinson, written in Engllish on vellum (285 x 120 mm) with wax seal. *** £150
3008 DARFIELD (Yorkshire): 1588 grant of lands to Francis Raynye (mentions John Byron of Newstead Abbey, ancestor of the poet); attractively-written in Latin on vellum (some damp spotting) with a fine example of the 150mm Great Seal of Elizabeth I - very little loss, fine for this. **/*** £120
3009 DEVON MAGISTRATE'S EXAMINATION, 1598: Half page m/s statement recorded by JP William Fortescue concerning Johan Bowne of 'Harteforde', Devon who 'findinge the doores open', entered the house of Thomas Spurwe and 'seeinge a purse lienge on bourde in the hawle there she did take xviii pense in monie'; fine but with spike hole & edge damage causing small loss of text. Also 1670 half-shet examination of James Hancock of Lifton by Sir William Morice, recounting how in 'Coomb' he had found a woman carrying his stolen hen in a basket but she had run off to St Giles in the Heath; fine. (2 items). **/*** £80
GREAT BRITAIN - 17TH CENTURY
3010 ANTHONY MONCK, DEVON J.P.: 1608 Warrant (written in Latin) signed & sealed by Monck concerning Robert Heale of 'Doulton' (South Molton); a little creased & spike hole, otherwise fine. **/*** £40
3011 AMERSHAM (Bucks.): 1614 Vellum indenture, clearly written, concerning the sale of a house in the 'highe streete of Agmondesham' to Cornelius Byrche, tailor; fine condition with part wax seal, dusty outside surface. *** £60
3012 DARFIELD (Yorkshire): 1631Vellum escheat inquiry into ownership of the Raynye estate at 'Tyreshill': (440 x 240mm) attractively-written in Latin with ornamental capital and large part of original large wax seal, some wear to bottom of text where rubbed by seal. Attractive. **/*** £70
3013 'MERCURIUS AULICUS' (23 March 1643): A fine example of this scarce 16pp Royalist newsbook from the Civil War period containing news from the previous week inc. a detailed account of Prince Rupert's action at Newark, the sequestration of Royal assets, actions against the 'rebels' & Sir John Fitzherbert's capture of Parliamentary ammunition destined for Manchester at Ashbourne etc. Fine. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £150
3014 ORDNANCE OFFICE STOCK-LIST, 1647-48: A page taken from a stock-list recording receipts of munitions by the Ordnance Office between 1.December 1647 and 25.January 1648 - six entries listing 'English powder of forrayne Saltpetere' ,'English match in ffatte' & 'Cornepowder' with names of suppliers; a little ink corrosion otherwise fine. An unusual Civil War item. *** £75
3015 WILL OF LONDON HABERDASHER, 1651: Commonwealth Period large vellum will of Edward Burton, Citizen & Haberdasher, of the Parish of St. Andrew Undershaft, detailing bequests to the poor of several named parishes, amounts for mourning rings, cash bequests for his family etc. No seal, some discoloration externally - text fine. **/*** £50
3016 SOUTH DERBYSHIRE - EARLY PRINTED ORDER FOR CHECKING WEIGHTS & SCALES: Unusual mostly printed document headed "To the Conftables and Headboroughs of [Sutton supra Montem]" (i.e. Sutton on the Hill!) signed by "Jno. Sidderley" above the imprint "Clerk of the market of the Liberty aforesaid" also mentioning the village of Longford. Rare survival of an early document concerned with the control of weights & measures. ** £75
** 3017 SCOTLAND - 'LAWS & ACTS Past in the second SESSION of the second PARLIAMENT...Holden at EDINBURGH' (1670) - 20pp printed summary of 11 Acts passed by the Scottish Parliament - inc. one to endeavour a nearer and more complete Union between His two Kingdoms plus others regulating tax, religion & highways - plus a list of others not detailed; finely printed at Edinburgh with Royal Arms, fine head-piece of crowned thistle, elaborate initials etc. Light toning & wrinkling otherwise fine. A precursor of the 1707 Act of Union. **/*** £50
GREAT BRITAIN - 18TH CENTURY
3018 THE GENERAL POST OFFICE ACT, 1710: 28pp black-letter printed act (1711) - the Third Act governing the Post Office - combining the postal services of England & Scotland, following the 1707 Act of Union, establishing GPO's in London, Edinburgh, Dublin & New York & outlining the principles of postal charges etc. Disbound with a little damp speckling. ** £50
3019 GREAT WYRLEY (Staffordshire): Two folio size, vellum-bound ledgers containing m/s churchwardens' poor relief records for 1713-1801, land tax & 'window money' records 1730-1805 and accounts of the Overseers of the Poor for 1811-33; bindings loose/broken but contents fine & legible. (2 items). */*** £120
3020 1715 (July) EL's (2) written from Scotland to John Ogilvie at the "Cock" near Charing Cross, London, just two months before the Jacobite Rebellion. Also 1984 explanation from Prof. Bruce P.Lenman of St.Andrew's University of contents of the earlier letter. Not postally used, so possibly wrapped in oiled silk & conveyed to London in the gut of a salmon or a grouse! (3 items). ** £50
3021 BEADLE'S "WATCH" RECEIPTS: 1722-23 printed slips (2) completed in m/s, being receipts for a London householder's quarterly contribution (2/6d) for the upkeep of the local watch, issued by Beadle John Ragg to "the Hon. Dutches Fisconall"; toned & with the odd stain or spike hole but unusual items of law & order ephemera. (2 items). ** £30
3022 DUKE OF BEDFORD: 1728 Banker's order for £5,000 in payment for work completed on the Bedford Estate, signed by the Duke of Devonshire in his capacity as Guardian of the 18 year old Duke; also a 1707 Apothecary's bill for medicine given to the Hon. James Thynne, paid by Lord Weymouth in 1711 following his kinsman's death. Fragile with some edge scorching, etc. (2 items). ** £30
3023 YORKSHIRE: 'An Act to Improve & Maintain the Navigation of the River Dun between Holmstile, Doncaster & Tinsley, Sheffield' (1732) - 42pp black-letter printed Parliamentary Act creating 'The Company of the Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun'; disbound in very fine condition. *** £30
3024 SHEPSHED (LEICS.): 1738 "Pains and By Laws made at the Court Leet and Court Baron for the Manor of Shepshead for Samuel Phillipps Esquire..." (8pp) m/s orders inc. general decisions - "no person shall put any ffire betwixt house & house except in a vessel close covered" or "no person shall put any Geees into the white corne stubbles" & specific fines "John Bramley must well & sufficiently sever his ditch from Tyle Bridge all along the upper end of Thatcholme to the upper side of Bakeley Green". Generally fine with some dust marks, two pages separating. **/*** £55
3025 GENERAL WOLFE IN CANADA: 1759 (13.Nov.) issue of 'The London Chronicle' reporting peace terms with the French, an ode on the death of Wolfe, lyrics for a commemorative song etc. Also two issues of 'Lloyd's Evening Post' (17.Oct./1. Dec.) with further comment inc. 'A Succinct View of the Importance of Canada', another song and a report on the Capitulation of Montreal etc. Slightly dusty with minute trimming of the bottom margins in the latter pair. (3 items).*** £75
3026 ARMORIAL PLATES ex Peerage c1760, each 200 x 300mm, finely engraved, hand-coloured and framed behind glass (plus 4 unframed) identified by name & title; generally fine. An interesting overview of the mid-18th century aristocracy. (47 items). *** A HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO ARRANGE REMOVAL. £120
3027 CAPTAIN COOK; 1768 Issue of 'The London News' (23 July) reporting "The Endeavour Bark, Mr James Cook Lieutenant & Commander, is bound to the South Sea, under the direction of the Royal Society..." - a very low-key record of the departure of this momentous voyage! Fine. *** £20
3028 DISINFECTION OF MAIL: 1772 Act of Parliament (8pp) concerning the establishment & construction of lazarets, amending the 1766 Act; disbound, fine. *** £45
3029 DUMFRIES, 1780: Vellum document (300 x 168mm) granting the Freedom of the Borough to Robert Milligan 'Merchant in Jamaica', elected by a committee of tradesmen at 'the new Council House of Dumfries'; some surface dustiness othrewise fine. **/*** £20
3030 POST BOY MURDER - 1793 (11 July) 8pp issue of 'The London Chronicle' with GPO advertisement offering a reward of £100 for information about the murder of a post-boy at Warrington; also complete text of Paine's Declaration of the Rights of Man, events in France etc. *** £25
3031 LORD NELSON: Two 4pp issues of 'The London Evening Post' (Oct-Dec 1798) containing detailed news of the War with France, inc. an account of Nelson's naval victory over the French at Toulon, the grant of a £2,000 annuity to the Admiral, the French army in Egypt, evacuation of Haiti following the insurrection of Touissant l'Ouverture etc. Fine. (2 items). *** £40
GREAT BRITAIN - 1800-1849
3032 CORNWALL - POST OFFICE BILL, 1800: Strip of paper listing letters delivered to Mr Paynter of Trekenning during January-February 1800, presumably from St Columb Office, amounting to £6.6s.6d, receipted by Maria Jewel. Folds & a pin hole but a scarce item. *** £20
3033 SEAMEN'S RELIEF CERTIFICATE, 1803: Printed vellum certificate with m/s insertions addressed to the Governors of the Chest at Chatham by officers of H.M.S. 'Dreadnought' in respect of William Wright who had fractured his forehead in falling from the topmast. Folded & faded etc. but unusual. ** £40
3034 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE POLICY, 1803: Large (340 x 490 mm) printed policy with fine ehgraved vignette of sailor, fireman burning buildings etc. , completed in respect of a house at 10 Thistle Street, Edinburgh; company seal & fine embossed 3/- revenue stamp; dusty outside otherwise very fine. *** £25
3035 NEWSPAPER TAX STAMPS: "Bell's Weekly Messenger" for Sunday 24 November 1805, stamped @ 3‡d, three different Oxford newspapers for 19 December 1868, each with its own 1d stamp & plain sheet (cA4 size - faults) with "Southampton Chronicle" ‡d stamp obliterated by two blue strikes of s/l "CANCELLED" mark with 1d stamp struck alongside. (5 items). **/*** £30
3036 NOTTINGHAM - PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: 1807 (May) handbill (190 x 280mm) containing an attack on an election candidate (Dr. C-----n") by "Civis"; imprint of Burbage & Stretton, worn edges. Also an 1812 election address (200 x 250mm) "To the Independent Burgesses and Freeholders of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham" by Daniel Cole, attractively printed by Stretton. (2 items). **/*** £40
3037 SEAMAN'S RELIEF CERTIFICATE, 1813: Printed vellum certificate from the Greenwich Chest, completed in ink, issued to a 21 year old Liverpudlian seaman serving on HMS 'Marlborough', who fell from a mast while lighting a lamp, paralysing his arm, awarding a pension of £16 for 3 years. Folds & edge discoloured. **/*** £40
3038 PROVINCIAL BANKS (1815): Group of cancelled cheques issued by the famous carriers Pickfords and drawn on banks in Manchester (13) and Braunston (3), all with embossed Revenue stamps and various annotations on the reverse and most with engraved vignettes (two types). Unusual. (16 items). */** £75
3039 1815 BATTLE OF WATERLOO - 8pp Supplement to 'The London Gazette' (3 July 1815) with a despatch from the Duke of Wellington including a full list by regiment of officers killed & wounded at the Battle of Waterloo; folded with dust marks on front page but generally fine with original thread & two 3d revenue stamps. **/*** £40
3040 DERBYSHIRE STATELY HOMES: c1820 hand-coloured steel engravings (202 x 126mm) uniformly framed, depicting Barlborough, Chatsworth, Doveridge, Kedleston, Markeaton, Sutton & Tissington Houses/Halls. Some affected by foxing/toning. (7 items). **/*** £60
3041 Edward Mogg (ed.) "PATTERSON'S ROADS: AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL & ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE DIRECT & PRINCIPAL ROADS IN ENGLAND & WALES, WITH PART OF THE ROADS OF SCOTLAND" (18th edn. 1826) 82pp., 715pp., 44pp. with 13 maps complete. Detailed itinerary of routes. Original marbled boards, neatly re-backed with matching cloth. *** £40
3042 DEATH SENTENCE ON JOHN YOUNG FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT BASINGSTOKE & CONFESSION OF HIS PRECEDING MURDER OF MR. RICHARDSON AT PURCELL'S GAP, EPSOM (1830's) pictorial broadside 10"x 7" with wood engraving of the attack, printed by G. Smeeton, Tooley Street, London. Young was sentenced to death at Winchester on 14 July. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £100
3043 INSURANCE POLICIES: c1830 Union Assurance specification completed & signed by Colonel George FitzClarence, natural son of William IV; also elaborately-engraved policy issued by the Sun Fire Office in 1864 an dtwo policies of the 1890s issued to cover a house & shop windows in Gosport (Hants.). (4 items). *** £50
3044 POST OFFICE, ROCHESTER, KENT: C. FRANCIS'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY (c.1830's) letterpress bookplate 5"x 3" summarising the library regulations. Francis, the town's postmaster, also publicises his business in selling books, stationary, perfume, medicine, toys and draft & receipt stamps. *** £40
3045 WARWICKSHIRE: 1834 Two 16pp issues of 'The Saturday Magazine', one featuring an article on Birmingham & its new Town Hall with fine woodcuts of that building & the Bull Ring, the other issue with a major article on Warwick with a superb 'cut of St Mary's Church & County Hall. Fine. (2 items) *** £20
3046 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, 1837: Broken bound volume containing virtually all 91 Acts passed between 24 Feb. & 16 July of that year inc. Acts concerning abolition of the pillory and of capital punishment for forgery, local government, the militia & piracy. *** £30
3047 "BRITZCHA CHARIOT": 1838 extremely detailed estimate for the cost of a "Britzcha Chariot" to be supplied to the Honourable Edward Herbert for £193.15/- plus extras (e.g. two trunks with keys, rumble seat, large bonnet box, etc.). Offered along with a photocopied picture of a "Britzcha Chariot" and details obtained from the Transport Museum at Hull. **/*** £24
3048 YORKSHIRE - DIOCESAN COURT: 1839 Grant of Administration over the intestate property of a Halifax maltster printed on vellum, completed in m/s & with blue 10/- revenue stamp (corner damage) 7 fine impressed seal of the Archbishopric of York. £20
3049 LEEDS TOLL ROAD TICKETS, c1840: Calverley-Moor Bar - strip of 5 unused tickets 'To pay at Swinnow-Moor Bar and then free at Kirkstall-Bridge Bar' plus strip of 3 'Gipton Bar / Free at Sheepscar Bar' examples, both types with ornamental borders, the latter with imprint of Inchbold, Briggate; small faults & dustiness but unusual. (8 items). ** £60
3050 PICTORIAL WAFER SEALS DEPICTING VIEWS OF CLEVEDON (1840's) six different, oval paper seals for letters, each 24mm x 36mm. Most attractive, engraved views of the Somerset resort. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £60
3051 GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSIZES - JURY LISTS, 1849-71: Printed handbills listing jurymen for the Assizes of 1849 (2), 1851, 1855, 1859 (2) & 1871; mixed condition - some with creasing/tears. (7 items) ** £50
3052 PIANO, ORGAN etc.: Group of invoices etc. (21) plus one letter spanning the period 1846-1940 from piano sellers and tuners, organ builders (incl. some famous names) and a professor of violin; very little duplication and many of them with vignette illustrations. (22). ***/** £22
GREAT BRITAIN - 1850-1899
3053 TOPOGRAPHICAL AND POSTAL INTEREST: Small engravings cut from ILN, c1850-80 depicting scenes from around the world, postal operations, etc. plus a variety of maps (inc. modern), 1858 copies (5) of the "Illustrated Times" with Indian interest, etc. (Qty.). **/*** £30
3054 EMBOSSED GREETINGS CARDS, 1851-65: Group of small format, finely-embossed, coloured & gilt cards, each with a sentimental poem, some with dated inscriptions on the reverse, inc. two 'puzzle' cards, sent as valentines or birthday greetings; mixed condition but most are fine. A nice lot. (20 items).**/*** PHOTO - see plate no. £70
3055 ALBUM, 1853: Beautifully tooled leather-bound album with illuminated title: 'To Miss B. Gibson, A small Gift on resigning her duties at Miss Ferguson's Seminary...From her amiable Pupils, Ayr, 1st August 1853'; contains material up to 1885 inc. superb paper-lace valentines (17), Xmas cards from early items to chromo-litho, Baxter prints, watercolours, engravings, French fashion plates of the 1830s (10), bookmarks in various materials, poems written at Bedlington & Newcastle etc. Very fine condition generally, with some light wear to the covers. An exceptional album. *** £250
3056 FOOT et al. - 1855 Justice of the Peace Vol. XIX, foxing of pages and some decay to leather part of binding. £20
3057 HUGE VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK, INCLUDING PICTORIAL, HAND PAINTED ENVELOPE 'FRONTS' (1860's - 1870's) volume 274pp. 13"x 9" finely bound in half morocco & cloth. Gilt lettered title: "Master T. Ward's Scrap Book". Containing many hundreds of fine, chromo litho scraps and greetings cards. Of particular note are 12 envelope 'fronts' (3 x 2d. postal stationary 'cut outs', 6 x 1d. red of which 4 have trimmed perfs, 3 x 2d. blue with trimmed perfs) all postally used with stamps 'tied' by London postmarks 1865-1876. Addressed to Mrs. Ward at Catford Bridge or Miss Hayman at Brixton. Fine quality artwork initialled "H.C.". Splendid album in its own right, one of the largest and finest we have seen. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £800
3058 SPECIAL WALLET CONTAINING PICTORIAL WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES (c.1860's) three folding sheets, plus 3 envelopes each with embossed vignette of flowers or birds. Four of the 6 vignettes are hand coloured. Delightful paper wallet with gold printed, hand coloured, pictorial design. *** £60
3059 "ALPHABET GROTESQUE": JIGSAW PUZZLE (c.1860's) interlocking pattern on white wood base 9‡"x 12‡". Designed by S. Coudert, colour litho by Janin, published by L. Sassine, Paris. One only of matching pair but complete in its own right. Humorous (non P.C.!) pictorial images for the letters A-D and L-Q, incl. actor, negro, soldier, etc. Attractive, early example. *** PHOTO - see plate no. £60
3060 ANIMAL ALPHABET: JIGSAW PUZZLE (c.1860's) interlocking pattern on white wood base 9‡"x 12‡". No publisher indicated but clearly the same as the "Alphabet Grotesque". One only of matching pair but complete in its own right. Pictorial images for the letters E-L and T-Z, depicting a variety of animals in human clothing. Attractive, early example. *** £60
3061 BRISTOL SPRING ASSIZES, 1861: Jury list of 48 local tradesmen selected for jury duty, printed on blue paper with bottom edge faulkts away from text. Also an earlier, undated list (1847 watermark) of 48 Bristolians to try a named breach of promise action, dusty & a little creased. (2 items). **/*** £30
3062 CASSELL'S NATURAL HISTORY (1865): Four volumes bound as two - exhaustive tome with 1,500 plus steel engravings & colour plates; some wear, thumbing, occasional spotting, bindings poor but a fascinating and attractive work. **/*** £50
3063 BRAINTREE (Essex) - July 1865 'The Bazaar Gazette' - issued to help raise funds for Braintree Church School as a large format newspaper front page with Royal Arms etc. containing spoof announcements concerning bazaar stalls (Mrs Savill-Onley's magnificent stall...the greatest Wonder of the World), a warning to crinoline-wearers to be early in order to get near the stalls (!) , local gossip, lists of patrons, etc. Folded with dust marks on top surface, otherwise v.fine. *** £40
3064 LEATHER COVERED EXERCISE BOOK CONTAINING A FINELY WRITTEN DRAFT FOR AN (UNPUBLISHED?) NOVEL ENTITLED "ALL ABOUT IT" signed with the initials "A.S.H.M." (dated 1868) with 30 good amateur pencil drawings intended as illustrations on separate sheets inserted into the text; a lengthy m/s, the plot seems to be a conventional contemporary romance. Binding faults, occasional toning to drawings but text fine. **/*** £40
3065 'THE TOMAHAWK' (27 March 1869) A complete issue of this elusive satirical journal - 8pp text & a double page lithographed cartoon by Matt Morgan of Gladstone as a British 'Tar' hurling away a smoking bomb labelled 'Irish Church', watched by Disraeli & other politicians - 'Taking up the Shell!'. *** £15
3066 "THE LEEDS BASKET": NOVELTY CARD, OPENING TO DISPLAY VIEWS OF THE CITY (c.1870) embossed, die-cut card, folding to a 3" octagon and opening to form a 'basket' 9" wide and 6" high. Bearing 16 litho 'roundels' mounted on embossed die-cut card (similar to example in "The Picture Postcard & its Origins" by Frank Staff, p.41.) **** £40
3067 ROYALTY/TELEGRAPHS - OFFICIAL TELEGRAM GIVING THE FORM OF PRAYER IN THANKS FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES: 1871 (10 Dec.) "O.H.M.S. Telegraphs/Post Office" env. sent locally in Nottingham to a vicar, giving the full text of prayers circulated by the Nottingham P.O. because the "Privy Council desires the following form of prayer to be distributed to as many churches as possible of use today". A Royal abuse of the public telegraph system?! The only Telegram of its kind that we have seen. ** £60
3068 THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLAND: 1872 & 1884 ornately engraved receipts printed in bank-note style with vignette of a lady holding a cornucopia surrounded with the words "INCORPORATED BY/ROYAL CHARTER". One receipt is slightly reduced at the left. **/*** £20
3069 EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHER'S INVOICE, 1874: Ross & Pringle, George Street, Edinburgh illustrated bill-head, printed in sepia, depicting a thistle, rustic fence and Lion & Unicorn etc. above a bill for 4 cartes de visite for Mrs Forbes of Lochcote - and paid 3‡ years later! *** £25
3070 CANNOCK CHASE - 1878 Coal Masters' Meeting at The Anglesey Arms, Hednesford: single sheet m/s memo of a meeting concerning the extension of the Birmingham & Lichfield Railway through the coal field, with a list of those present. Also a share certificate (1873) of The Coal Consumers' Association. (2 items). *** £25
3071 JOSEPH HATTON (Editor of 'The Gentleman's Magazine' & 'People' and popular novelist): Ledger used as a scrap-book c1883-1906 containing invitations (incl. 2 for dinners for Henry Irving), menus, 2 French casino passes, 1883 Press Club banquet programme, letters from other editors, flyer for lecture by Harry Furniss, 1906 telegram from Pinero, press cuttings, photographs incl. Californian fruit farm (1887) & Fort Point with sailing ship etc. Mixed condition but much of interest. **/*** £60
3072 WARNING TO THE MASTERS & OWNERS OF VESSELS, AND OTHERS BOARDING SHIPS LIABLE TO QUARANTINE (15 Sept. 1884) poster 13"x 8" headed by royal arms, issued by the Commissioners of Customs. Warning that a vessel receiving any person, goods or letters from another vessel subject to quarantine would itself become liable to quarantine. *** £30
3073 "GENERAL INFORMATION FOR INTENDING EMIGRANTS TO CANADA, THE AUSTRALASIAN & SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES" (1889) poster 19"x 11", published by Emigrant's Information Office, Westminster. Printed in red & black and headed by royal arms. Detailed info. on passages by steam & sail, for display in post offices. Faint toning along two folds and re-backed with archival tissue but good appearance. ** £40
3074 "THE RAILWAY TRAIN: A HOLIDAY PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN" (c.1890) 16pp. chromo litho, die-cut, shaped design 12"x 10" by Alf. J. Johnson. Pub. by F. Warne & Co. Novelty format, tracing progress from stage coaches to express trains. Some of the smaller illustrations have been hand coloured. Few minor blemishes but an attractive copy of these delightful publications. **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. £100
3075 SCRAPS: Album containing duplicated lot of 195 coloured scraps inc. fancy-dress dogs (6), poultry groups (3), cottages (6), children, Easter rabbits, miniature figures (44) etc. Also Holloway's Pills advertising cards (3), Sunlight Soap chromo advert, 8 large months of the year etc. Mixed condition. (220) **/*** £75
3076 FREEMASON'S APRON c1890: White kid-skin apron with blue watered silk ribbon edging, three rosettes & pendant columns complete with elasticated belt (perishing) with snake fastening, folded, ageing & slight discoloration; contained in original kid-lined morocco case with gilt edging & lockplate, masonic symbols and name of original owner, of 'Mount Sinai Lodge No.121'. Seldom offered. **/*** £50
3077 CHROMO-LITHO LONDON VIEWS: c1890 12 (of original 14) Large format (255 x 340mm) unusual coloured views of contemporary London inc. Petticoat Lane, Houndsditch, London Street Life etc. printed in France from designs by Carl Becker and produced by NestlÈ as a gift book - 'Souvenir of London' - in pictorial card covers with some edge damage. The plates are generally fine and would frame superbly. **/*** £50
3078 CHROMO-LITHO SCRAPS: c.1890 Album containing ranges of small scraps incl. birds, clowns, comic cats, farm and zoo animals, Indian transport, military scenes and sportsmen. All are stuck down whilst some have been removed or torn. (100's). **/*** £40
3079 HERBAL MEDECINES: c1890 Three posters (24" x 18" approx.) advertising Baldwin's 'Pills of Health', 'Nervous Pills' & 'Herbal Medecines'; each printed in a range of attractive b&w fonts. Fine. (3 items).*** £40
3000-3079
3080-3159
3160-3239
3240-3319
3320-3399
3400-3479
3480-3559
3560-3639
3640-3719
3720-3799
3800-3879
3880-3957
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