| ** | 3400 | SOUTH AFRICA - GOVERNOR GENERAL'S WAR FUND LABELS: Group (5) of scarce poster stamps sold in aid of the War Fund inc. fine pair of 1d & 3d labels sold at the 1917 War Market, fine 'Big Push' label (fault), Overseas Club & Sons of England (the last used with c.d.s.). (5 items). **/*** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - WORLD WAR TWO | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3401 | CARTON with an interesting two way correspondence from/to England to/from Ceylon (as it then was) incl. some airgraphs. Needs careful sorting but a fascibnating lot with excellent social history content. (Few 100's). ** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 3402 | LORD HALIFAX MACHT WITZE! 4pp Anti-British propaganda leaflet written by Goebbels and produced by the Volkischer Beobachter in 1939: two pages of text attacking Halifax's condemnation of Hitler's move into Czechoslovakia & countering with an accusation of British Imperialism, plus an illustration of Halifax and a subscription coupon. folds & even toning of paper, generally v.fine. **/*** | £36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3403 | GERMAN WEHRMACHT MILITARY GEOGRAPHY OF LONDON (1941) 51pp. booklet of full-page photos of military targets in London, plus 5 large, detailed, folding maps of the city, locating the targets. German text in special printed folder, issued in preparation for invasion and/ or bombing raids. *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3404 | "AEROPLANE SPOTTER" (Jan. - Dec. 1942) volume III complete, comprising 26 fortnightly issues, each 12pp. 12"x 8", well illustrated with photos and diagrams of enemy and allied aircraft. Publisher's binding. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3405 | AIR-DROP PROPAGANDA - CHURCHILL: c1943 German propaganda sheets (2) dropped over France caricaturing Winston Churchill & ridiculing his promise to liberate the country 'before the leaves fall'; slight ageing but fine for this material. (2 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3406 | AIR-GUNNER'S FLYING LOG BOOK: South African Air Force hard-cover printed log-book with 23pp completed for an air bomber's training and early flights in Jan.-April 1945. Also a fine example of 'The Mastery of the Air' (W.J.Claxton, c1942) which gives an outline history of aircraft with 90pp on WWII. (2 items) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3407 | "EVIDENCE IN CAMERA": PUBLISHED UNDER THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT, DEPICTING R.A.F. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF GERMAN JET AIRCRAFT, ETC. (18 Sept. 1944) secret, Air Ministry photo journal, 24pp. 10"x 7" with dramatic, artist-drawn wrapper. The world's first jet combat unit was formed by the Luftwaffe in June 1944. First published photo? *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3408 | MISCELLANY inc. (April 1720) 'Northampton Mercury' pp3-12 only (possible reprint, ageing/some damp speckling), part (1857) & front page (1865) ILNs with 1‡d or 1d revenue stamps, plus 13 cut-outs of newspaper stamps. (16 items) **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3409 | 'THE LONDON CHRONICLE' 1768 (19 January): 8pp issue, slilghtly toned & worn with ink stain in top margin, containing a range of interesting reports inc. the jailing of a Post Office messenger for the theft of a bill of exchange, news from America, Europe & the English regions etc. ** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PASSPORTS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3410 | BAVARIA, 1831-33: Pocket-book style (64pp) passport issued to Ottmar Uhl, an intinerant tailor of Memenhausen, the first 5pp printed with m/s additions, the rest filled with work permits from a range of S. German, Austrian & Swiss towns, most with official cachets; ageing, some damp-staining but mainly fine. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3411 | BRITISH PASSPORT: 1909 single sheet with printed signature of Sir Edward Grey, completed in m/s for the Rev. R.F.Borough, travelling to Constantinople with fine visa from the London Embassy & transit stamp of Marseille plus several Turkish h.s. & adhesive fiscals; h.s. "CANCELLED". Folds, otherwise fine. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3412 | DENMARK: 1819 Printed laisser-passer completed in m/s & issued at Helsing–r for an English passenger on the ship 'Marie', travelling to St Petersburg, with three visas on reverse; folded, some wear along folds & central split etc. but an unusual item. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3413 | LEGHORN CONSULATE, 1854: 2pp m/s laisser-passer written on foolscap notepaper with anachronistic Hanoverian Royal Arms, issued to the Cephalonian master of the 'Achille' & his crew, giving him permission to sail to Constantinople to arrange registration of the ship under the Ionian Islands' flag. Slight splitting; unusual. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3414 | PAPAL STATES - CONSUL IN VALETTA, MALTA, 1862: Large printed passport completed by the Maltese Consul for Dr Pietro Fontana, a priest travelling to Syra; interestingly, a form dating from the reign of Gregory XVI (d.1846) has been altered by the addition of a drawn armorial label & a printed title, pasted over the originals. Unusual. Some ink 'bleeding' from reverse otherwise *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3415 | KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES: Large (300 x 450 mm) printed passport sheet issued by the Kingdom's ambassador in Constantinople to Marco Cafiero of Syra, sailor, on his way to the Danube, the reverse stamped with 8 visas 1855-57; folded with some wear along folds, ink staining etc. Unusual. ** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PHOTOGRAPHS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3416 | DAGUERROTYPE PORTRAIT (55 x 65mm) c1855 lightly-tinted portrait of a young man with stovepipe hat at his side - very fine definition in bright, floral pinchbeck mount housed in attractive papier-machÈ case with elaborate floral decoration (v.slight surface rub). Attractive & unusual. *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3417 | DAGUERROTYPE: (50 x 65mm) Portrait of a bearded man with gold highlights on jewellery - a dark image with narrow gilt frame (one or two spots) in plain maroon leather case with catch; an attractive example of mid-Victorian photography. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3418 | COLLODION PRINT c1855-60: Large (135 x 180mm), fine definition portrait of a lady in a silk dress & lace bonnet set in an oval gilt mount housed in a maroon leather case (hinge beginning to split, some wear on reverse) with trade stamp of Maull & Polyblank, London. Unusual & attractive. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3419 | DAGUERROTYPE PORTRAIT OF CLERGYMAN: c1860 Fine, clear-definition portrait of a seated clergyman in bands, holding a book, set in an arched gilt mount in a plain leather case with fresh gilding inside, some staining to outside otherwise fine. *** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3420 | DAGUERROTYPE OF FOOTMAN: c1860 Tinted portrait (65 x 85mm) of a young man in brass-buttoned velvet coat - possibly a footman - set in an oval gilt mount (some speckling) in an elaborately-embossed leather case (hinge repaired with sellotape). **/*** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3421 | TINTED COLLODION (?) PRINT: Coloured portrait on paper of a young man, with gilt mount (spotting) housed in plain maroon leather case (faulty catch) with trade stamp of Beard, London Bridge. Unusual. **/*** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3422 | DAGUERROTYPE: c1860 Fine portrait (80 x 110mm) of a crinolined lady seated at a table; uncommon left-hand setting in fine arched gilt mount housed in handsome embossed & gilt maroon leather case. An attractive item in very fine condition. *** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3423 | DAGUERROTYPE CASES: Two mid-Victorian leather cases (75 x 105mm & 110 x 140mm) with gilt mounts (spotting on smaller example), glass etc. complete -re-used c1890 for photographs of children; slight faults but useful cases. Also a later folding red morocco travelling photograph case for 4 cabinet size prints, with trade stamp of Sharp, Brighton - contains 4 portraits of children inc. 2 groups originating at Sale (Cheshire); some wear. (3 items).** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3424 | FINE EARLY ALBUM c1865 in tooled brown leather with twin gilt clasps, interleaved pages & gilt edges with Parkins & Gotto trade stamp inside front cover; contains 104 attractive cdv photographs c1860-80 inc. a high proportion of children, crinolined ladies etc. Slight wear to top edge of spine otherwise fine. *** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3425 | LARGE C.D.V.ALBUM: Brown leather with black & gold tooling - slight wear & staining, clasps replaced, internal split at one point; containing 160 cdv images c1860-80 inc. many children, clergymen, couples, crinolines & an unusual multi-image portrait. (160).**/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3426 | SUBSTANTIAL GREEN LEATHER ALBUM tooled in black & gold, with replacement clasp, index pages & numbered mounts, the pages slightly loose due to weight, with Worcester bookseller's label & a proprtion of its contents from Kidderminster photographers; contains 200 cdv portraits c 1860-85, again with a high proportion of children as subjects, several elderly gentlemen in outdated fashion - inc. Regency topboots! - an unusual group photograph, two young men in academic dress etc. Generally v.fine. (200). **/*** | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3427 | PRINCE OF WALES FEATHERS gilt decoration on embossed black leather binding (spine defective, missing clasp) containing a range of mainly cdv images c1860-90, most seem to be by Lancashire photographers with an emphasis on Burnley inc. two of a chapel, unusual oval framed items noted. (175)**/*** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3428 | 'HALF SIZE' ALBUM in brown leather, heavy brass mounts, edging & clasps with some gilding, binding repaired inside; pages designed to take two cdv photographs, filled with c1860-90 range of portraits inc. children, a young boy in a mortar board & a trio of Welsh ladies in national costume. Pages a little thumbed but a nice album. (96). **/*** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3429 | EARLY CARTES DE VISITE ALBUM - 'half-size' green leather album, pages loose, clasp missing, containing an interseting range of cdvs c1860-80 inc. several military officers, Queen Victoria, Princess Alexandra with the future GeorgeV on her back, a pony carriage & groom, seb]veral foreign examples etc. with a largely West Country interest. (200). | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3430 | FRENCH C.D.V.ALBUM:'Half -size' green leather album (no spine) gilt clasps, containing 58 cdvs, most from Marseille or Paris; some thumbing of pages otherwise fine. (58) **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3431 | MISCELLANY - HALF & FULL PLATE GROUPS: Photographs c1880-1910 on card mounts inc. G.W.R. Friendly Society group in collars & sashes, group of household servants c1880, c1890 smart carriage with groom & footman (Uttoxeter), carpenter's yard with aproned workmen etc. Also 18 cdv portraits c 1880-95, most from Welsh studios. An interesting lot. (29 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3432 | BRITISH EMPIRE: Cabinet portraits c1880-1900 inc. examples from Australia (2), India (3), S.Africa (2), Japan (2) & Gibraltar (3); unusual. Mainly fine. ( 12 items).**/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3433 | CARTES-DE-VISITE: Small box containing a miscellany of c-d-v portraits c1860-90 from studios across the U.K., mainly individual male & female portraits; mixed condition, generally fine. (129 items).**/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3434 | CHILDREN: A fine, substantial accumulation of photographs of children, from babyhood to around 12 years of age spanning the period c1860-1900 with portraits from studios all around the U.K. and inc. 66 cabinet size, 38 carte de visite & 8 others with much of interest in costume, toys, perambulators etc. Mixed condition but most are fine. (112 items). **/*** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3435 | CLERGYMEN: Cabinet photographs c1880-1900 inc. a most unusual example from Worcester of 3 clergymen preaching from a Church Army caravan c1890, 4 portraits of men in dog-collars (two group pictures) and a vicarage tea-party plus 2 earlier c-d-v pictures; also a cabinet of two uniformed officers taken at the Salvation Army Studio, London c1890, two choir-boys & a portrait of an Edinburgh university graduate in gown. (12 items).*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3436 | DOMESTIC SERVANTS: Small group of mainly cabinet-size portraits of house-maids in uniform c1880-1900 (4), a c-d-v group portrait of 3 women in aprons & an informal picture of two carpenters c1870. Scarce subjects. (6 items).**/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3437 | EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHERS: Group of portraits c1870-1900 from various European studios inc. Germany (6), France (3), Belgium (5), Spain (4), Italy (2), Switzerland (2) & Austria (3); most are cabinet or c-d-v sizes and illustrate some interesting differences from those produced in the U.K. (25 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3438 | FANCY DRESS: A delightful group of cabinet portraits c1885-1900 featuring people in fancy dress ranging from the formal costume ball (Vuccino, Bombay) to a woman posing in her bloomers! Included are a Minneapolis cowboy (?), a young woman with bicycle clothed in matchboxes, a Chippenham girl in patriotic costume etc. Also two c-d-v inc. a chimney sweep & a young girl in 18th century (Bluecoats?) costume. (14 items).**/*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3439 | LAW & ORDER: Three Victorian barristers - 2 cabinet size portraits & a carte de visite c1870 from London, Bradford & Bristol showing barristers in full gowns, wigs & tabs - fine & unusual. Also a group of 5 later photographs of policemen in uniform c1900-10 inc. a large-format example (150 x 240mm). (8 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3440 | MASONS: Group of 4 cabinet size photographs inc. a fine example from Manchester c1890 showing a # length veiw of a man in full freemason's regalia, another of a bearded gentleman in a collar plus two fine ‡ length views (Plaistow & Bethnal Green) of men in Friendly Society collars & medals. (4 items) **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3441 | MAYORS: Cabinet photographs c1880-1900 of mayors of Derby, Burslem, Kidderminster, Darlington, Durham & several London areas, plus a c-d-v portrait from Newcastle, all with mayoral chains, some with full robes An uncommon subject. (10 items) *** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3442 | MILITARY: Miscellany of photographs of various sizes, c1865-1918 inc. individual & group portraits with an early print of an officer with sword & cocked hat, Punjab army sports team (poor), large group picture of regimental officers c1890, large picture of 3 staff officers c1905, various WWI items etc. (18 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3443 | MINIATURE PORTRAITS: Group of miniatures c1890-1910, the majority in card frames, inc. US example in 'calling card' format, three French cigarette card size poses of a child pierrot, an earlier example c1870 etc. (39 items). **/*** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3444 | MUSIC HALL: Full-plate photograph c1890 of Eugene Sandow - 'The World's Strongest Man' - and female assistant, both are dressed in leotard & tights, standing in similar 'stage' poses. Fine condition in modern frame. *** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3445 | NURSES: Group of cabinet photographs of nurses c1880-1900 - six # length views of women in uniform plus two WWI period portraits, a fine London nursemaid with baby c1880 etc. (10 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3446 | SPECTACLES: Group of cabinet size portraits c1885-1900 featuring men & women wearing various types of spectacles or pince-nez, originating from a wide range of UK studios. Mixed condition. (16 items) **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3447 | TINTYPES: Scarce group of nine c-d-v size unframed tintypes c1885-95 in fine condition inc. beach scen with child in goat-cart, informal group pictures, studio poses inc. child & man in Tyrolean (?) costume etc. Less common than the c-d-v, with a much lower survival rate! Fine. (9 items).*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3448 | TOPOGRAPHICAL & STEREOSCOPIC: Group of c-d-v images of various buildings & views c1860-90 inc. an Ostend restaurant, composite views of Torquay (2), an early harbour view, Brighton aquarium, Keswick church on illustrated mount, three paintings etc. Also 8 stereoscopic view cards, mainly of Italy c1862-65 plus two small bromides of the British garrison at Valetta c1890. (31 items).**/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3449 | UNUSUAL: Group of uncommon subjects produced as c-d-v or cabinet size prints inc. 1879 Cambridge rowing crew, an elderly lady in a Bath chair, two indoor views of women knitting or writing, musicians (5) inc. vilolinists, clarinet- & mandoloin-players & a Bolton silver band, 4 cabinet pictures of dogs etc. (15 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3450 | NORTH AMERICA: Group of cabinet-size portraits c1875-1900, mainly from US studios (22) inc. Brooklyn example of youth in parade uniform with sword, Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) unusual pair of floral wreaths, examples from Oregon, Alabama etc. Also a small group of Canadian prints from Toronto (3), Montreal (2) & London (Ont) plus three Irish examples. (30 items & one broken print).**/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3451 | EASTERN COUNTIES: Small group of late Victorian cabinet portraits inc. examples from Cambridge (3 & 1 later item), Peterborough, Lincoln, Stamford & Fakenham. (8 items). **/*** | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3452 | ISLANDS: Cabinet portraits c 1875-1900 - a scarcer group from Island studios inc. Isle of Man (7), Isle of Wight (6) and Jersey (2 inc. unusual 'chromotype' portrait c1875 of a lady in lace cap & cuffs). Mainly fine, occasional spotting. (15 items). **/*** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3453 | LONDON: Substantial group of cabinet photographs c 1875-1900 produced by studios from various areas of the City, inc. group portraits, examples by Elliott & Fry, Lombardi & Co. and the London Stereoscopic Co. etc. An interesting group. (80 items). **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3454 | MIDLANDS: Cabinet size portraits from photographers across the Midland Counties inc. Leicester (5), Birmingham (6), Derbyshire (3 inc. Derby family group), Nottinghamshire (5), Staffordshire (3 with Burslem family group), Oakham etc. Generally fine. (27 items). **/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3455 | NORTH-EASTERN ENGLAND: Cabinet portraits c 1878-1900 from a good variety of Yorkshire studios inc. those of photographers based at Barnsley (2), Leeds (2), Hull (2) & Scarborough (2), a fine Sheffield family group etc. Also South Shields (2), Newcastle (2), an unusual wedding pair (Darlington 1879) & an Emsworth print of an ex-soldier displaying Boer War medals. (20 items). **/*** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3456 | NORTH-WEST ENGLAND: Fine large group of cabinet portraits c1875-1900, mainly from Lancashire photographers with many from smaller towns in addition to Manchester & Liverpool, inc. several family groups; also items from Crewe (2), Stockport (2), Shrewsbury (2), unusual election portrait (Whitehaven) & 'artistic' pose ex Westmorland. A fine selection. (58 items). *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3457 | SCOTLAND: Cabinet size portraits c1885-1900 inc. examples from Edinburgh (3 inc. family group), Glasgow (3 inc. fine profile of mufflered working man), Dundee (3) plus single items from differnt towns inc. groups from Dornoch & Paisley; also a 1909 Xmas card from Ayrshire (foxed) with Elliott & Fry portrait of Sir Frederic Nathan. One missing corner otherwise mainly fine. (17 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3458 | SOUTH-EASTERN ENGLAND: An attractive group of cabinet photographs c1880-1900 inc. examples from studios in Kent (13), Sussex (16), Essex (3), Surrey etc. inc. group portraits. Mainly fine. (37 items).**/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3459 | WALES: Cabinet size portraits c1885-1900 inc. 3 from Cardiff (2 are double portraits), Pembroke Dock, Builth Wells (family group with fine toy train), Colwyn Bay, Cwm Head etc. Also c1910 small 'Christmas Greetings' picture from Swansea of an athlete in a vest with PoW feathers emblem. Mostly fine, one with damaged mount. (10 items). **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3460 | WEST COUNTRY: Cabinet portraits c1875-1900 inc. examples from Plymouth (7), Bristol (5), Falmouth (2), sherborne (2 inc. man in unusual costume - Bishop's messenger?), Bournemouth family group, Herefordoutdoor pose, Malvern, Gloucester etc. Mainly fine. (31items).**/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3461 | 'THE BREANSKI ALBUM': Very fine leather-bound album with elaborate blind tooling, gilt inner edges & plated clasp (dated 1881), with 12 full-page chromo designs of British landscape, other pages ill'd with floral prints in gold; contents inc. cdv & cabinet portraits, mostly of children or groups. (34). *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3462 | 'THE CATHEDRAL & ECCLESIASTICAL ALBUM': Plain black leather album (repaired spine) with plain brass clasp & monogram 'S&G London', containing 20pp ill'd with b&w drawings of British cathedrals and containing 60 cdv & cabinet portraits c1865-1900 of clergymen & choristers in vestments or dog-collars, inc. a French bishop.. An interesting group. (60). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3463 | VERY FINE SMALLER ALBUM c1870 in olive green leather with elaborate gold tooling, plated clasp & coloured title page, containing 36 cdv & cabinet photographs; very attractive & fine. *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3464 | 'ALBUM CHAUCER' c1870: Unusual & decorative album with embossed green leather covers depicting a mediaeval scene, plated clasp, silvered page edging & 14pp elaborate coloured illustrated pages showing scenes & quotations freom Chaucer's 'Tales'; containing 30 photographs of children c1870-1900. One or two tears noted but a very unusual & attractive album. **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3465 | FINE, PLAIN GLAZED BLACK LEATHER-BOUND ALBUM with fine 'Renaissance' gilt tooling & brass clasp (pin missing) with gilt-edged leves containing 74 photographs, mainly of children & groups. Most attractive album, easily repaired. *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3466 | UNUSUAL PRINTED PLUSH ALBUM: c1880 Album bound in green & yellow floral print plush with gilt metal decoration, clasp & stand, containing red 'marbled' finish pages (some faults) containing 62 group photographs c 1880-1900. Most unusual. (62). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3467 | FINE RED HALF-LEATHER & CLOTH ALBUM with unusual gilt brass clasp & minor blemishes, dated 1893, with green pages edged in gilt designs containing 80 photographs c1990-1900. A fine album. *** | £85 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3468 | MUSICAL BOX ALBUM: Blue cloth-covered album with gilt metal decoration & clasp enclosing 18pp, slightly loose, 4 with chromo-litho decoration and a functioning musical movement with key; contents inc. 22 photographs c1880-1900. Unusual . **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3469 | 'ARTS & CRAFTS' ALBUM c1880 with textured green leather covers embossed with lilies & a band of 'Renaissance' strapwork, square gilt brass clasp & 8 floral chromo-litho ills., designed to hold cabinet size photographs (26 present) with a few spaces for cdvs & miniatures at rear (28). Fine & attractive. *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3470 | 'ALBUM HERBORITA': Blind-tooled, soft brown leather cover with bronzed clasp enclosing 12pp with elaborate chromo floral designs with an index page and frames printed in gold, published by 'T.J.S.& Co'; contents inc. 116 photographs, mainly of small children & dogs. A fine album. *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3471 | ATTRACTIVE 'RENAISSANCE' STYLE ALBUM: Fine black leather covers, with fresh blind, gilt & coloured tooling inc. a vase of roses & the Gothic initials 'M.E.C.' (small damage to inside front edge/some light damp-speckling to pages); contains cabinet (18) & cdv (80) photographs c1870-1900 with more unusual noted. A fine album. **/*** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3472 | FINE PADDED GREEN LEATHER ALBUM with embossed floral design & gilt inner edges to covers, square gilt brass clasp, having 8pp with fine chromo-litho landscape/floral decoration and containing a range of cabinet (26), cdv (16) & miniature (12) portraits c1865-1900, mainly of children in pairs. An attractive album in fine condition. (54). *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3473 | 'FLOWER & FEATHER ALBUM' - MARCUS WARD: c1870 Superb album bound in soft brown leather with blind-embossed Elizabethan strapwork design covers, finely gilt on inside edges, with very fine chromo-litho pages inc. a title page of bullfinches in a cornfield plus 12 further ill'd pages with descriptive text showing birds from around the world; other pages have attractive pink & gold framing. Contents inc. contemporary cabinet (16) & cdv (43) portraits. Generally very fine with light finger-marking on page edges. a sumptuous album. (59) *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3474 | 'ALBUM DES ROSES' - MARCUS WARD: c1880 Soft brown leather covered album (defective spine) with embossed rose design & replacement clasp enclosing 13pp (inc. title) with chromo-litho designs of identified old roses, light finger marks / a couple of repairable page tears; contents inc. cabinet (16) & cdv (86) portraits (groom in uniform noted) c1865-1900. (102). **/*** | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3475 | 'THE 'AS YOU LIKE IT' ALBUM' - MARION & Co.: c1880 Shakespeare-themed album containing 9pp (inc. title) with chromo-litho vignettes & Shakespearian quotation, bound in plain, soft black leather covers (spine split awkwardly repaired) with plated clasp; contents inc. cabinet (20), cdv (42) & miniature (12) portraits c1870-1900. (74). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3476 | SUPERB QUALITY ALBUM IN HEAVY MAROON LEATHER BINDING with blind & gilt strapwork, finely gilt inside edges & leather-covered clasp; heavy cream pages with gilt decoaration (some damp speckling) & gilt brass page supports. Contents biassed towards military subjects c1870-1914 inc. Kitchener, political (Gladstone, Disraeli, Salisbury, Bismarck etc.) & Royal portraits (7), totalling 18 cabinet & 79 cdv photographs. (97). **/*** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3477 | ATTRACTIVE BLUE LEATHER ALBUM c1870 with unusual cover decoration of multicoloured geometric designs, finely-gilt inner edges & gilt brass clasp with large TRADE LABEL featuring a lion & 'M.& Co.' (Marion & Co.) plus a small retailer's label (London Stereoscopic Company); green-tinted, ruled pages contain cabinet (20) & cdv (37) portraits of young girls c1870-1910 with toys inc. an amazing range of dolls, an early teddy bear, animals etc. A fine item. (57). *** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3478 | ROBUST ALBUM WITH STAR OF DAVID COVERS: c1870 Solid brown leather-covered album (some wear) with large embossed Star of David design on both covers, lined spine with 'ALBUM' title & leather-covered clasp; largely empty pages (dusty) containing 27 cdv & 1 cabinet photographs (inc. bewigged barrister & c1860 army officer & family). (28) **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3479 | 'ALBUM DU MOYEN AGE' (T.J.S.S.& Co.) - Finely-produced large album with brown leather covers, blind- embossed with mediaeval 'hinges', decorated spine, fine gilt inside edges (trade stamp) & leather- covered clasp, 24 alternate pages stunningly-illustrated in b&w with designs taken from mediaeval MSS plus a colour title & index; filled with a themed collection of photographs of men with beards c1860-1900 (74 cdv, 12 cabinet & 23 miniatures). A most attractive album in fine condition. (109). *** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||
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