| 3640 | MAPS - Large scale military maps printed on silk inc. Norway, Scandinavia/Baltic, Ireland, N.France, Middle East & Italy, all with much useful detail; all v.fine (4 are rolled rather than folded so are uncreased, which is exceptional). A fine group of these uncommon maps. (6 items). *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3641 | MAPS - AFRICA: Scarce pair of maps printed on silk for the use of British Forces & showing roads & railways etc. in some detail: Somaliland / Kenya - exceptionally fine; Alexandria / Tobruk & Cairo - washed. A good pair. (2 items). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3642 | MAPS - FAR EAST: Group of 4 printed silk maps issued to British Forces inc. sheets 44 A/B India & Burma, 44C/D Burma & Thailand, 44J/K French Indo-China & 44L/M China & Indo-China; mixed condition, with occasional ageing / washing etc. Scarce maps despite faults. (4 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3643 | MAPS - FRANCE & GERMANY: Printed silk maps issued to British Forces inc. an unuusal ('most secret') road map of France, defining Occupation Zones & Coastal Defences with (reverse) a road map of Germany, Austria & Poland with POW Camps clearly marked; also a more detailoed map of SW Germany & the Tirol with boxed information concerning roads, hazards etc. (ink spot). Fine / very fine. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3644 | MAP - JAPAN: U.S.Forces 'AAF Cloth Chart' No C52/53 (1944) of Japan & the S. China Seas in considerable detail inc. much navigational information, sea currents etc. Produced for US Forces prior to the major offensives in the Far East in 1945-46. Finely printed in colour on silk - very large & very fine; folded. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3645 | MAPS - BALKANS: Two printed silk maps produced by the British Air Ministry inc. No 7334 covering Greece / Bulgaria & Rumania (small hole) and 591/9916 Yugoslavia & Albania etc. Both fine. (2 items0.**/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3646 | MAPS - MISCELLANY: 1940 RAF Navigator's bombing target map of Hamm, printed in colour - fine. Large, folded printed paper maps inc. Daily Telegraph War Maps No.7 Far East & No.10 Germany, Daily Express USA & a large modern map showing British & German WWII airfields in UK, France & Belgium. Also an unusual silk square with printed Union Jacks & instructions on how to surrender to Russian Forces, in celluloid wallet with button strap. (6 items). *** | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3647 | MAPS - GERMAN MILITARY MAPS OF U.K.: Large sectional maps printed in colour on heavy paper inc. sheets for Birmingham, Bristol, Brecon & Central Wales and the Isle of Man, showing considerable detail; also a German map of German Provinces & an air-drop map of the Westfront - Normandy after the 1944 Allied Landings. Mainly fine. (6 items).**/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3648 | MAPS: Hand-drawn map on large tracing sheet showing the German defensive system between the Meuse & Rhine on 11th October 1944, marked 'G.in T. 8.Corps' & 'SECRET', with accompanying overlay showing trrop deployments drawn in chalk. Edge faults but very unusual! **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3649 | POLISH SOLDIER'S DOCUMENTS: Trio relating to the war career of Marceli Dembczynski inc. 1940 bilingual certificate with photograph from Oflag VIIA, 1945 Polish Armed Forces exPOW ID card plus 1948 Aliens Order registration book showing his movements in the UK to 1954. Uncommon. (3 items).**/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3650 | PRISONERS OF WAR: Group of typewritten documents emanating from the War Office (1941) inc. a list of imprisoned British officers with camps & numbers, selected for 'Phoney Parcels' containing hidden escape materials, plus a series of 11 indent forms completed for individual parcels, listing normal & 'P' contents etc. Also a handwritten note ex 'Room 0047' to Clayton-Hutton (organiser of the 'P' scheme) referring to the escape of the writer's son plus a couple of pages of lecture notes. Slight edge wear; fascinating lot. (Qty.) *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3651 | POW CARDS: Pair of German type printed cards,1942-44 - one from a POW at Stalag Vc to France, the other a reply half into M-Stammlager IIc ex Belgium; also a 1945 British notice of capture card sent to Germany plus the same POW's luggage label. (4 items) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3652 | R.A.F. (INDIA): "APPROACH" 1945-46 Magazine of 1347 ASP FLTS published at Chittagong - Vol.1 issues 2, 3, 4 & 6, each with 50pp of gossip, cartoons & stories - the first signed by c/o S/Ldr R.C.Pocock; covers rather fragile but contents generally fine. (4 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - POST WORLD WAR TWO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3653 | KOREAN WAR: (Feb.1953) APO500 '1st Radio Broadcasting & Leaflet Group' roneo memo concerning design details for an air-dropped propaganda leaflet plus a similar type of propaganda leaflet printed on pink paper with portrait of a girl; also a Vietnam War safe-conduct pass with multicoloured flags. Scarce material. (3 items).**/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3654 | AFNORTH: (1958) 11pp typescript in cloth covers being a history of Allied Forces (Northern Europe) Oslo from 1951 inc. notes on Denmark's & Norway's membership of NATO, plus three letters from the public information officer. Slight paper ageing. Unusual. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASSPORTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3655 | BRITISH PASSPORT GROUP ISSUED TO HENRY GUINNESS, 1857-1901: Unusual group of passport sheets issued by Lord Clarendon (1857), Lord Granville (1870), Lord Salisbury (1897) and the British Vice-Consul in Greece, with a series of visas covering the Italian States, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Turkey, Greece & Romania. Also an Ottoman printed firman with three adhesive fiscals, presumably issued to the same person c1900 and a printed Egyptian passport sheet of the 1890s. Folded as usual, mainly fine. Seldom encountered in such groups. (6 items). *** | £160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3656 | NAGASAKI - BRITISH CONSULATE PASSPORT, 1895: Album-page size certificate printed in red & black and completed in m/s, being a 12 month passport for Mr H.S.Guiness to travel in Japan; signed by the Consul, with a wax seal and $2 Consular Service adhesive cancelled by consulate h.s. Regulations printed on the reverse state that it sholuld be returned to the Japanese Foreign Office on expiry; folded but mainly fine with original bilingual envelope (faults). A scarce item. **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3657 | BOX with miscellany of large plate photographs mainly c1880-1905 inc. horse & trap, charabancs (2, one motorised c1920), football & cricket (Nelson, Lancs.) teams, army officer, country house gardeners, polo match, smaller of KGV at Somme with Haig, Joffre & Foch plus a few cabinet photos. Also an empty cdv album (repaired spine). (20 items). */*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3658 | PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS: c1870 black leather album with fine gilt brass edge mounts & clasps with spaces for 12 cabinet & 144 cdv portraits; plain black leather (worn) album holding 16 cabinet & 96 cdv's & a soft worn leather album with loose binding; some damp stains but with attractive "Arts & Crafts" designs on all pages, holding 18 cabinet & 24 cdv's. (3 albums). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3659 | MISCELLANY of mainly Victorian photographs, many with Midlands' connections inc. approx. 70 cabinet size portraits & 25 cdvs with various uniforms (nurse, sailor, soldiers) & viewcards noted inc. damaged concertina of views of Nijmegen. (approx.100) **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3660 | MISCELLANY OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS c1950s inc. reprints of vintage photographs taken for a Burton on Trent newspaper (1890 cycle club, floods, trams, early cars etc. noted), 19 photographs of the Queen, from Coronation to c1970 and a bundle of publicity stills from the Thames TV production of 'Jennie' (Churchills). All affected by slight damp or curling to various extents, most are completely recoverable. (approx.50). */*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3661 | THREE ALBUMS: Quarto size leather album for cabinet photographs (40) with black, floral decoration pages (worn/repaired); a "made-up" hybrid with black cover & pages from a different album, some with chromo decoration (toning) holding 16 cabinet & 64 cdv plus a narrow padded leather album holding 20 cabinet & 24 cdv's - damaged by removal of glued in scraps. (3). **/*** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3662 | SUBSTANTIAL GREEN LEATHER ALBUM (c1860's) tooled in black & gold with replacement clasp, index pages & numbered mounts, the pages slightly loose due to weight with Worcester bookseller's label & a proportion of contents from Kidderminster photographers; contains c200 cdv portraits with a high proportion of children as subjects. Generally v.fine. (Approx. 200) *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3663 | "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 . Pages a little thumbed but a nice album. (96) **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3664 | PAIR OF PADDED ALBUMS (faults) containing ranges of portraits inc. cabinet (40) & cdv (104) plus 14 smaller examples, c1860-1900 - a good variety; one album with emphasis on photographers of Newark, Nottingham & Leicester. (2 items).**/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3665 | EARLY BLACK "MISSAL" TYPE ALBUM with elaborate gilt brass Gothic clasps containing 50 cdv photographs, c1860-80 inc. a number of children (unusual large family group, boy in mortar board & girl blowing bubbles noted); sound & attractive. Also a later brown leather album with a similar range of 50 cdv's. One or two stained or repaired. (100). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3666 | FINE EARLY PHOTOGRAPH 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 carte de visite photographs inc. a high proportion of children, crinolined ladies, etc. Slight wear to top edge of spine, otherwise fine. *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3667 | "THE CATHEDRAL & ECCLESIASTICAL ALBUM": Plain black leather (repaired spine) with plain brass clasp & monogram "S&G London", containing 20pp illustrated with b&w drawings of British cathedrals & containing 60 cdv & cabinet portraits c1865-1900 of clergymen & choristers. (60). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3668 | CRAUFORD ILLUSTRATED ALBUM with moulded maroon leather binding (spine glued flat) & elaborate clasp with 10pp showing sentimental designs by K.Crauford with accompanying quotations; contents inc. 48 cdv & 22 cabinet photographs, c1865-1900 inc. a Naval Rating & a Kilted Scotsman. (70). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3669 | DARK BROWN PADDED LEATHER ALBUM with embossed floral decoration (5cm spine split), plated clasp & 6pp with chromo-litho floral illustrations, c1885 inc. 24 cdv & 26 cabinet portraits, c1865-1900. (50). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3670 | DARK BROWN PADDED LEATHER ALBUM with bronzed spring clasp (fixing pin missing) in good condition with light general wear, housing 48 cdv & 24 cabinet portraits, c1865-1900. Some mounts with smal repaired tears. (72). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3671 | BLACK LEATHER ALBUM (missing clasp/spine repaired) with a fine range of cdv (144) & cabinet (11) portraits, c1865-1900 with a relatively high proportion of earlier items; pages a little thumbed with occasional foxing. (155). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3672 | BLACK LEATHER ALBUM c1870 containing cabinet (20 ) & cdv (40) portraits of children c1860-90; also a smaller album (faults) cont. 50 cdv inc. workmen in cabinet-maker's & Windsor group. (2 albums). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3673 | ROBUST ALBUM WITH STAR OF DAVID COVERS: c1870 solid brown leather covered album 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. a bewigged barrister_. Some wear to album. (28) **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3674 | THE "FLORAL ALBUM" c1870 heavy decorated leather binding (broken clasp), 10pp with chromo-litho illustrations of flowers, some edge thumbing. Contains 79 cdv inc. unusual outdoor crowd scene in Bristol (c1870) plus 7 cabinet portraits with many early examples noted. (86). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3675 | PLAIN BROWN PADDED LEATHER ALBUM (1cm spine split) with plated clasp & retailer's label (Doidge & Co. of Plymouth) containing 64 cdv & 16 cabinet portraits inc. a young woman in costume as Portia, c1870-1900. (80). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3676 | BROWN CALF BOUND ALBUM with gilt lining & clasp (spine stuck down), c1875; contains 19 cabinet & 80 cdv portraits. (99) **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3677 | JAPANESE LACQUER ALBUM: c1880 small oblong album with black lacquer covers, the front (small chip) decorated with fine carved ivory eagle in a cherry tree; the pages appear to be covered in hand-painted silk & hold 32 cabinet size family group portraits, c1870-1900 plus 12 cdv's. The padded silk panel on the inside front cover is slightly torn & there is a sellotape repair to the binding; otherwise remarkably fresh & unusual. (44). **/*** | £65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3678 | "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 comprise cabinet photos (16) & cdv portraits (86), c1865-1900. (102). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3679 | UNUSUAL SEMI-CIRCULAR ALBUM: c1880 with padded brown leather covers embossed with flowers (spine missing) & brass clasp, gilt decorated pages with some mount tears (most repairable) holding 13 cabinet & 15 cdv portraits. Unusual despite faults. (28) ** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3680 | GREY LEATHER ALBUM with cherry blossom design, c1880 with spine damage, plated clasp & 5pp with chromo-litho decorations; contains 60 cdv & 12 cabinet portraits, many of children. (72). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3681 | FLORAL PATTERN EMBOSSED LEATHER ALBUM, c1880 with elaborate clasp & Reading retailer's label containing 6pp with chromo-litho floral decorations, 15 cabinet & 38 cdv photographs with many from the 1860's-70's in evidence; some repaired damage to one or two pages, some foxing & the pages are slightly loose in the binding. (53). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3682 | FINE PLAIN GLAZED BLACK LEATHER-BOUND ALBUM with fine "Renaissance" gilt tooling & brass clasp (pin missing) with gilt edged leaves containing 74 photographs, mainly of children & groups. Most attractive album, easily repaired. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3683 | SQUARE ALBUM with lozenge tooled brown leather binding (repacement spine/corner pieces) & gilt brass clasp, housing 20 cabinet, 12 cdv & 8 miniature portraits with a good range of subjects. Pages toned. (40). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3684 | 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, c1890-1900. *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3685 | HEAVILY PADDED EMBOSSED LEATHER COVERED ALBUM, c1890 with holly sprig design (spine repaired) & gilt brass clasp, 6pp with fancy chromo-litho designs; contains 20 cdv & 22 cabinet photographs c1860-1900 many featuring children. (42). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3686 | PADDED GREEN LEATHER ALBUM with simple gilt decoration & clasp, dusty & slightly worn with presentation inscription of 1893; contains 10 cabinet & 10 cdv portraits held in attractively framed pages with toning & some captions in ink. (20). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3687 | BEDFORD, Francis: c1870 Series of very fine photographs of Welsh landscape & tourist attractions (150 x 105 mm approx.) mounted on cards with printed title - sold as holiday souvenirs; views inc. the Menai Bridge, Llanfairfechan beach with bathing machines, Llandudno's Archery Ground & Pier etc. A fine group of postcard precursor views by this noted photographer. Occasional foxing to mounts. (11 items). **/*** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3688 | BRITISH EMPIRE: Cabinet portraits c1880-1900 inc. examples from Australia (2), India (3), South Africa (2), Japan (2) and Gibraltar (3). Most unusual. (12 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3689 | CARTES DE VISITE: Small box containing a miscellany of cdv portraits, c1860-90 from studios across the UK. Mainly individual male & female portraits. Generally fine. (129 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3690 | CHILDREN: Collection of images of young children & babies, c1870-1900 (10 cabinet/24 cdv) housed in two Victorian albums (small faults). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3691 | CLERGYMEN: A Daguerrotype portrait of a seated clergyman (c1860) holding a book, set in an arched gilt mount in a plain leather case with fresh gilding inside. Some staining on outside, otherwise fine. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3692 | COMIC CARTES DE VISITE: c1865 group of 7 c-d-v photographs of posed comic "tableaux" inc. "The Musical Wife", "Brewing of Scandal" (an old ladies' tea party), "The Night Mare" (or night-Ass), etc. All produced in the same format but without manufacturers name. (7 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3693 | COUPLES: Neat album in maroon Morocco (spine wear) with gilt clasp, housing 24 cabinet size photographs of male/female couples, c1880-1900. (24). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3694 | DOMESTIC SERVANTS: Small group of mainly cabinet size portraits of house-maids in uniform c1880-1900 (4), a c-d-v group portrait of three women in aprons & an informal picture of two carpenters c1870. Scarce subjects. (6 items). **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3695 | EASTERN COUNTIES: Small group of late Victorian cabinet portraits inc. examples from Cambridge (3 and 1 later item), Lincoln, Peterborough & Stamford. (8 items). **/*** | £10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3696 | 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 UK. (25 items). **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3697 | 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 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 costume. (14 items). **/*** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3698 | GERMANY - EARLY DAGUERROTYPE: c1845-50 Portrait of a young man, housed in hinged, embossed leather case (wear), lined with purple silk & with purple cut-velvet mount; trade label of M.Konardi of Neue Wilhelmstrasse (Berlin). Faults but an unusual, 'signed' photograph from this early period. ** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3699 | ISLANDS: Cabinet portraits, c1875-1900 from Island studios inc. IOM (7), IOW (6) & Jersey (2). Mainly fine, occasional spotting. (15). **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3700 | LAW AND ORDER: Three Victorian barristers - two cabinet size portraits & c-d-v c1870 from London, Bradford and Bristol, showing barristers in full gowns, wigs & tabs. Fine & unusual. Also a group of five later photographs of policemen in uniform c1900-1910 inc. a large format example (150x240mm). (8 items). *** | £26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3701 | LONDON: Substantial group of cabinet photographs, c1875-1900 produced by studios from various areas of the City inc. group portraits. An interesting group. (80 items). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3702 | MAYORS: Cabinet photographs c1880-1900 of Mayors of Derby, Burslem, Kidderminster, Darlington, Durham & several London areas, plus c-d-v portrait from Newcastle, all with Mayoral chains, some with full robes. (10 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3703 | MIDLANDS: Cabinet size portraits from photographers across the Midlands inc. Birmingham (6), Derbyshire (3), Leicester (5), Notts. (5), Staffs. (3), etc. Generally fine. (27). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3704 | 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). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3705 | MISCELLANY - HALF & FULL PLATE GROUPS: Photographs c1880-1910 on card mounts inc. G.W.R. Friendly Societry group in collars and sashes, group of household servants c1880, c1890 smart carriage with groom & footman (Uttoxeter), carpenter's yard with aproned workers, etc. Also 18 cdv portraits, c1880-95, mostly from Welsh studios. An interesting lot. (29 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3706 | MUSIC HALL: Full plate photograph (c1890) of Eugene Sandow - the "World's Strongest Man" and female assistant, both dressed in leotard and tights, standing in similar "stage" poses. Fine condition in modern frame. *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3707 | 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). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3708 | NORTH EASTERN ENGLAND: Cabinet portraits, c1878-1900 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 Newcastle (2), South Shields (2), etc. (20 items). **/*** | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3709 | NORTH WEST ENGLAND: Fine large group of cabinet portraits, c1875-1900, mainly from Lancashire photographers inc. several family groups. A good selection. (58 items). *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3710 | NURSES: Group of cabinet photographs of nurses, c1880-1900 - six three-quarter length views of women in uniform plus two WWI period portraits, a fine London nursemaid with baby (c1880), etc. (10 items). **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3711 | PORTRAITS - DAGUERROTYPE OF A BEARDED MAN: Portrait (50x65mm) 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. *** | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3712 | PORTRAITS: Group of miniatures, c1890-1910, the majority in card frames inc. U.S. examples in calling card format, three French cigarette card size poses of a child pierrot, etc. (39 items). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3713 | PORTRAITS - 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. **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3714 | PORTRAITS - DAGUERROTYPE CASES: Two mid-Victorian leather cases (75x105mm and 110x140mm) 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 stamps of Sharp, Brighton - contains four portraits of children inc. two groups inc. two groups originating at Sale. Some wear. (3 items). ** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3715 | PORTRAITS - DAGUERROTYPE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN WITH STOVEPIPE HAT: c1855 lightly tinted portrait (55x65mm) of a young man with a stove-pipe hat at his side. Very fine definition in bright floral pinchbeck mount housed in attractive papier-mache case with elaborate floral decoration (v.slight surface rub). Attractive & unusual. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3716 | PORTRAITS - COLLODION PRINT OF A LADY IN SILK DRESS: c1855 large (135x180mm) 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. ** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3717 | PORTRAITS: Attractive pair of tinted ambrotype portraits of a young man & woman c1859, nicely framed. Also a plainer example (some crazing) of a middle-aged couple. (3 items). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3718 | PORTRAITS - DAGUERROTYPE OF A CRINOLINED LADY: c1860 portrait (80x110mm) 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. Fine. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3719 | PORTRAITS - DAGUERROTYPE OF FOOTMAN: c1860 tinted portrait (65x85mm) of a young man in brass buttoned velvet coat possibly a footman - set in an oval gilt maroon leather case. An attractive item. *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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