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Sale date:

Books & Documents Sale on Wednesday 7th May 2008

Lot numbers:

489-520 of 815

Lot

Description & Estimate

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489

POSTERS for advertising the Post Office, including 'The Journey of a Letter', 'Keeping in Touch', 'History of Mail Transport' numbers 1-7 and 'The Post Office in the Fifties'. (48) £50-£100.

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490 POSTERS produced by newspapers, from 1950s including Daily Mail (7), Daily Sketch (2), Evening News (4), Evening Standard (3), Scottish Daily Mail (3), Sunday Chronicle (2), Sunday Dispatch, Sunday Times (16), Time and Tide (2), Weldon's Ladies Journal (2), Weekly Oversea Mail, Westminster Gazette (8). Some duplication (50) £50-£100.

Nil

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491 POSTERS for Bovril, 'Bovril Sandwiches for Beefeaters' with Beefeater in colour, 152 x 100cms, printed in 1963 by S H B ltd, regd No.4111. Together with 19 other Bovril posters of varying size, all printed in black, blue or red (20) £100-£150.

Nil

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492 POSTERS for Bovril from 1930s, 'Start the Winter Well - Drink Bovril', in yellow with blue lettering by S H B Ltd, 9620. Together with 19 other Bovril posters, of varying size, all printed in black, blue or red (20) £80-£100.

Nil

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493 POSTERS relating to Hastings including Hastings bathing pool, White Rock Pavilion, Hastings will welcome your invasion - two types (3), Hastings Horse Show (2), this on poor quality paper and fragile, Parkins bathing pool (7) £30-£50

Nil

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494 POSTERS for H Samuel Jewellers, advertising 'Everite' watches, 'Lucky' wedding rings and 'Happiness' diamond rings, produced from 1936. One poor condition. (14) £50-£70.

Nil

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495 POSTERS advertising household products and services including Macleans toothpaste (5), Prom Home Perm 1960 (3), Ronuk Puzzle (1933), Midland Furnishing Company 'This Week's Offer' (9), G W R, Zeimar Gas Mantels, Virol 'Before & After', Sailor Savouries (7), Rowntree Plain York Chocolate by Alfred Leete (100 x 150cms), York Milk, Southern Television, Lipton's Tea, Ceylon Tea Centre 1961 (2), New Zealand Butter, My Lady Fruits (damaged) (37) £80-£120.

Nil

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496 POSTERS advertising drink and food including Johnnie Walker, The Scotch of Scotch, full colour (100 x 150cms) 1961, Whitbreads Double Brown (150 x 97cms), damage at folds (2 examples), Kipkes Port (100 x 150cms) (two examples) (5) £80-£120.

Nil

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497 POSTERS relating to Politics and Finance including London Borough Council - London Municipal Society, Borough 'Elections London Vote for Conservative and M R Candidates', 'Make Your Borough a Better Place Vote for...', 'Vote For C S Garland, Conservative Candidate', 'Vote for Municipal Reform', 'Higher Pay Better Prospects' and ten others similar 'County Council Housing Bond' (2), National Savings 'Silver Lining Savings Week', 'Save With The Woolwich', (19) £50-£70.

Nil

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498 POSTERS for exhibitions and events including Austin at Earls Court 1960, Ideal Home Exhibition Edinburgh, Ideal Home Exhibition Olympia - 'See the Gas Exhibit' (2), another Ideal Home Exhibition 1953, 'Take A Kodak To The Exhibition' 1938 (4), Olympia Flower and Country Show 1955, Packaging Exhibition Olympia 1955 (2) & 1957 (2),'Stand 142 Palace of Industries', Armistice Night at the Royal Albert Hall 1925, British Legion Remembrance Day by Maurice Kirth, British Legion Tenth Anniversary 1931, British Red Cross Society Old English Fete, Grand Xmas Pageant, YMCA Annual Bazaar 1925 and another slightly different for another year (21). £50-£70.

Nil

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499 POSTERS Shell 'You Can Be Sure of Shell' - The Key to the Countryside by Henry Stone, printers, Banbury (10), recent film posters (6) plus an assortment of 18 examples from the above lots including Bovril (34) £30-£50.

Nil

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501 BATEMAN (Henry Mayo): Original pen ink and watercolour drawing titled 'Stage Exits', signed and dated '15 (for 1915), artist's agent's label on reverse, unframed, some edge tears and small losses and other surface marks, 34 x 23.5cms. £750-£1000.

17.5%

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502 CARTOONS: A group of 22 original designs for topical humorous cartoons by Hawker, McMurtry, Murray Ball, Honeysett etc. (22) £40-£60.

Nil

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503 GILL 'ERIC': Printed letter 'N' from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales inset frame USA 4-5, signature Eric G, approximately 15 x 12 inches, framed and glazed in fine condition £200-£300.

Nil

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504 REX WHISTLER: Fine pen and ink drawing 'The Plain Cook', approximately 8 x 10 inches, not signed, label on rear indicating artist as Whistler for BP Product, BP Ethyl, November 1933. In good condition £300-£400.

Nil

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506 CARTE DE VISITE: Albums (2). Attractive leather bound carte de visite albums mid 19th century. Containing the usual suspects, the great and good, military peerage, politics, royalty, various photographers noted including Watson, Silvy, Mayall. Very attractively presented. 350+ carte de visites, numbered and indexed. £800-£1200.

Nil

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507 CARTIER-BRESSON (Henri): An album of 20 loosely tipped-in sepia photographs of Socialist politician Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960), his wife and several associates mostly standing or seated in discussion. Each photograph with Cartier-Bresson's studio stamp to verso, the album inscribed to front pastedown 'for Mr Aneurin Bevan respectfully yours Henri Cartier-Bresson'...,and...'and the friendly regard of "L'Express"..., with unidentified signature below. With two related press photographs loosely inserted. 20th century oblong 4to album, grey buckram, upper cover with tipped on image of young leopard holding a copy of "L'Express" in its jaws. (1) £500-£800

Nil

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508 PHOTOGRAPHS: Relating to Mr Deputy Dodswell and his affairs in the city. Quantity including photograph of HAC(?) Summer Camp c1870. £60-£100.

Nil

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509 STEREOCARDS: 180 mixed stereocards mainly topographical views of UK and Continental, together with wooden viewfinder (no maker). In sound condition £80-£120.

Nil

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510 STEREOCARDS: Collection of approx. 40 miscellaneous topographical stereocards, Europe, UK, America and two wooden viewers.

Nil

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511 ALEXANDRA PALACE: Invitation. A reception in aid of the French Relief Fund 1875. £20-£30.

Nil

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512 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT BRITAIN: Meeting and some other items relating to the Bishopsgate Institute and The Guildhall Library. £30-£40.

Nil

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513 BALL AT THE GUILDHALL: 1863, very fine item, superb printing £40-£60.

Nil

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514 BANQUETS: At The Guildhall and elsewhere. Quantity of material from the 1860s many fine invites. £100-£200.

Nil

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515 BANQUETS: At The Guildhall and elsewhere. Quantity of material from the 1870s many fine invites. £100-£200.

Nil

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516 BANQUETS: At The Guildhall and elsewhere. Quantity of material from the 1880s many fine invites. £100-£200.

Nil

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517 BANQUETS: At The Guildhall and elsewhere. Quantity of material from the 1890s many fine invites. £100-£200.

Nil

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518 BISHOPSGATE: Small quantity of reports and invitations to do with Bishopsgate and the Bishopsgate Institute £30-£40.

Nil

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519 BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE: Fine ticket for the opening of Blackfriars Bridge in Holborn Viaduct with two other supporting items of ephemera £40-£60.

Nil

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520 BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE: Fine admission ticket to the opening of the bridge 1865 with two other items of ephemera. £60-£80.

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