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COLENSO, Frances Ellen.
My Chief and I. Or, Six Months in Natal after the Langalibalele Outbreak. 1880 [recte 1879]
£2,500
First edition, the novelist Anthony Trollope's copy, with his bookplate. (Trollope had made a trip to South Africa in 1877 and published his account, titled South Africa, the...
Octavo. Original green cloth, title gilt to spine, black decoration to spine and upper board, cream surface paper endpapers. Oval mounted Woodburytype portrait... Read more
BARKER, Thomas Jones; engraved by C. G. Lewis.
Allied Generals Before Sebastopol (& Key)
£1,450
Restrike from original plate.
Hand coloured engraving, later impression. Fine condition. Size: 135 x 75 cm. (53 x 29½ inches). Framed Size: 150 x 93 cm. Read more
BARKER, Thomas Jones.
The Intellect and Valour of Britain (& Key)
£850
Restrike from original plate. Engraved by Lewis, C.G.
Hand coloured engraving, later impression. Size: 107 x 72 cm. (42 x 28½ inches) Read more
BASEBE, Charles, engraved by PHILLIPS
The Allied Generals with the Officers of their respective Staffs before Sebastopol
£650
Later impression from the original plate first published 1860
Copper plate. Hand coloured 760 x 1350 mm Very good condition Read more
(RUST, William.)
Britons in Spain. 1939
£600
Original advertising poster to promote William Rust's book "Britons in Spain, the History of the British Battalion of the XVth International Brigade." William Rust was a reporter...
Offset lithograph in two colours on paper. (760 × 500 mm). Presented in a walnut finish frame. Read more
(SECOND WORLD WAR)
The Nation Needs Your Books for the Services and for Salvages. [c.1940]
£500
Two colour lithograph poster on wove paper. Light creasing, very good. Presented in a dark brown stained wooden frame. Paper size: 70 x 47 cm.
Two colour lithograph poster on wove paper. Light creasing, very good. Presented in a dark brown stained wooden frame. Paper size: 70 x 47 cm. Read more
LEAHY, Bernard.
Keep them Happy with your Books. Books are Urgently Needed for the Forces. Bombed Libraries. Munitions of War. [c.1940]
£500
Image shows a file of uniformed service personnel gleefully grinning at the prospect of literature. Churchill himself featured in a Pathe short requesting that the public "look, and...
Offset process colour lithograph on paper. (660× 480 mm) Presented in a slate wooden frame. Very good condition. Read more
LEAHY, Bernard.
Hi! You - Get Moving! Books for the Forces - Please! [c.1940]
£500
Image shows a bottle-neck of forces personnel and civilians forming at the top of an escalator behind a sailor, kit-bag on shoulder, who blocks the way sitting reading "The Three...
Five colour lithograph poster on wove paper. Light creasing, very good. Presented in a dark brown stained wooden frame. Paper size: 70 x 47 cm. Read more
LEAHY, Bernard.
Hi! You - Get Moving! Books for the Forces - Please! [c.1940]
£500
Image shows a bottle-neck of forces personnel and civilians forming at the top of an escalator behind a sailor, kit-bag on shoulder, who blocks the way sitting reading "The Three...
Five colour lithograph poster on wove paper. Light creasing, very good. Presented in a dark brown stained wooden frame. Paper size: 70 x 47 cm. Read more
PRISSE, E.
Nizam or Regular Troops. 1831
£465
An attractive lithograph showing three soldiers at rest, taken rom the Oriental Album of Characters, Costumes, and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile, engraved by Mouilleron,...
Lithograph. Hand coloured. In fine condition. Mounted Size: 45 x 56cm. Size: 27 x 37 cm. (10½ x 14½ inches). Read more
CAFFYN, W. H. (FIRST WORLD WAR)
Come Along, Boys! 1915
£450
Come along, boys! Enlist to-day. LOC Summary: Poster showing a cheerful soldier shouldering a rifle and smoking a pipe. LOC Notes: Caption: "The moment the order came to go forward,...
75 x 50 cm. Lithograph on white wove paper. Four horizontal folds and one vertical, otherwise in excellent condition. Presented in a wooden frame with UV glass. Read more
(FIRST WORLD WAR)
We're both needed to serve the Guns! Fill up the ranks! Pile up the munitions!. [1915]
£450
The image covers the main, set against a khaki-coloured background. The title is positioned above the image, in white. A subtitle placed along the bottom edge in black.image: a...
Offset process colour lithograph on paper, 750 × 510 mm. Presented in an oak frame. Lithograph in five colours on pale blue wove paper. One horizontal and three... Read more
[IBBETSON, Ernest]
At the Front! [1915]
£450
The title is positioned across the top in white, with the image occupying the upper half, held within a wood-effect frame design. Further text is located over the lower half, in...
Offset process colour lithograph on paper, 750 × 520 mm. Presented in an oak frame. Some creasing from having been folded into eight, some light browing, small... Read more
LEAHY, Bernard.
Keep them Happy with your Books. Books are Urgently Needed for the Forces. Bombed Libraries. Munitions of War. [c.1940]
£350
Image shows a file of uniformed service personnel gleefully grinning at the prospect of literature. Churchill himself featured in a Pathe short requesting that the public "look, and...
Sheet size: 660× 480 mm. Offset process colour lithograph on paper. Very good condition. Read more
VERTUE, George.
The Battle Array of Carberry Hill near Edinburgh 1742
£345
Beautifully detailed engraving of two armies facing each other before battle. Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Bothwell's army is perched on a hilltop at upper right, the rebel army is...
Copper engraving. Original outline colour. Fine condition. Crisp and clean, Good margins. Size: 57 x 46 cm. (22½ x 18 inches). Read more
GILES, G.D.
The Charge of the Heavy Brigade
£300
Chelsea. An original Etching by J. Mcneill Whistler. Engraved by G. E.
Hand coloured engraving, later impression. Size: 95 x 61 cm. (37½ x 24 inches) Read more
(WWII - POWs)
Prisoners of War need your Help. [after 1941]
£250
Visually, and one would hope financially, appealing war-time fund-raiser. " Upper three quarters of the poster filled by a black and white photograph. The lower portion is a red box...
Sheet size: 790 × 506 mm. Large two colour poster, red and black on wove Slight fourway creasing, but otherwise in excellent condition. Read more
(FIRST WORLD WAR)
The Lord Mayor's Appeal to the Citizens of London. [1914]
£200
Col. Sir Charles Johnston's call to the "citizens of the most populous City of the Empire, to come forward in your thousands for the defence of our beloved Country."
Sheet size:765 × 480 mm. Trompe l'oeil-style hand-written message on Mansion House "stationery", printed in brownish purple on wove paper. Small chip from the... Read more
CHARNOCK, John.
The Gloire, 1801
£170
Published in History of Marine Architecture, engraved by Newton.
Size: 265 x 220 mm. Mounted size: 480 x 440 mm. Copper engraving. Fine condition. Read more
CHARNOCK, John.
A British ship of War 1801
£170
Published in History of Marine Architecture, engraved by Newton.
Mounted size: 480 x 440 mm. Size: 265 x 220 mm. Copper engraving. Fine condition. Read more
CHARNOCK, John.
Stern Views of the Glorioso and Invincible. 1801
£170
Engraved by Newton in History of Marine Architecture, 1801
Mounted size: 435 x 480 mm. Copper engraving. Fine condition. Read more
RAPIN DE THOYRAS, Paul.
Battle of Maestricht c1745
£150
Map of the environs of Maastricht, showing the troop placements for the Battle of Maastricht on May 14th 1703. Decorated cartouche at top left. Title on lower border. From Mr...
Copper engraving. Hand coloured. Fine condition Size: 47 x 36 cm. Read more
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SADD, H.S.
Washington.[George] c1820
£125
A very handsome study of the first U.S.President (General) George Washington, depicted in full military uniform beside his war horse with the smoke of battle surrounding them.
Size: 345 × 225 mm. Original Mezzotint engraving Good condition. Slight scuffing to engraved surface. Read more
RAPIN DE THOYRAS, Paul.
PLAN of the SIEGE of TOURNAY. c1745
£120
A detailed plan of the city and fortifications of Tournay with inscription in top right "TOURNAY A Strong City and Castle in the Earldom of FLANDERS, taken by the CONFEDERATES July...
Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition, good margins. Size: 48.5 x 39.5 cm. Read more
RAPIN DE THOYRAS, Paul. Engraved by Basire, James.
PLAN of the BATTLE of ECKEREN. c1745
£120
A detailed plan of the city and surroundings of Eckern with inscription: "ECKEREN A Village in the Netherlands, in BRABANT, in the County of RYEM, at which the Confederates were...
Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Fine condition. Size: 48 x 39 cm. Read more
