Books Collection (page 2)

Whistle and I ll Come 2
Oh, whistle, and I ll come to you ! The thing in Parkinss hotel room

Wagner / Balestrieri
RICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen

Hercule Poirot
HERCULE POIROT the Belgian detective, hero of many of Christies books

Lea & Perrins Recipes
Subtle seasoning: a collection of recipes for epicures and others ; the cover of a Lea & Perrins booklet

Lear / Owl & Pussycat
THE OWL & THE PUSSY-CAT The Owl & the Pussy-Cat ask the Pig if he is willing to sell them his ring

Lovecraft / Aliens / 1936
THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME (H P Lovecraft) - Peaslee encounters the Great Race

The Pardoners Tale
The three rogues search in the woods for death

Oliver Twist / Title Page
Title page

Dickens / Christmas Carol
Scrooge receives a visit from the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner

Lovecraft / Colour / Space
A shapeless stream of unplaceable colour - scene from The colour out of space

Alice in Wonderland, Alice at the croquet game, with flamingo (mallet) and hedgehogs (balls). Date: early 20th century

Ubu Roi / Alfred Jarry
Front cover of Ubu Roi, depicting Pere Ubu & the spiral adorning his belly

Cheshire Cat / Tree
CHESHIRE CAT " I growl when I m pleased, and wag my tail when I m angry"

Sherlock Holmes / Strand
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX Title page of the Strand Magazine

Religio Medici
RELIGIO MEDICI Title page from the first edition of Thomas Brownes book

Pride and Prejudice
Mr Darcy finds Elizabeth Bennet tolerable

Jabberwock Colour
" The jabberwock, with eye of flame, came whiffling through the tulgey wood"

Peter Pan / Theatre Poster
Peter Pan and Wendy fly over the rooftops in a poster to advertise the stage show

Alice / Rabbit as Herald
The White Rabbit in heralds costume

Alice with the Flamingo
CROQUET Alice with the flamingo

Alice: dormouse in Teapot
The Hatters Mad Tea Party The Hatter and the Hare put the Dormouse in the tea-pot

Alice and Humpty Dumpty
" If he smiled much more the ends of his mouth might meet behind, " she thought

Holmes & Watson / Train
SILVER BLAZE Holmes and Watson in a railway compartment

Sherlock Holmes / Watson
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Holmes and Watson watch the fearful hound

Don Quixote riding with Sancho Panza
A scene from Cervantes novel Don Quixote -- the hero of the title rides with his companion Sancho Panza along a mountain pass

Girls with their books in Balham, SW London
Four girls with their books and drawings, sitting on a pavement in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Jewish Scroll Ms
A carved Esther scroll case depicting the story of Purim. This is a Jewish manuscript from Eastern Europe

JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD 1
The hero of this popular story of a dog in Africa, narrated by sir Percy Fitzpatrick

Quixote & Windmill
Don Quixote attacks the windmill

Alice / Griffin Asleep
The Griffin asleep

Jeeves & Wooster
Bertie Woosters imperturbable gentlemans gentleman is looked to for counsel & help on all sides

Jane Eyre & Rochester
Mr. Rochester declares his love for Jane

Pride and Prejudice
Mr Darcy enters a room in which Elizabeth Bennet is seated at her writing desk

Holmes / Footprints
THE SIGN OF FOUR Holmes, pipe between his teeth, examines footprints

Holmes / Hound / Baskerville
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Holmes shoots the sinister hound: " Holmes emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creatures flank"

The War of the Worlds
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS The Martians fire their gas- guns

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - front cover. circa 1910s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dog walking -- a dog on a lead is more likely to want to fight others if you drag him away from every dog you meet. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, handler at Peterborough Show
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tom Newman, the Duke of Beauforts huntsman, taking part as a handler at the Peterborough Foxhound Show

Alice in Wonderland, Alice in the White Rabbits house. Date: early 20th century

Black Beauty 1967
Front cover design by Roger Hall, for a 1967 edition of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, originally published in 1877

Satan Flies to Earth
Satan, foiled in his ambitions in Heaven, descends to Earth to see what he can find to do down here

DR. PANGLOSS / CANDIDE
Dr. Pangloss, played by Mr. Harley in the stage version

Rudyard Kipling at Desk
English writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) working at his desk

Holmes in a Fight / C20Th
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST Holmes engages in fisticuffs against a slogging ruffian

Sherlock Holmes 1921
Sherlock Holmes is filmed by Stoll at Cricklewood; Baker Street is reconstructed for the purpose

Wodehouse / Jeeves / Wooster
Front cover of Piccadilly Jim, showing a couple playing footsie beneath the dining table

Dachshund on a bookshelf
Unusual Friends - Dachshund on a bookshelf. 1950s

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