Books Collection (page 9)

Baron Munchhausen sails to the moon
The Baron sails to the Moon. Date: First published: 1785

Eliza Comes to Stay by H. V. Esmond. First produced at the Pier Theatre, Brighton, as Sandy and his Eliza on 30th September 1912 and at the Criterion Theatre on 12th December 1913

Book cover - Good-bye Summer - game of tennis
Front cover of a book showing an Edwardian couple playing a game of tennis. c.1905

Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s

London Trade Card - Francis Nobles Circulating Library, Otways Head, King Street, Covent Garden. 18th century

Soho, London - 52-53 Broadwick Street W1 - man pulling a barrow. 1973

Sportsmans Costume
What to wear while shooting birds ? Sportsperson Walter Winans sets a good example in this belted jacket and plus- fours outfit, with puttees and a jaunty tyrolean hat... Date: 1909

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, end of a perfect day
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Cracker the bull terrier at the end of a perfect day, having organised a successful dog show. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jim, a bobtail sheepdog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- Jim, a bobtail sheepdog, owned by the actress Fabia Drake. The dog was a perfect actor, taking part in a childrens play called The Happy Family

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Spot, An Autobiography. Date: 1895

Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, discovers a fox (White-Ear) has been hiding in the bed. Date: 1912

Illustration, foxhounds howling in chorus
Illustration, a pack of foxhounds howling in chorus, eager to go out hunting. Date: 1912

Illustration, A Song of the English, Lighthouse
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine)

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party, with Tabitha the cat, Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits, two ducks (the Quacks), and two dogs (Rags and Forager) gathered round a long table. Date: 1914

Catalan school. Painting on wood. Romanesque art. Painting. SPAIN. Vic. Vic Episcopal Museum

FERMAT, Pierre de (1601-1665). French lawyer, famous for his work in mathematics. Varia Opera Mathematica (1659). Title page. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Carmina Burana 13th C
A page from a Latin manuscript of the Carmina Burana, a collection of poems, songs and short plays; published in 1847 by Johann Schmeller, the name means songs of Beuren Date: 13th century

Milton / Comus / Stars 1634
the Stars That nature hung in Heav n, and fill d their Lamps with everlasting oil, to give due light To the misled and lonely Travailer. Date: First published : 1634

Fairies, Kensington Gdns
The fairies are exquisite dancers... Date: First published: 1904

Alice & the Duchess
Alice with the duchess in the chaotic kitchen Date: First published: 1865

Peter Pan & Solomon Caw
Peter Pan and Solomon Caw. Date: First published: 1904

Holmes & Watson / Dog / C20
SHERLOCK HOLMES THE MISSING THREE QUARTER Watson and Holmes give chase. Date: First published: 1904

Poe / Tales / Telltale Heart
THE TELL-TALE HEART (Page footer: heart & head). Date: First published: 1842

Burns / Now Westlin Winds
NOW WESTLIN WINDS But Peggy dear the ev nings clear, Thick flies the skimming swallow, The sky is blue, the fields in view, All fading green and yellow

Lear / Nonsense / Bangor
There was an Old Person of Bangor, whose face was distorted with anger! He tore off his boots, and subsisted on roots, that irascible Person of Bangor

Mrs Florence Emily Hardy
Florence Emily Hardy, nee Dugdale, second wife of the novelist Thomas Hardy, pictured in 1914. Florence was Hardys secretary and herself a write of childrens books

Fagin in Jail
Fagin in the condemned cell

Florence Nightingales carriage at the seat of war
Born in Italy in 1820, she moved to England with her wealthy family and was educated at home by her father. Although it was not deemed suitable for ladies of Florences social standing to become

Pilgrims Progress 3
Help rescues Christian from the Slough of Despond into which he had tumbled

Pilgrims Progress 9
Christian gives thanks after his encounter with Apollyon

Pilgrims Progress 7
Christian climbs the hill Difficulty

Leaps of Sam Patch / C19Th
The Wonderful Leaps of Sam Patch

Wizatd of Oz / Poppy Field
Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion start to yawn and fall asleep amongst the poppies while the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman wonder what to do

Stories for Tiny Folk
A selection of spines in bold primary colours taken from the 1920s series of Stories for Little Folk books

Charlotte Bronte / Shirley
Shirley Keeldare sits pensively at the window

Milton / Areopagitica
A speech of John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc d Printing - title page of the original edition

Scrooge and Nephew
Scrooge scorns his nephews enthusiasm for Christmas, saying " Bah! Humbug!"

Water Babies / Tom / Sweep
Tom, the ragged chimney sweep at the cottage of the Irish woman

Beardsley Poster / Books
London booksellers poster (though, curiously, the publisher is not named !)

Gulliver / Lilliput / Sport
Gulliver watches the sports of the courtiers

Anna Karenina / Portrait
Illustration of Leo Tolstoys fictional character Anna Karenina

Jules Henri Poincare / Ils
JULES HENRI POINCARE French mathematician

Plutarch / Thevet 1584
PLUTARCH Greek biographer and historian

Papus / Gerard Encausse
DR GERARD ENCAUSSE French occultist

Ancient Greek Bookseller
An ancient Greek travelling bookseller holds up a scroll and has more scrolls in the basket at his feet

Whistle and I ll Come
Oh, whistle, and I ll come to you ! Parkinss dream of the thing on the sea-shore

THE LITTLE LIBRARIAN
The little librarian A girl sits on a fur rug, with her doll and a cat for company, and chooses a large book from the shelf to read

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