Covers Collection (page 17)

Danger Ahead - Cover by David Wright
Front cover of Danger Ahead by Peter Saxon, in the Sexton Blake Library series, designed by David Wright and featuring an elegant looking dark-haired woman wearing a strapless dress relaxing against

Margaret Whigham on front cover of the Sketch
Miss Margaret Whigham drawn by society portraitist, Olive Snell on the front cover of The Sketch in 1930, the year of her coming out as a debutante

Blood and Iron 1914
On 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of the First World War; a few days later this illustration appeared in The Graphic. Date: 1914

Tatler front cover, Rome Boutiques, 1963
Striking front cover of The Tatler magazine for 1963, featuring a model wearing a yellow and black striped sweater with black sailor collar

Tatler front cover, Paris Collections, 1964
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a coral velour hat by Christian Dior Chapeaux at Harrods. Her make up is by Harriet Hubbard Ayer and the Chanel-inspired earrings by Adrien Mann

Tatler front cover, April 1964
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a fine array of wine glasses, full to the brim with many types of ros鮠 Date: 1964

Tatler front cover, Scottish Number 1964
Front cover of The Tatlers Scottish Number featuring Pipe Major Iain Mcleod of the Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band in full dress uniform with the tartan of the ill-fated Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Tatler front cover, Amanda Barrie 1964
Front cover of The Tatler featuring Amanda Barrie, English actress (born 1935) and star of such films as Carry on Cleo and for playing the character Alma Sedgewick in Coronation Street

Tatler - George V Silver Jubilee front cover
Front cover of The Tatler in May 1935, celebrating the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Cover shows a view of Windsor Castle through a draped, decorated window aperture. Date: 1935

Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859 - 1941), last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918

Bystander masthead 1928, social gathering
Illustration on the front cover of The Bystander showing, young 1920s men and women sitting down relaxing. Date: 1928

Bejewelled Nail Covers
A model shows off her bejewelled nail cover talons, similar to the type worn by traditional dancers in Bali. Date: early 1930s

Bible Regal - A small portable organ, which when folded resembles a large bible! Produces a very harsh tone due to the short nature of the pipework

Two-fifths scale Blue Steel model on handling trolley with top covers removed

Design for book cover, Our Little Nan by Emma Leslie. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio 1896

Design for book cover, New Light Through Old Windows
Design for a book cover, New Light Through Old Windows, by Gregson Gow. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio. 1897

Woman lighting candles on a Christmas tree
Beautiful magazine cover showing an elegant lady in yellow dress and long flowing shawl, lighting candles on a Christmas tree. 1926

Fashionable woman walking through an autumnal scene
A beautiful magazine cover depicting a fashionable young lady battling through breezy conditions, in this eye-catching autumnal scene. 1926

Woman and rainbow magazine cover
A glamorous lady in long, flowing gown, glides over a rainbow. 1926

Valentines magazine cover
A beautiful art deco magazine cover featuring a huge red heart surrounded by an intricate lace border. In the foreground a fashionable young lady reads a love letter from her sweetheart. 1927

BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898). Balzac
" BEARDSLEY, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898). Balzac. 1890s. Design of the covers of " Scenes of Parisian Life" from " La Com餩 e humaine" of Balzac. Engraving."

London Salvage Corps sheeting a warehouse wall
Following a serious fire the London Salvage Corps have protected an external face of the affected warehouse by placing a series of salvage sheets down the side of the building

NFS (Salvage Corps) protective sheets, WW2
Salvage sheets put in place by NFS Salvage Corps workers protect goods and equipment from water damage

Princess Elizabeth Coming of Age - Sketch front cover
Front cover of The Sketch magazine celebrating the 18th birthday of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II). Date: 1944

Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Guards in Whitehall
Illustration for the masthead of The Bystander magazine featuring a chic 1920s woman visiting the mounted Guards at their sentry post in Whitehall, a popular London tourist sight. Date: 1927

Good Things to Know - Woolworths booklet
A booklet produced by high street retailer Woolworths, entitled Good Things to Know and including numerous tips on how to clean your house, save money and of course

An early cover for The Proms, now better known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC. 10th August, 1895. 1895

The Graphic Christmas Number, Nativity scene
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number (date unknown, but probably 1920s), featuring an illustration of a Nativity scene. Date: 1920s

Home Chat front cover by H. L. Oakley
Front cover of Home Chat magazine featuring a lovely image by silhouette artist H. L. Oakley of a group of children holding hands as they skip along a beach, buckets and spades at the ready

David Wright Home Chat calendar 1950 featuring dachshund
Front cover of a giveaway calendar incorporated into Home Chat magazine, featuring a dachshund hopefully holding his lead in his mouth, an unusual subject for David Wright

Amorous Confessions front cover
Front cover of a pulp fiction paperback featuring a blonde woman posing in seductively in a blue dress to reveal her stockings. Date: 1950s

The Sketch Christmas Number front cover 1940
Stylised graphic cover of The Sketch magazine, for the Christmas number 1940 featuring a bejewelled hand holding some mistletoe against a backdrop of holly. Date: 1940

The Copy Cat Killings - front cover by David Wright
Front cover of a pulp fiction paperback, The Copy-Cat Killings by Martin Thomas, with a vampish femme fatale painted by David Wright. Date: 1950

The Graphic Christmas Number 1927
Front cover of the Graphic Christmas Number for 1927 featuring a figurine of a couple on a windowsill while outside, people scurry through the snow. Date: 1927

The Sketch Summer Number front cover 1934
Stylish, graphic front cover of The Sketch Summer Number featuring a swimmer surprised to find a fish on the end of her bathing cap. Date: 1934

Book cover by David Wright You Can Call It a Day by Peter Ch
Book jacket designed by David Wright for the title, You Can Call it a Day by Peter Cheney featuring a red-haired woman wearing an alluringly, transparent black dress

Everybodys Magazine - Coronation Number
Front cover of Everybodys Magazine, Coronation Number showing Britannia, in a carriage pulled by a lion and unicorn flying through the skies, holding her trident and shield

Bystander front cover - Prince of Wales as a polo player
Edward, Prince of Wales (1895 - 1972), later King Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, pictured on the front cover of The Bystander, in polo clothing

Britiannia Bides Her Time
" Britiannia Bides Her Time.", Alick P. F. ritchie, The Bystander front cover, 19th August 1914. In 1914, Britannia really did rule the waves

King George VI in Coronation robes, 1937
Portrait of King George VI in Coronation robes. Date: 1937

Everybodys Magazine Coronation issue 1953
Front cover of Everybodys Magazine, first special Coronation issue, featuring Queen Elizabeth I riding on a white horse. Date: 1953

Book cover by David Wright Ladies Won t Wait by Peter Cheney
Book jacket designed by David Wright for the title, Ladies Won t Wait by Peter Cheney featuring a a woman seductively revealing an elegant shoulder as her red dress falls down. Date: c.1950

Royal Engagement 1973 - ILN front cover
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring a photograph of Princess Anne and her husband-to-be Captain Mark Phillips, after the announcement of their engagement

Royal Wedding 1963 - Tatler front cover
Front cover of The Tatler celebrating the marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent and her husband the Hon. Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey on 24 April 1963. 1963

Royal Wedding 1923 - ILN cover
Front cover of The Illustrated London News featuring a four year old Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, with her younger brother David

Royal Wedding 1934 - Princess Marina
Inner front cover of the Illustrated London News Royal Wedding Number celebrating the marriage of Prince George, Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Greece (1906 -1968)

Royal Wedding 1947 - Tatler cover
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her future husband, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on one of the last public engagements before their wedding

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1931
Stylised front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1931 featuring a lady wearing a full skirted dress seated on a chaise longue in a modern art deco apartment. Date: 1931

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