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Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

Hardwick Old Hall
The ruins of the Old Hall started in 1586 but never completed. The remains contain excellent original plasterwork

Garden Gate
A photograph offering a charming glimpse through a garden gate of excellent design, probably located in the Horsham District of West Sussex. Date: circa 1929

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - framed postcard
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - framed pre-disaster bookpost postcard. Date: circa 1912

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, brochure cover, South American service. Flights from Germany to South America. Powerful cover graphic showing the airship flying westbound over a stylised

White Star Line - Stonier and Co plate
White Star Line - Stonier and Co. Gothic arch First Class plate in excellent condition. 9 inches

White Star Line - Wisteria side plate dated 7/02 on reverse, excellent condition. 7.5 inches. Date: 1902

RMS Olympic - crystal light fitting
RMS Olympic - rare smoking room crystal light fitting in excellent condition with brass fitting. 8 inches

The Excellent, Royal Navy ship, Portsmouth
The Excellent, Royal Navy Ship, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 1860

The Dry Stane Dykes of Galloway, Scotland - Quality and Quantity: Mr Cs Jardine standing alongside the excellent dyke he built in four hours to win both a special award for speed

Normans attacking Hereward the Wakes refuge
Hereward the Wake, also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile (1035-1072) - an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England

JACKET POTATOES
Stuffed baked potatoes, an excellent supper dish for a cold evening. The potatoes can cook without attention and the filling can be left waiting until a moment before serving. Date: 1940s

QUININE
Quinine (Cinchona): an invaluable medicine in tropical countries; excellent at reducing fevers and used to control malaria

RMS Titanic - postcard from Ernest Tomlin, victim
RMS Titanic - postcard from third class passenger and victim Ernest Portage Tomlin. His body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett on 21 April 1912

Canadian Cemetery Beny sur Mer Normandy
The cemetery sits on the highest point for some miles & has two watch towers from which excellent views can be gained towards Juno Beach where the Canadians came ashore

Doble Excelente (Double Excellent) coined in Seville. 1480. Obverse of gold coin with the representation of the Catholic Monarchs. Coin

1916 British Army issue telescope with broad arrow, manufactured by T. T. & H. Limited, No. 11801. TEL SIG (Mk.IV), ALSO G.S. together with low and high lenses, in leather case

School Certificate
G Percy Carter of the Asylum for Fatherless Children Reedham, Surrey passed " Excellent" in Geometry of the first grade for children in elementary day schools

An Excellent Royal Extinguisher. Cartoon of Richard, 1st Marquess Wellesley, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, extinguishing the Orange Club with the Kings (George IV) giant candle snuffer

Edward Backhouse
EDWARD BACKHOUSE Quaker historian, whose otherwise excellent work glosses over the early and somewhat disreputable history of the Society of Friends. Date: 1808 - 1879

Alathea Countess Arundel
A fine engraving of the most illustrious and most excellent Lady ALATHEA (Talbot) countess of ARUNDEL & SURREY, wife of Thomas, second earl : first countesse of England Date: ? - 1654

Edwardian tennis tournament showing a man serving at a match inthe Stockport area - the shutter speed must have been excellent for the time as the ball is captured in flight Date: 1906

Five men in tennis whites believed to be at Moorfield Tennis Club, Stockport. An excellent display of 1913 sportswear Date: 1913

Willimantic Thread trade card, with the profile of a young woman in a red scarf. The Willimantic Thread Company won three medals at the New Orleans World Cotton Exposition of 1884 for the excellent

Crews for British night fighters by G. H. Davis
Seeing in the dark: stringent eyesight tests precede the selection of crews for British night fighters during the Second World War. The men selected have highly developed vision. Date: 1944

View of the harbour, Newquay, Cornwall
View of the harbour at Newquay, Cornwall. Some of the boat names are visible: Boy Jack, Oh I Say, Excellent, Playtime, Sun Rise, Bertie, Florence Rose, and Lorna. Date: 1934

An excellent clockwork model. Hargrave Slide 9

His most excellent majesty George the third, by the grace of god, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, king, defender of the faith &c, &c, &c

To the Kings most excellent majesty, this view of the royal dock yard at Deptford... Boats on Thames River and dockyard, Deptford, London, England. Date 1775

Lagonda Coupe
At L1125 the Lagonda drop-head coupe is a pricey buy, but for your money you get a car that has won the Le Mans, plus excellent road-holding. Date: 1936

Frazer-Nash Sports Car
The Frazer-Nash Shelsley two seater is a supercharged four- cylinder sports car has a maximum speed over 100 mph. Excellent road-holding and hill-climbing. Date: 1936

Santos-Dumont 1906
Santos-Dumont biplane 14bis, used as publicity by the Cornish town of Lostwithiel - the air here is excellent ! Date: late 19th century

Eglinton Tournament 1
Title page of the commemorat- -ive album of the Tournament, staged at Eglinton Castle by Archibald William, 13th earl of Eglinton, an excellent and justly popular nobleman. Date: 30 August 1839

A Less Excellent Way

The Spirit of our Troops is excellent by Bairnsfather
A Tommy in his trench helps himself to a generous glug of something alcoholic from a stoneware jug

Chitral Bridge 1895
The bridge at Chitral. Major Biddulph states that " half a mile above the fort is an excellent bridge protected by a stone tower at each end." One tower is shown here

Taylorcraft Auster IV Aeroplane; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing a Royal Air Force Taylorcraft Auster IV airplane, with an artillery spotter on board, pictured in action over Italy, 1944

Mexico / Archaeology
The PYRAMID OF TENAYUCA near Mexico-city. This pyramid was built in the 13th century by the Chichimecs and remains in excellent condition

Ayrton and Perry
Portrait engravings of Professor William Ayrton and Professor John Perry, electrical engineers. Ayrton held the post of Professor of Natural Philosophy

Advertisement for Cadillac cars
Advertisment for Cadillac cars showing an illustration of the car with a war scene in background, a reference to the fact that Cadillac cars provided excellent service to the American Army in France

Poro-Plastic Corset
The patent Poro-Plastic corset is composed of felt & is seamless, boneless & stitchless and yet affords excellent support being elastic & porous & lightweight

Rene Sudre - 2
RENE SUDRE French scientific writer and psychical researcher, author of the excellent Introduction a la metapsychique humaine

Rene Sudre - 1
RENE SUDRE French scientific writer and psychical researcher, author of the excellent Introduction a la metapsychique humaine

George Iii / Rosenberg
GEORGE III OF ENGLAND His Most Excellent Majesty George The Third, In the 74th Year of his Age & the 52nd of his Reign

Boer War Camp Scene
British camp scene during the Boer War where, according to private Ward of the Frontier Mounted Police, Borwicks Baking Powder enabled them to enjoy excellent bread

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