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Master Peter from Don Quixote, by William Heath RobinsonMaster Peter from Don Quixote, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1902). The man is a puppeteer with an ape, met by Don Quixote on his travels. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
William John Locke, novelist and playwrightWilliam John Locke (1863-1930), novelist and playwright. His stories include Ladies in Lavender and Stella Maris, both of which have been filmed. Date: 1925
Cover design, Womans PictorialCover design, Dressing Up, by M Kemp Welch, Womans Pictorial magazine, 21 June 1924. Depicting a girl wearing improvised fancy dress. With items by Kitty McKane, Fannie Kilbourne and Gilbert Frankau
Lady Weymouth with a large dogLady Weymouth (formerly Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian, 1904-1997), later Marchioness of Bath, seen here shaking paws with a large dog. Date: 1938
Island Love - front cover by Reginald HeadeFront cover of Island Love by Catherine Whitby showing a couple on a balcony gazing (a little stiffly) into each others eyes. Date: c.1950
Station centrale des a鲯nefs ࠎotre-Dame (CentralStation centrale des a鲯 nefs ࠎ otre-Dame (Central aircraft station at Notre Dame). Robida drawing for his book Le Vingti譥 Si裬 e (1883)
MɒIMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwrightMɒ IMɅ, Prosper (1803-1870). French novelist, playwright, essayist and Hispanist. Title page of Colomba, 1840. Publication created in Leipzig
Jules Verne. 20. 000 LeaguesCover of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Paris, 1870)
Poster advertising Royal Dutch Air Lines (KLM) -- the Flying Dutchman, Fiction becomes Fact
Cover design, London Magazine, August, one shilling, with a woman in a black swimming costume and a red scarf on her head. Containing stories by Chesterton, Baroness Orczy, Elinor Glyn and others
Geppetto and PinocchioGeppetto finds that the wooden puppet, Pinocchio, is already displaying signs of bad behaviour despite not being finished. Date: 1936
Hungry Peter dressed as Fat Boy in PickwickHungry Peter the pig dressed as the Fat Boy in Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers, ready for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Lady Behave - cover and spine by David WrightFabulous book cover design by pin up artist David Wright for a book entitled, Lady Behave" by Peter Cheney. The artwork depicts a haughty looking woman with auburn hair
Ian Hay, alias John Hay Beith, writerIan Hay, the pen name of Major General John Hay Beith (1876-1952), British schoolmaster, soldier, and writer of novels and plays. Date: 1914
You can call it a Day - cover by David WrightBook jacket design for You Can Call It a Day by Peter Cheyney, designed and illustrated by artist, David Wright. Featuring a red-haired woman in a black dress with a plunging neckline
Dame Edith Lyttelton, writer, campaigner and spiritualistDame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (nee Balfour, 1865-1948), writer, administrator, campaigner and spiritualist. She served as President of the Society for Psychical Research (1933-34)
Danger Ahead - Cover by David WrightFront 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
Compton Mackenzies house, Isle of Barra, ScotlandThe house of the writer Compton Mackenzie on the Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland. His novel Whisky Galore (1947) was filmed here
Jules Verne - French WriterJules Gabriel Verne (18281905) - French author and pioneer of the science fiction genre. Date: 1888
Airship BattleThe Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - in battle over the ocean. Date: 1902
Attack on BalloonThe Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - attacks a balloon. Date: 1902
Hartmann AttackedThe Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - is attacked while on a bombing raid. Date: 1902
Anarchist AircraftThe Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann. Date: 1902
Restif De LA BretonneNICOLAS-EDME RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE French writer, auhot or Monsieur Nicolas etc : we have splendid illustrations to his science fiction ! Date: 1734 - 1806
WW2 - Comic Postcard - Where to put Cookery Books?WW2 Rationing - Humour - Where shall we put the old-time Cookery Books? Fiction or Humour ?! Date: circa 1944
Young boy posing in his Christmas Martian Space OutfitYoung boy posing in his Christmas " Martian Space Outfit", complete with walkie talkie radio. Date: early 1950s
Design for book cover, girl and boy dancingDesign for a book cover showing a girl and a boy dancing. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio. 1896
Design for book cover, nursery stories. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio 1896
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 WindowsDesign for a book cover, New Light Through Old Windows, by Gregson Gow. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio. 1897
Design for book cover, In the Summer HolidaysDesign for a book cover entitled In the Summer Holidays by Jennett Humphreys. Watercolour and gouache on copy paper. Blackie, London; Silver Studio. 1897
Design for book cover, The Youngest PrincessDesign for a book cover entitled The Youngest Princess. Watercolour and gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897
Design for book cover, The Lost DogDesign for a book cover entitled The Lost Dog by Ascott R. Hope. Gouache on copy paper, watercolour and pencil. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897
Design for book cover, Brother & SisterDesign for a book cover entitled Brother & Sister by Elizabeth J. Lysaght. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897
BALZAC, Honor頤e (1799-1850);Dore, Paul GustaveBALZAC, Honor頤 e (1799-1850); Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). Les contes drolatiques. 1855. Illustration of a dead knight. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library
Book cover design, The Clipper of the Clouds, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1887. 1887
Book cover design, From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes and a Trip Round It, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1888. 1888
Black MagicUS comic cited as an example of the need to prevent the sale of unsuitable comics to children, 1954-1955 Date: 1954-1955
Frankenstein ComicUS comic cited as an example of the need to prevent the sale of unsuitable comics to children, 1954-1955 Date: 1954-1955
Amorous Confessions front coverFront cover of a pulp fiction paperback featuring a blonde woman posing in seductively in a blue dress to reveal her stockings. Date: 1950s
The Copy Cat Killings - front cover by David WrightFront cover of a pulp fiction paperback, The Copy-Cat Killings by Martin Thomas, with a vampish femme fatale painted by David Wright. Date: 1950
Book cover by David Wright You Can Call It a Day by Peter ChBook 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
Book cover by David Wright Ladies Won t Wait by Peter CheneyBook 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
Poster advertising The Sorrows of Satan
Giant CabbagesA bumper crop of giant cabbages, long before the days of genetic modification. Date: early 1930s
G-Man vs The Red X book back coverBack cover of a pulp fiction thriller called G-Man vs the Red X showing a sinister shadowy figure looking through a window at a riverside scene bathed in red. Date: 1936
Robert Graves, English poet, translator and novelistRobert (von) Ranke Graves (1895-1985), English poet, translator and novelist. His autobiography covering his experiences of the First World War, Goodbye To All That (published 1929)
Hypnotic BallBARTONs ISLAND (Harl Vincent) The electric long-distance hypnotic ball is sent to incapacitate a member of the Secret Council, just in time Date: 1929
