Text Collection (page 2)

Specimens of type, Leadenhall Press, London
Specimens of type from The Leadenhall Press, Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London EC. circa 1900

Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia
Poster, Royal Matinee, Queens Hall, London, CWA Scott AFC will tell his graphic story of the flight from England to Australia in under 3 days

Ticket, Ben Nevis road permit, Lochaber, Scotland - for one person on foot, one shilling. Date: circa 1900s

Great Western Tea Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Front page, The London Gazette
Front page of a 17th century issue of The London Gazette, described by some as the worlds most boring newspaper. It contains official government notices and news items, and dates back to the 1660s

Town Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
The Town Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, framed by the front page of The Amherst Record for 19 September 1906. Date: 1906

Botanical Sketchbook -- lettering. A poem entitled English Flowers. Date: 1920s

Advertisement for the Daily Mail newspaper, superimposed on a black and white photograph of a busy street. early 20th century

Programme cover, C W A Scotts First Flying For All Display, Official Programme, price sixpence. 1935

Selection of Views of Seoul, Korea - Postcard Pack Date: 1930s

My Voice Text
My voice shalt thou hear... text with floral ornament and a rustic scene

European Pipes
Pipes from various parts of Europe - Norway, France, Italy, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Bohemia and Greece [for details see the text]

Love and Opportunity, a domestic interior with two men and a woman at a table, engraving, published by Robert Sayer, September 1768. Date: 09/1768

Cookery book
Manuscript recipe book in original calf covers, 90 pages and index, with an ownership inscription for Ann Dawson, dated 1724. Date: 1724

The Complete Practical Cook
Book, The Complete Practical Cook; Or, A New System Of the Whole Art and Mystery of Cookery, by Charles Carter, London: printed for W. Meadows, in Cornhill; C

Stocking
Red fabric Christmas stocking, printed on each side with a pattern of stars and text reading Merry Christmas in a variety of languages

Front cover of Hinks Lamps catalogue
Hinks lamps, a hardback catalogue with fold-out pages and black and white illustrations of paraffin lamps, shades and accessories manufactured by James Hinks & Son Ltd

Christmas card, inside
Christmas card embossed and printed with a design of a lady wearing a full skirt standing on a padded footstool holding a sprig of mistletoe, with a paper insert secured with purple cotton thread

Art Metal factory, Jamestown, New York, USA
Aerial view of the Art Metal factory, Jamestown, New York, USA - The Worlds Largest Makers of Steel Office Equipment. Date: 1926

Chinese Orange Juice drink label from Singapore
Peacock Trademark Chinese Orange Juice drink label from the National Aerated Water Company Ltd, Singapore. Fresh orange juice made from the best oranges from Gold Mountain using the best fruit pulp

Asian Watson Orange Juice drink advertising poster with a bottle for freshly made orange juice, rich in vitamin D from the Williams Company General Agency

Phylacteries and Mezuzah
Phylacteries and mezuzoth (mezuzah). Phylactery, more commonly known as Tefillin is a small leather box containing scrolls of parchetment with Hebrew texts insribed on them

Sutton Hoo Treasure. Domestic objects. 7th-8th centuries AD. From Mound 1. Near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

The signature of Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603). Date: late 16th century

Hidden Treasure Crackers
Green cardboard cracker box with a desert island scene printed on paper on the lid, labelled Hidden Treasure Crackers, originally containing an assortment of hats, caps, good snaps and mottoes

Game Tag
Oval card for the game Dressing the Dandy, made from white cardboard printed with a figure of a dandy man wearing a monocle and smoking a cigarette

Christams card
Christmas postcard made from cream card with a torn edge border, printed in black with a message from Dr and Mrs A. M. Watts of Broadstairs, dated 1943. Date: 1943

Female Lucubration
Mezzotint on laid paper by Philip Dawe, after John Foldsons Female Lucubration, published by J. Bowles, London, 1772. Date: 1772

Page from Hinks Lamps catalogue
Inside cover of an illustrated hardback catalogue of Hinks Lamps manufactured by James Hinks & Son Ltd. of Birmingham and London, printed c.1901-1902. Date: 1901-1902

The book of The Times Furnishing Company Ltd
The Book of the Times Furnishing Company Ltd. an illustrated trade catalogue produced by the furniture retailer The Times Furnishing Co. Ltd. printed in England in 1929. Date: 1929

Translation of Back of Manuscript Map of Castel Rosso -1

A Victorian magic lantern slide of a biblical text used in Church Services

Romania Bulgaria And Hungary Europe European
romania, bulgaria, and, hungary, europe, european, at, war, with, usa, america, december, 13, 1941, 1940s, 40s, forties, postmark, postmarked, washington, typewritter, name, address, chicago

Illustrated Bible Text Victorian period

Ancient Egypt - Pharaoh Tutankhamun and his Queen hunting
Ancient Egypt - Pharaoh Tutankhamun and his Queen (Ankhesenamun - his half-sister) out hunting

Ancient Egypt - Amun-her-khepeshef
Ancient Egypt - Thebes - Amun-her-khepeshef, the firstborn son of Pharaoh Ramesses II and Queen Nefertari

Ancient Egypt - Sakkara - Peasant women bearing offerings

Sacrifice of Pharaoh Rameses II to the Gods of Posterity
Ancient Egypt - The Sacrifice of Pharaoh Rameses II to the Gods of Posterity (a wall relief from Luxor Temple)

Woodpecker Tapestry
A tapestry designed by William Morris, inspired by a story from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which a sorceress transforms King Picus into a woodpecker, having refused to become here lover

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine. Memorial of Maria Pita
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. King Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna in 1589 against the attack of the English

Hudson's Soap Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for R. S. Hudson Limited, which shows a hooded girl leaning on a wall, smiling, with a basket containing a packet of Hudson's soap. Text reads

Japan - Lantern Painting
Lantern Painting, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

White Star Line - Official Guide, bound volume
White Star Line - 1877 hardbound volume, White Star Line, Official Guide, United States Mail Steamers, Ismay, Imrie & Co, London and Liverpool

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

White Star Line, decorative endpapers, presentation book
White Star Line, decorative endpapers of presentation book. Extremely rare T.H. Ismay hardbound volume presented to the managers

P&O Cruises - Sea Princess brass name plaque on an oak backing board. 34 x 6 inches. Date: 20th century

White Star Line - Information for Passengers
White Star Line - rare early information for passengers and cabin plan of Screw Steam Ships Britannic, Germanic, Celtic, Adriatic, Republic and Baltic. 5 x 8 inches. Date: circa 1880

RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other items
RMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz

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