Title Collection

For Healths Sake
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing two cheeky monkey pilfering fruit from a sleeping orang utan, Gran pop. Title is For Healths Sake Take Things Quietly

Haile Selassie / Nachkrieg
HAILE SELASSIE Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-74) in 1928, the year he assumed the title of King

Oliver Twist / Title Page
Title page

Sherlock Holmes / Strand
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LADY FRANCES CARFAX Title page of the Strand Magazine

Religio Medici
RELIGIO MEDICI Title page from the first edition of Thomas Brownes book

Bathing machine owner and swimming master, Essex
Pictured in front of his bathing machines on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, is Charlie Bates with some of his family and the horse which hauled the machines down to the waters edge and back

Jack Johnson in a boxing match
Jack Johnson (1878-1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, African-American world heavyweight champion boxer, 1908-1915, standing at the ropes in a boxing match with an unidentified opponent

SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900
Photograph of the North German Lloyd Liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at sea, 1900. This liner was built by the Vulcan Shipyards at Stettin with the aim of winning the Blue Riband

The Coronation of the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980). On 26th October 1967, twenty-six years into his reign as Shah (" King" )

Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914

Ras Taffari Applauded
The Regent ras Taffari assumes the title of Negus, and is applauded as he stands on the steps of his palace at Addis- Ababa

Cymbeline - title page - Iachimo emerges from the trunk as Imogen sleeps. 1862

Segantini Ufo
Remarkable painting by Italian artist Segantini, in the year of his death. The title Sein is German for essence or suchness

Reformation in England
Title-page of a history of the Reformation in England : Henry VIII defies the pope, Edward VI prays, Mary burns Ridley, Latimer, Cranmer; Elizabeth sets all right

SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). The Theory of Moral
" SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). " The Theory of Moral Sentiments". Half-title with portrait of the author. Published in 1809. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona

Doyle Fairy Article
The title page of Arthur Conan Doyles article discussing the evidence for the existence of fairies

Aeneid Title Page
Title-page for the second part of Virgils Aeneid, in a French edition of 1662, featuring gods above, battles below, and some of the protagonists

Emanuel Lasker
EMANUEL LASKER German mathematician, philosopher & chess master, defeated Steinitz in 1894 and retained title till defeated by Capablanca in 1921

Diderot / Title Page / 1751
The title page

Dickens / Haunted / Fp
THE HAUNTED MAN the unhappy haunted man of the title gazes into the fire, while his own ghost lurks behind him

First issue of Blast magazine, 1914
The title page of the first issue of Blast: Review Of The Great English Vortex, dated 20th June 1914. Edited by Wyndham Lewis

Hungarian Grand Prix
Rudolf Caracciola for Mercedes at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. He took the first championship title in 1935 and again in 1937 and 1938

BAUM / 0Z - 2
Title-page, featuring the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow

Title page, Grimm Brothers, collected tales
Title page, Childrens and Household Tales, collected by the Grimm Brothers. 19th century

Marthe Carpentier boxer born 1893
Marthe Carpentier French boxer. On 8th March 1914 she won a bout against Lucie Warner from England for the world female title

Man and woman drinking beer in a pub
Isaac meets Rebecca at the Well -- silhouette of a man and a woman drinking beer in a pub. The title is a comic reference to an event in the Old Testament (Genesis 24)

Jess Willard (1881 - 1968) World heavyweight boxing champion, known as Pottawatomie Giant, photographed after the knock out of Jack Johnson in 5th April 1915 for the heavyweight title. Date: 1915

20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne - title page
The title page of 20, 000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS (20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea), showing an array of marine life. Date: First published 1870

Charlotte Dod
Lottie Dod (1871-1960) sportswoman, tennis player and five times Wimbledon champion. Excelled in golf, hockey and archery as well as tennis

First published photograph, William Fox-Talbot facsimile of a photogenic drawing showing fern leaves. Date: 1839

Fay Compton as Mary Rose
Fay Compton (1894-1978) in the title role of Mary Rose, a play by J M Barrie, in production at the Haymarket Theatre, London. 1920

Armillary Sphere. Astronomicon by Gaius Julius Hyginus. 1st century. Incunabula 283. Edition of 1485. Venice. Library of the University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

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)

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

Guiscard Defeats Arabs
The Saracens and Greeks are defeated by a Norman prince, Robert Guiscard, who rides triumphally into Palermo and takes the title of Count of Sicily

The Gleaners, Blockley, Gloucestershire
A family group collecting left over corn at Blockley. The title might be a reflection of the painting by Jean-Francois Millet noted for depicting peasant workers in a sympathetic way Date: 1905

Poster, Gilbert and Sullivans operetta, Patience
Theatre poster, Gilbert and Sullivans comic operetta, Patience, showing the title character, a dairymaid

The Merry Wives of Windsor - title page - Anne Page and Slender, an inept and unsuccessful suitor. 1862

James Ist Earl Abercorn
JAMES HAMILTON, ist earl ABERCORN Scottish nobleman, served James VI/I who gave him his title. Date: 1575 - 1617

Engraved title page. From: The anatomy of melancholy. Date: 1632

Demon Floating Sugar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

The Twins by Cecil Aldin, title page
The twin dogs of the title, looking alert and ready for the events about to take place in the book

Jenner Title Page
Title page of the first edition of Edward Jenners Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae (smallpox)

Hungary Converts
Istvan I (Saint Stephen), converts the Magyars to Christianity : his envoy the archbishop Astricius obtains from pope Silvester II the title of Apostolic King

Owen Jones Title Page
Decorative gothic-style title page, echoing the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts

Frontispiece / De Molina
PARTE TERCERA DE LAS COMEDIAS DEL MAESTRO TIRSO DE MOLINA Title page of the first edition

Tres Sainte Trinosophie
Title-page of LA TRES SAINTE TRINOSOPHIE, a Cabbalistic manuscript attributed to the Comte de Saint-Germain

Crusoe Title Page 1719
Title page of the first edition

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