Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Britain To-day. Number 39. 1 November 1940.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford University Press : 1940

Seller ID: 021911

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original publisher's blue wrappers with string binding. Black and blue illustration of a tree on the front cover. 6" x 9 3/4." Sixteen pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Back cover includes a list of other publications about British life, politics, history, and culture. Printed for the British Library of Information, New York. Inside of the back cover has the following printed text: "Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Oxford by John Johnson, Printer to the University." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Subtle di...
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Britain To-day. Number 42. 13 December 1940.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford University Press : 1940

Seller ID: 021913

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original publisher's blue wrappers with string binding. Black and blue illustration of a tree on the front cover. 6" x 9 3/4." Sixteen pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs, complete. Back cover includes a list of other publications about British life, politics, history, and culture. Inside of the back cover has the following printed text: "Printed in Great Britain for the British Library of Information, New York at the University Press, Oxford by John Johnson, Printer to the University." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Subtle discoloration along the edges ...
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Britain To-day. Number 43. 27 December 1940.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford University Press : 1940

Seller ID: 021914

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original publisher's blue wrappers with string binding. Black and blue illustration of a tree on the front cover. 6" x 9 3/4." Sixteen pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs, complete. Back cover includes a list of other publications about British life, politics, history, and culture. Inside of the back cover has the following printed text: "Printed in Great Britain for the British Library of Information, New York at the University Press, Oxford by John Johnson, Printer to the University." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Subtle discoloration along the edges ...
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Britain To-day. Number 44. 10 January 1941.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford University Press : 1941

Seller ID: 021915

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original publisher's blue wrappers with string binding. Black and blue illustration of a tree on the front cover. 6" x 9 3/4." Sixteen pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Back cover includes a list of other publications about British life, politics, history, and culture. Inside of the back cover has the following printed text: "Printed in Great Britain for the British Library of Information, New York at the University Press, Oxford by John Johnson, Printer to the University." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Subtle discoloratio...
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Britain To-day. Number 56. 27 June 1941.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Oxford, England, Oxford University Press : 1941

Seller ID: 021917

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original publisher's blue wrappers with string binding. Black and blue illustrated map of Great Britain on the front cover. 6" x 9 3/4." Sixteen pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Back cover includes a list of other publications about British life, politics, history, and culture. Back cover has the following printed text: "Printed in Great Britain for the British Library of Information, New York at the University Press, Oxford by John Johnson, Printer to the University." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Subtle discoloration al...
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Canada at War. No. 16: Supplement to Booklet No. 13. July 1942.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Office of the Director of Public Information : 1942

Seller ID: 021787

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. 5" x 7 3/4." Fifteen pages, complete. Black and white illustrations, complete. Illustration on front cover shows three men, each representing the Canadian Navy, Air Force, and Army, respectively. Pages are very clean and intact. Front cover has a few minuscule foxing spots. Staples slightly rusted. A Near Fine copy. This is a pamphlet about Canada's war efforts during World War II. The following are some of the contents: "Bill for War," "Taxes Sharply Increased," "Luxuries Heavily Taxed," "Sea Battle Shifts Westward," "Axis Att...
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Collection of Nine Original Photographs in Occupied Japan (Tokyo, Christmas Day, 1945)

Price: $75.00

Seller ID: 024101

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Collection of nine original black-and-white photographs of places in postwar occupied Japan. All of the photographed subjects are in Tokyo. Emphasis is on city scenes and buildings. No date, circa 1945. 6" x 4 1/4." Each photo is very clean and intact except for the occasional small mark and slightly bumped corners. Near Fine copies. The titles name the depicted subject. The titles are printed on the front of each photo as follows: "'Sanshin Bilding [sic],' Tokyo"; "'Shirokiya' Department Store, Tokyo"; "Parliament House, Tokyo"; "The News Factory, 'Asahi' Shinbun [sic], Tokyo"; "X' Ma...
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Enclosing a specimen of printing done at Lhasa, in Tibet; Brought from Kalimpong, India by Francis P. Farquhar, for presentation to the members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 5 November 1951

Price: $37.50

Seller ID: 024760

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Text in English and Tibetan. Original yellow paper folder with original printing sample laid in. Black lettering and illustration on front panel of folder. The printing sample is one leaf of rice paper printed on both sides in black ink. Folder is dated November 5, 1951. The printing sample dates to c. late 1800s to early 1900s. Folder: 12" x 3 1/2." Printed leaf: 11 1/2" x 3." Folder is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of surface chipping, slight wear to edges and corners, and a small crease in lower-right corner on front. Printing sample is clean and intact overall...
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Original Carte de Visite Photograph - George Frideric Handel

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 025309

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of George Frideric Handel. This is a full portrait of Handel who, facing viewers, is shown in an elegant cloak with one arm resting on a column and holding what may be sheet music. Photo tipped in on paper card. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 3 3/4." Former owner's brief inscription in black ink on back: "George Frederick von Handel." CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Near Fine copy. Original carte de visite portrait ph...
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Original Carte de Visite Photograph - Johann Sebastian Bach

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 025310

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach is shown from the side, facing viewers, as he plays the piano in a room. Photo tipped in on paper card. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 4." Former owners' brief inscriptions in pencil on front ("Bach") and black ink on back ("John [sic] Sebastian Bach, from a Liepsic [sic?: Leipsic?] lithograph"). CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Near Fine copy. Original carte de visite portrait photograph...
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Original Engraving - "Monument of Lord Mansfield."

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England, Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co.

Seller ID: 024855

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white engraving of a monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/4" x 6." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a tiny closed tear limited to upper-right corner in the margins. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring John Flaxman's monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), also known as Lord Mansfield, who was a British barrister, judge, and politician. He is noted for being a key figure in the modernization English laws and the English courts. Flaxman created his scul...
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Original Engraving - "Monument of Queen Elizabeth."

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England, Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co.

Seller ID: 024849

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white engraving of the tomb of Queen Elizabeth I. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of discoloration or foxing and faint offsetting (text) affecting the printed area. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the tomb and monument of Queen Elizabeth I. Her tomb is accompanied by three arches in the foreground. This print came from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana as published by Thomas Hur...
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Original Engraving - "Remains of Prince Rupert's Residence, In 1796. Beech Lane, Barbican"

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England?, Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co.?

Seller ID: 024850

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white engraving of the remains of Prince Rupert's residence. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of discoloration or foxing, faint offsetting (text) affecting the printed area, and some clipping to "Beech Lane, Barbican." A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the remains of Prince Rupert's residence on "Beech Lane, Barbican" in 1796 London. From Brayley's Londiniana, possibly the edition pu...
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Original Engraving - "St. Paul's, Covent Garden, West Front in 1776."

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England, Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co.

Seller ID: 024853

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white engraving of St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden, London. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and a few spots of foxing. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring St. Paul's Church, as viewed from the front, and surrounding streets and buildings in the year 1776. St. Paul's Church is affiliated with the Church of England. It was designed by Inigo Jones as part of project commissioned by F...
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Original Engraving - "St. Peter's Church. Walworth, Built 1824."

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England, Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co.

Seller ID: 024851

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white engraving of the remains of Prince Rupert's residence. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for a few small spots of foxing. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring St. Peter's Church in Walworth, London. This was the first church designed by Sir John Soane. The print is from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana published by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company.
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Original Engraving - "Tomb of Henry the Seventh, North Side."

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, England, Thos. Hurst, Edwd. Chance & Co.

Seller ID: 024852

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original black-and-white engraving of the tomb of King Henry VII. Removed from Edward Brayley's Londiniana, a compendium about the history and sights of London. No date, circa 1828-1829. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4." Print is very clean and intact except for slight age toning and faint offsetting of text which affects the printed area. A Near Fine copy. A beautiful, small engraving featuring the tomb of King Henry VII as viewed from the north side. The print is from an edition of Brayley's Londiniana published by Thomas Hurst, Edward Chance & Company.
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Original Hand-colored Letter Sheet Showing General Philip Sheridan, c. 1862

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Chas. Magnus

Seller ID: 024599

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original hand-colored letter sheet showing an illustrated roundel portrait of General Philip Sheridan. The portrait has two illustrations of American flags on either side. Hand coloring in watercolor includes colors of blue, red, green, and yellow. Printed lines on back. Stationery is blank and unused. No date, circa 1862. 5" x 8." Stationery is very clean and intact except for a few wrinkles and minuscule age toning. A Near Fine copy. Stationery with a hand-colored portrait illustration. The illustrated bust of General Philip Sheridan is show in a roundel portrait with a ribbon unde...
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Original Lithograph Card - "Walk in Love" [Bouquet of Orange Flowers]

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 024402

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a bouquet of three orange flowers. One is shown in full bloom, another is half-open, and the last is closed. Gilt accent decorations in the form of a border around the "W" in the title and a rectangular border around the card. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3" x 5." Card is very clean and intact except for offsetting on back and slight age toning. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during ...
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Original Lithograph Card - "Walk in Love" [Bouquet of Orange Flowers]

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 024403

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a bouquet of three orange flowers. One is shown in full bloom, another is half-open, and the last is closed. Gilt accent decorations in the form of a border around the "W" in the title and a rectangular border around the card. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3" x 5." Card is very clean and intact except for offsetting on back and slight age toning. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the predecessors of modern trading cards. Trade cards were most common during ...
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Original Lithograph Card - Untitled [Cartoon of a Young Boy Giving a Young Girl Playing with a Toy Boat in the Water]

Price: $15.00

Seller ID: 024468

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)

Original lithograph card with a color illustration on front of a young boy and young girl playing with a toy boat in a creek or pond. The boy pushes the boat with a stick in the water while the girl watches from the shore. The boy wears a boater's hat, white shirt, red ascot, and blue shorts. The girl wears a pink dress. No date, circa 1890s-1910s. 3" x 5." Card is virtually pristine and intact except for slightly bumped corners, slight edge wear, and some age toning on back. A Near Fine copy. This card bears some resemblance to trade cards, which are antique business cards and the pre...
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Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine)