Several Prospects of the Most Noted Publick Buildings in and about the City of London with a Short Historical Account Relating to the Same.
By: BOWLES, John
Publisher: John Bowles, c. 1810.:
Title page and 15 engraved views only [of 38?], each c. 175 x 215 mm. Mounted 2 to a large folio sheet, nick to the top of Christ's Hospital. Apart from the fine engraved title page the views are: Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, Custom House, The Tower of London, The Royal Exchange, The Inside of the Royal Exchange, Guild Hall, Inside of Guild Hall, College of Physicians, Christ's Hospital, The Royal Palace of St James, Aske's Hospital, Navy Office, St Thomas's Hospital, St Bartholemew's Hospital and The Charter House. Although bearing Bowles' imprint, the...
A View of St. Georges Church Hanover Square, from Conduit Street, London.
By: BOYDELL, JOHN engraver
Publisher: John Boydell, c. 1750.:
Engraved print, 280 x 415 mm.
Temple Church [Interior View].
By: BOYDELL, Thomas
Publisher: J. Boydell, 1750 but later.:
Engraved print, 270 x 360 mm. Originally published in 1750, this is probably a later impression from c. 1790 when Boydell re-issued a number of earlier engravings in A Collection of Views in England and Wales; this numbered 42 in the plate.
St. Stephen Walbrook [Interior View].
Publisher: J. Boydell, 1750 or later.:
Engraved print, 265 x 345 mm. Originally published in 1750, this is probably a later impression from c. 1790 when Boydell re-issued a number of earlier engravings in A Collection of Views in England and Wales; the number trimmed off.
St. Clement Danes [Interior View].
Some Social Transformations [a transformation "heads, bodies, legs" game]
By: BOYS OWN PAPER
Publisher: Boys Own Paper, c. 1880.:
Single sheet coloured, 530 x 302 mm. Folded twice with old tape repair to the verso of one fold. Issued as a supplement to the Boys Own Paper, very few would have survived as the game was meant to be played by mounting on card and cutting each character into three "Shuffle and serve out to the company, when each should play a piece in turn. Thus, if A plays "legs," B must add a body and C a head. He who gets the Donkey's head pays the usual penalty of a forfeit. The combinations will be found to amuse young and old."
History of Old Sheffield Plate, Being an Account of the Origin, Growth and Decay of the Industry and of the Antique Silver and White or Britannia Metal Trade With Chronological Lists of Makers' Marks and Numerous Illustrations of Specimens.
By: BRADBURY, Frederick
1st Edition. 4to. pp. xiii, 539; illustrations. Original decorated cloth, Fine. With the dust wrapper from the reprint edition of 1968.
Publisher: Sheffield: J.W. Northend, 1968.:
4to. pp. xiii, 539; illustrations. Original decorated cloth, Fine in slightly rubbed dust wrapper. Facsimile reprint of the original 1912 edition.
Manufacturers of Patent Locks and Pens to the Queen and H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent.
By: BRAMAH, PRESTAGE & BALL
Receipted invoice for repair, maintenance and replacement of various locks, keys and bolts including repairing 28 locks to the Women's ward doors including labour charged at 2¾d per day, the total account of £10 9s 7½d signed off by W Mountague, Clerk of the City Works.
Allotment Certificate No.83.
By: BRAMLEY INCLOSURE
4to sheet, folded. Printed on one side only, with manuscript entries. Rare. Whilst printed Enclosure Acts and Awards are not uncommon, and even manuscript awards crop up regularly, I have never encountered an allotment certificate previously though I should have suspected their existence. It is possible that in most cases the allotments were manuscript indentures, or copies of the awards given to the individual landowners but in this case it is clear that the whole enclosure was dealt with by the use of certificates. This one is for Allotment No. 92, awarding William Killingbeck 1 acre on Br...
The Morning Argus. Destruction of the Chain Pier, Brighton.
By: BRIGHTON
Publisher: Saturday December 5, 1896.:
4 page broad sheet newspaper, browned, folded and a little worn but generally very good. The Royal Suspension Chain Pier was built in 1823, but by the time it was destroyed by a storm in 1896 it was already in a state of disrepair and due to be dismantled as part of the agreement to construct the Palace Pier. Three columns are devoted to its history and destruction.
Souvenirs de Constantinople.
By: BRINDESI, Jean and ROBERTSON, James [after]
Publisher: Trieste: Lloyd, c. 1855.:
Oblong 4to. 235 x 330 mm. 28 steel engraved plates after paintings by Jean Brindesi [7 plates] and photographs by James Robertson [21 plates]. No title page as issued. Decorated cloth, gilt, cloth a little worn, especially on the spine and old water stain on inner bottom corner margins of plates 24 - 28, not encroaching onto the printed image apart from very slightly on the final print. Scarce. Worldcat lists 4 copies: BL, St Andrews, Metropolitan Museum NY and the Getty Research Institute. Sothebys sold a copy with a torn plate in 2002 for £1,300.
Bristol Election Ephemera 1812 - 1880.
By: BRISTOL
Publisher: Bristol and London 1812 - 1880.:
A collection of political ephemera from Athelhampton House, the home of Robert Cooke, Tory M.P. for Bristol West from 1957 to 1979. A wide-ranging collection of ephemera relating to electoral politics in Bristol, predominantly from between 1812 and 1880, comprising some fifty broadsides and hand bills, five engraved portraits, three autograph letters and one hundred and twenty-three election cards. Further information and a detailed pdf catalogue which illustrates every item is available on request.
The Victoria Rooms.
Publisher: Bristol c. 1840.:
Single sheet, 340 x 285 mm. Printed on yellow paper. An illustration and description of this magnificent Greek style public entertainment centre which now houses Bristol University's music department. The foundation stone was laid in 1838 and it opened to the public in 1842. The sculpture above the main entrance is different than the one depicted here. "The accompanying Engraving of the intended edifice is by Messrs. Whitehead and Co., (late Vizetelly, Branstone, and Co.,) of London, from a drawing by Mr. S.G. Tovey, a talented young artist, of this city."
The Jaques Family. Descendants of Henry Jaques who settled in Newbury, Massachusetts 1638.
By: BROEK, Rev. John Y.
Publisher: Rev. John Y. Broek D.D., 1934.:
4to. pp. 242 numbered rectos only, some blank for notes; original photographs mounted. Cloth bound typescript, picture captions in manuscript. Also includes two manuscript documents between John Jaques and the Borough of Chipping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and Charles Busby, coal merchant, dated 19th November 1829 and 23rd July 1831; the first a mortgage on a property, the second a one year lease. A detailed family history across the generations from 1638 to the twentieth century. Almost certainly produced for personal and family use in not more than a small handful of copies, possible the sol...
The North View of Temple Bruer in the Middle of the Great Heath on the South Side of the City of Lincoln.
By: BUCK, Samuel
Publisher: S. & N. Buck, 1726 but 1837?:
Engraved view, 185 x 370 mm. Nice clean example with good margins. Although dated 1726, this is probably from the 1837 edition.
The East View of Lady's Chappel, near Osmotherley in Yorkshire.
Publisher: S. & N. Buck, 1722, but 1837?:
The North-East View of Denny-Priory, near Cambridge.
By: BUCK, Samuel and Nathaniel
The North-East View of Wardon Monastery in the County of Bedford.
Brasenose College, Oxford.
By: BUCKLE, Claude
Publisher: Great Western Railway, c. 1930.:
Full sized poster, some minor restoration and one or two small closed tears.