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Background imageBook Collection: Pandora & Epimatheus

Pandora & Epimatheus

Background imageBook Collection: Young Boy reading story books

Young Boy reading story books

Background imageBook Collection: Book shop saleswoman

Book shop saleswoman
People You See. Book shop saleswoman. From Teddy Bear (29 June 1968)

Background imageBook Collection: Children playing in front of a roaring fire

Children playing in front of a roaring fire. Source unknown

Background imageBook Collection: The Plain Sister

The Plain Sister

Background imageBook Collection: Book Saleswoman

Book Saleswoman
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, nursery stories

Design for book cover, nursery stories. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio 1896

Background imageBook Collection: Poster advertising British military uniform, WW1

Poster advertising British military uniform, WW1
Poster advertising British military uniform, The Studington Military Kit... obtainable only from Studd & Millington Ltd, Military Tailors. Chromolithograph poster, 1914 (c)

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, New Light Through Old Windows

Design for book cover, New Light Through Old Windows
Design for a book cover, New Light Through Old Windows, by Gregson Gow. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, girl and boy dancing

Design for book cover, girl and boy dancing
Design for a book cover showing a girl and a boy dancing. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio. 1896

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, The Squires Grandson

Design for book cover, The Squires Grandson
Design for a book cover entitled The Squires Grandson, by J.M. Callwell. Gouache and pencil on heavy paper with gold paint highlights. Blackie, London; Silver Studio. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, In the Summer Holidays

Design for book cover, In the Summer Holidays
Design for a book cover entitled In the Summer Holidays by Jennett Humphreys. Watercolour and gouache on copy paper. Blackie, London; Silver Studio. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover with orange flowers

Design for book cover with orange flowers
Design for a book cover with orange flowers. Charcoal, pencil and red crayon on detail paper. Silver Studio. circa 1898

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, Our Little Nan

Design for book cover, Our Little Nan by Emma Leslie. Gouache on heavy paper. Blackie & Son Limited - Silver Studio 1896

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, The Lost Dog

Design for book cover, The Lost Dog
Design for a book cover entitled The Lost Dog by Ascott R. Hope. Watercolour and gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: WW2 poster, activities of 52 (Lowland) Division

WW2 poster, activities of 52 (Lowland) Division
Screen-print poster, published circa 1950, showing the activities of the 52nd Lowland Division during the Second World War, with a map of Northern Europe, and unit badges along the top and bottom

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover with tree and ship

Design for book cover with tree and ship
Design for a book cover with a tree and a ship. Pencil and charcoal on copy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, Brother & Sister

Design for book cover, Brother & Sister
Design for a book cover entitled Brother & Sister by Elizabeth J. Lysaght. Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: Design for book cover, The Youngest Princess

Design for book cover, The Youngest Princess
Design for a book cover entitled The Youngest Princess. Watercolour and gouache on copy paper. Silver Studio; Blackie, London. 1897

Background imageBook Collection: WW2 Poster -- 10th Essex in War and Peace

WW2 Poster -- 10th Essex in War and Peace
With The 10th Essex in War and Peace. Colour photolithograph poster with a wartime scene, after Norman Howard, published by the Essex Regiment Museum, 1990

Background imageBook Collection: Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster

Hillmans Airways Essex Airport Poster
Poster, Hillmans Airways, Essex Airport, offering flights from London to Paris (no passports required), Belfast, Liverpool and the Isle of Man, with prices and flight durations. 20th century

Background imageBook Collection: Business card design, table arrangement

Business card design, table arrangement
Business card design, depicting a table arranged with a yellow tablecloth, a lamp, a book and a vase of red flowers, with a cushion on the floor and a picture on the wall in the background

Background imageBook Collection: Tricks with Cards book cover

Tricks with Cards book cover
Front cover of Tricks with Cards by Professor Hoffmann featuring a lady taking a card from a conjuror mid-trick while an interested audience looks on. Date: c.1927

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Conquering the Air

Book cover design, Conquering the Air: the Romance of the Development and Use of Aircraft, by Archibald Williams, London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, Ltd, 1926. 1926

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Aerial Transport

Book cover design, Aerial Transport by G Holt Thomas, London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1920. 1920

Background imageBook Collection: Chocolate box design, lady with book and dog

Chocolate box design, lady with book and dog
Chocolate box design, showing an early 19th century scene of a lady in a garden, reading a book, watched by her dog. 20th century

Background imageBook Collection: Play the Game Football book cover

Play the Game Football book cover
Front cover of a book depicting a young boy kicking a football on the front cover. Date: c.1941

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics

Book cover design, The Romance of Aeronautics: an Interesting Account of the Growth and Achievements of All Kinds of Aerial Craft, by Charles C Turner, London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1912

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover, La Conquete de l Air

Book cover, La Conquete de l Air

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Airships and Other Aerial Craft

Book cover design, Airships and Other Aerial Craft
Book cover design, The Boys Book of Airships and Other Aerial Craft, by Harry Delacombe and EJ Partridge, London: Grant Richards Ltd, 1910. 1910

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, All About Aircraft

Book cover design, All About Aircraft, by Ralph Simmonds, London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1915. Showing an airship hovering over a range of mountains. 1915

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, The Clipper of the Clouds

Book cover design, The Clipper of the Clouds, by Jules Verne, London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1887. 1887

Background imageBook Collection: Columbine and Lelio

Columbine and Lelio
Harlequin illustration, showing Columbine standing, with Lelio seated on a chaise longue. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Pierrot on Pantaloons doorstep

Pierrot on Pantaloons doorstep
Harlequin illustration, showing Pierrot on the doorstep of Pantaloons house. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, King of the Air

Book cover design, King of the Air: or, to Morocco on an Airship, by Herbert Strang, London: H. Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. 1908

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, My Airships

Book cover design, My Airships: the Story of my Life, by Alberto Santos-Dumont, London: Grant Richards, 1904. 1904

Background imageBook Collection: Cover design, Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Cover design, Lady Arabellas Birthday Party, by Margaret and Mary Baker. Showing a chaotic party with children misbehaving. 1940

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, From the Earth to the Moon

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

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, The Cloud King

Book cover design, The Cloud King: or up in the air & down in the sea, by W Stephens Hayward, London: Darton and Hodge, 1866. Showing a balloon attached to a whale. 1866

Background imageBook Collection: Group of people at a ball

Group of people at a ball
Harlequin illustration, showing a group of people at a ball. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Title page, The Adventures of Harlequin

Title page, The Adventures of Harlequin by Francis Bickley, with illustrations by John Austen. Showing Harlequin himself in typical costume and pose. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Good Things to Know - Woolworths booklet

Good Things to Know - Woolworths booklet
A booklet produced by high street retailer Woolworths, entitled Good Things to Know and including numerous tips on how to clean your house, save money and of course

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Through the Air

Book cover design, Through the Air: a Narrative of Forty Years Experience as an Aeronaut, by John Wise, Philadelphia: To-day Printing & Pub. Co, 1873. Showing a balloon over the sea. 1873

Background imageBook Collection: Harlequin and Columbine

Harlequin and Columbine
Harlequin illustration, showing Harlequin and Columbine dancing by the light of a full moon. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, With the Airmen

Book cover design, With the Airmen

Background imageBook Collection: Pierrot alone

Pierrot alone
Harlequin illustration, showing Pierrot alone. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Business card design, woman reading

Business card design, woman reading
Business card design, made in France, depicting a woman sitting comfortably in an armchair under a standard lamp, reading a book. 20th century

Background imageBook Collection: Pierrot, Columbine and others

Pierrot, Columbine and others

Background imageBook Collection: The Copy Cat Killings - front cover by David Wright

The Copy Cat Killings - front cover by David Wright
Front cover of a pulp fiction paperback, The Copy-Cat Killings by Martin Thomas, with a vampish femme fatale painted by David Wright. Date: 1950

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Andree and his Balloon

Book cover design, Andree and his Balloon, by Henri Lachambre and Alexis Machuron, London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1898. 1898

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Aerial Warfare

Book cover design, Aerial Warfare by RP Hearne, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908, with an introduction by Sir Hirams Maxim. 1908

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, How to Fly

Book cover design, How to Fly: or the Conquest of the Air, by Richard Ferris, London: Thomas Nelson & Son. 1910. Showing a man in a primitive monoplane. 1910

Background imageBook Collection: Cover design, Nursery Rhymes

Cover design, Nursery Rhymes, showing Mother Goose flying through the air. early 20th century

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, Travels in the Air

Book cover design, Travels in the Air, by James Glaisher, London: Richard Bentley, 1871. Showing a man flying a balloon. 1871

Background imageBook Collection: Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the screaming Betsy, at the castle and mistaken for Lady Arabella, is carried away from the party. 1940

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, The Air Patrol

Book cover design, The Air Patrol: a Story of the North-West Frontier, by Herbert Strang, London: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Showing an airman with a map. 1913

Background imageBook Collection: Harlequin and Columbine outside a shop

Harlequin and Columbine outside a shop
Harlequin illustration, showing Harlequin, Columbine and another woman outside a shop. 1923

Background imageBook Collection: Lady Arabellas Birthday Party

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the Duchess agrees to look after Arabella for a while. 1940

Background imageBook Collection: Book cover design, The Mastery of the Air

Book cover design, The Mastery of the Air, by William J Claxton, Glasgow: Blackie and Son Limited, 1914. 1914

Background imageBook Collection: Y for Yacht

Y for Yacht
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: P for Pig

P for Pig
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: V for Violets

V for Violets
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: R for Rabbit

R for Rabbit
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: Q for Quack Quack

Q for Quack Quack
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: I for Ink

I for Ink
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: A for Apple

A for Apple
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: Pencil sketches

Pencil sketches in a sketchbook. 1920s

Background imageBook Collection: G for Goose

G for Goose
From a Deans Rag Book entitled Kiddiewiddies ABC Date: 1920

Background imageBook Collection: R is for Robin

R is for Robin




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