Search Results: Ephemera from Zetetic Books

No Place: No Publisher, 1853. Single sided broadside, approximately 480mm x 380mm in size, no publisher or place. Lightly browned with minor staining and light offsetting, creased from old folds, small amounts of remnants from elsewhere to central fold of reverse, otherwise fairly bright. Appears to be an anti-Catholic satire appearing in the format of an advertisement for a panorama, aimed at Pusey and others associated with the Oxford Movement, Exeter is mentioned three times, so possibly published there? Not in COPAC. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. Folio. Broadside.

Dublin: No Publisher, 1880. [2]p with conjugate blank, manuscript letter from J.[ohn] Bernard Burke, to a Captain White. Dated (in another hand) 14th or 4th January, 1880, Burke writes that "'The Visitation of Seats and Arms' has been out of print many a long year; and it is well nigh impossible to come across a perfect set. Several copies were destroyed in a fire at the Printers. It is just possible I may find a set in the hands of a friend who does not appreciate it as you would, and if this hope be not delusive it will be a great pleasure to me to present it to you. By the way, have ?Stanisons sent you my new edition of 'The Peerage'? I told them to do so. Every kind wish of the New Year, Yours most sincerely, J. Bernard Burke". Burke (1814-1892), was the son of John Burke (of 'Burke's Peerage' fame), he was appointed Ulster King of Arms in 1853, knighted in 1854 and appointed Keeper of the State Papers of Ireland in 1855. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 8vo. Letter.

London: No Publisher, 1840. [4]p, with the last page being the integral address panel, each page approximately 180mm x 225mm in size. Lightly soiled, creases from old folds, remnants of wax seal to final page, with address panel and date stamp, but lacking postage stamp. Fitzalan writing to his architect Robert Abraham on December 12th, 1840, noting the presence of bugs in his house in Gloucester Place, "which of itself is enough to stop proceedings there, so that I think we must make up our minds to remain where we are this year and look about for next. We are very much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken for us; but remember, you must let me have an account of what you have done, as your time is much too valuable to be wasted". The remainder of the letter asks Abraham if he could find a John Overington a job. Lord Fitzalan, possibly ?Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, 14th Duke of Norfolk, see ODNB; Robert Abraham, architect, (1773-1850), see ODNB. First Edition. Unbound. Fair.… Read More

Marlborough: Lucy and Co., 1873. Printed, single sided broadsheet, approximately 340mm x 430mm in size. Lightly browned, old creases from folds, small nicks to sides at central crease and a small tear to centre just catching text but with no loss of sense. Statement of accounts for a Marlborough friendly society, where members paid in as an insurance against sickness or death, the receipts and expenditures are listed here, including the surgeon's salary, with a list of the elected officials. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Elephant Folio. Broadsheet.

Alnwick: W. Davison, 1809. Single sided printed handbill, approximately 190mm x 150mm in size. Browned, slightly chipped to left hand side with small amounts of loss, with ink number and print run to head and ink initial to the left of the imprint. Dated February 18, 1809, noting that the time for the hiring of 'hinds' has been put back a month so "it is requested, therefore, that the Gentlemen and Farmers in this Neighbourhood will defer Hiring such Servants accordingly". A 'hind', (the term is probably from Scotland though clearly also used, as here, in Northern England), was "applied to a married skilled farm worker who occupies a cottage on the farm and is granted certain perquisites in addition to wages" (Dictionary of the Scots Language). The printer was W.[illiam] Davison of Alnwick (fl.1802-1858), described in the BBTI as a printer, engraver/etcher, bookseller, stationer, publisher, bookbinder, librarian/owner of circulating library, stereotyper/stereotype… Read More

No Place: No Publisher Printed single sided broadside, approximately 380mm x 465mm in size, n.d. but probably 1794. Slightly creased, small scuff to head with small amount of loss, otherwise quite bright and clean. "Thomas Grimston, of Kilnwick and Grimston, offered to raise a cavalry force in Holderness and he set about his task with characteristic thoroughness. He issued the articles of enrolment, based on those of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, and then travelled round the Holderness villages explaining his plans to the farmers. The response was very poor, and he followed up his visits with letters to the Clergy suggesting that parish meetings be called so that the importance and purpose of the proposed corps could be explained to all the parishioners. Once more the results were disappointing. A letter received from the Vicar of Sproatley partly explains why this was so. "The sentiments of the People here are not changed, I apprehend, since you conversed with them. What they object to is… Read More

Allan & Ferguson Single sided engraved ticket, approximately 90mm x 60mm in size, n.p. but probably Glasgow, n.d. c.1841? Lightly browned, slightly rubbed with some loss to imprint, minor soiling, light glue stains to corners of reverse, printers name is indistinct but appears to be Allan & Ferguson. A ticket for 'front seats' in the Assembly Rooms, Glasgow, which were designed by the brothers Robert and James Adam, and aimed to provide the city with a meeting place for dancing, music, reading and other cultural pursuits. The Library contained upwards of two thousand volumes, in every department of literature and science, from which every purchaser of a lecture ticket was entitled to read for twelve months. R.B. Hardy is advertised in 'The Phrenological Magazine' as giving a lecture on the "genius and character of Burns" at the Anderston Popular Institution for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge in 1841, so it is possible that this was another lecture on the same… Read More

London: No Publisher, 1798. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 205mm x 250mm in size. Light crease from old fold, otherwise bright and clean. An election meeting notice, to nominate and return four gentlemen from each division of the company, as candidates for the Court of Assistants at the ensuing General Court, also noting that the annual subscription to the Company, of one guinea, will be collected at the meeting. The Honourable Artillery Company was established by Henry VIII in 1537, and is the oldest regiment in the British Army. ESTC T162443, showing at four locations (BL, Cam, Guildhall and Hon. Artillery Company). First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 4to. Broadside.

Castalla [Spain]: No Publisher, 1813. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 220mm x 315mm in size. Slightly creased, faint pencil line through top left hand corner of text, couple of tiny chips, undeciphered note in ink to reverse, but generally fairly clean. Desertion during the Peninsula Wars was a serious problem, Linch in his 'Desertion from the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars' finds that "between 1803 and 1815 there were 77,696 cases of desertion", though "desertion from British corps primarily occurred in the British Isles". A rough translation follows. "Notice. Attentive to some soldiers dependent on the army of S.M.B. that I have the honor of commanding in chief, they desert their flags, and may forget their duty to such an extent, that they prefer to go to the host of the common enemy, rather than bolver to meet those of their legitimate Sovereign; Therefore, all Spanish citizens and civilians who love their homeland and national liberty are… Read More

Senegal: No Publisher, 1813. Double sided manuscript receipt, approximately 260mm x 130mm in size. Lightly browned, slightly creased, a few small chips and tears, but generally complete and fairly clean. Dated 23rd January, 1813 and issued in Senegal, this is a bill of exchange on Greenwood Cox & Co. (the army agents), for the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, to reimburse the local agent paying wages to the soldiers of the Royal African Corps in Senegal. The reverse has a certification of the current rate of exchange by the 'principal inhabitants and merchants of Senegal'. The Royal African Corps was established in 1804, originally raised as the Goree Corps in 1800, to defend the Island of Goree in Senegal. It was composed primarily of prisoners, deserters and condemned men from the hulks. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 24mo (Oblong). Receipt / Invoice.

Nottingham: T. & W. Plant; Thomas Stevenson, 1854. Collection of seven provincially printed broadsides relating to the Crimean war, all printed in 1854 or 1855, the smallest measuring approximately 170mm x 370mm in size and the rest approximately 245mm x 370mm. All lightly browned, some light foxing and light creasing, a few small nicks and tears, one 'News From Sebastopol!' with small chip to left hand margin and small hole to centre catching a few letters but with no loss of sense, 'Statistics and Statements' with loss to bottom right hand corner, but no loss of text, 'Bombardment of Sebastopol' is laid on to linen. 'Bombardment of Sebastopol' was printed by T. & W. Plant in Clare Street, Nottingham, possibly descendants of James Plant (see BBTI); the remainder were printed by Thomas Stevenson in Wheeler-Gate, probably the same printer as the Thomas Stevenson & Co. located in Middle Pavement Nottingham in 1847 (see BBTI). A mixture of news from the Crimean… Read More

Great Yarmouth: J. Cooper [Printer], 1874. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 290mm x 445mm in size. Damp stained to top edge with a couple of smaller and lighter patches towards middle, with a couple of small nicks and tears and a small repair to reverse at head, lightly browned, otherwise fairly bright. Dated the 7th of November 1874, the notice warns that a George Pillar has been found guilty, and fined, for having kept pigs in his yard and premises, "so as to be a common nuisance". Not in COPAC. First Edition. Unbound. Fair. Elephant Folio. Broadside.

London: No Publisher, 1776. Part printed, part manuscript receipt, approximately 190mm x 85mm in size. Small amount of loss to bottom left hand corner, slight bleed through from ink inscription to reverse, otherwise generally bright. Dated June 7, 1776 and made out to the Earl of Bristol, the receipt is for 4 yards of French [indecipherable word]. The docket title to the reverse appears to note the purchase of ?soup strainers, so the receipt is probably for a thin fabric for straining soup. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 48mo (Oblong). Receipt / Invoice.

No Place: C. Marsh, 1824. Single sided engraved receipt, completed in manuscript, approximately 205mm x 110mm in size. Lightly browned to edges and reverse, docket title in pen to reverse, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Made out to a Miss Hind, engraved by C.[harles] Marsh, who the BBTI notes worked at 3 St. Andrew's Terrace in Bath around 1830 and before. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 32mo (Oblong). Receipt / Invoice.

Manchester: No Publisher, 1818. Part printed part manuscript invoice for drapery. Creased from old folds, slightly browned, a couple of small holes and tears to creases, but generally fairly bright. Made out to Ms. Davenport and dated June 24 1818, for a large order of various items over a period of time, including silk shawls, handkerchiefs, ribbons and a bonnet, coming to a total (on the reverse), of £43, 7s, 7d. The address is given as 16 St. Anns Square. The invoice notes 'Funerals Furnished' and they are an 'Importer of Irish Linens. For Ready Money Only'. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Receipt / Invoice.

London: J. Pitts Single sided printed broadside, approximately 245mm x 365mm in size, n.d. but c.1820. Slightly chipped and creased to edges, lightly browned, a couple of small spots, but generally quite clean. Double column, with attractive border. Relates the dream of a seaman called James Covey, who, two weeks before the battle of Camperdown with the Dutch fleet, had dreamed that he had both of his legs blown off. During the engagement, he did indeed lose both of his legs. The text is signed John Griffin, who was pastor at the Tabernacle in Orange Street, near Southsea Common, which had opened in 1754, and who was the author of several books and pamphlets. Pitts was at this address in 1820 and 1821. Showing at Hull only in Library Hub, but the R.T.S. seemingly issued the story in a 8pp pamphlet around the same time, so I'm not sure which came first. Unknown. Unbound. Good. Folio. Broadside.

London: The India League, 1941. 32pp, original paper covers. Spine lightly faded, light foxing to rear cover, pages browned. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: H.M.S.O., 1926. Each 4pp. Eight issues (complete) of the government's newspaper during the British General Strike, edited by Winston Churchill, WITH 'The Sunday Gazette' (single sided broadside). 'The British Gazette's are all slightly browned, creased from old folds, with a few marginal nicks and tears as usual, number two has a significant tear from foot (without loss) and is chipped to foot, and number seven is chipped and creased to fore edge. 'The Sunday Gazette' has three 'Constitutional Club' ink stamps to head, with a central crease but is otherwise quite bright. Number one has blank centre pages, number two has printed centre pages (so probably a slightly later issue, sometimes found blank as number one). 'The British Gazette' is common enough, but this is the first time I have ever seen 'The Sunday Gazette', interestingly the only other set with 'The Sunday Gazette' for sale at time of cataloguing is also has the… Read More

London: H.M.S.O., 1926. Each 4pp. Eight issues (complete) of the government's newspaper during the British General Strike, edited by Winston Churchill. All browned with some minor chipping and tears, old folds, occasional light foxing. Number one torn and chipped with small amount of loss to text with some loss of sense, heavily repaired to inner blanks along central fold, number six chipped and torn to spine, number eight foxed to upper cover with old stamp adhered towards title. Numbers one and two are blank in the middle, first number as issued, second issue presumably an early issue (there is another issue of the second number with news on the middle pages). Woods, 'Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill', (2nd ed.), page 382; Smith, 'Remember 1926': 6. First Edition. Unbound. Fair. Atlas Folio. Newspaper.

Newcastle: D. Bass Single sided printed broadside, approximately 225mm x 335mm in size, n.d. c.1803? Trimmed to edges, otherwise fairly bright and clean. Printed by D.[avid] Bass, Foot of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, where he was based from 1801-1811. Bass printed chapbooks and other ephemera, including pornography and became bankrupt in 1811 (See Hunt, 'The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860', pages 8-9). Probably printed in response to the threat of invasion by Bonaparte ("the Gallic despot"). Not in COPAC. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Broadside.