Search Results: Titles starting with C from Zetetic Books

Colne: J. Wilkinson Photographic cabinet card of a group of tanners / leather workers, approximately 165mm x 110mm in size, n.d. probably between 1872 and 1896. Corners very slightly chipped, image quite bright and clean. Reverse is blank. Details of J.[oseph] Wilkinson of Colne appear in several directories, the earliest being Worrall's Directory of 1872, appearing again in Barratt's Directory of 1879, Kelly's of 1885 and Barratt's again in 1896. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 16mo (Oblong). Cabinet Card.

Grays: J. Jessop Photographic cabinet card of an unidentified fireman, approximately 110mm x 165mm in size, n.d. c.1880? Slightly rubbed to corners, otherwise fairly bright and clean, reverse is blank. An attractive image of a fireman, presumably from the local fire brigade, with his kit, medals (including what appears to be a long service medal) and iconic brass helmet. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 16mo. Cabinet Card.

Bolton and Manchester: W. Currey, 1877. Photographic cabinet card of Gladstone at his estate resting after cutting wood, approximately 110mm x 165mm in size, dated 1877. Minor rubbing to corners, otherwise quite bright and clean, reverse with printed details of W.[illiam] Currey and initialled and dated in ink by someone to head (dated 1878). A more informal portrait of Gladstone at Hawarden, the National Portrait Gallery has the same image but in a slightly smaller format. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 16mo. Cabinet Card.

London: Hellis and Sons Photographic cabinet card of an unidentified postman, approximately 110mm x 165mm in size, n.d. ?early twentieth century. Some foxing to image, heavy crease to top left hand corner which is now weak, corners rubbed, reverse with the printed details of Hellis and Sons (established over forty years). Image of a postman with his mail sack thrown over his shoulder. The last address listed on the reverse is Mare Street, Hackney, which Pritchard notes was open between 1899 and 1908. First Edition. Unbound. Fair. 16mo. Cabinet Card.

No Place: No Publisher Cabinet card of an unidentified railway worker, approximately 105mm x 165mm in size, n.d. ?early twentieth century. Slightly rubbed, otherwise fairly bright. Reverse is blank. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 16mo. Cabinet Card.

London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Photographic cabinet card of Chang (Zhan Shichai), approximately 110mm x 165mm in size, n.d. c.1880?. Slightly creased across photographic image from the left hand edge to about an inch across, just catching the chest of Chang, heavy vertical crease to centre of card leaving it bowed. An attractive image of Chang and an unknown man, the reverse is printed with the details of the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, with written details of Chang's size, age and weight, (above 8 feet high, 33 years old and 26 stones in weight) with Chinese characters to either side. Chang apparently had acromegaly, and was advertised as 'standing nearly nine feet high in his stocking feet' (Bogdan, 'Freak Show', page 99), according to Wikipedia he retired in 1878 and lived out the rest of days in Bournemouth, but there is a Times article from 1880 noting that he is appearing with Brustad and Che-Mah at the Aquarium in London. For the… Read More

No Place: No Publisher, 1889. Cabinet card of a ?Regimental boxing match in India, approximately 165mm x 105mm in size, dated 1889 to reverse. Image faded, pin hole to either end where once pinned up, slightly rubbed. Reverse has notes in ink, 'From Joseph Theodore O'Brien to his affectionate chum Edward Perkins, ?Ramplu, India, 20th February 1889, for Rs 150, 37 rounds'. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo (Oblong). Cabinet Card.

Barnsley: John Elliott, 1847. 16pp, folding frontispiece, disbound. Ex-library copy with number to reverse of title and catalogue note to reverse of folding frontispiece, lightly browned, slightly chipped, folding frontispiece coming slightly detached from pamphlet at head but holding well, worn to spine where removed from a volume of pamphlets, otherwise fairly clean. The sermon comprises the first twelve pages, with a 'Brief Narrative of Events' of three pages, the final page lists the people killed in the disaster, including several children, the youngest being ten years old. The folding frontispiece is an image of the funeral procession taken from the Illustrated London News. Elliott appears at May-Day Green in the BBTI as a printer, bookseller, stationer, librarian/owner of circulating library, fl. 1840-1857. Uncommon, BL only in COPAC. First Edition. Disbound. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: No More War Movement 8pp, original paper covers, n.d. circa 1931. Staples rusted, slightly rubbed to edges, internally fairly bright and clean. COPAC at BL and Society of Friends only. Reprint. Paper Covers. Good. 8vo. Pamphlet.

London: Communist Party of Great Britain, 1939. 32pp, original paper covers. Minor spotting to covers, internally fairly bright and clean. Cope 438 noting that the pamphlet was 'published May 6, withdrawn May 24'. First Edition. Paper Covers. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

No Place: No Publisher Complete set of eight 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' colour lithographic posters, approximately 205mm x 315mm in size, n.d. but c.1940, presumably produced for the Ministry of Information in London. A couple lightly browned and lightly foxed, otherwise fairly bright and clean. 'Fougasse' (after a type of anti-personnel mine), was Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965). Shot in the spine at Gallipoli in 1915, he served as an air raid warden during the Second World War, and "his most memorable cartoons from this period are the posters he designed for government departments, such as the red-bordered 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' series (originally entitled 'Careless Talk May Cost Us All Dear') for the Ministry of Information" (Bryant, 'Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists', pages 27-28). The images were popular, and were reproduced in a variety of formats and sizes, including on textiles. First Edition. Unbound.… Read More

London: Ian Purdie and Jake Prescott Defence Group Double sided printed broadsheet, approximately 230mm x 335mm in size, n.d. but probably 1971. Closed tear to left hand side and a small closed tear to top right hand corner, slightly creased and browned to edges, otherwise fairly clean. Supposedly members of the Angry Brigade, Purdie was found not guilty, but Prescott was found guilty of conspiracy to cause explosions and given fifteen years. He later apologised to Carr. Not found in Library Hub. First Edition. Unbound. Good. Folio. Broadsheet.

Newcastle on Tyne: W. And D. Downey Carte-de-Visite of John Ruskin, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1870? Quite bright and clean, reverse is printed with the details of W. and D. Downey. They opened the 9 Eldon Square, Newcastle branch in 1863. Downey has been described as the 'doyen of British professional photographers' (Hannavy). For John Ruskin (1819-1900), art and social critic see ODNB. For the Downeys see Hannavy, pages 436-437. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

Birmingham: C. Whitehouse Carte-de-Visite of a ?bottle corker, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1888? Slightly rubbed and slightly bowed, otherwise quite bright and clean. Reverse with the printed details of Charles Whitehouse of 1 Vauxhall Grove, Birmingham. Whitehouse appears at a different address in 1876 (Inkerman Street), but is at this address by 1888 (and possibly earlier). First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

London: Elliott and Fry Carte-de-Visite of Longfellow, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1870? Image slightly faded, sitters name to head of reverse in pencil and numbers in pencil to foot. Reverse with printed details of Elliott and Fry. For Elliott and Fry see Hannavy, pages 479-80. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, poet and translator. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

Musselburgh: John Spence Carte-de-Visite of an unidentified Scottish ?footballer, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1890? Very minor rubbing, generally quite bright and clean. Reverse with printed details of John Spence of Bridge Street, Musselburgh. Spence was seemingly based in Bridge Street from about 1880 to at least 1914. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

Yeovil: Chaffin Carte-de-Visite of an unidentified fireman, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1865? Image slightly rubbed, otherwise fairly clean. Reverse with printed details of Chaffin of Yeovil. John Chaffin set up his studio in 1862 and by 1871 was joined by his sons, so this image was presumably taken sometime between those dates. For further details see the website yeovilhistory.info. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

No Place: No Publisher Carte-de-Visite of the interior of Crystal Palace at Sydenham, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1865? Quite bright and clean. Reverse is blank. Attractive image of the interior of the main gallery of the rebuilt Crystal Palace. Probably by Paul-Emile Chappuis (See the other CdV of Crystal Palace). Unknown. Unbound. Good+. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

Birmingham: Robert W. Thrupp Carte-de-Visite of the politician John Bright, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1880? Front slightly spotted, reverse lightly water stained, but generally fairly clean. Reverse is printed with the details of Robert W. Thrupp. Bright represented Birmingham constituencies for many years, see ODNB. First Edition. Unbound. Good. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.

London: Hills and Saunders Carte-de-Visite of five children of Edward Prince of Wales, approximately 65mm x 105mm in size, n.d. c.1872? Very slightly faded, but otherwise quite bright and clean. Reverse with the printed details of Hills and Saunders. Portrait of the five surviving children of Edward VII, and therefore some of Queen Victoria's grandchildren. Hills and Saunders were granted the Royal Warrant in 1867, with the Porchester Terrace address (as here) opening in 1868. For Hills and Saunders see Hannavy, pages 662-663. Pritchard, page 71. First Edition. Unbound. Good+. 32mo. Carte-De-Visite.