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02027. Rickards - Where They Lived in London 197202027. Rickards - Where They Lived in London 1972

Rickards, Maurice, Where They Lived in London. Published 1972 by David & Charles Limited. Hardbound small 4ro, 104 pages. Grey cover with silver lettering engraved on spine fly jacket. 40 Historic London buildings unchanged since their foundation and their occupants. Fine condition.


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£5.00 / $7.50



8560/8137 Andrew - Down The Thames 20018560/8137 Andrew - Down The Thames 2001

Andrew, Martin Down The Thames. Francis Frith's Photographic Memories. Softcover 8vo. Published by Frith Book Company 2001. As new. 119 pages with black and white photographs late 20th century to the present and extended explanatory text and captions.


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£5.00 / $7.50



8562/8161 Banks - The Thames 19908562/8161 Banks - The Thames 1990

Leslie Banks & Christopher Stanley The Thames A History From The Air. Hardcover with dust jacket. Published by Oxford University Press 1990. As new. 172 pages with many colourfull illustrations. Elongated format


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£5.00 / $7.50



08834. Barton - Lost Rivers of London 198208834. Barton - Lost Rivers of London 1982

Barton, Nicholas J The Lost Rivers of London A study of their effects upon London and Londoners and the effects of London and Londoners upon them. First Published 1962 and awarded the John Nichols Prize this edition 1982 by Historical Publications Ltd. Hard cover with a dust jacket, 8vo, 148 pages with 35 illustrations and 7 maps including a Street map on the inside cover. As new.


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£5.00 / $7.50



8561/8134 Bates - Thames Cavalcade 19918561/8134 Bates - Thames Cavalcade 1991

Bates, L.M. 'Thames Cavalcade - The heyday of the Haven'. Published by Terence Dalton Limited 1991 First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Comptrehensive historical and practical coverage of the Thames from Upper Pool and Blackwall Reach to Tower Bridge and Thames-side pubs with chapters on Master Mariners, Docks, Port of London Authority, Ship Histories and much more. Lightly damaged dust jacket otherwise excellent condition. 197 pages with black and white images, charts, maps etc.


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£5.00 / $7.50



8533/2946 Fidler - The Thames in Story 19718533/2946 Fidler - The Thames in Story 1971

Fidler, Kathleen "The Thames in Story". Epworth Press London 1971, hardcover with dust jacket, 12mo, 160 pages, well illustrated. History of the Thames since Roman Times. Library withdrawn copy. Excellent condition.


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£5.00 / $7.50



07352. Elvgren Sexy Girls 2009
1. 07352. Elvgren Sexy Girls 2009



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£10.00 / $15.00


China Hong Kong Sexy Girls - Gil Elvgren Facsimile wide poker size 65mm x 88mm Gil Elvgren (1914-1980) Pin Up Playing Cards. Complete 54 cards portraying Elvgren girls in high quality production. Mint in original box as new sealed.


00199. Battle of Sedan
14. 00199. Battle of Sedan



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£25.00 / $37.50


Germany Zur Erinnerung Jubelfeier 1870-1895. Souvenir of the Battle of Sedan. Three vignettes showing Kaiser Wilhelm and his Generals and Napoleon's Soldiers as well as a cavalry charge. Unused in acceptable condition. Lightly soiled. Rare chromlitho postcard c1900.


01234. Germany Büttner Playing Cards 1890
15. 01234. Germany Büttner Playing Cards 1890



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£95.00 / $142.50


Gemany Berliner Spielkarten Fabrik Standard German suits without indices. Complete 32 Skat deck by Eduard Büttner & Co. Mirror image high quality chromo-litho printing. Beautiful deck lightly used in excellent condition. Tax stamp on Ace of Spades. In plastic box.


10280. USA New York Cheque 1868
2. 10280. USA New York Cheque 1868



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£25.00 / $37.50


USA The Bank of New York dated April 14 1868 per pro Lanman & Kemp ms signed J M Laren Edward K . . . Pay to the Order of US $ 1,544.00 large background print GOLD. Reverse endorsements and signatures. Cut cancelled Very Fine or better condition. 210mm x 84mm


04374. Constantinople - 1842
3. 04374. Constantinople - 1842



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£25.00 / $37.50


Saturday Magazine Constantinople. September 1842 Number 657. Eight pages dedicated to Turkey with front print of the main Mosque and water scene. Two additional print of Mosque and Fountain of the Sultan and Fountain and First Gate of the Seraglio dispersed in the txt covering all aspects of the Country: Plan of the City, Street, Fountains and Aqueducts, Religious Edifices, The Seraglio, Bazaars and Coffee Houses, Inhabitants, Galata etc. Uncoloured as published. Excellent condition. 180mm x 280mm


2991. Discovery Egypt Guadalupi - The Nile 2002


Guadalupi, Gianni "The Discovery of The Nile" Chartwell Books Inc. USA. 2002 Hardcover with dust jacket. Large 4to 351 pages with full page colour illustrations, maps and diagrams many taken from originals. Comprehensive coverage with excellent Bibliography and Index. Lavish coffee table publication. ISBN 0-7858-1527-9 As new.


4523. Anon - Pacific Ocean 1895
5. 4523. Anon - Pacific Ocean 1895



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£15.00 / $22.50


Anon 'Pacific Ocean' with numerous insets of Ilsnads include 'Tahiti & Morea', 'Tongatabu', Tomga or Friendly Island', 'Nukahiva, Hivaoa and Marquesas Islands. Equatorial Scale. Coloured litho c 1895. 414mm x 262mm



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07077. Jerusalem Hogg 1784
6. 07077. Jerusalem Hogg 1784



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£65.00 / $97.50


Hogg, Alex (Publisher) 'The Celebrated City of Jerusalem (now called by the Turks Cudsembaric) including it's several famous Building now in decay' engraved by John Lodge1784 published in Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography. Copper engraved print. Decorative border. Uncoloured as published. Limp paper minor foxing and stain outside printed surface on top right. Very good clean condition with wide margins. 366mm x 233mm including margins.

NOTE: Professional colouring of this print is available on request at a cost of £ 20.00 and a 2 week lapse from date of order.




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06735. Knights Templar Grand Officer's Badge


Knights Templar large round cloth badge with emblem of a Grand Officer - Captain of the Guard : two cross swords pointing downward - surrounded by gilt embroidered garter beld design and the words Great Priory along the edge.Great Priory, size: 192mm x 206mm.


00046. Craft Grand Lodge No 2 Charge Facsimile 1892


The Grand Lodge No 2 Manuscript Roll of the Old Constitutions of Masonry in the Library of the Grand Lodge of England. A facsimile of the original 17th century manuscript prepared by Mr F Compton Price for Lodge Quatuor Coronati No 2076 London and issued in 1892 for the Lodge by Bro G W Speth Sec. 7 LAncaster Place Margate Kent. Limited to One hundred copies privately printed this copy No 5. Long roll of 4 sheets in parchemnt like paper stitched together each 780mmm long 192mm wide. Excellent condition in protective tube cover.

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00601. Simmons - Collecting Original Prints


Simmons, Rosemary Collecting Original Prints Studio Visto with Christie's London 1980 2nd impression 1981 Hard bound with dust jacket 128 pages well illustrated guide on methods opronts oild and new framing conservation etc. Light wearing to edges of dust jacket otherwise as new. 200mm x 245mm


07678. Islington Upper Street 1910
10. 07678. Islington Upper Street 1910



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£8.00 / $12.00


Photographic reproduction of Postcard c1910 of Upper Street Islington London N1. Picture number 57392. Showing crowded street with 2 double-decker buses one open top. Excellent condition. 214mm x 149mm.


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10481. 8 sided Put & Take top 1900
11. 10481. 8 sided Put & Take top 1900



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£10.00 / $15.00


More uncommon 8 sided top, or spinning top, that can be spun on its axis. 'Put & Take' game made from brass 28mm high. Six of the sides indicated by a T1 to T3 (take) and a P1 to P3 (put) and TA and AP on the two remaining sides. Soiled in very good condition. The gambling game was popular from 1860s to 1940's. If the top landed P1, P2 or P3, loser would put 1, 2 or 3 chips into the pot. If AP "All Put" loser would match the pot and win if opposite.


03670. Ostrich Egg Shell Currency
12. 03670. Ostrich Egg Shell Currency



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£75.00 / $112.50


South Africa Primitive money: Ostrich egg shell money pierced and strung together popularly referred to as 'Bushman's beads'. Used by various South African tribes including Ovambo tribe in Northern Namibia and the Herero tribes famous for its war against the Germans in 1884. Good condition. 52cm in length. Individual shell 10mm diameter.


8384/3805 Penzer - The Harem
13. 8384/3805 Penzer - The Harem



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£15.00 / $22.50


Penzer N M 'The Harem'. An account of the institution as it existed in the Palace of the Turkish Sultans with a history of the Grand Seraglio from its foundation to modern times. Published by Spring Books London 1967. Third edition hardcover with a dust jacket 277 pages with many interesting maps and photographic plates of early prints with costumes etc. Fascinating theme. Lightly used in excellent condition.

See Item 4273 for original Print of the Seraglio in 1740.



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