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Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne: Twenty-five letters to a working man of Sunderland on the laws of work
London Smith Elder 1867
vii +199pp. Cloth. Inner hinge cracked. First edition. Letters written to Mr. Thomas Dixon a working cork cutter. The purpose of the book is to explain how to be effective in reforming work practices. The book aims to inspire the working class to think critically about their circumstances and advocate for a more equitable system. Dedication copy from H C to E S Crossley 1868. [Possibly of the Halifax Industrial Textile firm family members?]
Stock ID: 23169More details Price: £65.00 -
Trade catalogues and price lists 1952-1953
8 items: comprising export price lists with texts in English French and Spanish, April 1952, Price list for April 1952 revised price list April 1952, [ Campbell Horsfall written in pencil on upper wrapper], Retail price list April 1952. Whole Sale Price list September 1952, Export price list March 1953 and Gift Cases list from Ist June 1953 and leaflet "Prestige and Profit for You" a gatefold leaflet illustrate in colour, + typed letter concerning the end of rationing of beauty soaps. Mostly 4pp each. Decorated upper wrapper design. All from Yardley House, 33 Old Bond Street London
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Two Men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge
Cambridge, University Private Press 1968
vi + 48pp + 7 mounted sample sheets of work by Morison and Lewis. 12 b/w illustrations and 2 colour plates. Boards, covered with decorative paper design by Reynolds Stone. Fine, in sl chipped slipcase. Printed for his friends by the University Printer, Christmas 1968.
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Tynecastle: Canvas, Vellum, Textures, Compo, Wood Mouldings, Adaptable & Fibrous Plaster Manufactured by The Tynecastle Company, Incorporated in Scott Morton & Tynecastle Company Ltd., Edinburgh & London. With: Second Supplement of Fibrous Plaster, Skived Canvas and Skived Vellum Ornaments.
Edinburgh London The Tynecastle Company n.d. [1923]
152 + [48]pp, b/w photographs throughout. Folio. Original red cloth with black lettering. Slightly frayed at the head and foot of spine. Binding a little shaky with short split along outer hinge. Trade catalogue from the 1920s for the Tynecastle Company, who specialised in wall coverings, mouldings, friezes and ornaments. Illustrated throughout with samples of individual products and examples of them in situ. The company was set up in 1885 by John and James Templeton to meet the demand for their leather-like canvas product, and ran in tandem with the original Scott Morton & Co. until they were incorporated in 1920. Ownership of George Wilson Studio Leeds 1926
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TYPE BEHAVIOUR
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UNION CASTLE LINE: Souvenir Book 1. Postcard Souvenir no 1
Stock ID: 22638More details Price: £120.00
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Untitled Promotional items for Havana Cigars
New York George Schlegel 1893
Two advertising items promoting Cigars which are chromolithographic images . Sizes are 260x155mm and 120x120mm. Set against the background of the Worlds Fair Buildings these two items illustrate a romanticised scene depicting the discovery of the New World by Columbus. George Schlegel Lithographing Co. (1849-1957)[1] was a New York printing company best known for its label designs for cigars and cigar boxes, and was owned and operated during its lifetime by four generations of the family. Very good
Stock ID: 22064More details Price: £65.00 -
Untitled Scrap Book
Stock ID: 22756More details Price: £325.00