The Philip Banham Collection of Optical Toys, Optical Prints and Stereoscopic including the Great Exhibition of 1851

A group of twenty six glass diapositive stereoscopes of nude studies 'Des Nus Jules Richard':, interior, studio and exterior studies of female nud...

A late 19th century portrait photograph on opaque glass:, of a woman looking to dexter, wearing a bonnet with a plume of feathers, dated lower lef...

Siamese Theatre:, an albumem print of a troop of actors in a Siamese Theatre, photographed by G R Lambert & Co, numbered '78' lower left, circa 18...

Three Kinora reels:comprising 'Alec Herd, Golf (355), 'Taking Snuff' (132) and 'Spithead Review'(352) all in card cases.

Three Kinora reels: comprising 'Harvest Time' (313), 'Coronation 1901' (351) and 'Vanishing Puppet' (209), in card cases, (3)

Two Kinora reels : comprising 'Race meeting' (281) and 'Pillowfight' (67), in original card cases (2)

Three Kinora reels : comprising 'Skirt Dance (unnumbered), 'News Boys' (87) and 'Opening of Parliament by King George V' (515), in card cases (3)

Three Kinora reels: comprising 'Early Biplane' (177), 'Ploughing & Sowing' (309) and 'Water chute at the end of the Cresta Run' (513):, in card c...

An early 20th century Kinora reel 'Ballooning' (246):, depicting the comical adventures of two balloonists through a storm with rain and lightning...

An Edwardian black leather photograph album containing twelve photographs of Worcester:, including a view of St Nicholas Street and several oth...

A tinplate 'Pocket Rotoscope' by The Rotary photographic Co, Ltd, London:, in the form of a miniature book, together with a collection of Rotosc...

A tinplate 'Imperial Stereoscope' by Stollwerck Brothers, Cologne, together with eight Stollwercks Chocolate stereoscope cards and an original box...

An early 20th century autochrome photograph stereoscope plate of two ladies in a garden:, photographer unknown, black paper border, 9cm x 15.9cm.

An Edwardian autochrome photograph stereoscope plate by H Tavener:, 'Earwig with wings fully expanded' black paper border, white photographer lab...

Francis Frith, two early 20th century topographical photographs: 'The Village of Eynesford , Kent' and 'Low Harrogate', together with a small grou...

An early 20th century German porcelain lithophane oil lamp shade:, the dome shaped shade with four panels of rural scenes, 10cm high , 14cm diam...

A collection of various postcards and advertising ephemera with optical illusion related subjects:, including two deep pictures, a Pear 's adverti...

Kinora Viewer: with gilt lacquered viewer and manual hand crank drive on an oak plinth base, maker's plate to frame' The Kinora, Bond's Ltd 138 Ne...

Two early 20th century celluloid two-way pictures of female nudes:, both in oval card frames, 7.5 x 6.5cm

A tinplate rotary viewer by Baird & Tatlock, London:, the cylindrical body enclosing a rotating drum with narrow slits, overpainted brown with mak...

A 'Laughing Camera' :, in red with gilt text, paper label, 'Compliments of Waterloo (Round Cake) Co, Ltd,9cm long.

A bakelite 'Patheorama' viewer together with a paper mache example and a collection of nine Patheorama film strips:, including 'Brussels and Water...

'The Filoscope' flipbook optical toy by The British Mutoscope & Biograph Co, Ltd:, comprising a series of images of a conjurer pulling a rabbit fr...

Patheorama : six films in their original boxes, contained within original lidded box with printed paper title label on the lid. Nice; Riviera (two...

A collection of early 20th century nude and erotic photographs:, mainly Continental, various sizes and dates..

Three early 20th century autochromes of garden views:, 'Daffodils Spring 1915', 'Ribston Pippen, Melchly (?) 1916' the last untitled, .

A tinplate Rotoscope 'Pocket Folding Stereoscope' in original box with a part set of 'Views of Bournemouth' stereoscope cards:.

An early 20th century flick book of a female dancer:, unsigned , together with two other smaller flick books of a dancer with hand tinted pages (3)

An early 20th century flick book 'The Lovers' by The Edison Phonograph Co, Philadelphia,PA:, depicting a courting couple on a pier bench, 6 x 4.2c...

A late 19th/early 20th century flick book of a train entering a station:, unsigned, with 120 images of a train arriving at a platform and passeng...

Two Captain George Eyston World Land Speed Record Flick Books, published by Castrol circa1937/8, showing Capt. Eyston getting into his car 'Thunde...

C V Grimmett 'Flicker' No 1 Leg Break Delivery and Leg Break Finger Spin:, printed by 'Flicker productions Ltd, London, 7.5 x 5.7cm. ...[more]

Two Malcolm Campbell Water Speed Record Flick Books:, published by Castrol circa1937, showing Sir Malcolm Campbell preparing and getting into his...

Slazenger 'Flicker' No 7 Miss Betty Nuthall Forehand and backhand Drives:, and 'Flicker ' No 8 'Drop Volley and Serve' both produced by Flicker Pr...

Shooting, R Churchill 'Flicker' No XXV:, Part 1 Loading, Gun Mounting & Position for 'Away' Birds, Part 2 Stance, Footwork ,Gun Mounting & Bodysw...

Golf Shots by Bobby Jones flick book, 'Driver and Mashie Shots:, by Flicker productions Ltd for Harrods, London, circa 1930 7.5 x 5.5cm, together ...

Two early 20th century photographic flick books:, one of a woman adjusting her hat and hair with a hand mirror in a pressed metal case marked 'Bio...

A late19th/early 20th century flick book of a drunken card game:, unsigned, the loser hitting the table with his cane, 6.3 x 3.4cm, together with ...

A group of seven early 20th century stereoscope Autochrome studies of flora:, 'Bellis perennis',' Narcissus pseudonarcissus', 'Primula vulgris' (x...

A group of three autochrome stereoscope photographs of fauna:, 'Primula veris', Endymion non-scripta' and 'Chrsoplenium alternifolium' all with t...

A group of three autochrome stereoscope microscope photograph specimens:, comprising the scale of a sole, 'Whelk -through slide and a tick, black ...

A group of ten glass diapositive stereoscopic slides of Moulin Rouge dancers by Jules Richard:, comprising portrait photograph of dressed and part...

A group of twenty six GB and foreign stereoscope cards:, including a view of Sir Walter Scott's study, a French tissue card of a group dancing, a ...

Automaton. A 20th century Perspex demonstration model of a Victorian sand automaton:, the clear case revealing the wheel operated movement that w...

Albert Einstein. : A 20th century white plastic 'hollow face' illusion of Albert Einstein by Bryan Parkes, signed to the base, together with a co...

Deep Picture : illustration on glass of an angling subject inc. boots, fishing rod, creel and fish, 400 x 300 mm, c1940s.*Notes- the image is set ...

After Florence Vivienne Mellish (1889-1982) 'Vivienne' ,London. two black & white portrait photographs:, one of Harold Macmillan, the other of An...

After John Piper (1903-1992) a British Film Institute /Observer Film Exhibition 1956 silhouette greeting card:, printed to one side with an archwa...

Two Bakelite Coronet '3-D' Stereoscopic cameras:, one with multicolour body in original box with instructions, the other with black body and binoc...

After Harold Watson ARPS, a black and white photograph of a nude female:, inscribed in pencil to verso, 22.5 x 16cm

Eyes, Lies and Illusions ... Drawn from the Werner Nekes Collection : Hayward Gallery, 2004, personalised inscription to title page. ...[more]

Wing, P 'Stereoscope the First one Hundred Years':, Transition Publishing 1996 with dust wrapper.

Ceram, C, W 'Archeology of the Cinema': Thames & Hudson, London, 1965, Balzer, R 'Peepshows A Visual History' 1998, Milbourne, C 'Panorama of Magi...

Cook, C 'Movement in Two Dimensions', Hutchinson, London 1963:, together with Brooker, J 'The Temple of Minerva. Magic and the magic Lantern Socie...

Maria, M & Terpak, F 'Devices of Wonder. From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen', Getty Publications 2002,: together with 'Phantasmagrams' ...

Paerl, H 'Shimmenspel' 1979:, together with Fusslin, G 'Optisches Spielzeug oder wie die Bilder laufen lernten' 1993, Verwiebe, B 'Lichtspiele Vom...