Photographs, Autographs & Historical Documents, British Royalty & World Leaders

* Rawsthorne (Alan (1906-1971). British composer. Autograph Manuscript Signed, ‘Alan Rawsthorne’, no place, no date, c. 1951, being a complete two...

* Rutherford (Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1871-1937). New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics. Typ...

* Scott (Robert Falcon, 1868-1912). Antarctic explorer. Autograph Signature, ‘Robt. F Scott’ / ‘Discovery’’, [1904], inscribed on a large album pa...

* Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Irish playwright and critic. Photograph Signed, ‘G. Bernard Shaw’, by W. & D. Downey, [1893], carbon print, th...

* Strauss (Richard, 1864-1949). German composer. Autograph Postcard Signed, ‘Richard Strauss’, Charlottenburg, Knesebeckstrasse 30, 22 October 190...

* Strauss (Richard, 1864-1949). German composer. Photograph Signed, 'Doctor Richard Strauss', c. 1903, carbon print cabinet photograph by Gebrüder...

* Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986). 'Sherpa Tenzing', Nepali-Indian sherpa mountaineer, one of the first two people known to reach the summit of Mount E...

* Theatrical Autographs. A collection of approximately 80 Autograph Letters, Typed Letters, postcards, photographs and signature specimens of thea...

* Vandenbergh (Raymond J.). A collection of autographs and signatures, largely Victorian, collected by Raymond J. Vandenbergh and his grandfather ...

* Victorian Autographs. A collection of approximately 42 Autograph Letters Signed and other signed pieces, by various notables, 19th century, incl...

* Victorian Autographs. An assorted collection of 40 Autograph Letters and signatures by notable people,19th century, including Henry John Temple,...

* Autographs Miscellany. An assorted collection of autographs, 19th & 20th century, including a collection of some 25 naval autographs, comprising...

* Wagner (Cosima, 1837-1930). Founder of Bayreuth Festival with her husband Richard Wagner. Letter Signed, ‘C Wagner’, 21 June 1898, in English in...

* Wagner (Richard, 1813-1883). German composer and conductor. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Rich. Wagner’, [London], 1855, to Léonie Praeger, in Frenc...

* Wallace (Alfred Russel, 1823-1913). British Naturalist, explorer and biologist. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Alfred R Wallace’, Frith Hill, Godalmi...

* Worsley (Frank, 1872-1943). New Zealand sailor and explorer who served on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition 1914-1916, as ...

* Young (Francis Brett, 1884-1954). English novelist and poet. Autograph Manuscript Signed, 'Francis Brett Young', of the partly unpublished poem ...

* British Royalty Pedigree. A Genealogical and Chronological Table of the Royal Line of England from William the Conqueror to the Settlement of th...

* Chinese Export School. An album of 12 pith paintings of Chinese junks and sailing vessels, 19th century, ink and gouache on pith paper, mounted ...

Circus Broadside. Cooke's Royal Circus. The Last Week but Two. Grand Equestrian Gala!!! Thursday evening, March 14, under the Distinguished Patron...

* Clarke (John, 1760-1815). Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Physicians. Lectures on Midwifry on Diseases of Women & Children, &c b...

[Dissolution of Parliament]. By the King, a Proclamation, for Dissolving this present Parliament, and Declaring the Speedy Calling another ... Giv...

* American Civil War. A group of 3 Autograph Letters, Plattsburgh, 1861-64, the first two written and signed by Hannah S. Trigg, in a semi-literat...

* Early Aviation Ephemera. A business card for Henry & Maurice Farman Aeroplanes, with note signed by Henri Farman in pencil to verso, adhesive hi...

Edison's Phonograph. An early printed flyer for a demonstration of 'The Wonderful Talking Machine, Edison's Latest Phonograph', at Victoria Hall, ...

Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, January the 24th, 1739-40, engraved a...

* Harvard University and the Vietnam War. A group of 16 handmade posters for protests at Harvard University, 1969, mostly stencil-printed original...

* Indentures. A large collection of 67 mostly vellum deeds, the majority bearing signatures, with a number signed by notable people, 6 of which re...

* Indian Hunting Diaries. A pair of Indian hunting diaries kept by M.W. Selby Lownde, 1924 & 1926, the first for two months' leave shooting in the...

* The Irish House of Commons, 1780. A large mezzotint engraving after the original by Francis Wheatley, published by Wilson, Hartnell & Co., [1906...

* Irish-American Political Broadside. The Eviction: A Scene from Life in Ireland, New York: Robison & Mooney, [1871], hand-coloured lithograph aft...

* Irish-American Political Broadsides. Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq., delivered at the Sessions House, Dublin, Philadelphia: William Smith, circa 1...

* Jenner (Edward, 1749-1823). English physician and scientist, pioneer of smallpox vaccination. A George III silver snuff box by IB, Birmingham 17...

* Lawrence (Thomas Edward, 1888-1935, attributed to). British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'. A ...

* Marconi Wireless Telegraph Archive. An important archive of ledgers, committee books and notebooks for Marconi Wireless Telegraph (M.W.T.), 1897...

RMS Titanic. Proceedings before the Right Hon. Lord Mersey, with Rear Admiral the Hon. S. A. Gough Calthorpe, C.V.O., R.N., Captain A. W. Clarke, ...

* The Wreck of the Glencairn. An original manuscript account describing the events of the wreck of the Glencairn, by apprentice seaman Colin C. Wa...

* Maritime Archive. A voluminous archive of autograph letters and associated material from Colin Campbell Watson, serving on various steamships an...

* Miscellaneous ephemera, 19th & 20th century, a voluminous assortment of chromo scraps, photographs, postcards, some scrap albums and other print...

* Murder Broadside. The Manchester Four-Fold Murder, Giving an Account of the Horrible Assassination Committed by W.R. Taylor, of Mr Evan Mellor, ...

Nimrod Expedition. Souvenir Visit to the "Nimrod" laying off the Temple Pier, [printed by:] Mrs S. Burgess, 13, York Place, Buckingham Street, Str...

Outbreak of World War I. Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, Extra-Blatt, Sonnabend, 1 August 1914, a special issue single sheet of the Berliner Lokal-Anzeig...

* Persecution of Huguenots. A Letter from a Person who was an Eye-witness of the Martyrdom of the Rev'd M. Rochette, and the three Noblemen that w...

* Postcards. A collection of approximately 750 assorted postcards, early to mid-20th century, mostly topographical views including some real photo...

* Aviation postcards. A collection of 88 mostly real photo postcards of early aviation interest, early 20th century, including photographs at Hend...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 45 mostly real photo postcards of Samuel F. Cody and his aeroplanes, 20th century, all postally used, all in indi...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 45 mostly real photo postcards of Samuel F. Cody and his aeroplanes, early 20th century, some with messages to ve...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 45 mostly real photo postcards of Samuel F. Cody and his aeroplanes, early 20th century, including some of Cody's...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 57 mostly real photo postcards of Royal Flying Corps interest,early 20th century, some postally used, preserved i...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 76 mostly real photo postcards of early aviation interest, early 20th century, including postcards of pilots, Bri...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 80 mostly real photo postcards of airships, early 20th century, including 8 of the Lebaudy wreck of 1911, plus 6 ...

* Aviation Postcards. A group of 86 early aviation postcards, early 20th century, numerous real photo postcards, some postally used and many prese...

Postcards. Three complete books of perforated colour postcards, c. 1910, titled the London [Thames/Cathedral] Album of 36 Artistic Detachable Post...

* Quaker Marriage Certificate. Manuscript marriage certificate of John Martiall son of John Martiall of Lorton and Ann Fletcher daughter of Lancel...

RAF Rudloe Manor. 10 Group Intel: D.I.O's log, 1 December 1940 to 1 December 1942, complete manuscript log book, mostly in blue fountain pen, most...

* RMS Titanic. An Autograph Postcard Initialled, '(?)C.H.N.', Fairford Lodge, Milbrook Road, Southampton, 5 pm, [Tuesday], 16 April 1912, to H.R. ...

* Shackleton (William, 1872-1933). English landscape and portrait painter. The sketchbooks of William Shackleton, 1903-1952, an archive of approxi...

* Smethwick Soap Works. An interesting archive relating to the Smethwick Soap Works and the extensive property transactions of Mrs Harriet Perkins...

Springfield (Thomas Osborn, 1845-1920). A family archive of hunting logbooks and diaries, etc., 19th & 20th century, including 4 manuscript huntin...

Suffolk Estate Plans. Plans of Estates in Easton, Letheringham & Charsfield in the County of Suffolk; The Property of the Rt. Hon: The Earl of Roc...