Search Results: Ephemera: adverts, albums and catalogues etc from Paul Haynes Rare Books

Rudolph Herzog. Berlin. [1916]. 4to. 132pp, on heavier paper + unused diary on a lighter weight, toned paper. Numerous illustrations in monochrome and colour. Original cream cloth, with black and gilt decoration to boards and spine. Decorative endpapers. Pencil holder. Slightly bumped to corners. Some slight discoloration to boards. Contains in addition to the calendars, the seating plans of the Berliner theatre, Berlin City maps etc. In addition a wealth of cultural contributions, such as theatre productions, festivals, costumes and fashions, museums and monuments, travel descriptions, local historical essays as well as other articles, including on military, naval and aviation incidents during the First World War, with photographs.
Rudolph Hertzog (1815-1894) German entrepreneur and founder of the famous department store in Berlin, producing an annual agenda of around 200 pages, which was overseen by Paul Lindenberg and Rudolf Pietsch, and others.

Bound together with: Janssen, L. J. F. Der boom van Jesse, eene muurschilderij uit de XV eeuw. In de Buukerk to Utrecht, bescheven en opgehelderd. Utrecht. 1846.
Bound together with: Manuscript dated 1829.

8vo. lii, 396pp. Title page in red and black, engraved frontis., 2 folding engraved maps, 1 folding engraved plate, slight tear. [19pp]. Folding engraved plate. Original paper wraps. Manuscript 2pp with slight tears. Addenda pasted in. Half calf, gilt motifs and lettering to spine in five compartments, decorated embossed boards, rubbed to extremeties.

Album. Oblong quarto. 19.5 x 27 cm. Jean Frey Buch und Kunstdruckerei. Zurich. nd. [c.1907]. 96pp: 46 photograph plates. 46pp adverts, 2pp family tree form (unfilled), 1pp index. 1pp introduction. Original pictorial boards, gilt lettering and colour vignette to upper board, black lettered advertisement for Henckell & Roths Lenzburger Confituren to lower board. Cloth spine. All edges red. Decorative endpapers. Slightly faded with some wear to extremities. Text in German and French, is crisp and bright. Rare: no library holdings recorded worldwide.Practical resources for fiancées and newlyweds. Photographs of views in Switzerland. Numerous period advertisements. Jean Frey (1861 - 1951) founded his art printers in Zurich in 1889. From 1919 it was known as Jean Frey AG. This rare volume is dated from c. 1907 from advertisements within, and cannot be later than 1919 as it has the earlier printer's device to the final page.

Printed by Bennett Brothers Ltd., Counterslip Works, Bristol. nd. (early 1900's) Oblong 8vo (24.5cm x 15cm) 58pp. Covers in green ink. Photo and engraved illustrations. Stapled. Lightly toned, covers a little discoloured. Final page index of prices struck through neatly with pen. Updated prices printed in purple ink. Order forms at rear removed at serration. Within the text is a reference to the Fertilizers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906 and a testimonial dated 1906, dating this catalogue to the early twentieth century.Pike and Tucker Offices 10 & 11 Peter Street Bristol; Factory 7,8, & 9 Cathay, Redcliffe, Bristol. A historic and rare Bristol trade Catalogue. Peter Street was destroyed in the tragic German Blitz of Bristol in 1940 - 1941, it seems that the Cathay factory was also destroyed and all records were lost. The printer of this catalogue, Messrs Bennett Brothers works was also destroyed, but their records have been preserved in Bristol Archives.

Hodder & Stoughton. London. nd. [c.1906]. 8.5cm x 14cm. Postcard advertising the publication of "The most significant book on the subject since Nansen's" Printed in dark green. Unused.

Handwritten letter, Gosport, November 9th 1818. 23cm x 33.5cm. 2pp. Folded: 23cm x 18.5cm + 23cm x 15cm, with address and wax seal to verso. Short closed tear to fold. Corners creased. To Dr Patrick Kelly, Finsbury Square, London. Regarding the death on October 28th of Thomas Simpson Evans LLD FLS (1777-1818) aged 41, Mathematician, formerly Assistant Astronomer Royal to Dr Maskelyne. 'His library was considered one of the most valuable collections of mathematical and philosophical works in the kingdom.' ODNB
Dr. William Burney (1762 – 1832) Burney's Academy for the Education of Young Gentlemen Destined for the Navy, Army, and the East India Company's Service was founded in 1791. It would later become the Royal Naval Academy, under the patronage of William IV, Queen Victoria, and King Edward VII, educating members of the royal family through the 19th century. Author of 'The naval heroes of Great Britain', 1806; 'The British Neptune: or, a history of the achievements of the Royal Navy, from the… Read More

Handwritten letter, in the original envelope, franked Foreign Office. 6.45pm 21 August 23. 19cm x 12.5cm. 4pp.
Foreign Office 1 Carlton House Terrace S.W.1. August 19 1923 to The Editor, Bengal Past and Present, Calcutta Historical Society, Town Hall, Calcutta.
Curzon, George Nathaniel, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859–1925), politician, traveller, and viceroy of India. At the time of writing, he was Foreign Secretary. In January 1924, Curzon vacated the Foreign Office and he was able to devote much of 1924 to completing one of his finest books, a study of Calcutta and the viceroys which was posthumously published under the title British Government in India; the work mentioned in this letter.
Sir Evan Cotton
(1868-1939) Liberal politician, barrister, administrator, journalist, historian and writer. His Calcutta Old and New, first published in 1909, remains unsurpassed to this day. He was the son of Henry Cotton (Liberal MP) the author of 'New India, or India in Transition' who opposed Curzon's… Read More

"Happy Christmas to you and have a good time" 11.5 x 16.5 cm (26 x 18 cm mounted). Original etching, signed by the artist. Further signature to inner mount. The etching illustrates two chefs preparing food.Fritz Gross (1895 -1969) Architect and artist, the instigator of open plan design, born in Brelitz, an Austrian Jew who fled to England with his family in 1938 at the invitation of the President of the Royal Institution of British Architects. The Fritz Gross collection is housed in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Christmas 1930. Favil Press (No. 110). Folded sheet. 24cm x 30cm. Mummer's song. Musical notation, text and coloured woodcut. Handwritten conundrum to verso. Toned, untrimmed. John Ormerod Greenwood (1907-1989) Actor, author, playwright, producer and Quaker historian. Founder member of the Group Theatre of London.

The Cottage Furniture Arcade (Next door to P. E. Gane, Ltd.), 161-2, Commercial Street, Newport, Mon. 16mo. nd. [c. early 20th century]. 14pp. Original pictorial paper covers, red and black. String tie. Staple rusted. Includes Kitchen Economy, Fuel Economy, Cleanliness, Saving Gas, Soap, Table of Rough Measures, The Larder in Hot Weather, Odds and Ends, Cast Iron and Economy.

Typed and handwritten signed letter to "My dear Watson" dated 5th January 1934. 1pp. 20cm x 25cm. King's College Zoological Department headed watermarked notepaper. The advance copy of the book mentioned is Huxley's "Elements of Experimental Embryology" co-written with Gavin de Beer. "I have got a German refugee working here who is getting interesting results with Sabella". The German refugee was Fabius Gross (1906 – 1950) Hitler's Black Book entry: "Since 1934 – Researcher at King's College, London University. Speciality – genetics; experimental cytology; protozoology; experimental zoology." Gross and Huxley published 'Regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' in 1935. The letter also mentions work with Alexander Wolsky and C. J. Bond.

Handwritten note in pencil to verso: "Touting for signatures for candidature for Roy Soc". Nominated for candidature many times from the 1920's, and failing each time, it was not until 1938 that Huxley was eventually admitted as a Fellow. The tone of the… Read More

Printed by J. Kendrew. Colliergate, York. [c.1820]. 10 x 6.5cm. 16pp. Cover features a woodcut illustration and poem. Illustrated with twenty-nine woodcuts. Sewn, with outer cover colourwashed yellow. A small closed nick or abrasion to the edge of the upper cover, a nice original chap book, not a reprint.
Opie N700; Davis 46.

Album. H. Siebenhar. Koln. nd. 16.5 x 27 cm. 14 engraved plates, from photographs, on embossed art paper. Original pink cloth boards, gilt lettering and floral motif to upper board. Stamp of H. Siebenhar to rep. Boards a little discoloured with some wear. This album of photo-lithographs is rare. No copies in Worldcat. Siebenhar's Rhine Panoramas are more commonly found.

Three original British Official nitrate photographs. Issued for the British Information Services by the Central Office of Information. London. 7 February 1963. 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Royal Marines conquer another Antarctic Peak. Pictures just received from the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol Ship H.M.S. Protector, taken during the successful climb to the top of the hitherto unscaled 9,000 feet Mount Gaudry, highest mountain on Adelaide Island inside the Antarctic Circle... made the final ten hour ascent in a night assault cutting steps and hand holds in a steep ice face... Each photograph has the original typewritten information pasted to reverse. Crown Copyright reserved (Admiralty) Stamped Daily Mail Filed 8 Feb 1963.*Halt for refreshment along Fuchs Piedmont during the 17 miles haul to base camp. In front are: Marines M Constance; M Pike; P Bitcheno; A Cawthorne. Middle row: Corporal J Morton and Marine R Brotherton. Behind: Captain T J Wills, RM, and Corporal G Kingdon.*Royal Marine detachment of HMS PROTECTOR… Read More

Typewritten letter, 25cm x 20cm. 1pp. signed and addended in blue ink to Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Moore, C.B.E., M.P. 186 Piccadilly W1. On headed notepaper, dated 23rd January 1948. Regarding the Yugoslav Aid Committee, mentioning the Duchess of Atholl, Moore's son-in-law James Harrower and Moore's daughter Priscilla. Short fold split to edge.
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha Liberal MP, Cabinet Minister, Secretary of State for War, dismissed in 1940, revealing widespread anti-Semitism in government. Oswald Mosely calling him a "Jewish Warmonger", Henry Pownall called him a "political jewboy". H.G. Wells named him in "The Shape of Things to Come" 1934 – prophetically it turned out. (Belisha Beacons were introduced by him)
Lieut. Col. Sir Thomas Cecil Russell Moore MP for Ayr 1925-1964. In the 1930's he publicly supported Adolf Hitler and the policies of Nazism.
The British Yugoslav Aid Committee under the chairmanship of the Duchess of Atholl, Sir Thomas Moore M.P.: Post Holocaust and… Read More

John Murray. London. nd. 11cm x 17cm. Advertising flyer for Scott's Last Expedition and The Voyage of the Discovery. Printed on both sides. Text and vignette to each.

B.K.W.1. [Brüder Kohn Wien 1]. nd. [c.1916]. Oblong quarto (17 x 25 cm). Album of 24 colour plates from watercolour paintings of Vienna by various artists. Original pictorial red and cream boards, red cloth spine, gilt lettering to upper board with armoured knight in black. B.K.W.I. in black to lower board. The plates are captioned in German, French and English. Corners rubbed, light shelf wear. Light stain to lower board.1. Rathaus mit Lieben-Denkmal; 2. Universität und Liebenbergdenkmal; 3. Votivkirche; 4. Burgring; 5. Museum; 6. Karntnerstrasse; 7. Opernring mit Karntnerstrasse; 8. Opernring; 9. Stephansdom; 10. Graben mit der Dreifaltigkeitssaule; 11. Burg - Michaelerplatz; 12. Naschmarkt; 13. Schwartzenbergplatz; 14. Christinendenkmal; 15. Marienbrucke; 16. Kirche Maria am Gestade; 17. Kursalon im Stadtpark; 18. Kariskirche; 19. Beethoven - Denkmal; 20. Prater, Hauptallee; 21. Schloss Schonbrunn; 22. Schonbrunn; 23. Cobenzl, Schlosshotel; 24. Kahlenberg und Leopoldsberg.Not recorded in… Read More

First edition. Printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press. Mysore City. Published by Association Press. Calcutta. [1916] 12mo. 20pp. Folding map. Original stapled wraps. Lettering in red and black to upper and lower cover. Short split to the upper edge of the spine fold. Short closed tear to edge of upper cover. Corners creased. A little toned, occasional light spotting. Map chipped to corners and outer edge. A handbook for British troops of the Indian Expeditionary Force "D" in Mesopotamia; "This little book may be of use in helping you to know something of the country in which you are fighting". Sections include 'Notes on Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf'; 'Geographical'; 'Political'; Inhabitants'; 'Cities''; Useful Arabic words and phrases'; Health Hints' and includes the historically important 'The Operations of I.E.F. "D" in Mesopotamia, 1914-15
Rare: No copies of this first edition are recorded in any library worldwide. Subsequent editions were re-written by "W.H.M." with different text. The British… Read More