Pietermaritzburg Natal.: Natal Tourism Board. 1969. Illustrated booklet 48 pp including covers with text in English and Afrikaans. Booklet features color map of Natal plus five regional maps: North Eastern Natal Drakensberg and Natal Midlands Central Coast Area Zululand Natal South Coast. The booklet features extensive color photographs focusing on each of the five regions with accompanying color map. Covers loose from stapled booklet date "1969" in ink on front cover otherwise very good clean condition An interesting booklet providing striking photographs of the very diverse countryside comprising Natal. Not pictured are the spitting cobra black mamba and other exotics certain to provide holiday thrills. . Natal Tourism Board. unknown
Raphael Tuck. No date. Ca. 1914. Postcard full color pictorial embossed design. Very good condition. Charming early 1900s image of two children anxiously watching Santa Claus arrive with gifts. Personal message and postage stamp "Dec 1914" on verso. These vintage postcards make charming holiday decorations and can be displayed in an 8 x 10 standard frame. . Raphael Tuck. unknown
01-01- 1876. Wood engraving black and white double page from Harper's Weekly January 1 1876. Image size 21 x 14 inches on sheet 22 x 16 centrefold as issued. Several short archivally repaired edge tears at upper and lower edge spot at upper right of image area not very noticeable as it looks like part of the design overall very good condition. Thomas Nast most well known in his day as a political cartoonist and the originator of such symbols as the Republican Elephant and the Democratic Donkey also developed our image of Santa Claus. Taking the stiff unsmiling Saint Nicholas image from Europe Nast turned him into the fat jolly pipe smoking creature that gives so much pleasure to children around the world today. In this image parents peek in as their children wait by the fireplace to catch a glimpse of Santa not visible yet!. . unknown
New York.: P. Sander. Ca. 1908. Postcard full color pictorial embossed design. Fold line to lower left corner . Very good condition. Charming early 1900s image of four young children merrily dancing around a Christmas tree. Personal message in pencil on verso. These vintage postcards make charming holiday decorations and can be displayed in an 8 x 10 standard frame. . P. Sander. unknown
Pietermaritzburg Natal.: Natal Tourism Board. No date. Ca. 1970. Color pictographic / pictorial map 16 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches on sheet size 17 1/2 x 23 inches folding as issued to pamphlet 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Two small ink marks on verso barely noticeable on map very good clean condition. A vintage pictorial map of Natal located on the eastern coast of South Africa. Map depicts parks scenic attractions recreational activities wild animals important buildings etc. At top of map is panoramic view of Drakensberg Mountains and resort. Text in English and Afrikaans. Inset map provides detail of coast resorts south of Durban. . Natal Tourism Board. unknown
Paris. Ca. 1857. Hand colored engraving sheet size 10 1/2 x 7 inches. Very good condition. Image of two women. Very finely engraved and colored with stipple engraving of the faces giving a strikingly realistic look. The cage crinoline or hoop was the height of fashion at this time. Plate number 13 XXIVe. year first volume 9th Livron. Le Bon Ton was first published in 1834. . unknown
New York.: Harper & Brothers. 01-15- 1870. Complete issue of Harper's Weekly for January 15 1870 16 x 11 inches with two single centrefold wood engravings cover page wood engraving and 4 other full pages of wood engraved illustrations. Magazine with disbound spine short tears and light toning to edges occasional foxing small hole punch through mid right margin of pages not affecting illustrations. The Thomas Nast cartoon on the back cover of this newspaper A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion represents his first use of the donkey to represent the Democratic party; this symbolism dates to the late 1820s but Nast's extensive use of the donkey secured its place as the Democratic symbol just as his cartoons identified the elephant with the Republican vote. There are also two lovely single page illustrations of children with vintage toys at Christmas: "A Dream of Toys" and "The Dream Realized" and a single page illustration of Jewish interest: "High-Priest at Nablus Reading the Pentateuch" with accompanying article. . Harper & Brothers. unknown
New York.: P. Sander. Ca. 1908. Postcard full color pictorial embossed design. Fold line to lower left corner . Very good condition. Charming early 1900s image of four young children sitting around a Christmas tree with their gifts. Personal message in pencil on verso. These vintage postcards make charming holiday decorations and can be displayed in an 8 x 10 standard frame. . P. Sander. unknown
Paris. Ca. 1857. Hand colored engraving sheet size 10 1/2 x 7 inches. Very good condition; a couple of faint small spots. Two women pictured in a room with a piano. Very finely engraved and colored with stipple engraving of the faces giving a strikingly realistic look. The cage crinoline or hoop was the height of fashion at this time. Plate number 3 XXIVe. year first volume 2nd Livron. Le Bon Ton was first published in 1834. . unknown
Paris. Ca. 1857. Hand colored engraving sheet size 10 1/2 x 7 inches. Very good condition; a couple of tiny spots. Two women one in indoor and one in outdoor dress with a young girl pictured in a boudoir setting. Very finely engraved and colored with stipple engraving of the faces giving a strikingly realistic look. The cage crinoline or hoop was the height of fashion at this time. Plate number 33 XXIIIe. year second volume 22nd Livron. Le Bon Ton was first published in 1834. . unknown
No date. Ca. 1910. Postcard full color pictorial embossed design. Very good condition. Charming early 1910s vignette image of a woman riding side-saddle surrounded by decorative holly branches. These vintage postcards make charming holiday decorations and can be displayed in an 8 x 10 standard frame. Printed in Germany. . unknown
New York.: Harper & Brothers. 12- 1922. December 1922 issue of the magazine color and black and white illustrations some pages uncut 136pp advertisement sections 10 x 7 inches in paper wrappers as issued. Covers lightly worn with some short edge tears and separation to upper spine library blind stamp to upper right corner; interior in good clean condition. Features color ads for Lionel Electric Toy Trains Underwood Typewriter Co. and Jell-o. . Harper & Brothers. unknown
1881. Color woodengraving from The Graphic Christmas Number 1881 on sheet 16 x 11 1/2 inches. Light soiling in outer margins well outside image area. Very good condition. This color print features six humorous vignette illustrations: Bartering for the Christmas Dinner Christmas Morning - Hoisting the British Flag Making the Pudding It Turned Out Rather Raw And Indigestible A Half-Breed Ball. A view for the folks back home of the exigencies of life in the outposts of the British Empire. . unknown
London: Piccadilly Records Ltd 1930. First thus. Paperback. Fair. NOT A BOOK. 78rpm Shellac record . Undated have guessed at 1930. Sleeve split at one side with damp stain to one edge. Unable to play the record so cannot comment on playability there appear to be a few surface scratches. Piccadilly Records Ltd paperback
London: Lyceum Theatre 1930. First edition. Paperback. Good . undated. This has disappeared from the face of the earth. Mary Glynne Lyceum Theatre paperback
London: Queen's Theatre 1973. First edition. paperback. Good . Maggie Smith Robert Stephens James Villiers & Polly Adams.Directed by Jphn Gielgud. Dated in biro on cover 16/1/73 Folded Queen's Theatre, unknown
London: Piccadilly Theatre 1945. First edition. paperback. Good. opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on 22 August 1945 closed 23 February 1946 Programme printed 22/1/45. Signature at top programme January 1946 Piccadilly Theatre unknown
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