Smythson London Mint Unused Four Full Leather Bound Large Photograph Albums

Rare Eglinton tournament ironstone plate by Ridgway, Morley, Wear and Co., Broad Street, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire (1836-1842) Transfer printed with a continuous band of fleur-de-lys, circa 1839-1840. Printed with a collection of medieval arms, armour and flags. The back is impressed 'Opaque Granite China' and WR and Co between lion and unicorn, and also printed with a small coat of arms with the banner 'Eglintoun' above R M W and Co. Size: 19 inches by 15 inches Condition: Good, showing carving knife use as expected. The Eglinton (Eglintoun) Tournament of 1839 was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and Revel held in Scotland on Friday 30th August. It was funded and organized by Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton, and took place at Eglinton Castle, near Kilwinning in Scotland. The Queen of Beauty was Georgiana Sheridan, the wife of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset and sister of noted author Caroline Norton. Many distinguished visitors took part, including the future Emperor Napoleon 3rd of France. Widely publicized and open to the public, it was a deliberate set piece of Romanticism, in the face of widespread social and idealogical upheaval experienced by Europe during the 1830s. A hugely popular and significant phenomenon (planned for 4,000 people, it drew 100,000 spectators; significant impact on attitudes to Gothic Revival. This typical English platter would have taken pride of place as it was brought into the dining room bearing a large roast beef...

Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...

A unique photograph album in original grey card wrappers with the Ruhlmann name embossed on the front and the name of the client Monsieur Molinie also...

These are two Gimbels mint sheet album/binder of Stamps Collection. One album has nine brown folders/cover stocks and the other one has seven. Each folder contains between 17 to 20 m...

"Lot of nine English language hard cover leather bound books on a variety of topics, dating from 1736 to 1843. Lot includes: - 1736 - Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; with Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author – by Mr. Tickell – Volume the Second – Printed in London for J. And R. Tonson - 1773 - The Way to the Temple of True Honor and Fame by the Paths of Heroic Virtue; Etc. - by W. Cooke, A.B. - Volume I – Printed and Sold by T. Burrough, Devizes, etc. - 1790 - The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biological and Critical – by Samuel Johnson – Volume the Twenty-Eighth – The Poems of Sir Samuel Garth – Printed by A. Strahan, London, etc. - 1802 - Unity: The Bond of Peace and the Friend of Virtue; or The Consequences of Schism Morally and Politically Considered. Tracing Its Progress and Pointing Out Some of the Means to Check It – Printed by Bunney and Gold, London, etc. - 1822 - The History of England; From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume. - By T. Smollett, M.D. - A New Edition, in Five Volumes. - Volume I – Printed by J.F. Dove, London, etc. - 1824 - St. Ronan’s Well – by Sir Walter Scott – In Three Volumes – Volume III – Printed for Archibald Constable & Co, Edinburgh, etc. - 1831 – American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States – by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte – Edited by Robert Jameson, Esq. etc. - In Four Volumes – Volume III – Printed for Constable and Co, Edinburgh, etc. - 1843 - The Poetical Works of William Cowper Volume II – William Pickering, London - 1862 – The Natural History of Selborne – by the Late Rev. Gilbert White...

A collection of 15 sets of 10 large tall-size decorative Swedish leather-bound books from the 1950s.

French antique books with Moroccan leather black spine, gold leaf imprinted title and blue and black covers. A large selection available, also in red, bl...