Written Collection (#6)

The Case Of The Defaulting Sailor
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Defaulting Sailor, written by John Hunter, no. 118 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Case Of The Naval Defaulter
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Naval Defaulter, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 219 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Affair Of The Spiv's Secret
An illustrated front cover for The Affair Of The Spiv's Secret, written by John Hunter, no. 170 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

WW2 Birthday Card Ive Written Em Down?
A WW2 birthday greetings card which shows a little duck wearing a soldier's tin hat, beside a dog who is writing down an Official list of messages of good fortune and warm greetings

Rerum sicularum libri VIII, by Nicolai Specialis (Nicola Speciale, 14th century historian of Sicilian origin). In his work he described the deeds of the kings of the Crown of Aragon

Barcinonensium. Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus. Book written in Latin by Pierre de Marca (1594-1662). In 1656 he was commissioned to formalise the border treaty between the kingdoms of France

Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus
Illustrisimo Viro Ioanni Baptistae Colberto, marquis de Seignelay (1651-1690). Marca Hispanica sive limes hispanicus. Book written in Latin by Pierre de Marca (1594-1662)

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Harland and Wolff date book
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Extremely rare Harland and Wolff hardbound employees build/date book chronicling the history of the ships built at the yard

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, List of First Class Passengers
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Rare First Class passenger list that survived the sinking in the pocket of George Brereton. He was a professional gambler

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, column section from restaurant
White Star Line, RMS Titanic. Section of a column from Titanic?s a la carte restaurant on B Deck. Fluted with a 1ins. gilt carved ribbon

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, handwritten postcard
White Star Line, RMS Olympic, collection of Titanic passengers Richard and Stanley May. Rare book postcard written by Richard May on board RMS Olympic on September 20th 1911

White Star Line, RMS Titanic, Harland and Wolff employee
White Star Line, RMS Titanic, rare bookpost real photo postcard of Titanic in Belfast written by a Harland and Wolff employee

Sinking of the Lusitania, poem by Baker and Cure
RMS LUSITANIA: Rare pamphlet entitled Sinking of The Lusitania, a poem written by Lewis O. Baker and R. W. Cure, extending over three pages. Date: circa 1915

The Brewers Society Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration for the Brewers Society, showing a tabletop with four glass tankards, and a shove halfpenny board with Beer Is Best written in chalk. Date: circa 1939

Windmill, Lincolnshire
An illustration of a large windmill nestled in the Lincolnshire countryside, accompanied with a passage written by the English engineer, Raymond Unwin

Sonnet On The Garance Lake
A romantic illustration of what is possibly the artist drawing himself, Lucien Marie Francois Metivet, reading a sonnet that he has written for an appreciative lady who is sat in the boat with him

Don Quixote And Sancho Panza
An album sketch portraying Sancho Panza, a fictional character from Don Quixote a novel written by Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605

Maria Pita - Spanish heroine
Maria Pita (Maria Mayor Fernandez de Camara y Pita) (1565-1643). Spanish heroine. Philip II awarded her the rank of ensign for the defense of Corunna against the attack of the English Armada in 1589

British Dominions General Insurance Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for the British Dominions General Insurance Co. Ltd, promoting the All-in household insurance policy

Odds and Ends
An illustration for an article written by Doctor A. W. Oxford, in Colour Magazine, titled Odds and Ends. The image shows an array of items

Men Were Deceivers Ever
A painting of a woman in a bright red dress, performing a curtsy to a baby, who is sat on the grass, in the centre of four tall trees

Titanic postcard from passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - postcard written by Third-Class passenger and victim Alfonzo Meo-Martino from Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1912

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - First Class Bedroom Steward and victim Charles Crumplin, handwritten letter on Titanic stationery with White Star Line watermark, undated but written from Queenstown

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp, rare Titanic lettercard written on board and posted with original one penny stamp

White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic postcard
White Star Line, Olympic and Titanic 1912 postcard written in French, to say that they have arrived in America on the Olympic. Date: 1912

RMS Titanic - Archibald Gracie, passenger and survivor
RMS Titanic - Colonel Archibald Gracie IV, First Class passenger and survivor, who died in December 1912 from complications following exposure to icy water

RMS Titanic - Arthur Williams, storekeeper and victim
RMS Titanic - signed photo postcard written by First Class storekeeper and victim Arthur John Williams. The postcard was postally used on 24 December 1909

RMS Titanic - letter in Swedish, Carl Asplund, victim
RMS Titanic - Lillian Asplund Collection - a letter written in Swedish, including the words of an old Swedish song, and mentioning his son Oscar. Recovered from Carl Asplund's body

RMS Titanic - letter to Carl Asplund, victim
RMS Titanic - Lillian Asplund Collection - a letter written in Swedish, dated Worcester, 28 February 1912, to Carl Asplund. I have received your letter today

Harland & Wolff - rare diary with handwritten entries, written by a member of the drawing office describing the events in the yard in 1880

RMS Titanic - recipe book owned by William Proctor, brother of Titanic chef Charles Proctor. Hardbound volume with his name and date written on the front

RMS Lusitania - handwritten letter on printed stationery
RMS Lusitania - letter written on board the Lusitania by Stewardess Ann Roberts on the outward leg of the journey that would culminate in the loss of the Lusitania

Noted Breviary (Incunable Fragment)
Fragment of a leaf from an incunable breviary, parchment. Includes printed 4-line staves but the musical notation has not been added

Epistles of St Jerome (Fragment)
Bifolium from a religious commentary, possibly an edition of the Epistles of St Jerome, or similar, parchment. Main body text in brown in a single column in a Caroline minuscule

Philosophical Text (Fragment)
Bifolium from an unidentified text, parchment. Content seems to be a commentary of philosophical and religious nature. The text on each folio is written in two different but near-contemporary hands

Justinian Digesta, Book XXXIII (Fragment)
Double folio, parchment, from Justinian's Digesta. Main body text in black ink written in two columns with contemporary marginal and interlineal gloss

Financial Records?
Manuscript records on paper, possibly financial or legal records. Probably originally pages from a volume or volumes, they have been cut into regularly sized rectangles

Der Sachsenspiegel (Fragment)
Fragment of a copy of Der Sachsenspiegel or Sassen Speyghel, which is a compendium of German law notable for having been written in Middle Low German (rather than Latin) in about 1220

Lotze Manuscript (Fragment)
Two manuscript leaves from Rudolph Hermann Lotze's Metaphysik, written and corrected in the same hand. Corrections are made in ink and red pencil. On paper

Charter (Fragment)
Fragment of a charter, parchment, apparently recording the sale of a house by (-) Wingartman and his wife in the neighbourhood of Trier in the year (13-)

Music cover, We Must Have Another, written and composed by Fred Malcolm and F P Sanford, sung by Shaun Glenville Date: 1927

Music cover, Climbing Up the Ladder of Love, fox trot song, written by Raymond Klages, composed by Jesse Greer, featured by The Savoy Orpheans Date: 1926

Music cover, My Sunday Girl, fox-trot song, written by Herman Ruby and Bud Cooper, composed by Sam H Stept Date: 1927

Music cover, Give Me Your Consent Dear, written and composed by Philip Barder, sung by Miss Louie Gilbert Date: circa 1890

Music cover, Killaloe, sung by Mr E J Lonnen
Music cover, Killaloe, written and composed by Robert Martin, sung by Mr E J Lonnen at the Gaiety Theatre in Miss Esmeralda Date: 1887

Hebrew Inscription dating from the 14th century
Spain, Catalonia, Barcelona. Hebrew inscription dating from the 14th century, located on Marlet Street in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

The Australian Aboriginal Photo
A photograph from The Australian Aboriginal, showing a man kneeling, possibly in worship, beside a patterned design on the floor beside him. Date: circa 1925

The Ornithologist of Cobbitty
An illustration of two birds, perched together on a thin, draping branch, with a decorative column design at each side. Used in section written by William Hardy Wilson, entitled

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