Lot: 1
Felix Summerly's Pleasure Excursions....on the Eastern Counties, South Eastern,Brighton & South Coast, South Western, and London & North Western Railways, 1847, rear cover detached; 1930s Southern Railway Excursion Tickets Folkestone to Boulogne (4); 1900 Ouse Navigation Survey menu, invitation and programmes; LNER Maps (3); & other ephemera.
Lot: 46
Manchester Ship Canal ephemera, pamphlets & few photos, including Maps & Plans, 1896 Act of Parliament for an additional Railway, 1954 Royal Visit Menu, etc. (17 items)
Lot: 72
Enamelled sign for United Automobile Services "Agent for Parcels and Private Hire Coaches" 1940s, 18 x 17", double-sided, rusted with some loss of paintwork.
Lot: 77
Box of softback histories & souvenirs, photos, PPCs, journals, a scrapbook, etc, chiefly road and rail transport,1940s to 1970s. (Large qty.)
Lot: 192
An Album of embossed floral designs published by W. & H.Rock, 1830s, designed for colouring in, 38 pages in all, interspersed with occasional engravings and blank pages, some of the latter bearing original mounted watercolour designs. Most pages remain uncoloured. The original boards and backstrip entirely missing and requiring rebinding.
Lot: 194
Collection of commemorative and souvenir embroidered and printed pictorial handkerchiefs, scarves etc, plus some lace samples, 1920s to 1960s, with many attractive items. (32 items)
Lot: 195
Billheads, receipts and correspondence 1860s to 1940s arranged in folder and mostly Berwickshire, but including 15 of Sunderland 1885/86. Wide variety of items, some of the letters accompanied by brief research notes. (68 items)
Lot: 196
Beermats in carton, mostly UK 1960s & 1970s, wide variety. Some unusual breweries noted. Includes Ciders, Wines and other alcoholic drinks. 8.5 kilos. (100s)
Lot: 197
Insurance Company receipts and correspondence 1850s to 1940s, many with engraved vignettes; includes much 19th Century with duplication. (Several 100s)
Lot: 198
Bottle Labels for Beers, Wines and Spirits, early 20th Century to 1960s, a collection stored in old cigar boxes; mixed condition but many unusual items; some duplication. (Several 100s)
Lot: 199
Assortment in carton including 2 boxes of 1950s Bottle labels, packs of 1930s to 1950s mini-snaps, many later Illustrated First day Covers, some stamps, bundle of PPCs etc. (100s)
Lot: 200
Collection of Product Labels, Packaging, Poster Stamps and Cigar Bands in binder, most of Scandinavian origin, some German,Dutch and others,1920s to 1970s, many attractive items. Much Beer and Tobacco related. (446)
Lot: 201
Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove and the Adsheads of Withington, the letters both family and business related, the receipts & billheads including 8 with pictorial vignettes of the period 1810-20. (abt. 106 items)
Lot: 202
A WW2 Scrap Album formed by a serviceman in the R.A.O.C. serving in Egypt, Palestine and Italy 1942-1945, complete with his I.D. Tags, including Cinema Tickets and Programmes, military paperwork, menus, guides, etc. Mostly laid down. Interesting lot. (118 items)
Lot: 203
In Memoriam Cards for Glossop and Charlesworth bereavements 1860s to 1900s, largely 19th Century, plus some of Manchester; a few with ornate designs. (59)
Lot: 204
Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers; including Manchester Hippodrome 1928-32 Grand Variety Matinees (6) featuring Gertie Gitana, George Formby, Ted Ray, Sybil Thorndike etc; 1934 Rochdale Hippodrome Souvenir Brochure for Gracie Fields; Free Trade Hall re-opening 1951; etc. (26)
Lot: 205
19th century scrap album with 33 pages of chromo-litho scraps and few greetings cards of children, flowers, pretty ladies, clowns etc, plus many other scraps loose in packets; many attractive items. Some damaged but mostly good.
Lot: 206
Cinema Front-of-House stills 1950s to modern in sets or near-sets including Maimie Van Doren, Shirley Maclaine, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather (Spainish issue), Highlander, etc. (118)
Lot: 207
Cinema Front-of-House Stills of Cowboy Films, all b/w, 8 x 10", much 1950s, including George Houston, Wayne Morris, Roy Rogers, etc. (approx. 100)
Lot: 208
Sheet Music, 1920s to 1960s, all pictorial, popular music, some Film related; featuring Marx Brothers, Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Gracie Fields, Sandie Shaw, Deanna Durbin, Dave King etc. (45)