Decorative Printed Advertisements for Various London Tradesmen
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Copies of decorative 18th century trade cards of various London tradesmen, printed one or more to a sheet, including John Edwards (collier); Thomas Berry (leather cloggs), Garnham Edwards (silk clothing); Robert Legg (undertaker); Thomas Edwards ('asses milk'); William Conanay (lamps, lanthorns a...
Two labels for J Tambimuttu marked 'P&O Cabin' (Cabin 307), and two labels for J Tambimuttu marked 'P&O Hold', both for the ship S S Canton. Also, two labels for 'P&O S N Co' London to Colombo, and a smaller baggage label for the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The...
Various items, comprising: lunch menu written in pencil for Tuesday 14 September [1948]; address for V M Philips, Lampeter, Cardiganshire; a list of classical records; notes (Italian) in pencil headed 'Santa Lucia' and on the verso notes (French) headed 'Madame la Marquise'; brief letter to Tam...
A folding promotional sheet from the Lyrebird Press Ltd, with 'Greetings From Tambimuttu' printed inside, opposite an image of printer's instructions for the title-page of Poems from Bangla Desh: The Voice of a New Nation (published by the Lyrebird Press in 1972). Also, a single folded sheet with...
Correspondence (including submissions) concerning publication in Poetry London or Editions Poetry London, with some general editorial correspondence. Letters from the editor's office are, on the whole, brief and almost always in the form of typescript carbon copies; most are from Tambimuttu (occa...