Box 1
Contains 23 Results:
Pears advertisement: '£1000 if not true!", about 1887
Large red circle with white "PEARS" and small red star at center. "Look steadily... for 30 secords in the centre of the name 'PEARS,' then immediately fix your gaze on the Ceiling, the Sky, or a piece of White Paper... where you will see a disc of pale blueish green... with 'PEARS' in red lettering thereon." Verso: "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! ye Earlie Englyshe Soape, Establyshed 100 Years, Pears' Soap." Young collection no. EPH.28.
Bookmark advertisement for Stickphaste Paste, Fixol & Stickphast, Ltd.
Printed on both sides with "Pastes may come and go but -- [illustration of Stickphast bottle] sticks forever."
Advertising insert: "Stickphast Paste Sticks", about 1894
Single sheet printed on both sides. Recto: illustration (unsigned) of a man in shirtsleeves, seen from the rear, holding a large brush with hands on hips, observed admiringly by a woman in a red blouse. Printed in black, red, white, and peach on brown paper. Verso: black type on brown paper, "[Other side, please] STI C.K.P.H. AST PAS T: EST I.C.K.S.” Young collection no. EPH.41.
Advertising insert for Stickphast Paste, about 1897
These two sheets of paper (forming one leaf) are stuck together with Stickpaste Paste [advertising insert]. The Leadenhall Press. [ca. 1897]. 22 cm. Two leaves glued together: one pink, one white, printed in black and red, two opposite corners folded one to each side reading: “see underneath.” Illustration on both sides printed in black and red: “May Old Friends [Stickphast Paste bottle].” (Date from insertion in The Art Journal, 1897.). Young collection no. EPH.48.
Bookplate: Ex Libris Andrew White Tuer [Pierrot suspended from the gallows], 1881
8 cm. Illustration of two devils hanging Pierrot from a gibbet, roasting him over a burning book on a pitchfork. Cautionary verse in French on scroll across bottom left corner. Motto “Dum Spiro Spero” on floating ribbon. Art by William Harcourt Hooper, with his initials and date in stippled border. Young collection no. AWT.31.
Bookplate: AWT. Steale not thisse boke for feare of shame..., about 1881
6 cm. Outline initials “AWT” with motto “Dum Spiro Spero” on stippled background. Warning to book thieves on separate panel. Art attributed to William Harcourt Hooper (unsigned). Young collection no. AWT.32.
Bookplate: Ex Libris And : W. Tuer, 1893
9.5 cm. Illustration of a girl sitting under a tree reading a book with a hornbook suspended from her girdle. Lettering in scrolls. Design and art by Georgie Cave France, sent to Tuer as a Christmas card. Signed in the border: “G. Cave France.” Young collection no. AWT.35.
Bookplate: Andrew Double U Tuer hys, 1895
7 cm. Illustration of book on chipped blue china plate. “Andrew Tuer thoughtitout 1895 Ambrose Dudley drewitout” in the decorations on the china plate. Tipped onto page with modern handwritten notes about Tuer, with "Book Plates: Ex Libris Collectanea" bookplate. Young collection no. AWT.36.
Bookplate: Ex Libris Collectanea, 1895
6.5 x 14 cm. Illustration of sideboard with teapot, cups, candles, mouse, eight blue china plates, and open book propped up at front. Letters “BOOK” across pages of book, “P-L-A-T-E-S” on six of the plates, “Ex Libris Collectanea” on edge of counter, and “Andrew Tuer thoughtitout 1895 Ambrose Dudley drewitout” across sideboard. Tipped onto page with modern handwritten notes about Tuer, with "Ex Libris And: W. Tuer" bookplate. Young collection no. AWT.37.
Letters from Hubert Herkomer to Tuer, 1890-1891
3 signed letters and one envelope from Hubert Herkomer to Andrew Tuer dated 1890 and 1891, discussing photogravure vs. mezzotint reproduction, an offer to publish his lectures, and thanking Tuer for an unspecified book. Bookseller descriptions and invoices for these items housed separately in this collection.