1903. Four documents concerned with the Paddington Estate in West London. The monks of Westminster had land in Paddington from the 11th Century. After the Reformation, these rested with the Bishop of London. From the late 19th Century, these were gradually sold of through holding companies, the last being sold in the 1980's. These documents comprise: July 1903 - A counterpart licence for 14 Cleveland Square with permissions to renovations and changes to the property. 4 pages. April 1913 - A counterpart licence to add a garage for private motor cars to 7 Chilworth Mews. 3 pages and a large drawn handcoloured architectural plan of the front of the building and ground floor (on glassine). July 1926 - A licence and deed of covenant to turn 40 Cleveland Square into 3 maisonettes. 12 pages. plus a large folding architectural plan of the proposed changes, with seals and tagged seal. February 1929 - A lease from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to A. H. Heath for a lease on 110 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington. 6 pages and glassine coloured plan of property. A nice bundle of London related legal documents.

na, 1930. An advertising mock up for Kasseler Hafer-Kakao. thin paper pasted onto stiff card. This was a prototype for advertising, selling the cocoa beverage as a children's breakfast essential! The picture and background are a colour printed lithograph, and the text has been painted onto it using watercolour. This design did go into production, and can be seen on wooden oat cocoa boxes from the period. The lithograph has the printed reference "56. J. 6.XX" A little nicking and cracking to the paper image. slight rubbing with a little surface loss, but still an attractive piece. Two pin holes to top edge of card. Kasseler Hafer-Kakao was a product invented in Kassel in 1898. It was a solid oat-cocoa cube which could be dissolved into a drink. At its height, the factory employed 500 people. It closed in 1954. The site and factory is now a museum.

Amsterdam: De la Mar Publicity Ltd, 1945. First edition. Original green illustrated paper covers. With 16 full-page colour illustrations of Canadian G.I.s during the days of liberation, expertly observed by the artist Jan Nieuwenhuys. Introduction by Edward Startz of the Dutch Overseas Broadcasting Station is written in English. He describes the book as 'a Cavalcade of Canadians in the Netherlands'. Covers are a little browned at the edges and there are spots of foxing. Inside the book is in a very good, fresh and clean condition. 30 pages. 270 x 205 mm (10¾ x 8 inches).

Jan Nieuwenhuys was one of the early active founders of the Dutch Experimentalists group that later became part of CoBrA. At the time of this book being published he was just 23 years old, and is referred to in the introduction as 'young and promising'!

Port Sunlight: Lever Brothers Limited, c. 1910. Loose leaf, in full colour, that appears to have formerly been tipped into another publication. Illustration of a man in a bath holding a bar of Lifebuoy soap with a box of soaps on the floor and a portrait of the Lifebuoy fisherman on the wall. Text reads "LIFEBUOY SOAP. Specially prepared for HANDS & BATH. Gives you that Healthy Feeling". Verso has the advertising text for Lifebuoy. Very good condition and still bright coloured, as it was kept enclosed in a book or magazine for most of its time. Clean and without creases etc. 160 x 115 mm (6¼ x 4½ inches).

Lever Brothers and other firms often commissioned many (now important) artists to produce their advertising for them. Will Owen (1869 – 1957) was an English book illustrator, cartoonist, caricaturist and a commercial and poster artist, possibly best known for his iconic images of the Bisto Kids, Bovril, Lux and Lifebuoy.

1923. Bookplate designed by the famous Dadaist artist Paul Citroen for his own library, and signed on the back by him. Neatly displayed in a plain white mount, perfect for framing. In a fine condition. Bookplate: 65 x 50 mm (2½ x 2 inches). In mount: 300 x 240 mm (11¾ x 9½ inches).
Paul Citroen was a German-born Dutch artist, art educator and co-founder of the New Art Academy in Amsterdam. Citroen's most famous work is probably 'Metropolis' (1923), thought to have inspired the German director Fritz Lang to make the classic film of the same name. Ex-libris dessiné par le célèbre artiste dadaïste Paul Citroën pour sa propre bibliothèque, et signé au dos par lui. Soigneusement affiché dans un support blanc uni, parfait pour l'encadrement. Dans un bel état. Ex-libris : 65 x 50 mm (2½ x 2 pouces). En montage : 300 x 240 mm (11¾ x 9½ pouces).
Paul Citroën était un artiste néerlandais d'origine allemande, professeur d'art et co-fondateur de la New Art Academy à Amsterdam. L'œuvre la plus célèbre de Citroën est probablement "Metropolis" (1923), qui aurait inspiré le réalisateur allemand Fritz Lang à réaliser le film classique du même nom.

1820. A single leaf 12" x 7^1/2" closely written on both sides in a neat (and surprisingly literate) hand. Comprising of 11 recipes to cure horses of various maladies, including poultices, to cure bad sight, curing surfit, to reduce swellings, and one "for a quitter" presumably to enhance stamina in a race (which seems mainly to contain alcohol)! Date is taken from the book in which the document was found, and which has marginalia in the same hand. An interesting insight into the owner's approach to equine care in the early nineteenth century. The edges of the page are a touch nicked and have some small tears. To the centre, is a strong crease, and a small area of loss to the middle where the page has been folded. Slightly darkened. Nevertheless, in sound condition. 310 x 190 mm (12¼ x 7½ inches).

Unknown. No date. Southern impression, circa 18th century; 16pp. Beautiful and rare printed booklet, with rough cut page edges.. Page 1 (serves as the cover) decorated with a popular woodcut showing Bacchus seated on his barrel. Text in French. On the back page / cover, the emblematic coat of arms with a glass being filled, and the motto: Donec totum impleat. Which was the emblem of the l'Ordre de la boisson a famous Bacchanalian society in Avignon. This vignette confirms the southern provenance of this libretto. Rare. Inconnu. Pas de date. Impression méridionale, vers XVIIIe siècle; 16pp. Beau et rare livret imprimé, aux tranches de page grossièrement coupées. Page 1 (servant de couverture) ornée d'une gravure sur bois populaire représentant Bacchus assis sur son tonneau. Texte en français. Au verso/couverture, le blason emblématique au verre se remplissant, et la devise : Donec totum impleat. Qui était l'emblème de l'Ordre de la boisson célèbre société bachique d'Avignon. Cette vignette confirme la provenance méridionale de ce livret. 130 x 90 mm