published 1888-1889, bound in 2 folders, green cloth, with full page carbon prints mounted on board and accompanying biographies, each with original wrappers and adverts;
1888 with all 12 sections as:
No.1 for January 1888, contents, The Marquis of Hartington, Miss Mary Anderson, His Eminence Cardinal Newman.
No.2 for Febuary 1888, contents, Mr Ruskin, Mr. & Mrs. Kendal, The Right Hon. John Bright MP
No.3 for March 1888, contents, The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP, Miss Ellen Terry, Professor Herbert Spencer.
No.4 for April 1888, contents, Henry Irving, Lady Randolph Churchill, Professor Owen.
No.5 for May 1888, contents, General Viscount Wolseley, Madam Schumann, Walter Besant.
No.6 for June 1888, contents, Robert Browning, Marie Roze, The Bishop of Liverpool.
No.7 for July 1888, contents, Admiral Sir Walter Hewett C.C., Mrs Gladstone, Dr. Richter.
No.8 for August 1888, contents, Dr. W. G. Grace, Helen Mathers (Mrs Reeves), Lord Justice Cotton
No.9 for September 1888, contents,The Marchioness of Granby, Mr Sims Reeves, Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart, MP.
No.10 for October 1888, contents, Lord Tennyson, Madame Antoinette Sterling, Sir Charles Warren.
No.11 for November 1888, contents, Dr. Warre, Mrs Hodgson Burnett, Rev. H. R. Haweis.
No.12 for December 1888, contents, The Right Hon. John Morley MP, The Ven. Archdeacon Farrar.
1889 with all 12 sections as:
No.13 for January 1889, contents, The Right Hon. W. H. Smith, MP, Mrs. Bernard-Beere, The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon.
No.14 for Febuary 1889, contents, Sir John Lublock, Bart, MP, Miss Rhoda Broughton, Rev J. E. C. Welldon M.A.
No.15 for March 1889, contents, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire KC, Madame Nornmann-Neruda, Sir CHarles Halle
No.16 for April 1889, contents,Mr J. L. Toole, Miss Mary Moore, Sir Edwin Watkin, Bart, MP.
No.17 for May 1889, contents, Madam Adelina Patti, Mr Thomas Hardy, The Bishop of Rippon.
No.18 for June 1889, contents, General Boulanger, Miss M V White, Hawlwy Smart.
No.19 for July 1889, contents, Sir Henry Hawkins, K.B., Miss Alice Cornwell, Mr Charles Wyndham.
No.20 for August 1889, contents, Lord Charles Beresford, Lady Carew, Max Or'Rell
No.21 for September 1889, contents, The Shah of Persia, Lady Brooke, The Chief Rabbi.
No.22 for October 1889, contents, Sir CHarles Russel, Mrs. John Wood, The Rev. Stopford A Brooke.
No.23 for November 1889, contents, Professor Tyndall, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Alderman Whitehead.
No.12 for December 1889, contents, THe Archbishop of Canterbury, Miss Julia Neilson, Major-gen Sir Francis Grenfell
photographs typically 24cm x 18.5cm, mounted on card pages 35.5cm x 24.5cm.
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published 1888-1889, bound in 2 folders, green cloth, with full page carbon prints mounted on board and accompanying biographies, each with original wrappers and adverts;
1888 with all 12 sections as:
No.1 for January 1888, contents, The Marquis of Hartington, Miss Mary Anderson, His Eminence Cardinal Newman.
No.2 for Febuary 1888, contents, Mr Ruskin, Mr. & Mrs. Kendal, The Right Hon. John Bright MP
No.3 for March 1888, contents, The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP, Miss Ellen Terry, Professor Herbert Spencer.
No.4 for April 1888, contents, Henry Irving, Lady Randolph Churchill, Professor Owen.
No.5 for May 1888, contents, General Viscount Wolseley, Madam Schumann, Walter Besant.
No.6 for June 1888, contents, Robert Browning, Marie Roze, The Bishop of Liverpool.
No.7 for July 1888, contents, Admiral Sir Walter Hewett C.C., Mrs Gladstone, Dr. Richter.
No.8 for August 1888, contents, Dr. W. G. Grace, Helen Mathers (Mrs Reeves), Lord Justice Cotton
No.9 for September 1888, contents,The Marchioness of Granby, Mr Sims Reeves, Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart, MP.
No.10 for October 1888, contents, Lord Tennyson, Madame Antoinette Sterling, Sir Charles Warren.
No.11 for November 1888, contents, Dr. Warre, Mrs Hodgson Burnett, Rev. H. R. Haweis.
No.12 for December 1888, contents, The Right Hon. John Morley MP, The Ven. Archdeacon Farrar.
1889 with all 12 sections as:
No.13 for January 1889, contents, The Right Hon. W. H. Smith, MP, Mrs. Bernard-Beere, The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon.
No.14 for Febuary 1889, contents, Sir John Lublock, Bart, MP, Miss Rhoda Broughton, Rev J. E. C. Welldon M.A.
No.15 for March 1889, contents, His Grace the Duke of Devonshire KC, Madame Nornmann-Neruda, Sir CHarles Halle
No.16 for April 1889, contents,Mr J. L. Toole, Miss Mary Moore, Sir Edwin Watkin, Bart, MP.
No.17 for May 1889, contents, Madam Adelina Patti, Mr Thomas Hardy, The Bishop of Rippon.
No.18 for June 1889, contents, General Boulanger, Miss M V White, Hawlwy Smart.
No.19 for July 1889, contents, Sir Henry Hawkins, K.B., Miss Alice Cornwell, Mr Charles Wyndham.
No.20 for August 1889, contents, Lord Charles Beresford, Lady Carew, Max Or'Rell
No.21 for September 1889, contents, The Shah of Persia, Lady Brooke, The Chief Rabbi.
No.22 for October 1889, contents, Sir CHarles Russel, Mrs. John Wood, The Rev. Stopford A Brooke.
No.23 for November 1889, contents, Professor Tyndall, Mrs. Humphry Ward, Alderman Whitehead.
No.12 for December 1889, contents, THe Archbishop of Canterbury, Miss Julia Neilson, Major-gen Sir Francis Grenfell
photographs typically 24cm x 18.5cm, mounted on card pages 35.5cm x 24.5cm.
Auction: Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024