BALLAD
'The Countryman's Ramble to London',
verses beginning "At whoam a simple country lad" interspersed with a long monologue, describing how he gave as good as he got in London, with many dreadful puns, contemporary MS note "A fair sample of the ballads sold at Thirsk Fair, November 1857", thin ballad paper, 1 side 9½" x 7¼", no place,
Item Date:
1857
Stock No:
19544
£30
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BALLADS
2 on 1 sheet, 'The Mantle of Green' and 'I'm Seventeen Come Sunday',
beginning "As I went a-walking one morning in June ... she appeared like a queen ... and a mantle of green", she had lost her lover at Waterloo, whom the singer realises was his commanding officer, the second begins "As I walked out one May morning", and ends "Now I am with my soldier lad ... A drum and fife is my delight, And a pint of rum in the morning", thin ballad paper, 1 side 10" x 7", Thomas Yapp's Cheap Song Warehouse, 82 Digbeth, Birmingham, date in pen
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
19547
£30
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[BALLANTINE
(William, 1812-1887, Serjeant-at-law)]
Fine unsigned carte-de-visite photo by W. & A.H.Fry,
showing him three-quarter length, sitting cross-legged in a chair with a book on his lap, 4½" x 2½", no place,
titled and dated on verso, slightly spotted
Item Date:
1892
Stock No:
29671
£55
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BANKES
(Sir John Eldon, 1854-1946, Appeal Judge)
Autograph Letter Signed to James Frederick Chance,
(1856-1938, Hon. Secretary to the Eton War Memorial Fund) ,saying he "will gladly look over your draft", 1 side 8vo., Soughton Hall, Northop, Flintshire, 18th April
tear along line of transparent slip in left margin without loss
Item Date:
1928
Stock No:
14711
£10
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BANNISTER
(Roger, born 1929, First man to run the 4 minute mile in 1954)
Large signed photo
inscribed "with best wishes", showing him crossing the finishing line, 10½" x 8", no place but Oxford, no date but 6th May
Item Date:
1954
Stock No:
36308
£245
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