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Battlefield Casualty Drills

Battlefield Casualty Drills

2018
'Ponderax' skin fold callipers, obesity booklet and eating guides, Harrow, England, 1967

'Ponderax' skin fold callipers, obesity booklet and eating guides, Harrow, England, 1967

1967
Inter-City 125 Review

Inter-City 125 Review

circa 1978
Pamphlet titled, Great Exhibition Wot is to Be

Pamphlet titled, Great Exhibition Wot is to Be

1850
‘Common Sense Eating for rheumatism’, pamphlet, Gloucester, England, 1930-1940

‘Common Sense Eating for rheumatism’, pamphlet, Gloucester, England, 1930-1940

1930-1940
Leaflet relating to smoking, London, England, c. 1957

Leaflet relating to smoking, London, England, c. 1957

1956-1958
A Protest against the Extension of Railways in the Lake District

A Protest against the Extension of Railways in the Lake District

1871-1881
Leaflet relating to venereal disease, London, England, c. 1970-1980

Leaflet relating to venereal disease, London, England, c. 1970-1980

1970-1980
4472 'Flying Scotsman' pamphlet

4472 'Flying Scotsman' pamphlet

1974
Pamphlet for pocket microscope by James Mann and James Ayscough

Pamphlet for pocket microscope by James Mann and James Ayscough

1743
Packet of Portrait Studio Leaflets

Packet of Portrait Studio Leaflets

Octagonal card with information about New Horizons probe to Pluto

Octagonal card with information about New Horizons probe to Pluto

2003-2006
Yellow booklet (in James Morton's handwriting) 'Dyestuffs activity,' 1918-1922.

Yellow booklet (in James Morton's handwriting) 'Dyestuffs activity,' 1918-1922.

COVID-19 guidelines in Irish and English

COVID-19 guidelines in Irish and English

2020
New Photo-theodolite pamphlet

New Photo-theodolite pamphlet

1894-1904
Instruction booklet for Seyler's coal calculator

Instruction booklet for Seyler's coal calculator

1934-1939
Booklet: The World's Largest Pipe Organ

Booklet: The World's Largest Pipe Organ

circa 1950
Pamphlet - "Directions flow to use the Double Reflecting Microscope"

Pamphlet - "Directions flow to use the Double Reflecting Microscope"

Pamphlet - "A description of the Eirometer"

Pamphlet - "A description of the Eirometer"

Pamphlet - "A description of the Compound (commonly call'd the Reflecting or Double) microscope. With Great Improvements"

Pamphlet - "A description of the Compound (commonly call'd the Reflecting or Double) microscope. With Great Improvements"

1747
Pamphlet - "The description of Lane's improved portable microscope"

Pamphlet - "The description of Lane's improved portable microscope"

1806
1          Pamphlet, The Church Catechism, (n.d.). Paper cover 5½” x 3½”.

Pamphlet - "The Church Catechism"

1790-1819
1  Linguae Latinae Exercitatio Joan Lod. Vive Autore. Typis A.W. MDCIX. Signed in ink, “James Watt” leather 6” x 3¼”

Book

1609
Pamphlet, 16 pages, ‘The Samaritans, Manchester & Salford Branch Report & Accounts 1991-1992’, 1992

The Samaritans, Manchester & Salford Branch Report & Accounts 1991-1992

1992
Pamphlet entitled 'Darlington Locomotive Works', produced by British Railways. Contains a brief history of the locomotive works, statistics and facilities. Includes a brief description of the route taken by visits to the locomotive works with descriptions of the various departments and shops taken in during the tour. Also includes 2 maps of the works: 1 of Stooperdale Shops (boiler and paint shops) and 1 of the North Road Locomotive Works, both showing route of visit to the works. Pamphlet illustrated with photographs of the 'Erecting Shop, North Bay' (front cover) and the 'Boiler Shop, Stooperdale - Centre Bay' (inside front). 4 printed pages. Good condition.

Darlington Locomotive Works

circa 1950
Book, "A description of an astronomical instrument, being the orrery reduc'd : which shews the use of it so far as relates to the motion of the Earth and Moon, explain'd to the meanest capacity, made either in silver, brass or wood.", by Thomas Wright and published by Thomas Wright, London, c.1720. Located at the Science Museum Library at Wroughton. Shelfmark: O.B. WRI WRIGHT.

Astronomy book by Thomas Wright

1718-1722
Booklet, Railway Engineering School, Derby published c 1980, describing the location and facilities of the school with a list of senior staff

Railway Engineering School Derby

1980
Card and paper booklet with the title "Principles of the Science of Tuning" by Charles Earl Stanhope, 1806

"Principles of the Science of Tuning" by Charles Earl Stanhope

1806
Pamhplet, paper, Book of Reference to plans of the intended Invergarry and Fort-Augustus Railway (Inverness Extension), published by the Invergarry & Fort Augustus Railway, printed by the Northern Counties Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Inverness, Nov. 1896. Contains names of owners and occupiers of land along the proposed route, with descriptions of the land. At the start is a notice of the intended bill from the Edinburgh Gazette. 70pp.

Book of Reference to plans of the intended Invergarry and Fort-Augustus Railway (Inverness Extension)

1896-11
Pamphlet, paper, "After the Railway - Notes on the aspect of the North-end of Darlington in former days, and on the beginnings of Church Work in the Railway Parish (St. Paul's)" by C.P. Nicholson, printed by W. Stairmand, Darlington, 1909. 32pp with fold-out map.

After the Railway

1909
Pamphlet. A supplement to the short treatise on rail-roads generally, explaining particularly the Liverpool and Manchester : also, the Leeds, Selby, and Hull rail-roads : the consequent great change that will be effected by them on property, with respect to innkeepers, coach proprietors, coach offices, carriers by land & water, and farmers; and which will shew that horse-power is cheaper, preferable, and more expeditious than locomotive engines, in the conveyance of passengers and merchandise upon the lines of road : also, a description of an inclined-plane, when it cannot be avoided; with machinery to assist the horses. Likewise, two plates; one shewing a single line of rail-road from Liverpool to Manchester, with three passing places only, equal to a double one, all the way, for coaches and light carriages travelling ten to twelve miles an hour. The other plate represents the termination of the intended East London rail-road, where twenty carriages can go off an enter upon it at the same time, without the least delay or confusion.

Supplement to the short treatise on rail-roads generally

1829
Booklet, Modernised Up Marshailling Yard at Toton (British Railways, London Midland Region), a reprint of an article from the Railway Gazette, Nov-Dec 1951

Modernised Up Marshalling Yard at Toton

1951
An advertsing pamphlet for Kodak materials from the Kodak company. The single-fold sheet, forming four pages in green, black and white features photographically illustrated descriptions for a range of Kodak print colouring and retouching materials.

'Add Beauty to Your Pictures With Kodak Materials for Print Coloring and Retouching' Pamphlet

Pamphlet containing "Ten outline lectures for study circles, with notes and bibliography for class leaders & students." Prepared for the Independent Labour Party by its Information Committee - I.L.P. Study Course No. 9.

Socialism and Railways

circa 1924
[Pamphlet] Rae's Treatise on the Microscope and its Objects. [15p, 1866]

Rae's Treatise on the Microscope and its Objects

1866
Printed pamphlet. Gelatin silver print. 'Poland's Martyrdom: The German Invasion in Photographs and Facts', 1940 by George Him (1900-1982) and Jan Lewitt (1907-1991), M I Kolin Publishers. Introduction by P J Noel-Baker MP. Daily Herald Archive.

'Poland's Martyrdom: The German Invasion in Photographs and Facts', 1940

1940
Pamphlet entitled'Integration of Freight Services by Road and Rail - a statement of policy' issued by British Transport Commission, London.

Pamphlet 'Integration of Freight Services....'

1950
Pamphlet: Experiences relatives a la production et a la transmission du son dans l'eau.

Pamphlet: Experiences relatives a la production et a la transmission du son dans l'eau

1841
Pamphlet, The Sights of London, around the Metropolis by Great Western Railway Sight Seeing Motor Car commencing June 1st 1909.

Pamphlet, The Sights of London

1909
Pamphlet, The Royal Scot - Visit of the train to the North American continent & the Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago 1933, 4-fold pamphlet containing information on train facilities, sketch map and photos and brief notes of places of interest, cover illustration photo of inaugural ceremony.

The Royal Scot

1933
Pamphlet, "Description of the use and application of a new patent saccharometer", by William Speer MRIA, 1806. For actual instrument see 1876-1072

Pamphlet, "Description of the use and application of a new patent saccharometer"

1806
Pamphlet, "Great Western Railway: Letter from Nicholas Wood, Esq, to the Directors", 14th January 1839, four pages.

Great Western Railway: Letter from Nicholas Wood, Esq, to the Directors

1839
Pamphlet titled 'Debate on the presentation of Mr Gurney's Petition praying for the repeal of the legislative restrictions on Steam Engines running on the common roads'

Pamphlet about Gurney's petition for legislation repeal

1834
Pamphlet, printed in Chinese, on acupuncture, 1970-1980

Acupuncture pamphlet

1970-1980
Pamphlet 'Ein einfachstes Haemochromoskop" by G. Rindfleisch, 1891.

Pamphlet 'Ein einfachstes Haemochromoskop" by G. Rindfleisch

Pamphlet, "The Probable Effects of the Proposed Railway from Birmingham to London Considered", 1831, 50 pages.

The Probable Effects of the Proposed Railway from Birmingham to London Considered

1831
Small printed pamphlet describing where to see the eclipse of the sun in its totality, and special LNER facilities and tickets for observers. This booklet was advertised on LNER posters and was prepared in conjunction with the British Astronomical Society.

Eclipse of the Sun

1927
Pamphlet advertising "Day Tickets to London from Chester (General), trips leaving day from 14th June 1965 until 21st May 1966. Black and white photocopied sheet.

day tickets to london from chester (general)

1965
A pamphlet in the form of an 8-page progress report, issued in Novemeber 1948, to Kodak dealers, professional photographers and photo-finishers. Page two lists 'off the ration' Kodak products now available following wartime rationing of films, papers and chemicals. On the reverse cover page, details are given of Kodak wholesale branches and a notice regarding advertising requests for advertising materials which they cannot supply due to "government restrictions which limit our advertising activities".

'A Message From Kodak, Progress Report'

1948-11-01
Red and green coloured pamphlet with a nature scene from Chinese canvas surgical case

Pamphlet with a nature scene from Chinese canvas surgical case