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Collapse MS 1366 - William Downing of Birmingham, bookseller and publisher - 1861 - 1966

MS 1366 - William Downing of Birmingham, bookseller and publisher - 1861 - 1966

Expand A - Booksellers Catalogues

A - Booksellers Catalogues

Expand B - Letters From Customers - 1861 - 1934

B - Letters From Customers - 1861 - 1934

Expand C - Bookplates - [20th cent.]

C - Bookplates - [20th cent.]

Expand D - Printed Material

D - Printed Material

Collapse E - Miscellaneous

E - Miscellaneous

1 - Volume of newscuttings entitled 'The Curios of the Book Trade' - 1878 - 1888

2 - Volume of newscuttings relating to the death of Professor Leonard Doncaster, F.R.S., of the Zoological Department, University of Liverpool and formerly of Birmingham University - 1920

3 - Volume containing notes by John Bassett on medical lectures. With some loose papers - 1864

4-5 - Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland: labels for exhibits by Walter Crane and W. B. Richmond - 20th Cent

6 - Letter of appointment by William Downing of Olton, Warwicks, as member of the London and South Coast Motor Service Ltd. of a proxy to vote at the ordinary General Meeting of the Company - 1910

7 - Cartoon of Max Beerbohm by W. Rothenstein proof for engraving - n.d.

8 - Etching of female figure by Joseph Southall - 1896

9 - Signed photograph portrait of Gladys Smith - 1905

10-14 - Black and white photographs of Dorothy Withey and others taken at an art exhibition - 20th Cent

15 - Business card of Fernand Donnet of Anvers, administrator of "L' Académie Royale des Beaux Arts" and President of "L'Académie Royale de' Archeologie de Belgique" - 20th Cent

16 - ? Sample of Coventry Silk - n.d.

17 - Framed ink drawing of the Chaucer's Head Library, 5 Temple Row, Birmingham. Drawn by Edmund H. New - 1895

18 - Framed ink drawing of bookplate for William Downing. Drawn by Edmund New - late 19th Cent

19 - Framed print of external view of William Downing's booksellers shop, 74 New Street, Birmingham - late 19th Cent

20 - Framed engraving of Chaucer for a manuscript of Hoccleves poems in the Harleian Library - 1822

21 - Oil painting in gilt frame, of Chaucer. Drawn by William Shenstone the poet and given to Ernest Freeman by Mrs. Phoebe Hodgetts. - [early 19th Cent]

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