Theme Explorer

Page 2 of 9 160 Records Found

Booklet

This is a copy of Burrow's Penny Guide to Kenilworth Castle from 1912. It is number 26 in the Burrow's Penny Guides to the Castles of Old England series. The booklet was printed by W. H. Smith and Son. ...

Booklet

A Syrian Arabic Catechism with an orange coloured cover and black printing.

Booklet

A booklet, from Mongolia, with a beige cover. It contains Manchou or Mongolian text with etchings.

British Fresh-water Fish

A hard backed book containing coloured plates and descriptions of British fresh-water fish. It also contains engravings of river scenes, 1879.

Church of England, Booke of Common Prayer, 1596 - binding view

A much-used book, possibly owned by Shakespeare. This prayer book, whose dimensions are only three by four inches [9 x 12 cm], is much battered by heavy use from previous owners. The spine leather ...

Church of England, Booke of Common Prayer, 1596 - Colophon (printer's imprint), title page of Psalms.

Shakespeare’s own prayer-book. This little prayer-book which may have belonged to William Shakespeare, as several signatures in parts of the text indicate, was printed by the Queen’s printer, ...

Complete History of Royal Leamington Spa

A hard-backed book with a burgundy cover which has an embossed and gilded inscription. The book covers the history of Leamington Spa 'from the earliest times to the charter of incorporation', by T.B. ...

Daily Express Newspaper Cutting

A newspaper cutting from the Daily Express, 13 July 1951. It describes Randolph Turpin's return to Leamington Spa as World Middle-Weight boxing champion. Randolph Turpin was born in Leamington Spa in ...

Daily Herald Newspaper Cutting

A newspaper cutting from the Daily Herald, 13 July 1951. It describes Randolph Turpin's return to Leamington Spa as World Middle-Weight boxing champion. Randolph Turpin was born in Leamington Spa in 1928. ...

Daily Mail Newspaper Cutting

A newspaper cutting from the Daily Mail describing Randolph Turpin's return to Leamington Spa as World Middle-Weight boxing champion. Randolph Turpin was born in Leamington Spa in 1928. With his brothers ...

Daily Mirror Newspaper Cutting

A newspaper cutting from the Daily Mirror, 13 July 1951. It describes Randolph Turpin's return to Leamington Spa as World Middle-Weight boxing champion. It also features an enquiry into a misleading broadcast. ...

Engraved portrait of Charles Bray

Engraved portrait of Charles Bray, aged 72, by H. Adlard from a photograph. George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880. Full ...

Excursions Round Leamington

A blue hard-backed book entitled Excursions Round Leamington and published by T. Knibb, The Library and Reading Room, Upper Parade. It is a guide book and has a fold out map of Warwickshire on the first ...

Fairfax's New Leamington Guide

A paper-back book with a yellow cover and printed front, 1833. The book describes Leamington Spa and includes 'a dissertation and analysis of the waters, objects of interest in the vicinity, walks and ...

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - 'Ayre of Venice', p.192

A source for Shakespeare’s knowledge of Venice. Shakespeare’s tragedy of Othello begins in Venice, where the Moor is general of the Doge’s forces, and Desdemona is the daughter of ...

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - binding

A hard-wearing vellum binding of Shakespeare's time. This volume is in its original binding of flexible vellum, with a hand-sewn spine. Vellum (a kind of leather from very young, still-born, or foetal ...

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - Book 5 - p. 125 detail.

The law of Venice inspired Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. The trial in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (4,1, lines 15-36) of Antonio for non-repayment to Shylock of his loan, and ...

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - p.133.

A Shakespeare contemporary writes about Venice. The lawyer Lewis Lewkenor travelled in Europe, perhaps as a spy working against the English Catholics. He translated Contarini's book on Venice, first ...