Library Collection (page 17)

LIBRARY
Arsen Alaberdov

Vatican Library, Rome, Italy

Italy Vatican Library pre-1900

Newberry Library, Chicago, USA

Newberry Library, Chicago - hand coloured when published - early 1900s

The Free Library, High Street, Harborne, south-west Birmingham. Date: circa 1905

New Public Library, New York, USA. Date: 1911

All Saints, Margaret Street, London - The Vicars Room - here many of the Ritual Conferences were held. Date: circa 1910s

Samuel Johnson & George III
In February 1767 Samuel Johnson was honoured by a private conversation with his Majesty George III in the library at the Queen's House. Date: 1931

Hull - Carnegie Library

The Library, St Hugh's Charterhouse, Cowfold, Sussex
The Library, St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster, Carthusian Monastery, Cowfold, Sussex Date: circa 1920s

The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard Sabotage
An illustrated front cover for The Amazing Affair Of The Shipyard Sabotage, written by Stanton Hope, no. 736 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Observed Corps Mystery
An illustrated front cover for The Observed Corps Mystery, written by Rex Hardinge, no. 733 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. Date: circa 1940s

The Mystery Of The Bombed Hotel
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of The Bombed Hotel, written by Anthony Skene, no. 22 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. Date: circa 1940s

Previously Reported Missing - Now?
An illustrated front cover for Previously Reported Missing - Now...?, written by Gilbert Chester, no. 66 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Case Of The Shot Looter
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Shot Looter, written by Martin Frazer, no. 5 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. The image shows a warden being shot in the back

Raiders Passed!
An illustrated front cover for Raiders Passed!, written by John Hunter, no. 1 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library. Date: circa 1940s

The Secret Of The Evacuee
An illustrated front cover for The Secret Of The Evacuee, written by Paul Urquhart, no. 731 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Mystery Of The Blitzed Tower
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of The Blitzed Tower, written by Anthony Parsons, no. 238 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Case Of The Man On Leave
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Man On Leave, written by Gilbert Chester, no. 743 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Case Of The Defaulting Sailor
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Defaulting Sailor, written by John Hunter, no. 118 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Case Of The Naval Defaulter
An illustrated front cover for The Case Of The Naval Defaulter, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 219 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The Affair Of The Spiv's Secret
An illustrated front cover for The Affair Of The Spiv's Secret, written by John Hunter, no. 170 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

The New Public Library, Birkenhead, Merseyside. Date: circa 1930s

Great Bible of Clairvaux, Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac, Troyes
Great Bible of Clairvaux, an illuminated bible made 12th century at the Abbaye de Clarvaux or Clairvaux Abbey under St Bernard, now in the Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac

Officers of the Welsh Guards at The Albuhera Barracks
(from left) Officers of the Welsh Guards: Hugh Maurice Carstairs Jones-Mortimer (1908 - 1980), Edward Watkin Williams-Wynn (1908-1977), Major James Frank Gresham ()

Major William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane Fox-Pitt, reading
Major (later Major General) William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane Fox-Pitt, CVO, DSO, MC (1896-1988) at The Albuhera Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire reading in the Library

Green Loaning, Mudeford, Hants
A pair of photographs showing the entrance front and interior library of Green Loaning, a property at Mudeford, Hampshire. Date: early 1900s

The Garth, Baillie Scott, Interior
A pair of photographs which show the dining room and library of The Garth, a house designed by Arts and Crafts architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott. Date: early 1900s

Senate House & Library Middlesex Library South
A photograph which shows the Middlesex Library at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

Senate House & Library Goldsmith's Library
A photograph which shows the Goldsmith's Library at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library Central File
A photograph which shows the central file storage room at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden

University Of London Senate House & Library Kitchen
A photograph which shows the kitchen at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library Small Refectory
A photograph which shows the Small Refectory at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

Senate House & Library Private Dining Room
A photograph which shows a small private dining room with a round table at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden

Senate House & Library General Common Room
A photograph which shows the General Common Room at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library Large Refectory
A photograph which shows the Large Refectory at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

Senate House & Library Vice-Chancellor's Room
A photograph which shows the Vice-Chancellor's room at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library Stained Glass
A photograph which shows a stained glass window at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden. Date: circa 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library Senate Room
A photograph which shows the spacious Senate Room, with tiered seating and wood panelling, at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library Court Room
A photograph which shows the Court Room, with comfortable chairs arranged around the curve of the conference desk, at the University of London Senate House and Library

Senate House & Library William Beveridge Hall
A photograph which shows the William Beveridge Hall, arranged for a lecture, at the University of London Senate House and Library, designed between 1932 and 1937, by architect Charles Henry Holden

University Of London Senate House & Library Interior Court
A photograph which shows an interior court of the University of London Senate House and Library, the art deco building was constructed between 1932 and 1937

University Of London Senate House & Library
This photograph shows the University of London Senate House and Library, from the south-west. The art deco building was constructed between 1932 and 1937, designed by architect Charles Henry Holden

University Of London Senate House & Library Aerial
This photograph shows an aerial view of the University of London Senate House and Library. The art deco building was constructed between 1932 and 1937, designed by architect Charles Henry Holden

Turkey. Istanbul - Library of Raghib Pasha. Interior
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (Istanbul). Library of Raghib Pasha. Interior. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Ottoman Empire. Turkish books. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

John E. Bumpus Advertisement
An advertisement photograph of the interior of John E. Bumpus Ltd, booksellers of Oxford Street, London. The photo was accompanied with a promotion for the library of Sir Richard Wallace

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