Photographs & Optical Toys

A Complex Magic Lantern Slide of a Clowns Face, mahogany frame with an image of a clowns face, with 5 levers to the side to change the position of...

Magic Lanter Slide of Dancing Witches, Mahogany slide with recess cut inot it to accept the circular brass chamber that contains 3 Silhouettes of ...

Magic Lantern Slide of A Clown In The Stew Pot, the slide with long glass slide to remove the seated clown and show surprise on the others face, a...

Lantern Slide of A Chinaman With Sword, mahogany framed slide with a hand painted image of a Chinaman with a sword, the lever is pulled back and t...

Ross Wheel of Life - Fish & Seagull, Magic Lantern Slide, English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed of a Zink plate on mahogany runners, with a lacqu...

A Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of a Magician With Changing Heads, French, mid 19th Century, paper label to rear for 'EMILE LIOTARD, Pasteur, LA ...

Ship Crossing From Dover to Calais, Complex Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide, English, late 19th Century, unsigned, slide shows a steam paddle ship,...

Lifeboat Rescue, Complex Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide, English, late 19th Century, unsigned, mechanical slide with rocking lifeboat, rocking wav...

Panoramic Lantern Slide of a Moving Train, Mahogany slide with hand-painted image of a signal house and viaduct, with lever operated signal, hand ...

Postcards Japan A collection of Japanese postcards from the early to mid-20th century. Including a nice group of hand-painted cards. A group of ha...

Postcards China/Hong Kong A large collection of postcards and photographs possibly accumulated by a Naval person. Many Naval images, on board ship...

Postcards. Singapore A collection of postcards, early to mid 20th century including: G.R. Lambert showing fauna and flora. Street scenes, building...

Naval. HMS Hawkins A large album containing postcard size photographs showing the journey of HMS Hawkins, 1919-1921. Black lacquered album with an...

Postcards. WW1 Egypt A very interesting collection of postcards sent from Egypt, 1916-18, and stamped with censor and field post office stamps, fr...

An Unusual Plate the plate with telegraph poles and wires around the edge with an image in the centre of people watching a projected image, text a...

A Watchmakers Lathe, With Provenance, A watchmaker's Lathe, c.1900, unsigned, with triangular bar, interchangeable chucks and collets, tool post, ...

An Important Archive of Material concerning The Development of High Speed Photography, Consisting of various books and pmphlets including: H. Scha...

Muybridge, Eadweard, The Human Figure in Motions, Muybridge, Eadweard, The Human Figure in Motions, an electro-photographic Investigation of Conse...

An Original Auction Catalogue for The Will Day Collection an original auction catalogue of the 'Will Day Historical Collection of Cinematography a...

HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1896), Men and Women of the Day, 1888 - 1889, published 1888-1889, bound in 2 full leather volumes (different bindings ...

HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1896), Men and Women of the Day, 1888 - 1889, published 1888-1889, bound in 2 seperate volumes 1888, in green fabric, 1...

Hopwood, Henry V., Living Pictures, LIVING PICTURES:THEIR HISTORY, PHOTO-PRODUCTION AND PRACTICAL WORKING. With A Digest of British Patents and An...