EditorialA woman watching a projected image. The text below is a translated explanation: "The Kinetograph record the movement of man and reproduce exactly as phonograph records and reproduces his voice. In five or six years, you will enjoy this wonderful compos...
EditorialA building with the sign 'Elisenruh'. The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [1910.]. With picture postcard illustrations inserted. The story is set in the Frisian Islands. The 'Riddle of the Sands' i...
EditorialA house in Borkum. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [...
EditorialThree men and a woman sitting. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & ...
EditorialA building and lighthouse in the area of Borkum. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson...
EditorialCommander Von Brüning and another sailor. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [1910.]. With picture postcard illustrations inserted. The story is set in the Frisian Islands. The 'Riddle of the S...
EditorialA picture postcard showing various places in the area of Borkum. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret se...
EditorialIllustration showing characters in the novel. Dorothy Vernon (c. 1545 – June 24, 1584), the younger daughter of Sir George Vernon, was the heiress of Haddon Hall, an English country house in Derbyshire. She married John Manners in about 1563. The cou...
EditorialA woman watching a projected image. The text below is a translated explanation: "The Kinetograph record the movement of man and reproduce exactly as phonograph records and reproduces his voice. In five or six years, you will enjoy this wonderful compos...
EditorialFront covers of two crime novels. Bel Demonio: a love story ... Translated [from the French] by B. Browne. / Fabian's Tower; a novel [by M. R. S. Kettle]. London, 1863. / London, Guildford [printed : Ward, Lock & Co., 1880]. Source: 12514.aa.19 and 126...
Editorial'Latest plan of the North Sea island of Borkum'. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson...
Editorial'Borkum - dunen und leuchtturm'. Dunes and a lighthouse. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. ...
EditorialSand dunes at Borkum, the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [1910....
EditorialThe Wessex of the novels. A map showing the places that feature in the novels of Thomas Hardy. Under the greenwood tree. Macmillan, 1925. Source: W9/8284.
EditorialRailway tracks at Rhede. Rhede is a municipality in the Emsland district, Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [1910.]. With picture postcard illustrations inserted. The sto...
EditorialPeople standing on a jetty in the area of Borkum. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelso...
EditorialA woman walking among the sand dunes at Borkum, the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: Lond...
EditorialA rural scene. A farm. The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [1910.]. With picture postcard illustrations inserted. The story is set in the Frisian Islands. The 'Riddle of the Sands' is an early exam...
Editorial'Herrenbad'. Bathing huts on the coast. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. . The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: ...
EditorialHotels and beach. Borkum is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Riddle of the Sands. A record of secret service. T. Nelson & Sons: London & Edinburgh, [191...
EditorialThe Highland Family, 1824, Oil on wood, 24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm), Paintings, Sir David Wilkie (British, Cults, Scotland 1785?1841 off Gibraltar), Wilkie, a genre painter, served as a court artist under George IV and his successors. This painting, com...
EditorialUtagawa's Lifetime Masterpiece, from the Japanese version of the Shuihu Zhuan, Edo period (1615?1868), 1863 (5th month), Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 14 1/8 x 28 1/2 in. (35.9 x 72.4 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese...
EditorialThe Tale of Sumiyoshi (Sumiyoshi monogatari), Kamakura period (1185?1333), late 13th century, Japan, Fragments of a handscroll mounted as two hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper, Image (a): 11 3/4 ? 28 1/16 in. (29.8 ? 71.3 cm), Paintings, Anonymou...
EditorialDish with warrior, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), Chongzhen period (1627?44), China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under a transparent glaze (Jingdezhen Kraak ware), H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Diam. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm); Diam. of foot 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm), Ce...
Editorialfrom Fisher's Illustrations to the Waverley Novels 1836-1837 Watercolours Edinburgh Castle: March of the Highlanders Engraved 1836; watercolour on paper; 86 x 140 mm N04953.
EditorialChateau de Sache. In this room Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) wrote his famous novels " Le Pere Goriot" and " Le Lys dans la Vallee". Room and furniture have remained unchanged.