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Original Great Western Railway poster stamps, 1936

Great Western Railway,

Original Great Western Railway poster stamps, 1936 1936

Sold out

An original London Travel Transport poster, Underground Guide, Winter Number, by the Scottish graphic designer ‘Beath’ (John Myles Fleming, 1913-1991). A modernist-inspired design of the TFL roundel, with text advertisement.

‘Beath’ (John Myles Fleming),

Underground Guide. Winter number 1936

Sold out

Original poster: You Can Be Sure of Shell, Explorer’s Prefer Shell, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1934. Modernist-inspired style to represent an open map book or travel journal superimposed with a blue globe against an abstract background

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Explorers Prefer Shell 1935

£3,500.00

Original Empire Marketing Board poster map, New Zealand. Leslie MacDonald Gill poster. Fishing, farming, mining, 1930s. Steam ships. Antique map.

Leslie Macdonald Gill,

New Zealand 1931

£2,750.00

An original poster for an exhibition of ‘Country Home’ interior design at the Mansard Gallery in Heal’s Department Store. The poster features a basket of flowers.

C.T,

A Country Home Exhibition, Mansard Gallery 1934

£300.00

Original Mansard Gallery poster. Heal’s Department Store. 1930s. Art Deco bedroom furniture. Moderne.

JF Greenwood,

Better Furniture for Better Times, Mansard Gallery 1934

£350.00

Poster, Scientists Prefer Shell, designed by Eric Lombers and Tom Eckersley, 1936. 2 chemical vessels on a chemical bench juxtaposed against a night sky with stars, a vaporous cloud and a planet. Modernist

Tom Eckersley and Eric Lombers,

Scientists Prefer Shell 1936

£950.00

An original Southern Railway travel poster, Sands Across the Sea, by Margaret Bradley, 1937.  The design features three women wearing traditional costumes associated with Brittany, Normandy and Picardy.

Margaret Bradley,

Sands Across the Sea 1937

£625.00

An original London Transport poster from 1938. A photographic poster of Windmill at Moreton (near Ongar), the Beacon at Hadley Church, the Old Bassettbury Mill at High Wycombe, the Clock Tower at Abinger Hammer, the Stocks at Aldbury, the White Lady at Esher, the Pound at the Vale of Health (Hampstead), the Cattle Pond at Willey Farm (Chaldon) and the Village Cross and Lock-Up at Lingfield.

London Transport,

Queer Things 1938

£450.00

Travel poster, Norway and Northern Capitals, designed by Richard Beck, published by the Orient Steam Navigation Company (Orient Line). The design features passengers on board an Orient Line cruise ship with photographic and graphic depictions of tourist destinations in the background.

Richard Beck,

Norway and Northern Capitals 1937

£350.00

Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition

Anon,

Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition c. 1935

£225.00

Boy's College, Malvern

Anon,

Boy's College, Malvern c.1935

£120.00

Original poster: Lubrication by Shell. Miles-Whitney Straight, by Edward McKnight Kauffer 1937. Features a Miles-Whitney Straight monoplane

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Lubrication by Shell. Miles-Whitney Straight 1937

£6,000.00

Original poster: Winter Shell from October to May, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1939. Design depicts single apple with autumnal leaf

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Winter Shell, From October to May 1939

£750.00

Original, antique, poster: Summer Shell from May to October, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1939. The photomontage design features a photograph of a summer hat superimposed with a graphic representation of a butterfly against a grassy background.

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Summer Shell, May to October 1939

£500.00

Original poster: TVO. Tractor Vaporizing Oil for Maximum Draw-bar Pull!, designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1938. The design features a tractor draw-bar, used to attach trailers to the tractor unit, against a modernist-inspired agricultural landscape.

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

TVO For Maximum Draw-bar Pull! 1938

£600.00

Original Shell poster: New Shell Lubricating Oils, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1937. Undulating ribbon motif connects the message with the product. Modernist design

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

New Shell Lubricating Oils 1937

£1,750.00

Lubrication By Shell – Imperial Airways Flying Boat 'Canopus'

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Lubrication By Shell – Imperial Airways Flying Boat 'Canopus' 1937

£6,000.00

Original Shell poster: Winter Shell, Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1935. Dramatic black & white image of a wintry scene in the manner of the famous Shell Guides

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Winter Shell On Sale till Next May 1935

£1,000.00

Original travel poster: Shell Is Always First, by Edward McKnight Kauffer 1935. Typographic design in bold font & colours

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Shell Is Always First 1935

£850.00

Original Shell poster: Merchants Prefer Shell, Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1933. Modernist design depicts a quayside crane lifting a crate labelled F.O.B. London

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Merchants Prefer Shell 1933

£1,200.00

Original antique poster: BP Ethyl Controls Horse-Power, Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1933. photomontage a night-time photograph of the Horse Tamers in the Place de la Concorde. dramatic asymmetrical lettering

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

BP Ethyl Controls Horse-power 1933

£3,000.00

Original Shell poster: Ask for BP not just Ethyl, by Edward McKnight Kauffer 1933. Striking typographical design with asymmetrical lettering

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Ask for BP Not Just Ethyl 1933

£850.00

Original poster: The River Yeo Near Barnstaple, Wherever You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1932. Nocturnal view of bridge crossing over the River Yeo in Devon. ‘neo-Romantic’ & Modernist

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

River Yeo near Barnstaple. Wherever you go, you can be sure of Shell 1932

£2,500.00

Original Shell poster: You Can Be Sure of Shell, Edward McKnight Kauffer 1931. A chain with asymmetric lettering to suggest power and modernity.

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

You Can Be Sure of Shell 1931

£1,200.00

Original Shell poster: The Quick Starting Pair, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1931. Image of two fleas under a magnifying glass

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

The Quick Starting Pair. Shell oil and petrol 1931

£950.00

An original Guinness poster designed by the artist John Gilroy, c. 1933. The text reads the Lewis Carroll poem You Are Old, Father William (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1865). Underneath is the slogan 'Guinness is good for you'.

John Gilroy,

A Guinness Caroll c. 1933

£400.00

1910-1935. National Savings - National Service

Septimus Edwin Scott,

1910-1935. National Savings - National Service 1935

£250.00

Original poster Shell for Go, Go for Shell, Edward McKnight Kauffer 1938. Modernist typographic design.

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Shell for Go, Go for Shell 1938

£850.00

Original Shell poster: Dinton Castle, Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1936. Modernist-inspired design features a framed representation of Dinton Castle near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

To Visit Britain's Landmarks, You Can Be Sure Of Shell. Dinton Castle. 1936

£1,200.00

Commerial artwork, untitled

Margaret Bradley,

Commerial artwork, untitled c.1935

£500.00

Halt at major roads. He didn't !

Anon,

Halt at major roads. He didn't ! c. 1935

£185.00

Be Guided by Experience (Leeds Permanent Building Society)

Anon,

Be Guided by Experience (Leeds Permanent Building Society) c.1935

£75.00

50 mile road record smashed on Hercules

Anon,

50 mile road record smashed on Hercules 1934

£175.00

Original poster for Humber bikes from c.1935-50. The image depicts a group of young men of different ethnicities, all reaching for the Humber bike, with the slogan 'The aristocrat of all bicycles'.

Anon,

Humber. The Aristocrat of all bicycles c. 1935 - 1950

£450.00

Original Shell Lubricating Oil poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1936, with reference to Hillman Humber, Rolls-Royce and Standard S.S. cars

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Shell Lubricating Oil. Official for Winter 1936

£900.00

Original Shell Lubricating Oil poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1936, with reference to Austin Morris, Riley, Singer, Triumph, Vauxhall and Wolseley cars

Edward McKnight Kauffer,

Shell Lubricating Oil. Official for Winter 1936

£900.00

Original Swiss travel poster: Engelberg, 1930. Design features a contemporary photograph by A Trottmann of the Uri Alps

A Trottmann,

Engelberg 1930

£750.00

GWR menu artwork. Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon

Jackson Burton,

GWR menu artwork. Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon c.1935

£120.00

GWR menu artwork. St David's Cathedral, Pembroke

Jackson Burton,

GWR menu artwork. St David's Cathedral, Pembroke c.1935

£120.00

German Railway poster published by the Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr (RDV) in c.1930, promoting the Königssee in the Bavarian Alps. Photographic poster of Bavarian Alps, Germany.

Paul John,

Germany, Bavarian Alps. The Königssee c.1930

£300.00

An original German Railway poster published by the Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr (RDV) in about 1930, promoting Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen). Photographic poster of Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany.

Gunther Beyer,

Germany. Rhineland. Aix-la-Chapelle c.1930

£275.00

An original photographic German Railway poster published by the Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr (RDV) in about 1930, promoting Berchtesgaden, Southern Bavaria.

L Ammon,

Germany. Southern Bavaria. Berchtesgaden. Watzmann Schonau c.1930

£275.00

An original photographic German Railway poster published by the Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr (RDV) in about 1930, promoting Stuttgart’s historic Market Square, Baden-Württemberg.

Frankfurt-am-Main Reeck,

Germany. The Market Square, Stuttgart c.1930

£275.00

An original photographic German Railway poster published by the Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr (RDV) in about 1930, promoting Marksburg castle, Braubach, on the river Rhine.

F Kratz,

Germany, The Marksburg, nr Braubach on the Rhine c.1935

£275.00

The Cheltenham Flyer, the world's fastest train, 1934

Great Western Railway,

The Cheltenham Flyer, the world's fastest train, 1934 1934

£150.00

Original S.T.C. Weeks HMV Scotland poster from 1930, featuring the famous dog and gramophone logo.

S.T.C. Weeks,

Songs and dances of Scotland 1930

£575.00

Printed proof leaflet or notice: Vacances Grande Bretagne

Margaret Bradley,

Printed proof leaflet or notice: Vacances Grande Bretagne c.1938

£120.00

Royal Tournament Olympia, postcard

Unknown,

Royal Tournament Olympia, postcard c. 1930

£15.00

Bye Laws and Regulations. LMS & GWR Joint Railway

Anon,

Bye Laws and Regulations. LMS & GWR Joint Railway 1936

£125.00

An original Great Western Railway and Southern Railway jointly issued poster map of rail and road routes in southern England, 1933. The map shows the two company’s rail network and connecting bus routes

GWR & SR,

Rail and Road Routes of Southern England. South East 1933

£475.00

Original London Transport poster by Mary Adshead 1937. A table with balloons, party masks, hats, and an accordion

Mary Adshead,

Pleasure trips the floor. The town's at your door 1937

£750.00

An original poster designed for London Transport by J.S. Anderson, promoting bus, coach and Tube routes to the 1939 Royal Tournament, held at Olympia in west London.

JS Anderson,

Olympia Royal Tournament 1939

£300.00

Art Deco London Transport Tube car ‘panel’ poster by André Édouard Marty. 1933 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in north London.

Andre Marty,

Cup Final 29th April, Wembley 1933

£1,850.00

Original Leeds Permanent Building Society poster, c.1935

Gerald Hood,

For sale, Leeds Permanent Building Society c.1935

£225.00

Art & Industry, Vol 21, 1936

The Studio,

Art & Industry, Vol 21, 1936 1936

£100.00

The Liveliest Summer Annual of All !

Unknown,

The Liveliest Summer Annual of All ! c.1939-40

£45.00

Sands Across the Sea (artwork)

Margaret Bradley,

Sands Across the Sea (artwork) 1937

£150.00

Original vintage poster promoting homes for sale in Welwyn Garden City, with illustrations by Stanley Herbert

Stanley Herbert,

Springtime in Welwyn c.1935

£300.00

Original French classroom poster 'L'art à l'école' published by Ecole Art et Publicitie, 1931. Image features three children gardening.

G. Rochette,

L'art à l'école. 1931

£300.00

Original Tom Purvis poster for the British Industries Fair in 1932. A two-toned image of Britannia with the brand 'BIF' in block lettering.

Tom Purvis,

British Industries Fair 1931

£450.00

A British Conservative Party poster for the National Government coalition from the 1931 General Election. It depicts John Bull escaping the ‘plane crash’ of Socialist policy with the parachute of National Policy (Unity and Security).

G Harrington,

National Government 1931

£300.00

Original LNER poster 'The Good Companions' by Austin Cooper from 1931, showing South East England's train connections.

Austin Cooper,

J.B. Priestley's England 1931

£400.00

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