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Mid Century Posters and ephemera. Click on an image for more details. Higher resolution images of all our posters are available on request, or you can view in person at our gallery: 40 Cross Street, Islington, London, N1 2BA

Welcome to Robinson Towers (Tom Eckersley)

Welcome to Robinson Towers (Tom Eckersley) 1982

$2,302.00

Original railway poster Isle of Man by Daphne Padden. Comical version of island’s crest, depicting holiday making fish and a Manx cat holding an ice cream

Isle of Man 1956

$1,058.00

Original poster for Parisian ‘University Week’ by Raymond Savignac 1951. Design depicts student holding diploma & embracing a carved bust

Raymond Savignac,

Grande Semaine de l'Universite 1951

$1,058.00

Keep Britain Tidy poster, Abram Games, 1963. Pastiche of Britannia, with a figure seated in a dust cart holding a road brush while the spokes of the wheel cleverly represent the traditional Union Flag shield

Abram Games (1914-1996),

Keep Britain Tidy 1963

$996.00

An original poster for Elliott's new 'Caterpillar Shop' designed by Iris Wells in 1969. The image is a colourful representation of a sunglasses wearing caterpillar crawling among the vegetation.

Iris Winifred Wells,

Caterpillar Shop (Elliott) 1969

$809.00

An original British Railways poster for Prestatyn designed by Derek Lucas and published in 1962. The image depicts a woman on the beach in her bathing suit and sun glasses.

Better go by rail to Prestatyn. The first resort of the North Wales coast 1962

$647.00

An original travel poster, Holland by Viscount, published by Aer Lingus, c. 1957-58. The poster publicises flights from Manchester to Amsterdam with a depiction of which is included flying over two Dutchmen, precariously delivery a batch of circular Edam cheeses.

Holland by Viscount

$560.00

Original poster by Xenia for the British Travel& Holidays Association in 1955. The design features vignettes of Windsor Castle, the Household Cavalry passing the Wellington Arch (London), and ‘a Cornish fishing village’.

Come to Britain c. 1955

$473.00

Second World War Home Front poster, For Progress in the Future, Save Now, by Eric Fraser, 1945. The picture is formed of a montage of products made from or relating to wood, fabric, coal, concrete and steel, together with various vegetables.

Eric Fraser (1902 1983),

For Progress in the Future, Save Now c.1944

$467.00

Shell ‘lorry’ poster designed by John Castle, 1953. Image shows 3 flowers made of cogs, with the caption 'Change your oil for Summer - Shell x-100 Motor Oil'.

Change Your Oil For Summer 1953

$467.00

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.

Olympia Royal Tournament 1939

$374.00

Original poster '3rd Finmar Fair at Liberty's' by Hans Schleger (who signed his work ‘Zero’), advertising an exhibition of Finmar homewares at Liberty’s department store, 1957. The poster features an abstract design of a leaf.

3rd Finmar Fair at Libertys 1957

$355.00

Original London Transport (LT) poster by noted British designer Tom Eckersley promoting the London Museum, featuring a nineteenth century Handsome Cab.

The London Museum 1963

$336.00

Post Early

Pieter Huveneers,

Post Early 1956

$312.00

Original fashion drawing: brochure cover for Elliott & Sons Narrow Fitting shoes & boots

Iris Winifred Wells,

Original fashion drawing: brochure cover for Elliott & Sons Narrow Fitting shoes & boots 1964

$312.00

Tom Eckersley - 50 Years of Poster Design

Tom Eckersley - 50 Years of Poster Design 1984

$280.00

Switzerland by 'Hants & Dorset'

Switzerland by 'Hants & Dorset' 1950s

$280.00

Savings make happy people

Savings make happy people c 1954

$274.00

Ian Stephenson, Paintings 1955-77 (exhibition)

[Ian Stephenson],

Ian Stephenson, Paintings 1955-77 (exhibition) 1977

$249.00

Portsmouth and Plymouth Navy Days

Portsmouth and Plymouth Navy Days 1961

$243.00

Brighton & Hove

Reginald Lander,

Brighton & Hove c. 1960

$231.00

Don't Leave Litter

Don't Leave Litter 1967

$231.00

If you have a good idea, share it, send it to your local JPC

If you have a good idea, share it, send it to your local JPC 1965

$218.00

National Business Calendar Awards 1982

National Business Calendar Awards 1982 1982

$218.00

Commercial Art by Peter Blake, Exhibition

The Yellow Pencil Company,

Commercial Art by Peter Blake, Exhibition 1987

$181.00

4d is the minimum Foreign Letter postage rate

Kenneth Bromfield,

4d is the minimum Foreign Letter postage rate 1951

$156.00

Bridlington

$156.00

exhibition poster, Lucie Rie, held at the Crafts Council Gallery, c.1991. Designed by Pentagram.

$137.00

MacFisheries Such Hare

MacFisheries Such Hare c.1955

$125.00

Books of Stamps save Time

Leonard Beaumont,

Books of Stamps save Time 1958

$119.00