Publishing Collection (#22)

The W. V. S. Did Many Jobs. Here is a W. V. S. woman managing a field kitchen, c1941 (1942)
The W.V.S. Did Many Jobs. Here is a W.V.S. woman managing a field kitchen, c1941 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Belfast: Childrens Ward. The enemys attack was directed against the whole life of the people, their homes, hospitals, churches, their food, their daily work, 1941 (1942)

The Good Neighbour, c1941 (1942). A female Air Raid Warden comforts a victim of the blitz. Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organisation in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to

The People Rally To The Peoples Need: Clydeside Feeds Its Homeless, 1941 (1942). As a result of the raids on the nights of 13th and 14th March 1941

South Wales had its turn early in the New Year. A stretcher party carries a casualty to safety, 1941 (1942). The toll on the night of 2 January 1941 saw 165 people killed and 427 more injured

And the heat of Battle. 1941 (1942). Merchants Road, Clifton. On 3rd & 4th January 1941 Bristol had its longest raid lasting 12 hours; during the raid the Luftwaffe dropped their biggest bomb

Nine Hours of Bombing. When Sheffields turn came it was mid-winter. 1940 (1942). A department store on Sheffield High Street, 12th December, 1940

In the Cold of Winter Arctic weather added new trials to the task of civil defence, 1941 (1942). On 3rd & 4th January 1941 Bristol had its longest raid lasting 12 hours; during the raid the Luftwaffe

Dawn Breaks to find the city transfigured after a night of hell, 1941 (1942). For three nights in February 1941, thousands of bombs rained down on Swansea

A scene during the London blitz, c1940 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

In the morning, work as usual. After a big raid, the way to the office is knee-deep in rubble. Londoners unemotionally pick their way through it, c1940 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941

One by one the trapped are released, 1940 (1942). A young girl is recued from the ruins during the blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

The search goes on, 1941 (1942). Throughout the night and all next day wardens, rescue men and ambulance men burowed into the wreckage of this house, looking for its occupant an old lady

Through the long night the rescue men at work, searching, helping to safety, 1941 (1942). The night of 11th January 1941. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Out in the Blitz, silhouetted aganinst the light of fires, rescue men climb into a building in St. Leonard Street, Shoreditch to reach people trapped in the upper floors, 1941 (1942)

Fifty Thousand Incidents were reported to London Control Centres during the Blitz, 1941 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Behind The Lines Were Many Workers. With the blitz still at its height, casualties are attended to in Westminster Hospital, 1941 (1942). The patient in the foreground is a female driver

The Firemen Were At The Forefront Of Danger, 1941 (1942). Firemen fighting a blaze in the East India Docks during the Blitz of World War II. From Frontline 1940-1941

Civil Defence volunteers, 1942. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Total Attack. As the attempt to hit special objectives failed and died away, the enemy turned to mass bombardment, 1941 (1942)

Frontline 1940-1941 : front page, 1942. From Frontline 1940-1941. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1942]

Paternoster Row, City of London, 1911. Paternoster Row was the centre of the London publishing trade. In 1819 Paternoster Row was described as ?almost synonymous? with the book trade

Seventeenth Century Fireship, c1660. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Sixteenth-Century Lifebelt, 1555. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Engagement Between Two Merchant Ships Off The Coast of Iceland, 1555. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Clipper Ship, Sussex, c1853. Artist: Thomas Goldsworth Dutton
Clipper Ship, Sussex, c1853. Built in 1852. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Battle of Copenhagen 1801. British Fleet Approaching, 1801. Artists: Robert Pollard, JG Wells
Battle of Copenhagen, 1801. British Fleet Approaching, 1801. Admiral Lord Nelson won a victory over the Danish-Norrwegian fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801 after disregarding the order of his

Cutter Entering Dover Harbour, 1819. Artist: Robert Havell
Cutter Entering Dover Harbour, 1819. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

American Topsail Schooner, 1825. Artist: John Rogers
American Topsail Schooner, 1825. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Armed Lugger Close Hauled With All Sail Set, 1825. Artist: John Rogers
Armed Lugger Close Hauled With All Sail Set, 1927. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

Leith Smack Running Up Swim, October, 1838. Artist: John Christian Schetky
Leith Smack Running Up Swim, October, 1838. From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

The Thames at Limehouse, c1780. Artist: Johann Ziegler
The Thames at Limehouse, c1780. After Dominic Serres (1722?1793). From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

South Sea Whale Fishery, 1836. Artist: Edward Duncan
South Sea Whale Fishery, 1836. After Ambroise Louis Garneray (1783-1857). From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton. [John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London & New York, 1927]

H. M. S. Indefatigable Engaging The French Droits-De-L Homme, 1797, 1829. Artist: Edward Duncan
H.M.S. Indefatigable Engaging The French Droits-De-L Homme, 1797, 1829. After William John Huggins (1781-1845). From Old Ship Prints by E. Keble Chatterton

Shakespeares First Published Work - 1st Edition of Venus and Adonis, 1593, (1946). Venus and Adonis is a poem by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), written between 1592

Anecdotes of Painting in England, c1762, (1946). Artist: Horace Walpole
Anecdotes of Painting in England, c1762, (1946). The First History of English Art published by the Strawberry Hill Press between 1762 and 1780

At the Front in Egypt: Mr. Churchill in Cairo with members of the Middle East War Council, 1942. Winston Churchill 19th August 1942, during his stay in the Middle East

Coming Ashore at Singapore, 1945. Members of the W.A.A.F disembarking the troop ship Devonshire, after a six day crossing from Ceylon, December 1945

Mr. Churchill Spies the Enemy, 1942. Winston Churchill pays a visit to the El-Alamein area, August 19th, 1942. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Aboard a British Minesweeper, 1945. From The War Illustrated Volume 9 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1945]

Mr. Churchill gives the V-Sign to cheering members of the ships crew, 1943-1944
Mr. Churchill gives the V-Sign to cheering members of the ships crew as he walks down the gangway of the vessel that took him to America, 1943-44

H. M. The King learns details of the R. A. F. raid on the Ruhr dams on May 17, 1943, 1943-44
H.M. The King learns details of the R.A.F. raid on the Ruhr dams on May 17, 1943, 1943-44. George VI (1895-1952) learning details of the raid on the Ruhr dams, which was part of Operation Chastise

Wingate, Captain of the Chindits, 1943-44. Major General Orde Charles Wingate (1903-1944), British Army officer known for creating special military units in Palestine in the 1930s, and in Abyssinia

Roses for the Old and Bold, 1942. With colours rose-bedecked, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers celebrated their regimental day in Cairo, April 23rd, 1942

Commando Raiders who pierced the Channel defences at Boulogne, 1942
Commando Raiders who pierced the Channel defences at Boulogne during the early hours of April 22nd forming up before crossing the Channel, 1942

Matildas Waltzing on the Desert Floor, 1942. Matilda tanks in the Tobruk area during World War II. From The War Illustrated Volume 5 edited by Sir John Hammerton

At Singapore Indian troops arrive to take part in the defence of the great fortress-port. 1941. From The War Illustrated Volume 5 edited by Sir John Hammerton

Churchill responds to the cheers from the crew of HMS Prince of Wales, 1941
Mr. Churchill responds to the cheers from the crew of HMS Prince of Wales on disembarking at a British port after his return from the Atlantic conference with President Roosevelt, 1941

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