Waverley Book Company Collection

Lapwing or Peewit - Vnel lus vulga ris, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Lapwing or Peewit - Vnel lus vulga ris, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Oyster-Catcher - Haemat opus ostral egus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Oyster-Catcher - Haemat opus ostral egus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

The Ingenious Spinning Jenny Invented by James Hargreaves, c1925. James Hargreaves, (c1720-1778), English inventor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 3 by Harold Wheeler

Dante Aligheri - Dante and Beatrice in the Garden, c1925. Artist: Cesar Saccagi
Dante Aligheri - Dante and Beatrice in the Garden, c1925. Dante Alighieri, (1265-1321), Italian poet. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Common Buzzard - Bu teo vulga ris, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Common Buzzard - Bu teo vulga ris, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

George Bernard Shaw, c1925. George Bernard Shaw, (1856-1950), Irish playwright and Nobel Prize in Literature. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Lord Northcliffe - The Famous Journalists Favourite Portrait, c1925. Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, (1865-1922), Lord Northcliffe, British newspaper and publishing magnate

The Brownings in the Gondola City, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
The Brownings in the Gondola City, c1925. Robert Browning, (1812-1889), English poet and playwright. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, (1806-1861), English poet

Magellan Consults with his Navigators, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
Magellan Consults with his Navigators, c1925. Ferdinand Magellan, (c1480-1521), Portuguese explorer. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 3 by Harold Wheeler

Ruskin in the Land of His Inspiration, c1925. Artist: Charles Dudley Tennant
Ruskin in the Land of His Inspiration, c1925. John Ruskin, (1819-1900), English art critic. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 3 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd

Ruskin and Holman Hunt Enjoy a Conversation On Art, c1925. Artist: Frederick Hollyer
Ruskin and Holman Hunt Enjoy a Conversation On Art, c1925. John Ruskin, (1819-1900), English art critic. William Holman Hunt, (1827-1910), English painter

Crookes, Rontgen and Finsen - Using the Marvellous X-Rays Apparatus, c1925. Niels T. Finsen, (1860-1904). From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Carmen Sylva - Late Portrait of the Author-Queen, c1925. Elizabeth of Wied, (1843-1916), also known as Carmen Sylva, was Queen Consort of King Carol I of Romania, who she married in 1869

Wellington on the Eve of Waterloo, c1925. Artist: Charles Dudley Tennant
Wellington on the Eve of Waterloo, c1925. Arthur Wellesley, (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician

Charles Lamb - The Edmonton Home of Charles and Mary Lamb, c1925. The home of Charles Lamb, (1775-1834), English writer. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Sir Squire Bancroft and Madame Sarah Bernhardt, c1925. Sir Squire Bancroft, (1841-1926), English actor-manager. Sarah Bernhardt, (1844-1923), French actress

Camille Flammarion - A Veteran Watcher of the Heavens, c1925. Nicolas Camille Flammarion, (1842-1925), French astronomer. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Camille Flammarion - The Distinguished Astronomer Among His Books, c1925. Nicolas Camille Flammarion, (1842-1925), French astronomer

George Romney - At Work On A Picture Of His Favourite Model, c1925. Artist: Charles Dudley Tennant
George Romney - At Work On A Picture Of His Favourite Model, c1925. George Romney, (1734-1802), English portrait painter. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Amelita Galli-Curci - The great diva gathering roses, her favourite flowers, c1925. Amelita Galli-Curci, (1882-1963), Italian soprano

Auguste Rodin - Rodin and his Wife in their Garden at Meudon, c1925. Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, (1840-1917), French sculptor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Henrik Ibsen - In the Heyday of His Success, c1897, (c1925). Henrik Ibsen, (1828-1906), Norwegian playwright. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Napoleon at the Retreat from Moscow, c1925. Artist: Stanley Llewellyn Wood
Napoleon at the Retreat from Moscow, c1925. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. London, c1925]

David Lloyd George - The Great Statesman Surrounded By His Family, 1905, (c1925). David Lloyd George, (1863-1945), British Liberal politician

Victor Hugos study at Hauteville House - The Room in Which Les Miserables Was Written, c1925. The study of Victor Marie Hugo, (1802-1885), French writer

Enrico Caruso - Italys Famous Tenor at the Piano, c1925. Enrico Caruso, (1873-1921), Italian tenor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd

Stanley Baldwin in the Gallery at Chequers, c1925. Stanley Baldwin, (1867-1947), British Conservative politician and three times Prime Minister

George Cadbury - A Many-Sided Business Builder, c1925. Artist: Henry Joseph Whitlock
George Cadbury - A Many-Sided Business Builder, c1925. George Cadbury, (1839-1922), entrepreneur. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd

High Adventure in the Arctic Regions, c1925. Artist: Archibald Bertram Webb
High Adventure in the Arctic Regions, c1925. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. London, c1925]

Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
Fulton Explains His Submarine to Napoleon, c1925. Robert Fulton, (1765-1815), American engineer and inventor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, arrayed in the dress of a Red Indian tribe, c1925. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, (1857-1941), 1st Baron Baden-Powell, British Army officer and writer

William Gladstone - The Grand Old Man Seated At His Study Table, c1925. William Ewart Gladstone, (1809-1898), British politician. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Cleopatra - The Serpent of Old Nile in the Royal Galley, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
Cleopatra - The Serpent of Old Nile in the Royal Galley, c1925. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. London, c1925]

The Brontes - Words Inspired By Hope That Won Renown, c1925. The Bronte sisters, Charlotte, (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne, (1820-1849), poets and novelists

Edison and Steinmetz Join Forces to Achieve Success, 1922, (c1925). Thomas Alva Edison, (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman

James Bruce Helps His Follower, c1925. Artist: Charles Dudley Tennant
James Bruce Helps His Follower, c1925. James Bruce, (1730-1794), Scottish traveller. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. London, c1925]

Jean-Henri Fabre - The Humble Study of One of the Greatest of Naturalists, c1925. Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre, (1823-1915), French naturalist

Sir Henry Irving - The Greatest of Victorian Actors, c1925. Sir Henry Irving, (1838-1905), English actor. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 1 by Harold Wheeler

Sir Francis Drake - The First Englishman To See The Pacific, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
Sir Francis Drake - The First Englishman To See The Pacific, c1925. Sir Francis Drake, (c1540-1596), English navigator and politician

William Shakespeare - A Dainty Bloom for the King of Poets, c1925. Artist: Charles Dudley Tennant
William Shakespeare - A Dainty Bloom for the King of Poets, c1925. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler. [The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. London, c1925]

The Sword and the Soul of Italy, c1925. Artist: Arthur Percy Dixon
The Sword and the Soul of Italy, c1925. Giuseppe Garibaldi, (1807-1882), soldier of the Risorgimento. From Cassells Romance of Famous Lives, Volume 2 by Harold Wheeler

Willow-Wren - Phyllos copus tro chilus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Willow-Wren - Phyllos copus tro chilus, c1910, (1910).. From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Goldcrest - Reg ulus crista tus, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Goldcrest - Reg ulus crista tus, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Blackcap - Syl via atricapil la, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Blackcap - Syl via atricapil la, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Garden-Warbler - Syl via horten sis, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Garden-Warbler - Syl via horten sis, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Whitethroat - Syl via cine rea, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Whitethroat - Syl via cine rea, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Nightingale - Dau lias luscin ia, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Nightingale - Dau lias luscin ia, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Raven - Cor vus cor ax, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Raven - Cor vus cor ax, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

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