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  • I’d Climb the Highest Mountain if I knew I’d Find You – Music Score 1926 – Lee Brown and Sidney Clare

    I’d Climb the Highest Mountain if I knew I’d Find You – Music Score 1926 – Lee Brown and Sidney Clare

    Original Music Score published in 1926 by Irvin Berlin.

    A title with a meaningful message and such lovely 1920′s graphics. Also, arranged for the Ukulele tuned A,D,F#,B ….

    “I don’t know where you are … I don’t know if you still care …. blah blah … terrific …

    And, a bonus song at the rear … The Great Novelty Song sensation … “Gimme a Little Kiss Will Ya Huh?”

    $25.00

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  • Mountain Stereoviews – Group of Twelve Early 20th Century – Fine Condition

    Mountain Stereoviews – Group of Twelve Early 20th Century – Fine Condition

    A mixed and interesting group of early 20th Century stereoviews of mountains with a few early climbers.

    Includes … Lady Mountain, Utah; Teton Mountains, Wyoming; El Misti, Peru; Mount Kasbek, Caucasus; Mt Sir Donald, British Columbia; Ngarruhoe, New Zealand; Spearhead Utah, Inca Lake Andes, Peru; Swiss Alps; the Himalayas; Mt Rundle, Banff and the Selkirks British Columbia.

    All but one are by Keystone with the usual interesting information on the reverse, the other by White all in fine condition.

    Nice views of high places

    $80.00

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  • English Canon Replica

    English Canon Replica

    Authentic replica of an early English Cannon 28 cm long with a Barrel of 24 cm. Practical English get the job done design. Impressive size and suitable for any Civil War.

    A cannon that means business … click on me to see all my BOOOOOM

    $60.00

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  • Lady Godina’s Rout – or – Peeping Tom Spying out Pope Joan – James Gillray – 1847

    Lady Godina’s Rout – or – Peeping Tom Spying out Pope Joan – James Gillray – 1847

    A special satirical print Lady Godina is a play on Lady Godiva. Pope-Joan is a card game and Lady Godina is holding the nine of diamonds which represents Pope Joan (the Pope that was said to be a lady). Note Voyager have an original Georgian Pope Joan Board for sale … see our Curiosities Section.

    A fashionable crowd, with two card tables, a round table in the foreground at which four persons play Pope-Joan. The most conspicuous is a pretty young woman directed to the left who is Lady Georgiana Gordon the Duchess of Bedford (1781-1853). Her semi-transparent draperies revealing her person leaving her breasts almost uncovered. A leering man stands behind her chair, negligently holding candle snuffers to a candle on the table, in order to peer down her décolletage. A stout lady in back view, sitting on a stool is Albinia Countess of Buckinghamshire, a little girl, and an elderly man (Dr John Sneyd 1763-1835) complete the table. On the right is another card-table at which three persons are playing. Standing figures freely sketched for the background, the whole design being dominated by the erect feathers of the ladies, usually springing from a turban

    James Gillray first produced this comic caricature in 1796. This issue in 1847 was published by Henry Bohn in London and whilst later is on a grander scale than the original. Expertly coloured.

    Price unframed … ask for recommended framing options.

    A popular card game and the exotic Lady Godina

    $140.00

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  • Exquisite Fungi Model – Boletus Pinophilus

    Exquisite Fungi Model – Boletus Pinophilus

    French (who else) model of the edible fungi Boletus Pinophilus. Made likely just after WWII and still in near perfect condition. Stands 17 cms tall and is made to a high standard. Commonly known as the Pine Bolete or Pinewood King Bolete this beauty is regarded as a form of porcini.

    Quite common in Europe in pine forests – including Scotland and the South of France where it seems to be more prolific. The flesh is white, soft and does not change colour when bruised. The taste is pleasant and has been likened to pork and pork crackling (yummy).

    Collectable Fungi for those that understand and desire them. Click on me to see my proud fungusness!

    $290.00

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  • Voyage autour de ma Chambre – Xavier de Maistre – Beautifully Illustrated by Maggy Monier

    Voyage autour de ma Chambre – Xavier de Maistre – Beautifully Illustrated by Maggy Monier

    Published by Nilsson, Paris the “Collection Emeraude [Emerald]” c 1930 with twelve aquarelles (watercolours) by Maggy Monier tipped in at front and throughout. A striking and delightful production.

    The author Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) wrote this work in 1790 and it was published in 1794 when he was under arrest in Turin as a result of a duel.

    Voyage autour de ma chambre is a parody set in the tradition of the grand travel narrative. An autobiographical account of how a young official, imprisoned in his room for six weeks, looks at the furniture, engravings, etc., as if they were scenes from a voyage in a strange land. He praises this voyage because it does not cost anything, for and he recommends it to the poor, the infirm, and the lazy. “When I travel through my room,” he writes, “I rarely follow a straight line: I go from the table towards a picture hanging in a corner; from there, I set out obliquely towards the door; but even though, when I begin, it really is my intention to go there, if I happen to meet my armchair en route, I don’t think twice about it, and settle down in it without further ado.” Later, proceeding North, he encounters his bed, and in this way he light heartedly continues his “Voyage”.

    It was later quoted or referenced by Somerset Maugham, D H Lawrence. Jorge Luis Borges and other literary greats.

    Another beautiful french illustrated book

    $120.00

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