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Total number of records: 11

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Books and printed items7
Archives4

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John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5
Art and Antique Market4

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commerce3
merchants3
postal service3
travel2
aquatint1
architecture1
brasses1
cabinetwork1
furniture1
geometrical drawing1

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England4
Buckinghamshire (England)1
Weston-Underwood (England)1

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)7
Great Britain. Post Office3
Maiden, Thomas3
Vernor and Hood2
Barlow, J (1759-1810)1
Barnard, John George (1802-1821)1
Brayley, Edward Wedlake (1773-1854)1
Caldwall, James (1739-1819)1
Champante and Whitrow1
Charlotte Consort of George III, King of Great Britain (1744-1818)1

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Archive Item

St James Free Church of England payslip

19 Dec 1889

Payslip for Jane Anne Ogden and Annie Hood.

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King & Company billhead

King & Company

05 Dec 1876-15 Feb 1877

Pictorial billhead of King & Company for an order of one tomb rail for J. Hood Esq.

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Simpson, Fawcett & Co. billhead

Simpson, Fawcett & Co.

05 Mar 1878

Pictorial billhead of Simpson, Fawcett & Co. for an order of one pram hood for Mr H. J. Raper.

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W. R. Boucher trade card (label)
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W. R. Boucher trade card (label)

W. R. Boucher

c.1810

Pictorial 19th century engraved trade card (label) of W. R. Boucher, on delicate tissue paper with large image filling card. Trader details in a variety of typefaces with decorative flourishes inscrib...

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English domestic brass, 1680-1810, and the history of its origins

Gentle, Rupert; Feild, Rachael; Hood, Graham (1936-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1975

Includes bibliographical references (page 87) and index.

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An essay on transparent prints, and on transparencies in general (oversize)

Orme, Edward; Charlotte consort of George III, King of Great Britain (1744-1818); Barnard, John George (1802-1821); Orme, Edward; White, John (1785-1816); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Champante and Whitrow; J. Whatman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Rowe and Waller; Vernor and Hood

1807

Dedication to Queen Charlotte and princesses Augusta, Elizabeth, Mary, Sophia, Amelia. Engraved title page with etched vignette (142 x 185 mm.). With a half title. Signed in 4s. Watermark on certa...

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The Post-Office annual directory for 1808 : being a list of upwards of 16,000 merchants, traders, &c. of London, and parts adjacent

Critchett, Benjamin; Maiden, Thomas; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Great Britain. Post Office

[1808]

2 pts in one volume with: A new guide to stage coaches, waggons, carts, vessels, &c for the year 1808.

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The cabinet dictionary, : containing an explanation of all the terms used in the cabinet, chair & upholstery branches; with directions for varnish-making, polishing, and gilding. To which is added a supplementary treatise on geometrical lines, perspective, and painting in general. The whole illustrated on eighty-eight handsomely-engraved copper-plates, including a very great variety of the most fashionable pieces of cabinet furniture, and the five orders of architecture in perspective

Sheraton, Thomas (1751-1806); Barlow, J (1759-1810); Caldwall, James (1739-1819); Jones, Maurice (Publisher); Mathews, J (1774-1814); Row, W (1839); Smith, William (1799-1844); Warner, J; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Pesman, FA; Westwood, M; Vernor and Hood

1803

A list of most of the master cabinetmakers, upholsterers, and chair makers, in and about London, for 1803, printed by W. Smith, King Street, Seven Dials: at pages 435-440. 87 engr. plates (many fold...

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The Post-Office annual directory for the year 1804 : containing a list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminister, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent

Ferguson, Hugh; Sparke, John; Critchett, B; Maiden, Thomas; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Great Britain. Post Office

[1804]

At head of title: Under the patronage of His Majesty's Postmaster-General.

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The Post-Office annual directory for 1810 : being a list of upwards of 16,000 merchants, traders, &c. of London, and parts adjacent... : general information relating to the post office, including the last rates of postage : regulations of the twopenny post-office, &c. &c

Maiden, Thomas; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Great Britain. Post Office; Critchett & Woods

[1810]

At head of title: Under the patronage of His Majesty's Postmaster-General. Printed by T Maiden, Sherborne-Lane. 2 parts in one volume, with: A new guide to stage coaches, waggons, carts, vessels, ...

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Cowper, illustrated by a series of views, in, or near, the park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. : accompanied with copious descriptions, and a brief sketch of the poet's life

Brayley, Edward Wedlake (1773-1854); Storer, James Sargant (1771-1853); Greig, John (fl.1803-1824); Swan, James (fl.1802-1815); Strickland, Jarrad Edward (1782-1844); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1803

Text by Edward Wedlake Brayley. With added engraved title page dated May 1st 1803. Bedford Collection copy D500 is wanting engraved title page [frontispiece].

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