Military Ephemera
T. E. Lawrence – Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Cranwell Edition – Exhibition Notice – 1927
£900.00LAWRENCE, T. E. & Leicester Galleries
NEWHAVEN HARBOUR – NOTICE – By order of the Commissioners, with the Approbation of The Trinity House – 1814
£750.00Newhaven Harbour & The Commissioners, Trinity House
CANNING, Lady Charlotte (1817–1861). Autograph Letter Signed (“C. Canning”) to Mr Bowring. Simla, 20 May 1860.
£495.00Canning, Lady Charlotte, Vicereine Of India
T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom Exhibition Catalogue 1927 | Leicester Galleries
£295.00LAWRENCE, T. E.; SHAW, George Bernard.
The Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette – A Collection of Sixteen Original Regency Newspapers from the Year of Peterloo – Hull, 1819
£275.00William Rawson, Isaac Wilson & William Holden
Boer War – Autograph Letter Signed – “Walter S. Barttelot” – to Hamilton, Stopham House, Pulborough – 25 February 1900
£175.00BARTTELOT, Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Somerset (1855–1900)
T. E. Lawrence – Revolt in the Desert – Bumpus Prospectus – 1927
£60.00LAWRENCE, T. E. & John & Edward Bumpus Ltd
Our Military Ephemera category brings together original printed and manuscript material relating to warfare, military administration, propaganda, intelligence, occupation, recruitment, and civilian life during times of conflict.
The collection includes wartime propaganda leaflets, military proclamations, broadsides, recruitment literature, official notices, field publications, military maps, photographs, postcards, intelligence-related publications, occupation documents, and other surviving paper artefacts issued for practical use rather than long-term preservation. As a result, many examples are scarce today and provide valuable primary-source evidence for military historians, researchers, museums, and collectors.
Particular strengths include material from the Victorian military campaigns, the First World War, the Second World War, and the early Cold War era. Items range from official government publications and military orders to airborne propaganda leaflets, occupation notices, and documents illustrating the political, social, and military realities of their time.
Military ephemera offers a direct connection to historical events and the individuals who experienced them. Unlike retrospective histories, these documents were created during the periods they describe, preserving contemporary perspectives, official policies, and wartime communications.
All items offered are original period pieces unless otherwise stated and are catalogued with attention to historical context, condition, and significance.