Bidspirit auction | Early to Mid-20th Century Paper


Early to Mid-20th Century Paper Political and Local History Ephemera, 1924-1946 - An assortment of paper and cloth-bound ephemera relating to British political and local South Yorkshire history. The lot features a large multi-page folded appeal document from the Trades Union Congress General Council titled GENERAL ELECTION October, 1924 / THE TRADES UNION CONGRESS GENERAL COUNCIL / APPEAL TO THE OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF BRITISH TRADE UNIONS, which outlines positions on the fall of the first Labour government and the Russian Treaties. A collection of local election handbills for the Thorne Rural District and Hatfield Parish Council Elections is included, dated SATURDAY, MARCH 30TH, 1946 for candidate E. C. Dunn in the Dunsville Ward. These bear the printed signature Yours faithfully E. C. DUNN and the printer mark Printed and Published by G. W. AGNEW, Ltd., Market Place, Thorne. The lot is completed by a small brown cloth? / leatherette? booklet with gold-stamped lettering to the front cover reading INSTRUCTIONS ON THE JUBILEE &c.