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[004486] [Queen’s Jubilee Ticket] Corporation of London Celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee Reception and Ball in the Guildhall Tuesday 28th June 1887. ill. Crane, Walter. London: Charles Letts and Co., 1887. First Edition. 4to (Oblong). Unbound. Ticket. Good+. Printed ticket, approximately 365mm x 280mm in size

Slight wear to corners, reverse lightly foxed, but generally quite bright

Designed by Walter Crane, who also designed wallpaper and fabrics for the Jubilee, as well as a map showing the extent of the British Empire a year earlier, all a little incongruous for a socialist

A visually attractive item despite the content