Antique Ephemera, Paper, Prints,
Cigarette Cards, Books, and Comics


5 page photo illustrated article from a rare 1898 Victorian periodical - the article is entitled "Wire Walking" By Austin Fryers

Interesting article discussing the life and work of Mr Otto Menotti and his amazing funambulism / wire walking act

Photos illustrations taken by Messrs Brown, Barnes and Bell of Liverpool include -

Skating on the wire

Carrying a man across the wire

Reclining on the wire

View of an outdoor performance

Crossing the wire on a bicycle

Crossing wire on road skates

A difficult feat of balancing

CONDITION Please note these are genuine actual pages extracted from a rare periodical.

Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages.

Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

If you are interested in more than one item I will always combine postage where this is possible so long as purchases are in one transaction. If you are forced by ebay to pay multiple postages for your purchases I will refund the overpayment  
I have indexed many antique periodicals with detail of, peoples names, places & subjects included. When I find duplicate issues in poor condition I list the articles on ebay. If you are searching for a particular family history related person, subject, place etc, please let me know and I will search my database for any relevant entries

Thanks for taking the time to have a look at my item for sale.

Please see my other items currently on ebay in my ebay shop - If you have any questions about any of my items please contact me.

Why not add me as a favourite seller I regularly list interesting and collectable items. Thanks again for looking 

psn6.2p332