Amazon's Kindle has copyright protection hacked

An Israeli hacker claims to have broken the copyright protection on Amazon's Kindle e-reader, reports say.

The hack will allow the ebooks stored on the reader to be transferred as pdf files to any other device.

The hacker, known as Labba, responded to a challenge posted on Israeli hacking forum, hacking.org.

It is the latest in a series of Digital Rights Management hacks, the most famous being the reverse engineering of iTunes.

The Kindle e-book reader has been very successful since it was launched in the US in 2007.

Amazon hopes to have sold a million devices by the end of the year.

It leaves it to individual publishers whether they want to apply DRM but books in its main proprietary format .azw, cannot be transferred to other devices.

It did not immediately respond to the news but it is likely it will attempt to patch its DRM software.

DRM has long divided opinion. While rights holders regard it as a crucial tool to protect copyright, consumers tend to hate it because it limits what can be done with content.

"DRM is not an effective way of preventing copying nor is it a good way of making sales. There isn't a customer out there saying 'what I need is an electronic book that does less," novelist and co-editor of the Boing Boing blog Cory Doctorow told the BBC when the Kindle was launched.

As soon as a new DRM system is active, hackers begin to try and break it.

Most famously Jon Lech Johansen, known as DVD Jon, cracked the copy protection on DVDs in 1999.

He went on to break the copyright protection on iTunes, leading Apple to offer DRM-free music.

DVD Jon now runs a company with an application to take the pain out of moving different types of content between devices.

Map Found in $10 Box at Estate Sale Sells for $23,400 at Auction

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – A map that was purchased for $10 at a northern Virginia estate sale has guided its owner to a profitable destination at auction, where it sold to an anonymous bidder for $23,400.

The 1827 map of the State of Virginia, drawn by Herman Boye and engraved by H.S. Tanner and E.B. Dawson, had been tucked inside a box of 10 assorted books and offered at an estate sale for a group price of $10. The buyer, a Virginia attorney who dabbles in books, suspected the map might be valuable and took it to Quinn’s & Waverly Auction Galleries in Falls Church, where experts entered it in a Dec. 3 sale with an estimate of $2,500-$4,000.



“There was tremendous interest in it. Every phone line was occupied by a major book or ephemera dealer,” said Matthew Quinn, co-owner of Quinn’s & Waverly. “It was a challenge to settle on a presale estimate for the map because there hasn’t been another one available in the marketplace in the last 35 years. There’s barely even a reference to it on the Internet.”

Comprised of 40 sections, the map is one of only 800 printed for distribution to Virginia’s state senators in 1827, with each map representing one of nine geographic regions. The auctioned map depicts the state before the territorial split that resulted in the formation of a new state, West Virginia, and does not include Arlington County, which was still part of Washington, D.C. at the time of the map’s publication.

Based on an inscription inside the cover of its slipcase, the map was originally the property of John Randolph (1773-1833) of Roanoke, Va., who served seven terms in the Virginia House of Representatives.

Linen-backed and hand-colored, the map details the rivers, roads, towns, county seats, ferries and other natural and man-made points of interest of northwestern Virginia in the 1820s. A population table provides data from the first four U.S. Censuses and lists the number of whites, slaves and free blacks then living in Virginia. Its statistics indicate that at the time of the map’s publication, there were 36,889 freed blacks in the state – less than 10 percent of the number of slaves – out of a total population of 1,065,366 people.

“The map is like an illustrated time capsule of what life was like in Virginia in the 1820s,” said Quinn. “You can see from the symbols on the map how important churches and universities were to the people, and how the state’s fledgling industries were developing.”

Scotland’s oldest book a medieval Celtic psalter goes on display for first time

Scotland's oldest book, a medieval Celtic psalter with vivid illustrations in green, red, purple and gold, will be put on public display on Friday for just the second time in 1,000 years.



The pocket-sized book of psalms dates from the 11th century and has been described as Scotland's version of the celebrated Book of Kells in Dublin.

It contains hand-written psalms in Latin, with Celtic and Pictish illustrations of dragons and other “beasts” and is normally only available to scholars, although it was exhibited in 1967.

It is thought to have been produced at the monastery on the island of Iona and although the original binding has been lost, the script is clear and the text can still be read today.

The psalter will go on display in the main library at the University of Edinburgh for the next three months, with other items including an edition of Romeo and Juliet that was published during Shakespeare's lifetime.

Joseph Marshall, the university's rare book librarian, said people had been reluctant to show the book in the past, but its special display case now allowed it to be put on display.

He added: "It is a riot of colour. You would think someone had gone over it with a felt-tip pen."

It is thought to have been commissioned for a figure of great importance, possibly St Margaret, Queen of Scotland.

It will part of a new display in the library's refurbished exhibition room

Charles Dickens manuscript for A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens left behind one, and only one, manuscript for “A Christmas Carol,” the tale he wrote in 1843 of an unfeeling rich man and the boy who pricked his conscience.

Kept under lock-and-key for much of the year at the Morgan Library and Museum, the manuscript is not widely available, one reason, perhaps, why it has been all but impossible to track the many revisions Dickens made to the manuscript as he struggled to get his story right.

A high-resolution copy of the manuscript's 66 pages, which you can examine by clicking HERE may finally change that.

New York's Street Booksellers

An facinating introduction to some of the sidewalk booksellers on West 4th Street in Manhattan. From Jason Rosette's movie BookWars

Valuable children's literature collection up for auction

A valuable collection of children's literature, including Alice's own copy of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," a first edition of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and Beatrix Potter's personal copy of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" will be presented for auction Dec. 16.

It is the collection of NFL player Pat McInally, a Harvard grad who was a punter and receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1976 to 1985. After completing his turn as a professional football player, he started a successful line of football action figures.

The auction, held by Southern California auctioneer Profiles in History, includes an original drawing by John Tenniel of the Gryphon from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (pictured). Two copies of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There," the Alice sequel, are for sale: One has a pair of original pencil drawings by Tenniel and is estimated to sell for $40,000 to $60,000; the other, expected to sell for at least twice as much, is signed by Alice Liddell, who as a young girl inspired Lewis Carroll to write "Alice."

Other first-edition children's books for auction include "Stuart Little" signed by E.B. White; "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien; "Watership Down" by Richard Adams; and "Mother Goose in Prose," L. Frank Baum's first book, in which Dorothy makes her debut. A copy of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" is accompanied by a letter about Narnia written and signed by C.S. Lewis. There are also limited editions of "Winnie the Pooh," "The House at Pooh Corner" and "Now We Are Six," all inscribed by author A.A. Milne and illustrator Ernest H. Shepard, as well as a limited edition of the first four Harry Potter books inscribed by J.K. Rowling.

There are a few bookish collectibles for adults too, including a first edition of "The Time Machine" signed by H.G. Wells. James Bond fans should be happy: In addition to a first edition of "Goldfinger" signed by Ian Fleming to William Plomer, to whom the book is dedicated, there are first editions of "Thunderball," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "For Your Eyes Only."

Although bids will be accepted by the old-school methods of mail, fax and in person, online auctioneers icollector and LiveAuctioneers also will be taking bids.

A Blast From The Past : Eldras's Ebay Auction Of His Folio Copy Of William Shakespeare's Pericles

Snippet From The Camden New Journal 2004

Is he making a folio out of me?

COMPUTER buffs of my acquaintance told me this week of intriguing goings-on on the internet auction site eBay.
There an eccentric, 90 page stream of consciousness from a seller based in London NW3 and calling himself Eldras invited bids for “the greatest 21st century rare book stampede, a first folio appearance of Pericles by Mr William Shakespeare”.
The seller, who is apparently well known to eBay watchers and bibliophiles, claimed other very rare early copies of the 1609 romance had been destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666.

He set just a one penny reserve, but added: “I’m looking for £100,000 for this.”
Naturally, I made enquiries. One Hampstead resident claimed to have seen the merchandise. He described what appeared to be 20 authentic pages of extracts from the play, between more modern covers.



I managed to track down a phone number purporting to belong to Eldras, but despite leaving several messages, my calls were not returned.
Then the trail went cold.

I heard rumours Eldras had inherited the folio from his book-dealer father and that he had sold it on Saturday for £250,000.

Even more beguiling was the tale that he is to be found regularly, late on Tuesday nights, in the internet café in McDonald’s burger joint on Finchley Road.
Whatever the truth of the matter, Hampstead would clearly be a much duller place without Eldras’s contribution, to say nothing of cyberspace.

Historic Thomas Paine deed falls out of 18th century novel

A torn sheet of 18th century paper which tumbled out of a novel by Tobias Smollett found in a cellar, has proved to be the legal document which not only dissolved the marriage of Thomas Paine, but gave him cash in hand to buy his ticket to America - where he would become one of the most famous radical pamphleteers in the world, author of Common Sense and a leading figure in the American revolution and the founding of the United States.

The document, missing for well over a century, will return this week to Lewes, the town where Paine worked as a customs officer, and married his publican landlord's daughter, Elizabeth Ollive.

The document, referred to in standard biographies but not apparently actually seen since 1892, turned up again during the town's first Thomas Paine festival this summer.

Paine's fortunes, always precarious, were at a particularly low ebb in 1774. He had been sacked from the excise service on a trumped up charge, the tobacco shop he had started with his late father in law had failed, he had to sell most of the household goods to avoid a debtor's prison, and his marriage to the much younger Elizabeth was in tatters.

The deed formally separated them, "whereas certain unhappy Quarrels and dissensions have arisen", and provided that Elizabeth should keep the money she inherited from her father, but hand over £45 she had in cash – in return stipulating that Paine "shall not nor wil at any time hereafter slander or defame his said wife".

Paine spent the money on his ticket to the America, arriving in Philadelphia too seasick to stand on November 30 1774, and the rest was history.

The document was hanging in the home of John Hughes, at Cowfold, West Sussex. His brother took over as manager of a new jeweller's in Hastings in the late 1970s, where in clearing the cellar when he found a load of old books, and asked the owner of the building if he could have them.

The document fell out of an early copy of an 18th century novel by Smollett, and they thought it interesting and attractive enough to frame. It was only when the festival revived local interest in Paine that they realised its significance.

It has been bought for almost £13,500 at a Bloomsbury auction by the East Sussex records office and Lewes town council using external grants. Donors include Paul Myles, who organised the festival, and who now wonders if the book, holding one third of the original document which would have been kept as proof by one of the parties to the agreement, could have belonged to Elizabeth.

Appropriately, given the importance of drink and taverns in Paine's time in the town, the local Harvey's brewery also contributed.

First-edition Anne of Green Gables expected to set auction record

One of the books most coveted by collectors of Canadian literary history — a first edition copy of Anne of Green Gables — is to be sold at auction next week in New York for what could be a record price.

The vintage edition of the classic novel by P.E.I.-born author Lucy Maud Montgomery, first printed in April 1908 by the Boston publishing house L.C. Page, is expected to fetch up to $25,000 U.S. at Sotheby's Dec. 11 sale of rare books and manuscripts.

A top hammer price would just surpass the $24,000 record set in 2005 for another inaugural copy of the famous work.

Only eight first-run editions of the book have been sold in the past 35 years, Sotheby's said.

"First-edition copies of this book are rare on the auction market," spokesman Blair Hance told Canwest News Service. "This example is in nice condition with minimal wear."

He said the book — nearly identical to the copy sold in 2005 — emerged from the holdings of a private collector who wishes to remain anonymous.

Described as "one of the most sought-after children's books" for North American bibliophiles, the novel spawned seven sequels, two Hollywood films, various stage adaptations, a hit Canadian TV series and a tourism jackpot for Canada's smallest province.

And last year, an authorized "prequel" to the Anne story by Nova Scotia children's author Budge Wilson was published in celebration of the original's 100th anniversary.

Before the 2005 sale, Sotheby's apologized for what it admitted was an "obnoxious" error after listing the Anne of Green Gables first edition as a beloved "American" children's book.

Montgomery's novel was, in fact, first published in Boston, and it would be 35 years before a Canadian edition appeared. But the author, the character of Anne Shirley and the island setting in which her adventures unfold are all icons of Canadian culture.

The book has been translated into 17 languages and thousands of Japanese tourists travel each year to Green Gables House in Cavendish, P.E.I., a testament to Anne's widespread and enduring appeal.

Previous first editions of Anne of Green Gables have fetched as much as $20,000 at auction, but the 2005 sale set a new benchmark for the book.

It had belonged to the late George Cosmatos, an Italian-Greek film director and book collector best known as the maker of the 1985 action hit Rambo: First Blood II and the 1993 western Tombstone.

The cover of the 1908 edition features gold lettering and a striking profile portrait of Anne.

Library and Archives Canada has several 1908 copies of the book. In 1999, Ottawa-area book collector Ronald Cohen donated 300 Montgomery titles to the national library, including an autographed first edition of Anne of Green Gables.

Obituary of George Jeffery Bookseller who sold from a handcart at the kerbside stalls known as the Farringdon Rd Barrows

George Jeffery, bookdealer: born London 31 March 1925; married (five children); died Dorset 31 December 1994.

The Farringdon Road has long been the dreariest of all the approaches to the City of London, but for devoted hunters of antiquarian and secondhand books the stretch between Clerkenwell Road and Cowcross Street possessed a romance excelled by no other thoroughfare in the world. Until last year this was home to a collection of kerbside stalls known as the Farringdon Road barrows. Early every Saturday morning, those who dabbled in, dealt in, or just doted on old books would cluster around the tarpaulin-sheeted barrows awaiting the moment when the proprietor would whip back the covers and the battle for the books would commence.

The maestro orchestrating this activity was George Jeffery, whose death aged 69 signals the end of an era. Both his father and grandfather had worked the barrows before him, setting up in East Street in 1880, then moving to Farringdon Road just before the First World War.

Born in Clerkenwell, Jeffery trained as a printer after leaving school but the Second World War intervened. Broad rather than tall, lion-hearted, and blessed with enormous strength, Jeffery made an ideal paratrooper and saw action at Arnhem. Immediately

after the war he worked as a printer in Cairo but eventually joined his father back on the barrows, taking them over in 1957 and only retiring (or taking a back seat in favour of his son) two years ago.

To satisfy his voracious customers, George Jeffery needed fresh stock of some 2,500 volumes a week, or 100,000 a year. This was bookselling on a monumental scale, hard graft demanding considerable stamina and a prodigious knowledge. Books poured into hiswarehouse in Clerkenwell (to which customers were not welcome), huge job lots initially hauled by handcart from Sotheby's late and much-lamented Hodgson's rooms in Chancery Lane.

The major auction houses frequently delegated to Jeffery the task of clearing whatever remained from the libraries of large country houses after they had taken their pick. Along with books often came dusty portfolios of engravings, maps, and chests of documents and letters. As late as 1979 a previously unknown contemporary manuscript of St Thomas More's devotional treatise of 1535, A Dialogue of Comfort, turned up on the barrows; this was an extraordinary discovery but a host of finds from a lesser firmament could be found on any Saturday morning and at prices to suit the most penurious collector.

Jeffery dispensed his books without fear or favour, an honest, generous, upright, downright dealer, the undisputed emperor of the lower reaches of the trade. Despite the open-air nature of the barrows he was rarely bothered by book thieves, for he had a reputation for meting out summary justice when he caught them at work.

Many a discarded volume which made a final inauspicious appearance on Jeffery's barrow now enjoys hallowed status in a public or private library, or upon the mahogany shelves of West End booksellers. Indeed, many now well-known dealers began their careers and found their feet scrambling profitably for books on Jeffery's barrows.

EBay Plans even more layoffs

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Ecommerce giant eBay Inc. (EBAY) is preparing to cut a small number of employees as part of recently announced changes to streamline and simplify its management structure.

Spokesman John Pluhowski said Wednesday a previously announced "organizational fine-tuning" effort would result in the loss of fewer than 60 positions, or less than one half of 1% of the company's 15,000-strong global workforce.

"The changes will help us improve end-to-end customer experience, build a global product and technology team and speed up innovation at eBay," he said.

Pluhowski said the company told employees on Sept. 21 that some jobs would be cut and management committed to announcing its decisions within 30 days.

He declined to confirm a blog report claiming cuts would be announced on Thursday, saying only that eBay would meet its 30-day schedule. He did not specify which departments would be affected by the job cuts.

The San Jose, Calif.-based company last October announced plans to lay off 1,000 employees and several hundred temporary workers, trimming its global workforce by about 10%.

EBay has been working for more than a year to restructure is core marketplace business, which has struggled amid the recession and intensifying competition from Internet retailers such as Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN).

Wall Street sentiment about eBay has improved in recent months as the company has started showing signs of improvement in its core business. The Benchmark Company on Wednesday increased its price target for eBay to $25 from $21, citing the gradual turnaround of the company's marketplace unit as the economy rebounds, consumer demand recovers and comparisons get easier.

Barnes & Noble has sent out invitations to a New York event next week, where many expect the company will launch its own electronic-book model

Barnes & Noble has sent out invitations to a New York event next week, where many expect the company will launch its own electronic-book model.

"Barnes & Noble cordially invites you to a major event in the company's history," Barnes & Noble said in an invitation received by CNET News. The launch comes conveniently (especially for this San Francisco-based reporter) two days before Microsoft uses New York as the launch pad for Windows 7.

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Barnes & Noble is working on its own e-reader to rival products from Amazon and Sony. Barnes & Noble has already struck deals to serve as the bookstore for e-readers made by others, including Plastic Logic.

The company launched its own book-reading software in July, following its March purchase of Fictionwise.com.

Maurice Sendak tells parents to go to hell

Maurice Sendak tells parents to go to hell

This Friday, October 16, the movie adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are opens in theaters.



The poignant 10-sentence book about an angry boy who is sent to bed without supper and sails to a magical land overrun by wild creatures has been made into a full-length feature film with a script by director Spike Jonze (recently interviewed by the Chronicle) and local boy Dave Eggers.

Ever since the media got word of the film, reporters have hounded Sendak, Eggers, and Jonze. One of the main questions reporters are asking is, Will this film based on one of the best children's books of all-time be appropriate for children?

The creative minds behind this film have seemed to dance around this question in most interviews, but Sendak freely spoke his mind for a Newsweek story, appearing in the October 19 magazine. Sendak, Jonze, and Eggers were all interviewed for the story.

Reporter: "What do you say to parents who think the Wild Things film may be too scary?"

Sendak: "I would tell them to go to hell. That's a question I will not tolerate."

Reporter: "Because kids can handle it?"

Sendak: "If they can't handle it, go home. Or wet your pants. Do whatever you like. But it's not a question that can be answered."

Jonze: "Dave, you want to field that one?"

Eggers: "The part about kids wetting their pants? Should kids wear diapers when they go to the movies? I think adults should wear diapers going to it, too. I think everyone should be prepared for any eventuality."

Sendak: "I think you're right. This concentration on kids being scared, as though we as adults can't be scared. Of course we're scared. I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep. It never stops. We're grown-ups; we know better, but we're afraid."

Reporter: "Why is that important in art?"

Sendak: "Because it's truth. You don't want to do something that's all terrifying. I saw the most horrendous movies that were unfit for child's eyes. So what? I managed to survive."

Miss Helen Mathers , author of the famous novel Comin' thro' the Rye

It was in September, 1909, that Miss Helen I Mathers announced her intention of never writing another novel, to the great regret of thousands of readers.

This gifted lady wrote her first story at nine, at thirteen composed a poem which called forth the praise of Rossetti, and was still in her teens when she began to write her first famous novel, "Comin' thro' the Rye,"

Miss Mathers first wrote the novel on scraps of paper and old account books. When offered to a publisher, however, it was immediately accepted. Next to this story, the author considers "Bam Wildfire" the best story she ever wrote, but she says, "I get letters from all parts of the world about 'comin' thro' the Rye,' and I know it has been a great power and help to many unhappy people." Miss Mathers has also contributed to Every Woman's Encyclopaedia.

Bed Bugs Hitch Ride On Books, Prompt Library Fumigation

Who knew bed bugs could be book worms?The Denver Public Library had to quarantine and fumigate four areas at the main branch in just the past three weeks because of bed bugs. The tiny insect is being spread by a customer trying to preserve rare books, but ironically it's because of his actions that the books now have to be destroyed."

Some of the bed bugs fell out of those materials that had been returned," said Denver Public Library spokeswoman Celeste Jackson.

The infected books came from 69-year-old Denver resident Roger Goffeney. He checks out historic books, some 200 years old, and helps archive them online in an effort called the Gutenberg Project.

When he brought a few of the rare books back, bed bugs from his downtown apartment hitched a ride. Goffeney said the landlord is to blame. Goffney lives at Cathedral Plaza, which is owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver."

We've always had some kind of insect infestation, but it's never been to this degree," Goffeney said of the building where he lives.Still, Goffeney said he didn't think it was a big deal. "I thought that they could easily be cleaned if they had discovered that to be the problem," Goffeney said.

The library said the items with bedbugs were immediately quarantined and were not released into circulation, so it didn't affect the public.The library banned Goffeney three weeks ago and asked him to return the rest of the books to a secure drop.Instead, the library said Goffeney returned the books a week later to the main book drop and reinfected the library.

The library said it had to destroy 31 books that Goffeney checked out. Now it wants him to pay as much as $12,000 for the rare books and $6,000 for fumigation costs. "I have no intention of paying a dime," the retired minister said. "It's disappointing that he would do that to his neighbors. It's disappointing that he would do this to the community,"

Jackson said.Librarians said it could cost as much as $12,000 to replace the rare books they've had to destroy.Goffeney said he's considering filing a lawsuit to get his library privileges back.

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The Fore-edge Painting Gallery

fore-edgE painting is where the page block is fanned and an image applied to the stepped surface. If the page edges are themselves gilded or marbled, this results in the image disappearing when the book is relaxed. When refanned, the painting magically re-appears.
Another selection of Fore-edge paintings from the very extensive Frost archive
Martin Frost Website Click Here

Circa 1870 Gentleman holding two terrier dogs .

Circa 1870 Cabinet Card showing a gentleman holding two terrier type dogs.
Photographer is not mentioned but their is a hand written inscription which can be seen in the image .

Rev John Samuel Gilbert . Photographer John Davis Of lancaster

Image showing front & verso of a Cabinet card by Photographer : John Davis , Alfred Place , Lancaster .

Hand written inscription of Rev John Samuel Gilbert to verso, probably the sitter shown .

Thomas A Tristram : Photographer A J Elliott Of Manchester

Image showing front & verso of a Cabinet card by Photographer : A J Elliot , 9 Oldham Street , Manchester .

Hand written inscription of Thos A Tristram to verso, probably the sitter shown .

Pollie Hughes by Photographer : W Prudden of Brighton .

Image showing front & verso of a Cabinet card by Photographer : W Prudden , 19 Tidy Street , Brighton .

Hand written inscription of Pollie Hughes to verso, probably the sitter shown .

Circa 1890 . Rare Cabinet Card of Children "Triplets" . Photographer A & G Taylor Of Carlisle

Unusual Cabinet Card showing three children who each seem to have a resemblence to one another . Probably Triplets .
No hand written inscription to the verso .

Image showing front & verso of a Cabinet card by Photographer : A & G Taylor , 18 Bank Street , Carlisle .

Circa 1900 . Morris Family . Photographer H Morris , Bolton

Image showing front of a Cabinet card by Photographer : H Morris , 79 Beaconfield Street , Bolton .

There is a hand written inscription to the back undated which says " Charles & Charlotte Morris with Alice and Fred ( Probably the sitters shown )

Willie McKellar by Photographer Clarke & Son Of Perth

Cabinet Card on the left is by the Photographer Clarke & Son Of Perth . The reverse is blank except for a hand written inscription which reads " Fathers brother and friend Willie McKellar " ( William McKellar ) .

Dated 1884 . Sitter by the surname of Henderson . Photographer Marshall Wane , Edinburgh .

Images showing front & reverse of a Cabinet card by Photographer : Marshall Wane , 82 George St , Edinburgh .

There is a hand written inscription to the back dated 1884 and the surname of what looks to be Henderson ( Probably the sitter shown ) .

Robinson Family dated 1903 . Photographer J Cuthbert of Abertillery

Images shown left are the front & reverse of a cabinet Card which was sent as a christmas present from the looks of the hand written message to the back, the card is dated 1903 with the senders surname being Robinson and who are also probably the sitters. The Artist & Photographer is J Cuthbert , The Studio , Alama St , Abertillery .