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| Monday 9 June 2003 |
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SALE 640
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| * = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by one star are subject to V.A.T. at 17·5%. ** = ONLY lots with their lot numbers prefixed by two stars are subject to V.A.T. at 5%. PLEASE NOTE: All lots in this auction are subject to the Buyers’ Premium of 15% (plus V.A.T. where appropriate) on their hammer prices. ALL BIDS WILL BE TAKEN AS EXCLUSIVE OF THIS PREMIUM |
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| MISCELLANEOUS ACCUMULATIONS |
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3000 |
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CARTON with miscellaneous ephemera inc. range of vintage newspapers : 1932 Radio Times (2), Exchange & Mart 1914, War Budget (2), Picture Post (2) plus various 1855-1938 & repros; advertising mirror c1910 for 'Muratti's Cigarettes'; autograph books (2); Victorian school slate; chromo printed needle case; several fans, small books, PPCs etc. (Qty).*/*** |
£70 |
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3001 |
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CARTON containing a miscellany of ephemera related to the life & career of a lady who was a Home Office employee c 1936-70 inc. ration books, ID cards, bank books, good range of Government Office Xmas cards, letters, certificates, guidebooks etc. Needs inspection. (Qty). |
£50 |
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3002 |
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CARTON containing the mixed accumulation of ephemera including 1935 Royal Jubilee scrapbook (unused), 1937 Coronation supplement to the Daily Telegraph, 1953 booklet on the Everest ascent, sports programmes, songsheets, etc. (Qty.). **/*** |
£30 |
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3003 |
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MISCELLANY inc. c1890 Libretto of 'Rigoletto' printed in Malta, Madame Tussaud's leaflets (3) c1931, 1950 Spanish bull-fighting handbill, 180pp issue of 'The Picture Magazine' (1896) with portrait of the young Churchill etc., 'The Post Annual' for 1931 & 1934, Law: "The Construction of Roads & Streets" (1877) 350pp fine and c1830 "Queen Mab's Treasury Open'd" 164pp fairy tales with hand-coloured engravings, binding poor. (9 items).**/*** |
£60 |
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3004 |
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MISCELLANY inc. a bundle of sheet music c1865-1945 with some attractive early covers inc. 'The Ratcatcher's Polka' & 'The Pretoria March' (fine portrait of 'Bobs'); 18th century engraving of St David's Cathedral (Pembs.); 1935 Aldershot Tattoo souvenir programme; various Liebig & Brooke Bond cards, cigarette 'silks', 1909 Japan-British Expo. 'Giant' PPCs etc. (Qty.) */*** |
£60 |
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3005 |
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MISCELLANY inc. 1924 ill'd Prospectus for Barnard Castle School, 1940s Newcastle Playhouse programmes (26), cigarette card album with sets of Will's 'Merchant Ships' (100), 'Do You Know?' (100) & 'Lucky Charms' (100) plus a set of Player's 'Arms & Flags' stuck down in album; various PPCs inc sets of Spanish bullfighting cards, 1930s maps of Abyssinia & Indian Survey 'Darjeeling' etc. (Qty). *** |
£50 |
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3006 |
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MISCELLANY, 1830-1935 : Birmingham shoemaker's bill (1830) with attractive heading (toned/small hole), fine postcard-size 'Monkey Brand' soap advert c1885, 1925-27 pair of eclipse viewers with printed information, various 1930's Oxford Colleges dance programmes/dinner menus etc. inc. a note signed by the Warden of New College - the historian H.A.L. Fisher, fine 1874 Rye Regatta race card etc. (Qty). **/*** |
£30 |
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3007 |
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MISCELLANY of mixed ephemera inc. stamp collecting leaflets, Coronation issue of "Stamp Collecting", PO leaflets inc. 1967 White Paper, Nestles advertising items inc. WWI commemorative booklets (2), wooden rulers with adverts inc. 1914 Pear's Soap, etc. (Qty.). **/*** |
£15 |
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3008 |
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BURTON-ON-TRENT (Staffs.): Carton with miscellany of material relating to the town inc. 10 scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, old & repro. photographs and PPCs, calendars, billheads, rent-book etc. (Qty.) */*** |
£60 |
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3009 |
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ESPERANTO: Worldwide correspondence addressed to Dr. Elmer E. Haynes of Kansas, all written in Esperanto and mainly in the years leading up to WWI (the classic period of Esperanto idealism!) incl. examples from such unusual places as Madagascar and Venezuela as well as most European countries and comprising PPCs (18), printed circulars (2) and letters (9, most still with their envs.) An interesting group but mixed condition. (29 items). **/*** |
£90 |
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3010 |
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PHILATELIC ACCOUTREMENTS: Carton containing a boxed 'Signascope' T2 & adaptor, 'Morley-Bright' watermark detector, Eschenbach illuminated magnifier on stand plus 4 philatelic society ties. (7 items). *** |
£20 |
| GREAT BRITAIN - 16TH CENTURY |
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3011 |
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GARSINGTON (Oxfordshire): Two indentured vellum strips dated 1597 & 1614, with Latin inscriptions, being Final Concords relating to a property at Garsington held by Augustine Foorde and then his widow, Anna Forde. Fine. (2 items). *** |
£75 |
| GREAT BRITAIN - 17TH CENTURY |
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3012 |
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'MERCURIUS BRITANICUS' No.44 (July 1644) Fine 8pp issue with news of Prince Rupert at York, King Charles at Oxford, the Earl of Essex as 'King-Catcher' turned 'Queen-Catcher' at Pendennis, news from the Northern Armies etc. Toned, hinge splitting but scarce. **/*** |
£120 |
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3013 |
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'MERCURIUS PRAGMATICUS (No.13) Communicating Intelligence from all Parts touching all Affaires, Designes, Humors and Conditions throughout the Kingdome': Fine 8pp newsletter of December 1647 commenting on the imprisonment of Charles I etc. ; stitching weak , light toning to page edges otherwise fine condition. **/*** |
£120 |
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3014 |
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AMERSHAM (Bucks.): 1) 1649 Surrender of named areas of land from father to son, both named Richard Collett, handwritten on a sheet of paper with fine dolphin seal & 5 signatories; some creasing. 2) 1653 Very fine vellum grant of land (Holoe croft & Orchard field) in Amersham by Thomas Cleweley to George Swinhowe, clerk; written in English with fine ornamental initial and 8 signatories.(2 items). *** |
£60 |
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3015 |
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'A Perfct Diurnall of some PASSAGES and PROCEEDINGS of and in relation to the ARMIES in England and Ireland' (No.24, May 1650): Scarce 16pp newsletter printed during the Commonwealth inc. news that the 'King of Scotland' was about to stir up rebellion - 'the pernitious designs of the Enemies of this Commonwealth to engage the same in a new and bloudy Warre' ; the continued instability emphasised by military movements, 'Iersey Pyrats', rebellion in Ireland, interception of letters to King Charles etc. Light toning, scissor-cut on back page otherwise fine. **/*** PHOTO - see plate no. |
£150 |
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3016 |
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LITTLE MISSENDEN (Bucks): 1655 Bargain & sale of Walter Mauncell's land in Little Missenden to Thomas Ken of London by William Walker, City Goldsmith; vellum indenture, finely written in English with large, elaborate initial, wax seal , 3 witnesses and various later endorsements. An interesting Commonwealth period item. *** |
£50 |
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3017 |
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MANCHESTER: (1660) Order from the Manchester Militia Commission to the Constables of Butterworth for the provision of 4 musketeers & 2 pikemen plus a note of the quota expected from Hundersfield, Spotland & Castleton; handwritten on paper, folded with some splitting, slightly reduced. **/*** |
£60 |
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3018 |
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YARDLEY (Herts): Will of John Daniell of Yardley, itemising bequests to family members and to the poor of Yardley; handwritten on vellum (external discolouration), seal mising. Also a small (album page size) vellum probate (1704) with two very early embossed 5/- revenue stamps. (2 items). **/*** |
£40 |
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3019 |
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EDINBURGH, 1678: Lengthy m/s agreement for the sale of property at 'Fordlands' between Alexander Telfor & John Forsyth, with m/s 'Is. Paid' and seven signatories; wear/splitting along folds but an early Scottish item from the reign of Charles II. **/*** |
£40 |
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3020 |
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ABERDEEN, 1679: Large sheet of paper with legal agreement written in Latin and signed at Aberdeen with an elaborate signature and drawing of a crown & bleeding heart; attractive Carolean item in need of further research. A few worm-holes. *** |
£40 |
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3021 |
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'THE LONDON GAZETTE' No. 1525 (July 1680): A fine 2pp issue (ironed-out folds) recording Samuel Pepys' release from the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned for six terms without trial "no evidence for an Indictment having been offered in all this time against [him]"; among other news, an outbreak of plague in Leipzig. **/*** |
£100 |
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3022 |
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SUSSEX, 1680: Handwritten indenture on paper, concerning a property deal between Richard Robinson of Brede & John Robinson of 'Udimer', mentioning farm buildings & land at 'Maple Stande', Brede. Very fine apart from small holes worn along one fold. An early item from the reign of Charles II. *** |
£65 |
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3023 |
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THE LONDON GAZETTE No.1777 (30 Nov.1682): Fine 2pp issue announcing the death of Prince Rupert at Whitehall, also international politics & gossip inc. Ottoman preparations to attack Austria-Hungary; toned, small ink spot in margin. **/*** |
£100 |
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3024 |
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THE LONDON GAZETTE: Two 2pp issues - 1) 1685 (7 Dec.) inc. a robbery by highwaymen on Hounslow Heath & Turkish inroads into central Europe; 2) 1698 (29 Aug.) cash stolen from the Horse Guards, runaway apprentice, battle betweenthe Venetian & Turkish fleets. Toned, the earlier with edge faults. (2 items). **/*** |
£40 |
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3025 |
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1686 Single sheet handwritten declaration of the administration of the estate of George Manley of St Margaret's, Westminster, granted to his son, William; folds & a spike hole. An uncommon item from the short reign of James II. *** |
£40 |
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3026 |
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RICHMOND (Yorkshire): 1688 Narrow vellum document being an obligation written in Latin, between John & Anne Hoppe of London and Joseph Hoppe of Richmond, draper, with summary in English on the reverse; partial wax seals, folded. *** |
£50 |
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3027 |
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TREASURY WARRANT, 1693: Handwritten warrant to the Exchequer for tallies levied on the Letter Office to repay a loan to Edward Darell, signed at Whitehall by Lord Godolphin, Sir Stephen Fox & Sir Edward Seymour; top section of text missing, paper adhesion to reverse. *** |
£50 |
| GREAT BRITAIN - 18TH CENTURY |
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3028 |
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AMERSHAM (Bucks) - 'The Signe of the Crowne': 1705 Conveyance of one fourth part ownership in the Crown Inn from Timothy Cheeseman 'innholder' to James Childs; fine vellum indenture with ornamental initial, seal etc. with scarce pair of embossed blue 6d revenue stamps secured with fine 'AR' label. *** |
£40 |
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3029 |
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ABERDEEN: 1709 Large handwritten detailed disposition of property on the east side of Gallowgate agreed between John Forsyth & Andrew Carnegie; some wear along folds but mainly fine. **/*** |
£40 |
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3030 |
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NORTHALLERTON (Yorkshire): 1710 Single sheet m/s memorandum concerning the transfer of property at 'West Rowtreze' and 'Garth Yard Bankfield'; 9d paper duty stamp & two fine embossed 6d revenue stamps. Folded. *** |
£40 |
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3031 |
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JACOBITE REBELLION; 1715 (2 Feb.) Precursor to the Jacobite Rebellion letter (6"x6", neat repair to left margin) signed by the Earl of Scarborough. London, authorising the release of those held in gaol, "on account of disaffection of His Majestie & Government ... It is supposed that the Protestants, upon their release, will take the Oaths" Richard Lumley, the Earl of Scarborough was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and had a distinguished political career; in 1688 he was a signatory to the invitation to William of Orange.** |
£40 |
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3032 |
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RECEIPTS: 1) 1718 Small printed receipt for Land Tax (spike hole), completed in ink with printer's imprint of 'J.Brooke, Stationer, at the Anchor & Crown, next to the Draw-Bridge on London Bridge'. 2) 1790 printed Exchequer Pensions receipt completed in m/s for payment to Lady Colebrooke with fine embosed 4d revenue stamp. (2 items) *** |
£60 |
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3033 |
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LONDON - THE MONUMENT: c1720 Fine, hand-coloured panoramic engraving (420 x 300 mm) showing the Monument commemorating the Great Fire of 1666, with shop-fronts, a Wren church and a host of people going about their daily business; inscriptions in Latin & Italian. Edge wear / loss not affecting the design, ironed-out crease. Unusual & attractive; would frame well. ** |
£50 |
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3034 |
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HITCHIN (Herts): Release of land at St Ippollitts by the trustees of Richard Washington of Staple Inn to John Turner, blacksmith of Hitchin; large vellum indenture with printed initial, three sealed signatures and strip of 3 embossed blue 6d revenue stamps. Very fine. *** |
£40 |
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3035 |
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BISHOP AUCKLAND (Durham): 1727 Single sheet handwritten memorandum of a property agreement involving the 'Garth of Bankside' at Bishop Auckland; 8d paper duty h.s. and three fine embossed 6d revenue stamps.Folds & edge wear. **/*** |
£40 |
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3036 |
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YORKSHIRE: 'An Act to Improve & Maintain the Navigation of the River Dun between Holmstile, Doncaster & Tinsley, Sheffield' (1732), a 42pp. black-letter printed Parliamentary Act creating 'The Company of the Proprietors of the Navigation of the River Dun'. Disbound but otherwise in very fine condition. *** |
£20 |
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3037 |
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ARMORIAL PLATES: Ex Peerage c1760, each 200x300mm, finely engraved, hand-coloured & framed behind glass (plus 4 unframed) identified by name & title. Mostly fine. (47 items). ** HEAVY LOT - BUYER TO COLLECT FROM OUR PREMISES. |
£90 |
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3038 |
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EXTENSION OF DAILY POSTS TO NORTHERN COUNTIES! 1761 (28 April) 8pp issue of The London Chronicle with a detailed report of the extension of 'every-day posts' to various areas of Yorkshire, Cumbria & the North East; ‡d & ‡d tax stamps. *** |
£30 |
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3039 |
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ABERDEEN: 1762 4pp contract concerning a croft at Pitmuckston owned by two ladies - the agreement having the consent of both husbands, Aberdeen tradesmen - and let to George Mackie, 'wright'; 9d paper duty & 6d & 1/- revenue stamps. Folds. *** |
£40 |
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3040 |
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POST OFFICE ACCOUNT: Fine example of an individual bill issued to 'Owen Brigstoke Esqr.' for the postage of letters etc. during 1765-67, showing items at 4‡d & 8‡d rates, mentioning Goostrey & Bristol. Very fine. *** |
£25 |
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3041 |
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THE LIVERPOOL DIRECTORY (Gore, 1766) 30pp trade directory in paper covers, thought to be a reprint edition c1800 - only one original copy is recorded; much useful information on trades & occupations in the town. Fine in worn covers. *** |
£50 |
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3042 |
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THE UNIVERSAL MUSEUM, May 1768: 52pp issue of a monthly magazine with a fine woodcut title & 2 folding plates, with articles on a 'new' South Sea Island, S.American Indians & John Wilkes; also The Court Miscellany for the same month inc. an article on Henry Fielding with portrait, "An Account of two extraordinary Dwarfs", the palace of Sans Souci, "An Englishman's Slavery in Algiers" etc. (2 items).*** |
£35 |
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3043 |
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DISINFECTION OF MAIL: 1772 Act of Parliament (8pp.) concerning the establishment & construction of lazarets and amending the Act of 1766. Disbound but mainly fine. *** |
£30 |
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3044 |
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VINTNER'S HALL, LONDON: 1778 Printed vellum freedom certificate, featuring the Company badge, completed in m/s for John Farley who had completed his apprenticeship with Lawrence La Forest of London; piece cut away, folds. ** |
£36 |
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3045 |
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HEIGHINGTON (Durham): 1781 Large indenture handwritten on paper being a property agreement between Loyzalure Wilkinson and two Surtees brothers concerning land at Heighington, specifying areas very exactly & naming neighbouring landowners; 2d paper tax & fine 1/6d embossed revenue stamp. *** |
£40 |
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3046 |
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ROBBERY OF THE BRISTOL MAIL: 1781 (30 Jan.) 8pp issue of The London Chronicle with a detailed notice of the £200 reward offered for the arrest of a highwayman who stopped the Bristol Mail at Cranford Bridge and stole the mailbags, with a list of material thought to have been stolen; also a report of General Cornwallis fighting in Georgia. Front page a little blurred.*** |
£40 |
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3047 |
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DUKE OF DORSET (1745-99) - an early patron of cricket: c1783 Handwritten 13 line memorandum written whilst British Ambassador in Paris, listing domestic arrangements to be carried out by M.Perregaux - mainly payments, orders for wine & furniture - order from Guibillion ye upholsterer what is necessary for ye State Room - etc.; fine signature. *** |
£60 |
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3048 |
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BALLOONING REPORTS: Group of newspapers carrying reports of early balloon ascents inc. Raphine & Cousins (Brentford, 1784), Barrett (Greenwich, 1802), Sadler (Hackney, 1811), Hampton (Kensington, 1851), Glaisher (Woolwich, 1864) & de Groof's fatal fall from the Cremorne Gardens balloon (1874). All issues are complete with minor faults. (6 items) **/*** |
£75 |
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3049 |
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HORSHAM (Sussex): 1785-87 Three partly printed bills, completed in m/s, from the GPO, London to J.C.Medwin of Horsham for the delivery of newspapers ('General Evening Post'), two issued by Edmund Barnes, the third by J.H.Cabanes; spike holes. Unusual. (3 items) *** |
£60 |
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3050 |
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WARWICKSHIRE: 1793 Printed bond completed in m/s being a loan agreement between Thomas Harbidge of Pillerton Hersey and William Gardner, silk & worsted manufacturer of Coventry; printed 1d paper tax & fine embossed 15/- revenue. Folds. *** |
£35 |
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3051 |
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FRENCH WARS: The Morning Chronicle, 1798 (9 March) 4pp issue with much French news inc. invasion of Switzerland, also races at Cape of Good Hope plus 1‡d tax stamp; also The Times (23 May 1803) again with much news of the French War, especially Napoleon's campaign in Spain, plus 3d tax stamp. Folded but generally v.fine. (2 items) *** |
£40 |
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3052 |
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"THE PRESENT STATE" - 1750's Early Gazetteer/History of Great Britain. Poor condition, front cover, part of spine and Chapter 1 missing. Much of interest in what remains. |
£15 |
| GREAT BRITAIN - 1800-1849 |
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3053 |
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REPORTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE...ON PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE KINGDOM (Abbot, 1800): Large folio volume (675pp)with the First & Second Reports recording the types of material held at Somerset House & the Scottish Record Office, folding plans of both buildings showing planned improvements, large folding plates of major documents, texts, locations etc. plus index; ‡ leather, boards detached, some light foxing but mainly fine. **/*** |
£75 |
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3054 |
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HITCHIN (Herts): 'The Perambulation of Hitchin Parish' (1801) - 8pp m/s copy made in 1894 from an original owned by a Mr Daiton of Tilehouse Street; c1840 small lithographic print of Hitchin Market Place and 1859 Hitchin Friendly Society enrollment certificate for John Beaver, grocer. (3 items). *** |
£40 |
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3055 |
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EAST INDIAMAN - 'DEVONSHIRE' - 1809 Bill of Sale: Printed vellum Bill of Sale with m/s additions alotting a thirty-second share in the ship 'Devonshire' to a consortium of London butchers and listing the other owners and details of the vessel, which made five voyages to India before being wrecked in 1814; the Bill was signed by James Murray, Captain throughout the ship's life. Folds, fine £10 blue revenue stamp.*** |
£75 |
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3056 |
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'ANN MOORE - THE FASTING WOMAN OF TUTBURY' (Staffs) - 1812 A fine printed broadside (approx. 18'' x 12'') documenting an early & remarkable case of anorexia - Mrs Moore, who had been bedridden since 1807, without food or drink, gave public audiences & answered questions about her skeletal condition; printed at Burton on Trent. Fine. Framed & glazed. *** |
£30 |
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3057 |
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THEFT OF LETTER CONTAINING BANKNOTES: 1815 (13 Oct.) 4pp issue of 'The Courier' containing a notice from Francis Freeling of a reward of £50 offered for the arrest of a postal clerk from Stone - a one-armed ex-Marine Chelsea Pensioner - suspected of absconding to Ireland with a letter which contained £165.00; also various reports of the new order in France, following Napoleon's defeat and a 4d tax stamp. *** |
£40 |
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3058 |
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VAUXHALL BRIDGE SHARES: 1819 Printed vellum certificate transferring ten shares in Vauxhall Bridge from Philip Thompson of Kentish Town to John Farley of Clapham, with blue embossed 5/- revenue stamp; slight discoloration. Also a small printed receipt (1833) for a rate levied to raise funds to build the church of St Giles at Camberwell. (2 items). *** |
£40 |
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3059 |
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YORK - ELECTION BROADSIDE: "Milton's Minority - an Epigram" - Small (180 x 105mm) sheet with 4-line verse attacking a successful election candidate c1820, with imprint of T.Deighton, York; slightly dusty, closed tear but unusual. **/*** |
£25 |
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3060 |
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HOLYHEAD PACKET: 1822 printed notice (album-page size) comparing costs of sending mail from Dublin to London via Holyhead & Liverpool, printed in Dublin; folded but generally fine one or two small closed tears at bottom edge. *** |
£75 |
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3061 |
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REIGATE (Surrey): 1796 Will of Elizabeth Cucksey of Reigate, inscribed on a large sheet of vellum with attached probate (1824) having fine embossed seal of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Prerogative Court and a fine £8 blue revenue stamp. Dusty outside . *** |
£30 |
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3062 |
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THEATRE: (1826) Theatre Royal, Drury Lane advertising handbill printed on white silk (slight splitting) promoting a benefit performance for Miss Smithson of 'Foundling of the Forest' & 'Oberon' (inc. 'The Celebrated Combat with the Tiger'). Also 'PANTINS, Jocrisse et Cassandre, Danseurs Indiens' : Large card sheet with hand-coloured printed designs of four 'cut-out'puppets: two evil-looking pirates plus male & female American Indians, produced by the Imagerie d'Špinal c1860s; edge wear to top not affecting design, otherwise fine & attractive. (2 items) **/*** |
£45 |
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3063 |
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"BANK ROBBERY" : POSTER ISSUED BY THE BANK OF MESSRS. WALTERS, VOSS & WALTERS, SWANSEA (18 Feb. 1828) printed in bold type, 12" x 8‡", at the Cambrian Office, Swansea. Notifying the public that the bank had been broken into on Sunday night and a quantity of their £5 notes stolen. Requesting that any person offering the notes under suspicious circumstances, should be apprehended. Henceforth the bank's £5 notes were to be printed in red, instead of black. *** PHOTO - see plate no. |
£200 |
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3064 |
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ACKERMANN 'HOLD-TO-LIGHT' PRINTS: Fine pair c1830 - 'Eddystone Lighthouse' & 'The London Inn' (with mail coach) approx. 150mm square in original simple wooden frames, glazed both sides; scarce precursors of the HTL postcard. Minor wrinkling otherwise fine. (2 items).*** PHOTO - see plate no. |
£180 |
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3065 |
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COACHING PRINTS: Large (610 x 440mm) framed & glazed coloured lithograph depicting the lively scene of 'The Blenheim leaving the Star Hotel. Oxford' by George Havell (1831) inc. a postman with mailbags leaving the Hotel; mainly fine, occasional light foxing spot. Also (510 x 400mm) 'The Birmingham Tally Ho Coaches passing the Crown at Holloway' by C.Bentley (1823) - another fine scene with two coaches - probably a reproduction, however. (2 items) *** PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR POSTING. |
£75 |
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3066 |
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BARTON-UNDER-NEEDWOOD (Staffordshire): Folder of items inc. 1833 m/s assignment, a printed report on an 1893 boiler explosion with plate, 1909 sale details, 1951 pageant souvenier, billheads, two modern publications etc. (13 items & 10 PPCs) *** |
£50 |
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3067 |
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BRISTOL BILLHEADS, 1834-40: Group of bills relating to purchases made by Captain & Mrs Jenkins of Milverton (Somerset), mainly in Bristol - one in Wellington - inc. groceries, haberdashery, furniture, an inn bill etc. Three are handwritten only, the rest are on printed billheads, two of which are particularly attractive, one has an embossed 1/- receipt stamp. A fine group. (14 items) *** PHOTO - see plate no. |
£100 |
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3068 |
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THE MECHANIC'S MAGAZINE, 1834-45: A selection of 24 disbound issues, each with fine engravings, covering a variety of interesting topics inc. Birmingham Town Hall & organ, canal & railway building, atmospheric propulsion, steam power, a pneumatic mail system and all manner of inventions! Fascinating reading. (24 items).*** |
£60 |
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3069 |
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LYNDHURST (Hants): 1839 Precept for the Court Leet of the New Forest - single printed sheet completed in m/s addressed to the 'Tythingman of Buttsash & Handley', calling a meeting of the court at Lyndhurst. *** |
£25 |
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3070 |
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CORN LAWS: 1839 Pamphlet (16pp) "The evidence of J.D.Hume Esq. ... upon the Corn Law" given before a House of Commons Committee - a verbatim report; disbound and a little dusty but generally fine. *** |
£20 |
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3071 |
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POSTAGE STAMPS, 1840: Complete issue of The Times for 27th April 1840 giving the complete text of the 24th April Treasury Warrant concerning the new postal rates & regulations; faults inc. loss of small piece of text, split on fold. Scarce. Also two small philatelic lists: 1912 issue of 'The Philatelic Trader' & 1930 price list. (3 items) **/*** |
£50 |
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3072 |
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MISCELLANY inc. 1841 printed return from Leicester Blue Coats School detailing uniform, pupils etc. with 1d Black cancelled by two black MCs, address panel with ink notes; 1835 printed prices of canal & railway shares, addressed to Bristol; 1914 form relating to 5% War Loan stock; 1917 comic Xmas card from troops in Mesopotamia. (4 items) *** |
£40 |
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3073 |
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STAMP & TAX (LEGACY DUTY) DEPT.: 1841 4pp Printed notice of duty payable by executors sent under OHMS endorsement to Newton Abbot with handstamped countersignature and crowned 'PAID' c.d.s. Unusual. *** |
£30 |
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3074 |
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WILTSHIRE: 1843-45 Three Bills of Sale inc. poster advertising the auction of land & property at the White Horse, Cricklade and two 4pp printed particulars of the sale of the same farm at Draycott Foliatt in 1844 & '45; slightly dusty. (3 items).**/*** |
£30 |
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3075 |
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OFFICIAL MAIL - CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE, 1844: Printed certificate completed in respect of a Chelsea Out-Pensioner (ex 32nd Regt. of Foot) at Newark transferring to Lincoln; sent through the post with m/s 'P1' and 'tombstone' 'R/PAID/25JA25/1844' . Filing fold. *** |
£30 |
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3076 |
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LONDON STATIONER'S PRICELIST: (1845) 4pp printed list of Dalton Clark of Holborn Hill, listing wholesale pricesfor various cards, wafers, pencils etc.; postally used to a Hartlepool bookseller with London 'PAID' tombstone & '1' h.s. Edge faults. **/*** |
£20 |
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3077 |
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MISCELLANY c1845-1910: Mourning envelope (1870) from The Admiralty, 1837 EL with mourning band & black wax seal, 1921 ill'd undertaker's billhead, 3 PPCs of the inauguration of the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster, two 1d pink stationery Es, one with fine MC, various notes & clippings etc. (Qty). *** |
£30 |
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3078 |
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TRADE CATALOGUES: 1) 1846 6pp catalogue of Apsley Pellatt & Co., Falcon Glass Works, Blackfriars, London, illustrating designs for lustres & chandeliers; 2) 1896 70pp catalogue of 'Herr Willy's Designs for British Confectioners' showing elaborate cake-decoration patterns, bride cakes etc. 3) Autumn/Winter 1914-15 anonymous 32pp catalogue of women's & girls' fashions with numerous fabric samples attached. A good trio. (3 items). *** |
£50 |
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3079 |
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SOMERSET: 1846 Grant of administration to the sister of the intestate Edward Habberfield of Creech St. Michael, m/s on vellum with fine seal of the Archdeacon of Taunton; also a similar embossed seal of the Archbishop of Canterbury. (2 items). *** |
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