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Lesley Aitchison's - Catalogue 58
Maps, Plans, Manuscripts, Documents, Engravings, Ephemera, etc.
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    Berkshire
  1. Bacon BERKSHIRE Reduced from the Ordnance Survey. Scale 1" = 4 miles. Colour printed, size 11" x 16", central fold. Divided into 5 mile squares. 1885. £8.00
    From Bacon's New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas.


  2. Chievely, near Donnington PARTICULARS of the Desirable Freehold Estate known as Snelsmore Hill.... a Modern Residence.... Beautiful Plantations, newly-built Homestead.... Good Game Preserves, with the Manor.... to be Sold by Auction... 9th July, 1850. 3pp. Tear at one fold, some edge tears. 1850. £20.00

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    Bristol
  3. British Association for the Advancement of Science ASSOCIATE'S TICKET for the Forty Fifth Meeting at Bristol 1875, Blue card, size 7" x 5", folded in half, attractively printed, with map on verso, with Reference, relevant buildings coloured in red. 1875. £12.00

  4. Clark (J.A) Drawn by NEW GUILDHALL, BRISTOL. To the Right Worshipful James Gibbs, Esq., Mayor of Bristol, by whose exertions during his period of office the plan for erecting a new Guildhall was greatly forwarded, and by whom the ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone was performed on the 30th of October 1843. Tinted lithograph, size approx. 8" x 12", plus margins, some spotting to margins. Published by George Davey, Broad Street, Bristol, Oct. 30th 1843. £55.00
    Shows several people in the fore-ground.


  5. Jones (S.C) Drawn by THE AVON & SEVERN FROM CLIFTON DOWN. Tinted lithograph, size approx. 8" x 11", plus margins, some spotting mainly to margins. Published by T.H. Weston, opposite the Exchange, Bristol: c184-. £70.00
    Shows boats on the river, flag-pole in the distance on sea-walls, people sitting on rock, and grazing sheep in the fore-ground.


  6. Lysaght (John), Limited. AGRICULTURAL FEEDING APPLIANCES Manufactured by John Lysaght, Limited, Galvanized Iron Works, Bristol. Catalogue printed in blue on yellow paper, on both sides of sheet 15" x 17", folded to form brochure 5" x 8". Each item attractively illustrated, with prices for different sizes. September 1902. £35.00
    Includes wheelbarrows, water-carriers, garden tables and chairs, hay-racks, troughs.


  7. Merchant Venturers' Technical College SCHOOL OF PRINTING YEAR BOOK Showing specimens of the work of the students in the Letterpress.... Bookbinding and Litho Departments. 50pp., 4to, stiff paper wraps. Includes 6 photographic plates, some coloured. Session 1931-32. £20.00
    Includes specimens of adverts for local firms such as Capper Pass.


  8. Mills & Co. Pub. THE BRISTOL GAZETTE and Public Advertiser, Thursday October 4, 1810. 4pp, folds, 8" tear in first leaf, tax stamp, small vignettes in text. 1810. £13.00
    Contains report of meeting on proposed canal from Bristol to Wootton Bassett, lottery reports, robbery at Newnham, sailings from Bristol for West Indies, New York, etc.


  9. Redcliffe LEASE FOR A YEAR of a tenement with two pavements and one garden adjoining formerly in the tenure of Thomas Brooks, haberdasher, in St. Thomas Lane, Elizabeth Mullins to Dorothy Hutton. Vellum, 16" x 25", wax seal. Some spotting of vellum. Enraved title with small portrait of George II. 1747. £17.00

  10. Redcliffe Street DEED OF BARGAIN AND SALE of a newly erected messuage in Redcliffe Street, with a little messuage adjoining, now in the occupation of William Nash, Cooper, between George Bridges, Distiller, of Bristol, and Richard Marchant, Merchant Taylor, of Bath. Vellum, with red border, engraved heading, small wax seal. 1716. £22.00

    APPREHENDING A HORSE THIEF

  11. Sessions of Oyer and Terminer CERTIFICATE exempting William Dubberley, Yeoman, of St. Nicholas Ward, from all manner of Parish and Ward Offices 'within the Parish of St. Nicholas' as he apprehended John Flenien who was convicted of stealing a Mare from him, value eight pounds. Printed on thin parchment, MS inserts, size 13" x 13", folds, edges slightly soiled. Signed by Mayor, Recorder and Alderman. 1821. £30.00
    The exemption was given under an Act of William III entitled 'An Act for the better apprehending.... of Felons that commit Burglary.... or that steal Horses'.


  12. Sickness Club RECORD BOOK listing payment made to women for 'sickness' and 'old age', 1839-48. Cash book, 4to, full reversed calf, blind-stamped decoration, raised bands. The first section comprises 9 pages listing 23 women (with addresses) and columns to show payment made every month that year, the second part is a cash account, 37 double-page spreads with debit and credit, showing money received from members, sale of consols etc., and money paid out to named women for sickness, old age, and for funerals, and for collector's salary. Many blank pages. 1839-48. £80.00
    There is no clue as to the name of the society. The final note states 'Balance in hand on 16th Feb. 1848 when the Club was agreed to be dissolved. G.C.'


  13. St. Augustines Parish CONVEYANCE of the reversion in fee of nos. 7 and 8 Pipe Lane, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners to H. Willmott, of Cotham. 3 large vellum skins, small coloured sketch map on verso of one skin, papered seal of Commissioners. 1872. £14.00

    Bristol Acts

  14. Bridge over River Avon AN ACT for rebuilding.... the Bridge over the River Avon, in the City of Bristol, and erecting a Temporary Bridge adjoining; and for widening the Streets, Lanes, Ways, and Passages leading thereto; and for building another Bridge over some other Part of the said River.... and for making a Way from the Bridge already built to Temple Street.... Black Letter, cover leaf + 34pp. 1786. £18.00

  15. Harbour Railway AN ACT to authorise the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies to extend the Bristol Harbour Railway, and to make a new Wharf Depot.... 14pp, stapled, top leaf has a few small tears to margins. 1873. £14.00

  16. Watch AN ACT to explain, amend and render more effectual.... An Act for establishing maintaining and well governing, a Nightly Watch within the City of Bristol. 8pp., plus cover leaf. Black letter. 1756. £12.00

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    Buckinghamshire
  17. Chetwode PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of.... that capital fattening and feeding farm known as Manthorne Farm.... In the Centre of the Bicester Hunt.... to be Sold by Auction 8th day of June, 1904. 8pp, 4to, plus coloured folding plan. Attractive wraps with vignette of fox. Vertical fold. Staples rusty. 1904. £18.00

  18. Maids Morton PARTICULARS of Valuable Freehold and Tithe Free Estates, Comprising a First Rate Farm.... Two Free Public Houses.... To be Sold by Auction by Messrs Harrison & Son at the White Hart Hotel, in Buckingham, Thursday 15th June, 1865. Folio, folded, 4pp., large folding coloured plan. 1865. £25.00

  19. Steeple Claydon PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Freehold Estate.... consisting of 186 acres of very rich old grazing land and superior arable land, with Farm House.... Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Farebrother, Wilson & Lye... 21st of March, 1829.... in Three Lots. Folio, folded, 4pp., double-page lithographed plan. 1829. £32.00

  20. Steeple Claydon, PARTICULARS OF A VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD and nearly Tithe-Free Farm, called Steeple Claydon Farm, situate in the Parish of Steeple Claydon, in the County of Buckingham.... 424a. 2r. 0p.... Good Dwelling-House, & all necessary Farm Buildings, Which will be Sold by Auction by Mr Samuel Donkin.... On Wednesday, the 5th of March, 1862. Folio, folded, 4pp, large folding plan. 1862. £26.00

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    Cambridgeshire
  21. Haddenham AUCTION POSTER. To be Sold by Auction, by George Legge at the Three-Kings Inn, in Haddenham, On Monday, the 29th day of June, 1846.... The following Valuable Parcels of Land, Copyhold of the Manor of Haddenham.... Printed on one side only, size approx. 17" x 13", few folds, attractive printing with small hands pointing to lines naming occupiers. Small piece torn from top right margin approx. 1" sq. Clements. Printers, Ely: 1846. £22.00

  22. Wisbech St. Mary PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Fen Farm in the Parish of Wisbech St. Mary, called Red House Farm, for Sale by Auction.... 2nd day of July, 1864. 3pp., folio, folded, one-page plan. 1864. £24.00

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    Cheshire
  23. Macclesfield PROBATE of the Will and Codicil of William Broome. 3 vellum sheets, 22" x 28", paper impessed seal attached. 1893. £14.00
    Broome lived at Santa Barbara in California but the will refers to his property at Macclesfield, as well as his 'rancho of Guadalasca at Ventura'.


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    Cornwall
  24. Altarnun POSTER To Be Let.... well-known Grassy Farm called Burland.... now in the occupation of Messrs. Hicks and Coombe.... valuable Rights of Common on Trevague Moor. 17" x 11", with folds. Dated 21st December, 1858. £16.00

  25. Boslymon Quarries Ltd., Crutched Friars, London OLD CORNISH CROSSES. CORNISH GREY GRANITE. 20pp., 8vo, printed wraps. Illustrates 19 Cornish crosses, for memorials, taken from Langdon's book on Cornish Crosses, but 'The shafts, or dies, have in some cases been modernised and bases added to provide space for an inscription'. n.d. 1920's? £18.00

    BULLER GENEALOGY

  26. Buller family GENEALOGICAL TREE OF THE BULLER FAMILY The descendants of John Francis Buller of Morval & Shillingham.... Colour printed chart, size 42" x 35", linen backed, folding to 4to, in the form of a tree with different branches, showing leaves in different colours, with key, indicating 8 generations. Chart bottom right shows 'relationship of John Francis Buller of Morval to Ralph Buller of Wood, Somerset, and his descent from King Edward I', bottom left are a large number of armorial bearings. Some minor foxing in places. c1896. £50.00

  27. Burton (John) LIST OF EXECUTIONS IN CORNWALL 1785 TO 1882. Compiled by John Burton, "The Old Curiosity Shop," Falmouth. Single sheet printed on one side only, approx. 11" x 8", a couple of short tears, fold marks. Lists 55 names with dates when hung, age, and crime. Additional information has been added in manuscript in a very small hand (e.g. five earlier executions going back to 1471, on the entry '1812. 1st May. William Wyatt. Age 40. Drowning Isiah Tollack Valentine, a Jew, at Fowey' the annotator has added 'Isaiah Folock Valentine. Wyatt was landlord of Rose and Crown Inn'. 1882. £50.00

    A RECORD OF CORNISH CROSSES AND HOLY WELLS

  28. Cornish Crosses VOLUME OF DRAWINGS 8vo notebook, half morocco, very rubbed, marbled boards, portion of spine missing, but presumably titled 'Stone Crosses' on spine. Containing sketches in pen and ink, heightened with violet ink, of 135 Cornish crosses, 18 Cornish Holy Wells, 42 sketches of doorways of chapels, remains of oratories, churches, castles etc. in Cornwall. In the last part of the book there are 29 sketches of crosses, ancient doorways, ruins etc. in Devonshire, together with approx. 50 sketches of doorways of chapels, abbeys etc., mainly in Yorkshire. n.d. c1880. £170.00
    The crosses are presented 2 to a page, each is titled, occasionally with detail as to position 'e.g. Cross in the middle of a large field 'Boswharton', Madron Cornwall. Supposed where a battle was fought.' The drawings are amateurish, but show detail of carving etc., and are presented in context with the bushes, gates, hedges etc around them.


  29. Cornish De Lank Granite Quarries Co. CORNISH SILVER GREY DE LANK GRANITE Catalogue of 43 types of granite memorials, including some Celtic crosses. 45pp, 8vo, attractive wraps with urn monument on purple background. Illustrations one per page, with prices, plus one page of kerbs and posts. n.d. late 1920's. £30.00
    'De Lank Granite was chosen for the exterior of the first Eddystone Lighthouse in 1756.... whilst many other exposed lighthouses have been built with the granite from these famous quarries.'


  30. Cornwall Minerals Railway Co. MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS AT A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING 22nd July 1873. Manuscript, 5p. signed by Chairman, size 15" x 9", plain wraps with MS title, horizontal fold, wraps rather grubby. Pasted in at relevant points are 3 notices, one giving notice of first Ordinary General Meeting of the new company, for electing Directors, etc., notice requesting Shareholders submit old shares for new issue under the 1873 Act, and covering letter explaining the conversion to a Parliamentary Company. 1873. £80.00
    'From a personal inspection of the Works on the above Railway made within the last few days, I am satisfied that the Contractor, Sir. S. Peto, has so far advanced the work as to justify me in recommending that the payment which would be due to him under his Contract on the 7th proximo be made.... W.H. Thomas, Engineer'. The railway was revitalised under the speculator W.R. Roebuck 'he formed the Cornwall Minerals Railway, authorized on 21 July 1873' a number of standard gauge mineral lines 'all opened after feverish activity on 1 June 1874'. David St. John Thomas 'West Country Railway History'.


  31. Cornwall ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Three sheets, Nos. 30, 31, 33, scale 1" to 1 mile, mounted on linen with cloth endpapers, folding into recent marbled-papered slipcase, 8vo, with printed label. Parkland and roads hand-coloured. On Sheet XXX the Otterham Estate north of Davidstow has been shaded in pink wash, Letts label on border. Gilt stamp of Daniel Watney, Old Broad St., E.C., to front wrap of each map. c1860. £120.00

  32. Devon Consols Mine, Stokeclimsland FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION on Thursday the 7th December, 1854, at Twelve O'Clock at Noon, on the Devon Consols West Mine.... The Whole of the Valuable Mine Materials &c Comprising: a 14in Cylinder Steam Pumping Engine, Equal Beam, 6 feet Stroke, with Boiler, Balance Bob; Horse Whim; Winch and Chain; Sheers and Sheaves; about 30fms 3in. Whim Rope.... Poster, size 22" x 17", listing 43 items of mine equipment. Brown off-setting of lettering throughout, as often happens when several posters stored together, small hole in one letter at top, a few edge tears, and some small repaired tears in part of text where paper is slightly brittle. Solicitor's note regarding affadavit of one John Clemo concerning this advertisement. 1854. £90.00

  33. Fowey Election BROADSHEET. 'To the Free & Independent Electors of the Borough of Fowey. Gentlemen, At the Solicitation of many respectable Inhabitants of your Ancient and Independent Borough, we beg leave to offer ourselves as Candidates.... Your most obedient, faithful, and humble Servants, Valletort, Alexander Glynn Campbell. London, 22nd May, 1818.' Single sheet, printed on one side only, size approx. 13" x 8", folds. Neatly repaired tear across 4" of text, without loss, traces of folds with some creasing. J. Bailey, 116 Chancery Lane, London. 1818. £32.00

  34. Fraddon BILL on small slip of paper titled 'Mr Paynter Bill to Fradden Gate' September - January 1801, mentions 'sadle horses' 'cheas', enclosed in small sheet of paper with docket title 'the Keeper of Fraddon Gate in full to this day œ0.5.8d'. 1801. £10.00

  35. Francis Rodd of Trebartha NOTICES OF ASSIGNMENT referrring to lease on property at 17 Princes Terrace, Hyde Park. 3 documents, each 1 page small folio. Also involved in the lease were Sir Charles Lemon, Arthur Tremayne and John Garnier of Mount Tavy. 1866-70. £14.00

  36. Germoe SETT in Trebowlance in Germoe, His Grace the Duke of Leeds to Richard Tyacke, Miner, of Breage. Vellum, 17" x 23", signed Leeds with good armorial wax seal. Describes boundaries of the sett. The Duke of Leeds has five ninths of the tin ore etc. 1804. £48.00
    There is a brief memorandum on verso signed by T. Grylls, the Duke of Leeds' Steward, saying that Richard Tyacke and Partners can apply for a Sett of the ground 'twenty fathoms north of Wheal Boys Lodes in the tenements of Treswithin'.


  37. Glanville family of St. Germans DUCHY OF CORNWALL, CERTIFICATE AND WARRANT FOR A LEASE OF HUNTING Hawking Fishing and Fowling.... upon the Manor of Bonyalva.... 'This Constat made.... by Warrant from His Royal Highness's Council.... for a lease of the Premises therein contained.... unto Francis Glanville of Catchfrench.... for a term of thirty one years.... Let a Lease be prepared fit to pass His Royal Highness's Privy Seal containing a Demise or Grant.... From His Royal Highness's Council Chamber Somerset Place.... (signed) Southampton, S. Hulse, G. Lake. Vellum, 23" x 12", some minor creasing, first five lines slightly faded but entirely legible. 1794. £65.00

  38. Grampound PRINTED LETTER to Shareholders of the Grampound Road Hotel Company, with Report and account to Michaelmas 1872, 3p, 8vo, together with letter with details of meeting. 1872. £7.00

  39. Helston LEASE for 999 years of a plot of land in Lady Street, 22 feet in length by 21 inches in breadth, to be measured from the front wall of John Arundell's house, The Mayor and Commonalty of Helston to Francis Pennecke. Vellum, 10" x 16", wax seal, some foxing. 1710. £22.00

  40. Hendy & James, Solicitors, Truro A PROSPECTUS of the Truro and Perran Rail Road. 2pp., sm. folio, folded, docket title. Sets out advantages of the line to the Agricultural, Mining and Commercial interests, includes table estimating yearly trade on the line, for Perran Sand, Coals, Timber etc. from Truro for country consumption, and Mining business. 1st December 1830. £75.00
    A plan and Report originally accompanied the Prospectus. It was proposed to raise a Capital of œ20,000. The line 'not only embraces the established Mines of Wheal Leisure, and St. George, but it includes in its route the following new ones:- Wheal Prosper, East Wheal Fortune, Drosken, Wheal Ramoth, Penhale.... '


  41. Hockin (William) & others THE MEMORIAL OF WILLIAM HOCKIN Robert Richards, William Cardell, William Vivian and Thomas Pope Rosevear. 2pp., folio, lithographed in cursive. Hockin and the others were Lords of part of the Manor of Lelant and the Bodriggy Estate. They complained that the proposed railway would reinforce the monopoly of the Cornish Copper Company: 'trains of waggons and other Carriages passing and repassing the said Bridge (belonging to the Cornish Copper Company).... would prevent the public from sailing up the said Channel or Canal and from landing their Merchandize on the Wastrell of the said estate of Bodriggy'. A plan is referred to which is not present. Some manuscript notes at bottom of page 2, address panel on verso with broken wax seal, sent to Rev. Wm. Hockin at Phillack, with a letter on blank page to 'my dear father' about the engrossing and printing of the memorial 'The notes have been inserted in this copy with a pen & ink but will be lithographed in the other copies. I have ordered 150. W.H.' Split along one fold, repaired on verso with archival tape. 1834. £45.00

  42. Land's End SEPIA WATERCOLOUR size 5" x 8", titled in margin 'The First Inn in England, by Robt. Johns, Lands End, December 9th, 1810.' Shows inn with 6 windows, church tower behind, inn sign protruding, cart and barrels outside door, house with low wall on left. Brown card mount, size 11" x 13". 1810. £30.00
    Finely painted by a competent amateur with good architectural detail.


  43. Launceston BILL of James Prockter, Watch-Maker, Silversmith, Ironmonger &c., for 'a knife for Shilson on Harvey's Commission'. Engraved heading. A couple of rust spots. Sept. 22nd. c1820? £10.00

  44. Launceston Board School BILLS of Launceston Tradesmen for supplies. 10 bills, 8vo and 4to, printed headings. Includes 5 page bill of J. Brimmell, Printer, for penholders, composition books etc., Prockter's bill for ironmongery, Fry's bill for flanalette, lace etc. 1896-7. £16.00

  45. Launceston Railway SUBSCRIPTIONS Manuscript on one page, sm. folio, listing 25 'Town Subscriptions' with name and amount contributed, in a fine hand.... together with.... LETTER from John Curland to Mary Pearse, encouraging her support for the railway, saying he is enclosing a 'list of subscriptions for shares the result of the last few days applications.... it indicates a very general wish for the rail....' 2p., sm. 8vo. Oct. 23rd, 1860. £30.00

  46. Liskeard, Manor of A TRUE COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF GEORGE CHAMPIONS ESTATE 'to Mr Trehawke and Mr Roger and to my use.' In Latin, docket titled on verso as above, 1p., sm. folio, folded, 1" tear at fold, browned at edges. 1690? £20.00
    The manorial court was held 'apud Castram de Liskeard'.


  47. Mullion TITHE RENT CHARGE due 1st July 1879 & 1st Jany 1880. Manuscript, 6 double pages, listing Occupiers, Tenements, Amount appraised, Arrears, Received, Remarks, etc. Folio, sewn in to plain wraps with title in 'Gothic' lettering on front wrap. Pages dog-eared, some browning at bottom corner of pages. Lists 54 numbered 'Tenements'.... together with.... similar books for 1886-1887, 1896 - 1897, 1904-1905, 1907-1908, 1912-1913. 6 items. Some wraps stained, and loose. 1879-1913. £90.00
    Tenements include Angrouse, Predennack Wollas, Lynes Tenement, Proctors Meadow.


  48. Penryn Corfe (Manor of) COUNTERPART LEASE of Rosewell's Tenement in Penryn, late in the possession of Richard Cleather, The Earl of Radnor to John Hodge of Kea. Vellum, 16" x 22", signed with his mark by Hodge, with wax seal. 1717. £18.00

  49. Penwith ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No XXXIII. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size approx. 19" x 2" (landscape format). Border at top and bottom are pasted on. Linen-backed, folding to 4to, marbled endpapers. c1840. £30.00

  50. Penzance AUCTION POSTER. Advertising for sale a Leashold Dwelling House with Garden No 11 Penare Road. Size approx. 35" x 22", with several folds. Sale held at Central Hall, Penzance, 2nd April, 1913. £14.00

  51. Perranporth Railway NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is intended to be made to Parliament.... for making and maintaining a RAIL-WAY or RAILWAYS, or TRAM-ROAD or TRAM-ROADS, with all proper works and conveniences, for the Passage of Waggons, Carts, and other Carriages.... to commence at or near Perran Porth.... and extend through or near to the village of Bolingey, and the village of Cox otherwise Cook's, and from thence to or near to Ripper's Mill.... to New Mills, Coosebean Paper Mill.... to the Bridge in Lemon Street,in the Borough of Truro.... Also, To improve and maintain the Navigation of Truro River from Mopus or Malpas Passage to Truro Quay.... Edwards, Simmons and Paul and Paynter and Whitford, Solicitors. Single sheet, printed on one side only, a few small tears to margins, folded, approx. 11" x 8". Dated 12th November, 1830. E. Heard, Printer, Bookbinder and Stationer, Truro. £80.00
    Also describes the route of branches through St. Agnes, Newlyn in Pydar, and St. Allen. This was possibly a proposal for a mineral line linking the mines of the East Wheal Rose area with Truro. Scarce.


  52. South-East Cornwall Bye-Election VOTE FOR SANDYS and Retain Religion in our Day Schools. Ponder this before you Poll.... 4p brochure consisting of card size 7" x 5", folded in half to make booklet of 4pp. Printed in blue and red, with information on the poll, registered number, advice to Farmers, Fishermen etc. to support the Unionist candidate, and photograph of Mrs Sandys with message of support. 1906. £14.00

  53. St Michael's Mount SEPIA WATERCOLOUR size 6" x 8", showing Mount in middle distance, waves on shore in foreground, Lizard, etc. feintly in distance. The sky and sea area have been left blank. Titled in left margin (hidden by mount) 'St. Michael's Mount. Penzance Bay. Dec. 10th 1810.' In olive green mount with thin gold line. 1810. £22.00

  54. St. Columb Minor, Parish Church of HISTORY AND CALENDAR BLOTTER 1939-1940. 9pp., 4to, many adverts. for local firms. Calendar on last page. 1939. £10.00

  55. St. Ives EVANGELIST'S LETTER 3 pages closely-written on paper, size approx. 15" x 9", 2 leaves, folded, integral address panel and faded black 'St Ives - C' stamp. Addressed to Mrs Denham (the writer's mother), 100 Bermondsey Street, Southwark, London, dated Saint Ives Janry. 4th 1832, but sections dated up to 30th Jan., signed M.A. Denham. Wear at some folds, with loss of a few words. The writer appears to have been in St. Ives on a preaching mission for 2 or 3 months 'My Christian regards to our Preachers.... I've delivered my Lord's message week after week.... I believe all these unusual meetings will be given up except the children or young people's, upwards of 40 attend that, Mondays at 6.... those of the grown persons that wish for help may (attend) the new rais'd class which met last Wednesday for the first time, 9 persons (married & single) joind having previously taken notes of admittance of Mr Carvesso (?). All seem in a fair way for the Kingdom.' Jan 4th - 30th 1832. £28.00

  56. St. Just BOND A Bill binding Thomas Lanyon of St. Just, Yeoman, to pay œ204. to Humphrey Pascoe of St. Ives, Merchant. 1p. sm. folio, blank adjoining leaf with docket title and note on interest on verso, small wax seal, signed Lanyon and witnessed by Wm. Usticke, Jn. Harvey, D. Leskey(?). 1728. £22.00

  57. St. Levan THE RETURN OF THE CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS of the Poor of the Parish of St. Levan, in the West Division of the Hundred of Penwith.... of Men qualified to serve on Juries, for 1867. Poster headed in large letters 'Parish of St. Levan', listing 22 names, in tabular form, with Place of Abode, Title or Business, Nature of Qualification. States any objections to be heard at the Guildhall Penzance, 26th September. Names of Churchwardens and Overseers at the end. 31st August 1867. £38.00

  58. St. Martin CONDITIONS for selling Bishop's Quay and premises in St. Martin, Thomas Treloar Auctioneer on behalf of Messieurs Grylls and Hill. 6 pages, sm. folio, in a neat hand. 1852. £12.00
    Includes dwelling house, lime kiln, coal yard and closes of land enclosed from Halnoweth West Downs.


  59. Trewelha (William), Ship-owner, St. Ives RECORD AND ACCOUNT BOOK OF THE SCHOONER 'BRISTOL' from the 'First Voyage Commenced at Truro the 26th July 1834' to 'Voyage commenced 31st October 1858'. 360 pages in a neat hand, vellum bound cash book, size 8" x 6", with columns for sums expended down right hand side. Each page is full. The first page records the purchase of the schooner (purchase money œ825), and there is a letter loosely inserted, dated Dec. 1833, with address panel to Mr William Trewelha at St. Ives, from the previous owner regarding the sale. Voyages commenced from Truro, Portreath, occasionally from Plymouth, and the cargo was ore, unloaded at Swansea. Coal and limestone were also carried ("Calstock.... Barge of Limb stone 24 tons at 9d per tn...'). Prices for the cargo are noted, with rate per ton, together with pilotage, wages, harbour dues, anchorage, Custom House charges, coopers', sailmakers', blockmakers', blacksmiths' bills, cost of provisions in detail, repairs to ship ('Wm. Jennings making new square sail'), miscellaneous items such as compasses, kettles, ropes. There were 234 voyages recorded before the ship was repaired at St. Ives in March 1851, and approximately 80 voyages subsequently. The various periods of repairs are recorded in detail 'John Roach 7 days at 3/6d striping ship.... Paid for a plank taken from the George....' 1834-1858. £850.00
    Mathew Trewhella and James Stevens had 5/16 and 2/16 shares in the ship. The Master until his death in 1844 was Captain John Daniel, and subsequently Henry Bryant. An unusually complete and detailed record of the trade between West Cornwall and South Wales.


  60. Truro LETTER from Lord Falmouth, dated 'Tregothnan Decr. 6th', to the Earl of Chichester, recommending an applicant for the post of Postmaster of Truro, 'an unmarried woman, well educated.... who is the daughter of a deceased Chaplain of mine, and aged about 36. Her name is Hennah....' 2p, 8vo, docketed on verso with date 1816, traces of mount along edge on verso. 1816. £18.00

  61. Valentine (J) ALBUM containing 24 views of Penzance area, each size 6" x 8", titled in white in plate, in album with cloth covered boards, thick card window mounts. c1910. £35.00
    Views include: Longships Light, St. Buryan Church, Trereiffe Avenue in Penzance, Mousehole, The Square St. Just, Pendeen Lighthouse.


  62. Western Division Election TO JOHN TREMAYNE, ESQ. Hard-hitting political broadside (in 6 paragraphs) from 'A West Cornwall Elector', attacking Tremayne, particularly for playing upon the electorate's gratitude to his father: 'You say 'Upwards of fifty years ago, you elected my Father'.... you are confounding us with our Grandfathers....' he goes on to say that most of the present electorate were descended from people who 'in your father's day had no political existence.... they were never represented by anybody... the Cornish Elections really took place in the drawing-rooms at Tregothnan, Tehidy, or Port Eliot....' Single sheet, size 20" x 12", printed on one side only, folds, some minor off-setting. 24th March 1857. £40.00
    See Boase 'Collectanea' 1048. Tremayne became Sheriff in 1858 and M.P. for E. Cornwall in 1874. He later lived at the family home at Heligan.


  63. Williams (John), of Scorrier House BOOK OF COPY MINING LEASES 11 leases on 14 pages in folio notebook, calf spine, marbled boards, rubbed. The rest of the book is blank. Leases copied in a fine hand with very decorative large calligraphic headings. Paper watermarked 1818. £160.00
    The leases are headed with the name of the mine. They are: Wheal Union; Wheal Maiden; Western Wheal Chance; Eastern Wheal Chance; Carharrick; Wheal Hope in Carharrick; Wheal Jewell Eastern Sett; Wheal Damsel; Wheal Jewell Western Sett; Wheal Gorland; Western Wheal Jewell.

    MYLOR AND ST. BUDOCK

  64. Withiell (George) A TRUE MAP OF ALL SR. PETER KILLEGREEW'S LANDS in the Parish of Mylor and part of Budock Lands. Surveyed and plotted by Georg. Withiell. Anno Domini 1690. Nineteenth century tracing in ink and colours of a 17th century manuscript map, on thin cotton backed with linen. Size 36" x 49", Scale 4 chains to one inch. Large compass rose, very decorative scale bar with dividers, cannon and flags. Shows street in Falmouth with tiny individually-drawn houses, with coloured roofs, Arwenack with formal garden, Castle Hill with 'Wise his line', 'Slingsby's Work', Mylor Church, Pendenis Castle with fortifications, courts of small houses within the walls, and the castle itself in elevation, the Swan Pool (with outsize swans). The numerous plots of land are named with acreage, and outlined in turqoise, red or yellow, with key ('Tregenvey encompassed with yellow' etc.) Gardens, woodland, churches, etc., drawn in. 10 ships are shown in Falmouth harbour and 10 larger ones around Pendennis castle. Large Reference Table bottom left (size 11" x 12") with 'Tenats. names Tenemts. & quantity of Acres in each of Budock Lands', e.g. 'George Bennet hath Four Tents. his 1st leas containeth the Quarry Close The Calves Close his dwelling place.... Pendennis Lands.... to ye West of Wise his Line.... 46a.1.36, and the Block House 55a.0.14.' Similar smaller table with information for Mylor Lands. Some chipping of tracing paper at edges, tracing paper worn away in area top right, not affecting text. Paper slightly darkened overall, parts at left edge and along top slightly browned. Second half of nineteenth century. £750.00
    Susan Gay, in the Appendix to 'Old Falmouth', refers to a map of Falmouth by George Withiell, dated 1691, (but it is quite different from this map).


    Cornwall Acts

  65. Assize Courts AN ACT for Holding the Assize for the County of Cornwall, at a Convenient Place within the said County. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 1pp. Recent boards. 1716. £14.00

  66. Cornwall Railway Company AN ACT for enabling the Cornwall Railway Company to make certain Modifications in their Share Capital.... 10pp. 1854. £9.00

  67. Cornwall Railway AN ACT for extending the Time for the Completion of the Cornwall Railway and Works; and for making further Provisions as to the Share Capital of the Cornwall Railway Company.... 8pp. 1855. £8.00

  68. Duchy of Cornwall AN ACT for Enabling Their Majesties to Make Grants, Leases and Copies of Offices, Lands and hereditaments, Parcel of Their Dutchy of Cornwall.... 9pp, plus cover leaf, Black Letter, decorative initial letter. Recent boards. 1694. £26.00

  69. Fowey and Newquay Estates AN ACT for better enabling the Trusts of the Will of Joseph Thomas Treffry deceased to be executed.... 59pp. Recent cloth boards, gilt title. 1853. £22.00
    There is a 31 page schedule of the property concerned listing Description, Owner/Occupier and Tenure and Rent.


  70. Launceston Debts AN ACT for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town and Borough of Launceston and other Places in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon. 27pp. 1841. £12.00

  71. Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Company AN ACT to authorise the transfer of the undertaking of the Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway Company to the Cornwall Minerals Railway Company.... 13pp. Recent cloth-covered boards. 1892. £18.00

  72. Saint Columb Major A BILL For vesting in His Majesty a certain Part of the Open Commons and Waste Lands, within the Manor or Royalty of Rialton and Retraighe alias Reterth, in the Parish of Saint Columb Major, in the County of Cornwall. Cover leaf + 14pp. 1817. £17.00

  73. West Cornwall AN ACT for enabling the West Cornwall Railway Company to create Debenture Stock.... 6pp. 1861. £10.00

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    Cumberland
  74. Bromfield & Holm Cultram PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Freehold Estate.... consisting of Dwelling House, Farm Buildings, Water-Power Thrashing Mill and several closes of rich Arable, Meadow and Pasture Land.... which will be offered for Sale by Public Auction... 19th day of July, 1882. 3pp., folio, folded with docket title, large folding coloured plan. 1882. £32.00

  75. Carlisle BILL of The North of England Agricultural Implement Works, Cumberland Foundry, Botchergate. Sm. folio, printed heading with attractive vignette of farmer on horse-drawn harrow. Lists 30 purchasers. c1870. £6.00

  76. Castle Sowerby A PARTICULAR of a Copyhold Estate Situate at Hewerhill in the Parish of Castle Sowerby... To be Sold... at the House of Mrs Marr, The George Inn, at Heskett New Market.... 2nd day of September 1808. 2pp., sm. folio, plus docket title. Attractively printed. 1808. £48.00
    The property was held under the Manor, the Lord of which was the Duke of Devonshire.


  77. Greystoke PARTICULARS of a Compact Agricultural Estate known as Lowside, in the Townships of Mungrisdale and Matterdale.... together with a Flock of 261 Heaf-going Herdwick Sheep and Right of Common on Bannerdale Fell.... For Sale by Auction.... 1st March, 1910. 3pp., 4to, folded. 1910. £15.00

  78. Kendal LETTER from John Whitwell, dated Kendal June 26th 1834, to Ann Atkinson in Finsbury Pavement, London. 3p, 4to, integral address panel with wax seal and 2 postmarks. The writer obviously a Quaker, refers to various meetings, visit to Shap '14 to 15 small sleeping rooms have been added and much done & doing in the way of laying out planting &c.... saw Moreland Meeting for the first time, it is a very quiet sequestered spot.', financial matters 'What a large hole in the funds of the National Stock D. Wheeler seems to have made.... I hope friends will let it pass by this time....' 1834. £25.00

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    Devon
  79. Aylscott (Alverdiscott) FINE Verified copy, on paper, size 8" x 12", in Latin, for œ100, George Hooper, plaintiff, Peter Hooper and Frances his wife, defendants. Concerns one messuage 25 acres of land 4 acres meadow, 20 acres pasture etc. in Easter Aylscott, Wester Aylscott, Westdowne and Westdowne Wood. With signature of John(?) Lee attesting it as a true copy. 1693 (copied 1699). £18.00

  80. Barnstaple AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITIES of the Parish of Barnstaple, From Lady-day, 1859, to Lady-day, 1860. Comprises Penrose's, Horwood's, Paige's Almshouses, various gifts to the poor. Printed sheet, 19" x 11", folded. 1860. £25.00

  81. Barnstaple Dentist ASSIGNMENT of the Henry Faro's practice of Dental Surgeon to Arnold Pitowsky of Langham Street, London. 2p folio, folds. 1867. £10.00

  82. Barnstaple LEASE of all that messuage tenement and garden in Bear Street in Barnstaple, John Stephens and Elizabeth his wife, Oliver Naylor Rector of Tawstock and Canon of the Cathedral Church of St Peter Exeter, George Lugg of Sherill to Mathew Hall of Barnstaple. Vellum, 7" x 26", 3 wax seals. 1675. £24.00

  83. Barnstaple ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 31. Scale 2 miles to 1 inch. White cloth wraps with coat of arms. c1910. £8.00

  84. Barnstaple Theatre CERTIFICATE OF ONE THIRTY-SECOND SHARE in the name of William Law of Barnstaple, in the Barnstaple Theatre, for the Term of Sixty Years, and one thirty second part 'of the Scenery, Furniture, Machinery and Fixtures... and the clear Receipts and Profits....' Printed with MS inserts, signed by 4 members of committee. Vellum, 8" x 10", water-stained and creased along bottom edge to a depth of 2" - 1". 1835. £20.00

  85. Besley (H) Pub. THE VALLEY OF ROCKS Lynton. Drawn by G. Townsend. Vignette view on 4to notepaper, blank adjoining leaf, size of view 4" x 7". Some slight creasing, a few small light marks.... Together with.... Babbacombe from the Rocks, published Harwood, similar size view on letter sheet, lacks blank leaf. c1846. £12.00

  86. Besley (H) VIEWS OF DEVONSHIRE 19 large vignette views (engraved surface approx. 4" x 7"), tissue guards, oblong 8vo, decorative glazed card wraps, cloth spine, minor scratch on front wrap. c1860. £130.00
    Normally there would be 18 views, but two views of Torquay From the Rock Walk' have been bound in together by mistake. Views include Torquay (3), Daddy's Hole, Ansty's Cove, Babbacombe, Dartmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth (3), Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Exmouth, Exeter (2), Okehampton.


  87. Besley (H), Publisher SOUTH DEVON AND DARTMOOR Map, size 12" x 15", linen backed and folding into 12mo boards, label on front board rubbed. Scale 3" = 20 miles. Shows railways. c1870. £20.00

  88. Bideford MANUSCRIPT PLAN on waxed cotton, crudely drawn sketch plan prepared for a legal dispute, showing fields and roads on the west bank of the River Torridge, with names of owners and tenants. Size 24" x 17", folds. c1870. £15.00

  89. Bishops Tawton ASSIGNMENT OF HUGH VENNERS MORTGAGE to Mary Stephens of Braddamore. "Concerns the Tennement with Appurtenances of Braddamore.... together with.... Buildings, Barns, Stables, Shipping Ways etc.... ". Covers 1 sides of a 23" x 37" folded sheet. This is a copy made 1790, and attested as such by three witnesses. 4th March, 1790. £16.00

  90. Bovey Tracey LETTER from W. Chudleigh at Bovey Tracey to R. Tucker, Solicitor, at Ashburton, about employing applicants for poor relief on 'raising stone for the Turnpike and Parish Roads' charging their labour 'to the Overseer's Account'. 1p, 4to, address panel with Chudleigh and Ashburton postmarks on adjoining leaf. April 9th, 1842. £18.00

  91. Butterleigh APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE placing James Harrison, a poor child of the parish, apprentice to Henry Bazeley for the Parsonage to learn husbandry work. On paper, oblong sm. folio, small wax seal, printed with MS inserts. 1" repaired tear at fold. 1795. £20.00

  92. Butterleigh MEASURE OF THE ROAD lying on the north side of Butterleigh Parish, Cold Harbour and Borrough Estates... September 18th 1805.... Three sets of figures in poles and feet 'From the said northwest Corner of Venn's piece.... to the new posts....' etc. Signed John Blake, Bradninch and Peter Richards, Cullompton. 1p., flscp., folded and addressed on verso to the Surveyors of the Highways, Butterleigh. 1805. £14.00

  93. Exeter FOR THE BENEFIT OF AN INTENDED SCAVENGER.... THE BUSY BODY Or, the Exeter Paving Scheme. Marplot... Mr. C-- E-. It is not the first Time of this Gentleman's Appearance, he having performed the folliwng well-known Characters, viz. Sir Benjamin Backbite, Sir Solomon Slander.... his Friends.... solicit the Suffrages of the Inhabitants, in electing him to succeed The celebrated Harry White.... not doubting, as he will not hesitate to pick up any Excrement of Filth with his Fingers .... we beg no Time may be lost in electinghim one of the City Scavengers. Now or Never. Satirical election squib, 30 lines of varying length and text size. Handbill size 9" x 5", waterstained down two third os surface, printed on one side only. 1832? £26.00

  94. Exeter MERRIE ENGLAND Exeter Amateur Operatic Society. 56pp., oblong 8vo, decorative wraps with portrait of King and Queen, numerous adverts. and illustrations of actors etc., article on Raleigh. Coronation Year, 1911. £15.00

  95. Exeter THE ARCADIAN CONSORT Or the Fable of Apollo's turning Shepherd Apply'd & address'd to the Gentlemen & Ladies of the Exeter Consort 1738. Poem signed 'Thyrsis', in 17 four-line stanzas describing who attended 'A Concert on th'Arcadian plains'. Various people are obviously alluded to under the names of Greek nymphs, etc. There is a two-verse 'P.S.' dated December 28th 1738, 'To the Ladies who may take it amiss that they are not particularly Characteris'd in So Short a Poem....' 5p. 4to, in a large round hand with decorative initials.... together with.... 'The Arcadian Consort.... The Argument Explain'd....' Small folio sheet, written on one side only, contemporary explanation of the poem, but not giving actual names of the protagonists. 1738. £45.00
    The folio sheet interprets the classical names, etc. '.... near to the banks of the Poeticall River Amphrysis (under wch. Antique Names Exeter and the Neighbouring Towns of Devon with the River Ex are Veil'd and represented)....', 'alluding to the Two Ladies Each Gentleman of the Exeter Consort, wch is signified by the Arcadian, is allowed to introduce....'


  96. Fallapit House, Nr. Kingsbridge WATERCOLOUR showing the house with a figure approaching on a path. The front and side elevations are shown in clear architectural detail, and there is a small cupola with a weather-vane. Titled in top left corner 'Fallopit nr Kingsbridge'. Small whitish area at top right corner about 1" square. n.d. c1870? £35.00

  97. Fremington FINE between G. Fountaine and S. Cade for messuages and gardens, 4 acres of furze and heath, etc at Fremington Marsh and West Yelland. Vellum, in Latin with title in English on verso, size 7" x 14", ink very rubbed at folds. 1641. £16.00

  98. Hartland BOND Edward Wolferstan of Hartland bound to William Tanner of Collumpton for the sum of œ300. Printed sheet, blank adjoining leaf, small folio with details in MS, signed by Wolferstan and two witnesses, with seal. Some browning due to damp. 26th Mar. 1787. £15.00

  99. Haytor Volunteer Artillery LETTER from 2nd Earl of Liverpool, dated Whitehall 30th December 1805, signed Hawkesbury, to Earl Fortescue, informing him that the King has approved his plan that the Haytor Volunteer Artillery should be assembled upon permanent pay and Duty at Berrey Head Barracks for 21 Days from the 7th of next Month, and conveying His Majesty's Special directions that they should be so assembled. Informs him the Receiver General for the County of Devon will pay one guinea per man for the 'Non-commissioned Officers, Drummers and Privates'. 2p folio, blank adjoining leaf with docket title on verso, tear in margin, not affecting text. 1805. £45.00

  100. Heavitree, Exeter BOND between Nicholas Stoakes of Heavitree, husbandman, and Sebastian Isart, of Heavitree, Gentleman, for forty pounds. 1p., sm. folio, in a small neat hand, blank adjoining leaf with docket title on verso. Signed by Stoakes and three witnesses, small papered seal. 1640. £25.00

  101. Incledon (B) RENT RECEIPTS Record of yearly rents received from Mrs Sharland, May 1761,65,67,68,69,72,77,81. Five receipts signed by Benjamin Incledon, 4 on his behalf. 2p, sm. folio. 1761-81. £18.00
    Benjamin Incledon was a genealogist and Recorder for Barnstaple.


  102. Littlehempstone SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY Documents relating to the Claim of the Revd. F. Hele, Incumbent of Littlehempstead, against the South Devon Railway Company for glebe land taken by them under the Act of 1844, including (i) completed Schedule of Claim form, 2p. folio, Aug. 1845, with 2 small coloured manuscript plans. (ii) MS copies of 2 documents relating to a further purchase by the Buckfastleigh Totnes and South Devon Railway Company, 1874, one nominating 2 local surveyors, the other giving valuation, each with brief schedule, 2 pages, sm. folio, with some correspondence between the company and Rev. Hele. 1845-74. £30.00

  103. Lundy THE CASTLE IN THE ISLE OF LUNDY Hand-coloured copper engraving showing the castle, looking out to sea, horseman in foreground. Size 3" x 4", in ivory mount. Late 18th century. £8.00

  104. Lydford PENCIL DRAWING titled 'Lydford bridge'. Attractive, detailed pencil drawing, on thick paper, filling the whole of the sheet, size approx. 10" x 14". Shows stone arch of bridge over steep ravine, looking through arch to woods, and across the river, trees in foreground. c1806. £65.00

  105. Milton Damerel POSTER Advertising sale by Auction at Bideford on 7th Sept. 1880 of Freehold Estates in the Parish of Milton Damerel, extending over 388 acres. Size 35" x 22", folds, some slight wear at main fold. 1880. £16.00
    'A considerable portion of the Estate is bounded by the River Torridge in which Trout abound....'


  106. Newton Tracey APPOINTMENT and Release in fee of the Manor of Newton Tracey and certain Lands in Newton Tracey, 1830. 11p., attested copy. 1865. £10.00

  107. Plymouth IMPROVED PATENT OIL CABINETS Western Counties Agricultural Co-operative Association Ltd., Millbay Road, Plymouth. List No. 6. Brochure advertising Cabinets for Engine Rooms, 4pp., 4to, printed in red and black, with illustrations. A few damp spots at corners. July 1907. £15.00

    FINE ENGRAVED 'BIRD'S-EYE' VIEW

  108. Plymouth Sound A PROSPECT OF PLYMOUTH AND YE SOUND as it is seen between ye Ramhead & Mewstone a League from the Citadel, with a View of Hamoze & Catwater, Sutton Pool And all ye Remarkable Points &c. Humbly Dedicated to Her most Serene and Sacred Majesty Anne by ye Grace of God Queen of Great Britain France & Ireland. 'Bird's-eye' copper engraving, size 20" x 22" plus margins, hand-coloured in bold colours, in faded ivory mount with lines. Foxing spots in margins and sky area. Large title 'Plymouth' in 'ribbon' effect cartouche in sky area, long title either side of coat of arms at bottom. Shows Plymouth looking toward the land, with St. Nicholas Island in the centre of the view. 24 places are indicated by letters on the view, and named in the key below the title. There are four large ships in the foreground, numerous ships in the middle distance, waves shown in detail in foreground. Sold by Tho. Taylor at the Golden Lyon near the Horn Tavern in Fleet Street, London. (c1713). £650.00
    Scarce. Places named include Plymouth Tower, Citadel, New Church, Fishers Nose, Withy hedge, Shags Stone, Penlee Point, Ram Church, Maker Church, M. Edgecombe, Cat Down, Dock Chapell.


  109. River Plym PENCIL DRAWING titled 'Plym bridge'. On thick paper, size 10" x 14". A very fine, detailed drawing, covering the whole area of the paper, showing the track leading over the bridge, with four arches visible, a fence to the left of the bridge, overhanging trees in foreground and woods on far bank. c1806. £65.00
    On the verso are the initials in pencil 'I.M., J.M.M. 1805' in very small letters.


  110. Rock & Co. Pub. VIEWS & SCENERY OF ILFRACOMBE, Being twenty four steel engraved vignette views, oblong 8vo, original embossed cloth, gilt title, corners of boards slightly worn. Some plates dated between 1849 - 1865. £100.00

  111. Rock & Co. VIEWS & SCENERY OF LYNTON & LYNMOUTH 16 vignette views, cloth boards, gilt title, size 5" x 7", front board faded, spine rubbed, lacks front endpaper, ink splash in margin of first plate. Inscription on front pastedown. c1860. £60.00

  112. Rock's ROYAL ALBUM OF CHAGFORD and Neighbourhood. 20 photolitho views on folding strip, small 4to boards, gilt decoration. c1890. £15.00

  113. Salmon (J) Pub. LYNTON & LYNMOUTH From Original Water Colour Paintings by A.R. Quinton. 15 attractive coloured views on glossy paper, with grey borders, printed card wraps with coloured view pasted on. Overall size 7" x 10". Richards, Tobacconist, Lynmouth. c1910. £22.00

  114. Sidmouth LEASE for a year of messuage near Broad Street, William Rugg of Newton Poppleford, Chairmaker, and his wife, to John Robins of Topsham. Vellum 14" x 23", wax seals, vellum slightly yellowed in parts. 1792. £18.00

  115. South Molton ADVERTISING HANDBILL for Hargreaves Kingdon, Family Grocer & Provision Merchant, The Central Stores, South Molton. Size 11" x 9", printed in blue on one side only, with very attractive woodcut view of the shop, with people and carriage in front, size 5" x 5". c1880. £18.00
    'Purity, Pungency & Rich Mellow Flavour are the True Characteristics of my Teas & Coffees'.


  116. Spreat (W) CHAWLEIGH CHURCH. Sketched and Drawn on Stone by W. Spreat. Lithograph, engraved surface approx. 5" x 8", on India paper, large margins, margins slightly spotty. Printed by C. Hulmandel c1842. £22.00
    Man, woman and child to the left foreground, and woman walking along path to wards church door.


  117. Spreat (W) TOTNES CHURCH. Interior. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by W. Spreat. Lithograph, engraved surface approx. 6" x 8", on India paper, large margins, margins slightly spotty. Printed by C. Hulmandel. c1842. £22.00
    There are 2 men and a woman talking in the aisle.


  118. Spreat (W) WHITESTONE CHURCH. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by W. Spreat. Lithograph, engraved surface approx. 6" x 9", on India paper, large margins, margins slightly spotty. [Printer, C. Hulmandel.] c1842. £22.00
    With two men talking on a path by a corner of the church.


  119. Stewart (W) Pub. VIEWS OF NORTH DEVON. Being 20 steel engraved vignette views, printed title-page, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt titled, oblong 8vo, approx. 4" x 7". 8 of the views with some foxing. Front inner hinge broken. Published by W. Stewart, Bookseller, &c., Ilfracombe. £80.00
    Not in Brockett's Devon Union List or Somers Cocks's Devon Topographical Prints.


  120. Thomas Tanner ALBUM containing original poems and watercolours by Thomas Tanner, composed when he was on board ship in the Persian Gulf. 211p in 4to album, thick calf boards, gilt, metal initials 'M.T' on front boards, blue silk lining. Front board detached. On the flyleaf is a fine very decorative watercolour title 'Manuscripts', with the inscription 'this little book contains poetry chiefly composed by my father Thos. Tanner'. All the poems are signed 'T.T' or 'T' and precisely dated, many with the place where written, for example 'The Comforts of Marriage. A Poetical Epistle from a Sea Captain to his absent wife From on board the Hon. East India Compy. Brig of War Psyche, Persian Gulf, 30th June 1817.' There are various pen and ink illustrations and decorations and some fine very detailed and accurately drawn watercolours including: 'Mount Edgecumbe', showing a British sailing ship and small sail boat, the house on the hill, size 4" x 5", plus decorative cut paper border (loose, never pasted in); 'The East India Company's Brig of War Nautilus, of 12 Guns, and 64 Men, Engaging and Beating off Arab Pirates, 2 War Buggabuws & 2 armed Tronkeys out of Rasul Khima in the Persian Gulf carrying 20 Guns and 900 Men: October 18th 1808', size 4" x 5", plus title below; 2 small watercolours of Swiss scenes, various headpieces etc., (for example the poem written by Tanner at Cape Town 1828 'The Bushman Hottentot' illustrated by a pen and ink drawing of a bushman at the top); the poem 'The Country excursion Topsham June 8 1827. A family picnic at Powderham' is illustrated with a watercolour of a ship in the Exe estuary. There are also two silhouette portraits, memorial cards, etc. At the end are some genealogical memorials of the Tanner family, 'An Address Intended to be delivered at the Meeting of the Town Council of Exeter 1857'. The name of Albert Tanner, 72nd Highlanders, is on the flyleaf. c1850. £550.00

  121. Tiverton PROBATE of the will and codicils of George Alexander of Ailsa House, Tiverton. 15 May 1895. 12p 4to, in MS, on parchment. With seal attached. 1895. £10.00

  122. Torquay POSTCARD Real photo postcard titled in Ms below view 'Torquay in winter. Feb 1907'. Shows bandstand in park in snow with two men with brushes, church in distance. Divided back. 1907. £5.00

    Devon Acts

  123. Bideford Extension Railway AN ACT for making a Railway from the North Devon Railway at Fremington Pill to Bideford, to be called "the Bideford Extension Railway".... 13pp. 1853. £28.00

  124. Exeter Canal AN ACT for sanctioning a Settlement of the Claims of the Mortgagees of the Exeter Canal against the Corporation of the City of Exeter; for empowering the Corporation to borrow for the purpose of carrying into effect such settlement and of improving the said Canal.... 11pp. 1883. £14.00

  125. Exeter Tramways AN ACT For making tramways in the county of Devon to be called "The Exeter Tramways".... 15pp. 1881. £13.00

  126. Fremington Pill to Barnstaple Railway AN ACT for making a Railway from Penhill in the Parish of Fremington.... to the Town of Barnstaple, and for constructing a Dock in the said Parish of Fremington, to be called "The Taw Vale Railway and Dock." 96pp. 1838. £30.00

  127. Kentisbeere AN ACT for Dividing, Allotting, and Inclosing a certain Tract of Common or Waste Land, called Kentismoore, within the Manor and Parish of Kentisbeere, in the County of Devon. 28pp. 1801. £18.00

  128. Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway AN ACT to revive and extend the time for purchasing Lands and completing the Railways and Works authorised by the Kingsbridge and Salcombe Railway Act 1882..... 4pp. 1887. £8.00

  129. Kingsbridge Railway AN ACT for incorporating a Company, and for making and maintaining the Kingsbridge Railway.... 15pp. 1864. £18.00

  130. Okehampton Railway AN ACT for authorizing the Okehampton Railway Company to extend their Railway from Okehampton to the Launceston and South Devon Railway near Lidford, and to raise further Monies.... 12pp. 1863. £16.00

  131. Plymouth Dock AN ACT to enable certain Persons, during the Minority of Sir John Saint Aubyn Baronet, to renew and grant Leases of Lands, and to sell other Lands, all at Plymouth Dock, in the County of Devon, for the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors.... 16pp., plus cover leaf, together with An Act to explain and amend Two Acts.... for paving, lighting and watching the Town of Plymouth, 21pp., plus cover leaf, with Schedule of Property. Bound together in recent boards. 1774. £26.00

  132. Plymouth Docks AN ACT for constructing Docks at Millbay (Plymouth), to be called the Plymouth Great Western Docks. 23pp. 1846. £18.00

  133. Seaton Railway AN ACT for making a Railway from the London and South-western Railway to Seaton.... 22pp. 1863. £24.00

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    Dorset
  134. Boscombe CATALOGUE OF AUCTION SALE of 100 Private Motor Cars.... Motor Bicycles.... April 1st, 1914 at Mens' Motor Garage.... 11pp., 4to, wraps, vertical crease. 1914. £20.00
    Cars include Darracq, Panhard, Charron, Bristol, De Dion, Minerva, Arrol-Johnston, Wolseley


  135. Dorset Central Railway 3rd SECTION. STURMINSTER TO TEMPLE LANE TEMPLECOMBE Section diagram in red, blue and black ink, 15ft. x 19", on thick paper backed with linen, rolled. Marked along the top with numbered cuttings and embankments, with details, level crossings, culverts, pipes, etc, along the bottom with three rows of small figures and in large red figures the rise and fall ('1 in 100, .66 per Chain' etc.) c1856. £80.00
    The Dorset Central Railway opened in 1856 and became part of the Somerset and Dorset Railway in 1862.


  136. Enmore Green Ceremonies COPIES OF A MEMORANDUM OF 1527 and an Agreement of 1662 concerning the Enmore Green ceremonies. Copy on 3p folio, folded, 2" split at one fold. The copy is undated but from the watermark would appear to be The Memorandum states that 'the Sonnday next after Holy Roode day.... every parish shall come down into Enmore Green.... with their Mynstrace of Myrth of Game.... and the Mayor of Shaston shall see the Queen Bailiffe have a penny loffe....' etc. The 'Indenture' is between the Hon. Sir Edward Nicholas, Lord of the Manor of Gillingham and the Mayor and Burgesses of Shaston, and describes in detail (68 lines) the ceremonies connected to the wells and springs 'to walk or daunce hand in hand round the same Green in a long daunce there being a Musition or Tabor and pipe and also a Staff or Besome adorned with Feathers pieces of Gold Rings and other Jewells...' and agreeing that the inhabitants may continue to draw water and dig wells as previously, and that they will perform said ceremony yearly. The signatures and witnesses are transcribed at the end. Late 18th century. £45.00

  137. Kimmeridge etc. POETICAL EPISTLE FROM F. FURBAR TO ---. Manuscript love poem in 96 lines, addressed to an unknown lady. The author refers to himself as 'Franky' and seems to be a farmer. 4p, 4to, with a few amendments. n.d. c1820. £40.00
    Refers to being mocked by the girls at the fair on 'Toller's plain', attending Kimmeridge Church 'To Kimmeridge Church I bend my way/Intent, as once, to sing & pray/ Soon as the Pitch pipe's notes so fine/Exalt the sould with ae divine .... Gazing at thee with love perplext/ I scarce remember ee'n the text....', imagines driving to Wareham Market with beloved etc.


  138. Penny (J), Sherborne, Pr. SHERBORNE, DORCHESTER & TAUNTON JOURNAL Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp, red tax stamp. A few foxing spots on front page. June 6, 1844. £14.00
    Report on meeting of inhabitants of Poole about the Bridgwater to Poole Junction Railway, Auction Notice for sale of Stock in Trade of sail cloth manufacturers at Charmouth.


  139. Portland ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XVII. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 24" x 31", dissected and mounted on linen and folding into 8vo cloth wraps. c1850. £35.00
    Covers Bridport, Dorchester, Lulworth.


  140. Shaftesbury ABSTRACT OF SHASTON CHARTER of King Charles the Second 1664 and Survey of lands belonging to the Corporation of the Borough of Shaftesbury. 10p, folio, tied at corner, folded. The survey consists of 7 pages and gives Dates of Leases (between 1726 and 1773), Tenants Names, Description of Premises, Lives, Quit Rent. Copied 1820. £40.00
    The premises are described in detail, with adjoining properties and owners named, measurement of plots, etc. Includes the Lamb Inn on Gold Hill, premises in Salisbury St., etc. A note on cover sheet states the abstract was given by Charles Bowles, Recorder, to Thomas Lewis in 1820.


  141. Shaftesbury DEED between John Foyle the elder and William Hussey, and others, stating that Sir Mattew Arundel gave John Foyle one hundred pounds for the use of the poor of Holy Trinity. Foyle has used these profits and also bought lands called Knowlehays, and the poor have had œ8 a year from this land. He transfers these 20 acres to Hussey and others, the profits to be used for the poor. Dated 10 May, 1647. Copy, c1800 or earlier, on 4 sides of folded large folio sheet, pages split across horizontally and vertically, held with archival tape. c1800. £18.00

  142. Shaftesbury WILL of William Lush of Shaftesbury, mercer. 27th Feb. 1719. 8p, folio, folded, tied at corner, cover sheet with docket title dusty and torn, other sheets clean. Copy, endorsed as copied by T. Lewis Jr. 27th Nov. 1812 for his own use. 1812. £26.00
    A very detailed will. Refers to his three houses in St. Peter's Parish, 'sceptre pieces of broad gold' to be given to his cousins, œ50 for 'adorning or beautifying St. Peter's Church', orders his Trustees to 'put so many poor Boys and Girls of the said Borough to School' to clothe them appropriately, and find them apprenticeships afterwards. Many named relations in various villages in Somerset and Dorset are to be given small bequests.


  143. Sherborne ABSTRACT of the Title of Wm. Flooks to premises in Half Moon St., next to the King's Arms Inn, agreed to be sold to G.D.W. Digby. 3p. folio, copy deed of covenenant for production of title deeds enclosed, 3p. 1861. £10.00

  144. Whitchurch NOTICE. To be Let.... All that Messuage and Farm called Isaac's Nettlemore, with the Cottage and Lands, called Knacker's Hole and Domans; Containing in the whole, by Estimation, About 32 Acres of Arable, Meadow, Pasture and Orchard Land; Situate at Abbotts Wooton, in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum.... Size approx. 8 x 6", printed on one side only. Exeter, Printed by P. Hedgeland, (Bible) 53, High Street. 'dated 1st November, 1813.' £22.00

    Dorset Acts

  145. Blandford Forum and Stourpaine AN ACT to vest Part of the Estates devised by the Will of the Reverend Robert Maurice, late of Blandford Forum in the County of Dorset Clerk deceased, in Trustees for Sale.... 21pp. 1833. £12.00

  146. Charminster, Maiden Newton, South Perrott etc. AN ACT to continue.... an Act.... for repairing the Roads from Whistle Bridge in the Parish of Barwick, in the County of Somerset, to the Turnpike Road in the Parish of Charminster.... from the Cross in the Town of Maiden Newton, to a Stream of Water in the Parish of South Perrott.... to the Dorsetshire Inn in the Parish of Woolcombe 6pp. 1798. £16.00

  147. Corscombe Inclosure AN ACT for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Corscombe.... 12pp. 1815. £17.00

  148. Dorchester Bridge and Causeway AN ACT to impower Lora Pitt, Widow to erect a Bridge or Bridges over the River Froome; and to make a Causeway to the East End of the Town of Dorchester, over Forthington Moor in the County of Dorset. Cover leaf + 20pp. 1746. £18.00

  149. Portland Harbour AN ACT for the better Supply of Water for the Use of Vessels resorting to the Harbour of Refuge at Portland.... 8pp. 1857. £14.00

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    Durham
  150. Durham WOOD ENGRAVING showing Durham Cathedral and river. Size 12" x 18", mounted, without a margin or title, in wide ivory mount. Trace of vertical fold at centre. c1875. £18.00

  151. Fulwell PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Fulwell West House and Freehold Building Land....To Be Sold by Auction at the Queen's Hotel, Sunderland, on Tuesday, 24th March, 1896. Folio, 4pp, with a five illusts, on one sheet, including a windmill, 2 folding coloured plans. 1896. £28.00

  152. Low Coniscliffe PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS for Selling by Auction.... by Messrs T. Watson & Son.... A Freehold Close called Little Moor. 2pp, sm. folio, with plan coloured in outline. 1877. £12.00


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    Essex
  153. Kelvedon ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XXXV, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into slightly chipped 8vo paper wraps. Roads and water-features coloured, some buildings coloured red. Slight browning of linen along one fold. 1881. £30.00
    Covers Tiptree, Rivenhall Place, Coggeshall Hamlet.


  154. Maldon BENTALL'S MOWING MACHINES Single & Double Furrow Ploughs &c. 10pp., oblong 8vo, attractive illustrated paper wraps. Staples rusted so pages loose. Attractive illustrations. Printed in blue. April 1906. £15.00
    Sold by The Western Counties Agricultural Co-Operative Assoc., Bideford.


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    Gloucestershire
  155. Bitton COMMONPLACE BOOK OF E.A. DAVIS of Bitton. Notebook with limp morocco wraps, 4to, spine torn. 187 numbered pages, with many poems written by him, in manuscript, cuttings of his publications in 'The Bristol Mercury', 'Western Daily Press' etc., letters (for example from the Editor of the Bristol Mercury), and pasted in political handbills 'Election Songs' etc., composed by Davis, e.g. 'West Gloucester Election Song', Font Hill March 23rd, 1880', 'Liberal Election Song. Bitton. Reprinted from the Bristol Mercury June 28th 1892'. The manuscript poems have a political, temperance or religious theme, for example 'Church and State. Lines suggested while at Exeter during the Agricultural Show week. June 1879'. As Treasurer of the local Liberal party, he also composed humourous handbills in verse to remind members of their subscription. 1879-1914. £70.00

  156. Cheltenham Business Premises PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Valuable Business Premises known as Columbia House, situate in Winchcomb Street, Cheltenham. Which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Engall, Sanders & Co. At the Cheltenham Auction Mart, On Thursday, the 15th Day of June, 1871. Folio, 3pp, with the `Memorandum of Agreement' completed and signed with stamp. 1871. £10.00

  157. Cirencester HANDBILL advertising 'Cotswold House to be let Furnished... Six Miles from Cirencester and Eleven from Cheltenham'. Lists rooms on 3 floors, stabling, garden, greenhouse, etc. Size approx. 11" x 8", some offsetting. c1840. £15.00

  158. Cirencester THREE LETTERS from A. Merrick to Charles Frere in the United States, two addressed to him at James Frere's in Washington and the last one to Barrow Frere, Cottage Farm, near Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia. The first letter is 3p flscp, the other two 3p 4to, all with integral address panels and Cirencester postmarks, two with wax seals. All closely written. The last page of one letter appears to be in shorthand. It would from the content of the letters that Merrick was the Frere's brother-in-law. 1841. £65.00
    Merrick encourages Charles to get a job 'you must let them know you are looking out for employment and that you are not come to America for sight seeing'. He sends local news 'Our railway opened on 31st May, but one embankments is still precarious, continuing to slip and threatening to stop the traffic.... I have no influence in making the appointments. They range in value from 60 pound to 120 pound per annum, & are not to be obtained without great difficulty..... Slatter of Gloucester is a bankrupt, also James James of Ross. Many people are failing in Gloucester....' and in a later he speaks of the completion of the railroad to London 'our engineers are dismissed and my old clerk Cossens is turned off.... it is hard to have his bread to seek anew at 70.... Our shares œ62 paid up, are now selling at œ22....' and later 'I am removed to my new Railway Office.... looking towards the end of Earl Bathursts house.... the work being diminished, I expect my office to be cut down. I have now but my young clerk.'


  159. Coln St. Dennis PARTICULARS OF THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, Known as "Calcot Peak," containing 176a. 2r. 12p., of Arable Land with Cottage & Farm Buildings.... Which James Villar & Sons Have received Instructions from the Trustees of the Will of William Hewer, Esq., (deceased), To Sell By Auction.... 23rd day of July, 1877. Folio, 2pp, folding plan, coloured in outline. 1877. £25.00

  160. Deerhurst PARTICULARS OF ESTATES FOR SALE IN THE PARISH OF DEERHURST.... On Wednesday, 22nd August, 1849, at the Swan Hotel, Tewkesbury. Folio, folded, 4pp, loosely inserted is a double-page plan. 1849. £24.00

    STATION ARCHITECTURE

  161. Great Western Railway, Kemble Station ARCHITECT'S DRAWING Proposed house for Pt. Way Inspector. Architect's drawing in ink and watercolour on cartridge paper size 18" x 26", plus margins. Scale 8ft to an Inch. Comprise six drawings: a fine detailed watercolour of the front elevation, showing a large detached double-fronted house with tall chimneys, decorative iron-work on the roof, shrubs around the house; section A.B; side elevation and section C.D; ground plan; first floor plan; site plan, scale 40ft to an inch, showing house and garden, up platform, roads etc. Edges of paper slightly browned, some edge tears, two of which obtrude beyond border, and have been reinforced on verso at an earlier date. Signed Harry Voss June 15th 1889, and by three other people. Small GWR stamp of Engineer's office Reading bottom right, with ms date added 24th June 1889. 15th June 1889 £140.00
    Very attractive watercolours.


  162. Gretton, Winchcombe PLANS, PARTICULARS and Conditions of an Important Sale of Freehold & Tithe-free Properties, The Tithe Farm.... Also a Substantial Dwelling House.... Mr. E. Righton is instructed.... to sell by Auction at the White Hart Hotel, Winchcombe, 3rd July, 1896. Folio, folded, 2pp., plus docket title, large folding coloured plan. Some foxing spots. 1896. £30.00

  163. Slimbridge FEOFFMENT of a cottage with garden and orchard in Slimbridge, where Edward Trotman lately dwelt. John Essington of Gossington Hall to Giles Geffereys of Slimbridge, yeoman. The cottage had 'a Sheephouse of the Right Honourable George Earl of Berkeley on the north end now in the occupation of Thomas Dowle'. Vellum, size 20" x 29", superbly decorated initial 'T' (beginning 'This Indenture'), size 5" x 6", with strapwork calligraphy, some solid shading, some lined, a very decorative 'I' for 'Indenture' with long decorated tail on the letter 'd' stretching to the right above the word. Witnessed on verso by William Jefferies, Joseph Bridges and Joseph Haynes, with the 'S' of 'Sealed' decorated with a large flower. Vellum in very clean, crisp condition. Tag lacks wax seal. 1684. £50.00

  164. Stratton PARTICULARS WITH PLAN & CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Stratton Estate, Comprising the house and Homestead known as "Salutation House" and 120 acres.... To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs Moore & Hill at the King's Head Hotel, Cirencester, on Wednesday 17th July, 1878. 6pp, folio, folding plan, with coloured outlines. 1878. £22.00

    Gloucestershire Acts

  165. Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction Railway AN ACT to extend the Time for the Purchase of certain Lands and Completion of Works authorized by the "Midland Railway, Ripley Branches, Act, 1848," and on the Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction Railway. 7pp. 1851. £11.00

  166. Gloucester Gaol AN ACT for erecting a new Goal, and for removing certain Gateways, in the City of Gloucester; and for amending the several Acts passed in the Maintenance and Support of the Poor of the said City.... Black letter, cover leaf + 40pp. 1781. £20.00

  167. Newent Railway AN ACT to authorise the deviation and alteration of the Newent Railway.... 5pp. Edges dusty. 1874. £12.00

  168. Over, Newent & Dymock Railway AN ACT for authorising the construction of Railways from Over, near the river Severn, to Newent, and from Newent to Dymock.... 16pp. 1873. £20.00

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    Hampshire and Isle of Wight
  169. Hartley Wintney PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of The Freehold Country Residence.... known as Ferney Close, West Green, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire.... for Sale by Public Auction.... On Wednesday, 15th April, 1953. Roy 8vo, original card covers, 10pp, includes 4 tipped-in photographs. 1953. £12.00

  170. Hartley Wintney PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of The Well-Appointed Distinctive Residence 'Southwood'.... for Sale by Auction.... On Tuesday, 21st April, 1931. Roy 8vo, original card covers, 8pp, plus 3 photographic plates. Loose in wraps. 1931. £12.00

  171. Sandown, Isle of Wight TWO PHOTOGRAPHS Albumen prints, size 6" x 8", one showing the bay and pier with children on a cliff path in foreground, one taken from the sea, near the beach, with lines of bathing huts in foreground, one with poney attached. c1890. £12.00

  172. Shedfield PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of Valuable Freehold properties situate at Shedfield in the parish of Droxford comprising Three Cottages, one Acre of Meadow Land, Three Acres of Arable land, which will be offered by Public Auction.... Botley, March 4th, 1878. 3pp., folio, folded. 1878. £12.00

  173. Southampton DEED OF BARGAIN AND SALE of a messuage in French Street lately in the occupation of Richard Collier, John Mallard of Southampton, Mariner, to Jethro Browne, Mariner. Vellum, 14" x 28", signed by Mallard, Memorandum on verso. Lacks wax seal from tag. Fine calligraphic initial 'T' size 4" x 4". Some minor darkening of vellum in places. 1676. £30.00

  174. Southampton LEASE FOR A YEAR of a messuage on the East Side of French Street in the parish of St. Michael, Southampton, now in the occupation of widow Etheridge, Nathaniel Winter, Mason, to Peter Thorold. Vellum, 14" x 23", good wax seal, signed with his initials by Winter. 1721. £24.00

    Hampshire Acts

  175. Crookham and Ewshott AN ACT for improving Lands within the several Tithings of Crookham and Ewshott in the Parish of Crondall.... 34pp. 1829. £18.00

  176. Swathling AN ACT for continuing... Two Acts.... so far as the same relate to the Road leading from the River at Swathling, through Botley to the Turnpike Road at Sherril Heath.... 7pp. 1807. £12.00

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    Herefordshire
  177. Hereford PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Properties situated on Aylestone Hill and West Street in Hereford and Graftonbury.... to be Sold by Auction.... 8th day of July, 18892. 5pp., folio, folded, hand-coloured folding plan. 1892. £24.00

  178. Huntington and Brilley LEASE of one and a half acres of land whereon two dwelling houses have lately been erected, John Cheese to Messrs. James and Jones. 1p, small papered seal. 1823. £10.00

  179. Marden & Sutton St. Michael PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of.... the Wisteston Court Estate.... a Comfortable old-fashioned family residence.... tastefully laid out gardens.... The Brook Farm.... 300 Acres.... which will be sold by Auction... the 18th day of August 1869.... Folio, 11pp., printed wraps, folded twice horizontaly. Folding hand-coloured plan. Half inch tear at central fold affecting all pages, wraps rather ragged. 1869. £28.00

  180. Pembridge and Byton PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS SALE of the Valuable and much admired Freehold Estate.... called the Milton Estate, comprising the Manor or Lordship of Milton, An Excellent Residence.... and nearly Six Hundred Acres.... which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Hoggart and Norton... the 2d day of August, 1844. 4pp., folio, folds, completed MS memorandum on verso, double page handcoloured map. 1844. £30.00

  181. Wellington & Burghill PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of very desirable Landed Properties for Investment or Early Occupation.... Fertile Garden or Hop Lands Well Planted Thriving Orchards.... Commodious Farm House, Homestead & Cottage Residence For Sale by Auction.... July 19, 1871. 7pp., 4to, folded, folding hand-coloured plan. Completed memorandum signed over stamp. Attractively printed in a variety of type-faces. 1871. £32.00

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    Huntingdon
  182. Bowen (E) AN ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON Divided into its Hundreds.... Illustrated with Historical Extracts relating to its Trade, Manufactures, Natural History &c. not extant in any other Map.... Engraved map, coloured in outline, size 28" x 21", dissected and mounted on linen, trimmed to coloured border, inserted in marbled slipcase, edges rubbed. Decorative cartouche showing turf cutters. With table bottom right listing villages with map reference, Lord of Manor, Deanery. French label on verso. c1790. £155.00

  183. Hutton Court Estate PARTICULARS, PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Delightful Freehold Residential, Sporting, Agricultural and Building Property known as Hutton Court Estate, including the Historic XVth Century Manorial Residence.... Pleasure Grounds, Agricultural Buildings, Five Cottages, Home Farm.... 18 Hole Hutton Golf Links and tracts of increasingly Valuable Building Land with extensive frontages to main roads, extending in the aggregate to about 535 Acres.... which Percy Palmer, F.A.I. Is instructed to Sell by Auction at the Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare, On Monday, 3rd June, 1935. 4to, original printed wraps, 17pp and illustrated with 3 plates and with a coloured folding map in pocket at rear. 1935. £34.00

  184. Wych House, St. Ives CATALOGUE OF THE SALE of the Whole of the Modern Furniture and the Superior Appointments of a Ladies School.... which Messrs. Wright & Scruby are to Sell by Auction.... April 20th & 21st, 1904. 29pp, tall 8vo, wraps. 1904. £12.00

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    Kent
  185. Faversham LEASE FOR A YEAR of a messuage with Malthouse, Cellars, Gardens, in West Street, Thomas Garrett, of Nether Court, St. Lawrence, Isle of Thanet, and others to John Tappendon of London. Vellum, 25" x 30", signed by 8 signatories with wax seals. 1790. £25.00

  186. Maidstone ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 37" x 25", dissected and mounted on linen, folding into marbled wraps. Comprises quarter sheets 271, 272, 288, 319, 320. Light splash mark on one section. Revised 1894, Published 1896. £22.00
    Covers Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Tenterden.


  187. Margate BILL of Francis Cobb. Importer and Dealer in Foreign Spirits. Printed heading, made out for gin, brandy. 1814. £6.00

  188. Sutton at Hone AGREEMENT between Frances Hill, spinster, of Sutton at Hone, and Frances Hill, widow, of Wilmington, relating to the Will of Abraham Hill, and Richard Hill his heir, brother and husband of the above. The estate included 'œ880 in the South Sea Company', 'œ3300 capital stock in the Bank of England'. Appended are two schedules setting out 'an account of her receipts and disbursements relating to the several estates of Richard Hill and Abraham Hill.' The Agreement refers to a suit in the Court of Exchequer between Abraham Hill and Lady Shovell, regarding rents of the Manor of Sutton at Hone, and Hill's rights to the Quitrents due from the Manor of St. John of Jerusalem. Agreement, undated, on vellum, size 12" x 25". schedule sewn to bottom size 29" x 12". Some browning of vellum in parts, not affecting legibility. 1721-2. £105.00
    The schedule sets out sums received by Frances Hill on her husband's behalf, and sums paid for his debts. 115 items listed, with date, including servants' wages. payments to Hill's apothecary, maltman, smith, collar maker, butcher, shoemaker; 'to Mrs Dent's maids for the trouble they had cleaning the house where Richd. Hill dyed'; 'paid Thomas Smith the Stage Coach from London for the servant coming with things to Wilmington 17th March 1721.'; 'Recd by the hands of Mr Whitmore 407 pounds from the Duke of Marlborough upon the Estates of Steeple Barton in Oxfordshire'; 'Recd. of Henry Gallard œ3 in part for the wood at Tunbridge.... that was cutt down to the 14 March 1721.'


  189. Sutton Hone and Wilmington AGREEMENT between Frances Hill, spinster, of Sutton, and Frances Hill, widow, of Wilmington, as to the estate of Abraham Hill. 1721. £95.00

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    Lancashire
  190. Anti-Corn-Law League MARCH TO THE HUSTINGS Tune 'All the Blue Bonnets....' Poem printed on thin paper, 10" x 5", with imprint at bottom 'Printed for the National Anti-Corn-Law League by Charles Swain, Printer, Manchester.'....together with.... THE ANTI KURN LAW SUNG Tune 'Tinker's Gardens'. 16 stanzas, protesting about taxes, threatening Disraeli, 'lonlords, parsons, and their crew... We'n tay off tithes and taxes too, An not be owre lung mon' etc. Spelling conveys a Geordie accent. c1850. £35.00
    'March! March! Peer and Protectionist/All the old Leaguers are waiting to mill you!.... March and make ready, then, Foes of the Working-men; All the Free Traders are marching before you.'


  191. Appley Bridge Brick & Tile Co. Ltd. PLAN OF SURFACE TRESPASS. MESSRS WORTHINGTON & CO. LTD., APPLEY BRIDGE Handcoloured manuscript plan on Whatman paper backed with linen, rolled, size 26" x 27", scale 1" = 20 yards. Border, decorative title with leaves etc., at an angle across top left corner, scale bar. Reference Table showing Surface Trespass with key to colours, yearly from July 1897 to April 1918, columns for Thickness, Price, Amount. Shows part of Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Cart Road with buildings, Lancs. & Yorks. Railway, footpath. Some areas shaded solidly to mark 'Parts Restored' with date. Lightly dustmarked, some minor creasing of paper, edge tears and some dust-staining along bottom edge. 'del. 1898' under title. £180.00

  192. Appley Bridge PLAN OF CLAY Worked by Messrs. Worthington & Co., Appley Bridge. Manuscript plan in ink and three colours on thick paper, backed with linen, rolled. Size 15" x 20". Area for workings before 1887 left blank and bordered with dark blue, working to May 1888 and 1889 shaded in different colours. Scale 1" = 20yds. A few foxing spots and surface dusting at edges. c1890. £36.00

  193. Blackleyhurst Colliery PLAN OF ORRELL YARD MINE Tarbuck Farm Pit, Blackleyhurst Colliery. Manuscript lan in ink and sold colour, on cartridge paper backed with linen, rolled. Size 34" x 51", scale 3" = 100 yards. Shows buyildings and park at Blackley Hurst Hall on right, Garmswood Road, Tarbuck House, mine workings coloured according to date, ranging from 1936 - 1948. Various markings including Approx. Line of Outcrop, Full Dip, etc. With Section of Seam at bottom right, scale " to 1 foot. 1936-48. £80.00

  194. Downham FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOK 8vo cash-book with calf boards, worn. 168 pages of entries, plus Index of names, June 1849 - Sept. 1856. Details money paid for coal, lime, stone, potates, stock, dipping sheet, wages etc., and receipts for stock, butter and milk. There are also a few pages listing expenditure on clothes, cloth, mother's funeral, on Downham Chapel ('Oil & Candles', 'Preacher's Expenses'), and a few remedies for animals. 1849-56. £50.00
    Places mentioned include Bacup, Clitheroe, Settle. He always mentions the name of the person bought from or sold to. 'Sold to Willm. Turner of Staidburn 1 Pig eight 220lbs', 'Paid to Thomas Tetcalfe for Castrating Farmer 3 years' (Many of the cows and bulls are named).


  195. Oldham DESCENT OF JAMES CLEGG ESQUIRE OF BENT HOUSE Large pedigree, lithographed on thick paper, backed with linen, size 25" x 33", folded, showing pedigrees of Clegg, Dawson, Buckley families, numerous coats of arms around edges, 4 attractive portraits, 3 views of houses. Wear at parts of central fold, grubby at margins and on verso, a few edge tears. c1850. £25.00

  196. Oxton CATALOGUE of the Antique & Modern Household Appointments.... of 'Oxton Lawn'.... To be Sold.... 2nd, 4rd, 4th June, 1913. 24pp, 8vo., wraps. 1913. £8.00

  197. Preston BUILDER'S ACCOUNT BOOK Aug. 1834 - Oct. 1841. 29 pages, approx. 30 lines per page, in 8vo notebook, cloth-covered boards. Many blanks at end. Itemises payments for materials in detail, usually with name of supplier, for brickmaking, equipment, wages with name of worker and trade, 'ale', 'gift to brickmen' etc. 1834-1841. £40.00
    Includes payments to brickmakers, plasterers, white smith, glazier, stone masons. Materials include 'saish pullies', 'ranges and ovens', 'flaggs', 'chimney pots' etc. Accounts are headed with 'Buildings in front of Meadow Lane next Milne's Estate', 'Expenses altering Clubroom for Brown Cow Meadow Lane', 'Five Houses in Douglas St.' 'Joiner's Shop, Privys &c in Cross St.'


  198. Prestwich PROBATE of the will of John Wild of Cowlishaw within Crompton, yeoman. Large vellum sheet with Will and Codicil, printed Probate certificate attached, with papered seal. Some slight browning. 1824. £18.00
    Mentions his many properties in Cowlishaw, with the occupiers, 'the neat profit of all those veins beds and mines of coal' in Cowlishaw, his six seat pew in the North Gallery of the chapel of Shaw, his messuage with 'Steam Engin Enginhouse.... the Chamber over the loom house of Edmund Cocker', his tithe barn etc.


  199. Ravenhead, near St. Helens RAVENHEAD BRICK CO. LTD. ESTATE PLAN SCALE 1/2500. Manuscript plan, size 26" x 26", in ink and colour on thick paper backed with linen. Shows undergound workings of Earthy Delf & Yard Mine, ownership of Land & Minerals between Burtonhead Road, Old Teapot Brickworks and Sherdley Hall Farm. Compass rose. Reference Table with key to colours, area, whether Land or Land & Minerals, details of conveyances, leases etc. 1950's. £65.00
    Stippling shows surface available and hatching minerals available.


  200. Shevington THE GROVE CHEMICAL WORKS, SHEVINGTON Manuscript plan on thick paper, backed with linen, rolled, size 24" x 36", Scale 30ft. to an inch. In ink with some very light shading and feint outline colour. Shows buildings, Leeds and Liverpool Canal, railway. Many figures entered alongside canal, red lines drawn across plan maked 'Cut Line' etc. Edges dusty. n.d. c1920. £40.00

  201. Westhoughton LOSTOCK LAND & WESTHOUGHTON COLLIERIES A.W. Rawcliffe Esq.'s Estate Arley Mine, Lostock Lane Colliery. Manuscript plan in ink and eleven colours, on cartridge paper backed with linen, rolled, size 50" x 72", scale 5" = 150 yds. Border, with decorative corners. Shows Lancs. & Yorks. Railway, roads, buildings at Ormstons and Chadwicks Far, Pendlebury's Fold, pools, workings solidly coloured according to date, marked with month and year. Shows surface drift, depth of pit from Surface to Floor of Arley Mine 28 yds. Some light dustmarking, cotton on verso grubby. Shows workings from 1912 - 1921. £160.00

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    Leicestershire
  202. Ashby de la Zouch, Grendon ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXIII.N.W. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 14" x 17", linen-backed, folding to 8vo. Some slight browning of linen at fold. Electrotyped 1862. £12.00

  203. Glen Magna, Lutterworth ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLIII.S.E. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 14" x 17", linen-backed, folding to 8vo. Electrotyped 1862. £13.00

  204. Leamington Spa PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS of Leamington and District. 12 views, oblong 8vo, decorative card wraps, ribbon tie rather frayed. c1910. £10.00

  205. Leicester, Barrow ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXIII.N.E. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 14" x 17", linen-backed, folding to 8vo. Electrotyped 1863. £14.00

  206. Market Harborough TO BE LET UNDER SEALED BIDDINGS By Order of the Feoffees of the Charity-Estate of Market-Harborough. Two Closes of Grazing Land in the Lordship of Great Bowden, One called Partick's Close.... the other called Hallick's Close.... to be grazed with Sheep and Beast only, Horses excepted, and no part thereof to be mown... Small handbill, printed on one side only, 22 lines of text. Traces of folds. 1808. £25.00

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    Lincolnshire
  207. Fishtoft PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Freehold & Tithe-Free Estate consisting of The Manor House, Farmhouse and Cottages and about 466a. 2r. 14p. of land.... To be Sold by Auction.... 23rd of July, 1913. Folio, 12pp, coloured folding map in pocket at rear. 1913. £20.00

  208. Sutton Bridge HIGHLY IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTIES AND INVESTMENTS. Including Residnces, Fully-Licensed Hotel, Timber Yard and Saw Mill, Granaries with River Wharfage.... about 100 cottages. Which will be offered for sale by Auction at the Oddfellows Hall, Sutton Bridge, On Thursday, 21st September, 1922. Two coloured folding plans, 26pp, folio, original card covers. 1922. £25.00

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    London
  209. Brandenburgh House Estate, Hammersmith PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE (WITH PLAN) of Very Valuable Freehold Building Land with frontages to Fulham Palace Road, Lochaline Street & Parfrey Street.... Which Thurgood & Martin Have received Instructions to Sell by Auction.... On Monday 16th, February 1903. Folio, coloured folding plan, 6pp, folded. 1903. £20.00
    Includes 'a Desirable Site for a Church or Institution'


  210. Brook Street PROBATE of the will of William Bailey, of Brook St., St. Pancras, coachmaker. Large vellum sheet with will, Probate certificate and large papered seal attached. Some slight browning. 1813. £15.00
    Leaves money to the society called 'The Sick Man's Friend' at Tottenham Court Chapel, to be used as a full specially-convened meeting thought fit, as well as property at 4 and 5 Brothers Buildings, St. Mary le Bone.


  211. City of London PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Important Modern Warehouse Premises nos 35 & 36 Aldermanbury.... which will be submitted to Auction.... September 24th, 1896. 3pp, folio, folded, docket title grubby. 1896. £12.00

  212. Hackney LEASE of No 1 Pittvile Houses, Lea Bridge Road, Hackney, W. Stokes to D. French. 2 large vellum sheets, small wax seals. 1882. £10.00

  213. Hornsey LEASE of premises No. 68 Queens Road Hornsey, Charles Hambridge to Mrs Mary Ann Catchpole. Large vellum sheet, printed with MS inserts, small coloured sketch plan in margin. 1879. £12.00

    DUCHY OF CORNWALL PROPERTY

  214. Kennington, Manor of ADMISSION of Annie Crossweller, to various properties and pieces of land in Stannary Street, St. Mary Lambeth, Parcel of the Possessions of the Duchy of Cornwall.... Vellum, size 22" x 13". Inset plan, printed, with properties shaded red. Large coat of arms of Prince of Wales at head. Signed by Steward.... together with.... ADMISSION of Thomas Crossweller to properties in Kennington Green and Kennington Place. As previous document but without coat of arms and plan. 1912 and 1904. £25.00

  215. Lambeth PROBATE of the Will and Codicil of James Early. Large vellum sheet with copy of will, printed Probate Certificate attached with large papered seal. 1867. £8.00
    Leaves his house in Layham Place, South Lambeth, to his brother.


  216. South Kensington, Pimlico etc. PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Leasehold Ground Rents and House Properties situate in Various Parts of London.... to be sold by Auction.... on 6th day of December, 1882. 8pp, folio, some tears at folds. 1882. £14.00
    Includes sale of houses in Paulton Sq., Chelsea, Cavendish Square, Castelnau Villas, Barnes, The Cock Tavern, Hampstead Road.


  217. St George Parish ASSIGNMENT and Release of messuages in Grove Place, Artichoke Hill, Pennington Place, Andrew Burt of Stoke Newington, Maria Fladgate of Queen Square, Thomas Pellatt of Ironmongers Hall. 7 large vellum sheets, four wax seals. Includes half page schedule of property with details of lessees etc. 1827. £18.00
    Includes the Artichoke Public House.


  218. Wales (George), Cassland Office PLAN OF THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE METROPOLIS, Prepared to Shew the Contemplated Improvements in the Cassland Estate, Victoria Park &c. Handcoloured, finely lithographed plan, size 26" x 36", scale 1in. = 300ft., dissected and mounted on linen, folding to large 4to, inserted in cloth-covered slip-case, with gilt title, which is worn at edges. Attractive title in various lettering styles, two scale bars, compass rose, border. Main roads shaded yellow, Victoria Park shaded green, Sir John Cass' Estate shaded pink, and labelled in 'Gothic' lettering. Holdings of the various landowners labelled, including St. Thomas Hospital, Hackney Poor, H.M. Commissioners of Woods. Shows trees, lakes in the park, Regent's Canal, Birmingham Junction Railway, individual houses with garden plots. Small figures printed on roads denoting Levels. Small indelible Library Stamp on verso. Waterlow & Sons, Litho., London Wall, 1850. £185.00
    Extends from Homerton Road to Green St. in the South, from George St. and Duncan Place to White Post Lane in the East. Sir John Cass was a seventeenth century philanthropist who built the estate on the site of a slum known as Botany Bay.


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    Monmouthshire

    OAK FOR THE NAVY

  219. Bassaleg DIMENSIONS OF THE LARGE OAK felled in the.... estate in the Parish of Bassaleg, County of Monmouth in 1810, situated within four miles of the Seaport town of Newport.... Thomas Harrison, Surveyor of H.M. Dock Yard. 2p, list of 12 measurements, description of felling the tree, purchase price etc. The writer states that there was rumour in the neighbourhood that the tree had been undersold, but Sir Charles Morgan, whose property adjoined the estate, said that the dimensions had been accurately described, but that the heart was decayed. Paper watermarked 1830. £30.00
    'The Limbs yielded 45 loads and sold for 6s per foot, delivered at Deptford.... the bark alone sold for œ200.'


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    Norfolk
  220. Bliss's Stores Pub. PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW ALBUM OF YARMOUTH AND DISTRICT 51 views, oblong 4to boards, gilt titled, spine very worn. With description of Stores and photo of shop on first leaf. c1910. £17.00

  221. Geldeston FREEHOLD INVESTMENTS CONFERRING VOTES FOR EAST NORFOLK Poster advertising auction sale of properties in Ellingham and Geldeston. Size 20" x 11", folds, slight off-setting. 1865. £16.00

  222. Great Yarmouth PARTICULARS, CONDITIONS, STIPULATIONS for letting by Auction the Stallages, Rents and Tolls in the Markets and Fair of Great Yarmouth, and the Rents of the Shops in the Fish Market.... by Samuel Aldred & Son.... 17th November, 1913. 1pp., sm. folio, folded. 1913. £15.00

  223. Great Yarmouth PHOTOGRAPHS 12 sepia photos in gilt-titled plain paper wraps, 6" x 11". Tissue guards. c1918. £10.00
    Views include Regent Road, tram on Central Parade, New Hard Tennis Courts.


  224. Tharston PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of several enclosures of accommodation Land with convenient cattle Sheds.... also the Manor of Fundenhall of the Rectory, to be sold by Auction by Sewell & Barnes. By direction of the Trustee in the Bankruptcy of John Furness, at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, on Saturday, July 10th, 1897. Folio, 6pp, docket title, folded, short split to one fold. 1897. £14.00

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    Northamptonshire
  225. Brixworth PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Capital Freehold Estate situated at Brixworth, Six Miles from Northampton.... comprising Brixworth Hall A Spacious Stone Mansion, Coach House, Stabling, Gardens, Canals and Fish-Ponds.... One undivided Fifth Part of the Extensive Manor of Brixworth..... Which Will be Sold by Auction by Mr Devenish, at Garraway's Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, London, Thursday April 2, 1801, at One O'Clock.... 3pp., folio, folds.... together with... Mr Devenish in account with the Vendors of Brixworth. Manuscript, 6p, 4to, setting out commission, travelling expenses etc.... An Account of the Sale of Brixworth, 1801. 10p, 4to. 3 items. 1801. £45.00
    The Auctioneer was at Villiers Street, Strand. His name is printed in letters about 1" high (bigger than the other type faces used - he obviously wanted to advertise.)


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    Northumberland
  226. Berwick