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Lesley Aitchison's - Catalogue 49
Maps, Plans, Manuscripts, Documents, Engravings, Ephemera, etc.
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    Bedfordshire
  1. Bedford, Leighton Buzzard ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 220, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Two lines in red ink at bottom. O.S. blindstamp 1893. £16.00

  2. County Theatre, Bedford GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS Charles Denville presents his Spectacular Xmas Family Pantomime... That Grand Little Comic Joe Baxter as Simple Simon... Les Trios Farlows from the Folies Begere Paris... Playbill on stiff card, size 15" x 10", printed in four colours with picture of Goldilocks asleep discovered by the bears. early 1950's. £10.00

  3. Grand Theatre, Luton CINDERELLA Charles Denville presents his Spectacular Xmas Family Pantomime... 40 Star West End Artistes.... Sensational Specialities.... Playbill on stiff card, size 15" x 10", printed in three colours with picture of Cinderella and Prince. early 1950's. £10.00

  4. Smith (C) A NEW MAP OF THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD Divided into Hundreds. Hand-coloured, folding map dissected and mounted on linen, overall size of engraved surface approx. 19«" x 17", trimmed to margins, some slight marking to edges, contained with original 8vo paper slipcase, with manuscript label on top. Printed for C. Smith, No 172 Strand. January 6th, 1801. £36.00

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    Berkshire
  5. Aspley Guise BOND of John Breed, Gardener, to Staveley Staunton of Birthmoore in the parish of Woburn. Signed with the mark of John Breed, and three witnesses. On paper, 1p. sm. folio, small papered seal. 1674. £22.00

  6. Hungerford ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 267, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Two roads marked in red. O.S. blindstamp 1890. £16.00

  7. Upper Sundon, Chalton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Two maps, scale 25" to 1 mile, Sheets XXIX.7 and XXIX.11, size approx. 25" x 38". Edition of 1925. £14.00
    Shows Sundon Cement Works, Chalton.


  8. Windsor, Addlestone ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 269, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Various lines in red ink and blue ink, possibly marking pipelines(?). O.S. blindstamp 1892. £15.00

  9. Winkfield, Ascot A CATALOGUE OF THE CONTENTS OF ASCOT PLACE, Winkfield, Ascot, Berkshire. To Be Sold by Auction by Knight, Frank & Rutley, On The Premises, On Tuesday and Wednesday, 20th and 21st September, 1960. Roy 8vo, original card covers, 39pp and 2 illusts. 1960. £8.00

    Berkshire Acts

  10. Berkshire Estates AN ACT for making Effectual an Agreement for Sale of a Messuage at Farley-Hill in the County of Berks, with the Appurtenances, late the estate of Colonel Charles Lanoe.... 7pp. 1753. £15.00

  11. Farringdon AN ACT for amending and keeping in Repair the Roads leading from a Place called Fryer Bacon's Study to Chilton Pond; and from the Top of Hinksey Hill to Foxcombe Hill Gate.... 28pp., plus cover leaf. Paper slightly darkened. 1756. £18.00
    With long list of Trustees.


  12. Hampstead Norreys AN ACT confirming, establishing, and making effectual certain Articles of Agreement.... for inclosing and dividing the several Commons, called Ealing Common, Ealing Green and Cooks Hill.... 5pp., docket title. 1778. £20.00

  13. New Windsor AN ACT for enabling the Manyor, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough of New Windsor.... to repair and maintain their great Bridge over the River of Thames.... leading.... to Eton.... 5pp., plus cover leaf. Some off-setting. 1736. £12.00

  14. River Kennett AN ACT for Enlarging the Time for making the River Kennet navigable from Reading to Newbury in the County of Berks. 3pp. plus cover leaf, black letter. Small library stamp in corner. 1721. £18.00

  15. Twyford AN ACT for repairing the Highways from Sunning Land End.... to the Old Bear Inn in Reading. 8pp..... together with.... An Act for enlarging the Term granted by an Act.... for repairing the Highways between the Bear Inn in Reading and Puntfield.... 14pp. 1736 & 1728. £14.00

  16. Windsor Forest AN ACT for enquiring into the State of Windsor Forest in the County of Berks and for ascertaining the Boundaries.... 6pp. 1806. £10.00

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    Bristol
  17. Bristol Academy, Queens Road LETTER from R. Tuckett, Hon. Sec., to Alderman F. Fox, enquiring about exhibiting portraits from the Council House: 'If there is a Vandyck there it would be interesting to hang it near our alleged Vandyck', reproduction of Sharples works, etc. 3p, 8vo. 26th Dec. 1897. £6.00

  18. Canynges Society ANNIVERSARY MEETING AND SOIREE, held on April 30th, 1857. Single sheet, folio, printed on one side only, folded. Printed for the Commercial Auxiliary Association in aid of the Restoration of St. Mary Redcliff. From the Bristol Times and Felix Farley's Journal, of Saturday, May 2, 1857. £12.00

  19. City Museum Exhibition TWENTY IDEAS FOR BRISTOL 20 cards, in original special envelope, 8vo, printed text illustrated with line drawings and photographs. Prepared for an exhibition in 1975. Includes 'Tropical Greenhouse at St. James Barton', 'Portway Park' etc. 1975. £6.00

  20. Clifton ACCOUNTS FOR NO. 6 RODNEY PLACE Accounts in child's school notebook with engravings of Squirrel and Guinea Pig on front wrap, 4to. 2p of accounts at front of book titled 'Account of Sundries relative to No. 6 in Rodney Place Clifton, June 11th 1793, Purchasd by T. Hincks from W. Stevens', with records of workmen's wages and drink money, 'freestone for Hothouse', amount paid to vendor etc. At rear are 17 double-page spreads ruled in columns, with names of masons, painters, labourers listed with wages and days worked etc., amounts paid for freestone, putty, '79 yds of flags at 2s2d per yd' 'for pennanting and guttering the stable,' etc. etc. June - October 1793. £38.00

  21. Fox (Francis) LETTER to Mr. Fry asking him to accept a copy of his book on the Merchant Taylors. He would like to see the society 'taken up & revived by the Liberal party in our city'. 2 sides sm. 8vo, headed notepaper, small waterstain top corner. Clifton, 22nd Dec. 1880. £14.00
    Fox's book on the Merchant Taylor was published in a Limited Edition of 50 copies in 1880.


  22. Frank (W.A) Drawn, Lithog.d & Pub.d by SNUFF MILL ON THE RIVER FROME (Near Stapleton). Lithograph, size of view approx. 6«" x 9¬", plus margins. Framed and glazed with gilt frame and dark greyish-green mount. Overall size of frame 13" x 14". Bristol: Drawn, Lithog.d & Pub.d by W.A. Frank, 1831. £68.00

  23. Frank (W.A) Drawn, Lithog.d & Pub.d by THE HOTEL AT PORTISHEAD POINT Erected by the Corporation of Bristol, 1830 - George Dymond Architect. Lithograph, size of view approx. 6«" x 9¬", plus margins. Framed and glazed with gilt frame and dark greyish-green mount. Overall size of frame 13" x 14". Bristol: Drawn, Lithog.d & Pub.d by W.A. Frank, 1831. £65.00
    Shows a small sailing boat passing the hotel, in front of a rocky outcrop, woods on hill behind.


  24. Frenchay etc. FOUR ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS of Bristol area, scale 6" to 1 mile, quarter sheets on thick paper, Sheet nos. LXXII.S.E (Kingswood, Siston); LXXI.N.E. (Westbury); LXXI N.W & S.W. (Shirehampton, Avonmouth); LXXII.N.W (Broomhill, Filton). Second Editions, 1904. £30.00

  25. Fry (J.S), Chocolate manufacturer TWO LETTERS One to unnamed correspondent, saying that due to illness he will not be able to take part in the meeting on the 16th although 'there is hardly any cause to which I would rather devote any strength I may have than to that of Sunday Schools....', and another to O.F.J. Evans saying he has been advised not to go out so cannot attend the Sunday School Meeting. Each 3p, sm. 8vo, signed Feb. 2nd & 12th, 1876. £20.00

    EMIGRANT TO AUSTRALIA

  26. Garrard (Thomas) REFERENCE. A handwrittten reference from Thomas Garrard Chamberlain of Bristol, attesting to the good character of Stephen Burton and family on the eve of his departure for Australia. They are "of great respectability and long standing in this city." 1 side of a folded foolscap sheet. With a very fine wax seal of Chamberlain's Office, 1«" dia. showing a purse of money. 4th August, 1852. £20.00
    Presumably this either did not accompany Burton to Australia, or he did not go to Australia at this time.


  27. George White & Co. TRANSFER STAMP BOOKS Four folio ledgers titled 'Transfer Stamps', 1902-06; 1906-1913; 1913-1923; 1924-1936.... together with.... Three 'Transfers Registered & Certificates Received' ledgers, 1924-1933; 1906-1915; 1916-1924. 7 ledgers in all, written in a neat hand throughout. 1902-1936. £55.00

  28. Hudd (Alfred), Bristol author LETTER to Lewis Way from Alfred E. Hudd, thanking him for returning a missing deed he had borrowed from All Saints Church, which must have been 'packed up with the Ashton Court MSS while I was making a sketch of the Smythe merchant mark'. He encourages Mr. Way 'to compile a book on the subject of 'the Smyths of Long Ashton'. 3« sides on headed notepaper, sm. 8vo. Dec. 19th, 1908. £14.00

  29. Hunt (William) LETTER presumably to Taylor (co-author of 'Bristol Past & Present'), saying he is writing a book on the part taken by Bristol in general history '& find 'Bristol Past & Present' of the greatest assistance to me'. He asks for information on various points to do with trading companies and guilds. 4p., closely written, sm. 8vo. West Kensington, 8 Feb. n.d. c1886. £16.00
    Hunt's book on Bristol in the Historic Towns series was published in 1887.


  30. Percy Thomas Partnership HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AT WELLS ROAD For the City and County of Bristol. Outline Proposals. 43pp, folio, illusts., with folder of architect's drawings loosely inserted. 1972. £12.00

  31. Seyer Mr NOTE unsigned, in the third person, addressed on verso to Mr Dalton, St. Pauls, saying Mr Seyer returns the copy of "The Brief Relation" and has copied the 'Commemoration' 'which he supposes came from some sermon preached on Colston's Day.' Single sheet, sm 4to, two portions torn from side margins where seal removed. March 9, 1821. £18.00

  32. Somerton (W.H) LINES Printed in the Streets of Bristol, During the Procession in Honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King George IV, July 19, 1821, by William Henry Somerton, of Queen Street, St. Michaels. Broadsheet, 10" x 6", embossed ownership stamp, small hole with loss of a few letters, tear at edge. 1821. £20.00

  33. St. George ACCOUNT of the Expenses of Mr. Jeffreson as executor of his sister Mary Morgan, of St. George. Small 4to sheet listing cost for mourning rings, bequests to individuals, poor of parishes in Cambridge and St. George. Paper browned down edge. Together with a folded sheet with rough sketches of a monument and a written inscription below 'daughter of Coll. Jeffreson of Dullingham in ye County of Cambridge....' giving information on her three husbands, the third one being from St. George. 1706. £25.00
    Amongst the payments in the account is 'To ye Stone Cutter at Bristoll payd for my sisters Monument.... œ12.03.00d.


  34. Thatcher sold by THE ROYAL ALBUM OF BRISTOL AND CLIFTON Sm. 4to, 18 photolitho views on a folding strip, decorative gilt boards, faded, corners rubbed. Includes 2 good double-page views of gorge. Paper down inner spine cracked. c1890. £12.00

  35. Woollard (Dorothy) BRISTOL: A SKETCH BOOK 24 pencil sketches. Label with drawing on front wrap, a few marks across title. n.d. c1950? £18.00

    Bristol Acts

  36. Blind School AN ACT for better governing and regulating an Institution in the City of Bristol called and known by the Name of "The Bristol Asylum or School of Industry for the Blind." 18pp. 1832. £14.00

  37. Clifton Land AN ACT to Enable Edward Curtis during his Life, and after his Death, the Guardians of his Children, during their Minority, to grant Building Leases of certain Pieces of Ground at Clifton.... 5pp, stapled. 1792. £12.00

  38. Gaol AN ACT for building a New Gaol, a Penitentiary House and House of Correction, within the City of Bristol, and for regulating, maintaining, and supporting the same; and for disposing of the present Common Gaol of the said City of Bristol, and County of the same City.... Black Letter. Cover leaf + 80pp. 1792. £25.00

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    Buckinghamshire
  39. County Theatre, Aylesbury RED RIDING HOOD Alan Gale presents A Grand Christmas Pantomime.... Adelaide Elliot's Juveniles... Six Military Maids... See Toyland, The Glen, Merryland.... Playbill in four colours on stiff card, 15" x 10". early 1950's. £10.00

  40. High Wycombe, Maidenhead ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 255, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Some lines in red and blue ink, what they mark is not quite clear. O.S. blindstamp 1907. £16.00

  41. Padbury PARTICULARS OF SALE. Messrs Harrison & Sons Are favoured.... to Sell by Auction On Tuesday, 3rd May, 1910.... The desirable modern and well-built Hunting Box, known as "Gore Villa".... Folio, 3pp. 1910. £12.00

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    Cheshire
  42. Little Meols WATERCOLOUR showing lighthouse with thatched cottages adjacent, flagpole, another house behind lighthouse and what looks like a roofless cottage. In sepia tones, with drawing in brown pen, size 6«" x 8«", covering the page right to the edges, in olive mount with gilt line. Titled along left hand margin:- 'Lighthouse Little Meols. Sept. 13. 1811.' £38.00

  43. 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'.


  44. Rock's Series PICTURESQUE VIEWS OF CHESTER 24 views, 8 of which are half-plate size. Gilt boards, 8" x 10«", slightly rubbed at corners. c1900. £12.00

  45. Walker (J) & (C) CHESHIRE. Folding engraved, hand-coloured map, showing Parliamentary Boundaries, dissected and mounted on linen, engraved area approx. 12¬" x 15¬", plus margins, folding to sm 8vo, marbled sides. 1842. £18.00

    Cheshire Acts

  46. Dee Navigation AN ACT for confirming an Agreement.... between the Company of Proprietors of the undertaking for recovering and preserving the Navigation of the River Dee, and Sir John Glynne, Lord of the Manor of Hawarden.... 17pp., plus cover leaf. Some slight off-setting. 1753. £12.00

  47. Dutton AN ACT for vesting the Settled Estate of John Bullock, Esquire.... in the County of Chester, in Trustees.... 14pp. 1778. £25.00
    Gives much detail on lands and tenants etc. of Dutton.


  48. New Brighton AN ACT for constructing a Pier at New Brighton.... 14pp. 1864. £12.00

  49. Weaver Navigation AN ACT for making the River Weaver navigable from Frodsham-bridge to Winsford-bridge in the County of Chester. 39pp., plus cover leaf.... bound with.... AN ACT to amend an Act.... for making the River Weaver navigable.... 87pp., plus cover leaf.... bound with.... AN ACT to authorize the Trustees of the River Weaver Navigation to open a more convenient communication between the said River near Frodsham Bridge and the River Mersey, near Weston Point. 100pp., plus cover leaf. With Index to the three Acts. sm 8vo., bound in full calf, chipped down spine, very rubbed at corners, front board slightly loose. Signature of W. Henry Hunter (Engineer to the Navigation) on front endpaper. 1714, 1754, 1807. Smith, Pr., Newcastle. £95.00

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    Cornwall
  50. Anon CORNWALL ILLUSTRATED IN A SERIES OF FIFTY VIEWS. With an engraved decorative title-page, and 49 engraved views, no letterpress, occasional spotting, small water stain to top margin of approx half the plates, sm 8vo, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, lacks half of front endpaper, name on front pastedown. London: 1824. £125.00
    RARE. There is no printer or publisher, and only the title page has the attribution of an engraver and the artist John Sell Cotman. Not found in Boase and Courtney's Bibliotheca Cornubiensis.


  51. Bacon's COUNTY MAP OF CORNWALL with parts of Adjoining Counties. On linen, with index, folding into sm. 8vo wraps showing cyclists. c1920. £6.00

  52. Bassett (Francis), Lord de Dunstanville FIVE LETTERS all addressed to Francis Paynter, at Mitchell and St. Columb (presumably his attorney). 4to, 1-3 pages in a rather scrawly hand in each letter, all with integral address panels, wax seals, most docketed by recipient 'Lord Dunstanville abt. the sale of Mitchell lands' etc. Refers to his disposal of 'Polgreen in pr. Wenn, Penscowen in Ennoder', and land at Mitchell: 'Mr Rasheleigh is of opinion that Lord Eliot & Barnell mean to oppose me at Mitchell as well as Sir Christopher.... my friends there may be well inclined to me, but it is difficult to say how far they might be seduced by money offered by Barnell... I am much obliged by your kind offer of Mr. Davis Estate, but I have no present wish to increase my property at Penryn, besides I fear the approaching Election will more than take off all my spare Cash.' 1781-99. £80.00

  53. Bodmin Boundaries REPORT ON THE BOROUGH OF BODMIN. 3pp. with a folding Plan of the borough by R.K. Dawson, coloured in outline. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. 1832. £18.00

  54. Camborne LETTER from Mr. Geo. Jeffery to Mr. Stephens of Devonport, saying he is determined to get out of mining and listing three lots of shares resigned on which the Calls are paid to October. 1p 4to, folded, integral address panel, Camborne postmark, tear where seal broken, repaired. 1838. £16.00

  55. Cornwall County Council CATALOGUE of Exhibition of Documents relating to The History of Cornwall, at the County Museum, Truro. 19th Nov. - 3rd Dec. 1957. 71 cyclostyled pages, 4to, wraps. Spine worn. 1957. £10.00

  56. 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'.


  57. Eurich (Richard), Artist SHELL GUIDE TO CORNWALL Poster with illustration showing harbour inlet with church, Cornish cross, china clay hills in distance etc., description and map with key below. Overall size 30" x 20", metal hanger top and bottom. Small tear in top margin, some small minor creases. 1950's. £20.00

  58. Geological Survey THREE MAPS Scale 1" to 1 mile, quarter sheets, size approx. 13" x 19", plus margins. Colour printed, with coloured section and key in margins. Comprises: Sheet 335 (Trevose); 336 (Camelford); 346 (Newquay). 1909. £18.00

  59. Gill & Son, Penryn, Pub. THE COMMERCIAL SHIPPING & GENERAL ADVERTISER for West Cornwall. No. 153, May 7th 1870. Newspaper, 4pp., consisting mainly of adverts, but on last page are three columns of W. Cornwall news, mainly Penryn and Falmouth. May 7th 1870. £10.00
    The paper was given away free.


  60. 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.... '


  61. Kitchin (Thomas) A NEW IMPROVED MAP OF CORNWALL from the Best Surveys and Intelligences.... Decorative engraved map, hand coloured in outline, size approx. 20" x 27", fine cartouche etc., inset of Scilly Isles, short paragraphs of descriptive text dotted around blank areas. Lacks piece 4" x 2" at central fold, being area from Probus to the North coast. Several tears and creases at margins, crack along central fold, the whole laid down onto thin papaper. Printed for T. Bowles etc.... c1764. £35.00
    Working copy.


  62. Picture House, Bude JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Reg Lever presents his Annual Xmas Pantomime, in 14 Spectacular Scenes. See The Wonder Circus, The Dancing Donkeys.... Playbill printed in three colours on card, size 12" x 8", with picure of giant asleep and Jack stealing hen. Early 1950's. £10.00

  63. Powell (Frank) REPORT ON THE TOLGUS MINES 2pp., folio. 1925. £15.00

  64. Regent Theatre Truro JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Reg Lever presents his Annual Xmas Pantomime, in 14 Spectacular Scenes. See The Wonder Circus, The Dancing Donkeys.... Playbill printed in three colours on card, size 12" x 8", with picure of giant asleep and Jack stealing hen. Early 1950's. £10.00

  65. Rowe family PLAN titled 'John Rowe's homestead', on waxed cotton, size 9" x 8", showing detailed plan of house, road to Helston and to Peverell Terrace marked, lessee noted. c1870(?) £8.00

  66. Saltash CENTENARY Royal Albert Bridge Saltash. Brochure, 8pp., illusts., oblong 8vo. 1959. £5.00

    MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT

  67. St. Ive, Cornwall DEED of William Morsehead to his brother Richard to make a jointure to Joan Pirkin his intended wife. Relates to the property called Penhergett. Vellum 14" x 24", good clean condition, crude heavy wax seal on tag, diameter 1", impressed with a spiral (possibly meant to be a snake?). 1667. £18.00

  68. St. Ive, Cornwall RELEASE from John Peter of Harlyn and Elizabeth Moreshead to William Morsehead. Refers to farm and lands of Penhargett. Vellum, 24" x 30", 2 wax seals, one with man's head and letters 'FRE. P. WALES' (presumably Frederick Prince of Wales). 1733. £14.00

  69. St. Ives REPORT UPON THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY OF THE BOROUGH OF ST. IVES. 1«pp, with a Plan of Town and a Plan of the Borough, by R.K. Dawson, coloured in outline, on one sheet. Scales 4" and 1" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound, brownish off-setting and some slight water-staining on text leaf. 1837. £16.00

  70. 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

  71. Thomas (William) ST. IVES IN OLD PICTURE POSTCARDS Oblong 8vo, boards. 76 reproductions of postcards with text. 2 original postcards of St. Ives, c1905, pasted to endpapers. 1982. £6.00

  72. Trebartha, Plusha ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, size 12" x 17" plus margins, Sheet No. XXII.N.W. On stiff paper. First edition without contours, 1883. £8.00

  73. Tresmeere A DIVISION made by Phillip Upton and Edmond Dodge of a tenement late in the tenure of John Launder of Tresmeere situate.... in Tresmoore consented to by John Speccott of Penheale and the said John Launder.... Bond of John Speccott whereby he consents to allow Launder enjoyment of his share. 1p., sm. folio, blank adjoining leaf with docket title. Sets out the partition of the property with lists of fields 'the boat Park' etc. Small wax seal, two diamond shaped damp stains obscuring a few words, ink slightly faded, but completely legible. 2nd Feb. 1672. £28.00

  74. Wesleyan Foreign Missions HANDBILL for the Annual Public Meeting, Wesleyan Chapel, Trescoe, October 25th, 1901. 4to, printed on both sides. 1901. £5.00

    Cornwall Acts

  75. 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. 1716. £11.00

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

  77. Duchy of Cornwall AN ACT to enable the Kings Majesty to make Leases, Grants, and Copies of Offices, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, parcel of his Highness Dutchy of Cornwal, or annexed to the same; and for Confirmation of Leases and Grants already made. Black Letter. 4pp. 1661. £25.00

  78. Falmouth Waterworks AN ACT for granting further Powers to the Falmouth Waterworks Company. 8pp. 1877. £8.00

  79. Launceston AN ACT for amending.... An Act for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Borough of Dunheved, otherwise Launceston, and Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen.... Black Letter. 8pp. 1784. £14.00

  80. Launceston AN ACT for the better Relief and Employment of the Poor of the Borough of Dunheved, otherwise Launceston, and Parish of Saint Mary Magdalen.... 12pp., black letter, plus cover leaf. Some off-setting. 1755. £17.00

  81. 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

  82. Mine Frauds A BILL To make further Provision for the Administration of Justice, and for improving the Practice and Proceedings, in the Courts of the Stannaries of Cornwall; and for the Prevention of Frauds by Workmen employed in the Mines.... 6pp. 1839 £9.00

  83. Stannary Affidavits AN ACT to facilitate the taking of Affidavits and Affirmations in the Court of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall. 2pp. 1834. £9.00

  84. Truro Roads AN ACT for enlarging the Term and Powers of several Acts.... for repairing certain Roads leading from Truro.... and for building and keeping in Repair a Bridge over the River there. 15pp. 1817. £12.00

  85. Truro Water AN ACT for better supplying with Water the District of Truro in the County of Cornwall.... 12pp. 1875. £10.00

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    Cumberland
  86. Bewcastle, Kirkcambeck GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Fully hand-coloured map, scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 106 N.W, size approx. 13" x 19", plus wide margins, key in left-hand margin. Mounted on linen. Table for centre of shaft at Penton Coal Basin in sea area. Printed from an Electrotype 1883, O.S. blindstamp 1900. £24.00

  87. Carlisle PARTICULARS, PLANS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Residential, Sporting and Agricultural Estate known as Woodside, Comprising the Residences of Woodside, Wreay, Skye.... Smallholdings and Cottages forming the major portion of the villages of Wreay, Burthwaite and Brisco.... For Sale by Auction.... 18th July, 1934. 71pp, folio, wraps, 2 large coloured folding plans plus key map in pocket, photographic plate. 1934. £32.00

  88. Carlisle RULES OF THE ENGINE DRIVERS & FIREMEN'S Friendly Society. Carlisle Branch. 12mo booklet, 14pp, plain stiff wraps, vignette of train on title page. Marginal tear affecting some pages. 1867. £18.00

  89. Coldale Hall Estate, Cumberland PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS SALE of a Valuable Freehold Estate situate at Newtown, and in the Willow Holme, Carlisle, in the Parish of St. Mary, Carlisle.... which will be offered for Sale by Auction.... 14th day of February, 1860....9pp., folio, with folding hand-coloured plan. Outer sheet leaf with docket title dusty, with tear at fold. 1860. £30.00

  90. Kendal LETTER from John Whitwell, dated Kendal June 26th 1834, to Ann Atkinson in Finsbury Pavement, London. 3«p, 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

  91. Scaleby, Nether Denton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Fully hand-coloured map, scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 106 S.W (New Series Sheet 18), mounted on linen, size approx. 13" x 195", plus wide margins, key in margins. Minor 1" tear to paper on map surface, without loss. Printed from an electrotype 1889, O.S. blindstamp 1900. £24.00

  92. Whitehaven Junction Railway AGREEMENT as to Waggon Ways and Accommodation Works, between the John Dixon, Engineer of the Company and John Peile, Colliery Viewer and Agent of The Earl of Lonsdale. Contemporary copy 3p. folio. 1845. £28.00
    The line of the railway was to pass near a Colliery at William Pit and Parton, owned by the Earl.


    Cumberland Acts

  93. Bolton AN ACT for Dividing and Inclosing the Commons and Waste Grounds within the Manor of Bolton, in the County of Cumberland. 43pp. 1777. £22.00

  94. Brampton AN ACT for Dividing, allotting, and Inclosing the several Moors, Commons, and Waste Grounds within the Manor and Parish of Brampton, in the County of Cumberland. 29pp. 1777. £22.00

  95. Farlam AN ACT for Dividing, allotting, and inclosing the several Moors, Commons, and Waste Grounds, lying within the Manor and Parish of Farlam.... 27pp. Pages browned at edges. 1777. £18.00

  96. Whitehaven AN ACT to amend the Act.... for improving the Port, Harbour and Town of Whitehaven.... 16pp. 1858. £10.00

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    Derbyshire
  97. Ashover RECOVERY two messuages, two Malthouses, six Offices, six Gardens, eighty acres of land, forty acres of Meadow.... in the Parish of Ashover, William Milnes demandant against Tipping Thomas Rigby. On vellum, size 25" x 31", large engraved border at top with lions etc, portrait of George III, engraved border at sides with cupids etc., wax seal in tin, about one third of wax remaining on tag. Some minor yellowing, slight fading of engraving down side borders. 1805. £65.00

  98. Smith (C) A NEW MAP OF THE COUNTY OF DERBY Divided into Hundreds. Hand-coloured, folding map dissected and mounted onlinen, overall size approx. 19" x 17", margins trimmed, original 8vo paper slipcase, with manuscript label. Some slight browning to blank areas at edges of map where glue discoloured. 1801. £40.00

    Derbyshire Acts

  99. Castleton AN ACT for regulating the Proceedings in Personal Actions in the.... Courts Baron of the Hundres of High Peak and Manor of Castleton.... 30pp., plus cover leaf. 1760. £15.00

  100. Derby AN ACT for rebuilding the Common Gaol for the County of Derby upon a Place called Nun's Green.... 6pp., plus cover leaf. Paper slightly darkened. 1756. £12.00

  101. Shirland AN ACT for Dividing and Inclosing the several Commons and Waste Grounds within the Manor of Shirland.... 19pp. 1777. £24.00

  102. Tibshelf AN ACT for Dividing, Inclosing, and Improving, certain Commons and Grounds in the Township of Tibshelf, in the County of Derby. 25pp. 1777. £22.00

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    Devon
  103. Alexandra Theatre, Newton Abbot JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Reg Lever presents his Annual Xmas Pantomime, in 14 Spectacular Scenes. See The Wonder Circvus, The Dancing Donkeys.... Playbill printed in three colours on card, size 12" x 8", with picure of giant asleep and Jack stealing hen. Early 1950's. £10.00

  104. Alphington COTTAGE GARDEN SHOW Music, Athletic Sports etc. Programme, 4pp, 4to, August 3rd 1908.... together with similar programme for Show August 2ndm, 1909. Adverts.... together with.... GARDEN FETE & Sale of Work, Palace Grounds, Exeter, 16th June, 1909, in aid of the Church Extension in the Three Towns. 3pp., 4to, folds. 1908-9. £12.00

  105. Barnstaple INFORMATION TO OBTAIN A WARRANT Printed form, sm. folio, folded and rather creased, with details in MS., setting out how Count Melkiewicz of Barnstaple falsely obtained 2 gold watches from John Gaydon of Barnstaple, Silversmith. Signed by Justice. 1863. £6.00

  106. Besley, Pub. Exeter THE VALLEY OF ROCKS Lynton. Vignette view, engraved surface approx. 4" x 7", on sheet of 4to notepaper, blank adjoining leaf. A few foxing spots, paper slightly creased in parts. c1860. £6.00

  107. 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'. 1«p, 4to, address panel with Chudleigh and Ashburton postmarks on adjoining leaf. April 9th, 1842. £18.00

  108. Bratton Clovelly Okehampton Union THE RATE BOOK For the Poor Rate made on the 21st day of May 1904. Printed rate book with details entered in manuscript. Limp cloth covers, with ties, approx. 7" x 15«". With entries on 14 double-pages, plus blanks, listing occupiers and owners of property, with description, extent and situation of property rated, with rateable value and amount collected. Signed at end by two J.P.'s. 1904. £25.00

  109. Braunton ASSIGNMENT of 3 dwelling houses and gardens in Braunton for the remainder of a Term of 2000 years, John Hunt yeoman, to John Hartnoll, carpenter. Large vellum sheet, wax seals. 1837. £10.00

  110. Braunton CONVEYANCE of premises called Evans Closes and Assignment of Down Close. Joseph Evans of Lyoneville, Illinois, America, to John Widlake of Ilfracombe. Single vellum sheet, 20" x 29", wax seal. A few small wormholes at one fold affecting 3 words. 2nd Sept., 1864. £10.00

  111. Braunton Deane, Manor of GRANT of part of Mains tenement for 3 lives, Charles Trelawny, Lord of the Manor, to Richard Passmore. Vellum, 16" x 23", wax seal. 1837. £15.00

  112. Braunton DEMISE of Floodlands close, part of Farriers tenement, William Evans, Yeoman, to John Atkins, Yeoman. Large vellum sheet, wax seals. 1834. £10.00

  113. Chulmleigh AGREEMENT whereby Matilda Wadland agrees to give up to Henry Wadland the possession of the Estate of Newnham. He agrees to pay for the livestock and machinery, excepting certain items of silver listed. 2p, sm. folio, in MS. 1878. £8.00

  114. Clyst Hydon & Talaton PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Valuable Freehold Estate known as "Farrantshayes,".... as a whole 249a. 3r. 36p.... in the occupation of Mr R. Pratt..... Which will be offered for Sale by Auction, by Messrs Hussey & Son, At the Half Moon Hotel, Exeter, On Friday, June 30th, 1911. Folio, 9pp, large coloured folding plan, original wraps, short split to spine, few short tears to margins, mainly where once folded. 1911. £24.00

  115. Combe Martin APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE Printed with manuscript insertions, oblong sm. folio, apprenticing Margaret Witheridge, aged 12, a poor child of the Parish, to Richard Knight, until the age of 21, or her marriage, to learn the art of husbandry. Signed by Churchwarden and Overseers, and two Justices. 1812. £17.00

  116. Combe Martin APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE Printed with manuscript insertions, oblong sm. folio, apprenticing John Willis, aged 13, a poor child of the Parish, to John Charley Junr. to learn Husbandry. Signed by Churchwarden and Overseers, and two Justices, with small chipped wax seals. 1814. £17.00

  117. Combe Martin POSTER giving notice that the Parish Council have applied for consnet to borrow œ500 for the purchase of the Diamond Jubile Recreation Ground, and the W. Meade-King, the Inspector will attend at the Town Hall on 10th Feb. Folio, folds, some marginal tears at folds. 28th Jan. 1903. £12.00

  118. Crediton DEED to declare Uses of a fine. Elizabeth Lee, late of St. Mary Ottery now of Holborn, and Francis Buller and Susanna his wife, referring to a messuage called the Wardens House in the College in Ottery, with two gardens, and messuage on the north side, various other tenements in Ottery, a share in a farm called Bears and Bears Mills in Crediton, etc. Attested copy on 4p folio, made in 1784. 1767. £22.00
    Names occupiers.


  119. Cuneo (Terence) CASTLE ON THE COAST Signed Limited Edition print, showing Great Western steam train emerging from tunnel near Dawlish, cliffs in background, railway worker walking alongside track. Printed surface 16" x 27", overall size 24" x 37". Signed in margin, blindstamp and '227/500' in pencil bottom left. Sladmore Gallery, 1973. £40.00

  120. Exeter PROGRAMMES 19 programmes for concerts and plays in Exeter, mostly 1908-9, some 1917. Mainly 8vo, a few 4to. Includes The S. Sidwell's Organ Fund Garden Theatrical Performance, performance of 'Patience' in aid of Exmouth Cottage Hospital, Miss Louise Sims' Grand Morning Concert at Barnfield Hall, etc. 1908-17. £20.00

  121. Exmouth ASSIGNMENT of two dwelling houses and gardens at Exmouth upon trust.... William Culley to Walter Kendall. Large vellum sheet with two wax seals. 1828. £10.00

  122. Exmouth LETTER from Thos. Pyke to Lord Rolle's steward at Bicton House, regarding his wish to purchase the third 'life' on a house at No. 8 Beacon Hill. He was offered it before but thought the œ100 asked was too much. Address panel on verso with Honiton straight line postmark and wax seal. Sept. 30th, 1822. £14.00

  123. Fremington LEASE of Piewell and Kneebones. Thomas Mogg of Newton Tracy to Benjamin Lloyd of Instow. On paper, 3p, folio, folded, with schedule of 50 fields, etc. Both sheets torn 9" along vertical central fold. 18th Sept. 1862. £12.00

  124. Fremington RELEASE in fee of Waste Ground in Fremington and Surrender of Term to merge, William Puddicombe to James Ratcliff of Bishops Tawton, edge tool maker. Large vellum sheet, 3 wax seals. 1819. £14.00

  125. 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. £14.00

  126. Honiton and Crediton DEED of revocation of uses in Marriage settlement and declaring new ones, John Britnell of Ilminster and Martha his wife, late Sheppard, of Donyatt. Refers to pastures known as Higher and Lower Hurlakes in Honiton and a moiety of Bear Farm and Bear Mills in Crediton. 2 large vellum sheets, two wax seals. 1775. £18.00

  127. Ilfracombe PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Common Hill Estate, Ilfracombe.... 4pp., folio, folded, some margin al tears at folds. Outside where titled slightly foxed.... together with.... Particulars and Conditions of Sale of the Reversionary Life Interest in Valuable Freehold Property consisting of a Mansion House and Ground, Farms, Cottages &c, at and Near Barnstaple & Ilfracombe.... 4pp., folio, folded. Includes full page schedule listing 22 properties, fields etc. with tenants etc. Both 1871. £22.00

  128. Ilfracombe POSTER advertising the Sale by Auction on October 14th of a Grass Farm known as 'Higher Trayne'. Printed in red, size 29" x 19", folds. With table giving schedule with field names etc. n.d. c1900. £12.00

  129. Lundy Island FOUR COPPER ENGRAVINGS showing different views of the castle, size of engraved surface approx. 4" x 6", with accompanying text. 1773-85. £18.00
    Taken from works by Grose and Boswell.


  130. Lynton and Lynmouth PHOTOGRAPHS 12 commercial views, probably Valentine's, size 6" x 8". Includes Cliff Railway. c1910. £8.00

  131. 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....'


  132. Pedder (E.J) Pub. LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH AND DISTRICT Twenty views, mainly Frith & Co. Oblong 4to, gilt boards, darkened. c1900. £12.00

  133. Plymouth BILL OF LADING for 305 qrs. Wheat, shipped on the 'Lark', sailing from London to Plymouth, to Fox & Sons. 5" x 10", printed with MS inserts, small vignette of ship. Stab hole. 1847. £12.00

  134. Regal Theatre Barnstaple JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Reg Lever presents his Annual Xmas Pantomime, in 14 Spectacular Scenes. See The Wonder Circvus, The Dancing Donkeys.... Playbill printed in three colours on card, size 12" x 8", with picure of giant asleep and Jack stealing hen. Early 1950's. £9.00

  135. Rowe (G) Exeter, Pub. ENTRANCE TO THE VALLEY OF ROCKS, LINTON Lithograph, engraved surface 7" x 8«". c1829. £18.00

  136. Saunton Sands PHOTOGRAPH size 9" x 11«", showing 2 men working in a field of daffodils on a hill overlooking the coast, Westward Ho and Hartland in distance. Crease down right-hand edge. Descriptive gestetnered text and 'Planet News' stamp on verso. 20th March 1937. £7.00

  137. Stoke Rivers MORTGAGE BY DEMISE of messuages and tenements called 'Vowchers' in Stoke Rivers, Johnatham Pickard to James Williams. Large vellum sheet, two wax seals. 1815. £10.00

  138. Tor Abbey PENCIL DRAWING size 8" x 10", tipped onto grey paper. In soft pencil, shows two men leaning on a wall in foreground, one fishing, and looking across to a building beyond the water, steps leading up grassy cliff on right. A few foxing spots in sky area. Titled at bottom right of drawing 'Tor Abbey 1827', and titled again in top corner in ink. 1827. £38.00

  139. 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

  140. United School District, Okehampton POSTER Size 15" x 11", folds, inviting 'Tenders for the Erection of a School in East Street... in accordance with Plans and Specifications prepared by Mr. Harry Green, Architect. 1895. £14.00

    Devon Acts

  141. Beer AN ACT for making a Harbour in the Cove of Beer, in the County of Devon. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 13pp. 1792. £18.00

  142. Biddaford, Bridgetown Pomeroy, Totnes Roads AN ACT for more effectually repairing the Road from the Exeter Turnpike Road to Biddaford, and certain Roads leading from Bridgetown Pomeroy and Totnes, and other Roads communicating therewith; and for repairing Totnes Bridge, and erecting Bridges over the Stover Canal, the Rivers Teign and Lemon, and the Mill Leat.... 16pp. 1835. £15.00

  143. Bisley, Lapford, Randwick etc. AN ACT to confirm certain Orders of the Local Government Board under the provisions of the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act.... 11pp., some foxing. 1884. £12.00

  144. Brunskill (Stephen) AN ACT to provide for the management and repairs of the Estates devised by the Will of Stephen Brunskill.... 26pp. 1877. £12.00
    There is an 8pp schedule of the property concerned giving a Description, Owner or Occupier, & Tenure & Rent. Most of the property was in Thurlestone, Heavitree and Dittisham.


  145. Coals for Mines AN ACT for allowing the like Drawback of Duty paid on Coals used in certain Mines and Smelting Mills in Devonshire, as is now allowed in the County of Cornwall. 1¬pp, blank adjoining leaf, disbound. 1811. £12.00

  146. Honiton AN ACT for rectifying Mistakes in the Names of several of the Commissioners appointed to put in Execution the Act for granting a Land Tax for the Year One thousand seven hundred and forty eight.... and for Relief of the Borough of Honiton as to Arrears of the Land Tax, and the House and Window Taxes.... 30pp., black letter. 1749. £18.00
    Refers to 'a dreadful fire' at Honiton in July 1747.


  147. Lord Exmouth AN ACT for settling and securing an Annuity on Lord Exmouth and the Persons to whom that Title of Lord Exmouth shall descend.... 4pp. 1814. £12.00

  148. Mariansleigh, Holsworthy, Sandford, Crediton Estates AN ACT for vesting Parts of the Estates of Sir John Davie Baronet, deceased, in Trustees, upon Trust to be sold, and for laying out the Purchase Money.... in the Purchase of other Estates.... 27pp. folio, disbound, Includes 7 pages of Schedules. 1839. £16.00
    Concerns land at Mariansleigh, Holsworthy, Sandford and Crediton.


  149. Plymouth, Chatham AN ACT for vesting certain Messuages, Lands, Tenements.... for the better securing His Majesty's Docks, Ships and Stores, at Portsmouth, Chatham, and Plymouth, and for the better fortifying the Town of Portsmouth, and Citadel of Plymouth, in Trustees.... 12pp., plus cover leaf, black letter. 1758. £18.00

  150. Sampford Peverell, Burliscombe, and Halberton AN ACT for Inclosing certain Commons and Waste Lands, in the Parishes of Sampford Peverell, Burliscombe, and Halberton.... 19pp. 1809. £16.00

  151. Upton Pine Estate AN ACT for extending the Powers of the Trustees under the Settlement on the Marriage of the Reverend James Jackson with Miss Eliza Houlton. 12pp. 1841. £11.00
    Concerns estates at Upton Pine.


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    Dorset
  152. Bloxworth House, Blandford PENCIL DRAWING showing the front of the house from an angle. Signed 'E.M' and dated 1847. Size 4" x 9", mounted on thin card. 1847. £16.00

  153. New Royal Theatre, Bournemouth JACK AND THE BEANSTALK Will Hammer presents his Magnificent Pantomime.... Cavalcade of Gorgeous Spectacle... Hamilton Conrad and his Famous Pigeons, Cyclo Bros, Peggy O'Farrell's Tiny Tappas.... Poster on stiff card in purple green and yellow with picutre of giant asleep and Jack stealing hen, size 15" x 10". Early 1950's. £12.00

  154. Shaftesbury GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Ordnance Survey Map, 3rd Edition, Sheet 313. Drift. Coloured map, with key and section, scale 1" to 1 mile, area between borders 13" x 19". A few small tears at top edge. Pub. 1923. £10.00
    Shows area between Tarrant Hinton, North Wotton, Mappowder, Shaftesbury.


  155. Swanage PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of Valuable Freehold Properties.... Mr George Hobbs Has been favoured with instructions from the Owner, Mr N.C. White, to offer for Sale by Public Auction.... On Monday, the 17th day of May, 1897. Folio, 4pp, folded. 1897. £8.00

  156. The Holme, near Wareham PENCIL DRAWING so titled, showing house in middle distance amongst trees. Signed 'C.M. 1858'. Size 5«" x 9". 1858. £15.00

  157. Weymouth PHOTOGRAPH fine view of Harbour, across to the bay, with large two masted ship in foreground, paddle-steamer at jetty. Size approx. 7" x 10", mounted on card, initialled G.S.H., together with another view of a steamer in harbour by Frith, size 4«" x 7". Large view dated 1897. £14.00

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    Durham
  158. Bishop Auckland, New Shildon GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No XLII. Scale 6" to 1 mile, size approx. 23«" x 35«", plus margins, fully hand coloured, key in right-hand margin. 1875. £45.00

  159. 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

  160. Heworth, Washington GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No VII. Scale 6" to 1 mile, size approx. 23«" x 35«", plus margins, fully hand coloured, key in right-hand margin. 1868. £40.00

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    Essex
  161. Allen (Thomas Balguy) COPY OF A PEDIGREE drawn up by my Father and in his handwriting for the information of J.F Beever, Solicitor.... Manchester 1835. Neatly written, with small coat of arms, showing four generations, mid 18th to mid 19th century, size 13" x 32". Coggeshall, Essex, 1866. £16.00

  162. Balingdon, Wickham St. Pauls ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XII, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Roads and water-features coloured. Slight browning of linen along one fold. 1880. £30.00

  163. Billericay, Little Burstead ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. LXVIII, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Roads and water-features coloured, some buildings coloured red, area around Hutton Hall shaded pink. Slight browning of linen along one fold, slightly affecting edges of sections. 1881. £28.00

  164. Colchester ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XXXVII, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Contours in red. Small area around Sandford Iron Works outlined in blue. Paper slightly darkened overall. Edition of 1924. £18.00

  165. Colchester WILL of Robert Beale, Mariner. Folio sheet, signed with small wax seal, 3 witnesses. 1720. £10.00

  166. Great Sampford ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. X, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Roads coloured, slight browning of linen at folds. 1880. £26.00
    Covers Hempstead, Bellcamber Hall, Chapelend Way.


  167. Little Horkesley ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XVIII, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Roads and water-features coloured, some buildings and fields shaded red, slight browning of linen along one fold. 1878. £28.00
    Covers Wormingford, Boxted Heath, Fordham.


  168. White Notley, Fairsted ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XXXIV, size 24" x 35", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Roads and water-features coloured, some buildings coloured red, three areas colour-washed. Slight browning of linen along one fold, 2" split in linen at one fold, edges slightly dusty. 1881. £26.00

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    Gloucestershire
  169. Cheltenham BEMAN FAMILY Account Book, possibly kept by family solicitor, detailing debit and credit of various Trust Accounts, Rent & Tax Account, Birdlip Estate Account, "Brimpsfield Overseers", "26 Clarence Square", "Beman and Washbourne Bros.", "Furniture Account" (includes bills at Cheltenham silversmiths, cabinet makers etc.), "Wine Account" as well as expenses of various family members on clothing, charities, journeys etc. Approx 180 pages in small 8vo cashbook, full reversed calf, metal clasp. 1859-68 £38.00

  170. Cheltenham Manor DEED accompanying a Surrender of Four Copyhold Tenements late Clarke's to the use of James Agg Gardner. Describes the parcels of land in detail. Folio, folded, sewn at corner, 11p, folio. 1848. £20.00
    Refers to land and orchard in Whadden Field.


  171. 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. £14.00

  172. 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 at the King's Head Hotel, Cirencester, On Monday, the 23rd day of July, 1877. Folio, 2pp, folding plan, coloured in outline. 1877. £22.00

  173. East Gloucestershire Railway MAP showing the Railway from Cheltenham to London and to Witney and Oxford. Lithographed in black and red, size approx. 10 x 15", folded. 1864. £18.00
    The Railway scheme had to be abandoned after protests and an enquiry in the House of Lords.


  174. Elliott (John), Pub. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF GLOUCESTER Sixteen views, Poulton's collotype series. Oblong 8vo, gilt boards, slightly darkened, rubbed at edges. c1900. £10.00

  175. Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Limited DIRECTORS' REPORTS & ACCOUNTS 30th June, 1892. Folio, 3pp, folded, some slight spotting. 1892. £12.00

  176. Guardians of the Poor NOTICE to the Guardians of Cheltenham Union informing them that Thomas Smith is to be removed to Cheltenham from the Strand Union, London, as his father paid rent and taxes on a tenement in St. Georges Place, together with order for the removal signed by two Justices. 2 printed forms, held together with rusty pin, details in MS, folded, and posted with stamp and postmarks on verso. Latter form has tears at top corner. 1868. £10.00

    RARE PLAN

  177. Hall (R) & Pinnell (T) A PLAN OF THE CITY OF GLOCESTER Surveyed and Delineated 1780 by R. Hall and T. Pinnell. Engraved by H. Mutlow. Published as the Act Directs March 1st. 1782. Finely engraved map, size 29" x 25", plus margins. Vignette of Cathedral size in top corner, with other smaller vignettes around edge showing Infirmary, and 3 parish churches, 16-lne descriptive text at base of map, coat of arms. Names streets, shows buildings, layout of gardens, etc., with trees, hedges, lines of fortification, land surrounding the city such as Kingsholm Close, Barton Hill, Lanthony Priory. Professionally laid down on thick paper, with neat restoration of three tears which reach into the engraved surface, right and left edges slightly ragged. 1782. £280.00

  178. Harford (near Bourton on the Water) ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Four Maps, Sheet Nos. XXVIII.11 (Folly Farm, Camp Farm); XXVIII.12 (Lansdown, Slaughter Farm); XVIII.7 (Lower Harford); XVIII.16 (Coldpark Farm, Fox Farm). Size approx. 25" x 38", plus margins, scale 25 miles to 1". Buildings, main roads and water features hand coloured. One or two areas shaded in pink wash. 1884. £45.00

  179. Hawksbury Upton WILL AND CODICIL of Francis Francom of Little Badminton in Hawksbury Upton, 1874. Copy, circa 1880, on 5 sheets folio, folded, held at corner with clip. c1880. £12.00
    Bequeathes various items of silver, shop and house in Long Street Tetbury, cottages at Hawksbury.


  180. Henley (W), Gloster, Pr. GLOUCESTER CITY RACES 1859. Election Sketches No. 7. The Race for the Parliament Plate. Satirical election broadside showing the three candidates as jockeys, 'Mr. Monk's Young Liberal' thumbing his nose at the others. Lithograph, rather crudely drawn, size 10" x 16", central vertical fold, small edge tear. 1859. £26.00
    'True Blue (who was overweighted and, as usual, shewed temper) kicked off his rider early in the Race.... Betting 100 to 1 agst. True Blue'.


  181. Kingswood & Hawkesbury SALE PARTICULARS Young & Howes are instructed by the Executors to Sell by Auction at their Market premises at Yate, On Wednesday, August 23rd, 1944. Freehold Agricultural Holding.... known as Mounteneys Farm situate in the parish of Kingswood.... Inglestone Farm situate in the parish of Hawkesbury.... Accommodation Land now arable, situate adjoining the Road from Inglestone to Hawkesbury.... Small 4to, 3 folding coloured plans, 8pp, short tear to margin of one map, few small spots to first leaf. 1944. £35.00

  182. Manor of Leckhampton DEED. Mortgaging the Manor, Mansion House of Leckhampton and 600 acres of land to Henry Norwood for œ2867.8.3d. Lists all the pastures, closes, orchards, tenements etc. belonging to the manor with measurements and names of tenants. This is an Attested Copy made in 1825 of the original deed of 1782. 32 leaves hand written on one side only, each sheet measuring approx. 16" x 15", folded, tied at one corner. 1825. £28.00

  183. Newent ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Glos. Sheet XVII, Worcs. Sheet LIX etc. Size 23" x 35". Contours in red. Edition of 1924. £16.00
    Covers Kilcot, Ketford, Upleadon.


  184. Old Sodbury, Little Sodbury, Horton, Yate and Kingswood (Wotton-under-Edge) PARTICULARS WITH PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF IMPORTANT AND WELL-SITUATE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE PARISHES OF Old Sodbury, Little Sodbury, Horton, Yate and Kingswood (Wotton-under-Edge) In the County of Gloucester And all within 15 miles of the City of Bristol.... containing a total area of 1375a. 2r. 37p. which Geo. Nichols, Young, Hunt & Co. Are instructed to Sell by Auction At the Grand Hotel, Bristol, On Thursday, July 26th, 1928. Folio, with a key plan and 5 coloured folding plans, 3 illustrations, 20pp, original wraps, some foxing, some pencilled notes of prices realised. Second Edition, 1928. £75.00

  185. Painswick AGREEMENT between Robert Townsend of Pittville Circus, Cheltenham, and John Collins of Steambridge House, Painswick, for the letting of orchard and pasture opposite the house. 2p in MS, signed, folio. 1891. £7.00

  186. River Severn area FIVE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS scale 6" to 1 mile, quarter sheets on thick paper, Sheets Nos. XL.S.E, XLVIII.N.W, XL.N.E., LV.S.W., LV.N.W. Covers Frampton, Purton, Epney, Saul, Oldbury, Sheperdine. Second Edition 1903. £38.00

  187. Royal Agricultural College COW RATIONING AND MANAGING CHART Printed in black and red, with photo of College. 35" x 22", two repaired tears at fold. c1950? £8.00

  188. Swindon ADMINISTRATION of Joseph Hatton, yeoman, of Swindon. Printed in Latin on vellum size 6" x 8", with details in MS. Lacks the large wax seal from the tag. 20th April 1714. £14.00
    Swindon village.


  189. Tirley, Deerhurst, Apperley Court TWO ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Scale 6" to one mile, quarter sheets on stiff paper, water features hand coloured. Sheet No.s XVIII.N.E. and S.E. 1891. £18.00

  190. Withington ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XXXV.7. Size approx. 25" x 38", plus margins, scale 25 miles to 1". Some worm holes. Edition of 1922. £8.00

    Gloucestershire Acts

  191. Beverstone AN ACT for Inclosing Lands, in The Parish of Beverstone.... 13pp. 1803. £17.00

  192. Birdlip Hill and Crickley Hill AN ACT for more effectually repairing the Roads from the City of Gloucester to the top of Birdlip Hill, and from the foot of the said Hill to the Top of Crickley Hill.... 11pp. 1827. £11.00

  193. Bourton-on-the-Water Railway AN ACT to extend the Bourton-on-the-Water Railway towards Cheltenham; to amend the Act relating to the Bourton-on-the-Water Railway.... 7pp. 1864. £11.00

  194. Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway AN ACT to alter the Line of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto..... 20pp. 1838. £12.00

  195. Condicote AN ACT for Dividing and Inclosing the Open and Common Fields and other Commonable Lands, in the Parish of Condicote.... 22pp. 1777. £25.00

  196. Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway Company AN ACT for enabling the Gloucester and Cheltenham Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money for the Completion of their Works. 6pp. 1815. £10.00

  197. Gloucester Shire Hall and Courts AN ACT for erecting a Shire Hall and Courts for the Administration of Justice, and other Buildings for Public Purposes, for the County of Gloucester, and County of the City of Gloucester. 40pp. 1814. £17.00

  198. Poor AN ACT for repealing part, and making more effecftual the residue of an Act of Parliament made in the First Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, Intituled, An Act for the Incorporating certain Persons for the beter providing for, and seting at work, the Poor in the City of Gloucester. 17pp., black letter, plus cover leaf. 1727. £18.00

  199. Severn Navigation AN ACT to alter and extend the Provisions of an Act for improving the Navigation of the River Severn. 7pp. 1844. £8.00

  200. Winterbourne A BILL Intituled An Act to remove Doubts as to the Division of the Parish of Winterbourne, in the County of Gloucester, into Two Parishes. 6pp. 1841. £14.00

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    Hampshire and Isle of Wight
  201. Andover, Buttermere ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 283, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Two lines in red ink at top. Edition of 1882, O.S. blindstamp 1892. £16.00

  202. Bacon's COUNTY MAP OF HAMPSHIRE With Parts of Adjoining Counties. Folding map divided in 5 mile squares, with index. Sm. 8vo wraps, slightly rubbed, showing lady cyclist. c1910. £5.00

  203. Bacon's PLAN OF SOUTHAMPTON Size approx 12«" x 18", single fold at centre, printed in 3 colours. Scale approx. 8" to 1 mile. c1885. £12.00
    Covers area from Highfield to Graving Docks.


  204. Clark (James) A MILITARY, MARINE & TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT By James Clarke, Land Surveyor, Newport, 1812. Engraved map on stiff paper, size 21" x 31", folded to sm. 8vo. Scale bar showing 5 miles = 5«", table of Reference to Parishes. Shows Portsmouth, Gosport, Lymington, Beaulieu etc on mainland, soundings, woodland, churches, hachures indicating high ground. Part of right hand margin clipped (not affecting border), a few small wormholes, small area of feint browning. Engraved by S. Neele, Published by Taylor, Newport, 1812. £36.00

  205. Portsmouth REPORT UPON THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY and Division into Wards of the Borough of Portsmouth. Plan and 4pp, disbound. 2 fully-coloured plans on one page, one scale 1" to 1 mile, one 4" to 1 mile. Offsetting on page 1 of text. (1837) £18.00

  206. Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down have received instructions to sell by Auction Villa Residence, known as "Sussex Lodge".... at the corner of Melville Street and Dover Street, Ryde. Size 30" x 20" 1894. £12.00

  207. Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down have received instructions to sell by Auction.... the valuable long-leasehold property known as "Eastland Villa" in Castel Street, Ryde. Size 30" x 20". 1894. £12.00

  208. Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Co. Will Sell by Auction Furniture and other effects.... a Lady's Parisian Phaeton.... Size 30" x 20". 1907. £8.00

  209. Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Co. Will Sell by Auction The Antique and Modern Furniture formerly the complete Equipment of "Beech Cottage. Ryde.... Size 30" x 20". 1895. £8.00

  210. Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Co have received instructions to Sell by Auction.... A pair of Houses semi-detached and known as "Kennett Lodge" & "Avondale".... A Detached House known as "Keynsham".... Size approx. 30" x 20". 1895. £12.00

  211. Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down. Have received instructions to Sell by Auction.... Property Nos. 6 & 7, Union Street, comprising Two Shops with Dwelling Houses, and 8 Stall Stabling..... Size approx. 35" x 22". 1893. £12.00

    Hampshire Acts

  212. Baughurst AN ACT to dissolve the Marriage of John Potter Harris Esquire with Elizabeth Martha Chicheley.... 6pp. 1777. £18.00

  213. Fawley AN ACT for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Fawley.... 18pp. Some minor browning spots. 1813. £15.00

  214. Hampshire Roads AN ACT for enlarging the Terms and Powers of Two Acts.... for repairing the Road from Hertford-Bridge Hill, to the Town of Basingstoke, and also the Road from Hertford-Bridge Hill aforesaid to the Town of Odiham, in the County of Southampton. Cover leaf + 12pp. 1773. £11.00

  215. Northam AN ACT to alter and enlarge the Powers of an Act.... intituled An Act for building a Bridge over the River Itchin at or near Northam.... and making a Road.... 4pp. 1798. £9.00

  216. Odiham AN ACT for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act.... for repairing the Road from Odiham to Alton.... 11pp. 1815. £10.00

  217. Preston Candover AN ACT for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act... for repairing and widening the Road from Preston Candover to Basingstoke.... 12pp. 1816. £12.00

  218. Rockbourne, Breamore AN ACT for vesting the several Rectories, Parsonages, Churches, and Chapels of Rockbourne, Breamore, South Charford, Hale, Whitsbury, and Quidesley.... Part of the Settled Estate of the Most noble George Duke of Manchester, in Trustees. 20pp., docket title. 1776. £22.00

  219. South Tedworth AN ACT to enable Thomas Assheton Smith Esquire and William Henry Assheton Smith his Brother, to grant building, improving, and other Leases of the Estates devised by the Will of William Smith Esquire, deceased. 9pp., plus cover leaf with docket title. Slight browning at top edge. 1778. £22.00
    Refers to house and lands in South Tedworth, and property in other counties.


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    Hertfordshire
  220. Barnet PARTICULARS WITH PLAN of a Valuable Freehold Accommodation Holding or Dairy Farm... Known as Whitings Hill Farm, situated in Mays Lane, High Barnet. 5p, 4to, cold. folding plan, wraps, vertical fold. Staples rusty, hence loose in wraps. 1920. £16.00

  221. Cassiobury LETTER from the Earl of Essex to J. Chapel, asking about engravings for a book which are being made from a miniature portrait he has left and 'whether I shall be able to procure a certain number of impressions independent of the work itself'. 2 sides of sm. 8vo sheet with small impressed crown over 'SX'. 1844. £10.00

  222. Great and Little Munden EXTRACT FROM CONFIRMED INCLOSURE AWARD of John Nockolds, Land Surveyor. 2p., folio, in MS, relating to Great Souls field Common, Fellowsfield Common, various private carriage roads etc. With schedule. Plain wraps, folded.... together with.... PLAN on tracing paper, scale 3 chains to an inch, 'traced from Inclosure Map', showing various Great Souls field, etc. 1853. £22.00

  223. Great Munden DECLARATION relating to Much Munden Farm and Windmill Farm, with Barn, stable, Windmill and Appurtenances, and the Manor of Henry at Domes, William Pitts Dimsdale to Thomas Dimsdale. 3 large vellum sheets, vellum slightly browned, wax seal. 1813. £18.00
    Includes long list of fields.


  224. Hertfordshire WILL of Brigitte Bestney of London, 1633. 1p, sm. folio. Contemporary extract referring to a lease for one peppercorn of a farm called Bakers End in Hertfordshire, to her daughter Anne Kiffin. 1632. £18.00

  225. Hitchin, Stevenage ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 221, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Line in red ink across map, possibly marking pipeline(?). O.S. blindstamp 1892. £16.00

    Hertfordshire Acts

  226. Hertford Estates AN ACT to enable William Cowper, esquire, to settle a Jointure upon his present Wife; and to make Leases of certain Estates, in the County of Hertford. 19pp. 1753. £20.00
    Attractive headpiece showing pelican and her young.


  227. North Myms AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Common or Waste Ground, called North Myms Common, or Wood, in the Parish of North Myms.... 23pp., including 2p schedule. 1778. £24.00

  228. Royston AN ACT for enlarging the Term and Powers granted by an Act.... intituled An Act for the more effectual repairing the Roads leading from Wade's Mill.... to Barley and Royston in the said County. 8pp., black letter, plus cover leaf. 1742. £14.00

  229. Watford AN ACT to enlarge the Coemetery or Churchyard, of the Parish of Watford, in the County of Hertford, and to make an additional Building to the present Workhouse, for the Reception of the Poor of the said Parish.... 26pp., disbound, black letter. 1772. £15.00

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    Kent
  230. Erith & Wrotham PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Very Valuable Freehold Estate called The Marsh Farm.... and a Public House called The Chequers or Halfway House, Situate on the Banks of the River Thames, at Erith.... and also of a Freehold Estate, consisting of the Bull Inn and Posting House, Situate at Wrotham, Kent. For Sale by Auction.... 23rd September, 1847. Folio, 3pp, fine hand-coloured double-page plan of Lot 1 with table of reference, possibly lacks plan of Lot 2. 1846. £24.00

  231. Goudhurst, Cranbrook ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. LXX, XIX, scale 6" to 1 mile, size 35" x 23" plus margins. Water features and main roads hand-coloured, much outlining of fields and shading around Goudhurst, with numbers, presumably relating to auction sale. Angley Park shaded with note of auction price etc. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo wraps. 1874-8. £20.00

  232. Herne, St. Nicholas at Wade ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XXIV, scale 6" to 1 mile, size 35" x 23" plus margins. Water features and main roads hand-coloured, three very small areas colour shaded. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo wraps. Some browning of linen along one fold. 1877. £25.00

  233. Isles of Sheppey and Harty ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XXII, scale 6" to 1 mile, size 35" x 23" plus margins. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo wraps. 1870. £22.00

  234. Lydd PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Freehold Estate called Tournay Hall, heretofore called Pigwell house.... 3pp. folio, folded. 1861. £18.00

  235. 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.


  236. Marden, Linton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. LII, scale 6" to 1 mile, size 35" x 23" plus margins. Water features and main roads hand-coloured, area around Wierton farm colour shaded. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo wraps. Some slight browning of linen along one fold. 1872. £25.00

  237. Rainham ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP scale 6" to 1 mile, size 35" x 23" plus margins. Some boundaries hand-coloured, right-hand margin trimmed away, top right corner with Shet No. and part of engraved surface torn away.... together with.... Sheet No. LXIV (Bethersden, Hothfield), some boundaries hand coloured, margins parly cut away, along 2ft. at top and 10" at bottom. First edition 1875. £16.00

  238. Shoreham, Kemsing, Kingsdown ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XXIX, made of quarter sheets, scale 6" to 1 mile, size 35" x 23" plus margins. Small area at Shoreham colour-washed. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo wraps. Edition of 1910. £18.00

  239. Tonbridge Wells PENCIL DRAWING Size 4«" x 10", on thick paper mounted on grey paper. Titled in ink on mount 'Near Harrisons Rocks(?) Tunbridge Wells July 28th 1815. Shows a large cottage with leaded windows, and garden, seen from across a lane with trees on left. A detailed drawing in soft tones with much shading. 1815. £40.00

    Kent Acts

  240. Canterbury AN ACT for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the City and County of the City of Canterbury. 13pp, plus cover leaf. 1752. £12.00

  241. Rochester AN ACT to explain and amend an Act intituled, An Act for repairing.... the Road leading from the House called The Sign of the Bells, in the Parish of St. Margaret in Rochester, to Maidstone.... 4pp., plus cover leaf. Some off-setting. 1736. £12.00

  242. Woolwich AN ACT for applying a Sum of Money, given by the Will of Daniel Wiseman, for finishing the new Church at Woolwich.... 8pp., plus cover leaf. Some slight off-setting. 1739. £14.00

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    Lancashire
  243. Chadwell (Chas.), Engineer BLACKPOOL, ST ANNES, AND LYTHAM TRAMWAYS Lithographed plan size 28" x 10", showing buildings, areas of open land tinted, with name of owner, railway, compressing station etc. With table showing increase in rateable value, population and no. of houses, 1891-97. Lines of 3 tramways shown in different colours, with dotted line for those not yet constructed. Folds, one section slightly grubby along folds. A few line of unrelated manuscript notes on verso which show through in one section. c1898. £30.00

  244. Leigh, Widnes ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Six maps, scale 6" to 1 mile, quarter sheets, linen backed. Comprises Sheets CXV. S.W (Widnes & Runcorn); CII N.E (Leigh); CIX N.E (Newschurch, Glazebrook); CIX S.E (Martinscroft, Hollins Green); CVIII S.W (Clock Face, Bold Heath); CII N.W. (Abram, Firs Lane). Some maps slightly dusty at edges. Edition of 1908. £30.00

  245. St. Matthias, Liverpool MEMORANDA OF NAMES ETC OF PARISHIONERS VISITED Notebook of Rev. Dale, named in note on front wraps as 'sometime curate of S. Matthias'. 35p, sm. 8vo. Notes name of street, and parishioner's name with brief description of their job, family, character etc. Streets include Sprainger St., Carlton St., Porter St., Birch St., Burlington St. 1878. £38.00
    One entry records 2 pages of detail of the life of boatmen on the canal, with wages etc.,: 'Clarkson, John & Mrs., Back of Leeds St., Foreman Shipper, Leeds & Liverpool Canal. His brother Robert (unsteady) has care of horses.... We went over a canal boat (œ200 to œ250) & saw the stabling for 24 horses one of whom shook hands with Robert....' Another house visited is a 'Cornish house for emigrants. Emigrant agency & lodgings. Large Cornish connection.'


  246. Ulverston, Whitbeck GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Fully hand-coloured map, scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XCVIII S.W., size approx. 13" x 18", plus margins, linen-backed, key and Index in margins. c1890. £25.00

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    Lincolnshire
  247. Billingborough, near Folkingham PARTICULARS & VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES SITUATE IN BILLINGBOROUGH.... Comprising Excellent Farmhouse, With Barn, Stables, & other Farm Buildings..... Which will be offered for Sale by Auction by Mr. Elston Law at the "Fortescue Arms" Inn, Billingborough, On Thursday, November 25th, 1869. With folding coloured plan, 4pp, folio, folded. 1869. £22.00

  248. Gentleman (David), Artist SHELL GUIDE TO THE ROADS OF BRITAIN Sewstern Lane. Poster with picture of the lane south of Grantham. Below is description and small map with illustration of drovers. Size 29" x 20", metal hanger top and bottom, repaired marginal tear, a few creases slightly affecting glazed surface. 1950's £15.00

  249. Gentleman (David), Artist SHELL GUIDE TO THE ROADS OF BRITAIN Ermine Street. Poster with picture of the road showing signpost for Atterby, Bishop Norton etc., tractor ploughing. Below is description and small map with illustrations of Roman remains. Size 29" x 20", metal hanger top and bottom, small piece nicked from left margin. 1950's £16.00

  250. Russell (R), Green (A.H), and others SECTION OF STRATA ABOVE THE BARNSLEY COAL passed through in the Bore Hole at South Carr, Lincolnshire, completed July 1893 under the direction of Messrs. A. Wilson and G. Dunston. Section in two columns, printed in colours, with tables showing measurements, small key map. Size approx. 56" x 30", linen-backed. Minor ink stain on title. c1906. £35.00

  251. 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. £24.00

  252. Swineshead Fen Houses and Wigtoft Fore Fen, Near Boston, Lincolnshire THE VALUABLE FREEHOLD SMALL FARM. Comprising:- Brick and Tiled Residence, Five Brick and Tiled Labourers' Cottages.... Which will be offered for Sale by Auction.... Wednesday, the 21st day of July, 1937. With folding coloured plan in pocket at rear, 10 pages, roy 8vo, original wraps, folded. 1937. £15.00

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    London
  253. Catford PARTICULARS of Freehold Ground Rents.... upon Nos. 2, 4 & 6 Glenwood Road, Catford. For Sale by Auction.... 1st of June 1916. 4pp., large 4to, folds, spotty. 1916. £5.00

  254. Doulton & Co., Lambeth, London TERRA COTTA CHIMNEY TOPS and Shafts. Catalogue on large folio sheet, folded in half, illustrating approx. 60 types of chimney pot, at a scale of Half Inch to the Foot. Title flanked by reproduction of their prize medal at 1852 International Exhibition. c1865. £45.00
    Includes very elaborate Jacobean type chimneys.


  255. East Ham Palace GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS Lionel B. Edwards' Annual Xmas Pantomime... Grand Transformation Scene.... Sensational Engagement of Guldens 3 Real Live Bears Direct from the Continent.... Playbill on stiff card, size 15" x 10", printed in four colours with picture of Goldilocks asleep discovered by the bears. early 1950's. £10.00

  256. Gibson, Merchant, London JOURNAL 4to notebook, so titled in MS on front board, marbled boards, morocco spine, rubbed. Decorative engraved cartouche on first page, with globe, books etc, and MS title 'William Gibson's Book September 22nd 1857.' with verse on 'The man of trade'. 49p, carefully written, listing items bought and sold, with names of vendors & purchasers, with cash totals, sums lent upon bond etc. The first 24 pages are headed 'London' and dated from Jan. 1st to Mar. 31st 1858, the following pages headed Jamaica, Lisbon, New York, and other ports, dated consecutively until April 31st 1858, with lists of goods shipped on board, value, port of destination, method of payment. Approx. 20 blank leaves at end. 1858. £45.00
    Goods bought and sold in London include tobacco, hops, madiera, sherry, Lisbon, Oporto and French wine, cloth such as 'Norwich crepe', 'sagathee' paper, tankards, pepper, etc. e.g. 'This day Richard Remnant offered to Pay me for the 16 Pipes of Sherry sold to him yesterday....'


  257. London DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP and Assignment of Debts, William Walker of St. Martins in the Field, Woollen Draper, to Joseph Walker of St. James Westin, Middlesex. Paper, size 22" x 18", good wax seal. At the end in a different hand is a list of 39 debtors names with sums owed. A few very minor holes where folds meet. 1730. £34.00
    The Walkers were involved in the 'Trade of Buying Selling and Retailing Woollen Cloth'.


  258. London FESTIVAL OF THE CITY OF LONDON Souvenir Programme. 1964. 72pp., 4to, coloured wraps, numerous photographs.... together with.... London. Festival of Britain Souvenir 'Memories of London'. 32pp., oblong 8vo., staples rusty, hence loose. 1952 & 1964. £10.00

  259. London LLOYD'S the new building. A description and photographic record of the building and of the Opening Ceremony.... 14th November 1957. 38pp., 4to, stiff wraps, two smaller booklets on Lloyd's loosely inserted. 1957. £10.00

  260. North London ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 283, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Two lines in red ink at top. O.S. blindstamp 1909. £18.00
    Covers area from W. India Dock north to Watford, Enfield


  261. Port of London TWO SHIPPING PROTEST BOOKS comprising 2 printed declaration forms with MS inserts per page, with name of ship, master, port sailed from, cargo, time of arrival, cause of protest (mainly heavy weather by also enemy action). Loosely inserted is a duplicate letter from the War Office regarding security problems of registration in war time. 1937-65. £40.00

  262. South London, Croydon ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 270, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. O.S. blindstamp 1909. £16.00

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    Northamptonshire
  263. Gall & Inglis CYCLING TOURING & DRIVING ROAD MAP of England and Wales Shewing the Roads, Railways, Stations &c, Sheet no. 32, covering Rockingham, Northampton. Size 19" x 25", scale half and inch to 1 mile. Roads in brown. Folding into orange wraps. n.d. c1890. £8.00

  264. Kettering, Moulton GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Fully hand-coloured map, scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XLV.N.E., size approx. 123" x 18", plus wide margins, key in left-hand margin. Embossed Ordnance stamp, 1902. £22.00

  265. Northampton, Yelvertoft ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 185, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Some edge tears. O.S. blindstamp 1890. £18.00

  266. Pattishall COPY ADMINISTRATION with will annexed, of The Revd. Thomas Welch, Clerk. 5p., folio. Leaves the Presentation to Nether Vicarage and Parish Church of Pattishall, and his lands in Blakesley to his son, Presentation to the Rectory and Parish Church of Slapton to another son, etc. Will dates 1815, copy c1818. £12.00

  267. Stony Stratford, Towcester ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 202, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Some light soiling in bottom margin. O.S. blindstamp 1893. £16.00
    +
    Northamptonshire Acts

  268. Byfield AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Open and Common Fields.... within the Manor, Parish and Liberties of Byfield and Westrup in the Parish of Byfield. 42pp., paper slightly browned at edges, fine engraved headpiece, last leaf loose, held with small staples. 1776. £22.00

  269. Great Billing AN ACT for Dividing, Allotting, and Inclosing the Open and Commons Fields.... within the Manor and Parish of Great Billing, in the County of Northampton. 39pp. 1778. £22.00

  270. Northampton AN ACT for vesting in Trustees, certain Lands and Hereditaments at Weedon Beck... for erecting Buildings thereon for the Service of His Majesty's Ordnance. 10pp. 1803. £17.00

  271. River Nine AN ACT for the explaining, amending and rendering more effectual Two several Acts.... for making the River Nine or Nen, running from Northampton to Peterborough, navigable.... 16pp., plus cover leaf. Paper slightly darkened. 1756. £12.00

  272. Rushden A BILL for Dividing and Inclosing the Common and Open Fields.... in the Parish of Rushden, in the County of Northampton. 29pp. 1778. £22.00

  273. Tansor AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Common and Open Fields.... in the Parish of Tansor. 25pp., plus docket title. Engraved headpiece. 1776. £22.00

  274. Thorpe-Malfor AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Common and Open Fields, Common Meadows.... within the Manor and Parish of Thorpe-Malfor.... 24pp. 1777. £25.00

  275. Welford AN ACT for Dividing and Inclosing the Open and Common Fields, Commonable places of and within the Parish of Welford, in the County of Northampton. 23pp, light soiling to first leaf. 1777. £20.00

  276. Wootton AN ACT for Dividing, allotting and Inclosing the Open and Common Fields, Common pasture..... within the Parish and Liberties of Wootton, in the County of Northampton. 40pp. 1778. £22.00

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    Oxfordshire
  277. Chipping Norton AUCTION POSTER advertising sale by Paxton & Holiday at the Fox Hotel Close, of 300 Sacks of Potatoes, 200 Score Faggots, Household Furniture, etc. Lists 150 lots the property of Mr. Sidney Smith. Size 22" x 17". 1896. £14.00

  278. Chipping Norton, Steeple Barton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. 218, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Some lines in red and blue ink. O.S. blindstamp 1890. £15.00

  279. Davis (Richard) A MAP OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORD Reduced From an Actual Survey in 16 Sheets Made in the Years 1793 and 1794 by Richard Davis of Lewknor Topographer to His Majesty. Finely engraved map, scale 2 miles to 1 inch, on thick paper, engraved surface 25" x 19", plus 3«" margins. Title in oval cartouche, compass rose, and inset plan of the City of Oxford, scale 12 chains to 1 inch. Shows woodland, parkland (with large country houses indicated), high ground with hachures, roads marked in distances. Left hand edge of paper slightly ragged, 2" tear in top margin, neatly repaired on verso. Published by J. Cary for R. Davies of Lewknor. As the Act directs. Aug. 1, 1797. £300.00
    This is the index map to the large scale map on sixteen sheets.


  280. Deddington, Banbury GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Fully hand-coloured map, scale 1" to 1 mile, Sheet No. XLV.N.W., size approx. 13" x 15", plus wide margins, key in left-hand margin. Revisions to 1871, c1890. £20.00

  281. Smith (W.H) & Sons OXFORD AND ENVIRONS Reduced Ordnance Map, scale 4 miles to an Inch. Size 15" x 19", full colour, folding into cloth boards, paper label, 12mo., c1900. £9.00

    Oxfordshire Acts

  282. Copredy AN ACT for dividing and inclosing the Open and Common Field, and Commonable Lands, lying within the Townships and Liberties of Great Bourton and Little Bourton.... 31pp. 1777. £25.00

  283. Oxford AN ACT for repairing the Roads leading from Henley Bridge in the County of Oxford to Dorchester Bridge, and from thence to Culham Bridge, and to a Place called Mile-stone in the Road leading to Magdalene Bridge.... 20pp. Slight off-setting. 1736. £14.00

  284. Stanton St. John, Oxon. AN ACT for Dividing and Inclosing the Open Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Commons and Commonable Lands, within the Manor and Paish of Stanton Saint John.... 19pp. Sewing loose, held with small staples. 1777. £24.00

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    Somerset
  285. Allen (S) Stationer, Cheddar CHEDDAR Sixteen tipped-in sepia views, oblong 4to booklet, plain brown paper wraps and brown pages. Includes 4 views of stalagtites etc. inside caves. c1914. £12.00

  286. Ammerdown Park AQUATINT titled 'Ammerdown Somerset. The Seat of Tho. S. Joliffe'. 'J. Wyatt Arch. 1788' below left. Size approx. 5«" x 8«", plus wide margins, good plate mark. Shows house from the South West, surrounded by trees, deer in park. c1840. £15.00

  287. Ammerdown Park, near Radstock COLOURED LITHOGRAPH by W. Clerk, size approx. 6" x 8", showing view of the house and park, with lake, deer etc., titled 'Ammerdown, Somerset The Seat of J.T. Joliffe' with famiily crest. Very wide margins, with edge tears. c1830. £18.00

  288. Bath TWO ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheet Nos XIV.5.11 and 12. Printed surface approx. 25" x 38". Scale 1/500. One repaired tear approx. 9" from edge, a few minor edge tears. Zincographed and Published at the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton: 1886. £16.00
    Includes Twerton Cemetery, Denmark Terrace, Lorne Terrace, and Rifle Volunteer Drill Ground.


  289. Beercrocombe LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS for 1878-9, 1897-8, 1902-3, 1907-8, 1911-12. Folio, folded, printed in columns with Proprietor, Occupier, Property, Sums Assessed, Rental, entries in MS listing only 2-3 properties in each assessment. 1878-1912. £8.00

  290. Bridgwater PHOTOGRAPH showing Cornhill with horse-drawn cabs etc. 4«" x 6". c1910. £6.00

  291. Cathanger LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS for 1878-9, 1887-88, 1889-90, 1894-95, 1897-98, 1902-3, 1907-8, 1908-9, 1910-11, 1912-14. Folio, 6pp in each, folded, printed in columns with Proprietor, Occupier, Property, Sums Assessed, Rental. Entries in MS listing approx. 20 properties in each assessment. 10 items in all. Some of the later documents dusty and stained on outside. 1878-1914. £22.00

  292. Chard LEASE of two pieces of land late part of Chard Common, known as Hill Mead, Tapstone Paddock, Shields, The Earl Poulett, Lord of the Manor of Chard, to Mr Henry Ketch, Carpenter. Large vellum sheet, wax seal, some minor yellowing. 1861. £12.00

  293. Compton Pauncefoot TIMBER SALE at the timber yard of Mr Samuel Foot. Lists 28 lots, type of tree etc, buyer and price. Sm 8vo notebook, manuscript in ink, 18pp. January 23rd 1854..... With.... Another notebook similar to above, covering 23pp, for 2 sales one of 93 lots on 3rd March, 1851 and the other of 47 lots on 12th February, 1852. 1851 - 1854. £18.00

  294. Crook Peak ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XVII.14. Printed surface approx. 25" x 38", Scale 1/2500. Reprint of second edition 1903. £14.00
    Shows Crook Peak, Loxton, Crab Hole.


  295. Cudworth LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS for 1878-9, 1886-7, 1902-3, 1908-9, 1910-11. Folio, 6pp in each, folded, printed in columns with Proprietor, Occupier, Property, Sums Assessed, Rental. Entries in MS listing approx. Approx. 28 properties in each assessment. 5 items in all, some rust-stained and grubby on outside. 1878-1911. £15.00

  296. Drayton LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS for 1875-6, 1878-9, 1886-7, 1889-90, 1894-5, 1897-8, 1902-3, 1908-9, 1910-11. Folio, 6pp in each, folded, printed in columns with Proprietor, Occupier, Property, Sums Assessed, Rental. Entries in MS listing over 100 properties in each assessment. 9 items in all. Some outside leaves dusty and stained. 1875-1911. £26.00

  297. Forton LAND TAX ASSESSMENTS for the years 1878-9, 1886-7, 1889-90, 1894-5, 1897-98, 1902-3, 1910-11. Folio, 3-5pp, folded, printed in columns with Occupier, Property, Sums Assessed, Rental. Entries in MS listing approx. 20-35 properties. 7 items