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Lesley Aitchison's - Catalogue 60
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    Berkshire
  1. Bourton Estate, Shrivenham PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of the Agricultural Portions of the BOURTON ESTATE, Shrivenham. Five excellent Dairy and Mixed Farms..... about 983 acres.... For Sale by Auction.... by Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley.... 1948. (space has been left for day and month, but none entered, 'Proof Copy' stamp on top wrap.) Some pencilled marginalia. With 6 photographic illusts on 3 sheets, 23 + (1)pp, 4to, original printed wraps. 1948. £20.00

  2. Garden House, Stanford Dingley PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE Of the Freehold Residential Property known as THE GARDEN HOUSE Comprising and enlarged Queen Anne Residence.... in all about 2« acres.... For Sale by Auction.... by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... on Wednesday, May 8th, 1929. With photographic illust, coloured plan, 9pp, 4to, original printed wraps, staples slightly rusty. 1929. £20.00

  3. Maidenhead PENCIL DRAWING Titled on verso 'View from Maidenhead bridge on the Thames'. Drawing in soft pencil on thin card, size approx. 11" x 9", shows man watching sheep graze on river bank, looking across to island in river with wooden building and tall trees, church tower with a sort of cupola in distance. A few minor foxing spots at left hand edge. c1860. £25.00

  4. Moor Hall, Cookham PARTICULARS, PHOTOS, PLANS, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE A Very Attractive Freehold Residential Estate including MOOR HALL in the parish of Cookham embracing an area of about 97 acres comprising A Handsome Red Brick and Tiled Residence.... together with Two Homesteads, a Second Residence known as Ye Strande Castle, accommodation land and cottages. To be Sold.... by Auction.... on Tuesday, the 26th day of September, 1916.... by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard. Folio, with large coloured folding plan in pocket at rear, key plan, 4 full-page photographic illusts, 18 + (1)pp, original printed card covers. 1916. £36.00

  5. Rudge Farm, Froxfield, Berks. CATALOGUE OF THE VALUABLE LIVE AND DEAD FARMING STOCK which includes The Hampshire Down Breeding Flock of about 400 Ewes & Lambs, 10 Active Cart Horses and Mares, Dairy Cow, Berkshire Sows and Litters... which Mr Mark Jeans.... will... Sell by Auction... September 25th, 1891... 9pp., sm. 8vo. 1891. £10.00

  6. Snelsmore, Berks. CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE LIVE & DEAD FARMING STOCK Horses, Pigs, Growing Crops of Wheat and Oats... 4 Powerful Cart Horses... 23 Acres of Nursery & Trump Wheat.... 4pp., sm. 8vo. 1863. £12.00
    Prices entered in ink.

    'A MOST ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL LUTYENS RESIDENCE'

  7. The Deanery, Sonning PARTICULARS, PLAN, & CONDITIONS OF SALE Of the Freehold Residential Property comprising THE DEANERY A Most Attractive Lutyens Residence, a lesser residence, known as "THE LITTLE DEANERY" and three cottages in all about 2« acres.... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... Will offer the above Property.... for Sale by Auction.... At the London Mart.... on Wednesday, June 12th, 1929. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 9 photographic illusts on 5 sheets, 17pp, original printed wraps. 1929. £40.00

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    Bristol
  8. Bacon's PLAN OF BRISTOL Coloured plan, size approx 12" x 18", single fold at centre. Scale 6" to 1 mile. c1890. £16.00
    Covers Westbury, Bedminster Park, Arno's Vale, Stapleton Road station.


  9. Bristol Shorthorn Association CATALOGUE of the Annual Autumn Sale of Upwards of 100 head of Pure Bred Shorthorn Cattle, to be Sold by Auction.... September 19th, 1922.... in the Bristol Cattle Market.... 62pp., 8vo. One beast per lot, with much detail on pedigree, milk yield, prizes etc. 1922. £18.00

  10. Butt (Clara), Provincial Tour 1901 MADAME CLARA BUTT AND MR KENNERLEY RUMFORD'S GRAND CONCERT Book of Words, list of artists etc. 15pp., 8vo, photos of Butt and Rumford on front wrap. 1901. £14.00

  11. 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. 1857. £12.00
    Originally printed in the Bristol Times and Felix Farley's Journal.


  12. Clifton OFFICE EXTRACT OF RECOVERY Jonathan Harwood demandeth against Thomas Ward Six Messuages Six Gardens.... Fifty Acres of Pasture Twenty Acres of Wood One hundred acres of Furze and Heath.... in Clifton. 1p, blank conjoint leaf with docket title. Impressed tax stamp. Michaelmas Term 1784. £16.00
    Extracted c1816.


  13. Glass Manufacture BILL HEAD Fine bill of Henry Ricketts & Co., Manufacturers of Plain & Cut Glass, Pheonix Flint & Bottle Glass Works. Fine engraved vignette view of Bristol with ship, smoking chimneys, St. Mary Redcliffe, a Phoenix, on left, two bottles on right. Signed by Ricketts. The bottom edge is torn. 1851. £12.00
    Made out to Mr. Merriman for 1 gross dark metal quart wine bottles.


  14. Kenton and Hicks MS. BRISTOL CHRONOLOGY AND BOUNDARIES Manuscript in the same hand on 70 pages, in 4to notebook, marbled wraps, bound in later 19th century marbled boards, half morocco, gilt title on spine, comprising:- Chronology of Bristol events 1372-1743, titled 'The following Acct. of Bristol is taken from Mr. Willm. Kenton's MS which I borrowed of Mr. Norton in Castle Street. Mr. Kenton of Bedminster lived formerly in Redcliff Street.' 19p.; 'Several Acts and Orders of the House, taken out of a Book Borrowed of Alderman John Hicks the 5th Day of January 1669.' lists orders regulating trade, courts, etc. in the City, under each Mayoralty, 1505 -1656, 45p.; The Bounds of the City of Bristol by Land, Survey'd and measur'd in the year 1653 and now again survey'd this present year 1736.' Lists detailed location of 74 boundary stones on Gloucestershire side and 29 on Somerset side. 4«p. n.d. Probably copied late 18th century. £65.00

  15. King (Daniel) THE NORTH PROSPECT OF YE CATHEDRAL CHURCH of Bristoll. Coat of arms of Jacob Young in corner. Etching, 7" x 12", plus margins. Vertical fold, slight creasing at two corners. c1665. £14.00

  16. St. Mary Redcliffe OPENING OF THE ORGAN May, 1912. 35pp., 8vo, printed wraps. Illusts. 1912. £14.00

    Bristol Acts

  17. Clifton Land AN ACT for extending the Powers of Sale and Exchange contained in the Marriage Settlement of Francis Adams the younger, Esquire.... 32pp. 1837. £14.00
    There is a Schedule of the land concerned with names of Tenants, Particulars of the Premises and Quantities of Land.


  18. 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

  19. Port Rates, Cranekeepers, Pilots etc. AN ACT for ascertaining and establishing the Rates of Wharfage, Cannage, Plankage, Anchorage, and Moorage, to be received at the lawful Quays in the Port of Bristol; for the Regulation of the Cranekeepers.... and for the better Regulation of Pilots and Pilotage of Vessels navigating the Bristol Channel. 34pp. 1807. £14.00
    Includes a 20pp schedule of the rates of wharfage and anchorage.


  20. Saint Philip and Jacob AN ACT for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip and Jacob, in the County of Gloucester, and in the City and County of Bristol; and for erecting a Church in the new intended Parish. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 13pp. 1751. £14.00

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    Buckinghamshire
  21. Astley family, Buckingham PRESENTATION VOLUME recording subscribers to the gift of a Silver Inkstand to H.J. Delaval Astley on the occasion of his Coming of Age, March 3rd 1909, with list of Residents and Tenant Farmers, and for a Silver Cigarette Case, with names of the Cottage Tenants. 4 card leaves, plus blanks, in morocco bound 4to volume. Written in red and blue. 1909. £15.00
    The Ellesborough Golf Club is listed among the first group of Subscribers.


  22. Buck (S. & L) THE EAST VIEW OF NUTLEY-ABBY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCK'S Copper plate engraving, engraved surface approx. 7" x 14", plus wide margins. A good impression. Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, 1730. £40.00

  23. Buck (S. & L) THE WEST VIEW OF BURNHAM-PRIORY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCK'S Copper plate engraving, engraved surface approx. 7" x 14", plus wide margins. Shows Windsor Castle and Eton School in the distance. A good impression. Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, 1730. £42.00

  24. Buck (S. & N) THE EAST VIEW OF NUTLEY-ABBY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCK'S Copper plate engraving, engraved surface approx. 8" x 14«", plus wide margins. A good impression. Some very slight 'toning' of paper. Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, 1730. £40.00

  25. Chartridge Grange PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Freehold Property known as "CHARTRIDGE GRANGE," Chartridge.... in all about 52« acres..... For Sale by Auction by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... on Wednesday, June 24th, 1936. Coloured folding plan, 2 photographic illusts on one sheet, 7 + (1)pp, original printed wraps, staples rusty. 1936. £20.00

  26. Denham ILLUSTRATED PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Attractive Freehold Residential Property known as DENHAM MOUNT comprising a Picturesque Genuine Adam Residence.... in all about 44 acres..... For Sale by Auction by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... on Wednesday June 29th, 1938. Coloured folding plan, photographic illust, 9 + (1)pp, original printed wraps, with photograph pasted to top wrap, staples rusty. 1938. £22.00

  27. Fulmer PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Delightful Freehold Gothic Villa, called Fern Acres, with its Luxuriant Plantations, Environed by Shrubberies and Walks of considerable extent, altogether about 125 Acres.... the Estate will be sold by Auction..... 31st day of May, 1832.... Spine professionally re-inforced with conservation tissue. 5pp., including schedules. 1832. £55.00
    Includes 'Villa Ornee', 'A Thatched Cottage Villa', a Plantation, etc.


  28. 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

  29. Stowe SALE OF THE DUCAL ESTATE & CONTENTS of The Mansion. Sectional Copy for the Trade only of Part 2 (Furniture Section). Section 1. July 5th to 8th inclusive. 46pp, 8vo, wraps. 984 Lots of furniture, carpets etc, described room by room. 1921. £18.00

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    Cheshire
  30. Frodsham CONVEYANCE of premises at Frodsham, The Birkenhead Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company to Joseph Stubs. 3p, folio, inset manuscript plan 4" x 8", large red paper seal of company showing ships in harbour. 1855. £17.00

  31. The Greenbanks, Ellesmere CATALOGUE of the Attractive & Highly Important Sale.... Farming Stock and Implements, 200 Iron Hurdles.... Handsome Roan Mare.... Kitchen & Culinary Utensils &c.... 22pp, 8vo. Traces of vertical fold. 1889. £10.00

  32. Warburton VALUABLE WHITE WOOD TIMBER To Be Sold By Ticket, at the House of Mr. Wm. Warburton The Sign of the Punch Bowl.... 20th day of February 1826.... Particulars attractively printed on single sheet size 19" x 12", listing 8 lots with type of tree, and names of Land holders. Small piece of paper chipped away at bottom edge, not affecting text, some slight brown 'shadowing' of letters in places. 1826. £25.00

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    Cornwall

    TRAVEL INTO CORNWALL IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

  33. Bodmin LETTER to Miss Franklin at Mr James Irwin's, Appledore near Biddeford, Monday 23rd March 1778. 3«p 4to, with address panel with Truro postmark on verso. 1st page leaf in good condition, second page worn at centre (probably where wax seal torn), with some loss, mainly in comparative lists of distances between places by horseback and coach road at the end, and with loss of signature (only C. B....' legible. 1778. £24.00
    The letter advises Miss Franklin about the journey from Appledore to Bodmin, and the relative merits of horseback and chaise travel. 'if you prefer.... coming ye first part of the journey on Horseback, I hope to meet you at the White Heart (Houghtons) in Bodmin if no particular business prevents my being out two days - lest it should do not wait for me at Bodmin but proceed to Michell where in that case you'll hear of me at the Inn (Mr Reginald Toms)... We are apprehensive Redruth and its Environs will appear very dull and barren to you...'. A note on verso says 'All Cap. Thos. Irwin's crew are pressed'.


  34. Borlase (William) LETTER to his 'Dear Sister Petre'(formerly Elizabeth Smith), explaining that 'Uncle Smith is become incapable thro age... to transact his own business', and instructing her to make a letter of Attorney to his son, 'then he will receive the Interest of our East India stock'. He sets out the form of the power of attorney Elizabeth should copy and sign (dated 1750 although the letter is not dated). Signed 'Your most affect. brothr. & friend Wm. Borlase'. 1p, 4to, folded, with small torn wax seal. 1750. £30.00

  35. Boscastle WATERCOLOUR Good amateur water-colour, size 10" x 13", looking down the valley out to sea. Signed in corner 'Boscastle Cornwall. C.W.F. 1895' Small area bottom right drawn but not coloured. 1895. £10.00

  36. Christopher Consols SECTION ON THE ENGINE LODE Plan, in ink, with a little shading, size 30" x 45", linen backed, showing the engine house and adjacent buildings in elevation, with the engine shaft and other shafts. Some light shading, some rough figures in pencil, cross-course marked. No scale bar or other reference. Rusty stab holes along top edge where one attached to roller, edges rather ragged, dusty overall. c1840. £80.00

  37. Collins (H.G) CORNWALL Lithographed map with decorative border of leaves, size 13" x 15". Inset of Scilly Islands. Traces of folds, leaf border on left trimmed away, small library stamp in bottom margin. 1852. £16.00
    From 'The British Gazeteer'.


  38. Cugar ASSISGNMENT by way of Mortgage of Chicarne in Cugar in Grade, Naboth Randle of Grade, Yeoman, to Thomas Stephens. Large vellum sheet, wax seal. 1856. £12.00

  39. Gwinear RECONVEYANCE of the tenement of Taskus in Gwinear, Revd. H. Penneck and others to Robert Osborne. Large vellum sheet, engraved heading. 5 wax seals. 1848. £12.00

  40. Launceston VUE DE LAUNCESTON Watercolour, size 6" x 11", plus margins, in stiff paper. View of Launceston across fields showing castle and houses. Under the border is written 'Limur Navy Officer', 'May the first, 1808', and in bottom right corner 'Copied by Otho B. Peter March 15th 1915.' Traces of fold at centre. 1915. £25.00

  41. Luke (John) APPOINTMENT of John Luke Esquire as Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Cornwall by Richard Lord Edgcumbe, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum. On vellum, size 10" x 16", printed with MS inserts, with large heading, papered seal of Edgcumbe, signed 'Edgcumbe'. Vertical folds, docket title in MS on verso. 1759. £30.00

    WATERCOLOUR

  42. Merritt (H.S) NEWLYN HARBOUR View of the harbour at low tide, watercolour and pen and ink, size 11" x 15", framed and glazed, good 1" wide speckled gilt frame, overall size of frame approx. 18«" x 22", mount with wash lines. n.d. 1950's? £95.00
    A close up view in subtle dark green and reddish brown tones, with boats and harbour wall with ladder in foreground, and men working.


  43. Molesworth (Sir John) LETTER from Geo. King, Motto 'Omnia vincit Veritas', attacking him for 'your late behaviour in a Court of Indicature in your own County between a Subaltern & my little self... the revenge that was in your countenance, the meanness of your oratory...' He says Nature has not endowed him with a greater share of any thing (besides riches) except a double row of Teeth'. Written in a neat hand on both sides of a single folio sheet, folds, slight wear where folds meet. n.d. c1780? £22.00

  44. Perranarworthal PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Freehold Properties which Messrs. Johns & Hocking will offer for Sale by Auction.... Truro, the 29th day of July, 1902. Folio, 6pp., folded. Two large coloured folding plans. 1902. £35.00
    Concerns properties in parishes of Perranarworthal, Kea, Gwennap. Includes tenement of Chycoose, Cusgarne; tenement at Terrandean; Miners' Arms Inn, Higher Bissoe, part of Greenwith, etc. at Perranarworthal.


  45. Peter family SMALL COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS including three fine cabinet portraits size 6" x 4" by Opie of Redruth, one a portrait of John and Mary Peter (parents of Thurstan C. Peter) on their Golden Wedding, 1900, a charming photo of Gladys Peter aged about 8 dressed in judges' wig and gown writing with quill, plus two 1891 Kodak 'instantaneous' portraits, three photos of houses 'Treviles' and 'Pendower' c. 1890, and two photo. postcards, c1910, of Trewirgie Hill Redruth. 1890 and later. £30.00

  46. Peter (Thurstan C) COMMONPLACE BOOKS Small 8vo plain paper notebook, full morocco, rubbed, split at front hinge, with 43 pages of ink sketches, the rest blank. Mostly humourous cartoon-like sketches, and small sketches of detail from statuary etc., but also includes 8 pages of Cornish crosses, one per page, with brief description giving place, type of carving etc. Each drawing dated and initialled TCP. Loosely inserted is a drawing of Redruth National School. Inscribed on fly-leaf 'Thurston C. Peter August 1872.'.... together with.... Commonplace book, sm. 8vo, morocco wraps, 79p of copied epigrams, verses etc. Inscribed with his name and date. 2 items. 1873-5. £75.00

  47. Poltesco Valley PHOTOGRAPH by Francis Frith & Co., albumen print, size 5«" x 8", showing man and woman standing a bridge over the stream. 1880's. £14.00

  48. Probus PRIVATE CATALOGUE OF PURE-BRED SHORTHORN COWS heifers & Bulls. The Property of William Trethewy, Tregoose, Probus, (Cornwall). 31pp., 8vo., recent plain paper wraps, traces (of original wraps?) of pink paper at left edge of title page. Truro: Lake & Lake 1879. £35.00
    'The foundation of this herd was laid thirty years ago, by the purchase of Ruth, a fine Cow by Harold 8131 at Lord Sherborne's Sale in 1848, at Sherborne Park....' Gives details of pedigree back to 12d or 14d. Names include 'Carn Brea', 'Tincroft', 'Lord Lanhydrock'.


  49. St. Buryan & St. Just ELECTION POSTER 'Notice of Election of one County Councillor for each of the above Electoral Divisions.' Size 24" x 18", several folds. 1946. £5.00

  50. St. Mawgans THREE PHOTOGRAPHS albumen prints, size 7" x 9", two are of the church (one with the priest in the doorway, conservatory on far right), and one of a lane with large ferns. One with some light creasing on left, another with very small tear. 1880's. £25.00

  51. Sutton, Linkinghorn MORTGAGE of New Parke, Broom Croft, in Sutton, John Budge of Upton, to William Hooper. Large paper sheet, small wax seal with sailing ship. Attractive calligraphic initial letter. Wear and browning at some folds, affecting some words. 1696. £18.00

  52. West Penwith SET OF 6" ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP 21 maps, flat sheets, size 12" x 18" plus margins, loosely inserted in art folder, stiff boards, with ties. Comprises:- Sheets LXI X.E. & LXVII N.E. (Morvah); LXI S.W. (Zennor); LXVII N.W. (Pendeen Watch); LXVII S.W. (Pendeen); LXXIII N.W. & N.E. (St. Just); LXXIII S.W (Sennen Cove); LXXVIII N.W (Sennen & Land's End); LXXVIII S.W (Gwennap Head); LXXIV N.W (Mounts Bay & Lamorna); LXXIV N.E (Marazion & St. Michael's Mount); LXXVII N.E & S.E (Penberth); LXXIV (N.W (Penzance town); LXXIV Mousehole; LXVIII N.W (Trewey Common); LXVIII S.W (Gulval, Newmill); LXVIII S.E (Ludgvan); LXVIII N.E (Nancledrea); LXI N.E & S.E (St. Ives); LXXIII S.E (St. Buryan); LXXIII N.E (Sancreed); LXVII S.E (Chun Downs). All Second Editions 1908 (Revised 1906), reprints from 1930's and 1940's. Some maps have mines and mine shafts very neatly underlined in red. 1930's and later. £150.00

    Cornwall Acts

  53. Bodmin Waterworks Company AN ACT to extend the limits of supply of the Bodmin Waterworks Company to enable them to construct additional works.... 14pp. 1893. £8.00

  54. Falmouth Gaol AN ACT to provide for the Discontinuance of a separate Court of Quarter Sessions and a separate Gaol in the Borough of Falmouth. 3pp. 1865. £10.00

  55. Feock to Flushing Road AN ACT for making and maintaining a Public Road from or near Killiganoon Corner, in the Parish of Feock.... to the Village of Flushing, in the Parish of Mylor.... 40pp. Last page loose. 1815. £22.00

  56. Grampound AN ACT to indemnify Persons who shall give Evidence before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal on the Bill To exclude the Borough of Grampound, in the County of Cornwall, from sending Burgesses to serve in Parliament.... 2pp. 1821. £14.00

  57. Redmoor and Golberdon Commons AN ACT to confirm the Provisional Order for the Inclosure of certain Lands known as Redmoor and Golberdon Commons, situate in the parish of South Hill.... 3pp, some spotting. 1879. £12.00

  58. St. Ives Railway AN ACT to enable the Great Western Railway Company, the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, and the South Devon Railway Company to make a Branch Railway to Saint Ives.... 8pp. 1873. £15.00

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    Cumberland
  59. Blackdike DIMENSION BOOK for James Smith's Estate at Blackdike. 4to notebook, 9p, titled on front page, each page with crude sketch of field and many figures noting 'Perpdr' 'Base', 'Diagl', calculations, with total acreage, each page titled with particular field 'Area of James Smith's Cold Park', 'Benwray' etc. Fields measured in all, with summary of totals on last page, and final total. On the last page are three sets of calculations for 'Jos. Longcakes part of Lord's rent', 'Robt. Glaider's ditto'. Paper torn away (rodent damage?) at bottom of spine, portion torn from last leaf, but neither damage affecting text. May 21st 1785. £35.00
    Interesting insight into surveyor's working methods.


  60. Buck (S. & L) THE NORTH-EAST VIEW OF MILLUM-CASTLE,IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND Copper plate engraving, engraved surface approx. 7" x 14", plus wide margins. A good impression. Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, 1739. £40.00
    Shows sea in distance, attractive formal arrangement of shrubs along bottom.


  61. Buck (S. & N) THE WEST VIEW OF WETHERALL-PRIORY, IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. Copper plate engraving, engraved surface approx. 7«" x 14", plus wide margins. Coat of arms below view, view of park and ornate fountains in middle distance. A good impression. Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, 1739. £40.00

  62. Cleator PARTICULARS, PLANS and Conditions of Sale of the Freehold Estate called 'Keekle'.... for Sale by Public Auction.... Whitehaven, 19th June, 1919. 5pp., folio, printed wraps, 2 folding coloured plans. Wraps grubby, vertical fold. 1919. £24.00

  63. Greta-Bridge COACHING INN BILL Printed bill, sm. 8vo, of Martin, George & New Inn, Greta-Bridge, Neat Post Chaise and careful Drivers. Border, large heading and printed list of food and drink Rushlights, Horses' Hay etc. 'Eating' and 'Claret' filled in in MS. On verso is printed 'The Traveller's Posting Guide' from London to Glasgow, giving towns, Inns, Innkeepers, Miles (among them is Martin). Some foxing at edges. Bowman, Printers, Richmond. c1840. £18.00

  64. Grinsdale FARMER'S PURCHASE BOOK 1834-43 and 1871. Cash book of Thomas Sibson, size 14" x 6", calf spine, marbled front wrap, lacks back wrap. 26 pages listing items purchased and amounts, 1834-43, and 4 pages for 1872. Many blank pages at end. Includes payments for stock, manure, barley, rye, cow and mare covering, shearing, bills for saddlery, lime, timber, bricks, payments to named workers, taxes, etc. There are also 4p of 1901 accounts, mainly concerning annuities to Jane Sibson, and payments to Building Society. Loosely inserted are a torn poster for Grinsdale Polling District 1882, and two folio sheets with manuscript schedules 'Valuation of Grinsdale Estate late the property of Mrs Westray decd.' 1834-1901. £90.00
    Items include 'Mr John Graham 12 ewes at 16/- and 10 lambs at 7/-'; 'Mr John Graham three marsh stints'; 'The Earl of Lonsdale young bull', 'Mr Brown horsebreaker'.


  65. Hesket PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of valuable estates in the Parish of Hesket.... 291 acres of thereabouts, which will be offered for Sale by Auction.... 10th May, 1870. 5pp., folio. Includes schedules. 3 hand-coloured folding plans. Outer page with docket title dusty. 1870. £32.00
    Includes the estate of Stonefolds.


  66. Longthwaite PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Estate situate at Longthwaite, near Watermillock, in the Parish of Greystoke.... to be Sold By Auction.... 2nd of June, 1885. 3pp., folio, including MS memorandum. 1885. £17.00

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    Derbyshire
  67. 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

  68. Pigot & Co. DERBYSHIRE Engraved map, outline colour, engraved surface approx. 14" x 8", plus margins, vignette. Reference to the Hundreds. Stab holes near top edge in margin, some slight dustmarking at extreme edges. c1850. £25.00

  69. Walker (J & C) DERBYSHIRE Map with outline colour, size 12"x 17", plus margins. Shows the areas covered by various Hunts, with small circles showing place of meets. Parkland, railways, borders of hunting areas coloured. c1836. £28.00
    From 'Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas'.


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    Devon
  70. Allom (T) LUSCOMBE, NEAR DAWLISH Steel engraving, size 4«" x 6". c1850. £8.00

  71. Allom (T) SIDMOUTH FROM THE CLIFFS Towards Seaton. Steel engraving, size 4«" x 6". c1850. £8.00

  72. Allom (T) THE SUBSCRIPTION ROOM and New London Inn, Exeter. Steel engraving, size 4«" x 6". c1850. £8.00

  73. Allom (T) TORRIDGE CANAL AND ROLLE AQUADUCT Steel engraving, size 4«" x 6". c1850. £8.00

    ASHBURTON WEATHER

  74. Amery (P.F.S) METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Kept at Druid, Ashburton, Height above Sea 584 feet. During the Years 1894-8. Specially printed volume with columns for date, Barometer, Att. Thermometer, Dry Bulb, Wet Bulb, Wind Direction & Force, Cloud, for a.m. and p.m., max. & min. temperature, Rain, and general Remarks. One double-page spread for each month. (Covers Jan. '94 to Jan '99). Entries in indelible pencil, totals and means in ink. On 2 blank pages before the printed title page are tables showing the average monthly rainfall and wet days at Druid for the 21 years 1876 to 1896 inclusive.... Together with.... Meteorological Register Kept at Druid.... During the Years 1904 to 1908. A similar volume, entries all in ink. Loosely inserted are several cuttings, observations on rainfall, a pamphlet '12th Report of the Committee on the Climate of Devon' edited by P.F.S. Amery, 1894, and several letters. 2 vols, 4to., half calf, marbled boards, rubbed, calf on spine of later volume disintegrating at top and bottom. 1894-1908. £75.00
    In 1907 P.F.S. Amery published 'Rainfall at Ashburton. Forty years' record'.


  75. Aylesbeare PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Two Highly Desirable Valuable Freehold Farms, viz. 'Rill Farm' and 'Homer Dairy'.... which will be offered for Sale by Auction by Messrs. Hussey & Son.... Friday June 17th, 1921.... 12pp., sm. folio, wraps, coloured folding plan. 1921. £18.00
    Part of Lord Clinton's Estate.


  76. Bedford (Francis) PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF DARTMOUTH AND THE DART 10 photographs, mounted on card leaves with red border, page edges gilt, printed title page. Size of views 3" x 3«". Decorative gilt and blind-stamped boards, cloth slightly faded, size 4«" x 6". c1870. £90.00

  77. Broadhempston PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of certain Dwelling Houses, Hereditaments..... situate in the Parishes of Broadhempston and Staverton.... which will be Sold in Lots by Auction by Mr. Edward Sawdye.... 3rd day of March, 1856. 3pp., folio, folded. 1856. £16.00

  78. Butterton THE EXETER POCKET JOURNAL or West-Country Gentleman's and Tradesman's Memorandum Book for the Year of our Lord 1817. Small 8vo, limp calf covers, tuck-in flap, half-inch split in calf at flap edge. Folding map of Devon and Cornwall engraved by E.A. Ezekiel, Optician & Goldsmith, Exeter. 8 printed pages at front and 64 printed pages at end, including 13pp 'Directory for the City of Exeter and Suburbs', list of Exeter Carriers, etc. Diary for one week per double page with entries in a neat hand, every day filled in, with 1-6 lines per day, recording weather, and a wide variety of work done by named workers on farm, including much to do with making of cider, 'pd John Collins for a pair of Moorstones for the Apple Engine....', taking quantities of hogsheads of cider to Plymouth and Stonehouse, etc, with occasional mention of himself 'I to sessions binding Apprentices', 'I and Mr White viewing Estates', 'I, and all Hands to Hay Burraton, sav'd part of the Meadow'. Notes on endpapers record cash payments, e.g. 'Paid Lafferty for all the Mole Catching', 'Gave to severall Travellers in Distress 4s', 'pd. Mr Rogers way rate for Burraton'.... together with.... THE EXETER POCKET JOURNAL..... for the Year of our Lord 1819. Small 8vo, limp calf wraps, tuck-in flap detached. 8pp at front, including folding table of 29 boroughs in Cornwall and Devon with distances from London and Exeter, and at the end 60pp including 'A Complete Directory For the City of Exeter and Suburbs', 12pp, information on Exeter Institution, etc. Diary completed in the same hand as the 1817 one, including weather for every day. On endpapers records church expenses 'Pd. Priscilla Gully for washing Surplice mending Pulpit Cloth & Bread for Sacraments... œ1.0s.0d.' Trewman & Co., Exeter, 1817 and 1819. 2 items. £260.00
    Typical entries; 'Jan. 9th. Steer threshing wheat. Hooper ripping Stones Plympton Market for corn, beef, butter. Very hard thunder shower, wind southwest. Samuel & Dick drawing in Cyder. Jose put Heifer from Southwood to Coyten Bull fine Heifer', 'Jan. 26th Samuel & boys planting apple trees.'


  79. Coaker (Jonas) A POEM ON DARTMOOR by Jonas Coaker, The Dartmoor Poet. 33 stanzas, printed in three columns on single sheet, 4to, some tears at folds repaired with archival tape, and some older paper re-inforcement on verso. Small piece clipped from margin. Chave, Printer, Tavistock. £25.00
    'Hundreds of convicts now are place/To cultivate the land/Which ever was a desert waste/Untouched by human hand. Just in the centre of the moor/There are some Powder Mills/Which are propell'd by water power/Between its lofty hills.


  80. Combe Raleigh LETTING AGREEMENT BOOK of Rev. W. Bernard, as Agent for Mrs Mary Bernard of Sidmouth. Small folio book of approx. 100 specially printed forms, half reversed calf. 18 agreement forms completed in MS, with name & occupation of tenant, details of cottage etc., rent, and any extra clauses. Signed W. Bernard and tenant, and witnessed. 16 properties in Combe Raleigh, 1 in Luppitt, and 1 (not signed) in Clatworthy, Som. Nov. 1847. £45.00
    The Bernards were Lords of the Manor of Combe Raleigh.


  81. Congdon (L), Pub. THE PLYMOUTH AND DOCK TELEGRAPH and Chronicle. Saturday May 4th 1822. Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp., two coats of arms flanking title, two vignettes in text. Red tax stamp. 1822. £16.00
    Includes report of loss of the ship 'Confiance', report of a meeting of Subscribers for establishing Steam Packet sailings between Plymouth and Portsmouth, etc.


  82. Dibdin (T.C) and Vivian (Edward) TOR CHURCH. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by T.C. Dibdin from a sketch by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 12", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £38.00
    A view of the church with a man holding a stick leaning against a tomb looking at the church.


  83. Exeter and Heavitree PARTICULARS OF SALE of Seven Business and Residential Properties viz:- No 1 Manston Road, Polsloe Park Estate, Heavitree; Amherst Villa, North Avenue, Heavitree; Belgrave Villa, South Avenue, Heavitree; No 1, Grendon Villas, Polsloe Road, Exeter; No 27, Fore Street, Heavitree; Manor House, Fore Street, Heavitree.... To Be Sold By Auction.... Wednesday, March 23rd, 1910. Folio, folded, 3pp, some repaired splits at folds. 1910. £10.00

  84. Farington (J) after L. Byrne VIEW AT LYNMOUTH. Etching, size approx 6" x 9", slightly dusty, couple of brown spots in right hand margin. By L. Byrne after J. Farington, publ. T. Cadell. 1822. £12.00
    Somers Cocks's Devon Topographical Prints. No 1588.


  85. Greenway House, Churston Ferrers ILLUSTRATED PARTICULARS, PLAN, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE if The Unique & Most Attractive Valuable Freehold Residential Property.... known as GREENWAY HOUSE.... Sub-Tropical Gardens and Grounds of Unrivalled Beauty in all extending to about 32a. 3r. 39p. with glorious views across the river.... To be offered for sale.... 23rd day of May, 1938. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 6 photographic illusts on 3 sheets and a full-page reproduction of a lithographic plate, 15pp, original printed wraps with view. 1938. £25.00

  86. Heathfield, near Newton Abbot PLANS PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE SALE OF ABOUT 13 ACRES OF LAND With Manufacturing Premises thereon, Together with Two Cottages and a Valuable Building Site. Re John Sampson, Deceased. To Be Sold By Auction.... September 19th, 1910. Folio, folded, large coloured folding plan and 3pp, tear in last page at fold. 1910. £24.00
    The premises were those of 'The Ligno Carbon Co.', opposite Candy's premises.


  87. Heavitree and Exeter PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of valuable Freehold Properties.... To Be Sold By Auction.... November 20th, 1911. Viz:- Nos 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11, Ladysmith Road, Heavitree; The Constitutional Club, Church Street, Heavitree; No 12, Eaton Place, Heavitree Road, Exeter. Folio, folded, 4pp, 'Memorandum' completed, and stamped. Repaired tear at one fold. 1911. £12.00

  88. Hemiock PARTICULARS OF THE MANOR OF HEMIOCK, CASTLE FARM, AND OTHER LANDS, In Hemiock Aforesaid, Which Will Be Sold by Auction, By Messrs. Hussey & Son, at The Star Inn, In Hemiock, On Wednesday the 23rd June, 1869. Lot 1 comprises the Lordship and Hundred of Hemiock, with Castle Farm, and the other 5 Lots include lands at Coniger, Newlands, Fourways, with Schedules for each Lot. Folio, 5pp, folded. 1869. £18.00

  89. Ilfracombe 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.... which will be Sold by Auction... 1st day of June, 1871, at the Guildhall Coffee House, London. 4pp., folio, folded. Includes full page schedule listing 22 properties, fields etc. with tenants etc., in Pilton, Marwood, Goodleigh, etc. Both 1871. £22.00

  90. King (Daniel) Sculpt , Newcourt (Richard) Delin. EXONIENSIS ECCLESIAE CATH. FACIES AUSTRALIS Etching, engraved surface 7" x 13«", coat of arms and dedication to Solomon Bolton in corner. Ragged along most of top edge, affecting title. c1665. £10.00
    Somers Cox 'Devon Topographical Prints' no. 784


  91. Milton Abbot BILLHEAD of John Prout, Grocer, Druggist, and Tea Dealer... Horse & Cattle Medicines. 8vo, with fine engraved heading with two vignettes either side of heading, one showing Chinese pagoda scene, the other a group of animals, etc. Made out to Captn. Edgcumbe for sugar for preserving, tin tacks etc., receipted by Prout. Stab hole, traces of paper at top edge on verso, presumably where once mounted in album. c1840. £9.00

  92. Offwell PARTICULARS, PLAN & CONDITIONS OF SALE of an Excellent Country Residence known as 'The Rectory'.... With Gardens, Pleasure Grounds.... and also of the Glebe Lands, comprising Six Fields of Valuable Watered Meadow, Pasture and Arable Lands.... Two Cottages, Gardens and an Orchard.... Offered for Sale.... on Saturday the 6th day of October, 1923.... 6pp, folio, folded, large cold. folding plan. 1923. £20.00

    LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS

  93. Rowe (G) Pub. SCENERY IN THE NORTH OF DEVON. Drawn and Published by G. Rowe. Teacher of Drawing and Lithographer, Cheltenham. 4to, with 18 lithographic plates on India paper, all drawn and published by G. Rowe, some at Cheltenham, some at Exeter. Bound in paper boards, half morocco, size 9" x 11", front board detatched, title printed on front board, rubbed, cloth on back board rubbed and stained. With armorial bookplate William Howard, Hartley House, to front board. Size of lithographic plates approx. 6«" x 8«", plus margins. Six of the plates have some foxing spots, with a few spots in plate surface. G. Rowe, at Exeter, and at Cheltenham, c1835. £300.00
    Contains: Ilfracombe from Hillsborough; Ilfracombe; Ilfracombe from Coronation Terrace; Scene from the Tunnel Ilfracombe; Ilfracombe Church; Ilfracombe from Capstone Hill; Entrance to Linton & Lynmouth; Linton & Lynmouth from the Summer House; Valley of the East Lynn; Lynmouth, Devon; Lynmouth.... with the Residence of J. Scott Esq.; At Lynmouth Devon; Clovelly; Waters Meet, Neawr Lynmouth (Revd. Halliday); Lynmouth from the Pier; Valley of Rocks; The Waters Meet; Valley of the West Lyn.


  94. Spreat (W) BUCKEREL CHURCH. Sketched and Drawn 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 is a large house to the right and 3 people standing near the church in the central foreground.


  95. Spreat (W) EGGESFORD CHURCH. Sketched and Drawn on Stone by W. Spreat. Lithograph, engraved surface approx. 6" x 9", on India paper, large margins, margins slightly spotty. Printed by C. Hulmandel c1842. £22.00
    Shows the church surrounded by trees with part of a ruined (?) wall in the foreground.


  96. Vivian (Edward) TORQUAY, FROM PARK HILL. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 11«", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £55.00
    A very attractive view looking across the harbour to a terrace of houses, and a few houses on the hill behind, sailing ships in the harbour, with men in the foreground standing by a low wall.


  97. Walker (J & C) DEVONSHIRE Map with outline colour, size 12"x 17", plus margins. Shows the areas covered by various Hunts, with small circles showing place of meets. Parkland, railways, towns, borders of hunting areas coloured. Small split in bottom margin, repaired on verso. c1836. £28.00
    From 'Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas'.


    Devon Acts

  98. Divorce of Exeter Merchant AN ACT to dissolve the Marriage of George Christopher Degen with Catherine Furlong, due to her adultery with John Baptiste Larraguy.... 4pp., a few tears and some browning at edges. 1778. £20.00

  99. East Stonehouse Chapel AN ACT for rebuilding the Chapel of East Stonehouse.... Black Letter. Cover leaf + 9pp. 1787. £14.00

  100. East Teignmouth AN ACT For Dividing and Inclosing certain Tracts or Parcels of Moor, Common, or Waste Grounds within, and Parcel of the Manor of East Teignmouth.... 16pp. 1812. £17.00

  101. Exeter Cathedral Lands AN ACT for vesting in the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter certain Messuages and Lands situate within the Close of the said Cathedral Church belonging to the Archdeaconries of Totnes, Barnstaple, and Cornwall, founded in said Cathedral Church, in consideration of certain perpetual yearly Sums to be payable to the said several Archdeacons and their Successors.... 11pp. 1827. £12.00

  102. Exeter Shire Hall AN ACT for taking down the Shire Hall of the County of Devon, and for building a new Shire Hall in a more commodious Manner. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 12pp. 1773. £18.00

  103. Stonehouse Pool AN ACT for incorporating a Company and authorising them to make and maintain a Quay Wall or Embankment on the Shore of Stonehouse Pool... and a short line of Railway to connect the Quay and Works with the Devon and Cornwall Railway... 21pp. 1876. £15.00

  104. Tormoham AN ACT to confirm a certain Provisional Order under "The Local Government Act, 1858," relating to the District of Tormoham.... 8pp. 1868. £9.00

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    Dorset
  105. Bournemouth PARTICULARS, PLAN AND VIEWS of a Valuable Freehold Mansion distinguished as 'The Knole.... It is beautifully situated in well-timbered Grounds, about 5« Acres in Extent... and is acknowledged to be the Most Handsome Residence in Bournemouth.... to be sold by Private Treaty.... 1903. 10pp, folio, printed in red and black, decorative wraps, red silk ties, worn, some slight wear at spine. 6 photographic plates, on thick paper, some full plate and some two to a page, showing exterior and interior, and coloured plan... together with.... another copy of the particulars, bound in, without the plan and one of the plates. 1903. £45.00
    The architect of the property was John D. Sedding.


  106. Christchurch and West Southbourne PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Valuable Freehold Properties consisting of Two Shops and Dwelling-Houses in the High Street, Christchurch, Two Detached Houses in Manor Road, Christchurch, and Two Detached Dwelling Houses in Pinecliffe Avenue, Bournemouth.... Alex. J. Abbott & Son will Sell by Auction.... the 30th July, 1912. Wraps, 4to, large folded sheet showing 3 plans, 7pp, folded, edge of back wrap ragged, traces of vertical fold. 1912. £22.00

  107. Church Farm, Sixpenny Handley AUCTION PARTICULARS. A Compact and Most useful Holding. CHURCH FARM, Sixpenny Handley.... 42 Acres.... Woolley & Wallis will Sell by Auction.... On Tuesday, 16th July, 1968. Plan which is partly faded loosely inserted, (7)pp, 4to, original printed wraps with photographic illust pasted to top wrap. 1968. £10.00

  108. Dolphin Brewery and The Maltings, Poole PARTICULARS, PLAN, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of... the property formerly knwn as THE DOLPHIN BREWERY, Poole.... Also the Commodious Freehold Premises known as THE MALTINGS, West Quay Road, Poole.... Freehold Houses and Cottages.... Which Messrs Fox & Sons.... will Sell by Auction.... 26th Sept. 1935. Folio, with coloured folding plan, 15pp, original printed wraps. 1935. £25.00
    The houses and cottages were in West Quay Road, Cinnamon Lane, West Street, Market Street, "The Old Yeoman", Market Place, Rossmore Road, and Dunford Road.


  109. Dorchester, Wareham GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No. 328. Drift. Colour-printed, size 13" x 19", plus margins, key, section. Linen backed and folding to 4to, blue endpapers. 1958. £17.00

  110. Milton Abbas PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of The Major Part of the Historic Model Village of Milton Abbas forming a portion of Milton Abbey Estate.... which Fox & Sons are favoured with instructions to Sell By Auction as a Whole.... on Thursday, 14th September, 1939. Folio, 11pp., original wraps, with a coloured folding plan, in pocket at rear, and 2 illusts. Describes 61 lots. Portion cut from page with memorandam and from Conditions of Sale page and from page with Summary of Lots (apparently with no loss of text). 1939. £25.00
    'Milton Abbas is to-day one of the first examples of a village planned as a single unit....'


  111. Milton Abbas Vicarage PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE Of The Most Attractive Late 18th Century Residence known as THE VICARAGE, Milton Abbas.... Rawlence & Squarey will Sell by Auction.... On Wednesday, 12th March, 1952. (6)pp, 4to, original printed wraps with photographic illust pasted to top wrap, wraps slightly spotty and creased where once folded. 1952. £15.00

  112. National Farmers' Union, Dorset County Branch CALENDAR BLOTTER FOR 1932-3. 4to, stiff green covers with photo of County Chairman, 7pp of local adverts, plus calendar, and information on branches etc. 1923. £7.00

  113. Seymour's of Sherborne BLOTTER with Diary for 1934. Presented by Seymour's of Sherborne, Prize Medal Table Waters. 4to, with full page colour illustration of a ship in an estuary 'The Moorings' by A. Chidley pasted to front wrap. 1934. £10.00

  114. Sherborne, Long Street AUCTION POSTER. Sale of Five Freehold Cottages.... Mr Thomas Farrall Has been instructed to Sell By Auction at the Black Horse Hotel, on Tuesday, October 25, 1892.... Printed on one side only, size approx. 22«" x 17«". J.C. and A.T. Sawtell, Printers, Sherborne. 1892. £15.00

  115. Small Holdings, Milton Abbas and Bulbarrow ILLUSTRATED PARTICULARS AND PLAN. To be Sold by Auction 23 Small Farm Holdings, 2 to 8 Acres each, with a Cosy Cottage, Farm House and Garden, etc. On road from Milton Abbas to Bulbarrow..... To be Sold by Auction.... on Tuesday, July 18th, 1944.... by A.S. Knight.... Double-page plan loosely inserted, 3 photographic illusts, (5)pp, folio. 1944. £15.00

    Dorset Acts

  116. Dewlish Inclosure AN ACT for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Dewlish.... 14pp. 1815. £17.00

  117. Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Market Houses and Pier AN ACT to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.... to provide Market Houses for the Sale of certain marketable Commodities, and to erect and maintain an improved Pier or Landing Place within the Borough.... 22pp. 1854. £17.00

  118. Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Gas AN ACT for lighting with Gas the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and its Neighbourhood, in the County of Dorset... 11pp. 1856. £10.00

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    Durham
  119. Darlington PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Valuable Freehold Property on the Banks of the Tees.... on the Borders of Yorkshire & Durham, near to the Wealthy Town of Darlington; it is known as The Tees Cottage Estate.... it commands Extensive Views of the lovely Valley of the Tees, and is Encompassed by Its Pleasure Grounds and Gardens.... there is a newly-erected Farm House and Buildings.... 78 Acres of most superior Land.... to be Sold by Auction.... 28th day of September, 1841. 3pp., folio. Loosely inserted is lithographed plan size 20" x 16", with table of reference and a vignette view, size 5" x 8", of the house and grounds, with men fishing and boating in lake. Small piece clipped from top left corner of plan with loss of a few letters of text. Also inserted is a page of notes, presumably made by the auctioneer, listing rents etc., notes on fixtures, wine cellar etc. Bottom margin has been clipped with loss of printers imprint and part of the last line of the small paragraph saying where Particulars may be obtained. The spine has been professionally reinforced with conservation tissue. 1841. £60.00
    'A bed of Fossil or Rock Salt exists on this Property, which would prove an immense source of annual income in this district, also extensive Beds of Gypsum are known to exist.'


  120. Teesdale & Co. Pub. MAP OF DURHAM Engraved fully hand-coloured map, size 13" x 16". 1832. £50.00
    Shaded in wards.


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    Essex
  121. Birch Estate and the Langenhoc, near Colchester PARTICULARS, PLANS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, The Valuable Agricultural Properties forming part of THE BIRCH ESTATE, The Good Farms near Marks, Tey Station, situate in the Parishes of Marks Tey, Copford and Stanway, and known as Mascotts, White Hart and Kemps; also Moze Hall Farm, Ardleigh, and White House, Washings and Layer Breton Hall Farms.... together with THE LANGENHOE ESTATE comprising Langenhoe Hall and Wicks Farms situate in the Parish of Langenhoe, and Maydays Farm, in the Parish of West Mercea, and several small holdings. The whole having an area of about 2,667 acres. Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard Will offer the above Properties for Sale by Auction.... At the Corn Exchange, Colchester, on Saturday, 3rd November, 1917. Folio, with 5 large coloured folding plans in pocket at rear, 4 photographic illusts on 3 sheets, 32pp, original printed wraps. 1917. £40.00

  122. Birch, Peldon ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, Sheet No. III, 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, some fields shaded. 1881. £28.00

  123. Fullarton (A) ESSEX. Engraved map, with Reference table to the Hundreds. Size approx. 7¬" x 9¬", plus margins, central fold, small light water-stain in bottom margin. c1840. £14.00

  124. Romford, Essex PRIVATE CATALOGUE OF SHORT-HORN CATTLE the Property of David McIntoch, Esq., Havering Park, Romford, Essex. November, 1879. 31pp., sm. 8vo, stiff decoratively printed wraps, index. Gives pedigree of each animal. On first page is brief history of the Herd, which was based on the principles of Bates of Kirklevington. 1879. £26.00

  125. Wix Abbey PARTICULARS, PHOTO, PLAN, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, The Valuable Freehold and Agricultural Property known as WIX ABBEY. Situate in the Parish of Wix. A very picturesque Old House of the Tudor period. Homestead, Walled Pleasure Garden, and excellent Arable and Grass Land.... 224a. 2r. 5p. Which will be offered for Sale by Auction by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Son & Oakley.... on Monday, 30th June, 1913. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, photographic illust, 8 + (1)pp, short tear to original printed wraps. 1913. £25.00

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    Gloucestershire
  126. Bromley Heath Farm, Downend PARTICULARS WITH PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Bromley Heath Farm comprising well-situate and compact Small Farm Holding with Food Workman's Cottage.... a total area of 15a. 0r. 36p. and Two Pieces of Productive Market Garden or Building Land.... which Moses Smith, Luce, Davies, Stanton & Co are instructed to Sell by Auction at Grand Hotel, Broad Street, Bristol, on Thursday, July 9th, 1925. Folio, coloured folding plan, 4pp, original wraps, top wrap loose, few short tears to one leaf, and top wrap, neatly repaired to verso, signs where once folded. 1925. £22.00

  127. Eastern Division MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOK. 4to notebook, full parchment, marbled endpapers, containing the accounts for the Conservative Party for the Eastern Division of the County of Gloucestershire. With 85 pages in a neat hand, in double page spreads of of accounts for the period 1832-34. Details named subscribers (for example Lord Redesdale gave œ100 on May 2 1833), cheques drawn etc. on credit side, and on debit expenses for printing, fly-hire, flags, refreshments, rent of Committee Rooms, tavern bills, etc., e.g. '24th Aug. 1832. James Turvey's Bill for Mr. Codrington's Expenses during his canvas in and about Camden.' (The election was in December and these accounts reflect the electioneering expenses). The expenses are divided up between the various committees at Stroud, Minchinhampton, Tewkesbury, Northleach, Cirencester, etc. The members of the various committees are listed. `24th Aug. 1832. James Turvey's Bill for W. Codrington's Expenses during his Canvass in and about Campden. œ11 7s 3d.' Loosely inserted is a manuscript letter to Codrington from G.W. Blathwayt of Dyrham Park, March 1833. Sm 8vo, written on 1« sides `have got the state of the West Glost'r Registration' listing totals, and villages with conserative and Liberal majority, mentioning `In the Forest some of the Coal Miners who can control some hundred of votes.' 1832-34. £220.00
    An insight into the adminstration of the party in a highly important period politically. In the 1832 election the Liberal Sir Berkeley W. Guise polled 3311 votes and C.W. Codrington 2672.


  128. Gloucester Bank POSTER To Capitalists and Others. 100 Shares in the County of Gloucester Bank, Late the Property of John James, deceased, Esq.... By Auction at the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham, On Thursday, the 27th of July, 1848.... One Hundred Valuable Shares in Lots of Ten Each.... 18" x 11" printed on one side only. Some off-setting. 1848. £35.00

  129. Gloucester THE NORTH WEST VIEW OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER Copper engraving, size 4«" x 7«". View across the river with sailing boats, showing pottery kilns, cathedral, numerous churches, bridge on right of view. Very small page number top right. In ivory mount. n.d. late 18th cent. £18.00

  130. Guiting Power LEASE for a Year of dwelling house and piece of arable land, Richard Thorndell of Guiting Power to John Etheridge, Blacksmith and Elizabeth his wife. Vellum, 13" x 20", small wax seal, minor damp-spotting in one area about 2" square. 1729. £18.00
    Names adjoining owners.


  131. Iron Acton SALE PARTICULARS. Young and Howes are instructed by Mr Alec Taylor to Sell by Auction at their Yate Market Premises.... on Wednesday October 10th, 1945, Compact and well situate Agricultural Holding known as "Pool Farm".... Sm 4to, coloured folding plan, 3pp, original wraps. 1945. £15.00

  132. Lower Guiting RELEASE by way of Settlement of part of the Manor of Castlett.... John Holland and others to Joseph Roberts. Two large vellum sheets, 5 wax seals. Second sheet slightly darkened. 1779. £18.00

  133. Mangotsfield PARTICULARS WITH PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of well-situate and compact Freehold Property with Prospective Building Value known as Oaklands Farm.... Mines and Minerals Reserved. Which Young & Howes are instructed to Sell by Auction.... March 29th, 1934. Folio, coloured folding plan, 4pp, original wraps, slight mark to front cover where once creased. 1934. £22.00

  134. Over AN ACCOUNT OF EXPENDITURE, FOR MANUAL LABOUR, ON THE OVER TURNPIKE TRUST from the 22nd day of January.... Vellum ledger with printed heading as above to each page, with entries on a weekly basis, dates filled in heading at top of page, each page in columns with printed headings for Labourers' Names, Nature of Work, Day Wages or Contract Price, Materials, Price per Ton, œ (cost). Entries in a neat hand from 22nd January 1841 - 4th December 1846. 276 pages, folio, bound in full vellum, loose in case. Approx. 20 pages are water-stained in places, and 6 leaves have the bottom half cut away. A later owner has written his name on endpaper, with date 1902, and cut an alphabetical index down the right hand side (address-book style), meaning that parts of the final column with cost is cut away (progressively less towards the end of the book). 1841-46. £180.00
    Each week approx. 12-18 labourer's names are listed. There are references to different types of stone used e.g... 'Bristol Stone', 'Sedbury Stone', 'Hope Stone'.


  135. Shenton (T), Pr., Cheltenham POSTER advertising Mr Kemble's appearance for one night only at the Theatre Royal Cheltenham, in Henry the Fourth, Saturday, July 26, 1828. 'The Distinguished Amateurs have kindly consented to give their Assistance'. Size 15" x 8", a small crease running vertically down the paper at the time of printing and later flattened meant that there is a small area of white in some letters in the top six inches of the poster. Small number in ink in top corner. 1826. £40.00
    Kemble played Hotspur. The play was followed by the 'celebrated Farce of Husbands & Wives'.


    Gloucestershire Acts

  136. Gloucester Market AN ACT for establishing a proper Place for holding Markets and Fairs for the Sale of Live Stock in the City of Gloucester, and the Suburbs thereof, and for opening convenient Avenues thereto, and for watching and otherwise improving the said City. 26pp. 1821. £17.00

  137. Gloucester Streets and Market Places AN ACT for taking down several Buildings, and inlarging the Streets and Market Places in the City of Gloucester. Black Letter. Cover leaf + 14pp. 1750. £16.00

  138. Moreton Valance and Standish AN ACT to extend, amend, and enlarge the Powers of an Act.... for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Moreton Valence, and in the Hamlet or Tithing of Putloe in the Parish of Standish.... 6pp. 1821. £12.00

  139. Rangeworthy Inclosure AN ACT for inclosing Lands in the Hamlet of Rangeworthy, in the Parish of Thornbury.... 15pp. 1811. £18.00

  140. Stroudwater Navigation AN ACT for making Navigable the River Stroudwater, in the County of Gloucester, from the River Severn, at or near Framiload, to Wallbridge, near the Town of Stroud in the same county. 20pp, Black Letter. Paper in top margin throughout frayed and browned, text unaffected. 1730. £10.00
    Cheap copy.


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    Hampshire and Isle of Wight
  141. Basingstoke, Kingsclere, Stockbridge ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XII. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 24" x 36", linen-backed and folding to 8vo, rubbed plain paper endpapers. Margins slightly grubby. c1845. £35.00

  142. Brambridge Park PLAN, PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, Barmbridge (Freehold) with Gardens, Park and Home Farm Stabling and Ten Cottages covering about 210 acres including about Two-and-a-half Mies of the famous River Itchen Trout Fishing For Sale by Auction.... by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... the 28th day of June 1922. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 8 photographic illusts on 3 sheets, 12pp, original printed wraps, staples slightly rusty. 1922. £30.00

    'ONCE THE HOME OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'

  143. Embley Park Estate near Romsey PARTICULARS, PLANS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, The Valuable Freehold Residential and Sporting Estate EMBLEY PARK including A Very Attractive Mansion.... beautiful pleasure gardens, and grounds with Ornamental lakes and Rhododendron Drives. Model Stabling, Home Farm, and Lodges.... and several Good Farms.... Excellent Shooting and Fishing. The whole comprising one of the best Sporting Estates in the Country, embracing an area about 3,768 acres. Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard Will offer this..... for Sale by Auction.... At the George Hotel, Winchester, on Tuesday, the 20th day of July, 1920.... Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 10 photographic illusts on 6 sheets, ground plan of Embley Park, detailed Schedules. 65pp, original printed wraps. 1920. £90.00
    Florence Nightingale spent most of her younger days at the estate.


  144. Fordingbridge SALE NOTICE 47 Acres of Superior Wheat & Barley, Fordingbridge.... To Sell by Auction.... All the Capital Crops of Standing Corn, belonging to John Brymer.... Burgate House. printed on card, with brief Schedule, size 6" x 4«", traces of fold, prices added in ink. Fordingbridge, 1850. £12.00

  145. Heathfield PARTICULARS, PLAN, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, the Valuable Freehold Residential Property known as HEATHFIELD situate in the Parish of Christchurch east and including a Substantially-Built Residence.... Good Stabling, Home Farmhouse & Buildings Two Cottages and Lodge.... the whole covering a total of 99 acres. Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... to Sell by Auction at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London EC. on Thursday, the 8th day of July, 1920. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, mounted photo on front cover and 4 photographic illusts on 2 sheets, 12pp, original printed wraps. 1920. £22.00

  146. Isle of Wight ELEVEN ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36", plus margins, Edition of 1908 (Revised in 1907), comprising Sheets: XCVI.10 (Yarbridge, Adgestone); XCVI.11 (Culver Cliffs, Longlands); XCIV.12 (Whitecliff Bay, Black Ledge); XCVI.14 (Sandown); XCVII.11 (Brightstone Bay); XCVI.12 (Atherfield Point, Atherfield Green); XCVIII.8 (Whiteley Bank); XCVIll.9 (Chalegreen); XCVIII.13 (Walpenchine, Chale); XCIX.2 (Part of coast at Sandown Bay); XCIX.5 (Shanklin). One sheet with neatly mended tear down central fold, another with creasing and traces of folds. Reprints of 1908 edition, mostly 1930's. £95.00

  147. Isle of Wight TWELVE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36", plus margins, Edition of 1908 (Revised in 1907), comprising Sheets: XCI.14 (Ryde, Oakfield; XCIII.10 (Alum Bay, Totland); XCIV.9 (Shalcombe); XCVIII.5 (Kingston, Billingham Manor); XCVIII.6 (N. Appleford, Beacon Alley); XCIV.7 (Fullholding, Swainston); XCIV.10 (Calbourne Lodge, Little Chessell); XCIVll (Calbourne, Newbarn Down); XCIV.13 (Brook, Hanover Point & Fossil Forest); XCIV.15 Rock & British Village); XCIV.16 (Cheverton); XCV.2 (Newport). One sheet with some light foxing spots and small piece torn from margin, two others with some creasing and traces of folds, one sheet with neatly mended tear down central fold. Reprints of 1908 edition, mostly 1930's. £95.00

  148. Kempshott & Dummer Estate PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Attractive and Historical Freehold Residential and Historical Freehold Residential, Sporting & Agricultural Property known as the Kempshott and Dummer Estate, Comprising Kempshott House... Dummer House.... Six Valuable & Well-equipped Farms, Numerous Cottages.... embracing a total Area of about 2,150 Acres.... For Sale by Auction by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley and Garrard.... On Wednesday, 9th June, 1926. Folio, coloured folding plan, 18pp, original printed wraps. 1926. £35.00

  149. Little Sombourne TWO ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets XL.1 and XL.5, scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Edition of 1910 and 1909. £18.00
    Shows Stockbridge Down (Entrenchment and Tumulus), North Park Farm, Little Somborne House and Park.


  150. Longmoor THREE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets XLIV.10 and XLIV.13, XLIV.14, scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". One sheet with traces of folds. Edition of 1910. Printed 1912. £22.00
    Shows Longmoor Camp, King's Holt (this area outlined in pink), Greatham and Manor House, Longmoor Enclosure and rifle range.


  151. Petersfield TWO ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets XXXVI.14 and XXXVI.15, scale 25" = 1 mile. Each size 25" x 36". Revision of 1937. £24.00
    Shows Louisburg Barracks, Bordon Camp, Slab.


  152. Selborne, Blackmoor, Conford, Bramshott FOUR ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheets XLIV.1, XLIV.6, XLIV.7, XLIV.8, Scale 25" to 1 mile, each size 25" x 37". Edition of 1910. Reprints 1912-18. £32.00
    Includes Priory Farm on site of Selborne Priory, Oakhanger Ponds, Blackmoor House, Polecat Hill and Conford, Bramshott, Fir Grove.


  153. Tichborne ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLII.13, scale 25" = 1 mile, size 25" x 37". Water features hand-coloured. Corner with Sheet No. clipped away, slight darkening of paper down the left hand 6" of map, pinkish stain about 4" long and less than «" wide. Second Edition 1896. £14.00
    Shows River Test, Tichborne House, Gravel Pits, North End.


  154. Whitchurch, Hurstbourne Park ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XVI.16, scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 37". Revision of 1941. £14.00
    Covers part of Whitchurch, soap works, Mansion at Hurstbourne.


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    Herefordshire
  155. Agricultural Engineer's THREE BILLS of Thomas Davies, Agricultural Engineer, Davies' Steam Thrashing Machines, Hardwick, to Jenkyns Dew, for threshing Barley, Beans, Wheat, entries for 17 days, others for chaffing grass for silo, man and engine cutting hay, etc. Sm. folio, printed headings, plus subscription reminder from Hereford Agricultural Society. 4 items. Sm. folio and 4to, printed headings. 1887-8. £14.00

  156. Burhill, Credenhill POSTER advertising sale of premises situate in the township of Tillington, in the parish of Burghill, and at Crowmoor, in the Parish of Credenhill within five miles of the city of Hereford, on 16th April, 1819. Size 18" x 11", fold, two small stab holes. 1819. £22.00
    Includes land called 'The Old Hop-Yard' at Crowmoor, tenements called Credenhill-field etc.


  157. Clifford WILL of William Higgins Esquire late of Middlewood in the Parish of Clifford.... but now of the Parish of All Saints in the City of Hereford. 16p. folio, folded. Copy. Last page worn at fold, outer sheet where titled dust-stained. Proved 1820. £18.00
    Refers to lands, cottages etc. at Castleton, Upper Middlewood in Clifford.


  158. Holmer POSTER advertising sale of properties at Holmer and in Blue School Street, Hereford, 22nd August, 1861. Size 20" x 15", paper rather browned. Folds. 1861. £14.00

  159. Llangarren POSTER advertising auction sale of Langstone Court Farm, Llangarren, 16th March, 1896. Size 27" x 17", folds. 1896. £15.00
    Includes '47 Head of Hereford and Cross-Bred Cattle'.


  160. Lyonshall POSTER advertising Sale by Auction of Farms called Newhouse and Summer Court, 28th July, 1898. Size 36" x 22", folds. 1898. £14.00

  161. Ross ROSS STEAM CULTIVATING COMPANY Beg to solicit Orders at the Following Rates:- Cultivating, 6in to 8in. deep.... 9s.... 1884. Card with rates and conditions. Trace of fold at centre... together with Invitation to Tenbury Agricultural Society Annual Dinner, 1858. 1p, blank adjoining leaf. 2 items. 1858 and 1884. £12.00

  162. The Farmers' Toll-free Corn-Exchange, Hereford TWO LETTERS on headed paper, 8vo, to C. Bodenham, one informing him of a meeting, the other asking him to join subscribers to the Toll free Corn Exchange. Signed J. Smith. Novemeber & May 1857. £10.00

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    Huntingdon
  163. Dawson's Farm, Ramsey CATALOGUE OF THE TENTH SALE of Pure Bred Large White Pigs from the 'Ramsey' Herd, the Property of Mr. Jack Major.... For Sale by Auction.... May 7, 1925, at Dawson's Farm... 29pp., 8vo, bound in stiff boards, interleaved with lined paper with results in ink, with purchaser. Jack Major's copy.... together with.... Similar catalogue for sale of 60 Head of Large White Pigs on the same farm, 1924. 1924 and 25. £18.00
    Gives much detail on pedigrees.


  164. Fenton TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION By Mr. Lovell, On Monday the 2d Dy of June, 1806 at the Crown Inn, St. Ives.... The following Desirable Estates.... Lists 12 Lots, all 'Closes' with acreage, and occupiers. On verso are Conditions and completed memorandum. Single folio sheet, 3 folds, manuscript additions listing amount of rent payable, freehold etc. 1806. £20.00

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    Kent

    OPENING OF THE CANTERBURY AND WHITSTABLE RAILWAY

  165. Baynes (T.M) VIEW OF THE CANTERBURY AND WHITSTABLE RAILWAY FROM OVER THE TUNNEL taken on the Opening Day, May 3rd, 1830.... together with.... VIEW OF THE CANTERBURY AND WHITSTABLE RAILWAY FROM CHURCH STREET taken on the Opening Day, NMay 3rd, 1830. Pair of lithographs, printed by Hullmandel, each size approx. 12" x 17". De-acidified and laid down on specially made paper. Published by Henry Ward, Sun St., Canterbury (1830). £600.00
    The first view shows a close-up view of the locomotive with flags flying and passengers waving, moving towards Canterbury between steep banks, the Cathedral in middle distance. In the second view the train is moving towards the sea, with ships and cliffs in the distance, windmill on the left, good detail of locomotive and drivers in foreground. Both views are extremely lively and full of movement, with many hat and parasol-waving spectators. The line, engineered by Stephenson, was one of the first regular steam passenger railways in the world. 300 passengers were carried on the opening day, pulled by the locomotive 'Invicta', which was based on the 'Rocket'.


  166. Danson Estate, near Bexley Heath PARTICULARS, PLAN, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF THE Attractive Freehold Property known as the DANSON ESTATE comprising a Well-Built Country Residence.... Two Farms, Several Small Holdings, Accommodation and Bbuilding Land.... 582 acres. Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... Will offer the above Property for Sale by Auction.... At the Auction Mart, 155 Queen Victoria Street, E.C. 4., on Wednesday, 19th July, 1922. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 6 photographic illusts on 4 sheets(including interior views), 24pp, inner margins of plates slightly damp wrinkled, original printed wraps with view of house from an engraving. 1922. £28.00

  167. Dover ARTISTS SKETCHBOOK Size 5" x 7«", quarter calf, cloth boards, rubbed, containing 24 detailed pencil sketches of Dover and 9 of Calais, each titled and dated, with dates throughout September 1840. The views mostly cover the whole page, usually with a border, many show figures, and scenes in the harbour with carts for loading, cranes, jetties etc. Titles include 'Dover Harbour September 2nd.' (quay with cart, crane, sails); 'Dover from the South Pier (wooden buildings on the beach, with washing on lines and laid on the shore to dray); 'Dovor Harbour Pier From South Sept 3 1840' (lively very detailed scene with clock tower, hills in distance, ladders and mooring chains in foreground). Calais views include 'Calais Pier Sept. 3 1840'; 'Shrimpers on the Sands off Calais September 3 1840'; 'View of Calais from Maurice Hotel September 4th 1840'. One view of Calais has some brown rust marks. Name 'George Cowell'(?) on fly-leaf. September 1840. £220.00

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

  169. Pauls Cray Hill PARTICULARS, PLAN, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITIONS OF The Very Substantially Built and Attractive Early XVIIth Century Residence known as PAULS CRAY HILL.... covering about 105 Acres... and FOOTS CRAY MEADOWS of about 12 acres..... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard have instructions to offer the above for Sale by Auction.... on Thursday, July 28th, 1921. With large coloured folding plan, single sheet plan, 3 photographic illusts on one sheet, folio, 11 + (1)pp, original printed wraps. 1921. £28.00

  170. Preston, Herne Hill LEASE of The Manor of Westwood, Sir John Glover of Westhampstead, Baronet, to John Glover of Westwood. Two vellum sheets, decorative engraved heading with coat of arms, heavy wax seal on tag. Rodent nibbling along part of one fold affecting some words, and all along bottom edge below signature. 1696. £20.00
    Lists all the various fields etc. with acreage.


  171. Sevenoaks ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 287. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 13" x 19", dissected and mounted on very thin cotton. c1890. £9.00

  172. 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

  173. Woodnesborough CONVEYANCE of a piece of land part of Burkland Farm, Thomas Bushell and Robert Finnis to the Master Brothers and Sisters of the Hospital of St. Bartholomew, Sandwich, and the Mayor of Sandwich. 2 vellum sheets, 22" x 27", wax seals of the Hospital, and the Mayoralty of Sandwich, and two smaller seals, small sketch plan in margin, with attractive dividers and scale bar, coloured yellow. 1805. £28.00

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    Lancashire
  174. Liverpool Underwriters' Association CENTENARY BANQUET Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, Wednesday, January 8th, 1902. Menu, size 8" x 10", consisting of two leaves of thick card, tied with red slik ribbon, the cover leaf being a very fine engraving showing figure with flags, globe, corn, etc., a steamship, a sailing ship, view of Liverpool, coat of arms, and embossed seal in gold, the second leaf with the Menu and toasts, with engraved decoration. The words 'The Rt. Hon.' in front of 'The Lord Mayor' have been struck through in blue ink... together with.... MENU for 150th Anniversary Banquet, at the Adelphi Hotel, January 8th, 1952. 4to, decorative wraps with ships etc., silk tassels, 8pp., including guest list. 1902 and 1952. £26.00

  175. Manchester MANCHESTER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Plan of Workings in Dow Mine Within 41% area of support. Plan in ink and colours, scale 40 yds = 1 inch, size 42" x 36", on cartridge paper mounted on linen, rolled. Shows plan of the hospital buildings, and Hospital Road, superimposed on workings, which are shaded in stipple colours according to date of workings. 'Barrier' shown in red along South of workings, and area to North marked 'Worked prior to.... 1910'. With Table of Reference giving key to colours for workings from Dec. 1910 - Dec. 1928, with columns for Area in Cheshire Measure, Thickness, Price, Amount. Various dates added to table for 'Colliers' Strike'. Small area not shown on key labelled 'Coal belonging to London & N.W. Rwy. Co.' 1910-1928. £250.00

  176. Manchester Town Hall ROYAL WEDDING DANCE Marriage of H.R.H. The Duke of York to the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Dance programme and supper menu. 4pp, sm. 8vo, plus stiff wraps with gold embossed coat of arms. April 26th, 1923. £15.00

  177. Teesdale & Co. Pub. MAP OF LEICESTERSHIRE Engraved fully hand-coloured map, size 13" x 16". 1832. £50.00
    Shaded in wards.


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    Lincolnshire
  178. Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincs. TWO BILLHEADS 4to and sm. 4to, for J. Sims, Saddler Collar, and Harness Maker, 1886, with small vignette of carriage horses, made out for saddle, halter mending etc., and Henry Storr, Shoeing & Jobbing Smith, 1877, with good vignette of smith at work, made out for bolts for a jack straw, hammer wedge etc. 1877 & 1881. £10.00

  179. Lincoln, Gainsborough, Horncastle ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXXIII. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 24" x 36", linen backed, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Parkland, roads, county boundaries hand-coloured. Small area bout 1" square shaded pink. O.S Blindstamp 1858. £40.00

  180. Sturton STURTON UNION MILL April 1875. Scale of Charges for Grinding Corn.... Manuscript on three pages, sm. 8vo, plain wraps. On front wrap is note of a Mill Committee meeting at the Red Lion Inn. 1875. £12.00

  181. 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
  182. Belling & Co. BELLING ELECTRIC FIRES Season 1928-1929. 24pp., oblong 8vo, wraps. Printed in red and black. Numerous illustrations. 1928. £18.00

  183. Cadogan Place, Sloane Street PARTICULARS, WITH CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Completely Modernised and beautifully Appointed and Decorated Town residence.... To be offered for Sale by Auction, At the Mart, Tokenhouse Yard, E.C., by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Son & Oakley, on Monday, the 4th of July, 1910.... Folio, 9 + (1)pp, original printed wraps. 1910. £15.00

  184. Cedars Estate, Lee and Lewisham PARTICULARS, WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Important Freehold Property known as THE CEDARS ESTATE Comprising Beautifully Wooded Parklands.... it forms an Ideal Building Estate having an area of 42a. 2r. 4p. together with The Mansion House, Two other Residences.... also The Substantially-Built Mansion known as "WYBERTON HOUSE" (Knightsville College).... extending to about 3a. 1r. 30p. Five other Freehold Gouses in Belmont Grove Hill.... For Sale by Auction.... by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Son and Oakley.... on Wednesday, December 11th, 1912.... Folio, 6 photographic illusts on 3 leaves, large coloured folding plan, 19 + (1)pp, original printed wraps, spine partly split. 1912. £35.00

  185. Edmonton ABSTRACT OF TITLE of David Hockstetter Esq. to the Estate at Southgate in the parish of Edmonton purchased by Sir David Hockstetter his father, deceased, of Sir Nicholas Wolstenholme anno 1716. 14p., sm. folio, closely written in a small neat hand, sewn into plain wraps. Details indentures from 1668-1730, with «p lawyer's opinion and note of assignment to John Nicholl, both dated 1736, at end. 1736 and earlier. £40.00
    Includes copy of a detailed Abstract of 1668 of Sr. Nicholas Wolstonholmes Title to 'The Great House and other Houses Lands... and also to the Woods there called Lords Grove' etc, including numerous tenements, cottages, orchards, houses in South Street, etc. (occupiers given), pews in the chapel, and 230 acres in Edmonton. Refers also to endowment of Christ's hospital at Bedell (Bedale) in York by John Clapham, a later owner.


  186. Emilie Woods & Co., Ladies Tailoring, Stratford SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS Brochure, 9" x 6", 15pp., with 10 full-page illustrations of costumes, coats, and 12 smaller illustrations of blouses, etc. Type-face in red and black, with prices, description, information on their services, etc. c1900. £25.00
    Very decorative ornate gowns.


  187. Fairburn (John) LONDON AND WESTMINSTER 1795 Finely engraved plan, engraved by E. Mogg, size of plan 15" x 24«", overall size 17«" x 25«". Scale approx. 3«" = 1 mile. With 'An Alphabetical List of 300 Principal Street with Letters of Reference to their Situation' below plan. River and parkland, boundary of city and reference letters hand-coloured. With vignette of Father Thames by a willow tree, small compass rose. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding to sm. 8vo. Published by John Fairburn, 146 Minories. (1795). £240.00
    Howgego no. 203 (1). Covers Pentonville, Isle of Dogs, Kennington, Brompton.


  188. Falmouth House, St James's Square PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Magnificent Freehold Mansion known as FALMOUTH HOUSE, 2 ST. JAMES'S SQUARE.... the stabling No 6 CHARLES STREET.... Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... have received instructions to submit this Property for Sale by Auction..... On Thursday, 8th July, 1920. Large coloured folding plan, 7 + (1)pp, loose in the original printed wraps, short tears to inner and outer margins where once folded. 1920. £20.00

    SALE OF FURS

  189. Furs FOR SALE BY THE CANDLE At The London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane.... the 2nd and 3rd of September, 1818 At Nine for Ten O'Clock precisely The Following Goods viz. 54230 Musquash, 17100 Martin, 8900 Rabbit, 2430 Fitch, 1710 Otter, 1280 Wolf, 820 Raccoon.... Auction catalogue, 23 pages, size 16" x 6«", listing 607 Lots under 23 different headings of types of skin, e.g. "1304 Skins, Chinchilla in 5 Lots, at per dozen, to advance 6d"; the last 21 lots are mixed lots with the types of animals listed. Most lots have price realised added in MS. 1818. £75.00
    Includes swan, tiger, panther, mink, buffalo, elk, wolverin, bear.


  190. Grosvenor Gardens House PARTICULARS, PLANS, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Valuable Freehold Property.... GROSVENOR GARDENS HOUSE, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, 43, and 45, Grosvenor Gardens, 44, 46, 48, and 52, Buckingham Palace Road and 17, Ebury Street, S.W.1. Comprising :- An Imposing and dignified Pile, Banks, Shops and Suites of High-Class Offices.... Half-an-Acre.... Warmington & Co. are favoured with instructions to offer this Valuable Property for Sale by Auction, on Thursday, the 9th day of May, 1946..... Folio, with 6 coloured plans, 5 of which are folding, 8pp, original printed wraps. 1946. £26.00

  191. Hackney PARTICULARS, PLAN, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Compact Small Freehold Estate situate in LONDON LAND, GRANSDEN AVENUE, and FORTESCUE AVENUE. comprising A Beer House, Business Premises, 45 Well-built Bdwelling Houses and Two Small Factories..... To be Offered by Auction.... the 21st day of July, 1914.... by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard. With large coloured folding plan, 11 + (1)pp, few short tears to original printed wraps. 1914. £25.00

  192. High Holborn ILLUSTRATED PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Freehold Business Premises..... Comprising Nos 319 to 323a (consec.) HIGH HOLBORN and No 47 SOUTHAMPTON BUILDING, London, W.C.1.... Sale by Auction.... by Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... on Wednesday, 26th March, 1958..... Coloured plan, photographic illust, 8pp, 4to, original printed wraps. 1958. £15.00

  193. Highbury Estate PARTICULARS, PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the unsold Portions of the HIGHBURY MANOR ESTATE. Comprising Freehold Ground Rents and Rack Rents..... situated in Highbury Park, Hamilton Road, Aubert Park, Leigh Road, Roseleigh Avenue..... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard Will offer the above Properties for Sale by Auction.... on Wednesday, 6th July, 1921. Large folding plan, photographic reproduction of an early print, 5 + (1)pp, original printed wraps. 1921. £28.00

  194. Moore (John), Cheesemonger LETTER from Mr Bowles to John Moore, cheesemonger, 'nere Dice Key.... London', dated Deal, 19 July, 1703. 3p, 4to, folded with integral address panel and small circular postmark on verso. The writer says that John Young, who was to be prosecuted for debt, has gone to sea 'Thee art esteemed a vast rich man in the world & I beleive are so... I did inspect or value John Youngs concern & found him a poore man - not able to pay what I proposed, nor do I beleive hee is worth 51 in the world this day...' With draft reply of Moore on Verso to Mrs Bowles 'I value Mr Geo Bowles as a good chapman. I never did act anything to my knowledge cruell to any and perhapps have done more charity then many that exclaim. I will give noe money to encourage victious idle persons that come to London and get credit... I will accept it for his familyes sake. If not complyed with then Capt. Verrier will proceed....' 41 lines in all, bottom right corner browned with small part affecting signature missing. 1703. £30.00

  195. New Cross MORTGAGE of no. 21 Arbuthnot Road, Frederick Cavalli to The Trustees of the Loyal Pride of Bermondsey Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society. Large vellum sheet, wax seal. 1898. £8.00

  196. Shepherd, Tobias & Co. Ltd., London's most modern Glass Works CATALOGUE 4to, printed boards with cloth spine, 36pp., 4 views of works, inside and outside, 3 views of glass in place in buildings, 11 full-page coloured plates of bathrooms etc., colour chart, 20 black and white and coloured illustrations of mirrors etc., some two to a page. c1930. £28.00
    Includes attractive 'Alabaster' glass in different colours.


  197. St. James PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Important Freehold Properties known as No 2 ST. JAMES'S PLACE and No 5 ST. JAMES'S PLACE St. James's London, S.W. Right in the Heart of Clubland.... For Sale by Auction by Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... On Wednesday, 16th May, 1923. Coloured plan, 4 + (1)pp, folio, original printed wraps. 1923. £20.00

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    Norfolk
  198. Fishmonger's BILLHEAD of W. Pratt, Fishmonger, Fishmarket, Norwich. Size 9" x 4", engraved heading show game, prawns, barrels of oysters, mermaid etc. Made out for skate at 2s, signed by Pratt. 1840. £14.00

  199. Morley Hall Estate PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, the valuable Residential Sporting and Agricultural Estate known as MORLEY HALL, extending to about 586 acres, comprising the Excellent Compact Country House.... Four Capital mixed soil Farms of about 65 to 238 acres, Eight Excellent Cottages, Two Semi-detached Residences..... to be sold by Auction.... by Messrs. W.S. Hall & Palmer, in conjunction with Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard, at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, on Saturday, July 23rd, 1921. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 4 photographic illusts, 30 + (1)pp, original printed wraps, wraps slightly brittle at edges and a little chipped. 1921. £24.00

  200. Norgate and Company, Tea & Grocery, Oil & Italian Warehouse BILLHEAD with good engraved heading showing 5 'Norman' arches, inside each an advert. for a different type of grocery, e.g. 'Barclays Wax & Sperm Candles and Highly Purified Sperm Oil', 'Parmasan Stilton Cheddar old Cheshire Cheese'. Size 6" x 9", made out for soap and tea. 1849. £9.00

  201. Norwich THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH GENTLEMAN'S MERCHANT'S Tradesman's Farmers & Graziers Complete Memorandum Book for the Year of our Lord 1827. Small 8vo, 54 printed pages of local information including List of Fairs, Justics of the Peace, Carriers, Norwich charities, Banks etc. At the rear are a further 24pp listing M.P's, taxes etc. The only entry in the diary is a list of 10 apple trees, including Hughes Golden Pippin, Ribston Pippin. Limp calf wraps, 2in. split at joint at top. 1827. £30.00
    A note loosely inserted states 'this pocket book evidently belonged to my Great-grandfather Jehosophat Postle of Colney Hall, Norfolk.


  202. Norwich THREE BILLHEADS with engraved headings, sm. 8vo, for G. Mingay, Ladies Boot & Shoe Waterhouse; Mrs Taylor, Stay & Elastic Bandage Maker; Magasin des Modes, Millinery, Straw, Tuscan & Leghorn Bonnets, French Flowers. 3 items. 1841-2. £18.00
    All made out and receipted as settled.


  203. Saham Hall Estate ILLUSTRATED PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF, the well known Freehold Residential, Agricultural and Sporting Property known as the SAHAM HALL ESTATE comprising Saham Hall, a Modern and Well Appointed Residence.... Home Farm.... Cottage Property.... Hunting with the West Norfolk Foxhounds..... in all about 687 acres.... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard.... have received instructions to offer for Sale by Auction.... at the Royal Hotel, Norwich, on Saturday, 11th day of August, 1928. Folio, with large coloured folding plan, 4 photographic illusts on 2 sheets, 16pp, original printed wraps. 1928. £24.00

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    Northumberland
  204. Norham PARTICULARS, PLAN and Conditions of Sale of the Desirable Freehold Estate known as New Harperridge & Plough Inn, situate in the Chapelry of Cornhill, in the Parish of Norham.... which will be offered for sale by Public Auction.... 3pp., folio, plan. 1882. £17.00

  205. Spindleston A TRUE & PARFECT INVENTARY OF ALL SUCH GOODS & CHATTELS AS DAME MARGREAT GRAY of Spindellston in ye. County of Northumberland died possesed of Aprased by William Carnaby... and George frame yeomen 22. of May 1661... Inventory in a fine neat hand listing 16 items on one side sm. folio, blank conjoint leaf. 1661. £38.00
    Includes 20 Cows, 21 oxen, 2 mares and 1 colt, 1 stack of oates proved to 21 bushels, 6 bonds including 'A Bond from Sr. Will: Howard of Naworth'.


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    Oxfordshire
  206. Flint House Estate, Goring-on-Thames PLAN, PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE, Freehold. The Flint House Estate of about 346 Acres, including a very Attractive.... Modern Residence, with Stabling, Home Farm and Eight Cottages, standing 480 feet above sea level.... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard have received instructions to offer for Sale by Auction At Room No 12, Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E.C.2. On Wednesday, May 25th, 1921. Folio, large coloured plan and 2 photographic illusts, 8 + (1)pp, original printed wraps. Final edition, 1921. £25.00

  207. Prebendal House, Shipton-under-Wychwood PARTICULARS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE, of A Most Attractive Freehold Residential Property known as Prebendal House, in the parish and adjoining the Village of Shipton-under-Wychwood covering an Area about 53 acres.... To be Sold by Auction.... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard, at the Roebuck Hotel, Oxford, on Wednesday, the 12th June, 1918.... Folio, large coloured plan and 4 full-page photographic illusts, 11 + (1)pp, original printed wraps. 1918. £25.00

  208. Shotover House A CATALOGUE of the Valuable Contents of the Mansion, Comprising Carved Sofas, Chairs.... covered in Beauvais and other Ancient Tapestry.... two Magnificent State Bedsteads with Hangings of rich Genoa Velvet and Embroidered Persian Satin... Rare Old Nankin, Japan, Oriental and other Porcelain, A Collection of Pictures.... A Valuable Library of Books.... formed by James Tyrrel the Historian.... Farming Stock.... which will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Farebrother, Clark & Lye, on the Premises.... Monday, 22nd October, 1855 and Six following Days. 68pp, 4to, original decorative printed wraps, which for some reason have been decorated with 11 fine armorial wax seals (approx. 1" in diameter). A few light foxing spots to wraps and first few pages. Some prices of books and MS have been added in pencil (for example a letter from Sir Walter Raleigh asking that his wife might live with him in the Tower made five guineas).... together with.... A CATALOGUE of highly important Three Days' Sale of Furniture, Shotover House, Wheatley, Oxfordshire.... Mr W.C Heron Will Sell by Auction, Tuesday the 19th March, 1872, and Two following days. 23pp., 4to, printed wraps. 2 items. 1855 and 1872. £70.00

  209. Witney GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Sheet No. 236. Solid with Drift. Colour-printed, size 13" x 19", plus margins, key, section. Linen backed and folding to 4to, blue endpapers. 1938. £16.00

  210. Wychwood Estate, near Burford PARTICULARS, PLAN AND CONDITIONS OF SALE, Of the Desirable Freehold Agricultural Property known as the WYCHWOOD ESTATE comprising Five Highly Valuable Farms.... Substantial Cottages.... an area of about 2,375 acres.... Messrs. Daniel Smith, Oakley & Garrard have received instructions to offer for Sale by Auction.... 28th of September, 1921. Folio, large coloured plan, 20pp, original printed wraps. 1921. £25.00

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    Somerset
  211. Axbridge ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XXVI.4, printed surface approx. 25" x 38". Scale 1/2500. 1903. £16.00
    Shows southern part of Axbridge, River Yeo, Bailiff's Wall etc.


  212. Bath Auction AUCTION POSTER. Desirable Residence, and Valuable Ground Rents in the City of Bath. To Be Sold by Auction by Mr Alexander, on Thursday, the 22nd May.... at the White Lion Hotel, Market Place, Bath.... Size approx. 30" x 20«", folded, few short tears. J. Whereat, Machine Printer, Gazette Office, Weston-super-Mare. 1856. £20.00
    The properties were in Henrietta Street, Picadilly, Walcot; Hanover Place, and Hanover Street.


  213. Bath Auction PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF 13, JOHNSTONE STREET BATH, To be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Hawkins & Son, At the Porter Butt Hotel, Bath, On Monday, April 2nd, 1883. Folio, 4pp, folded, few ink splashes and numbers. 1883. £10.00

  214. Bath PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Freehold Business Premises.... 24 Union St., 2 Union Passage.... for Sale by Auction 4th September 1917. 3pp., folio, folded. 1917. £8.00

  215. Bath PARTICULARS and Conditions of Sale of Nos. 8 & 9 Orange Grove, Bath.... Powell & Powell will Sell by Auction.... 22nd Day of March, 1853. 1pp., docket title on adjoinnig leaf, 3p. MS Conditions pinned in. 1853. £14.00

  216. Bowen (Emanuel) AN IMPROVED MAP OF THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON Divided into its Hundreds.... Illustrated with various additional Improvements; with Historical Extracts relative to its Natural Produce, Trade, Manufactures, &c.... Engraved map, coloured in outline, size 21" x 28", dissected and mounted on linen, coloured border, inserted in rubbed marbled slipcase, edges rubbed. Decorative cartouche showing fountain, houses, lady getting out of sedan chair, top left is plan of Bath, size 5" x 8", scale 1«" = 200 yards, with Reference to buildings, Description of Bath below plan. With descriptive texts in Channel area on Wookey hole and caverns and mines of Mendip; Keynsham and its 'Serpentine Stones'; Minehead; Taunton; Bridgwater. Small holes in linen at two points where folds meet. Printed for Carrington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard. (1787). £165.00

  217. Bowen (Emanuel) AN IMPROVED MAP OF THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET Divided into its Hundreds.... Illustrated with various additional Improvements with Historical Extracts relative to its Natural Produce, Trade, Manufactures, &c.... Engraved map, coloured in outline, size 21" x 28", dissected and mounted on linen, coloured border, inserted in marbled slipcase, edges rubbed. Decorative cartouche showing street scene in Bath with fountain and lady getting out of Sedan chair. Plan of Bath top left, scale 1«" = 200 yards, size 5" x 7", with Reference to buildings, and description of town below. In Channel area are descriptive texts on Wookey Hole and caverns and Mines of Mendip; Keynsham, and its serpentine stones; Bridgwater; Taunton. In marbled slip case, very rubbed, with printed label, small holes in linen at two points where folds meet. Printed for Carrington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard. (1787) £165.00

  218. Bridgwater ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. L.11, printed surface approx. 25" x 38". Scale 1/2500. Revised 1929, reprint c1940. £16.00
    Shows area of town from Friarn St. to Parrett Bath Brick Works, railway line, Bower Farm.


  219. Bridgwater SALE OF SHIRE HORSES the Property of Mr. James Bucknell and Messrs. Brake, January 14th, 1898... at the Railway Hotel.... 36pp., 12mo, printed wraps, brown rust-marks at staples. 1898. £24.00
    'the entire stud of Shire Horses owned by Mr Bucknell... who has travelled stallions for many years in Somersetshire... most of the young stock to be sold are by Juverna II....' His Stud was at Cannington. There is much detail on pedigree for each lot.


  220. Bridgwater TWO ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheet No. L.11, and LI.12, printed surface approx. 25" x 38". Scale 1/2500. Bridgwater sheet Revised 1929, Ashcott sheet 1902, later reprints. £20.00
    Shows area of town from Friarn St. to Parrett Bath Brick Works, railway line, Bower Farm, and the other sheet Ashcott and Beerway Farm.


  221. Chew Magna ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XII.14, size approx. 25" x 37", scale 25" to 1 mile. Edition of 1931. £12.00
    Shows Woodford House, Walley Court, Knowle Hill Farm


  222. Chewton Keynsham ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No XIII.1. Printed surface approx. 25" x 38". Scale 1/2500. Revised 1930. Edition of 1931. £14.00
    Shows Chewton Keynsham, Chewton Place, Queen Charlton Quarry.


  223. Clutton and Temple Cloud ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. XIX.8, printed surface approx. 25" x 38". Scale 1/2500. Revised 1902, reprint c1940. £16.00
    Shows Quarries, Brickworks, Workhouse etc.


  224. Crimchard Tything MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNT BOOK Being an account of the monies paid and received by the Surveyor of the Highways. Gives lists of people who paid and sums spent on materials and labour for repairs between 1768-1815. Vellum bound, narow folio, 83 pages written in a neat hand. 1768-1815. £200.00

    MANUSCRIPT SURVEY

  225. Ditcheat A SURVEY OF ESTATES WITHIN THE PARISH OF DITCHEAT, Belonging to the Revd. Thomas Leir. Manuscript survey on 25 pages, sm 4to, contempor