All Saints Parish LAMP RATE An Assessment for the Parish of All Saints in the City of Bristol for Maintaining and Repairing the Lamps of the said Parish.... for one year Commencing the 25th Dec. 1750 and ending the 25th Dec. 1751. Lists 50 rate-payers, including "The Chamberlain of the City for the Market", with two columns for "Rents per annum" and amount of rate paid. Signed by the Church Wardens, Way Wardens, Overseers of the Poor and the Mayor, James Laroche, with 2 small wax seals. 3 sides folio, in very ragged paper wraps. A few small tears at edges, and at centre where folded, bottom margin dusty. 1750-51. £40.00

Anstie (S) THE BLACK ROCK NEAR THE HOT WELLS BRISTOL. Antique aquatint. Hand-coloured aquatint, size of view 10¬" x 14«", titled beneath, in an ivory mount, with gold lines. Clark and Duberg, c.1810. £80.00
¶ A view looking up the gorge towards Clifton, showing a glimpse of the river Avon with two sailing boats. In the fore-ground are figures by the side of the river Avon, there is also a flock of sheep on the rocks, half way up the gorge.

Anstie (S) VIEW FROM CLIFTON DOWN. Antique aquatint. Hand-coloured aquatint, size of view 10«" x 15", titled beneath, in an ivory mount, with gold lines. Clark and Duberg, c.1810. £80.00
¶ A view looking down the gorge towards the Bristol Channel, showing a glimpse of the river Avon with a sailing boat, and with Cook's Folly in the distance. In the fore-ground are 2 horses with riders, and with a horse and carriage in front of a house on the edge of the Downs.

Anstie (S) VIEW FROM DURDHAM DOWN near BRISTOL. Antique aquatint. Hand-coloured aquatint, size of view 10¬" x 14«", titled beneath, in an ivory mount, with gold lines. Clark and Duberg, c.1810. £80.00
¶ A view looking up the gorge towards the Bristol Channel, showing a glimpse of the river Avon with two sailing boats, and with Cook's folly on the edge of the gorge. In the fore-ground are 2 groups of figures and a small flock of sheep.

Arrowsmith, Publisher LETTER from J.W. Arrowsmith to Lewis Way, Ashton Court, on headed paper of Arrowsmith Publishers, Dec. 18 1908, saying he was very interested in the paper on the Smyths Way had read at the Archaeological Society and enquiring if he would be interested in publishing. 2p, 8vo. 1908. £14.00

Ashmead (Geo. C) PLAN OF BRISTOL & ITS SUBURBS, Reduced from the Original Survey of the late J. Plumley With additions by Geo. C. Ashmead. Fine engraved plan, with a vignette view of The Avon with Clifton and the Hot Wells in the top right hand corner, coat of arms bottom right, calligraphic title top left. Reference Tables to Churches and Chapels, Almshouses, principal Inns, and Public Buildings. Overall size of map approx. 24«" x 31". Scale approx. 1¬" to 1 furlong. Small area of restoration along a tear from right hand edge, there has been slight wear at this tear along about 3" from the edge, and it has been subsequently restored. Published by G.C. Ashmead, 19 Small Street, Bristol: June 1st, 1846. £350.00
¶ Shows buildings, gardens and nurseries, roads and footpaths (main streets named), parkland, high ground, city boundary. Extends from Nightingale Valley on the Somerset side of the Avon to Blackbirds Gate beyond Baptist Mills. Ashmead issued his first plan of Bristol in 1828. This was largely based on the work of Joseph Plumley who died after only issuing the prospectus for his map. This first Ashmead map measured 75" x 58" with a scale of 200 feet = 1 inch. Ashmead went on to issue smaller, reduced scale, plans of Bristol in 1833, 1846, 1855, 1871 and 1882.
Not in Mathews's Bristol Bibliography.

Avon Gorge AVON GORGE Antique aquatint. Hand-coloured aquatint, size of view 8¬" x 11", plus small margins, and with imprint, but no title, in the lower margin, in an ivory mount, with gold and silver lines. London: Published by R. Hixon at his Cheap Print Shop 440, Strand, c.1790. £45.00
¶ An early aquatint looking down the river Avon showing the old Hotwell Houseand The Colonnade, and opposite on the Somerset side the Redmills which was originally a cotton mill, in the early 19th century it became a timber mill. In the foreground is a couple on the Somerset side of the river, and a sailing boat.

[Bartlett (William)] LEIGH COURT, THE MOUTH OF THE AVON. Antique steel engraving. Engraved view size approx. 4" x 6", with title beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line. [London: Jones and Co. 1830.] £10.00

Bedford (T), Published by COOKE'S FOLLY Sketched from Nature by T. Hulley. Lithograph, printed surface size 7" x 10", plus margins, in a buff mount, size of mount 12" x 16". Slight crease in card mount. c1840. £60.00
¶ Shows a stone wall in the foreground with a man leaning on it looking at the view, ships on the Avon, and the Severn and the Welsh hills in the distance. Cooke's Folly slightly to the right of the picture.

Belle Vue Hill, Clifton BILL of John Lugg, General Whitesmith and Bell Hanger. 4to, printed heading with illustration of lamp and a fancy chandelier either side of heading. Made out for bell repairs. 1858. £6.00

Berkeley Square CATALOGUE of Furniture and Effects at Berkeley Cottage, for sale by Auction by J.E. Pritchard, 24th March, 1949. 10pp., 8vo. 1949. £7.00

Besley (William) OBLIGATION BOND to Thomas Neast of Bristol, Victualler for £20. In English and Latin, printed with manuscript inserts. 1p, sm. folio, blank conjoint leaf with docket title. Small wax seal. Signed by Besley and 2 witnesses. 1729. £24.00

Bristol Avon River Board FIFTEENTH AND FINAL STATUTORY ANNUAL REPORT for the year ended 31st March 1965. 45pp., wraps, small folio. Illusts. 1965. £8.00
¶ Includes sections on drainage, fisheries etc.

Bristol Union Fire Insurance Company INSURANCE CERTIFICATE for Nehemia Newman, Publican, for a dwelling house called the Cross Keys, Stone Timber & Tile... in Temple Street, with a Brewhouse and stable behind under one roof. Size 22" x 17", large decorative heading with a tied bundle of sticks. Details added in manuscript. Folds. 1839. £18.00

Bristol Waggon & Carriage Works SPECIAL LIST FOR COAL MERCHANTS Corn Merchants, Millers.... 4pp. 20" x 12", folds, illustrating 25 types of cart, with prices for different sizes etc. of each model, brief description. Some slight browning at fold on front page. July 1905. £32.00

British Railways WESTERN REGION Bristol Division. Map of lines and stations, covering area from Bewdley in the North to Evercreech in the South. Size 35" x 28", folded, inset map of Bristol suburban railways bottom right. Printed in some kind of early reproduction process, lines coloured by hand in red, some station names shaded in blue. 2" repaired tear at top edge. Stamp of Engineer's Office, Paddington, on verso. February 1963. £12.00

Brock & Bruce, Builders & Stone Carvers LETTER BOOK 1887 - 1905. Carbon copies of correspondence on 495 numbered sheets of thin flimsy, sewn into old marbled boards, 4to, half calf, rubbed, cloth spine, indelible ownership stamp on f.e.p. Many of the letters are estimates or bills, for work carried out in Bristol (St Mary Redcliffe, St. Agnes, University College, and other places in the West Country - for example at Queen Camel Church, St Andrews Scotch Church, Bournemouth, Bradley House, Maiden Bradley etc.) Much of their work involved elaborate stone carving: an estimate for work at Emmanuel Church, Clifton says "we propose using Corsham Stone of selected quality for the carved work, in pinnacles, arches, caps.... the columns to be Irish Marble...." Elsewhere he quotes "our price for 3 Lions is £17.l0s". They also carved coats of arms, tracery, etc for other builders, as well as carving wooden furniture, and made terracotta decoration such as a 'Rose Panel' which they sent to be 'baked' to a firm in St. George (one petal and a leaf fell off and had to be stuck on with shellac). Brock also discusses his invention for a kiln for firing stained glass or pottery, for which he had a German patent, and for which he sought an investor. May 1887 - Aug. 1905. £125.00
¶ For example the estimate for work at Warminster Parish Church was £36, and included wood carving '44 carvings to end of Hammer beams 12" x 10", 6 carvings to Bosses 18" square', and in stone 10 items including '6 gargoyles 7 x 8 x 14 projection... 10 Angel corbels 19 x 10 x 11 projection'. The firm's workshop was at Albert Road, St. Phillips, Bristol.

Building works REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS of Her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Works and Buildings... on the Bristol Building Act Amendment Bill (xii pp.)... with... MINUTES of Evidence taken before J.M. Herbert and A. Poynter, At the Guildhall, in the City of Bristol, respecting the Bristol Building and Improvement Act Amendment Bill. 39pp., folio, disbound. 1847. £20.00
¶ Concerns proposals to widen Bristol Bridge, improve access to Clifton, to the Railway Station etc., and demolish properties in central Bristol, creating Victoria Street, etc.

Cannington & Cannington Kerbey families FAMILY PEDIGREES and genealogical notes. Some typewritten, some ms. Loose in rough paper folder. 1920's. £22.00
¶ Traces the family back to mid 18th century.

Central Unit for Environmental Planning SEVERNSIDE A Summary of the Feasibility Study. 27pp., wraps, spiral binding. 1971. £10.00

Clark (J.A) Drawn by NEW GUILDHALL, BRISTOL. To the Right Worshipful James Gibbs, Esq., Mayor of Bristol, by whose exertions during his period of office the plan for erecting a new Guildhall was greatly forwarded, and by whom the ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone was performed on the 30th of October 1843. Tinted lithograph, size approx. 8" x 12", plus margins, some spotting to margins. Published by George Davey, Broad Street, Bristol, Oct. 30th 1843. £40.00
¶ Shows several people in the fore-ground.

Clifton & Bristol SOUVENIR ALBUM OF BRISTOL AND CLIFTON 12 pages of photolitho views on extending strip, folding into decorative boards, size 5«" x 5", printed with cherub, view of Avon etc., some slight rubbing at corners of boards. c1890. £16.00
¶ Views include Zoo, Park St., Clifton Down Hotel, Clifton College, etc.

Clifton CONVEYANCE of a lot of Ground and Messuage thereon being No. 1 Victoria Place, near the Victoria Rooms in the Parish of Clifton... Charles Highnam and others to George Barry. Small plan showing plots on verso. 2 large vellum sheets, wax seals... together with.... MORTGAGE of the same property by the Bristol Benefit Building Society. 3 vellum sheets. 1848. £16.00

Clifton Down Hotel ENGRAVED LETTERHEAD with two vignettes showing the Suspension Bridge and the Hotel. Letter from a lawyer arranging a meeting with a friend... together with... another letter with Clifton Down Hotel heading, small 8vo, small vignette of bridge, two small pin holes... together with... booklet for Clifton Grand Spa Hotel, c1910, 4p., 8vo, large photograph on front page, 3 views of interior of hotel, and 6 of surroundings. 1889-1910. £22.00

Clifton Down Railway Line MIDLAND RAILWAY DISTANCE DIAGRAM Sheet 53A. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile. Lithographed plan on thick paper, size 20" x 15", showing Severn Estuary with line from Avonmouth to Hotwells, Clifton, Staple Hill, Temple Meads, with enlargement of Avonmouth bottom left. Folio, folded, 1" repaired split at fold. Third Edition, 1910. £22.00
¶ Taken from a book of diagrams.

Clifton FOUR BILLS of The Royal Library, Regent Street, Clifton. New Books, Stationery, Die Sinking, Engraving... Decorative headings with coat of arms, one in blue one in mauve. One made out to Belle Vue School for prizes, the other to Miss Willis for named titles... together with bill of Lewellin Twining & Co., Coal Merchants, Alma Road, Clifton, together with bill for Edward T. Parker, Whiteladies Road, Decorator, Estate Agent etc., both bills with decorative headings. 1888-1906. £9.00

Clifton LETTER regarding the terms of a lease for no. 2 Harley Place. From J. Warne in Clifton to A. Sarel in Surrey St., Strand, London. 1«p, 4to, address panel with broken wax seal on verso, Bristol postmark. The letter is in response to a letter from Mr Bernard which is on the first page. 20th July 1831. £12.00
¶ 'Messrs. Hayman and Co. have given an estimate of £5 for the painting and as they intend papering the Drawing Rooms and bed Rooms it will cost from 25 to 30£more'.

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.

Clifton SHIRLEY AND SON LIMITED High Class Stores. Cash Price List. 16 Princess Victoria Street. 60pp., 8vo, original wraps which are slightly spotty. Lists prices of groceries, wines and spirits. At the end is a section for the Ironmongery Department which illustrates kettles, pails, brushes etc. 1938. £22.00
¶ With small adverts. for branded products on each page.

Clifton SHIRLEY AND SON LIMITED The Civil and Military Stores, 28 The Mall. Cash Price List. December 1914 - February 1915. Size 10" x 6", green wraps with embossed gold lettering. 112pp., including 25pp. of adverts at the end. Lists groceries, cleaning products, wine, vintage champagne, etc. The Ironmongery section has many illustrations of chinaware, jelly moulds, brushes, teapots, glasses, etc. 1914. £40.00
¶ At the beginning is a 'Journey List' showing dates of delivery to villages in a wide radius, including Tyntesfield, Bitton, Clevedon, etc.

Clifton Theological College MEMORANDUM and Articles of Association of Clifton Theological College Trust. 13pp., printed wraps, sm. folio. 1936. £8.00

Corn Street TRADE CARD Richard Smith, Tailor & Woollen Draper, 48, Corn Street Adjoining the Council House, Bristol. Engraved on card, size 2«" x 3«". Lander, Exchange (Printer). c1860. £12.00

Cowlin (William) & Son PROPERTY REGISTER Clifton and Neighbourhood. 68pp, adverts, original wraps. Spring Issue, 1908. £24.00
¶ Lists properties, with descriptions, street by street, in Clifton, Leigh Woods, Stoke Bishop, Redland, including 'Sundon House', The Promenade, detached house on the corner of Tyndall's Park Road and Woodland Road, previously occupied by William Sturge, large house with 'covered promenade on roof 51ft. long' in Leigh Woods, etc.

Cumberland Road ROBBINS LIMITED Imperial Saw Mills, Cumberland Road, Bristol. Manufacturers of Bent Timber for the Motor & Coach Trade, Wheels, &c. New and Revised Price List. 24pp., 4to. original wraps. n.d. 1930's? £22.00
¶ Includes Cleft Oak Spokes, Ash Felloes, Motor Wings (Elm, Hazel or Birch), Motor Hood Sticks, Clincher Rubber Tyres etc.

Cunninghame (M), Del. THIS VIEW OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE on 27th August 1836. is Dedicated with the greatest respect to The Most Noble the Marquis of Northampton, the Members of the British Association & the Bridge Trustees. Lithographed view size approx. 7" x 9«", titled beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line, the hand-colouring is well-executed but later. C. Hullmandel, c.1836. £85.00
¶ Shows the gorge with boats on the river Avon, looking downstream with the Clifton observatory, and with a large number of spectators lined up on the Clifton Downs. The funds for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bridge ran out in 1853 and it was not finished until 1864, 5 years after Brunel had died.

Dolphin Society ANNUAL DINNER 13th November 1877 at the Victoria Rooms at 5 o'clock. Richard Bright Esq. M.P. President. Attractive invitation, made out in ink for The Rev. H. L. Thompson, on card size 4«" x 6", printed with wide border of flowers and leaves in brown, decorative blue lettering, and blue dolphin in a circle. 1877. £16.00

Dolphin Society PRESIDENTS' NAMES numbers of Persons who dined, amount of Collection.... from its first institution in 1749.... to 1909. Folio sheet, printed in blue with decorative border, folds, some small repaired edge tears. 1910. £10.00

Donne (Benjamin) A PLAN OF BRISTOL, CLIFTON, THE HOTWELLS from an Actual Survey by B. Donne. Engraved plan size approx. 19" x 27", extends to Redland Cottage in the North, Coronation Road and Redcliffe Crescent in the South, includes buildings at Montpelier and Ashley Hill, Leigh Woods and Rownham Lodge in the west, St. Philip's Workhouse in the east. With inset view of Avon showing gorge and terraces of Clifton, size 2«" x 7", list of Public Buildings, Chapels, Alms Houses, Squares, down left and right hand edges. Published as the Act directs by B. Donne, Bristol Jany. 23rd, 1826. £600.00
¶ Indicates 52 Public Buildings, including the Philosophical and Literary Institution, Hospital for Diseases of the Eye, Colston's School for 100 Boys, Pie Powder Court, Sion Spring, Cheese Market, etc. At certain points distances from the Exchange are indicated.

Eastville LAKE, EASTVILLE PARK, BRISTOL Postcard. Fine crisp glossy real photograph, titled in white in the plate, showing the lake with people round about. Note in pencil on verso dated 1909. Small crease at one corner... two other postcards of the park, coloured, 1906, one with a small piece cut from bottom corner. 1909. £16.00

Election Petition SUPPLEMENT TO THE BRISTOL MERCURY Saturday, March 31, 1838. 4pp., broadsheet, containing full report of the Proceedings before the Committee of the House of Commons on the Petition against Francis Henry Berkeley for corrupt election practices. 1838. £14.00

Ford & Co. Ltd. Printer and publisher THE GAUNTS' HOUSE Old Recollections and New Intentions. 1220 - 1912. Printed on thick grey paper, stiff paper wraps, 6 pages of text plus four tipped-in photographic plates with decorative art nouveau borders, two photographs per plate except the last one which has one photograph of the manager's office. Part of the brown silk ribbon threaded on front wrap is missing. 1912. £20.00
¶ Photographs show work in the composing room, machine room, etc.

Gardiner & Sons, Ironmongers and Merchants LETTER to Rev. Sanford at Combe Florey, quoting prices for Grates, marble and slate baths etc. 2 pages, decorative printed heading. Traces of vertical fold... together with another letter giving prices for 'articles seen by you on Wednesday...', listed under rooms, including 'rouge fleuri and black marble chimney piece', plus another letter with receipt. 1888. £8.00

Gardiner, Sons & Co. SPECIMENS OF FIREPLACE SUITES From the Showrooms of Gardiner, Sons & Co., Ltd. 8pp., 4to, wraps, glossy paper, coloured illustrations on each page. Views of Midland Iron Works, Showroom on back wrap. c1935. £12.00

Griffield (F) VICTORIA SQUARE CLIFTON. Antique steel engraving. Engraved view size 4" x 6«", with title beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line. Engraved and Published by J. Harris & Co. £14.00
¶ Shows a band playing in the square, large decorative lamp in foreground.

Harding (J.D), drawn on stone by, from a Sketch by O'Neil. DOUBLE COTTAGE. Blaise Castle Hamlet. Hand-coloured antique lithograph. Lithographed view size 8¬" x 11¬", titled beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line, the hand-colouring is well-executed but later. Bristol: T. Bedford, 23 Broad Street, 1826. £35.00
¶ The hamlet, which was designed by John Nash, was built by John Scandrett Harford, of Blaise Castle, for his retired workers about 1811. It is now owned by the National Trust.

Harding (J.D), drawn on stone by, from a Sketch by O'Neil. DUTCH COTTAGE. Blaise Castle Hamlet. Hand-coloured antique lithograph. Lithographed view size 8«" x 11«", titled beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line, the hand-colouring is well-executed but later. Bristol: T. Bedford, 23 Broad Street, 1826. £35.00
¶ The hamlet, which was designed by John Nash, was built by John Scandrett Harford, of Blaise Castle, for his retired workers about 1811. It is now owned by the National Trust.

Harding (J.D), drawn on stone by, from a Sketch by O'Neil. SWEET BRIAR COTTAGE. Blaise Castle Hamlet. Hand-coloured antique lithograph. Lithographed view size 8" x 11¬", titled beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line, the hand-colouring is well-executed but later. Bristol: T. Bedford, 23 Broad Street, 1826. £35.00
¶ The hamlet, which was designed by John Nash, was built by John Scandrett Harford, of Blaise Castle, for his retired workers about 1811. It is now owned by the National Trust.

Harding (J.D), drawn on stone by, from a Sketch by O'Neil. VINE COTTAGE. Blaise Castle Hamlet. Hand-coloured antique lithograph. Lithographed view size 8¬" x 11¬", titled beneath, in an ivory mount with a gold line, the hand-colouring is well-executed but later. Printed by C. Hullmandel, c.1826. £35.00
¶ The hamlet, which was designed by John Nash, was built by John Scandrett Harford, of Blaise Castle, for his retired workers about 1811. It is now owned by the National Trust.

Harvey & Sons Ltd. WINE LIST Winter 1949. 19pp, 8vo, printed in red and black. Wraps. 1949. £8.00

Harvey & Sons, Ltd. WINE LIST Summer 1939. 32pp., 8vo, decorative wraps with design of bottles and grapes. Black and white illustrations and maps in text. Order from loosely inserted, with price of a summer case on verso (Margaux was 34s for a dozen bottles). Foxing spots on first page and a few other pages, cover rather grubby. 1939. £12.00

Harvey Barton & Son, Ltd. GEMS OF BRISTOL A Collection of Sepia Photographs. Sixteen tipped in views, size 4«" x 7", description on facing page. Oblong 8vo., original wraps with round view, tear at spine, holes at margin for silk tie, but tie missing. c1918. £8.00
¶ Includes good view of Cabot Tower with sheep grazing in foreground.

Hawking (G), Lith. CLIFTON, AND ST. VINCENT'S ROCKS, FROM LEIGH WOODS Tinted lithograph, size 8" x 12". A few small foxing spots in margins. c1840. £48.00
¶ A view looking up river towards the city and the terraces of Clifton, Hotwells just visible, sailing ship being towed up river.

Hawkins (G) CLIFTON, AND ST VINCENTS ROCKS, FROM LEIGH WOODS. Antique hand-coloured lithograph. Lithographed view size 8«" x 11«", titled beneath, in an ivory mount with gold and silver lines, the hand-colouring is well-executed but later. Day & Haghe, Lithographers to the Queen, c.1850. £50.00
¶ A view showing the gorge, looking up the river Avon, with boats, and in the distance some of the Georgian terraces of Clifton, Bristol.

Hellier (Elizabeth) QUITCLAIM whereby Elizabeth Hellier of Bristol, Spinster (one of the Legatees named in the will of Elizabeth Symonds) releases to Sarah Dring all her interest in the estate of Elizabeth Symonds. 1p, sm. folio, manuscript, signed by E. Hellier and 2 witnesses, with small wax seal. Blank conjoint leaf with docket title... together with.... 1p document signed by her and the same witnesses, with wax seal, authorising Edward James one of the Proctors of the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of Bristol to appear for her in the said court. 2 items. 1727. £24.00

Horfield AN ASSESSMENT made Pursuant of an Act of Parliament... for Granting an Aid by a Land Tax... One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven. Large folio sheet, folded, ruled in columns for Proprietors, Occupiers, amount due. Lists 16 Occupiers... Signed by three commissioners with small wax seals, and by Assessors and Collectors... together with a similar sheet... AN ASSESSMENT MADE... for the year 1798. 2 items. 1797-1798. £28.00

Horner (Joshua), lith. VIEW OF THE ROCKS FROM CLIFTON DOWN Lithograph from a drawing by S. Jackson, showing a view up the gorge from a view-point near the Observatory, three figures in foreground, Cook's Folly in the distance. Size 7«" x 9", in green card mount. Published by G. Davey, Bristol. Lithographed by Day & Haghe. c1840. £50.00

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

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

Ironmongery BILL of Harris & Gibbs, Furnishing Ironmongers, Importers of Marble Chimney Pieces, Gas Fitters... 11, Clare Street, 4to, printed heading. 1866... together with.... Bill of Robert Hamilton, Venetian & Florentine Window Blind Manufacturer, Culver St. 1858, 4to., and a small bill from Bristol United Gas Light Company to P. Taylor, for his share of expenses 'fitting 13 Lamps on Roadway to Sneyd Park Estate', 1858. 1858-66. £9.00

Kell (Thos.), Lithographer BRISTOL JOINT STATION Temple Meads. Scale 40 Feet to An Inch. Hand-coloured lithographed plan, size 36" x 76", on thick paper backed with linen. Reference with key to colours for Joint Boundary, Joint Running Lines, Joint Sidings, Midland Lines, G.W.R. Lines, Easement. Scale bar, compass rose. With printed 'Notes as to Arches'. Covers area from Bath Parade to South Parade, shows Floating Harbour, New Cut, higher ground shown with hachures, signal boxes, cab shelters, pumping house, G.P.O sorting office, cranes, carriage sheds, fish platform, Hare's Colour Works. Folds, some fraying of paper at folds, without loss, light waterstain along top edge, not protruding onto printed surface. With five signatures. 1906. £110.00

King Street WILL of John Potter, formerly of Kidderminster now of the City of Bristol. 2p, folio, plus blank conjoint leaf with docket title. Extracted copy. Folds, a few small edge tears. 1802. £18.00
¶ Leaves his messuage in King Street to his friend Mary Bowen.

Lander (S.J), Sc. ROYAL PROMENADE, VICTORIA SQUARE, CLIFTON W.B. Reed, Builder and Proprietor, Marmont & Lloyd, Architects. Steel engraved vignette view, looking across the gardens with fountain etc. Engraved surface size 4" x 6", plus margins, mounted on sheet of paper, a few grubby marks. Published by J. Burbidge, Regent Place, Clifton. c1850. £8.00

Lander's ELECTORAL DISTRICT MAP OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL. This Map, (Comprising a Circuit of Nine Miles from the Guildhall,) Includes the Qualifying Residences of the Constituencies of the City of Bristol, Both Parliamentary and Municipal. Accurately Copied from the Ordnance Survey with Additions & Corrections to the Year 1840. Folding engraved map, county boundaries, city boundary, parkland and circle marking the limit of the map hand-coloured, decorative border. Mounted on linen, folding into original 8vo cloth boards, with gilt title to top board, engraved surface measures approx. 19«" x 19«". Some small tears in cloth down spine, cloth on boards faded, tiny split in paper at four points where folds meet. Bristol: 1840. £95.00

Latcham family ADMINISTRATION of the Goods and Chattels of Mary Latcham, of the Old Park in the Parish of St. Michael in the City of Bristol, deceased. Printed certificate with manuscript inserts, on vellum, size 8" x 8", large papered seal of Archbishop of Canterbury on tag. 1826. £15.00

Llewellins & James, Castle Green LIFTING AND FORCING PUMPS ON PLANK Advertising sheet, sm. 8vo, printed on one side only, illustrating a pump, and listing types available, with table at bottom giving quantity of Water each lifts in an hour. n.d. c1870. £16.00

Lysaght (John), Limited. AGRICULTURAL FEEDING APPLIANCES Manufactured by John Lysaght, Limited, Galvanized Iron Works, Bristol. Catalogue printed on yellow paper, on both sides of sheet 15" x 17", folded to form brochure 5" x 8". Each item illustrated, with prices listed below. 1902. £20.00
¶ Upwards of 50 items illustrated. Includes wheelbarrows, water-carriers, garden tables and chairs, hay-racks, troughs.

Manuscript poem ON THE DEATH OF MRS HAWKESWORTH by her Husband. Poem of 18 lines, in rhyming couplets, on 4to sheet, written with an amendment to one line. Describes his wife's decline, and how he resigns her 'not to earth... but to God'. no date, probably early 19th century. £20.00
¶ Refers to the fact his wife had taken the Hotwell waters: 'Who'er like me, with boding anguish brings/His heart's whole treasure to fair Bristol's springs....'

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Mouth of the River Avon MOUTH OF THE RIVER AVON. Antique tinted lithograph. Lithographed view size 8¬" x 11¬", lacks margins, in a plain ivory mount. c.1840. £25.00
¶ This view from Penpole Point, with the large sundial in the foreground, shows the mouth of the River Avon, looking towards Somerset, with a few boats including a large sailing ship heading into the Bristol Channel. A small group near the sundial includes a man pointing towards the boat.

New Guildhall LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION STONE Offprint from the Bristol Mirror, describing the ceremony. Folio, single sheet, 2 columns, pencil note 'Given to me by Thomas Garrard, City Treasurer....' 1843. £10.00

Nicholls (J.F) LETTER dated City Library May 13, 1874, to 'My dear Friend' T. Knight, asking him to look through the proof sheets he encloses for omissions and errors 'now the hurry is tremendous to it must go forth with its imperfections...' 1p, 4to, folds. 1874. £10.00

Norrington Hingston & Co. ACCOUNT BOOK Manuscript account book giving yearly Balance Sheets, 23rd July 1866 - 20th July 1892. Approx. 300 pages, neatly written. Full green calf with broken metal clasp, size approx. 10" x 6«". 1866-92. £60.00
¶ Gives list of stock, including Peru Guano, Bone, dried blood, and machinery etc., for each year. Norrington Hingston were at the Chemical Manure Works, Crew's Hole, St. George.

Oxford University Press Printer THE FORM AND ORDER OF SERVICE for the Hallowing over the work of the restoration of St. Mary Redcliffe. 25pp., 8vo, printed in red and black. 3rd Nov. 1933. £10.00

Palmer (F.H) LETTER BOOK of Electrical Contractor, 1901-1906, 4to volume, half calf, spine rubbed, containing 500 flimsy pages of copy hand-written letters, copies a little feint in parts but on the whole legible. Includes specifications, quotations etc for installing wiring, fittings etc. in houses and commercial premises in Bristol, orders to suppliers. With Index of clients. 1901-6. £35.00
¶ Clients include W.D. & H.O. Wills at Bedminster, Chesterfield House, Clifton, etc.

Park Street BILL of J.P. Way, Antique Art Gallery, 69 Park Street. 4to, printed heading, with large circular picture of putti, in brown. Made out for an old Rose ground Chelsea Rose Water dish and ewer from the Collection of lady Soames. 1p., folds. 1913. £8.00
¶ J.P. Way wrote his autobiography 'Antique Dealer', as well as a book on pottery marks.

LITHOGRAPH VIEWS

Prout (J.S) PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by J.S. Prout. With an engraved title, an engraved dedication and 29 engraved India Proof plates, slight spotting mainly to margins of plates as usual. Folio, recent marbled boards, morocco label on spine. Bristol; Pub. by George Davey, 1 Broad St. Printed by C. Hullmandel. c185-. £200.00

Redland LEASE FOR A YEAR of closes of meadow or pasture land known as Great Ground, Lower Ground, Inner Meadow, Outer Meadow, near Cotham Lane in Redland, Sir Godfrey Webster of Battle Abbey, Elizabeth Miller, widow, of Cotham, and John Miller, Nurseryman, to Peter Fry, Carpenter. Vellum, size 23" x 29", three wax seals. 1817. £26.00
¶ The Millers were owners of market gardens in the area of what is now Whiteladies Road.

Redland MORTGAGE for £00, between Philip West, Mason, William Hart of Stapleton and his wife, and Samuel Worrall of Bristol, of a five acre close called Mine Ground, with two messuages now erecting on the site, and a tenement called 'Rachel Powell's cottage' on Durdham Down late in the possession of John Shingles. Two vellum sheets, size 28" x 29", three wax seals. 1769. £22.00

Reed (Walter), Printer THE WESTERN DAILY PRESS August 11th, 1902. Broadsheet newspaper, 10pp., size 27" x 25". Folds. Coronation of Edward VII edition. Numerous detailed reports, line drawings. 1902. £15.00

Robinson (E.S & A.) PHOTOGRAPH showing the inside of a factory. Albumen print, size 9" x 11«", mounted on thick card. Shows the length of a large workshop, with about fifty men and girls working at machines, in the foreground are men working on lithographic stones, and girls working on what appears to be a machine for sewing booklets. One man seems to be working on a sheet headed 'Newport Corn & Hay'. There are rows of pulley wheels fixed to spars running along the ceiling. The girls are wearing long white aprons. c1910. £45.00
¶ There is no contemporary title to the photograph, and nowhere in the view is the word 'Robinson' visible. Someone has written on the back in pencil ' E S & & A Robinson, Redcliff St'.

BEDMINSTER PUBS

Roe (W.H) Builder & Contractor CASH BOOK. 1901-1911. Gives names and payments to employees, and lists materials, usually with a note from whom bought, and costs for each job. Most of the work is for public houses in Bedminster but also includes work for the Co-op at Kingsland Road and Ushers at Avonmouth. Folio, ruled cash book, half reversed calf, marbled endpapers, some spotting to covers, internally sound, with 120 pages entered in manuscript, most being half full... together with... DAY BOOK 1936 - 1939, giving names and payments to employees, listing materials, usually with a note from whom bought and costs for each job. Most of the work is for private clients in Bedminster, but also includes the Electricity Departments, and the Central Stores, Bedminster. 570 pages entered, most half full, plus a 7p. index... together with... similar Day Book, 1938-1939, 560p. Includes work at The Winford Arms, Dundry, Garricks Head, Broad Quay, Masonic Hotel, North Street. Both volumes folio, half reversed calf. Loosely inserted is a printed bill of the company, with their address in Windmill Hill. 3 volumes. 1909-1939. £90.00
¶ Among the pubs they worked on are: Seven Stars, Thomas Street; Railway Hotel, Pensford; Berkeley Castle, Newfoundland Street; Goldney House, Clifton; Prince of Wales, Hotwell Road; Highland Chief, Victoria Street; Highbury Tavern, Cotham; Three Horse Shoes, West Street; The Apple Tree, Bedminster; Carpenters Arms, Horsefair; Black Swan, Bedminster Bridge, and many others.

Royal Edward Dock SOUVENIR OF THE ROYAL VISIT TO BRISTOL AND BADMINTON of Their Majesties the King and Queen on the Occasion of the Opening of the Royal Edward Dock, Thursday July 9, 1908. Souvenir on crepe paper, size 14" square, portraits of the King and Queen, with details of route, ceremony etc., coloured border of flags and flowers. Folded, small piece torn from top left margin, very slightly affecting border, some foxing spots in bottom third of paper. Printed and Published by Mrs. Burgess, London. 1908. £18.00

Saint James RECEIPT for payment of a rate levied for repairing the Parish Church and Tower of St. James, and for rebuilding the Vestry-Room. Printed slip, signed by Churchwardens and Collector, manuscript inserts, made out to Mr. Daubeney. Feb. 1804. £8.00

Scholastic Trading Co. STONE'S BUREAU CABINETS and Universal Portfolios. Illustrated price list, 16pp, printed in red, rusty staple. c1900. £10.00

Shipping ASSIGNMENT two third parts or shares of all that the good ship or vessel called the Caesar, of the Burthen of Four Hundred Tons, whereof Patrick McDonough is Commander, and now on a Voyage from Bristol to St. Ubes and Newfoundland, together with a proportional part of her Stores, Tackle... and in a certain Policy... James Lockier, of the City of Bristol, Merchant, and Thomas Woodward of the same place, also Merchant, Partners in Trade... to Benjamin Adams of the City of London.... 3p, manuscript, large folio, folded with docket title. 1786. £28.00

Sickness Club RECORD BOOK listing payment made to women for 'sickness' and 'old age', 1839-48. Cash book, 4to, full reversed calf, blind-stamped decoration, raised bands. The first section comprises 9 pages, one per year, each listing 23 women (only 2 with addresses) and columns to show payment made every month that year, the second part is a cash account, 37 double-page spreads with debit and credit, showing money received from members, sale of consols etc., and money paid out to named women for sickness, old age, and for funerals, and for collector's salary. Many blank pages. 1839-48. £60.00
¶ There is no clue as to the name of the society. The final note states 'Balance in hand on 16th Feb. 1848 when the Club was agreed to be dissolved. G.C.' It was no doubt a Bristol society as the first 23 names listed (1839-40) also have addresses, which include Church Lane, St. Michaels; Frogmore Street; Hotwell Road; Pembroke Court, Jacob's Wells.

St. Augustine AGREEMENT for Sale of Reversionary interest, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England with H.G. Willmott. Refers to two houses in Pipe Lane in the occupation of Joseph Taverner and James Tucker. 6pp., folio, attached is manuscript coloured plan of the houses. 1872. £14.00

St. Augustines Parish CONVEYANCE of the reversion in fee of nos. 7 and 8 Pipe Lane, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners to H. Willmott, of Cotham. 3 large vellum skins, small coloured sketch map on verso of one skin, papered seal of Commissioners. 1872. £15.00

St. James BOND of Samuel Varlow, Hairdresser, and George Gwinnett, of Bristol, to James Hingston Cabinet Maker, for £00. 2p., tall folio, 2 wax seals. 1802. £26.00
¶ Refers to purchase of a piece of land in North Street, St. James. Two deeds of 1724 and 1743 referring to a fee farm rent on the property had been lost, and Hingston wanted to indemnify himself against any future charges. The early owner was Michael Sidwell Free Mason and Stone Cutter.

St. James CONVEYANCE of a plot of land formerly part of a meadow called the Lower Montagues, but now called Joblings Leaze, near Earle Street and Marlborough Street, John Wall, of Bristol, Silk Dyer and Elizabeth Addison, Widow, to John Stout, Merchant Taylor. Vellum, size 22" x 33", very black printed heading, slightly rubbed. Small hole at one fold with loss of two words. 2 wax seals. 1721. £24.00

St. James WILL of Nicholas Brookshaw of Penn Street, St. James. 12pp., sm. folio, folded, 1784. Extracted from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Proved 1784. £20.00
¶ Refers to two tenements in Penn Street, 'Bristol Bridge Tickets and monies or Stock in the Public Government Funds'. Leaves the proceeds from the Bristol Bridge Tickets to his faithful servant Alice Pavey, wife of Nathaniel Pavey, twine spinner.

St. Mary Redcliffe Church PHOTOGRAPH showing the church with the truncated spire before restoration. Size 6" x 8", pasted onto thin card. Late 1860's. £26.00
¶ The restoration of the spire was completed in 1872, so this photograph pre-dates the start of the restoration work. Two very small girls are standing by the stone pillars at the entrance to the churchyard.

St. Philip and St. Jacob LEASE of messuage on the Eastward side of John Street, and a Malt House in John Street, John Rogers of Bristol, Grocer, to William Kinston. Vellum, size 23" x 27", two wax seals, with monogram and very small date '1781'. 1784. £24.00
¶ Gives occupiers of adjacent buildings, and measurements of pieces of land. The land had originally belonged to Sir William Cann.

St. Philips POSTER advertising the auction sale of houses in Albert Road, in the Parish of St. Philip and Jacob. Size 23" x 17", folds, lists 4 lots, with occupiers, amount of rent. Manuscript 'Conditions of Sale' attached. Brownish off-setting of type. Two small repaired edge tears. J. Leech, Printer. 1859. £18.00

Stokes Croft TRADE CARD Full Moon Hotel, North St. and Stokes Croft, Seat Post Chaises, Landaus, Hearses and Mourning Coaches to any part of the Kingdom. Jas. Waltr. Thomas begs to assure Those Traders and Commercial Gentlemen... that no expense is spared... Finely engraved card, size 3" x 4«", in attractive variety of lettering styles, fine view of the very large premises, railing in front, people walking by. Some light soiling, small number '27' written in ink at right hand margin, printed poem from a newspaper stuck to verso. Underwood, sc. Bristol. c1865. £18.00
¶ The Full Moon dates back to the early years of the 18th century. It changed its name from 'Inn' to 'Hotel' in 1865.

Stokes Croft TRADE CARD Hattil Foll, Porter & Pale Beer Brewer, Stokes Croft, Bristol Engraved on card, size 2«" x 3«". Attractive lettering including 'Gothic' style. Lander, Exchange (Printer). c1860. £14.00
¶ Hattil Foll was apparently involved with the Ashton Gate Brewery.

Storer (J.& H.S) REDLAND COURT The Seat of Sir Richard Vaughan. Steel engraving, showing the house from the terrace, with peacocks, gardener, figures strolling. Size 4" x 6", plus wide margins. 1825. £10.00

Sturge & Co. TOBACCO WAREHOUSE Surveyor's report signed by Y. & J.P. Sturge (on the instructions of the Surveyor of City Lands) on the suitability of a Tobacco Warehouse in Back Street for conversion to a `Mart for the sale of Leather'. One and a quarter sides of foolscap, in a clear hand. Oct. 25th l830. £17.00

Tankard's Close Houses TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION On Friday, the 14th of May, 1830, At the Bank Tavern, John Street.... Shares in all those Two Freehold Messuages or Dwelling Houses.... Situate in Tankard's Close, Leading from St. Michael's Hill to Mr Tyndall's Park, Now in the occupation of James Davis and Richard Were.... Single folio sheet, folded, printed on one side, a few edge tears, attached with sealing wax to the manuscript `Conditions of Sale' with signature of the purchaser, amount. 1830. £26.00

Taylor and Low Brothers, Timber Importers PRICE LIST Mouldings, Architraves, &c, and Canadian Yellow Pine Doors. 67pp., size 7" x 5". Illustrates the different mouldings, with measurements and prices. c1920. £15.00

Temple Street MEMORANDUM OF AN AGREEMENT made this 24th day of Septm. 1723 that Samuel Wilkins shall have a Lease of a tenement in Temple Street late in the tenure of Saml. Tuder.... twenty five pounds fine and two Guineas to be spent at Sealing.... 1p., sm. folio, signed Wilkins and 5 others. 1723. £15.00

Theatre Royal PLAYBILL February 17th - 21st. 1868. Printed with large type-faces in red and black on thin paper, size 30" x 10". Advertising Miss Marie Wilton's London Company in the Great Comedy of 'Caste', and concluding with the Farce of 'The Young Widow'. Somertons, Printer, Mercury Office, Broad St. 1866. £22.00

Theatre Royal PLAYBILL December 31st 1866, and January 1-5, 1867. Printed with large type-faces on thin paper, size 30" x 10". Advertising 'The Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime Robin Hood!' Lists in detail the 15 Scenes, including Scene 11 which is 'Exterior View of The New Theatre-Royal, Bristol. Photo-magico - Clown's new process - Speaking Likeness' etc., and concluding with 'Hanging Gardens of Fairyland'. Small area of wear at one point in right margin, with slight loss of paper. Printed at the Mercury and Daily Post Offices, Broad St. 1866. £22.00
¶ Several of the scenes include Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon.

Voss Bark (Conrad), Photographer PHOTOGRAPH of a large group of over a hundred boys in naval uniforms on a sailing ship, some seated, some in the rigging. Albumen print, size 4" x 7", mounted on card, outlined in red, 'C. Voss Bark, Clifton' printed below. Card edges with browning (not affecting photograph). At the left hand side is a small group of ladies. The boys ages seem to be about 10-16, and the ship was possibly a training establishment. c1885. £24.00
¶ C. Voss Bark was a well-known Bristol photographer, based at Strathcarn House, Clifton.

Warren (Robert Hall) BRAUN'S MAP OF BRISTOL Commonly called Hoefnagle's. Pamphlet reprinted from the Proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club. 15pp., 8vo. Wraps faded and slightly worn. 1900. £6.00

Were (F) LETTER addressed from Stoke Bishop to 'Dear Pritchard'. No date. 2p., small 8vo. Enquires whether he has seen a silver gilt basin engraved with monkeys, birds and dragons, used as an alms dish and part of St. John's plate. Mentions a book by Hirst who 'made a mess' of depicting the coat of arms in his book and how he has sent Arrowsmith a correct copy to be pasted into the book. c1920. £14.00

William George's & Sons OLD AND CURIOUS Catalogue of Old and Curious Literature. Book catalogue, 36pp., 8vo, original wraps. 1897. £6.00

Wilmer & Sons, Builders Merchants, Victoria St. YALE Some Interesting facts about Yale Products. Small booklet, 5" x 3", 31pp., illustrations of locks, and view of Yale factory at Stamford. c1920. £4.00

Woodworkers PRICE LIST C. Jennings & Co., General Woodworkers, Timber Merchants, Sawing, Turning & Moulding Mills. 1907. 132pp., size 7" x 5", decorative wraps, which are slightly grubby. Illustrated throughout. 1907. £34.00
¶ Includes various shop fronts, shop front pilasters, porches, bannisters and newel posts, church and chapel furniture such as rostrums, woodblock flooring, bay windows.

Wright & Co., Photographers, Bedminster BELGIAN REFUGEES Under the Care of The Redcliffe, Southville and Bedminster West Wards. Photograph, on glossy yellowish paper, size 4" x 7«", plus margins. Printed title. Shows about 50 adults and children against a background of trees. Chappell & Co., Redcliffe Printing Works. c1915. £16.00