Abraham Dee, Hatter, London BILL with engraved heading 'Bought of Abraham Dee, Successor to Mr. Ovey, Patentee', for superfine drab hat and other items, with short covering letter at foot of page from Dee's widow. Sm. folio, integral address panel on verso. 1813. £8.00
Bacon's UP TO DATE ATLAS AND GUIDE TO LONDON New and Enlarged Edition. 8vo, printed wraps with illustration, 35 double-page maps, including map of Underground, plus a brief guide with street index. 1920's. £22.00
Baker Street THE PARTICULARS Substantial and Extensive Range of Workshops & Stables being 11, 12 & 13, Dorset Mews West, Baker Street... proximate to a very wealthy neighbourhood... Which will be Sold by Auction... May 9th, 1851. Single sheet, folio, printed on both sides, conditions of sale, memorandum, and docket title on verso. Folded. 1851. £18.00
¶ No. 12 comprised a large, light workshop with 'Paint and Glazing Rooms' on the first floor.
Battersea LEASE of a piece of ground with a messuage known as 10 Rush Hill Road, Thomas Graves to James Mulvey. 2 vellum sheets, wax seals, sketch plan in text showing Lavender Hill etc. 1875. £12.00
Brixton Empress POSTER for 'Sinbad the Sailor' Pantomime. Printed on card, with cord for hanging, size 14" x 10", printed in five colours, with picture of Sinbad and the great bird. c1950. £14.00
¶ Also featured 'Belli's Troupe of Performing Sea Lions'.
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. £25.00
Catford PARTICULARS of Freehold Ground Rents.... upon Nos. 2, 4 & 6 Glenwood Road, Catford. For Sale by Auction.... 1st of June 1916. 4pp., large 4to, folds, spotty. 1916. £10.00
City of London Comptroller ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT Vellum document, 28" x 23", for transferring the appointment as Comptroller of The Chamber of the City of London from Dutton Seaman to his son. Rather creased, two small portions nibbled at edges not affecting writing. Lacks one wax seal. 1759. £24.00
Clapham Common PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Freehold Ground Rents... secured upon 105 Villa Residences and 9 Shops... which will be Sold by Auction.. 27th November 1911. 14pp., 4to, wraps, folding plan. 1911. £17.00
¶ Includes properties in Mallinson Road, Bennerley Road, Salcott Road, Webbs Road.
Coach Builders BILL of Robinson, Cook & Holdway, Coach Builders & Harness Makers, Mount Street, Grosvenor Square. Small folio, folded, printed heading, with 'By Appointment' coat of arms on left. Made out to Sir Thos. Sebright for items from June 1858 to 20 July 1959, for new springs for brougham, various repairs to the 'Phaeton', the 'Britisher', and the 'Sociable'. 22 items. Receipted over stamp. 1859. £12.00
¶ The repairs to the Phaeton cost £78, plus 'Phaeton taken to Railway by man and horse... £1. 6s.'
Crucible Manufacturers ASSIGNMENT of Land Tax upon hereditaments at Battersea... William Vaughan Morgan and others... Crucible Manufacturers to the Morgan Crucible Company. 5p., vellum. Includes Schedule listing land by the River Thames, including Manufactory Yard and Wharf formerly known as the Bolingbroke Oil Works. 7 wax seals. 1890. £15.00
Davies (B.R), drawn and engraved by LONDON AND ITS ENVIRONS Containing the Boundaries of the Metropolitan Boroughs, the Different Railroads & Stations, The New Cemeteries, Roads, Docks, Canals, and all modern improvements. Scale 3 miles = 4«". Fully hand-coloured map, size 22" x 28", dissected and mounted on linen. Folding to 8vo, lacks one of cloth-covered boards. Published as the Act directs, 1st December, 1847. £220.00
¶ Extends to Hanwell, Finchley, Barking, Tooting. Shows railways and stations.
Decorative envelope LETTER from Mary Anne Keeley, Pelham Crescent, to Mr. Reed, St. Georges Hall. Note of 6 lines on small card, corner chipped, envelope with London N.W. postmark. The first letter of each word of the address in red ink, ladybird size 1" across painted top centre. 1891. £5.00
Edmonton LEASE FOR A YEAR of land in the Common Marsh of Edmonton, William Rolfe, Citizen and Haberdasher, to Abraham Jones, Carpenter. Vellum, size 14" x 25", written in a fine large hand. Printed heading with coat of arms, wax seal with bust. 1728. £24.00
¶ Gives adjoining owners.
Flax and Hemp Sale FOR PUBLIC SALE at the London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane... 3rd May, 1876, The Following Goods.... Manning, Collyer & Co., Brokers. 4 pages, size 17" x 7". Traces of horizontal folds, stab hole in top right corner. 1876. £30.00
¶ Lists 56 Lots in all, comprising numbers of bales of hemp and flax, for example Coconada Hemp, Sunn Hemp, Manila Hamp, Green Curled Fibre etc. Lists port shipped from vessell, and which Quay or Wharf it is at, with merchants mark. For example 'Fine Rhine Italian Hemp... Per Emperor, from Venice, on Shew at Watson's Wharf...'.
Gibson, Merchant, London JOURNAL 4to notebook, so titled in MS on front board, marbled boards, morocco spine, rubbed. Decorative engraved cartouche on first page, with globe, books etc, and MS title 'William Gibson's Book September 22nd 1857.' with verse on 'The man of trade'. 49p, carefully written, listing items bought and sold, with names of vendors & purchasers, with cash totals, sums lent upon bond etc. The first 24 pages are headed 'London' and dated from Jan. 1st to Mar. 31st 1858, the following pages headed Jamaica, Lisbon, New York, and other ports, with lists of goods etc. 1858. £45.00
¶ Goods bought and sold in London include tobacco, hops, madiera, sherry, Lisbon, Oporto and French wine, cloth such as 'Norwich crepe', 'sagathee' paper, tankards, pepper, etc. e.g. 'This day Richard Remnant offered to Pay me for the 16 Pipes of Sherry sold to him yesterday....' Possibly written as a student exercise.
Grocers BILL of Rd. Blackiston G. Blakiston and Thos. Myles, Grocers in the Strand. London 15th Decr. 1775. Size 12" x 7", folds, printed heading. Made out to Sir Charles Tynte, Hill Street, for nutmegs, ginger, cloves, pistachio nuts etc., (15 items listed). Receipted as paid, with a note that they have only sent half the sun raisins 'as there may be some Newer in a fortnight'. Dusty, two small repaired tears at folds. 1775. £20.00
Hampstead CATALOGUE of the sale of antique and modern furniture etc. at 26 Rosecroft Avenue. 15pp, 8vo, staples rusty. 1948. £6.00
Hampstead THE VIEW OF FRANKPLEDGE with the General Court Baron of William Fellowes Lord of the Manor of Hampstead. Admittance of Thomas Marsh, heir of Robert Marsh, to a cottage and land on Haverstock Hill on a fine of 8 guineas. Vellum, 13" x 10". Vellum damp spotted in places and ink slightly faded in those areas. 1763. £18.00
Harlesden COUNTERPART LEASE of No. 6 Springwell Avenue Harlesdon. Large vellum sheet, printed with manuscript inserts. R.P. Wright Esq. Small coloured sketch plan in text. 1901. £10.00
Harrild (R), Printer SHEET OF TWELVE CUTS in borders, printed in three columns, size of sheet approx. 7" x 9". c1820. £35.00
¶ Shows soldiers, a proposal, a wedding, etc. presumably scenes from some story.
Hickin (John) TO THE WORTHY INHABITANTS of the Parish of St. Dunstan in The West. Handbill, 4to, printed on one side only, thanking parishioners for their support in the poll and soliciting further votes the next day. With results of the Poll 'at the Close of this Day'. Hen & Chicken Court, Fleet St., Wednesday Evening, 18th July, 1810. £25.00
Hollway, Haggerstone TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT the interest of three eligible Leasehold Estates... Nine Well Built brick Houses... nos. 9 to 17 Clarence Terrace, adjoining the new Regents Canal Bridge... Five Well Built Brick Houses nos. 35 to 39 Wellington Street, Stoke Newington Road... Nine Well Built brick Cottages being the whole of Brunswick Grove, Holloway... 3pp., 4to, numerous folds, with name for delivery on verso. With detailed description of houses including soil, drainage, kitchen fittings, omnibus links. c1840. £24.00
¶ Suggests the fanlights could be removed to save window tax.
Hornsey LEASE of premises No. 68 Queens Road Hornsey, Charles Hambridge to Mrs Mary Ann Catchpole. Large vellum sheet, printed with manuscript inserts, small coloured sketch plan in margin. 1879. £12.00
Horse Sale TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MESSRS. TATTERSALL at Knightsbridge, S.W., On Monday, October 29th, 1934. 4pp., folio, folds. Describes the horses in the various stables. Lists approx. 80 horses, many with parentage etc. 1934. £22.00
Hoxton CONVEYANCE of share of The Old Flint House Public House at Hoxton, Revd. J. Hatch to City of London Brewery Company. Large vellum sheet, fine seal of the Brewery Company on tag. 1902. £10.00
Hyde Park PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Leasehold Residence known as No. 15 Southwick Crescent... for Sale by Auction... July 6th, 1922. 3pp., folio, folded with docket title. Detailed description of the house room by room. 1922. £10.00
International Horse Show, Olympia OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Afternoon performance, June 13th 1911. 4to, 134pp., glossy paper, attractive coloured lithograph cover showing lady and boy rider, numerous adverts. for riding habits etc. 1911. £24.00
Jeweller BILL of Thomas Hamlet, Goldsmith and Jeweller, 1 Princes St., Leicester Square. Printed heading, decorative lettering, made out to Anthony Frankland for forks, spoons, soup ladle, sugar tongs, ewer, candlesticks, etc. 4to, written on both sides, listing 26 items. Traces of folds. 1811. £22.00
Jewellery INVENTORY of the Jewellery at 13 Cleveland Row, Lady Matheson Decd. 27th March 1896. 112 items on 3 folio pages, neatly written together with two lists on Union Bank headed paper, April, 1896, and 3 other lists 'In Bank 1894 and 1895'. 1894-6. £18.00
¶ Includes 'A Diamond Tiara of Greek form consisting of a bandeau and 6 trefoil ornaments', '2 Diamond Maiden hair fern Sprays', 'Turqoise 3 coil snake bracelet'.
Johnston Brothers, Minories THE JOHNSTON 'DOME' AND 'SUPERDOME' for heating and spraying tar and bitumens, 5pp. brochure, 4to, illustrating 4 boilers. c1935. £10.00
Kensington LEASE for 96 years, of a messuage, number 5 Pitt Street, Stephen Pitt to William Beech. 2 vellum sheets, 23" x 24", six wax seals, coloured plan of the house and land in the margin, size 7" x 3". 1847. £16.00
¶ The conditions of the lease involved painting the outside woodwork and ironwork every two years and the inside every seven years. Tenants were not allowed to expose any 'cloth or linen' in front of the house.
Kentish Town ASSIGNMENT of 151 Brecknock Road, Kentish Town, Michael McSheehan to Emily Harper. 2 large vellum sheets, wax and papered seals. 1876. £10.00
King's College, London LETTER from R.W. Self(?), Principal, to an unknown correspondent regarding the Resolution of the College respecting a Memorial to Sir Robert Inglis, with remarks on his character. 4p, 8vo. King's College London, Dec. 16, 1856. £12.00
Lambeth PROBATE of the Will and Codicil of James Early. Large vellum sheet with copy of will, printed Probate Certificate attached with large papered seal. 1867. £10.00
¶ Leaves his house in Layham Place, South Lambeth, to his brother.
London and Epping Forest ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Fifth Edition. Sheet No. 107. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Blue and black Ellis Martin Cover with hiker, cloth-backed. Name and address written in left margin. 1935. £9.00
London and Newcastle FIVE LETTERS From George Gilroy at Bow to his father John Gilroy of Newcastle (millwright), dated London, 29 March 1841 - 28 July, 1843. Each letter approx. two pages, in a neat hand, with integral address panel on conjoint leaf, with postmarks and wax seals. 1841-3. £60.00
¶ He complains of the difficult conditions 'trade is very slack here now... I drew my money out of the Savings Bank thinking these rumours of wars would depress the funds.... would you advise me to speculate in a railway share for I have got about £85 and I should like to make it work as well as me....' Later letters mention his buying a Great North of England Railway share for £13.00, enquiring whether the 'Edinburgh Railway is to come by the East coast or West....'. In August 1841 he joins a drawing school '2 guineas a quarter', but in May 1842 is still out of work 'I have had only 5 days work in the last 15 weeks and no prospect of anything doing....' Later he considers going to India as an engineer in the East India Co., quoting the rates of pay, etc.... 'I find the Sierra Lione man has 3 guineas per week... so you see father I have asked less than the 3d class engineers.... my friend advises me as trade is so dull to take a little less....'
London DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP and Assignment of Debts, William Walker of St. Martins in the Field, Woollen Draper, to Joseph Walker of St. James Westin, Middlesex. Paper, size 22" x 18", good wax seal. At the end in a different hand is a list of 39 debtors names with sums owed. A few very minor holes where folds meet. 1730. £34.00
¶ The Walkers were involved in the 'Trade of Buying Selling and Retailing Woollen Cloth'.
LONDON & MIDDLESEX Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, Ephemera, etc.
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Middlesex ORDER to the Sheriff of Middlesex to apprehend James Morris the younger and put him in prison for non-payment of arrears of Stage Coach Duty 'payable in respect of divers Stage Coaches and carriages kept for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to and from different places in Great Britain. His goods were also to be valued. Printed on vellum, folio, with manuscript inserts. Red paper stamp top left, vellum slightly browned. 1824. £28.00
Midland Railway Distance Diagram LONDON DISTRICT Scale 1 inch to 1 mile. Size 19" x 14", on thick paper. Sheet 44. Sixth Edition. 1913. £30.00
¶ Covers Tottenham, South Croydon, Eltham, Cricklwood.
Mill Hill PROBATE of Elizabeth Edwards, of Mill Hill, Hendon. Vellum, size 17" x 18", with printed certificate attached, large papered seal. 1859. £14.00
¶ Expresses her wish to be buried in the Chapel Yard of the Dissenters' Chapel at Whetstone.
Minories PARTICULARS and Conditions of Sale of Two Valuable Leasehold Dwelling Houses with Shops... Nos. 97 and 100 on the West and Most Eligible Side of the Minories... which will be sold by auction.... 8th June, 1852.... 3pp., folio, folds. 1852. £14.00
Old Street PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of Well-Arranged Stabling and Six-Roomed Dwelling house situate at 1, Pickard Street... for sale by Auction May 3rd, 1918. 2pp., folio, plus page of Conditions of Sale. Folded with docket title. 1918. £12.00
Paddington BILL of Hy. J. Rickard, Job & Post Master, Close & Open Carriages To Let. Grey Horses for Weddings, &c. 11, Charles Mews, Conduit St., and 1 James St. West. Oblong 8vo, printed heading with very decorative variety of type-faces. Coat of arms. Made out hire of a Brougham and Coachman. Traces of folds. 1867. £9.00
Pall Mall BILL of Flight & Co., Tailors, Military & Naval Clothiers &c., Pall Mall. Printed heading, one side 4to, made out for 10 repairs to trousers, coats etc. e.g. 'Rep. a Coat new silk cuffs and a set of new button holes'. Receipted by Charles Flight. 1846. £8.00
Paul & Co. THE PARTED LOVERS by Richard Hatt, and My Own Dear Home. Slip ballad, size 10" x 7«", printed in two columns with a woodcut illustration above each song, the first in an oval showing a woman and a cupid seemingly floating over the sea, the other a man in a garden with two children. Paul & Co., Printers, Monmouth-court, 7 Dials. c1840. £30.00
Paul and Co., Printer ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS Illustrated poem 'The History of Elijah the Prophet', followed by a short poem 'The Hosanna: Or, Salvation ascribed to Christ.' Overall size 19" x 15", central horizontal fold. Title in decorative lettering at top, and superb woodcut illustration size 5" x 14" showing Elijah in a rocky landscape with river, waterfalls, palm trees, sun rising behind the mountains, being brought food by two swooping ravens. Three illustrations down each side, illustrating dramatic scenes from his life, such as the chariot of fire, the angel appearing to him under a juniper tree, etc., with relevant Biblical verse below each one. 1" tear at central fold at both sides, neatly repaired on verso. Paul and Co., 7 Dials, c1830. £80.00
¶ London: Printed and Sold by Paul and Co. 2 & 3 Monmouth-court, 7 Dials and Sold by J. O'Neill, Printer and Stationer, S. Pottinger's Entry, Belfast.
Philips' CYCLISTS' MAP of The County of Middlesex. Linen-backed, folding into small 8vo. red linen wraps. Some foxing spots at edge of map. c1912. £8.00
Piccadilly BILL of C. Hall, Poulterer & Licensed Dealer in Game, 52 Albemarle St. Small 8vo, printed heading with vignette of pheasant, made out for three (illegible) items. 1846. £10.00
Poupard (Thos. J), Tooley St., London S.E. ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST of Weighing Machines, coal sacks, sack holders, etc. 4pp., folio, printed in red and black. Numerous illustrations of machines. Traces of horizontal folds. c1890. £22.00
Princess's Theatre, Regent Street PLAYBILL Double playbill, size 19" x 19", folded in half vertically. Advertising programme for Wednesday March 13th, 1850. Main spectacles printed in large type-face. Fairbrother, Printer, Covent Garden. 1850. £40.00
¶ The programme included a scene from Bellini's 'La Sonnambula', the romantic opera 'Night Dancers' by Mr Loder, a new farce 'Hot and Cold', and the ballet 'The Three Statues'.
Princess's Theatre, Oxford Street PLAYBILL Triple playbill for 'Henry The Fifth', March 29th, 1859, advertising 'Farewll Season of Mr Charles Kean'. On thin paper, large sheet folded in three, making 3 pages, each size 10" x 20". Some slight brownish 'shadowing' outlining the letters of the main heading. One page is an address from Mr. Kean, giving his view of the play and his production, and thanking his supporters. 1859. £40.00
Queens' Park POSTER Frank H. Fortescue presents his Gorgeous Comic Pantomime Little Bo-Peep. On stiff card, size 12" x 8", printed in three colour. Holes at top for cord for hanging. Slight browning at extreme edges. c1955. £12.00
¶ Included 'the Real Live Tame Sheep'.
Scala Theatre PLAYBILL for December 20th, 1919. On thin paper, size 14" x 9". Advertises the musical fantasy 'Fifinella', with details of cast (including 'flying ballet'), different scenes etc. Small vignette of actor on stage at bottom. Traces of folds. The Leadenhall Press, Southwark. 1919. £22.00
South East London and Dartford ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Fifth Edition. Sheet No. 115. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Blue and black Ellis Martin Cover with hiker, cloth-backed. Name and adress written in left margin. 1934. £9.00
South London, Croydon NEW ONE INCH ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 270. Size 14" x 20". Richmond Park outlined in red and shaded. Linen-backed and folding into green cloth wraps of Alfred Wilson, Map and Bookseller. c1900. £15.00
St. Catherine's THE TOWER AND ST. CATHERINS taken from the Last Survey With Corrections. Copper-engraved plan, hand-coloured, size 11" x 14", plus wide margins, overall size 16" x 24", taken from Stowe's Survey of London. Shows the River Thames with ships and rowing boats, view of the Tower, shown with elevation, All Hallows and St. Catherine's Churches and Navy Office also shown in elevation. With decorative title cartouche, Reference Table of 65 Alleys, Courts, Yards etc. Scale bar. Published according to Act of Parliament 1754 for Stowes Survey. £140.00
St. Dionis Back Church DEED to lead uses of Recovery between Ann Hayward and her son Thomas Hayward, Hosier, and Francis Pease and John Alexander of Threadneedle Street. Attested copy on 3p. folio, of deed made in 1753. Refers to properties in Fenchurch Street near Ingram Court, known as The Black Lion, The Queen's Head, and the Three Kings, with the gateway and rooms on it leading out of the court, and a long list of lands in East and West Ham, including lands purchased by Anne's father, Sir George Merttins, Alderman. Gives occupiers. Copy made 1762. £25.00
St. James BILL of J.W. Elliott, Silk-Dyer & Scourer, 101 Jermyn Street, India and other Shawls cleaned & dyed, Chintz Furniture Cleaned & Glazed... Decoratively printed heading, paper size 4«" x 8", made out to Mr Preade for cleaning and glazing two couches. n.d. c1840. £12.00
St. James Street BILL of Banting & Son, Upholders & Cabinet Makers, 27, St. James's Street. 1p. small folio, blank conjoint leaf. Printed heading. Made out to the Executors of William Praed, M.P. for packing up and valuing furniture at 35 St. James's Place, including 'a deal packing case for the large painting of the Duke of Wellington'. With small signed receipt attached. 1846. £12.00
St. John's Wood LEASE of house and premises on the north side of Belsize Road, the fifth House westwards of Albion Road, J. Standen, to John Morgan and John Henry Morgan, plasterers. Three large vellum sheets, wax seals. In the margin of the first sheet is an elevation of the three-storey house, and a plan, showing adjoining owners. 1852. £14.00
¶ The Morgans had recently built the house.
St. Martin in the Fields AN ACT for Sale of a Tenement adjoining to Northumberland-house in the Strand (part of the Estate of Sir William Dodwell, Knight, deceased).... 11pp, disbound, decorative headpiece and floral initial letter, some wear at corners, secured with staples. Act of Parliament. 1743. £20.00
¶ Refers to a survey which showed the property 'had been in very great Danger of falling..... several large Cracks in the Wall of the said Turret, and a great Defect in the Foundation thereof....'
St. Mary's Church, Savoy ESTIMATE of John Lavington, Strand, for repairs to the Savoy Church. Short letter accompanying a particular of the repairs, with costings. 1p., 8vo, together with single sheet written on two sides, small folio, detailing repairs needed under headings 'Plumber', 'Carpenter', 'Glazier', 'Bricklayer', 'Slater' etc. Includes '3 new Portland steps to Front entrance', 'wash, stop and colour the lobby and sides of the Vestry where not wainscoted', etc. The glazing in the Vestry was to be 'with proper Crown squares in very strong lead.' June 17th, 1799. £45.00
St. Paul's Church, London ROYAL GRANTS Manuscript on 10p, sm. folio, unbound, listing grants to St. Pauls from the Conqueror to Charles II. Copied from the Index to the Royal Grants. early 19th century. £40.00
¶ Lists 80 items. e.g. 'Henry 3ds grant to Mattew de Malteby a free Warren & a Market & fair at Runewell'.
Standard Contracting Company, Bush Lane LEAFLET advertising 'Something New in London - The Checker Car', with prices etc. 4pp., 4to, three large illustrations showing 'the latest device in the field of Advertising... a changing advertisement 10 feet long and 3 feet high on both sides of a vehicle...'. c1910. £16.00
¶ The illustrations show the advertisement on the car, and the advertisement changing.
Stoppered Bottles, microscopical slides PRICE LIST of George Holt & Co., Brixton Hill. 4pp., folio, printed in blue, illustrations of bottles. Traces of folds. Jan. 1920. £10.00
Strand BILL of Edward Corn, 385 Strand, Boot Maker To Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge. Size 7" x 8", fine large engraved heading taking up most of the paper, showing royal coats of arms with lion, unicorn, flags etc. Made out for 2 pairs of top boots and 2 pairs of dress shoes. Small receipt attached, signed by corn. 1823. £20.00
The People's Palace LETTER signed Edm. Hay-Currie to The Hon. J. Nilson?, thanking him for 'the grand words I listened to in the Abbey this morning. I do believe that the Peoples Palace will produce a change in East London & I need hardly add how much indebted I am to you for the encouragement to go on'. 2p, sm 8vo, blank conjoint leaf, embossed heading '1 Hyde Park Terrace' crossed through and '10 Holles Street' added. Some foxing. Feb. 20 1886. £18.00
¶ Sir Edmund Hay-Currie was a business-man and philanthropist who supported many charitable undertakings in the East End, and was one of the principal fund-raisers for the The People's Palace project in the 1880's.
Upper Holloway PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of a Corner Residence known as Warrender Road, Tufnell Park Road, Upper Holloway, with Detached Stabling... for Sale by Auction.. 7th November 1884. 3pp., folio, folded with docket title. 1884. £10.00
Wine Merchants BILL of Crockford & Compy., The St. James's Wine Establishment. 4to bill with printed heading, made out for cherry brandy, hollands, brandy. Attached is a printed receipt of the establishment. 1846. £10.00