Historical Documents, Autographs & Ephemera incl Important Documents & Art relating to India & the Punjab

Shropshire two fine printed broadsides announcing the wedding of Sir Rowland Hill Bart (nephew of Lord Hill^ second in command at Waterloo)^ of H...

Shropshire ? Whitchurch ? Workhouses fine broadside concerning the treatment meted out by the Directors of the local workhouse to the poor requir...

Wales ? Barmouth fine ms document written on 22pp large legal folio dated 1830 being a contemporary copy of an Abstract of Title of William Willi...

Staffordshire ? Claverley ms document on five pp large legal folio dated 1773 being a contemporary copy of a tripartite indenture relating to lan...

Worcestershire ? Hagley ? Rockingham Hall ms document on four pp large legal folio being an extensive inventory of fixtures and fittings for Rock...

Cheshire ? Lower Watton 1801/33 group of approx 10 printed & mss documents concerning the valuation and sale of an estate at Lower Watton^ Cheshi...

Cheshire fine indenture on a single leaf of vellum dated 1691 being a bargain and sale for property in Mottram Andrewe^ Cheshire. Fine calligraph...

Scotland ? 1630 ? Charles I Royal Charter issued in the name of Charles I and his Scottish Commissioners^ written in Latin on one large page of v...

British Fascists 10 Points of Fascism by Oswald Mosley^ 1933.8vo^ 8pp plus adverts^ paper wrappers with art deco design to cover. One of Mosley?s...

Apprentice Indenture printed document with ms insertions on a single leaf of vellum dated 1828 being the apprentice indenture for George Pearse t...

Entertainment an original contract for Leslie Hutchinson ? the crooner ?Hutch? ? issued by the Harold Fielding Agency and dated July 1st 1949^ pr...

Tobacco ? Cuba group of ms documents dated 1858/9 issued in Cuba and being patents for inventions for making Cuban cigars ...[more]

Ephemera ? Scrap Album of Mary Ann McD^ earliest dates from 1833^ contains approx. seven good quality tinted portrait drawings^ some 20 landscape...

Coal ? 1661 ? banking interest fine indenture on vellum dated 1661 being a deed for a farm for duties on sea coal for 31 years. One of the partie...

Napoleonic Wars ? Alexandria Campaign two editions of the London Gazette dated May 15th and October 22nd 1801 with extensive news on the on-going...

Body Snatchers edition of the Norwich Mercury for July 19th 1823 with an extensive report on the trial and conviction of Joseph Nicholls Collins ...

Ireland ? Dublin ? supplement to the Illustrated London News dated June 6th 1846^ with a fine bird?s eye view panorama of Dublin^ printed on a si...

Palestine 1947 ? the murder of the two British Sergeants edition of the London Illustrated News with coverage of further terrorist attacks in Pal...

Brunel ? the Great Eastern ? tragic death of the Commander. Two issues of the Bristol Gazette^ Jan. 26 & Feb 2^ 1860 carrying reports on the deat...

Early image of the Ironbridge Engineering German volume dated 1825 with a number of mostly double page copper engravings including eight plates ...

Historic Newspapers an important archive of approximately 26 editions of British satirical newspapers from the 19th c^ all in good condition. A f...

Burgess Ticket attractive printed document with ms insertions date September 14th 1826 appointing Lord Alloway a Burgess of the Town of Dumfries^...

James Francis Stuart ? ?James III? ? the ?Old Pretender? interesting letter (probably a contemporary copy) dated Luneville November 26th 1713 add...

Scotland and Northumberland archive of letters relating to the Willis and Selby families of Scotland and Northumberland^ 19th c mostly concerning...

Northumberland ? Embleton archive of documents relating to the Embleton clergy^ regarding income^ tithes and payments to the parish^ with some of...

Northumberland ? Coal Mining ? Eshott Colliery group of documents including the lease of coalmines in Eshott as well as the estates once belongin...

Finance/banking small collection of ms material regarding exchequer bills dated 1798-1811^ with marked copies of newspapers relating to interest ...

Northumberland ? Snitter archive of documents relating to properties in Snitter including an abstract of title for properties belonging the Pring...

Northumberland group of documents relating to various legal transactions in Northumberland including premises in Warkworth^ Alnwick^ the Manor of...

Northumberland ? Coal mining group of approx. 12 auditors reports on the Shilbottle Coal Company covering the period 1907-14 ...[more]

London ? City of London important indenture on a single leaf of vellum dated 1759 being the articles of agreement whereby Dutton Seaman passed on...

Ephemera ? Customs and Excise fine example of an ms excise receipt for Plate^ Wine and Starch signed by six commissioners^ including James Vernon...

London ? Newington Green ? Will manuscript list of the legacies of Samuel Wright of Newington Green^ who died on July 29th 1736^ leaving a vast f...

London ? St Clement Danes ? Church Warden?s Accounts 1758 manuscript headed ?Mr Warford Church Warden 1758?^ written on 10pp large folio paper^ b...

Culinary ? a good collection of approx. 100 individual culinary receipts (ie recipes)^ each written out on mostly 8vo sheets ? some extensive^ c ...

Ephemera ? Postal History ? Advertising good group of approx 34 promotional A4 sized sheets advertising various special issues by the Royal Mail ...

American War of Independence payslip issued by the State of Connecticut dated October 20th 1779 paying Captain Peter Mills £649/5/3^ manuscript d...

American War of Independence ms document entitled ?New Manner in forming a company in order of Battalion as practised by the Independent Companie...

American War of Independence The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance by Thomas Paine^ Philadelphia^ printed by John Page no 67 Mulb...

American War of Independence printed editions of the Resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts for the half year beginning 1801 & for the wh...

West Indies ? Jamaica 1804 ms document being instructions for the militia on Jamaica dated King?s House 17th May 1804. Written in a neat hand on ...

Obligation Bond 1590 document on a single leaf of vellum written in both Latin and English being an obligation bond for Walter and William Calver...

Edinburgh Burgess Ticket document on vellum dated August 5th 1817 being a Burgess Ticket for Thomas Inglis^ Surgeon to be a Burgess and Guild Mem...

The Census Act 1830 Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain and of the Increase or Diminution thereof. Printed Act of Parlia...

Ecclesiastical 1702 The Bill Entitled An Act for Preventing Occasional Conformity ...and the reports of the several conferences relating thereunt...

William and Mary ? William III?s first meeting with Parliament The address of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and commons Assembled in Parliamen...

Methodists ?Minutes of several conversations between the Preachers late in Connection with the Rev Mr Wesley?^ London 1742. 8vo^ 25pp^ close crop...

Somerset ? Chard ? sale of a Mill indenture between George Berry of Chard and Isaac Deane^ dated December 10th 1815^ being the assignment of a wa...

Lottery Ticket 1804 original lottery ticket for the Second Lottery of 1804^ signed by Bish^ printed in green^ with the number also added in ms^ a...

Maritime an excessively rare handbill issued by the Crystal Palace advertising the exhibition of the ?City of Ragusa? c1870s ? which was at that ...

Ephemera ? Damian Hirst two metal coasters from the Pharmacy Bar & Restaurant in London^ designed by Hirst and bearing not only his iconic design...

South Africa ? The Sixth Kaffir War 1834-36 Official House of Commons volume providing copies of correspondence relating to the War ? also known ...

American Civil War official House of Commons volume containing the correspondence relating to the American Civil War 1862. Hardcovers^ folio 141 ...

American Civil War official House of Commons volume containing the papers relating to the blockade of Ports of the Confederate States during the ...

Masonic rare printed ticket for the commemorative dinner held at Freemason?s Hall on June 18th 1828 celebrating the abolition of the Test Act ? w...

Chartists ? Birmingham Murder on the body of Mary Attwood of Meriden Street^ Birmingham^ by William Lowe at the Meeting in the Bull Ring last nig...

Gloucestershire ? Oldbury on Severn two ms documents dated 1797 & 1798 being the local assessments for Land Tax^ each 4pp. Each provides a compre...

Gloucestershire ? Kington on Severn two ms documents dated 1797 & 1798 being the local assessments for Land Tax^ each 4pp. Each provides a compre...

Charles II rare edition of the London Gazette dated February 16-19 1684 (actually 1685)^ with the official dispatch of the death of Charles II^ a...

The Coronation of William III and Mary II edition of the London Gazette for April 11-15 carrying a detailed account of the Coronation of the Join...