Historical Documents, Autographs & Ephemera

Ephemera – entertainment – Brigitte Bardot three bw front of house stills for her movie ‘The Truth’ showing scenes from the film, some creasing bu...

Britain in the Depression two scarce leaflets issued at the height of the depression by ‘The Only Democrats’ c1935, the first entitled ‘Abolish Po...

Napoleon – letters from Napoleon’s Generals group of four letters signed by Napoleon’s Generals including a 1p letter from General Ferrier Gratien...

Ephemera – aviation – airships – the R101 original edition of the Daily Mirror for October 7th 1930 with extensive coverage on the front page and ...

19th c Farmer’s diary two ms diaries of a Devonshire farmer covering the period 1869-1902, recording his farming activities, pig rearing, corn yie...

First edition of the Daily Mail. Ephemera – newspaper – Daily Mail good copy of the first edition of the Daily Mail dated My 4th 1896, small piece...

Crimean War – Siege of Sebastopol edition of the Northampton Mercury for April 14th 1855 with an extensive report on the Siege – printing blemish ...

Crimean War – Siege of Sebastopol copy of the official Government report on the Artillery Operations conducted by the Royal Artillery and the Roya...

Boer War good group of approx 72 original snapshot photographs showing aspects of the Boer War, including British troops in the field, shots of ar...

Railways – two good early letters concerning railways including a letter of 1848 from a foundry concerning the manufacture of turntables for the G...

Ephemera – Victorian autograph album compiled by Clara Wurtzburg of Leeds in 1887 with a variety of ms entries presumably from friends and family...

Ireland – small group of ephemera relating to George Prescott, a leading ophthalmologist in Northern Ireland in the 19th century. ...[more]

Ireland – the troubles group of four pamphlets 1970s including three Republican and one Protestant, all in good condition, together with a copy of...

Ephemera – Travel Album 1927 photo album with real photographs and picture postcards recording a cruise to the Baltic and Norwegian fjords in Augu...

Ephemera – autograph collecting the sales catalogue for a collection of autograph letters sold by Puttick and Simpson in 1861 – includes many fine...

Scotland fine ms letter addressed to the Procurator Fiscal at Inverary, and dated Oban August 13th 1839 describing in detail how he was assaulted ...

Books – literature Extracts from the Diary of a Lover of Literature by T[homas] Green 1810. Original boards a little rubbed, buffed to corners but...

Dorset – Blandford – the Langton Estate plan of the Estate, based on the six inch Ordnance Survey, dated 1932, the estate highlighted in wash colo...

Ecclesiastical – 19th c pamphlets bound volume of approx 5 printed pamphlets 1850s on ecclesiastical subjects. ...[more]

Ecclesiastical – bound volume of German evangelical sermons/pamphlets c1776-1820 including those by Halfeld, Winer, and Arneth. ...[more]

Medical – Dissertatio metaphysico medica inauguralis de animo humano ejusque in corpus effectibus, by Thomas Daniel of Leiden University, dated 17...

Norfolk – Reynham – Reign of Elizabeth I – Sir John Townshend manuscript inventory of the lands owned by Townshend dated July 9th 1599, written in...

A superb document featuring a very large portion of the Second Great Seal of Elizabeth I – the Welsh Marches 1586 fine document in the name of Eli...

Important Elizabethan document raising revenue for the strengthening of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire – Reign of Elizabeth I manuscript in English,...

Nottinghamshire – Indentures fine group of approx 19 indentures, mostly regarding property in Nottinghamshire, earliest dates from mid 16th c to 1...

Marriage Settlements 1615 two French marriage settlements, each written on multiple sheets of paper, good condition, attractively matted for frami...

China – Slavery – An important document in the history of China. This, and the following lots, are documents which do not exist in China but have ...

China – slavery employment contract for a Chinese slave worker in Cuba dated 1855, written in Spanish and Chinese script, printed document with ma...

China – slavery Nationality certificate for a Chinese Slave Worker dated 1880 issued by the Chinese Consular agent in Cuba. Printed document with ...

China – slavery An original employment contract for a Chinese Slave worker dated 1857, printed in Spanish and Chinese characters with ms insertion...

China – slavery – an original renewal contract for a slave worker ensuring that the living hell he was enduring would go on and on. The initial co...

China – slavery employment contract for a Chinese slave worker in Cuba dated 1855, written in Spanish and Chinese script, printed document with ma...

China – 19th c manuscript fine manuscript being an Obeisance to the Three Treasures, written on paper approx 103x255mm, probably from Guangdong-Ji...

Japanese watercolour showing a grasshopper with script to right hand side and mark of the artist, framed and glazed overall size approx 49x36cm. ...

Japanese watercolour showing a butterfly with flowers and mark of the artist, matted and glazed approx overall size 46x40cm. ...[more]

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 parties...

Banking 1677 indenture on a single leaf of vellum dated 1677 being an assignment of customs dues from Robert Viscount Yarmouth to Thomas Browne an...

Rare original early American documents. The following four lots are printed reports from the early years of America including decisions of the ear...

America – Massachusetts 1802 Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts begun and held at Boston, May 1802, folio 54pp, pl...

America – Massachusetts 1802 Acts and Laws Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts, May 1801. Folio 35pp, original blue paper wrappers, some ...

America – Massachusetts 1801 Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts begun and held at Boston, May 1801, folio 32pp, un...

The American War of Independence. America – Massachusetts 1775 A Journal of the Honorable House of Representatives of the Colony of Massachusetts ...

The American War of Independence and the raising of the American Colonial Army 1776. An Act for providing Reinforcement to the American Army – pri...

British Pirates in the American War of Independence. Maritime – Pirates – American War of Independence important group of documents being either w...

American War of Independence – George Washington hand coloured engraved print of Washington on showing him on horseback, dated 1788. Approx 22x20c...

American War of Independence payslip issued by the State of Connecticut dated October 9th 1781 paying Ralph Pomeroy £10 out of the tax of two shil...

American War of Independence payslip issued by the State of Connecticut dated April 25th 1780 paying Captain John Bernard £30, manuscript document...

America – Cincinnati 1844 a fine and extensive ms letter written from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1844, from the context clearly written by a married coup...

American War of Independence ‘The manner in which the American Colonies declared themselves Independent of the King of England throughout the diff...

The founder of the Colony of Georgia America – General James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia ms letter to Oglethorpe dated June 15th 1744 being a l...

American War of Independence – the Constitution of Connecticut 1776 Acts and Laws Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, prin...

America – 1703 – autograph – Joseph Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire – fine document signed ‘J Dudley’ dated Boston July 9t...

Early Colonial America – Col Thomas Dongan, Lieutenant Governor of New York and Dependences in America rare document signed dated April 28th 1684,...

Early Colonial America – James II – New England 1686 fine ms document dated 1686 being a warrant in the name of King James II appointing Nicolas M...

Theatre – autograph – William C Macready – Actor autograph letter signed dated Sherborne, Dorset March 21st 1852 to the Rev Edward Trimmer enquiri...

Theatre – autograph – Anne Francoise Hippolyte Mars, French Actress autograph letter signed in French c1834 to Jouslin de la Salle, Director of th...

Theatre – autograph – Isabella Mattocks, (1746-1826) English Actress autograph letter signed to a Miss Smith sending her some material, and compla...

Theatre – autograph – Charles Matthews (1776-1835) English Actor and Comedian – a good long autograph letter signed to ‘Dear Murray’ discussing hi...

Theatre – autograph – Robert Keeley (1793-1869), actor, comedian and early female impersonator fine group of 10 autograph letters signed 1832-1857...

Theatre – autograph – George William Lowell (1804-1878) dramatist autograph letter signed to the actor Benjamin Webster incorporating an amendment...