Printed Books, Maps & Documents, The Kenn Back Polar Library, Napoleonic Manuscripts

* Railways. Panorama of the Buddicom & Co's train & carriages, 1852, a very large panorama of a train and its carriages, its passengers being the ...

* St. Petersburg. Atkinson (J. A.), Panoramic View of St. Petersburg dedicated by permission to His Imperial Majesty Alexander 1st, circa 1807, aq...

* The Steamship Franklin. Franklin, Druck & Verlag (lithographers), Berlin, circa 1855, lithograph with contemporary hand colouring, very slight m...

* Vernon (Rev. Henry John). To Her Most Gracious Majesty, This print of the Royal Yacht "Victoria and Albert" at Spithead, Monday Augt. 28th..., A...

* Conroy (Charles, 20th century). A collection of military watercolours, including 16th Lancers, 11.5 x 8cm (4.5 x 3.5ins), 10th Hussars, Queen's ...

* Dunne (J.J.). The 47th Lancashire Regiment of Foot circa 1900, watercolour on card, showing a soldier in full dress inscribed "Light Bob Hanker ...

* English School. 12th Lancers circa 1814, watercolour on paper, unsigned, 20 x 15.5cm (8 x 6ins), period mahogany frame, glazed, together with a ...

* English School. Sergt J. Mc K K.O.L.D, mid 19th century, watercolour on paper, showing a portrait of a soldier in service uniform seen wearing a...

* English School. Knightsbridge Barracks, circa 1810, watercolour on card, showing the Governor's house, unsigned, 34 x 47.5cm (13.25 x 18.75ins),...

* English School. The Life Guards, circa 1880, watercolour and gouache on card, a humorous picture showing a very tall sentry in Whitehall, unsign...

* English School. Royal Horse Artillery, circa 1920s, watercolour on paper, showing a Royal Artillery Officer circa 1805, indistinct artist monogr...

* French School. Five original illustrations for a French Naval History, circa 1870s, pencil drawings on paper heightened in colour, comprising, a...

* Harding (E.J., 19th century). Major General C.S. Hutchinson, C..B., Royal Engineers 1851, watercolour on card, signed and dated lower left, 23.5...

* Holloway (Edgar A., 1870-1941). British Tommy, circa 1920, watercolour on paper, showing a WWI soldier in the aftermath of a battle, signed lowe...

* Military Prints. A large collection of unframed prints, including a Victorian satirical coloured lithograph showing the Duke of Wellington on a ...

* Norie (Orlando, 1832-1901). Huntingdonshire Regiment circa 1900, watercolour on paper, showing rifle practice, signed lower right, 25 x 22cm (9....

* Norie (Orlando, 1832-1901). 17th Lancers circa 1900, watercolour on paper, showing troopers on horseback, signed lower right, 15 x 11cm (6 x 4.2...

* Parker (Neville Anbury, 1808-1953). Indian sepoys of the East India Company, circa 1850, watercolour on paper, unsigned, 17 x 25.5cm (6.75 x 10i...

* Rorke's Drift. The Defence of Rorke's Drift 22-3 1879 after Alphonse Marie Adolphe De Neuville (1835-1885), monochrome engraving by Leopold Flam...

* Castlereagh (Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822). Four letters written as foreign secretary to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart d...

* [Cryptography]. Collection of autograph letters signed from Francis James Jackson (1770-1814), British minister to Berlin, to diplomatist Charle...

* [Cryptography]. Group of autograph letters from spymaster Francis Drake (1764-1821), British minister at Munich, to diplomatist Charles Stuart (...

* Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). Important collection of 14 autograph letters signed, 1794-7, all signed 'Frederick', written var...

* Fullarton (William, 1754-1808). Manuscript report on the French expedition to Egypt, Roehampton, 25 August 1798, a secretarial copy (with origin...

* Gentz (Friedrich von, 1764-1832). Substantial archive of autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay)...

* Mulgrave (Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of, 1755-1831). Group of autograph letters signed relating to preparations for Napoleon's planned invasion of t...

* Peninsular War. Collection of letters and dispatches to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay), 1809-13, from: 1) Vaughan (...

* Stuart (Charles, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845). Collection of autograph letter drafts, Berlin and Vienna, c.1801-4, perhaps 10 disc...

* Stuart (Charles, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845). Collection of letters to Stuart from correspondents in England, 1801-5, 8 letters i...

* Stuart (Charles, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845). Four autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart from various British ag...

* Stuart (Charles, later Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845). Group of autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart from British agents...

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Group of Peninsular War autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Bar...

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Group of Peninsular War autograph letters signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Bar...

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852). Autograph letter signed to diplomatist Charles Stuart (later Baron Stuart de Rothesay) as...

Aerial Photography. An album containing approximately 60 aerial photographs by Lieutenant W.H. Bundock, 28th Wing, Royal Air Force, Yatesbury, 191...

* Apollo 11 Autograph. An official colour NASA lithograph honouring the fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, 1974, signed in blue felt tip ...

* Apollo 11 Autograph. An official colour NASA lithograph honouring the fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, 1974, signed in black felt tip...

* Apollo 11 Autographs. Two official colour NASA lithographs honouring the fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, 1974, one signed in blue fe...

* Art, Literature & Theatre. A group of approximately 32 autograph letters and similar, mostly signed by writers, musicians, and actors, mostly 19...

* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1st Baron, 1857-1941). British Army Officer, Writer and Founder of the Scout Movement. Grim's Dyke, The House of the Drama...

* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1st Baron, 1857-1941). British Army Officer, Writer and Founder of the Scout Movement. A group of four autograph letters s...

* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1st Baron, 1857-1941). British Army Officer, Writer and Founder of the Scout Movement. A group of four autograph letters s...

* Baden-Powell (Robert, 1st Baron, 1857-1941). British Army Officer, Writer and Founder of the Scout Movement. A small pen and ink sketch attribut...

* British History. An autograph album containing approximately 130 clipped signed pieces, Free Front envelope panels, some autograph letters signe...

* British History. An album containing approximately 120 autograph items, 19th century, the majority letters and cut signatures addressed to the R...

Broadsheets & Broadsides. A collection of 21 broadsheets & broadsides, early 19th century, including, Spring-Heel Jack, The Monster Ghost, [London...

* Burne-Jones (Edward Coley, 1833-1898). British Artist and Designer. Autograph letter initialled, 'EBJ', The Grange, 49 North End Road, West Kens...

* Burroughs (William Seward, 1914-1997). American Writer and Visual Artist. Autograph Postcard signed, 'William S. Burroughs', postmarked Kansas, ...

* Burroughs (William Seward, 1914-1997). American Writer and Visual Artist. Signed Greetings Card, 'William S. Burroughs', circa 1995, a single sh...

* Canadiana. An autograph letter signed, 'Nottingham', by Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, Whitehall, 14 November 1702, writing to Mr Blathwa...

* Caruso (Enrico, 1873-1921). Italian Tenor. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Caruso, no date, standing in a three-quarter length pose and ho...

* Clark (Sir Andrew, 1824-1902). Autograph letter to B.B. Murray stating that he is unable to accept the invitation to the Chamber of Commerce whe...

Commonwealth and Protectorate Broadside. The Declaration of the Gentry, Ministers, Free-holders of the County and Citty of Lincolne, [London]: pri...

* Corot (Jean-Baptiste-Camile, 1796-1875). French Artist. Autograph Letter Signed, 'C. Corot', lundi, [Paris, March 1862], to Monsieur Lavicelle[?...

* Dine, (Jim, 1935-). American Pop Artist. Signed colour photograph, no date, showing a smiling Dine standing flanked on either side by framed pie...

* Dumas (Alexandre fils, 1824-1895). French Author and Dramatist. Autograph Letter Signed, 'A Dumas f', Rue Pigale, Paris, no date, to [Charles] D...

E.J.D. Bodley Pottery. Two Bodley stock pattern books, circa 1880s, containing pattern registration numbers B.100-B.589 and 5/5668-5/7857, a combi...

* East India Company. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805). Appointment Signed 'Cornwallis', Head Quarters, 1 November 1791, pr...

* Education - Lancaster (Joseph). A printed flyer requesting subscriptions for a proposal to establish schools in villages & county towns for the ...

* Fleming (Alexander, 1881-1955). A signed half-length portrait vintage gelatin silver print photograph, circa 1950, Fleming seated and smoking a ...