Rugby Memorabilia, Toys, Collectables, Historical Documents & Ephemera

Suffolk - Indenture on Vellum 1711 - Last Will and Testament - for Butcher John Shafton, with proving slip attached, finished in English script, l...

Elizabeth I - Suffolk - Marriage Obligation Contract on Parchment - in English in fine script, based in 'Willowdale', Suffolk, with wax seals atta...

Everyday Life in Cape Colony in Time of Peace 1902 - by X C, authors presentation copy to Dr Hyde, 127pp, 3x plates, bound in illustrated beige cl...

St Mary's Church - Shrewsbury - 1900 Notes on St Mary's Church by the late Venerable Archdeacon Lloyd. Published and printed by Adnitt & Naunton, ...

The Gardens of Good Hope by Marion Cram 1927 - 326pp, inc 17 plates, London, Spring 1927, second printing 4500 copies, bound in green cloth, good ...

The Cradle Days of Natal 1497-1845 by Graham Mackeurtan 1972 - limited edition of 1000 copies, being an exact facsimile of the original work of 19...

The Society of Friends (Quakers) 1684-1822 - a volume of Extracts from the Minutes and Advice of the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London (pri...

Report on the Ventilation of Mines & collieries by John Phillips 1850 - Presented to Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, 64pp, illustrations wit...

Society for the Publication of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts 1840 - 4x original issues of The Liverpool Mail Feb-March 1840 - Advertisements with Pros...

Cape of Good Hope - Representative Assembly 1850 - Correspondence, presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, Feb 1850, 108...

The Church in Wales - Government Report 1914 - First Report Index & Minutes of Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Lords, the r...

Gloucestershire - Alveston - Land Tax Assessment 1797 - Original Assessment for the Land Tax with names of the Proprietors and Occupiers with name...

Maruja by Brete Harte - December 1885 - this famous story by the American author was published as a frontispiece summer supplement to the July-Dec...

American Centennial Exhibition - Philadelphia - 1876 - 2x issues May 13 and June 17 of the Illustrated London News with several engravings with de...

War with America 1812-15 - President Madison's Message 1814 - original issue of The Staffordshire Advertiser, Nov 5, 1814, containing the full tex...

Cape of Good Hope Settlement 1820 - Original issue of The Observer newspaper Dec 1820, containing accounts of a Settler from old Blue Krantz, Algo...

South Wales Railway Companion Guide - 1860 by Mr & Mrs S C Hall. Published by the Art Journal in xii parts. 55 individual pages 4to. with 116 illu...

Gloucestershire - Hawksbury - 1723 Abstract of Title to the Capital House & Manor of Hillesley in the Parish of Hawksbury with details back to 161...

War with America 1812-15 The Taking of New Orleans 1814: original Issue of The Staffordshire Advertiser, February 25, 1815. Account of 2000 Britis...

Derbyshire - Iridgehay 1547 - a grant by Alice Mellor, widow of Thomas Mellor, of all her lands, tenements, rents and profits in the village and f...

War with America 1812-15. Capture of the USS President 1815. Original issue of The London Gazette, February 18th, 1815, containing the official re...

South Wales - Mines & Quarries Report 1897 - Home Office Report - includes details of 176 fatalities giving date, Colliery, name of owner or compa...

The Hudson River from the Wilderness to the Sea 1860. Published by the Art Journal 1860 in xi parts. 45 individual pages 4to with 100+ illustratio...

Caernarvonshire - Llysfaen - 1795 Caernarvon Great Sessions Thomas Eyton, Ironmaster, demands against John Hughes, Gent; three messuages, 10 acres...

Thunberg's Account of the Cape of Good Hope 1770s (1814) - Volume 16 of "A General Collection of Voyages and Travels in all parts of the World" by...

Shrewsbury Region - Geological Survey Maps 1967 - 2 large, coloured maps of the Drift and Solid Geology. Re-Surveyed 1926/28, published 1932, re-p...

The Welsh Society of Ruthin 1827 large, printed Poster - advertising the Annual Ring Festival to be held on St David's Day, extensive details incl...

Gloucestershire - Victoria County Histories - Volumes II, IV, VI, VIII, X, 1907-1972. Many illustrations. Includes City of Gloucester Vol. IV & Bo...

Birmingham Archaeological Society - Transactions 1951/85 6 vols - bound in blue cloth, 10 in grey paper wraps, not a run, good overall condition

What is Now Being Done in South Africa - The Testimony of British Soldiers at The Front - a 4-page broadsheet 18" x 13" issued by the Stop the War...

France - The National Convention Bulletin - Jeudi 3 Octobre 1793 - with contents inc Letters from the French people near the Army of the Alps, sig...

France - The National Convention Bulletin - Dimanche 4 Novembre 1792 - the short-lived convention issued a regular Bulletin giving news of its act...

Queen Victoria's Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster 1901: A very fine example of this rare seal, attached to the appointment of George Perceval Wyatt ...

Draining the Fens 1696-1885 - a comprehensive collection of 32 Acts of Parliament etc including the extensive Third Report 1795 concerning the Isl...

Newfoundland - Geology and Mining 1934-49 - 20 vols of the Dept. of Natural Resources. Considerable detail of mineral deposits including much on t...

The People's Journal - January 1846 to July 1847 4 vols 1846-48 edited by John Saunders (see DNB) Vol 1 pp8-12 article with portrait of Charles Di...

Stamp Collecting Publications - The Stamp Collector Fortnightly, 8 bound annuals vols 1901-1908, Gibbons Stamp Monthly, 24 issues 1933-1934, Stamp...

Sunday at Home 1864-1893 - 12 annual vols in good condition, coloured plates throughout, most vols with illustrated coloured bindings (2 boxes)

The Geographical Journal 1940-1955 - 20 volumes with very many fine maps and black and white plates from photographs, bound in beige cloth, gilt t...

Smithsonian Museum - Washington 186s-1890s - 15 volumes of Annual Reports with many important articles on a wide variety of subjects inc American ...

The Titles of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn 1821: Minutes of Evidence regarding a Petition of the Rt Hon Thomas Bowes to His Majesty, claiming t...

The Lovat Claim of Peerage 1826: Thomas Alexander Lovat of Lovat Esq claims the Barony of Lovat - report taken before the Judges in Scotland 1826,...

Royal Air Force Gallantry Awards - February 1942 The London Gazette for 20th February, giving details of the Citations for the Award of the DFC to...

Bridgnorth Election Poster 1829: a letter addressed to the Electors of Bridgnorth by Thomas Whitmore, thanking them for electing him as their Memb...

The Saying of Confucius - illustrated and decorated by E A Cox RBA, published by F Lewis Ltd, Leigh on Sea, 1946, ltd ed of 1400 copies, printed o...

Uncle Tom's Cabin, or The History of a Christian Slave - 1st English edition, London (September) 1852. This famous book by Harriet Beecher Stowe w...

For Cambria - Theses in Verse and Prose by James Kenward (Elvynydd) London 1868 - x + 264pp + 23pp catalogue of works published by Longmans, Green...

Municipal Corporations Eastern & North Western Circuits Pt IV: Government Blue Book 30th March 1835. Reports include several places in North Wales...

The Cultivator - Albany, New York 1838-41: A monthly publication devoted to Agriculture, vols 5-8 complete bound in one volume, many hundreds of p...

India - Review of Plague in Nasik District 1896-1899 - official notice dated at Bombay Castle 17th November 1899, signed by Woodburn, Acting Chief...

Kelso - Roxburghshire 1778-1840. An archive of 13 mss and printed documents and letters relating to the Estate of Mary Davidson, a minor, daughter...

The Old Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England 1884 by Georg Stephens FSA, published in London and Copenhagen, large folio xxiv + 281pp, profu...

Politics - The Listener Jan-June 1935 - bound volume published by the BBC containing articles on the political situation in Europe and India; scie...

Welsh Guards at War by Major L F Ellis, Welsh Guards, published by Gale & Polden, Aldershot 1946, xiii + 386pp incl 10 plates and many illustratio...

Cambrian Bibliography by the late Rev William Rowlands, edited and enlarged by Rev D Silvan Evans, Rector of Llan ym Mawddwy. Printed and publishe...

Young America (weekly publication) New York 1856, volume No 1 all published - only No 1 has a title page, 312pp incl index. On page 310 it states ...

Wroxeter - The Baths Basilica Excavations 1966-90 by Philip Barker et al, published by English Heritage 1997; extensive record of the excavations ...

Labour Leader - a weekly Journal of Socialism, Trade Unionism and Politics - Yankee Doodle vol 5 January to December 1908. The Independent Labour ...

The Yangtse Incident - HMS Amethyst 1949: limited edition No 23 of a photographic copy of the Diary of Coxswain Leslie Frank 19th April - 31st Jul...

French Revolution - Paper Money 1791/2 - 4 Assignats issued by the Constituent Assembly to address imminent bankruptcy. 1791 15 and 25 sols, 1792 ...