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Bills of loading, posters for Shipping Lines advertising routes between Liverpool and Glasgow; 35 forms for various dates in 1881 and 1882 of the Consulate of the United States listing goods and prices and documenting the shipping process from manufacturer to export

70 Privy Council letters to the Archbishops of Canterbury, many relating to a period when the registers of the Privy council are missing. Many letters to and from Burghley and Walsingham.

Extensive correspondence , both letters received and carbon copies of those sent, with translators, literary consultants, editors, publishing houses, academics, funding bodies, the Arts Council and others.

460 medieval deeds and documents, seven albums of copy deeds, legal papers accounts and vouchers ranging from the 14th to the 19th centuries; eight pedigree rolls of the Leigh and related families c.1580 to 1816, and various other papers including correspondence between the Reverend Peter Leigh a

Many extremely rare pamphlets relating to County Durham, on topics such as parliamentary reform, local politics, harbour improvement, local antiquities and local printing

93 quarto leaves, partly a notebook of Biblical quotations and prayers, but also containing accounts of the Fairfaxes and the Careys (his wifes family) during the civil war and Fairfaxs own involvement in the Restoration, and subsequent life as an Equerry of Charles II

Formerly part of the Graves Hamilton estate papers, this map drawn on parchment was sold separately from the main collection acquired with the help of FONL in 1987.

The autobiography is 630 pages long, revised and corrected throughout, including passages about the death of Katherine Manfield not in the printed edition. There are many book reviews, not listed by GP Lilley as they were published anonymously for the Times Literary Supplement.

Family and local papers with deeds and estate papers for properties in South Derbyshire and adjacent counties from 13th century to late 18th century.

Deberny et Peignot were the last major type foundry in France. They ceased trading in 1973. This is a collection of 57 books of type specimens, mainly French but also from Lund, Turin, Madrid and Copenhagen. Total purchase price given is in French francs