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Author: Sir Basil Liddell Hart
Item date: not given
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: 35,000
Institution: King's College London
Town/City: London
7000 volumes, many of them annotated by Liddell Hart , which were used to form the nucleus of the Centre for Military Archives at Kings College.
Author: Henry Austin Dobson
Item date: 1860 - 1880
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: University of London
Town/City: London
Contains contributions to magazine of 1860s and 1870s, and some unpublished immature work. Presented by CSA Dobson
Author: Thomas Cooper
Item date: 1847
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
A remarkable literary document of the Chartist Movement, written in Stafford Jail where Cooper was imprisoned on charges arising out of the riots of 1842. This is the second editionl issued in penny parts. Presented by John Ehrman
Item date: 1815
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: National Army Museum, Sandhurst
Town/City: Sandhurst
County: Surrey
Map 54 x 66cm , prepared by a Belgian engineer WB Craan, engraved by G Jackowick. Presented by Lord Kenyon
Author: Sir Philip Francis
Item date: not given
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: 400
Item cost: 1,600
Institution: British Library, India Office Library
Town/City: London
The pamphlets reflect the concerns of the East India Company between 1784 and 1858. Those by Francis carry his annotations
Author: Edward Ellice, father and son
Item date: 18th & 19th centuries
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: 750
Item cost: 11,000
Institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh
Includes important correspondence with Lord Grey at the time of the Reform Bill crisis
Item date: 1399-1413
Date acquired: 1973
Grant Value: 1,815
Item cost: Not recorded
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
This manuscript is the most important source for the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in England.
Author: George Canning
Item date: not given
Date acquired: 1972
Grant Value: 300
Item cost: 750
Institution: Leeds Library, The
Town/City: Leeds
County: West Yorkshire
Also included are the papers of AG Stapleton, Cannings secretary and biographer. About 1300 letters , many from major political figures of the period including Lords Liverpool, Granville, Wellesley , also Princess Lieven, Huskission, and the Rev Sidney Smith
Item date: 1520
Date acquired: 1972
Grant Value: 80
Item cost: 300
Institution: York Minster Archives
Town/City: York
County: Yorkshire
Only known copy of this edition, not previously recorded. Printed in France by Jean Caillard
Item date: 1143 - 1155
Date acquired: 1972
Grant Value: 75
Item cost: 180
Institution: Gloucestershire Archives
Town/City: Gloucester
County: Gloucestershire
One of only four charters of Earl Roger known to exist and the only one to have a part of the seal still adhering. Gives important information about the administration of the earldom