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‘The Laws of Hywel Dda’ is a long-established descriptive term for native Welsh legal texts which were traditionally regarded as having been codified in the 10th century by King Hywel ‘the Good’ of Deheubarth, effectively ruler of all Wales under the overlordship of Athelstan of England.

This handsome document, finely written with an elaborate scrivener's mark, is an exemplification of a decree settling a dispute between the Augustinian nuns of Easeboourne Priory and the burgess of Midhurst, relating to the maintenance of the churches of Easebourne and Midhurst, 1429.

A translation of Addison's play 'Cato' which was dedicated to Henry, 3rd Lord Coleraine, Henry Hare (1693-1749), lord of the manor at Bruce Castle from 1708-1749.

The composition was inspired by Holst's holiday in Algeria in 1908.  The Moorish melodies he heard on the streets poured onto the page to create a distinct sound.

The manuscript comprises seven pages of script, the draft of a chapter of Imogen Holst's book about her father. The chapter in question discusses The Planets Suite, Gustav Holst's most famous composition.

Dr Giles Roberts (1766-1834) was a prominent physician in Bridport.  His family was part of the new merchant class and were able to give him an education; he developed an interest in science and medica botany.  By thirteen he had developed some early medicines.

The significance of this manuscript is that it contains the greater part of Thomas De Quincey’s description of William Wordsworth from his celebrated essay, published in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine between January and April 1839, and later in De Quincey’s Recollections of the Lakes and

The London firm of George Jackson, founded probably in the 1760s by Thomas Jackson, was the pre-eminent supplier of decorative plasterwork in Britain through most of the 19th  and 20h centuries.

The two surveys, that of 1761 by the surveyor William Chapman, and that of 1781 by Yeakell and Gardner, show the Marden Park estate at its height, stretching from the valleys and heights of the North Downs to the area around what is now the A25.  They complement the deeds, manorial records and pa

The complete artwork for this edition of Graham Greene's much-loved story, in superb condition, comprising 35 watercolour illustrations and one pen-and-ink drawing of lettering; the watercolour dust jacket design; and a complete hand-drawn pen and ink dummy book.