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Edward Grigg, 1st Lord Altrincham (1879-1955) was a journalist, public servant and politician. The archive reflects all aspects of his life, including the India of his childhood, his period as a journalist with The Times, his service in the First World War and his political career.

Three incunabula (two English and one from Lyons) were bought by the British Library at the sale. The books are (i) John Alcock.

This is a diverse collection, which includes correspondence, property and administrative records, court papers and even recipes.

This imposing manuscript, the first volume of a two volume copy of Bartolo da Sassoferrato's commentary of part of the Digest of Roman Law, had been identified as being the partner of the University's Hunterian manuscript 6, which was acquired by Dr William Hunter at some time in the 17

The seven books from the Brontë family's library demonstrate the breadth of the Brontës' interests and abilities.

This is the first printed Christian scripture in Chinese. The Gospels were translated into Chinese by Johannes Lasser and Joshua Marshman. The volume was printed on Chinese paper at Serampore in 1810.

The 7 letters relate to Lutyens' designs for Crooksbury, near Farnham in Surrey, his first major commission as an independent architect and for a substantial country house for Sir Arthur Chapman.

The manuscript East End of Crowland Abbey by John Clare is significant as it is the first manuscript of this poem which was later published in The Rural Muse (1835). It is accompanied by the pen-and-ink drawing, which inspired the poem, by Francis Simpson (1796-1861).

This is the autograph draft of the last four pages, in full score, of Elgar's Cello Concerto, which the composer gave to Sir Edward Speyer. This concerto was Elgar's last major orchestral composition.

The gem of these maps depicts the Manor of Little Abington and was made in 1603 by John Norden, one of the foremost Elizabethan and Jacobean topographers.