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The firm of Peter Stubs became Britains principal supplier of precision files and watchmakers tools at the end of the 18th century. The papers consist of invoices and receipts for tools, materials, lathes, bells and clock movements

These papers show a committee keen to enquire into the problem of ventilation and the causes of gas accumulation in order to lessen the shocking number of fatalities in the pits of the early 19thcentury

Over 2,700 postcards; the larger towns best represented - 360 of Coventry before the bombs fell but also many small village scenes taken by local photographic firms of coronation celebrations and suffragette marches

Vellum roll 1o foot six, by 2 foot nine inches with 40 coats of arms and a series of panels giving details from family records to verify descent. Compiled by Thomas Gore, antiquary and enemy of John Aubrey, who called him the cuckold of Alderton. Illustrated at p 14 of AR

A very miscellaneous Lot. The most interesting item is a carefully prepared book of plans and written surveys of the Honor of Pickering, opening with an attractive vignette of the west view of the castle and a plan of it.

Fine copy of a Primer of the use of Sarum, printed in London by John Kyngston and Henry Sutton. STC 16080. Bought by FONL and presented to mark the retirement of Lord Kenyon as Chairman of the Friends

670 letters to Gwen John from around 50 different correspondents and 400 draft letters from her. The most extensive correspondence is with her brother Augustus John and his first and second wives, though there are also 80 letters from the sculptor Auguste Rodin and her draft replies to him

530 autograph sheets and 260 typescript sheets of drafts of poems for The Anathemata; 1000 autograph sheets of poetry for The Roman Quarry; over 6,500 autograph sheets of drafts for prose works and letters; also some 1500 letters addressed to him.

Some of the lots were bought to provide evidence of the familys origins and letters from his father provide information about Leightons early life and relationship with his parents.

43 portraits of Charles II and his court in a contemporary binding