16 grants for 1954.
Unpublished MSS account of the social side of Lord Buckhursts embassy to the Low Countries by a member of his entourage, who was later to write one of the classics of Welsh prose Deffynniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr
A Grant by Geoffrey atte Pyrye to John son of William Long of Winchelsea of rents in the parish of St Thomas. 3 fine and perfect seals one of which is the borough seal. Illustrated as plate V of AR
Presented by Sir Eric Miller together with the papers, journals and four signal books of Edward Pakenham, 2nd baron Longford 1743-1782 plus his Nautical Improvements 1793.
This edition is No 26, second issue, but lacks portraitand with variant frontispiece. Presented by Miss JEH Austen
Apparently unrecorded edition; text consists of admonitions on the state of grace and the Eucharist. Bound for Cockerell by Katharine Adams. Presented by Albert Ehrman
2 other copies known; presented by George Smith together with John Winter Jones: Observations on the Division of Mans Life into Stages, 1861
A unique copy in magnificent condition of the fourth issue of the second of the famous series of Italian writing books. Illustrated as plate II of AR
A microcosm of Scottish life: Religion and church government, politics, law, education, estate management, popular medicine, fencing and the Darien scheme are all represented, often in extremely scarce works. Illustrated as plate I of AR
Wake was public orator on the occasion of a visit of James I to Oxford in 1865; this second edition not in STC. Presented by FF Madan
Published anonymously. Presented by Mrs Vivian Seymer together with Suggestions on a System of Nursing for Hospitals in India, 1865 with FNs signature and a few notes in her hand
Third English edition, imperfect but important for the woodcuts not found in the 1499 edition. Printed by Wynkyn de Worde. Illustrated as plate III of AR
Presented by Arthur Gimson together with The Godlie Garden of Gethsemani, 1580, a translation of the work of the Italian Jesuit Gaspare Loarte; Michel Correttes Methode theorique et pratique pour apprendre en peu de tems le violoncelle, 1741 and Arnes The Masque of Alfred, 1755 which contains the first edition of Rule Britannia in full score
Presented by Messrs Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. 120 volumes of business papers of what Dr Johnson Called The greatest printing house in London. 29 vols of General Ledgers 1762-1855, 18 vols of Costs books 1815-1857, only 1 Letter book from before 1857. Add MSS 48800 - 48906
Laski was lecturer and later professor at LSE 1920 - 1950; he collected works on the history of political thought from pamphlets of the Civil war period to socialist periodicals of the 19th century including the rare Neue Rheinische Zeitung edited by Marx
First edition, presented by Thomas Balston
Fine examples of Arabic calligraphy, mainly prayers, enclosed in broad borders of burnished gold. Illustrated as plate IV of AR