Grants awarded in 1983

Heavily annotated by the antiquary William Stukeley both on maps and plates and in the margins, noting local finds of Roman coins etc in Lincolnshire. Illustrated in AR at item 4

12 books of his poems, a novel, an anthology, a libretto, a volume of criticism and the corrected typescript of his fictional autobiography A clip of steel. Presented by BC Bloomfield

Proof copies and first editions of his books, plus periodicals containing short stories and poems written by Johnson. Also a group of letters from Johnson to John Idris Jones, Welsh poet and publisher

A unique copy of the edition of 1531, embellished with fine woodcuts and initials in the style of Hans Weiditz. Bound with Luthers sermons on Genesis in the first edition

First German edition, translated by Luthers enemy Hieronymus Emser, printed at Dresden by Wolfgang Stokel

Map in ink and colour on vellum drawn by John Pooke who owned the estate

Published by the authors at Shelsley, Kew Gardens and bound by Gilbert Redgrave in brown morocco, stamped in blind with an elaborate border and centre panel showing a bird in each corner and a wreath of flowers in the centre. Presented by CER Clarabut

Second edition, published at The Hague. Contains an account of the education of children in France, a matter of particular concern to Locke. The library also acquired Fontenelles Entretiens sur la pluralit des mondes, 1686, H& L 1151

Lambeth Palace Library acquired 17 volumes of the Talbot Papers in 1696, with this purchase from the College of Arms it was possible to reunite the other portion of the collection, some 15 volumes to make it once again one of the most important Tudor archives in existence

Signed by 13 officers of the Northern Horse. A useful supplement to the MS and printed material for the study of the Civil War in York and Yorkshire already in the Minster Library

Contains cases dealing with trespass, non-payment of costs, theft, and disagreements relating to the smelting of tin

24 pages listing fields strip by strip in minute detail, providing valuable information on place names and personal names

Records the topography of the Cranbury estate in detail with decorative embellishments including surveying instruments and a full length portrait of Burgess

A most important collection of papers, spanning Haigs entire military career, from exercise books used at Staff College to the personal diary he kept throughout the First World War. The correspondence maps and photographs all build in to an unrivalled picture of policy and planning on the Western Front

Set of drawings for a station on the London and North Western railway, signed by various engineers. Shows the wide range of accomodation necessary for men and horses, fuel and goods

Produced at the Augustinian Priory of St Mary Magdalen at Lanercost, Cumberland, giving a detailed record of all the endowments from the foundation in 1165 -9. Includes a large drawing of the Priory and other church buildings, animals, human figures an arched bridge, two ploughs and coats of arms

First, rare, signed issue (of two); contains poems by Sassoon, Hardy , Graves, Beerbohm and Pearsall Smith

190 leaves with 6 magnificent full page miniatures together with a large Beatus initial occupying a whole page. The paintings appear to show the influence of Matthew Paris and the school of St Albans Abbey

140 drawings of Harveys estate, centred on Mousehold House, remodelled by Stephen Mear the Norwich architect, in 1821. Also a series of watercolour elevations by the minor Norwich-school artist John Ninham