19 grants for 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.
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 wrea
Second edition, published at The Hague. Contains an account of the education of children in France, a matter of particular concern to Locke.
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
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.
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.
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.
140 drawings of Harveys estate, centred on Mousehold House, remodelled by Stephen Mear the Norwich architect, in 1821.