40 grants for 2007.
75 pencil ink and watercolour sketches, mainly of Shropshire houses and scenes, by David Parkes (1763-1833).
A justification by Valentine Morris (1727-89) of his conduct during his unsuccessful defence of St Vincent, which was captured by the French in 1779.
A collection of the published works of Edwin Morgan (b.1920) assembled by Hamish Whyte, his friend, publisher and bibliographer over thirty years.
Mary Hamilton, courtier and bluestocking, held a post in the household of George III's daughters, and her diaries and correspondence offer wonderful insights into royal, aristocratic and liter
Henry Grey, Earl of Kent, was one of two principal commissioners for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Manuscript roll of seven vellum membranes, England c,1340, containing both the earliest surviving English ordinary of arms, with 589 painted shields, and the oldest roll of arms for Scotland on th
Two bound volumes containing about 200 autograph letters exchanged between Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911), Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Dr Asa Gray (1810-88), a leading American b
The accounts ledger of William Hodgkinson of Overton Hall, Ashover, lead merchant, c. 1668-1700.
Family and estate papers of the Stepney-Gulston Family, 16-20th cent.
A rare example of an architectural design by Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), History Painter in Ordinary and Serjeant Painter to George I, and the leading decorative painter of his day.
A presentation album of drawings by Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807), in their original binding, for a proposed rebuilding of Mere Hall, Cheshire.
Seven pen and ink architectural drawings for the new Penzance Union Workhouse in Madron, 1839, with detailed notes on dimensions, fittings and furniture. Signed by G. G.
Artists' Books in limited editions.
The earliest known record of a religious guild in Nottingham, listing 207 members of the Guild of St Mary, both men and women, from the parishes of SS Mary, Peter and Nicholas, Nottingham, and furt
About 450 letters from Lord Kelvin, the mathematician and physicist, to his brother James; his business partner, Fleeming Jenkin; his aunt, Mrs Gall; and his nephew James.
Four autograph letters from Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, to Mr Reeve, a fellow ornithologist, about sightings of birds, 1917-19.
Robert Dobson, following a multifaceted career as a soldier-poet, employee of the Ministry of Information in New York, Professor of English at Tokyo Imperial University and literary adviser to Doug
11 autograph letters from Rosina Bulwer Lytton to Alfred Edward Chalon, portrait and subject painter, 1854-60.
(1) A letter from Holst to Raymond Bantock, son of the composer Granville Bantock, with a message in astrological symbols, written not long before the first full performance of The Planets, 15 Sept
The collection includes a contemporary copyist's manuscript of the Missa de Spiritu Sancto by Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), composed in 1784, with a dedication to Pope Pius VI; a copy of a keyboa
A large (5ft 3 x 7ft inches, 180 x 215 cm), finely drawn and lightly coloured map of the town and manor of Weston, part of the possessions of Sir Thomas Puckering, Bart., and the manor of Lannock,
The Sierra Leone papers relate to the activities of George Rickards, who came to Freetown aged 13 in 1802, was engaged as a clerk in the Sierra Leone Company, appointed Secretary to the Governor an
In 1831 a recently formed Union of Northumberland Miners struck for a wage increase and a shortening of their working hours of 17-18 a day.
Harold Pinter's entire extant archive of playscripts and film scripts. The archive joins Pinter's correspondence in the British Library, purchased in 2006.
Literary, private and personal papers of Professor Douglas Dunn (b. 1942), Professor of English at St Andrew's since 1991 and one of Scotland's most eminent contemporary poets.
A previously unrecorded manuscript anti-Jacobite poem, 1747. Nothing is known of the author.
The records comprise a Cost Book, 1846-7; a Petty Cash Book, 1854; a Ledger, 1846-54; and Quarry Receipts, mid-19th cent.
Family and business records of John Shaw and Sons, woollen manufacturers, of Brookroyd Mills, Stainland.
A comprehensive archive maintained by Tony Harrison, the poet, since 1950, comprising 200 large bound notebooks and many other manuscripts, typescripts and annnotated proofs of his work, together w
Family papers of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), comprising correspondence, copies, printed pieces and photographs.
Account Roll of Sir Richard Ingleby, Treasurer of Berwick, compiled 1557-60, and 3 account books recording in detail expenditure at Berwick on the military establishment, fortifications &c, 154
An outstanding archive of the Aynho estate papers, title deeds, together with personal papers of members of the Cartwright family in public life, including William Ralph Cartwright, MP for Northam
The unique copy of the first edition of the Sarum text of the Mass, printed for Caxton in 1487 by the Parisian printer Guillaume Maynyal, who was known for his mastery of red and black printing.
Estate papers of the Pigot Family of Somerford Radnor, 13-17th cent.
Over 1,100 documents relating to the Hanbury and Tracy estates inherited and acquired by Charles Hanbury Tracy (1778-1858), 1st Baron Sudeley, who created the family's principal seat at Toddin
The bulk of this large family archive consists of deeds of the family estates, centered on Warwick and Lillington, dating from the 12-19th centuries.
Originally composed in 1807-8, The White Doe tells the story of the Rising of the North against Elizabeth I in 1569.
The records of a Warwickshire landed family extending over 800 years, comprising a large number of medieval deeds, including significant numbers for the estates of Bordesley Abbey; estate and house
Release by John Fray Alexander and Anne and John Combe to John Gedeney, citizen and alderman of London, of all their rights in the manor of 'Mokkynges' in Tottenham, Middlesex, 18 Decembe
A lavishly illuminated Hours of the Passion, Paris, 15th cent. The manuscript is possibly a part of a Book of Hours now in the Huntington Library, San Marino.