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A comprehensive early nineteenth century letterbook relating to the business of Lord Lonsdale in Cumberland and Westmorland, especially the complex intestacy and probate relating to his vicar at Lowther, Dr Sattherwaite (d. Nov. 1827), which references correspondence with William Wordsworth. William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, KG (1757–1844) was… Read more…

Strong early 18th century commonplace book compiled by an educated adult reader of contemporary and near-contemporary English language writers who include John Wilkins, Thomas Browne, John Locke, Pascal (a French exception), Dryden and Congreve, but most strikingly of all, Shakespeare. The manuscript writer quotes from Hamlet's greatest soliloquy,… Read more…

Angling diary of a passionately committed fisherwoman in the Scottish Highlands during the first half of the 20th century. The first hand written entry in this angler’s record book records Norah Hopkin’s ‘first salmon!’ weighing 8.5 pounds caught on August 19 th 1911 at The Rocks in Ballindalloch, Scotland. Over the years the book is packed full of… Read more…

Picaresque 18th century life-writing in English by a medical doctor who trained at the Albertina in Konigsberg and at the University of Leiden before pursuing alchemical studies in London and Paris from where he had to flee French persecution of protestants in the late 1680s to settle in England. Moving first to London and then Norwich, Henry Lampe… Read more…

A handwritten reversioning of George Lorimer’s text which adds 2 original documents including one in the hand of the covenanter - and later moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland - David Williamson (1694), minister at the church in the 17th century. Additionally there is a document in the hand of his succesor at the Kirk, Neil… Read more…

Young Anglesey man’s meticulously and decoratively laid out, hand written mathematical manuscript: full of calculations, rules and answers divided into sections titled Rule of Three in Decimals, Interest, Commission, Purchasing of Stocks, Compound Interest, Discount, Equation of Payments, Barter and Fellowship. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Half bound marb… Read more…

Visually fascinating photographic diary written by an officer with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps who - against all rules - took a camera to the front which allowed him to record the Battle of El Alamein (1942) as well as the chaotic British evacuation from St Nazaire (1940) from where he offers an eye witness account of the sinking of HMS Lancastri… Read more…

Hybrid daybook, notebook and school exercise book used by James Smellie of Carstairs over 50 years from 1802 and into the 1850s to record business transactions, Carstairs’ village meetings, auctions, the activities of the Benevolent Society and on Friday evenings the ‘Church Music Society’. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Small quarto (17x20cm) bound in exce… Read more…

A remarkable memento of the creative presence of the artistic super-couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera - ‘equals and accomplices’ as they were described - in the mid-western city of Detroit, early in 1933. With these drawings into a young woman’s autograph album, made a few days before their departure for New York, Kahlo and Rivera marked the clos… Read more…

A fascinating archival collection relating to the development and publication of Marwin Delcarol’s ‘resurrection’ romance, Fire and Water (London: Duckworth, 1920), pseudonymously co-authored by close high-society woman friends, Margot Glyn and Winnaretta Singer. The collection includes affectionate hand-written and typed letters, synopses, and a t… Read more…

Publisher’s dummy for this award-winning if controversial children’s book in which Babette Cole ‘unleashes her endearingly loony sense of humor on the subject of the birds and the bees, and the result is, as expected, hilarious’ (Publisher’s Weekly). In the book a couple of parents attempt to explain the facts of life to their two children, who res… Read more…

Half bound marbled boards with soft calf to spine in fair condition. Boards faded, marked and bumped to corners. Spine panel starting and cracked to top showing 5cm section of binding. End papers age worn, binding visible along gutter but remain soundly attached. Front paste down soiled to fore edge and annotated in a contemporary hand ‘Anne Ellis… Read more…

A sturdy and handsome daybook which tells the story of the trading activities of a Lancashire merchant between the years 1824 – 1827. Packed full of hand written transactions, pricing and customer details pertaining to the provision of oats, barley, beans, salt etc in areas including Deansgate, Didsbury, Eccles, Salford, Bridgwater and Worsley. Tod… Read more…

The manorial estate of Aperfield Court was broken up after its purchase in 1895 by Frederick Henry Dougal of Wandsworth and the land sold off cheaply in small parts. It was not until after the Second World War however that the name of the area was changed from Aperfield to Biggin Hill in recognition of the Biggin Hill Aerodrome and the role played… Read more…

Pilot’s licence issued by Trinity House to a Great Yarmouth man, Richard Reeve James in January 1877, allowing him to practise his profession between Yarmouth and Southwold and extended down to Sizewell Bank. Printed on vellum and executed in black ink by Admiral Richard Collinson (explorer of the North West passage and would-be rescuer of Sir John… Read more…

Autograph manuscript of best-selling novelist Ethel Boileau’s most successful novel which tells the story of Alan Stewart of Ardbreck who brings his bride back to the Highlands where to survive he has to summon up the ‘courage and clan loyalty of his fighting ancestors.’ The author, Ethel Boileau (1881-1942) was a popular novelist in the 1920s and… Read more…

Officer’s log book of a merchant West Indiaman engaged in supplying horses and mules to the enslaved African and African-American servicemen of Britain’s West India Regiments - and on the homeward journey bringing back a cargo of sugar manufactured by their enslaved cousins in the plantations of the Caribbean. Both Atlantic crossings were fraught w… Read more…

Sketch book compiled by an engineering student at the Ecole Centrale in Paris, one of the most prestigious of the grand ecoles that trained engineers and inspired similar organisations around the world. The author of this sketch book produced his work in the academic year 1869-’70; the alumni records of the Ecole Centrale record that Dunin graduate… Read more…

Behan’s finest play massively annotated here for an Oxford University student production which was directed by the English theatre director Braham Murray during his time as an undergraduate at University College and before he went onto a successful career in stage direction. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Red quarter cloth quarto over textured paper covered… Read more…

The 1990 BBC Recording Script and associated memorabilia of Simon Curtis and Gregory Mosher’s production of David Mamet’s adaptation of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov. The BBC TV staging of Chekhov’s play, Uncle Vanya, was made in TC6 BBC Television Centre between August 14 th – 19 th 1990. Produced by Simon Curtis, directed by Gregory Mosher and star… Read more…

Memorabilia and correspondence dated from 1964 – 2006 from American film producer Elliott Kastner’s production archives relating to the feature films Harper, Zombie High and Souvenir. Kastner’s best-known credits include Where Eagles Dare and The Long Goodbye. HARPER (released in the United Kingdom as The Moving Target) is a 1966 American mystery t… Read more…

Elliott Kastner (1930-2010) was a larger-than-life American film producer, whose best-known credits include Where Eagles Dare and The Long Goodbye. This collection of 6 original screenplay scripts comes from his film production archive. All films remained unmade. The archive includes: 1 X The Violent Land screenplay script by actor and director Bri… Read more…

Original handwritten musical score and associated memorabilia for the song, ‘I’ve Just Begun’ written by Jule Styne for the musical Bar Mitzvah Boy. Signed and dedicated to Hollywood film producer Elliott [Kastner] and his wife Tessa. Jule Styne was an English-American songwriter and composer widely known for a series of Broadway musicals. He also… Read more…

Elliott Kastner (1930-2010) was a larger-than-life American film producer, whose best-known credits include Where Eagles Dare and The Long Goodbye. This original 1969 typed screenplay script of William Goldman’s adaptation of his 1967 novel The Thing Of It Is comes from Kastner’s film production archive. Robert Redford had expressed an interest in… Read more…

Elliott Kastner’s film production archive spanning from 1975 - 1985 relating to an unmade feature film based on Irwin Shaw’s novel Night Work. Includes original screenplay scripts and memorabilia from the archives of Kastner’s Pinewood Studios office. Elliott Kastner was an American film producer who headed up Winkast Productions alongside Jerry Ge… Read more…