LEIGHTON PAPERS. Vols. I-IX. Ledgers; 1897-1918. Accompts of bookbinding work and sales of books and MSS. arranged in alphabetical order of the names of customers. Nine volumes:-
LEIGHTON PAPERS. Records of John and James Leighton, Ltd., bookbinders and also (after about 1853) antiquarian booksellers; 1886- 1918. On the history of the business see H.W. Davies (sometime managingdirector of the firm, by whom the present records were presented), 'Notes on the Firm of J. and J. Leighton and the Old House at Brewer Street', The Library World, xxxiv, 1931-1932, pp. 149-155, 177-182. Paper. Folio. Fifteen volumes. 1886-1918. Arranged as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Booksellers: Accompts of J. and J. Leighton: 1886-1918. Bibliography: Accompts of J. and J. Leighton, booksellers: 1886-1918. Accompts: J. and J. Leighton, ledgers and stockbooks: 1886-1918. John and James Leighton, bookbinders and antiquarian booksellers: Ledgers and stock-books: 1886-1918.
Vol. IV (ff. v + 235). 1903-1904. includes: ff. 79, 80 Reverend William Kyle Westwood Chafy, of Rous Lench Court: Postcards to Messrs J. and J. Leighton: 1903-1904.
Vol. VII (ff. iv + 242). 1910-1912. includes: ff. 230, 231 Wilfred Michael Voynich, bookseller, of London: Bills, etc., to J. and J. Leighton: 1910-1916.