RECIPES. FAIRFAX FAMILY, of Steeton, Yorkshire. Manuscript book of culinary and medicinal recipes, in several hands, relating to the Fairfax family of Steeton, Yorkshire. Creation dates: Circa 1694 - 1790s
JUMBLE CLUB. GLASGOW. Manuscript archive, comprising the papers of the Jumble Club, a Glasgow whist club, including books of minutes and accounts and some ephemera relating to the activities of the club. Creation dates: 1799 - [1877]
ELIOT, George. 2 Autograph Letters Signed ('Mutter') to Charles Lee Lewes, June 1879 and 'Friday Evening'. Autograph Letter Signed by Charles Lee Lewes to Eliot ('Darling Mutter'), during her honeymoon with John Cross, with warm congratulations on her marriage, May 1880. Sotheby's, LO8411, 17 De...
RAFFLES, Sir (Thomas) Stamford Bingley (1781-1826). SINGAPORE. Collection of manuscript letters relating to the foundation of Singapore, as follows: Autograph Letter Signed from Raffles to John Taylor MP, Oct 1817. Autograph Letter Signed from Raffles to Sir Everard Home, Aug 1818. Autograph Le...
DUDLEY, Robert (active 1858-1898). The original sketches for 'King Fo, the Lord of Misrule. A twelfth-night story', a Victorian children's book, by the artist Dudley, incorporating his text in manuscript. Creation dates: [1884]
BURTON, George Simon Merceron. CARICATURES. Sketchbook of alphabetically arranged watercolour caricatures of tourists in Egypt, with rhymed text, depicting the adventures of the family of George Burton ('Bimbashi Burton'), who was on leave from his military duties in the Sudan, [Egypt]. Bonhams,...
GRANT, Duncan. 35 Autograph Letters Signed and Autograph Notes Signed (13 written on postcards) to Philip Gibbons. Creation dates: July 1945 - May 1959