WYNN, Catherine. Commonplace book of Riddles Puzzles and Games. 1861
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128pp. Mid-19th century manuscript commonplace book, containing riddles, puzzles, and games, signed on title page “Catherine Wynn, January 1861”. Includes riddles, hieroglyphs, epitaphs, puzzles, card games, enigmas, proverbs, many of which carefully illustrated in pen and ink, and followed with ...
BEAUTY, receipt book of 1920s/30s cosmetic treatments and hairdressing.
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Ruled exercise book, with red cloth backed boards. ff.138, including blanks. "M Wilson, 9 Carter Street, Uttoexeter, Staffs and the Gebe Doveridge Debyshire" is penciled on cover. Containing recipes and instruction for over 50 beauty treatments including shampoos, dyes, and lotions, organised int...
Memoir of the Klondike Gold Rush 4 January-3 November 1898, by Arthur Waller
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Manuscript account of a trading expedition to the Klondike in 1898 by Arthur Waller from Southampton, extracted from his diary. Waller and companion George Warin travelled to Canada early in 1898 during the Klondike Gold Rush, with the goal of making their fortunes trading food and other goods t...
Manuscript diary for the year 1843 of Eliza Ellice, born Courtney (1792-1859), illegitimate daughter of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806) and Charles Grey (1764-1845). Written during an extended stay in Florence, Italy. Recording outings in Florence, sights and galleries of ...
News dispatch about Japan dictated by Lord Northcliffe in Shanghai, a few months before his death in 1922
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f. 1: Typescript description and presentation, signed by Don Patterson. Transcript: ‘The foregoing news dispatch is one that was dictated at my request by Lord Northcliffe, Cecil Harmsworth, during his tour of the Far East in the Spring of 1922, a few months before his death. Northcliffe was som...
Letters of Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, to Charlotte Sophia Selwyn
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18 manuscript letters from Princess Mary to Charlotte Sophia Selwyn, born Murray, chiefly written 1810-1821, with two later letters dating 1829 and 1854. With a few annotations by Charlotte Selwyn and her daughter. Topics include family news, health of Mary’s parents the Queen and King, Prince...
Diary of the Flanders Campaign 1793-1796, by James Russell
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Manuscript journal of the military campaign in Flanders, from August 1793 to February 1796, attributed to Lieutenant Colonel James Russell of the Royal Dragoons. Lacks first folio (pp. 1-2). Contents: Narrative of events. pp. 3-57. ‘Song written on the engagement of the 26 April 1794’ (Battle o...
Collection of letters from Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
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A collection of fifty letters from Granville Leveson-Gower (1815-1891), 2nd Earl Granville, to a variety of correspondents, together with two letters from his father, Granville Leveson-Gower (1773-1846), 1st Earl Granville. The letters are in the main brief, dealing with social and parliamentary...
William Ewart Gladstone letter to Henry Ker Seymer, 21 July 1847
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Letter from William Ewart Gladstone (1808-1898), future Prime Minister, to Henry Ker Seymer (1807-1864), MP for Dorset. 13 Carlton House Terrace, London, 21 July 1847. Letter written shortly before Gladstone’s election to Parliament as MP for Oxford University, thanking Ker Seymer and others f...
Gerald Brenan: History of Poor Robinson. Manuscript draft
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Manuscript draft of The History of Poor Robinson, by Gerald Brenan (c. 1925), a satire or roman à clef based on Brenan’s relationship with Dora Carrington. With a later preface, revisions, additions and deletions, including some inserted pages in typescript (c. 1965). Contents: ff. 1-2: Manus...