ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. Autograph fragment (6 lines) of a sonnet, in Italian. Fragment from the sonnet written to accompany his painting La Bella Mano (1875). Creation date: [c 1876].
MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN (1887-1976). Mimeograph document issued by Montgomery as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Army. Refers to Tripoli. Signed. Creation date: 3 Sep 1945.
COWARD, NOEL. Seventeen autograph letters signed, six typed letters signed, and eight typed letters. One to Olwen Bowen-Davies, the remainder to Clemence Dane. 48 pages, including postcards and telegrams. Creation dates: [1930s].
QUEEN ANNE OF ENGLAND. Letter signed ('Anne') to Lothar Franz, Archbishop of Mainz. Counter-signed by Secretary of State Robert Harley. 'France, joined with Bavaria, considers carrying war into the Heart of the Empire....' Creation date: 21 Feb 1706/7.
KIMBERLY HALL, Norfolk (residence of the Wodehouse family). Manuscript library catalogue. 240 manuscript pages on 164 folio leaves. Written in one hand but with later additions. Creation dates: [c 1832-1860]
TRYON, William (1729-1788), appointed Governor of New York in 1771. Six autograph letters signed to Lord Clarendon, on American affairs. Creation dates: 1764-1777.
SERLE, Ambrose (1742-1812). A series of newsletters reporting on American affairs. Unsigned but in Serle's hand, to an unnamed Lord [the Earl of Clarendon]. Creation dates: 18th century.
17th century English manuscript on the natural philosophy of chemical mixtures. Entitled 'Mistu[m]'. 18 leaves, written predominantly in English, a few pages in Latin. Creation date: [c. 1613]
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to social reformer Thomas Southwood-Smith. Refers to intending to publish 'a cheap pamphlet called "An Appeal to the People of England, on behalf of the Poor Man's Child" - with my name attached'. Creation date: 6 March 1843.
DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Autograph letter signed, to 'Reid', asking if he would attend a performance of a dramatic production of 'Holmes' at a theatre in Glasgow and report back. 'It is possible that I may take action on the matter'. Creation date: 3 June 1894.