DICKENS, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed to Arthur Ryland, written in the course of Dickens' first reading tour, on the headed paper of Tavistock House. Creation dates: September 1858
WRIGHT, Joseph, of Derby. Autograph copy done by Wright of the highly favourable review - 'Exhibition of Mr. Wright's Pictures at Robin's [sic] Rooms, Great Piazza, Covent Garden' - of his 1785 exhibition which appeared in the 'General Evening Post' for 12-14 April 1785. Creation dates: 1785
AUSTRALIA - EARLY EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. A near contemporary fair manuscript copy of the journal of a servant of Dr Helenus Scott and his two sons Robert and Helenus, being an account of exploration and settlement in New South Wales, with a pencil tracing of an engraving of the Maori chief Tippahe...
INDIA. CHINA. Anonymous Manuscript, written about travels in South-East Asia, beginning 'Memoranda, with miscellaneous remarks, in connection with the incidents of a voyage to India and China ... with a view more particularly to the leisure hours of young persons, in a series of letters to a lad...
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated Manuscript on vellum, unidentified use, in Latin with added section in French and Latin. Saints in the calendar and style indicate a Parisian origin. Stylistically relates to the Pichore Master, Morgan 85. France, Paris. Creation dates: Circa 1525
THORNTON, Henry. PRISONS. Collection of Manuscript material relating to the parliamentary bill, proposed by the philanthropist Thornton, for the better relief of the poor prisoners confined in the King's Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea prisons. Includes correspondence from petitioners, legal opinio...
MEXICO. Anonymous Manuscript account of the problems faced by the Mexican village of Chicguagua, one of the richest mining camps in North Central Mexico, including observations on the behaviour of native tribes and Spanish settlers, San Felipe el Real, Mexico. Creation dates: June 1775
NORTON, Caroline. SHELLEY, Mary. Autograph Letter Signed from Caroline Norton, apparently to Mary Shelley, probably written in the aftermath of the collapse of the trial at which Caroline was accused of adultery with Lord Melbourne, Hampton Ct, [June 1836?]. Autograph Letter Signed from Caroline...
PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich. Autograph Manuscript of a poem signed ('A Pushkin'). The poem begins 'Blazhen kto znayet naslazhdenie' ('Happy is he who can feel the pleasure'). Sotheby's, LO7409, 28 Nov 2007, Lot 106. Creation dates: [Circa 1830]
THORIUS [THORIE], John. Printed edition of Francisco Valdes' 'Espeio, y Deceplina Militar', Brussels, 1589, being the translator John Thorius' copy and the copy licensed for the press. With manuscript licence for the press by Abraham Hartwell the younger, and manuscript annotations by the transl...