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The noble game of the elephant and castle,

1822

Burnes, James, 1801–1862

Narrative of a visit to the court of Sinde at Hyderabad on the Indus

1839

Dillon, Frank, 1823–1909

Sketches in the island of Madeira

1850

Edwards, James, 1756–1816

A companion from London to Brighthelmston, in Sussex

1801

C. Goodall & Son

Flower time & fruit time

[approximately 1880]

In loving memory of Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Bowes, Snilesworth

1944

[Teleorama]

[approximately 1825?]

Luxmoore, Mary

Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay

circa 1830

[The Souvenir Rose]

[approximately 1865?]

Whitbread and Company

The Harrow, Wateringbury

[between 1949 and 1955]

Rice, Edmund Nagle, -1801

A plan of mathematical learning taught in the Royal Academy, Portsmouth

approximately 1798-1799

Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society

Scottish Widows' Fund Mutual LIfe Assurance Society

[approximately 1914]

Leighton, Clare, 1898–1989

Clare Leighton collection,

1949-1953

Yarmouth

[approximately 1880?]

Walter, John

A tour in North Wales

1817

Wright, James, coach builder

Billhead recording repairs to the carriages of Sir George Musgrave in Penrith,Cumbria, from March, 1864 to January, 1865

1864-1865

Album of cartes-de-visite depicting royalty of Britain and Europe and other contemporary notables

1860-1862

J. R. Jaffray & Son (Firm : New York)

The prize embroidery from the World Fair, 1851 will be exhibited from 1st, February to 1st, May 1852 : Messrs. J. R. Jaffray & Sons, 73, Broadway, New York

1851

Rocque, John, -1762

A plan of the palace gardens and town of Kensington ... = Plan du palais jardins et bourg de Kensington

[1736?]

C. W

Portraits of brood mares belonging to the Royal Stud at Hampton Court

1837

Uncle Tom's cabin

1852

The gift receive the deed approved ..

mid-19th century

What gives us comfort in this world of woe? ..

mid-19th century

Capper, Benjamin Pitts

Cambridgeshire

[1808]

G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker

[1850?]

Loggan, David, 1635–1700?

Oxonia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, Bibliothecae Bodleianae, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani

ano. Dni. MDCLXXV [1675]

Philips, F. C. (Francis Charles), 1849–1921

As in a looking glass

1889

Masters, W. G. R. (William Godfrey Rays)

The Chinese expedition, 1859-1860

[1861]

Martyn, Thomas, fl. 1760–1816

The English entomologist

MDCCXCII [1792, i.e. 1793]

Guest, T. R. (Thomas Robert)

A new pocket sketch book

1807

Corporal Violette!!

[1815?]

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

The absent minded beggar

c1899

Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-

[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]

[1590?]

Morris, William, 1834–1896

News from nowhere, or, An epoch of rest

[1892]

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]

Bill for building expenses

1760

Whitehead & Hoag Company (Newark, N.J.)

Diamond Jubilee souvenir badge

[1897?]

Huchinson & Dixon

Sale of shop fittings and ready-made clothing, &c.

1876

Dearest name thee happy time that I in truth may all you mine

mid-19th century

Ointment pot

between 1650 and 1700

Abbott, George, 1803–1838

Views of the forts of Bhurtpoore & Weire

[1827]

Bridgens, Richard

West India scenery with illustrations of Negro character, the process of making sugar, &c. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad

[1836?]

Hornor, Thomas, 1785–1844

Sketches in the grounds of Marshalls, the seat of Rowland Stephenson Esqr

1824]

Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Dinner

1951

G. Purt, licensed compounder & manufacturer of elder cordial

[approximately 1842]

Jonathan Bradford, or, The murder at the road side inn

[between 1835-1837]

Wallis's elegant and instructive game exhibiting the wonders of art, in each quarter of the world

[ca. 1820]

Valentine card

mid-19th century

Walker, John, 1786–1873

This newly constructed and extended map of India

1841

The red rover

[between 1835-1837]

Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840

Yelloly family watercolor albums

1827-1839

Potter, John (Hatter)

Potter, No. 22, Old Bond Street, late foreman to Mr. Breach, hatter to Their Majesties

[approximately 1816]

Dempsey & Carroll

Prince Albert

between 1878 and 1900?

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

Stowe, a description of the house and gardens of the most noble and puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple

1788

Whitehaven Steam Navigation Company

Billhead of Whitehead Steam Navigation Company for Mr. L Whittle for goods that have been delivered

1851

In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city : November, 17th, 1868 : July, 12th, 1870 : February, 4th, 1874 : March, 5th, 1875

1892

Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823–1875

Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862

1863

Bowles & Carver

Bowles & Carver's new and enlarged catalogue, of accurate and useful maps, plans, and prints,

1795]

Ackermann's drawing book for 1824

1824

Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820–1877

Views of the Crystal Palace and Park, Sydenham

1854

Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915

Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695

Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent

MDCLXXVI [1676]

Fréart, Roland, sieur de Chambray, 1606–1676

A parallel of the antient architecture with the modern

MDCLXIV [1664]

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

For life or death

[1880]

Underwood & Underwood

Sun Sculpture stereoscope

not before 1901

John Bartholomew and Son

Bartholomew's one inch to the mile environs of London

[not before 1921]

In memory of the late John Distance

1854

Open house London

[2011]

Howle, J. (Tailor)

[Gentlemen's fitting measurements diagram for use by tailors]

[approximately 1820-1830]

A heart that boasts a tender flame, sincere and constant too

mid-19th century

Leighton, George Cargill, 1826–1895

Grand architectural panorama of London

1849

Bolton, James, active 1775–1795

Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Pyrrhogyra sp.), with Northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela ?hybrida), Leaf beetle (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae), Flesh fly (Diptera Sarcophagidae), Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis), Red-breasted carrion beetle (Oiceoptoma throracica) and, Sexton or Burying beetle (Nicrophorus humator), with shell (Mauritia arabica) from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne

circa 1768