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Whitehaven and West Cumberland steeplechase, hurdle, & hunters' flat race... [Read more]

1890

Wm Walker & Son (Firm)

Wm. Walker & Son

1891

J. Grossmith & Son

Phul-nana perfume

[ca. 1926?]

M. &. H. Corps

Billhead recording purchase by Mrs. Harman from M. & H. Corps

[1848]

Society of Dilettanti (London, England)

Antiquities of Ionia,

1769-1915

Office Anthem

[approximately 193-?]

Cavanders, Ltd. (Firm)

Ancient Chinese

[1926]

The gift receive the deed approved

mid-19th century

Castell Brothers (Firm : London, England)

May Christmas bring you many blessings

[1880?]

Mathiss, Madeleine

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1869

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936

The absent minded beggar

c1899

Black Lion Inn (Scarthingmoor, England)

[Inn tally for food and drink at the Black Lion Inn, Scarthingmoor]

[early 19th century]

George Wostenholm & Son (Sheffield, England)

Geo. Wostenholm & Son's, Ltd.

[not before 1875]

Waldie, Mrs., active 1808

Bill for school expenses for Jean Cockburn, at Mrs. Waldie's school,... [Read more]

1808

Frederick & Robert Sparrow & Co.

Front views of F. & R. Sparrow & Co.'s original London genuine tea... [Read more]

[1823]

Open house London

[2011]

First lessons in plain sewing for home or school

[approximately 1900?]

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

mid-19th century

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

In affectionate remembrance of James Page

1885

Seebohm, Henry, 1832–1895

Henry Seebohm ornithological notebook and diary

1860-1866

Moore, Henry, 1898–1986

Henry Moore shelter-sketch-book

[1967]

Field, William, 1854–1932

William Field scrapbook

1895

May mutual loves count us blest

mid-19th century

Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797

Joseph Wright notebook

1775-1780

[Almanac for 1881]

[1880]

London Transport Executive

[Ticket for 1951 Festival of Britain special bus service]

[1951]

Jones & Halton (Firm)

Jones & Halton

[approximately 1850]

Reveley, Thomas, active 1904

£5 reward

approximately 1904

Remember me

1881

Bonnell, Mandy

Bethany seeds

2013

Stevens, Thomas, 1828–1888

To my daughter, may the morn of thy existence be unclouded, thy... [Read more]

[approximately 1870]

Barmby, Julia Maria, 1823–1892

Julia Maria Barmby and Charlotte Elizabeth Barmby commonplace books

ca. 1844-1865

Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877

Album of maritime and figure sketches

1849 September 4-1850 April 22

Collection of nine printed specimens of silver foil stamped labels

Hollis, Walford & Co.

Family tea establishment

[after 1842]

Zoological Society of London

A map of the Zoological Society Gardens in Regents Park commonly called... [Read more]

[approximately 1947]

In affectionate remembrance of John Farres, who died November 5th, 1885

1885

Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854

Sketchbook

circa 1830

In loving memory of Emily Clifford, dearly beloved wife of George Clifford

1905

Charles Skipper & East (London, England)

Charles Skipper & East, engravers, printers

[between 1833 and 1877]

In memory of the late John Distance

1854

Accept these flowers thus gracefully combined ... thus in unison let our loves... [Read more]

mid-19th century

A Merry Christmas to you

[1880?]

G.A.E. Wilmot (Firm)

G. A. E. Wilmot, undertaker

[1850?]

Thou are all I wish

mid-19th century

Bonchurch Family Hotel (Brannon, Wotton, Isle of Wight)

[Trade card for Bonchurch Family Hotel)

[188-?]

In Disgraceful Memory of the Russian Navy, in their terrible encounter with nine... [Read more]

[1904]

Kikkuli, fl. ca. 1350 B.C

The Kikkuli text on the training of horses (ca. 1350 B.C.)

c1977

Brown, Hannah (Bookbinder)

Butterflies

made in 2011

The hare and the tortoise

Novr. 5th. 1849

N. Kelly & Son

Billhead of N. Kelly & Son, stationer, for a purchase by Blake

1835

Dilnot, John

Pond life

2014

Dilnot, John

Moth collection

2013

Yours unalterably

[1875?]

Bacon Brothers (Cambridge, England)

[Label for Bacon Brothers "B.B." cigarettes (Turkish)]

[approximately 1910]

Darly, M. (Mary)

Hinton & Lock

[not after 1778]

Bonnell, Mandy

Sailing boats & dhows

[1994]

Bill for house repairs provided to Mr. Wadsworth, 1822

1822

Boulten, D.

Ex libris Henry Dodwell

1920

Burkitt & Hudson

Burkitt & Hudson

[not after 1818]

Bonnington Hotel (London, England)

Luncheon

1951

Classical School (Mount Pleasant, Sleaford, England)

Bill for school expenses for C. Lamb, to be paid to Edwin R. Dibben, Classical... [Read more]

1880

Herring, William

W. Herring, dealer in all sorts of pheasants, fancy poultry, swans, water... [Read more]

approximately 1835

Album of pressed seaweed specimens

1850-1857

Probert, John, active 1764

A survey and valuation of estates the property of Nicholas Smyth Esqr.... [Read more]

1767

Doyle, Richard, 1824–1883

Ye cvstoms & manners of Ye Englyshe people

[approximately 1850]

Douglas, Helen, 1952–

Field notes

2006

White Hart Inn and Family Hotel (Winchester, England)

Clarke S. Mallett

[188-?]

[Bill for food and drink, Tunstead, 1773]

2d Novr. 1773

Project Ocean

2011

Valentine card

[approximately 1859]

Westminster Hotel (Chester, England)

The Westminster Hotel

[189-?]

Shapter, Mary Gibbs, 1842–1921

Notes on various trees, with leaf specimens

1879-1880

Skelton, William, 1763–1848

Skelton, copper plate printer

[approximately 1800?]

Reliance Rubber Company

Plastic gold

1889-1939 [that is, 1939]

Gilpin, William, 1724–1804

Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape

circa 1790

I am thine love

mid-19th century

Album of printed items documenting English lotteries, 1569-1826

circa 1700-1900

Gazette of fashion and cutting-room companion

1846-

Wallis's tour of Europe

Nov. 24th, 1794

Lingley, John (Brewer)

[Bill of receipt by John Lingley, for the purchase of beer by Captain Richey, 1783]

1783

To my pretty Valentine!

mid-19th century

How sweet upon the features of the one we hold most dear

mid-19th century

The mistletoe bough, or, Young Lovel's bride

[approximately 1845]

Royal Hotel (Roslin, Scotland)

The Royal Hotel, Roslin

[188-?]

In memory of Jacob Henry Tillett, would-be-M.P. for his native city :... [Read more]

1892

Mrs. Stewart's concert Hanover Square

[1789]

Will you share these with me?

mid-19th century

Archer, James, approximately 1632–approximately 1680

Plan of the town of Hull and its immediate surroundings

ca. 1680

Father Tuck's kindergarten paper modelling

[between 1910 and 1925]

Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744–1818

Sir Joseph Banks's fishery book of the River Witham in Lincolnshire

1784-1800

Royal Hotel (Oban, Scotland)

Royal Hotel, Oban

[1895?]

A packet of carefully selected Christmas cards, suitable for young or old, by the... [Read more]

[1875?]

J.R. Taylor & Sons (Bournemouth, England)

[Billhead of J.R. Taylor & Sons, butchers in Bournemouth and... [Read more]

1913

Bush, Tracey

The pocket book of sea creatures

1997

Great Britain. Commissioners of Excise

[Permit for Thomas Cooper to receive one cask of foreign brandy, 1809]

1809

Character of forest trees

circa 1817

John Thridgould & Co.

Rock me to sleep Teddy

[approximately 1905]

Album of British grasses

circa 1800