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Pengraig Court, Near Ross. Catalogue of Pure-Bred Shorthorn Cattle The Property of The Rev. W. Holt Beever, and J. Allan Rolls Esq., Of The Hendre, Monmouth, for Sale by Auction, On Friday, March 28th, 1879, (The Day after the Kingscote Sale) At Step House Farm, Pencraig, three miles from Ross Station on the Gloucester, Hereford, and Monmouth section of the Great Western Railway, by John Thornton.
[1879]
Auction catalogue; 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"), pp. 20, stitched. Foxing on front cover.
A rare & scarce auction catalogue of named cattle. Loosely inserted is a photographic copy of a sketch of the sale, signed by C. Powell, with a 36-point key.
[Ref: 63481] £400.00
[1879]
Auction catalogue; 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼"), pp. 20, stitched. Foxing on front cover.
A rare & scarce auction catalogue of named cattle. Loosely inserted is a photographic copy of a sketch of the sale, signed by C. Powell, with a 36-point key.
[Ref: 63481] £400.00
This Book Belongs to Garner's Circulating Library, Margate. When read, is earnestly requested to be immediately returned for the general accomodation of the Subscribers.
[1798?]
Two identical bookplates, letterpress with woodcut borders, each sheet c.105 x 70mm (4 x 2¾"). Old ink deaccession mss. on both, laid on paper together. '1798' in pencil.
William Garner, a former actor, opened his 'Marine Library' on the harbour at the bottom of Margate high street in 1789. Despite his shop being wrecked in a storm of 1808, he stayed in business for 44 years.
[Ref: 63517] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[1798?]
Two identical bookplates, letterpress with woodcut borders, each sheet c.105 x 70mm (4 x 2¾"). Old ink deaccession mss. on both, laid on paper together. '1798' in pencil.
William Garner, a former actor, opened his 'Marine Library' on the harbour at the bottom of Margate high street in 1789. Despite his shop being wrecked in a storm of 1808, he stayed in business for 44 years.
[Ref: 63517] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
''Three Nuns,'' Aldgate, The Old City E. Proprietor - - George Bell. Licensed for Music, Singing and Dancing. The Oldest Public House on Existance. Established 1550.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Wood engraving and letterpress. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Laid on album paper.
The nuns, probably Minoresses of St. Clare, before an altar with 'IHS'. Despite the claim, the earliest reference to the Three Nuns is in 1665. Daniel Defoe, born in Aldgate, describes it in his A Journal of the Plague Year: ''a great coaching inn, opposite the parish church of the Defoe family, St Botolph''. It was sited next door to Aldgate station.
[Ref: 63519] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Wood engraving and letterpress. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Laid on album paper.
The nuns, probably Minoresses of St. Clare, before an altar with 'IHS'. Despite the claim, the earliest reference to the Three Nuns is in 1665. Daniel Defoe, born in Aldgate, describes it in his A Journal of the Plague Year: ''a great coaching inn, opposite the parish church of the Defoe family, St Botolph''. It was sited next door to Aldgate station.
[Ref: 63519] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Staffordshire Election. Lord Gower's Committee will sit at the Red Lion Inn, in this Town, On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and at the Swann Inn, On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Next. Wolverhampton, 11th March, 1820.
J. Smart Printer, Chronicle-Office, Wolverhampton.
[1820.]
Letterpress bill. 340 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼"). Wear to edges.
A bill advertising election meetings held by George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861, later 2nd Duke of Sutherland), the Whig M.P. for the county of Staffordshire since 1815. Two days after the date of this bill, Gower quit the race as he recognised the unpopularity of him and his party.
[Ref: 63482] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
J. Smart Printer, Chronicle-Office, Wolverhampton.
[1820.]
Letterpress bill. 340 x 210mm (13½ x 8¼"). Wear to edges.
A bill advertising election meetings held by George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861, later 2nd Duke of Sutherland), the Whig M.P. for the county of Staffordshire since 1815. Two days after the date of this bill, Gower quit the race as he recognised the unpopularity of him and his party.
[Ref: 63482] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
M.r Daniel.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving, trimmed to oval. 45 x 60mm (1½ x 2¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A visiting card with the name within a swag of flowers and cloth.
[Ref: 63520] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving, trimmed to oval. 45 x 60mm (1½ x 2¼"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A visiting card with the name within a swag of flowers and cloth.
[Ref: 63520] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)