MISCELLANEOUS

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67/92 Act of Parliament – National Debt – c. 1830 – Tables showing Annuities payable in respect of £3 Bank Annuity Stock prepared to accompany Act 10 Geo IV c.24 to enable a reduction in the National Debt by granting of Life Annuities in exchange for surrender of Bank Annuities. Tables showing the amount of annuity payable over different periods.  16 page printed paper booklet – slight dusting to part of cover & short tear to 1 fold, minor tears to centre fold where booklet sewn.  £12

73/17 a) Authors – ‘Paris in the Twenties’ – catalogue of exhibition held Usis Gallery, Grosvenor Square 1960 of souvenirs of British, French and American Writers from Shakespeare and Company (founded by Sylvia Beach). Numerous photographs including James Joyce, Ezra Pound, TS Elliott, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein, Scott Fitzgerald, etc.   £26          

73/17 b) Artists – Gandarillas (Carmen) – small folding card with list of paintings included in exhibition held at Trafford Gallery 1950, with forward by Augustus John.     £4

222/8 – 1877 – Auction Bill Poster and Conditions of Sale for 2 Freehold Cottages in Kidlington Oxon, with a Close of Pasture and a piece of Arable Land to be sold by auction at the Roebuck Hotel, Oxford by Jonas Paxton, Son and Castle on behalf of Queens College, Oxford. The property was previously occupied by Mr. Warland.  Large sheet of paper (approx 22¼”x 17¼”) folded in 2 – the 1st page comprising the Auction Poster, the 2nd page details of the 2 Lots being sold, the 3rd page the Conditions of Sale, the 4th page forming the cover and Memorandum of Agreement to Purchase. Several tiny holes / splits in folds and very slight dusting to 4th page.  £28

73/21 Cambridge University – small booklet ‘Vade Mecum or the Freshers ABC’ by JDM and GRD – Cambridge 1919. (Cover detached).  £8

213/9 Cycling - 'CYKOLDER' - 1903 - Agreement between John Frederick Sargeant (Bracknell)  and William Henry Howard (Wokingham) relating to the marketing of the 'CYKOLDER' to be used for holding a cycle in an upright position in shops, cyclehouses, Railway carriages, etc - the Patent for which was owned by Sargeant. Howard was to market the Cykolder and the agreement relates to the division of profits after expenses of manufacture, etc and a Royalty to Sargeant. Large paper sheet watermarked 1895. folded in 2 and written on 2 sides, signed over 6 pence postage stamp by W. H. Howard.   £30

73/13 Cycling – 21/1/1939 – Souvenir Programme for Cycling 9th ‘All Rounder’ Concert and Prize distribution. Over 60 pages (staples rusted away) containing photos and facsimile signatures of cyclists, adverts, etc.  £8

75/39 Orient Line ticket dated 1912 for trip from London to Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane purchased by Henry Fisher. Gives name of ship, berth no. date of sailing & cost. Pre-printed paper (A4) ticket with manuscript details issued by Anderson, Anderson & Co, Fenchurch Ave, London EC – signed by L Samson & John A Nuttall.  £6

73/15 Royal Opera Covent Garden – Programmes for a) Orphee, 1920; b) Boris Godrunn, 1928; c)Ballet Russes – Les Presages, 1935 and Les Cent Baisers, 1935 d) 3 Russian programmes, 1940’s/1950’s.      £7

73/11 Theatre – 16/3/1894 – Programme for the National Academy of Music, Paris – First Performance of musical comedy ‘Thais’. £4

73/10 Theatre – 2/12/1916 – Programme for the Princes Theatre – ‘Bluebell in Fairyland’ – starring Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss. £6

73/12 Walking – 17/12/1904 – Menu for Manchester Pedestrian Club 2nd Annual Dinner at Waterloo Hotel, Manchester.  £6

63/18 – 1872 – Trent, Ancholme and Grimsby Railway. Henry Wigfield, Jarvis Harris, Jos Richards and Arthur George Harris (all Rotherham, Yorks. ) party to the agreement for Railway. Grant of Right of Way by Rev. Edward Mitford Weigall in  Frodingham, Lincolnshire. 2 sheets parchment with small plan on sheet 2  – signed and sealed by all 5  parties. Railway to be used for transporting Ironstone and Ironore from mines on Vicarage Glebelands. Detailed restrictions relating to 40 year Lease, including annual rental and royalties. Other names – Cole, Sheffield, trafford, Winn.  £48

130/107  – 1903? – License Agreement between The Midland Railway Company and the Executors & Trustees of  the late Wright Howarth t/a Messrs Wright Howarth & Co of Albert Works, Newtown, New Mills, Derbys. to retain a Pumping Station, Water Tanks & Electric Cables on the company’s land at Disley, Cheshire. Large sheet of watermarked paper folded in 2 and pre-printed with manuscript insertions on 2 sides. The third side contains a ½ page Location Plan including the L&NW Rly line (from New Mills Station towards Stockport), the Peak Forest Canal and the Midland Railway Line (from Chinley towards Heaton Mersey) and Wright Howarth & Co’s Bleach Works. A number of small splits / holes – mainly in folds not affecting text. Signed by Melinda Howarth, Alice Howarth, James E. Howarth & John N? Mather, witnessed by Thomas Jordan (Cashier) 72 Church Rd, New Mills. Not dated, but pencil note in margin reads “Briggs 24/12/03” and the Embossed Duty Stamp is dated 23 – 11 – 03. £20