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Hampshire
[Manuscript] Attested copy, 1825, of a 1794 marriage settlement indenture between Mary Griffin Carter, Alexander Poulden, and James Grigg, all of Portsea: re a fifth share of a messuage or tenement, etc., in a street called Common Hard, and a messuage or tenement, etc., in Ordnance Row, both at Portsea. Other persons mentioned include Charles Carter, Ann Carter, Wm. Eyer. Written on three 4to sheets of paper, in good condition, folded, exterior a little dust marked. £10.00
[Manuscript] Indenture, 1849, between Zechariah Carleton Stiff, of Bishops Tawton, Devon, esquire, of the one part, and Arnold Lainson, of Burghfield, Berks., yeoman, of the other part: lease at a yearly rent of £54 of a messuage or tenement and farms, known as Smiths on the Hill and Heart of Gold Farms, in the parish of Silchester, with arable meadow and pasture land which includes Orchard Field, The Yard Piddle, The Five Acres, The Two Acres, The Three Acres, Middle Four Acres, Carleton’s Barn Close, and a close of land called Bramley Meadow, lying in the parish of Bramley. Signatures of witnesses. Written on two large sheets of stiff paper stitched together, bearing two red wax seals, in good condition, folded. £15.00
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN HAMPSHIRE, D.H. Moutray Read, reprinted, 1928; frequent illus. by Arthur B. Connor; folding map; xvii+444pp; 8vo; orig. gilt dec. navy cloth, a good, firm copy. £9.00
THE ACCOUNT-BOOK OF BEAULIEU ABBEY, ed. S.F. Hockey, Camden Fourth Series, Volume 16, Royal Historical Society, 1975; Latin text; indexes; vi+348pp; 8vo; orig. gilt lettered beige cloth, lightly used. £5.00
A HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON, Rev. J Silvester Davies, Southampton, 1883; “Partly from the MS. of Dr Speed in the Southampton Archives”; copy no. 34 of 50 copies, printed for subscribers only, on large paper; title page printed in red and black; list of subscribers; index; ix+xviii+535pp; 4to; orig. green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, hinges worn, a few very light scratch marks on lower cover, otherwise a clean, lightly used copy. £65.00
HISTORIC SKETCHES ROUND ABOUT WINCHESTER, THE OLD CAPITAL OF ENGLAND, W.T. Warren, 1902; “A companion volume to Kebleland, and The History of St. Cross Hospital”; 50 illus.; 138pp; 8vo; orig. dec. navy cloth, a little marked and rubbed, but a firm copy. £12.00
THE GREAT SCREEN OF WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL, G.W. Kitchin, Winchester, 2nd edn., 1891; 17 illus.; 41pp; 4to; orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed, heavy spotting on boards, remains of an old library label on front paste-down endpaper. £18.00
Portsmouth Record Series; all A4 size; orig. cloth, dust-jacket:
PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD PAPERS 1774-1783: THE AMERICAN WAR, publ. 1987; a calendar; illus. frontispiece, 10 appendices, index; lxv+196pp; dust-jacket slightly browned. £10.00
PORTSMOUTH CUSTOMS LETTER BOOKS 1748-1750, publ. 1994; illus. including frontispiece, 7 appendices, index; xxxvii+258pp. £10.00
Herefordshire
[Manuscript] Bond, 1812, by which the Right Hon. Edward Harley, Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, of Mortimer House, Middlesex, is bound in the penal sum of £1,539 11s. to secure payment of £769 15s. 6d. and interest, to John Went, of Kington, druggist. Signature and red wax seal of Oxford and Mortimer, signatures of two witnesses., embossed revenue stamp. Written on paper, in good condition, a little torn at edges without loss. £10.00
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE CITY OF HEREFORD, J. Price [1796], republished by Woburn Books, 1971; illus. including plans; 262pp; 8vo; orig. green cloth gilt, dust-jacket, lightly used. £9.00
COLLECTIONS TOWARDS THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD, J. Duncumb, Part I of Volume II, Hereford, 1812; Broxhash Hundred, Ewyas Lacy Hundred; 2 engraved plates (spotted), 318pp; 4to; contemporary half-morocco, gilt dec. spine, marbled sides and edges, sound copy. £75.00 Upcott, p. 322-3.
THE BOOK OF HEREFORD: THE STORY OF THE CITY’S PAST, J. & M. Tonkin, Barracuda Books, 1975; many illus. including maps; index; 148pp; small folio; inscription on front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. cloth, dust-jacket, lightly used. £12.00
HELLENS, THE STORY OF A HEREFORDSHIRE MANOR, M. Munthe, 1991; frequent illus.; index; 136pp; 8vo; pictorial card covers, virtually as new. £6.00
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