Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company, [1903]. First edition. “Published June 1903” on copyright page. With Manuscript Materials. With a PHOTOGRAPH OF HAWKINS dressed as “Andy Barr;” a clipping of a poem entitled “The Parts of Speech” by “B. E. C. ”which has been altered to read “Grammar in Rhyme” by Willias..... Read More about Andy Barr

Warwickshire, England: July 20 1743. Eighteenth-century Marriage Contract. This marriage settlement concerns a marriage between Richard Hyatt, son of Humphrey Hyatt and Mary Hyatt, to an Elizabeth Bushell. The four seals name four sigantories: Humphrey Hyatt, Richard Hyatt, Mary Hyatt and one whose name is lacking. Undertaken under the reign..... Read More about Manuscript quadrupartite indenture on parchment related to a marriage settlement

[N.p: ca. 1500?]. Read More about Manuscript Leaf on vellum, text from the Psalms (Vulgate

N. P. [probably France]: 1809. The title, leaf following which is dated 1809 and the 27 leaves of maxims are each illuminated by hand with intricate and attractive borders. It is unsigned and no further identification is given. Read More about Early nineteenth century illuminated manuscript entitled "Maximes"

March 1890. From her collection "Songs of the Voices of Birds" printed in her Poems, Second Series (Longmans, 1874). "The nostalgic tone, simple style, and natural and domestic scenes of Ingelow's poetry connect it with Wordsworth's. Her lyrics also resonate with those of her Lincolnshire countryman Alfred Tennyson, who reportedly..... Read More about Autograph manuscript, signed ("Jean Ingelow"), a fair copy of his poem "The...

Manchester: at the University Press, 1921. First edition. Read More about A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester Volume...

n.p: n. d. Author of “The Rise, Progress and Prospects of the Republic of Texas”. Kennedy is known as the author of“The Arrow and the Rose” (1830) and “Fitful Fancies” (1827). Earlier on he had assisted William Motherwell on “The Paisley Magazine, in 1830 he collaborated with Leitch Ritchie. In..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Verse, entitled “The Syrian Rose” commencing “I am a gay young...

12 October 1590. Sixteenth-century Hampshire History. This document recording a property transfer is made out between Thomas Knight of Hartley Mauditt, husbandman, and John Holwaye of Selborne, yeoman, both given as residing in the county of Southampton. The legal formulations are traditional and repetitive and an excellent example of the..... Read More about Manuscript indenture from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England between Thomas Knight and...

[East Aurora]: The Roycrofters, Sunday. At The Roycrofters. Read More about Autograph Letter

29 March 1647. Rare Signature of Richard Lovelace. Extremely rare example of the signature of cavalier poet Richard Lovelace (1617-1657) — the only known privately owned example of his hand. Save for his "To Althea, from Prison", of which contemporary manuscript copies are known, Lovelace's work achieved limited popularity in..... Read More about Document signed ("Richard Lovelace"), appointing Isaac Hunt as Lovelace's attorney for...

Cholinsford, England: 1772. English legal history in detail. This warrant describes the crimes of several named persons, including Daniel Halls, convicted of felony and burglary against Elizabeth Wilson, widow, to the sum of twelve shillings and eight pence. This legal document describes the course of redress for a theft in..... Read More about Warrant to sheriff of Essex County, England, for a case tried before William Lord Mansfield and...

[France: 1642]. Originally affixed to a printed card, which reads at the bottom: "From a manuscript book of offices, which bears the quaint colophon: 'faict par moy, Jacques Argant, 1642.' An excellent example of the persistence of the medieval spirit long after the advent of printing, especially in the Church..... Read More about Leaf from a Manuscript Book of Offices, which bears the "quaint" Colophon: "Facit...