Documents, Acts, Certs, Deeds, Diaries & Newspapers (41)

00963. Act: America - Her Majesties Plantations 1713 Original and complete act of Parliament Queen Anne 1713. An Act for Encouraging the Importation of Naval Stores from Her Majesties Plantations in America; and for Encouraging the Importation of Naval Stores that part of Great Britain called Scotland, to the part of Great Britain called England. Two first pages close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £45.00 / $90.00

07318. Act: Brandy, Cochineal, &c Importation 1823 Original and complete act of Parliament relating to Session of the Parliament held 23rd January 1727 printed and published 1823. An Act relating to the importation of Foreign Brandy and other waters and spirits, Cochineal . . . preventing frauds in the customs; Silk manufacture; making Copper Ore; Suppressing Piracy . . .. Headed Anno Secundo Georgii II Regis. 5 sheets including title page complete and intact ending Finis. Printed LONDON by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1823. Lightly rubbed and damaged borders and bent corners string binding very good condition. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $30.00

00952. Act: Coal Duties Royal Loan 1727 Original and complete act of Parliament 1727. An Act for granting to His majesty the Sum of Three hundred and seventy thousand Pounds, to be raised by Loans, or Exchequer Bills, to be charged on Surplus Monies of the Duties on coals and Culm, granted by an Act of the Fifth Year of His Majesty's Reign, for a term of Years, and since made perpetual. Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $20.00

00951. Act: Cochineal import 1727 Original and complete act of Parliament 1727. An Act for the free Importation of Cochineal, during the time therein limited.Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $20.00

00953. Act: Custom Fraud & Evasion 1720 Original and complete act of Parliament 1720. An Act to Repeal so much of the Act, Intitled , An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating Abuses in His majesties Customs, passed in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of King Charles the Second, as relates to the Prohibiting the Importation of Deal-Boars and Fir-timber from Germany. Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $20.00

00964. Act: Debts to the Army 1713 Original and complete Act of Parliament: Queen Anne 1713. An Act to Revive and Continue the Act for Taking, Examining, and Stating the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom; And also to continue the Act for Appointing Commissioners to Take, Examine, and Determine the Debts due to the Army, Transport Service, and Sick and Wounded. Close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $30.00

00957. Act: Drugs Rags and Apples 1724 Original and complete act of Parliament 1724. An Act for rating such unrated Goods and Merchandizes, as are usually imported into this Kingdom. . . ; and for Repealing certain Duties upon Drugs and Rags; and for Continuing the Duty uppon Apples; and for ascertaining the Metod of Admeasuring Pictures imported. Excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $30.00

00961. Act: East Indies and Pilots of Dover 1721 Original and complete act of Parliament 1721. An Act for the further preventing His Majesties from trading to the East-Indies under Foreign Commissions; and for encouraging and further securing the lawful Trade thereto; and for futher regulating the Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet. Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $20.00

04088. Act: Fresh Fish 1714 Original and complete act of Parliament First Year of the reign of George I 1714. An Act for Preventing Fresh Fish taken by Foreigners being imported into the Kingdom and import of lobsters and Turbets and preservation of Salmon . . . Total five pages complete ending FINIS elaborate first letter W design. Close cropped at top and foxed throughout very good condition. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $30.00

00965. Act: Impoirtation of Books & Prints 1714 Original and complete Act of Parliament: Queen Anna 1714. An Act for Taking away the new Additional Duty of Thirty Pounds per centum ad Valorem, Imposed uppon all Books and Prints Imported into Great britain, by an Act made in the Tenth year of the reign of Her present Majesty Queen Anne.Close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £20.00 / $40.00

00958. Act: Inland Revenue 1726 Original and complete act of Parliament 1726. An Act for the Imrovement of His Majesty's Revenues of Customs, Excise, and Inland Duties.Excellent condition. Price: £10.00 / $20.00

00962. Act: Navigation of the Thames 1714 Original and complete act of Parliament 1714. An act for the Speedy and Effectual preserving the Navigation of the River of Thames, by Stopping the Breach in the Levels of havering and Dagenham in the County of Essex; and for Ascertaining the Coal Measure. Title page close croped otherwise excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $30.00

07658. Act: Preventing Excessive Horse Racing 1786 Original and complete act of Parliament relating to 5th Session of the Parliament held 1st December 1741 printed and published 1787. An Act . . . to prevent excessive and deceitful Gaming; and to restrain and prevent the excessive increase of Horse Racing. Headed Anno Decimo Octavo Georgii II Regos. 4 sheets including title page complete and intact ending Finis. Printed LONDON by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1787. Lightly rubbed and damaged borders and bent corners string binding very good condition. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $30.00

07657. Act: Preventing Theft & disorderly Houses 1885 Original and complete act of Parliament relating to Session of the Parliament held 10th November 1747 printed and published 1885. An Act for the better preventing Thefts and Robberies and for regulating . . . disorderly Houses. Headed Anno Vicesimo Quinto Georgii II Regis. 4 sheets including title page complete and intact ending Finis. Printed LONDON by Eyre and Spottiswoode Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1885. String binding excellent condition. Click here for larger image Price: £12.00 / $24.00

00967. Act: Tonnage Additional Book of Rates 1725 Original and complete Additional Book of Rates of Goods and merchandizes usually imported, and not particularly Rated in the Book of Rates reffered to in the Act of Tonnage and poundage, made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second. Excellent condition. Price: £15.00 / $30.00

04389. Almanac & Diary 1879 Diary of R N Stevenson London. The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company Incorporated by Royal Charter Almanac and Diary for 1879 published by Chief Offices Edinburgh & London soft cover 113 pages. 8vo. Extended manuscript entries through the year. Highly decorative pages with usual information. Gilt edges. Very lightly soiled and raised corners. Cover has 'Private' written across and on top margin. Used in very good condition.. Price: £15.00 / $30.00

04390. Almanac & Diary 1880 Diary of R N Stevenson London. The North British and Mercantile Insurance Company Incorporated by Royal Charter Almanac and Diary for 1880 published by Chief Offices Edinburgh & London soft cover 113 pages. 8vo. Manuscript entries through the year. Highly decorative pages with usual information. Gilt edges. Very lightly soiled and raised corners otherwise excellent. Price: £15.00 / $30.00

10054. Asiette au Beurre Politics 1907 France L'Assiette au Beure N0 328 - 13 July 1907 French text weekly anecdotal newspaper. 16 folio pages dedicated to La Fête à Marianne political satire front page with full colour caricature of Marianne with French pharymgian cap and receiving flowers from an officer. Other colour and black and white illustrations by signed artists. Used with edge tears and folds in very good condition. 341mm x 485mm. Click here for larger image Price: £8.00 / $16.00

07307. Belarus Food Coupons 1990 Issued Belarus Uncut sheet of Food coupons of various unites 1 to 50 with central panel for personal details stamped officially. Worn borders excellent condition. Cyrillic text blank reverse. c1990 152mm x 207mm Click here for larger image Price: £4.00 / $8.00

04057. Belarus Food Coupons 1990 Un-Issued Belarus Uncut sheet of Food coupons of various unites 1 to 50 with central panel for personal details blank. Worn borders excellent condition. Cyrillic text blank reverse. c1990 152mm x 207mm Click here for larger image Price: £4.00 / $8.00

04714. Cigar Invoices Ledger 1939-51 Cigar Importer's Ledger Book with pasted invoices and receipts of Cigar Brands and Companies covering the period March 1939 to April 1951: J Garcia & Co; Jamaica Tobacco Company Limited; H Upman; F Palicio y Cia; Partagas. Pages listing quantities and types and prices. Invoices in the high hundreds all legible and intact. Volume cover damaged from extensive use, back cover disbound. Overall grubby. Content legible and intact. Unusual interesting smoking tobacco and cigar item. Click here for larger image Price: £75.00 / $150.00

05355. Edinburgh Evening Courant 1787 The Edinburgh Evening Courant No. I0,787 Thursday, March 15. 1787 complete 4 pages. Various news items of local and national interest. Letters and correspondence and interesting range of advertisments. Used and soiled copy generally in very good condition. 320mm x 470mm NOTE: The Edinburgh Courant, one of the country's first regional papers, began circulation in February 1705 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland as a 1 penny broadsheet newspaper twice weekly until 1710. From 1710 until 1720 it was published as the Scots Courant and as the Edinburgh Evening Courant until 1873, when the Evening News saw the light of day. The author Daniel Defoe and the naval historian James Hannay were Editors, in the early 18th century and between 1860 and1864, respectively. Click here for larger image Price: £15.00 / $30.00

07682. Letter to Sarah Starbuch 1838 Manuscript Letter dated 5th February 1838 from Thomas Edmond at Wycomb to Sarah Starbuch. Usual folds into envelope shape minor red wax marks as seal (pre-philatelic item - hand delivered). Lightly soiled in very good condition. 234mm x 190mm Click here for larger image Price: £10.00 / $20.00

07246. Malta 'Matrimonio' Manuscript Music Italy/Malta Manuscript music score Il Matrimonio Cavatina Buffa Parole E Musica di (written and composed by) Guglielmo Cumbo. Full scap with cover all in ink manuscript 8 pages c1920s. includes lyrics and instructions to performer. Name Aziz Boulos and Arabic text appear on lower margin of each page. Cover has damaged edges. Lightly soiled excellent condition. Manuscript. 270mm x 333mm. Click here for larger image Price: £30.00 / $60.00

08887. Monument 311 Step Certificate Corporation of London un-issued Certificate This is to certify that....has climbed the 311 steps of the Monument. facsimile signature of Philip Everett Director of Technical Services certifying the History of the Monument with reverse facsimile of 1750 print of the Monument by Sutton Nichols. Excellent condition minor fold on left margin. 210mm x 297mm. Price: £5.00 / $10.00

09845. Ottoman Abdul Hamid II Edict 1878 Turkey Ottoman Official Edict in Turkish language Arabic Script c1878. 26 decorative scripted calligraphic lines headed with embossed seal with laurel of leaves and printed Arabic text and stamped formal seal attesting to the official nature of the document. At base manuscript signatures and seals superimposed on tax stamp depicting the Sultan's Tughra. Reverse two tax stamps with signed endorsements in manuscript. Philatelic stamps for 20 Para depict the Tuhgra of the Sultan Abdul Hamid II dating the document to c1878 Large document with extensive margins. Usual folds with natural light soiling generally in excellent condition. Turkey 507mm x 764mm. Click here for larger image Price: £55.00 / $110.00

07669. Turkey Ottoman Edict 1900 Turkey Ottoman Official Edict in Turkish language Arabic Script c1900. 12 decorative scripted lines headed with small formal seal attesting to the official nature of the document. Extensive margins including header. Reverse endorsement manuscript signature. Many folds with natural soiling generally without damage and in very good condition. 279mm x 800mm Click here for larger image Price: £25.00 / $50.00

00368. Turkey Istanbul Certificate 1922 Turkey Religious document. Certificate issued by the Parish Convent of St. Antoine's Catholic Church in Para Turkey. French text printed and manuscript dated Constantinople, 20 October 1922 confirming that Miss Anais daughter of Jean Dellasuda belongs to the Parish. Signed by the Curate on decorated certificate with red seal of Délégation Apostolique Constantinople Usual folds lightly soiled in very good condition 247mm x 196mm Price: £10.00 / $20.00

07365. Turkey Fire Insurance Extension 1925 Turkey L'Union Compagnie Anonyme d'Assurance Contre L'Iincendie Prolongation De La Police (The Union Fire Inusrance Company) 26 July 1925 certificate extending for 12 months for Sphie D Fardhi at Ferikeuy Turkey. French text typewritten entries and facsimile signature with hand stamp containing Arabic (Turkish) text. Central fold some crease generally very good condition. 296mm x 176mm Click here for larger image Price: £6.00 / $12.00

00386. Vellum Deed Conveyance Worcester 1876 Three full manuscript pages each 720mm x 520mm Conveyance on Vellum dated 29 September 1876 for property in Dudley Worcester from Edward Randles to Arthur Nichols. Highly decorative with three red seal embossed and signed. Usual tax stamp and seals. Map diagrams in colour. Excellent condition. Price: £25.00 / $50.00

00379. Vellum Deed Lease London 1884 Double full manuscript pages each 730mm x 525mm Counterpart Lease on Vellum dated 15 August 1884 for address in Kilburn 'North from Shirland Road West Middlesex'. To Mr Valentine Harcourt. Includes a map plan coloured in the second page. Decorative with usual central red seal embossed and signed. Tax stamp and seals. Highly ornate title heading. Lightly soiled and excellent condition. Price: £25.00 / $50.00

08775. Vellum Deed Southwark Mortgage 1856 Full manuscript page 725mm x 520mm Mortgage on Vellum dated 25th September 1856 'Mortgage of Leasehold premises situated in Gray Street in the Parish of St George the Martyr Southwark'. From William Whaley to The National Industrial Life Assurance Company with embossed tax stamp and central red wax seal and signed. Usualy light soiling to edges otherwise excellent condition. Price: £12.00 / $24.00

00394. Vellum Deed Essex Reconveyance 1881 Full manuscript page 710mm x 525mm Reconveyance on Vellum dated 6 December 1881 for property in Loughton Essex from Joseph Harris to Ellen Laybourne & William Ellis. Highly decorative with three red seal embossed and signed. Usual tax stamp and seal. Excellent condition. Price: £25.00 / $50.00

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