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Old Bedford
Rev C F Farrar, 1926. Heavy 4to, 289pp inc index, 'with 3 coloured and
94 other illustrations and 2 maps'. Nice clean copy, easily VG without the strained
hinges normally encountered. (ref 0000) £38.50
[Biddenham document] Conveyance of
43 Main Road
This 1955 typescript deed records the sale by Gertrude Guest of Kempston to
Donald and Agnes Dowler. (ref 3353) £8.50 post-free Not
for export
[Billington document]
Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
of 'Sunny View', 'pleasantly situate fronting the Stanbridge and Eaton Bray
Road.....' together with an orchard opposite the Post Office and 4 acres
of pasture land called Billington Great Mead, the sale consequent on the death
of John Olney. Large poster [approx 20"x30"], sound condition. (ref
299/16) £15.00 UK post-free
[Clipstone document]
Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1927 sale
of the live- and dead-stock of Mr F W Deeley. Size approx 20"x24", nice.
(ref 299/27) £15.00 UK post-free
25 Years of Dunstable 1952-1977
A collection of 400 (yes, 400) captioned photographs by Bruce Turvey, 1977.
VG in G d/w. (ref 550/41) £12.50
[Eaton Socon document] Sale of Goodwick Farm
An 1854 contract for the sale of the 163 acre farm by Lord Guernsey to Edward
Sheardown (of Doncaster). Very grubby indeed (as folded). Also a draft of the same
document, and a draft of a subsequent covenant which includes details of previous deeds
& the respective parties going back to 1812. All manuscript on paper. (ref 754/273)
The three items £6.00 post-free Not
for export
[Eggington document]
Sale Poster - Briggington House
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
of this property situated on the Hockliffe Road, the sale resulting from the
death of Mr A C Prynne. Size approx 20"x30" and attractively printed
in black and red. Some offsetting but nothing serious, some waterstaining
of the left-hand edge but again nothing serious. (ref 299/33)
£18.00 UK post-free
[Harlington document]
Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1927 sale
(consequent on the death of Mrs J C Ward) of a pair of houses (Oak Dene and Glen
Elm) on the Barton Road, the sale to be held at The Harlington Arms Inn.
Large poster [approx 20"x30"], quite sound condition though there is some
silverfish damage down the right-hand edge resulting in a few minor holes.
(ref 299/18) £15.00 UK post-free
A 2nd copy - without the silverfish damage but the paper has a sunned appearance due to offsetting. (ref 299/19) £15.00 UK post-free
A 3rd copy - slight silverfish damage on the top right-hand edge, and much less obvious offsetting. A better copy than the two listed above. (ref 299/20) £15.00 UK post-free
A 4th copy - an inch of silverfish damage at the right-hand edge along an old fold o/w a nice copy and in our opinion the best of the 5 copies available. (ref 299/21) £15.00 UK post-free
A 5th copy - some offsetting, and with an inch or so split along an old fold at the bottom edge. Also three small wear & tear holes where old folds cross (nothing serious, though, and the poster is about as good as most other 80-odd-year-old posters of this vintage you'll encounter). (ref 299/22) £15.00 UK post-free
[Heath and Reach
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
at The Red Lion Inn of timber and building materials Size approx 17"x27",
some offsetting through long term folded storage but in sound condition.
(ref 299/15) £12.00 UK post-free
[Heath and Reach
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster, size approx 17"x22", advertising a 1929 sale
at Emu Farm consequence on the retirement of Mr H Marshall 'who is giving up
poultry farming'. As well as a variety of equipment, the sale included an
Overland Whippett Saloon motor car. Some offsetting from long term folded
storage, ink manuscript details have bled through from the reverse side
affecting a small (approx 4"x2") area. (ref 299/37) £15.00 UK post-free
[Leagrave (Luton) document]
Mortgage assignment
This lengthy 1719 deed concerns a
moiety (ie half share) of a house and 120 acres of land owned by Thomas
Seabrooke of Long Marston near Tring. It had already been in mortgage for
over 20 years, firstly borrowed from Henry Cooley, then from Daniel Keene, then
from Thomas and Daniel Aldridge, and now (1719) from Beversham Filmer Esq.
We haven't read all the document but an attached note which reads 'Lygrave Lands
purchased of Seabrook' may indicate the document is perhaps more than just
a simple mortgage transfer - history records that Sir Edmund Filmer built
Leagrave Hall (now home to Kings House School) in 1850 on land bought by Sir
Beversham Filmer in 1771. Manuscript on 3 large parchment sheets, foxed
and in places dampstained, though perfectly legible. (ref 7713)
£30.00 post-free Not for export
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1930 sale
'by order of Mrs A Conway' of a cottage in Bell Alley, close to the recreation
ground. Size approx 17"x22", handwritten details on the reverse have bled
through o/w decent condition. (ref 299/14)
£12.00 UK post-free
[Leedon document]
Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1930 sale
of 10 acres of wheat grown by Mr A H Walpole 'in the Allotment Field at Leedon,
Hockliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard'. Size approx 15"x20", handwritten
details on the reverse have bled through o/w decent condition. (ref
299/12) £12.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1927 sale
of the household furniture of Bryan Welch of 3 Church Avenue. Size
approx 17"x22", nice condition. (ref 299/28) £15.00
UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1927 sale
of a large quantity of timber and building materials at Grovebury Road 'By order
of Mr Nelson Wise'. Size approx 20"x30", rather nice. (ref 299/29)
£15.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
of live- and dead-stock on behalf of 'Mr S Claridge who is leaving the
district'. Nice clean poster, size approx 15"x20". (ref 299/30)
£15.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
- consequent on the death of George Roberts - of:
11 and 13 Beaudessert Street [let to W Boarder and G Luff],
1-5 odd and 2-8 even Summer Street [A Moore, H Horne and others un-0named], and
10 and 12 East Street [A W Thorne and H Cosby].
Large poster [approx 22"x34"], the inevitable offsetting due to long term
storage folded o/w in nice condition. (ref 299/34)
£18.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Property Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1930 sale
of Shenley Cottages (no's 58/60/62/64/66 Church Street) together with 3 cottages
in Victoria Road, Leedon, the sale a consequence of the death of Mr J T Eames.
These large posters, printed using wooden printing blocks on cheap paper, are
prone to offsetting and this is a typical example. Also, a small area
(approx 4" square) is affected by ink manuscript details having bled through
from the reverse side. Overall size approx 22"x30").
(ref 299/39) £15.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Furniture Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
of 'superior household furniture' on behalf of 'Mr J Jennings of Wing who is
relinquishing housekeeping'. Size approx 15"x20".
(ref 299/44) £12.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Poster - Sale of Building Materials
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
of on behalf of Mr Nelson Wise at Grovebury Road. Size approx 20"x29",
some offsetting but nothing serious.
(ref 299/45) £15.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard and
Linslade
document] Property Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1930 sale
of 11 cottages and building land consequent on the death of Mr W W Young.
The cottages were 40/42/44 Bassett Road, Leighton Buzzard, and
17/19/21/23/25/27/29/31 Stoke Road, Linslade. Sitting tenants are named as
Parsons, Dimmock, Smith, Belson, Tarbox, Newens and 'others'. Large
poster, approx 20"x30",printed in black and red, some offsetting
(mainly red), silverfish damage left and right along an old fold (a couple of
inches in total) and old ink manuscript details have bled through from the
reverse affecting an area approx 4" square. (ref 299/43) £18.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Property Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1927 sale
(consequent on the death of Mr E Halford) of 1/3/5/7/9 Stanbridge Road, the only
named sitting tenant being T M Wood. Size approx 17"x22",
some offsetting but nothing serious, inked manuscript details have bled through
from the reverse, but again nothing serious.
(ref 299/46) £15.00 UK post-free
[Leighton Buzzard
document] Property Sale Particulars
Printed particulars for a 1908 sale of
49 High Street, described as being at the junction with Market Square.
This appears to be the auctioneer's copy as it is annotated 'not sold'.
Some damp-marking due to unsympathetic storage, the front (as folded) is grubby.
No plan, nor any indication there ever was one. (ref 299/100)
£12.00 UK post-free
Luton Parish Church - An Album of
Photographic Studies
T G Hobbs, 1924. Unpaginated but 7pp of text accompanied by 64
photo-ills. Very nice clean fresh-looking copy, F. (ref 7869)
£15.00
[Toddington
document] Sale Poster
Printed poster advertising a 1929 sale
at Toddington Town Hall of a house called The Laurels situated on the Dunstable
Road, formerly owned and occupied by Mr C P Hobbs. Large poster [approx
20"x30"], some offsetting. (ref 299/35) £15.00 UK
post-free
[Wingfield document]
Furniture Sale Poster
Printed poster announcing a 1930 sale
of 'The whole of the useful household furniture consisting of.....' (and there
follows a very abbreviated list of items). The sale held 'on the premises'
at The Parks, Tebworth Road, following the death of Thomas Whinnett. (ref
299/36) £15.00 UK post-free
In the Steps of John Bunyan
Vera Brittain, nd. 440pp inc index, 56 ills, map eps. An excursion into
Puritan England, the book is centred on Bedfordshire. G. (ref 5364) £4.00
Folk - Characters and Events in the History of
Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire
Vivienne Evans, 1989. Pictorial card covers, 142pp inc index, several
drawings. Interesting selection of about 150 people and events of the past 1000
years chosen to offer as wide and interesting a picture as possible. Nice clean
copy, VG. In print at £5.99, this copy (ref 165/57) £3.00