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  1. Appledore, Okehampton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXVI. Scale 1" to 1 mile, approx. 25" x 38". Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo endpapers. Parkland, water features, main roads and county borders hand coloured. Littleham and Metherell Estates coloured in neatly. Linen along one 8" fold split, repaired with archival tape, some small holes in linen where folds meet. High ground shown with hachures. n.d. c1850. £20.00

  2. Barnstaple, Ilfracombe, Ashcombe Hill ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXVII. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size approx. 24" x 36". 1890. £16.00
    Much of the map is sea area.

  3. Bideford Bay ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP. Sheet XXVI. Engraved surface approx. 24" x 37". Scale 1" to 1 mile. Railways added to 1889. Small repaired tear in right margin. Printed from an Electrotype 1889. £18.00

  4. Bideford, Okehampton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXVI. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 23" x 35", folded in four. The margins have been slightly trimmed. Whatman watermark 1858. £20.00

  5. Bishop of Exeter CERTIFICATE OF ORDINATION in the Cathedral Church of St. Peter, of Donald Williams Jackson. Printed on vellum, with ms. inserts. Large papered seal of Bishop attached. 1897. £8.00

  6. Bishops Tawton ASSIGNMENT OF HUGH VENNERS MORTGAGE to Mary Stephens of Braddamore. Concerns 'the Tennement with Appurtenances of Braddamore.... together with.... Buildings, Barns, Stables, Shipping Ways etc.... ". Covers 1« sides of a 23" x 37" folded sheet. This is a copy made 1790, of a document of 1771, and attested as such by three witnesses. 4th March, 1790. £16.00

  7. Cary (John) A NEW MAP OF DEVONSHIRE, Divided into Hundreds. Folding engraved map, hand coloured, mounted on linen 20" x 23", folding to 12mo, contained within the original slipcase with manuscript paper label pasted to top, few small marks to map, slipcase worn and broken at sides. 1831. £35.00

  8. Chulmleigh AGREEMENT whereby Matilda Wadland agrees to give up to Henry Wadland the possession of the Estate of Newnham. He agrees to pay for the livestock and machinery, excepting certain items of silver listed. 2p, sm. folio, in MS. 1878. £8.00

  9. Churchford, Little Torrington POSITIVE SALE of well-made Furniture, Brass Face Grandfather Clock... Poster advertising sale by auction of furniture of Rev. H.G. de C. Stevens Guille, 8th May 1918. Copp, Printer, Torrington. 1918. £15.00
    Includes Skin Mats, Pier Glass, 'Washstand (been through the Crimean War)' etc.

  10. Cockburn (M), Bishopston, Bristol SIDMOUTH - FORTFIELD TERRACE Photograph size 5" x 7", mounted on card with printed title. Shows man leaning on wall near railings, looking over flat meadow to the terrace, cliff in far distance. Some minor foxing in margins. Small impressed stamp in corner 'N. Warner. Photo.'.... Together with.... 'The Weir on the Sid' in the same format, slightly faded, and 'Ladram Bay' Photographed by F. Bedford, the same size. 3 items. c1870. £12.00

  11. Copper mining MANUSCRIPT 'A Great Devonshire Copper Discovery of the 19th Century'. Manuscript on 8p, 4to, either an article or the text for a lecture (there re some crossings out and amendments). Written in pencil on rectos only. The text is mainly about the history of Devon Great Consols. n.d. c1950 or slightly earlier. £22.00
    'Of the first men employed were three brothers by the name of Clymo who came from the Ivybridge district. On taking over the afternoon shift soon after the sinking had resumed they made the great discovery of copper and by 10 o'clock that night had brought £60 worth of copper ore to the surface and during the first year of working a profit of £70,000 was made.'

  12. Dartmoor ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXV. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Bottom half of map only, dissected and mounted on linen, 17" x 36", folding to 4to. The top half of the map and the right hand margin have been cut away. Covers Liskeard, Tavistock, Ashburton. Electrotype, c1870. £18.00

  13. Dartmoor, Ashburton ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXV. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 26" x 40", linen-backed. 'Index to the Tithe Survey printed along the top. Impressed O.S. stamp 1887. £20.00

    FLOATING BRIDGE

  14. Dartmouth and Kingswear PARODY ON 'BUY A BROOM' by Lord M. Manuscript poem of 3 stanzas of four lines each, chorus 'Float a Bridge'. On one page 4to., folded. 1" repaired tear at fold. Implies the bridge will cost the taxpayers dear. Begins 'From Saltram I come...' and in the last verse says he will 'exercise my privilege' when Parliament meets 'Oh when from your pockets the money is starting/Bless the time when in Dartmouth I cried 'Float a Bridge'. Mentions Seale, Welland and 'sweet pretty Cary'. n.d. 1830's. £45.00
    The first two words have been amended, with from 'With Rendle I come' changed to 'From Saltram I come', and 'from the Banks of the Lairy' to 'on the banks of the Lairy'. The bridge was authorised in 1830, the engineer being John Rendel. It was worked by steam. 'Buy a Broom' was a popular song of the late 1820's and the 1830's.

  15. Dartmouth ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE REGATTA, 1918 Programme, 2pp 8vo, plus title, paper slightly browned at top.... with.... Athletic Sports, April 3rd, 1918, programme, 4pp.... with.... Programme of Sports at Dartmouth, 7th April, 1917, The London Regiment, 7th Battalion, 4pp.... with... Book of Words of 'The Pirates of Mill Creek' a Musical, 1910. 17pp., 4to. All slightly weak at folds, as if removed from an album. 1917-1918 £12.00

  16. Deaneries of Dunsford and Exeter ROUGH NOTES (FOR CORRECTION) OF CHURCHES Being the Remainder of Those in the Deanery of Dunsford and the Whole of the Deanery of Christianitie of Exeter. Printed folio sheet size 20" x 28", folded with attractively printed docket title, printed in columns listing 10 churches in Dunsford and 13 in Exeter, with detailed architectural information entered under headings for Font, Nave, Tower, Chancel, Peculiar Features, etc. General notes down right hand side. Trewman and Co. Printers, 1849. £25.00
    Descriptions give detailed measurements.

  17. Devonshire Association LETTER TO PEARSE CHOPE from T.W. Whale to accompany his papers for the 'Transactions'. 1903. 1«p., small 8vo. Signed T.W. Whale. 22 Dec. 1903. £7.00
    'I fancy the Manors in Hundreds will be useful. The Printer has been rather slow but the work heavy...' R. Pearse Chope wrote works on Devon, and was President of the Devonshire Association. Whale's paper 'Analysis of the Exon Domesday in Hundreds' appeared in the 'Transactions' of 1903.

  18. East Devon ADVANCE OF THE RIGHT MAN WADE election broadside. Poem in seven stanzas in support of the Liberal Wade, echoing 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. On one side of 4to sheet, pasted to thin yellow paper. Printed in two columns. no date or imprint. c1868. £20.00
    'Forward the noble Wade!/Tories are all dismayed/Not but that some knew/They had stumbled and blundered. Possibly the Wade who stood as Liberal candidate for East Devon, and lost.

  19. East Stonehouse Chapel AN ACT for rebuilding the Chapel of East Stonehouse.... Black Letter. 9pp, small folio, plus cover leaf, disbound. Act of Parliament. 1787. £10.00

  20. Exe Estuary ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XXII. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size approx. 24" x 35". Mounted on linen, folding into small 4to. marbled wraps. Pale pink full wash colour, rivers, parkland, roads railways and county boundary hand-coloured. Printed from an Electrotype taken in 1879. £45.00
    Covers Tor Bay, Lyme Regis.

  21. Exeter COPY LEASE of Messuages, Shops, Warehouse & premises in Fore Street and Synagogue Place, J.C. Wilcocks to William Brock. 2«pp., folio. Lists the wall fixtures and counters. 1869. £10.00

  22. Exeter CORONATION EXHIBITION of City Archives illustrating Exeter's history through eight centuries. Royal Albert Memorial Museum.... 35p., 8vo, plates. Withdrawn Library stamp on front wrap and inside front wrap. 1953. £10.00

  23. Free Fronts ELEVEN FREE FRONTS clipped from envelopes, sent by notable Devonians. Address labels cut and stuck on 9 4to album leaves, with signature bottom left, with postmarks. Some slight browning where glue has shown through. Name of the sender written neatly in ink underneath. 1820's and 30's, with one 1897. £18.00
    Includes Sir Masseh Lopes, Duke of Bedford, James Wentworth Buller, Sir Vicary Gibbs, E.R. Bastard.

  24. Frith (Francis) FOUR VIEWS OF SEATON With 'F.F. Seaton' and number in white in plate. Size approx. 6" x 8", views looking along the beech, two from the east, two from the west, showing boats on beach, donkeys, ladies with parasols etc. The view with the castellated building in the foreground is slightly faded... together with a Hudson's series view along beach with lobster pots in foreground, slightly spotty. c1900. £12.00

  25. Frithelstock POSTER advertising letting of Knaworthy Farm, 1894. Size 29" x 20", folds... together with... Manuscript sketch plan of the farm on waxed cotton, size 21" x 13", scale 1:2500 1894. £16.00

  26. Harberton PARTICULARS of Valuable Property called 'Maryland', for Sale by Auction at the Castle Hotel, Totnes, Tuesday, October 9th, 1883. 3pp., folio, includes Schedules. Wear at fold on last leaf, with loss of one total in schedule. 1883. £8.00

  27. Hartland BOND Edward Wolferstan of Hartland bound to William Tanner of Collumpton for the sum of £300. Printed sheet, blank adjoining leaf, small folio with details in MS, signed by Wolferstan and two witnesses, with wax seal. Some browning due to damp. 26th Mar. 1787. £12.00

  28. Hartland CERTIFICATE of Land Tax Redemption, Office Copy, of William Bickford Jackson and Walter Clerk, Commissioners, of the lands of the Hospital of King James in Charterhouse, Middlesex. 2p., folio, with small schedule of lands, which include Impropriate Rectory of Hartland, tenements of Baxworthy and Blagdon, North Gate. Paper browned along part of two folds, with repaired tear. 1799, Copy made 1842.. £8.00

  29. Hartland, Morthoe, Bideford ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 276. Size 16" x 19", linen backed and folding into 4to cloth wraps. 2 railway lines neatly coloured, and stations named in very small red lettering. 1908. £16.00
    Much of the map is sea area.

  30. Ilfracombe & North Devon OPEN RIFLE MEETING to be Held at the Alexandra Hall, Mar. 4,5 & 6. Poster advertising the 12 events taking place over the three days, with prizes, section on Rules. Heading in very large letters. Overall size 34" x 22", folds. 1914. £20.00
    Includes Deliberate Firing Comp. Solano Target Comp., Team Rapid Firing Competition, etc.

  31. Ilfracombe CATALOGUE of the Contents of No. 1 Belgrave Villas, Ilfracombe... for sale by Auction Sept. 21st & 22nd, 23pp., 8vo., printed wraps. n.d. c1900. £8.00

  32. Ilfracombe Chapel HYMNS TO BE SUNG at the Sunday School Anniversary, Sunday August 8th, 1875. Sermons will be Preached... by the Rev. J. Bainton. 3p., 4to., some small edge tears. 1873. £8.00

  33. Ilfracombe DIARY FOR 1879 kept by a lady in Ilfracombe, in 'Pettit's Annual Diary'. Written in a very small hand. There is only one entry after June. Before that there are entries for practically every day. Loosely inserted are a copy birth certificate for William Redman, b. 1845, and copy death certificate for Elizabeth Redman of Sherborne Lodge, Ilfracombe. 1879. £50.00
    'Wednesday 26th February. Gordon is delighted at seeing snow on the garden and going to school in it. Willie wrote his father. Felt a renewal of life inside...' 'Tuesday 29th April. Went and sat in Parade Gardens. Willie played at Wildersmouth.' 'Wednesday 4th June. My baby boy born at 10.45. Willie went for Nurse between 3 and 4 o'clock'.

  34. Ilfracombe SKETCH MAP of the Lincombe Estate. Property of the trustees of Cutcliffe. In pen and a small amount of colour. On waxed cotton, size 21" x 29", scale 3 chains to an inch. Shows field outlines, acreage, reservoir. n.d. 1920. £8.00

  35. Kennedy (James) TO THE FREE INHABITANTS, Yeomanry, &c. of the Town and Parish of Tiverton. Poster size 12" x 8", signs where once folded, small hole affecting one letter. This is a request by Kennedy, a radical, to meet constituents in the Three Tuns to persuade them to vote for him in the coming election. He was successful. Parkhouse, Printer, Tiverton: 1832. £35.00

  36. Langtre CONDITIONS OF LETTING MUFFWORTHY FARM Trustees of Major Guille's Marriage Settlement to Thomas Balsdon. 3pp., folio, printed with manuscript inserts. With Schedule of fields, pinned to last page is a manuscript plan of the farm showing numbered fields, on waxed cotton. 1909. £8.00

  37. Langtree and Frithelstock VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES EXTENDING OVER 749 ACRES Divided into Six Farms... for Sale by Public Auction by Messts. Kivell & Harris at the New Inn Hotel, Bideford, 30th day of July, 1907. Poster printed in red and black, folded, size 23" x 29". 1907. £18.00
    The farms are 'Knaworthy', 'Bibbeare', 'Ashbury', 'Hollamoor', 'Southcott', 'Smithacott'.

  38. Langtree AUCTION POSTER for the sale at The Globe Hotel, of the Freehold Estate of 'Withecott' near Stibb Cross and five cottages in Great Torrington. Printed in very large type-face, size 35" x 22", folds. 1898. £20.00

  39. Langtree TO BE LET From Michaelmas 1901... All that desirable Farm known as 'Muffery'... Poster printed in large letters, size 23" x 18", folds... together with 'Conditions for letting Muffworthy Farm', 3p. folio, plus plan on tracing paper affixed to last page, to which schedule on page 3 refers. 2 items. 1900. £15.00

  40. Lifton LIFTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY The Annual Meeting Will be held at Lifton on Thursday June 2nd, 1853, when the Following Premiums Will Be Given.... Broadside, size 17" x 11", heading and the word 'Premiums' in very large block letters. At the top are three woodcut vignettes, each size 2" x 3", showing a man with a horse, a sheep, and cattle. Lists 27 prizes, such as 'Best Boar', 'Best 10 Hog Ewes', 'Best Sheep Shearer under 18...', with amount of money prize. There are also 16 Regulation for entrants, including what the stock should have been fed on ('no other food than Grass, green Vetches, Cabbages....'). Small semicircular piece torn from left margin, about 1" long, small area of light browning in centre about 3" x 1", and area of slight toning at left. Many small creases all over the paper. Maddox, Printer, Southgate, Launceston. £40.00

  41. Little Torrington DEPASTURAGE OF 100 ACRES OF LAND Grazing lands to let... parts of Bagbear and Smytham Farms... to be offered by auction.. 7th May, 1894... Handbill size 10" x 8", folded. Lists 21 Lots, with acreage, and cultivation. 1894. £8.00
    'The first year's seeds may be mown at once, and carried off'.

  42. Little Torrington POSTER advertising letting of North Hole Farm. Size 22" x 18", tears and pinholes in top corners. 1934. £6.00

  43. Little Torrington DEPASTURAGE OF 100 ACRES OF LAND Grazing lands to let... parts of Bagbear and Smytham Farms... to be offered by auction.. 7th May, 1894... Poster, printed in large letters, size 34" x 22 ", folded. Lists 21 Lots, with acreage, and cultivation. 1894. £17.00
    'The first year's seeds may be mown and once, and carried off'.

  44. Manaton and Widdicombe LITHOGRAPHED PLAN of Two Freehold Estates Hedge Barton and Iseford. Plan size 18" x 23", folded. Reference Table with key to 128 fields, woods. Some light brown stains down centre of map. Spreat, Lith., Exeter. c £12.00

  45. Marland TWO LETTERS to Mrs Stevens at Sidmouth, from John Mallet, presumably her agent. Each 1p, sm. 8vo, address on verso. The first letter concerns the reversion of Harris's Wick and whether she will sell it to the Archdeacon for £1,000, the second about a disagreement with his tenant Sir Trevor Wheeler. February and April 1845. £12.00
    'The gout hangs about me'.

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  46. Musbury PARTICULARS OF LANDS IN MUSBURY in Mortgage to the Revd. Benjamin Weaver and Samuel Domett. Manuscript, 1p, folio, giving list mainly of Drakes' estate with list of fields etc., with acreages. Paper watermarked 1857. £8.00

  47. North Hill LETTER from John Phillips to unknown correspondent about lands bought from Lord Rolle by Mr Stevens, detailing three areas of land, including 'that part of North Hill which was cut off by the new turnpike road'. 1p., 4to. 1813... together with... Two Poems 'The Wish' and 'The Wish Enjoyed' on each side of small 8vo sheet, browned, no date folded and addressed to 'The Lady Rolle, Bicton Park' with a wax seal. 1813. £8.00
    'I hope that this fine weather will continue for the sake of your Cavalry Meeting.'

  48. Pepperdon Estate, Moretonhampstead THE ATTRACTIVE AND AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY The Pepperdon Estate Moretonhampstead.... Residential Sporting Estate, Five Cottages.... Which will be offered for Sale by Auction.... at the Commercial Hotel, Newton Abbot, On Wednesday, 25th September, 1946.... Folio, 14pp, lacks the folding plan. 1946. £8.00

  49. Phillimore (G.G) RETURN to an Order of The House of Commons dated 26 July 1905 comprising The Reports made to the Charity Commissioners.... Parish of Berry Pomeroy. 6pp, sm. folio. Comprises report of 1822 on Bound's Gift, Digest 1865-7, Report on Bound's Charity and School, with Table. 1911. £8.00

  50. Plimsaul Brothers, Plymouth PRICE LIST on card, for Plimsaul Brother's Warranted Table Cutlery. Size 4«" x 3", printed on one side only, with Ivory Handled, Stag Horn Handled Knives etc. Bottom right corner chipped away, not affecting text. c1865. £6.00

  51. Plymouth ADMINISTRATION with the Will annexed of John Cornish. Manuscript on vellum, 13" x 21", with smaller certificate of administration attached, large papered seal. Extracted copy. 1878. £8.00
    Leaves his house in Essex Street to his wife.

  52. Plymouth IMPROVED PATENT OIL CABINETS Western Counties Agricultural Co-operative Association Ltd., Millbay Road, Plymouth. List No. 6. Brochure advertising Cabinets for Engine Rooms, 4pp., 4to, printed in red and black, with illustrations. A few damp spots at corners. July 1907. £12.00

  53. Plymouth LEASE of 53 Admiralty Street, in the parish of Stoke Damerel, Lord St. Levan to John Williams. Vellum, 3p., folio, printed with ms. inserts. Small coloured plan of premises on last page. Two wax seals. 1898. £14.00

  54. Plymouth PHOTOGRAPHS of Red Devon cattle by Hawkings of Plymouth, presumably taken at a show, or sale. Size approx. 4" x 6", mounted on thick card, two with Hawkings name. Two show bulls held by owner, onlookers, one a bull alone. One image faded. c1900. £14.00

  55. Plymouth, Bideford, Tavistock THREE ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Flat sheets, mounted on linen, rolled. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 26" x 37". Comprises Sheet XXIV (Plymouth, Eddystone, Salcome, over half of map is sea area); Sheet XXVI (Hatherley, Torrington, Appledore); Sheet XXV (Dartmoor, Liskeard). All have 'Index to the Tithe Survey' printed in top margin. 3 items. O.S. blindstamps 1887-8. £25.00

  56. Roscoe (Henry) and Rushton (Edward) MUNICIPAL CORPORATION INQUIRY. Borough of TIVERTON. 7pp, 4to, single folded sheet, first and last leaf dusty. T. Parkhouse, Tiverton: 1834. £20.00
    Gives details of the organisation of town including accounts, population, acreage, employment, etc. Includes a list names, and professions, of Burgesses, and their assistants.

  57. Rowe (G) Exeter, Pub. ENTRANCE TO LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH Lithograph, after drawing by Rowe, engraved surface approx. 6«" x 8". Shows two men near wall in foreground, ships in distance. c1830. £12.00

  58. Rowe (G) ILFRACOMBE from Capstone Hill. Tinted lithograph, size 9" x 13«" plus margins, showing view across the town and bay, two figures in middle foreground, paddle steamer in bay, sailing ships in harbour. Tear through title and 1" into plate, some light waterstaining of bottom margin, small portion torn from right margin, traces of crease down centre. c1840. £8.00

  59. Rowe (G), Cheltenham LINTON From the Valley of the East Lyn. Tinted lithograph, Drawn, Printed & Published by G. Rowe. Size 8«" 11", plus margins. Shows two people on donkeys on a road running along the river valley.. c1845. £8.00

  60. Royal Kinersley Studio PHOTOGRAPH with printed title 'Ilfracombe National Schools (Holy Trinity), May, 1903. Group of 217.' with teachers' names listed. Shows eight rows of infant and junior school children, with teachers. Size 6" x 11", backed with card. 1903. £12.00

  61. Sampford Courtenay FROM THE OLD REGISTER OF THE PARISH OF SAMPFORD COURTNENAY Manuscript detailing Rectors 1558 - 1797. 1«p. in a neat hand, gives date of becoming Rector and death, with some details. n.d. R. Turner watermark. c1830? £10.00
    'It appears about A.D. 1558 a M. Harper came to this parish as Rector (probably the first Protestant Minister) and that he built the Parsonage House, others conjecture that he only repaired it...'

  62. Sampford Courtenay PARTICULARS PLANS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Outlying Portions of the Sampford Courtenay Manor Estate. 15pp., small folio. Folding coloured map. Vertical crease, wear at spine. 1923. £12.00
    Includes Ball Farm, Underdown Farm, Chapple Agistment.

  63. 'Scrutator' FRIENDS OF THE CHURCH The opponents to the Church-Rate have been Virtually Defeated... Let not those who have received from the Church Rates large Sums, refuse paying small ones... Handbill, size 13" x 8", Traces of folds, some slight dustmarking along part of one fold. Chave, Printer, Higher-Back-Street, Tavistock. 29th October, 1834. £30.00

  64. Seaton ABSTRACT of Mr. Richard Down's Title to a Dwelling House Garden and Linhay in the Occupation of John Larcome, and a Dwelling House and Garden in the Occupation of William Dommett, and a close of land called Knowles... situate in Seaton... 5p., folio, folded, outer leaf with title torn and ragged. c1810. £12.00
    Details title from 1787 - 1806.

  65. Seaton BOND of William Head of Seaton, Merchant to Clifford Shirreff of Beacon House, Pinhoe. 2«p., on paper, small wax seal. Relates to a marriage between Head and Sarah Welsford of Radipole, Dorset, and property in Seaton. 1840. £9.00

  66. Sidmouth (Manor of) DECLARATION by James Manning of Exeter that the tenants of the Manor of Sidmouth are to pay all rents to him or his attorney Isaac Cox, pursuant to a demise made to him by Thomas Jenkins, a Captain in the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and others. 3p., folio, closely written. Contemporary copy, paper watermarked 1812. 1816. £20.00
    Included messuages in Sidbury and Salcombe, with all pastures, fishings, woods, heriots etc.

  67. South Molton MANUSCRIPT PLAN of West Kidland Farm, showing farm buildings and fields. Sketch map on waxed cotton, scale 1/2500, size 32" x 16", folds. Shows farm buildings, and fields shaded in different colours. Notes about right to break fences, ploughing etc, in pencil and red ink in various fields. c1920. £10.00

  68. Southern Railway PHOTOGRAPH of the railway engine 'Seaton'. Glossy black and white print with the stamp and number of the Southern Railway on verso, with the date June '46, and the number A5348. Size 6«" x 8«". 1946. £12.00

  69. Spreat (W) KENN CHURCH. Sketched and Drawn on Stone by W. Spreat. Lithograph, engraved surface approx. 6¬" x 9¬", on India paper. Printed by C. Hulmandel. c1842. £12.00
    In the right foreground there are two men standing by the steps up to the church-yard with a man sitting on the steps. In the central foreground are 2 women and a child.

  70. Spreat (W) KENTON CHURCH. Drawn from Nature and on Stone by W. Spreat. Lithograph, engraved surface approx. 6«" x 8«", on India paper. Printed by C. Hulmandel. c1842. £15.00
    There is a group on the path, adjacent to the boundary wall of the church, i the foreground, and 2 women further along the path.

  71. Stannaries DR. STANNARIES OF DEVON in account with G. & P.S. Prideaux (Secretaries). Manuscript of 16 lines on folded folio sheet, listing postage expenses e.g. 'Postman with Parcel to Thomas Commins', 'Advertising in the Plymouth Herald'. April 1829. £10.00

  72. Tavistock THE WEST VIEW OF TAVESTOKE-ABBY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON 1734. Monochrome watercolour in shades of grey, copied from the Buck print. There is a fine border line and a thicker dark line which is on the sides and top only (the text is not copied). Size of painting is approx. 6" x 13". The paper has at one time been folded vertically with two folds... together with... a similar monochrome watercolour copied from Buck 'The South View of Okehampton-Castle'. The paper of this view is uniformly browned and there is a repaired marginal tear. 2 items. Paper appears to be late 18th century. £32.00

  73. Tavistock, Okehampton, Berry THE WEST VIEW OF TAVESTOCKE-ABBY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON 1734. a drawing in ink and shades of monochrome grey watercolour, copying the view of 1734 by Buck, being exactly the same size as the Buck view, with the title copied in the same lettering. There is a black border approx. a quarter of an inch wide, but this is not continued along the bottom... together with... a similar painting of 'The South View of Berry Castle, in the County of Devon', and 'The South View of Okehampton-Castle In the County of Devon'. All three on good quality lined paper. The latter two views are uniformly 'toned', the first one is fine. Each view has traces of two vertical folds. The first view has a 1" repaired split in the margin at one fold, as does the Okehampton view, and the Berry view has two longer repaired splits at the folds. 3 items. n.d. c1820? £50.00

  74. Tawstock SURVEY TERMS for Leasing Rollstone Down in Tawstock. Terms and Conditions of a Survey 18th June 1784, by Philip Sydenham Jnr. on behalf of Sir Bourchier Wray... Lists bidders. 1«p, small folio, folded with docket title. 1784. £8.00

  75. Temple (Dr), Bishop of Exeter LETTER on headed paper with address 'The Palace, Exeter'. 5 lines on 2 sides small 8vo., saying he will not be able to accept the invitation to the Conference and tea of the United Kingdom Alliance. Signed 'F. Exon.' 16th January 1872. £7.00
    Dr. Temple later became Archbishop of Canterbury.

  76. Thorverton CONDITIONS AND SPECIFICATION of Works to be done in constructing the extension of a Common Sewer in the Town of Thorverton. 5p., sm. folio, signed over stamp by Contractors. Small drawing of section in text. 26th October 1877. £6.00
    '... the pipes are to be jointed with clay worked to and made of a consistency sufficiently tough to allow a band of it a foot long to be suspended without breaking...'

  77. Tiverton PHOTOGRAPH of F.A. Payne J.P. Mayor of Tiverton. Photographed by Maull & Fox, Piccadilly, London. Photograph size 6" x 4", pasted to card mount, with name of photographer printed, name of Mayor written in pencil. Shows the Mayor, with a white beard, wearing fur-trimmed robe, and chain. c1895. £8.00

  78. Tiverton TWO PHOTOGRAPHS of Bampton Street and Fore Street. Black and white glossy prints by the Tiverton Gazette, size 6«" x 8«". c1959. £5.00

  79. Torquay TORQUAY, THE VICTORIA HOTEL Advertisement. Single sheet, 8vo, with black and white photo of hotel, and description. Crease at one corner. c1950. £6.00
    'throughout the hotel colour has been used most becomingly to enhance the general impression of good cheer'.

  80. Torquay views TORQUAY 16 views of Torquay and area Oblong 8vo, gilt decorated boards. c1890. £14.00
    No date or publisher given.

  81. Torquay, Budleigh Salterton, Chudleigh ORDNANCE SURVEY part of sheet XXII. Size 17" x 21", dissected and mounted on linen, six sections, folding to 9" x 7". Electrotype. c1860. £16.00

  82. Totnes A LIST OF THE MAYORS OF TOTNES As collected out of divers records by William Yeo sometime Town Clerk of the Town, from the Reign of King Richard the 2nd 1377. The following is a copy of a book lent by Mr Thos. Creaser Kellock Mayor of Totnes in 1865, 1884 & 1885 to Fras. Benthall. Notebook, size 7" x 5", quarter calf, rubbed at edges, marbled boards, inner hinge broken, some leaves loose. 30 pages listing date and name, with the occasional brief note ('the S.E. pinnacle of the Tower struck down'). The list has been brought up to 1959. Further on in the book are 11 pages of notes on the families of a few mayors, such as Tucker, Savory. The rest is blank. With small stamp of Borough of Totnes on flyleaf, and a letter pasted to front board from E. Gay saying he has found the book among his uncle's papers. c1880. £25.00

  83. Vivian (Edward) TORQUAY, FROM PARK HILL. Tinted lithograph. Drawn by E. Vivian. On stone by E. Gauci. Size approx. 8" x 11«", plus margins. Printed by M. & N. Hanhart, c1841. £45.00
    A very attractive view looking across the harbour to a terrace of houses, and a few houses on the hill behind, sailing ships in the harbour, with men in the foreground standing by a low wall.

  84. Week St. Mary POSTCARD real photo postcard. Titled 'Week St. Mary. Goodman Photo.' in white in plate. Unused. n.d. c1910. £4.00
    Shows a view taken from high up, across the village, tors in distance.

  85. Wembworthy LEASE of a messuage in Wembworthy with closes of land called Hayes, Mill Down, Lamma Crofts, etc., John Glynn of Glynn in Cornwall, to Mary Saunders of Wembworthy and Josias Downe of Winkleigh. Vellum, size 17" x 23", signed by Glynn with wax seal, witnessed on verso. 1779. £22.00
    Stipulates the payment of a 'best beast' as a heriot, refers to Fireboot, Ploughboot, etc.

  86. Whitby (Capt. John) VOUCHER NO. 1 A List of Artificers belonging to H.M. Brig Busy Lord Falkland Commander employed Caulking His Majesty's Ship Severn under my Command... Slip of paper written on one side only, size 5" x 9". Ruled in columns for Names, No. of Days, rate etc, with the names of two men, details not yet filled in. Signed 'J. Whitby Captain'. Small piece nicked from paper in top margin. c1800. £25.00
    The work was to be done 21st November and two days of December, but no year is given. The 'Severn' was wrecked off Guernsey in 1804. This is probably Captain John Whitby, protege of Lord Cornwallis, who was sent to break the news of Nelson's death to Lady Hamilton. He died in 1806 aged only 31. Viscount Falkland assumed command of Busy in 1800. Apparently the Busy was laid up in Plymouth Dock in 1802.

  87. Yonge (Henry) INVITATION to dinner, to an unknown correspondent, signed Henry Yonge. Letter beginning 'Sir', no address, just date 'Mon. noon'. n.d. c1800. £10.00
    Says the Rolles of Winscot are dining with them on Wednesday and he would like them to come too.
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