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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
An universal method of science exemplified in a new sistem of that branch of the laws of England which respects property
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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An unsigned contemporary copy; the ode is a satirical verse on the ambition of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath. These pages were removed from a bound volume by a previous owner and the printed title "Heroes Ballad" transferred to the verso of the final page.
mssHM 82768
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A bound manuscript volume, possibly in the hand of George Wither; includes notes on court cases, legal opinions, etc. Half-bound in maroon morocco over cloth with ex-libris of Thomas Brooke, and an unidentified ex-libris; spine reads "Wither's M.S. Note-Book 1650-1660."
mssHM 103
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A bound volume containing 90 full page manuscript maps in pen and ink with later pencil notes, with a few overlays and a map of land at Cathill by W. Stephens. The volume is made up of the initial survey, with plans, the properties and their owners, costs, rents, and tolls done by the chief engineer William Pitt; this covers the whole route including the extensions and the Lords Hayes Branch Canal. This survey was intended to provide the information necessary to design and fund a canal as well as getting the canal passed by Parliament. The Wyrley & Essington Canal (known as The Curly Wyrley) was built in the 1790s following an Act authorizing a canal from Wolverhampton to the collieries at Wyrley Band and Essington. The volume is bound in half straight-grained black morocco gilt with a leather title piece to upper board, recently repaired.
mssHM 84051
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Volume 1 contains part I, volume 2 contains parts II-IV. The unbound manuscript was removed from the original green paper box by Huntington staff and the pages were placed in mylar sleeves and bound into two volumes.
mssHM 2412
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A bound volume of letters and autographs from eminent contemporaries, the majority addressed to Tisdall; there are also clippings and printed material. Tisdall often included biographical notes and information about each letter writer; the inside front cover has the bookplate of "Rev Doctor Tisdall" and the title page contains the notes and signatures of Bertram Forsyth, English actor and dramatist. Please note: a previous owner cut and tore numerous pages from the volume so from an original total of 84 pages only 38 remain; the spine and corners have some damage.
mssHM 82899
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This is a bound volume of newspaper obituaries for Isabel Burton, compiler unknown, made in the 19th century. The album has the modern bookplate of Burke E. Casari, a previous owner, pasted onto the inside front cover. Two pieces of ephemera are also enclosed: Sir Richard F. Burton Memorial Fund [printed pamphlet] and a list of the obituaries in the album, typed by B.E. Casari.
mssHM 82873