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Indenture between Bonham Norton and Richard Lewes relating to the mortgage of Bushmore.

(i) Assignment of Thomas Osborne's shares in the following books to John Fuller: Compleat System of Geography (1/18), Maitland's History of Edinburgh (1/4), Atterbury's Sermons (the whole). Signed by Osborne and two witnesses. [4 Mar 1755]

(ii) Assignment of William Johnston's shares in the following books to John Fuller: Bladens Cesar (1/12), Brown's Roman History (1/6), Compleat Parish Officer (1/8), Clare's Introduction (1/12), Grand Tour through Great Britain (1/16), Sterme's Romanus ((1/4), Jenks's Devotion (1/12), Kennet's Antiquities (1/12), Library of Trades with plates (1/4), Mason's Hymns (1/16), Stanhope's Epistles (1/18). Signed by Johnston and two witnesses. [15 Mar 1756]

(iii) Assignment of Edward Wickstead's shares in the following books as adjudicated by John Carr, trustee of Wickstead's will: Burkitt on the New Testament, Ellis on the 39 Articles, Aesop's Fables, Exercitia Latina, Meredith's Copies. [5 May 1759]

Fragment of early newspaper removed from Books in Treasuer's Warehouse. Part of imprint reads: at the Black-boy in Pater-Noster-Row, Price Three Half-pence. This was the address of the Baker bookshop, c.1690-1750.

Printed pamphlet, The Tryal and Sentence of Elizabeth Cellier (London: Printed for Thomas Collins, at the Middle-Temple-Gate 1680). ESTC No. R24639. Very clean copy. Gift of Liveryman Sheila Needham, 1986.

Extracts and correspondence referencing James Boswell and Sir Joshua Reynolds's visit to Stationers' Hall in 1790.

Two copies of a photograph of the gravestone of Richard Johnson (d. 1793) and Richard Johnson (d. 1795).
Photograph from the Public Record Office of an early printed news sheet: Publick Occurences No. 1 (1690)

B/W photograph. Elevated view west down Ludgate Hill (Stationers’ Hall on the right) from St Paul’s; between 1950 and 1962.

B/W photograph. View of the Hall and Stock Room from Ave Maria Lane, between 1950 and 1962. In beige card mount. 

B/W photograph. View of the Hall looking south, laid for dinner, between 1956 and 1967.