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The bill of the pavier, Henry Turner for works done at Stationers' Hall. Signed in receipt by Turner in the sum of twelve shillings, 2 November 1698. Also signed by Robert Stephens. Place name: Stationers' Hall. Personal names: Henry Turner, Robert Stephens.

The plumber's bill for works done for the Company from May 1695-Decemeber 1696 in the sum of five pounds eighteen shillings. Signed in receipt by Thomas Browne, 28 January 1697. Personal name: Thomas Browne.

Publication details: London : Printed by C. Roworth and Sons, Bell Yard, Temple Bar, 1858.

'The South East Prospect of Westminster Bridge', engraving by Benjamin Cole. Featuring the Stationers' Barge at Lambeth Palace with eight other barges of the City Corporation.

Printed broadside entitled, The Speech and Carriage of Stephen Colledge (London: Printed for T. Basset, and John Fish, 1681). ESTC no. R29303. With a letter from Graham Pollard gifting the item to the Company, 27 Sep 1938.

Annual handbook produced for members.

The Company's historic records date from 1554 to the present day. Consulted by scholars since the mid-eighteenth century, they are a key archival source for the history of the English book trade and the development of copyright; the evolution of London livery companies and corporate London; and the social history of the city. Records held in the Stationers' Company Archive include:

• Stationers' Company Registers or Entry Book of Copies 1554-1842. (Copyright records for the period 1842-1924 are deposited at the National Archives. Further information about them is available at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk)

• Court Books, 1602 to the present day

• Membership records, 1555 to the present day

• Legal and official records, from 1557

• Records relating to bequests, charities and pensions, 1593 to 1929

• Records relating to property owned by the Company from 1674

• Financial records, from 1605

• English Stock records 1603-1961

• A small collection of family papers belonging to former members of the Company, such as the Tottell papers (1448-1714) and the Baskett papers (1740s-1840s)

• Miscellaneous ephemera which includes invitation cards, programmes, etc

B/W Photograph. The Stock Room, looking to the north west. Decorated with flowers, possibly for the wedding of Glanvill and Catherine Benn 4 June 1931. 

B/W Photograph. The Stock Room, looking to the north west, 1968. 

B/W photograph. The Stock Room, showing two long tables, between 1957 (the last entry on the Honorary Freemen & Liverymen board) and 1966 (when the next entry was added); probably c.1963. 

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.

Undated bill for a meal at the Swan Tavern, Fish Street. Items include: bread, ale, wine, lemons, fish, fowls, linen, fruit, cheese, tobacco, and fire. In the sum of seven pounds eight shillings eleven and a half pence. Place name: the Swan Tavern.

The Whole Book of Psalmes (London Imprinted by John Day, 1583). Pictorial title-page. Imperfect at end.