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-'Rowing at Westminster (1813-1883)' with inscription 'Stuart J. Steele from C.H.(?) Fisher' [Moved to reference library]

-W.S.B.C. Almanac & Tide Table Election Term 1946
-3 x W.S.B.C. Almanac & Tide Table Election Term 1948
-9 x postcards marked with rowing scores
-Water result written on paper with Busby's letterhead by C.H. Fisher
-31 x notices displayed on noticeboard to announce race line-ups, written on paper with Westminster School letterhead. Some updated with results of the race. Dated, but not with year. Handwritten by S.J. Steele.
-Typed Head of the River Race for Schools list of competitors 1946
-Handwritten Inter-Schools Regatta results. 26/07/1948
-Letter from C.H. Fisher requesting contributions to the W.S.B.C, dated June 1947
-Letter from C.H. Fisher to S.J. Steele, dated 18/06/1948
-Letter from C.H. Fisher to S.J. Steele, dated 08/01/1958
-Marlow Regatta Programme, June 21st 1947
-Programme of concert held at Christopher Whitehead School, March 25th 1944
-Programme of concert held at Royal College of Music, December 13th 1945
-Programme of concert held at Royal College of Music, December 7th 1946
-Programme for 'Everyman', dated 'Good Friday, 1948'
-Programme of Westminster School concert held July 23rd 1948
-Programme for 'Housemaster', presented by Westminster at Buckenhill. Undated.
-Programme for 'Hamlet', presented by Westminster at Buckenhill. Undated.
-Programme for 'Hamlet', presented by Homeboarders, Ashburnham and Busby's, December 18th and 19th 1942
-Programme for 'Ten Minute Alibi', presented by Homeburnham Players from Buckenhill. Friday 2nd April 1943.
-Programme for 'King Lear', presented by Westminster School Houses at Buckenhill. December 17th and 18th 1943.
-Programme for 'The Admirable Crichton', presented by Busby's. Undated.
-Ticket for 'The Admirable Crichton', presented by Busby's. Undated.
-School Store accounts detailing purchases, 1943-1944
-List of uniform for Westminster boys evacuated to Hereford
-Westminster School Clothes List 1945
-Spotter's Club membership card, dated January 23rd 1944
-Expenses and produce lists for Buckenhill Garden 1941-1942
-Letter 'To parents of Westminster boys at Buckenhill' from J.T. Christie, dated September 21st, 1944
-Cartoon clipped from Daily Mail depicting Westminster School

'This volume records parish accounts for the early years of his rectorship of St Peter’s (1762-85), before resuming in 1770 with daily receipts and expenses while Head Master at Westminster (1764-88).

As one might hope from a Cambridge don and schoolmaster, the accounts contain several entries for books, generally of a classical, theological, or educational nature, purchased from the likes of ‘Mr [Thomas] Payne’ and ‘Mr [William] Ginger’. Examples include Graevius’s edition of Cicero’s De Officiis, Thomas Newton’s Dissertations on the prophecies, and, fresh off the press, a copy of Proposals for an amendment of school-instruction (London, 1772). Smith subscribed to books too, including Lawrence Holden’s A paraphrase on the Book of Isaiah, and Thomas Francklin’s translation of Lucian. He purchases prayerbooks from a Mrs Cole, ‘two spelling books for my children’, ‘a Virgil … which belonged to Ld Derehurst’, and makes regular payments to the newsman. In addition to his bibliophilic tendencies, the accounts also demonstrate Smith’s interest in art and music, as he visits exhibitions, buys picture frames, and pays the ‘Bp of Peterborough for a landscape by [Adam] Pynaker’, as well as taking his wife to see ‘Il Cid opera’ and Handel’s oratorio Alexander Balus.
There are very practical payments (to a glazier for mending the chancel windows, to a ‘chimney doctor’, and for the clearing of sewers and gutters), as well as charitable contributions (subscriptions to the Westminster Infirmary and Grey Coat Hospital, gifts to the poor, Christmas boxes for the dustman, &c), but also occasional treats (oysters for his children, lobsters, Dublin beer, a backgammon table, and money won and lost at cards). In June 1770 Smith pays ‘Mr Small for inoculating two of my children’. The entries for income reveal that Smith received, for example, money from India and City bonds, from school fees, and from selling his father’s furniture via ‘Mr Christie’.

The front pastedown bears a list of the impressive stocks of alcoholic beverages under Smith’s care in 1772 and 1773, including ’76 bottles of Port at home’, and supplies of Hock, Burgundy, Cherry Brandy, and ‘Dehany’s Rum’ in the ‘cellar in cloisters’ and ‘the room over the gate’ (presumably at Westminster).' - Bernard Quaritch Catalogue

A mounted copy of the published 1898 edition of Annals of Westminster School, with notes for additional illustrations and manuscript annotations, cross-references and corrections, presumably in John Sargeaunt's hand.