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Tragedy at Winspit: 19th August 1935: pamphlet and accompanying letter.

The subject of the pamphlet, Alastair Johnstone (1917–1935), died before being able to take up his place at St John's College.

Papers, mainly correspondence, of Johnians on a wide range of subjects.

Autograph book, inscribed on the first leaf 'P. M. Rix Smith, 22 Selwyn Road, Cambridge', dating from his time as a chorister at St John's. Contains autographs of Ralph Vaughan Williams, apparently obtained on a visit of the composer to the College in May 1935, sporting heroes including cricketer Jack Hobbs and the Scottish international R.C.S. Dick, and the BBC announcer A.S. Hibberd. Contains drawings, photographs, and cuttings, as well as signatures and messages. Accompanied by a reproduction of a photograph of P. M. R. Smith as a young man, taken by Ramsey & Muspratt.

Printed volume of tributes to Raphael Loewe on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Contains contributions by Rabbi Dr Abram Levy OBE; Dr Ada Rapoport-Albert; Reverend Alan Greenbat OBE; Alberman family; Mrs Anne Prasad MBE; April and Stephen Sebag-Montefiore; Mrs Becky Hilsenrath; Pope Benedict XVIth; Ms Camilla Loewe; Rabbi Dr Charles Middleburgh; Professor Chimen Abramsky; Professor Christopher Dobson; Dr Claver Toalster; Professor Colette Khan; Connie and Jonathan Webber; Daniel and Harriet Oppenheimer; David and Marlene Cohen; Mr David Loewe; Professor David Ruben; Deborah Silver; Mr Dicky Domb; Dr Donald Verry; Mrs Doris Olsen; Professor David Katz; Professor and Mrs Edward Ullendorf; Mrs Elisabeth Talbot; Mr Geoffrey Ben-Nathan; Professor Geoffrey Khan; Professor Ghil'ad Zuckerman; Drs Gillian and Morris Greenberg; Isaac and Patricia Zekaria; Judge Israel Finestein; Dr Jacob Haberman; Dr Jeremy Schonfield; Dr Joanna Weinberg; Rabbi Jonathan Wittenburg; Baroness Julia Neuberger; Professor Leon and Louise Mestel; Mr Malcolm Brown; Mrs Marilyn Lehrer; Dr Mark Nicholls; Professor Mark Geller; Professor Michael Alpert; Michael and Linda Falter; Mr Michael Hilsenrath; Michael and Judy Jackson; Miss Miriam Rodrigues-Pereira; Professor Rabbi Nicholas de Lange; Patrick Stephen Raphael Toalster; Dr Peter Oppenheimer; Mr Philip Howard; Pim and Alan Feinstein; Dayan Dr Pinchase Toledano; Lord Randolph Quirk; Samuel Hilsenrath; Dr Sebastian Brock; Ms Semley Talbot; Professor Stefan Reif; Dr Tali Loewenthal; Professor Tessa Rajak; Rabbi Dr Tony Bayfield; Professor William Horbury; Professor Wout van Bekkum; Professor Zwi Werblowsky. The volume also contains illustrations and photographs.

Autograph letter signed Ro: Cecyll to the Lord High Treasurer Thomas Sackville (1536-1608), requesting Sackville to give 200 pounds to Cecil's steward Roger Houghton for immediate payment to the Scottish noblewoman Lady Barbara Ruthven (d. 1625), whose two brothers had been killed in an alleged plot against King James three years earlier. Postscript in darker ink written by Roger Houghton.

Asks that Mr William Morgan be added to the courier list.