Hawker, W., a pocketbook containing a detailed account of the process of draining land, for which Mr John Wedge, of Bickenhill, near Coventry, was awarded the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce silver medal, c.1840; the notebook also with a detailed record of game shot over the 1840-2 seasons at Poundesford, near Taunton. Decorated brown calf, ribbed spine (£15-25)