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Queen Anne High School, Dunfermline. Collection of typescripts, several with manuscript marginalia/directorial notes, for plays staged by staff/pupils with cast lists. 2 folders.

JESSIE MARION KING (1875-1949) AND ERNEST ARCHIBALD TAYLOR (1874-1951) INTEREST GROUP OF PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC ITEMS [King-Taylor family recipe book]. The Practice of Cookery and Pastry by Williamson & Son 1869. 8vo, with numerous manuscript recipes laid in, including one for ‘American gingerbread’ written in the hand of Jessie M. King, another recipe apparently in another hand but with King's annotation ‘The EASY-BISCUIT à la Polly Peacham’; Collection of family photographs, approx. 40 in total, of which several depicting Jessie M. King, including a full-length portrait of JMK as a young woman, in a garden (platinum print, mounted on card), one of JMK in a classroom with pupils (albumen print, mounted on card), and others showing E. A. Taylor, Merle Taylor, etc.; Merle Taylor's childhood autograph album, including a watercolour sketch of a cottage through trees signed ‘EAT’ (her father Ernest Archibald Taylor, 1874-1951), and one unsigned but attributed to Jessie M. King; Typescript short story by Merle Taylor, ‘The Maister’For a complete list of photographs in this lot see the lot description on our website lyonandturnbull.com  Provenance: Jessie Marion King and Ernest Archibald TaylorBy descent to their daughter Merle TaylorEstate of Merle Taylor

JESSIE MARION KING (1875-1949) AND ERNEST ARCHIBALD TAYLOR (1874-1951) INTEREST COLLECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF JESSIE M. KING AND FAMILY including: The English Version of the Polyglott Bible. London: Samuel Bagster & Sons, c.1880. 12mo, ownership inscription ‘Jessie M. King, The Manse, New Kilpatrick’ to initial blank, half-title annotated ‘John Liddel’s Bible' in the same hand, further inscription ‘from my mother’ to the front free endpaper, lacking rear cover and apparently several leaves of text at rear; Greenaway, Kate. Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book, c.1920. 16mo, original cloth, inscribed ‘To Merle from Angus’ within hand-drawn decorative border on front free endpaper, with manuscript entries throughout, including for ‘Mrs E. A. Taylor’, i.e. Jessie M. King, next to her birthday of 20 March; Le Nouveau Testament. Strasbourg 1878, ownership inscription ‘Peggy King, The Manse, New Kilpatrick, April 1898’ to initial blank; The Letters of Charles Lamb. London: J.M. Dent & Co., with gif inscription 'To Mrs Taylor “A trifling memory of a true kindness” G.J.J. July 1917; Sappho. One Hundred Lyrics. London: Alexander Moring Limited, 1906. Small 8vo. contemporary green roan, gift inscription ‘To E.A.T. Xmas ’06'; and 22 others similar, from the library of Merle Taylor, several with family inscriptions, mainly leather-bound. For more information on the contents of this lot please see the lot description on our website lyonandturnbull.com Provenance: Jessie Marion King and Ernest Archibald TaylorBy descent to their daughter Merle TaylorEstate of Merle Taylor

A one-off illuminated and handwritten calligraphic manuscript volume, 'The Revelation of St John the Divine' - believed to be the work of Ruth M. How (ex-Somerville College, Oxford, c.1949-51), on J. Green & Son handmade paper with deckle edge, 70pp, full dark-brown soft calf binding with silk ribbon ties and punch decorated rondel to the cover, with a phoenix within a six-pointed star, folio.* Condition: Slightly indented scratch to leather to upper right of black centre section of cover. Back cover has some white dirt / mould marking to the surface - it is on the surface and does appear to come off completely, so should be fairly easy to remove with care. A few minor losses to the green silk on one of the ribbon ties. There is some time staining to the end papers both front and back and light time staining to the half title. The rest of the pages have time staining to the fore edges. The pages appear to be almost completely free of spotting, but there are some minor finger soiling marks to the fore edges and a few tiny ink spot marks and tiny smudges through the volume. Overall in good condition.

A 19th century French large brass and chamois-bound manuscript ledger, listing expenses incurred on a journey and other details, 1876-77, folio

This exquisite manuscript features the revered Ayat Al-Kursi (The Throne Verse) from the Quran, beautifully written by Habibi Ramzanpour in 1429 Hijri. The intricate illumination work is masterfully executed by Sayed Mohammed Hussainy, dated 1378 in the Iranian calendar.  54 x 44cm 

Miscellany.- Wells Cathedral.- Shaw (Henry, antiquary and illuminator, 1800-73) Autograph Letter signed to John Britton, 2pp, with conjugate blank and address panel, sm. 4to, Wells, 5th September 1823, making drawings of Wells Cathedral for John Britton's Cathedral Antiquities, "I received the Parcel containing the sketches to yesterday morning. I shall proceed with them as fast as possible - The West front I have drawn the full size of the Drawing board... as you desired, taking my station immediately opposite the centre at the farther end of the Church yard so as to take in the principal Tower - do you intend this... be reduced for Mr Le Keux?, three small water-stains, slightly browned, folds; [Lockhart (John Gibson, writer and literary editor, 1794-1854), "P[eter] M[orris]." [Letter LXX to Ferdinand Augustus Potts, Esq. from "Peter's Letters to his Kinfolk"], manuscript, 8pp., folds, slightly browned, unbound, folio, [c. 1830]; and c. 15 others, including documents signed by Palmerston and Lord Portland, v.s., v.d. (c. 15).

Member of a Victorian publishing family.- Horsey (Anne, of 151 Queen Street, Portsea, Hampshire) Diary, autograph manuscript, 189pp. excluding blanks, ALs from Horsey loosely inserted, slightly browned, original morocco-backed boards, edges extensively rubbed, gilt label "A. Horsey 1836" on upper cover, sm. 8vo, 9th July 1844 - 7th November 1873. *** Horsey & Son, publishers, 151 Queen Street, Portsea.

Trianon Press.- Blake (William) William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray, with an Introduction and Commentary by Geoffrey Keynes, number 10 of 28 special copies with additional material and signed by Geoffrey Keynes, 16 colour facsimile leaves, suites of progressive plates, illustrations, signed manuscript colophon leaf by Keynes at beginning, original tan-morocco-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, marbled board slip-case, [Bentley 385], 4to, Trianon Press, 1971. *** Deluxe edition in reduced format of the trade version of the Gray issued by the Trianon Press in 1972 using 8-colour printing. The 116 watercolour illustrations to Thomas Gray's poems are among Blake's finest work. They were commissioned in 1797 by his friend, the sculptor John Flaxman, as a gift for his wife Ann, to whom Blake addressed the final poem.

Bees.- Trade card.- Mr. A. Stapley's Orchard Apiary, photographic vignette of Mr. Stapley with his hives, manuscript ink note to verso 'delivery commences in June', creased at corners, Potton, Bedfordshire, [c.1910]. *** A charming unrecorded trade card for the sale of honey, with a price list verso for 'Honeycomb in 1lb sections' and 'Extracted honey in tins or glass jars as desired'. 

Ravilious (Eric).- Heath (Ambrose) The Country Life Cookery Book, first edition, illustrations by Eric Ravilious, T.L.s. from the publishers tipped in, original cloth, dust-jacket with vignette, price-clipped, slightly rubbed and soiled, 1937 § Christmas Book Shop (The): The Year's Best Books, 8pp., printed in yellow and black, illustrations by Ravilious and Edward Bawden, spotted, interleaved and stitched into card folder (staples removed), manuscript paper label in shape of Christmas tree to upper cover, [1924] § London Transport. Country Walks, First [-Third] Series, 3 vol., photographic illustrations, some spotting, original wrappers, all with dust-jackets featuring wood-engraving by Ravilious, a little rubbed, 1936-37 § Pope-Hennessy (James) London Fabric, second edition, foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket designed by Ravilious, a little rubbed and frayed, spine browned, New York & London, 1941; and 20 others, illustrated, mostly by Ravilious, and a few loose illustrations by John Nash, 8vo & 4to (26)*** The tipped-in letter in the first is a reply to an enquiry concerning the repetition of the January vignette for December, and whether another engraving was rejected. The publishers are unable to solve the matter as their records were lost during the war. The second item was an advertising insert for the December 1924 edition of the Studio. It includes some of both Ravilious's and Bawden's earliest published designs, executed while they were still students at the Royal College of Art.

Kent, Bonnington.- Charter of John Taillor of Castle Donington [?Leicesterhire or Berkshire] confirms to John Bonyngton armiger and Nicholas from Hull and Richard Burton concerning pasture in Bonnington [Kent], witnesses: Thomas of Stamton of Sutton, Henry of Bonyngton and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 9 lines, red wax seal with geometric pattern, slight loss to edge, folds, May/June, 1412. *** Bonnington, on the edge of Romney Marsh.

Blank leaves.- Volume of blank leaves, c. 45 blank leaves, 2ff. at beginning hand-coloured frontispiece "A Plan of Balderton Estate" and Contents f. and the rest all blank, original morocco-backed boards, spine rubbed, 8vo, 1783; Ditchett (Samuel Day) Commonplace book of poetry and prose, manuscript, c. 345pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original half morocco, extensively rubbed, upper joint splitting, sm. 4to, [c. 1850]; and 8 other manuscripts, v.s., v.d. (10).

Heraldry.- Coat of arms of the Poole family of Sapperton in Gloucestershire, hand-coloured coat of arms with gold decoration, manuscript title, on vellum, some surface wear, 217 x 154mm., [17th century]; and another, hand-coloured coat of arms of the Manning family of Kent, n.d., v.s., v.d. (2).

Wife of Headmaster of Merchant Taylor's College.- Baker (William, headmaster, 1841-1910).- Baker (Elizabeth Johnston, wife of William Baker, 1846-1931) Day Book, manuscript diary, c. 350pp. excluding blanks, a few ff. loose or working loose, slightly browned, front inner hinges broken, original vellum, soiled, tail of spine chipped with loss, folio, 1891-1903. *** Numerous references to the President of St John's College, Oxford as there was a close association between the Merchant Taylor's School with the college. "Wednesday June 18th 1891 7.45 p.m. Dinner to meet the President of St. John's Coll: Oxford."

Le Clerc (Sébastien) [Collection of engravings, probably removed from Isaac de Benserade's 'Metamorphoses d'Ovide en Rondeaux'], 2 vol., 212 engravings by Le Clerc & others, with contemporary ink manuscript titles and descriptions to facing numbered plates on verso of preceding plate and indices at end, all in neat hand presumably by Wm. M. Sale with his signature to upper margin of first plate in each volume, some light soiling, a few on thinner paper with letterpress to verso (cropped), bookplates of Wm. Michel Sale, Thos. Pennington of Bledlow, Bucks., and Montagu Pennington Sparrow, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, rubbed, oblong 8vo, [Paris], [?1676]; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return*** William Michel Sale was the son of the orientalist George Sale (1697-1736) who translated the Koran into English, and the father-in-law of Thomas Pennington.

Elzevier.- Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum, ownership inscription "Geo: Sitwell 1677" to front free endpaper, later ink note tipped onto front free endpaper, title with small early ink reference to lower-margin, the odd spot or small stain, some very light browning to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving backstrip, "Sylva" in ink manuscript to fore-edge, little rubbed, 1661; Historia Regni Henrici Septimi, small pencil purchase record of "R.W.G[ibson]" to foot of rear pastedown, front free endpaper working loose at foot, faint spotting to title, few very small marginal ink-stains, some light browning, damp-staining to lower-margin throughout but generally very light, contemporary calf, rebacked, quite worn, endpapers renewed, 1662, engraved titles, Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, [Gibson 186 & 127; Willems 1264 & 1278], 12mo (2)

Miscellany.- [Copper (John Maurice)] [Commonplace Book], 2 vol., manuscript, c. 280pp., slightly browned, ruled in red throughout, original straight-grained morocco-backed boards, edges slightly rubbed, sm. 8vo, 1885-86; and a small quantity of others, including an ALs from Karl Pearson of the University of London to Digby Besant, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). *** First mentioned, Copper details current scientific, philosophical, religious and esoteric discoveries, including mentioning Darwin, Herbert Spencer, Pasteur etc.

Cookery.- [Collection of Recipes], manuscript, 38pp., some reverse entries, some ff. loose and working loose, browned, some edges chipped, disbound, 4to (200 x 165mm.), [c.1750].*** Recipes include: "An Artychok Pye"; "To Frigase Chickins or Pidgeons"; "To make a puding of Calves brain"; "Clouted Cream"; "Mr Clapthorn's Posset"; "Right Spanish Cream"; "To make Scotch scollops"; "The way to Stew a Hare"; "To make a Venison pastry" etc.

Kent, Willesborough.- Charter, Robert John has conceded and granted to John Baily Rejaud of two acres of land in the parish of Willesborough [Ashford] and an acre in the field called Cromfelde and twelve acres in the field called Betherfelde, witnesses: William Sprot, Robert Bayli and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in brown ink, 11 lines, folds, slightly browned, lacks seal, 105 x 250mm., 1357.

Coaches.- Account of my Journey to Scotland [Whittingham, Northumberland to Musselburgh, Dunbar etc.]..., manuscript, 3pp., sm. 4to, August 1798; and c. 10 others relating to coach journeys including list of turnpikes, by the same person, folds, browned, v.s., v.d., 1798-1805 (c. 10). *** "On Sunday 26 Augt 1798 I took a postchaise to Whittingham and the Charlotte Coach for Ncastle... ."

Anne (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1665-1714) "Private and Additional Instructions" sent by Queen Anne to the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Townshend "our Ambassadors... for adjusting & concluding a Treaty between Us & the States General; for securing the succession to the Crown of Great Brittain  in the Protestant line, & settling a sufficient Barrier for Holland...", contemporary manuscript official copy, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, folds, browned, folio, St James's [Palace], 2nd May 1709. *** Instructions from Queen Anne to the effect that if the revenues of the towns yielded up by the treaty are insufficient, they may be supplemented from the general revenues of the Spanish Low Countries. Negotiations were broken off the following month, but a barrier treaty became part of the general Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

17 century drinking toast to Sir Lancelot du Lake... "Kiss the Cup's Ars".- Wing (John) Olympia dōmata [graece]; or, an Almanack For the Year... 1689, 2 parts in 1, title in red and black and within a woodcut typographical border, calendar in red and black, woodcut illustration, 42pp. only of 48pp., lacks 6pp. at end (appears complete as last f. has Finis at end), partially interleaved, ink ownership signatures of John Brooke, numerous ink notes on blank ff., 1 blank f. loose, browned, edges chipped, loose in contemporary calf, worn and rubbed, edges chipped with loss, [Wing A2780], 8vo, Cambridge, Printed by John Hayes, Printer to the University, 1689. *** With an unusual manuscript toast invoking Sir Lancelot du Lake, "A good health to Sr Lancelot du Lake, Ile Drink it all off & Kiss the Cup's Ars for his sake Ile make a pearle of my Naile without breaking & deliver my Cup without speaking all this Ile do: or els drink two."The Brooke family, from the notes, seem to have originated in West Yorkshire. Many of the notes are concerned with money lent or borrowed, many of them by Brooke's relatives, and purchasing food, wheat suggesting a farming background.

Medical.- Pignatarus (Carolus) Disputationem de morbis in genere, de signis de methodo medendi, written by John Brunus as a medical student, manuscript in Latin, on paper, title, 10pp. index and 568pp., small hole in title, index and first f. and last 6ff. of text, not affecting text, later endpapers, 19th century boards, rubbed, rebacked in modern morocco, gilt, 8vo, 1653. *** The text includes three "Disputationes", each divided into various "Quaestiones", in turn divided, in some cases, into various "Controversiae", which illustrate the different points of view on the medical topics discussed. Topics include: Quaestio I: "De morbi natura in genera"; II: "De natura Symptomatum", III: "An dentur symptomata causa"; IV: "De morbidrum differentijs" etc.

First Nation.- A speech delivered by an Indian Chief in Reply to a Sermon Preached by a Swedish Missionary, in order to Convert the Indians to the Christian Religion, manuscript, a few small tears at edges, folds, browned, c. 590 x 380mm., n.d. [c. 1800]; and another, v.s., v.d. (2). *** The speech was delivered in Conestoga, Pennsylvania in 1710, as a reply to the Swedish missionary, Joen Auren. It first appeared as a broadside in Philadelphia in 1715 and the present text was translated from Latin.

Louis XVI (King of France, 1754-93) Order to Joseph Micault d'Garvelay to pay the Widow Paulmier, widow of Paulmier, carriage boy of the stable, 150 livre, D.s. "Louis" in secretarial hand, printed document with manuscript insertions, folds, yellowed, folio, Versailles, 1st May 1773; and a small quantity of letters in French, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

India.- Bengal.- East India Company (The) Commission received by Edward Hindley at Fort William, Bengal, printed document with manuscript insertions and signatures, folds, tears repaired verso (without loss of text), some staining, lightly browned, 245 x 381mm., [Bengal], no printer, 1803; and an A.L.s. from a Cumbria father (Myles Sandys) expressing his concerns for his son, who has been drafted to the East India Company (he would go on to serve for 22 years in India, rising to the rank of Major), v.s. (2)

European Travel Journal.- Goodwin (J.M., of Streatham) A Tour in Northern Italy [&] A Tour through Switzerland and Belgium A.D., 1837, manuscript, together title and 95pp., 43 lithographed and engraved plates (some full-page, 24 hand-coloured), slightly foxed and browned, original half calf, tail of spine chipped with small loss, sm. 4to, Streatham, 8th May 1843.

Surrey, Pyrford.- Indenture John Freeland husbandman grants to Richard Whitwell both husbandmen of Pyrford a release of reversion of three acres of land in Pyrford, D.s. "John Freeland", manuscript in English, on vellum, 38 lines, folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, 205 x 295mm., 20th April 1597; and 6 other pieces, including a Kent release 1523, Chard, Somerset, 1567, Norfolk 1597, v.s., v.d. (7 pieces).

Kent, Willesborough.- Charter John Smyth has conceded and confirmed to William Chapman a field called ?le hunnett in the village Willesborough [now in Ashford], witnesses: William Egethorn, Robert Darry and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 7 lines, red wax seal with good impression, right part of charter torn away affecting a few words, slight stain, folds, creased, 90 x 262mm., 1372. 

Kent, Wingham.- Agreement John Wylkes of Herne releases William Lambe, Wax Chandler, his heirs and assigns, all right to a tenement and garden situated in Wingham, the King's ?Street east-land of Lord Archbishop West - land of William Ryggedon north and land of Edmund Lambe south which John Wylkes lately had of the grant... of John Turner of Wyngham shoemaker, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 lines, docket on verso, folds, good wax seal with Star of David design, 124 x 257mm, 18th February, 1504. *** Wingham, East Kent, six miles east of Canterbury.

Medical.- Compendium universae medicinae, 6 parts in 1 vol., manuscript in Latin, 403pp., slightly browned, near contemporary ink French inscription on front free endpaper, ink signature of Claude Bossus on lower pastedown, lower free endpaper torn with small loss, ink name of Chapillon on front edges of pages, contemporary calf, rubbed, upper cover working loose, 134 x 95mm., [France], [c. 1700]. *** Parts comprise: Phisiologiae appendix; Tractatus De materia medica; Definitiones Morborum; Definitiones Phisioligicae; Tractatus Pathologicus; Virgini Duparae sine Lave Conceptae se suasque ex universa medicina Theses Ludovicus Combaurie DDD.

Cookery.- [Volume of dishes to be served at certain times of the year], manuscript, 38pp., manuscript recipe for "A Rice Trifle" loosely inserted, original marbled wrappers, 8vo, [c. 1800].

Bacon (Sir Francis) Historia Regni Henrici Septimi, first Latin edition, engraved title of men approaching the Wheel of Fortune by Cornelis van Dalen, later ink ownership inscriptions to pastedown and front free endpaper, title and following f. with neat repair to gutter, some light browning, mainly marginal, gutter slightly cracked at points, upper hinge tender but holding, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine titled in ink manuscript, lightly soiled, [Gibson 125], Leiden, Francis Hack, 1642; and the 1647 edition of the same in contemporary vellum, 12mo (2)

Jacobean aristocracy.- Cut signatures on a document, including: Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton (1540-1614), courtier, administrator, and author; Thomas Howard, first Earl of Suffolk (1561-1626), naval officer and administrator; Edward Wotton, first Baron Wotton (1548-1628), diplomat and administrator; Sir Julius Caesar (bap. 1558, d. 1636), civil lawyer, & 2 other signatories  D.s., manuscript on paper, browned, laid down on modern card with an engraved portrait of Henry Howard, 145 x 227mm., [c. 1610]; and 2 others, comprising cut signatures of William Cecil, second Earl of Salisbury and Bulstrode Whitlocke, v.s., v.d. (3 modern cards).

Kent, Chipstead/Chevening.- Charter of William of Chipstead grant to John Catel and his wife Joan one messuage with house, garden and appurtenances in the parish of Chevening with Chipstead formerly belonging to Walter Cassyn, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, wax seal appended, slightly browned, folds, mounted on card, 85 x 226mm., Chevening, Sunday next after the Feast of the Translation of the Blessed Martyr St Thomas [Thomas Becket], [July 1358].

Lancashire Regiment of Militia.- Description Book of Captain Thomas Plumbe's Company of the Royal Lancashire Regim[en]t of Militia under the Command of the Rt Honble Lord Strange, 4 May 1761, manuscript on paper, 4pp., together with loosely inserted manuscript material, including  'Prescott division in ... West Derby and County of Lancaster', manuscript on vellum, regiment lists, notes from regiment members and two autograph letters signed to Captain Plumbe, including orders from Whitehall, 1780, paper wrappers, some stains, wear and contemporary annotations in ink, oblong folio, 1760-62 (9 pieces). *** Lists names and ages along with physical descriptions ('Fresh complection..black hair grey eyes'), place of birth, 'For what town or parish serving' and casualites.

Newmarket, Suffolk.- Newmarket Public Subscription Room, 8 vol., manuscript list of signatures, numerous pp., pages ruled in red, original vellum, some marking and staining, gilt morocco labels on upper covers, 1 vol. spine defective, folio, 1858, 1869, 1872-73, 1880, 1886 & 1892. *** Plans for a subscription room in the 19th century were formulated by William Henry Hyett, a Member of Parliament candidate at the time, who began to attract subscriptions of £50 a share towards the new building and its construction site. In the first year of the new building opening, a number of successful events are recorded, including a political dinner party attended by 520 guests as well as a circus on the forecourt. The public rooms became the centre of the town’s social and intellectual life and notably the building was utilized during both World War periods.

[Comber (Thomas, dean of Durham and liturgist, 1645-99)] [Transcribed text from "A Companion to the Temple; or, A Help to Devotion in the use of the Common Prayer"], manuscript, 190pp., dark brown ink, mostly relating to the Communion service, some ink show-through, browned throughout, marbled endpapers, contemporary black polished morocco, ornate gilt borders, gilt stamp on upper cover: "John Tilley, 1751", corners slightly bumped, gilt panelled spine, spine slightly chipped at head and tail, g.e., sm. 8vo, [dated on cover 1751]. *** Contents include: "A Prayer when we offer our Alms"; "A Prayer immediately after the Consecration of the Bread and Wine"; "An Act of Commemoration"; "Thoughts proper to entertain our minds with while we are celebrating this Festival"; "A Meditation for Receiving the Holy Sacrament on Christmas Day" etc.

Yorkshire.- Indenture William Askwith of Osgodby sells a messuage, three oxgangs, arable, pasture etc. in Little Thirkleby to William Frankland of Ponsbourne Hertfordshire, D.s. "William Askwith", manuscript in English, on vellum, red wax seal, 2 small burnholes very slightly affecting a few letters of text, folds, slightly yellowed, 275 x 465mm., 13th September 1621; and 6 other indentures (5 17th century and 1 19th century with a plan of a messuage in Nottingham), v.s., v.d. (7 pieces).

Elzevier.- Bacon (Sir Francis) Historia Naturalis & Experimentalis de Ventis, H1-3 small loss to lower-margin, small early ink reference to verso of final f., [Gibson 111; Willems 1277], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1662 bound after Novum Organum Scientiarum, 2 blank leaves at end, title with ink ownership name partially erased to lower-margin, R7 underlining in red pencil, [Gibson 106], Amsterdam, J. Ravesteyn, 1660, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved titles, later ink ownership name to pastedown, very occasional spotting, some light damp-staining to lower-margin, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, ink manuscript title to spine, some soiling, spine darkened, little rubbed, 12mo. 

LYNDSAY SIR DAVID, of The Mount.  Facsimile of an Ancient Heraldic Manuscript Emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay ... 1542, ed. by David Laing. Ltd. ed. 73/250. Hand col. title & hand col. armorial plates throughout. Folio. Defective orig. bdg. with labels to paste-down. A single lib. stamp to final leaf but generally very clean throughout & would make an attractive rebind. 1878.

SPRING - RICE WILLIAM C. (Trans).  Translation of Historical and Crtical Description of Italy or New Memories of the Actual State of Its Government ... by Abbot (Jerome) Richard (Dijon, 1766). 2 well written ink manuscript vols. 836pp. "Translated from the original French by Wm. C. Spring-Rice, M.S., A.C.A., 1934; with 2 vols., Stephen Gwynn, Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice (these latter rebound & defective), 1929; also 7 unrelated vols.  (11)

BACON NATHANIEL.  An Historical & Political Discourse of the Laws & Government of England from the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ... Collected from Some Manuscript Notes of John Selden.  Rubricated title. Folio. Library bdg. with labels to endpapers, 2 lib. stamps to title. 4th ed., 1739; also William Camden, The History of the Most Renowned & Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England, eng. frontis & rubricated title (these over-sealed or in facsimile), rebacked old calf, ex lib. but with lib. stamp only to title & contents good, eng. bookplate of Abercairny, 1688.  (2).

The London Memorandum Book Containing an Almanack.  Manuscript entries relative to Whitby Shipping incl. charges for pilotage, ballast, wages, supplies, etc. Ownership signature of J. Wood. 1840's; also Letts's Improved Household Expenses Book with detailed entries, 1870's.  (2).

TURTON WILLIAM.  A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands. Hand col. & other eng. plates, many with old manuscript annotations. Poor bdgs., brds. det. but present. 1819; also 5 other vols.  (6).

REED FRED H.  Illustrations of Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire. Plans, sections & illus. Folio. Half green leather. This No. 1 of a ltd. ed. of 250 facsimile copies of the 1872 ed., dedicated in manuscript "To Sir Geoffrey Harmsworth Bart - this the first copy of the first book to be issued by the Harlequin Press", 1970.

EPHEMERA & PHOTOGRAPHS: accumulation in small box, to include some paperwork of WWI & II interest: manuscript diary of war news WWI: bundle and case of stereocards and sundry. (Sm.Box)

LOGBOOK OF THE CRUISE OF SS CALGARIC, 1933: a manuscript account of Baden-Powell's goodwill cruise, along with 650 Scouts and Guides, visiting 8 Baltic countries in 1933, including Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia: illustrated with original photographs, postcards and cuttings, some ink sketches, approx 80pp filled, a few printed items loosely inserted, ruled commonplace book of period with cloth backed boards, light wear with tear to head of spine, contents generally sound, 8vo. (1)

MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM: early manuscript on vellum, in poor condition and likely retrieved from a binding: together with a Chinese botanical watercolour. (2)

BOUND MANUSCRIPTS: an 18th century French legal commonplace book, approx 600pp in a neat hand in black ink, contemporary continental mottled calf gilt with twin morocco labels, rubbed, 8vo: together with a mid-19th century English medical manuscript, titled 'Haightons Physiology', several leaves torn away, contemporary quarter-calf, rubbed, 8vo. (2)

PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT EPHEMERA: a collection housed in modern folder, mostly 17th-18th century, including bible leaves circa 1480 & 1500: letter dated 1st July 1663, from D Nicholl to Thomas Tanner, Merchant in St Swithen's Lane in Lombard Street: newspapers, pamphlets, documents and other items. (Folder)

JAPANESE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT: an antique Japanese manuscript, 62 pages of calligraphic text in black ink, 10 full page coloured illustrations heightened in gilt, in 2 sections (cord ties and old stab holes to spine), toning and dust soiling with abrasions to a few leaves, oblong 8vo (approx 24 x 16.5cm), probably Meiji period. (1)

MANUSCRIPT: a group of 22 leaves from a disbound early 19thc album, to include an account of Serampore India dated 1807 to several pages, some accompanying watercolours, sketches and engravings, small folio. (Packet)

ILLUSTRATED GAME BOOK: a bound manuscript game record covering period 1921-1961, various English, Welsh and Scottish locations noted, neatly arranged within the printed columns, approx 40 pages with pen and ink or pencil sketches of various game specimens, lively remarks attached to many of the shoots and several full page handwritten accounts of the day's activities (notably relating to shoots at Ross and Cumloden), 19th century log of red half morocco, upper board gilt lettered, aeg, light external wear but generally in very good condition, some related correspondence and 2 manuscript maps loosely inserted, oblong 4to. (1)

MANUSCRIPT DIARIES: a collection of 9 Victorian manuscript diaries by thus unidentified writer, mostly filling Letts's diaries for years 1847-73-87-88-91-92-93-94-95, London life and society, blind stamped blue cloth covers, generally in good condition, 12mo. (9)

SCRAP ALBUM: an early Victorian album of manuscript verse, a few watercolours and cut engravings, embossed black leather covers gilt decorated, aeg, spine rubbed and torn, 4to: together with two modern albums containing contemporary and vintage postcards, ephemera etc. (3 albums)

MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK: a volume of numerous handwritten cookery and medicinal receipts, early-mid 19thc and in several hands acrosss approx 140 pages: includes 'an infallible cure for the bite of a mad dog brought from Tonquin by Sir Geo. Cobbs..': to make Lady Derby's soap: to make breakfast rolls: Oxford Dumplins (sic): Blanc Manger: a dish of curry: oyster sauce: lobster salad, etc, contained in period half morocco commonplace book with brass closure, rubbed but solid, contents generally sound, small 8vo. (1)

MISCELLANEOUS EPHEMERA: a quantity in box, to include 19th-mid 20thc commercial and other correspondence: an early (unpublished?) manuscript biography of Robert Louis Stevenson: watercolours, pamphlets, sketchbook and sundry. (One box)

GAME BOOK: INDIA & DOMESTIC: manuscript game log covering period 1927-1955, intermittent entries, the earlier period in India with locations including Ambala, Ceylon, and Mhow, later in England and Ireland, domestic locations including Brighton, Larkhill and Stockbridge, neat entries in printed columns across approx 35 pages, period album of red leather covered boards, a little rubbed but contents sound, oblong 8vo. (1)