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Kingsley Amis, 5 titles: 'Lucky Jim', London, Gollancz, 1954, 2nd impression, original cloth gilt, 'Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure', L, Cape, 1968, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (written under the pseudonym Robert Markham), 'Jake's Thing', L, Hutchinson, 1978, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, some typed manuscript with pen & ink corrections loosely inserted, 'Girl, 20', L, Cape, 1971, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Old Devils', L, Hutchinson, 1986, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w (5)

George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron: 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Third; Canto the Fourth', London, John Murray, 1816-1818, 1st editions, parts III & IV (of four) bound together in one volume, third canto with half title after title page, 79,[1]pp List of Poems; fourth canto with separate title page dated 1818, xiv, two following leaves (contents and half title), 257,[1]pp, ownership signature at front of one Henry V. Lynes, 1821, and with a few tipped in pieces of paper with contemporary manuscript notes by him throughout, contemporary decorative plum morocco gilt, all edges gilt

Francis Francis: 'A Book on Angling', London, Longmans, 1876, 4th edition revised and improved, 16 engraved plates of which 6 hand coloured as called for, some manuscript pencil notes to leaves/plates, contemporary half calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments

(Marine Algae, Seaweed, Herbarium, Botany), a circa 1863 Herbarium containing approximately 55 British Marine Algae plant specimens, the vast majority carefully pressed onto paper and mounted to leaves of the album, vast majority of specimens in a very good state of preservation, all with neat contemporary manuscript corresponding captions & notes stating species, where obtained, and other observations, examples include "Padina Pavonia. The Peacock's Tail. Order Dictyotea. This remarkable plant is found at one station only on the British shores, at Exmouth. It is a native of warm seas, & in the Mediterranean is abundant. - Since the above was written, Padina has been taken in other localities on the Southern coasts. W.H.G. 1863", "Desmarestia Viridis. Peterhead. Deep-water, rare. Perfect Specimen. Order. Sporochnaceae. Species. Desmarestia Viridis", "Laminaria Digitata. early growth. On rocks at low water. Hastings", "Cystoseira Granulata. A deep-water plant, cast ashore after storms - east coast Brighton.", "Series 2 Rhodospermeae. Red Seaweeds. Order. Ceramiaceae. Genus. Callithamnion. Species. Callithamnion Brachiatum. In capsular fruit. Parasite found on the tips of Laminaria Digitata. Mewstone. near Plymouth. Extremely rare", etc etc, other specimens stated as being found in various places around the UK including Isle of Arran, Peterhead, the Clyde, Jersey, Isle of Wight, Hastings, St. Leonards, Brighton, South Devon, majority Plymouth and environs including Bovisand Bay, harbour, breakwater, Mewstone rock etc, the compiler "W.H.G." appears to be W.H. Grattann, author of 'British marine algae : being a popular account of the seaweeds of Great Britain, their collection and preservation', London, 1873-74, 237pp, with a printed advertisement for lectures by W.H. Grattann tipped in at end of album "Assembly Room, St. Leonards. Mr W.H. Grattann, will deliver Two Lectures at the above room, on the evenings of Friday and Saturday, November 2nd and 3rd, 1860, Entitled Flowers of the Ocean...", with related contemporary news cutting reviewing Mr Grattann's lectures tipped in alongside "The Flowers of the Ocean. Was the subject of a public lecture delivered...on Saturday evening last, by a Mr W.H. Grattann, of Plymouth...The lecturer's information concerning our neglected but beautiful seaweeds was considerably aided, and rendered much more attractive, by the exhibition of real specimens, or of accurate drawings, by means of the oxy-hydrogen light-with which he was assisted by Mr. John Banks..." plus tipped in manuscript poem "Call us not weeds we are flowers of the sea, For beautious & bright & gay tinted are we, And quite independent of sunshine and flowers, Thou call as not weeds we are oceans gay flowers...", contemporary half green morocco gilt album (24 x 19cm), green morocco gilt title label "British Marine Algae" to front cover

(Natural History), a packet containing approx. 240 earlier to mid 20th Century monochrome photographs of wildlife, including birds and nests, butterflies, moths, slugs and caterpillars, small mammals and reptiles, fungi etc, vast majority of images with inkstamps verso "Photo Copyright S.V. Waters Lowestoft", many with manuscript pencil or pen & ink descriptions verso "Sea-birds like ships come to grief in a time of storm. Here we see a wounded gannet which had been washed ashore by the wild waves on Lowestoft beach, a point hundreds of miles from its usual home...", with manuscript street address "89 Kirkley Gardens" added above Lowestoft to address inkstamps, some with inkstamps "63 Beresford Road, Lowestoft", a couple with Cambridge address in m/s, others including Red Admiral Butterfly, Adder "after the heath fire. A viper found burnt to death on a heath after having been burnt. Many of our interesting reptiles perish through human carelessness", etc etc, majority of images approx 21 x 17cm, some smaller approx 11 x 16cm

(Horses, Veterinary Medecine), William Gibson: 'The Farriers Dispensatory', London, W. Taylor, 1721, 1st edition, [12], 306, [18]pp, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked retaining contemporary backstrip; James White: 'A Compendium of the Veterinary Art; containing an accurate description of all the diseases to which the horse is liable', Canterbury, J. Badcock, 1802, 1st edition, 15 plates of which 4 coloured, contemporary manuscript veterinary cure/remedy to verso of one of the plates and at top margin of facing text page and at end, 232pp, rebound quarter calf gilt (2)

An early 19th Century manuscript book 'Portraits of French Kings', containing 21 well executed m/s pen & ink portraits of French Kings from AD481-1793 including Charlemagne, Louis XIV etc, each with 1-2 pages of corresponding m/s biographical text, this stated at front in m/s "The Historical Notices are taken from "An Abstract of the Reigns of the French Kings" by Richmal Mangnall.", approx. 70 pages of m/s entries in total, plus some mounted relevant contemporary cuttings, contemporary half calf gilt; together with another early 19th Century volume/scrap book compiled by the same person, containing 100+ mounted and tipped in engraved portraits of notable persons of the period and historical figures, plus 1 well executed m/s portrait of Sir Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704), pamphleteer, author, courtier, and press censor, born Old Hunstanton, son of Sir Hamon and Alice L'Estrange. Majority of portraits with corresponding m/s pencil notes verso or overleaf, some relevant mounted contemporary cuttings, contemporary half calf very worn, boards detached but present, gilt titled "Miscellaneous Portraits" to spine (2)

A book of manuscript music scores circa 1829, 82 pages of manuscript scores for various pieces, manuscript index at front listing 47 titles, including "Barcarolle Venitienne", "Arietta, Ah che il destino", "Oh banquet not", "Has sorrow thy young days shaded", "Notturno - The poetry by Metastasio; the melody by Michael Kelly; arranged by Mozart", etc, ownership inscription "Elizabeth Currie February 16th 1829" at front, 4to (28x23cm), contemporary half calf; together with a bound book of two manuscript music scores by the English Composer Graham Peel (1877-1937), comprising "Bright is the Ring of Words", from Songs of Travel, and "Requiem", from Underwoods, with manuscript at front by Peel stating words by Robert Louis Stevenson and music by himself, plus inscription at top "To THE MAC DOUGAL on his birthday, from his friend Graham Peel. 3rd May, 1907", plus manuscript titles to each piece, manuscript lyrics beneath music etc., finely bound in contemporary full crushed green morocco gilt by Bickers & Son, Leicester, spine edges rubbed, some fading, gilt monogram "D.I." to front cover, portrait print of R.L. Stevenson loosely inserted (2)

Commander Bernard Trotter Coote (1880-1955), Royal Navy, archive of photograph albums, manuscript ships log books with well executed m/s maps and plans, sketches etc by Coote, m/s entries, scrap albums etc, circa 1896-1920, log books with well executed manuscript pen & ink charts, diagrams, sketches, mainly at stations in West Indies and Canada late 19th Century, some Japan and China content East Asia station, ships/content includes HM ships Victorious, Terrible, Narcissus, Crescent, Comus & Mars; Gibraltar, Revenge & Victorious, etc, 9 volumes in total, comprising large folio photograph album (43 x 32cm), approx. 100 mainly large size mounted photographs c.1896-1903, various photos of men doing physical training/Officer training, aboard and of battleships Gibraltar, Revenge , Victorious, Crescent, Minerva, Terrible, Comus etc, various topographical photos incl. Glengarriff, Malta, Barcelona, Palermo, Naples, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Port Said, Granada, Malaga, Vigo etc; oblong folio album (approx. 28 x 37cm) of mounted photographs, ephemera, cuttings relating mainly to social life of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and his wife, Miss Grace Robinson, c.1907/08 with material relating to their marriage in Belfast, other material Ireland, Surrey, Scandinavia etc; 4to sized photo album (approx. 28 x 23cm) containing 250+ mounted photographs of naval life etc, incl. Grenada, West Indies; Quebec; St. John's, Newfoundland; H.M.S. Victorious, Suez Canal; H.M.S. Crescent, Halifax; Yokohama; Bermuda; Hindoostan; Queenstown, Co. Cork, etc etc, some images captioned below; two ships log books with gilt titles to leather covers (worn), each approx 32 x 21cm; four books 'journals and remarks', notes etc (one empty), each approx 24 x 18cm, various bindings, mixed condition

(Japan), a Japanese woodblock printing illustrated book, modern pencil and pen notes on leaf loosely inserted state the book to be 'Bumpo Gafu', c.1813, woodblocks by Inoue Jihei, publishers Chojiya Genjiro and Kochiya Kihei, m/s pen notes beneath "Notes by British Museum Asian expert made at the Museum Prints & Drawings Dept 21.10.80. The book was described as being in very good condition...", [72] pages of illustrations, original decorative stitched wraps, housed in modern slipcase; together with 3 other 19th Century illustrated books of Japanese woodblock prints, housed together in modern slipcase; plus 'Choice masterpieces of Korin and Kenzan', [edited by Shungo Murayama], Tokyo, The Kokka Company, 1906, 1st edition, title page, preface and contents followed by 11pp text in English language, 2 b/w ilustrations in text, preceding 11 mounted colour plates depicting artwork, lacquer and ceramics produced by the two brothers Korin and Kenzan Ogata, all accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress in Japanese and English, folio (45 x 31cm), original decorative cloth covered boards very worn, lacks lower board, string ties, together with a similar circa early 20th Century Japanese work in 2 volumes, 30 double page chromolitho plates of Japanese art and antiquities, architecture etc, including Samurai swords, jewellery, bronze dishes, lacquer box, fabrics, houses, beds?, text in Japanese language, folio (35 x 25cm), uniform original decorative cloth, printed title labels in Japanese mounted to covers; plus Lafcadio Hearn, 2 titles: 'Kotto: Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs', New York, Macmillan, 1902, 1st edition, 1st issue (with title page illustration printed upside down), illustrations by Genjiro Yeto throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 'Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things', London, Kegan Paul, 1904, 1st edition, 2 plates as called for, original cloth gilt. Two titles on Japanese folklore, mythology, supernatural tales, social and religious life and customs, by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), Irish-Greek-Japanese writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West; Yoshio Markino: 'A Japanese Artist in London', L, C & W, 1919, 5th impression, signed & inscribed by the author/artist in English and Japanese on FFEP, 8 colour plates + 4 b/w plates as called for, original decorative cloth gilt, dust wrapper; 'Hanasaki Jiji [The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom]', Tokyo, Kobunsha, c.1885, illustrated colour woodblock book, in French language, [18]pp, original pictorial wraps (18 x 12.5cm); Kazunori Ishibashi (illustrated); William N. Porter (translated): 'A Year of Japanese Epigrams', OUP, 1911, colour frontis + 12 b/w plates for each month of the year as called for, some contemporary manuscript to verso of half title and verso of last leaf of introduction, orig. cloth gilt; Ernest Adolphus Sturge: 'The Spirit of Japan', [Tokyo] : Sturge Zenshu Kankokai, [1934], 2nd edition, 44 colour & b/w plates as called for, in English language, original cloth gilt, printed card slipcase; together with 2 early 20th Century German titles on Japan by Emil Schiller and Otto Kumel, plus two mid 20th Century similar by Klabund [i.e. Alfred Henschke], plus 2 others (19)

(Enclosure Act, Bressingham & Fersfield), a manuscript vellum document, 1799, comprising 24 large rolled vellum leaves, "An Act for dividing and alotting and inclosing the Lands, Meadows, Fen Grounds, Common & Waste Lands within the Parishes of Bressingham and Fersfield in the County of Norfolk, and for extinguishing all Rights of Commonm Sheepwalk, and Shackages in over and upon all the Lands and Grounds within the said Parishes", signed Wm. Stokes, Clerk of the Peace, Norfolk, and by multiple other signatories, housed in large contemporary hinged oak case, manuscript label affixed to lid "Bressingham and Fersfield Award"

An 18th-century manuscript of Tikune Shabat [prayers and devotions for the Sabbath], written be-otiyot Amsterdam, i.e. after the letters/font of Amsterdam (these details appear in the ornamented title page of the manuscript). The title page does not provide the place of production nor the name of the scribe-artist who was responsible for writing and decorating the book. The Hebrew date seems to be written incorrectly. The top of one of the pages is marked 5517 and contains provenance details and a date.  Accordingly, the book belonged to Abraham ben [son of] Meir Emden, and the date given is Thursday, 13 of the Hebrew month of Shevat, 517 [i.e. 5517], which corresponds to 3 February 1757. Although hard to prove, it is possible that Abraham was the son of Meir Emden whose father was the prominent German rabbi and Talmudist Jacob Emden (1697-1776). Meir Emden (1717-1795) had been a rabbi and Av Bet-Din [senior jurist] at Constantine in the Ukraine. The tile page indicates that the manuscript contains also Sabbath hymns, the prayer for the New Moon, and Perek Shirah, an ancient hymn of praise in which every created thing – from the animate to the celestial – thanks God for its existence. Featured on the decorated title page of the manuscript are Moses holding the Tablets of the Law,  and Aaron his brother dressed in High Priest vestments. This is a frequent motif in 18th-century Hebrew manuscripts and has its roots in the ornamented pages of earlier imprints from Amsterdam and other European printing centres. The animal, celestial and vegetal illustrations enclosed within mauve and blue ink medallions are part of the Perek Shirah hymn. Several illustrations show families around a table celebrating the Sabbath.  A particularly interesting illustration is placed at the beginning of the prayer for the new moon [Birkat ha-levanah] and shows a group of men dressed in black garments gazing upwards at a crescent moon. The manuscript also contains decorated word and single letter panels and floral baskets. Script: vocalised (with added vowels) Hebrew square script; part of the text is written in Rashi unvocalised script. This is a semi-cursive script based on a 15th century Sephardic (originating in the Iberian peninsula) handwriting. The decoration programme appears to be typical of Hebrew manuscripts produced in the 18th century, however the style of the illustrations is rather naïve and unrefined. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, 170pp (both sides of 85 leaves), all edges gilt, contemporary panelled morocco with raised bands, 12cm, housed in a worn leather slipcase. Contents very well-preserved, occasional smudges & handling marks, the endleaves include names and other inscriptions that were evidently hidden when pasted to the facing pages but are now visible (see photographs), marbled endpapers on pastedowns only (not free endpapers), binding is worn with loss to morocco at headcaps but remains intact & strong NB. We would like to thank Ilana Tahan, Lead Curator of Hebrew and Christian Orient Collections at The British Library for the kind assistance and detailed information provided in this catalogue entry

Joyce, Harriet. Georgian Manuscript Atlas, 5 November 1824. A beautifully handwritten atlas illustrated with 47 carefully hand-drawn maps, contemporaneous outline colour and vibrant yellow borders in watercolour. The atlas begins with a description of geography & illustrations of compasses, followed by 47 maps & descriptive text: Old World, New World, Europe, France, England, 40 English counties, North Wales, South Wales, and Isle of Wight. Entirely done by hand, the book completed to the end. Quarto, 27.5cm, pp. 204 including blank endleaves, contemporary binding in full straight-grain morocco lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, all edges gilt, the contents on J. Whatman 1822 paper. Well-preserved, clean & bright, a few small spots & marks in places, a small hole in front endpapers, binding good & strong with bumping & wear to corners/edges. Also included is a loosely-inserted slim notebook, unused but for a dedicatory inscription, 'Ashted House [Birmingham], December 13th 1820. My dear Father, I feel totally incompetent to express the grateful sensations I experience in receiving the repeated acts of kindness I have received from you and which are still liberally continued to me. I can only testify my gratitude by strict application to these branches of literature which your goodness allows me to pursue. It is my earnest desire to give you satisfaction and if my intellectual improvement this half year bears any correspondence to your expectations I shall pass my Vacation with the greatest delight with affectionate regard to my dear Mother and love to my Brothers and Sisters. I remain, My dear Father, Your dutiful Daughter, Sarah Ann Joyce.' Also a loosely-inserted pair of aquatint silhouettes by Edward Orme, 1808. Women's History

Medieval music manuscript, vellum, fragment, rubricated capitals, illuminated gilt panel depicting woman playing lute, used for the covers of a quarter-calf folio, 54 x 48cm, housing a loose collection of maps, mostly C19, some earlier, including Robert Morden, 37 maps in total, various sizes, condition varied, sold as found with all faults

Georgian manuscript map card game. A unique set of handmade educational cards, c. 1800, produced entirely in ink & watercolour (not etched or engraved), a teaching aid or parlour game comprising a total of 94 cards arranged in the following order: 40 cards depicting maps of the English counties in a variety of vibrant colours, each county with an accompanying manuscript information card; two cards depicting the counties of North Wales & South Wales with 12 corresponding information cards. The cards measure 112mm by 76mm. Very well-preserved, clean and bright. Housed in a later buckram clamshell box lined with marbled paper and evidently created specifically to fit the set of cards perfectly

Atlas. England & Wales. Blaeu, Willem and Joan Blaeu. Le Theatre du Monde, Quatriesme Partie [Theatrum, Vol. IV: England & Wales], the first French issue of Blaeu's atlas of England & Wales, Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1645. Folio, publisher's full contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, pictorial title page with letterpress label carefully pasted on as usual, 58 copper-engraved maps (57 double-page) with early or contemporary hand-colouring, plus further illustrations set within the text, pp. [x], 380, [i]. Contents very well-preserved, clean & bright, many leaves with marginal printer's creases, some of the pigments discoloured or altered due to age, some very faint dampstaining to upper corners of margins towards the latter part of the book, the occasional small spot or mark, a few expert repairs to marginal tears and splits, overall remarkably bright and very attractive, vellum binding tight & square, strong, some general staining and marks, slight wear and possibly repairs around spine, lacking silk ties, manuscript title on spine, 'Angleterre Tome IV', endpapers and title bearing signature and monogram of William Doull [a Scottish professor of rhetoric who died in 1677]

Felicity Kendal (b. 1946), English theatre and television actress. Mask with Kendal's manuscript transcription of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, signed verso Provenance: Purchased from Masks: The Prince's Trust, Sotheby's, 1996 [as per the Michael Crichton mask in this sale]

Elizabeth I Great Seal. Letters Patent. Licence of property alienation, manuscript in 14 lines on vellum, the Great Seal in brown wax on vellum tag, document & seal individually framed and glazed but conjoined, 36cm by 37cm

Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Privy Seal, wax, vellum tags bearing indistinct manuscript signature, 92mm diameter

A manuscript Tudor quitclaim charter from the reign of Henry VIII. Agnes Warde, daughter of John Warde, deceased, giving up land & property in Frisby [near Gaulby, Leicestershire] to William Warde, 1517, on vellum, 12.5cm by 21.5cm, framed & glazed with recent typed summary verso

A collection of 14 deeds & indentures relating to land on the Runham Estate [Norfolk], 1630 to 1660, recording various agreements made between William March the Elder, Christopher March, Charles Keene, John Hemming, and others, mostly on vellum, together with 11 vellum indentures relating to the Manor of Runham Cleres, 1748 to 1898, comprising miscellaneous admissions, regrants, conveyances and mortgages, numerous names including Thomas Jay, Clement Ives, Frederick Haward, Henry Penrice Fredrick, George Chapman, also one copy of a surrender made between John Worth and Joseph Proctor in the Manor of Calstock [Cornwall], 1814, and a lease between Sir Henry Wiggin Baronet [metals manufacturer and Liberal Party politician] and John Francis Green in Harborne, Stafford, signed and bearing Wiggin's wax seal, and featuring a manuscript plan of "Edgefield" on Ethel Road, 1896 (27)

ANONYMOUS. Journal of a Tour to the Lakes in England and Scotland, handwritten manuscript on paper with watercolours, dated 1793, including a list of illustrations, flyleaf inscribed 'A most interesting tour by John H. Moggridge, unpublished', possibly by John Hodder Moggeridge, dated 1793, book plate for S.P. Dance, bound in full Morocco, 8vo, a.e.g, gilt spineProvenance: private collection Glamorgan

SWETE (JOHN), 'Sketches of the County of Devon', handwritten manuscript on paper, dated 1793, illustrated by 21 topographical watercolour drawing of local flora, small 4to, full morocco, marbled end papers, gilt spine, with receipt from Beeleigh Abbey BooksProvenance: private collection GlamorganAuctioneer's Note: John Swete was born in 1752 of an old Devonshire family. Having studied at the University of Oxford he was awarded an MA in 1777 and was then appointed prebendary of the Diocese of Exeter in 1781, where he achieved a local reputation as an antiquary and artist. Interspersed in the text are numerous sonnets and other elegiac verses. On the front flyleaf is a presentation inscription from the author, 'To Mrs Theobald, as a token of his respect and friendship, this little book (the joint effort of his pen and pencil) is offered by her obliged and affectionate John Swete, Oxton House, September 1793. The manuscript is evidently a fragment of a larger work, for D.N.B notes, 'Swete also left a manuscript description of Devonshire in the possession of the family. It forms an itinerary of the county, commencing in 1792 and terminating in 1802 and contains a full description of the places visited in his journeys, illustrated by sketches made and dated at the time. Comments: one leaf loose, some pages with minor foxing, spine bumped, gilding minorly rubbed, minor surface scratches to cover

MAXWELL (J.I.), European Travel Journal, dated Jan. 1st 1892, handwritten manuscript on paper with watercolour drawings, sketches, and inserted photographs, leatherbound, gilt line borders, 8vo,Provenance: private collection GlamorganComments: two pages appear to have been later transcribed onto separate sheets of paper which have been loosely inserted into the journal, page numbered added later in pencil

British North Borneo Company, 25 Cents, 19 August 1895, serial number 05069, manuscript Accountant signature, printed Alexander Cook, Treasurer at low right, some staining, two pinholes, clean and original paper quality, fine and a much rarer early date BNB B101a, Pick 1a £800-£1,200

Imperial Russian Government, part issued Treasury bill for £500,000, 31 October 1916, serial number 056, payable at Messrs Barings & Co. London, manuscript signature low right for the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, good very fine to extremely fine £150-£200

Oriental Bank Corporation, £5, Port Elizabeth, 1 July 1874, serial number A14129, two manuscript signatures, split and rejoined with tape, original and quite presentable, very good and exceptionally rare, this being only the second confirmed example known, and the only in private hands, a remarkable find Pick S113, Hern 327 £5,000-£7,000 --- The Oriental Bank was established it’s South African presence in 1873, in Port Elizabeth, absorbing the Port Elizabeth Bank, Queenstown Bank, South African Central Bank, Eastern Province Bank and the Fauresmith Bank. It lasted only 6 years under this trading name before carrying on as the Bank of Africa in 1879.

Government of Straits Settlements, uniface obverse and reverse proofs for $1 (2), 1 January 1925, serial number H/4 25825, Pountney signature, the obverse in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, the reverse in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated, ink annotation on reverse ‘approved for colour....’ , manuscript date 27/26/8/25, very rare and unusual in this uniface format, particularly with an issued serial number (2 notes) BNB B118ap, Pick 9ap, KNB 17ap £5,000-£6,000

Riksens Standers Wexel-Banco, Sweden, 8 Scillingar Specie, 1823, serial number 90289, manuscript number and signatures, also 10 Schillingar, 1843, first mounted at top on card, original very fine, second on backing paper, damaged at top (2 notes) Pick A93b, A101b £100-£150

Banque de l’Indo-Chine, New Caledonia, 100 Francs, 11 March 1914, serial number Y.13-952, manuscript signature at left, printed signatures of d’Oisell and Simon at right, an attractive very fine and original and fresh paper, rare BNB B307a, Pick 17 £700-£900

Kongl. May: Standers Wexel-Banco, 30 October 1693, Stockholm, with manuscript date, value and signatures, good very fine and very rare Pick A70 for similar, this date much earlier £800-£1,200

Sveriges Rikes Standers Bank, specimen/proof on paper for 10 Riksdaler Banco, 18- (1836-1857), no serial number or signatures, manuscript ‘Specimen’ in field, extremely fine and rare Pick A126 for type £400-£600

Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), Trinidad, $100, 1 January 1937, serial number D000011, George and one other manuscript signature, one small ink stain, minor internal splits, original paper, fine and extremely rare, this being the first date of issue, one of a print run of only 1500 with hand-written signature, and the serial number 11 for this issue, an exceptional note BNB B148a, Pick S104a £1,000-£1,500

Republique d’Haiti, 2 Gourdes, L.16 April 1827, serial number 76501, manuscript signatures, top left corner excised, otherwise very good, presentable and scarce Pick 2c £200-£260

Government of the Falkland Islands, £1, 1 January 1982, serial number G45734, Rowlands signature and a manuscript signature of Rex Hunt the financial secretary, in PMG holder 63 EPQ, choice uncirculated, interesting and scarce BNB B213d, Pick 8d £500-£600 --- Manuscript signature of Rex Hunt, the Governor of the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War. Rex Hunt signed four notes all dated 15 June 1982, the day of the surrender of the Argentine forces.

De Nationale Bank der Zuid Afrikaanische Republiek Beperkt, 1 Pond, manuscript date 1 March 1899, serial number A 21929, three manuscript signatures below, manuscript annotation on reverse ‘Souvenir de la guerre Pretoria 1900’, paper slightly toned, a pleasing blue and white note, unusually the note has not been cut and rejoined, slight splitting at top and low centre, toned, a very pleasing very fine and very rare in such an excellent and complete state of preservation Pick 48a £1,500-£2,000

Helsinglands Enskilda Bank, 10 Kronor, Soderhamn, 1879, serial number H 003904, two manuscript signatures below, an original strong good very fine and rare in issued format Pick S265 £400-£500

Great Britain The balance of a lifelong collection (the other parts being Lots 21, 38 and 188) in a small carton, with a very neatly written-up volume of line-engraved incl. seven penny blacks in mixed condition, 1840 2d pale blue plate 1 three margins on cover, then a good study of the imperf 1d red plates and varieties, incl. superb used four margins lake-red shade (SG.11, cat. £850) and four margins orange-brown (SG.12, cat. £275), black plate printings, etc, 1841 2d blue strip of six used, ½d plate 9 single and on cover, etc. Then much more line-engraved in a work-in-progress stockbook incl. four-margin imperf reds with varieties identified, and on into surface-printed with a very interesting range incl. specimen overprints, I.R. Official 6d mint (SG.O4), Govt. Parcels 1/- green 'specimen' block of four (SG.O68s) unused with manuscript figure on reverse and chemical stain suggestive of testing, 1883-84 2/6d and 10/- mint (10/- with fine mark on front), 1d lilac controls set N to X and ½d vermilion M to Q, etc. Also a battered old loose-leaf volume with written-up Scottish pre-stamp covers incl. red bishop marks, a folder with album pages of Scottish postal history and loose line-engraved covers, further loose material incl. 13.3.1954 air-crash cover of B.O.A.C. Lockheed Constellation 'Belfast' which crashed at Kallang airport Singapore en route from Australia to London. Lots here to investigate, please inspect.

Great Britain Yorkshire Postal History 17th to 19th century. An alphabetically organised collection of postmarks on over seventy entires and covers from 1600s through to line-engraved frankings, varied condition with some marked with the collector's reference codes in pen, yet some scarce strikes in very nice quality, incl. bishop marks, circular undated mileage strikes of Barnsley and Selby, circular dated mileage Scarborough, straight-line mileages for Beverley (1818), Boroughbridge (1807), Bridlington (1809), red Brough (1825), Pocklington (1816), Pontefract (1818), purple Rotherham (1807), Tadcaster (1827), Thirsk (1815) and Whetherby (1819). Other good postmarks are attractive centrally struck Bedale straight-line (1792); red oval 'Paid at...' strikes and red circular 'Paid One Penny' of 1840 (latter with 'N's reversed); circular undated Guisborough in red (1834); an 1852 cover with all blue cds strikes of York, Northallerton, Grosmont and 'Gisboro' - the latter abbreviation stated as apparently unrecorded; 1839 part-cover to Grassington with 'Gomersal Penny Post' Italic straight-line along with red oval 'Paid at Leeds' and manuscript 'Missent to -' beside Carlisle cds; another manuscript 'missent to-' (Bishop Auckland cds) with 'try Auckland' in another hand, along with '1d' and 'Paid at Leeds' on September 1840 letter from Charles Fowler, author of Fowler's Railway Traveller's Guide, to the Bishop Auckland & Weardale Railway requesting data for his coming publication. The greatest range for a single town is on Hull, including 1669 bishop mark cover, another bishop mark with large 'Hull' straight-line (c.1700), scarce double arc '234' type (1826), travelling/temporary arched strike in blue (1840), large blue 'Ship-Letter' strikes and an absolutely superb strike of a spoon duplex tying 1d red stars to cover. Much more here to see, a most interesting specialist's collection.

An illuminated antiphonal manuscript on vellum, Italy, 15th Century. The vellum decorated on both sides with ornate calligraphy, illuminated initial 'L' depicting St Lawrence on a bed of flames, complex scroll motif letters and Gregorian chants.35.7 cm x 55 cm 10.5 cm x 12 cm Illuminated painting.

14TH CENTURY NETHERLANDS OR GERMANY, HAND ILLUMINATED MUSIC ANTIPHONARIUM MANUSCRIPT PAGE ON DOUBLE SIDED VELLUM. WRITTEN IN BOLD GOTHIC TEXTURA. 32 X 43 cm.   Condition of lots is NOT referred to in the lot descriptions.The absence of a condition report does NOT indicate that the lot if free from damage.Detailed condition reports and additional images are available on all lots upon request, please use the “ask a question” button against the lot you have an interest in. We strongly advise that unless you are able to view the lots in person that you request all of the details you feel may be pertinent to your intention to bid.

Gordon House (British 1932-2004): 'Gothic Green', artist's proof screenprint on wove signed titled and numbered 78/79 in pencil 41cm x 31cm with margins; 'Manuscript Red', screenprint on wove unsigned 41cm x 31cm with margins (2) (unframed)

Dorothea Sharp (British 1874-1955): Signed manuscript letter, enclosed within a copy of her book 'Oil Painting', together with a copy of Helen Entwisle, 'Rock Pools & Sunshine', The Biography of Dorothea Sharp (2)

Le Carré (John) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1f. [pp.9/10] from the novel, annotated by the author, "John le Carré burnt the first version of this novel. This was the beginning of the new beginning.../John Le Carré", under chapter heading, 8vo, [1974].⁂ An intriguing piece of publication history, noted from the author himself. In a later 2011 Penguin re-issue of the work, the author recalls in an introduction the difficulty he had in writing the first version of the novel. For a long time, he tried to make the story of a quest to ferret out a double agent in the British secret service succeed without flashbacks. But after months of frustration, Le Carré took the manuscript into his garden and burned it. He returned to work with a new version published in 1974 - now regarded as one of the greatest spy novels of the 20th century, explores the past in a more complex "inside-out logic of the double-agent operation".

Read (Herbert) Mutations of the Phoenix, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Jacob Kramer, with autograph verses by Read on front free endpaper, lightly browned, other ownership inscription to pastedown, one or two finger-soiling marks, original cloth-backed boards, edges rubbed, preserved in burgundy morocco drop-back box, [Woolmer 38], tall 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1923.⁂ Inscribed "For Jacob Kramer / Herbert Read / 26.x.1930". With manuscript verses below, being the first appearance of this poem which was published in 1935 by Faber & Faber and titled 'Night Negation', one of a selection from Poems 1914 - 1934 by Read. Jacob Kramer (1892-1962) was a Russian Empire-born painter who was involved in the Vorticist movement led by Wyndham Lewis.

NO RESERVE Busoni (Rafaello, illustrator) Illustrations for Wozzeck by Georg Buchner, 9 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 8 signed by the artist, this one of 5 special sets with the title illustration with a presentation inscription to Madame Harriet Lanier, Berlin, Februrary 1924, with 1p. manuscript note from the artist, all window-mounted and preserved in later cloth-back box, folio, 1924.⁂ From an original run of 200 copies published in Munich, this a special one of 5 sets which were given from the publisher's to the artist to present to friends. The subject is Georg Buchner's incomplete play Wozzeck, completed a year before Alban Berg's eponymous opera which opened in Berlin.

4 x framed Quintessa Art manuscript collection prints with annotations to reverse - frame 38cm x 30cm

Two brass trajectory plates, formerly of HMS 'Exeter': one of rectangular form with calibrated sides, 39 x 26cm, the other of triangular form with calibrated side, manuscript label to reverse , 'HMS Exeter' 20 x 32.5cm (2)

A folio of mid 20th century photographs of Devon and its environs, including;- Goodrington, Brixham, Salcombe and Torquay, many on card display mounts with manuscript pencil titles, various sizes.

A Crazy Gang 'Together Again Theatre programme, with a signed manuscript card 'To Jerry From the Gang Show Nov ,1944' with Bill Duke, Graham Stark, Eddy Banksy, Richard Walter, Leslie Hayfield and other signatures, together with a small group of 1940s newspapers

A Post war British MK.III 'Turtle' steel helmet, together with a pair of British Army boots in original card box with manuscript dates of each time the boots were worn and polished, also a brass shell case, mess tins, later flags and ephemera. ( a lot)

Olympic Interest. A 1908 London Olympics Competitor's badge, number 1773, central bust of Athena with blue enamel border inscribed 'Olympic Games London 1908 Competitor, numbered to back as per title and maker's; stamp for Vaughton, Birmingham, 30mm, together with a white cloth team cap with embroidered Union Jack , an embroidered Team blazer breast pocket badge and a photograph of an unidentified competitor in trunks, pencil manuscript to verso 'Naga'?.*Notes- The 1908 Olympics were to have been held in Rome but were rescheduled for London after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906.

Two WWI silver Australian Auxiliary Hospital brooches, one with sunburst over King's Crown marked 'AIF' with legend beneath 'On War Service', maker Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham, 1919; the other similar, with King's Crown and legend 'Australian Commonwealth Military Forces', stamped TLM & Sterling; together with a photograph of nurses on parade, facsimile copy of the Australian Auxiliary Hospital Welwyn Herts, 1917. *Notes - also accompanied by manuscript note from the vendor 'My grandmother I.M. Kendall and her sister A.C.V. Wells were both nurses in No. 5 Australia Auxiliary Hospital at Digswell during the First World War.'*Provenance - by direct family descent

Squadron Leader John Eric Jordan RAF. A collection of WWII pilot's Log books and related ephemera. The RAF Pilot's Log Book beginning November 27th, 1937 with basic training through to December 13th, 1945, including details of a crash while engaging a German submarine 29th June, 1940 while stationed in Kalafrana, , the post-war Personal Flying Log book covering work of Irvin Bell Helicopter Sales in a Bell 47B, also RAF Service Book, Identity books, photographs including one with manuscript title to verso 'German Cruiser Graff Spee Burning Off Montevideo' 15x23cm, and five steel recording discs of a speech by Flight Lieutenet Jordan.*Notes- After the Second World War John Jordan became the main test pilot for the Irvin Bell Helicopter Sales Company.

A WWII Flying Boat training notebook belonging to H S P Munro, containing manuscript notes on Navigation, Marconi, Gunnery, Coding and Submarine Tactics, both German and Japanese, red cloth boards.

A WWII period M1942 pattern Youth's Stahlhelm green with National colours to one side and applied relief eagle and swastika to the other, stamped to inner left side 'EA62' and numbered '587' to rear, with tan leather liner and chin strap, manuscript note to interior' 'Boy soldiers helmet 1944/45. Bought by a British Soldier for a tin of coffee in 1945. (exterior re-painted)

A Roman glass phial together with an antique bead necklace, both with manuscript labels dated '1878' and a Roman pottery oil lamp

Documents & Ephemera - Insurance.  1879 bound The Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society's Act with manuscript (printed) & hand written corrections/notes; 1871 Scottish Widows Fund & Life-Loan agreement; four Scottish Union & National policies, 1881, 1883, 1892 & 1900; A range of Victorian Insurance Company's small booklets & other insurance related ephemera.

Documents - London - Sir Franklin Lushington, Judge (1823-1901).  1902. Large 26 page manuscript "Statement of Executors Accounts" detailing will, property, assets, stocks & shares & outgoings, funeral, etc. Signed to page 21 by Lushington family members. Franklin Lushington was a close friend of the writer Edward Lear whom he met in Malta in 1849.

CORNWALL - PENRYN - election & tithe material etc. Items relative to the 1819 & 1827 elections, Report from the Select Committee, Special Report & Minutes of Evidence, 1819; a partial duplicate thereof; ditto reports for the 1827 election; lge. folio Tithe Apportionment of St. Gluvius with seal of Tithe Commissioners, 1845; ink manuscript copy of the Penryn Tithe Apportionment, 1877 & ink 8pp manuscript "Rental of the Penryn Lands, Reverend J. Rogers, Michaelmas, 1842".